The emperor died, and the world was mourned.

I actually feel quite sorry that the old and wise old emperor is gone, although I am new to the country, I have witnessed the prosperity of his rule, and his departure does not know what it means to the country.

I remember vividly that when the crown prince came back from the emperor's spiritual hall, he yawned again and again, and his face was full of exhaustion, but I did not see the slightest sadness, but a kind of relief and relief, which made me think about it with great fear.

The emperor's body had to be enshrined in the spirit hall for seven days before entering the mausoleum, and his sons and daughters and concubines took turns to keep the spirit.

That night, it was the turn of the crown prince, and I took a few palace people to wait beside me.

According to the rules, the crown princess should keep a vigil with the prince, but the princess has been in poor health, and she was seriously ill in the past two days and could only be avoided, so she was replaced by a jade concubine.

The night was getting deeper and quieter, and only the sound of the monks outside the spiritual hall could be heard exceedingly for the emperor.

The prince knelt on the ground, yawned casually, raised his hand to wipe away the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes, he had never been in the habit of staying up late, and he had already fallen asleep by this time.

I bowed down and took a few steps forward, came behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, the slave maid will make you a cup of strong tea?" ”

He snorted in his throat, twisted his stiff neck, and looked around.

I had prepared the tea for a long time, and I knew that he would definitely not be able to stay up, so I asked someone to bring a tea set, and it was quickly brewed.

The concubine knelt on the other side of the body, and for a few hours she knelt motionless on the ground, silent, except for the occasional small sob, letting us know that there was still her person.

I also made a cup for her and brought it to her: "Jade Concubine Niangniang, the ground is wet and cold, drink some hot tea." ”

She didn't look at me, only glanced at the clear tea, shook her head slightly and said, "No matter how hot the tea is, it can't warm my heart." ”

Her voice was very good, soft and soft, revealing an indescribable sorrow and bitterness, and she couldn't help but feel pity.

Seeing that she is less than twenty years old, what should she do after the emperor's death, it is nothing more than the result of the funeral and the monkhood. I guess most of her tears were shed for herself, but it's a pity that at such a gorgeous age, her life is over.

When I returned to the prince, he was no longer drinking tea, and the teacup was in his hand, as if he was meditating on something.

"Your Highness......" I held out my hand and motioned to take the teacup.

But he didn't react at all, his body tilted slightly and his head was tilted, his eyes were always locked in one direction, I was a little strange, looking at him from his angle, it was the jade concubine.

As the saying goes, a woman should be pretty and filial, and the Yun Concubine was wearing a white shirt, wearing a silk flower on her head, her eyes were weeping, and she was faintly crying, and her appearance was indeed sad and moving.

Before, the prince had been holding his head for time, and he didn't notice the jade concubine opposite, and he was reluctant to wake the spirit. And as soon as the jade concubine spoke, the delicate and sad voice immediately aroused his interest.

I really can't imagine that in front of his father's spirit, he can still have a reverie about his father's woman.

Finally, his gaze left the jade concubine, and the hand holding the tea cup turned back, and I immediately took it.

"You take everybody out." He said it lightly.

My body froze instantly, and my heart shook violently as if it had been smashed with a hammer.

He threw us all out, but I just felt like my brain was dazed.

Seeing that I didn't respond for a long time, he turned his head to look at me, suppressed his voice and shouted, "Are you deaf?" ”

I don't know where I got the courage, just stared him in the eye and didn't move.

At this moment, his pupils were dilated, and there seemed to be a flame burning inside, which was not desire, but sin.

"Smack-"

He finally got angry.

This slap made my eyes black, I almost fell to the ground, just barely stood firm, there were palace people behind me to support me, whispered in my ear: "Father-in-law Qing, let's go." ”

I let them drag me out of the door, I glanced at these palace people, they all knew the current affairs, who the crown prince was, he was the supreme emperor after the mourning period, and I was stupid enough to disobey his orders.

Everyone walked out of the hall, the door of the hall was slowly closed, and at the last glance, I saw that the prince had already gotten up and walked towards the jade concubine......

There were more than a dozen people in the palace guarding outside the hall, but they could hear the needle falling on the ground quietly, and everyone knew in their hearts what was going on inside.

The main hall is very large, and the door is very thick, and it is almost impossible to hear the sound, but I seem to be able to hear the sound inside, as if something is falling into the abyss little by little, and there is a strange sense of absurdity.

For a long, long time......

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound on the door of the temple, which frightened my heart, and I heard the sound like a tea cup shattering on the door.

"Your Highness is calling us in?" The palace man next to me reminded me.

Of course, I knew that, but I didn't want to go in. But I also know that I can't choose.

I took a deep breath, re-scanned the faces of each palace person, and said, "Whoever dares to leak the news of this matter, a few heads are not enough." ”

They all said they understood.

Now that the matter has happened, I can only try to minimize the impact, I have to see the situation clearly, after all, the prince and I are in the same boat, just like the prince said that he is my sky, and if the sky falls, I will die.

I slowly pushed open the door of the temple, which seemed to be much heavier than usual. As soon as I entered the door, I saw the portrait of the emperor hanging high, this portrait was so realistic, it really seemed that the emperor himself was watching everything that happened in the palace with a blank face.

At this moment, I just felt disgusting.

The atmosphere in the hall was a little strange, and I approached the prince, who was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, his front open and the expression on his face satisfied. He looked up at me lazily, but didn't tell anything.

I turned my head to look for the jade concubine, she was curled up under the emperor's golden silk coffin, her appearance was too embarrassed, the white shirt had been torn, there were more tears on her face, and there was a clear slap print.

"Take a new white shirt and bring a basin of water." I instructed the palace to be humane.

I helped Yu Concubine change her clothes and recomb her hair, I tried to raise her neckline as much as possible to cover the red marks on her neck, the slap marks on her face were also very heavy, and they couldn't be erased in a day or two, so I had to leave a strand of broken hair to cover her face, how much could I block.

The jade concubine was already like a soulless shell, and no matter what I did, she didn't react.

I finished this in silence and walked back behind the prince.

He seemed to be quite satisfied with everything I had done, looked back at me, and said, "You go back to the East Palace first, your face is swollen." ”

When he said this, I remembered that I had been slapped by him not long ago, but the tingling sensation on my face was completely covered by the chill in my heart.

"Your Highness." I bowed numbly.

As soon as I walked out of the spiritual hall, a few people walked towards me, and soon I recognized that it was King Mu who walked in front.

I hurried up to him and saluted.

Before I could bend down, he reached out and held me up, looked down at me and asked, "What's wrong with your face?" ”

I don't know how badly I was hurt, the lights weren't bright, but he spotted them at a glance.

I shook my head and didn't speak. I couldn't lie, and I didn't dare to tell the truth, lest he ask the emperor why he beat me.

As smart as he was, he naturally knew who had hit me. He didn't ask any more questions, but suddenly grabbed my arm and walked the way I came.

"Lord Wang?!" I was stunned.

Without stopping all the way, he actually pulled me directly back to the Zhaolu Palace.

As soon as he entered the inner sanctum, and before he could take his seat, he hurriedly commanded: "Ice cubes, dredging ointment." ”

He brought ice cubes, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and gently applied them to my face.

"Thank you, the princess, just come by yourself." I was very embarrassed and wanted to change his hand, but he didn't let go, I directly shook his hand, and my heart jumped and had to let go.

"Dizzy?" He asked softly.

"Don't get dizzy." I suddenly remembered that he had just gone to the Spirit Palace, and there should be something, so I asked, "The slave didn't delay the prince's affairs, right?" ”

"It's nothing, it's already the second half of the night, I'm worried that the sixth brother won't be able to stay up, and I want to change him."

"Oh." If he had arrived earlier and bumped into the prince and the jade concubine, I don't know how he would have reacted.

"But it seems that I'm overthinking, he can beat you like this, and his physical strength is not inferior to me at all." He chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm.

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After applying the ice, he personally applied the dredging cream to me, and the cool silk felt much more comfortable.

I was very grateful and praised him, saying, "The prince takes great care of his subordinates, no wonder he is embraced." ”

He closed the dredging cream, looked at me, and said, "Except for you, who do you see that I am taking good care of?" ”

I froze, looked at him, and was speechless for a moment.

He was a little too nice to me, even though I couldn't figure it out many times. Who can give me the confidence to believe that he is because he likes me, a eunuch.

"Lord, the slave and maid can't pay you back in this life, but the slave and maid still can't figure it out, why is the prince ......?"

"You're my apprentice, it's not an honor that everyone has." The light shone on the side of his face, leaving a faint shadow beside the straight bridge of his nose, and under that shadow was his delicate lips, which seemed to be smiling rather than smiling.

Hearing him say this, somehow, I felt a faint sense of loss in my heart.

I smiled and looked away, and I found myself less and less afraid to look into his eyes, as if it felt like something like a poppy, fascinating and dangerous, and I was a little scared, afraid that I would fall into it.

"Do you have any regrets?" He said suddenly.

"Huh?" I had just woken up from my contemplation, and I had no idea what he was saying.

He looked me in the eye and said clearly, "If I'm not mistaken, you could have avoided this slap." ”

I was silent, not knowing why he knew, and it was, I could have avoided being beaten, but I didn't know if I regretted it, and I couldn't tell which was more difficult, the pain in my face or the pain in my conscience.

Seeing that I was in a daze for a while, he said flatly. "You can't change anything, you just get hurt."

His words struck me in the heart so easily that we looked at each other and tacitly agreed that neither of us would speak again......