When he returned to the academy in the afternoon, Fu Jiulan had been absent-minded.

The word hook kiss kept appearing in front of his eyes, as if pulling him towards some unbearable memory.

The palace wall in late autumn is as red as blood.

On the road to Fengyi Palace, there is a row of ginkgo biloba, golden leaves, and when the autumn wind blows, it falls down with a flutter.

During that time, Fu Jiulan liked to go to that road to relax, and he felt that the golden ginkgo biloba leaves reflected the vermilion palace wall, with a bit of loneliness and tragedy.

One day, a woman in a gorgeous costume but with a stupid look suddenly ran out of Fengyi Palace, Fu Jiulan stared at her good-looking face, her eyes were full of curiosity, but she didn't feel scared at all.

"Are you my child?" The pretty woman looked at him and asked.

Shaking his head subconsciously, Fu Jiulan took two steps back.

He has his own queen mother, but in the eyes of his mother, he is just a pawn.

His heart sank suddenly, and Fu Jiulan planned to leave.

"Child, child...... Son, where are you going?"

The beautiful woman dragged Fu Jiulan and refused to let go.

There was a phoenix on her head, and Fu Jiulan recognized it at a glance, and the woman in front of her was the queen.

He tried to run away, but the queen took him into her arms.

The unexpected warmth and gentleness quieted Fu Jiulan, who wanted to struggle, and was hugged by the queen like that.

"Child, there is the best almond crisp in the world in the mother's harem, come and taste it."

Without saying anything, the queen pulled him and ran towards her palace.

Her phoenix jumped and jumped with the movements, looking like a cardamom girl.

From that day on, Fu Jiulan began to visit the queen's palace from time to time.

Sometimes the queen would secretly hide a piece of malt candy for him, and sometimes she would take him to see the flowers she had planted last year.

More often, the queen just didn't do anything, pulling Fu Jiulan to sit under the porch, blowing the autumn breeze while talking about how naughty he was in his belly when he was not yet born.

Those days were the light in Fu Jiulan's life, which made his already gloomy life shine again.

It's just that he thinks it's very strange, why has he been there so many times, but he has never bumped into the queen's biological son, His Royal Highness the Prince?

At first, Fu Jiulan would ask the palace people, but then he understood that those who should come will come, and they will not come when they should not come.

Perhaps it is because of the same disease, Fu Jiulan's missing maternal love and the queen's nowhere to place her mother complement each other, and he loves to come to Fengyi Palace even more.

One day, this peace was suddenly shattered.

He remembered in a trance that it was almost midwinter that day, so the ginkgo biloba leaves on both sides of Fengyi Palace had fallen off.

The bare branches of the trees pointed straight to the sky, which was very uncomfortable to look at.

Walking out of his palace, Fu Jiulan was still carrying hot osmanthus cake in his arms.

He remembered that the queen was like a little girl, and she loved to eat such pastries.

So as soon as the pot in his palace came out, he took two pieces and went to Fengyi Palace.

It's just that before he reached Fengyi Palace, he heard the palace people inside shouting at a sharp voice: "The queen is gone!"

"Queen's ......"

Immediately afterwards, there was an undulating wail from Fengyi Palace, which immediately gave Fu Jiulan goosebumps.

His mind was blank for a moment, and Fu Jiulan hurriedly rushed forward.

By the time he ran to the gate of Fengyi Palace, the courtyard inside had already been kneeling high.

"Prince, you're going to come now, today...... The emperor and the crown prince are here."

An old woman recognized Fu Jiulan and hurriedly pulled him aside.

"What happened to the Queen Mother?"

With a blue face, Fu Jiulan pulled the old lady and asked.

"She...... She's gone."

The old lady wiped her tears and replied to Fu Jiulan.

She is an old man in this palace, and she has been suffering

The shadow of the queen has never been too bitter.

Because of this, she has always been grateful to the queen.

"Wasn't she okay yesterday? How could it suddenly ......?"

Fu Jiulan couldn't accept it, he clearly remembered that yesterday, the queen also said to Fu Jiulan with a piece of almond cake: "This is the best almond cake in the world, I will only share it with my own children."

In the blink of an eye today, she was already lying in the cold coffin, and she could no longer eat the osmanthus cake in his arms.

"The queen has lived enough, she ate the hook kiss she planted in the backyard, and when she left...... It's very stable."

The old lady followed her, and she knew these things best.

It was also from that day that Fu Jiulan knew that the little yellow flower that the queen had taken him to see was called Hook Kiss.

Although it is not too showy, it is quiet when it is in full bloom, but it is enough to kill people.

"Brother Fu, what are you thinking? Do you have money to earn?"

The person next to him suddenly bumped Fu Jiulan with his elbow, which made him suddenly wake up from his memories.

The coldness under his eyes was covered, and Fu Jiulan raised his head and smiled.

"What money?"

"I have a friend who has a little money in his family, so he wants to get ahead in the exam. However, he is really not angry, he has repeatedly failed in the state test, and his family can't urge him, so he really can't do it, so he wants to go some side ways."

Speaking of this, the classmate also bumped Fu Jiulan with his arm and gestured to him with his eyes.

"Substitute exams or cheating are against the law, and once discovered, you will have no chance of fame in this life. If I take such a risk, I will have to pay for my own fame, so I have to pay for it." qδ

Although Fu Jiulan wants to make money, he is still rational.

The cost of helping others to cheat for personal gain is too great to do.

"Brother Fu, you can help, if my friend can really be a talent, their family can produce gold and white taels."

Originally, he wanted to refuse, but when he thought of a hundred taels of gold, Fu Jiulan hesitated.

He still remembered that Leng Wan wanted to build a spiral staircase in the shop, and the staircase had to be supported by golden silk nanmu, and if he had a hundred taels of gold, he might be able to help her.

"Favoritism is never allowed." Fu Jiulan refused again.

The classmate sighed and was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by him.

"But if you want him to pass the state exam, you don't need to cheat for personal gain."

"Really?" My classmate couldn't believe it, "My friend really doesn't have a lot of ideas when it comes to reading. If you rely on normal means, I'm afraid it will ......."

"This matter is not a problem, but I just helped him pass the state exam, is there really a hundred taels of gold?"

Fu Jiulan doesn't do bottomless things, he has done a lot of business with Leng Wan, and he is also proficient in it.

"Don't worry, if you're worried that you won't be able to keep your promise, I'll call my friend to sign a contract with you."

The ancients attached great importance to promises, believing that a promise could be worth a thousand gold.

If the contract is signed, Fu Jiulan can rest assured.

"Okay."

Immediately agreed, he seemed to have a bamboo in his chest.

"Brother Fu, how are you going to help my friend pass the state exam?"

The classmate curiously came up to ask, but was pushed away by Fu Jiulan.

"Secret." Two words ended the chat.