"What the hell are you doing with all this stuff!" I glanced at him.

"How did you quarrel with us before? How can you be so stupid now! "He looked at me with hatred.

"She's a princess!" I teased him with a long note.

"You still care about a princess!" He suddenly looked at me deeply, and his eyes were dim, "If you want to be a princess, I will go to report to my father immediately!" ”

I was startled and quickly grabbed him, "I'm laughing with you!" You are not staying in the court, what are you doing here today? ”

He sighed, looked at me deeply, and then continued: "Just now, I saw you get into He Zhengqing's carriage and follow all the way. ”

I scolded myself for being careless! I didn't even have this vigilance!

He guessed my mind and smiled: "I happened to be looking for He Zhengqing, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to touch it!" ”

I gave him a blank look: "Is there something wrong?" ”

He frowned at me: "You are so sneaky looking for He Zhengqing, you don't really like him, right?" ”

I was stunned and then smiled: "Why do you think so?" ”

He looked at my face earnestly and said after a long while, "It doesn't look like so!" Then he sighed: "Our brothers are more or less interesting to you, and you don't even look down on any of them!" ”

I smiled dumbly: "There are so many people in the world, why do I have to marry your Ling family!" ”

He laughed too: "That's the best!" It's the same for everyone! After saying that, he pulled me on the horse and said, "Let's go, let's drink!" ”

The two of us arrived at a restaurant, he should be a regular customer, as soon as Fang entered the door, a shopkeeper greeted him and found an elegant and quiet single room for us.

Suddenly thinking of the situation when I met him with Hao Xi a few years ago, I glared at him vigorously, he was a little surprised, and asked me suspiciously: "What's wrong?" Where have I sinned against you again! ”

"On the Shangyuan Festival the year before last, you met me and came out to drink, but it was a big fuss!" I pretended to be angry and looked at him.

He thought about it carefully, and couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly said to me: "It's my fault!" You can still remember! ”

That's when I burst out laughing.

We sat side by side for a while, and I looked at him, "Why are you so haggard this time?" ”

He sighed: "The court is surging, all forces are competing, my father is already ill, and I left the fourth brother to scold him yesterday!" ”

I looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "This is the emperor's love for King Duan!" ”

He was stunned for a moment, as if he had been reminiscing for a long time, before he finally spoke: "I have believed in you since I was a child, you tell me, is there no hope for the fourth brother?" ”

I sighed and shook my head silently.

He lowered his head, and after a long time said, "Actually, I also know, but he is my mother's brother after all!" My mother also told me all day long! I ......"

I patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Actually, that's fine!" The emperor reprimanded King Duan, it was for the courtiers in the court, they thought that the emperor was disgusted with King Duan, so it was naturally not good to put pressure on him, there was no substantive conflict, no matter who ascended the throne in the future, King Duan would naturally not be in a big problem! ”

Ling Haoqing's eyes lit up and looked at me: "Really? ”

This is born in the sorrow of the royal family, and there is always a feeling of walking a tightrope, even if it is glorious and rich! When you make a mistake, you turn into a cloud of smoke when you turn around.

"You and King Duan are too young, the time to be crowned king is also short, there is no military power, and there is no great achievement, although Concubine Yi Niangniang is respected, she does not have a strong maternal family, so King Duan will definitely not succeed! That's when you quit! I patiently persuaded.

"I don't know that!" He sighed, raised the wine glass in his hand, drank it all, and said with a wry smile: "Forget it! There is wine today and I am drunk today, while I am still powerful and powerful, you can do whatever you want to do, and I will protect you in the back! ”

I looked at him distressedly, the boy with teeth and claws grew up, but he wore away all the edges and corners, I looked at him silently for a while, and suddenly felt a sour feeling in my chest, and only after a while did I speak: "Why do you say such unambitious words!" We're all going to be fine......"

He looked at me in silence, but his eyes were watery......

It was late at night when I went home, and as soon as I turned into the alley, I saw a bright light, and the door of the house was wide open, and the second brother was guarding the door, and when he saw us riding over, he immediately greeted us.

He was obviously a little unhappy on his face, and stretched out his hand to help me, Ling Haoqing had a rare sense of obedience, and dismounted and arched his hand to the second brother: "Master Su, I pulled Su Ruo to drink, I don't want to come back late, I will make amends to you, and I hope you don't blame Su Ruo." ”

The second brother was a little surprised, Ling Haoqing was the prince after all, and he didn't dare to be too lazy: "Your Highness is serious!" ”

Ling Haoqing turned over on his horse, glanced back at me, and whipped away.

Although the second brother had some doubts about today's events, he didn't ask me, it was late at night, the lights were gone, and I found that there was silence everywhere, and I walked cautiously with those few lanterns. The second brother saw that I was so abnormal, and sent me back to the bedroom with no worries.

I was too lazy to freshen up, and I was about to lie down after changing my pajamas, and the second brother saw that I was fine, and just wanted to leave, but I called him: "Second brother! ”

He paused and looked back at me.

"Second brother, I'll go back to the palace tomorrow, right?"

"Why?" Taken aback, he returned to my bed and looked at me condescendingly.

"King Duan has already retreated. I think it's come to a critical time, the queen mother is urging one will a day, if I don't go back, I'm afraid of startling the snake! I tugged at my second brother's sleeve and asked him to sit on the edge of the bed.

He thought about it for a while, naturally knew the key, sighed, and said, "What you said is true!" I'm just worried that she'll hurt you when the fish dies and the net breaks! ”

I smiled faintly, "No, I won't let anyone hurt me." ”

He hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded, and then thought of another sentence I had just said: "King Duan has a desire to retreat?" How do you know? ”

"Ling Haoqing told me!" I got up slightly, and my brother took a pillow and leaned behind me.

"Is it possible to advance by retreating?" The second brother frowned slightly.

"Duanwang is weak, but it is Concubine Yi's wishful thinking, and he is not to be afraid of it, yesterday, the emperor left Duanwang to reprimand, I think it is to cut off his thoughts, and now he should understand!" I said softly.

My brother patted my hand and sighed: "Born in the emperor's family, I have these troubles!" He looked at me distressedly: "Sleep, don't think about it anymore, I'm too anxious, I'm afraid I'll hurt my body!" ”

I nodded, but didn't lie down: "Brother, if King Rui succeeds, can you keep Hao Xi thoughtful?" ”

The second brother was stunned for a while, didn't answer for a long time, and said after a long time: "I will do my best to help him, but the king is defeated and defeated, it has been like this since ancient times, it's difficult!" ”

My tears fell suddenly, and the second brother gently wiped them away for me with his fingertips, and whispered: "If Hao Xi succeeds, I am afraid that he will not let go of King Rui and King Jing." ”

When I thought of Ling Haoqian thousands of miles away, my heart suddenly hurt, yes, I only know that I feel sorry for Haoxi, but if King Rui fails, what awaits Haoqian is not a killing.

"When will he be back?" I sighed faintly and looked at my second brother.

"I'm afraid it won't be able to come back until it's done!" The second brother sighed and said: "King Jing has 200,000 male soldiers under him, he is outside, everyone is at ease, once he comes back, the situation will turn around, and then everything will be even more difficult!" ”

I understand what the second brother means, just like the eldest brother is guarding outside, no matter how anxious my aunt is, she doesn't dare to call him back to Beijing easily. If you bring the troops back, you will give people a handle, and if you don't bring the troops back, you will fall into the net. With these soldiers and horses in the outside to deter, only when they act can they let go of their hands and feet.

It was the time of sunset, and the afterglow of the setting sun was like a thin brocade, scattered one by one on the chrysanthemums on the palace mountain house, covering the buds with a layer of crimson shadow. I sat on the steps, silently staring at the purple jade bracelet on my wrist.

I still remember that year under the sunset, he walked through the bluestone path by the lake, and his eyes were full of soft smiles. I also remember the deep meaning of his smile when the strings of the zither were plucked lightly in the twilight snow.

I thought that one glance was a lifetime, but I didn't want to live in the world and be unsatisfactory, he still rode a horse, just Zhangtai Road; I still stared, but the curtain was deep. After another year of parting with the west wind, I have no way out but waiting......

"What do you think? Such a fascination! ”

I was startled, and when I looked up, I saw that it was Ling Haoxi who came over, he didn't change his court clothes, and he rushed over directly after the emperor finished discussing the matter.

I looked up at him, patted the stone steps next to me, and he sat down with a smile.

I leaned on my knees and looked at him sideways: "Why do you look so tired?" ”

"The court has been a little busy these days, and I haven't bothered to come up to see you, today I finally have a free time, hurry up and take a look at you!" He picked a chrysanthemum that bloomed very well and played with it in his hand.

"I don't have anything to do, you just go and do your own business." I looked at his increasingly thin face, and his eyes were even brighter.

"I've already punished Wei Jinyao!" He spoke faintly.

I was stunned for a moment, and it took me a long time to react, and I smiled: "What a big deal!" I forgot! It's just that you take it one by one! ”

There was no smile in his eyes, with a hint of coldness: "She did it on purpose!" For so many years, she has been holding a grudge against the dispute that day, although you don't take it to heart, I can't spare her! ”

I was a little sad, thinking that he would take one thing he didn't care about to heart, but I was hurting him a little bit: "It doesn't matter if you have a few quarrels between husband and wife, don't hurt Prime Minister Wei Cheng's face for this little thing, then the gain outweighs the loss!" ”

I originally just wanted to persuade him, but I didn't expect that when Wei Tingxi was mentioned, he was furious, and as soon as he clenched his fist, I watched the delicate chrysanthemum blur into a ball in his hand: "Prime Minister Wei? If I don't trouble him now, I'm already worthy of his status as the ruler of the country, how dare he! ”

I looked at him, and I didn't know why.

He tried to calm down his emotions for a while, and then said: "A few days ago, the Metropolitan Procuratorate wrote a book, and at the beginning of this year, there was a big flood in Minzhou, and for a time the corpses were everywhere, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and my father appointed Wei Tingxi to go to the disaster relief, but he ignored the life and death of the people, but spent all day drinking and embezzling disaster relief funds. After coming back, he concealed the disaster and did not report it, blindly flattering it, and now the matter has been exposed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the evidence is conclusive, and the father is furious, and it is already difficult to protect himself! ”

I listened with horror: "What is the situation now?" ”

He sighed: "The second emperor's station is not far from Minzhou, and after hearing about it, a large number of supplies have been transported over, and now the flood discharge is being organized, and He Zhengqing has also rushed over, and now the worry is not to have another plague." ”

I was stunned for a moment, thinking of the picturesque man, who lived up to my heart's expectations, and had already taken the lead without receiving the will, and this open-mindedness was already impressive!

He looked at me thoughtfully, and comforted me softly: "You don't have to worry, there is Zhengqing, there should be remedy." In a few days, the second brother should also pass, so you can rest assured! ”

The second brother he said was my brother, he called me that way since he was a child, and the second brother blocked it a few times, but it was useless, so he left it to him.

I finally put my mind at ease and looked at him: "As long as you're not implicated!" ”

He smiled bitterly and looked up at the blue sky, where a flock of geese was flying, and he kept staring until the row of geese disappeared into the sky.

"How can I not be implicated, this move is nothing more than breaking off my right arm."

"How so?!" I exclaimed.

"The book on the Metropolitan Procuratorate is small, but the hateful King Rui has been holding on to it, and he has moved his whole body, Wei Tingxi's corruption this time is from top to bottom, all of them are protégés, and for a while, the Wei Mansion is almost clean! It's hateful that some people have involved this matter in the grain and grass corruption case during the war with Yueheng a few years ago. This time my father was even more angry! I've arranged for King Rui to check! Let him check, can this thing still be good?! His face was pale and almost ugly, and I felt a little distressed, and my hand slowly reached out and touched his face.

"Why is it so serious?" I sighed.

He gently rubbed his eyes on my hand with his eyes closed, and finally sighed: "What should come is to come after all!" ”

This is just an eighteen-year-old boy, and I live in the most brazen age on a college campus, and he has to bear the unbearable weight of life. I sighed slightly: "Haoxi, can't you give up?" ”

He was slightly startled, his eyes had been opened, the original tiredness and haggard were completely gone, and all that was left was a sharp light.

"Give up? How can I give up? Once I make a mistake, my net worth and life, and the net worth and lives of these people behind me are all handed over to others, how dare you let me retreat! ”

I was stunned, there was not a single word to refute, yes! How can he retreat, even if he wants to retreat, how can the forces behind him allow him to retreat, they have already tied their lives to the throne, and he has no way to retreat!

"I'm leaving!" He took a deep breath and stood up.

I watched him walk forward like this, as if he was slowly walking out of my life, I finally couldn't bear it anymore, rushed over, hugged him behind me, his back suddenly stiffened, and after a while, finally smiled: "Silly girl! What to cry about! It's going to be fine! I will always protect you in this life! You can rest assured! ”

He was finally gone, and I knew that from this moment on, he would never have a chance to hesitate, hesitate, or be weak......