Li Chengan, who was in the way, was stupid.

This...... Isn't this a place for officials from the DPRK and China to keep their outer rooms? How did you become Princess Huining?

Princess Huining's outer room??

He looked back at Fang Linyuan on the horse in surprise, and for a while, the wind and rain in his head suddenly changed, and he even thought of the possibility of the fifth princess raising the children of the outer room for the general.

But the general only returned to the capital last year! The child in the woman's arms counts, and she will be called dad at that time!

Fang Linyuan on the horse was also stupid.

Zhao Pu's ...... Private homes?

Fang Linyuan knew very well that no matter how bold this woman was, she would never dare to use the royal people to coax the officers and soldiers. Once this matter reaches the heavens and dares to lie to the sky, the nine clans of her family will all suffer.

As long as she dares to say it, then this matter must be true.

How could it be!

Fang Linyuan only felt that his head was about to burn.

If this is really Zhao Pu's outer room, how old is Zhao Pu now? What's more, his current identity is still a princess, walking on thin ice, so he won't take such a risk to raise a child, right?

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like what Zhao Pu did.

Li Cheng'an under the horse was completely dumbfounded, and his eyes almost fell off.

What is the general hesitating, what is he in a daze! The woman raised by his own wife in the house, doesn't he recognize it himself!

He jerked Fang Linyuan's reins.

The fire was dragged and snorted unhappily. Li Chengan hurriedly reached out and touched it, touching its horse's head while looking up at Fang Linyuan.

Give the order! Your wife's house, check it or not?

I saw Fang Linyuan raise his hand and press his eyebrows.

But he really didn't dare to assert who this person was, and he was in a dilemma for a while, and he really didn't dare to act rashly.

He was silent for a moment, and said to Li Chengan: "I don't know the truth yet, so I will go to the Anping Marquis Mansion first and inform the princess." ”

"Yes!" Li Chengan immediately turned around and sent two sixteen guards to the Anping Marquis Mansion.

And Fang Linyuan stopped in front of the door, and couldn't help but turn his head away again and glanced towards the courtyard.

The woman hiding in the room was still eavesdropping by the window, which was not closed tightly, and half of the child's head happened to be exposed through the crack.

It's weird.

If this is really Zhao Pu's child, what should he call him?

——

No. 15 Chunlai Lane, this place, Zhao Pu remembers very clearly.

It was in the cold palace, and there was a dead silence all around, except for the flames in front of him, licking the codex and making a crackling sound.

His mother's codex records Dou Huairen's movements. No. 15 Chunlai Lane, he will definitely go there two or three times a month.

He sold the golden hairpin in exchange for a Dongchang fanzi, found Chunlai Lane, and saw Shen Yingniang, the outer room of Dou Huairen, who was raised there and was pregnant with Liujia.

This became the hole card in Zhao Pu's hand that turned things around.

At that time, Emperor Hongyou only cared about celebrating the birthday of the Nine Emperor Princes, and had just issued a holy decree ordering him to keep filial piety for three years. This was undoubtedly abandoning him, and within a few days, even the few eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting in his palace were gone.

That day, he disguised himself as a palace maid and got out of the imperial city.

Dou Huairen saw him outside the back alley of his mansion, and was so frightened that he seemed to have bumped into a ghost, and pushed him away: "What are you doing here, why don't you go back to the palace soon?" ”

"I saw Shen Yingniang." At that time, Zhao Pu only said expressionlessly.

Dou Huairen was so frightened that his facial features were distorted.

Zhao Pu knew how much Dou Huairen was afraid of his wife.

He married His Majesty's sister-in-law and Princess Jia, when his father was in a position of power and power.

But his qualifications are mediocre, his father can show off his power as the prime minister's son in fashion, and when his father dies, he is unknown, and he relies on the care of his protégé left by his father.

Princess Hejia has disliked his incompetence for many years.

"What are you going to do! Huining, don't think that if your mother is gone, you can be bold and reckless! Dou Huairen was so anxious that he didn't forget to lower his voice.

The big back alley was silent, but he seemed to be afraid that someone would hear it.

Zhao Pu had a sneering smile on his face.

"When you conspired with my queen mother to take the throne, didn't you know what it meant to be bold?" He asked.

Dou Huairen was almost frightened by him and fainted.

He stared at Zhao Xuan for a long time, and he was trembling all over: "What are you going to do?" You don't have proof. ”

"I have proof." Zhao Pu said.

"You ......"

"But that's not what I'm asking you about today."

"What the hell do you want?"

He gritted his teeth, grimacing in fear. He didn't realize that suddenly, his appearance at this time overlapped with Dou Chengxiang when he received Empress Dou's secret letter a few years ago.

The years go round and round, as if they have returned to the same place.

"I know that the queen mother promised to establish Yongqian as the new emperor." Zhao Pu said.

Yongqian is the eldest son of Dou Huairen and was born to Princess Hejia. Over the years, except for the outer room he secretly raised, he didn't even have a connecting room, let alone other concubines.

"How are you doing?" Dou Huairen asked.

"But Yongqian is getting older, and he is with Uncle Jia, and when he really sits on the throne, I am afraid that you will not be allowed to hold the power." Zhao Pu only looked at him quietly.

Dou Huairen glared at him, waiting for his next step.

Seeing that Zhao Pu's expression was calm, his tone was calm, and the words he said made Dou Huairen's eyes widen.

"So, what if it's the one in Shen Yingniang's womb who ascends the throne, uncle, would you like to make another deal with me?"

——

To some extent, Dou Huairen is very similar to Emperor Hongyou.

They all naively felt that a woman with her mother's side should not be gullible, but if she was a weak and obedient commoner, she could be at their mercy.

So, under coercion and temptation, Dou Huairen's dream of the emperor was ignited by Zhao Pu again.

He only thinks that he has taken a big advantage, and his sister's daughter inherits her ambitions, but she is also a woman who can't do anything, no matter how big her ambition is, she can only put her mother's family on the throne.

As a coercion, Zhao Pu also transferred Dou Huairen's property to his own name.

Dou Huairen was a fool, but he naively thought that Zhao Pu's move was helping him deceive Princess Hejia, so that the meeting at Queqiao three times in January was directly changed to five times.

Zhao Pu didn't bother to care about his □□ with the outer room, except for the time when he took the land deed, he never went to Chunlai Lane.

This time, it's the second time.

Zhao Pu in the carriage looked gloomy, and the hand that was clasped on his knee was holding a silk handkerchief, and the soft fabric had been creased by him.

Dou Huairen, that idiot, has been chaotic in the past few days, he has already delivered a letter to advise, but he still wants to go to the troubled waters, and was grabbed by someone and participated in a book.

That's it, but he didn't expect him to take care of the outer room earlier, and swagger with Zhao Pu's name in a grand manner.

In fact, this has no effect on Zhao Pu.

Even if this matter is revealed, it can be regarded as a moment of confusion for him, hiding the affairs of the outer room for his relatives, which is harmless. As for Dou Huairen's dream of being the emperor, his power has been hollowed out by Zhao Xuan over the years, and he has a lot of handles in Zhao Pu's hands, and he can't escape if he wants to.

But......

went to inquire, how could it be Fang Linyuan?

These bad things were nothing to Zhao Pu, but when he thought that Fang Linyuan was on the spot, he was so anxious for some reason.

The sound of the wheels of the carriage running over the brick floor filled his ears, and what kept pouring out like a spring in his heart was all the speculations that Fang Linyuan might have about him.

What does he think Shen Yingniang has to do with him?

Thinking of the eyes that were always shining when Lin Yuan talked to him these days, Zhao Xuan did not hesitate to open the curtain of the car and said to the coachman: "Hurry up." ”

The first time he made such a request, the coachman was so relieved that he hurriedly raised his whip and urged the horse to run.

The brick floor in Beijing was not flat, and the carriage was immediately a little bumpy. Zhao Pu clasped one hand on the pillow, and the curtain on the window was lifted by the wind, revealing his shocking but cold eyes.

He knew that clean light was always fragile.

So it is with a clean soul, and so it is with a clean and fiery gaze at a person.

It will be easily polluted, it will be dimmed, and after the misunderstanding, it will not be what it used to be, and it will never see the same bright light again.

Zhao Pu's hand on the pillow tightened unconsciously.

He was afraid to see Fang Linyuan's suspicious eyes, he didn't want to see Fang Linyuan looking at him, examining him, and handing him a look of "So you are this kind of person".

Even if you are born a lowly demon, you need to accept such a punishment after committing a mistake.

The carriage drove quickly across Wing Cheong Street.

Many days have passed since the turmoil on the night of the Flower Dynasty, and Rongchang Street is once again prosperous. At this time, the lights are on, and people come and go on the street. A few sixteen guards rode by, and the candy sellers warmly beckoned them to take two.

The carriage slowed down and turned into Chunlai Alley.

At this time, there are already sixteen guards in Chunlai Alley, and the surrounding residents have closed the courtyard gates, leaving only a few tall horses parked in front of the door of No. 15.

The carriage slowly came to a halt there.

The curtain opened, and when he saw that it was him, the surrounding guards saluted him with knives.

And Fang Linyuan, who was on the horse, was also stunned, and immediately turned over and dismounted, and rushed to the front of the car.

Zhao Pu didn't have anyone

Guan, a pair of eyes only looked at Fang Linyuan.

"The people here ......"

He was even a little confused, and as soon as Fang Linyuan stopped in front of him, he didn't wait to get out of the car, and quickly opened his mouth.

But when he saw Fang Linyuan under the car raise his head, he actually stretched out his hand first, an action to help him get out of the car.

"Why are you here in person?" I saw Fang Linyuan ask. "What's the situation, you can just send silk to them to say."

Zhao Pu paused slightly.

He looked at Fang Linyuan, and just as Fang Linyuan raised his head, he looked into Fang Linyuan's eyes without hindrance.

It is still a pair of dark deer-like eyes, with two points of concern for honor and disgrace in them, but they are still shining, and half of the light in them has not been lost.

There was no scrutiny, no scrutiny, no doubt or questioning.

At this moment, Zhao Pu clearly discovered one thing.

The conjecture that he had been anxious and irritable all the way did not happen at all.

Because......

Fang Linyuan didn't seem to care who the people in the courtyard were him.

The sun hanging high above the clouds is still shining brightly.

It is neither polluted by dust whisked in the air, nor disturbed by the gloom huddled in a corner.

He should have been happy, but he found that he was that filthy, but insignificant piece of dust.

——

On the title deed taken out of the courtyard, Zhao Pu's name was on it, not Dou Huairen on the file. And the woman is from Yangzhou, she was originally an official prostitute, she was ransomed a few years ago, got rid of her lowly status, and is now a good citizen registered in the official office.

The house and people have nothing to do with Dou Huairen, so naturally the case was closed.

As for who the children in that courtyard are, no one cares.

After all, it is not unusual for Her Royal Highness the princess to take in an orphan and widow. Seeing that Princess Huining came to deal with the matter in person, and An Pinghou was present, no one raised any objections to the mother and son.

Fang Linyuan also wrote down the details of the case file and handed it to Li Chengan.

"You take it to the garrison, and I'll pick it up tomorrow morning." Fang Linyuan said.

Now that the carriage is here and it's time to close the team, he doesn't have to run the garrison again, so it's better to go home early today.

Li Chengan was also sensible, and immediately took the case file, and sent Fang Linyuan and Zhao Pu's carriage out of the alley with the sixteen guards.

Fang Linyuan stretched hard in the carriage.

This whole day was short and fragmented, and his energy was really exhausted. He needed to go back to the house for a good meal, take a hot bath, and sleep on it.

But he didn't pay attention to Zhao Pu, who was sitting next to him, looking at him with a pair of fox-like peach blossom eyes, and he didn't take his eyes off for a long time.

Fang Linyuan, who had stretched his waist, suddenly bumped into those eyes, startling him.

"What's wrong?" He asked busily.

"Do you know who is in that yard?" I saw Zhao Pu ask him.

Zhao Pu's question made Fang Linyuan stunned.

Who else could it be? Zhao Pu's mind is so deep, eighty percent may be some important informant, and half of them may be the family members who take care of it. As for the remaining half of the ......

That was the romantic mistake that Zhao Pu committed back then, and he was tempted by emotion and soft-hearted, and hid the golden house of their mother and son.

Thinking of Zhao Pu's cold and demonic heart, Fang Linyuan almost laughed.

How is it possible, the deep palace is heavy, if Zhao Pu started to have such a prodigal mind at the age of fourteen or fifteen, he would not be able to grow into the thousand-year-old fox who has broken off his love.

He cleared his throat and joked with Zhao Pu with a teasing expression: "What, could it really be your outer room?" ”

saw Zhao Xuan's eyebrows sank, and he looked at him without saying a word.

After a moment, he heard Zhao Pu ask, "What if it is?" ”

There was no joy or anger in his voice, and Fang Linyuan didn't notice anything unusual at all.

"If that's the case, then you have to raise it yourself, don't go to the public account of the Hou Mansion." He replied with a smile.

But before he saw Zhao Pu's already complicated gaze, he became more and more cold: "You don't care? ”

Fang Linyuan was puzzled: "What do you care about?" ”

Zhao Pu didn't speak.

Does it care that someone outside him has a child?

Fang Linyuan sneered.

"Why are you worried about this?" He said. "I'm not that stingy person. What's more, you're a big man, and you're not really my wife. ”

He thought he was an extremely open-minded and talkative person, but when he saw Zhao Pu turn his eyes away, look out the window, and ignore him.

Only Fang Linyuan was left with a snow-white slender neck and a jade bun.

"Why did you ask your father to marry me at that time?" After a long time, he heard Zhao Pu ask.

Fang Linyuan was stunned for a moment, his eyes blinking and blinking.

…… Yes? Why did you suddenly talk about this?

Zhao Pu's question caught him off guard.

This...... It's too awkward for the two of them to sit together and discuss who and why to marry, right?

But Zhao Pu didn't seem to have the slightest intention of diverting the topic, as if he had to put this knife on his neck today.

After a moment, Fang Linyuan smiled awkwardly and softened: "It's okay if I don't joke with you." ”

Zhao Pu stopped talking again.

"That's not my outer room." After a while, Fang Linyuan heard Zhao Pu say this again.

"Uh-huh." He nodded again and again, actively picking up the stubble, and waited for Zhao Pu's next step.

He thought that according to the usual situation, Zhao Pu was going to tell him some secrets about the DPRK and China, and he immediately listened to him.

Unexpectedly, after Zhao Pu's words, there was a long silence, and there was no follow-up.

So are those two really outrooms? Whose outer chamber is it?

Fang Linyuan was so anxious that he seemed to be scratched by a cat, but when he looked at Zhao Pu, he saw that his back was silent, and there was no expression on his face.

…… Forget it, let's ask when he's in a better mood.

Fang Linyuan said in his heart.

——

Zhao Pu knew from a very young age that whether there was friendship between husband and wife could be seen from many clues.

For example, the Qing concubine Su who has been favored in the palace for many years can not sleep all night because Emperor Hongyou is staying elsewhere. And his queen mother would only light the lantern at night, study all night with a roll of soldiers, and forget to sleep and eat.

She doesn't care about Emperor Hongyou, so naturally she doesn't care where he stays or who he conceives a child with.

After Zhao Pu returned to Huaiyu Pavilion, he quietly sat down in front of the dressing table. Juan Su came in and served a cup of tea, and when he saw that he looked indifferent, he didn't dare to disturb, and closed the door and retreated.

The last bit of afterglow outside the window passed through the peach branches that were about to fall, and fell mottled on the mirror, which just reflected his face clearly.

The slender and soft willow eyebrows and the delicate and gorgeous lip grease soften his sharp eyebrow bones and high nose bridge into a bright scene. Under the long eyelashes are a pair of cold eyes, which must be modified with rouge every day to hide the last inch of sharp curvature.

The jewels in his hair reflected the warm yellow sunlight, and the hairpin rings on his sideburns fluttered gently with the wind blowing in outside the window.

The two strands of hair that fell from the sideburns also fluttered.

It is indeed the appearance of a woman, which he has carefully disguised and carved over the years.

He looked at himself in the mirror and didn't know what he cared about.

Fang Linyuan didn't doubt him, this was a good thing, and it was also a good thing that he could interact with him as a man on an equal footing.

But he didn't know why, as if he subconsciously hoped that Fang Linyuan would be unhappy.

How can you not be happy? As if he were his own possession, the displeasure born of the desire for exclusivity?

But this was what he hated the most.

He had always hated the man's coveted gaze, but now he was wondering why Fang Linyuan didn't look at him like that. He has always hated others for treating him as a random woman, but when Fang Linyuan regarded him as a normal man......

I don't know why, I just feel a little aggrieved.

It's not really his wife.

Zhao Pu's heart repeatedly rotated Fang Linyuan's words, as if he had gone around into a poor alley. At this moment, he sat down slightly, but what appeared in front of him was still Fang Linyuan's smiling appearance.

He didn't care, because he was a man.

Zhao Pu looked at the mirror, raised his hand, and slowly wiped the bright red on his lips.

The lip grease left a few smudged finger marks on his face, revealing his thin, sharp lip shape.

This is his original appearance, not the princess that Fang Linyuan was full of enthusiasm to marry back home that day.

What if he is a man? He is indeed Fang Linyuan's wife now, why doesn't Fang Linyuan care?

Just because he's a man?

But people's hearts should never change like this, thinking that when he was a woman, he was full of love to marry him, but now that he knows that he is not, he does not even admit the marriage he begged.

Unless, what Fang Linyuan always wanted was the shell he imagined.

Zhao Pu looked at the mirror, and the lips of the person in the mirror were chaotic red, as if he had just drunk the flesh and blood.

In a moment, he picked up the lipstick on the table, looked it in the mirror, and traced it back on.

If only he loved this shell.

But as soon as the red color fell on the corner of Zhao Pu's lips, before the whole lip could be dyed red, Zhao Pu's hand stopped in place.

The lip grease fell heavily back on the table, and the small locket of carved gold and treasures rolled over and fell to Zhao Pu's feet.

He's clearly a man.

Besides, Fang Linyuan doesn't seem to love this body now. ：，，.