In the Jiaxi Palace of Taichen Palace, Yonghui opened the gift box, and there were three things in the gift box, a scroll, a letter, and a mask, and the mask Yonghui recognized, it was the mask on the face of the standing man on the Hongqiao of Lianxin Island on the Shehuo Festival that day.

"If you are really a disciple, you left my mask, but you sent your own mask as a gift! Rude! ”

Yonghui said this, but when she remembered the scene of that day, she still couldn't help but smile.

Yonghui took out the picture scroll and spread it out on the bookcase, only to see a stunning beautiful girl's face slightly surprised and looked back at the bridge, the wind blew the girl's dress and hair, floating in the air, the young man in white on the bridge, with his hand to catch a mask blown by the wind, this situation is the scene of the day, Yonghui has a rare shy expression on his face.

"The painting is not bad, it looks a little like it, it doesn't seem to be a fake scholar!"

Yonghui looked at it carefully, gently stroked the scroll with her hand, and suddenly saw the inscription at the head of the painting, which was a poem.

Dream back to Xizi

The moon is cold in the middle of the night

Farewell in the heart pavilion

It's been years

Seek and seek

This spring is better than last year

I can't find it when I come to my hometown again

A glimpse of the Nightmare's absence

The cutting is also messy and boring for no reason

But teach the imperial pond to turn the heavenly river into the west water

but also old clothes

Can you find the deceased

……

"You Long is frightened by dreams, he actually chose this question, it seems that Yu'er is right, this person is really a disciple, and he is not good!"

Yonghui smiled and closed the scroll gently, picked up the letter and opened it again, there were only a few sentences on it:

"The wind is rising, the dust is fixed, covering my face, my heart can't ask for it, I can't sleep, I ask my heart if I can read it"

Yonghui looked at the letter, her face suddenly became cold, she walked to the candlestick, lit the letter, the letter ignited, turned into ashes, Yonghui muttered to herself: "I can't decide my future, what's the point of living, Tuoba Hong is what you provoked me, don't blame me for taking root in your heart, if you don't dare to pull out this thorn, then it will hurt for the rest of your life." After saying that, Yonghui's face became unusually calm.

"Imperial Sister, Imperial Sister!"

Xiao Siyu shouted and came in from outside, and Su Qing shouted while trotting behind: "Seventh Highness, Seventh Highness, the princess has rested, Your Highness, you can come back later." ”

Xiao Siyu came in and saw Yonghui in the study and turned around and asked Su Qing: "Su Qing, why did you lie to this king?" ”

Su Qing looked at Yonghui with some apologies: "Princess! ”

Yonghui waved his hand: "Su Qing, go down, it's okay." ”

Su Qing responded for a lifetime, retreated, and went out to close the door with his backhand.

Yonghui glared at Xiao Siyu: "Yu'er, come here, what's the name of shouting?" ”

Xiao Siyu stepped forward and said: "Sister Huang, I didn't expect that the disciple to be the King of Jin, today I don't want to see the emperor, I want to suggest to my father that you don't want to see him, but Master Ye stopped me, I don't know why, and the disciple who went to the emperor dared to blatantly give gifts to the emperor, are they so uncourteous?" I don't think the crown prince and the queen are at ease. ”

Xiao Siyu thought about showing loyalty to her sister, and said a lot of words, which amused Yonghui instead.

Yonghui pointed at his forehead: "You, you talk a lot when you come to me, remember what you said when King Jin first entered Beijing, do you remember?" ”

Xiao Siyu thought for a while: "I said that the Wei State has not yet established a prince, and this Tuoba Hong also has a chance to become a prince, that is, my brother-in-law." ”

Xiao Siyu suddenly exclaimed: "Sister, you won't fall in love with Tuoba Hong, right?" ”

Yonghui said solemnly: "Yu'er, what the imperial sister told you today, remember to forget it after hearing it once!" ”

Xiao Siyu saw that Yonghui was serious, and nodded solemnly: "Sister, I know." ”

Yonghui: "There is one thing that I have never told you, and I should tell you today, my mother did not die in childbirth when she gave birth to you, but was killed by the queen." ”

Xiao Siyu asked eagerly, "Sister Huang, what's going on?" ”

Yonghui calmed down and said: "You listen to me slowly, when my mother died, I was only 4 years old, and others thought that I didn't remember, but in fact, I remember that my mother suddenly gave birth, which coincided with my father's visit to worship the tomb of Gaozu, and my mother had dystocia. I overheard the queen's female official Xu Changling saying to the imperial doctor: If you use the medicine of the tiger and wolf, the prince born to Concubine Xi will be in the way, and the imperial doctor who used the medicine will be killed. After Xu Changling asked Wen Po to delay the delivery time, the mother concubine was in unbearable pain and summoned the female officials, but all the female officials in the palace were not allowed to enter the Jiaxi Palace, only I was young and unattended, and ran alone to the imperial grandmother's Jingren Palace to ask to see, when the imperial grandmother arrived, the mother concubine had been bleeding profusely, asked the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor replied that he could only protect the prince, the mother tearfully begged the imperial grandmother to protect you and take care of you, the grandmother promised to come down, when you were born, the complexion was golden, and there were dark lines on the back, it looked like a dragon pattern, the queen was shocked, saying that you were unknown, They will drown you for the wickedness and the people of the palace. The imperial grandmother came forward to raise you in her palace, and the imperial physician Qin also said that the color of the prince's skin is fetal poison, which can be recovered in half a month with medicine, and the lines on the back are also in the food during pregnancy, which is poisonous lines, and the conditioning will also be restored. The imperial grandmother put you in her palace to raise you, and ordered Imperial Physician Qin and Aunt Fan to take care of you, so she saved you. The father returned to the palace and was furious, killed a few imperial doctors who did not dare to use medicine, killed the midwife and the palace maid, and then went to check the palace maid in charge of the diet next to the mother, but the palace maids in charge committed suicide, and the matter was over. ”

Xiao Siyu's face turned pale after hearing this, and her mouth chattered: "It must be the mother who poisoned the demon queen and killed her by means!" ”

Yonghui nodded: "This is the case, why do you have a fetal poison, why is the mother concubine not the first child and still has dystocia, why the princess Wen Po and the palace maid are deliberately delaying, for the sake of the mother concubine will have a seizure when the father and emperor worship the ancestral tomb, all of this is done by the queen, if Yu'er hadn't arranged your food and clothing for your grandmother over the years, everything would have been protected by the people around you, Yu'er, you wouldn't have lived today." ”

Xiao Siyu suddenly understood: "Sister, I understand, my father intends to alienate us, arranging for my sister to marry Brother Yi, arranging for me to go to the Jiangdu Domain, including now letting the imperial sister and me go to Wei, all in the hope of protecting us, my father has us in his heart and has a mother." ”

Yonghui nodded with satisfaction, it seems that his younger brother is beginning to mature: "Yu'er, you have grown up, and you have begun to understand the powerful relationship in the middle, now that the Wu Guogong family has lost power, they can no longer shelter our sister and brother, if the real prince ascends the throne and Wang Dun is in power, our sister and brother will die and have no place to be buried, so we go to Wei not only to avoid disaster, but also to fight for that glimmer of life." ”

Xiao Siyu fell into deep thought, and said to himself: "No wonder Master Ye made me pretend to be unambitious, stubborn, and unsuccessful, and let me tease the palace maids, beat and scold the eunuchs, and even bullied the children of those noble scholars. ”

Yonghui nodded: "Yu'er, the death of your third, fourth, and fifth children is not an accident, and now the only thorn in the queen's eyes is you." So we are not completely safe in the Wei State, my father arranged for Master Ye and General He to accompany you, just to keep you safe, so that I can take you back to China in the future, and when you have the opportunity to return, Yu'er, you will be the future prince of our Liang Kingdom. ”

Although Xiao Siyu heard Master Ye talk about it secretly before, but Master Ye never let him show it in front of others, and today the imperial sister actually analyzed the same as Master Ye, Xiao Siyu said with some unconfidence: "Sister, I'm afraid I can't do it!" ”

Yonghui grabbed his shoulder, looked into his eyes, and said seriously: "Yu'er, you have to do it, only if we do it, we can take revenge, so that our mother will not hate Jiuquan, so my sister also has to fight, and my sister has no choice." ”

Xiao Siyu nodded: "Sister, I know, but why do you want to fight, you will become the crown princess in the past, you don't need to fight!" ”

Yonghui touched his head and said with a smile: "Yu'er, we are royal daughters, it is impossible not to fight after birth, and the same is true for the throne of Wei, if my sister is committed to a prince who will not be able to ascend the throne in the end, waiting for our sister and brother will not have a good result, it will be difficult for you to return to the country, for you, my sister has to fight." ”

Although Xiao Siyu couldn't fully understand, he still nodded: "Sister, I listen to you." ”

Yonghui touched his face: "Yu'er, you go back to Jingren Palace, don't let the imperial grandmother worry." ”

Xiao Siyu: "Okay, Sister Huang, General He is waiting for me outside, I'm leaving." ”

Yonghui watched Xiao Siyu go out, she walked to the desk, looked at the scroll, and said in a cold whisper: "I can't fall in love with anyone, including you, I can only choose the one who can win." ”

……

In Xiao Siyu's bedroom in Jingren Palace, the Queen Mother sat on the edge of the bed, gently fanning Xiao Siyu, and the two of them were chatting.

Xiao Siyu: "Grandmother, grandchildren always feel that today's things are inappropriate. ”

The Queen Mother listened and asked Xiao Siyu: "Yu'er thinks it's inappropriate there?" ”

Xiao Siyu thought for a while: "Grandmother that King Jin is the disciple I came back from the Shehuo Festival to tell you, today's family banquet my father gave him a beauty, he also accepted, and then agreed to let the imperial sister come out to meet, I feel that this person is frivolous, now he is a greeting envoy, I am afraid that I will often see the imperial sister along the way, I am afraid that he has other intentions for the imperial sister, today Mr. Ye did not let me advise my father to not let the imperial sister come forward, the father not only agreed, but also seemed to be a little happy to see it, but the candidate for the crown prince of the Northern Dynasty should not be the king of Jin, the most strange thing is, Today, the King of Jin obviously recognized me, and the imperial sister also recognized the King of Jin, and the two still had some disputes during the banquet, but they actually accepted the gifts given to each other, which really made the grandson unable to understand. Xiao Siyu said the doubts in her heart.

The Queen Mother listened to him finish his questions, and then said softly: "Yu'er observes very carefully, and is also good at thinking, this is very good, for the monarch must plan and decide, if you don't understand, take a look more, listen more, think more, ask more, today's things, grandmother won't tell you too much, you can ask you Master Ye, he will tell you." ”

Xiao Siyu smiled: "Okay, grandson went back and asked Master Ye, his brain is much better than grandson'er, I get dizzy when I think about things, grandmother, I'll sleep first." ”

The Queen Mother tucked the quilt for Xiao Siyu, and motioned for Fan Changling to go with her, and when she walked out of the door, Fan Changling said: "His Royal Highness the Seventh is a person with a heart, and he is benevolent, Young Master Ye is in his body, and he will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future." ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "The old body also has to live well, waiting for this child to come back, and the old body still wants to see when the demon queen will end." ”

……

It was late at night, only the lights were still on in Zhongyu Pavilion, and Lu Shen stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's time to rest." ”

Emperor Jing put down the book in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "Lu Shen, how do you look at Tuoba Hong today?" ”

Lu Shen hesitated a little, but still said: "I hope Your Majesty will forgive the old slave for opening his mouth." ”

Emperor Jing smiled: "It's good to tell the truth, forgive you for your innocence." ”

Lu Shen: "The dragon and phoenix among the people, the talent of the emperor, the world, and the prince are far behind!" ”

Emperor Jing's expression was stunned, he didn't expect Lu Shen to have such a high evaluation, and then suddenly burst out laughing

"Hahaha, Lu Shen, what you said is really the truth, my prince is far from it, if the prince becomes the king in the future, the Southern Dynasty is in danger!"

Emperor Jing's expression suddenly turned cold, Lu Shen only felt that the room was cold, and his chest suddenly shrank, and he only dared to confide in half of the sentence: "Your Majesty, do you want to ~~~"

Lu Shen did half of the movements in his hand, and the other half of the sentence couldn't spit out a word.

Emperor Jing suddenly sighed and said helplessly: "If the fifth child is still here, why would I be here!" "Let's talk about it, my expression is not very sad.

"Your Majesty~~" Lu Shen looked in his eyes and was anxious

"Lu Shen, let them return to the north safely, now they can't stand the toss, let me free my hands, deal with the affairs of the southwest first, now my hope can only count on him, or Hui'er has a good vision, but at a glance I dare to make such a big bet, but it's a pity that Hui'er is not a man!"

After Emperor Jing finished speaking, his mood calmed down, and Lu Shen took a long breath.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing, Xie Xiang went to see King Jin, last night, in Guangde Building, Detian Street, closed the street, arranged a secret guard, and greeted Xie Xiang's youngest son Xie Jin."

Emperor Jing suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing fiercely, but he quickly returned to normal.

Lu Shen asked cautiously and softly, "Your Majesty, do you want to check?" ”

Emperor Jing waved his hand: "No need, this old slippery head arranged to bury the foreshadowing here before, he is also a street closure, a secret guard, and let his youngest son go to welcome guests, it is clear that it is the clubhouse This is above board, this time the policy of harmony was originally planned by him for me, I really want to ask, he has to say to eat, so there is no need to check." ”

Lu Shen nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Jing smiled slightly, a little helpless: "The current situation, Xie Xun and Cui Yan can only be wooed, these wealthy families, they only have family inheritance in their hearts, and they will miss Sheji, and I have to rely on them." ”

Emperor Jing's face was slightly lonely, and Lu Shen couldn't say anything more to touch His Majesty's head, so he thought about arranging for His Majesty to relax: "Your Majesty's new Lan Jieyu in the palace, you haven't gone over to take a look, do you want to go to Zheguiyuan tonight to have a look." Lu Shen smiled.

Emperor Jing's expression softened slightly, and said with a smile: "You are a killer, how much benefit have you taken from others?" ”

Lu Shen pretended to be frightened and replied, "The slave dares to do that." Slaves are dead. ”

Say it, quickly kneel down and ask for sin

Emperor Jing smiled: "Okay, get up, I'll go see Lan Jieyu today"

Emperor Jing smiled and asked Lu Shen to go over to inform him, Lu Shen ran to run on an errand, and when he went out, he didn't look frightened, but showed three points of pride, and he was more aware of the king's heart, and no one in the Taichen Palace could match himself for half a point.

……

In the queen's bedroom of Fengyi Palace, the queen and the prince were drinking tea and talking, Xu Changling whispered a few words in the queen's ear, and the queen mother was instantly furious after hearing it: "This dog slave really has the courage to make such an arrangement, doesn't he want his own head?" ”

The prince asked, "Queen Mother, who upset you?" ”

The queen instructed Xu Changling: "You go out and make arrangements, and everyone should not approach the dormitory of the palace." ”

Xu Changling nodded and exited the dormitory

The queen said to the crown prince: "Quanzhou Thorn Shi Ding Rushan has dedicated a Fanbang beauty into the palace, blonde hair and blue eyes, strange appearance, your father is strange, sealed Jieyu, and gave the surname Lan." ”

Prince: "Erchen knows about this. ”

The queen continued: "The palace is afraid that this woman will pollute the blood of the Liang royal family, so it will be arranged in Zhegui Garden, which is close to the cold palace, who knows that Lu Shen only accepted the gift of the slut after this killing, and arranged for His Majesty to stay in Zhegui Garden tonight, if this leaves the dragon seed, it will not become a joke." ”

The prince persuaded: "The queen mother doesn't have to worry, this state woman is not accustomed to the water and soil in the Central Plains, and it is normal for her to die of a sudden illness, and the son can do it." ”

The queen hurriedly said: "Cong'er, this method should be used with caution now, after the fifth child had an accident, after your father was almost called to be abolished, in recent years, my mother has also relaxed some harem restrictions, and there are also two concubines who gave birth to dragon fetuses, but they are all princesses, your father is very old, Imperial Doctor Zhang secretly told the palace, your father's health is not as good as before, all at this time it is not easy to make trouble, send Yonghui and Lao Qi away, you can endure it for another three or five years, and when you inherit the throne, the overall situation has been decided." ”

The prince nodded: "The son listens to the queen mother." ”

The queen said: "At today's banquet, Tuoba Hong and Yonghui are a little strange, there must be some hidden feelings between the two, Yonghui is obedient on the surface, but in fact she is quite scheming, if she really does something in the Northern Dynasty, I am afraid it will hinder you." ”

The prince didn't care: "The queen mother filtered it, a princess who married into an enemy country, even if she became a princess, what waves could she make in my Liang country?" ”

The queen said cautiously: "Emperor, have you forgotten your grandfather's former abolition of Liu Yang?" She charmed your grandfather, disrupted the government, brutalized the prince, forced the Wen family, the prince was killed, the first emperor was imprisoned, it wasn't your father who set things right, and killed Wen Huan, the demon queen, and the Great Liang Jiangshan would be in danger. Yonghui married the crown princess in the past, I heard that the king of Qi is weak and indecisive by nature, if Yonghui becomes the queen and masters the court of the Northern Dynasty, can she let Lao Qi be in the Northern Dynasty for a lifetime, and it is bound to help Lao Qi fight with you for this dispute. ”

The prince was a little flustered when he heard it, those words were like a hammer hitting his heart, the prince looked up at his mother, and then thought about himself, cold sweat soaked his back, will all this really not happen again? After all, his father's throne was also fought for, and the person who was killed was his own imperial uncle, who was also the crown prince.

The prince said calmly after a long time: "Mother, I will not let this happen. ”

The queen also nodded coldly: "He can go safely, but he can't come back alive." ”