"I can't guarantee right now that I'm not angry. Do you want to say it? Zhang Weizhao looked at Chen Youcong with a smile.

Chen Youcong smiled: "Okay, okay. It was someone from Xichang who reported to me that Zhou Rong had come to Songzhu Girls' School to find you. ”

It's the West Factory again. Zhang Weizhao stood still, turned to face Chen Youcong, and looked into his eyes.

Chen Youcong became more and more nervous, explaining: "You know, now you are different. You don't like to be locked up in the yard, you don't like to go out with a large retinue of guards, and I have to find a way to keep you safe......"

"So there are people from the West Factory following me?" Zhang Weizhao asked.

"Yes! I know you don't like the people at the West Factory, but I can't find a better way right now. But you believe me, although you will be followed when you go out, it is not to spy on you, but to make sure that you are safe. ”

Chen Youcong stood in front of Zhang Weizhao and looked at her anxiously, a thin layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead. He didn't want Zhang Weizhao to think that he was a suspicious and jealous person, so he tried his best to explain it over and over again.

"I know." Zhang Weizhao stretched out his hand, shook Chen Youcong's hand and put it down.

This momentary contact made Chen Youcong suddenly relax a lot.

The two men continued to walk slowly forward.

"I know you're worried about me. If it makes you feel more at ease in this way, you've got it that way. Although I don't think there are so many people who will have malicious intentions towards me and wait for the opportunity to hurt me. Zhang Weizhao said.

"yes, maybe yes. But when I can't see you, I'm really worried. Chen Youcong smiled a little wryly, "Thinking of the hardships you suffered and the risks you experienced with Wang Zhi and Jin Ling'er in the past, I still have palpitations in my heart." I thought I couldn't let these things happen again. ”

"And," Zhang Weizhao said, "You will keep thinking of the scene when Concubine Shu died in front of you, and hate yourself for being ignorant and fragile at that time, and you have no strength to protect her, right?" ”

Chen Youcong stood on his feet, his chest heaving, and after a while, he said in a dumb voice: "Yes! ”

Zhang Weizhao also stopped and continued: "You think that the woman you love is in danger, I don't know how many people are watching in the dark to kill her. ”

Chen Youcong gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! ”

"It's all in the past." Zhang Weizhao stroked his arm and said softly: "It's all over." Now you have the strength, and I am also the one who has the strength to protect myself. I'm safe. ”

Chen Youcong relaxed for a while and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"You can protect me the way you like. Until you feel relaxed and don't need it anymore. Zhang Weizhao said with a smile.

Chen Youcong smiled: "Okay! ”

He looked at Zhang Weizhao warmly, looking left and right, he was simply caressing her with his gaze. He really wanted to hold her in his arms, this woman who was so intimate with him, as if flesh and blood were connected. But with the eyes all around him, both bright and dark, he couldn't really put it into action.

"However," Zhang Weizhao changed his words, "letting the people from Xichang follow me, and mentioning Zhou Rong to you is two different things." What do you want to say when you mention Zhou Rong? ”

Chen Youcong couldn't open his mouth for a while. He had learned from Zhang Weizhao that facing the truth was the easiest way to solve problems, and he had practiced this method more than once and benefited from it. However, once he faces the person he cares about the most, it is even more difficult to say his true feelings.

However, in the end, he gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "I'm jealous." Even he knew you before I did. I feel like he's snatching you from me. Saying this, Chen Youcong clenched his fists, and the muscles in his shoulders and arms tightened.

"Come here!" Zhang Weizhao walked around behind a flower tree and beckoned to Chen Youcong.

Chen Youcong followed. The attendants in the distance stood still in amusement, not following.

Zhang Weizhao hugged Chen Youcong tightly. Zhang Weizhao's arms are so warm, and his arms are very strong. When Chen Youcong was hugged like this, he felt so relieved and satisfied, and all of a sudden those worries and annoyances disappeared.

Zhang Weizhao hugged him like this for a short while, and then let go. She looked up at Chen Youcong, her cheeks flushed and her eyes bright.

Chen Youcong couldn't help but hug it back. I also stayed for a moment and then let go. After hugging for too long, Chen Youcong was afraid that he would make a more abrupt move.

After two big hugs, the atmosphere became very relaxed. A loving embrace is better than a confession and a guarantee in all languages.

Alas, this is an insecure child. Zhang Weizhao sighed in his heart that although he has developed a rational and stable personality mask, when facing the core intimate relationship, uneasy emotions will run out at any time.

No matter who you are, if you have experienced the tragic situation of your mother being poisoned in your early years, and you have not been cared for by your father for many years, and you have to face the cruel power dumping, it is difficult to truly gain inner stability.

But fortunately, Chen Youcong received Ji Lingyun's abundant maternal love when he was young, and later received his grandmother's consistent love, so the tone of his character is still warm.

I am not afraid to have uneasy emotions, and I will slowly heal in the long years to come.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is about to arrive, and in the Changtai Palace, the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law Peng entered the palace to visit.

The sister-in-law sent their entourage out and talked about themselves behind closed doors.

"The family is going to start talking to Miaoqing recently." Peng said with a sigh.

"It's time to get married. Don't delay the child. Empress Dowager Yu said nonchalantly.

"Your Majesty, is it really ......" Peng's heart was ten thousand unwilling. That female Taoist priest is thick-skinned and ambitious, and she is a female gangster, which point is comparable to her daughter Yu Miaoqing?

Empress Dowager Yu shook her head: "No." ”

"After the emperor's wedding, he always has to be a concubine, right?" Peng still did not give up.

"When the emperor is interested in that wild girl now, I'm afraid he won't accept other concubines in the short term. That girl is really a means, and she has enveloped the emperor to death in the past few years. When the first emperor did not die, according to the usual practice, the palace also sent a palace maid who had just turned sixteen years old to teach personnel, and both of them were excellent looks, but they were returned untouched. ”

"Didn't touch it?" Peng was very surprised, which of the aristocratic children she knew had opened meat early, and couldn't help it, and there were really people who couldn't sit still?

Empress Dowager Yu nodded, and then said: "Not only that, since I ascended the throne today, because the harem is empty, although it is still in the filial piety period, there will always be palace maids who want to fly on the branches and become phoenixes every once in a while to seduce them, but they have not been able to do so." ”

Because the Queen Mother has been in charge of palace affairs all these years, it is indispensable to install her own eyeliner and power in the palace, so she knows these small actions in private very well. In fact, those palace maids dared to seduce Chen Youcong, which was also the result of her secretly indulging and fueling the trouble.

"Could that be the emperor's body bones...... Peng finally couldn't help but ask what he had been hiding for a long time.

Empress Dowager Yu glanced at Peng: "The emperor is in good health." It's just that he is a lover like his father, and he wants to be a couple with that female Taoist priest for the rest of his life, and no one else wants it. ”

Peng pouted and said, "The first emperor is not a warbler Yanyan in the harem?" Otherwise, can the Kim family be so angry that they go crazy every three or five times? ”

"When the first emperor was a teenager, he also vowed to die with the Jin family. It's just a vow between men and women, where can it withstand the trials and tribulations of the years? So let's not be anxious, at this time, we will not move our troops first, and after the emperor's wedding next year, after half a year and a year, we will wait for their enthusiasm to pass, and then plan the matter of sealing the concubine. ”

"It's just a pity, Miaoqing." Peng sighed.

"One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and the palace will be the same as the battlefield." Yu Tai said expressionlessly.

Peng lowered his head and said, "What the Queen Mother said is true." ”

Empress Dowager Yu continued: "Moreover, Miaoqing's demure lady is really not the type that Jinshang likes. Their father and son both prefer the kind of people who are a little rude. I think the three girls have a spicy and refreshing temperament, maybe they can close the emperor's eyes. ”

"However, the third girl is a concubine...... Peng said immediately.

Empress Dowager Yu sneered: "Only the women in the back house can talk about concubines at every turn, how can a man really care about this?" The palace maids and Taoist priests are still holding them in the palm of their hands, and they still care about your concubine? ”

"What the Queen Mother said is very true!" Peng's mind turned: "It's just that Zhang Weizhao is already a mischievous character, the emperor has been favored for so long, when he was a concubine, do you still want to pick the same one?" If you pick and choose the same people, you will find it boring, right? ”

Anyway, she didn't want the daughter of a concubine to press on her daughter.

Empress Dowager Yu muttered: "What you said makes sense. Anyway, this matter is not in a hurry, you go back and pay attention to the candidates, pick a few good ones to bring to the palace, and I will take a look. ”

"Yes!" Peng respectfully agreed.

After the Peng family left, the Changtai Palace returned to coldness. Empress Dowager Yu walked out of the door and went down to the porch to see the hibiscus flowers blooming in the courtyard.

She has always been quiet, so the palace maids and eunuchs come and go quietly, and they dare not disturb her. But if she couldn't hear the human voice for a long time, she felt that the palace was crazy and lonely.

Fortunately, she is still in charge of palace affairs, and there are still many things to do during the day, and wherever she goes, there are constantly people who come to flatter her.

If the new queen enters the palace next year, the palace power may be handed over to her soon, and by then, I am afraid that no one will care.

Even if she bears the name of the queen mother, what can she do?

I shudder when I think about such a dead day.

Therefore, even if you use this harem as a battlefield, and use your red face and beauty as a dagger to throw a spear, and fight for power, it is much better than treating it as a cemetery and burying yourself alive.