Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Qingping waited outside the house for a while, the snow drifted silently to the steps in the long night, she leaned against the wall, wisps of white air drifted from her mouth and nose.She looked at the flying snow all over the sky for an unknown amount of time, and moved her hands and feet a little, only to realize that her limbs were numb from the cold, as if they were no longer her own.

There was a little fire in the study, which seemed to be full of warm temptation.But Qingping would rather stay outside and be with the ice and snow than go in.

Tianshu said softly: "Master Li, why should people have trouble with themselves, don't you think so?"

Qingping's face was frozen stiff, hearing the words, he just wanted to laugh mockingly, but he couldn't do it, so he could only say expressionlessly: "Is that so, this is the way of being an official? I'm sorry I can't learn it."

Tianshu leaned against her side with his sword in his arms, tilted his head and said, "What is Master Li asking for? Why can't I understand? A high-ranking official has a rich salary, a high house and a deep courtyard, no matter how bad you are, there are still beauties and wine, and what is Master Li asking for?" What is there to be unhappy about?"

Qingping glanced at her, and said slowly: "Yeah, I also don't understand, what is there to be unwilling about?"

Tianshu leaned over, the two of them were very close, she smiled and said: "Lord Li reads a lot, you should know that this person is rarely confused, and sometimes he has to be confused when he should be confused, otherwise all the tricks will be tricky." The twists and turns can make you suffer enough."

"Reminiscing about bitterness and thinking about sweetness, there is nothing wrong with eating more bitterness." Qingping said, "Some people like to eat bitterness. Turnips and vegetables have their own preferences, don't they?"

Tianshu was so choked by her that he couldn't speak, and said coldly for a moment: "Then I wish Mr. Li his wish come true."

Qing Ping politely cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, sir."

The door opened with a creak, and Zhang Wei appeared beside the door, his eyes were red, and he looked up at Qingping.

His expression was as usual, his eyes were determined, as if he was sinking, like a moth to a flame, and he had to fight with all his strength.Qing Ping wanted to say something, but seeing his expression, he knew that no matter what she said, Zhang Wei would never listen again.

He bowed slightly, without saying a word.

Chu Jun's voice came from the room: "Take this gentleman back."

After a pause, he said again: "You come in."

Although she didn't mention her name, Tianshu has already spontaneously led Zhang Wei forward, Qingping looked at Zhang Wei, he turned sideways, and said softly: "My lord, take care."

These words sounded like farewell, Qingping's heart sank, and just about to catch up to ask to understand, Chu Jun in the room said: "What are you still doing?"

She had no choice but to reluctantly enter the study, stood by the door and saluted: "Your Majesty."

Chu Jun played with a pen, didn't look up when she came in, and said, "Zhang Yizhen took it away, and the people in your house will take care of it."

Qing Ping said: "There is no shortage of internal affairs officers in the palace, Your Majesty, there is also no shortage of people in charge of affairs in the mansion in the backyard of the ministers."

After finishing speaking, she went to see Chu Jun, Chu Jun put the pen back on the shelf with a playful face, and said, "That's right, since that's the case, I'll send you another person in charge, how about it?"

Just now the anger on her face seemed to be just Qingping's hallucination, Qingping weighed it for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, this is not so good, Zhang Wei is the fiancé of the minister, this..."

With a slap, a pen fell in front of her, Chu Jun stood up slowly, and said, "You want to ask where he went?"

Qingping broke out in cold sweat behind her back, and her hands and feet felt numb just now, she forced a smile and said: "He is my fiancé, so naturally I should care about it."

Chu Jun walked in front of her, as if admiring all the struggles on her face, she pinched her chin, and looked at her face carefully.Qingping couldn't bear her strength.Just don't overdo it.

Chu Jun didn't think it was disobedient, and patted her shoulder with his hand, just smiled and said: "The friendship is very strong?"

Although she was smiling, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes. With the candlelight in the room behind her back, her ink-like eyes seemed to be a dark and bottomless abyss. Her facial features appeared extremely aggressive in the shadows. After a while, Qingping's heart tightened, not knowing how to answer.

"Don't say this in the future, you know?" Her tone was surprisingly gentle, and she touched Qingping's forehead with her hand, as intimacy as before.

But there was no trace of tenderness in her eyes, Qingping was half-embraced by her, his shoulders shrank, he glanced at her eyes from the side, and said indifferently: "I don't understand what your majesty is talking about."

Chu Jun looked at her for a moment, then let go. In an instant, she seemed to have become a high-ranking emperor again, wearing a gentle but incomparably distant mask, and said softly, "Think about it, huh?"

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, Qingping breathed a sigh of relief, but Chu Jun suddenly turned around and pressed her against the wall behind her.

Qingping was caught off guard and let out a muffled grunt. She was pressed tightly against the wall, his back pressed against the wall, and then she clasped his jaw, pried open his teeth, and his lips and tongue were invaded unsuspectingly.

This kiss was menacing, extraordinarily fierce and rough, she could almost taste a trace of blood in the entanglement.Qingping was breathless from being kissed, and the knuckles of the hand holding Chu Jun's shoulder turned white due to excessive force. She wanted to break free, but was held firmly in Chu Jun's arms, as if to swallow her up.

After a long time, Chu Jun let her go, Qingping took a low breath, almost forgot how to breathe, she stared blankly at the person in front of her, with her hand still on her shoulder, Chu Jun touched her face , quite a bit of meaning.There was burning desire in her eyes, Qingping turned her head to the side, trying to get rid of this indescribable control and possession, Chu Jun reached out and turned her head gently but forcefully, and said softly: "You better be quiet some, or—"

what is this?Anger suddenly arose in Qingping's heart, his eyes were icy cold, and he said, "Otherwise what?"

Chu Jun ignored her resistance, and said softly, "Otherwise, there must be room for another person in the harem."

The careless pleasure and cruelty in her eyes made Qingping shut up suddenly, she had no doubt that Chu Jun would really do this, she had done all the outrageous things, let alone this?

Chu Jun straightened her clothes and said with a smile, "You don't want to, and I don't want to either."

"Don't ask too much about things you shouldn't care about."

Qingping noticed that she had changed her name, lowered her eyelids, and suddenly asked, "Did you intercept Wu Ying's letter?"

Chu Jun paused, turned around and asked in doubt, "What?"

Qingping took a deep breath, and said word by word: "When I went to Yunzhou, I corresponded with her. After a long time, I lost the news. But during this period, some people still imitated my handwriting to communicate with Wu Ying... I Ask for nothing, just a word of truth."

Chu Jun frowned, closed his sleeves with both hands, thought for a while before saying: "No."

"I'm not going to use this method to deal with a person, let alone a mere pawn, and I don't have to do it so deliberately."

After she finished speaking, she opened the door and left, Qingping's stiff shoulders finally collapsed, and she walked back to the table, only feeling numb in limbs and dizzy.

At this point, Chu Jun didn't even bother to lie to her.Qingping thought vaguely, if Chu Jun didn't do it, why would Wu Ying say that?Why is she so sure that Chu Jun ordered others to do it.

And Zhang Yi, what exactly did he say to Chu Jun?

Too many things happened tonight, which made her feel extremely tired. The unknown is like a huge net. What is hidden behind this net?With such confusion, she fell on the bed behind the screen and rolled herself into the quilt, hoping for a short period of peace.

Taking advantage of the night to cover the carriage and drive into the palace, Chu Jun ordered Liu Zhen after washing in the bedroom: "Where are those people who were prepared in the mansion in the past, are they still in Chonghua Palace?"

Chu Jun used to be the king of Xin, no matter how lofty and aloof he was, he still had to greet him in secret. He added a few servants in the backyard, just as a pretense. For later use.

The heating in the palace was very hot. After taking a bath, she only put on an unlined garment, and sat at the desk reviewing the memorial. The Zhubi ticked off a sentence and said: "Including this person together will bear the name of that Zhang family." Just head."

Liu Zhen hesitated and said: "But if His Majesty ascends the throne, this person will be filled into the harem to be rewarded."

Chu Jun raised his eyebrows, and said: "Then reward the position and follow the rules in the palace."

Liu Zhen didn't know who this person was, but seeing how much Chu Jun attached importance to it, she went down and personally arranged it, then invited him in, and dispatched a few smart and cautious palace servants to serve her.

The man looked haggard, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a man of outstanding appearance. Liu Zhen sideways avoided, and glanced at his hair accessories, and found that he was dressed as a married man, and he was a dignified Liu Shangnv. He almost stumbled and fell in front of the door .

Your Majesty really dares to let anyone into the palace, she thought with lingering fear.

Tianshu was standing in the hall, and Chu Jun was wearing silk gloves, flipping through the ledger page by page.Tianshu glanced at her carefully, and felt that the emperor's face was much better than before leaving the palace, and there was even a faint trace of inexplicable lightness. Could it be because he robbed her fiancé?If this matter gets out, wouldn't it be hard to hear the reputation of robbing men with courtiers?

But from ancient times to the present, such things are not uncommon. They are all the emperor's family affairs. If it is not the turn of a guard like her to intervene, they should be left to the desperate ministers and admonishers.

I really didn't expect that His Majesty, who is usually serious, would have such a hobby. Hey, why does His Majesty's lips seem to be broken...

Here, she was thinking about the cold and dignified face of the emperor, and she walked about in a fair manner. Chu Jun had seen her several times, and seeing that she was very distracted, he tore a piece of paper into a ball and smashed it on her head. Go up, and said lightly: "What are you thinking about?"

Tianshu was so frightened that he almost knelt down to plead guilty under Chu Jun's cold gaze. Chu Jun silently reached out and nodded her, and suddenly remembered Tianshu's stability in his previous life, and gave her a hint of warning. , said: "When will Tianxuan return to Beijing?"

Tianshu said: "I will be able to come back before the enthronement ceremony, and the difference with Zhou Shuai is only a few days."

Chu Jun turned over another page of the account book and said, "Come back earlier, I have something to ask her."

Tianshu said: "Yes, I will do it now."

Chu Jun stopped the movements in his hands and said, "Has there been any movement in Beijing recently?"

Tianshu recalled the report from the secret sentry recently, and said: "It's probably a national funeral. The feudal lords are very well-behaved. They all stayed in their mansions and never made any moves."

"Not only these people, but also others?"

Tianshu bowed his head and said: "There is indeed something, I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Chu Jun put down his pen and said, "You are the head of my bodyguard, and you are in charge of the secret guard. What should you not say?"

Tianshu said: "...It's the Xie family. Their people seem to be secretly contacting the Chenliu palace, and they seem to be inquiring about something." After thinking about it, she still felt that she needed to add, "The Xie family is naturally loyal. I found out that they were just touching, but they didn't do anything else."

Having said that, she felt uneasy, the Xie family could be considered as the family that contributed the most in the emperor's ascension to the throne, no matter what, with this credit, they naturally weighed more in the emperor's heart than other people.What's more, the emperor's foundation is not stable now, and he will not easily turn against the family.

Chu Jun didn't say anything, just took off his gloves, and said calmly: "Take this thing down and see if it's poisonous."

Tianshu didn't understand what he meant, and was about to leave with the account book wrapped in cloth, but Chu Jun suddenly said: "Have you sorted out all the letters and books in Prince Qi's mansion, if they are sorted out, please submit them as soon as possible."

"Send someone to keep an eye on Si Dian's movements in the sky prison, don't tell her to die inexplicably, keep her, anyone who sees her will let her go, don't stop her. This person is the most important staff member of King Qi, so he must know a lot of things, remember Write down everyone and check them one by one.”

Tianshu agreed.

Chu Jun said again: "Didn't she have a daughter who was fostered by Wu's family since she was a child, and her father's surname is Wu Ying. Where is she now? Let me mention it together."

Tianshu hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, this person seems to be dead."

Chu Jun's hand holding down the table made a crisp finger snap, Tianshu looked subconsciously, but saw her as if she had realized it, showing a completely enlightened expression, then sighed and said: "If she is dead, then go and find out how she died. , where to die."

After Tianshu left, she leaned back on the chair, her head was thrown back, her long hair was hanging down, her eyes were full of brilliance, her slender and white fingers stroked the broken skin on her lips, and she murmured: "You are actually dead, no wonder... "

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