I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

"Brother Zhou was too aggressive today!"

Li Sulin followed behind Zhou Linsu and called him over, pointing to the bright moon in the sky and saying, "You are like the moon and I am like the stars. Brother Zhou, have you ever seen the stars shine as brightly as the moon?"

"Why not?" Zhou Linsu turned around and said, "Brother Li, have you never seen the dark moon hanging low?"

"If my heart is like a star, I will naturally try my best to shine, why should I care about anything else?"

"Brother Zhou, be careful with your words!" Another student pulled Zhou Linsu's arm and said, "This is the imperial palace, Brother Zhou shouldn't say such things!"

Zhou Linsu patted his shoulder and walked past him and continued, "You and I are determined to serve the country and the people, so we must be loyal ministers and advisers, just like Master Wei in the past who spoke frankly and courageously!"

"If Your Majesty cannot even listen to two or three frank words, how can you be called a wise ruler?"

"Brother Zhou!" Li Sulin quickly stepped forward and covered his mouth. Several students looked around and slowly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was no one around.

"Brother Li, what are you doing?" Zhou Linsu pressed down the hand that was covering his body and asked unhappily, "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"That's right, that's right!" Li Sulin replied subconsciously: "Brother Zhou is drunk, let's go back quickly!"

Before Zhou Linsu could say anything else, he was dragged back by several people. After they dispersed with a noisy sound, a figure walked out from behind the rockery, looked at the direction they left and frowned.

"It's been a great pleasure! It's really a great pleasure!" Xiao Heng was in high spirits and was still drinking happily after the others had left. He was usually very careful with his words and actions in the court, and it had been many years since he had expressed his feelings so freely.

When Xiao Xizi walked in, his cheeks were flushed and he looked drunk. Xiao Xizi hurried forward to support him and handed him the wine jug when he let go.

Xiao Heng staggered to his feet and was about to drink another glass when he found that the wine jug was gone. He reached out to find it but was held down by Xiao Xizi: "Your Majesty, it's getting late and you should rest. You have an early court tomorrow."

"I'm in a good mood today!" Xiao Heng took the tea brought by the palace maid, drank a cup and slowly sobered up, "Xiao Xizi, do you know how to play chess?"

"I am stupid and I don't think I could do such a thing." Xiao Xizi said with a smile.

"Li Peidong is a very good chess player. Didn't he teach you?" Xiao Heng didn't believe it and asked the palace servants to bring a chessboard. "Come, play with me."

"Yes!" Xiao Xizi hesitated for a moment and finally sat down opposite Xiao Heng. He said that he didn't know how to do it and he was not lying. Li Peidong had indeed never taught him formally, but he had learned some basic rules.

In the past, Xiao Heng often asked Li Peidong to play chess with him, and Xiao Xizi could learn a little while serving him, so there was nothing wrong with just playing along.

Xiao Heng played the black pieces first, and Xiao Xizi followed closely with the white pieces. The room became quiet for a moment, with only the sound of chess pieces falling on the board lingering in the ears of the two.

Xiao Xizi looked at him, and seeing that Xiao Heng was concentrating on this, he didn't know how to start the conversation for a moment.

He was the one who had just hidden behind the rockery. Naturally, he had also heard the "lofty ambitions" of Zhou Linsu and others. Some of their words could be regarded as deceiving the emperor, but that man was the top scholar that Xiao Heng had his eyes on, and Xiao Xizi was undecided for a while.

"It's your turn. What are you thinking about?" Xiao Heng won all the games. Xiao Xizi was not good at chess to begin with and he was in a restless mood so he had no time to study chess. Therefore, the outcome was clear after just a few moves.

Xiao Xizi came back to his senses and took a look at the chessboard. Seeing that there was no way to save the situation, he simply put down the chess piece and said, "Your Majesty, I have already lost."

Xiao Heng threw the chess piece back in boredom, "Your chess skills are really not that good, learn more from Li Peidong."

"Yes, I will go and ask Eunuch Li for advice right away." Xiao Xizi responded and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, you should rest."

"Yeah." Xiao Heng nodded. After his interest faded, he felt tired. Alcohol makes people sleepy, and it was very late at night, so Xiao Heng fell asleep soon after he lay down.

Now that a big issue on his mind had been resolved, Xiao Heng felt much more relaxed and his sleep quality improved a lot. On the other hand, Xiao Xizi suffered from insomnia and kept thinking about that matter in his mind. It was not until dawn that he realized that he had not slept all night.

The candles in Linglong Palace also burned all night. After dinner, Su Minglang dismissed the two people first. When the room was empty, a silence that was almost deafening came over her. She sat alone in front of the window, and the cold wind slightly blew her long hair.

Li Zhao told himself a story, a story that was completely different from all the rumors.

The Emperor Gaozu in the story was not a foolish man, nor was he very fond of the woman named Yaniang. Just like his descendants, he always put his own interests above all else.

The story of Li Zhao begins when Emperor Gaozu was not yet the emperor. The girl named Yaniang was no ordinary woman either. She was a princess of the previous dynasty and the first wife of Emperor Gaozu. In other words, Emperor Gaozu was once the son-in-law of the previous dynasty.

This is a secret that has never been recorded in historical documents, at least it is not the truth that the royal family wants future generations to see.

Emperor Gaozu and Yaniang had known each other since childhood. When Yaniang grew up, she was devoted to him and repeatedly requested the emperor to marry her to Emperor Gaozu. The emperor was afraid of Gaozu's family background, but was troubled by his deep love for his daughter, so he had no choice but to issue an edict to grant the marriage.

Gaozu used his status as the son-in-law of the emperor to stay away from the court to reassure the emperor, while he was recruiting soldiers in private. At that time, the previous dynasty had been through war for a long time and the people were living in poverty. At the same time, rebellions broke out everywhere. With internal and external troubles and the emperor being at ease, no one noticed that a force was awakening in the dark.

Emperor Gaozu gained the world on horseback. When he rose up in rebellion, everyone around him responded. The battle ended quickly. It was not until the final moment of forcing the emperor to abdicate that Yaniang realized that her husband was the culprit who destroyed the country.

But at that time Yaniang was already pregnant. She wanted to die with the child, but was saved by Emperor Gaozu, who was unaware of the situation. He did this not because of their marital relationship, but simply because he needed a reputation for being kind.

After all, although the world was in chaos, his throne was not obtained legitimately, and he urgently needed an opportunity to comfort the people. His wife, an orphan of the previous dynasty, was the best means for him to appease the court officials.

He imprisoned Yaniang in the palace but never visited her, and he had no idea when the child was born.

In the end, Yaniang died of depression, and was never able to break free from the constraints of her own world.

Perhaps she never believed until the moment of her death that her husband, her childhood sweetheart, would be the culprit who caused the destruction of her family.

Or maybe she had already understood it, but was just deceiving herself and didn't want to believe it.