Zhao Pu's expression was a little surprised.

“…… Do you remember this? He looked at Fang Linyuan.

Seeing that Fang Linyuan was also slightly stunned, he didn't seem to expect that he had really guessed correctly.

Then, his eyebrows and eyes curled into laughter.

"I have a good memory." He jumped off the couch and stepped forward curiously. "But why did you stay here in your clothes all this time ago?"

I saw Zhao Pu's eyes stop on the dress, lowered his eyes for a moment, and took it out of it.

Winter clothes are usually warm colors such as red, orange and yellow, so as to teach people to look warm in the cold days covered with snow and ice.

But this jacket skirt is indeed a clear blue color, and it looks sluggish in summer, let alone in the cold winter when the snow is all over.

Its stitches are also rough.

The cotton stored in the skirt is very thin, and it is not the light silk cotton commonly used in the palace. The heavy kapok skirt will always be heavy and heavy in such a palace, and it will not be warm.

The corners of it were also sewn with rough cotton threads, and the occasional cotton wool was sewn with another strand of blue silk thread.

Zhao Pu held the jacket and skirt, and after a pause in her gaze, she said, "This is the last old thing left to me by my mother." ”

At this point, he remembered something, and chuckled softly: "Her needlework has never been very good. ”

"This is made by the first queen's mother?" Fang Linyuan's eyes widened slightly in surprise, he reached out to touch it carefully, and then hesitantly retracted his hand.

Zhao Pu handed him the skirt directly.

"Hmm." He said. "She knew that I would be short of charcoal and clothing in the winter, so she dismantled her winter coat and sewed one for me."

Fang Linyuan's hand on his skirt paused slightly.

He looked up at Zhao Pu, and saw that Zhao Pu's eyebrows were slightly drooping, and although the corners of his mouth were raised upward, he could vaguely see that his expression was slightly condensed, as if he was enduring something.

Fang Linyuan's palm happened to touch a trace of sewing on the skirt.

It was a scratched tear, and the marks on the ground were messy, and it looked like it had been cut by a tree branch.

Such damage has always been difficult to repair, and it just so happens that the child who wanted to repair it back then has not yet learned this amazing needlework.

The stitches on the top are very fine and careful, but in the end there is only an ugly trace like an entrenched centipede.

This jacket is still no longer worn.

Fang Linyuan roughly and vaguely understood what Zhao Pu was enduring something.

The cause and effect of Empress Dou's deposition back then are not considered for the time being, but it seems that His Majesty does not like women who can dance swords.

People are born with their own likes and dislikes and trade-offs, which is natural and reasonable.

But there are many ways to get high or low, so that once you live in a way that is disgusted by a high-ranking king, it will bring untold suffering, just like the original sin.

But how innocent they are.

Fang Linyuan didn't say anything for a while, but saw Zhao Pu laugh lightly, reached out and took the jacket in his hand, and said, "It's okay, did it scare you?" ”

His voice was soft, and his tone softened a little, sounding a little pretentious.

Fang Linyuan blurted out almost immediately.

"Let's take it home." He said.

Zhao Xuan suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him.

saw Fang Linyuan holding the blue jacket with both hands, turned his head, and looked at him as well.

“…… What? Zhao Xuan didn't seem to understand, and when he turned his head, a pair of eyes looked straight into Fang Linyuan's eyes.

Fang Linyuan's hand holding the jacket skirt tightened slightly in the dark.

It's just a piece of clothing, and it doesn't really make a difference where you put it. The attendants in the palace who take care of the belongings are very careful, even if it is eight years or ten years, they will not let it decay and decay.

But he knew very well that he didn't want to leave them here.

He couldn't even tell who he was by "they".

Maybe it was the mother's weak but firm intention to protect the child, or maybe it was the silent but deep mother-son love between the two of them, or maybe it was Zhao Pu back then.

The thinly dressed Zhao Pu who walked through the ice and snow back then, the Zhao Pu who stubbornly and silently sewed this dress under the lonely light at night, or rather, the current Zhao Pu who is quiet and forbearing, covering his scars with indifference.

He hugged the dress and looked at Zhao Pu, with an indescribable firmness in his eyes.

"It's so cold and humid in here." He said. "Take it away."

——

It is not difficult to bring a piece of clothing out of the palace.

That night, Marquis Anping caught a cold in Princess Huining's bedroom, found a robe to put on, and said goodbye to the princess and left the palace first.

And An Pinghou, who was in the carriage, smiled slyly and took out the blue jacket from under the robe he was wearing and folded it properly.

"I'll just say, right? It's just a matter of bringing something out, it's very easy. As if offering a treasure, he held the robe in front of Zhao Pu and shook it proudly.

Zhao Pu could see the caution in his movements.

His hand holding his robe was very careful, and the eyes that looked at him were also very careful.

It was as if he and the dress were really precious and fragile objects.

Zhao Puhe had been seen with such eyes, so that there was some confusion and helplessness in his heart because he felt unworthy.

It's as if he really put on a beautiful skin and lured away an ignorant deer.

He looked at Fang Linyuan, and for a moment, after repeated hesitation and hesitation, he raised his hand and gently touched the top of his hair.

"I'm fine." He said. "It was a long time ago."

He should have been disguised at this point.

Compassion has always been the best to use, and the weak and pitiful appearance is also the easiest to win the sympathy of others, so as to guide him and tempt him.

But Zhao Pu said the most plain and gentle sentence at this time.

He simply wanted to comfort Fang Linyuan.

However, he saw Fang Linyuan's dark eyes looking at him seriously, and he didn't change anything because of his words.

After a moment, he saw Fang Linyuan say this: "You are really a very strong person. ”

Fang Linyuan really thought so.

But seeing that Zhao Xuan was slightly stunned, he laughed, and his eyebrows, which had always been cold and showy, so that he seemed a little mean, actually softened down at this time.

"Nope." He said. "I'm still not reconciled."

He was not polite at all about his evaluation, but this undisguised straightforwardness inexplicably showed a kind of softness.

He really took out the deepest dark side of himself to show Fang Linyuan, but when that deep haze came out of his heart, it was just a scarred piece of soft flesh under the armor.

"She's not supposed to be the hand that should hold the needle and thread, and she's not supposed to make clothes for anyone." He heard Zhao Pu say this.

Fang Linyuan knew that he was talking about his queen mother.

He watched Zhao Xuan lower his eyes and look at the dress.

"There's nothing she shouldn't do." Fang Linyuan blurted out.

Seeing Zhao Pu raise his eyes to look at him, he pinched the hand resting on his lap, and didn't resist the impulse, and reached out and pressed it on Zhao Pu's wrist.

"She's a great person, she can read, she can use a sword, but she will love you too." Fang Linyuan said. "There's nothing she shouldn't do...... It just shouldn't be like this. ”

Zhao Pu opened his mouth, looking at him with a pair of eyes, looking a little stunned, but he showed a little pity in his stunnedness.

"However, the past cannot be changed, and there will still be thousands of people like her in the future." Fang Linyuan said.

"If you can be in that position in the future, so that they can live as the mother wants, then this is still her greatness and her glory."

——

That day, after saying this, Fang Linyuan almost jumped up in the car.

What is he saying! He, he, he...... How could he say such a rebellious thing!

What's next...... What kind of position, how did he dare to put the beak throne unconsciously!

He hurriedly covered his mouth and looked at Zhao Pu in horror.

Zhao Pu laughed instead.

His laughter was low, with the original clarity of his voice, which looked particularly nice when he swung around the carriage.

"Don't worry." As he spoke, his hand rubbed the top of Fang Linyuan's head again. "I'll keep it a secret for you, and I won't say anything about it."

Fang Linyuan heard that Zhao Pu was joking with him, but he had palpitations, for fear that he really had some disobedience.

…… I'm afraid that Zhao Pu brought him badly.

He looked at Zhao Pu's fox-like smile again, and quietly scolded in his heart, and moved his head to the side.

He couldn't let the big fox touch him anymore.

——

On the second day, the news came from the palace that Saihan had been canonized as a concubine.

According to Emperor Hongyou's promise, she was canonized as Concubine Yu and given Yaotai Palace to live. The Turkic envoys stayed in Beijing temporarily, and it is said that His Majesty invited them to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival half a month later, and then it was not too late to set off for the north.

This is indeed the usual etiquette of the two countries.

The foreign envoy who stayed in Beijing was to fulfill the gift of the lord's family, leading the other party to visit the local scenery while being hospitable, and also showing the strength and majesty of the dynasty. The second is that when the new concubine enters the palace, she needs to let the foreign envoys see His Majesty's favor and preferential treatment, so that they can see the sincerity of Daxuan and his relatives.

As a result, the grand occasion of the guests of honor in Beijing, Fang Linyuan, Zhu Song and other generals who presided over the defense of the capital were also waiting for them, and they did not dare to have a penny

Lax.

Until a few days later.

These days, Emperor Hongyou has some beauty in his arms and is full of happiness.

He has indeed always liked the supple and well-behaved Jiangnan women, but when the women stay in the palace for a long time, they will always get heavier and heavier, not to mention the loss of cuteness, and they will always find him some headaches.

Over the years, he has become more and more tired of the supple woman.

But this princess from the Turks is like a bright morning sun, teaching people's eyes to shine.

Ostentatious, glamorous, wanton, but simple, like a newborn calf, rampage, but not hurting people.

He stayed in Saihan's palace for three or five days in a row, and he showed a rare favor when he was always wet with rain and dew.

But the Turkic envoys have not yet left Beijing, Saihan is responsible for the peace and stability of the two countries, and the women in the palace dare not say anything.

After a few days, Emperor Hongyou felt a few years younger.

He was already tired of fighting wits and courage in the court. For him, the women of the harem should be like this, like parrots with beautiful feathers, who can speak human words but do not look for trouble, relaxing and happy.

So on this day, the weather was fine, and after the court affairs were suspended, he took the queen and Saihan to the imperial garden in the Qujiang Pond to escape the heat.

Several ministers and Turkic envoys from Honglu Temple were accompanied by the column, accompanying Emperor Hongyou to drink tea in front of the Jiuqu Corridor Lake in the Imperial Garden.

The queen was ingenious, and set up a stage by the lake, and led the musicians of the teaching department to sing Kunqu opera by the lake. Wu Nong's soft language is like the affectionate and gentle spring water in the south of the Yangtze River, the hot wind gusts in the summer, and the willows are still clinging, which is the most suitable for the wind and drizzle.

The envoys of the Turks also listened with relish.

They didn't understand the lyrics of the play, but Du Liniang, who was delicate on stage, was amazingly beautiful.

They watched it with relish, and they also ate most of the melons and fruits in the ice book at hand, and they were happy, and they would also praise Emperor Hongyou: "His Majesty the Emperor's capital is really like a heavenly fairy world, let us come and don't want to leave!" ”

Emperor Hongyou liked to hear such words the most, and when he heard this, he laughed loudly, and turned his head to look at Saihan beside him.

"Then stay a little longer." He said.

"Yes." Queen Jiang next to her also said with a smile. "When Crown Prince Timur came last time, he was in a hurry due to complicated affairs, and he didn't have time to have more fun in Shangjing."

"Your Majesty is right." Saihan laughed beside him, but he didn't even give the queen a pair of eyes. "Next time, if my brother has the opportunity to come to Beijing again, he will be punished for living for a month."

The queen's face was not very good-looking, but Emperor Hongyou and the courtiers did not see the trick, and they all laughed when they heard her delicate words.

At this moment, a red-clothed eunuch hurriedly came to the lake, and after hurriedly saluting Emperor Hongyou, he bowed forward and stopped beside him.

He whispered something to Emperor Hongyou, and Emperor Hongyou's face changed, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

The envoys next to him looked at him curiously.

Seeing that Emperor Hongyou smiled, he got up and said: "The court suddenly has some important matters to deal with, queen, you accompany the envoys to listen to the play." The later "Palace of Eternal Life" is also good, and I will come back to dine with you later when I hear it later. ”

The queen immediately stood up, and after answering, she saluted and sent away Emperor Hongyou with Saihan and others.

She frowned slightly, looking at Emperor Hongyou's back with some concern.

She was very good at one-lip speech, and when she glanced at it, the eunuch looked frightened, and what he said seemed to be Chongzhou.

Her gaze stopped on Emperor Hongyou's back, and then she heard Saihan beside her ask, "Queen Mother, what are you looking at?" ”

The queen paused, immediately turned around and smiled at her.

"Nothing." She said. "Didn't Concubine Yu always want to hear the story of Emperor Yang and Concubine Ming? Since Your Majesty is busy, why don't you change the play first and listen to "The Palace of Eternal Life" directly? ”

"It's all good."

Saihan didn't ask for an answer, and his face immediately showed disappointment. She glanced at the queen and sat back down on the couch in a state of interest.

——

Sure enough, something happened in Chongzhou.

The eunuch hurriedly came to report that the army that had gone to Chongzhou to suppress the bandits had returned, and not only had they suffered heavy losses, but even the main general Fan Yushu was seriously injured and was sent back to the capital to get out of danger.

But for the next three or five months, I am afraid that I will have to recuperate on the sickbed.

"You've done a good job!" In the main hall of the Imperial Garden, Emperor Hongyou was furious.

"But just a few mountain bandits, can't it be that I want to drive the expedition in person!"

The deputy general on Fan Yushu's side who came to meet the saint was also injured, and at this moment his arm was wrapped into a stick in snow white, and he took a cloth towel around his neck.

He was so frightened that he trembled like chaff, trembling all over, and knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

"The subordinates are incompetent!" As soon as Emperor Hongyou was angry, he immediately kowtowed to the ground. "The ministers and others went all the way north, and the bandits were still smooth, but when they arrived in Ningbei County, there were more than 100 mountain bandits entrenched in the Chongzhou Mountains, occupying natural dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack. We waited for a few strong attacks, but ......"

"But what?"

"But these bandits don't seem to be very human. They are very proficient in the art of war, and they ...... every time"

Emperor Hongyou interrupted him angrily.

"Bandits aren't ordinary people anymore? Why, the soldiers and horses raised by my food and salary are not even as good as the bandits in the mountains! ”

"Your Majesty's anger, Your Majesty's anger!" The lieutenant was so frightened that he kowtowed.

Emperor Hongyou's chest rose and fell violently.

A group of bandits is not a trouble, the trouble is that the Turkic envoys have not yet left Beijing, and the soldiers and horses of Daxuan cannot even deal with a hundred bandits, and they must not let the envoys know.

Otherwise, where should his face be placed? Isn't the majesty of the Great Xuan gone in their eyes?

He glared at the lieutenant general.

If it weren't for the Turkic envoys here, these generals who had returned with a feather should have all been executed.

But the immediate priority is not to deal with them.

Emperor Hongyou stared at him for a long time, and let out a long breath.

"For the sake of your many years of being stationed in the capital and working hard, I will forgive you once." He said.

"But only once, and not again."

"Yes! Thank you for your kindness, long live your majesty! ”

Emperor Hongyou waved his hand, and immediately an attendant stepped forward, picked up the deputy general, and took him away from the main hall.

Emperor Hongyou raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, and Huang Wei, who was waiting on the side, quietly stepped forward and put down a cup of tea in his hand.

I saw Emperor Hongyou speak.

"Send someone to the Sixteenth Garrison." He said with a frown.

"Summoning Fang Linyuan to see me."

——

Fang Linyuan was summoned from the Sixteenth Garrison Division to Qujiangchi Imperial Garden, and met Emperor Hongyou in the main hall of the Imperial Garden.

Emperor Hongyou waved his hand with a sad face, and Huang Wei, the chamberlain on his side, immediately stepped forward and praised the battle situation in Chongzhou to Fang Linyuan.

"Aiqing, the Turkic envoy will return to the Turks from Chongzhou in ten days, the situation is urgent, if there is no Aiqing, I really don't know what to do."

Fang Linyuan took the battle report, and saw that the mountain bandits in Ningbei County occupied the natural danger, and hundreds of bandits were injured, eight people were killed, and the main general was seriously injured.

"Your Majesty means ......"

"The defenders of the capital still have 2,000 men and horses to deploy, I have sent someone into the palace to get the talisman, Aiqing received the order today, and he can set off after he is fully equipped." Emperor Hongyou said.

——

Fang Linyuan took the holy decree and left the Imperial Garden.

As soon as he came out of Qujiang Pond, he saw a wounded soldier dressed in a general's uniform waiting in front of his horse. Seeing him coming, the general hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Fang Linyuan.

"General Fang!" The man said. "General, I am General Fan's subordinate, General Fan said, if you receive the emperor's order to replace him, I will definitely meet you and bring you a message."

Fang Linyuan nodded.

"I was about to ask you." Fang Linyuan brought the battle report in front of this person, pointed it, and said. "Did you make sure there was nothing wrong with this battle report? Defeated and returned, only to know that eight people had died? ”

"That's right!" The general was busy.

"That's exactly what is suspicious! By the time we arrived in Ningbei County, we had wiped out seven or eight bandits, but none of them were as well-trained as the bandits in Ningbei County. They got the news early, they refused to defend the cottage, and every time they only defended, only a few times to attack......"

The deputy general looked at Fang Linyuan in embarrassment.

"It's all taken directly from General Fan. After seriously injuring General Fan, we had no master general to sit in the town, so they died down and never came out again. ”

Fang Linyuan furrowed his eyebrows slightly: "So, is their purpose just to drive away the officers and soldiers who are suppressing the bandits?" ”

"Look at this, it is!" The lieutenant said.

"But things are unusual, these words...... His subordinates never dared to tell His Majesty. ”

Fang Linyuan nodded when he heard this, and said thank you.

"There are already people in the barracks who are ordering troops for the general!"

Seeing him turn around to lead the horse, the lieutenant hurriedly stepped forward.

"Why don't you go to a nearby restaurant and have a meal before leaving? After the afternoon, you can start directly. ”

Fang Linyuan shook his head: "I still have important matters, so I won't bother." ”

"If there is anything, the subordinates can do it for the general!" The lieutenant said hurriedly and courteously.

His dog-legged flattery is exactly the same as his boss's.

But seeing Fang Linyuan on the horse, he turned his head, looked at him, and said with a slight smile.

"I'm going back to say goodbye to my wife." He said.

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