"Drunk, no one in this world can live completely according to his heart, not even the emperor. Brother is not unaffectionate to you, he also wants to marry you and take you with him, but after that? Have you ever thought about the consequences? He is not only a man who likes you, he is also the concubine of the loyal and brave mansion, there are some things, he wants to choose, but he is not qualified to ......"

Tears welled up down her cheeks again.

Chu Zuizhi stretched out his hand and covered his chest hard, and his thick and slender eyelashes drooped down, hiding the hollowness and discomfort in his pupils.

"Drunk, do you know how I married your seventh brother?" Xiao Xi stretched out his hand slightly and gently stroked the messy green silk in front of Chu Zuizhi behind his ear, and said softly,

Chu Zuizhi leaned against the wall and sat in the corner without humming.

"Actually, my father originally planned to point me out to King Shen."

Chu Zuizhi in the corner finally moved, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Xiwei in a daze.

Xiao Xi smiled, stretched out his hand to help Chu Zuizhi up, and the two held hands and sat down at the table together, "Do you remember the Qixi dinner back then?" ”

Chu Zuizhi nodded.

"Some things can be planned, but until then, you have to endure." Xiao Xi held Chu Zuizhi's hand slightly, and looked at her with a firm expression.

"Sister-in-law, you ...... What do you mean? "The heart that had long since dried up and despair suddenly cracked a thin crack.

"Drunk, you're a smart kid, there are some things I can't tell you. But you have to believe that there is always such a thing as a turning point in this world, and no matter what happens, we can't give up on ourselves. If even we have given up on ourselves, then who else can help us? Xiao Xi pulled out the handkerchief slightly, and gently wiped his face for Chu Zuizhi.

"Then, will you help me, sister-in-law?" Chu Zuizhi eagerly pulled Xiao Xiwei's hand.

Xiao Xiwei held Chu Zuizhi's hand with his backhand, "Then can you trust me?" ”

Chu Zuizhi nodded vigorously.

"Well, you remember your words today." Xiao Xi looked at Chu Zuizhi slightly, smiled, and then stood up.

Back at Yanwang's Mansion, it was already dark.

"Why didn't the princess tell the ninth princess about the Northern Desert coming to ask for marriage?" Ruo Su looked at Xiao Xi and said softly.

Xiao Xiwei looked at the blue and white porcelain vase on the desk, and a wry smile slowly climbed up on his lips, "I can't say ......"

Looking at such a drunk, how could she say these words.

Ruo Su recalled the appearance of Chu drunk, and couldn't help but sigh faintly in his heart.

"Is there any news from the concubine?" Xiao Xi turned his face slightly and looked at Ruo Su and said.

"Niangniang proposed to let the emperor choose one of the ladies who have not left the palace in the capital to be crowned as a princess and go to the Northern Desert to make peace." Ruosu replied.

"Then the emperor agreed?" Xiao Xiwei asked again.

Ruosu nodded, but looked at Xiao Xiwei's eyes with a little worry, "It's just, Niangniang said...... If it's as you expected, it may not work. ”

Xiao Xi slowly lowered his eyes, the patterns on the carpet.

"Princess......" Seeing that Xiao Xiwei had been staring at the carpet under her feet motionless, Ruosu shouted with some unease.

Xiao Xi raised his head slightly and tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Is the mother concubine okay?" ”

"Don't worry, the princess, the mother has received the golden book of the concubine." Ruo Su looked at Xiao Xi and said softly, after that, she blessed Xiao Xi slightly, "Princess, can you allow the slave to say a bold word." ”

"What does Auntie want to say?"

Ruo Su pursed her lips, "Why does the princess have to meddle in this matter?" ”

Xiao Xi looked at Ruo Su slightly, and his eyes moved.

She knew that this was not what Ruo Su wanted to ask, but Yan Guifei.

Chu Zuizhi is not like Chu Muzhi is raised under the knees of Yan Guifei, although her biological mother died early, but the emperor took pity on her, and personally pointed out an old lady of Chongde Hall to Yuli Palace to take care of her, she was eleven years old after the old grandmother died, and the emperor did not point her to the name of the concubine, so that no matter whether the princes in the palace are fighting for fame, whether it involves her, a princess who has no biological mother and no adoptive mother, has no interests involved, and is quite favored by the emperor, so she has a good relationship with several princes. She is a princess who is not a threat. But, that's all. In Yan Guifei's eyes, she really shouldn't be in danger for her.

"Have you ever thought about your own situation?" Seeing that Xiao Xi didn't answer, Ruo Su said again.

Where is she now? Xiao Xi smiled bitterly, how could she not know. She is now a hostage held by the emperor, and if there is any change in her heart, then the knife hanging above her head will fall immediately.

"Niangniang, the slave knows the Ninth Princess and Lord Xiao...... But there is no need for Niangniang to risk her life because of this. Ruosu whispered again.

Xiao Xiwei glanced up at Ruo Su, "Auntie, it's not just because of the Ninth Princess and my brother. ”

Yan Guifei and Ruosu didn't know the final outcome of drunkenness, they didn't know, but she remembered.

Her head was knocked off by the King of the Northern Desert on her wedding night.

At that time, she was only fourteen years old.

At the same age, he was buried under the knife of a brutal tyrant.

It was a point of no return, and she really couldn't bear to watch her go down.

She was such a bright and cheerful girl! She still has a beautiful life waiting for her, and she shouldn't be pushed to a dead end by her father and brother.

"Princess......" Ruo Su wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Xiao Xiwei.

"Auntie, I'm a little tired."

Ruosu looked at Xiao Xiwei for a long time, and finally sighed, "Then the slave will help you go to bed and lie down for a while." ”

Xiao Xi nodded slightly, took Ruosu's hand and slowly entered the inner room.

The mother concubine was right, although she proposed to choose one of the famous ladies who had not been out of the palace in the capital to replace Drunken Zhi to go to the Northern Desert and kiss, but if the emperor and Chu Yan wanted to marry Drunken Zhi to the Northern Desert, then they could not change the final result. It's just that she doesn't understand, why do they have to marry Drunk Zhi to the Northern Desert?

Chongde Hall.

The sandalwood in the beast's head rose in a curl, and there was a faint fragrance in the hall.

The emperor sat on the throne, holding the tea that the palace maid had just served, and his face was calm, but the words he said made Yan Guifei suddenly lose color.

"Guifei, are you guilty?"

"Your Majesty." Concubine Yan hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The concubine doesn't know what she did wrong to provoke your majesty, and your majesty will forgive her sins." ”

The emperor took a sip of tea, a very cold smile curled up on his lips, and his originally waveless eyes suddenly burst out with a terrifying Ling Li, "What do you mean by interrupting the words of the Northern Desert envoy several times today?" Do you still have me in your eyes? ”

"The concubine doesn't dare." Concubine Yan hurriedly leaned over and saluted, "Your Majesty, it's not that the concubine deliberately lost her honor in front of the palace, but I just heard that the envoy of the Northern Desert wanted to marry my princess of Dayue, but Your Majesty, the king of the Northern Desert is over fifty years old, and the only princess of the right age in the palace is the ninth princess, and the ninth princess has not yet reached the end of time, and the emperor has always been gracious to the ninth princess, and the concubine thinks that the emperor is unwilling to marry this marriage, so she will open her mouth......"

A mocking smile suddenly crossed the emperor's lips, and his eyes became more and more cold, "It seems that the concubine is very good at speculating on my thoughts, and even made a decision for me." ”

On his back, a wisp of coolness crept up silently.

She has been in the harem for so many years, how many calculations she has made, and how many difficulties she has endured, but she has always been like water, but she is only in front of this man......

At the bottom of my heart, a trace of bitterness gradually spread.

Tears slowly sounded with a hoarse voice, "Concubine...... Can't. ”

Looking at the woman prostrate in front of him, the emperor was in a trance for a moment.

Back then, Baozhu also prostrated in front of him like this, and told him in a hoarse voice that the slave didn't dare. In vain, he is an emperor, but he can't even protect the woman he loves.

Thinking of this, a trace of cold murderous aura suddenly flashed in the emperor's eyes.

"Concubine, you are guilty!"

"Concubine...... Conviction of sin. Yan Guifei, who was leaning on the ground, slowly closed her eyes.

"Spread my will, the concubine is unwell and needs to recuperate for a while." The Emperor turned back to his throne, and the cold voice rang out again in the empty hall.

"Concubine, Emperor Xie is compassionate." Concubine Yan made a big salute again, and then got up and withdrew from the Chongde Hall step by step.

After Concubine Yan left, Zhang Shichang cautiously walked to the emperor's side and saluted, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is tired, do you want the old slave to press you." ”

The emperor opened his eyes and glanced at Zhang Shichang, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile, "It's okay." ”

Zhang Shichang hurriedly walked up to the emperor and stretched out his hands to massage his head.

Zhang Shichang has been waiting for the emperor for decades, and naturally knows how to wait for the emperor most comfortably, so he pressed it for a while, and the emperor's expression gradually relaxed, and he seemed to enjoy it with his eyes closed.

"Your Majesty, there is a sentence that the old slave doesn't know if to say or not?" Zhang Shichang said cautiously while pinching his head for the emperor.

The emperor slowly opened his eyes, and his dark eyes swept towards Zhang Shichang.

Zhang Shichang was shocked, but he quickly calmed down, he took two steps back and knelt down towards the emperor, "Your Majesty forgives me, the old slave is too talkative." ”

"Xiao Changzi, you have never been a mouthy person." The emperor looked at Zhang Shichang, his eyes were dark, and he couldn't see any emotion.

"The old slave didn't dare, but the old slave was very sad when he saw the concubine go out just now...... Besides, didn't Your Majesty decree that two days later, the ladies of the family who had not left the palace would come to the palace for a banquet, and the concubine would still need to preside over the overall situation at that time, right? Zhang Shichang looked at the emperor and said cautiously.

"Then let Concubine Xiang go." The emperor said lightly.

Zhang Shichang was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at the emperor.

There are no concubines in the palace, only concubines. Xiang Concubine was originally the palace maid of Chongde Palace, and a while ago she was unusually named Xiang Concubine because she was pregnant.

"Yes, the old slave will do as the emperor instructs." Zhang Shichang saluted the emperor and bent down to withdraw.

"Little Changzi, you still know my mind best." A faint smile rose at the corner of the emperor's lips and looked at Zhang Shichang.

The emperor's words made Zhang Shichang's back cold, but there was no trace of abnormality on his face, "The old slave just does what the emperor orders." ”

The emperor hooked the corners of his lips and looked at Zhang Shichang meaningfully, "That's right, as long as you do what I tell you, you can't be wrong." ”

"Yes, the old slave knows." Zhang Shichang lowered his head and responded respectfully.