Suddenly awake in pain.

Liu Erya looked around, landscape screens with four folds, snow-white curtains, carved window lattices... A magnolia flower was inserted in a black porcelain vase on the square table.It is Shengying Palace.

Liu Erya was very confused.

The person on the bed rolled to the edge of the bed and lazily said to Liu Erya who was sitting on the ground: "Why did you wake up, I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes..."

With a delicate body and resentful eyes, the person on the bed is Gao Zile.Liu Erya calmed down and said, "Zile? Why are you sleeping here?"

Gao Zile curled his lips and said, "If I tell you to wake up, you won't get up. I'm starving and exhausted. I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes, go and get them for me!"

As soon as the voice fell, Eunuch Liang stepped into the room and said, "Zi Le, you can't talk to your son like this." Gao Zile saw that he was holding two bunches of smoking roasted sweet potatoes in his hand, and ran over like flying, eating and saying : "Brother Liang is the best... Huh..." Bite too big and almost burnt, Liang Gonggong said: "Eat slowly."

Liu Erya was still recalling the dream just now, she was absent-minded about eating the sweet potato, biting the sweet potato, it was so hot that she couldn't speak.It was too late for Eunuch Liang to remind her. Liu Erya's teary eyes were misty, and she looked like she was about to cry, so she quickly opened her mouth and breathed out.Eunuch Liang didn't know what to say, so he said, "My lord... eat slowly."

After Gao Zile came to Shengying Palace, he became more and more delicate. Although Eunuch Liang often advised him not to do this or that, he still treated him like a princess and served him whatever he wanted.This caused Gao Zile to become more and more lazy, and he slept until the sun was high almost every day before getting up.

Gao Zile woke up so early today, which made Liu Erya feel very abnormal.It was only after listening to the gossip of the court ladies that Gao Zile became abnormal because there was a big news in the palace today—Emperor Daliang accepted his concubine again.

Liu Erya felt that it was not a big deal for the emperor to accept a concubine, which proved that the emperor might gradually come out of the grief of the princess' death, and finally no longer had to pretend to like men to fall in love with Liu Erya, which was a good thing.Moreover, the emperor has already married seven concubines, so there is nothing wrong with marrying another one.And Gao Zile said: "It's a man!" Liu Erya almost choked on the tea.

It turned out that the mission of the Xun Kingdom felt extremely guilty because Liu Erya was almost raped by a strong man the night before, and specially found a beautiful man from the people to present to the emperor as an apology.At first, Liu Erya didn't know what the incident had to do with the Xun Kingdom mission. Later, after listening to Eunuch Liang, she found out that the strong man who abducted him was Jia Batian, the personal guard of Xun Kingdom Princess Xie Yao.

Gao Zile felt that the guards of the princess of Xun Kingdom behaved so frivolously, it was really hard to imagine the extent of the decline of this small country of Xun Kingdom.It is a miracle that Xun Kingdom is still standing today.However, this small country is really thick-skinned, and it has been shamelessly wanting to make peace with us Daliang, it is beyond self-control.

Liu Erya wanted to cook a pot of corn porridge for the servants, and while breaking corn in the small kitchen of the Shengying Hall, she said, "Is this... related to the embassy presenting beauties to His Majesty?"

Gao Zile ate the broken corn kernels, and said sweetly, "Of course. Those people in Xun Kingdom are short-sighted, ignorant and ignorant!"

Eunuch Liang helped Erya Liu break the corn, saying, "Zile, don't talk nonsense."

Gao Zile said angrily: "I didn't talk nonsense. If those people in Xun Kingdom were knowledgeable, how could they dedicate the Ninth Young Master to His Majesty? Can the Ninth Young Master be compared with the noble Young Master? Is he much inferior? Didn't you also Did you see that Jiu Gongzi walks like a snake spirit, twisting and turning, how can a man walk like this?"

Liu Erya's hand breaking the corn paused, then raised her head and said, "Master Ninth?"

Nine sons.The most famous musician in Tingyulou, the ninth godson of the mother in the building, Quejiu.

Ninth Young Master, once the most beautiful man in Jing'an City.Why do you say once?Because ever since Emperor Liang blatantly brought Liu Erya to the banquet, all the courtiers who had seen Liu Erya agreed that Liu Erya was not only the most beautiful man in Jing'an, but also the most beautiful man in Daliang.

Not only do they think so, but they also want the people of the whole country to think so, so after their 50 hours of hard work, the reputation of "Your Young Master" has risen. Duoduo, and the fame of the Ninth Prince of Tingyulou in Jing'an City and others have been forgotten by the people of the whole country.There was even a famous painter Jiang Wei who painted a portrait of your noble son Liu Erya, bidding [-] taels among the people.

This caused Jiu Gongzi to become more and more idle, and his mother deducted more than half of his salary that day.

Mother Magpie wanted to send him to pick up the guests with the girls, and along the way recruited a few more beautiful men into the building for the broken-sleeved people to have fun.Just thinking this way, I happened to meet the envoy of Xun Kingdom who was drinking to relieve his worries in the building.Half drunk and half sober, the envoy told Mother Que what Liu Erya experienced after the banquet in the palace.The magpie's mother suggested a way to the messenger, that is, let the messenger redeem the body of the ninth son and dedicate him to the emperor as the second male favorite.

So the envoy of Xun Kingdom did so, and spent 2000 taels of silver to redeem the ninth son, and then hurriedly brought the ninth son to the emperor to apologize.In the Zhao'an Palace, the emperor sat in front of the desk and looked at the Zhazi. Without raising his head, he asked Eunuch Yuchi to lead the ninth son into the harem and enter it in the harem register.

There was another explosion in the harem, and the concubines all thought that the emperor had gone further and further on this road of no return.

However, since the emperor accepted male favorites among the people, there has been a faint trend of being a good man. Now the emperor has accepted a second son. The style of being a good man is like a forest fire. It burns more and more vigorously.The Red Mansion is the male version of the brothel, the difference from the brothel is that the men and women of the Red Mansion can communicate with each other.

There are also big families imitating the emperor and accepting a lot of male pets, which really makes those small concubines feel so embarrassing.

The first day of September in the fifth year of Yuancheng was the day when the Xun Kingdom's mission returned to China.

It was originally planned that the Xun Kingdom Mission would stay in the Daliang Palace for seven days, but because of the incident after the banquet, the Xun Kingdom Mission felt that Jia Batian had lost all face and had no face to stay in the palace, let alone being able to strengthen Regarding the matter of marriage, he had to pack up the burden and return without success.

Accompanied by Eunuch Liang, Liu Erya came out of the small room at the back of the Palace of Jubilee and Longevity, and stared at the sandalwood floor all the way, wondering what she was looking for.

Eunuch Liang also lowered his head and looked around with him, saying: "Perhaps, it was taken away by the one in the mission, or it was taken away by the house-sweeping eunuch."

Liu Erya stopped in her tracks and said, "This...how can this be done..."

There was no moon on the first day of the lunar new year, and a slight drizzle fell in the sky. The three carriages of the Xun Kingdom mission left the city gate and disappeared into the night.

The emperor was angry for a long time because of Liu Erya's intercession for Jia Batian, and he refused to see Liu Erya for two days.Liu Erya naturally knew that the emperor was angry, but she felt that the emperor suffered from heart disease, and being sullen all the time was not good for her health, so she made longan and white fungus soup early in the morning, and planned to send it to Fuze hall after returning from Xishou hall.Unexpectedly, on the way to Fuze Temple, he ran into the legendary Jiu Gongzi.

A man in a pink robe staggered over with the support of two eunuchs carrying lanterns. The way he walked was more feminine than a woman. What did he look like... like the snake spirit Gao Zile said.

The Ninth Young Master walked up to Liu Erya with a snake-like pace, and the lantern in Eunuch Liang's hand slightly lifted, and Liu Erya finally saw the appearance of the Ninth Young Master clearly.Underneath the embroidered eyebrows modified with eyebrow pencil is a pair of charming and coquettish phoenix eyes, with shiny things on the eyelids, maybe some rouge and gouache that Liu Erya doesn't understand.With red and bright lips parted slightly, the ninth son saluted: "I have seen your son."

The voice was as soft as that of an old eunuch with insufficient yang in the palace, which made Eunuch Liang get goose bumps all over his body.

Liu Erya also returned a gift: "I've seen Mr. Ninth." I don't know if Mr. Ninth is shorter or what, I always feel that when he looked up at Liu Erya, his chin was so high, he felt like he was glaring at people with his nostrils.Since Liu Erya learned the experience of looking up to Nangongling in her dream in the morning, she felt that talking to someone who was taller than herself seemed to be a little tiring to her neck. Lower your height in front of you.

I don't know why, but after Liu Erya lowered his height, the ninth son still held his chin up. Seeing that Liu Erya was holding an ebony food box in his hand, he asked, "Is your son going to Fuze Palace?"

Liu Erya nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

Young Master Jiu raised his chin even higher, and said: "Your Majesty rested, Your Young Master is a step late."

A look of disappointment appeared in Liu Erya's eyes, and the Ninth Young Master said: "Young Master, please come earlier next time." Liu Erya nodded and said, "Mmm...Thank you for letting me know."

The two saluted slightly and left in different directions.

Liu Erya whispered as she walked: "Young Master Jiu seems to have a problem with his neck and spine. Next time I have to ask Doctor Zhen to take a look at him."

Eunuch Liang said: "Your Excellency, can't you see that he..." Can't you see that he deliberately put on this look of contempt?In the end, he didn't say it out, thought for a while and said, "That's fine."

Liu Erya lowered her head and murmured: "Your Majesty has been going to bed earlier and earlier recently..." On second thought, "But it's pretty good, and going to bed early is healthy..."

Eunuch Liang looked back and saw that Young Master Jiu and the others had turned into the corner at the end of the aisle. He stopped and called out in a low voice, "Your Excellency..."

Liu Erya turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Eunuch Liang said: "Eunuch Yuchi said that His Majesty has not seen anyone in the past few days, and the Ninth Young Master has never stepped into the Fuze Hall... I am afraid that the Ninth Young Master is lying to you."

Liu Erya said "Ah?", and said puzzledly, "Why did he lie to me?" Thinking of something again, she happily ran towards the Fuze Palace, "I hope His Majesty hasn't rested yet..."

There was silence around Fuze Hall, Liu Erya pushed open the half-covered door, and all the candles in the emperor's room were extinguished, leaving only the lingering smoke.

Liu Erya came in with a lantern from outside the door, intending to light the extinguished candle, walked to the edge of the bed, and lifted the curtain, but there was no one in the bed.He looked around with a lantern in his hand, but there was no one behind the screen, nor by the small pool outside the house.

Liu Erya felt that the emperor would not go out in the middle of the night, but Father Yuchi, who was supposed to be guarding outside the door, didn't know where he went at this time, which made Liu Erya feel a little surprised.

There was a clatter on the roof, and the masked man in black stepped on the tiles, jumped over the high wall nimbly, and hid in the night.In the huge palace, no one would look up at the moon on a rainy day. Naturally, no one noticed that someone in the palace was flying over the eaves and walls, and holding a shining sharp sword in his hand.What's more, this is Daliang Palace, Daliang has strong soldiers and horses, no small country would dare to send people to assassinate at the risk of being destroyed.Even if there is, his country may not be far from extinction.

Liu Erya didn't notice the sound of "click" on the roof just now. Holding an oil-paper umbrella and carrying a lantern, she searched for the emperor's trace in the backyard of Fuze Hall, which she had never set foot in.

Although Liu Erya felt that it was unlikely that the emperor would go to the backyard to enjoy the flowers on a rainy day, but for some reason, he felt that he should go there to look for it.Perhaps, the emperor was really there.

In the drizzling rain, someone was sitting under a red cherry tree in the backyard.With a golden crown and a black robe, Liu Erya called from a distance: "Your Majesty?"

The person under the tree raised his head slightly, and the raindrops fell on the roof and slid off the eaves.In the hazy night, a beautiful young man in a blue robe and holding a pure white oil-paper umbrella walked towards him.

The light rain fell between the petals of the treetops, as if there was an unknown fragrance of flowers falling with the raindrops.Liu Erya put down the lantern and put the oil-paper umbrella on top of the emperor's head. Under the orange candlelight, the emperor's lips were so white that it made him worry: "Your Majesty? What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

The emperor, who was leaning against the red cherry tree, frowned slightly, and it seemed a little difficult to even raise his eyes to look at him.Liu Erya sensed something was wrong, lifted the lantern in her hand and looked at the emperor carefully from top to bottom, and found that there was an imperceptible crack on the robe on the emperor's chest. And sticky, that's... blood.

Liu Erya shook her hand, and the lantern fell to the ground: "Your Majesty...how could...what should I do..."

Oil-paper umbrellas are hung on the trees to block the raindrops.Liu Erya was very anxious, for some reason, she untied the emperor's belt with her trembling hands, layer by layer, and loosened the emperor's robe.The robe slid down to the waist layer by layer, exposing a strong chest.Half an inch below the emperor's right shoulder, the wound stabbed by the sword was still bleeding. Liu Erya took a breath, tried to calm herself down, and said in a trembling voice: "It's okay...it's okay...don't be afraid...don't be afraid ..."

The red cherry blossoms fell off with a patter of rain, the emperor raised his eyes to look at him, wondering if the phantom in his heart reappeared before his eyes.I saw Liu Erya put her right index finger to her mouth, closed her eyes and bit her finger, bright blood overflowed from her fingertips, Liu Erya caressed the bloody wound with trembling hands, and said while wiping the blood, "It's okay... ...it's okay...don't be afraid...don't be afraid..."

It was the familiar words again.

The emperor frowned more and more, staring intently at Liu Erya's every move.Liu Erya wiped the wound, raised her trembling hand and shook it, and breathed out.From undressing to the present, a series of actions did not have the slightest brain, and Liu Erya didn't know why she did it, it seemed like instinct, as if... It was a natural reaction.

In the emperor's mind, a vague figure overlapped with the person in front of him.Liu Erya stared blankly at the sword scar on the emperor's chest getting shallower and shallower, so shallow that it seemed to seep into the skin, and it disappeared when the wind blew.It seemed that the bloody mouth drawn by the sword just now was an illusion that appeared in his eyes.

Liu Erya stared blankly at the hand that seemed to be bitten by her bewitching, the bright red blood still remained on the fingertips, and the tingling still lingered, proving that everything just now was not an illusion.Before he could figure out what was going on, the emperor suddenly grabbed the bitten right hand, and the sound of rain fell on the oiled paper umbrella, tick-tock-tick.

Liu Erya looked up at the emperor in astonishment, wondering why the emperor suddenly grabbed her hand, and grabbed it so hard.The emperor stared at him with cold eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Who are you?"

The emperor's hands were still so cold, Liu Erya looked at him blankly, her head was in a daze, like a rainy night, so blurry that people couldn't see the red cherry blossoms all over the courtyard.I only heard him answer: "Liu... Erya..."

The breeze blew, and raindrops fell on the emperor's strong chest. Liu Erya wanted to dress him, but her left hand was tied by the emperor.The emperor slammed his hands together, Liu Erya leaned forward, and the two faces got very close in an instant.

The emperor stared at him closely, and the soul in his body wanted to peek into his hidden memories through those innocent eyes.Unfortunately, he doesn't have this ability at the moment.

Liu Erya was pulled so close by the emperor, her eyes blinked, and she was a little nervous to be stared at by the emperor, wondering if the emperor was angry at him for taking off his clothes, so she faltered and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... ...don't...don't catch a cold...don't get angry..."

There were footsteps coming from far and near, and Eunuch Yuchi shouted from behind: "Come on, there are assassins! There are assassins!" Running to the emperor, he swallowed the word "yes" and looked suspiciously at the emperor. With an undamaged upper body, looking at the two people who were very close under the cherry tree, he couldn't help but say, "If you want to kiss, go into the house... Cough!" Quickly restore the appearance that Eunuch Yuchi should have, "Oh, Your Majesty will catch a cold Yes, how can His Majesty take off his clothes..."

Hearing the word "kiss", the two people who were close to each other immediately separated. Eunuch Yuchi dressed the emperor and helped the emperor back to the house.A figure ran in in a panic from the promenade in front of the house, holding a box in his right hand and wearing clothes in his left hand. When he stepped into the dark room, he accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground.

Eunuch Yuchi replaced the emperor with a new black robe behind the screen, and Liu Erya held up the lantern to help Imperial Doctor Zhen who had fallen down. Doctor Zhen hurriedly straightened his robe and looked into the dark room: " Where is Your Majesty? Is Your Majesty alright?"

Liu Erya didn't know how to explain the bizarre things she did just now, she shook her head, and helped him to the side of the dragon bed to wait.After changing his clothes, the emperor came out from behind the screen, opened the curtains, and lay down on the bed weakly. Doctor Zhen immediately checked his pulse, and Liu Erya and Eunuch Yuchi respectively lit the candles in the house.

A group of guards wearing silver armor, brown cloaks, and holding a sharp sword came in neatly from the door. They all knelt down on the ground, and the leader said: "Your Majesty, this subordinate is incompetent, let the assassin run away. Please His Majesty punishes!"

The guards behind him put down their swords and said in unison: "Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

The emperor lay on the bed covering his head, not knowing what he was thinking.The guards knelt for a long time without any response, the leader raised his head slightly, and Eunuch Yuchi, who was standing by the bed, bent down and reminded in a low voice, "Your Majesty."

Doctor Zhen was still taking his pulse seriously, while Liu Erya knelt on the edge of the bed with a worried face.After a while, the emperor said: "Kill it." Doctor Zhen's hand shook, and he knelt down on the ground as if slipping: "Your Majesty, spare me!"

All the guards thought it was the leader who was begging for mercy, but they didn't know who would take the lead first, so they said in unison, "Your Majesty, have mercy!" The leader turned his head, stared at the helpless subordinates behind him with hatred, and kowtowed helplessly go back.

Eunuch Yuchi coughed hard, trying to make the emperor sober, but the emperor didn't have the heart to talk to him at all.In the silence, Liu Erya, who was kneeling by the bed, took a step back, knelt down on the ground like everyone else, and begged: "Your Majesty, please take back your order."

The emperor was still covering his head and thinking about something, when he heard this crisp voice, he lowered his head and said indifferently: "Forget it..." He raised his hand and put down the curtain, "Get out of here."

Everyone got out, only Liu Erya was still kneeling by the bed.The emperor turned his back to Erya Liu, and said in a cold voice, "Go out."

Liu Erya pursed her lips, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Your Majesty...don't be angry, please, I promise that what happened the night before yesterday will never happen again... Also, the matter of taking off your majesty's clothes without permission ...I also promise that I won't do it again..." Holding up three fingers to swear, "I swear, if I do it again, there will be thunder..."

"To shut up!"

The sudden roar made Liu Erya jump in shock, and just swallowed the word "cut".The emperor's sharp voice said: "Get out!"

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