Although the first snow of this winter was menacing, it stopped in just one night, and the sun crawled out of the heavy clouds, and the pale golden sunlight cast on the white snow on the ground, reflecting the whole imperial city exceptionally brightly.

It's just that this brightness can't dispel the coldness in Yikun Palace.

When the emperor arrived, Dongyue was softly persuading Concubine Yan on the warm couch to drink medicine, and when she saw him coming, she hurriedly retreated to the side and hurriedly performed a palace salute.

Yan Guifei forced herself to stand up and salute.

Seeing this, the emperor stretched out his hand to help her and said, "Since you are sick, these courtesies will be waived." ”

Concubine Yan raised her eyes and glanced at the emperor, and said in a low voice, "The concubine doesn't dare." With that, he bent his knees and made a dignified palace salute to the emperor.

The emperor glanced at Yan Guifei, then walked to the couch and sat down, he raised his eyes and glanced around, and slowly said, "It's so cold in this room, why don't you add a stove, I remember that you are the most cold." ”

Concubine Yan smiled faintly, her long eyelashes hung down to cover her eyes as soft as autumn water, "It's hard for the emperor to remember, it's just that it's been a long time, and the concubines are not afraid of these now." ”

When a person's heart has already been thrown into the cold hell, then the cold outside is nothing.

There's nothing like a cold heart.

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Yan Guifei, only to see that her face was now very pale, her once ruddy cheeks were deeply sunken at this time, and her stone blue dress wrapped around her waist.

Compared with a while ago, she has lost a lot of weight.

It seemed that the news was really her, otherwise, according to her temperament, she would not have said such a thing to him anyway.

"Xiao Changzi said that you are very sick, but according to the current situation, there is nothing serious. In that case, then I'm gone. The emperor glanced at Concubine Yan lightly, and then stood up.

After listening to the emperor's words, Yan Guifei didn't see the slightest expression on her face, and still stood aside with her head bowed, as if she hadn't heard anything.

If it had been in the past, even if she didn't say anything to keep him, she would at least be reluctant to send him out, but now......

She still resents him after all.

At this point, the emperor didn't want to say anything more, he got up and walked over to Yan Guifei.

"Your Majesty." Behind him, Yan Guifei's mournful voice suddenly sounded.

The Emperor stopped and turned around.

Tears rolled down her pale cheeks like beads of broken thread, and those eyes that were once tender like water were now full of grief and despair.

"Your Majesty, the concubine only asked this time, and I regretted him...... Is he really dead? Yan Guifei's voice was trembling, but there was still a little expectation and a little stubbornness in this trembling.

The emperor looked at Yan Guifei's familiar and sad face, and there was a faint feeling of unbearability in his heart.

Perhaps, he still has some feelings for this woman who has accompanied him all the way to the age of knowing his fate after all, after all, she has been by his side for more than 20 years.

"Your Majesty." Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, Concubine Yan couldn't help but take a step forward and shouted again sadly.

"Xinrui, I know that you are sad in your heart, but it has happened, you don't have to embarrass yourself anymore." The emperor looked at Yan Guifei, and his eyes were cold.

Concubine Yan staggered back two steps, and sat down in front of the warm couch in a gloomy manner, she looked at the emperor and shouted sadly, "Your Majesty, pity him...... He is also your flesh and blood! ”

As soon as Concubine Yan's words fell, the emperor's eyes sank.

Zhang Shichang on the side saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yan Guifei, "Guifei Niangniang, the slave knows that you are very sad and sad now, but why is the emperor not like this?" It's just that the deceased has already thought that if King Yan has a spirit in the sky, he doesn't want to see Niangniang torture himself like this, and ask Niangniang to take care of the phoenix body. As he spoke, he motioned to the palace maid to step forward and help Concubine Yan up.

It seemed that Zhang Shichang's words reached Yan Guifei's heart, and she threw herself on the warm couch and cried bitterly.

Listening to the mournful cries of Yan Guifei in his ears, the emperor's cold eyebrows couldn't help twitching slightly, "You guys, take good care of the concubine." With that, he turned and strode out.

Outside, the snow had begun to melt slowly, and the bluestone-paved ground had been exposed in the snow-thin places, and water droplets were dripping down the eaves, making the entire imperial city wet.

"Your Majesty, please go to the dragon chariot." Zhang Shichang raised the heavy curtain and said respectfully to the emperor.

The emperor looked at the sunlight above his head with his eyes, "Little Changzi, let's take a walk with me." ”

Zhang Shichang glanced at the stagnant water on the palace road, and looked at the emperor with some hesitation, "Your Majesty, it has just snowed, but I'm afraid the road is not easy to walk." ”

The emperor turned his head and glanced at Zhang Shichang lightly, "No matter how difficult the road is, it is also a human being." They're all gone, and I'm not going to have anything to do. With that, he took the lead and walked forward.

Zhang Shichang had to put down the curtain and follow quickly.

"Little Changzi, how long have you been with me?" The Emperor suddenly spoke.

"If you go back to the emperor, the slave maid entered the palace at the age of nine, and was assigned to you to wait at the age of eleven, and it has been thirty-two years now." Zhang Shichang replied respectfully.

"Thirty-two years?" The emperor tilted his head slightly, and there was some confusion in his tone.

"Yes."

The Emperor smiled, "Time flies so fast, I don't think I have had much time in this day, but in the blink of an eye, I am old." ”

"Your Majesty, you are in good health, even compared to the younger princes, where are you old." Old Man often said with a smile.

The emperor looked at Zhang Shichang and hooked the corners of his lips, "You! ”

Only he knows that he is really old and old.

Just now, when Concubine Yan asked him in tears in Yikun Palace, he was also his flesh and blood, and at that moment, countless regrets surged in his heart.

Yes, he's also his child.

At that moment, he knew that he was really old.

"Your Majesty, the concubine just can't think about it right now, and after a while, she will naturally be able to understand the emperor." Zhang Shichang bowed his head.

Listening to Zhang Shichang's words, the emperor was stunned and stopped suddenly.

Zhang Shichang was taken aback, as if he had just realized what he had said, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The emperor forgives the sin, and the slave is too talkative." ”

The emperor stared at Zhang Shichang for a while, and then he finally looked away, "Little Changzi, although you have been with me for decades, there are still some things you still don't understand. ”

"Yes, these slaves don't understand the major affairs of the family and the country, but the slaves know how the concubine Niangniang has treated the emperor over the years. Therefore, the emperor can rest assured, after a while, the concubine will naturally want to open it, and she will understand the emperor's difficulty. Zhang Shichang bowed down and looked at the emperor and smiled.

The emperor stared at Zhang Shichang for a long time, and then faintly withdrew his gaze.

Zhang Shichang was able to say this only because he didn't know the real reason for this, and since he acquiesced in Chu Xizhi's death, an insurmountable river was drawn between him and Yan Guifei.

She could never do him the same way she did again.

"Maybe." The emperor lowered his eyes and said lightly.

"Your Majesty, does the slave have a proposal?" Zhang Shichang said as he cautiously looked up at the emperor.

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and seemed to be slightly interested in Zhang Shichang's words.

"Your Majesty, the concubine Niangniang stayed in the palace and touched the scene, and she couldn't let go of King Yan's affairs more and more, besides, it was not good for her body to be so sad all day long. The slave thought that it was better to let Niangniang go out of the palace to live in Chao'an Temple for a few days. First, you can also listen to the master's lecture to soothe the wounds in your heart, and secondly, you can also take this opportunity to let the concubine Niangniang take care of her body. Your Majesty, what do you think? Zhang Shichang looked at the emperor and smiled slightly.

The emperor looked at Zhang Shichang and did not speak.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Shichang looked at the emperor's suspicious gaze, hurriedly knelt down, looked up at satisfaction, and said sincerely, "Please allow the slave to say one more word." The old slave has been waiting for you for so many years, and she has seen a lot of battles in the palace over the years, but only the noble concubine Niangniang, she treats you sincerely, not for your power or identity, she really loves you as a person. The concubine is to the emperor, just like the concubine was to the emperor. The slave really doesn't want to lose a person like the concubine Niangniang who knows cold and hot by the emperor's side. ”

I have to say that Zhang Shichang's words really reached the emperor's heart.

He has lived in the palace for so long, and he has seen a lot of women in the palace who do everything to compete for favor, how many of these women around him really like him? They like more about his status as emperor and the glory that his status can bring them.

In addition to the orb, there are ......

Yan Xinrui.

She really loves him as a person, but it's a pity......

All his love has long been buried in the dark ground with the orb.

He didn't love her, but being able to love her so wholeheartedly made his cold heart feel some comfort.

"Your Majesty." Seeing that the emperor didn't answer for a long time, Zhang Shichang bowed his head and kowtowed.

This 'Your Majesty' pulled the emperor back from his thoughts, he looked at Zhang Shichang, thinking of the loveless pale face of Concubine Yan in Yikun Palace, and his cold heart throbbed inexplicably.

"I'll leave this matter to you." The emperor looked at Zhang Shichang and threw down a sentence lightly, then turned around and left.

"The slave is the concubine Niangniang, thank the emperor for his grace." Behind him, Zhang Shichang bowed his head and made a big salute, and after a while, he slowly stood up.

At this time, the sun above his head was just right, and the pale golden sunlight was cast, and no one saw it, and the corners of Zhang Shichang's mouth hooked up an imperceptible smile.

The emperor finally relented, and everything was the same as the prince expected.

It's just that Concubine Yan is so relieved, so what about Princess Yan? According to the news he has heard these days, it seems that King Shen is very different from Princess Yan, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to handle over there......