I felt him approaching step by step, and finally when the dark shadow was completely over me, he was standing behind me, his slightly heaving chest almost against my back, and I could feel the hot body temperature through my clothes.

His breath even whipped around my neck.

I shuddered slightly, goosebumps on my neck, and slowly turned to look at him.

The two of them stood so close together, and such a close distance gave me the feeling that I had walked to the edge of a cliff, as if the sky would fall apart in the next moment, and his face, perhaps because his back was to the door, was full of gloom, and there was no light in his dark eyes.

I thought about it, and finally opened my mouth first: "Your Majesty, Qingying knows that she is wrong. ”

"What?"

There was no warmth in his voice, nothing like that burning gaze, but I already understood that it was a precursor to his anger, or rather, he was already angry.

"The emperor wants Qingying to control himself, and today - Qingying knows his mistake and doesn't dare to make it again."

“……”

"Qingying, don't dare anymore."

A hand reached over and pinched my chin slightly, I raised my head to look at him, there was still not much expression on his face, and the corners of his mouth were even slightly raised, revealing a faint and almost invisible smile: "Yue Qingying, this is the first time for you to be soft on me, right?" ”

“……”

"You've never been soft, this is your first time, is it?"

“……”

Yes, this is the first time I have completely surrendered, and I dare not have the slightest disobedience, if you want me to kneel and kowtow, I will not hesitate to grovel in front of you.

I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm still afraid of a lot......

"Then do you know what a woman should do if she wants to be soft on a man?"

My heart skipped a beat, and I saw his face slowly enlarge in front of my eyes, and it was close to the tip of his nose, and the hot, almost surging desire came out of my clothes, enveloping my whole being, and the breath of the two people was sticking together, and the breath was full of his smell, hot.

My face flushed all at once.

What he meant was-

I immediately shook my head and subconsciously stepped back: "No-"

I said to him, chastity is actually useless, whether I want to remember it or not, I have been pregnant twice for this man, gave birth to a daughter, those memories of ear and temples are still there, and if I want to deceive myself, it is all things that have really happened.

However, what is past is what is past.

Now I don't want to be touched by him at all, especially after Liu Qinghan came to the capital, I can't!

But just when I was retreating, my back suddenly hit the imperial case, and the folds piled up on it fell down with a bang, and the sound was a little shocking, but Pei Yuanhao didn't even look at it, stepped on it, approached in front of me, and stretched out his hand to support the imperial case, holding me in his arms.

Seeing that he lowered his head and was about to imprint my lips, I was excited, and suddenly said, "Does the emperor know who the assassin who set the trap today is?" ”

“……”

His eyes, which had been slightly narrowed, opened suddenly, and a fine light shot out of them, looking at me heavily.

I was pressed under him, my back slammed against the edge of the imperial case, very uncomfortable, but I could only barely support my body, and said, "Xia Guan guesses that those assassins are not ordinary people. ”

“……”

"Not only do they know very well about the emperor's patrol, but they should even know the structure of the carriage and the assignment of the guards; Moreover, the purpose of today's action is also very clear, that is, to assassinate Fu Badai and prevent him from entering the court! ”

Pei Yuanhao looked down at me, his hot gaze had slowly cooled down: "What do you want to say." ”

"......" I pondered for a long time before I cautiously spoke: "I think that if it is really a southern mob, their target should be the emperor." ”

“……”

This is the question I have been thinking about since I saw that trap, if it was really done by people who rebelled against the imperial court, and there was this kung fu to kill Fu Badai, they should have attacked the emperor. Bamboo does not penetrate the board of the gold car, and iron arrows can be used; The Emperor's chariot was delayed, and if the Assassins swarmed him, he might be able to get some bargains.

But they didn't.

Not even a single person was left to see if the assassination had been successful.

Obviously, although the person in charge of this assassination wanted to kill Fu Badai, he was even more afraid of leaving any traces and the emperor would find out their identities.

In other words, the person who committed the assassination was not a member of the sect.

They killed Fu Badai because Fu Badai's entry into the court would affect their interests; They did not assassinate the emperor, because the emperor's preservation zài was beneficial to them, at least for the time being, or rather, their interests needed to be protected by the emperor's deposit.

So the assassin -

That figure had already flashed in my mind, and when I looked up at Pei Yuanhao, his eyes had the same gleam.

I think he must be the same person I thought of.

"Your Majesty, I—"

I was about to say something, but suddenly, his face changed, and he lowered his head and kissed me heavily.

"Hmm!"

My eyes widened at once, and I didn't react at all, and my lips and tongue had already fallen in an instant.

I gasped, and I felt his tongue break in strongly, entangled in my little tongue in the ****, I was so frightened that I shrank back, but his hands on the royal case were retracted, hugged my waist hard, tightly held me in his arms, and couldn't tolerate the slightest struggle, a hot big hand clasped the back of my head, and pressed hard against him.

All the struggles and resistance were imprisoned by his powerful embrace, and even my shouts were devoured by him viciously, I only felt like people were about to suffocate, but he didn't let go at all, pried open my teeth and poked deeply, and with a wave of one hand, he swept everything on the imperial case, only to hear a loud noise, and I was pressed up by him.

This entanglement not only made me feel terrible, but also ashamed, he kissed me while tearing my clothes, and my eyes were red when I saw the skin on my collarbone and chest being exposed.

"You put-"

At this moment, I heard the voices of Father-in-law Yu and another person behind him, outside the door that had not been closed.

"Lord Shen, the emperor is summoning-"

Before he finished speaking, the people outside the door seemed to freeze.

But this man didn't seem to hear at all, and continued to hug me and kiss deeply, at this moment I didn't dare to make any movements, I could only lie stiffly under him, feeling the hot temperature of the entanglement of lips and tongue spreading from the tip of the tongue, and his hand also probed into the scattered placket, inch by inch of skin was brushed by his fingertips, I kept shaking.

I don't know how long this torture lasted, and then I heard a somewhat embarrassed voice from Father-in-law Yu: "My lord, the emperor is he-he is busy, it is better to meet him later." ”

There was silence outside, and there was the sound of brushing away.

The sound of footsteps slowly drifted away.

It was only at this time that his ravages on me slowly stopped, but my lips did not immediately part, and I printed it vigorously before I slowly raised my head, and my lips and tongue even felt a little sticky, and the blood on my face faded and was as pale as ice.

The man also froze, and hurriedly struggled to push him away and stood up.

This time, he didn't seem to be angry anymore, he just stood there for a long time, he was still well-dressed, but I had been disorganized by him, my clothes were scattered, my clothes were scattered, and there was some hot pain in my neck and collarbone.

I bit my lower lip vigorously and straightened my clothes with trembling fingers, but the more I did this, the more unspeakable uncomfortable my heart became, my lips were bitten, and the tip of my tongue tasted blood, but when I thought of what had just happened, my whole body trembled.

I...... I......

After being entangled for a long time, my fingers trembled so much, there was no way to tidy up my clothes at all, I couldn't care so much, I pulled on the placket and gave him a blessing, and I wanted to turn around and leave.

But as soon as he turned around, he grabbed him.

He pulled me back hard, at this time it was almost to my limit, I couldn't speak, just red eyes, he looked down at me like this, his face sank suddenly: "You are still thinking about that Liu Qinghan!" ”

“……”

"Are you really going to kill him?"

"Don't!"

I raised my head and looked at him in horror: "Your Majesty, don't want it!" ”

He sneered angrily, twisted my chin and said, "I don't want to kill him, it's still useful for me to keep him, but I want to kill him very much, I want to break him into thousands of pieces!" ”

“……”

"Yue Qingying, you and him, it's best not to let me catch such an opportunity!"

"......" My chin was pinched in his hand, my teeth kept knocking, and he said coldly: "Do you want to know, just now I went to the Yuhua Palace, what did Concubine Li say to me?" ”

I frowned slightly.

What did Nangong Lizhu tell him? This is a matter of the two of them, what does it have to do with me, but look at his expression - could it be that Nangong Lizhu said something about me?

My heart chuckled, and I heard Pei Yuanhao say: "Concubine Li told me, you gave birth to a daughter for me, and you have made meritorious contributions to the heirs of the harem; And if you serve the eldest prince with all your heart, you can also resist your previous sin of disobedience and disrespect to the king. ”

“……”

"She begged me to forgive you for your past sins and to make you a concubine again."

My brain buzzed, as if I had been hit hard with a hammer, and my whole body froze.

Nangong Lizhu, begging Pei Yuanhao to canonize me as a concubine?!

What does she mean by that?

Could it be, because of what I told her before, about Shen Rou, now that Shen Rou has the second prince by her side after all, her identity and power are no longer comparable to her, the sterilized concubine, and Nangong Lizhu knows that I also hate Shen Rou.

She begged Pei Yuanhao to canonize me, hoping that I would also have the status of a concubine, so that I could compete with Shen Rou for the male growth?

No, absolutely not!

Although I also hate Shen Rou and can't wait for her to die, I can't be Pei Yuanhao's concubine anymore, I don't want to be in the palace in the first half of my life, and I will be in the mud again because of those debts in the second half of my life!

I looked at Pei Yuanhao cautiously, there was always a cruel sneer on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at me and said, "Yue Qingying, you say, should I allow Concubine Li to play?" ”

“……”

"Huh?"

I took a deep breath, tried to calm myself, and said, "The emperor does things, and naturally the emperor has the emperor's considerations. ”

“……”

"It's just that Qingying thinks that a Jixian Hall orthography may be more effective than a concubine."

As I spoke, I raised my head and looked at him solemnly.

……

He didn't speak, just looked at me in silence, and the beautiful air and heavy aura of the imperial study just now all disappeared at this moment, and only the eyes of the two people met, almost like sparks.

Inside the imperial study, it was so quiet that only the wind outside the door could be heard.

I don't know how long it took, he finally slowly let go of my chin, and with a smile that was under control, he said, "Yue Qingying, I will tell you again." ”

“……”

"Take care of your eyes."

“……”

"If you can't control it yourself, I will put you in the harem and discipline you well!"

The next day, the emperor issued a holy decree, enshrined Fu Badai as a bachelor in the Jixian Palace, a scholar in the Ministry of Writing, and Liu Qinghan as a direct bachelor in the Jixian Palace, and a lieutenant in the light car.

I heard this when I was serving Chang Qing to practice calligraphy.

Chang Qing silently finished writing the last word of the Diamond Sutra before looking back at me and said with a smile: "Are you relieved?" ”

"What?"

"Just now, you were holding the incense plate, and your hands were shaking all the time."

I was stunned for a moment, but also smiled, Chang Qing washed the pen in the porcelain basin, and said slowly: "That Liu Qinghan is Fu Badai's student?" ”

"Yes."

"I heard that Fu Badai's eyes are broken, and he has to teach and teach on his behalf. What is this character? ”

“…… Good. I thought about it for a moment and said, "Good." ”

Chang Qing glanced back at me, her eyes a little strange: "You rarely talk about people like that." ”

I reluctantly made a smile, stepped forward to help her wash the pen and hang it up, took a handkerchief from the incense tray and wiped her hands, she wiped her hands clean and sat down at the table to drink tea, while blowing the tea leaves on it, and said softly: "The Jixian Hall has been lively in the past two days. ”

"Really?"

"You didn't go?"

"Nope."

It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare, this position of Jixian Hall was not really for me to do, and now Liu Qinghan is in Jixian Palace, Pei Yuanhao gave me such a warning again, and I don't dare to make any mistakes, although it seems that Pei Yuanhao is still good to him now, but if the emperor really wants to start a fire......

I don't dare to think about it.

Chang Qing continued: "The emperor has only issued a decree, but he has not officially introduced it to the hundred officials, but there are many officials in the court who have gone to the Jixian Hall these days, such as Huo Liancheng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Qi Fang, a member of the Zhongshu Province, and Gao Tian......zhang, a member of the Ministry of Economics."

When I heard the names of these people, my heart was a little open.

These are a group of young officials newly promoted by the DPRK and China in recent years, and each of them is familiar to me, and it is the help that I think can help Pei Yuanhao govern the south and even the world in the future!

But these people are all young people, even if they want to show their strength, they can't compete with the old ministers of the court, with a great Confucian like Fu Badai, they finally have a backbone, as long as this force can be slowly assembled, even if it is still weak, but at least it will not be forced to retreat step by step.

I thought about it for a while, and said to Chang Qing: "Does the queen think this is a good thing?" ”

Chang Qing took a sip of tea, silently looked at the light smoke rising from the tea bowl, pondered for a while, and then smiled faintly: "Whether it's good or bad, it has nothing to do with this palace." ”

...... "I forgot, she has never been lukewarm about the affairs of the court."

"Nian Shen, it's time to come back, right?"

“…… Yes, it's time to come back. ”

She nodded, and said nothing more, I also knew that I should go to the gate of the palace to greet Nianshen, so I confessed to her, and Kou'er followed in to serve, and I walked out.

I just walked to the door, but I just happened to see Nian Shen come in.

As soon as he saw me, he immediately rushed over and hugged my legs, looked up at me, and smiled: "Aunt Qing! ”

I touched his fleshy face and smiled, "Why is Your Highness so happy?" ”

"I'm happy to see Aunt Qing."

"You."

I also smiled, took his hand back to the room, and washed his hands with warm water, but my hands still had the abrasions on my hands in the bamboo forest before, and it hurt a little when it was wet, listening to me snort softly, Nian Shen immediately took my hand and walked to the table, looking carefully: "Aunt Qing, let me see, is it painful." ”

I laughed and said, "It's okay." ”

He pouted and blew on my hand, then lowered his head and took out a small wooden bottle, and said, "Aunt Qing, you try to use this, and it will be good soon." ”

I took it and opened it, and it was a black ointment, I don't know what it was made of, and it tasted a little fishy.

Seeing that I was just watching, Nian Shen grabbed it, carefully took out some and wiped it on my wound, sure enough, the hot pain was better, and there was a little cold feeling from the wound, I smiled: "This ointment works, where did it come from?" ”

"Huh?" Nian Shen was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"Don't know?" I looked at him and wondered, "How could I not know?" ”

"Senior brother won't let me say it!"

“……”

I was stunned for a moment, a choked feeling rose in my throat, and I was silent for a while, only to feel that the cold and silky part of the wound became warmer, but it was not painful, there was an indescribable feeling that every inch of skin was ironed.

I laughed and said, "Well, I won't ask." ”

As soon as I heard that I didn't ask, Nian Shen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, looked at my hand with a smile, and gently helped me blow it, I took the wooden bottle from his hand and said, "Your Highness, will you give me this?" ”

"Okay, it was supposed to be for you!"

I took the wooden bottle in the palm of my hand, held it hard and pressed it to my chest, only to feel that my nose was sour, and as soon as Nian Shen raised his head, he immediately said, "Aunt Qing, what's wrong with you?" Are you going to cry? Isn't the wound painful? ”

"No, no." I hurriedly shook my head.

Seeing that he had been chasing me and asking, I sniffed and deliberately asked, "By the way, what did Your Highness listen to and learn in the Jixian Hall today?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Nian Shen immediately nodded: "Yes." ”

"So, what did you learn?"

Usually when I ask him what he has learned, he will always say a series of stories he has heard today, what he has memorized, and what he has understood, but when I asked him today, he seemed to be full of doubts and said, "Aunt Qing, what the teacher said today is very strange." ”

"Oh? Tell Aunt Qing about it. ”

Nian Shen scratched his head and said, "Aunt Qing, do you think it's a good thing to sell your reputation and reputation?" ”

I frowned: "Selling fame? ”

"Well, the master said today that he was selling his reputation and reputation, and he said that there was a monk called Buddha Tucheng."

As soon as I heard this, I immediately knew it.

Monk Tucheng is a famous monk in ancient times, but in the eyes of the world, he is also a person with mixed reputations. It is rumored that he has profound Buddhism, can recite 100,000 words, is good at understanding the meaning of the text, and thinks he is a Taoist monk; But some people say that he sells his fame and reputation, has more friends with powerful people, has more than 10,000 disciples, and likes to debate and win with bachelors, because he is disdainful of pure Buddhism.

I touched Xiao Nianshen's heart and said, "Then, what does Your Highness think?" ”

Xiao Nian pouted deeply, and said a little depressedly: "Aunt Qing, I don't understand at all, the story of Monk Tucheng was just heard from the teacher, and I don't know if it's a good thing to sell fame and reputation, I want to ask you, but you don't tell me." ”

I smiled and didn't speak.

If it were another child, maybe the teacher would tell him directly, what is right and what is wrong, but not for a child like Nian Shen, his identity is special, maybe he will be the master of this land in the future, in his eyes, there are some things that should not have absolute right and wrong, but should let him know the gains and losses.

Nian Shen thought about it, and suddenly said, "However, Aunt Qing, Senior Brother was beaten again today!" ”

"Again?!" I was taken aback: "Does Fu Badai often beat your senior brother?" ”

"yes, almost every day. Today, he was beaten again. ”

I frowned.

This old man, this bad temper, can't change it until he gets old!

"Then, why was your senior brother beaten today?"

Nian Shen said: "The master asked us whether it was right or wrong to sell our fame, and the senior brother got up and said that it was right. ”

“…… He said, right? ”

"Hmm." Nian Shen nodded, blinked his big eyes and tried his best to recall, and said: "Senior brother said, if you are not famous, others will not listen to you, even if you are talking about the right way in the world, no one can hear it; If you want to preach the right way, you should make a name for yourself and let more people listen to you. It's just that, after selling your fame, don't forget your own - uh, your heart! As shown in the picture of the Cheng monk, and the powerful befriended, so the world will know that he is a high monk, the world knows, will rush to see him, listen to him talk about Zen, only in this way, can more people know the good and the evil, promote the right path. ”

“……”

"Senior brother said, therefore, it is not wrong to sell fame and reputation, on the contrary, some people should go to sell fame and reputation."

“……”

I had a feeling of shock when I heard it.

I am not completely unconscious of this statement, but the person who said these words is Liu Qinghan and Liu San'er.

When did the man who used to work hard in the fishing village, the man who was satisfied with the smell of fish soup lying in front of the stove, when did he start walking out of my sight?

From reading a book on the beach by the river, by the faint moonlight? Or talk to passing readers and learn to recite "The Gentleman is Righteous"? Or in the incense temple, commit to such a filthy place and insist on secretly observing?

I didn't expect him to go so far where I didn't see it......

Just when I was distracted, Nian Shen gently pulled my sleeve: "Aunt Qing, Aunt Qing?" ”

I suddenly came back to my senses and looked down at him, "Huh? ”

"Aunt Qing, why does the teacher always beat my brother? Does he not like his senior brother? ”

“……”

I thought about it, smiled, lowered my head and supported his little shoulders, and said, "Is Nian Shen concerned about Senior Brother?" Actually, you don't have to worry, Mr. Fu Da doesn't hit people. ”

"Oh?"

"He only has three disciples in total, and the favorite is the one who fights the most; If he doesn't like it, he will be kicked out after teaching, and he will never see him again for the rest of his life. ”

"That's right."

Nian Shen nodded as if he didn't understand, but he said worriedly: "However, the master can't see it, and he often beats according to the façade, and broke the senior brother's face a few days ago." Aunt Qing, senior brother is so pitiful......" At this time, Xing'er had already come in with his clothes to change for him, and I was still standing there, holding the small wooden bottle in my hand.

Only by selling fame and reputation can we accomplish something......

Liu Qinghan him, what do you want to do?

Although I always knew that he had his own ideas, maybe now, those ideas have become ambitions, and the closer he is to the center of imperial power, the more opportunities he has to put his former ideas into practice.

In that case, what he's going to be up to-

Shen family!

The power leans towards the government and the opposition, and the Shen family is rampant in the six palaces!

As soon as I thought of this, I squeezed the wooden bottle in my hand hard, and my fingers were also knocked a little painful.

Until now, Pei Yuanhao has not officially introduced their master and apprentice to the courtiers, maybe he is waiting for an opportunity, maybe because the time is not yet ripe, Shen Gonghao must put them to death, and he failed to succeed on the road, so what about the court?

Here, it is easier to kill a person without a sword than to pinch an ant to death!