Alleys come to live

Xie Lan sat at the table coldly, playing with the teacup, his eyes were not drooping and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The second prince sat opposite him, looking at him with an inquiring expression, he wanted to see something through his eyes, who knows that since he sat here, his expression has not changed in any way, like a puppet that does not move, what it looks like here, what it looks like after a few hours have passed.

Gradually, the second prince ran out of patience.

"King Dingbei, this is the grandson-in-law of the Chu family?" The second prince's words have inquiries and temptations.

Xie Lan glanced up at him slightly, and said in an impatient tone, "It should be that you want to be the grandson-in-law of the Chu family." But the young lady of the Tao family doesn't seem to be interested in you. ”

The second prince frowned, he was not blind, and naturally saw that Tao Yaoyao didn't like him, but what he wanted to do, who he wanted to get, when would it be the turn of others to point fingers?

Even Tao Yaoyao can't be the master of this matter, Xie Lan still wants to help her get ahead? It's just overwhelming.

"I heard that this prince is investigating the Xie family's corruption case back then." The second prince seemed to care about him, but in fact he was warning him.

After the Xie family's accident that year, many officials stood up to intercede for the Xie family, but they were all rejected by the emperor.

The second prince is now mentioning that the Xie family is warning King Dingbei that if he wants to keep this secret, it is best not to rob Tao Xiaoyao with him, otherwise, he will not mind telling this matter.

Xie Lan's eyes flashed with a touch of yin, and then he put down the teacup, and his good-looking fingers tapped the tabletop, and when the second prince was upset, he spit out two words.

"The Gao family."

The second prince's face changed greatly, and then he thought of something, stood up rubbly, and when he opened his mouth to scold, he turned his head to look around, and finally sat down again, and said with anger, "It turns out that the Gao family was investigated, and it was your handiwork." Xie Lan, I really underestimated you in the past. ”

"It's not too late for you to get to know this king again." Xie Lan took out a golden step shake and threw it in front of the second prince.

The second prince just felt that this Jin Bu shook was a little familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and he was wondering why Xie Lan took the woman's things and put them in front of him, when he heard him say, "Is it familiar?" I just don't know what Miss Gao will think when she sees this thing? ”

The doubts in the second prince's heart were suddenly answered at this moment.

Half a year ago, he asked people to customize a few golden steps, and then gave one of them to Miss Gao, and promised that when he sat in that position, he would let her be his crown princess.

The Gao family was also willing to support him because of this promise.

Now that something happened to the Gao family, he was worried that the people of the Gao family would say something, and now if the people of the Gao family know that this Jin Buyao is not unique, and he also gave the rest away, Lord Gao will definitely hold a grudge against him, and when the time comes, ......

Thinking of this possibility, the second prince looked at Xie Lan fiercely, "What do you want to do?" ”

"It should be that this king wants to ask the second prince what he wants to do. After all, it was the second prince who came to this king today. ”

The second prince was almost confused, "Don't look left about him, remember the words of this prince, don't fight Tao Yaoyao's idea, otherwise ......"

"It seems that you still haven't heard what this king meant." Xie Lan stood up unhappily, "This king doesn't like to talk to stupid people, when you have a brain, come to this king again." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left. The second prince wanted to say something, but Xie Lan didn't listen at all, so angry that he directly smashed the teacup in his hand.

Xie Lan, what are you arrogant about? An unfavored prince. By the time he got to that position, he would be the first to kill him.

"Master, do we want to stay here any longer?" The servant stepped forward and asked. The second prince turned his head and glared at him, "Everyone is gone, what is this prince doing here?" ”

After speaking, the second prince went downstairs in a huff.

Cold Palace

The queen mother was in a good mood today, and after lunch, she took the initiative to take the palace maid out for a walk, and when the two chatted, they talked about the killing of the third prince, and the queen mother didn't know what she thought, and suddenly yelled.

When the subordinates saw this, they were terrified.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Instead of answering, the queen shouted louder. When the maid ran out to find someone, the queen mother suddenly ran out of the cold palace like crazy, and then went straight to the direction of the imperial study.

Wang Meiren sent sweet soup to the emperor, and now the two were drinking sweet soup in the house, and the queen suddenly rushed to the door of the imperial study, and the guards were startled when they saw it.

But he stopped her at the last minute.

"Queen Mother, you can't go in without Your Majesty's will." Gonggong Liu was very respectful to the queen, but the palace lady was now delirious and couldn't listen to anyone's words at all.

She saw a gap in the middle of the guards, and rushed out while no one was paying attention.

When Wang Meiren and Your Majesty were you, you and me, a person suddenly rushed out of the hall, frightened Wang Meiren and screamed, and then hid in the emperor's arms.

The emperor was also taken aback, but he quickly came back to his senses, and when he saw clearly who was coming, he immediately changed his face.

"Why are you here?" The emperor was furious, "Who let you come out?" Someone came, arrested the guards who let the queen out of the cold palace without permission, and beat the fifty boards. ”

An ordinary man can kill him with fifty boards, even if he is a peerless master, if he goes down with fifty boards, he will have to lose half his life if he doesn't die.

It seems that the emperor is very angry about the fact that the queen mother went out of the cold palace without permission.

Gonggong Liu trembled and knelt aside.

"Your Majesty, what about my Lan'er. You sent him there. I want to see my Lan'er. This palace wants to see Lan'er. ”

Since the queen mother was locked up in the cold palace, after so many years, it was the first time that the emperor heard her say who she wanted to meet, and this person was still the person who killed the Xie family.

The emperor was surprised, and couldn't help but look at her twice, Wang Meiren saw this scene, and a touch of anger flashed in her eyes.

"Sister, if you want to see King Dingbei and talk to the palace people directly, why bother to make trouble on Your Majesty's side, people who don't know still think that Your Majesty will not let your mother and son reunite."

The emperor originally thought that the queen had lost a lot of weight and was not in good spirits, but when he heard Wang Meiren's words, he immediately changed his face.

Hmph, he almost got tricked by her again.

"Wang Meiren is right, if you want to see your son, let people find it, why do you have to make such a fuss." The emperor frowned, and at this time, the subordinates of the cold palace came over.

The palace maid cried and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was safe.

Then I heard His Majesty's punishment, and my heart that had just been put down was raised again.

"You didn't let me see Lan'er, you didn't let me see Lan'er. In your heart, everyone is more important than Lan'er, but you clearly said in the past that Lan'er is your favorite son. ”

"How can you change your mind, how can you not like Lan'er......"

The queen mother didn't remember anything, but she still remembered Her Majesty's promise, and at this moment she asked this sentence over and over again, a familiar voice, a familiar oath, and for a moment, Her Majesty seemed to see the Queen Mother who had just met.

Unexpectedly, after so many years in the blink of an eye, they have all changed.

"Your Majesty, you obviously didn't do anything, and that incident back then was also my sister's misunderstanding of Your Majesty, but why does my sister still say this about Your Majesty. The concubines are all wronged for His Majesty. ”

Wang Meiren hugged the emperor's arm, her eyes were red.

The emperor was pulled back to his thoughts by her words, and after seeing her red and swollen eyes, the strange feeling in his heart immediately dissipated, followed by distress and love.

"Why are you still stunned, hurry up and send the queen back to the cold palace, and drag the guards who are guarding today down to play the board. No one can tolerate it, or I will take your life. ”

The guards received orders and led the people away.

The palace maid came to help the queen, but she refused to leave anything, and was forced by the palace maid to be anxious, smashed the teacup, picked up the broken porcelain piece and put it against her neck.

"If you are coming, I will die for you."

"Queen Mother, don't be impulsive, if something happens to you, what should the prince do? Queen Mother, don't you love the prince the most? You don't want to see him sad, do you? ”

Speaking of her son, the strength in the queen's hand loosened a little.

The emperor was troubled by her, and when he saw that she refused to let go, he could only ask people to invite Xie Lan.

Xie Lan had just returned home, and after learning that the queen had an accident, he immediately took a carriage into the palace.

At this time, Jiu Qingzi also learned about the affairs in the palace, and after hesitating, he got up and patted the dust on his body, and walked out with a gloomy face. Tao Yaoyao saw this scene when he came out.

"Senpai are going out?" Tao Yaoyao thought he was going out shopping, ran forward, smiled and proposed, "Let's go together, I know a lot of delicious and fun places." ”

Jiu Qingzi originally wanted to explain, but what did she think of, and changed the topic, "What about the dragon and phoenix bracelet that King Dingbei gave you." ”

"What for?" Tao Yaoyao remembered what happened before and looked at him vigilantly.

Seeing this, Jiu Qingzi smiled bitterly, "Don't worry, the old man doesn't have the heart to make you happy now." ”

"You know you teased me before?" Tao Yaoyao asked his subordinates to take the brocade box over and stuffed it directly into Jiu Qingzi's hand. Jiuqingzi glanced at the brocade box and didn't speak.

After getting into the carriage, Tao Yaoyao opened the curtain and blew the cold wind, and for the first time felt that the winter wind was not so cold.

After walking for a while, the carriage turned into the avenue. Tao Yaoyao felt strange, but she didn't think much about it, until the carriage was getting farther and farther away from the hustle and bustle, and she gradually realized that something was wrong.

"Senior, where are we going?"

"Enter the palace."

What? Tao Yaoyao was so frightened that she almost fell off her seat, "Didn't you go shopping?" How to enter the palace. ”

The palace is not a good place, she has been there a few times before, and she has escaped death a few times. She'd been scared enough today, she didn't want to go through it again.

Jiu Qingzi looked at the palace wall that was gradually approaching, and said in a cold voice, "If you can, this is also a place where the old man doesn't want to go anymore, but today, I have to go." ”

Tao Yaoyao originally wanted to say that he could go alone, but when he saw him like this, he was suddenly embarrassed to open his mouth.

At this time, the carriage of the Dingbei Wangfu passed by, Tao Yaoyao saw the people in the carriage at a glance, he didn't seem to be in a high mood, leaning on the carriage, bowing his head slightly, as if he was contemplating, and he didn't even see them next to him.

Could it be that Jiuqingzi's predecessor was in such a hurry to enter the palace because of him?

Wait a minute, could it be that the emperor knew what they just did. The emperor warned him three or four times before not to have anything to do with her.

Today they ......

"Senior, do you know why the emperor dislikes the prince so much and what does it have to do with me?"

Jiu Qingzi was surprised for a moment, and then sneered, "The emperor doesn't look at you unpleasantly, but sees that King Dingbei is unpleasant, in his eyes, he is only afraid that Xie Lan will be lonely and old in this life is what he wants."

Moreover, he didn't want Xie Lan to sit in that position, and naturally he didn't want him to have a strong backer.

If he marries you, the Chu family will be his backing, and when the time comes, no matter who sits in that position, King Dingbei will be his threat, with His Majesty's partiality, do you think he will let such a thing happen? ”

I see.

"The prince is also his son." Tao Yaoyao stated the facts, "In the past, I thought that Tao Shi'an was already the most unqualified father in the world, but now when I see what the emperor did, I suddenly feel that Tao Shi'an is pleasing to the eye." ”

Sakuchiko agreed with him.

While speaking, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace. The two got out of the carriage one after the other, and at this time Xie Lan was about to enter the palace, when he saw them coming, he was surprised, and then turned around and walked forward.

Seeing this, Jiu Qingzi caught up with dissatisfaction, "You stinky boy, you won't wait for us when you see us." ”

"What are you doing here?" Xie Lan stopped, frowned, and said, "Could it be ......" Thinking of something, his face became more and more gloomy, "Uncle Huang, this matter is not something you can mix."

And her, she can't get involved in it. ”

Although Jiu Qingzi has not returned to Kyoto City for many years, it does not mean that he does not know about the affairs of Kyoto City, and today it seems that it is just the queen mother who escaped from the cold palace.

In fact, the meaning behind it is by no means simple. He was worried that if he didn't come, Xie Lan would be persecuted by those people again.

This kid obviously has such a good body, but his life is so bitter.

"As for her, she is naturally here to save people." Jiu Qingzi didn't say it carefully, but Xie Lan already understood the meaning of his words.

But he still disagreed, "Now, the second prince is eyeing her, and you still bring her over at this time, you ......"

"It's because the second prince is eyeing her that I want to bring him over, if I can take this opportunity to facilitate your affairs today, not only can I break the second prince's thoughts, but also let the people behind the scenes mess up, and the truth you want may surface by itself."

Tao Yaoyao stood aside and listened to how they calculated her.

She watched the palace fight drama before, and the people in it calculated that the people were carrying that person behind their backs, why were they so open-minded, she was embarrassed to get angry.

This is not the place to speak, though.

The guards next to him had already looked over here several times in just a few moments.

So Tao Yaoyao stepped forward and reminded, "If there is anything, let's talk about it when we go in." After saying that, he gave them a look. After the two met, they turned around and walked forward.

Xie Lan turned his head to look at her, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed, "Are you stupid?" Knowing that Uncle Huang had bad intentions, he still came with him? Didn't you say you wanted your life the most? ”