The maid glanced at me and frowned slightly: "Of course it's the emperor." ”

Pei Yuanhao passed me?

My heart moved slightly, and even Shui Xiu was a little surprised, and cautiously walked over to hold my arm, blinking and looking at me with big eyes. I thought about it for a moment, and then asked, "Is the emperor talking to the adults, or—"

The maid frowned again, but she still smiled reluctantly because she was afraid of my identity: "Girl, pass you over and go quickly, this is the emperor's order." ”

As soon as she said this, Shui Xiu became more and more worried, grabbed my arm and whispered, "Girl, do you want to go and sue the prince?" ”

I thought about it, smiled faintly and patted her hand: "It's okay, I'll go back as soon as I go." ”

After saying that, I tidied up my appearance and walked out, the maid led the way in front, in fact, I am also familiar with the road here, I don't know how many times I walked when I came before, so when she took me to the small bridge, looking at the exquisite inner courtyard not far away, I also understood.

When he got to the gate, the maid made a noise inside, and then withdrew.

The door was closed, there was no sound inside, only the flickering light of the candle flame was reflected in the window, and the familiar silhouette of the figure inside could be faintly seen, I gently walked up the steps and reached out to push the door open.

He was sitting at the table when he heard the door push and looked up at me.

My eyes were as light as before, as if I could see through my body and see far away, so I stepped forward and bowed down to salute: "Your Majesty ......"

"For me."

“……”

I glanced up at him, he was still wearing a heavy dragon robe, got off the boat today, I heard that he also summoned officials at all levels of Yangzhou Mansion, just talking about things in the cabinet for nearly two hours, tonight there is a dinner in the state capital, of course you can't wear this robe, there is another set hanging on the shelf.

When I was in the capital, I had been relegated to the cold palace, and I was still a guilty person, this kind of thing should not have been for me, but I didn't say anything, obediently walked over, he stood up and stretched his arms slightly, and I stepped forward to untie his clothes.

It was quiet in the house.

The heavy robes were taken off one by one, and the room was so quiet that I couldn't even breathe except for the rustling of the clothes.

In the end, all he had left was a dirty garment, and as soon as the belt was loose and the cuffs slipped off, I saw a lot of scars on my wrists.

The new wounds and old scars, crisscrossed his wrists, looked a little shocking, even if they had scabbed, the old wounds had already turned into faint white scars, but it seemed that he could still feel the redness at that time, a little dazzling.

Sensing that my gaze lingered a little longer, he glanced down at me.

The eyes were as black as ever, but they were a little frighteningly dark.

I gently lowered his hand, turned around and picked up another robe from the hanger and put it on for him, and then stood in front of him to fasten the button on his chest, and he didn't speak, just looked down at me.

Silence, once it lasts for a long time, will be like a confrontation.

I don't speak, and neither does he. But I couldn't just go on like this, and after a long silence, I said first: "When the slave came from the dock, she saw that the medicine shop was closed. ”

He still looked at me coldly.

"When the emperor left, did he send someone to keep an eye on them?"

"......" He seemed to take a deep breath, and then exhaled a long breath, feeling the familiar breath lingering on the tip of his nose, and he said in a deep voice: "Although someone was sent to star, but they didn't star." ”

He didn't get angry, the people who wanted to go back and forth to the crude medicine shop were not so easy to deal with, and when Huang Tianba entered Beijing to help him win the heir, it must have made him relax his vigilance against the south, and besides, what other means did the people in that sect have, I am afraid that they are very deep, and the people of the government and the court have not been able to suppress them for so long, and it is not surprising that they can't keep an eye on them.

It's just that the Huisheng Medicine Shop is the only branch of the sect we know, and if this line is broken, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find.

If it drags on like this, if the people of Shengjing really negotiate with Changmingzong, the impact on the imperial court can be imagined.

I frowned slightly and asked, "Are there any other clues on the southern side?" ”

He looked down at me.

I was seen by him and my heart skipped a beat, and I also realized what I had just breathed, so I pursed my lips, lowered my eyes and continued to buckle the button on his chest, slowly buckled to the last one in my throat, felt his Adam's apple roll up and down, and my voice was a little hoarse when I spoke: "Huang Tianba, where is it?" ”

“……”

My fingers twitched slightly, and the clasp slipped through the buttonhole.

It turns out that this is the reason why he came to me.

I lowered my head, continued to pull the belt over and tied it to him, and said calmly, "The slave doesn't know. ”

"......" he frowned.

"When he left, he had already left the Huisheng medicine shop and cut off contact with the people here, and the slave believed that he would not return to a place he did not agree with and do what he did not want to do."

"How can he do that?"

"You don't need to linger on people and places, absolutely, it should be."

His eyes widened slightly, and I hooked my eyebrows and gently let my hand go from his throat, but before I could hang down, he suddenly reached out and grabbed my fingers.

He clutched so hard that I could feel the rough skin of my palm kneading my fingertips, hot and painful.

I frowned and looked up at him.

"How good can you be?"

……

When the door was slammed open, he and I were both startled, and when we looked back, we saw Pei Yuanfeng standing at the door with a nervous expression, and when I saw him sitting at the table, and I was standing across the table, my panicked expression faded a little.

"The Emperor's ......"

"Yuanfeng, you're getting more and more disagreeable!"

He didn't look angry, but his tone of voice was not light, Pei Yuanfeng glanced at me again, lowered his head and said, "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen - Weichen is just not at ease." ”

"Not sure?" Pei Yuanhao stood up and looked at him: "Don't worry about her, or don't worry about me?" ”

“……”

"Yuanfeng, even if I said those words, she is still my woman now!"

Pei Yuanfeng glanced at me again, lowered his head and slowly knelt down: "Weichen is guilty." ”

I stood aside, also lowered my head and didn't speak, Pei Yuanhao walked up to him and looked down at him for a while, flicked his sleeves heavily, and walked out.

The ministers of the state capital were already waiting outside, perhaps because they couldn't believe that Prince Qi would just break in, and they didn't know what would happen inside, they all stood far away, bowed their heads cautiously, and saw Pei Yuanhao go out, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him.

When they were all far away, I walked to Pei Yuanfeng's side, and he hurriedly stood up, grabbed my arm with one hand and said a little nervously: "Qingying, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine."

"He, what did the emperor call you to do?"

I laughed: "It's really fine, it's just to serve the emperor and get dressed." ”

"Dressing? Why - to call you? ”

I looked at him with a look of displeasure and nervousness, and sighed softly: "Lord, he is the emperor!" ”

He was like this just now, it was really too dangerous, and he had completely exceeded the etiquette of the monarch and minister, but fortunately, although Pei Yuanhao had a bad temper, he always had an extrajudicial affection for him, otherwise according to his temperament, something would have happened a long time ago.

At this time, he and I seemed to be back to the time when we first met, he was still the reckless big boy in my eyes, and he didn't know what the good and bad was, listening to my tone, he was also slightly depressed, and said: "I'm just--I'm afraid that you'll be locked up in the cold palace again.,I really don't want to see you again." ”

I looked up at him, my heart was also a little heavy, remembering when he saw me in the cold palace, although I couldn't see myself, but I could also imagine the tragic scene at that time, really one foot had stepped into the ghost gate, maybe at that time I coughed up blood The way he really frightened him, and the slightest movement would make him all the soldiers.

I smiled and patted the back of his hand with my backhand: "It's okay." ”

“……”

"Since you came back from Shengjing so well that you didn't worry me, I won't let myself have an accident and make you worry."

He looked at me and nodded vigorously.

Walking out with him, as soon as I went out, I saw that the originally gloomy sky in the distance was reflected clearly, as if on the other side of the city tower was another world that never sleeps, and I said, "Is tonight's night banquet on that side?" ”

"Well, what the emperor ordered is to rejoice with the people. Looks like he's just what you think. ”

I know he means what I said before, if it is Nangong Lizhu who goes south, then the killer in the south will not start lightly, Pei Yuanhao and Nangong Lizhu really seem to have an indescribable hidden tacit understanding, although they stand on different positions, but because they understand each other too well, every step of the way out is like fitting each other.

This perception is by no means formed overnight.

When I walked to the gate of the inner courtyard, as soon as the guards on both sides saw us, they immediately saluted Pei Yuanfeng, Pei Yuanfeng casually instructed two words, and continued to walk out side by side with me, I asked: "Lord, has the protection of the state capital been handed over to Yu Linwei?" ”

"Hmm."

"I heard that Lord Liu Yi is seriously injured, but he has woken up."

"Well, the emperor went to see him in the afternoon, and although he couldn't get up, he still kowtowed on the bed."

"I've heard that how many assassins have been arrested, but they haven't been tried?"

"These assassins are all trained in torture, and if they are in a hurry, they will kill themselves, and they will really cut off the clues. The people on the side of the state capital were also very careful about this matter, and they didn't dare to push it too hard, so they waited for the emperor to make a decision this time in the south. ”

I nodded, and walked slowly with him, and when I was almost at the gate, I stopped and said to him, "Lord Wang, can you let me go and see those assassins?" ”

Startled, he turned to look at me: "What? You're going to see those assassins? ”