Wei Lan Derivative · Houde · Ruhui

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"Have."

"I wish him a good life. And I, destined to be just a passer-by in his fate, it is enough for him to treat each other with this heart."

Red walls and white snow, red coats and white skirts.

Xiao Huanyun pushed open the gate of the Shang Palace Bureau, and a woman in a red dress not far away stepped up and ran over.

"aunt."

Xiao Huanyun glanced at Fen Dai with a complicated expression.

"came back."

"En." Fen Dai lowered her eyebrows, and for a moment, she was still a little maid in the Shang Palace Bureau, and her aunt was still the Lord Shang Gong.

"How is he...?"

"Before he left, Master Pei was able to get up. It's just that the joints and bones of the limbs were all damaged, and it took at least a hundred days to half a year before he could stand up. Fortunately, Master Pei woke up after he passed away. Otherwise..."

Fen Dai stopped talking and smiled: "Stop talking, everything is fine anyway, don't worry, aunt. You may be at the Xuan Mansion for Chinese New Year this year."

Xiao Huanyun twirled his teacup, looked at the falling snow in the capital, and spoke softly for a long time.

"Is he all right?"

"Ah?" Fen Dai came back to her senses, only then did she realize that she was asking about the emperor, she lowered her head and hurriedly said: "The emperor is fine, there is nothing wrong, seeing Master Pei getting better day by day, his energy is also much better."

"Is it……"

Xiao Huanyun's eyes were blank.

However, on the eve of the New Year's Eve, a decree from the palace was sent directly to the Xuanfu.

It's not an imperial decree, but the Queen Mother's decree.

The branches of the green plum with ice in front of Zhu Houzhao moved slightly, and the sparrows chirped.Not far away, Wu Yun stepped on the snow and really had fun on the snow, Yulong turned away with rare disgust.

With an orange in his hand, Pei Wende leaned on the soft cushion, watching the two horses playing with the snow, laughing nonstop.

Zhu Houzhao turned around and sat down next to him.Wrap people tightly.

"Cold?"

"It's not cold." Pei Wende broke off an orange and stuffed it into his mouth, "I'm afraid you will be cold."

Zhu Houzhao rolled his tongue around his fingertips, and his meaningful eyes fell on him.Pei Wende reached out to cover his eyes.

"What a mess!"

The eyelashes were itching in the palm of his hand, but Zhu Houzhao leaned forward, and the two kissed lightly with his palm in front of them.

The sweetness of orange spreads between the lips and teeth.

"Wende, I really want to be like you for the rest of my life." Zhu Houzhao leaned into his ear and whispered: "In winter, we just sit next to each other watching the snow and eating oranges. In autumn, I will take you to eat crabs at the restaurant that you haven't been to the year before. In summer, I will give you ice fruit, and the peach blossoms in Lianshan Temple will bloom in spring. Let’s go to see the peach blossoms. The monk Linjing made a good peach blossom cake. He kept it privately for a few years ago. Next time, we must let him Handing it over is..."

"Also, the spring tea from Jinan Prefecture, the sweet and sour fish from Wuchang Prefecture, and last time you said that the Chang'an Cake from Yongxiangzhai is delicious, so I'll buy it next time." Pei Wende squinted his eyes as the warm sun fell on him On his face, he leaned against Zhu Houzhao's arms: "By the way, we can't take Shen Qing with us, he can make us poor all by himself."

"Don't be afraid, at the end of the day, Xing'er will be the emperor, if you need money, just ask him."

"How can there be such an overlord like you?" Pei Wende said with a smile, "Isn't it counting as making my cousin poor?"

"I am the emperor who is unique, and it would not be a loss to be a unique emperor." Zhu Houzhao said in a low voice: "Xiao'er is very promising, I am very relieved, now I only hope that he will ascend the throne soon." He bowed his head and kissed Pei Wende's forehead lightly: "Then, the ends of the earth, the ends of the earth, are all ours."

Pei Wende was speechless for a while, and seemed to have fallen asleep peacefully.

Zhu Houzhao patted him on the back lightly, with a hint of sadness in his eyes at some point.

"Azhao, let's go back to the palace to celebrate the New Year." After a while, Pei Wende spoke softly.

The hand behind him paused slightly.

"The Empress Dowager kisses Yizhi, she...should miss you too. It's been a long time since you've been with her during the years of war."

"how about you?"

"Xuan Mansion is like my second home. I have been coming and going here for several years. What's more, I can't go back to Beijing with you now." Pei Wende patted him on the shoulder: "All officials and courtiers, It’s impossible not to see the emperor every year. And I’m here, celebrating the New Year with you, it’s the same.” There was a sense of arrogance in his brows and eyes: “After all, I guard this place.”

Zhu Houzhao turned around and hugged him tightly.

"If I go back to the palace...it won't be easy to come out again. I hope with all my heart that you will go back with me, and I will keep you by my side and never let go."

"Me too."

Never let go, never part.After walking through the door of hell, he realized that all he wanted and wanted was to see this person again.

"Mr. Xiao said that my leg will last for a hundred days if I don't talk about it," Wen Wende said softly, "It won't be cold when I go back to Beijing, and the spring will be beautiful all the way. If you are free, come and pick me up. Think of it as a spring outing."

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes, "At that time, the peach blossoms in Xuanfu will also bloom. I haven't seen what the peach forest I planted looks like."

"It's well opened." Pei Wende smiled, and pointed to the small hill in the distance: "A long distance away, it's crimson, not worse than the one in Lianshan Temple."

"It's only a hundred days, just treat me as lazy." Pei Wende held his hand tightly: "And the emperor will work harder, go back and deal with the worship of the officials and the queen mother."

Zhu Houzhao buried his head in his neck, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and tears fell silently on his clothes.

In the twelfth lunar month of the 15th year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing.

The rebellion of King Ning and the Battle of the Northern Territory both won great victories, all the officials rejoiced, and all the people congratulated.

Back in the palace, Empress Dowager Zhang met him in the Royal Garden.

Most of the sandalwood scent on the queen mother's body has gone, but Zhu Houzhao is still terrified after hearing it.

"Mother."

Empress Dowager Zhang spun the beads one by one, and snowflakes fell again soon.

After all, a mother is soft-hearted. She took off her black fur cloak and put it on the emperor.

"Azhao, it's getting cold, let's go back. On New Year's Eve... Mother will go to the small kitchen to cook you a meal."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes wet.But Empress Dowager Zhang didn't speak any more, she walked back slowly with her aunt in charge.

Until someone walked on the snow behind him.

Xiao Huanyun put the stove into his hand: "I didn't tell the queen mother much, but she should have guessed more or less."

"It's a good thing that Pei Wende doesn't come back."

On New Year's Eve, the crescent moon hangs on the west building.

Xiao Zai's firecrackers frightened the dark clouds and snow, and Ma Ming tweeted.Wang Xun and his wife brought a large plate of dumplings.Moment hilarious unlimited.

Pei Wende poured himself a glass of wine and respected the moon shadow and cloud light.

Zhu Houzhao had dinner with his mother, and then went back to the Leopard Room.

He poured himself a glass of wine, toasting Xinghe Douzhuan.

Before Wen Liang could finish his stomach, a trace of sweet smell gushed out of his throat.

When I took a closer look with the lamp, the redness in the wine glass sank.

The glass of wine fell to the ground.

"Grandpa?"

"Go and summon Yunlai...now!"

"Yes!"

On New Year's Eve, the Shang Palace Bureau was lit up all night.The table is full of incense burners from various palaces.Fen Dai poured out the incense ash from the Empress Dowager's Palace, and handed it to the Xiao's doctor who was urgently called into the palace.

"Girl, there is still a problem with this fragrance!" The doctor's expression changed drastically: "Is the emperor using the food in the Empress Dowager's Palace tonight?"

"Yes." Xiao Huanyun stood up slowly, his mind was confused.

Fen Dai was even more anxious: "Before I left, the Empress Dowager had already stopped the incense, and the doctors also started to pull out the poison. The aunt who was in charge of the affairs checked very carefully, and it won't come out..."

A needle poked in the brain.Fendai staggered a step.

Xiao Huanyun raised his head coldly: "Go, get the file... of the aunt in charge."

The little maid quickly presented a file, but Xiao Huanyun just glanced at it, and his heart sank to the bottom.

"...Chen family, from Jishui, Jiangxi Province, entered the palace in the third year of Hongzhi..."

"Come here." Xiao Huanyun was depressed for a moment, staggering and holding on to the table.

"Go to the Empress Dowager's palace, and will take charge of the Chen family, and take him into custody for interrogation."

The forbidden army was stunned for a moment, looking at each other in blank dismay.

Xiao Huanyun held up a piece of silk cloth in his hand.

"This seat has the emperor's order, ordering you to arrest the suspect immediately."

"Report! Lord Shanggong, Mrs. Chen... Mrs. Chen hanged herself!"

On the first day of January in the 16th year of Zhengde, the haggard Empress Dowager Zhang stepped into the Leopard Room in person.

Zhu Houzhao just finished drinking the medicine, and he looks good.

But after all, the poison was found out.

"Azhao, your mother and the queen said... what's going on?"

Zhu Houzhao comforted his mother, and said slowly: "It's the son's fault that he was too fond of Liu Jin and Qian Ning back then, and even... also harmed the queen mother. But fortunately, the master of the Xiao family devoted himself to healing, and the mother and son... will be fine .”

Empress Dowager Zhang gritted her teeth with hatred, but she was also ashamed: "The Ai family has not known for so many years that the Chen family... is from Zhu Chenhao. But the Ai family still taught Yun'er's family that it is difficult to guard against thieves..."

"Mother's Queen." Zhu Houzhao said softly: "It's okay, I will investigate this matter thoroughly, and will never let anyone hurt Mother's Queen again."

"Aijia will not let anyone hurt the emperor anymore." Empress Dowager Zhang held his hand tightly.

During this year's festival, Xiao Huanyun and Fen Dai cleaned up the entire palace, almost doing everything by themselves.

Until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor held a grand sacrificial ceremony in the southern suburbs.

"Do you have to go?"

Xiao Huanyun brought the dress to the leopard room, and looked at him sadly: "I won't go, okay?"

Zhu Houzhao rarely looked very good.

"Don't worry, I'm fine today." Zhu Houzhao patted her hand: "Pray for the world, I can go, and there is no one to wait on the way, and I will come back after only five or six days left."

His hands rested lightly on the dress, making his bones even more distinct.

Xiao Huanyun realized that he had lost too much weight and could hardly support the heavy and layered dress.

"Did Wende send you a letter?" He suddenly raised his head, and there seemed to be hope in his eyes.

"Here we come!" Huan Yun woke up suddenly, and took out the letter from his sleeve.

"My brother said that his legs have recovered very well, and he can walk around slowly, don't worry."

Zhu Houzhao sat beside the table, carefully reading his long-winded family letter by the light.

The daily gossip is nothing but clouds rolling and clouds, flowers blooming and falling, and the sun rising and the moon rising, but every time Zhu Houzhao sees it, he is overjoyed and wants to go to him immediately.

Xiao Huanyun backed out without a sound.

The next day, the emperor went to the southern suburbs.

On the evening of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Fen Dai sent winter clothes and silks to various palace bureaus.Going to the Empress Dowager's palace, the palace people spent a lot of energy for a while because of the lack of guidance in charge.

Fen Dai was so dizzy that she somehow got around to the back compartment, but she didn't want to hear a man's voice.

Her steps stopped abruptly.

The voice was a little sharper than ordinary people.

"...There is no room for such a person to appear again."

"Zhang Yong, you were personally asked by Aijia to serve the emperor when you were young."

"Yes."

"You only talk, but don't you listen to Ai's words?"

"I will be the Empress Dowager's servant all my life, and follow the Empress Dowager's instruction in everything."

"Then help Aijia and clean up everything around the emperor."

Zhang Yong raised his head slightly, his face could not be seen clearly outside the dim candlelight.

"Then... what about Pei Wende?"

Queen Mother Zhang frowned.

"The Queen Mother doesn't know?" Zhang Yong asked in surprise, "The emperor fell into the water in the Yingtian Mansion because he heard the news that Pei Wende died in battle. At that time, the emperor had the intention of dying and vomited blood. But later Pei Wende was rescued and came back. Regardless of his own health, the emperor traveled thousands of miles to Xuanfu." He paused, and seeing the empress dowager's angry expression, he pretended to be in pain: "Empress dowager, do you really think that the emperor's holy body is damaged, it is a little spice in your palace. Is there a problem? He is clearly suffering from a disease caused by Pei Wende..."

"Why...why no one told Aijia!"

"Even Yun'er said that Ah Zhao just fell into the water, and it's okay to be rescued right away. Why didn't anyone tell the Ai family that the emperor vomited blood!"

"The Empress Dowager Xiao Shanggong has a white jade agreement with Mr. Pei, and it's only natural for her to be partial to Mr. Pei."

Empress Dowager Zhang covered her heart, becoming more and more angry.She looked at the Buddha statue on one side, and there was a tablet with no words standing below it.

"Empress Dowager. Mr. Pei is not only favored by the emperor, but also has outstanding military achievements and meritorious service in protecting the country. He will definitely be of high authority when he returns to Beijing in the future." Zhang Yong raised his eyelids: "The emperor should protect him..."

"Confused!" Empress Dowager Zhang pointed at Zhang Yong and said in a low voice, "The Ai family ordered you to go to the Xuan Mansion immediately and kill Pei Wende."

"The Empress Dowager." Zhang Yong kowtowed in panic, "The Empress Dowager can't make it... This is the assassination of the imperial court official!"

"Isn't he still recovering from his illness... the injury is so serious, so there will be no accidents?" Queen Mother Zhang said coldly, "If you can't do this kind of thing, then don't show up in front of Aijia."

"Wei Chen takes orders."

The Forbidden City was covered with heavy snow, and it was clean.

Fen Dai stumbled and ran back to the Shang Palace Bureau, and slammed the door with a backhand "Bang Dang".

Hearing the sound, Xiao Huanyun lifted the curtain and walked out of the house, and saw Fendai sitting in the snow in a daze.

"You girl, why are you still stumbling around?"

She was already restless, and it took some strength to go forward and pull her.

But Fendai pulled her down, trembling.

"Auntie, the queen mother sent Zhang Yong to assassinate Master Pei, I heard... what should I do, the emperor is in the southern suburbs!"

"what?!"

"I really heard... It was Zhang Yong who was telling the story, and the queen mother gave him a secret order to assassinate Master Pei. Auntie, please find a way, otherwise...or I will go to the southern suburbs now!"

"I'm going to find the Queen Mother." Xiao Huanyun was about to get up immediately.

But the corner of her skirt was held by Fendai: "Auntie can't go! Zhang Yong said that Auntie and Master Pei had a promise of white jade, and the queen mother was angry that Auntie kept the emperor's drowning. She already...doesn't believe in Auntie anymore!"

Xiao Huanyun's footsteps froze.But after a while, she grabbed Fen Dai with one hand and turned around: "Bring the gold medal, let's go out of the palace!"

It was night, and two fast horses galloped to the southern suburbs.

At the end of the last big sacrifice, there was originally a spring hunt.But Zhu Houzhao was really exhausted. He only watched the soldiers in the entourage bravely walking slowly while leading the jade dragon.

He looked at Ping Chuan with some blue shadows from a distance, suddenly it was Pei Wende's red-clothed black horse galloping here.

But then he returned to his senses with a low smile, counting the days in his mind, and he was getting closer and closer to going to enjoy the spring with him.

He suddenly remembered Pei Wende's words during the spring hunt, and then shouted: "Zhang Yong, let the soldiers kill less."

But Jiang Bin followed behind.

"Where's Zhang Yong?" Zhu Houzhao looked around.

"Master, General Zhang is in poor health, and he didn't come to the ceremony at all."

"He didn't come?" Zhu Houzhao rubbed the center of his brows: "Look at my memory...I always said that there were fewer people on the altar that day, so it was him." He then waved: "Go and meet those soldiers It is said that spring hunting is a ritual, and it is better to kill less."

Jiang Bin led his horse to go.

Zhu Houzhao looked around, and suddenly saw two horses galloping from a distance, with their skirts flying.He frowned slightly, and recognized Xiao Huanyun at a glance.

She looked urgent, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help feeling empty.

Xiao Huanyun almost fell off the horse.

"Master, the Empress Dowager sent Zhang Yong to assassinate Pei Wende, we can't stop it. I have already sent a letter to my elder brother asking him to take Pei Wende out of Xuanfu...Master!!!"

Fen Dai hastily stepped forward to support her.

Warm blood dripped onto her sleeve drop by drop.

Zhu Houzhao fell straight down and sat down.

"Master! What should I do now..." Fendai was shocked to the point of losing her mind when she saw the sticky blood stains on her sleeves.

It was Xiao Huanyun who supported him, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away the blood stains at the corners of Zhu Houzhao's mouth.

"Go back to the camp first! Pass the decree, the emperor is not feeling well, return to the palace immediately!!"

Zhu Houzhao was dizzy before his eyes.

what did he hear...

The Queen Mother, Zhang Yong, wants to kill Pei Wende...

"why……"

Fen Dai finally came to her senses at this moment, and said anxiously: "It was Zhang Yong who told the story in front of the queen mother, and even my aunt lost her trust. The queen mother said that no one would be allowed to endanger my life by my side. All of this was instigated by Zhang Yong." , but to tell the truth..."

"Zhang Yong...why would he listen to...the queen mother's order." Zhu Houzhao was furious: "He is still not from me!"

"Master, Zhang Yongben belongs to the Queen Mother!"

Zhu Houzhao staggered back to the tent, but pushed everyone away, and grabbed Xiao Huanyun's hand.

Xiao Huanyun looked back at him in shock.Those eyes were lonely and helpless like never before, yet they put a heavy burden on her eyes.

"Don't allow him to return to Beijing. Absolutely don't allow him to return to Beijing." Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth, suppressed the stickiness in his throat, and said in a deep voice: "Let him go to Anlu, and I will send him to Xingwang's mansion to do the trick. Whether it's my son's confidant or teacher... In short, he must never return to Beijing."

Can't go back to Beijing, because the emperor's power is losing bit by bit, and gradually, even he can't be guaranteed.

Anlu, only Anlu.He is safe with Xiao'er.Entrusting him to the next emperor is the best way to preserve him.

"You just said that Anlu is different, and I can't go away. He must be sent to protect Xiao'er." Zhu Houzhao became more and more choked up as he spoke: "Don't let him know about me... how about it, let him go to Xiao'er with peace of mind!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the emperor's seal and stuffed it into Xiao Huanyun's hand.

"Huanyun... If something happens to me, you will be responsible for all the government orders of the world. There is only one thing, he must go to Anlu safely!"

"Father!"

The Seal of the Son of Heaven almost fell into Xiao Huanyun's hands, and she was so heavy that she couldn't catch it for a while.

Zhu Houzhao lowered his arms, blood oozes from the corner of his mouth, and passed out.