Since Xiao Qingyu ascended the throne, it is the first time that he has gone out of the palace to pray for blessings in such a way, and it is the first time to go out for a spring outing. The royal family and the eunuchs and palace maids who were fortunate enough to accompany them were all happy, and their smiling faces were always on their faces.

Xiao Qingyu, who used to like to smile the most, didn't smile at the moment, his expression was solemn, although he was not grief-stricken and angry, but he also showed a trace of sentimentality all the time.

Dragging this body that had been sucked by the ecstasy gem and barely had much essence left, he was stubbornly trying to survive, and every moment of his time in this world seemed to be under violent torture. The most difficult thing for him to accept was not his physical weakness, but his physical stiffness.

Over time, the side effects of the nine-tailed fox heart began to show. Four years ago, when he went to take care of Ye Ningxiang, who had suffered an accidental head injury, he fell to the ground due to uncontrolled legs. Since then, he has fallen more and more like this, at first his legs were stiff and uncontrollable, but now he is unable to control his hands, and he has to rely on crutches to stand firmly.

"Your Majesty, the way to Anyou Temple is still very far, you can rest in the car with peace of mind, if there is anything, Ning Xiang will help you deal with it. ”

Xiao Qingyu's body is declining day by day, Ye Ningxiang understands, but she doesn't understand why this person who was originally flexible in limbs and strong in martial arts has become such a situation where it is a little difficult to walk today, and naturally she also forgot all about Xiao Qingyu sacrificing her life to save her and taking the pill refined by the nine-tailed fox heart.

Xiao Qingyu didn't speak, just struggled to show a light smile, slowly closed his eyes, and leaned on the beams to rest. But Ye Ningxiang's hands were not idle, constantly massaging Xiao Qingyu's arms and legs, it seemed to outsiders that Xiao Qingyu had a very high status in Ye Ningxiang's heart, and Ye Ningxiang always loved Xiao Qingyu wholeheartedly.

At first, she was not used to showing concern to Xiao Qingyu in this way, but due to the supervision of so many pairs of eyes and her ambition to seize power, Ye Ningxiang had to do this often, and over time, she also got used to this lingering and seemingly somewhat fleshy approach. And she regarded massaging Xiao Qingyu as a task completely.

Xiao Qingyu is not a devout Buddhist, since he ascended the throne, he has only been to Anyou Temple once when Yingye Ningxiang returned to the palace, and he has never been there. This time, the abbot of Anyou Temple heard that Xiao Qingyu was going to bring a large group of people from the royal family, and he had already begun to prepare for the arrangement, so he wanted to leave a good impression on the emperor and exchange it for more vigorous incense.

Xiao Qingyu and Ye Ningxiang, a large group of people, arrived at Anyou Temple in the evening. After the meal carefully prepared by the host, Xiao Qingyu went back to the meditation room in the temple early to rest. Ye Ningxiang is much busier than Xiao Qingyu, not only to settle down with the eunuchs and palace maids who came over, but also to always pay attention to the safety of her son Cheng Xuan.

"Sister, it's really hard for you today, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid our team would be messed up!"

It was obviously a compliment to Ye Ningxiang's work ability, but when Ye Ninglu said it, the taste changed. Because when she said this, not only did her tone be yin and yang, but she also kept looking at Feng Guan, who was as expensive as Ye Ningxiang as the queen, but was so low-key that she almost had no sense of existence.

Ye Ninglu's intention was very clear, it was nothing more than to mention Ye Ningxiang, the queen of Da Rui, was not only her Ye Ningxiang, but also Queen Feng, who had a higher status in her mother's family. Therefore, the affairs of this harem should not be completely decided by Ye Ningxiang at all.

"Doing things for the emperor, doing things for Da Rui, this palace has never felt hard, and this palace has also done many times in the past to kill the enemy, these trivial things are not worth mentioning at all. ”

After that, Ye Ningxiang glanced at Ye Ninglu with cold eyes, and the cold in her eyes made Ye Ninglu instantly have goosebumps. Ye Ninglu didn't get any good fruit, clenched her fists hatefully, and went back to her room without saying anything respectful to Feng Guan.

On the second day, Xiao Qingyu entered the main hall of Anyou Temple in a dragon robe with the support of Ye Ningxiang, and then knelt down to the big Buddha in front of him with the sound of the wooden fish struck by the monks. The entourage behind him also knelt down to worship the Buddha statue.

Ye Ningxiang didn't seem to have much experience of worshipping Buddha before, although she had lived here for a while, but whenever the monks of Anyou Temple worshiped Buddha and chanted, she always closed the door of the room, and she didn't know the etiquette of worshipping at all, and she didn't know anything about this Buddha. However, you are the most noble woman in Da Rui, even if she doesn't know anything, she must not write ignorance on her face. Ye Ningxiang pretended to look serious, but her eyes kept glancing at Xiao Qingyu, imitating Xiao Qingyu's movements to bow down like she had never done before.

It wasn't until a crisp bell rang behind them that Ye Ningxiang breathed a sigh of relief, this damn Buddha visit was finally over.

It was the first time for Cheng Xuan and Cheng Yong to follow Xiao Qingyu out of the palace to play, and the two brothers were so excited all the way that they had a strong curiosity about everything that came into view. No, Cheng Yong didn't know where to find a dark and big night pearl with luminous glow, and proudly showed off to Cheng Xuan.

"Brother Yong, where did you get these beads?

"Hehe, it was Mama Qing who found it and gave it to me, and Mama Qing also said that there is a small river not far from Anyou Temple, and the pearl of the night was found from there. ”

"Brother Yong, take me quickly, I also want to find one, so that the two of us can make a pair and give it to my father, my father must be very happy, in that case, my father's illness will be cured!"

In a meditation room, Ye Ninglu clenched her hands, and her forehead was still soaked in sweat, as if she was very nervous.

"Niangniang don't worry, although this time it is the second prince as bait, but the prime minister's people will never do anything that will put the second prince in danger. On the contrary, the eldest prince will definitely have no return. ”

Xia Qingqing, who was disguised as Mama Aqing, showed a wicked smile and a look of victory in sight. Because Xiao Qingyu decided to come to Anyou Temple to pray for blessings, Prime Minister Feng Jingzhi was planning one thing, a major event that was enough to shock the government and the opposition, and this matter could already be guaranteed after sufficient preparation.

"I just hope that there will be no trouble in this, otherwise you, me, and even the Prime Minister will lose their lives. ”

Not far from Anyou Temple, there is a small river in the mountain wilderness, although the water is clear, but the water is fast, pouring down from the top of the mountain, and finally merging into the famous Qinglan River in Darui.

At the foot of the mountain, beside the river, there were two such people. The man was holding a long knife in his hand, dressed in the official uniform of the imperial guard, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and there seemed to be some untiring knot in his heart. The woman was richly dressed and had a good look, but she seemed to have tears on her face.

These two people are none other than Gao Fei and Feng Guan.

"Brother Gao, you like me, don't you? Take me away, let's go to a place where no one knows us, and only live our own lives, okay?"

Feng Wan said while pulling Gao Fei's sleeve, and said with a pitiful appearance, which made people can't bear to look at him directly.

Feng ...... Empress Feng, I'm ...... Never...... I liked you, and I won't ...... Take you away, sorry. ”

Gao Fei broke free of Feng Guan's arm, his face was pale, there were tears in the corners of his eyes, and his words were choked, almost unable to speak.

"You liar, you have taken care of me everywhere over the years, loved me, and let me still have hope of living in the deep palace, how can you not have me in your heart?"

"Taking care of you is the order of the child, I ...... It's just that...... Obey orders, besides, Childe has a life-saving grace for me, and I will never betray Childe. ”

Gao Fei pays the most attention to kindness, when Xiao Qingyu rescued him from his dying, he swore that he would be loyal to Xiao Qingyu for the rest of his life, even if he wanted to do something hurtful for Xiao Qingyu. Naturally, no matter how much he liked the woman in front of him in his heart, even if he imagined in his heart ten thousand times that she was his wife, he would not take Feng Wan to betray Xiao Qingyu.

A desperate scream from not far away interrupted the conversation between Gao Fei and Feng Guan. Although the voice was high-pitched, it was not difficult to distinguish that it was a childish child's voice.

The sound came from the mountainside, and Gao Fei and Feng Wan searched for the sound and found a little boy of three or four years old curled up on the ground and crying.

"Little doll, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as Gao Fei asked, the little boy who curled up on the ground and buried his head in his knees slowly raised his head with his trembling body, tears still pouring out of his eyes.

Seeing that this child was actually the second prince Cheng Yong, Gao Fei was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said respectfully: "Second prince, what happened here?"

"Big ...... In order to find the pearl of the night, the eldest brother dropped ...... Fell into the river. ”

It was not easy for Cheng Yong, who was less than four years old, to be able to describe things clearly, how could he know that Cheng Xuan's drowning would be a pre-set situation.

Xia Qingqing first gave Cheng Yong a superb and beautiful night pearl, so that the two children would be interested in this thing, with the curiosity of the children and the excitement of leaving the palace for the first time, they would definitely go to find the whereabouts of the night pearl according to the address provided by Xia Qingqing.

As early as a day ago, all the rocks on both sides of the river had been sprinkled with pine oil by Feng Jingzhi's men, although they looked the same as before on the surface, but in fact they were very slippery.

Feng Jingzhi's people had been hiding in the mountains and forests not far away, watching the two children's every move. If it was Cheng Xuan who fell into the river first, they would have been hiding in the dark and would not make a move, and if it was Cheng Yong who fell into the river first, then they would rush up and push Cheng Xuan down the river as soon as possible.

Of course, Ye Ninglu didn't know about this, she thought that she and the prime minister both wanted Cheng Xuan to die, but she didn't know that the prime minister never cared about the life or death of her son Cheng Yong from beginning to end.

After all, having followed Xiao Qingyu for so many years, Gao Fei can be regarded as having seen wind and waves, and when he heard such bad news, he was only shocked for a moment, and soon he regained his composure, first letting Feng Yun take Cheng Yong, who was already too frightened to walk, back to Anyou Temple, while he himself jumped directly into the turbulent river in an attempt to find Cheng Xuan's traces.

In a secluded room in the drunken dream and death building, Mu Bai, who was meditating, suddenly turned pale, and his heart ached as if it had exploded. It felt like the feeling of his father when he was dying many years ago, like a kind of induction between relatives.

Soon, the pain disappeared, but it was as if something was missing in his body, empty and uncomfortable. Then he took off his mask in a rare way, and fell to his knees in disappointment, tears rolling down from time to time in his eyes that looked into the distance.

Because he already felt that his most important relative in this world was no longer alive.