When Xie Ning woke up, it was already dark, and the lights were lit in the house. Bayi Chinese ???.? 8 She squinted and looked at the gauze lamp on her desk through a curtain of silk beads. The gauze lamp is covered with a cloud glass lampshade, and the patterns of bamboo leaves and orchids on the lampshade are reflected on the wall and the ground, just like the beautiful scenery in a dream.

"The master is awake." Qinghe whispered outward, pulled the curtain to the side and hooked it, and came over to serve Xie Ning with his clothes and got up.

Xie Ning waved his hand: "Don't wear it first, prepare water, I have to wash." ”

She felt that her body was dirty, sticky and greasy, and she didn't know how much sweat she had, and if she didn't wash the back of her neck, it would probably be spoiled soon.

"The water is ready," Qinghe hurriedly said, "Dinner is still hot, and it can be used when the master comes out of the bath." ”

Shainin got up and removed his head and asked, "How did I come back?" Have they had dinner yet? ”

"The little masters have all eaten, the emperor came over at the right time, and the master didn't wake up, so the emperor took the little masters to Yuyao Pavilion to cool off."

Xie Ning undressed and entered the water, there was a good smell of grass in the bath, Xie Ning sighed comfortably, and simply shrank down, and immersed his head in the water.

There is also sound in the water.

It may be that the water waves are turbulent and crashing against the stone wall of the bath, or it may be that the wind and human voices outside have become a low and rich tone after being filtered by the water.

At this moment, Xie Ning felt very stable and stable in his heart.

She opened her eyes in the water, and the lotus auspicious cloud pattern carved on the pool wall seemed to be at the other end of the distant and untouchable across the water waves, as if it had come to life, the clouds and mist were floating, and the lotus flowers were swaying in the shadows of the waves.

Shainin rose from the water and wiped a handful of water droplets from his face.

Qinghe had already taken off his coat, put on a small coat, wrapped his head in a handkerchief, and came in to serve. One of her hands has been trained, pinching and patting, and Xie Ning, who is waiting, is comfortable, and her whole body is soft and relaxed.

Although Qinghe didn't see the sword and sword shadow in the peony garden today, but Princess Mingshou plotted a rebellion by doing Shou Zhiming, and she was captured on the spot, and the blood in the peony garden had spread.

The master must have been frightened and sinned today. Qinghe didn't dare to ask more, and served Xie Ning to dry his head and change his clothes, and then he had to let someone pass dinner.

Shainin looked at the moonlight outside: "The moon is good today." ”

During the day, the sun was so poisonous that the moon at night was so bright that half of the sky was lit up, and the color of the sky was like a fine dark blue velvet cloth, and no clouds could be seen.

"Your Majesty, they haven't come back yet?"

"Back to the master, it's not yet."

"I'll go take a look. Let someone bring me the dinner to the pavilion. ”

Qinghe hurriedly answered, and added another long cloak of pearl-colored mist shadow veil to Xie Ning.

The night is not as hot as the day, and the evening breeze is still a little cool on the face. Shainin walked through the bamboo forest, along the cobblestone path, and was still some distance from the pavilion, when he heard the intermittent whimpering sound of the flute.

She stood still and listened for a moment before continuing on.

The eldest prince is really smart and clever, and he doesn't have much time to learn the flute, and he can already play some short songs. It's just that he suffers from a lack of middle qi and short little fingers, otherwise he can be better than now.

The sound of the flute is also mixed with the sound of a discordant baby, as if it is in harmony with the sound of the flute.

When she reached the bridge, the people in the pavilion saw her. The eldest prince put down the flute and came out, shyly smiling: "Xie Niangniang." ”

Xie Ning held his hand, feeling that his palms were slightly damp, and there was sweat on his forehead.

If you want to talk about the benefits of playing the flute, I really can't say enough about it. Princess Yuyao is very emotionally stable, she has not had night terrors for several days, and she talks a little more during the day than before. Since the eldest prince learned to play the flute, he has never had a cough, and it is said that he suffered from heat stroke at every turn in the house at this time in previous years, but he is fine so far this year.

The emperor was holding the second prince in his arms, this kid had a white cotton towel wrapped around his neck, all of which were half-wet from saliva, and the emperor held his two fleshy hands and shook them towards Xie Ning, which looked like a more superficial and sloppy work.

Xie Ning couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Woke up?"

"The concubine has no form, and she has slept for so long."

The emperor motioned for her to sit beside her, Xie Ning sat down here, and Princess Yuyao automatically leaned over and sat down next to her.

The second prince has already recognized people at this time, and today Xie Ning went out to leave him, and he was already full of unhappiness. When the emperor came up, he was making a fuss, Fang Shanggong was sweating in a hurry, thinking that he could only wake up Xie Ning if he couldn't coax him. After the emperor took it, he didn't make trouble, but he refused to let go of the emperor and relied on it until now.

But as soon as Shainin came at this time, he immediately let go of his father, and wanted to pounce on Shainin.

"Not yet." The emperor hugged him and didn't let go, while looking up and asking Xie Ning: "The food is coming over there, did you let you send it?" ”

Xie Ning nodded and said, "The concubine wants to use it here, and it is suitable for the breeze and the bright moon." ”

The dinner was not overly sumptuous, with six small plates, a bowl of rice with rice and a soup porridge. Xie Ning picked up the bowl, and the four people in front of her looked at her with eight pairs of eyes, and she was embarrassed to move her chopsticks.

"You're looking at me like that." Xie Ning smiled and said, "What did you say when I didn't come just now? ”

The eldest prince glanced at the emperor and replied, "My father is talking to us about today's daytime." ”

Tell your child about today's events?

Xie Ning was taken aback, and he was very curious, how did the emperor and the children describe this incident.

The emperor nodded with a smile: "You eat first, then let's turn our backs first and not look at you?" ”

Xie Ning shook his head: "That's not necessary." ”

The rice is steamed fragrant and glutinous, the rice grains are crystal clear, scoop two spoonfuls of steamed tender tofu soup and pour it on top, green rice and white soup, look particularly gratifying. There is also goose breast pickled into crimson, which is salty and fragrant and delicious, and it goes well with rice. The soup was lotus leaf shredded chicken soup, fragrant and not greasy, Xie Ning drank two bowls before putting down the chopsticks.

She's really hungry. I didn't eat anything in the morning, and I don't need to mention the chaos at noon, and at the end of the day, the water and rice didn't touch my teeth, and the usual dinner also let her sleep, which is equivalent to three meals and one meal, but I didn't eat more.

The second prince threw himself into her arms when he saw the stitches, Xie Ning hugged such a hot and fleshy baby, and asked with some concern: "Why did the emperor talk to Ying Yan about today's affairs?" ”

The emperor smiled: "I also came here at their age, and no one specifically told them many things, and they will also know, but it is inevitable to cover up the whole with partiality, and even speculate and be suspicious, it is better to simply tell them directly." ”

Shainin was silent.

She didn't grow up in the palace, she was born in a small family and grew up in an ordinary family. There was never any mess in her uncle's house, so although she had no father or mother, she grew up peacefully in her uncle's house. Her aunts, uncles, and cousins were all affectionate to her. But the palace is different, even if it is a biological mother and son, there are a lot of rules to block when you want to meet. When he first entered the palace, Xie Ning looked at the high palace wall, and didn't think that this place could really be regarded as a home, the wall was so high, blocking both the people outside the wall and the people inside the wall, this place was like an island, a prison.

Born and raised in Si since childhood, how did the emperor and the eldest prince grow up?

The eldest prince asked softly, "What will my father do with Princess Mingshou?" ”

The emperor asked him: "What do you think is the most appropriate way to deal with it?" ”

The eldest prince thought about it seriously: "The great crime of rebellion deserves to be punished, but Princess Mingshou is the emperor's eldest sister, will the emperor spare her life?" ”

The emperor smiled: "How did you come to this conclusion?" ”

"The son heard that in the year his father ascended the throne, there was a rebellion against the king, but in the end, his father also pardoned his capital crimes."

In the eldest prince's mind, since the emperor could forgive a cousin of the Eighth Road, then Princess Mingshou must be able to follow this example.

The emperor shook his head: "You still don't understand. ”

The eldest prince was a little confused. What does the Emperor mean by this? Say he doesn't understand what?

I couldn't figure it out for a while, but he thought that it must be his father who said that his guess was wrong.

Could it be that the father wanted to kill Princess Mingshou?

The second prince arrived in Xie Ning's arms, and he settled down without a few flutters, and fell asleep very relieved.

Xie Ning looked at his son's chubby face, and inevitably sighed in his heart.

He is not sensible yet, and he does not understand what happened today like his brother.

Today, one of his aunts wants to usurp the throne, poison his father, and by the way, hack and burn other people who are related to the deceased.

But he will always grow up, and when he is about the age of the eldest prince, he will also judge in front of his father whether the actions of a relative should be punished by death.

Xie Ning felt his heart tight.

Probably in this life, the eldest prince, Princess Yuyao, and the second prince will not taste the warm and happy joy of ordinary people's homes.

Alas, thinking so much, even ordinary people may not be really happy with happiness, such as the Xie family.

Xie Liu was killed by Princess Mingshou, Xie Lian and Xie Wei were still stranded in the courtyard outside the garden, and Xie Ning felt a headache when he thought of it.

The emperor asked her, "Are you frightened today?" ”

"It's fine." Shainin said: "Those who were injured and killed in the garden today ......"

She also knew that she didn't have the capacity to talk much about this matter, but when she thought of those people today, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

"In fact, there are not a few people who are injured and die that really matter." The emperor said: "Mingshou's style is full of swagger, and there are many guests invited today, and more than half of those who are frightened and cheered today are people who usually rely on her, but the status of those people is not enough to participate in the planning of Mingshou." There were even some merchants from other places who came to send her money to her door. The emperor smiled: "Today's people are indeed very complete, so I don't have to go to them one by one." ”