Wei Lan Derivative · Houde · Ruhui

It's just that Liu Jin's case is over, the court has been cleaned up, and the palace is peaceful, which looks a bit like Haiqingheyan.The autumn harvest is bumper, and there are good news everywhere. Zhu Houzhao's face has been radiant for several days.

After this case, Pei Wende thinks that his heart and mind are connected.The emperor talked to him about everything, and he was used to going to his house for meals every day, and his spirit improved a lot after coming and going.Later, one day when Zhu Houzhao remembered the Old Testament, he took the gold-sprinkled rice paper and wrote the words "Pei Zhai" in a big book, which was framed and hung in the hall.When I mention it on weekdays, I only call this place "home", which is very affectionate.

The two sometimes share the same couch, but they just sleep well for a while, and there is nothing out of courtesy.It's probably because the stronger the affection, the more sympathetic you are, and you don't want to be abrupt.

And the people in the palace are more and more worried.Yan Xiaoshan put it this way in his poem "Long Lovesickness":

Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc.If you ask how long has the lovesickness?

Except when we meet.

Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc.Who do you want to tell lovesickness to?

The shallow lover doesn't know.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, everything in the palace is complicated, and Xiao Huanyun must do everything by himself.Fen Dai is also very busy and hates that she has no superpowers, and the Shang Palace Bureau has been trading like a market every day.What I don't think about when I am doing things, but I can't sleep at night.As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of the scene when Pei Wende drew his sword, and the broken Buddhist beads in the Empress Dowager's palace rang softly in her ears.

Fortunately, the emperor and Pei Wende were only in the Leopard Room, and they seldom came back to the palace, but they didn't see each other, so they were less worried.

In the Empress Dowager's Palace, there is always a Mid-Autumn family banquet, and Xiao Huanyun and Fen Dai personally went to the Shangyi Bureau to select the decorations.Si Baosi's maid opened the inner warehouse, Xiao Huanyun walked in, looked around and smiled and said, "Why is it so clean? In previous years, the warehouse was full of dust and dust, but this year it was cleaned in advance?"

"Back to Auntie, it was the emperor's decree to find something a few days ago, and the servants only opened the warehouse once, and then cleaned everything."

Xiao Huanyun was only picking out the emerald screen, and asked casually: "What new things are you thinking of, sir? Baba asked you to open the warehouse to find it."

"It's a phoenix jade pendant, and the emperor even drew a paper shape."

Xiao Huanyun shook his fingertips and raised his head in surprise: "Luanniao jade pendant?"

The maid of Si Baosi nodded, turned around and went out, and came back with the paper pattern in a moment.

When Xiao Huanyun saw it, his eyes flickered a few times.

"Auntie, what's the matter?" Fendai picked out the flower screen on the other side, turned around and saw Xiao Huanyun was silent, deep in thought.

"It's nothing." Xiao Huanyun said with a smile: "Then did you find it?"

"Such objects are small, and there are a lot of them, so they are hard to find. The servants have not found them yet."

"What do you want this jade pendant for? It's not something expensive."

"It seems to be... related to Mr. Pei."

Xiao Huanyun remained calm, just suppressed it and didn't mention it.

Someone lifted the screen and was going to the Empress Dowager's Palace, but the aunt in charge came out first, pulled Xiao Huanyun and said: "Sister Yun, the Empress Dowager is angry with the Emperor, so be careful when you go in and talk. "

"Zhiqi?" Xiao Huanyun hadn't heard this statement for a long time, "Is there something that doesn't suit the Queen Mother?"

"Our emperor wants to bring Mr. Pei to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and the queen mother will not allow it. But if the emperor comes down with an imperial decree, it will violate the empress dowager's taboo."

She lifted her skirt and opened the door, leaned back and bowed: "Queen Dowager."

Empress Dowager Zhang waved with a half-smile, "Yun'er, come here."

Xiao Huanyun couldn't express all kinds of words in his heart, so he followed the queen mother to the inner hall.

There is a red lacquer plate on the long black sandalwood case, on which is only a small golden pot, with a fat body and a thin mouth, two bait hanging beads, and a handle with the pattern of auspicious clouds, very delicate and lovely.

But Xiao Huanyun saw the red heart pill on the handle at a glance.

"Yin-Yang Pot?" Xiao Huanyun was feeling uneasy: "Queen Mother, this thing is forbidden in the palace. It's not allowed anymore..."

"Take it away." Empress Dowager Zhang just sat on the couch beside her, twisting a string of jade beads in her hand.

"Please make it clear, Queen Mother."

This yin and yang pot is called yin and yang, and it is actually divided into two parts in the abdomen, and only relying on the rotation of the red heart pill, it will be separated and tilted sideways.In the past, it was just a novelty, but there was a dispute with the concubines in the harem, and someone who used it to poison him angered his snake-hearted heart, so he banned this thing.

"If Pei Wende doesn't drink this wine, the Ai family will order someone to kill him." Empress Dowager Zhang was still peaceful and gentle, she just closed her eyes and recited Buddhist scriptures.

When Xiao Huanyun saw this pot, he already thought of this.She knew that the Empress Dowager was the late emperor's sole favor, so she naturally didn't need these methods.But a woman's heart is so cruel that she can't agree with it at all.

"Queen Mother, why are you just...worried about Pei Wende!"

"You don't want to?" Empress Dowager Zhang opened her eyes lightly, her eyes only lightly resting on her shoulders: "Yun'er, you don't really have an affair with Pei Wende, do you?"

"Queen Mother!" Xiao Huanyun said urgently: "Yun'er was raised by you, you... how could you say such a thing!"

"If not, then you can do as Aijia did." The queen mother jumped up and leaned over to look at her: "If he is really the emperor, why don't you dare to drink a glass of wine from Aijia."

"Why did you let my concubine do this?" Xiao Huanyun said in a low voice, pressing his heart: "You have broken the relationship between my concubine and the emperor by doing this."

"He was ruthless to you." Empress Dowager Zhang closed her eyes: "The Ai family regretted it a long time ago, otherwise they would not return the jade pendant to you."

In the evening, Xiao Huanyun returned to the Shang Palace Bureau after having dinner, but it took a long time for Fen Dai to return, with smiles on her brows and eyes, she just looked at Xiao Huanyun for a moment.

"You girl."

Xiao Huanyun raised his eyebrows and interrogated her: "Go early in the spring, who has you bewitched?"

Fen Dai shook her head: "It's nothing, I just went out of the palace to buy something, and I feel really happy after eating a bunch of candied haws."

"How can you be happy after eating candied haws?"

Fendai twisted her skirt and smiled lightly: "Master Pei said that if you are happy in your heart, you will be happy in whatever you do. That's why I think the candied haws are very delicious." The words came out of her mouth, and she immediately reacted and covered her mouth.

Xiao Huanyun looked at her blushing cheeks, and his mind cleared: "Master Pei? Did you go to see him?"

"No, no..." Fen Dai hastily explained: "I was out of the palace to make purchases, and I met the Emperor and Mr. Pei in trance. I just took a look from afar."

Xiao Huanyun thought about it, so he didn't pursue it.Fen Dai breathed a sigh of relief, obediently stepped forward to help clean up, only to see the Yin-Yang Pot by Xiao Huanyun's hand.

"This jug is so interesting. Where did Auntie get it?"

"It's from the inner library." Xiao Huanyun's eyes wandered around her body: "This is the Yin-Yang Pot."

Fen Dai's hands froze, one inch away from the mouth of the pot, and she froze.

"You said that if you do something wrong, you can correct it. Now I want to correct it." She tilted her head and squinted at Fendai, and said in a low voice, "I want to kill someone."

As a last resort, kill it.

On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor was worshiped by all the officials, and he only ate some porridge and side dishes with Pei Wende at noon.

The leaves of the sycamore tree turn yellow and fall when the wind blows.Pei Wende poked the rice twice with his chopsticks, but he still spoke: "Your Majesty, I think..."

"No." Zhu Houzhao added food for him, and said righteously: "My imperial decree has been issued, let alone a family banquet, why don't you go?"

Pei Wende sighed lightly: "But the Empress Dowager may not want to see the minister."

"The queen mother has compared you with Qian Ning and the others." Zhu Houzhao was also worried when he thought of this question: "So you have to see her more, so that she can know how good the person I really like is. Besides On the night of the reunion, is it possible that you want to be alone?"

Pei Wende had no words to refute.

In the evening, there was laughter and laughter in the Empress Dowager's palace, and even the royal relatives in Beijing came to pay their respects, and the seats were crowded and crowded.The Empress Dowager talked to the female relatives with a smile.

"...It's just that Xiao'er and the others are not here. I think that child has grown very tall this year."

"Hey, the Empress Dowager Lao is concerned. The children have grown up. Your Majesty is doing a lot."

The praises continued, the queen mother smiled, and at the interval, she turned her head and glanced at Xiao Huanyun.She just lowered her eyes and smiled, and when she met the Queen Mother's gaze, she moved away.

Zhu Houzhao and Pei Wende walked into the main hall and kowtowed in all directions.

Pei Wende sat behind the emperor, and the queen mother just didn't see him.Half of a family dinner is a cutscene and half is true love.After drinking for three rounds, Xiao Huanyun got up and walked out of the Empress Dowager's palace.Not long after, a small eunuch was sent, and he only listened to Pei Wende's side: "My lord, Lord Shanggong is here to invite you."

Pei Wende was suspicious, but Zhu Houzhao was being dragged by Queen Mother Zhang to speak, and he couldn't leave for a while, so he got up and left the table.

There is a water pavilion in the imperial garden.The floating window is wide open, and a full moon falls on the water, shining like jade.It is quiet everywhere, and the summer insects are clear.A few clumps of green bamboo poke into the window.

As Pei Wende approached, Xiao Huanyun sat on one side and drank by himself.

"Master Shang Gong."

Xiao Huanyun pointed to the seat opposite and poured the wine himself: "Sit."

Pei Wende took the wine glass and only glanced at it quietly.

"Which cup is poisonous?"

The astonishment in Xiao Huanyun's eyes passed for a moment, and then he said indifferently: "What are you talking about?"

"The Yin-Yang Pot also has a name." Pei Wende touched the rim of the cup with his fingertips: "...it's called the Yuanyang Pot. My father was once forced by the late emperor to drink to show his will."

"I don't know mandarin ducks. It's a resentment. Xiao Shanggong, do you have any reason to put me to death?"

Xiao Huanyun just twirled the red heart pill: "Master Pei, is there anything special about your jade?"

Pei Wende took out the white jade luan from his bosom.

"Originally there was a promise to be together for a lifetime." He smiled softly, "but now it's gone. Because there is someone who is willing to accompany me to wait for this promise."

Xiao Huanyun's eyes were in a trance.

——Pei has never seen Xiao Shanggong before, but why does he feel familiar?

——Why was it the emperor who he rescued at that time, instead of you?

——Lord Shang Gong, are you alright?

——I want to report that Pei Wende, the former commander of the imperial court, and Xiao Huanyun, the Shang Palace of the Shang Palace Bureau, secretly communicated the music.

——Aijia regretted it a long time ago, otherwise he would not return the jade pendant to you.

Pei Wende lightly tapped the table: "Loyalty is not something that can be cleared with a glass of poisoned wine. Is it because you can't trust me, or the Queen Mother?"

"I don't know." Xiao Huanyun said truthfully: "I only believe in the emperor. I said that I would win over everything for him. But you," she raised her head and asked, "It must not be a coincidence that you came to the capital."

"Yes." Pei Wende's eyes were clear: "I came to the capital to clear the name of my Pei family. I have the ambition to assist the Mingjun, and I am willing to follow the example of Qu Zi Guan Zhong. But... I still have some selfishness. From the surface, roots are born."

"The second time he saw me, he settled my grievances with one sentence. Later, I realized that what Mr. Yang said was right, and he had a last resort. It was you who asked me to see his sincerity, so I did so."

"Is there really such a thing as falling in love at first sight?" Xiao Huanyun asked slowly: "Pei Wende, I'm jealous of you, so I also suspect you, afraid that you will hurt him, and even more afraid that you will leave him."

"Yes." Pei Wende picked up the wine glass. "If you don't believe me, I'll drink to show my ambition."

"Alright." Xiao Huanyun poured wine for himself, and lightly touched him.

A glass of wine is exhausted, and tears are shed.

"Azhao...does he like you very much?"

"Yes."

"What about you?"

Pei Wende's lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

Xiao Huanyun watched a figure approaching the Imperial Garden from a distance, got up and walked to the window to block it.

"He is ruthless, unintentional, greedy, and lustful towards Qian Ning and Jiang Bin. But he is affectionate, intentional, greedy, and lustful towards you, but the affection is too strong, and it can even suppress his greed. " Xiao Huanyun could already see Zhu Houzhao's angry face, she finally smiled and said: "Perhaps he used to have affection for me, but after tonight, he is ruthless, unintentional, greedy and desireless to me."

The door was pushed open vigorously, a gust of cold wind swept over the seats, and the clothes swayed with the wind.

Zhu Houzhao saw the yin-yang pot and the empty wine glass in front of Pei Wende at a glance.

He found that when his mother was deliberately delaying time, she was already secretly disturbed.

"Your Majesty, Aunt has called Lord Pei away." Fen Dai, a maid from the Shang Palace Bureau who secretly stopped the Emperor, said anxiously: "Aunt has taken away the Yin-Yang Pot."

"It's just that the Ai family gave him a pot of wine." Empress Dowager Zhang took it for granted, "Pei Muyuan let him go, he must have a grudge, and the Ai family was afraid that he would hurt the emperor. After so long, the emperor should have had enough fun even if he loves him."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were red: "I have never played tricks on him." He clenched his palms, his voice trembling: "If he wanted to kill me, he would have done it long ago. I will lie on the same bed with him and eat at the same table. It’s time to see people’s hearts.”

"But you are the emperor!" Empress Dowager Zhang sternly said, "The Ai family does not allow anyone to hurt you, nor does it allow another Liu Jin or another Chan Ning."

"He is not!"

"Pei Wende is just Pei Wende, a person whom my minister... cares about." He knelt and kowtowed: "Queen Mother, please forgive my minister's abruptness. It's just this person, my minister will decide."

Zhu Houzhao walked towards Pei Wende step by step, the man just looked at him with a smile.

"Did you drink?"

"Drink it." Pei Wende said calmly, "I am not unfaithful in the first place, so I am calm, why can't I drink it."

"did you know……"

"I know. What the Empress Dowager wants is for the minister to leave the emperor. The minister does not want to leave the emperor, let alone embarrass the emperor."

Zhu Houzhao stepped forward: "Wende, spit it out, there is the best imperial physician in the palace, you will be fine."

Pei Wende only shook his head: "Your Majesty, no need."

When the cup was touched lightly, it fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Xiao Huanyun closed his eyes, only felt that the man's palm was burning hot, as if his wrist was about to be crushed.

"An antidote."

"There is no antidote." Xiao Huanyun pulled his hand away, his eyes dull: "Master, when I brought this wine to Mr. Pei, I didn't think about who would survive."

There was only darkness in front of my eyes, the hand blocked the moonlight, and the wind of the palm brushed past the tip of the ear.She gritted her teeth and looked at him.

But that palm didn't hit after all.

"Xiao Huanyun, when did you become like this..." Zhu Houzhao lowered his hands and retreated to Pei Wende step by step.

"I said, everything you want, I can give."

These words cut through Xiao Huanyun's heart like a knife.

"What I want..." Tears slowly fell, Xiao Huanyun smiled bitterly with tears in his eyes, and the light in his eyes faded: "The emperor won't give it."

She raised her hand to wipe her cheeks, turned around and looked at Pei Wende: "Master Pei, you still owe me an answer."

Pei Wende held his hand, Zhu Houzhao only felt the warmth of his palm, and calmed down his irrational heart.

"Since I have to die, before I die, if I say I like you, it won't count as a breach of my promise."

"What if you don't die?"

Everyone didn't see it clearly, they only saw the object in her hand fall hard, and the moonlight flowed in the room instantly.

"Jiang!"

"This jade has been broken... this covenant has been destroyed..."

"You don't need to worry about it anymore. Pei Wende, there is no poison in the wine, I have already dealt with the Queen Mother."

The white jade phoenix was broken into several pieces and fell to Pei Wende's feet.

Behind the broken jade, there is a small "Xiao" character engraved.

The phoenix returns to its hometown, and travels all over the world to seek its phoenix.Two luan birds, one phoenix and one phoenix.Now that the phoenix bird is broken, the so-called past and the old covenant are no longer counted.

"It turned out to be you..."

Xiao Huanyun held the jade bi on the side of his skirt, kowtowed and bowed, and stood up again, he was determined.

"Azhao, let me go out of the palace."

It is night, the moon is bright and the air is clear.

On the top of Meishan, Zhu Houzhao sat on the ground with a flagon and drank bitterly.

"Wen De, I don't want to be the emperor."

"Everyone will speculate and hide evil intentions. Not necessarily at any time, the closest person will also want your throne, and the most dependent person will become completely different."

"By my side, my father is gone, Liu Jin is gone, my mother has changed, and now Huanyun has also left."

"But it's a good thing she's gone, the palace is not such a good place."

He got up and walked towards the white jade railing, leaning over to watch the reunion of thousands of families and the colorful lights.

"You see, they can go to the horse market, drink flowers and drink. They can love what they love, regardless of gossip. They can be close friends and relatives, and confide in their hearts."

"I can't."

"Even today, I don't know why the queen mother wants to kill you. But she is really only for the safety of her son."

"I'm also sorry for Huan Yun, I know the queen mother is forcing her. If she really wants to kill you, she won't allow Fen Dai to report to me."

"Why does everyone turn into what he wouldn't have become, and make me regret it?"

"Wende, it's too cold here."

There was a soft rustle around her, and then there was warmth behind her.

"Azhao...can I call you that?"

His voice was hoarse, and his hands were folded in front of him.

"It may not be very warm in my arms. But I want to hug you when you are cold, maybe it will not be so cold."

"I have traveled thousands of miles, seen displaced people, seen intolerance, seen many grievances and helplessness. I have no chance to give them a hug, because they will always wait for someone and get comfort."

"And I'm actually looking for someone who is willing to give me a hug."

"I will spend the rest of my life proving the queen mother's worries. I think I can say now that I don't want to just be your courtier."

"I don't like the emperor, I like you."

Pei Wende touched his forehead, and the Milky Way and stars flowed in his eyes, shining brightly.

"Wende, life is too short. I've been waiting for you... for so long."

They embraced tightly and kissed slowly.

The autumn moon and autumn wind evoked a lingering night, and hurriedly blew down the fragrant dream before, singing softly, flowers blooming side by side, and swallows falling on both sides.

"Azhao, have you ever been in my dream?"

"This time, it's not a dream."

The mountains are full of clear shadows and desolate, only you are here, that is the peace of mind.

Under the ever-burning lamp, the beads turned slightly.

"Pei Mu, the Ai family has seen your son."

After a long while, there was only a long sigh that could not be heard.

"He really looks like you..."