Ah Ping undoubtedly understood what I meant, but said, "There is no need to change it in the future." There is nothing to say about the Son to the Father as the Father. ”

I shrugged my shoulders and refused to comment.

Xiao Yuan'er couldn't help but be anxious when she saw that the two of us had been standing by the door and talking but didn't go over, clumsily about to fall off the bed, I was standing on my side and Ah Ping was standing with his back, Yu Guang glanced at it in time and was startled, and immediately rushed back to the bed with an arrow step, just catching the little body that had turned out of the bed. couldn't help but scold: "You dare to climb down so high?" Falling down is sure to make you cry. ”

It's not as tall as the edge of the bed, but it's not small. The deity who was scolded by me was not afraid at all, and grinned at me, grabbed my palm with his little hand and pointed to the inside of the bed, and muttered: "Sleep, sleep." ”

I really don't know what kind of soup the person behind him poured into this kid, and actually helped him like this. At this time, if I pulled out my hand to leave, I would definitely be able to make him cry, gritted my teeth, kicked my shoes and picked up Yuan'er and lay down on the innermost side, still putting my son in the middle.

I can be cruel to a cheating man, but I can't resist the behavior of cheating with my son, only compromise.

I didn't want to look at the smug arc of the slightly curved corners of my mouth after the trick was successful, so I half-turned around and closed my eyes inward. But after only a few moments, I realized that I was masochistic in this compromise, where could I sleep?

Not to mention that Xiao Yuan'er kept turning over curiously, even the strong aura on the outside of the bed affected people from falling asleep. The atmosphere is very weird, if it weren't for Xiao Yuan'er still making some movements, he would feel very difficult. But when Xiao Yuan'er was tired of playing, his mental state gradually deteriorated when no one took care of him, until he fell asleep with his head on my shoulder.

Children sleep differently from adults, and we adults are actually a little conscious in the first period of time when they fall asleep, but children really fall asleep when they close their eyes. That is to say, he may still be playing one moment, and the next moment he closes his eyes and falls asleep, then he escapes into a deep sleep, and no matter how loud the movement around him is, he will not be woken up.

So when Xiao Yuan'er was suddenly removed, I didn't even react, and when I came to my senses, Ah Ping had already changed to my side.

I glared at him angrily, is there such a brazen person?

His answer was – yes. didn't care if my face was good-looking or not, he turned around me directly and wrapped me into the crook of his arm, and what was even more odious was that he whispered a warning in his ear: "Don't be surprised that Yuan'er is sick like last time." ”

So he succeeded, and I let him hold him in my arms.

Since then, it has been like setting a precedent, every time Zhu Yuanzhang came to Lanyuan first, and then he also came over in the evening, and then stayed overnight. I don't know how it was spread outside, if his original plan was to keep me out of the way, so that the two side concubines with backgrounds who had just entered the palace and married him thought that I had fallen out of favor, and pointed the finger at his favored concubine Ah Lan, it would be certain that it was now contrary to his original intention.

Later, I couldn't help but ask, and the answer he gave me was: He made the wrong decision! True protection is not to keep me out of it, because I obviously can't stay out of it. I am the wife he is marrying and gave birth to his son, Yuan'er has established his identity as a son from the day he was born, not to mention what will happen in the future, these two points alone will not keep me out of the matter. In fact, Ah Ping had thought of this truth before, but he wanted to avoid a danger, that is, I would be framed for jealousy before he was strong enough, and he couldn't save it.

Now in such a short period of time, it is impossible for him to immediately take power into his hands, so he used Zhu Yuanzhang's deterrent power to make both the court and the outside world recognize one thing: even if I fall out of favor in Apingna, Zhu Yuanzhang is satisfied with me, the granddaughter-in-law who gave birth to a great-grandson, and it has established my status.

These are all analyzed by Ah Ping later, he thinks that the current situation is better than before, he was too passive before, and now he has turned passive into active, and if he ascends the throne in the future, no one will dare to criticize, let alone oppose it.

I didn't have joy or anger, I was a little bit of a state of mind that was smoothed out after experiencing strong winds and waves and big ups and downs. Zhu Yuanzhang came to me and treated him as a friend and teacher, he and Ah Ping have a grandparent relationship, and I don't have it, but it can be seen from getting along that he still likes to come to Lanyuan to talk to me. In political affairs, he has gradually delegated power, so Ah Ping has become more and more busy, often returning to Lanyuan after late at night, and leaving before dawn.

As for the nights when he didn't come back, I wouldn't have lost sleep anymore, and I wouldn't have wondered where he had slept at night.

But there's one thing I've been keeping an eye on him, and that's about Xiaotong. Batch after batch of people sent to find Xiaotong came back, but they couldn't find out the report, and there was no news at all. One day when I couldn't find anyone, I wondered where that child had gone. I absolutely don't believe that he also went with Daddy and Auntie.

Until one day a year ago, Ah Ping suddenly came back in the afternoon, and he didn't see anything special when he walked in, but the time of his return surprised me. He asked Changning to take Yuan'er to play next to me and sit down beside me.

During this time, the two of them got along relatively quietly, I didn't talk much, and he wouldn't deliberately pick up a conversation, so the atmosphere was silent. It's just that he sat beside him for a while and suddenly said, "Your brother has found it." ”

I was stunned for a moment, then looked at him slowly, holding on to my breathing steadily, and asked, "Where is he?" "The moment I waited for an answer, I may still be calm on the surface, but my heartbeat was increasing at a certain frequency, and there was a suppressed fear that what came out of his mouth was too heavy for me to bear.

Ah Ping turned his eyes to meet me, "His change is great, I have to give you a mental preparation first." ”

My heart fell to the ground when I heard this, but I still wanted to be sure: "He's still alive, right?" Seeing him nod, he said, "Alive." ”

Now I finally breathe a sigh of relief, as long as I am alive, only alive is possible, and if there are no people, there will be nothing. I have no way to repent, no way to make amends, only endless guilt in my heart.

I immediately asked to go to the palace, and Ah Ping asked someone to prepare a carriage to accompany me out of the palace. First of all, I questioned, can he put down political affairs and not leave the palace? He only said that it was okay and didn't explain more, and when the carriage stopped, he realized that Xiaotong was on the outskirts of the capital.

When I got out of the carriage and looked up, it was a path up the hill, and the old stone steps were still wet because of the rain last night. I looked back at Ah Ping behind me with a slight hesitation, "On the mountain?" ”

"Hmm." He answered softly and shook my hand forward.

As he climbed step by step, the guards behind him followed, and the mountain was silent, except for the sound of our footsteps. When you reach the halfway point of the mountain, you can faintly see the ancient temple on the top of the mountain, and smell the smell of incense.

I wondered if there was an ancient temple on the top of the mountain? But how could Xiaotong be in the ancient temple? Could it be that I wandered to the capital to find me, and I lost my entanglement, so I stayed in an ancient temple? Countless thoughts turned over in my mind, and when I climbed to the top of the mountain, I didn't panting, but I also felt that my legs and feet were sore. Looking at the ancient temple with cigarette smoke, I suddenly stopped, and even wanted to ask Ah Ping next to me what he meant by saying that Xiaotong had changed a lot before he came.

I have to say that Ah Ping understands me, and whispered on the side: "Since you have already come up, don't hesitate, go in." ”

I gritted my teeth and nodded, it's all here, no matter how bad it is, I have to go in.

As Ah Ping walked away, he was in front of me and behind, his hand was held by him all the time, only two guards followed, and the rest remained outside the temple. I have been searching around, but I found that this temple was empty, except for a few monks walking around, there were only a few outsiders. Maybe it was too cold, I thought silently in my heart that I would ease my tension, otherwise I was afraid that I would tremble uncontrollably.

I thought that the meditation room should at least reach the back of the temple, but I didn't think that Ah Ping would lead me through a hall and then stopped, I hesitated to look at him, only to find that his gaze was fixed on the front. Following the line of sight, I saw that there was a monk in a gray cloth monk's robe who was sweeping the floor with his back to us, his body was very thin, and the monk's robe looked empty on his body.

Suddenly, his heart froze, his eyes widened wider and wider, and he couldn't believe the possibility in his mind, so that he went to look back at Ah Ping. But I saw that there was more distress in his eyes, and he felt sorry for me, so ......

I let go of his palm and approached the gray cloth figure step by step, and when I was not far away, two words came out of my throat: "Xiaotong? I saw that the figure stopped sweeping the floor, turned around slowly, and in an instant, stabbed my eyes.

From the eyebrows to the eyes, to the nose, to the mouth, they are all the same in memory, but not only is it emaciated that I dare not recognize each other, but it is also ...... Shaved and became a young monk. The warmest eyes that used to look at me looked at me strangely and coldly at this time, and soon lowered their eyes and said in a calm tone: "Donor, you recognize the wrong person, the little monk does not forgive." ”

Forgive me! A shock in my heart, does it mean not to forgive?