Huaibi

Princess Chengyuan, who arrived at Fengyi Hall, didn't see this scene. Before entering the palace, she changed her filial attire, washed off her heavy makeup, and served the queen with a plain face.

As the sun was setting, the scorching heat dissipated a lot, Princess Chengyuan opened the tightly closed window sash a few slits, let in the gentle breeze, then walked back to the bed, picked up the wet cotton kerchief in the copper basin again, and wiped it from the neck He walked up and down, wiped the queen's body to cool off inch by inch, his words were calm, and he chatted: "The doors and windows are tightly closed, and the room is suffocated. It must be of no benefit to the disease. The empress should let some fresh air into the palace from time to time."

The queen didn't move, looked at her with slightly sideways eyes, and saw that her eyes moved casually when she spoke, and she didn't look at people, so she didn't respond to her words and asked: "This palace is infected with smallpox, is my sister at home?" You don't even want to come, but why did you come?"

The princess paused slightly.

"The concubine suffered from smallpox when she was young, so don't worry about it."

"Really?" The queen shook her head and smiled weakly, "You are lying... As women, we have had entanglements for many years, but with just one look, I can tell that what you said is not true."

After hearing the words, the concubine no longer deceived her, and smiled slightly along with her: "It's the concubine who can't hide it from the empress." To put it mildly, she still refused to explain the reason.

However, before the queen asked the question, she had already guessed it.

What Princess Chengyuan wants is not to be the empress Wuyu, but for the prince's aunt to sit firmly in the harem, so as to ensure the prestige of her parents and children, and no one can bully her.Although she is a biological mother, there are not many things she can do outside the palace except caring for each other from a distance. Only the queen is in the palace to protect her. .

It was for this reason that she was willing to risk herself, even willing to sacrifice her own life in exchange for the queen's health.

The concubine didn't say a word about this thought, she kept it in her heart, but the queen really understood her, how could someone who cared about the prince not understand?

Thinking about it, for more than ten years, the two of them were envious and jealous of each other, and it was all a waste of effort.

The queen said "Thank you" in a low voice, closed her eyes and rested her mind, and stopped asking.

For about an hour or so, the concubine waited on the empress after finishing her meal and drinking the decoction. Then she left the hall lately and went back to the side room with a tired body to take a rest. Unexpectedly, when she came to the corridor, she saw the prince waiting there. courtyard.

The concubine turned sideways in surprise, her eyes lit up several times with brilliance, she immediately set off to meet him, her steps were urgent and even started to trot, she suddenly stopped before approaching, stepped back to get away from him, and leaned over to greet him.Ping Huaizhen wanted to go forward to help her, but she didn't want to startle her back and dodged: "The prince is not close, the concubine is coming out of the queen's palace."

Ping Huaizhen knew that she was worried, she was afraid that she would get smallpox, and suddenly felt pain in her heart, she couldn't bear to ask in a low voice: "Is the princess disregarding her own safety when she comes here?"

Princess Chengyuan heard the concern from those words, she was quite moved, her eyes were hot, worried that he would see her out, she hurriedly lowered her head and replied: "The Empress is the mother of a country, her own safety is more important than others, The concubine only hopes that the mother will recover as soon as possible, so what else is there to care about?"

"Wangfei should also cherish her own body," Ping Huaizhen said in a soft but firm voice, "You must know that Wangfei and Empress are my close relatives, and they are as important as themselves."

The concubine suddenly raised her head, stared at him with wide eyes, tears that filled her cheeks for a long time in amazement.

Ping Huaizhen didn't want to attract others, so he finished talking here, bowed his hands and gave a salute, then turned and left.Princess Tuliu stared blankly at the place, looking at the empty court for a long time, and in just a short moment, it caused waves in her heart.

After Ping Huaizhen knew this well, the secret was revealed for a long time.

After leaving, he didn't return to Xu'an Hall, but wandered all the way to the imperial garden, climbing the high pavilion and looking into the distance.I didn't know it very well, but looking at the distant view of the imperial city at this time, seeing the palace walls connected by roads, like a dense net covering the world, I realized that the constraints of the world are never elsewhere, but in this place that everyone admires.

Some people exhaust their energy and study hard, just to enter the officialdom and set foot in it.Little do they know that some people have struggled hard all their lives, and they can't escape the shackles bound in the palace wall.

To be alive is probably to only feel the sweetness of others, but not to see the blessings in your hands.

Sitting for a long time.

Youyue climbed higher, Ping Huaizhen didn't even eat dinner this time, Jiang Chang looked around, and he didn't see him twice when he went to and from the imperial garden, because he never raised his head to look up, let alone dared to call out , for fear of publicity.

Halfway through the hour of Hai, the sound of footsteps came from the steps under the pavilion.

Someone behind Ping Huaizhen reached out and put his hand on his shoulders, a sense of familiarity lingered all over his body, and he knew who it was before he turned around.He clenched his hands into his palms and listened to his persuasion: "The prince still refuses to go back to the palace to rest?"

Ping Huaizhen tightened that hand, and said in a low voice, "Only you know I'm here."

Li Qingjue sat beside him, dressed in a dark windbreaker, with a hood over his head, from the side he could only vaguely see the tip of his nose, and said softly: "When you were young, every time you got into a temper, you always liked to come Here, I took me to hide for most of the day. Later, I was hungry, but no one came to find me, so I was willing to go back."

Ping Huaizhen felt soft in his heart when he heard it, and felt that Li Qingjue was very different today, and when he looked carefully from the side, he was startled, and saw that he didn't wear a mask under the hood, but he looked at people from the front, so majestic The land line came to the imperial garden.

"you……"

Ping Huaizhen's heart was beating like a drum, and he hurriedly led him down the pavilion and back to the palace, but fortunately no one was broken along the way, only a few palace people passed by with lights on in the dark night, walking in a regular manner, bowing their heads to say hello.

Ping Huaizhen was stepping on the edge of the blade, not daring to hold Li Qingjue in his hand, and allowed him to follow behind him step by step, looking back from time to time, until he returned to the palace before sinking his heart into his chest.

Li Qingjue did not explain, but took off his outer robe, the long gown and brocade clothes inside were not the soft armor of the guards that he wore every day, but he looked like he used to be, He Jinyi, the son of Shang Shuling, who was well known to the palace people.

"Qingjue." Ping Huaizhen called him in a low voice.

Li Qingjue called Jiang Chang and asked him to bring dinner, then closed the doors and windows again, and replied vaguely: "I've been restrained for a long time, I want to get some air outside."

Ping Huaizhen felt that there seemed to be other intentions in those words, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Just as he was meditating, suddenly there were several footsteps coming from outside the corridor, Li Qingjue temporarily avoided in the inner room, waited for the palace humane to arrange the delicious food, then retreated quietly, and then went out to share the meal with Ping Huaizhen.

"The minister has been hungry for a long time with the prince."

"I forgot the time, you should have looked for me earlier," Ping Huaizhen put some smooth fish meat on his plate, carefully removed the bones, and sighed, "but you shouldn't have looked for me like this, cut it later It can't be."

Li Qingjue shook his head: "It won't be like this in the future."

Talking about holding the pot and pouring wine, I haven't had a drink with him for a long time, smelling the sweet fragrance, I am slightly tipsy.

Seeing this, Ping Huaizhen stretched his brows, and when he let go of the depression in his heart, if he waits for a while, maybe he will be as cheerful as before.

The two raised their glasses to each other and drank three times in a row.

Li Qingjue ate the piece of fish meat on the plate, and the fragrance filled his mouth. He thought it tasted good, so he picked some up and put it on the plate, and listened to him slowly say: "Today, the princess enters the palace to serve the mother's sickness. I don't know whether to be happy or sad, and I don't know whether to persuade her to go back." The words paused for a while, and his gaze fixed on Li Qingjue's eyes, as if seeking advice, "If you persuade, it is for the sake of the princess; if you don't persuade, it is for the sake of the queen mother ...it's really a dilemma."

"Did the prince persuade or not?"

"Not persuaded," Ping Huaizhen was at a loss, "I went today, I don't know how to speak to the princess, but I just persuade her to cherish it."

"That's enough." Li Qingjue waited for him to eat the fish, and gave him some dishes, "The prince should understand that what the princess and the empress wish for is for the prince to be well."

Ping Huaizhen nodded.

"The same is true for the minister."

"Qingjue, today you..."

"The prince just needs to understand that what I do is for the sake of the prince's well-being." Li Qingjue cut off his words, and for a moment just lowered his eyes to eat, and did not talk deeply.

Ping Huai felt that he had something to say today that he didn't want to explain clearly, but he couldn't figure it out, and the taste of the dishes in his mouth gradually lost as he pondered.However, until the end, Li Qingjue never said a word.

It was already midnight when the palace servants removed the dishes.

Ping Huaizhen wanted to freshen up, so she took off her outer shirt and walked around the room to the depths of the inner hall.

A wide screen couldn't stop the water vapor. Li Qingjue lay half a step ahead of him and closed his eyes to rest in the pool. The half pot of wine steamed into his brain through the bath water, and he was drowsy.That glance is not like the world, if a banished immortal came to the world, the jade-faced boy has not been stained with dust even though he has gone through thousands of years.

Ping Huaizhen took off his clothes and went into the pool, walked to his side, raised his hand to caress his eyebrows and eyes.Drops of water rolled down the tip of his brows, Li Qingjuan opened his eyes and was stabbed shut, then kissed his lips, lingering for a long time.

Li Qingjue groaned indistinctly, filled with long-lost intimacy, and when his thoughts were blurred, he heard him ask: "Does Qingjue have anything to say today?"

"No words." He shook his head and kissed again, after that he was speechless, only the ambiguous voice became more and more serious.

Li Qingjue really didn't want to say that when he left the palace yesterday to go to the Zhao residence, Zhao Keyang had a private discussion with him about the Prince's shadow guard.

Zhao Keyang deeply felt that the previous assassination should not be taken carelessly, and there were only seven shadow guards, instead of adding a few more to hide in the dark, it would be better for the army to make a dangerous move and use it as a mercenary.

Li Qingjue had already read all the gossip because of the turmoil in Beijing a few days ago. After careful consideration, he felt that this move was beneficial. However, how to mercenary soldiers and where to raise soldiers were all difficult problems.

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The crown prince is still young, and Emperor Hongxuan is in his prime, and the future will be long. He wants to raise an elite team for Ping Huaizhen.

In the next few years, the crown prince Yuchao and Liu Yin mediated, while he was away, and one day he would meet Junfu.