"Chenjing?" I thought that Yi Chenjing's abnormal performance in the past few days was just too tired, but when he heard his voice and tone, Bai Qige realized that he was probably stuck in some quagmire and couldn't extricate himself.

Turning around with difficulty in the space circled by his arms, Bai Qige raised his head and cupped Yi Chenjing's thin cheeks: "What do you mean it's just me?" Chenjing, you can't be so negative, we have waited for today, you must persevere for your great cause! ”

"I'm insisting, I always have been, but I don't know more and more whether what I've done is right or wrong, because my ambition has caused my mother to die innocently, and this is not the result I want."

Bai Qige sighed.

He really went to drill the horns again, blaming himself for the murder of Concubine Jing, torturing himself and her.

"I don't argue with you about who is right and who is wrong, I can't stop you if you have to take the blame on yourself, but you have to understand one thing, you and I can't turn back at this point, whether it's Sister Qiao or your mother, even if you regret it, they can't come back from the dead." Gently snuggling on Yi Chenjing's shoulder, Bai Qige's tone was much softer, "The most painful thing for my mother is you, if you let her know that you feel sorry for yourself because of her death, do you think your mother will feel better?" ”

Yi Chenjing grabbed Bai Qige's hand and put it on his chest, sighed, and looked tired: "I understand what you said, but I can't be indifferent." It's as if I knew very well that it wasn't your fault that my mother was kidnapped by Yi Chenxuan, but at that time, a fire rushed to the top of my head and I lost my mind, and I said something without thinking, but in fact, I never blamed you for it. ”

Why did you talk about it and go around her? Bai Qige was stunned for a moment, then her eyebrows were raised, and her two eyes stared at Yi Chenjing: "You...... Is this an apology around the bend? ”

"It's good that you hear me."

"I forgot that you are a very thick-skinned person, and you want to get away with apologizing!" Raising his foot and stepping on the surface of Yi Chenjing's feet, Bai Qige pushed away Wen Nu's embrace and ran to the side, his mouth was unforgiving, but his heart fell back into his stomach safely.

It seems that Yi Chenjing is more stoic than she imagined, although there were times of impulsiveness and chaos during this period, but in the end, she was not disappointed, and this sudden joy after being uneasy gave Bai Qige a new experience - Yi Chenjing has matured, and she is not much better than the indifferent, almost ruthless, and decisive Seven Princes of Dayao when she first met. Such progress was achieved through the sacrifices of countless people, but fortunately, Yi Chenjing did not live up to those people, nor did she live up to her.

Seeing that Bai Qige had recovered his spirit like a rabbit, Yi Chenjing smiled bitterly and beckoned: "Come here, sit down honestly and drink porridge with me, I'm really tired." ”

"Tell me about the queen while drinking porridge. I think the queen's appearance at this juncture is probably not as simple as worshipping, looking at her steady and powerful steps, and the calluses on her palms that are suspected to be sharpened by the sword, is she a practitioner? Or does Empress Da Yao have a practice of martial arts? Sitting at the table opposite Yi Chenjing, Bai Qige stirred the steaming lotus leaf japonica rice porridge, and her eyes were more misty than the heat.

"Da Yao's customs are patriarchal, even if the women of large families learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at most, if anyone has a daughter who practices fist and foot kung fu, she will be ridiculed by outsiders, and the queen who is the mother of the country is naturally not required to practice martial arts. Speaking of which, the queen is a little similar to you, and she is also a general-oriented who likes to dance with knives and guns, but after being canonized, she no longer practiced martial arts, and devoted herself to things such as the front and harem. ”

Bai Qige put down his rice bowl and looked at Yi Chenjing with an incredible gaze: "The previous dynasty? You mean, the queen interferes in court politics?! ”

"It's not just interference, when my father first ascended the throne, many things were coerced by the queen, and this situation lasted for a long time before it ended." Speaking of the history not long ago, Yi Chenjing's face became solemn, "Don't look at the queen who hides in Huanqing Palace every day under the pretext of not asking about the world, she can be said to be the only person who can suppress her father, and the only person who has the ability to destroy her father's country." ”

When he was young, Emperor Yao relied on his liver and courage and resourcefulness to defeat Dayao and now the country, shrewd and strong, in addition to high vision and strong hands, even when he is old, he still reveals the deep city everywhere, such an imposing man will be suppressed by a woman? If it weren't for what Yi Chenjing said, Bai Qige would never believe that this was the truth.

"What is the origin of the queen, who can force the emperor to such a point?"

Speaking of the rise, Yi Chenjing simply dropped the porridge spoon, and his deep eyes seemed to go back to decades ago through the torrent of time, when he was not born in the distant years: "The queen was born in Jiangmen and practiced martial arts since childhood, her grandfather was a famous hussar general in the previous dynasty, her father was a good general who accompanied his father to conquer and kill the Quartet, and his uncle's family produced prime ministers from generation to generation, and it was the queen's uncle who served as the right minister after his father took power. Not to mention having such a background, the queen herself is more scheming than ordinary women, as a person in the harem, she has repeatedly interfered in politics, and often confronted her father by virtue of her family's pivotal position in the distant country. ”

Bai Qige shook his head: "The edge is too strong, and it will not last long." ”

Raising his eyelids and glancing at Bai Qige, Yi Chenjing let out a long sigh: "Yes, it won't last long." The father secretly accumulated strength, and soon cut off the real power of Youcheng and the queen's father, and hinted that the courtiers could not teach women to interfere in politics, so the Manchu civil and military forces demanded that the queen be punished or even abolished. The queen suddenly realized that it was too late, although the father considered that the power of Youcheng and others could not be too damaging to hide their face, so they retained the status of the queen, but after that, the queen was grounded in the Huanqing Palace for three years. The ban order has made the queen a lot more restrained, and in recent years, she has not interfered in anything except for some harem trivial matters, such as the funeral of the concubine, and she has never come forward. With a meaningful sneer, Yi Chenjing's eyes were full of disdain: "Sure enough, everyone likes the throne, and before I can officially canonize the crown prince, those people will all come like flies." ”

The queen, who had not appeared for a long time, suddenly appeared, and its purpose could be seen at a glance, Bai Qige did not object to Yi Chenjing's ridicule, but ...... Why do you always feel that something is wrong?

"What are you staring at me for?" Finding that Bai Qige no longer continued to discuss, but looked at herself with one hand on her cheeks and a smile, Yi Chenjing was uncomfortable.

Bai Qige was serious: "Chen Jing, those people who came at you are flies, so what are you?" ”

"......" flies always revolve around dirty and smelly things, so is he filth? Yi Chenjing was speechless with his mouth half-open. The words were said by themselves, can they still be swallowed back? Frowning and glaring, Yi Chenjing snatched Bai Qige's porridge spoon and stuffed it into the bowl: "Eat your porridge honestly!" ”

Bai Qige turned his head sideways to avoid Yi Chenjing's embarrassed expression, lest his intestines hurt from laughing, leaving Yi Chenjing to roll his eyes and stir the porridge fiercely.

After laughing, I felt calm, this is the atmosphere between her and Yi Chenjing, what outsiders can't see, only belongs to the real side of the two of them. Su Rao was executed, Concubine Jing died, Su Yan will leave the palace sooner or later to be free, and in the future, only the two of them will depend on each other in this dusty place, and be each other's only relatives in this turbid land.

His cheekbones were cold for a while, and for the first time, Bai Qige found that his hands would also be so lacking in warmth.

"You've lost a lot of weight." Gently caressing Bai Qige's cheeks, when she realized that her palm was colder than her skin, Yi Chenjing withdrew her hand and held the still hot porridge bowl through her sleeve to keep warm.

What happened recently is like a dream, just after going through a thousand hardships and being physically and mentally exhausted, but waking up not a beautiful new life, but a more painful reality. After a few days, when Concubine Jing's coffin was moved into the mausoleum and no longer visible, Yi Chenjing suddenly realized that he had been making muddy mistakes for the past few days, and he was a bastard to the point of damning - he poured his anger and pain on Bai Qige, so that she had to go through the most difficult time with him, even if she was not at fault.

"Let's look in the mirror and see for yourself." Originally, there were a thousand words I wanted to say to Yi Chenjing, but when the time came, Bai Qige didn't want to mention it again. The man she likes has returned, tolerating her and understanding her, so why should those mediocre people complain to him? Quickly picking up the porridge into his mouth, Bai Qige stretched his waist and sighed vaguely: "No, I'm so tired that I'm about to fall apart, and I don't have the strength to continue to idle with you." You eat slowly, I'll go to sleep first. ”

Looking at the back of the resolute departure and the steaming porridge in his bowl, Yi Chenjing was dumbfounded, and touched his chest, as if his stomach had been burned through a big hole: "Is your body made of iron or silver?" ”

"It's neither, it's meant to laugh at you."

Half an hour later, the last candle still lit in the dust pavilion was extinguished, and the palace courtyard that had just finished a sad parting finally fell into silence.

Xu is Emperor Yao remembered that Yi Chenjing had worked hard for days, and early in the morning of the second day, he specially instructed Gonggong Tao to go to the dust Xuan to inform him that there was nothing to rest for the next three days, and Yi Chenjing, who was almost exhausted, was so happy that he could be busy and leisurely, although his mentality and mood had been adjusted to the top ten, he still pretended to be extremely tired and received the order, but Gonggong Tao was so distressed that he went back to the palace to whimper and wipe his tears from Emperor Yao. In those three days, Yi Chenjing was unprecedentedly relaxed, ignoring the trivial matters of the previous dynasty, and having a beautiful woman by his side, but it was a pity that there were fewer people in the dust Xuan, and he always felt a little lonely.

Compared with the dust Xuan, an inconspicuous inn in the imperial capital of the distant country is much more lively, and the chickens and dogs start to jump before dawn, scolding again and again.

"Little bunny! That was what the old man bought with three purple fox skins! If you say give it away, give it away! The old man hasn't even drunk a sip! Hold it! Stop! There was a ping pong on the stairs on the second floor, and the sturdy old man with a trembling beard scolded while chasing the young man in front, and the blue eyes and snow-white skin of the two attracted the eyes of the diners on the first floor.

The young man took advantage of the crowd in the lobby to scurry around, his eyes full of jokes: "Wine is for drinking, wouldn't it be a waste of good wine if you don't drink it?" Knowing that my father-in-law doesn't like to drink and only likes to watch, didn't I bring back the wine jar? ”

"Y-you dare to be reasonable! Don't give up, stop him, stop him for me! ”

I don't know when the man standing at the door of the inn sighed slightly, and turned to the side to block in front of the young man who rushed over: "Father-in-law, is it okay to be so flamboyant in front of everyone's eyes?" ”

The old man was stunned, his face became more and more black, he hesitated for a moment, and shook his hand away with a cold snort.

After Feng Wujiang completely disappeared from everyone's sight, Su Buqi leaned against the door and said lightly: "You stole your father-in-law's wine to make favors?" It's no wonder that his old man is thunderous, and the old wine on the truck is about to be emptied by you. ”

"What's the solution, the white girl likes to drink spirits, but here are all inferior goods as light as water, and I can only fight my father's idea." Ning Xi shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and his deep smile was playful, "For the sake of the white girl, I can do whatever it takes." ”