"Brother, are you ...... now? How did it become like this? ”

He asked.

But I don't know how difficult Xiao Yan has been in Chu over the years, he has lived a life in Tingzhou, no one is a ghost, he is alone, he finally won the Jinke champion, became the prince of the dynasty, and came to this day step by step......

His past was hell, darkness, not the glory that Xiao Chuji thought.

Xiao Yan's thin lips opened slightly: "Me? What has become? ”

He didn't care what this brother thought of him, even if he felt that he was hopeless, so what?

He is Xiao Yan, not Xiao Haochi!

Not anymore more than a decade ago!

"You used to be, how dazzling you were, how freshly dressed and angry, you were the proudest eldest son of your father, but now you look at you, you have become this ghost!"

Xiao Yan pondered silently.

Living like this is not his problem, but Pei Tingwan's sin.

"Do you have anything else to say to me? If not, I'll go first. ”

He was just about to get up, Xiao Chuji grabbed his wrist in a hurry, he lifted his eyes in amazement, and his pupils were full of infinite disgust and disgust.

Xiao Yan quickly withdrew his hand, "Get out!" ”

Xiao Chuji's palm was empty, and Su Yi saw that this was wrong, so he directly drew his sword and pointed directly at Xiao Yan.

He glanced at it coldly, and there were countless bloodlines hidden underneath: "You want to kill me?" ”

Xiao Chuji was suddenly shocked in his heart, glared at Su Yi fiercely, and reprimanded: "Put it away!" ”

"Your Highness!"

"Didn't you listen to Lone's words?"

Su Yi saw that he was angry, so he could only obediently put his sword into the scabbard.

"Yes......"

Xiao Yan got up, straightened his robe, took out a handkerchief and wiped the place that Xiao Chuji had touched just now.

The private room was so quiet that you could only hear the sound of ice water falling on the windowsill on the edge of the window.

Xiao Chuji looked up at this eldest brother who had never been able to reach him, as if this person was getting farther and farther away from him......

It was once out of reach, and it is still out of reach.

The young man's face was pale, and his lips opened slightly: "The queen mother said that she will wait for your triumphant return, give the throne to you personally, and make you the only emperor in the whole world." ”

Xiao Yan threw down the silk handkerchief, his long body was jade, his black hair was shawl and his waist was upright, and he was noble and graceful.

"Xiao Chuji, I don't know what the queen mother is, and I don't know what the emperor of the whole world is. I only know one thing, and that is that I am a courtier of the Chu State and the only emperor of the Chu State. ”

He lifted his feet to leave, but was stopped.

"Do you really want to draw a line with us? Aren't you afraid that we will shake out your true identity? ”

Xiao Yan was calm and calm, and his eyebrows were stretched and picturesque.

"Please."

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened the door and resolutely chose to leave.

Xiao Chuji was left alone in place, never daring to believe that this was the high-ranking imperial brother he once was.

Maybe...... More than a decade can really change a person.

Maybe he's no longer Xiao Haochi......

Su Yi complained: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Great Prince seems to have really changed......

"You don't need to say it, Lone knows it."

"So what do we do now......"

"Wait quietly, if the little emperor is unwilling to marry the princess of the new city, then we will take this opportunity to raise troops to the south and kill her by surprise!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Yan had already sent the city defense maps and frontier defense maps of all parts of the Chu State back to the Jin State, as long as he wanted to, the entire Chu State was in his pocket.

……

Ci'an Palace.

Since Gu Qingyun moved to this Ci'an Palace, it has become more and more deserted, and there are countless concubines who have come and gone in the past, and countless people who have gone out of the palace to guard the mausoleum have died due to rebellion.

But every day I can only stand under the corner of the porch and tease the birds, which is quite boring.

There was a person standing next to the vermilion gate of Ci'an Palace, who was full of elegant temperament, deep and introverted, and stood with his hands in his hands.

When Wanzhou saw Meng Tingchuan, he patted Gu Qingyun and pointed out the door, "Queen Mother, King Yong is here." ”

The bird teasing stick in Gu Qingyun's hand suddenly paused and looked at Meng Tingchuan.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered the past, many years ago, he had stood outside the door and waited quietly for her.

At that time, she was just the eldest lady of the Gu family, and he was His Royal Highness King Yong of the royal family.

Many years have passed, and the relationship between the two is very different, she is the queen mother of a country, and he is the respected old Yong King.

"Go and invite him in."

After that, Gu Qingyun let go and entered the palace.

The outer hall of Ci'an Palace is painted with pepper walls, and there are mahogany carved gold seats directly above, and a thick layer of Shu embroidery cushions are covered. The two sides of this phoenix chair are much simpler, the floor is covered with velvet blankets, the cloud top sandalwood is used as beams, and the ceiling is full of dazzling hanging carvings, which are extremely magnificent and majestic.

She sat firmly on the phoenix chair, with a dignified and noble posture, without losing the queen mother's phoenix.

Meng Tingchuan opened the tent and came in, the light of the sky crossed her eyelashes, and she left quietly.

He bowed and saluted: "Weichen see the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother bows to the Holy Mother." ”

"King Yong doesn't have to be polite."

"Empress Dowager Xie."

King Yong stood up straight and looked at her fixedly, with many feelings in his eyes, but he couldn't express it.

"Sit down."

"Yes."

He took off his robe and sat on the circle chair, always careful in his manners.

The eighteen jade beads in Gu Qingyun's hand moved slowly, it was clear that she was the mother who gave birth to a child, but her face was still as bright as a pearl.

"It's been more than a month since King Yong entered Beijing, why don't you come to visit the mourning family?" Her breath was calm and calm, and she didn't look like a teacher asking for guilt.

And Meng Tingchuan's words are also very alienated.

"Weichen was not summoned by the Queen Mother, so he didn't dare to break in easily, for fear of provoking the inner palace."

Gu Qingyun pondered for a while, "It's the same." If the mourners are not summoned, they will not dare to come. How are you doing in Yizhou all these years? ”

"Empress Dowager Lao is worried, everything is fine in Yizhou, this time I entered Beijing and Tang suddenly, many things have not been done thoroughly, and I may have to go back to Yizhou after a while."

"But you want to transfer your wife and concubine to Yujing?"

Meng Tingchuan's eyebrows condensed, and he stared at Gu Qingyun deeply, his eyes were full of affection and tenderness.

He said: "The Queen Mother is really wise and martial, and she can guess it." ”

"I see, the mourning family has never seen Princess Yong, you have time to bring her to meet the mourning family, so as to relieve the boredom of the mourning family in the palace."

"I respect the Queen Mother's will, but Niangniang, I know him...... It's also good, doesn't the Queen Mother want to meet? ”

Gu Qingyun was stunned when he heard this.

His words seemed to remind her of something.

But if you don't mention it, Gu Qingyun will almost forget the existence of this child.

A near-secret existence.

She helplessly pulled out a wry smile, "I saw the mourning family a while ago, and Zhiyan was born exactly like when you were young." ”

Meng Tingchuan looked at her sideways, his eyes were like a dark pool, bottomless.

"Yes, he is very similar to you......