"Okay, can you tell me now, how is Sister Hua doing these days?" Chu Hanzhang asked.

Soho thought about the events of that day, and wanted to tell her, but she was afraid that the wind was strong at that time, and she heard it wrong, and now the relationship between His Majesty and Niangniang is so harmonious, if there is a gap because of her uncertain words, then... That's not good.

"With such a solemn look, is there something wrong with Chaohua Palace?" In a panic, the tea cup on the table was knocked to the ground by Chu Hanzhang.

Su He hurriedly said, "No, no, Chaohua Palace is very good, and Mrs. Song is also very good, but the maid suddenly thought that Cangtuan in the side hall had lost his appetite recently, and he was lazy all day long, so he was a little worried." It's a misunderstanding, it's really a maid who shouldn't be. ”

After making sure that Song Chaohua was fine, Chu Hanzhang stretched his wrinkled eyebrows slightly, "It's cold this day, if she likes to nest, let her nest, and it's not the first day, why do you want to worry so much." She guessed that Soho had something on her mind, and most of this matter couldn't be explained to her, so even if she was uncomfortable, she just choked casually, "Okay, okay, you are such a godless person, let's go down and rest." Go and call Qingyang in. ”

"Yes. The servant retired. "She was caught by Chu Hanzhang twice in a row and lost her mind, and Su He was not sure that she could continue to cover up the past, it seems that before she figured it out, she had to reduce the time she spent by her mother's side.

Niangniang is smart and wise, and she will definitely guess it after a long time.

Su He went out, Qingyang entered, Chu Hanzhang looked at the maid who also followed her from the Chu family into the palace, and smiled, "You come closer, I have something to ask you." ”

Qingyang is not as lively and talkative as Soho, nor is she as delicate and agile as Soho, her posture is medium, and her complexion is even more... She is an orphan girl picked up by Shangguan Yun from the side of the road when he went up the mountain to worship the Buddha once, she was weak and thin when she first entered the Chu family, and there was a red birthmark the size of a copper coin on her face, which was printed on the eye sockets, flying upward, like a butterfly.

But although it looks like a butterfly, strange and special, Qingyang has always lowered his eyebrows and is pleasing to his eyes, thinking that this mark is ugly. When she was in Chu's house, Chu Hanzhang asked Chu Zhongyi to develop a rouge for her to use, which was made of fine blue grass, and because it was very valuable, she refused to accept it after receiving a jar.

Chu Hanzhang couldn't resist her, and he didn't want her to keep her head down for the rest of her life and cause a hunchback, so he asked Chu Bowen to find her a mask outside. The gold wire is entangled, which is also the style of a butterfly, and she really looks good when she wears it.

It's just a pity that in the palace, in order to protect His Majesty's safety, no one is allowed to wear a veil or mask, no, except for the carefree Heavenly Master in the Jiantian Pavilion.

That worry-free Heavenly Master can do many things that ordinary people can't do in the name of heaven, and he is very privileged in the Great Wei Palace.

The privilege is owned by no worries, and Qingyang can only cover his face with his hair.

"Son, I've seen Niangniang." Lowering her eyebrows and bowing her head, her voice was low, like the sound of mosquitoes, and like rain falling.

"Hmm." Chu Hanzhang first nodded at her, and then said, "Now I called you in, there is one thing, I want to ask you." ”

Qingyang said, "Niangniang, excuse me." ”

Chu Hanzhang glanced at the door of the hall and said, "I want to ask you, is there anyone else in this palace who is close to Soho recently?" ”

"Son, I don't know."

It was not the answer in the intention, Chu Hanzhang was not in a hurry, and asked slowly, "Think about it carefully, you and Su He are both people brought in from the Chu family by my side, it stands to reason that Su He should have the best relationship with you, and then think about whether anyone has been close to her recently." ”

Looking at Qingyang, who was silent and quietly contemplative, Chu Hanzhang said again, "For example, is there any palace or a guard who has spoken to her and had a relationship." Even if... Just a sentence or two. ”

"This ......" When Chu Hanzhang made it so clear, Qingyang finally seemed to remember something, and replied, "Back to Niangniang, has Soho gotten closer to the guards recently, the maid doesn't know, but the maid saw that Soho had been out of the Qiuhe Hall several times after sunset, and the direction she went was ......",

"Where?"

"Zhilan Pavilion."

Chi Lan Court? Chu Hanzhang frowned and thought about this place, "Is there this palace room in the palace?" How I haven't heard of it. ”

Qingyang said, "Zhilan Pavilion was originally the palace where the first emperor's favorite concubine Liang Jieyu lived, and the location did not belong to the harem, but the first emperor was homesick for all Jieyu Niangniang, and specially ordered the craftsman to build a high-rise building at the junction of the previous dynasty and the harem. It is the tallest building in the royal palace except for the Qinzheng Hall and the Autumn and Harmony Hall.

It is rumored that Jieyu Niangniang likes to dance on that floor, and the first emperor will play the sheng on the side at that time to make peace with it. ”

One side dances, the other side plays the flute, Chu Hanzhang has seen such a scene, "What about later?" Chu Hanzhang showed unprecedented curiosity about the development of love between the first emperor Xiaowu and Liang Jieyu.

"In the sixteenth year of Xiaowu, Liang Jieyu jumped down from the highest place of Zhilan Pavilion in white. Those who have seen her say that she fluttered like an egret when she fell. After landing, there was not a drop of blood, and the people in the palace said that she was a demon, and the fall was just an illusion of her fake death and leaving. ”

"Sixteen years of filial piety?" Chu Hanzhang thought about this time and felt that it was a little wrong, and after thinking for a while, he remembered, "The sixteenth year of filial piety, that is not the first emperor of Your Majesty..."

Qingyang nodded, and continued, "What Niangniang said is right, so the people in the harem linked the absurdity of Jiantian Pavilion with the death of that Liang Jieyu, and said......"

Chu Hanzhang knew that it was very likely that she would hear a lot of royal secrets that she shouldn't have heard, but in order to find out what had happened, for the sake of her third brother, she still decided to let Qingyang continue, "You say, it's just you and me here, it's okay." ”

"Yes." Qingyang said, "Everyone in the palace said that the first emperor found out that Liang Jieyu's death was related to the queen mother, and even those remarks that Jieyu was a monster were spread by the queen mother, so the first emperor was angry, and in a fit of anger, Jiantian Pavilion also made a nonsense, so that the queen mother and His Majesty mother and son were separated." ”

Chu Hanzhang was silent for a while after hearing this, and she didn't come back to her senses until Qingyang talked about Zhilan Pavilion again.

"After Liang Jieyu died, Zhilan Pavilion was sealed by the order of the first emperor. Until the death of the first emperor, the palace door has never been opened, and it is thanks to His Majesty that he can see the light of day again. In the third year of Xuanwu, the Zhilan Pavilion was wide open, and outsiders saw inside, overgrown with weeds, mottled sludge, and the wall was eaten by insects and ants, crumbling, and the damage was serious. It took two years of cleaning and repairing by the people of the Shanggong Bureau to barely be able to live in it. ”

It turned out to be repaired, no wonder she didn't know, "Who lives there now?" Chu Hanzhang asked.

Qingyang replied, "It's the Ling Ling girl who was sent to the palace by Da Sima a month and a half ago." ”

"Mausoleum?" This person, she was a little impressed, "Why do you still call her girl, didn't Your Majesty canonize her?" "According to the promotion rules of the concubines of Great Wei, women can get the corresponding position or promotion after serving the king, and there is no position so far, can it be said that Your Majesty has not been fortunate to her?

She couldn't help but think of what Qingyang had just introduced, there was an introduction to the location of Zhilan Pavilion, which was at the junction of the former dynasty and the harem, and did not return to the harem. There is also the old source of Liang Jieyu and the Empress Dowager Shangguan... Could it be that His Majesty didn't want to accept her, but because this mausoleum was sent by his father, he had to stay for the time being, did he want to wait for the situation to ease before sending her out?

No wonder, no wonder then, he would have said that......

"Please also ask Zhang Er to believe in me once, the love of my life, alone."

Although Chu Hanzhang was a little overwhelmed by Yuan Ke's sweet words, fortunately, she hadn't forgotten to mention the original reason for this Zhilan Pavilion, what did Soho do at night where Ling Yan was?

She brushed her hands and let Qingyang go out first, while she curled up on the beauty couch in front of the bed and looked up at the moonlight.

Ling Yan was sent to the palace by her father, and her father only used two words to introduce her details, "orphan girl" and "maid", and nothing else. Soho approached Ling's sister-in-law, was it still to help her? This little girl really can't get used to anyone who approaches His Majesty.

When she is free, she has to talk about her. If she really guessed that His Majesty didn't want to accept people at all, then the girl was also a poor person, and she didn't know how she would be scolded by her father after leaving the palace, and even the marriage was likely to be hindered, after all, it was a woman who had been in the palace.

"Hey~" She sighed for a while, feeling that if she was really sent out of the palace, she must prepare a big red seal for her before leaving the palace, at least to make her comfortable in the next life.

The moon pressed the willow tops, and it was nearly the middle of the night, and a sharp hiss pierced the tranquility of the Autumn and Temple of Autumn.

Chu Hanzhang, who was holding the cloth tiger and was talking happily with Zhou Gong, was startled.

"Ahh Just as she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes in resignation, waiting for her ass to make close contact with the ground, a broad and powerful arm wrapped around her.

She opened a slit and looked slightly, "Third brother? ”

The person who so happened to hug her and prevent her from falling was Yuan Ke, Emperor Xuan of Wei.

Outside the house, the moonlight shone brightly, and inside, she nestled in his arms and looked at him, and her eyes were full of light.

Yuan Ke carefully hugged her, picked her up, put her on the side of the bed, and then pulled the quilt and gently draped it over her shoulders.

She couldn't bear to break this tranquility and beauty, but she was uncomfortable with questions, she pinched the two corners of the quilt and whispered, "Why is Your Majesty here?" ”

Yuan Ke said, "Why don't you call the third brother?" ”

"Call the third brother again, and I'll get back to you."

That "third brother" was Chu Hanzhang's natural call in a hurry, and it was also the most familiar name to Yuan Ke in her heart. But after regaining her sobriety and composure, she felt embarrassed again, the person in front of her was different from the one for many years.

The third brother and His Majesty are also different.

Yuan Ke was looking forward to her "third brother", but he didn't want to embarrass her.

The big hand stroked her head, and he coaxed, "Okay, okay, if you can't call it, you won't call it, I believe that if you can call it out once, you will definitely be able to call it out a second time, I'll wait for you, Zhang'er won't let me down, right?" ”

Chu Hanzhang didn't know why, so he followed his words blankly and nodded.

He laughed contentedly twice before explaining to her why he was here.