Opposite the entrance hall

Because it is located at the foot of the emperor, every inch of land is expensive in Lin'an. Many people have been wandering here for many years, but they are still not alone. If they are not rich in family background, or have good means of raising money, even if they become officials in the capital, it is difficult to have their own here. tall mansion.

Du Heng, a majestic censor, still lives in that dilapidated hut, not to mention the harsh environment and the extremely poor location.

Therefore, the place where Yan Yi lives is not very good. In the past, he would have been very picky, but he suffered a lot under Yan Yu's hands in those years, and his temperament has long since changed.

When there were three long knocks and one short knock on the door, Yan Yi was watering the camellias he raised in the courtyard. He didn't lift his head when he heard the sound, but Qian Duo stepped forward and opened the door.

Someone came in, and it was Zhao Laowu.

"Second Lord," he bowed respectfully, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over, lowering his voice, "News from Jifu."

Hearing this, Yan Yi stopped watering, raised his eyes and glanced sideways at the person, then threw the gourd back into the bucket, got up, went to the house and sat down, took the handkerchief Qian Duo handed over to wipe his hands Water stains, then took the letter and read it carefully.

The letter is not long, and you can read it in a short time.

"Second Lord," Qian Duo leaned closer and asked, "there is a sudden news from Ji's mansion, but does Ji Si do anything?"

"The letter says that Ji Si will investigate the matter of Prince Shengyuan again."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the other two people suddenly changed, and they all understood the seriousness of the matter.

"What did he find out, or suspect? Why did he suddenly investigate this matter?" Zhao Laowu panicked.

"What are you panicking about?" Yan Yi glanced at him coldly, only sending chills down his spine, "Ji Si hasn't done much yet, you messed up on your own first."

Zhao Laowu quickly lowered his head and dared not make a sound.

Seeing this, Qian Duo frowned and said, "Second Master, although Ji Si has hurt his head, working for you for many years and knowing a lot of things is still a hidden danger. I'm afraid it will affect our plans. This person absolutely cannot Stay any longer."

"Ji Si is indeed blessed and fateful. He has been allowed to survive several times. This person can't stay, but the great career in front of him can't tolerate any mistakes, so let him live for two days," Yan Yi rubbed the envelope in his hand. The balls were thrown into the fire, and the tongue of flames suddenly swept up, and it suddenly became bigger, swallowing up the letter paper, "The one in the palace can't last for a few days, and it won't be long, this Dajin will be the world of Jingming, What's the use of Ji Si remembering it then."

He looked at the fine snow outside the house, his eyes were full of hatred, as if it was about to overflow, he gritted his teeth and said a little madly: "I can't wait to send troops to attack Yan Yu, I want to take back what belongs to me with my own hands, Take it back, hahahahahaha..."

The snow fell more and more, and the sky and the earth were covered by a vast expanse of whiteness. When you stepped on the ground, it was as soft as if you were not in the world.

The sky and the earth are connected, and white has become the only color here. Ji Si looked around, but didn't hear a single sound, and seemed extraordinarily quiet, which was a little scary.

He frowned, pursed his lips and walked in this strange place, not seeing a single person, not hearing a sound, as if he was the only one left in the whole world.

If someone else would have yelled, Ji Si was very quiet from the beginning to the end, as if blending into this place.

After walking for a long time, a burst of crying suddenly came from my ears. In a long-term silent environment, I heard the crying suddenly, which seemed horribly tense, and Ji Si's expression also became tense.

But I saw a thin child in front of me, dressed in coarse linen but very comfortable, the woman who couldn't see the face clearly held him in her arms, humming a song that Ji Si couldn't understand, the tone was like Xiqiang dialect, the woman With love in her heart and eyes, she kissed the child's forehead, her voice was as gentle as the warm sun in spring, "Xiao Si wants to grow up quickly, and leave here when she grows up, don't come back."

Ji Si took a step forward subconsciously, and the scene in front of him suddenly turned into a wisp of green smoke, and there was an earth-shaking change in the blink of an eye. I saw the child just now was ragged and skinny, hugging himself tightly and huddled in the corner, not knowing for a while. From nowhere came three or five children dressed in brocade clothes, chattering out many ugly words:

"Your mother is a whore, and when you grow up, you are also a bitch who wants to climb into a man's bed."

"Aren't all the babies born by **** so dirty? It's so disgusting, bah."

"We took off his pants. How can such a person deserve to wear clothes? He should be naked like a dog."

Those children had no faces, only mouths that stretched to the ears, filled with sharp blades, and their creaking laughter made people feel flustered.

They ran towards Ji Si with malicious smiles, as if they were about to tear the flesh off Ji Si's body piece by piece, but they passed straight through Ji Si's body, forcing him to take two steps back, suddenly Turning around, he saw that there was no one behind him.

The voice came from the right. A young man knelt in the rain with scars all over his body. His cheeks were swollen so that people could not see his original face clearly. The rain washed his cheeks, and his eyes were particularly dazzling in the dark night.

An umbrella was covering his head, and a very familiar voice sounded, Ji Si couldn't hear it clearly, only to see the man turn and leave, the young man held the umbrella tightly, raised his eyes and looked straight at him.

He looked straight at Ji Si impartially, and his bloodshot eyes aroused fear in people's hearts.

Just as Ji Si was about to make a sound, he felt a gust of wind blowing, as if he couldn't open his eyes because of the wind and sand, so he had to raise the back of his hand and tilt his head to cover it. When he came back to his senses, the picture changed again.

There were two people standing in the gazebo not far away, the boy turned into a young man, tall like a willow tree sprouting, different from the shadows of the past, the eyes looking at the person opposite were full of tenderness.

"Ayan," said the man with his back to Ji Si, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, making it difficult to see clearly, "I will definitely live up to you."

Hearing this, a strange pain surged in Ji Si's heart, he clenched his sleeves tightly, and sweated profusely from the pain as he bowed his body.

"You have seen it all."

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, the voice was very soft but very close, as if it was close to someone's ear, Ji Si turned back enduring the pain, and when he saw the face of the person behind him, his pupils suddenly widened, His expression also became complicated.

"Little prince," the man saluted with a smile, compared to Ji Si's surprise, he was quite contented, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing now?"

Ji Si's lips moved, and he spit out two words hoarsely, "Ji Si..."

"Ji Si" smiled deeper, but did not answer, but shook his head, "I am no longer Ji Si, now you are Ji Si."

He pointed to Ji Si who was standing not far away, then withdrew his hand, and said calmly, "And I'm just wiping away the wandering soul."

The two stood face to face with the same face, but the expressions and temperaments around them were completely opposite. If there was a third person, Duan Ran would not confuse the two.

The memory belonging to "Ji Si" was staged like a revolving lantern in all directions, and the voice was extremely noisy. Ji Si frowned and asked, "Are you not dead?"

"If I'm not dead, how can the little prince occupy my body?" Mr. Ji speculated about people's hearts maliciously, he didn't answer but asked a somewhat nasty rhetorical question.

Hearing this, Ji Si's expression became a little complicated, "Although this matter was not my intention, it was I who took your body after all. I remember this kindness, but even without me, you would surely die in that situation , since the ending is already doomed, whether this corpse of yours rots and stinks or becomes mine has nothing to do with you, and you don’t have to be so malicious, you and I have never been enemies, maybe we can become friends.”

I don't know what words he heard, Master Ji was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed a little maniacally, "Don't be excited, my little prince. I didn't want to return this body, but was ecstatic. What a glorious little prince! People of the moon, I am a blessing to be in my body with dirty blood."

He was a little excited, tilted his head and took a few steps towards Ji Si awkwardly, his tone became more and more nervous, "I never thought that "Ji Si" would have a close friend, a lover, a close relative, since he was born That day is dirty, shouldn't it be rotten in the mud and trampled underfoot? Let people bully you, let people trample on you, let people treat you like a dog, let people play with your heart In applause; shouldn't it be like this? This is how I have survived for so many years."

Ji Si listened to the man's words with a cold face, and when he finished speaking, he just snorted coldly, "It's not sad for others to treat you like a dog, but it's sad to treat yourself like a dog. Everything is going well, and the weeds in the cracks don’t live here. Under adversity, you overcome difficulties and obstacles and grow towards the sun. He loves to deceive himself, as if as long as life is not easy, there will be a reason for what he does, and he speaks so miserable, but he just wants to make himself feel at ease."

After finishing speaking, the man on the opposite side lowered his eyes. Ji Si couldn't see his expression clearly, but could only see the sharp jaw line, which was a little sharp, as if he would be hurt if he got close.

After a while, I saw him slowly raise his head. Perhaps he has become a habit of bowing his knees for a long time. His whole body is inseparable from that kind of submissive temperament. I don't like it at all.

"I thought it was because of "Ji Si" that I was bullied, but now it seems that it has nothing to do with "Ji Si" and it is because of me," Master Ji sighed, "Whether there is this shell or not Son, the little prince is still the little prince."

As he spoke, he took a few more steps in Ji Si's direction. Before he knew it, the two of them were so close that they could face each other with just one step, but he stopped, and the corners of his lips curled up a little. He opened his hand and showed Ji Si around, "It contains my love and hatred, joys and sorrows, my little prince, can you see it carefully?"

Ji Si pursed his lips and said nothing, just glanced at the person in front of him with a sullen face, but his mind was full of thoughts, all kinds of side details emerged one by one, there were so many things that made him feel like he was about to explode, so he had to sit on the ground and look up slightly .

"Young Lord, don't you have anything to ask me?" Master Ji tilted his head, showing a puzzled expression, as if he didn't understand why the scene in front of him was far from what he expected, "You must have many doubts in your heart."

Hearing people say that, Ji Si didn't show any politeness to him, and opened his mouth to ask, "Are you from Xiqiang?"

"Yes, and no," he also imitated Ji Si's appearance and sat down cross-legged, "The little prince should also know that my mother is from Xiqiang, and she was originally the personal maid of Yanning, the ninth princess of Xiqiang. In order to humiliate the royal family, the successor inserted Yan Ning'an into the Jin Dynasty as a secret work. I wanted the princess to be a prostitute who was overthrown by thousands of people, but I never thought that my mother would change the clothes of the two of them and come out to steal the dragon. Feng, she was bullied in that building until she met Ji Kang..."

When the word Ji Kang was mentioned, this man's expression became extremely gloomy, his eyes full of hatred, but it was fleeting, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "The little prince may have guessed a lot about what will happen next, I won't say much more."

"You knew Yan Yi's identity from the beginning?"

"Yan Yi?" Hearing this name at first, Mr. Ji was a little puzzled, and then reacted and laughed out loud, "You mean that inhumane old thing?"

"Inhumane?" This sentence was like a thunderbolt, and Ji Si couldn't help raising his voice in shock.

"You don't know?" Master Ji grinned and said happily, "Why do you think he hates Yan Yu so much? It must be because Yan Yu cleaned him up, and put him in the palace to serve tea and water, so that he would spend his whole life You can only be a eunuch, but that old thing deserves it!"

Although he had guessed earlier, Ji Si was still surprised when he heard the cause and effect of this matter, "Why didn't he seek revenge from Yan Yu?"

"It's not easy to seek revenge, let alone the king of a country, that old bastard was driven crazy, dreaming of wanting to eat Yan Yu's meat and drink Yan Yu's blood, planning for many years, just to let Yan Yu Life is worse than death, little prince," Master Ji stopped, stared at Ji Si with a strange expression, and asked ambiguously, "Do you know what they are going to do?"

Ji Si didn't answer, but looked around, those mysteries that had been ignored by him were slowly lifted and became clear, and many unknown details were connected by the rope little by little, becoming It became a shocking secret, enough to shock everyone.

In the eyes of Mr. Ji, this appearance inexplicably made him feel extremely happy, his open mouth let out a ferocious laugh, his smiling face became distorted, his brows were flushed, and his exposed teeth had a cold light.

After laughing for a while, he stopped, and asked in a godlike manner, "Is the little prince believable about cause and effect?"

After all, without waiting for Ji Si to answer, he babbled to himself again, "Whether it's me, you, or him, it's been in this cause and effect from the very beginning,"

"What is the cause, what is the effect?"

After finishing the words, he raised his eyes and looked at Ji Si, his expression became a little sullen, "You saved my life under Li Hongyang's hands because of the reason, and after I die, the rebirth of my body is the result, the cycle of life and death, endless cause and effect, this is why It's cause and effect."

"So?" Ji Si asked again, "You trapped me here because of this cause and effect?"

"No," Master Ji stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards Ji Si again, but after a few steps, he was in front of him in a blink of an eye. Ji Si looked straight back, and the two eyes met. It was still the former who spoke first, "It must be little The prince has also noticed that the current Dajin root is basically devoured by snakes, insects, rats and ants, leaving only a bright and beautiful body."

"The four countries are fighting, and all parties are planning to change the current situation. The past way of governing the country has long been incompatible with today's world. If you don't want to be abandoned in the long river of history, you have to break and reorganize the Jin Dynasty. If you don't break it, you need a new one." People let Da Jin have a different direction, there is God's will in the dark, and the young prince should be the one who stands up after breaking through."

"This is a crisis of life and death. Is it possible for the young prince to watch Da Jin go to decline?"

"If someone else told me this, I might still believe it, but you..." Ji Si's eyes fell on the person, and after looking at him for a moment, he said: "I'm afraid it will be as messy as possible, and it won't happen like this." Look far ahead, maybe there are ulterior motives!"

Mr. Ji was not annoyed at being dismantled for the high-sounding reason in his heart, but he just smiled and shook his head, "I don't have any great ambitions. The Jin Dynasty is going to decline or prosper, and how the people's lives are going to matter to me. It has nothing to do with it, it's just that the man wants the throne, no, a big Jin is not enough to satisfy him, what he wants is the hegemony of the world, and I'm not going to let him do what he wants."

Hearing people say this, Ji Si pursed her lips and said nothing, and said after a while: "Man will win the day, and the future of the Great Jin Dynasty is not up to you and me. I understand what you said, but..."

He paused, raised his eyes and glanced coldly at the person, and said in a cold tone, "I wish the Jin royal family would be destroyed. No matter who becomes the emperor, it doesn't matter much to me."

Lord Ji froze in place, as if he hadn't expected Ji Si to say that, the little prince in his mind should care about the world and the people, hope that the mountains and rivers will be safe and the Jin Dynasty will be prosperous, and he will definitely not show any dark side Thoughts will always be that beautiful and beautiful appearance.

Xu Shi saw what this man was thinking, and Ji Si curled his lips into a smile, "I have never been a good person, and I can't learn to repay grievances with virtue. I knew that I died under the suspicion and fear of the King of Jin, but I still defended him desperately." Where in the world can such a good deal come from this great Jinjiang Mountain?"

"You...you know..." Mr. Ji panicked visibly with the naked eye, and he became extremely cramped.

"Know what?" Ji Si asked back, "Know that I'm not seriously ill but have a Gu? Know that you found the Gu from Nandian? Know that the monarch I want to support wholeheartedly wants me to die day and night? If I know This matter will definitely not save you in the first place."

"No, I..." Master Ji opened his mouth, but suddenly he didn't know what to say.

not what?

It's obviously true.

Ji Si didn't care what the man's unfinished words were. Seeing that his expression was dim, he just heard shouts in his ears. The voice sounded like Qi Ran's, or the first day of junior high school, and it was even mixed with Du Heng. of.

He got up on his own, looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, but he saw pictures full of sadness and hatred, but with a few good intentions in it.

"Master Ji," Ji Si lowered his voice, "I have to go back."

After finishing his speech, he bowed respectfully to the person, "It doesn't matter whether it's cause or effect, or God's will, after all, I took your body, and I used it for my convenience. I don't have any plans to return it at the moment. I guess it will happen in the future." I don’t plan to pay it back anymore. I will burn incense and pray for you to go to bliss early during the holidays. In the next life, you will be a good family and no longer suffer from these sufferings. As for your revenge, I will avenge it for you. From now on, we will owe nothing to each other. .”

Before consciousness dissipated, Ji Si saw Master Ji's face suddenly became flustered, his lips opened and closed, but no sound reached his ears, and he could only make out three words vaguely through the shape of his mouth: he will die.

As if he had slept for a long time, his body was clearly conscious, but his body seemed to be smashed against the wall by several mountains, and he couldn't move. It was extremely difficult to move his fingers slightly, and he had to use all his strength to slowly open your eyes.

The first thing that caught his eyes was darkness. After the darkness passed, the surrounding objects gradually became clear, as if he was in his own room. He tried to get up, but there was no change in the slightest even though he was sweating all over.

At this moment, the door of the room creaked and was pushed open from the outside. Chuyi came in with a medicine bowl with red eyes. When he saw the person who woke up in the room, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he almost threw the medicine bowl in his hand.

Ji Sichong showed a slight smile, opened his mouth, and before he could make a sound, he saw Chu Yi rushing out like a gust of wind, which frightened him, and he couldn't help thinking: Do you look like a human being?

Fortunately, it didn't take long before the hurried footsteps sounded outside the house again. Du Heng stepped over the threshold and walked in, followed closely by the first day of the junior high school. Wake up, if you don't wake up again, I plan to go down to accompany you."

"Don't, when the time comes, the public may not know what will happen. I don't want to die with you." Ji Si joked.

His generous words dissipated the tense and sad atmosphere, and Du Heng smiled angrily, "It's all like this, and I'm still poor at talking, let the first day of junior high school show it to you soon." , so as not to have any harm."

On the first day of the lunar new year, he stood beside the bed with red eyes, and murmured in a low voice, "It is said to let the adults relax, but they always don't take it to heart. When Lord Qi comes back, I will let him talk about you in a good way."

Ji Si knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't answer, just sat up with the help of others, with a smile on his pale face, coaxing people, "Dr. Cen is right, it's my fault, it's my fault , I will remember it next time, don’t tell Qi Ran this time, your family is not a three-year-old child, it’s really embarrassing to be scolded by him every time.”

But this time in the first day of junior high school, I was really in a hurry. I had a heart to cure Ji Si's bad habit of worrying and worrying. I would never let any soft words fall into my ears, which made Ji Si feel powerless and begging for mercy. He glanced at Du Heng, who was drinking tea at the side.

Never thought that the latter just said coldly: "Yes, only Qi Ziheng can cure you with your temperament."

At this point, Ji Si touched his nose in embarrassment, so he had to skip this topic in the name of taking medicine.

He frowned when the medicine was so bitter that he almost spat it out, so he could only swallow it, his brows and eyes frowned, and he said in a hoarse voice: "On the first day of the new year, your medicine is getting more and more bitter. It was intentional."

"That's right, can half a bowl of medicine boiled out of more than ten bowls of water not be bitter?" The first day of junior high school gloated and laughed.

When Ji Si woke up, Du Heng's hanging heart also fell. Not to mention the first day of junior high school, he was terribly frightened.

After the smell of medicine dissipated in his mouth, Ji Si looked at Du Heng and asked, "How long have I been asleep?"

"Not long, just a day," Du Heng replied, and then added: "I can't rest assured that I stayed here with you last night, and I asked someone to go to the yamen of the household department to ask for leave for you. Everything in the house is fine, and nothing happened. The servant girl sent someone to watch over it, thinking about waiting for you to wake up before talking about it."

"Thank you for your filial piety, wait for me to treat you to eat..."

"Huh?" The first day of the junior high school snorted coldly.

As a last resort, Ji Si touched his nose and hurriedly changed his words, "Please have tea."

"I don't want to eat this tea. Anyway, you are not talking about it. You invite me to drink tea every time, and I have never seen you really invite me once."

After hearing this complaint, a certain person didn't feel any embarrassment, but was happy, "I owe so many times, and it won't matter if I owe it one more time."

The two smiled at each other.

After a while, Ji Si suddenly thought of something, hurriedly waved to Chuyi, and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, go to my study and get that fan."

"What do you want a fan for?"

"It's useful."

Listening to the person's urgent tone, he knew it was not a trivial matter on the first day of junior high school, so he hurried to the study room, and after a while, he took the fan back out of breath.

Ji Si opened the fan with a "shua", stared at the fan very seriously, and the corners of her lips slowly curved into a beautiful arc.

Du Heng also noticed something was wrong at this moment, he hurriedly got up and approached him and asked, "What's wrong with this fan?"

"Here, see for yourself." Ji Si didn't answer, but passed the fan over.

"The sun is slanting, the clouds are far away, and the mountains are horizontal. This scene hides our sorrows together. In the future, we will bring the horses roaring in the west and the moon and the water to the east." Du Heng read the poem on the fan. Although the poems and paintings on the fan are good, But it was not made by famous teachers, and there was nothing wrong with it. I was a little puzzled for a while, and looked up, "There is no problem."

"At first I didn't see any problem, but after I fell asleep, it seemed like I had a dream, and I also wanted to understand something. I thought this matter was complicated. I thought it was an unimportant thing, but I never thought about it. That’s the key to breaking the game.”

Hearing this, Du Heng was even more confused, and frowned, "How do you say that?"

"Look at this poem again."

Although confused, Du Heng lowered his head to look at the poems on the fan, and heard Ji Si's suggestion in his ear, "You can take this poem apart and combine the words in pairs to understand."

Du Heng re-read the poem according to what he said, and then his face suddenly changed. He understood the secret hidden in it, and suddenly raised his head, looking at Ji Si with eyes full of disbelief, "Kingming!"

"Kyomyung."

Concubine Shu called out to stop him, Li Hongyu had to stop, turned around and was puzzled by the person behind him coming out of his palace, "Why is the concubine mother here?"

"I heard that your father is not in good health, so I boiled some ginseng soup for him," Shupin asked in a low voice, "You...have you seen your father?"

"Getting ready to go home."

"That's it."

The mother and son fell silent again, neither knowing what to say.

Li Hongyang frowned, feeling a little irritable, and was about to leave when he heard the submissive woman in front of him say, "Mi'er, are you feeling better?"

"It's not good. After the child is gone, she has been unconscious. The doctor asked her to rest in the mansion. When she is better, she will go to the palace to talk to the mother and concubine."

"It's okay, it's okay," Concubine Shu said in a gentle voice, "She is a good girl, I hope you treat her well, okay?"

Hearing this, Li Hongyang sneered twice in his heart, and the dark and dark things in his heart rushed out, and he changed his gentle and elegant appearance in the past, and said a little nastyly, "Isn't the mother concubine really ignorant? She is nothing to me. It's a chess piece, who would take pity on a chess piece?"

After the words fell, Shupin's face became extremely ugly, her lips moved, and her words trembled unconsciously, "She...she is innocent..."

"Innocent?" Li Hongyang grinned and showed a sinister smile, as if the words were extremely ridiculous, "Mother and concubine have been in this palace for so many years, how can she be so innocent? How does this person's fate have anything to do with him being innocent? But Concubine Mu, don't worry, even though I don't like her, as long as she keeps herself safe, I definitely won't do anything to her."

"Kingming," Concubine Shu tugged at the man's sleeve urgently, and said nervously, "Stop it, don't make the same mistake again and again, this is the enmity between your concubine and your uncle, and it shouldn't be on you. No matter what happens in the future of the Great Jin Dynasty, the concubine mother only wants you to be well, marry a wife and have children, and live a long life."

Li Hongyu lowered his head, and his lowered tone was full of ruthless intentions, "Mother and concubine may be worrying too much, never because of uncle, but because I want to hold the power in my own hands. I don't want to fight for the gun, but I want to fight and grab it. I understand one thing in the palace. Only by climbing to that position can I not be bullied. What I get in exchange for blindly giving in is the contempt of others. Concubine Wan In order to protect my own son, I would rather burn everything together, but what did you do, mother and concubine?"

Shupin froze in place, all the blood on her face faded, she looked pale.

Taking all the expressions of this person into his eyes, Li Hongyu's heart was a little happy, his eyes were red, and there was a kind of uncontrollable madness, he lowered his voice and said: "Not only Dajin, but also the world of the four countries, I want them all! "

After all, he took a few steps back and returned to his well-known appearance. He didn't see the aura of arrogance in his treatment just now, but saluted respectfully, and said in a gentle voice, "I still have some things to do. I don't want to stay any longer, and I hope that the mother and concubine will take good care of themselves, so that my son and minister will be filial, and my son and minister will retire."

Until the sound of footsteps went away, Shupin still hadn't woken up from the panic and shock. Thoughts were churning in her mind, and she was a little dazed.

This was what Sun Hai saw when he came out, and he stepped forward to salute with some doubts, "This old servant has seen Concubine Shu."

Shupin woke up suddenly.

Her highly reactive Sun Hai was also taken aback, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with your mother? But what happened?"

"It's nothing," Shupin forced a smile, "I was frightened by a stray cat on the way here."

"It's the old slave's fault. I'll let people take care of these little bastards later." Sun Hai also smiled at the others, "The lady's department came to see His Majesty? It just so happened that His Majesty just woke up, and the lady waited for the old slave to pass on the news." .”

He turned around and entered the hall, not long after, he came out again, and greeted him respectfully.

Seeing the cheekbones on the dragon couch with high bulges, sunken cheeks, and sickly white face, the whole person was shrouded in a sense of death, not at all reminiscent of the decisive king, Shupin felt Shocked.

She is not favored, except for the few occasions when Emperor Chengde was very interested in her in the early years, she has not seen Emperor Chengde for many years, there are too many newcomers and old people in the palace, a woman who only has appearance but is extremely boring , it will be a matter of time before this deep palace forgets her.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is here." Sun Haili lowered his voice by the couch.

Hearing the sound, the king on the bed slowly opened his eyes, his cloudy and red eyes swept towards Sun Hai, and then slowly moved to Concubine Shu who was not far away.

At this time, for the women in the palace who are competing for beauty, the concubine Shu, who is dressed in a simple and elegant palace dress, is like a lotus flower standing in the mud and not stained with the world. The mature charm calms down the restlessness in people's heart at first glance, and it is hard to move away after a long time.

As far as Emperor Chengde was concerned, there were many concubines in the palace, and he had actually forgotten that there was such a person, but when he saw this person, all kinds of things about putting the person in front of him under him on that moonlit night many years ago appeared in his mind again. Crying, remembering the panic and fear in her eyes, remembering the smooth skin in her hands.

The animal nature in his bones is always keen on taking and plundering, so he couldn't help but his heart fluttered, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Listen to Sun Hai, you made ginseng soup for me? You have a heart."

"It's a matter of my concubine's duty." Concubine Shu took the hot soup bowl from the hand of the maid, and was about to pass the bowl to Sun Hai, but she heard Emperor Chengde say: "You can feed me."

With great insight, Sun Hai handed the bowl back, stood sideways and gave up his position.

Concubine Shu sat down tremblingly. She was actually very afraid of the Great Jin Emperor. Sometimes when she dreamed back in the middle of the night, she would recall the nightmarish night and would wake up from the dream, making it difficult to fall back asleep.

But he didn't know that her timid and harmless appearance fell in the eyes of Emperor Chengde, but she felt more pity, especially those eyes that were at a loss, and Emperor Chengde's chest shook slightly. Dispelling the dead energy, "Are you afraid of me?"

"Chenqie..." Shupin's lips trembled and she didn't know how to answer.

Until Emperor Chengde raised his hand and patted the back of her hand gently, her hand trembled in fright, and the bowl of steaming ginseng soup almost slipped from her hand.

"I have wronged you all these years. Fortunately, Jingming is back. Let him come to the palace to talk to you more in the future. It is time to do my filial piety."

Hearing this, Concubine Shu became even more flustered, hesitating again and again, but cautiously said, "Your Majesty is not in good health, and as a minister and son, you should solve your majesty's worries and problems. It's been a while, and it's time to let him go back, anyway, it's still important for business."

"It's rare for him to come back, and he's only been here for a year or so, are you willing to let him go back?"

"This man should aim everywhere, how can he delay the important matter because the courtiers and concubines are reluctant."

The two had their own plans, and Emperor Chengde squinted his eyes, his cloudy gaze became more gloomy and cold, as if he asked casually: "The king of Liang is far outside the pass, the crown prince..."

Emperor Chengde stopped, and heaved a long sigh, "The only ones left around me are Jingming and Wenyou. Since I ascended the throne, I have really understood the true meaning of the words "lonely family and widowed person." At Cheng Huan's knees."

If other people say all kinds of pleasant words at this time, so as to win favor, Concubine Shu just lowered her eyes and listened, without making any sound or reaction.

"After all these things, I have also figured out a lot." Emperor Chengde looked at the woman in front of him, probing deliberately, "Who do you think is more suitable to be the heir apparent, Jingming or Wenyou?"

Before the words finished, Shu Concubine was seen kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty loves you, but how can Jingming be as stupid as King Rui in terms of talent, this crown prince is a big deal, it concerns a country, and His Majesty also cares about it." Knowing the nature of Jingming, it is absolutely inappropriate for him to be the heir apparent, Your Majesty should let him come back and decide."

These words fell into the ears of Emperor Chengde, and made him smile a little, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "Your temperament of neither fighting nor grabbing has not changed, so get up."

"Yes."

"It's up to you, let him return to the song." Emperor Chengde looked at the wisps of smoke rising from the incense burner, thought for a while and then added, "It will be the Zhengdan Festival in a short time, so there is no rush. One or two days, it’s not too late to go back after Zhengdan Festival.”

Concubine Shu always felt a little uneasy, but after thinking about the time, she was even more worried that it would be difficult for mother and son to see each other again, so she nodded in agreement.

"Go back," Emperor Chengde waved his hand, "I'm a little tired."

"Chen and concubine retire."

Sun Hai sent the man out, then came back and stood by the bed, and asked softly, "Why did your Majesty agree to meet King Qin to return to Qu Ding?"

Emperor Chengde covered his lips and coughed twice, a little weakly said: "Yan'an is gone, I don't want to lose another son."

The helplessness contained in the voice made Sun Hai's heart sink, and he didn't say anything else.

After a while, I heard the hoarse voice again