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Ginkgo fruit falls to the ground after ripening, and is covered by layers of golden leaves. Passers-by passing under the tree will inevitably trample on a few of them, and the trampled fruit will slowly rot, forming a lingering stench.

This splendor and splendor is no different from that gorgeous Miyagi, it can be viewed from a distance, but the smell is unbearable when approached.

"Brother!" Ye Liuyuan always felt that the prince had something to say, so she simply tugged on his sleeve and said, "I'm tired and can't stand anymore, let's go sit in the pavilion first."

After speaking, he pulled the prince quickly away from under the tree and walked into Linlang Pavilion.

It was early winter, and the prince knew that Yeliuyuan was afraid of the cold, so he ordered the Linlang Pavilion room to light up the stove before they came. As soon as the two of them entered the room, the restless heat came blowing towards them.

Ye Liuyuan was dressed thickly, and as soon as she entered the house, she was so hot that she took off her outer light fur, and took off her boots with the prince to get on the couch.There is a table on the couch, close to the bay window, and the waiter around him warms up a pot of wine and brings it up.

Ye Liuyuan drank wine and chatted with the prince about what happened in court. The warm and dry stove and spirits drove away the cold air that lingered in his body after the winter, and Ye Liuyuan gradually let go of his suspicions about the identity of the prince. Lower atrium.

The room is so comfortable, and the alcohol is slowly coming up, Ye Liuyuan is drowsy.

"Xiaoqi, do your legs still hurt today?" Seeing his sleepy look, the prince asked in a soft voice.

Ye Liuyuan raised her eyelids, stretched her legs, and replied: "It's much better. The imperial doctor comes to visit regularly. With acupuncture and medicine plus massage, it's usually not painful anymore."

After struggling to answer, Ye Liuyuan slowly leaned forward as if about to fall asleep.

"Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi!" The prince was a little helpless, reached out and patted his cheek lightly, and said, "Brother, take you back to the palace to sleep?"

"Don't..." The room was as warm as spring, but it was so cold outside, Ye Liuyuan was finally comfortable and was about to fall asleep, plus he was drunk, so he was not willing to go out to suffer from the cold.

Seeing that he was unwilling, the prince didn't force him, so he asked the servant to come over and remove the table and the things on it, and brought the brocade quilt over, let Ye Liuyuan lean on him, and wrapped him in the quilt.If he wants to sleep, he can sleep here.

Ye Liuyuan fell asleep in a daze, but Luo Chen was at the side but hesitated to speak.

The prince looked over and motioned for him to speak if he had something to say.

Luo Chen trembled, and said in a low voice: "The imperial physician asked Your Highness to massage the legs to soothe the meridians."

The prince nodded to indicate that he understood, and looked at Ye Liuyuan's peaceful sleeping face from the side, fascinated.

No one knew the shock when the person he planted next to Princess Jingping brought him back that secret, but what really made him angry was something else.

After learning that Concubine Shu had an affair with the son-in-law of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, he went to investigate what happened back then. Who would have thought that Ye Liuyuan's life experience was far more complicated than he guessed?

The legitimate son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is not married, but has an adopted son.That child suddenly appeared by his side, no matter how much he asked the legitimate son, he did not reveal the information of his biological mother, only saying that the child was his own son by his side.

Let Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites not ask where he came from, who his mother is, let alone whether she is his parent and child.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is the patriarch of an aristocratic family, and he simply cannot accept that he suddenly has a grandson who doesn't know where he came from, let alone this grandson may not necessarily be his son's biological son.

But that son's attitude was very firm, he really regarded the child of unknown origin as his own, when the Minister of Rites wanted to arrange for him to marry a wife, he would rather become a monk than accept the family's arrangement.

In the end, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites took a step back and tried hard to persuade him that if he became a monk, the situation of the child he raised would be even more difficult.That son-in-law took a step back and didn't become a monk because of that child.

The prince immediately realized something. This kind of private past is like a mess, which can't be sorted out and understood, but as long as you grasp a thread, you will slowly get a glimpse of the whole picture.

Ye Liuyuan is not a prince, he has no blood relationship with Emperor Ye, and also has no blood relationship with Concubine Shu.Concubine Shu had indeed had an affair with the legitimate son of the Minister of Rites, and the two had even been in touch for many years.Concubine Shu was indeed pregnant back then, and she was indeed pregnant with the child of Minister of Rites.

However, by deceiving the world and deceiving others, the child born to Concubine Shu was sent to be raised by her biological father, while a boy from nowhere was sent to the palace and became the youngest son born to Concubine Chong.

The prince was startled and angry. He once wanted to ask Queen Zhao if she knew about this matter. This was promiscuous palace and confusing royal bloodlines!Once the matter is revealed, Concubine Shu and the Empress are biological sisters, not only Concubine Shu and Ye Liuyuan, but also him, Empress Zhao and the entire Zhao family in Jianling will die without a place to bury them!

The prince had already reached the entrance of the Lizheng Hall, but he stopped suddenly, turned around and looked directly in the direction of the Taiji Hall.

Everything was wrong. Concubine Shu made a marriage contract with the official son of the Minister of Rites before she left the cabinet.Then, on the night of heavy snowfall, he ran into Ye Di who was also going to Queen Zhao's bedroom.

Whose fault is this?

The prince knew very well that it was impossible for Concubine Shu to devote too much energy to arranging the child exchange after giving birth. There must be a man with a clear hand in the harem to help arrange the cover-up, so that all doubts and evidence can be wiped out.And this person could only be Queen Zhao.

But is it wrong for Queen Zhao to do this?She is the queen of the middle palace, and her younger sister entered the palace overnight to serve her husband together.But is that my sister's fault?No, she had a perfect marriage, and her Xiao Lang was waiting outside the palace.

Empress Zhao couldn't blame her sister, because it was Emperor Ye's fault.It was not his fault that he betrayed his first wife, Empress Zhao, and it was not his fault that he saw Concubine Shu and wanted to forcefully accept her as a concubine.It is precisely because Empress Zhao is such a sensible and clear woman that she helped her sister cover up all this.

Therefore, the prince has no position to ask Queen Zhao, nor Concubine Shu, because the fault is all on Emperor Ye, who caused all this to happen.

The prince looked at Ye Liuyuan's sleeping face, the young man's face was slightly red from the alcohol and the warmth of the room, but he still frowned in his sleep as if he was worried about something.Maybe it was because he was hot, he kicked off the brocade quilt and stretched out one leg.

The prince reached out his hand to grab his leg, massaged and stretched it slowly along the muscles and meridians, and stuffed his leg back into the quilt.Watching his sleeping face, the prince couldn't help reaching out to touch his forehead.

The prince looked at the Taiji Hall where Emperor Ye was located outside the Lizheng Hall that day, and thought for a long time and a lot.

He also went out of the palace to meet the child who was with his biological father. The family of the Minister of Rites is also a noble family. The son suffered from not being able to meet Concubine Shu and wanted to keep him, so he poured all his love on that child.Carefully educate him, lovingly and dignifiedly, let that child grow into Zhilanyushu without any worries.

And what about Yeliu Garden?The youngest son who was sent to the palace was doted on by Ye Di on the surface, and had everything in fine clothes and fine food.But the slander and attack from behind and the open and dark arrows have never stopped. He is the target set up, so this agile and keen child has learned to erect all the thorns on his body to protect himself since he was a child.

But no matter how much he flaunted his teeth and claws and refused to show weakness or bow his head, he was finally trampled by a frightened horse and broke his legs during the hunt at the age of 15, and has suffered from leg problems since then.

Does Concubine Shu love him?perhaps.But presumably he didn't love his parents and children outside the palace as much.

Without the shackles of blood and brotherhood, the prince hugged Yeliuyuan in Linlang Pavilion, listening to Xia Jing's prosperous voice outside the bay window, and looking at Yeliuyuan's sleeping face, suddenly felt a mad desire to protect him impulse.

He once wanted to protect him, but he took him under his wings only because of the friendship between Queen Zhao and Concubine Shu, and the meager blood relationship between brothers.

The prince's protection is just a kind of interest and protection for small animals. Now that he clearly knows that this younger brother has nothing to do with him, he has more urges to protect and possess.

That's it, the prince sighed, he will bury everyone who knows this secret.

Ye Liuyuan is his younger brother, not by blood, indeed the only younger brother he recognizes, wants to protect, and even wants to have.

If this secret is known, he will lose Yeliuyuan.

In the eyes of outsiders, Yeliuyuan may have a lot, but the prince knows that Yeliuyuan does not have much, and this secret will destroy the only remaining part of Yeliuyuan.Destroying the family, destroying all the tender memories and happiness in the past, and destroying himself.

When it was getting dark, the prince had to go back to the East Palace.He woke up Ye Liuyuan and watched him board the carriage and return to the palace.

But the prince soon learned that sometimes, things don't always go as expected.

Soon after the death of the third prince, Princess Jingping and the son-in-law, Concubine Su Gui, who had just been promoted to the throne, was reprimanded by Emperor Ye to become Concubine Su De again.

The position of imperial concubine that she had worked so hard to get for less than a month, she fell back to the position of concubine de, which was simply a great irony to her.But to her relief, the Second Prince and Zuo Xiang were not implicated by Princess Jingping's incident.

But what surprised everyone was that Qiu Ying was actually the deputy commander of Xiaowei, and he was still tracking down the assassin.

Assassins, assassins, assassins, this matter has become a nightmare for all officials in the government and the opposition.

Originally, Qiu Ying broke into the third prince's mansion to search the third prince's mansion on the grounds of investigating the assassin after fighting with the third prince, which was a blatant public revenge.

Of course Ye Di could see that Qiu Ying was using this reason to deal with his son.

The emperor and every pair of eyes looking at Chou Ying could tell, but the fact that the third prince had an affair with the vassal king was a fact, and what Chou Ying accused was true, even if it was public revenge, there was nothing he could do about it.

But his actions are still using to fool the emperor, and Princess Jingping offended Concubine Su De and Prime Minister Zuo, everyone was waiting for Qiu Ying to be dealt with, but he didn't.

No?

Not only was he not punished, but he even continued to be his deputy commander of Xiaowei.

All the courtiers watching the development of the matter thought Ye Di was crazy, why did Ye Di still use hatred?

The author has something to say:

The prince knew that Ye Liuyuan was not related to him by blood, so he began to look at Ye Liuyuan differently.