In the quiet corridor, there are all kinds of beautiful flowers planted on both sides of the road, and two figures walk side by side. Late at night, the flowers in the corridor still look particularly beautiful against the backdrop of the lamp. Although Liu Zhan looked at the side of the road, he had no intention of watching, a soft hand took Liu Zhan's hand, and Liu Zhan turned his head to look at the people beside him. She playfully stuck out her tongue, pointed to the flowers on the side of the road, and asked, "Brother Zhan, do you see these flowers beautiful?" ”

Liu Zhan had no intention of appreciating the flowers, but just glanced at him casually and said, "Beautiful." ”

Yun Kai put his arm around Liu Zhan and asked, "Then which one is good-looking, me or Hua?" ”

"Uh." Liu Zhan took a look, "You must be good-looking." Liu Zhan said.

"I'm good-looking, so why do you only look at the flowers and don't look at me!" Yun Kai pretended to be angry.

Liu Zhan laughed, "You, when did you become so naughty?" It's not like a princess. ”

"Do you believe me when I said I learned from that sister of yours?" Yun Kai said.

"You! I don't learn well with that girl, and I don't know if she came with Zhentian? Liu Zhan said thoughtfully.

"Maybe it's coming, why don't you ask Brother Han, which inn Zhentian is in, you can find it." Yun Kai said with a smile on his face. Over the years, his physique has ceased to be afraid of the cold, but for some reason he suddenly felt a chill.

"Well, it's late at night, so I won't bother... Liu Zhan replied. "What's more, Lan Xin can't help much when he comes, so I guess, it should be, I didn't come."

"You don't want to go yourself, and people don't let you go." Yun Kai said.

"Yes, yes, my princess, thanks to the princess's gift, but the villain doesn't want to go." Liu Zhan hurriedly replied. "Let's go see the kids."

The two of them walked into the door. Han Feng saluted and said, "Princess, donkey." ”

"After I left, did the two children cry?" Yun Kai asked.

"No, the young lady and the young master slept peacefully and never cried." Windy return.

Yun Kai nodded, and then gently pushed the door open and walked in. Two seven-year-old children lie on the bed. The girl kicked off the blanket and lay on the bed, one leg already stretched to the side, lying on her side, in a "big" shape.

"Why is this girl's family so unkempt?!" Yun Kai was a little helpless when he saw it.

Hanfeng said: "Miss has kicked the quilt a few times, and she will come to recover her in a while, for fear that she will catch a cold." I just looked at the ice basin under the bed, and the ice in it has almost melted, and I was about to order someone to fetch some. ”

Liu Zhan said: "Don't bother. As he spoke, Liu Zhan gently pulled out the ice basin under the bed, put it on the ground, and put one hand on the water basin, and the water in the basin instantly condensed into ice after all the melted water in the ice basin, and then gently put it back under the bed.

Hanfeng said: "There are working horses." ”

Liu Zhan chuckled and said, "It's just a trivial matter." ”

Hanfeng replied: "It's a small matter for you, but it's not a trivial matter for us. On this big night, I have to take people to the ice cellar again, and I have to chisel ice in the command house, it is so cold inside, let them hurry up, and they all complain about me and me. Let them slow down, if it's hot again, young master, I'm going to have to scold again... ”

Yun Kai hurriedly said: "Hanfeng, we grew up together, when did I scold you?!" ”

Hanfeng said innocently: "Yes, it was the slave who said it wrong, the princess was... Guide... Guide... ”

Yun Kai said seriously: "It's just that there are some things you don't do well, and I just said two words to you." ”

Hanfeng said: "Yes, yes, the princess said yes." Then he said a little sadly, "Alas, it would be nice if my sister was still here." ”

Yun Kai was also a little sad after hearing this, but pretended to be angry and said, "If your sister is here, I will really put 100,000 hearts!" ”

Liu Zhan sat silently on the bed and looked at the two children, and his heart was also very hesitant. Tomorrow something big will happen, and the two children know nothing, and lie quietly in bed and fall asleep. Yun Kai saw that Liu Zhan was thoughtful, so he walked over and said, "Brother Zhan, let the child be taken care of, and let's go back to rest." ”

"I want to see the child a few more times."

Yun happily knew, and said, "What are you looking at!" We'll be back tomorrow when we're done, and we have time to spend with the kids, so let's go. And ah, I'm sleepy too, I still have something to do tomorrow, so I need to rest. ”

Liu Zhan took a deep breath and glanced at the child on the bed. Say, "Let's go." ”

The two returned to the room, and Yun Kai said, "Brother Zhan, I always feel that you have a lot on your mind." ”

Liu Zhan said helplessly: "I will deal with Wang Jien tomorrow." ”

Yun Kai comforted: "We have experienced many difficulties in the past, are we still afraid of this?" ”

Liu Zhan said: "I used to be alone, but now, with you, Yue'er and Tian'er, I have to worry about your affairs." ”

Yun Kai was a little angry and said, "Do you treat us as a burden?" ”

"It's not! It's not that I treat you as a burden, it's because of you that I have new motivation, but it also makes me worry. That's why I'm always thinking about your safety, I don't want you to be hurt in any way, if tomorrow, I... ”

Yun Kai interrupted and said firmly: "No ifs, you will definitely be able to come back tomorrow." ”

"Do you believe me that much?"

Yun Kai hugged Liu Zhan, leaned on his arms, closed his eyes and said, "I believe in you, I have never doubted you." From the first time I saw you, I knew that you were an extraordinary person, as long as it was something you believed, you would definitely do it, and you would never admit defeat easily. ”

"But I...

Yunkai said: "You also have to believe in yourself, we have gone through so many difficulties and worked hard to finally get to where we are now. Do you remember your original dream? ”

Liu Zhan blurted out: "I want to settle the dispute between the rivers and lakes and the imperial court." Liu Zhan sighed and said: I have seen too many disputes, I don't want these disputes to continue, how many people died in these disputes back then. I don't want to see any more of that. ”

Yun Kai said, "Yes. How much effort have you put into this dream, do you want to fall short? ”

Liu Zhan closed his eyes, recalled everything he had experienced, and then suddenly his eyes became firm, and said: "No matter what, this is my choice, and I must be determined to complete it." And they lost their lives because of it. ”

Yun Kai also understood this "them", although there was a trace of sadness on his face when he lowered his head, he immediately raised his head and said with a smile: "Well, you have to believe in yourself." Rest well. Tomorrow is expected to take some effort. ”

Liu Zhan replied "yes", and then lay down with Yun Kai to rest. But the two of them are undecided, and they don't know what the situation will be tomorrow, but they are afraid that it is destined to be a sleepless night.

At the same time, in the dormitory deep in the palace, there are heavy guards outside the door, and everyone who enters must be known to Wang Jien, the grand duke, before entering, and an old man with a dragon clock in the room is lying on the graceful and luxurious dragon bed. There are always a few imperial doctors and palace maids around them who take turns on duty, and everyone looks nervous, for fear of a little accident, after all, this is the second emperor of the Great Song Dynasty - Zhao Jiong. But today's emperor is not the emperor who first ascended to the throne, 17 years have passed, and his hair is already snow-white, and he is in his twilight years, like a dandelion in the wind, which will be blown away by the wind at any time.

Outside the door, a eunuch and the queen discussed. "Queen Mother, according to Imperial Physician Zhang's diagnosis, the emperor will return to the Mandate of Heaven tonight, and our plan needs to be implemented as soon as possible."

Empress Li hesitated a little and said, "Is this really okay?" Since the emperor has already appointed a crown prince, but tomorrow we say that a new emperor will be established, will there be any ministers who oppose it? ”

"Queen Mother, you are too worried, during this time, I have blocked the news in the palace, and everyone who enters and exits is ours." Wang Jien said: "Besides, if the emperor is seriously ill and dies, and the prince does not know, it can be said that the emperor has doubts about the prince, and as long as you come forward, the ministers will be speechless." ”

The queen's expression was also very solemn, without saying a word, Wang Jien saw it, and hurriedly said: "Do you think, your brother is Li Jilong, a famous general of the dynasty, and he is a close confidant of the emperor. ”

Empress Li said: "However, Yuan Zuo, everyone in the court knows that he has lost his mind, and it is for this reason that the emperor abolished his position as the crown prince, and now he is helping him as the emperor, I am afraid that the ministers of the court will be dissatisfied." ”

Wang Jien said: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, as far as the servants know, the eldest prince is actually pretending to be crazy, and he has only done so since the death of King Qin." It's just that he was dissatisfied with the emperor's punishment of his feet and deliberately did it, and because of his uncle's injustice, he pretended to be crazy to protest against his father, but he was really a benevolent person, and he would definitely become a good emperor one day. Moreover, you once had a son who died young, didn't you always regard the eldest prince as if he had come out of his own hands! Then Wang Jien immediately changed his face and said: "The villain should die, say anything nonsense, and the queen will atone for her sins." ”

Empress Li's face was even more sad, thinking that the child she used to be had already left her, and she was a woman, if she wanted to survive in this imperial city, she must have someone to rely on, and said: "Okay, then I will send someone to send a letter to my brother immediately, and you will also arrange many matters." So he asked his cronies to go and spread the word. The queen gently pushed the door in, and Wang Jien followed. When everyone inside saw it, they made a big salute, "Meet the queen." ”

Imperial Doctor Zhang, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, said with a sad expression: "The queen mother, you came at the right time, the emperor has returned to the photo, you are talking to the emperor." ”

Queen Li knelt in front of the bed, lying beside the emperor, tears flowing, just now Wang Jien said that he died a son early, his heart was already sad, and now the person he loves will also go with him, he is a woman after all, how can he be willing to bear it, he was choked and speechless for a while.

The emperor said in a weak voice: "Mingde, I... Ahem, I can't accompany you, when your father was the pillar of the country, he was framed and degraded, and the eldest brother later found out, and felt ashamed of your family, and made you and me together, so many years, cough... You are dignified and reasonable, and it is really hard to raise the prince, but I can't be a good husband who has always been with you to grow old together... Ahem"

The queen cried and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that you have great ambitions in your heart, you are the son of heaven, and the concubine has never complained about you." ”

Zhao Guangyi was a little relieved and said, "Haha, is it? That's good."

Several palace maids saw that the queen was sad and uncomfortable, and hurriedly helped Queen Li to the chair on the side.

Then he said weakly to Wang Jien in the back: "Princess, speed... Quick pass. The prince enters the palace"

Wang Jien replied: "Obey, Your Majesty." The ministers should invite you to welcome the new emperor to succeed to the throne as they did back then. ”

After hearing this, the emperor looked at Wang Jien, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to sneer, and then closed his eyes and left.