Comfortable and slim [fragrant honey + white hair + others]

Outside the Flying Dragon Hall of Lishan Palace, little Xunzi was dozing off against the wall.

He is 50 years old, and he has become more and more sleepy recently.

At this time, a little eunuch stretched out his hand and pushed him: "Director Xun, Your Majesty is calling for you!"

Little Xunzi was jolted up suddenly, and instantly woke up.

Inside, His Majesty's voice seemed very anxious.

"Little Xunzi, Xuan Guoshi! Hurry up and Xuan Guoshi!"

He responded loudly and ran out quickly.I met a guard on the road and hurriedly asked the guard to fly over with him.

There's no way, no matter how fast a eunuch's footsteps are, no one's guards can fly over walls and walls, right?

Don't blame him for being too anxious, it's because His Majesty called Liu Guoshi every time, it must be because of the empress.

Everyone in the Great Qi Dynasty knew that if His Majesty's affairs were delayed, His Majesty might only reprimand him once or twice.If it makes the empress unhappy, it will be a matter of losing one's head.

He found Liu Guoshi, shook him awake, and the two hurried to the front of the imperial court.

After Liu Guoshi went in, little Xunzi was waiting outside.Soon, Liu Guoshi came out shaking his head.

He hurriedly asked: "Master, how is your majesty?"

Liu Guoshi shook his head, only saying that this time it might be dangerous.

Little Xunzi remembered that 15 years ago, when the empress suddenly fell into a coma and His Majesty attacked the Kingdom of Chen madly, his heart trembled.

Outside the Flying Dragon Hall, little Xunzi and Liu Guoshi guarded together.

Only the empress' cry of pain and His Majesty's gentle persuasion were heard.

Little Xunzi dared to swear that he had never heard such a gentle and careful voice from His Majesty in his life.

After guarding the door for three days, little Xunzi couldn't take it anymore, so he sat in a corner and dozed off.

Unexpectedly, when he woke up again, the door was wide open, but the empress had disappeared.

And His Majesty sat on the ground, crying with his head in his arms.

He walked over, only to hear His Majesty saying something: "Shu'er, you must come back..."

Where did the empress go?

Seeing His Majesty's mournful face, little Xunzi didn't dare to ask.

He hurriedly helped His Majesty up and persuaded him, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty will be back. You might as well go and rest for a while, maybe when you wake up, Your Majesty will be right in front of your eyes."

Hearing what he said, hope gradually rose in His Majesty's eyes.

"Yes, I'll go to sleep. When I wake up...she'll be back."

After finally coaxing His Majesty to sleep, Xiao Xunzi asked a young eunuch to take over the shift, and he went back to catch up on sleep.

When he woke up, it was already the next morning.

Little Xunzi stretched, twisted his neck and walked out.

"Director Xun is well." The palace people greeted one after another.

Little Xunzi nodded and frowned, always feeling like he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it.

In the Flying Dragon Palace, His Majesty has already woken up, sitting on the bed with a very serious expression, as if thinking about some heavy problem.

"Little Xunzi, have I...have any concubines?"

He was taken aback, and subconsciously replied: "No."

His Majesty closed his eyes, rubbed his head, and seemed to be recalling something: "Why do I vaguely remember that I seem to have married a woman and made her a queen?"

"Your Majesty may have misremembered," little Xunzi wondered, and explained softly, "You have never married, and Daqi has never had a queen."

His Majesty didn't say a word, but called all the palace servants in the afternoon.

"You guys, have you ever met my queen?"

The palace people looked at me and I looked at you, and replied in unison: "Slaves, wait, I have never heard of a queen or empress."

His Majesty just nodded, waved everyone away, sat by the hot spring, looked at the water and said nothing.

After a long time, he asked, "Where is Liu Guoshi?"

Little Xunzi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Master Liu Guo was sent out by you to search for the elixir of life."

"The elixir of life?" His Majesty murmured, shaking his head suddenly, "No, no."

His Majesty pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to recall something, but ultimately to no avail.

That day, His Majesty just sat by the hot spring all night, not knowing what he was thinking.

His majesty's abnormality has lasted for a long time.

Until a year later, His Majesty never mentioned anything about the queen or the woman.It seemed that he realized that it was just an illusion of his own.

Later, in the Lishan Palace, His Majesty could often be seen sitting on a stone bench, staring at the sky in a daze, stroking something in his hands.

On the table next to him was an exquisite and luxurious bead curtain crown.

This back crown is exquisite in craftsmanship and rare in shape. It is the standard of Empress Xiqi.It's just a little old, and it can be seen that it was a long time ago.

Little Xunzi couldn't remember whose crown it belonged to.

He only remembered that many, many years ago, His Majesty spent countless efforts to buy this crown from the people.

buy?Little Xunzi felt very strange about the word he subconsciously used.

Could it be that anyone ever failed to sell the crown?

Just when he was puzzled, His Majesty suddenly raised his hand and asked him, "Where did this streamer come from?"

Little Xunzi's heart skipped a beat, and his whole body trembled.

"Your Majesty, where is the streamer?"

Hearing his answer, His Majesty's expression seemed to change.

His Majesty spread out his palm, stretched it out in front of him, and asked, "It's this streamer, do you know what color it is?"

Little Xunzi looked at his empty palm, and quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, you don't have anything in your hand!"

His Majesty clenched his palms, and suddenly smiled.

"What are you afraid of? I was just joking with you."

Little Xunzi shuddered, feeling that although His Majesty was smiling, his eyes were cold.

Later, His Majesty seemed to be obsessed with the game of guessing the color of the streamer, and asked the palace people with empty palms from time to time, which frightened everyone.

After a while, His Majesty got tired of guessing the color and became obsessed with finding the beads.

He found all the beads in the Lishan Palace, observed them one by one, but threw them away one by one.

Once, little Xunzi was really curious and asked him what he was looking for?

His Majesty glanced at him with a calm tone.

"I lost my bead and I want to get it back."

For some reason, when he heard His Majesty say this, little Xunzi felt sore and almost shed tears.

Another year passed, and His Majesty was still guarding the Lishan Palace, and all the government affairs were handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was in his twenties.

At this time, Liu Guoshi came back and said that he had not found the elixir of life, and asked His Majesty to come down.

His Majesty nodded, not disappointed.

Only a few days later, there was a spacious alchemy room and a towering asking building in the palace.

Twelve hours a day, His Majesty has ten hours to stay in these two places.

In the remaining two hours, he was sitting on the stone bench with empty hands, stroking and staring at the sky in a daze.

Sometimes, Liu Guoshi would present refined pills, but His Majesty didn't seem to like them.

Until one time, the national teacher presented a silver elixir the size of a pigeon egg.

His Majesty took the silver pill, touched it first, then stretched out his tongue to lick it, and finally swallowed it into his stomach.

The impatient look seemed to be afraid that if it was too late, Yin Dan would run away on his own.

From then on, the elixir presented by Liu Guoshi all looked the same - the size of a pigeon's egg, and the whole body was silver.

As His Majesty stayed away from the Eastern Capital for a long time, Da Qi faintly became confused.

A few years later, a man named Zongzheng Ying appeared at the border of the original north and formed a rebel army.

In the border of Chen Kingdom, a man named Ning Zhengqing is also recruiting soldiers.

Little Xunzi had a good memory and had a little impression of these two people.

Zongzheng Ying is the son of Zongzheng Wuyou and Princess Rongle, and it is said that he has been poisoned by destiny since he was a child.Can such a sick and weak person be the leader of the rebel army?

Ning Zhengqing is the son of Zhenbei King Ning Qianyi and Princess Zhaoyun.After the Kingdom of Chen was destroyed, His Majesty washed the entire royal family with blood, how did Ning Zhengqing survive?

Everything is full of doubts, but this does not prevent Zong Zhengying and Ning Zhengqing from joining forces.Because they have a common enemy - Emperor Daqi Rong Qi.

The two armies attacked, and the soldiers approached the city, and the east was in a hurry.

Little Xunzi was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, but His Majesty, like a normal person, lingered around the building all day, obsessed with cultivating immortals and unable to extricate himself.

The prince sent urgent letters several times, but His Majesty threw the letter into the alchemy furnace without reading it.

One day, Xiao Xunzi accidentally heard someone mention that Princess Rongle, who had been insane for more than ten years in Dongdu, disappeared.It was replaced by Qin Man, the pseudo-empress dowager in the rebel army.

It turned out that she had been pretending to be crazy for so many years, and it was really difficult for her.

The eastern capital is turbulent, but Lishan is calm.

Seeing this, little Xunzi also looked away, and only concentrated on serving His Majesty who is cultivating immortals.

A few years later, Prince Rong Zhe was 30 years old.

On the day of his birthday, the crown prince came to Lishan Mountain to see His Majesty with three heads in hand.

Little Xunzi thought that His Majesty would not see him, just like the previous few years.Unexpectedly, this time, His Majesty actually summoned the prince.

His Majesty was wearing an azure Taoist robe, sitting on a futon with a dust whisk in his arm.

The prince suddenly knelt on the ground and put the three washed heads beside him.

Only then did Xiao Xunzi recognize that one of the white-haired heads was Princess Rongle!

He didn't know the other two.

But His Majesty obviously recognized it.

He nodded and said, "Not bad."

The prince replied with shame on his face, "Father has ruled the world for ten years, and established my great enlightenment. Children are not as far away as father."

His Majesty glanced at him, and asked in a flat tone: "I heard that your crown princess is named Fu Nian?"

The prince panicked, and quickly calmed down: "Father, although Nian'er has a special status, but—"

His Majesty waved his hand, as if he didn't care.

"Don't give her and the people around her any chance to get in touch with the government. This is the only way to protect your relationship."

The prince was stunned, and nodded solemnly for a while: "My child understands."

His Majesty closed his eyes and stopped looking at him.

"Just go back east and wait."

The prince nodded, raised three heads, bowed and retreated.

After the prince left, three men in black came in.

The men in black took off their masks, and it turned out that they were all young people in their 20s.

His Majesty looked at the three young men kneeling on the ground with neither joy nor anger in his voice.

"Rong Gao, Rong Ye, Rong Jun, since the Crown Prince completes the task one step ahead of you, the three of you will be good students and assist him in the future."

The three young men nodded and said in unison: "I will swear allegiance to His Royal Highness to the death."

After the three young men left, little Xunzi broke out in a cold sweat.

These three people are the concubine son of King Lu, the grandson of King Wu, and the concubine grandson of King Zhao.And they are all descendants of His Majesty's brothers!

Seeing that his expression was different, His Majesty glanced at him: "Why? Do you think I'm cruel?"

Little Xunzi shook his head quickly: "Your Majesty has a far-sighted view, learns from the past and knows the future, and the servants are too late to admire you."

The corners of His Majesty's mouth curved slightly, very shallow and flat.

"How can Daqi's world be handed over to mediocre and incompetent people? If the crown prince can pass this test, Daqi will be his. If he can't, there will naturally be people who want to take his place."

According to His Majesty's implication, Zongzheng Ying and Ning Zhengqing are probably the two whetstones he left behind on purpose to verify which sword is the sharpest.

Little Xunzi hesitated, and asked: "In this way, wouldn't it arouse the ambitions of the descendants of King Wu and others?"

"Since ancient times, he was born in sorrow and died in peace. If Rong Zhe didn't give him a sense of crisis, how could he go all out." His Majesty smiled coldly, "Besides, it doesn't matter who is the emperor? As long as it is a descendant of the Rong family , you still have to respect me as grandpa.”

His Majesty said no more, turned around and entered Wenwen Building.

Behind his back, little Xunzi was dripping with cold sweat.

He only felt that His Majesty could still be so indifferent to the crown prince who had been carefully raised for so many years.What about others?

For a while, little Xunzi was a little confused.

Soon, the summer thunderstorms passed, and the golden autumn began to smell the fragrance.

Every autumn, His Majesty would go to the garden to pick sweet-scented osmanthus, and then personally wash, dry, steam, cook, knead and make a dish of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

This is His Majesty's habit for decades.

When making sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, His Majesty also has a unique hobby, which is to add a little incense ash.

It was no ordinary incense ash, and it smelled a bit unpleasant.Fortunately, the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance covered the smell.

After finishing, His Majesty sat in the yard in a daze.It wasn't until it was dark and the moon was slowly rising that His Majesty picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and took a bite.

"This osmanthus cake is not sweet at all."

His Majesty looked at the beads in his hand while speaking.It was a silver bead that His Majesty finally obtained some time ago.

Little Xunzi stood beside him, very strange: I poured half a jar of sugar into it, I am afraid that the sweet-scented osmanthus cake would be too sweet, why did your majesty say it was not sweet?

"Ding……"

The beads were thrown away by His Majesty, and rolled slowly along the bluestone slab into the hot spring water.Through the clear water, you can see that the bottom of the water is full of all kinds of beads.

A few days later, His Majesty returned to the Eastern Capital on a rare occasion.

He abdicated the throne to the crown prince, became the supreme emperor himself, and then returned to the Lishan Palace with more than a dozen calligraphy and paintings.

When tidying up, a palace man was clumsy and accidentally opened several scrolls of calligraphy and painting.

Little Xunzi hurriedly wanted to put it away, but found that among the dozen or so calligraphy and paintings, there was not a word or a scene.

The rice paper is all blank.

The white ones look as if something was originally written or painted on it, but has been completely erased.

Following the Supreme Emperor, little Xunzi went to the Lishan Palace.

This walk is 20 years.

For 20 years, Taishanghuang was only interested in two things.

One is to look for beads.

The second is Xiuxian asked.

Later, His Majesty Rong Zhe came down to look for the Supreme Emperor once. At that time, his expression was gloomy, full of lovelessness.

After coming out, His Majesty Rong Zhe left calmly.

Looking at his back, little Xunzi felt that, in fact, the Supreme Emperor had some differences with His Majesty Rong Zhe.

Soon, news came from Dongdu that His Majesty Rong Zhe had abolished Empress Fu Nian as queen.

Empress Fu Nian and her younger brother Fu Yang went back to the forest together.I heard that their parents have been living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, so if they want to have a family reunion, they will be happy, right?

Little Xunzi didn't know what happened afterwards.

Because when he was 60 years old, the Supreme Emperor rewarded him with a thousand acres of fertile land and ten thousand taels of silver, allowing him to return to his hometown in honor.

However, Xiao Xunzi has been in the palace for more than 50 years, and he has long lost his impression of his hometown and relatives, so he built several houses at the foot of Mount Li.

Later, he adopted an orphan with a pure heart as his grandson.The old and the young have a companion, and they are not lonely.

It's just that he doesn't have to serve the Supreme Emperor any more, and his physical strength has deteriorated a lot.

At the age of 73, he was dying.When the light came back, he saw the Supreme Emperor.

Maybe cultivating immortals is really useful, and the Supreme Emperor is still hale and hearty despite the age of seventy.He was playing with a bead in his hand, and it didn't take long before he gave it to Xiao Xunzi's grandson.

Little Xunzi's old eyes were dizzy, and he could only vaguely see that the beads seemed to be silver.

"Your Majesty," little Xunzi gasped, and persuaded, "When little Xunzi is gone, you should eat less elixir. It's not good to eat too much of that thing..."

The Supreme Emperor said "Hmm", but he didn't know if he heard it or not.

Little Xunzi asked again: "Thirty years have passed, have you found what you were looking for?"

The Supreme Emperor was silent and shook his head.

Little Xunzi felt sorry for him, the Supreme Emperor might not be found in this lifetime.

As he was dying, little Xunzi heard his grandson asking the Supreme Emperor.

"Your Majesty, what are you looking for?"

The Taishanghuang's voice was old and slow.

"I lost my bead and I want to find it... Do you know where it is?"

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【White-haired Princess】End