Mikago

"Not you?!"

Lu You was also taken aback, quickly pressed his head to think carefully, and suddenly understood with a click.

Zhao Jing never said that he got the information from Tang Ruilang at all, and everything was just Lu You's own subjective assumption... Now that he calms down and thinks about it carefully, Tang Ruilang is obviously not the only source of King Kang's news.

"Could it be... Duke Changqiu?"

There are only a few people who know about Zhao Yang's illness, and Qi Yunchu is one of them.Moreover, Qi Yunchu and Zhao Jing did have private communication - the last time Zhao Jing grabbed Lu You's braid, it was Qi Yunchu who took the initiative to find Zhao Jing to solve the siege.

He thought further: If Zhao Jing was really invited by Qi Yunchu, then naturally he would not know the secret between him and Tang Ruilang.

Thinking of this, Lu You managed to regain his composure, and the depressed emotions in his heart for the past few days were finally swept away.

Seeing him being surprised and happy all by himself, Tang Ruilang felt itchy, so he stretched out his hand to gently support his chin, forcing him to look at him.

"Tell me, what is going on here?"

"...It should be Duke Changqiu."

Therefore, Lu You recounted the ins and outs of the matter.After speaking, Tang Ruilang raised his eyebrows and looked at him meaningfully.

"So, you're wrong about me?"

"I'm sorry." Lu You apologized sincerely, "I shouldn't judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Tang Ruilang chuckled: "The person I like is not a villain. You don't need to apologize, because it means that the first thing you think of is me... No matter good or bad, at least I am very important in your heart."

It's been a long time since I heard such sweet words.Lu You was dizzy as he spoke, blushing and short of breath, his heart fluttering as if circling in the clouds.

Just when he was dizzy, Tang Ruilang stretched out his hand and hugged him tightly into his arms.

"But you still wronged me, can I get some compensation?"

"……what do you want?"

Lu You knew he was in the wrong, so he just curled up obediently in Rui Lang's arms and nodded.

"What I want..." Tang Ruilang took a deep breath and whispered, "I haven't considered it yet. I'll keep it with you for now, and we'll talk about it later."

Although the turmoil caused by Zhao Yang has gone through some twists and turns, it finally returned to calm.

Later, Lu You found Li Honghe, and confirmed from her that the person who called Zhao Jing was indeed Qi Yunchu.He thought about it all night, and rushed to Lizao Hall early the next morning to thank Qi Yunchu for saving his life in person.

Facing Lu You's low-pitched thank you, Qi Yunchu remained indifferent, and waited until Lu You had finished speaking before moving his lips.

"……I do not know."

"Huh?" Lu You raised his head in puzzlement when he heard this nonsensical sentence.

Qi Yunchu stretched out his hand, teasing the Lingxiao flower vine growing by the window sill.The vine was only inserted last autumn, and it was still young, with only a single flower blooming.

"You asked me that day, if something happened to King An Le, would I go to his side regardless. I can tell you now, I won't."

"But didn't you go to Tianwu Palace? So what..."

"So what? What you see is that I ran thousands of miles and didn't return in three months... In fact, the fate of King An Le was already doomed long before that. When he really needed me, I didn't Go to him—this is the truth I want to tell you."

Having said that, Qi Yunchu turned around and said, "What do you think of me now?"

Lu You once again looked at the man in front of him seriously.With a jade face and vermilion lips, and elegant clothes, even standing among the princes, she is not inferior at all.But the words of praise came to his lips, but he couldn't say them no matter what.

And Qi Yunchu obviously didn't expect Lu You's answer.

"If I had left with Nan Jun that day, I wouldn't have the status I have today. And you, you would still be in that dirty and dark Dayefang, or maybe, you would have been arrested and exiled long ago. On the coast of the East China Sea."

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked Lu You: "Do you think I should regret my original choice?"

The hot and humid early summer finally came to an end, the plague that ravaged everywhere gradually subsided, and detailed memorials about the chaos in Liuquan City were also presented to the imperial court.

Looking at the eloquent words in black and white, it was said that Cheng Wuyan, the former Eastern Palace medicine master, had liaison with ghosts and soldiers and formed a party for personal gain, and Emperor Huiming frowned slightly.

At the same time, in the depths of the court, the servants and female officials are busy for a grand event.

The envoys of flowers and birds who had been busy for more than half a year returned to Zhaojing one after another, accompanied by more than [-] women from good families who were about to enter the court.

According to the practice of the Daning Dynasty, on the Qianqiu Festival not long after, these newly recruited court ladies gathered at the Zhongyi Stage in the northeast of Yeting Palace to show off their talents in front of the emperor, empress and prince's clan.

And this is also a hurdle that determines their fate.

Because of this, the Yeting Palace Art Museum during this period can be described as extremely lively.Not only the old court ladies commented in private, even some curious little eunuchs once peeked into the hall secretly, and then took out some broken silver and copper coins to place bets to see which girl could win the Qianqiu Festival. Soar into the sky.

Lu You didn't care about the romantic affairs in Yeting, but now he had more worries - the poison given to him by the old Shang Palace had been used up, and Zhao Yang's condition was getting worse day by day.

Although the stubborn and cruel King Xuan no longer clamored to take his life, Zhao Jing's suggestion of "disfigurement" that day was on his lips all day long.

Sometimes, Lu You even thought that it would be better to simply poison King Xuan to death, and then leave in the dead of night.Then he went to search for sister Yueshan who was taken away by the prince.

If you can find it, it is because of fate, if you can't find it... it will be like this for the rest of your life.

But, he knew he couldn't bear it.

When the herpes on Zhao Yang's face was only a faint red mark, the Dongdong drums of the Qianqiu Festival came from the ground.

To put it bluntly, this Qianqiu Festival is the birthday banquet of Emperor Huiming.The birthday of the Son of Heaven naturally requires the whole country to celebrate together.Even the imperial court gave special holidays for three days, and invited favorite ministers and relatives to enter the inner court for a feast.

On the second day of the birthday, there were clusters of flowers on the art stage of Yeting Palace, and the new maids who had been waiting for a long time will finally unveil the mysterious veil.