In the study, Long Xiao stood in front of the window, looking at a rockery outside, and his long body revealed wordless loneliness.

Jia Qianqian tiptoed behind him and shouted, "Hey! Maybe it was too distracted, Long Xiao's rare body shook, and then he turned his head and saw Jia Qianqian's delicate face smiling brightly.

There is still no expression on his face, but his heart is like a gentle spring breeze, and his whole body is warm. Jia Qianqian, sure enough, did not lose his trust, he really came.

"What are you looking at?" Jia Qianqian also tilted her head to look out the window.

"Nothing!" Long Xiao turned around and returned to his desk and began to clean up the Diamond Sutra that had finally been copied.

"Long Xiao, are we going to worship in the imperial tomb?"

Long Xiao used to worship in the room where his mother's tablet was enshrined in the other courtyard, but now when he saw her asking, he suddenly thought that maybe it was time to go to the imperial tomb to worship, at least, he should show her to his mother.

Hmmm, continue to pack things. At this time, Xiao Dezi came in with breakfast, a bowl of fragrant rice porridge, a few soup dumplings, a plate of sour and hot duck feet and two spiced braised eggs. Jia Qianqian cheered, hurriedly took it, put it on Long Xiao's desk, and then dragged the chair over and began to chew without any image. If it were someone else, Long Xiao would have dragged him out to feed the dogs, but the person who dared to use his desk as a dining table was Jia Qianqian, so not only was he not angry, but he also automatically moved the things on the table to the side to make room for her.

Xiao Dezi, who is most familiar with Long Xiao's character, can only sigh in his heart: Ask what the world is like, and sure enough, it is one thing and one thing!

Long Xiao instructed Xiao Dezi: "Prepare the things to worship, and go to the imperial tomb later." ”

Xiao Dezi was ordered to go out and prepare incense, candles, paper money, offerings, etc.

Jia Qianqian grabbed the hot and sour duck claws with her hands and ate them with relish. Long Xiao didn't eat as usual this day, but seeing Jia Qianqian eating like this at this time, it was torture to him, he secretly swallowed his saliva and twisted his head to the side.

After Jia Qianqian had eaten and drunk enough, Long Xiao took her and took two carriages to the imperial tomb.

The imperial tomb of Dayan is in the northern suburbs of the capital. According to the laws of the Great Yan Kingdom, concubines are not eligible to be buried in the imperial tomb, but Emperor Yong'an buried her next to the mausoleum of Empress Kangyi because he felt guilty about the death of Concubine Yi.

The carriage travels to the south of the mausoleum area, at the main gate of the cemetery, there is a stone tablet on the left and right, and the words "officials and people wait to get off the horse here" are engraved on it. The carriage stopped, and Xiao Dezi, who was sitting in front of the carriage, immediately ordered the soldiers guarding the tomb to bring the couch and let the eldest prince and Jia Qianqian get off.

Jia Qianqian followed Long Xiao into the imperial mausoleum, looking left and right along the way, and secretly sighed that this royal mausoleum was really extraordinary.

When I walked to the main hall dedicated to the tablet of Concubine Yi, I saw the little eunuch next to Emperor Yong'an standing at the door of the main hall. When the little eunuch saw Long Xiao, he hurriedly came over to salute and said in a low voice: "The emperor came to worship Concubine Yi privately today, and he is inside." ”

Long Xiao was slightly stunned, did not say a word, and still walked into the hall calmly.

In the main hall, Emperor Yong'an stood in front of Concubine Yi's tablet, looking at the tablet in a daze. Long Xiao walked over and saluted him without opening his mouth. When Jia Qianqian saw Emperor Yong'an, he remembered that he punished himself into the Huanyi Bureau for no reason, causing himself to be bullied and seriously ill, and he was resentful, so he retreated without a sound.

Long Xiao knelt in front of Concubine Yi's tablet and silently burned the hand-copied "Diamond Sutra". Emperor Yong'an looked at him and did not speak, but turned around and walked out of the main hall.

Jia Qianqian was looking around at the entrance of the main hall, not beware of Emperor Yong'an coming out, and couldn't dodge, so he had to kneel down and salute.

Emperor Yong'an saw that Long Xiao had brought her to worship, and suddenly said, "Come with me." ”

Jia Qianqian didn't know what the emperor was thinking in his heart, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to follow him nervously.

Emperor Yong'an took her to the main hall in front of Empress Kangyi's mausoleum, stroked Empress Kangyi's tablet, and said in a low voice: "This woman is my most beloved woman, I originally wanted to be monogamous with her, white-headed to old age, who knew that she left me early, if I was not the emperor, maybe I would not want to marry a woman again in this life, but as the emperor, the pressure of the queen mother and civil and military officials, as an emperor's responsibility, I have to recruit concubines and make the heirs prosperous." Everyone in the palace knows that the concubines I like are more or less the shadow of the queen, and they all know that I have always been obsessed with the queen. But very few people know that in fact, the queen I love is forced to marry me at all, and the person she loves is not me at all. Despite my love for her, she was depressed and eventually passed away. ”

When Jia Qianqian heard this, she was already stunned, she didn't expect that this majestic and unpredictable Emperor Yong'an would tell herself such a secret thing here. Who knew that the woman who was loved in all kinds of ways turned out to be a sad person. And Emperor Yongan knows that she doesn't like him, but she still loves him so deeply, and this love is indeed touching.

Emperor Yong'an seemed to be immersed in the memories, and paused for a while before continuing: "Among my sons, Long Jie and Long Xiao's infatuation is the most like me, they are the kind of people who will love for a lifetime as long as they identify it, so you should know what the consequences will be if my two sons are fighting for you now." No matter who you choose, it's a disservice to the other. I have always felt guilty about Long Xiao, so I selfishly think that he can get his wish, and with his character, it is indeed difficult to have a woman who makes him accept, but if you don't like him, maybe the tragedy between me and Empress Kang Yi will be staged again. ”

Jia Qianqian didn't know what to say, shouldn't he be a disaster in the eyes of Emperor Yong'an? She has always been articulate, and she can only say sneeringly: "So, what does the emperor ......mean?"

Emperor Yong'an looked at her: "If you can tolerate Long Xiao's character, marry him, as for Long Jie, he has a more cheerful personality and can come out of the blow."

Jia Qianqian lowered her head, "But I only have sympathy for Long Xiao, I have no love, wouldn't it be a kind of torture for me to live with him for the rest of my life?"

"There are many couples in this world who live without love for a lifetime."

Jia Qianqian raised her head, "But the emperor didn't say it just now, maybe the tragedy of the emperor and Empress Kang Yi will be repeated." ”

Emperor Yong'an sighed, "You are different from the queen, the queen is a gentle, delicate, sentimental woman, she hides everything in her heart, which leads to depression." Your personality is cheerful and generous, and the whole person is also energetic and energetic, and you are more able to adapt to any environment. The only thing you and the queen have in common is that they don't love glory and wealth. ”

"The emperor is wrong, I am actually very stubborn, if I am forced to marry Long Xiao, I am afraid that I will quarrel every day, maybe one day I anger him, I will be killed by him in a fit of anger." Remembering that Long Jie stole the scepter outside the capital and ran away, she bumped into him, didn't he also want to strangle her, although she was not afraid of him, but she didn't dare to guarantee that one day she would really touch Long Xiao's reverse scales and lose her life.

"Then why did you come here with him today?" Emperor Yong'an's expression began to show signs of anger.

"I just treat him as a friend, he doesn't have a friend, I want him not to be too lonely, I want him to take off his cold coat."

Emperor Yong'an sneered: "You are too naïve, there is no friendship between men and women, if you don't want to marry him, then it's better to stay away from him, or let him hate you and no longer care about you." ”

Jia Qianqian was speechless again, yes, he didn't love him, why bother to show sympathy to provoke him, not to mention that he had already promised Long Jie, as long as he could make Emperor Yong'an and Concubine Ya Guifei agree, he would marry him, if he was still entangled with Long Xiao, it would hurt both of them.

"Obey the emperor's will, and the people's daughter will leave." After saying that, he ran out without looking back.

"Uh, you're 。。。。。" Emperor Yong'an didn't expect this girl to be so breathless, and she did it immediately when she thought of something, and she didn't finish talking to her yet, she ran faster than a rabbit.

After Long Xiao finished burning the scriptures, he saw that Jia Qianqian didn't come in, thinking that she didn't dare to see her father, so she hid. originally wanted her to give her mother a stick of incense and let her mother know the wife she had chosen, but now because of the appearance of her father, she had to give up.

After he finished worshipping and came out to look around, he realized that Qianqian had left the imperial tomb quietly. When he returned to the mansion, he found that Jia Qianqian was not in the mansion, but went back to her house, thinking that she had said that she would accompany him for a day today, but he still lost his words, and his face became gloomy again. He instructed Xiao Dezi: "You go and give a gift to Lord Jia, the servant of the ministry, to congratulate him on his promotion, and at the same time remind him not to forget what he promised me." ”

When Xiao Dezi came to Jia Qianqian's house, he was just in time for Long Jie to come over again, and Jia Qianqian was talking and laughing with him. When Jia Qianqian saw Xiao Dezi coming, she couldn't help but feel empty. Alas! was frightened by Emperor Yong'an's words, and he couldn't care about his promise. I had to say hello to Xiao Dezi and ask him if Long Xiao had come back, she ran away without saying a word, and he was angry.

Xiao Dezi rolled his eyes and said, "The master is not angry, but he is very disappointed. ”

Jia Qianqian had to talk about him embarrassedly. Xiao Dezi saw Jia Feiwen and gave him a gift.

Jia Feiwen was happy and frightened to receive the person of the eldest prince, and Xiao Dezi finally said: "The master asked the servant to tell Master Jia, don't forget that you promised the master." ”

Jia Feiwen stammered suddenly, I didn't know what to say for a long time. At the beginning, in order to get out, and in order to covet the glory and wealth that the eldest prince could bring, he agreed to him with his wife, and now another better candidate is here, so what can he say.

But Long Jie asked on the side: "Lord Jia, what did you promise the imperial brother?" ”