At the foot of Qingliang Mountain, the Royal Courtyard.

In the main hall, an elegant and luxurious lady was sitting on the chair on the right side of the middle hall with a Buddhist bead in hand, looking at Li Xuanning who was kneeling on the ground expressionlessly, and made a slight sound of secretly pinching the Buddhist bead from time to time.

This lady is Li Xuanning's biological mother, the current Empress Dowager.Not long after Li Xuanning ascended the throne, he moved to this other courtyard for recuperation due to physical discomfort, and never returned to the palace after this upbringing.

Li Xuanning would come here several times a year to visit his mother, and also tried to persuade her to return to the palace, but every time he returned without success.The empress dowager felt very comfortable living in this other courtyard, and her health was getting better and better, so she really didn't want to go back to the palace.

"Mother, the emperor misses you very much. The Lantern Festival will soon be here. Mother, would you like to go back to the palace to enjoy the lanterns with the emperor? Yujin, Yuling and Xuanze miss you very much!" Li Xuanning knelt on the ground, lowered his head, He tentatively asked the Queen Mother, for fear that an accident would make her unhappy.

"No, Ai's family has been lethargic recently. They are still recuperating in other courtyards and will not return to the palace. If they miss Ai's family, they can just come and see for themselves. You have a lot of things to do now, so don't be lazy and listen to good words, Ai's family Don't worry!" The queen mother said lightly, as if she was talking to a stranger.

"I would like to follow my mother's instruction. If my mother doesn't want to go back to the palace, then let's go. Today, my son brought some tribute from the Western Regions, and they were all refrigerated and escorted all the way. Mother, you should also try something new!" Li Xuanning said slowly, At the same time, carefully guessing the Queen Mother's mood, it would be good if she could be a little happier.

"The emperor is bothering you, Ai's family is very happy!" The queen mother still said lightly.

Li Xuanning was slightly annoyed when he heard the words, and it was this sentence again, since he was a child, his mother rarely showed a smile in front of him, no matter how hard he tried to win her a smile, at most he could only get a faint sentence "The emperor is bothering you. I am very happy for my mother."

Even after she became the emperor, her mother just changed the original sentence to "The emperor is bothered, and Aijia is very happy." Except for the change of address, everything else is as indifferent as ever.

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she took a sip of tea and said no more.Li Xuanning knew that this was his mother pushing him away again!Although a little disappointed, he still got up as soon as possible, bid farewell to the queen mother, and then hurried out, lest he walk slowly, and see his mother's impatient expression again, which would only increase his restraint.

Li Xuanning has never been able to figure out why his mother is so indifferent to him. If he says that he is not good, his mother will give him whatever he wants.If you say you are good to yourself, you always feel that there is a screen between your mother and yourself, not only can't touch it, but you can't even see it clearly.

Although the younger brothers and sisters seldom act like a baby in their mother's arms, they can tell that the mother's eyes on the younger brothers and sisters are tender.

Even suppressed warmth is better than a cold smile.

When she was young, Xiao Xuanning was also angry, hated, and cried because of this, trying to get a little bit of maternal love.But the Empress Dowager always used the excuse that the prince would be the future monarch, and advised Li Xuanning to be self-restraining and independent, not to be affectionate with his children, and to get rid of the wings of his father and mother as soon as possible and grow up.

Li Xuanning stood outside the door, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and then released it from his nasal cavity, as if he wanted to let out all the constricted thoughts with this breath, leaving nothing behind.It took a long time before he said to Feng Deshun who was standing by: "Get up and go back to the palace!"

It wasn't until the girl next to the queen mother came in to report that the emperor had left the other courtyard and returned to the palace, that the queen mother got up and went into the inner room, and said to the person standing inside: "He is gone."

"He seems to have noticed something recently. Not only did he send someone to Zizhou, but he also took King Xian into prison!" The man's deep voice was like a bottomless abyss, hiding an unknown darkness.

"What happened at the beginning... why did he suddenly find out? Didn't he say he wouldn't remember it?" The queen mother said impatiently, these things should not have happened!

"Shouldn't think of it. As for the reason for the investigation, I don't know, and Ah Wu also went to the Xuzhou military camp, as if he was investigating the matter of the sage king." The man said.

"If he finds out or he thinks about it, what about my Ze'er? He is only 12 years old, underage, and so kind. Will he treat him kindly? No, he can't be checked!" The Queen Mother's tone changed from Impatience turned to worry, and from worry to gnashing of teeth full of murderous intent!

"Don't be impulsive, the matter is not clear yet, let me find out more about it! Now it is the King Xian who is more troublesome." The man comforted him in a deep tone.

"Him? You should have killed him in the first place! You let him run away! How dare you come back??" The queen mother snorted coldly.

"He didn't know the specific situation at the time, and now that he's in the prison, it's hard to do anything." The man continued.

"Don't forget how Li Xuance died! After all, King Xian and Xuance are of the same mother, brothers and sisters. As far as he knows, he won't say anything." The Queen Mother started talking a little bit Anger: "Besides, what is the difference between killing one and killing two? What is the sky prison?"

"You mustn't act rashly. When will your impulsive temper change? Back then...there were two princes, did you kill them as soon as you said they wanted to? Now these two don't have such an idea unless it is absolutely necessary!" Then People say.

"If you hadn't stopped me back then, how could these things happen today?" The queen mother said angrily.

"If I hadn't stopped you, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to live today!" The man paused, and then said: "Okay, that's the end of the matter, let me check it out."

"Hmph, so what if you find out, since he has already started the investigation, it means that he must know something, let's start preparing!" said the Queen Mother.

"It can only be like this, but you wait for my news and don't act rashly. I'm going first... You should pay more attention to your body." The man said.

The Queen Mother hummed and stopped talking.

Li Xuanning hurried back to the palace as soon as he came out of the other courtyard. A lot of things were waiting to be dealt with, coupled with the empress dowager's indifferent attitude, made him even more upset. He pursed his lips and said nothing all the way back to the palace. He concentrates on writing memorials and doesn't eat food.

Feng Deshun began to worry again. Every time after seeing the queen mother, he would have to toss for a few days when he came back, either without eating or sleeping.Hey, the emperor's temperament is really a headache. When others are unhappy, he is torturing others, and the emperor is tormenting himself when he is unhappy.

I haven't seen Mr. Chang Wu these few days, and the emperor doesn't even have anyone to explain it!Hey, by the way, there is Wang Yuanbao!Feng Deshun lowered his head and said a few words to the entourage around him, then turned his head and glanced at Li Xuanning, who was sitting upright, lamenting in his heart that he was so smart, couldn't help but smile in his heart, when he suddenly saw a pair of brocade boots appearing in front of him, Feng Deshun was stunned for a moment, look up...

Isn't this a charm?

"Hee hee, superintendent, please inform me that I want to see the emperor!" Mei bent over and said to Feng Deshun with a playful smile.

"Hey, you scared me. Really, wait, the emperor is not happy. Fortunately, you are here, otherwise he would have no place to vent his anger!" Feng Deshun couldn't restrain the corners of his mouth, and said happily.

Charm: ...

Mei hastily stretched out her hand to grab Supervisor Feng, and said, "Is the Emperor unhappy? Or, I'll come back tomorrow?"

"It's late!" Feng Deshun quickly turned around and entered the hall after finishing speaking, and ran out happily after a while, saying to go in quickly!hurry up!

Mei has some regrets, no, extremely regrets!

"How?" Li Xuanning asked in a deep voice.

"Go back to the emperor, General Chang has gone... gone..." Mei frowned, a little hesitant to say it.

"Where did you go?" Li Xuanning roared a little angrily!

"I went to the Royal Palace!" Mei Meng replied kneeling down.

"Are you following me?" Li Xuanning frowned and asked.

"Go back to the emperor, no, he went there early in the morning before you, and he left after you left!" Mei said.

Li Xuanning held back his anger, gritted his back teeth and said word by word: "What are you going to do? Make it clear!"

"This minister doesn't know, I just know that he entered the main hall. When you were in front of the hall, General Chang was in the back room. It seemed that he was just talking about something. Not long after you left, General Chang also left." Mei said with some trepidation , while gradually knocking his head to the ground, burying it between his hands, preparing for the storm.

Bang! The teacup was thrown to the ground and smashed into pieces!Crash!The dim sum plate fell to the floor!It's all over the place.

There was a moment of silence, as if he was still angry, Li Xuanning picked up the inkstone again and threw it out!

Hearing the emperor's long breath, Mei seemed to have calmed down a lot, and then she secretly looked up at the mess of the place, the sparse ink mixed with tea and debris, feeling depressed for a while, she really picked the wrong day and time, and went down. Be sure to do the math before coming here!

"What happened later?" Li Xuanning asked.

"Back to the emperor, General Chang went straight back to the General's Mansion after leaving the other courtyard, and he didn't go out until night. Now the ghost has switched shifts with me and is watching." Mei said.

"Well, watch carefully! Did Mi Heying come back?" Li Xuanning said.

"Go back to the emperor, but you haven't come back yet." Mei said.

"You haven't come back yet?" Li Xuanning turned his head after speaking, and saw Wang Yuanbao standing at the door, he was stunned for a moment: "Why is Erlang here?

"I heard that you didn't eat, so I brought you some refreshments. No matter what the reason is, you should eat less." Wang Yuanbao walked in lazily, holding two plates of snacks and a bowl of soup in his hand.

Li Xuanning glanced at Mei, Mei immediately understood and left the hall.Glaring at Feng Deshun again, Feng Deshun quickly lowered his head and hid in a corner.

"Is Erlang worried about me? It's nothing, I just went to see my mother." Li Xuanning.

"There's nowhere to go after such a big fuss," Wang Yuanbao said, "I heard that the Empress Dowager is in another courtyard."

"Well, Shunzi, clean up." Li Xuanning pulled Wang Yuanbao to sit down, "The queen mother doesn't want to go back to the palace. Let's not talk about her, what did you do this afternoon?"

Wang Yuanbao saw that Li Xuanning seemed reluctant to mention the queen mother, and after returning from the queen mother, it became like this.Is something wrong?Since he didn't want to talk, he didn't ask.

"What can I do, read the storybook when I have nothing to do, but you, how can there be my storybook in the room? To be honest, have you been secretly in love with me for a long time?" Wang Yuanbao said with a sneer.

"I'll flip through it at will..." Li Xuanning thought of the content in the story book, and his face was a little unnatural, and he suddenly looked at Wang Yuanbao: "What did you just say? Did you read the story book? Did you read it?"

"I flipped through it casually, and saw that you were on the table. It didn't look like a serious book. I was curious, so I asked Little Walnut to read it to me." Wang Yuanbao said.

"Little... little walnut? Who?" Li Xuanning thought in a daze.

"It's the little eunuch next to me! He looks like a walnut, and his face is full of wrinkles at a young age." Wang Yuanbao said.

"Oh, little walnut...you will come out of the palace with me later. I will take you somewhere." Li Xuanning stopped talking about the book, thinking in his heart that all the people around Erlang could be illiterate, and forget about the book. Well, it would be bad if it was the brochure for concubine selection that he could see!

"Well, where are you going?" Wang Yuanbao looked forward to it.

"You'll know when you go." Li Xuanning said absently.

In the dead of night, the ancient streets fade away from the hustle and bustle of the day, only the rustling sound of the wind blowing the treetops can be heard.The two steeds galloped unhindered, causing a few dogs to bark and dust as they passed.

Sitting on the horseback, Wang Yuanbao buried his head on Li Xuanning's back, the wind blowing by his ears.He regretted it very much, he would not have come out if he knew earlier, the hand holding Li Xuanning's waist tightened a little, he was a little worried that he would fall if he kept shaking like this for a while.

Li Xuanning concentrated on pulling the reins, and had no time to turn his head. He just patted his hands around his waist lightly, so that the people behind him would not be nervous.

Mei rode another horse and followed closely behind.

Wang Yuanbao didn't look up until he felt that the horse was running a little slower, and he could only vaguely see a black gate because it was so dark.

When they reached the door, a group of three got off their horses, Mei ran at the front, took out a token and showed it to the guard at the door, and the guard opened the door to let them in.

"Where is this? Are we so sneaky?" Wang Yuanbao asked curiously as he followed Li Xuanning with his left and right hands intertwined in his sleeves.

"This is the back of Lingshan Mountain. I hid a guard here." Li Xuanning glanced at Wang Yuanbao and continued walking inside.

This was originally the old department of the Dragon and Tiger Guards. In the battle five years ago, all [-] Dragon and Tiger Guards were strangled. Later, Li Xuanning re-established a new Guard here with the same [-] troops and renamed it Nightcrawlers.

In five years, in order to build a personal guard of his own, Li Xuanning ordered Chang Wu to secretly search for people with high martial arts skills among the people to employ them. In order not to attract attention, he specially practiced at night.This ghostly shadow also belongs to the Nightcrawler, who was taken away by the emperor to perform tasks alone because of his outstanding skills.Now the three thousand night walkers have gradually grown into elite soldiers and guards.

When the three of Li Xuanning came, Chang Wuzheng and Nightcrawler were standing on the stage together with the black eagle, watching everyone on the field beating and practicing, and seeing Chang Wu's serious expression, Li Xuanning thought of what Mei said, and thought again Thinking of the friendship between the two since they were young, he hesitated in his heart whether to let A Wu stay here for the time being.

"A Wu, Black Eagle, follow me into the hall." After Li Xuanning said, Chao Mei and Wang Yuanbao winked, signaling them to stay outside and wait.

Chang Wu and Hei Ying nodded towards Li Xuanning when they heard the words, and they followed him into the hall.

"Ah Wu, starting tomorrow, your vacation will be over. Do you stay in Nightcrawler, or return to the palace with me?" Li Xuanning looked at Chang Wu, without squinting, with an inquiring expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, I will follow you back to the palace! I will live up to your trust and will be loyal to you for life!" Chang Wu knelt on one knee, arched his hands, and said every word sonorously.

"Ah Wu, you and I have been together since childhood, and our relationship is incomparable to others. Get up." Li Xuanning said.

"Yes! Your Majesty." Chang Wu stood up after saying that.

"Black Eagle, Night Walker has to practice hard these days, I'm afraid it won't be a few days, so be on standby at any time." Li Xuanning said to Black Eagle, while taking a deep breath. If possible, I hope there will never be a need for Night Walker. the day of the

Hei Ying bowed his head and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, Nightcrawler is not what it used to be, and he will surely fulfill his mission!"

……

The two standing outside the door were a little bored, charming and extremely curious, so they talked to Wang Yuanbao and said, "Hey, you are Wang Yuanbao, are you the emperor's male favourite? You are so handsome."

Wang Yuanbao had black lines all over his face, male favorite?I still don't know who is whose favorite! I blushed for a moment, and didn't want to discuss personal matters with this person, so I nodded casually: "Yeah."

"I heard that you are very good at making money, did the emperor lie to you?" Mei asked.

"Do you always talk about the emperor like this?" Wang Yuanbao also became curious, this person didn't seem to be afraid of the emperor.

"Are you going to sue him?" Mei looked terrified.

"No, I won't sue." Wang Yuanbao waved his hand quickly and said.

"It's fine, the emperor is poor, everything else is good." Mei said.

"Is he poor?" Wang Yuanbao asked in surprise.

"It's very poor, the emperor is kind, and he doesn't want to pay excessive taxes, so he is naturally poor. The last time the disaster relief was all donated by you!" Mei said.

"Oh, yes, that's how it is." Wang Yuanbao said.

"But it's better now. With you, you are handsome and earn money, tsk. I'm really envious." Mei said.

Wang Yuanbao frowned, feeling that Li Xuanning thought he was rich.Just as I was cursing him in my heart, I saw him come out from the inside, saying: "That's good, I just came to see today, and bring Chang Wu back to the palace by the way."

Li Xuanning looked at Wang Yuanbao and said, "Are you in a hurry? Let's go."

Wang Yuanbao nodded, and followed Li Xuanning with his heart full of thoughts.

After Li Xuanning came out, he always felt that there was something wrong with the way Wang Yuanbao looked at him, but when he looked carefully, Wang Yuanbao had a smile on his face again.I may be a little sensitive.

After seeing off the four emperors, Black Eagle returned to the platform and directed the guards to continue the drill.

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