"Chu Zhixia, she dared to hit me! I will tell my father and punish her for the sin of great disrespect. They are all in the Chu clan in the clouds, and they all have a heart of disobedience! ”

The third prince was still immersed in the humiliation of Chu Zhixia's slap, and Bai Huan's attitude of calming things made him even more uneasy. The third prince didn't notice at all that Bai Huan's suddenly pale face and trembling hands the moment he saw Shen Zhou.

"Shut up!" Bai Huan yelled angrily, "How long are you going to mess around, when will you grow up?" ”

The third prince was stunned by the roar.

Bai Huan stretched out his hand to cover his face tiredly, and muttered to himself in a voice that the third prince couldn't hear clearly: "I can't let him see my father, I can't let my father see that face." Otherwise, it's over, we're all done......"

——

"I actually beat the third prince."

Yuzhu heard Chu Zhixia's self-talk, and the hand holding the sobering soup couldn't help but tremble, and turned her head to ask Shen Zhou with her eyes to verify the truth. Shen Zhou didn't understand Yuzhu's eyes at all, and drank his bowl of decanting soup by himself, and complained to Chu Zhixia: "It's so sour." ”

"You didn't drink again, what are you doing?" Chu Zhixia complained on his lips, but he honestly picked up a piece of candy in his hand and fed it to Shen Zhou's mouth.

Shen Zhou was satisfied with the sugar and stuck to Chu Zhixia's body.

Yuzhu saw the slimy appearance of these two people, only felt that her eyes hurt, so she put down the sobering soup and ran away.

"Forget it, I wanted to hit him a long time ago anyway." Chu Zhixia drank the sobering soup absentmindedly, and his mind was completely sober, "I don't think Bai Huan looks like he's going to sue." ”

"Is the third prince going to kill Huo Jian'an?" Shen Zhou leaned on Chu Zhixia and said lazily, "Otherwise, I'll strike first and kill him." ”

"Don't make a fuss." Chu Zhixia criticized him without being salty or light.

"Then I'll let someone protect Huo Jian'an." Shen Zhou said, "Don't be unhappy. ”

Chu Zhixia thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with a reason, so he simply pinched Shen Zhou's face and looked at it carefully. After Shen Zhou returned to the Akiba Mountain Residence, his mouth was not idle, and his cheeks were fed with a layer of soft skin and flesh, covering the smooth bones, not as thin as when he first returned.

It took courage to stare at Shen Zhou's beauty up close, and Chu Shixia felt that it was difficult to breathe after just looking at it for a while—no matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like a green-faced fanged yaksha. How can Bai Huan look like he has seen a ghost, is it so scary?

Chu Shixia began to suspect that he had drunk too much and was wrong.

Shen Zhou was pinched by Chu Zhixia's cheek, closed his eyes beautifully and waited for her to kiss him, but he didn't see the expected kiss fall, and opened his eyes dissatisfied.

"What are you doing with your eyes closed," Chu Zhixia was inexplicably glared at by Shen Zhou, and said suspiciously, "Still pouting." Hungry? ”

If the mountain doesn't come, I'll come to the mountain.

The empathetic Shen Zhou suddenly approached, loudly kissed Chu Shixia's white and soft cheek, turned around and ran away. Chu Zhixia was stunned by the kiss, and before he could react, Shen Zhou had already fled and disappeared. The residual plum aroma between Shen Zhou's lips and teeth floated in the air, looming.

Chu Zhixia smiled helplessly.

——

The sunken boat ran on the roof under the moon, as if fleeing along the tortuous back of a black dragon.

The wind poured into his heart, and countless budding flowers and bones crackled and exploded in his chest. Shen Zhou's steps were so brisk that he seemed to fly against the wind, and it was not until he ran to the end of the roof that he realized that his cheeks were hot.

Luo Shuangyi didn't know when he appeared behind him, half-kneeling on the ridge of the roof.

"The head of the house."

"Is there any of us in the fleet of Jiangnan merchant Yan Ruhai?" Shen Zhou asked as calmly as possible.

"Yes." Luo Shuangyi replied.

"Protect Huo Jian'an." Shen Zhou said cleanly.

There are many people who take money to buy their lives from the Nine Shadows, some want people to die, and naturally there are also people who want people to live. Luo Shuangyi is not a mouthy character, she listens to whoever sits in the position of the head of the family. Luo Shuangyi simply responded to Shen Zhou's order, but when she looked up, she was caught off guard and saw Shen Zhou's crimson face, and she was a little stunned.

"What's wrong?" Shen Zhou smiled slightly and asked.

"Nothing." Luo Shuangyi shook her head, with a hint of envy in her tone, and said, "I just suddenly found out that what you said in the past was not a lie." It turns out that here, you can really live like a person. ”

That was a feeling that Luo Shuangyi couldn't understand.

The atmosphere was slightly stagnant.

Shen Zhou's gaze made Luo Shuangyi a little embarrassed, and she turned around to leave, but was gently stopped by Shen Zhou.

"Head of the house...... No, Luo Shi, he once told me that he bought a yard in the clouds. ”

Shen Zhou said thoughtlessly: "There is a plum tree in the yard, and when you open the window, you can see the lake surrounded by dense forests, and you can see the snow on the top of the misty mountain in the distance. He said that if one day, the Assassin could live without killing people, he would go to that courtyard to retire and watch the red plums covered with snow and the mountains like clouds. If he can sleep on a chaise longue and not wake up, it is God's forgiveness for him. ”

Luo Shuangyi listened quietly.

"If there really is such a day, even if you don't know what branches to rely on, at least you can enjoy a moment of sunshine."

Luo Shuangyi laughed from the bottom of her heart, a very shallow smile, fleeting.

"Sounds good."

Luo Shuangyi turned around and said, "I haven't been to the clouds yet." ”

——

Choshin Palace.

Bai Huan walked into the sandalwood Buddha hall, and the queen chanted in a low voice. The queen has always been clothed with a skirt and hairpin, without powder, with a wide and plain face, and an indisputable appearance. The queen chanted on her own, and Bai Huan stood behind her and waited.

In Bai Huan's memory, the queen always lowered her eyebrows, as if she was afraid of making eye contact with others. The queen is the eldest daughter of the regent, the emperor's young wife, when she was a daughter, she read poetry and books, was pampered, and when she was a wife, she was also the most noble woman in the world, sitting on glory and wealth. When the emperor came to see her, she dutifully served; If the emperor does not come, she will be accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green lantern.

Bai Huan always didn't understand what the queen was afraid of.

When she saw Shen Zhou's face clearly, the queen's fear turned into substance and smashed the top of Bai Huan's skull.

Ah Yu ran back from outside the palace in a rage, with injuries on his forehead and face, but I refused to say no matter how I asked. Did you quarrel? ”

The queen got up from the Buddha and sat outside to make tea. Bai Huan sat across from her without saying a word, his hands pressed on his knees trembling slightly.

The queen asked in disbelief and disbelief: "You hit?" ”

Bai Huan can be called doting on the third prince, and the number of times he has scolded him since he was a child is only a handful, and beating his palms can be regarded as a severe punishment, and he has never beaten people to the point of bleeding.

"Not me." Bai Huan shook his head sluggishly and said, "He caused trouble and fought with the daughter of the Chu clan in the clouds." ”

"It's too heavy." The queen complained lightly.

Bai Huan drank tea silently, and his anxious heart burned more and more intensely under this cup of tea for several days. Bai Huan looked at the queen's calm face and couldn't help asking, "Mother, is Concubine Rong pregnant?" ”

The queen was stunned and shook her head.

She ...... Won't be pregnant again, will we? Bai Huan couldn't wait to ask for a certificate.

"Concubine Rong won't be pregnant again, absolutely not." The queen replied firmly.

The panic on Bai Huan's face made the queen puzzled and uneasy, and the queen rarely reached out to cover the back of his hand, revealing a little warmth as a mother. Bai Huan's palms were covered with cold sweat, because he couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning, and his eyes were glowing with black blue.

"What's the matter with you," asked the Queen, "is something wrong?" ”

Bai Huanqiang couldn't help but say nothing, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's that I'm thinking too much." ”

"Concubine Rong...... That face, your grandfather will not allow her to give birth to an heir. The queen's words were full of grief and reluctance, and she sighed, "Concubine Rong is not a threat to you. On the contrary, it is Bai Ziche, who is now very prestigious. You have to pay more attention to him. ”

"Mother, have you ever regretted raising Bai Ziche?" Bai Huan stared at the queen and asked.

The queen lowered her eyes and replied after a long time: "No." ”

"Why?"

The queen looked up with a sad smile and looked at the shrine in the Buddhist hall.

"I, our Chen family, have done enough wrong things. In the history books of later generations, we must be referred to as the ministers of the chaotic dynasty. Even if I serve the gods all my life, I can't wash away the sins of the Chen family. Even if Bai Ziche hinders you and hinders you, it is also the fate of our Chen family. ”

The queen whispered: "Time is also, life is also." ”

——

Chu Shixia waited for several days, until the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and he didn't see the three princes in trouble, and even the imperial history, who had always heard the wind, was quiet. Pei Cifu handed over the news from the cabinet, and there was no impeachment of Chu Zhixia, and the imperial history that was about to move was pressed by Bai Huan.

"What the hell." Chu Zhixia pondered, "Could it be that I slapped him and injured him internally?" He won't be waiting for his injuries to become serious in the palace, and he is ready to roll around in front of His Majesty, right? ”

Pei Zhang came to the Autumn Leaf Mountain Residence to give the Mid-Autumn Festival gift, and brought a rabbit lamp to Shen Zhou on the way. Shen Zhou was not interested on the surface, but when Pei Zhang and Chu Zhixia started talking, he thought that he had unknowingly carried the rabbit lamp to the corner, and reached out to poke it from time to time.

"Didn't you just slap him," Pei Zhang was also a little shocked, "Is there such a serious internal injury?" ”

"I've drunk a little too much, but I haven't lost my mind yet." Chu Zhixia raised his forehead, "I'm sure I didn't put down such a heavy hand, otherwise he wouldn't be able to walk back steadily." ”

"In the matter of the three princes, Bai Huan will never give up." Pei Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "Did anything else happen that day?" ”

Chu Zhixia choked, glanced unnaturally at Shen Zhou, who was playing with rabbit lights, and said categorically: "No." ”

Pei Zhang raised his eyebrows.

"Nope." Chu Zhixia said firmly.

"Okay." Pei Zhang got up and said to her, "Mid-Autumn Festival is healthy." You're going to the palace banquet too, right? ”

"I'm going." Chu Zhixia said.

"Then I'll see you at the palace banquet." Pei Zhang smiled, said goodbye and left.

Pei Zhang sent a lot of things, and the Pei family's kitchen is very good at making dim sum, and the materials are not expensive, but they are exquisite. In addition, there are some medicine sachets and rare medicinal herbs, as well as ingenious knick-knacks.

Shen Zhou carefully pinched the rabbit lamp and looked around, for fear that he would break its fragile bamboo skeleton with a single effort. Chu Zhixia picked up a piece of lotus cake from the food box and fed it to Shen Zhou's mouth. Shen Zhou's cheeks were bulging from eating, and he carried a rabbit lamp to show her, and his eyes were bright.

"It's so cute." Chu Shixia praised him.

"Cute things are easy to break." Shen Zhou complained, "Is this for me, where should I put it?" ”

Chu Shixia thought back for a moment, but Shen Zhou was in a terrible trouble, it was a beautiful vase that was not porcelain, fragile and unaware, and nodded approvingly. Shen Zhou didn't get an answer, and looked at her strangely, thinking to himself.

"Shen Zhou, have you seen Bai Huan before?" Chu Zhixia asked.

"I've seen him, he hasn't seen me." Shen Zhou replied without raising his head.

Bai Huan's strange attitude always made Chu Shixia feel uneasy, and she decided to test him again at the palace banquet.

——

Chen Zhai.

"Why did you remember coming to me?"

The regent prunes the branches and leaves of the chrysanthemum, and looks quite comfortable. Chen Boyan was bored behind the regent playing with a white jade nine ring, and the jade ring jingled. Bai Huan's face was not very good-looking, and he looked a little unrelenting.

"Bo Yan is too frizzy. Although Xu Yan is not dead, he has not shaken our overall situation, but I still want him to temper his mind. He has been solving these nine links for many days, and there is no progress. Ah Huan, do you have an idea? ”

Bai Huan shook his head and said, "Ancestor, I have something to say to you. Let Chen Boyan go down first. ”

Chen Boyan looked dissatisfied, but the regent stopped him and motioned for him to leave with his eyes. There were only two people left in the pavilion, Baekwan and the regent.

"What's wrong with you, sick?" The regent asked as he looked at his face carefully.

Bai Huan shook his head and said, "Ancestor, that woman back then, was she a son or a daughter?" ”

"Son." The regent was slightly upright, and he didn't ask him "which woman" he was.

"Is that kid dead, who did you let kill him? A palace maid, a eunuch, or a confidant of yours? Bai Huan raised his eyes, and there was a layer of bright red bloodshot on his eyeballs, "Is it possible that he didn't die and grew up peacefully until now?" He's always been there for us, it's just that we haven't noticed it. ”

"Who did you see?" The regent put down the scissors and asked with a serious expression.

Bai Huan had a splitting headache, covered his forehead and sat heavily in the chair, took a deep breath and said, "I just glanced at him and knew that he must be that woman's child...... The child whose father was in his heart and full of expectations. He's alive, he's not dead. ”

"Concubine Rong is only three or four points away, and she has been favored for so many years. Grandfather, you have been guarding against Concubine Rong for so many years, don't you just know that your father has never forgotten her? If that kid comes back, Bai Ziche and I won't have to fight. Bai Huan was a little devastated, "I haven't told my mother yet, if my mother knew......"

The Lord Regent pressed his shoulder, causing him to look up from his confusion, "Where's the child?" ”

"He was right next to Chu Shixia. Ah Yu said that he was Chu Zhixia's guard, and he had been living in the Autumn Leaf Mountain Residence, and he was haunted. Although it was only one eye, I could see it clearly and would never admit that I was mistaken. ”

Bai Huan muttered, "Ancestor, kill him." ”

The regent patted him on the shoulder and told him to come to his senses. Bai Huan woke up from his drowsy mood and met the reggent's sharp eyes.

"Ah Huan, that woman is dead. You remember, she doesn't have any children, and Your Majesty doesn't have any lost folk blood. It was just a child who happened to look like her, and he died tragically. ”

The regent weaved a big lie without changing his face, and said firmly and decisively: "You are the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the only prince of the imperial dynasty." No one deserves to fight with you. ”

"From now on, it will be two chapters in one, and the number of words will not change."