In the early morning of winter, the fog was thick, even if it was already midday, the thick still did not disperse, and the high walls and green tiles were all hidden under the thick fog, and only a slight outline could be faintly seen.

In front of Chonghua Gate, Chu Xizhi had already ordered someone to wait there, and as soon as Xiao Xiwei's carriage arrived, someone immediately greeted him.

"Second Miss, the slave maid is Li Dehai, the chief eunuch of Jingren Palace, and Second Miss has worked hard all the way."

"Father-in-law Li." Xiao Xi got out of the carriage and blessed himself slightly.

"Don't dare to be such a big gift as the second miss, second miss, please." Li Dehai took a step sideways, and then led the way for Xiao Xiwei in front.

The vast fog covered the sky, and there was no one to be seen three feet away.

"It's Miss Xiao Er in front." A shrill sound suddenly sounded in the fog ahead.

Li Dehai stopped, "Is it Grandpa Zhang?" ”

A string of footsteps gradually approached, and Grandpa Zhang's face gradually appeared in sight.

"Miss Xiao Er, the emperor is invited." Gonggong Zhang smiled and said to Xiao Xiwei.

Emperor?

Xiao Xiwei had doubts in her heart, but Sihao didn't dare to say anything on her face, she smiled and blessed her father-in-law Zhang, "Then let's bother Father-in-law Zhang to lead the way." ”

Father-in-law Zhang smiled, shook off the dust in his hand, turned around and left first with his head held high.

Xiao Xi glanced at Li Dehai slightly, and then led Ziyan to follow.

In front of the Chongde Palace, a figure knelt straight there, plain clothes and black hair, with a pale face, followed by two palace maids.

"Second Miss Xiao, please wait here, let's go and say goodbye to Your Majesty." Walking to the gate of the palace, Gonggong Zhang stopped and explained to Xiao Xiwei, and then turned around and entered the hall alone.

Xiao Xi sent Gonggong Zhang into the hall, and his eyes swept inadvertently, only to find that the woman kneeling in front of the hall turned out to be Concubine Shen.

"Mother." Xiao Xiwei blessed himself with a palace salute.

"It's you." Concubine Shen gritted her teeth and looked at Xiao Xiwei's eyes with a strong hatred.

Xiao Xiwei looked at Shen Guifei and did not speak.

Judging by her appearance, she should have known that after the accident in the Zheng Guogong Mansion, she came over to plead with the emperor. But now she is still kneeling here, thinking that the emperor did not pay attention to her.

Just as he was thinking, a little eunuch walked out of it, "Miss Xiao Er, the emperor is invited." ”

Xiao Xi smiled faintly, "There is Father-in-law Lao." ”

As soon as you enter the Chongde Palace, a light incense will come to you.

"Your Majesty, Miss Xiao Er has arrived."

"The courtiers have seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Xiao Xi knelt on the ground slightly.

There was silence.

Occasionally, there is the sound of the pages of a book being turned.

Xiao Xi pursed the corners of his lips slightly, knelt on the ground and did not move.

Time passed little by little.

After about half a pillar of incense, the emperor finally raised his head from behind the case.

The woman kneeling in front of the desk was wearing a light blue dress embroidered with roses, and the collar was inlaid with a circle of white fluff. On her palm-sized face, her slender eyelashes hung slightly, and even the step pendant in her ear hung quietly without a trace of shaking. The whole person is quiet and calm. This was a bit of a surprise to her.

"Do you know why you're here?" Overhead, a deep voice sounded.

"Courtiers are stupid." Xiao Xiwei still lowered his eyes.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and a trace of coldness floated in his deep eyes, "Stupid? There are rumors everywhere in Beijing that you forced your mother to kill your sister and brother, don't you know this? ”

Xiao Xi raised his head slightly, and looked at the emperor calmly, "The courtiers privately think that rumors stop at the wise." ”

"What you say, don't you say that I am a faint king?" The emperor's dark eyes sank, and there was an invisible coercion around him.

"The courtiers don't dare. His Majesty's merits and demerits are written by historians, and the people comment that the courtiers are just a little woman, and they dare not speak falsely. Xiao Xiwei looked at the emperor and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"A good historian writes, and the people comment. So, in your eyes, am I a faint monarch or a bright monarch? ”

"Your Majesty is naturally Mingjun."

"Oh?"

"Because Your Majesty did not listen to those so-called rumors."

"How do you know I didn't believe it?"

"If the emperor believes it, then the courtiers will be right now

It's not going to be here. ”

The emperor looked at the quiet girl in front of him. Few people can be so calm and composed under his repeated questioning. He had to admit that this woman was indeed suitable to be a princess, if she could marry ...... It's a pity......

"Your Majesty, His Majesty King Yan sent someone to ask, when will Miss Xiao Er go to Jingren Palace to change the medicine for His Royal Highness." The eunuch's voice broke the silence of the room.

The emperor lifted his eyelids coldly, "Stand down." ”

"The courtiers retired." Xiao Xi got up slightly, endured his numb knees and blessed the emperor, and then turned around and walked out of the Chongde Palace.

After staying in the Chongde Hall for a while, the dense fog outside had dissipated a lot. The pale golden sunlight sprinkled down and cast on the colorful glazed tiles, reflecting a dazzling light.

Ziyan, who had been waiting outside the Chongde Palace, saw Xiao Xiwei coming out, and hurriedly walked over to support her, "Miss, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Xi shook his head slightly, and just wanted to speak, the corner of his eye inadvertently swept to the position where Concubine Shen was kneeling just now.

"Concubine Shen just fainted." Purple Smoke explained in a low voice beside him.

Xiao Xi nodded slightly, and then took Ziyan's hand and left the Chongde Palace.

In Gyeongin Palace. If it weren't for the injuries on his body and the fear of attracting attention, Chu Xizhi really didn't want to lie on the bed and wait like this.

"Miss Xiao Er, please come inside." Outside, there was a voice.

Chu Xizhi hurriedly sat up, Xu is strength to get up was too great, and the wound on his body was affected, and the corners of his mouth were pulled in pain, and he subconsciously gasped.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Xiwei saw his movements, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him worriedly.

"It's okay, it's okay." Chu Xizhi frowned and endured the pain and looked at Xiao Xiwei, "Wei'er, Father, he didn't embarrass you!" ”

Xiao Xi's slightly clear eyes stared at Chu Xizhi, and his slender willow eyebrows raised, "Why does Your Highness ask that?" Your Majesty, why does he embarrass me? Didn't the emperor secretly agree to our marriage early in the morning? In this case, how could the emperor embarrass me because of some rumors that have no real evidence? ”

Chu Xizhi paused, and then curled the corners of his lips, "Maybe because I am his beloved son, he loves the house and Wu, and it is inevitable that he will have higher requirements for you than others." ”

The corners of Xiao Xi's lips were slightly pursed, and his eyes stared at Chu Xizhi coldly for a long time without speaking.

Chu Xizhi raised his hand to cover his mouth, and coughed unnaturally, "Madam, why do you look like a husband like this?" Is there something on the husband's face? ”

Xiao Xi glanced at Chu Xizhi with slightly small eyes, and raised his eyebrows, "There is nothing on your face, but it is not necessarily in your heart?" ”

Chu Xizhi sighed, raised his hand and gently brushed the hair around Xiao Xiwei's ear, "Wei'er, there are some things you don't have to delve too deep into. ”

Xiao Xi raised his hand slightly and tore off Chu Xizhi's hand, his clear eyes flashed with a coldness, "You know my past well, I have been deceived by me for a lifetime, and I didn't realize until I died that all the efforts in my life were a joke, and now you say such things to me?" ”

"Wei'er ......"

The beauty in front of her was not moved, and her eyes were still glowing with a quiet cold light.

Reliving a life, she was really calm and intelligent in front of her, which frightened him. Originally, she was just an innocent and weak little girl, who couldn't help but hold her fingertips and treat her love carefully, but that fire not only reborn her, but also made her transform, and now she makes her pity and heartache.

What kind of pain does it take to make a girl who doesn't know the world quickly break out of her cocoon into a butterfly and become so cold and intelligent.

"What do you want to know?" Looking at those cold eyes, Chu regretted that he was defeated, and sighed helplessly.

"And what don't you want me to know?" Xiao Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked rhetorically.

Chu Xi was stunned, then his eyebrows twisted, and he said helplessly, "When did you become so sharp-toothed!" ”

"It seems that His Highness still chooses to hide from his courtiers." The corners of Xiao Xi's lips hooked slightly, and he looked at Chu Xizhi with a smile.

Actually, she doesn't have to know! It's just that she can't accept that the person who hid it from her is Chu Xizhi! She lived a new life, and she was wary and suspicious of everyone, but the only one who had no defense was him. Besides, he knew that these things that Chu Xizhi was hiding from her must be extremely important things, and he was afraid that she would be involved. But didn't he want to marry her? Shouldn't they be together? Whatever the future holds, should we bear it together?

Listen, a highness, a courtier.

It seems that she is really angry.

Chu Xizhi twisted his eyebrows, sighed helplessly, and reached out to pull Xiao Xiwei into his arms regardless of the hideous wound on his chest, "Wei'er, you should know that what I am most afraid of is that you look at me with this kind of eyes." ”

As soon as he got close to Chu Xizhi, the familiar ambergris came to his nose.

The tip of Xiao Xi's nose was slightly sour, and she stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around Chu Xizhi's waist, "Sorry, I'm not angry, I'm just afraid that I will end up saying to you that I'm just a burden......"

"Who said that?" Chu Xizhi's eyebrows raised, "Wei'er, you have never been a burden to me, whether in the past life or in this life, you are the person I want to hold hands with for the rest of my life." Even if you are really a so-called burden to me, it is something I am willing to carry. ”

"But you don't believe me?" Xiao Xi raised his eyes slightly and looked at Chu Xizhi with a bright eye.

Chu Xizhi's eyebrows jumped.

After talking for a long time, I came back here.

After all, she still didn't give up and wanted to know the answer.

"You really want to know that?"

Xiao Xi nodded slightly.

Chu Xizhi sighed, "What should I do with you?" After that, he stretched out his hand and took Xiao Xiwei into his arms, raised his eyes to look at the bright yellow curtain above his head, and thought for a while before he said quietly, "Where should I start?" They all said that my mother and father were the most beloved, and I was also my father's favorite son, and even my father wanted to put me on the throne despite the opposition of the courtiers...... However, the heart of the emperor is the most elusive, and the favor and trust held on the bright side are only like brocade, and most of them are made for others to see......"

Xiao Xi's heart sank slightly, "What do you mean......"

"I'm just a sword card that my father holds to the surface." Chu Xizhi looked at Xiao Xiwei, the corners of his mouth hooked, and a trace of indescribable things floated in his eyes like ink jade.