In the past few days, the weather in Chang'an has become colder and colder, and the red sun is often missing. Outside the palace, Xiao Su was silent; In the palace, the plum blossoms in several courtyards are blooming brightly, and the floating fragrance is full of buildings.

After Dai Qing returned to Changxin Palace to do things, Empress Lu thought that she was the cause of the Great Changqiu, and asked her to be in charge of many matters in Changle Palace with Zhan Shi of Changle Palace. tied Dai Qing, the so-called deacon of the Great Changqiu, to the Changle Palace, and did not give her any reason to go to the Prince's Palace. Fortunately, Dai Qing is a girl who is trusted by Empress Lu, if it were someone else, I am afraid that she would be executed on the day the prince fell into the water. Since the time when the crown prince Liu Ying fell into the nullah, Empress Lu has verified Dai Qing's thoughts, and earlier he just thought that Dai Qing had a pure good impression of the prince, of course, he also liked it a little, but he didn't think that she was so fond of the prince, and the prince's kind temperament would of course drive him to save her. Empress Lu is not a simple-minded woman, she can tell what tricks Dai Qing is playing. Even if Empress Lu didn't know that the prince had been asked by the emperor to go to Helan this time, she wouldn't know Dai Qing's intention to fall into the water this time, but when the prince was still unstable in the position of the prince, the prince was willing to take the risk to save her for Dai Qing, and it was not a good thing to spread it. There have always been unknown dark forces in the palace that are firmly staring at the prince and the queen, and if there is any mistake, rumors will spread after one night, but they can't find any breakthrough to break the message, so they can only let the rumors slowly torture themselves until they fall. Empress Lu deliberately separated Dai Qing from the meeting with the prince.

Today, Liu Ying, who is in slightly better health, came to Changxin Palace to worship Empress Lu as in the past, Dai Qing felt that Empress Lu had done to him, and now he was in an extraordinary period, and no woman could bring misfortune to the prince, and Empress Lu must ensure that the prince's surroundings are clean people, and must ensure that the prince does not fall into the hands of others. Dai Qing served the prince tea very politely, and he didn't dare to look at the prince at a glance and quickly stepped aside. The prince said a word of thanks in a good mood and politely, seeing that Dai Qing was not more enthusiastic about himself than before, he felt inexplicable in his heart, and he couldn't understand why the woman was changing so quickly, he raised his eyebrows and shook his head and smiled and picked up the tea to drink. Empress Lu saw that the two of them kept a good distance, especially the prince didn't seem to have any love for Dai Qing, and Empress Lu smiled relaxedly. Ask the prince's body is good recently, after all, there is only such a son, his body must be taken seriously, but since falling into the water, the prince seems to cough more, although it is not heavy, but in the ears of Lu Hou, everyone thinks it is a big deal. Winter is coming, although the prince will get up early every day to go to the forest garden to hunt or ride horses to exercise, but the frail is still a fact.

This time, before he had time to answer Empress Lu's question, he coughed again, although he didn't want the queen mother to know, but trying to suppress himself from coughing in front of Empress Lu was a failure after all. This time, the cough was even heavier, and he coughed continuously, and the prince simply covered his hand to his mouth and tried to suppress it, and his handsome face was flushed. Empress Lu was worried, so she immediately ordered the cook to cook a bowl of ginger soup and white rice porridge and send it over.

Dai Qing saw that the prince was coughing non-stop, but he couldn't care about the intentions of Empress Lu for what he did, he came to the prince's side in one step, stroked his back, looked at the prince's face flushed because of coughing, there were beads of sweat on both sides, Dai Qing just raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and after catching a glimpse of Empress Lu's majestic phoenix eyes, he put his hand down without touching the prince's cheek, got up and stood aside, and continued to worry about the prince, always raising his neck to see if there was anyone outside the hall to send ginger soup and white rice porridge.

"Ying'er, it's okay, the queen mother is here." Empress Lu got up from her mat and sat down on the prince's side, patted the prince's back, sighed and said, "What if you are an emperor? If you can't have a healthy body, you can't see thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. You are only 14 years old, and your mother will take good care of you, and you will still exercise more in the future. ”

The prince half-coughed and half-nodded. The palace people brought the boiled white rice porridge and ginger soup, and Empress Lu asked the prince to drink it.

"Since I was a child, my mother has been worried about my son's body, so my son has also practiced kung fu since he was a child, until now, his body has improved greatly, and his mother doesn't need to worry about me." The prince said.

Empress Lu touched half of the prince's cheek and smiled, now the prince is a fourteen-year-old boy, since he was six years old, he has not touched his son's cheek like now, he has grown up, sensible, and filial. Before coming to Changxin Palace, the prince learned from the palace eunuchs that his father had not stepped into Changxin Palace for nearly a month, and he knew that his father's and mother's feelings were no longer as good as before, and he also knew that Qi Ji and his mother were in a rivalry. Thinking of this, the smile on the prince's face gradually became far-fetched, and behind the mother's smile was a loneliness and sadness, although she hid it well. "My father is busy with the immigration of the Kwantung region, and I heard that he recently went to the Xiongnu with He Liu Jing for the border customs problem, and he was busy all day, and the father may not be in a good mood, and the queen mother should not blame the father for his neglect." The prince took his mother's hand and sincerely comforted him.

Lu Hou was stunned for a moment and quickly smiled, but he didn't expect the prince to comfort himself, so Lu Hou put his hand on the prince's hand and patted it gently, and smiled.

There are also plum blossoms blooming in the courtyard of Changxin Palace, and she is quietly enjoying her own splendid flying in the corner.

The prince's cough eased slightly, and he inadvertently looked out of the hall, facing the snow-white plum blossoms in the corner of the wall, as if the goddess had just stood here in a snow-white pomegranate skirt. Liu Ying liked it very much, and got up and asked Empress Lu and Dai Qing to go out to watch, but Empress Lu did not agree, saying that it was cold outside the palace, and he was afraid that the prince's body would not be able to bear it, so he suggested that he stay in the palace and enjoy it from afar. How could the prince love Mei so much, he couldn't care about the mother's verbosity, so he rushed out of the palace gate and went to the plum blossom forest. Empress Lu and Dai Qing chased out.

Looking at the appearance of a row of plum blossoms and snow Lingshuang, she stood in front of her like a beautiful girl and asked him to admire, quiet and fragrant. The prince liked it from the bottom of his heart, smiled heartily, turned around and said, "The plum blossom blooms alone in the cold, it is the flower of the rare scene in winter, it is said that the peony is rich, and I don't know that the plum blossom is noble, like a hermit, even if no one appreciates it, he is also happy, let others pity the flower, and bloom proudly." ”

Empress Lu smiled, "The prince is indeed very fond of flowers, but the flowers bloom and there is nothing left for the world." You should be enthusiastic about the court, why should you be so sentimental among the flowers and plants? ”

The prince didn't answer, he just smiled, the queen mother is not his bosom friend, how can he understand what he thinks in his heart. When she said this, the prince didn't argue with her, but just patted Lu Hou on the shoulder.

Suddenly, the wind blew, and dust rose all over the ground, and the air swayed with floating dust. Empress Lu hurriedly asked the prince to enter the palace to take refuge, and Dai Qing closed the doors and windows.

"The wind is blowing—"