Zizhutai is a separate garden, the original pomp is very large, pavilions, rockery ponds. But since Li Hongji's death, the first emperor Li Jing did not give Zizhutai to others, and only sent a few guards to guard it. Nearly a decade has passed. Zizhutai gradually became desolate. The houses outside have long been collapsed and dilapidated, only there is a slightly neater building in the backyard, and a rockery outside, and a winding corridor is connected to a water pavilion.

Li Yu was in a hurry and only thought of this place, although it was dilapidated, it was still an independent courtyard, and it was also some distance from Jinling City. The plague is different from other diseases, if it is another disease, Li Yu will take Xiao Tao into the palace to recuperate, and it will not matter; But the disease is contagious, and one person can destroy a city or even a nation. If the other singers and dancers in the workshop had contracted the epidemic, they would have been given to death and then burned with fire to get rid of the source of the disease.

But it was Xiao Tao who got sick, and it was the peach girl praised by the people, Li Yu couldn't bear it, and he couldn't treat her like that. I had to settle in Zizhutai. The imperial doctor must be diagnosed and cured, otherwise he will be dismissed from his post.

Although the imperial doctors who were sent were all experienced, they were all trembling, and although the dismissal was very scary, if they were not careful, it would not be worth taking their lives. What's more, it's summer, and it's the most contagious. Compared with life, life is important compared to the future, after all, life matters. So the imperial doctor covered his mouth and nose tightly, just lifted Xiao Tao's robe and looked at his arms, and then looked at the red spots on his face and neck, and took a thick towel to check the pulse on Xiao Tao's arm, Xiao Tao coughed twice from time to time, and turned around to move, so frightened that the imperial doctor blushed and heartbeat, and couldn't feel Xiao Tao's pulse at all, just coping: "It's okay to see the pulse." Observe for a few more days. And he hurried away. to the best of the best.

After going out, he prescribed a prescription at will, and Qingqing sent someone to take the medicine, and came back to fry it and serve it to Xiao Tao. Xiao Tao took advantage of Qingqing's inattention and fell into the flower pot.

Zizhutai only has Qingqing accompanying Xiao Tao, and there are two rough envoys sent by Huayuefang to serve outside. First, they were afraid of infection, and secondly, Xiao Tao didn't allow them to get close, so the subordinates never entered the building where Xiao Tao lived. The other is the guards guarding outside the garden, including the original ones and those sent by Li Yuxin.

Xiao Tao has just lived in Zizhutai, and she is still a little uncomfortable. The first prince Li Hongji liked luxury, even if it was a separate garden, you can see the golden decoration everywhere, the bedside, tables and chairs, doors and windows. All of them. In fact, in terms of luxury, Li Yu and Li Hongji are the same, but Li Yu is more elegant and luxurious, while Li Hongji is more extensive and prefers golden photos.

Xiao Tao couldn't help but sigh: "It's too luxurious to live here." I can't sleep well. ”

Qingqing listened, her face changed a little, and it took a long time to look at Xiao Tao as if she had made up her mind: "The girl can't sleep well?" I can't sleep well either. ”

"What's on your mind that you can't sleep well at your young age?" Xiao Tao looked at Qingqing and laughed.

"It's not a matter of mind." Qingqing swallowed her saliva and looked at Xiao Taodao, "Don't you think, girl, at night, especially in the second half of the night, sometimes there are footsteps?" ”

"Is there one?" Momo didn't feel it. Ever since she moved out of Huayuefang, she has been covered in comfort. In addition, the fetus is tired in the womb, often wants to sleep, and if it does not sleep well, it is half awake and does not hear any movement. But if Qingqing really hears it, it will be a little interesting. Xiao Tao looked at Qingqing and asked, "Are you sure?" Did you really hear the sound? ”

Qingqing nodded, looked at Xiao Tao and said, "I don't dare to say it if I want to say it these days, for fear of scaring the girl." But yes, from the first day we moved in. I got up that night and didn't sleep all night. In the second half of the night, when it was quiet everywhere, I heard footsteps moving in front of me. When I opened my eyes, I couldn't see anyone, so I was so frightened that I quickly blindfolded the quilt. The voice then faded. ”

Qingqing said specifically, Xiao Tao's heart fluttered when she heard it: "Is it a person's footsteps? Is it heavy? ”

Qingqing thought for a while and said, "More than one person. Like several, not heavy. But it's not light, it's like it's right above your head. Qingqing was a little trembling, and looked at Xiao Tao timidly, "Girl, will it be haunted-"

Ghost? Xiao Tao hooked her lips and smiled, she never believed in ghosts. If there are ghosts and gods, why is her mother and her children so resolute and don't give her a glimmer of hope? If it's a ghost, it's good, no one is afraid of ghosts. I am afraid that if it is a human being, it will give birth to countless malice. Xiao Tao thought for a while, and then asked, "Could it be the guards patrolling at night?" ”

Qingqing shook her head: "No, the guards will not go to the inner courtyard for inspection." And their steps are so heavy, as if they can step out of a big hole in one step. ”

Qingqing's metaphor made Xiao Tao laugh and pat Qingqing's shoulder: "Okay, don't be suspicious." Scare yourself. But I was a little hesitant in my heart.

Xiao Tao tried her best not to sleep at night, wanting to hear if there was any movement. But I didn't hear a sound all night, and at dawn I couldn't hold it anymore and slept soundly.

After a few days, the spots on Xiao Tao's body faded. The imperial doctor who came to consult every day also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly told Li Yu the good news that the epidemic was under control, and as long as he continued to take medicine, he could be cured. Li Yu sent the eunuchs in the palace to greet him, and gave him some food and clothing, as well as rare medicinal materials such as ginseng and snow lotus.

Xiao Tao wrote a letter to Li Yu, one thanked the emperor for his grace, and the other said that his health had improved, and he didn't have to trouble the imperial doctor to come every day, and he would send someone to ask the imperial doctor if there was anything wrong. But his body is still weak, and he wants to recuperate in Zizhutai for a while, and then return to Huayuefang after his body has fully recovered.

Xiao Tao's beautiful line had already made Li Yu look excited, and he looked at it three times before he began to ponder the content of the letter. After reading it, the impact of the content was far less than the impact of the words on Li Yu, so he absentmindedly instructed the eunuch who came back with the letter: "Everything depends on Tao Niang's meaning, just be in good health." The eunuch hurriedly passed on Li Yu's dictation again. The imperial doctor was relieved that he didn't have to go to Zizhutai every day when he got the holy decree.

There are only Qingqing and Xiao Tao in the inner courtyard of Zizhutai, and there is no need to be afraid of the royal doctor's pretending to be a vein at every turn, and Xiao Tao's mood is much more relaxed. With the cloth of clothes brought, Xiao Tao cut it open and began to sew small clothes to welcome the arrival of this child. Qingqing saw her curiosity and couldn't help asking, "Who is the girl making clothes for?" "Qingqing is young after all, and she has no concept of Xiao Tao's bulging belly and small clothes.

Xiao Tao smiled unconsciously: "You'll know later." Don't ask now, and don't tell anyone. That smile was full of sweetness.

It's easy to turn cool from midsummer, Xiao Tao has survived the sweaty season, and her stomach is becoming more and more obvious, Xiao Tao sometimes caresses her belly, feeling the life that grows little by little. She can even imagine what a child's little hands, little feet, little head will look like. There are many sewn clothes, there are short jackets and short skirts, small cloaks and large coats, and even swaddling clothes are sewn a lot, with different colors and thicknesses.

When it came to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace sent a message to Xiao Tao. The emperor is going out of the city to worship, and he will come to visit Xiao Tao's illness by the way. Looking at the eunuchs who came to pass the word, Xiao Tao's brain was a wood, the emperor is coming?! Xiao Tao only watched the eunuch's mouth open and closed, and didn't listen to anything.

Since Xiao Tao claimed that he had not yet recovered, there was a layer of gauze between him and the eunuch, and it was easy to wait for the eunuch to finish speaking, Xiao Tao glanced at Qingqing, and Qingqing stuffed the eunuch with ingots of silver. Xiao Tao tried her best to ask the eunuch calmly, "Why did the emperor remember to be here?" My illness has not yet healed, and I am really afraid that it will disturb the dragon body. How can you take it. ”

The eunuch smiled: "Your Majesty is very concerned about Si Wu. If I wasn't worried about state affairs a while ago, I would have come to visit you. This time it happened to be a sacrifice passing by, and the first thing His Majesty wanted was to come here. ”

The corners of Xiao Tao's mouth twitched awkwardly, so it seemed that Li Yu had to come. It's just why did he come? She didn't think that her friendship with Li Yu had reached the point where he wanted to visit in person, and she didn't think that her level of being a Zheng Sanpinsi dance or the title of "Peach Niang" given by the people was the reason for him to come to see her.

Xiao Tao couldn't figure it out, but she couldn't feel at ease anymore. When the eunuch comes, he can block it with a gauze curtain, but Li Yu can't block it when he comes. How to explain the current figure he saw? How to explain? And what will he do with her children? Thinking of this, Xiao Tao's heart was beating non-stop, anxious and flustered, and she couldn't sleep for several nights.

And on the night of the fifth day, Xiao Tao was still in a trance, thinking about how to deal with it. But between falling asleep and not sleeping, I heard a few footsteps.

The footsteps were very close, as if they were nearby, and when you closed your eyes, it seemed that someone was around. Xiao Tao opened his eyes suddenly, and there was no one around, only a few cold moonlight sprinkled in through the screen window like silver. Xiao Tao closed her eyes, and the footsteps were still there, very clear, sometimes far away, sometimes near, and when she was close, she was by her side. Xiao Tao's heart tugged, and she shouted softly: "Qingqing! Green! ”

Qingqing slept outside and did not answer. A black shadow flashed in front of the window, Xiao Tao immediately sat up, put on her clothes and walked out, Qingqing slept soundly outside, it seems that she didn't hear a sound tonight. Xiao Tao stood at the door and listened to the sound, and the footsteps that he had heard clearly in the house were weakened here.

Xiao Tao tried to walk out, the more she walked, the weaker the footsteps became, and she was about to go back, but just after she paused, the footsteps gradually became clear again, as if they were around. The footsteps were not slow, as if they were pacing slowly. Xiao Tao looked around, and couldn't help but walk forward as if she had been stunned. I had just walked a few steps when I was suddenly gently patted on the back.

Xiao Tao was stunned, came back to her senses, and clenched her fists tightly, but a familiar voice sounded warmly beside her: "Late at night, don't mess around anymore, be careful about the cold." "Machine