Father and son have no flesh and blood affection, and there is a gap because of power.

Before, the eldest princess said that when he was a child, he hoped that the emperor would hurt him, and if he couldn't ask for it, he would become cold and ruthless.

Cui Jiao inevitably sighed, the emperor has too many children, a total of seventeen sons, three princesses, and people don't cherish anything too much, not to mention, the emperor also has a problem with him because of Fu Yan's biological mother.

When she entered the door, she hung her head and followed the queen, who walked to the father and son and stopped, and she also stopped, and without waiting for the emperor to speak, she bowed on her knees.

As soon as the queen came, the emperor's eyes didn't have time to put on her, so he withdrew his hand in embarrassment, looking at the queen's half-lukewarm demeanor, knowing that what she had just said was heard by her, which was nothing, but he was not in a hurry to seek justice for the eldest mother, but taught his son a lesson.

It's embarrassing.

The emperor coughed, "The queen is not accompanying the eldest lady in Penglai Palace, why did she come over?" ”

The palace maid moved to the table and asked the queen to sit down, and the queen's voice was straight, "Your Majesty ordered someone to come to my palace to summon Cui Jiao to interrogate, I naturally don't feel at ease, now that the matter has come to light, Your Majesty doesn't hurry up and issue an order to let them leave, what else do you want to ask?" ”

The tone of the gun with a stick, the emperor listened very uncomfortable, he didn't like to talk to the queen the most, it was really not speculative more than half a sentence, in fact, when he first married the queen more than ten years ago, he also had a few days with her, but she really didn't have the tactfulness and suppleness that a woman should have, the two were often angry because of some trivial things, and later because he and Wang Guifei hid from her secretly Chen Cang, she found out, and the two quarreled a few times, and they were completely separated.

It is true that he and the concubine are a little sorry for her, but he is the emperor, it is normal for the harem to have three thousand beauties, she should have been generous as a queen, but she has been a competent queen over the years, the prince was taught by her to be able to write and martial arts, and the harem was also well organized, and he never fought with him because of other concubines in the harem.

Thinking so, the emperor was a lot more tolerant of the empress, and said, "San Lang said that Zheng's child broke the law, so I want to ask this palm book to ask." ”

The queen seemed to be smiling, "Your Majesty is confused, Zheng Xiaorao is an adulterous person who is Wu Niang, Cui Jiao is a palace official of the East Palace, what can she know, the person Your Majesty should ask is Wu Niang." ”

Cui Jiao held back her laughter, the queen was so powerful, it was clear that the emperor wanted to protect the fifth princess and use her as a scapegoat, but the queen didn't accept the invitation at all, and she didn't give him face directly.

The emperor's face was ugly, "What are you talking about, Wu Niang was bewitched by that Zheng Xiaorao, so she made a mistake." ”

"Your Majesty also knows that Wu Niang has made a mistake," the queen said.

The emperor choked, and then said, "Wu Niang will punish her for making a mistake and apologize to the eldest mother, does the queen still hold on to a child?" ”

"After the New Year, Wu Niang is going to be in time, if Your Majesty thinks she is a child, have you ever thought about what Huinu and San Lang are like at her age?" The queen asked rhetorically.

The beard on the emperor's lips moved, and he couldn't come out.

The queen said on his behalf, "When Huinu had just turned fourteen years old, the Tibetan envoy asked for a princess for their Zanpu, and His Majesty told me that Huinu was already old, she was a princess, and she should take on a heavy responsibility, and if it were not for the opposition of the ministers of the court and China, Huinu should have been married to Tibet at the age of fourteen." ”

She paused and continued, "San Lang has entered the court at the age of twelve to listen to the government, His Majesty said that he is pampered, he does not know the suffering of the people, and he is placed in the water department under the Ministry of Industry, San Lang was fourteen years old when it was a waterlogged summer, Leyou Yuan, His Majesty took the beauty to climb high to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and the Yellow Canal under the Leyou Original, San Lang led people to dredge the river blocked by the flood, and was almost washed away by the flood, and afterwards His Majesty said that it was San Lang's business, if he couldn't even dredge the river, he was not worthy of being the prince of the beam. ”

The emperor was bored, he wanted to refute it for a while but couldn't, he wanted to attack but couldn't.

Cui Jiao looked at Fu Yan slightly, he seemed to be settled, his eyelashes were half drooping, his face was expressionless, the queen was here, he should know the current affairs and leave, so as not to let the emperor attack him again, but he just didn't move.

Cui Jiao thought of her own family, she had made a mistake before, Brother begged for mercy for her and Aye, and gave her a look to hide away, but she didn't leave, because she was afraid that Aya would beat her brother.

So now Fu Yan is afraid that the emperor and the queen will quarrel, and will have adverse actions against the queen?

Cui Jiao thought distractedly, maybe Fu Yan didn't seem alienated and cold-hearted on the surface, the queen was not his own mother, the eldest princess and he were not born to the same mother, he still cared about it.

This man should be extremely affectionate.

Although it is difficult to serve, as long as you are good to him and let him care, you will not worry about the future.

She was right!

"Your Majesty wants to protect Wu Niang, I don't care, but please don't chill the hearts of other children," the queen finally said.

She had finished what she had to say, bowed back to the emperor, and walked away on her own.

Cui Jiao didn't dare to go with her, so she was in a hurry.

Fu Yan also got up and retreated, glancing at her, the meaning was obvious, she didn't leave yet, she came out after him.

The two of them walked in the palace gate one after the other, the palace maid led the lamp and stopped in front of the door, Cui Jiao took the palace lamp and asked her to go back.

It's late at night, the palace road is deep and tortuous, Cui Jiao is behind Fu Yan's side, the night in July is still very hot, this is near the water, you can vaguely see fireflies fluttering in the corner of the fluorescent light, she looked up at the sky, the first quarter moon is bright, starry, it is a beautiful night.

She quietly reached over, her thin, soft fingers gripping his hand hanging at her side.

Cui Jiao was ready to be thrown away by Fu Yan, but the hand was only stiff for a moment, and she didn't see it repulsively shaken away, she looked up at the person, and his side face didn't seem to be so pale and indifferent in the light.

She led him through the street.

Cui Jiao didn't look at him again, her eyes looked at the fireflies in the distance, and thought inappropriately, after the summer, there will be fewer of these fireflies, and when there are more now, catch some to play, wouldn't it be more interesting than the noisy crickets.

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After the next morning, the emperor issued a decree, the eldest concubine Zheng Xiaorao had a loss of personal morality, and acted as a concubine in vain, and ordered the eldest princess and the eldest concubine Zheng Xiaorao to immediately reconcile and leave, and stripped him of his post as a young eunuch of the Shaofu and served his sentence according to the law.

After all, the emperor did not make her and Zheng Xiaorao's private meeting public, but so many people knew about it last night, and no one said anything on the surface, and secretly the rumors that the fifth princess and her eldest sister grabbed the big horse spread everywhere, and there were even a lot of rumors about the five princesses.

The fifth princess Fu Zhenhua is almost at the age of Jilu, and she can't say that the emperor will have to choose a concubine for her next year.

Although the emperor protected the five princesses, he also knew that if he wanted to let Penglai Hall pass in this matter, he had to teach the five princesses some lessons, so he punished the five princesses to be grounded for three months, and specially selected Fu Mu to let her learn the rules, and her Tang Muyi also changed from a rich Gaoyang County to a barren Nanping County.

The fifth princess wanted to make trouble, but was stopped by Wang Guifei, this matter belongs to her, and making trouble again will only make the emperor unhappy, it is best to calm things down now, and when the emperor is angry, when she finds a suitable opportunity, let her fourth brother come forward to intercede with the East Palace, and then she can be released.

The fifth princess had to listen to Wang Guifei's words, stay in the palace and be honestly grounded.

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The queen and the eldest princess didn't care about Cui Jiao, and on the night of Qixi Festival, Cui Jiao followed Fu Yan back to the East Palace directly.

After returning to the East Palace, she did her palm book step by step, originally thought that Fu Yan would not ask her to accompany her at night, after the evening eclipse, the heat of the day became cooler, and the female historians under the corridor gathered around her to listen to her say what she saw in the palace.

Cui Jiao said some Qionglou Yuyu in Daming Palace, and the female historians listened to it tastelessly, this Taiji Palace also has Qionglou Yuyu, nothing new.

Cui Jiao saw that they didn't like these, so she said that she saw fireflies in Daming Palace, fireflies are the most common in summer, except for Nanxing, the other two female histories are about the same age as Cui Jiao, they are both fun-loving personalities, and when they talk about fireflies, they all want to catch a few to play.

A few female historians suggested going to the West Pond Courtyard, where there was a pond with the most fireflies at the water's edge.

Cui Jiao led a few people into the West Pond Courtyard, the north side is the big pond, the moonlight shines on the water surface in the summer night, and there are many fireflies in the reeds at the water's edge that are shining and flying in it.

Cui Jiao asked them to put out the lanterns, and a few people walked to the reeds with their hands and feet, took a fan to fight the fireflies, and pounced on one and put it into the sachet at hand.

Cui Jiao had a narrow mind and asked them with a smile, "Do you know the origin of this firefly?" ”

The female historians shook their heads and urged her with a curious expression.

Cui Jiao said, "Listen to my Aya say, after a person dies, his soul will turn into fireflies and haunt at night. ”

They are all small little ladies, and when they heard her say this in the middle of the night, they were all scared, and Mu Xiang accidentally stepped on the dead branches on the ground, and she startled herself and screamed suddenly.

The other people also screamed, Cui Jiao originally said it to scare them, but they screamed, which scared her too, and the sachet in her hand was almost not steady.

"Who's making the noise?"

It was the voice of the family order, Cui Jiao and the others hurriedly silenced it, looked in the direction of speaking, and saw the family order standing in front of the courtyard door with a lamp, and Fu Yan was still standing next to him, staring at them with a gloomy face.

It's even more terrifying than a rakshasa ghost.

Cui Jiao pinched the sweat in her palms, looked back at the female historians, they all shrunk their shoulders like wilted partridges, she bred up her courage, took the female historians forward, and saluted, "The concubine brought them over to catch fireflies, and accidentally disturbed His Royal Highness, the concubine is ......."

Fu Yan glanced at the sachet in her hand, and then walked towards the Chongwen Palace.

The family order gave her a look and asked her to come along.

Cui Jiao asked the female historians to go back to the corridor room first, and she chased after Fu Yan herself, and she didn't dare to ask more, so she went to the front of the Chongwen Hall and saw that he had turned into the side hall, and he should have gone to bathe.

Cui Jiao secretly asked the family order, "Your Highness won't be angry with your concubine, right?" ”

The family order is old, seeing that a little lady like Cui Jiao cares so much about Fu Yan's mood, she feels very coquettish, and replied to her, "How could His Royal Highness be angry with Cui Zhangshu, I just came out of the Eagle Eagle Courtyard and happened to hear you playing, so I came to take a look." ”

The Eagle Eagle Courtyard happened to be close to the West Pond Courtyard, no wonder he could hear that there were some birds in that place, which were fierce birds that could be hunted, and it would not be any hunting to go there so late.

Fu Yan came out of the side hall with a body of water vapor and went around the Huangzhai, Cui Jiao didn't need to be reminded by the family order, so she hurriedly followed.

Fu Yan sat in front of the bookcase and looked at those government affairs, there were several booklets piled up next to him, Cui Jiao was already surprised, and when he finished reading government affairs, he still had to flip through the booklets, this is the homework left by the three teachers and three young teachers who taught Fu Yan, he had to do it overnight, and then ask these gentlemen.

Cui Jiao really admired him at this time, the injuries on his body are healed now, he just returned to Chang'an before, and he was so seriously injured, and he didn't rest early at night, what should he do.

Every night in the middle of the night, add new lamp oil.

Cui Jiao patiently watched the lamp oil drain little by little, she still held the sachet with fireflies in her hand, and when the prince finished reading the official document, the oil lamp was about to go out, so she replaced the oil lamp and hung the sachet on the pen holder, and the faint fluorescent light could also be used as light.

Fu Yan turned his face, "Lazy? ”

He wasn't angry, Cui Jiao was no longer afraid of him, and said softly, "In the past, when Brother Ah studied at night, when it was summer, the concubine would catch fireflies and fill the oil lamp. ”

Fu Yan tugged at the corners of her mouth, "Didn't you tell your female history that these are ghosts?" ”

Cui Jiao said, "That's nonsense to scare them." ”

Fu Yan put down the booklet, turned his face to meet her eyes, and said, "Have you ever talked nonsense to Gu?" ”