As soon as the words fell, several fully armored guards had already appeared outside the door, and it seemed that Zhao Guangyi and Xiao Tao agreed to stay, and if they didn't agree, they had to stay. Lan ∞∞ Zhao Guangyi smiled bitterly: "Why is the imperial brother so hard, the younger brother just obeys the order." ”

Zhao Kuangyin snorted: "Don't misunderstand, brother Xian, this is to protect your safety." Nothing else. After speaking, he glanced at the guards, and the guards took Zhao Guangyi and Xiao Tao to the Yingluan Pavilion on the west side behind the Chengming Palace.

Zhao Kuangyin needs to sort out his own thinking. This was not the way things were supposed to go.

Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair and rubbed his brows. The delicate appearance of the little peach came to mind. That woman has been as beautiful as she has been for more than ten years. Even though there are so many women in the palace, none of them are like her. The years don't seem to have left any traces on her, but they have added a bit of charm.

In all fairness, he really didn't have to get along with a woman. But this woman is so weird. At first, because of her, Zhao Guangyi abandoned everything and didn't care about anything, leaving him isolated in the army, and when he lost his arm, he was annoyed with her; Later, Zhao Guangyi and Fu Xuechan were incompatible for her, which affected the attitude of King Wei and directly determined the outcome of his Chen Qiao mutiny, and he had to think of ways to get her away; And her identity as an official prostitute of the Tang Dynasty, her inextricable connection with the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and her unclear pregnancy made him want to get rid of her even more.

Now that I think about it, there is only one reason why he always makes a fuss about Xiao Tao. She is Zhao Guangyi's weakness.

He sent Murong Yanzhao to Nantang to shoot her. I thought it would be like that. Unexpectedly, the famous peach girl in the Southern Tang Dynasty turned out to be a trick she played. He was kept in the dark. Until Lin Renzhao's play, Zhao Guangyi went to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Pu also sent people to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

From Zhao Pu's mouth, he knew that the peach girl was Xiao Tao. He even had a son. When Zhao Pu brought the child to him, his heart was shocked. looks too similar to that woman, and her mouth and chin are a little like Zhao Guangyi. The child looked at him timidly, he was annoyed, and asked Zhao Pu: "What are you doing with him here?" ”

Zhao Pu just smiled heartily: "By chance." Your Majesty keeps it, there will always be a use. ”

He followed Zhao Pu's words, and in order to avoid being discovered, he threw the child in the dungeon in the palace. The people who are locked up there are all palace maids and eunuchs or concubines who have made mistakes, and those who can enter basically can't get out. Absolute secrecy.

This throw has been thrown for more than two years, if it weren't for Zhao Guangyi bringing that woman back from Nantang this time, he would have almost forgotten that there was such a child.

From the first day Xiao Tao returned to the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin felt uncomfortable. With her chewing on the root of her tongue in Zhao Guangyi's ear, he always felt that she had buried a thunderbolt. And if this woman has light in her heart, why didn't she come back sooner? But at the critical moment when the Song army attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty, it arrived in the Song land? There must be something unspeakable. He only watched from the sidelines.

Sure enough, when the defenders reported the customs clearance document layer by layer to Zhao Kuangyin, he sneered. It turned out to be this purpose. Collaboration with the enemy and traitor? She's tired of it!

Zhao Kuangyin unceremoniously immediately announced Xiao Tao, Zhao Guangyi also came, very good, he wanted to see what Zhao Guangyi's reaction would be after knowing what the woman had done!

It's just that he didn't expect that Zhao Guangyi would be so stupid that he would want nothing for this woman. Was he blind or fell for that woman's Gu? The woman approached him to give a message to Nantang. Zhao Kuangyin couldn't figure out what was going on in Zhao Guangyi's mind. Don't want anything, Zhao Kuangyin doesn't care about the title and official position, but the Golden Alliance, this can poke Zhao Kuangyin's heart. Is it worth exchanging the golden alliance for that woman's life?

Zhao Kuangyin thought back and forth for a long time, until the night was late, and he still didn't figure it out. Suddenly, he stood up and ordered the commander of the forbidden army to be summoned into the palace overnight.

Ying Luan Pavilion is very large, and the grandeur of the palace is still much larger than that of the Jin Palace. So big that the whole room was cold. A palace maid came in and served tea, and then withdrew. There were only Zhao Guangyi and Xiao Tao in the room, and a few candles that jumped out. Outside the gate are the palace guards.

Zhao Guangyi sat on the chair, coldly looking at the swaying bamboo shadow on the window, and did not glance at Xiao Tao.

Xiao Tao was ashamed in her heart, standing beside Zhao Guangyi, her fingers going back and forth, not knowing what to say. There was still room for her life to turn around, and she didn't expect that she would be able to save her life if she committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy. But Zhao Guangyi has to give his all and everything he has because of this. After a long time, Xiao Tao slowly spoke: "Is it worth it?" For the sake of my life, you have to give him all your life's work? ”

Zhao Guangyi didn't answer, and didn't move. After a long time, Xiao Tao asked again: "What is the Golden Alliance?" ”

Zhao Guangyi still did not answer. Xiao Tao's words didn't react to him. Little Peach closed her mouth in amusement.

Night, in the copper kettle dripping a little bit, drop by drop. I don't know how long it took, Xiao Tao didn't feel a trace of sleep, and still stood upright beside Zhao Guangyi. It wasn't until the sky was already white that Zhao Guangyi moved his fingers. Hoarse and spoke: "Is it worth it, I'm also asking myself, is it worth it?" As he spoke, he turned sideways slightly and looked at Xiao Tao beside him.

In the bright morning light, Xiao Tao saw Zhao Guangyi's tired face and tiredness, and there was a little old desolation in his face, and there were a few strands of white hair on his sideburns. Xiao Tao pursed her lips, her heart was in pain, and she couldn't answer.

Zhao Guangyi's voice was a little sad: "I thought about it all night, I can't even figure it out, how can you do this?!" Zhao Guangyi didn't look at Xiao Tao, just stared at the burned candle on the table and said distractedly, "You are by my side to serve me to write and approve documents, when I am looking at your figure and relieved, you are thinking about how to find the customs documents you want." You took me to enjoy the plum blossoms, and when I watched you dance and got drunk, you thought about how to get me drunk and steal my seal. ”

Zhao Guangyi's voice was not intense, but there was a kind of sad loneliness, which made Xiao Tao's heart hurt. Xiao Tao's tears flowed out one by one, looking at Zhao Guangyi, she couldn't say a word. Zhao Guangyi looked at the tearful little peach and smiled, smiling sadly: "You have done it, why are you crying?" Well? ”

Xiao Tao has seen Zhao Guangyi in many ways, angry, cold, tantrum and smashing things, she has seen them all, but she has not made her so scared and distressed by the desolation now. Xiao Tao clutched her clothes tightly, let her tears flow, and only muttered one word: "I'm sorry." ”

"Excuse me?" Zhao Guangyi raised his hand and pinched Xiao Tao's chin, "You're sorry to tell me now?" But if you had to choose again, you'd still do it, wouldn't you? ”

Xiao Tao cried and nodded. She had no other choice, and when Li Yu handed over to her the letter of state that was tied to the fortunes of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the lives of tens of millions of people, she had no choice.

Zhao Guangyi hooked his lips coldly, trying to squeeze out a smile, but failed, just pinched Xiao Tao's chin tighter: "I taught you to write, and you wrote a hand that is exactly the same as mine." I'm as happy as a fool, but you, but you use the words I taught you to collaborate with the enemy, and you hide from the sky and the sea with one trick, Taoyi, I just want to ask you, how did you do it? Are you insulting my words, or insulting my stupidity, or insulting my affection for you? ”

Xiao Tao's heart hurt as if it was torn, Zhao Guangyi's words pierced her heart and bled non-stop, how did she do it? She clutched her chest and endured the pain.

Zhao Guangyi's eyebrows and eyes were all shattered: "I reminded you, if you are my woman, don't carry so much anymore." You promised me, why did you lie to me again? "Remember the bean Yucai.

Xiao Tao bit her lip and tried her best to stop her trembling voice: "Since you know, why don't you stop me?" ”

yes, why not stop her? He was clearly aware of Xiao Tao's abnormality in asking the paperwork's unusual enthusiasm, why did he still allow her to sort out the paperwork and serve the pen and ink? He obviously knew that Xiao Tao had touched his brocade bag with seals at night, why was he willing to stay in the mountain temple with her and get drunk with her to give her the opportunity to steal the seal? It's not that he's unconscious, he just trusts her too much. He didn't dare to think about the woman he had loved for eighteen years, and he painstakingly approached him in order to collaborate with the enemy.

Zhao Guangyi let out a long sigh and asked with difficulty: "Taoyi, have you never loved me?" ”

Xiao Tao's body froze in place, Zhao Guangyi didn't look at Xiao Tao after asking this sentence, but slowly closed his eyes. Xiao Tao's tears fell again, sneered as if laughing at herself, and said in a low voice: "You won't believe anything I say again." I'm not worthy of you anymore. Saying that, she wiped her tears, doesn't she love Zhao Guangyi? She wished she could love him a little less. If you love him less, you don't have to endure years of loneliness, and you don't have to dream of him every night, let alone feel so guilty. After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Tao turned her head away, turned her back to Zhao Guangyi and said one word: "Love." ”

Zhao Guangyi's heart thumped, and then sank again. In the past, he would have been ecstatic to hear this word, but now, this word is not true. Zhao Guangyi hooked his lips and laughed distractedly, his voice was empty: "Maybe." After a pause, he shook his head, "This question doesn't make sense anymore." His heart, to this day, is finally cold. She used the same hand as him to help her kingdom and ruin his heart.

But he still had to save her, and no matter what, he couldn't watch her die. should repay the kindness she gave him eighteen years ago in that courtyard full of corpses. In spite of this grace, he has repaid it many times. It stands to reason that the two have long been indebted.

"It's meaningless" Xiao Tao silently read these three words, tears flowing.

The voice of the guard came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness King Jin, Your Majesty is invited." ”