Ming Candle looks very good, with red lips and white teeth, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, as soon as he puts on a brocade dress, a hairpin and a jade crown, and stands there prettyly, as if he came out of an ink painting.

Maybe it was the experience of the land of wind and moon in the early years, which made his skin so raw that he was dyed with wind and dust, and washed away the handsomeness of his face, which made people look down on it with whiteness.

The concubine supported her forehead with one hand, she leaned on the soft pillow, and lazily looked at the cramped bright candle below.

Here, Shouyang had already mentioned that Ming Candle was trying to steal her dowry in Rongwang's mansion, the corners of Concubine Yu's mouth were slightly hooked, and her eyebrows were cold, "When the palace returned to Beijing, I was still thinking about it in a panic, but something fell in Rongzhou, and I never thought that I would miss you." ”

Ming Zhu raised his eyes, and he clasped his hands, his heart worried.

Concubine Yu didn't say much, waved her hand and ordered, "Go, take out the Jiaowei Fengqin in the palace treasury, and listen to a song." ”

Hearing this, Ming Candle's heart was quietly relieved, and he smiled honestly and fearfully, "The little one is thinking about the princess day and night, and when I see the princess today, I feel happy in my heart." ”

Concubine Yu sneered, Jiaowei Fengqin quickly put it in front of Ming Candle, Ming Candle immediately sat down in his robe, and flipped his fingers loosely.

Concubine Yu sat for a while, dizzy and drowsy, these days in Putuo Temple, she has not rested at all, so listening to the sound of the piano, she became sleepy.

Shouyang helped her to the Luohan couch, put a thin brocade quilt on her body, waved at the bright candle, and the entire hall retreated.

As a result, Concubine Yu didn't know that after the emperor Xi Chaosheng returned to the palace, the first thing she did was to use the queen to collide with the Buddha, and under the guilt, she committed suicide and went out with a holy decree, and he didn't care whether others believed it or not, so he just vacated the back seat first.

And the Sima family immediately asked for a decree to surrender their guilt, and a large family knelt at the gate of the palace, facing the scorching sun of July, without saying anything.

The emperor's second holy decree is to thank the Sima family for the hard work of the emperors of the three dynasties, and exempt the Sima family from responsibility.

Sima Taijun breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed to thank Long En one after another.

Even if others want to explore the strangeness here, the Sima family has expressed their stance like that, even if they know that the queen's violent death is strange, it is not good to talk about anything else.

Among them, especially the Shangguan family is tense, the Sima family has one less queen, just like that, forget it, if people say that there is no way here, who will believe it.

And the head of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Lone, the general of Da Yin, is as clear as a mirror, knowing that this is most likely the saint who did it to the family, but he didn't expect that the first saint to use the knife was the most difficult Sima family, and he also successfully brought the Sima family under his command.

"Father, now that the ministers are strong and the lords are weak, my Shangguan family is in charge of the Vermilion Bird Camp, if you want to move, you have to move your whole body, presumably the saint will not act rashly." Shangguan Xiao, the eldest son of Shangguan Xiao, said in a rough voice.

Shangguan Lin glanced at him without any expression, but he just made this tall son shrink his shoulders.

"Father, Sima and I are in the official family, one article and one martial arts, and they have constrained each other in the court for many years, and now Sima has abandoned the golden mean, and in the future in the court, I will go to the official family, I am afraid it will not be as good as before."

Saying this, it was the youngest son Shangguan Ye, and he was also the most satisfied among the four sons of Shangguan Lone.

Now, there are two sons and three sons who are on duty in the Suzaku camp, and in the study, there are only three fathers and sons.

Shangguan Xiao was not angry, "Why is the saint? My Shangguan family has worked hard all these years without merit, and the saint can't say that he will turn his face. ”

Shangguan Ye looked up at him, he is seventeen or eighteen years old this year, although he has fame, but he has not been a scholar, he is bookish, walking on the street, anyone who sees it thinks that he will be a weak scholar, where can he imagine that he is actually from the Shangguan family of a tiger general.

Shangguan was too lazy to take care of the stupid eldest son, so he said to the younger son, "You can talk about it." ”

Shangguan Ye smiled at the corner of his mouth, very gentle, "Big brother, the four major families in the capital, except for the Gu family, which is the heavenly family, the remaining three families next to it have long been the sage's heart, and there are Turkic barbarians coveting it, and the kings of Kyushu are side by side, in this capital, there is also the threat of the family and the three kings, Da Yin has actually been stormy for a long time, the sage wants to sit firmly, at least this Jingzhong is in his hands, so how can he not turn his face to the family?" ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Xiao was speechless, he was not good at these curved words, he only knew that he would go into battle to kill the enemy.

Shangguan Lin twisted his beard and nodded with satisfaction, he turned to look at the picture of Da Yin Yu hanging in the study, and was silent for a while, before he said with an unknown meaning, "Recently, we have been more restrained, and we will brake quietly." ”

The two sons should be called yes after each other.

Emperor Xi Chaosheng didn't know that the Shangguan family was already alert, but even if he knew, he probably didn't care.

The cause of Empress Guy's death was disgraceful, and the Sima family didn't even hang a white flag, and as for the palace, there was no difference except for the lack of a queen.

And during this period, no one in the court dared to mention that the middle palace had no owner and needed to be Queen Xinna.

In the leisure of the rest of the tide, he wrote a letter to the Queen Mother in the Chengen Summer Resort, told all the recent events, and asked about the return date, so that he could congratulate Qianqiu.

Concubine Yu also thought of the Queen Mother, she had been back to the capital for a few days, and she didn't see a letter from the Chengde Summer Resort, if it wasn't for the emperor's brother who needed her help, she would have gone to the villa early in the morning.

She rested in the mansion for a few days, and finally gained some complexion, but she didn't know whether it was because of her happy mood, or if the handsome young man who had been in the mansion for ten years personally played a role.

She has a leisurely life, ten good-looking waiters, each handsome, or elegant, or sparse, or graceful, no matter how bad it is, she is gentle and considerate.

The eyes that looked at the concubine were all affectionate, and they couldn't wait to do their best to get the concubine's favor.

Ming Candle was anxious for a moment, these ten little servants were all innocent and clean from the net worth that Ming Shu was looking for, and they didn't come out of the building, but they were still very flattering to the princess, and they weren't the same as him.

Fortunately, Concubine Yu has not forgotten him, and she still calls him to play the piano from time to time.

And Qin Shou didn't say much to these little waiters, since he came back from Putuo Temple that day, he found a lot of Buddhist scriptures in Concubine Yu's study to read, and he really looked like he was concentrating on studying.

Concubine Yu sneered secretly and pretended.

On this day, Concubine Yu seemed to feel bored, and even sent someone to announce all the daughters and daughters of the four major families to the mansion to relieve her boredom.

Just the lady from the Sima family, not only Sima Xian and Sima Xi, but also the two little ladies who are not familiar with the concubines, twelve or thirteen years old, very childish.

And the Shangguan family, I don't know if it's because of the military general's heirloom, this generation, there is only the girl who is married to the son of the Feng family, this girl really has the style of a father, if she doesn't agree with her, she has to do it, and the reputation in Beijing is not very good.

There are several people from the Feng family, but only one Feng Jinxiu is known to Concubine Yu, and there are several next to her, but she is not uninterested.

The Gu family, which has the best relationship with the heavenly family, came to Gu Miaoyi and there are three little ladies underneath, all of whom are looking like eleven or twelve, but because they are the queen mother's foreign family, the concubine has a little more smile.

The ladies of these four families were in one room, and there were also more than a dozen people, so the concubine put a case by the shady living water pond in the house.

On each table, there are also chilled red watermelons, as well as thirst-quenching herbal tea, and other small snacks, all of which are delicate and delicious.

Concubine Yu sat at the top of the position, from beginning to end, she had a distant smile on her face, looking at the performances of the ladies below, she looked lively.

Among these four families, Sima's lady is the most extraordinary, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or others, they are all good players, but today, I don't know if the old lady has said hello, and the lady of the Sima family is deliberately clumsy.

Unintentionally, she made Feng Jinxiu out of the limelight, and she played the pipa with her backhand, which made people applaud.

A group of ladies were looking at the excitement, and a eunuch shouted at the top of his voice, "The saint has arrived ......"

Concubine Yu was stunned for a moment, and even the other ladies didn't react, standing in the middle of the field, Feng Jinxiu, who was still holding the pipa in her hand, was even more surprised to play a note.

Immediately afterwards, Xi Chaosheng, who wore a dark purple chest embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, walked in, and he was also followed by the concubine Qin Shou, and then the mighty palace and eunuch.

Concubine Shi Shiran got up, she waved her wide sleeves, and the other ladies hurriedly stood up, bowing their heads and wanting to salute.

Concubine Yu took a few steps to meet the emperor and said to the emperor affectionately, "Brother, why did you come here today?" ”

Xi Chaosheng glanced at the ladies around him with amusement, and laughed, "What's the matter, it's not the right time for me to come?" ”

Concubine Yu pouted, in front of her brother, she was like the little lady who didn't understand anything before, as if she could be willful and reckless.

"Isn't it time for Mimi to watch Jinxiu play the pipa with her backhand, and she asked her brother to stir it up?" Quan Dayin, there is only one concubine who can talk to the emperor like this.

Xi Chaosheng shook his head and pinched the tip of her small nose helplessly, "You are bored alone, so you can't call others?" And asked someone to come and play the pipa for you? ”

Concubine Yu's eyes fluttered, and she smiled coquettishly, "Brother, don't you know, the splendid pipa is so good." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, examined them one by one among the ladies of the family, and asked, "Who is Jinxiu?" ”

Feng Jinxiu's heart jumped, and she hurriedly stood up and said, "Qi Qi saint, the people's daughter is Feng Jinxiu of the Feng family." ”

Hearing this, the emperor understood and said with an unclear meaning, "The Feng family's ......"

Feng Jinxiu didn't dare to raise her head, and squeezed the pipa in her hand tightly, "The folk girl is exactly." ”

Xi Chaosheng seemed to be interested, he sat down in the position of the concubine, the concubine stood on his left, and on the right was Qin Shou, who had not said a word from beginning to end.

"Look up." The tide is sudden.

Feng Jinxiu's palms were soaked with sweat, she slowly raised her head, but her eyelids were drooping, and she didn't dare to look directly at the past.

After a while, I heard Xi Chaosheng say, "It's a good one." ”

Concubine Yu's eyes lit up a little, and she turned her head to Feng Jinxiu with a smile like sugar, "It's rare to hear my brother praise a person, just rush this, this palace should reward you." ”

As she spoke, she withdrew a pair of emerald imperial green bracelets on her slender wrists, took Shouyang on the side, and sent them to Feng Jinxiu.

The sudden reward made Feng Jinxiu stunned, and she even forgot about her gratitude.

Thanks to Shouyang reminding her, she hurriedly lifted her skirt and thanked the two people in the seat.

Concubine Yu bowed her hand to show that she didn't care, but she inadvertently saw that Sima Xian had been looking at Qin Shouzai, and how wrong her eyes were.

She sneered, and with a wave of her sleeves, she said to the Gu guard next to her, "Hmph, drive out all the Sima family's gifts to the palace, and no one surnamed Sima will be allowed to come to the door in the future!" ”

"Whoa!" Gu Guards replied loudly, he didn't care about the panic of the Sima family's ladies, and immediately asked the guards to drive people away.

Concubine Yu stared at Sima Xian with cold eyes, "If you want to blame, blame Sima Xian, coveting shouldn't be coveted, it's good that the palace didn't gouge out her eyes." ”

At the end, she said, "Go back and ask Sima Taijun, she can't teach a lady well, and she can't teach the others well, if so, this palace doesn't mind helping her teach a lesson!" ”

As soon as these words fell, Sima Xian's face turned pale, she actually dared to glance at Qin Shou, biting her lip, her eyes were watery, and she looked aggrieved and sad.

"Can't get out, yes or no?" Concubine Yu became angry at once, and she yelled at the Gu guard.

Gu guards didn't care about the difference between men and women, so they just threw Sima Qian out of the princess's mansion.

Xi Chaosheng looked at Concubine Yu with a smile, "Okay, there's nothing worth annoying you about like this?" ”

Concubine Yu sat beside Xi Chaosheng, glanced at Qin Shou meaningfully, and asked the rest of the ladies to be sent home one by one, and then talked to Xi Chaosheng about the Queen Mother.

Xi Chaosheng touched her soft bun, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "The queen mother said that there are still ten days, and she will come back in the autumn of a thousand years." ”

Concubine Yu was overjoyed at once, and even Sima Xian's diaphragm just now was diluted, and she tugged at Xi Chaosheng's sleeve, "Did the queen mother really say that?" ”

Xi Chaosheng nodded, "The queen mother heard that you are back, so let you stay in the mansion for a long time, don't go out and make trouble." ”

I have to say that the mother Mo Ruomu, the queen mother still knows the concubine very well.

Concubine Yu didn't refute either, she was happy in her heart, so she didn't care about anything.

Qin Shou on the side had been paying attention to Concubine Yu, and seeing the closeness between her and the emperor, he suddenly remembered that the two of them had come when they were good.

Even at that time, before she took care of her makeup or clothes, she didn't allow him to look at it, where would she be so casual in front of the emperor.

He rarely recalls the past, most of them are planned for the future, but for the most beautiful past with Concubine Yu, now, he often recalls it, and compares it with the Concubine in front of him.

Just like now, he knew that when he was most pleased with him, Concubine Yu originally had reservations about him, at least not completely trusting and reassuring.

However, he is actually the same, so no one is to blame.

Concubine Yu didn't pay attention to Qin Shou, she happily left the emperor to eat in the mansion, and specially made some unique flavors of Rongzhou, and she said to the emperor with great interest in each of them.

The emperor has never been to Rongzhou, but even so, he listened to it with relish, and if the concubine did not know the details, he would also ask Qin Shou at the table.

Qin Shou also had a good relationship with the two, and he picked up the funny words, even if he still had an expressionless face and a calm tone, he could talk about the emperor yearning.

After a meal, he intended to be friendly with the emperor like this, which made the concubine look at him a little more pleasing to the eye.

Sending the emperor away, Concubine Yu surprisingly didn't drive people away, she invited Qin Shou to the flower hall, thought for a while, and gave him the Qin family's Danshu gold coupon.

Qin Shou held the tile-shaped Danshu gold coupon in his hand, and he looked at Concubine Yu with a puzzled expression.

Concubine Yu held the teacup and said thoughtfully, "The concubine will help deal with the Sima family, and the palace will return you the Danshu gold coupon, this is a good thing that has been said earlier, even if the elder brother later erased the matter, the palace is not a person who does not believe in his word, since he has promised the concubine, he will not break his promise." ”

Just as Concubine Yu will not easily believe that Qin Shou will have good intentions many times, Qin Shou will not easily believe that Concubine Yu is so good at talking.

He pinched the gold coupon and thought for a while before saying, "Then thank you princess." ”

Concubine Yu nodded, she lowered her head and took a sip of tea, feeling the fragrance of tea spreading on the tip of her tongue, so she asked casually, "When will the horse return to Rongzhou?" ”

This person is in the capital for a day, she has no bottom in her heart, and she doesn't know what he wants to do? Collusion with the Three Kings? Secretly buying a family? Or infiltrate the Praetorian Army?

She has thought about everything, but according to the people below, Qin Shou entered the palace this time, and he didn't bring many people at all, even the chief didn't bring Yan'an, and there were only about a dozen people with guards.

As soon as these people arrived in the capital, they couldn't keep to themselves, it was Qin Shou, and Concubine Yu didn't see him talk to anyone in private, as if he entered Beijing, he really wished a thousand autumns with the Queen Mother.

She didn't believe it, but she couldn't catch his fox tail, and she couldn't do it for a while.

Qin Shou casually put the Danshu gold coupon on the desk, he pondered the meaning of Concubine Yu's question, but his mouth replied, "When will the princess of nature go back, when will Kyushu go back?" ”

Hearing this, the teacup in the concubine's hand almost didn't fall out, and she looked at him with a sick gaze, "The concubine has been in the capital long enough, and when the queen mother is over, it is better for the concubine to go back earlier, after all, in that place in Rongzhou, there are Turkic tigers eyeing outside, and there is still the Qin family army that needs to be managed by the concubine." ”

Qin Shou only asked, "Will the princess go back with Kyushu?" ”

Concubine Yu naturally shook her head, she looked at Qin Shou, and suddenly the matter of harmony and separation came to her heart, she thought about it and said, "This palace thinks about it, since the predecessor was frivolous, since the first time I met with the horse, I was confused by the horse's skin, and without the consent of the horse, I let the emperor's brother give a decree to give marriage, it is the palace Meng Lang." ”

Qin Shou frowned, he didn't really like to hear such words.

Concubine Yu said word by word, as if she was thinking of the most appropriate statement, "And, the princess's concubine, there can be no concubine in this life, this is not fair to the concubine, after all, there is a whole Rongwang Mansion behind the concubine that needs to be revitalized, so if the concubine has nothing else, in a few years, the palace will propose peace with the emperor's brother." ”

Concubine Yu is also calculated, in a few years, it is necessary for Qin Shou to drive the Turks out of Dayin far away.

As for the later, the rebellion of the vassal king, only she, the queen mother and the emperor's brother will deal with it, presumably because the two have had such a relationship, and he will probably have some affection for his subordinates.

Concubine Yu was thoughtful, but she didn't expect Qin Shou's thoughts.

The corners of Qin Shou's mouth were slightly covered with cold frost, the slanted tips of his eyes were cold and sharp, he lowered his eyes and pinched the tea cup in his hand, and said after a while, "Marriage, harmony, what is the princess as the king?" If you want it, you don't want to throw it aside. ”

"It's not." Concubine Yu said coldly.

Qin Shou didn't listen to her, he raised his eyes, staring at her with eyes as sharp as an eagle's falcon, "The matter of marriage is the princess's decision, but the matter of harmony and separation cannot be decided by the princess!" ”