"Not much, just enough."

Shangguan Li's tone was not polite, but Wen Tu didn't seem to care.

"Naturally, there are reasons why you can't go out."

"Is it the owner of the Youju Hall, or is it ...... My mother? ”

Wen Tu's steady hand suddenly trembled.

The ripples of water rippled in circles, which seemed to reflect the rare wavering in his heart.

Shangguan Li, who took his reaction into his eyes, sighed in his heart.

I really guessed right.

In the pile of chaotic information in Xuanyuan Night, there is a record about the imperial palace, which says that Youju Hall is actually not a palace that has always existed in the palace.

Rather, it was a newly built palace about twenty years ago. The owner of Youju Hall has always been a mystery, obviously not a long time ago, but no one knows it, and no one remembers it now.

There is even a legend that there are no people living in the Youju Hall.

"But how could such a lush and varied chrysanthemum bloom so well if it weren't for the long-term and careful care of someone who really loves it?"

Shangguan Li said leisurely.

Wen Tu didn't speak, as if he was caught in some kind of memory, and after a while, the only wavering on his face slowly dissipated, and he changed back to that indifferent appearance.

"If it was just because of a more than 20 years ago, the princess had such an outrageous guess, then I can only sigh that the princess's imagination is really rich."

Shangguan Li didn't get angry because of his faint mocking tone, the lake breeze and last night's heavy rain dispelled most of the heat, and standing by the lake like this would make people feel a little cool.

"More than 20 years ago, did Qi Yi ever sit here and fish?"

Wen Tu's pupils darkened imperceptibly.

Nine years ago, Qi Yi saved the emperor's life in the hunting ground, and then in order to thank her for her kindness, the emperor specially made him the original county lord.

This is the version that everyone knows.

But as early as when the emperor mentioned Qi Yi for the second time in front of Shangguan Li, she felt that something was wrong.

For the first time in the Imperial Garden, the emperor knew that Qi Yi liked chrysanthemums, which could also be regarded as an accidental encounter with Qi Yi.

But the second time, the emperor said that he once wanted to take Qi Yi into the palace and prepared a healing soup for her, but Qi Yi refused.

According to the time calculation, it should have been ten years ago.

When she first heard this, she didn't think there was anything wrong. But as she became more involved in court politics and got closer to the secrets of the palace, the more she felt that it was strange that Qi Yi would refuse the emperor's kindness.

Since he was seriously injured, it would definitely be better to recuperate in Tangquan Palace than in Xiangfu.

She doesn't want to seek death, she has a way to live but doesn't go, which is really against human nature.

Thinking of what Su Qiubai said at the beginning, after Qi Yi returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he recuperated for a period of time, and his injuries were already healed.

Her later death may be related to Zhang Yuanniang.

If it was really a serious near-death injury, how could it have gotten better so quickly?

But if it was only a minor injury, why did the emperor bother to reward Qi Yi with the only soup spring in the palace that even ordinary concubines were not qualified to enter?

It is difficult not to suspect that the emperor has other plans.

But it is absolutely impossible to say that the emperor is stunned and has fallen in love with Qi Yi and wants to include her directly in the palace.

At that time, the emperor had only ascended the throne for a few years, and the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty was too huge, and it always took at least five years for the emperor to ascend the throne to fully grasp the dynasty.

With the emperor's character, he would never be willing to risk being scolded by the Ministry of Rites and being poked in the backbone by the people of the world for the sake of a woman.

The emperor's behavior of wanting to leave Qi Yi in the palace is very intriguing.

Thinking about it, she could only think of one possibility: Qi Yi's identity is not simple.

Although Shangguan Li still doesn't understand what kind of person Qi Yi is, after confirming this, many things can be explained now.

The owner of Youju Hall is Qi Yi. It's just that I don't know why, the emperor blocked the news, so now no one in the palace knows about Youjutang.

When Shangguan Li went to Youju Hall for the first time, the palace maid who was traveling with him had already said that no one else was allowed to enter Youju Hall.

If it was to commemorate Qi Yi, how could the emperor allow Wen Tu to water and see the flowers every day?

Then I thought of what I heard from Xuanyuan Ye, what Wen Tu said when he left Wen Tu's hut.

Shangguan Li faintly guessed that the relationship between Qi Yi and Wen Tu should be much more complicated than it seems.

She spoke slowly, some things were too old, and she turned them out one by one, as if a dusty book had suddenly shaken off the dust today.

Wen Tu listened quietly without saying a word.

"Wen Tu, what do you want after staying in this palace for so long? If it's freedom, in fact, if you do this, the world is so big, you can go anywhere. ”

Hearing Shangguan Li's words, Wen Tu seemed to smile.

"Ah Li, you and her not only look alike, but even such naïve thoughts are very similar."

Shangguan Li frowned.

was called by a person who didn't know the depth and depth of the name in such an intimate way, and she couldn't help but get goosebumps.

Wen Tu quickly noticed her reaction, and this time he really laughed, but the barren desert under his eyes never reached his bottom of his eyes.

"Princess Tangtu, I wanted to call it that a long time ago, you don't know it, after all, your name is still from me."

Shangguan Li's palms tightened.

There was a hint of shock in his eyes.

But Wen Tu didn't seem to want to continue the topic.

He lowered his bamboo rod and stood up.

"The princess guessed right, the one who should be with Birolleri is me."

He stared at Shangguan Li's eyes and said leisurely.

"How? Do you want to catch me now, but send me to the emperor? ”

Shangguan Li's eyes narrowed slightly.

"You think I wouldn't dare?"

"Not really."

Wen Tu's tone was a little serious.

"You are very similar to her, she has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, and the princess should be no different. I just want to remind the princess that what I need to do is done. Even if you catch me, it won't change the ending in any way. ”

After a pause, he added.

"After all, she is the daughter of an old man, so I don't want the princess to do too much useless work."

"You don't have to worry about that."

Shangguan Li unceremoniously rejected his so-called kindness.

"You haven't answered my question yet, what the hell are you trying to do?"

"It's a secret."

Wen Tu hooked the corners of his mouth, so good-looking and excessive.

"If you want to know, try to find out for yourself. But remember to move quickly, at this time, the king of Zhenbei should already be on his way to the north. ”