"It's all Luo'er's carelessness that will cause a fire in the tower, please punish my aunt." Mingluo opened his mouth, which was a word of pleading.

The Holy Book Emperor's eyes moved slightly: "Careless? ”

Mingluo lowered his head and said: "Afterwards, Luo'er carefully investigated the cause of the fire, because the Changming lamp accidentally fell to the ground and ignited the sacrificial cloth......

"It was Luo'er's failure to carefully check whether the Changming lampstand was stable in advance and to adjust the place where the prayer cloth was hanging, which caused the lampstand to fall to the ground and catch fire when it encountered the prayer cloth."

This is the "general idea" in her mouth.

The Holy Book Emperor was noncommittal, looked at her for a moment, and asked, "What were the Chang family ladies doing during and before the fire?" ”

There was a hint of surprise in Mingluo's drooping eyes.

My aunt really suspected that the fire was related to Chang Suining.

"Before the fire, Chang Niangzi had been sitting behind the scriptures, waiting to copy the scriptures." Mingluo replied: "As for the time of the fire, Chang Niangzi was talking to Luo'er...... She hadn't left Luo'er's sight for a moment. ”

At that time, Aunt Tazhong had more than one eyeliner for her, and when she should tell the truth, she must not lie.

"Speak...... Emperor of the Holy Book looked at Ming Luo, "What did she say to you?" ”

Mingluo raised his face slightly, his face was a little disapproving: "...... At that time, the lady often said that she was hungry and asked me if I could wait for her to eat and then let her copy the scriptures. ”

"Is that all?" Emperor Saint asked.

Ming Luo seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said in a slightly complicated tone: "Chang Niangzi read the Buddhist scriptures I copied and asked me if I ...... It is also imitating the handwriting of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”

This sentence was relayed by her like this at this time, and it was very much Chang Suining who was comparing with her for this reason - such a Chang family girl is undoubtedly like a person with a heart.

At that time, those eyeliners could only see Chang Suining talking to her, but it was impossible to hear what the two of them said at that time...... At this point, she had a choice as to how she answered.

The Holy Emperor looked at her: "Is that all?" ”

There was a sense of temptation and coercion that came silently, and Ming Luo forced himself to calm down and said: "Luo'er doesn't dare or reason to deceive her aunt in the slightest. ”

The Holy Emperor did not know whether he believed it or not, but he asked again: "In addition to the fire, is there anything else unusual in the tower today?" ”

"Aunt Hui, except for this matter, everything is normal in the tower." As Ming Luo spoke, he raised his hand and presented the box in his hand: "In Luo'er's opinion, Chang Niangzi is no different, this is the Buddhist scriptures copied by Chang Niangzi, please take a look at my aunt." ”

One of the attendants who was only guarding the side of the Holy Emperor stepped forward to take it and presented it to the Imperial Eucalyptus.

The Emperor of the Holy Book looked at it, and the expression between his eyebrows and eyes was uncertain, just like the rumors, the lady of the Chang family was very good at copying Chongyue's handwriting, and her words did have the style of Chongyue......

But the handwriting in front of him was steady and powerful, and it was by no means something that a person with a poor body could write.

After a moment of silence, there was an almost imperceptible look of disappointment in the eyes of the Holy Book Emperor.

She closed the box containing the scriptures, and a slight cough came out of her throat as she pressed her palm against the box.

Ming Luo hurriedly raised his head and asked the attendant who hurriedly handed the water to the Holy Emperor: "Auntie, can I take medicine at night?" ”

"Back to the history of women, I haven't ...... yet"

Mingluo twisted his eyebrows: "How can you be so careless?" ”

The chamberlain sighed lightly, the saint has been discussing with the ministers since he came back from the Heavenly Maiden Tower, and there were two secret letters during this time, the saint was so busy that Gong E, who came to deliver the medicine, couldn't enter the study at all, he mentioned a sentence on the side, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the saint's frowning.

Mingluo got up and went to urge Gong'e who was guarding outside to decoct the medicine, but he was still not at ease after urging, and went to the kitchen in person.

After a short time, Mingluo turned back, brought the medicine over, and served the Holy Book Emperor to drink it.

The emperor is only a mortal fetus in the flesh, not to mention that the Holy Emperor has always been diligent since he came to power, and he never dared to relax for a moment, and because of his excessive heart, as he got older, his body accumulated many diseases.

In addition, there have been frequent emergencies in various places recently, and the dragon body has suffered from the cold on the occasion of the Chongyang ancestor worship, and it has been supporting the officials who have their own thoughts on government affairs and dealing with each other.

Ming Luo thought of the girl in the Heavenly Maiden Tower, and looked at the mountains of twists and turns on the side, and knew in his heart that there were too many things that had worried the Holy Book Emperor recently.

At the same time, for the first time, she clearly felt that her aunt, who controlled everything and took care of everything, seemed to have no weaknesses at all, and had been called emperor for more than ten years as a woman with a foreign surname, may now be a little powerless.

People will grow old, and their limited energy will be scattered.

Not to mention my aunt, even throughout the ages, many emperors who were heroic, wise, sober and holy when they were young have become mediocre after they grow old, and even destroy their own achievements with their own hands.

Perhaps, my aunt is no longer as completely unshakable as she imagined...... Is it?

This unprecedented realization made Mingluo a little stunned for a while.

After a brief moment of unspeakable flickering, Ming Luo handed the empty medicine bowl to the waiter, and said in a ashamed tone: "It's just that Luo Er failed to share her worries for her aunt......"

"You just have to do what you have to do, and you're going to take care of my worries." After drinking the medicine, the Holy Emperor closed his eyes to recuperate, and explained in a slow voice: "In the next two days, if there is no summons from me, you will stay in the Heavenly Maiden Tower together, and if there is anything suspicious, you must pay attention to it again......"

Ming Luo's half-hung gaze fell on the box used to hold the Buddhist scriptures copied by Chang Suining, and he felt ironic and expected.

Sure enough, my aunt wouldn't give up so easily.

She replied and said in a heartfelt tone: "Yes, please rest assured aunt." ”

After serving the Holy Emperor rested, Mingluo left.

She descended the stone steps, and there was no moon or light above the gray night above her head, except for a few stars looming behind the dark clouds.

In the Heavenly Maiden Tower, Chang Suining, who was resting in the quiet room on the second floor of the tower, could not close his eyes for a long time.

After a few more moments, she got up in the darkness and put on her shoes, pulled over the cloak that was on the screen, and went to the window, pushed it open, and looked out of the tower.

There are perennial lanterns in the Heavenly Maiden Tower, so although the lights have been turned off everywhere, there is still a glimmer of light in the tower, and you can barely see.

Chang Suining was wondering if he should go to the secret passage with mechanisms at night to explore and try to find some clues from it, but after thinking about it for a while, he still gave up.

Although the eye of the mechanism array has been destroyed, the people left behind by the Ming Dynasty may still be staring at her, and it is already very risky to secretly release that fire today, but at that time, she had to take that risk in order to save herself-

And at least she is relatively safe now, so in order to avoid extraneous branches, it is better to settle down for the time being.

If you want to live for a long time, you should be bold and reckless when you should be reckless, and you should honestly put away your tail when you should hide it.

The hands and feet have decided to settle down for the time being, but there is still no moment of silence in the brain, Chang Sui Ning held the window spirit, looked up at the night sky, and many thoughts were mixed.

When she withdrew her gaze, she keenly caught a dark shadow in her afterglow.

Chang Suining turned her head to look, and saw that there seemed to be a person sitting at the stone table in the tower courtyard where she had eaten today.

The man sat quietly in the night with his back in her direction, and there was no movement from beginning to end, before she even noticed.

Is it also the queen of Ming who left to spy on her?

But the other party just sat there, revealing a bit of fairness.

Chang Suining poked his head out of the window again, and then looked at it for a moment, no, that person seemed to be ......

The young man, who had been sitting here for a long time, suddenly felt that something was coming at him from behind.

Instinctively, he leaned to the side to avoid the object.

With a soft thud, the thing slammed into the stone table and rolled a few times.

The young man picked it up and looked at it through the light of the lantern hanging from the eaves of the tower, and saw that it was a chestnut.

He was stunned, then got up with the chestnut and looked back in the direction where the chestnut flew behind him.

In the dimness, he raised his eyes and saw that behind a window on the second floor of the tower, a lightly dressed girl was holding her hand at the window spirit, leaning out of her upper body, looking at him.

Cui Jing's eyebrows, which were dyed with the coolness of the autumn night, suddenly eased down, and he subconsciously walked over.

Seeing him coming, the girl in the window simply bent down and got out of the window, stepped on the eaves of the tower, and was about to jump down.

Seeing this, Cui Jing walked a few steps quickly and hurriedly stretched out a hand.

However, the light-moving girl quickly landed steadily, and there was no need for him to help her.

Cui Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly withdrew his hand and put it behind him.

Chang Sui Ning walked in front of him in two steps, glanced at his unmanned behind, and asked in a low voice, "So late at night, why is Governor Cui here?" ”

"I ...... Come and sit down. Cui Jing seemed to be at a loss for how to answer.

He really just wanted to sit down.

Hearing this answer that was not detailed, Chang Suining did not ask any more questions.

At this time, she saw that the eyes that seemed cold, but at the moment seemed to hide endless words were looking at her, and after a moment, the owner of those eyes asked, "Today...... You okay? ”

He usually speaks most neatly and neatly, but tonight these two sentences are paused everywhere.

His eyes and some silent body language are also different from usual.

The Cui Jing she saw for the first time in the past was high up and unkind.

Cui Jing, who became friends with her later, said little but was sincere everywhere.

Cui Jing, who was standing in front of her tonight, seemed to be ...... Some are at a loss.

This is Cui Jing she has never seen before.

Chang Sui looked at him quietly for a while before nodding: "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”

Cui Jing smiled slightly, that would be good.

After a moment, he said, "Actually, I'm here to see you." ”

Chang Suining also smiled: "I know." ”

Otherwise, she wouldn't have jumped off with her own affection.

"Then why don't you throw a pebble and call me down." She said, "Next time you can try throwing a pebble." ”

Cui Jing nodded seriously: "Okay, I remember." ”

In fact, it wasn't that he was stupid enough to tell her to come down, he just didn't want to disturb her rest, she had suffered such torture today, and she should have rested.

He had planned to sit until dawn and wait for her to get up.

And he just sat here, thinking that she could sleep peacefully in the tower, and felt much more at ease.

"Why did you come to see me at this time?" Chang Suining tried to ask.

Just to ask her "How is today"?

Cui Jing does have one more thing.

"I will leave Dayun Temple tomorrow, and after returning to Xuance Mansion to arrange all affairs, I will leave Beijing early the next morning."

Chang Suining was a little surprised: "Is it going to the north to prepare for the construction of border defense?" ”

Under Cui Jing's urging in this matter, the household's silver allocation finally came down halfway, and he said that he would leave after worshipping his ancestors in Chongyang, but she still vaguely felt in a hurry.

Cui Jing said: "You need to go to the state first." ”

"Merge states?" Chang Suining's intuition was not good: "Something happened?" ”

Cui Jing's voice was lowered: "The sage received a secret report, saying that I and the governor of the prefecture governor's mansion secretly exchanged letters with Xu Zhengye, and I am afraid that I have the heart to fall to Xu Zhengye." ”

Chang Suining's face was pale.

"Therefore, I need to secretly bring people there as soon as possible to control the situation before they can make a move." Cui Jing said: "In order not to startle the snake, this trip needs to hide people's eyes and ears, and when I leave the day after tomorrow, I will only go to the north to build border defenses." ”

Chang Suining understood that this was a secret order.

She looked left and right vigilantly, and subconsciously said, "Since it is a secret thing that cannot be said, you don't have to tell me." ”

This secretly feared that the henchmen of the Empress Ming were eavesdropping, and he leaked confidential matters with her like this......

Cui Jing: "You asked me, and I answered." ”

Chang Suining was slightly stunned when he heard this, looked at the eyes that were still honest and sincere, and asked, "Whatever I ask, will you answer truthfully?" ”

In the night, the young man nodded to her: "Yes." ”

Chang Suining looked at him and smiled.

She did have many questions to ask him, but alas, this was not a good occasion or time to speak.

She chatted with him about some inconsequential words, but it was understandable, even if it reached the Ming Dynasty, he at most had the impression of being "dizzy for love".

He is "not married", and it makes sense to come and see her before leaving. On the contrary, if he avoided coming to see her, or if it was not in line with what he had done before, he would have dispelled some of his doubts.

That's probably why he dared to sit here and wait for her openly.

But deeper words are destined to be unquestionable and unspeakable at this time.

Chang Suining has some regrets, I can't ask today, see you next time, but I don't know when.

She asked, "If the merger is settled, will we have to rush directly to the north?" ”

Cui Jing nodded: "Yes." ”

Chang Suining: "This goodbye may take a few years before we can see each other again." ”

Cui Jing didn't speak for a while, for him, it was normal to lead an army to go on an expedition, but there had never been a time when he was in such a state of mind before he left Beijing.

At this moment, the girl in front of him suddenly took two steps closer to him and leaned closer to him.

Cui Jing's breathing and mind were stagnant.

Accustomed to marching and fighting for many years, he should have instinctively retreated when someone suddenly approached him like this, but at this time he froze in place and did not move, only silently clenching the chestnut in his hand.

At such a close distance, he even smelled the surging incense of the girl's body, which was used to worship the gods in a noble and sacred way, which was very suitable for her.

And just now she said that we can only see each other in a few years, so, is it ......