Huaibi

The lamp wick burned out inch by inch, and the night breeze slightly startled the flames, shaking the light shadows reflected on the wall in the room, and dimming it a bit.The palace maid came walking deftly with a beast-shaped oil lamp in hand, gently lifted the semi-transparent landscape cover with the hexagonal eaves, and slowly turned the wick a few times.

Ping Huaizhen stood quietly by the window, his eyes were drawn back from the clear moon outside the fence, he tilted his head and said in a low voice: "No more, just go down." After saying that, he moved his eyes away, as before, only staring at the moon in the sky.

The palace maid silently stopped her hand that wanted to add oil to the lamp, closed the lampshade again, bowed and retreated.

The remaining dim light flickered with a few strands of light, Ping Huaizhen felt a little tired, and looked down to see a shadow under his feet.The man in the shadow and him have stood here for a long time, as if they have taken root in the ground, covered with a cold and hard corner by the window, living in loneliness.

This shadow has been with him for so many years, when he is proud, when he is lonely, when he is favored or insulted by thousands of people, and finally turns into an endless silence that is colorless and untouchable at this moment, making him suddenly feel absurd and ridiculous, and feel that there is nothing in this palace. No one can be hated, no one can be pitiful.

During such a long period of time, he has never figured out why the people here one after another must live like ghosts, fight to the death, and have their heads broken... But why is he not like this, and why? How can you not fight with people.

After all, no one can stop in this place.

Ping Huaizhen supported the railing with his palm, and tightened his finger bones.

Shi Chen walked quietly, and there was the sound of footsteps behind him, he regained his composure, unavoidably lost some patience in his irritability, and reprimanded before turning his head: "Go down."

The sound of footsteps paused, but the man didn't go away, he continued to take a few steps forward after saying this, and tugged at his flowing sleeve from the side.

Ping Huaizhen looked back unexpectedly, the person in front of him asked softly: "Why don't you even want to see anyone?"

It came like a breeze blowing on the face, Ping Huai didn't answer, he hugged the man who suddenly appeared in the palace tightly, his arms were bound so hard that he couldn't move, it took a long time to loosen very slowly.

Li Qingjue let him embrace him, feeling a little uneasy and bewildered in the caged aura rushing towards his face, it was a distressed appearance that Ping Huai had seldom exposed for a long time. A sharp wound was drawn on the person.And he understands the prince better than others, knowing that the reason Ping Huaizhen is like this is because he was framed by others, and he actually fed the poison to Emperor Hongxuan with his own hands, so that the truth is true and false, so that the prince will eventually have the crime of unfilial piety on his heart .

But Ping Huaizhen is like this, but he doesn't have to.

Emperor Hongxuan had no grudge against him, even if his life was murdered, Li Qingjue would never feel any sympathy for him.All he thinks right now is Ping Huaizhen, otherwise why would he need to worry about this matter.

Li Qingjue focused his eyes and thought, the indifference in his eyes disappeared for a moment, he stroked Ping Huaizhen's back, and comforted him along his spine, and felt that he had calmed down a little, and said: "There is no danger, the prince does not need to be too depressed."

Hearing this sentence, Ping Huaizhen calmed down, tilted his head and kissed his temple lightly, and asked: "This matter is so tightly suppressed, few people in the palace know about it, how did you find out so quickly?"

Li Qingjue was not surprised that he asked this question: "That's all for other matters, but the crown prince is in a disadvantageous place, and someone around you will let me know in time."

Ping Huaizhen couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, and let out a deep sigh, feeling much better than before, and said after a while: "My father grounded me to protect me. But it's too much for me to be imprisoned in this Xu'an Palace and do nothing. Be more passive."

"Brake with stillness, but watch the changes." Li Qingjue had already weighed the road when he came, and it was really inappropriate for Ping Huaizhen to stand out at this time.Since Emperor Hongxuan wanted to protect him, he might as well take advantage of the situation to get out, so that he can still retain his strength, which is better than being hard to break free when he is bound.

Ping Huaizhen nodded when he heard the words, but before he could answer, he heard a startled sound in the hall outside.

The obscure palace lantern was accidentally knocked down to the ground, and the previously unknown flickering flames flickered and went out completely. Someone rushed in from the dark. I don't know who it was. .

And the person in front of this reckless person was really Jiang Chang. After entering the hall, he didn't wait for him to question him, and he didn't suspect that there was someone beside him. temple……"

Ping Huaizhen took advantage of the moonlight to see Jiang Chang's eyebrows clearly, and suddenly worried about the three words in the obedient words, and suddenly clenched his teeth.

"Miss Yantong was punished by the emperor to go to the Yeting Palace, the empress..." Jiang Chang's voice trembled, his throat was choked and he mourned, "The emperor sent the empress to the cold palace, and she has gone to take over the power of the palace..."

Ping Huaizhen's whole body seemed to be soaked in ice, and then it was like burning in his heart. His eyes were about to burst, and his anger rose from his heart. He even clenched the hand covering Li Qingjue's face into a fist, and flung his sleeves down fiercely.

Li Qingjue could barely stop him when he moved forward, and persuaded him with his shoulders: "If the prince wants to go out of this door, he should listen carefully to Jiang Chang."

Ping Huaizhen stared at him, and after a long time regained some sense of reason in his eyes, he closed his eyes with his palms closed, took half a step back, and closed the window rail with his backhand.

The light in the hall became weaker, and Jiang Chang raised his head to the two blurred figures by the window and said in a low voice: "Yantong confessed to the crime of poisoning, the emperor remembered her years of hard work, spared her life, and relegated her to the rank of last-class court lady." Punishment to Ye Ting Palace... The Queen's Empress was angered because of her ineffective discipline, so she was convicted, I'm afraid she is already on her way to the Leng Palace..."

Unwillingness, resentment, anger, all kinds of chills flooded into my mind during the words, Ping Huaizhen stopped listening, raised his hand and squeezed Li Qingjue's arm, said "wait for me" in a low voice for a while, turned around and strode forward Going out, walking all the way, the mind is full of the cold palace and desolation - that place has been deserted for a long time, it is stuffy in summer, cold in winter, the queen is now weak and weak, I don't know how to bear it.

He absolutely never expected that it was the Fengyi Palace, which should have been as stable as Mount Tai, who came forward to take the blame for his innocence. What was even more unexpected was that Emperor Hongxuan, who knew the queen was innocent, acquiesced in the Fengyi Palace to take responsibility This trip condemned Yantong's absurdity, how could he not hate the price.

Under the moonlight in the long alley, the chariot drives slowly.

The chariot master's hair was not as thin as a bun, and the blue hair followed the chariot like a waterfall. In the light of Chengliang moon, you can clearly see the glaring white strands mixed in it, covering the colorful phoenix on the back-covering phoenix robe.The rich and noble peonies are blooming vividly between the belts, covering the waist that is getting thinner and thinner. In this dignified and inviolable majesty, a ray of decadence that seems to be absent is inadvertently released.

The queen stared straight ahead, as if she could still see the brilliance of the moon and stars, and the vermilion palace walls as before, but the redness in the corners of her eyes made the emotion on that face crack half a little.

Even though she was punished, she did not lose her status as a queen. Only less than [-]% of the palace guards in the Fengyi Palace were left, and the rest were all accompanied by the chariot, and went with her to the Cold Palace.

I don't know how long it will take to go, but it's a pity that there is no Yantong among the people, and even her last pair of eyes are dimmed.

The queen's eyes were sore, and she felt that there were no tears to be sad. Hearing the sound of everyone's footsteps in her ears, she felt in a trance, as if the palace road was endless, and she was going to spend the rest of her life... However, there was another sound in the footsteps that should have been unchanging. A slightly different sound has been coming lately.

She suddenly opened her godless eyes wide, stabilized the chariot and turned around towards the source of the sound.Immediately, the sound slowed down, and the person approached him step by step, and the chariot stopped and slowly fell to the ground.

Before reaching the cold palace, Ping Huaizhen caught up with the group of people, panting slowly, calming his heaving chest, bent his knees and squatted down, covering the queen's hands on her knees.

All the emotions that the Queen had suppressed for a long time poured out like a can at this moment, her lips and fingers trembled slightly, and mist filled her eye sockets.

"My son and minister are not filial."

The word "self-blame" whispered into her ears, the queen closed her eyes and calmed down her complicated emotions. After a long while, she still didn't know how to speak, so she just shook her head, wrapped his hands tightly, and persuaded: "It's late at night, the prince should go back stop."

The surrounding palace people remained silent, Ping Huaizhen stood up and did not stay here with her anymore, but he refused to leave as promised, raised his hand to signal to drive back and went forward, escorting him on the same side.

The queen seemed to be aware of it, she pursed her lips, retracted her palms into her sleeves, sat upright, and suppressed the injustice in her heart under the surface.

Ping Huaizhen walks, and the road under his feet is illusory and illusory, turning into half a lifetime. At first, he was a mother to protect the child, but now he changes the child to protect the mother, and he protects the queen and walks quietly in the night.

But suddenly, Ping Huaizhen felt that this was not the case: in fact, from the beginning to the end, the queen had always protected him, and there was no time for him to repay it.

I'm afraid I won't be able to pay off in this life.

The palace alley is extremely long and extremely short, and the secluded palace gradually comes into view. Looking up, the carved clouds and hanging eaves still stubbornly reflect the grandeur of the old days. There have been masters who favored the harem living here in history, but it is a pity that they are now The color has faded, and the glory is gone.

Ping Huaizhen stepped into the hall with puzzled brows, the old damp was extremely smoky, but fortunately the dust was not thick, because someone hastily cleaned it up.

The servant girl who cleaned the palace was still in the palace, and when she heard the sound, she came out to bow and bow, Ping Huaizhen lowered her eyes and found a few familiar faces, if she remembered correctly, they should be the people serving by Emperor Hongxuan, she was slightly surprised I can't help but feel a little comforted, and vaguely feel a bit of emperor's heart.

He had complaints in his heart, and he only blamed Emperor Hongxuan for disregarding the relationship between husband and wife for many years, and punished the frail queen into this desolate place. He never thought that the emperor's intentions would be the same as before, just like grounding him, but he wanted to send The queen rescued her whole body from the surf, and kept it in this unobtrusive place for safety?

That's why even though Yantong committed the crime of killing the emperor with his own body, the crime was so serious that he was able to save his life because Emperor Hongxuan did it deliberately.

Ping Huaizhen finally felt relieved.

The palace people worked hard at night to tidy up their hands and feet, first cleaned up the inner room, and carefully spread soft quilts on the couch for the queen to rest.

Ping Huaizhen helped the Empress to lie down, wanted to pour tea for her, but turned her head to see that there was only an old pot on the table, and immediately searched for a palace servant, and said in an annoyed way: "All the things in the palace are exchanged for new ones. Tomorrow, everything will be tidied up. error."

The palace servant should be lucky, but she was stopped by the queen before turning around.

"No need, everything should be kept simple in this cold palace."

Ping Huaizhen's heart ached, knowing that she didn't want to be talked about, but how could she bear to see her suffer?After thinking about it, he replied: "All the things you need are taken from Fengyi Palace."

The queen nodded and stopped rebutting, stretched out her palm from under the quilt to him, Ping Huaizhen quickly took it to warm her palm, and saw that she opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.

The number of people in the hall made it inconvenient to talk loudly, so Ping Huaizhen leaned down to his ear and asked, "May the empress tell you something?"

The queen responded softly and then whispered to him: "Prince, you should understand that the place in Yeting Palace is no better than outside... Yantong is in Yeting now, I can't afford to take care of her, so I can only ask the prince to ask someone to take care of her."

"I understand, the queen mother is at ease, I will let Jiang Chang go and see it in person tomorrow morning."

"Okay," the queen was somewhat relieved, but the guilt in her heart still made her bitter, thinking that Yantong would never marry all her life, and risked her life to accompany her to guard against the shadows of swords and swords in the palace. , feeling very sad, "Yantong also watched the prince grow up. It has been so many years, and now she is over half a hundred years old and her bones are not strong. She can't stand the toss of Ye Ting Palace... She shouldn't suffer this."

Ping Huaizhen was ashamed: "The queen mother shouldn't have to suffer this crime."

The queen shook her head, unwilling to tell Ping Huaizhen the truth, so as not to make him feel more heartbroken and even restless.

But even though she didn't say anything, she was very clear in her heart, knowing that all the things at the moment were lucky, if it wasn't for Yan Tong's arbitrariness to abandon her and leave the palace, rushing into the Yangxin Palace before the prince returned without hesitation, then I'm afraid The queen is already deposed, she is more than just thinking about her mistakes in the cold palace.

It was Yantong who saved the crown prince and her, and relieved Emperor Hongxuan of all difficulties. Regardless of his own safety, he spared his life, and he was not afraid of hardships and hardships, and offered her a sincere heart bloody.

The queen smiled wryly and shook her head, two lines of tears rolled down her eyes.