The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the cold wind swept the snow flakes across the eaves of the carved beams and painted buildings, swept through the closed window paper of the low-door small households, and pounced heavily on the entire imperial capital.

Zhang Shichang pushed the door and walked in, and countless snowflakes poured in.

He rubbed his stiff hands, bowed down and walked up to the emperor and saluted, "Your Majesty." ”

The emperor lowered his head and looked at the white jade paperweight in his hand silently, and his voice sounded hoarsely, "Why, she hasn't left yet." ”

"Yes. The slave maid had already persuaded her, but Princess Yan still insisted on refusing to leave. Zhang Shichang bowed and replied with low eyebrows.

For a long time, the emperor sitting on the couch did not make a sound.

Zhang Shichang raised his head in some surprise, but saw that the emperor's eyes had been staring at the paperweight in his hand.

Just when Zhang Shichang retracted his surprised gaze, the emperor's voice suddenly sounded, "Xiao Changzi, you say, is he really dead......

"The emperor refers to ......" Zhang Shichang raised his head and looked at the emperor cautiously.

The emperor's hand holding the paperweight tightened, and after waiting for a while, he slowly said the name, "King Yan." ”

Hearing these two words, Zhang Shichang had no less than a hundred thoughts in his heart for a while.

Could it be that the emperor has become suspicious of him, and this is testing him......

Zhang Shichang lowered his head and carefully thought about how he should answer this question, "Why did the emperor ask that?" Haven't all the bodies of King Yan been found......"

The emperor raised his head, frowned, and looked at Zhang Shichang, "Do you want to be an official in front of me?" You know what I'm talking about. ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Shichang hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the slave really doesn't dare to say anything. ”

Looking at Zhang Shichang's frightened appearance, he waved his hand a little impatiently, "Okay, I just asked casually." ”

The paperweight in his hand is smooth and translucent, and after holding it in his hand for a long time, it is faintly hot. It was a birthday gift for him on his fortieth birthday, when he was just a teenager......

Father, this is a birthday gift from your son, this paperweight is carved by your son's own hand, do you think it's good?

A pair of eyes popped up in his mind, with a smile, and undisguised trust and admiration......

Thinking of this, an inexplicable undercurrent suddenly crossed the emperor's heart.

The paperweight in his hand suddenly slipped from his palm.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Shichang hurriedly fell to the ground.

The Emperor stood up in his chair and looked towards the door with his eyes faint, "Send her back." ”

Zhang Shichang was stunned, raised his head, and turned his head to look at the emperor's gaze, only then did he realize that the 'she' that the emperor said meant Princess Yan of His Royal Highness.

"Yes, the minion will go." Zhang Shichang was busy bowing his head.

The emperor glanced at Zhang Shichang and didn't say anything, only turned around and slowly entered the inner room.

Zhang Shichang got up slowly, looked at the emperor's somewhat rickety back, and suddenly had a thought in his heart - this powerful emperor is still old after all.

Perhaps, the sentence he asked him just now was not some temptation and suspicion, but a little guilt that a father gave birth to his son who was abandoned by him......

Even though the pets over the years have been pretended to be seen by outsiders, but after so many years, have you unconsciously used some true feelings?

Outside the Chongde Hall.

Xiao Xiwei was wearing a moon-white embroidered plum blossom skirt, covered with a silver fox fur cloak, and a circle of snow-white fluff around her neck made her face snow-white.

"Princess." Zhang Shichang walked up to Xiao Xiwei and slowly saluted.

Xiao Xi raised his eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Shichang, "Father-in-law Zhang, is he willing to see me?" ”

"Princess, the wind and snow are getting heavier now, and you are a person with a body, so the slave should send you back to the palace." Zhang Shichang bent down slightly and said respectfully to Xiao Xi.

Xiao Xi glanced at Zhang Shichang slightly, then his gaze moved from him, and finally fixed on the closed door of Chongde Hall, "I'm not leaving." ”

"Princess, why do you bother?" Zhang Shichang sighed, raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Ziyan holding an umbrella.

Ziyan understood, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Princess, why don't we go back first." ”

The people standing in front of the Chongde Hall still did not move.

Ziyan's eyebrows gradually twisted, and she looked at Zhang Shichang full of begging, "Gonggong Zhang, otherwise, you ask for a favor in front of the emperor for the princess, and you have to ask the emperor to see the princess no matter what." ”

"Princess, King Yan unfortunately passed away, and the emperor was also very sad. Your Majesty doesn't see you, the princess, and you're afraid of touching the scene, so I ask the princess to forgive me. Besides, you have to take care of your body even if it is for the sake of King Yan. Zhang Shichang said in a low voice of relief.

Xiao Xiwei still didn't move.

Zhang Shichang sighed and was about to persuade again, but he caught a glimpse of a long figure walking towards this side in the wind and snow.

"The servant has seen His Royal Highness King Shen."

Chu Yanzhi walked in front of Xiao Xiwei step by step in the face of the wind and snow.

Ziyan coldly blessed Chu Yanzhi, and then looked away. Only Xiao Xiwei didn't turn his head to look at Chu Yan from beginning to end.

"Why, he doesn't see you?" Chu Yanzhi walked to Xiao Xiwei and stood still, looking at the closed door of the Chongde Hall with a calm gaze.

The person next to him stood indifferently, as if there was no such person standing beside him.

The corners of Chu Yanzhi's lips gradually hooked up a cold smile, and he turned his face sideways to look at the person beside him. The slender tassels were blown by the cold wind and kept shaking in her ears, as if something gently brushed his chest, bringing ripples.

"How long are you going to stand here?"

The person next to him still didn't speak, not even a look, and completely took him as air.

In his chest, a resentment suddenly rushed out.

Why is she always like this, ignoring him again and again! Where is he not as good as Chu Xizhi, why does she still have to run for him at this moment!

"Come with me." Chu Yanzhi suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiao Xiwei's wrist, with a gloomy face.

The sharp pain in her wrist forced Xiao Xi to raise her head slightly, she frowned, looked at Chu Yanzhi with a displeased face, and said in a cold voice, "Lord Wang, please respect yourself." ”

Dead weight.

Hehe.

Chu Yanzhi sneered a few times in his heart.

If the person holding her hand today was Chu Xizhi, would she still say that?

Countless undercurrents swept through Chu Yanzhi's eyes, and suddenly, he bent down and quickly reached out to hug Xiao Xiwei by the waist.

"Princess." Ziyan was startled, and as soon as his right hand moved, he immediately stepped forward to rob someone.

"How long do you want her to wait in this snowstorm! Chu Xizhi asked you to protect her like this. Chu Yanzhi's cold gaze swept towards the purple smoke.

Ziyan was stunned, and Chu Yanzhi had already strode away with Xiao Xi in his arms.

"You let me go." Xiao Xi stretched out and pushed Chu Yanzhi hard, wanting to get out of his arms.

"If you want to fall down and shed this child, then you can push hard." Chu Yanzhi said, his eyes looked coldly at Xiao Xi's slightly bulging abdomen, "Anyway, I'm not looking forward to his birth." ”

Xiao Xi's face stiffened slightly, and he subconsciously reached out to protect his abdomen, blocking Chu Yanzhi's cold gaze by the way.

Seeing Xiao Xiwei protecting his stomach so nervously, and even no longer struggling to try to leave his embrace, for a while, Chu Yanzhi's heart was filled with an indescribable feeling.

From Chongde Hall to Yongchun Palace, along the way, the capital of Chu Yan hugged Xiao Xiwei.

The palace people he saw on the road knelt on the ground with frightened faces, but Chu Yan walked in front of them as if he hadn't seen it.

Xiao Xiwei looked at Chu Yanzhi's resolute chin, and a sneering smile suddenly flashed across his lips, "Isn't the prince afraid of gossip from others?" ”

Chu Yanzhi glanced down at Xiao Xiwei, and raised his sharp sword eyebrows slightly, "What, are you afraid?" ”

Xiao Xi hooked his lips slightly and smiled coldly, "What else is there to be afraid of now, but the prince, when the morning dynasty is going to the early tomorrow, the excerpts of the impeachment of the imperial history will be piled up on the emperor's imperial table." ”

"Oh, what do you think those imperial histories will write?" Chu Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xiwei and watched her eyes flicker with a faint light.

Xiao Xi's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she turned her face sideways and stopped looking at Chu Yanzhi.

Chu Yanzhi hooked his lips, hugged Xiao Xiwei and continued in the direction of Yongchun Palace.

When he arrived at Yongchun Palace, Chu Yanzhi did not put Xiao Xiwei down, but directly carried her into the inner room.

Chu Yanzhi's actions made the palace people of Yongchun Palace startled.

One of them hurriedly followed Chu Yanzhi into the inner room, she just wanted to persuade Chu Yanzhi, but before she could speak, Chu Yanzhi's cold voice smashed over.

"Get out!"

The palace maid was stunned for a moment, raised her head and just touched Chu Yanzhi's dove's eyes, and was suddenly startled, hurriedly retreated, and covered the door with her hand.

Chu Yanzhi walked to the couch with Xiao Xiwei in his arms and carefully put her on the couch.

Xiao Xi moved his bulky body slightly, and a sneer rose at the corner of his lips, "Does the prince know who sent the palace maid you just roared at?" ”

Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, "What do you want to hint at this king?" ”

"The concubine didn't dare. In fact, the concubine body is also a redundant move, and there are only people from the emperor in this Yongchun Palace, but I am afraid that there are many people arranged by the prince. Xiao Xi looked at Chu Yandao with a slight smile.

Chu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, didn't answer her words, and just looked at her quietly.

After a while, the calm on Xiao Xiwei's face couldn't be maintained, "Isn't the prince still leaving?" ”

Chu Yanzhi smiled, walked to Xiao Xiwei and sat down, stretched out his hand to pour himself a cup of tea for himself, "You don't have to be in such a hurry to drive me away, I will naturally leave after I finish what I have to say." ”

"Does the prince want to say that he said that if he got a fake corpse, he would deceive the world!" Xiao Xi stared at Chu Yanzhi coldly.

"I admit that the corpse is indeed fake, but the king will not bear the charge of deceiving the world." Chu Yan said as he picked up the teacup and took a sip to his mouth.

Xiao Xi slightly lowered his eyes, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"If King Yan is indeed dead, then I shouldn't be able to deceive the world......" Chu Yanzhi stared at Xiao Xiwei's eyes and said word by word.

That beautiful face was still very calm, not even a trace of fluctuation, but the hand covering her lower abdomen gradually tightened and unconsciously clenched into a fist.

Xiao Xi raised her head slowly, she looked at Chu Yanzhi, her voice was flat but a slight tremor could still be heard faintly, "What nonsense are you talking about." ”

Chu Yanzhi's dark eyes were firmly locked on Xiao Xiwei's body, and her every look, every movement, and even every breath was completely visible under his gaze. After a long time, he finally withdrew his gaze, and a cold smile rose on the corner of his lips, "He is indeed dead, just under your brother's nose......"

The delicately depicted eyebrows couldn't help but pick, at this moment, Xiao Xiwei's face was calm to the extreme, there was no trace of blood on her face, and the whole person seemed to be carved out of ice and snow, "Chu Yanzhi, I won't be fooled." ”