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Meng Chuji raised his eyes and looked as usual, his hands and fingers on his knees were unconsciously clenched, "Ah, it's nothing, Grandma Huang's talk is interesting, she is fascinated."

Pei Jing didn't notice this detail, and said to the Queen Mother: "Grandma, Father finally stepped out of the alchemy room. I want to take Jingjing to see Father, so I will take Jingjing away."

The Queen Mother sighed quietly and nodded.

Is this God's will?

Meng Chuji followed Pei Jing to leave the Palace of Mercy, and when the cold wind blew, his sweaty back was instantly chilled, and his limbs and bones felt cool.

As he walked, Meng Chuji slowed down and stopped.

Pei Jing smiled suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Meng Chuji clenched his fists, thinking: Tell him, just tell him like this, the queen mother will see through all the truth, and he will not be able to escape this calamity.

"Quiet?"

Seeing that he was silent, Pei Jing called out again.

Meng Chuji spoke slowly: "Qiu Yu, if I... I do something wrong, will you forgive me?"

Pei Jing seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After thinking about it, he said truthfully: "No."

When he falls in love, he will punish him on the bed, punish him to the point of crying, make him have more children, how can he easily let go of such a great opportunity?

After the words fell, Meng Chuji's face was like chaff, and even his lips seemed to be two points pale, Pei Jingkan realized that he seemed to have frightened him.

"What's the matter?"

Pei Jing asked again.

Meng Chuji shook his head, feeling sleepy, unable to cheer up, and said in a perfunctory way: "It's nothing."

Pei Jing moved closer to him, raised her hand and touched her head, and said: "If you have anything to say, just tell me, I can really blame you, so I..."

The three words "I like you" were not uttered in the end.

Meng Chuji stared at him fixedly, turned his face away for a long while, and remained silent.

Pei Jing led him to the Tianqi Hall to meet Emperor Sui, and it was indeed as the queen said, Emperor Sui looked old, in his 40s, he looked like he was in his 60s, just like the queen mother.

He is very thin, too thin to support the dragon robe on his body, his sunken cheeks are completely devoid of the emperor's demeanor, only his eyes are a bit like Pei Jing's, which saved his collapse. Behind him stands a Taoist priest, Mustache, taoist robes and a body that doesn't have the aura of an expert, but looks a bit like... a weasel?

"Father, this is Jing Jing."

Pei Jing led Meng Chuji closer.

Emperor Sui's slack eyes slowly focused and fell on Meng Chuji, but he couldn't see Meng Chuji's person, he could only see a vague shadow, which grew up and was in the shape of a human being, and said, "Very good."

Meng Chuji hesitated whether to call him "Father" or "Your Majesty", Pei Jing said: "Father, since you have listened to Grandma Huang's words, you are determined to return to the court and work hard, so you will expel this alchemist. Let's go to the palace."

Emperor Sui lifted his spirits and said, "No way."

The Taoist smacked his mustache, and pretended to be high-spirited and shouted: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

Meng Chuji laughed at this, this weasel has turned into a demon, it is not a good thing at first glance, if his father is bewitched by it, he will definitely not care about cutting him with a knife, besides, Pei Jing is really too kind.

Pei Jing called out: "Father!"

Emperor Sui raised his hand to stop his next words, "I have already expressed my determination to personally hold the government, so don't say any more."

Pei Jing couldn't help it, so he gave the Taoist a cold look, and said: "Don't forget the New Year's banquet that night, Father."

Emperor Sui responded, and Pei Jing took Meng Chuji out of the Hall of Apocalypse.

Meng Chuji couldn't help asking: "Why don't you just find a way to kill that demon, although His Majesty will be unhappy for a while, he will definitely wake up afterwards."

Pei Jing sighed sadly, "Actually, there is a reason why my father is addicted to alchemy. Three years ago, my grandfather passed away. After my grandma supported my father to ascend the throne, I went to Yuanqing Mountain. My father was in deep grief and couldn't get out of my laziness for a long time. The government affairs led to chaos in the government and hardships in the people's livelihood. The queen mother was pressured by all the officials and had to persuade her father many times. She got angry and scolded the father. Although the father was willing to take charge of the government, she had a conflict with the mother. Few words and a cold face, later the father doted on a court lady, because of her gentleness and understanding, she favored her so much that she was even promoted to the position of fourth concubine. Unexpectedly, she cheated on her father behind her back, and the father was devastated. , then became obsessed with alchemy, to this day, the queen mother still regrets in her heart that she should not treat her father like that, but it is useless to regret any more, her father refuses to believe anything, only believes in the alchemist, and she has no choice but to , we don't want to force Royal Father to be too ruthless."

Meng Chuji was speechless, speechless.

I really didn't expect Emperor Sui to be so pitiful.

Not to mention the loss of his father, not being cared by the people next to him, being abandoned by his mother, the concubine cheating, and his relationship withering so far, it's no wonder that he wants to seek the warmth of others.

Presumably when his father died, Emperor Sui must have hoped that someone would accompany him to comfort him, but unfortunately no one could do it, otherwise the ending would be completely different.

"Okay, it's time to be happy during the Chinese New Year, let's not talk about those past injuries." Pei Jing curled up her lips and said with a smile, "Father is in charge, I have a few days to rest, so I can spend more time with you."

Meng Chuji murmured softly when he heard the words, "Who wants you to accompany me?"

……

Chinese New Year is the most lively. Before the New Year banquet starts, the palace is full of people.

Not only the concubines of the harem, but also many royal family members, or the siblings of Emperor Sui, or the orphans and daughters left by the siblings, attended the annual banquet. They would not see each other once in 800 years. During the New Year, they always had to connect with each other. By the way, let the queen mother who has not returned for three years have a good time.

Emperor Sui, the Empress and the Empress Dowager hadn't arrived yet, but the concubines came one by one, and they seemed to be very emotional while sitting and talking.

There are no fights in the harem. There are no men fighting for anything. It's boring to get together to talk and pass the lonely time in the palace. After all, they are impossible to be released from the palace as concubines. As for what the concubines thought each other was beautiful after looking at each other for a long time, I don't know.

Meng Chuji looked around, but he didn't find Gillian, but he saw Shangguan Ting. Coincidentally, Shangguan Ting was also looking at him, but he no longer had the same intimacy as when he first arrived, and his eyes were hostile and gloomy.

Meng Chuji smiled at her, and she coldly withdrew her gaze, and continued talking to the man beside her.

Meng Chuji didn't know the man next to her. From afar, he saw that he had a big belly, as if he was pregnant with a child. The buttons of his fine clothes were about to burst. He was about the same age as his father, but not half as old as his father. Yingwu, looking at the greasy one, guessed that this person was probably Zhennan Wang, and he didn't know how beautiful Zhennan Wang's wife was to give birth to a daughter like Shangguan Ting with a straight mouth and nose.

Naturally, he didn't notice that King Zhennan, whose facial features were somewhat similar to Shangguan Ting's, was talking with others, and Shangguan Ting said to the greasy middle-aged man: "Ting'er dare not bully the uncle, my cousin loves you!" Guo Qingcheng, more than ten times more beautiful than Ting'er, she is really the most beautiful woman in the world, otherwise my cousin would not like her so much, because of her she would not take concubines, don't you think?"

The middle-aged man called Uncle Huang rubbed his hands, salivating so much that he wanted to salivate, and asked without hiding his enthusiasm, "Really?"