Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Qing Ping looked at her, changed his posture and sat again, moved his hand on his lap lightly, and said, "Who is behind Shen Mingshan?"

Chu Jun didn't expect that she would ask such a question, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "King Xinyang and other feudal lords."

Qingping's eyes flickered, and he asked maliciously: "Only the prince?"

Chu Jun clicked his tongue: "Guess what?"

Qing Ping put his hands on the table, approached her and said: "What about the family, do they really stay out of it?"

Chu Jun tapped on the edge of the table and said, "If you want to ask anything, just say it, why go around."

Qing Ping asked: "Why did you expel Shen Mingshan from the cabinet, seize the official and send him back to his hometown?"

Chu Jun seemed to be a little drunk, the corners of his eyes were red, he rolled his sleeves over his wrists and said, "Shen Mingshan was unwilling to let the cabinet be emptied, and the six divisions of power, so he switched to the vassal king. He also threw out a plan to establish a young master in power, and promised the family three years later. Ting pushes the quota for the cabinet. If she succeeds, she will hold the handle of both the vassal king and the family..."

Qingping didn't expect that there was such a secret in it, and she was engrossed in listening to it, and Chu Jun hooked her hands unexpectedly, she subconsciously leaned over, Chu Jun's arms wrapped around her neck, pushed Xiaoji away, most of her body was pressed against Qingping's body , under a light incense cover between the sleeves, the bridge of Chu Jun's nose touched the tip of her nose, and said affectionately: "She wants to appoint a princess to let the cabinet assist the government, but it's a pity that the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind, and some people stretch their hands into the palace. Come here, want to change the princess quietly, do you know why they want to change this child?"

Qingping couldn't support her weight, so he just pressed her and fell to the ground.Chu Jun rested his hands behind his head, his hair was loose, and Qingping sat on her. Looking at it from this angle, it seemed that Chu Jun was the weak one.Qingping gave her a condescending glance, Chu Jun's chest was loose, revealing a dark color, his collarbone was stained with a slightly drunken pink, his eyes were half-closed, as if he was about to fall asleep, Qingping pulled her skirt and asked: "Don't sleep, you It's not over yet."

Chu Jun lazily said: "Children can be fooled around, and they are raised in the deep palace. No one knows what the princess looks like. If they exchanged the child in private, Shen Mingshan would neither guess nor see it. .When the child grows up and looks different, then it will be too late."

Qingping took a deep breath, feeling a chill running up his spine, the royal blood cannot be tarnished.However, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all recognized the status of the princess. From now on, the imperial court will almost revolve around the princess, so it can be abolished as soon as it can be said.Although Shen Mingshan holds great power, she is only a courtier after all. She wants to be a courtier with power and hold power in her hands, not a conspiracy to commit crimes.Qingping suddenly remembered what Bi Shu had said in Biluo City, she had been thinking about the meaning afterwards, and now she seemed to have a reasonable explanation.It's just that this incident is too bizarre after all, and no one would have thought that the interlocking links will lead to the current situation.

She asked: "Could it be that there are also detailed works of the golden tent in the palace?"

Chu Jun's eyes were completely closed, and he replied: "The Golden Account doesn't have that much ability. Being able to place people in the palace, going back and forth to respond to the lurking standby, will not be done by one party. Haven't you read the roster? When the national power was weakening 300 years ago, most of the defectors belonged to aristocratic families. Later, when the national war was won, they rushed to show their innocence. In the battle of Yunzhou last year, the imperial court issued an edict to borrow horses from merchants. At first, very few responded. Finally, seeing that it was profitable, they flocked to them. The imperial court spent a lot of money to subsidize them. In the end, the horses they sent to Yunzhou could not be ridden. For this matter, they still dare to continue to entangle with the government, asking the court to pay for their losses."

"I have been arguing and arguing in the morning, but there is no result. There are places where money is needed. The Erlan grassland is back, and how to raise horses is a big problem. Then we have to deploy a new line of defense. Which garrison to send? The destroyed counties and counties in Yunzhou are all counting on the imperial court to pay for rebuilding. The people have been displaced for a long time and need to be resettled. Now the palace expenses have been saved again and again, but the officials’ salaries can not be paid by the headquarters; It's an old account, when the late emperor was in power, he owed ten years' salary to the officials in Beijing, and this has to be made up..."

Chu Jun's voice gradually fell, Qingping thought she was asleep, so he got careful from her, but he tripped and almost fell on Chu Jun.She looked down and saw that Chu Jun had opened his eyes and was looking at her with a smile. Qingping kicked her lightly, went to the room to find clothes, and was about to leave the palace.

Unexpectedly, the room is richly furnished, but the cabinet is empty, not to mention the official robes worn earlier, not even a coat was found.Qingping turned around and came back, Chu Jun had already stood up on the blanket, saw her walking up and down the room, and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Qingping searched through boxes and cabinets for a while, but returned in vain, and asked, "Where are my clothes?"

Chu Jun turned his head, looked out of the window and said lightly, "I don't know."

"I'm going out of the palace today," Qingping said angrily, "I can't stay in the palace all the time!"

Chu Jun finally turned his head to look at her, and said softly, "Why can't you stay in the palace forever?"

When she said this, there was no expression on her face, she seemed very indifferent, her eyes drooped slightly, and the sharp arcs eased, Qingping finally felt something was wrong, just now when she stood outside the railing and looked down, she was able to absorb most of Chang'an City The fundus of the eyes shows that this place must be in a high place, and there are regulations in the palaces and pavilions, and such tall buildings are not common.And while the two were talking, she glanced out the window several times, but she didn't see anyone.

When the bell rang just now, she felt a chill in her heart. There was no one here, and the layout of the palace did not seem to be lived in. There are many such empty palaces in the palace. What is this place?

Chu Jun seemed to see what she was thinking, and said lightly: "You are in Xuanquan Hall now, don't worry about it, no one will come here."

Qingping seemed to be struck by lightning, no wonder the city of Chang'an could be seen from here. 500 years ago, Emperor Wuzhao built a large-scale construction project to expand the imperial palace, and found several small waterfalls flowing down here. After searching for its source, he found a spring in the rocks on the top of the mountain. It is a sign of auspiciousness, so a palace was built here, named Xuanquan.The later Chonghua Palace was also built with the Xuanquan Hall as the center, but because the Xuanquan Hall was higher than other palaces, it was isolated and cold, and it was inconvenient to come and go, so it was left vacant.Later, when Emperor Chongwen abolished the princess, she was trapped in this hall and took the tall building as a prison, imprisoning her forever, and Xuanquan Hall was therefore cast an ominous shadow.

An inexplicable fear surged in Qingping's heart, Chu Jun came over and took her hand, stared at her fixedly and said: "There will be no one else here, only you and me."

Her tone was calm, and Qingping was terrified beyond words. He shook off her hand and said, "No, Shao Cong is still waiting for me... Now that there are so many affairs in the court, how can you imprison Minister of Rites?"

Hearing her mentioning the Shao family, Chu Jun frowned slightly, as if he was extremely displeased. He dragged her to him, clasped his hands, pinched her chin and kissed her intimately, and said, "Li Qingping, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was born in Hexi. The Li family of the county, the Li family is a powerful family, and you are just a maid serving in the palace, so it is not unusual to have the same name and surname."

The previous ambiguity dissipated, Qingping broke free from her hand, and whispered: "What do you mean!"

Although Chu Jun was smiling, his eyes were cold, and he said: "It's nothing interesting, from now on, you are not allowed to leave here for half a step!"

Qingping laughed back angrily, and said: "You say I'm a palace man, so I really am? Although you are the master of others, you can't turn black and white like this!"

"What's upside down?" Chu Jun took down a wooden box from the shelf beside it, and after opening it, there was a thin piece of paper inside. She said, "Li Qingping, this is your body deed. Fingerprints, how could I turn black and white?"

Qingping vaguely remembered that when he was sold into the palace, because the children were illiterate when they were young, all of them were fingerprinted on the body deed, and then handed over to the steward to seal it up.But this piece of paper, at that time, she saw Chu Jun tear it up with her own eyes.

Thinking of this, she had no other thoughts in her mind, she just felt as if she had fallen into a cold cave, her teeth were trembling, she suddenly laughed lowly, tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes, and said: "I knew it. It's fake... I'm just a kite in your hand, the thread is in your hand, where do you want me to go, how can I say no?!"

She stood up straight, closed her eyes and said, "This is your self-righteous feeling, it's all hypocrisy... From the beginning to the end, you never thought of letting me go. Yes, how can a pawn defy its master?" What? Ha, you are just thinking about this day, no matter what my status is, I am under your control! What kind of love, please stop mentioning it, it is disgusting... How come you have such a magnanimous mind? , I finally see through it, it's all just an excuse to deceive myself!"

Qingping never thought that there would be a day when he could say these words, but when they came out of his mouth, he felt a sense of relief.Her eyes were moist at first, but now she didn't have any tears at all. She took a deep breath, thinking of that late letter, she just felt like another conspiracy under various arrangements, and she couldn't even find the last bit of affection left. .

Chu Jun's eyes were extremely cold, he clasped her wrist and said, "That's right... I am your master, I used to be, and I am still now. You'd better remember this firmly, don't forget it."

She dragged Qingping out the door, walked around a few pillars in the hall, and pushed her into another room.Qing Ping fell down on the blanket, looked up and felt that the arrangement was very familiar.She supported the bookshelf and stood up, and took out a book on the shelf. The book fell to the ground and spread out, and a few lines of words came into view.

"This is..." Qingping walked a few steps in the room, and then he was shocked. The familiar furnishings in this room, including the arrangement of bookshelves, and the porcelain vases on the Duobao Pavilion, are all the same as when she was in the palace more than ten years ago. It is exactly the same as the old study of the middle guard.

As if falling into the life of an involuntary slave again, her heart sank suddenly, and her hand touched a bump mark on the edge of the bookshelf, everything was familiar to her.The old memories resurfaced again, and she felt as if she had turned back into that little child, but she could no longer maintain her original longing for this world.Everything seemed to be back to the original point, she couldn't suppress the fear in her heart, she retreated step by step, lost her original calmness, and said softly: "You are crazy..."

She looked blankly at the bookshelves around her.The shelf is not very high, but in Qingping's eyes, it is like a cage in a cage, erected row by row, blocking the line of sight.So everything became terrifying. Her voice was low at first, like a dream, but then it gradually became higher, and finally it was even a little sharp and harsh: "Are you crazy, I Don't be here, I'm going out!"

Chu Jun looked at her coldly, as if admiring her fear and anger.Qingping pushed her back against the bookshelf, there was no way to retreat, Chu Jun pressed her hand, held her firmly, bit her lip and whispered: "I'm crazy." Her hot lips pressed against her Hers, feeling the trembling of her body, her eyes were dark and full of possessiveness, staring at her eyes, her voice was extremely gentle, but it seemed to be saying to herself: "I'm crazy." She repeated it , kissing Qingping's trembling eyelids obsessively.

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