After Mu Zhiming returned to Mu's Mansion, he wanted to go straight to the kitchen, but was told by the servant that His Royal Highness King Xian was visiting and was waiting in the side hall.

In the side hall, Fu Ji'an waited patiently while drinking tea.

"Ji'an, I've been waiting for a long time." Mu Zhiming hurried over from outside and bowed to him.

"Brother Mu." Fu Jian stood up, walked over, and helped him up, "No need to be polite."

Mu Zhiming asked him to sit down at the front seat in the side hall, and asked with a smile: "Is the court busy? Why are you looking for me?"

Fu Ji'an: "Since you fell into the water in Su Wang's Mansion last time, I have been thinking about you very much."

"I'm in good health, thank you for your concern." Mu Zhiming smiled gratefully.

Hearing the words, Fu Ji'an didn't relax, his eyes darkened, and he asked thoughtfully, "Brother Mu, has your memory recovered?"

Mu Zhiming shook his head regretfully: "Not yet."

Fu Ji'an seemed unwilling, and asked: "That day, why did you fall into the water in Su Wang's mansion, can you really not remember the cause and effect at all?"

Mu Zhiming couldn't help but feel puzzled: "Although I can't remember clearly, His Royal Highness King Su has already explained that I was drunk, drunk, jumped over the railing, and accidentally fell into the pond. When he said this, Ji An, were you also there?" Is it?"

Fu Ji'an lowered his eyes, picked up the simple and elegant porcelain cup containing green tea, took a sip unhurriedly, and said for no reason: "Yes, I'm here..."

Mu Zhiming noticed that Fu Ji'an's tone was not right, and his face was puzzled: "Ji'an, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother Mu." Fu Ji'an put down the teacup suddenly, and the bottom of the cup knocked on the coffee table. There was a crisp sound, not loud, but it made people panic, "I don't know anything, please advise."

Mu Zhiming: "Please tell me."

Fu Ji'an: "The abolished prince Fu Qi died, and the emperor's father was sick. Don't overwork. Sooner or later, a prince will be appointed to help him supervise the country. In the current situation, which prince do you think the emperor is most likely to appoint as the heir apparent?"

Mu Zhiming was speechless and silent.

He was quiet for a long time before he said: "His Royal Highness, I am stupid. I have never been able to see and understand the affairs of the government. The emperor is wise and has his own judgment and choice. This is not something that a rich and idle person like me should think about."

Fu Jian looked at him and said calmly: "Brother Mu, you in the past never said such things."

Mu Zhiming hesitated: "I... Ji'an, you and Brother Yi and him..."

"However." Fu Ji'an interrupted Mu Zhiming with a smile, "I don't know why, but I think 'rich, noble and idle' is more suitable for you."

Saying that, Fu Jian stood up: "I have been bothering you for a long time, I should go back."

Mu Zhiming followed and stood up: "I'll see you off."

Mu Zhiming sent Fu Ji'an to the gate of Mu Mansion, and watched his sedan chair leave until it disappeared at the end of Qingshiban Street.

The night was cold and the wind was blowing, Mu Zhiming looked far away, and in the distance was the palace city surrounded by the solemn and tall palace walls of vermilion. It was the most prosperous and luxurious place in this world, and it was also the coldest and most ruthless place in this world.

At this time, in the sedan chair, Fu Ji'an kept repeating in his mind what Mu Zhiming had said to him the day before he fell into the water and lost his memory.

Mu Zhiming: "Fu Yi is ambitious, I know you don't want to believe it, but if I die or something happens to me after the banquet tomorrow, you will believe me once."

The sedan chair swayed suddenly because of the uneven road, and the scene in Fu Ji'an's mind changed.

It was the day when Luoxue Hongmei, everyone joined hands to rescue Mu Zhiming from the prison of Juansi, the imperial concubine sneaked out of the palace to visit Mu Zhiming, she held the hands of the three people, sighed, and said softly: "The imperial court is planning to kill you!" Heart, the dark tide swallows people, I hope that the three of you will have a good life, be safe and happy, and support each other."

Fu Ji'an slowly lowered his head and leaned over, holding his forehead with both hands, inserting his fingers into his temple hair, grasping tightly, his eyes slowly turning red.

The sunset is getting dusk, the empty courtyard is getting late, and the palace of Fengyi, the imperial concubine and empress straighten her temples in front of the mirror, take off the pearls and hairpins from her bun one by one, and gently put them on the dressing table.

At this moment, someone stood silently behind her and untied her curled hair.

The imperial concubine laughed and said: "Xiaoyan, I don't need you to wait on me, I'll do it myself, you go."

The man didn't make a sound, picked up the rhinoceros horn jade comb on the table, and combed the imperial concubine's hair, from the top of the forehead to the end of the hair, his movements were very light and gentle.

The imperial concubine realized that the person behind her was not Xiaoyan, she turned around, she was startled immediately, after she regained her composure, she patted her chest and blamed: "Yi'er, why is it you?"

Fu Yi didn't answer, just said: "Surprised you?"

The imperial concubine stood up and looked at him, curled her fingers, and tapped his head lightly: "It's not just frightened! It's frightened to death! How can you enter my cabinet? What's more, it's late at night, although You grew up in Fengyi Palace, but you have already grown up, and now you are the prince, how can you do something so inconsistent with the palace rules?"

Fu Yi remained motionless, he said: "The Mu Qingwan I know is not a person who can abide by palace rules."

The imperial concubine was displeased: "You are making unreasonable words, hurry up, don't let the idlers see you. You want to visit me, why not come during the day?"

"Understood." Fu Yi said calmly, "Don't be angry, I'll leave now."

As soon as he finished speaking, there were several hasty knocks on the door, causing panic, and then the voice of Xiao Yan, the personal maid, came from outside the cabinet door: "Your Majesty, the emperor is here, and he will be at the gate of the palace soon."

The imperial concubine's pupils constricted sharply, and her heart stopped suddenly.

Fu Yi obviously didn't expect this, and suddenly frowned.

The imperial concubine calmed down very quickly, and said to Fu Yi in a low voice: "Yi'er, stay here, don't make a sound, do you hear me?"

Fu Yi nodded.

The imperial concubine took a deep breath, walked out of the cabinet, and closed the door tightly.

She tidied up her appearance and walked slowly to the outer hall, just as the emperor stepped into the Fengyi Hall.

The imperial concubine saluted calmly: "This concubine has seen the emperor."

"Wan'er, get up quickly." The emperor stepped forward a few steps, and helped the imperial concubine up with his own hands.

"The emperor is coming today, why didn't you tell the concubine in advance? The concubine was just about to rest, and now she hastily picked him up. You see, she didn't even take care of her make-up." Sit down on the couch, order someone to bring tea and light incense.

"I like you just the way you look." The emperor stretched out his hand, caressing the blue hair of the imperial concubine, he wrapped the long black hair between his fingers, and murmured ecstatically, "When I first saw you, you rode a On the horse, without any hairpins in his hair, he looks heroic."

The imperial concubine was puzzled: "Why does the emperor suddenly think about the past?"

The emperor replied: "Because I am old."

The imperial concubine: "The emperor's blessings will last forever, and he will live long and live in peace."

The emperor smiled, at this moment, Xiaoyan brought tea, the imperial concubine took the teacup on the wooden tray with both hands, and handed it to the emperor, the emperor took it, lifted the lid, stroked the heat, took a sip, nodded and said: "Yes , Junshan Yinzhen, I remember this is your favorite tea."

The imperial concubine: "Yes."

The emperor put the porcelain cup on the small table in the middle of the Luohan couch, and looked at the imperial concubine, "Wan'er, I ask you something, and you must answer me truthfully."

The imperial concubine bowed her body: "The concubine obeys the order."

The emperor asked: "Are you still taking the medicine that will make you infertile?"

Although his tone was flat, the moment he finished speaking, the atmosphere in Fengyi Palace suddenly became serious, even the wind did not dare to raise it. The imperial concubine lowered her head and remained silent for a long time without answering.

"You raise your head." The emperor ordered.

The imperial concubine: "The concubine dare not."

The emperor's eyes were uncertain, his hands were clenched into fists, and he knocked on the small table next to him. He suddenly sighed and said softly: "I don't blame you. When you gave birth to Ji'an, you had an unstable fetal image and hemorrhage, and you almost left me. In fact, since then , I thought about not letting you go through this kind of suffering again, anyway, we have Ji'an, that's enough."

The imperial concubine stood up, knelt in front of the emperor, and said, "Thank you, my concubine."

"Wan'er, it's been so many years." The emperor said, "No matter how much you hated the deep palace back then, you should get used to it by now, right?"

The imperial concubine: "...Yes."

Yes, it can only be a habit, never a favorite.

The emperor showed his face, stepped forward to help the imperial concubine, and said softly: "Actually, I came this time to tell you something."

The imperial concubine: "What's the matter?"

The emperor held her by the shoulders and paused word by word: "Zhen, I want to make you my queen."

Because of the astonishment, the imperial concubine's eyes slowly opened, and she didn't know what to say.

The first thing to break the silence was the sound of broken porcelain from the cabinet.

Although the voice was not loud, it startled everyone in the outer hall.

The emperor's eyes instantly fixed on the closed door of the cabinet, revealing a suspicious look.

The imperial concubine smiled and said, "It must be the little maid cleaning the cabinet. She is clumsy and accidentally dropped my things. Xiaoyan, you go in and teach her a lesson."

"Yes." Xiaoyan bowed and saluted, walked to the door of the cabinet, opened a crack, slipped in, and immediately closed the door.

The emperor was still puzzled, and the imperial concubine said: "Your majesty, have you made up your mind? Let this concubine be your queen."

The emperor looked away and looked at the imperial concubine: "I have made up my mind, this is what I owe you."

"My concubine, thank the emperor." The imperial concubine was about to kneel down and salute, but the emperor hugged her into his arms. The emperor hugged her and murmured: Xiao Wan'er, I owe you.

He was talking infatuated words, but the imperial concubine couldn't hear a word in her heart, she just felt flustered and anxious, thinking about how to get the emperor to leave here.

Fortunately, auspicious stars shine brightly, and suddenly an eunuch came to report: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, Xu Jieyu is pregnant! It has been two months!"

"Ah, that's great!" The imperial concubine hurriedly said, "Your majesty, go and see sister Xu, I'll tidy up my appearance, and I'll go there later!"

The emperor could not refuse, got up and left Fengyi Palace.

The imperial concubine made sure that there was no one to be idle, and hurried into the cabinet.

But Xiaoyan was the only one in the cabinet.

"Where's Yi'er?" the imperial concubine asked her.

Xiaoyan replied: "Responding to my mother's words, when the slaves came in, His Highness Su Wang had already disappeared, the window was wide open, and there were fragments of porcelain vases on the ground."

"He slipped away fast, but he scared me to death. Why bother to come and see me at night." The imperial concubine shook her head helplessly, and sat down beside the dressing table. Things, she turned her head to look, and was taken aback for a moment.

There is an exquisite wooden box on the dressing table, and inside the wooden box is a delicious and sweet sesame cloud cake.

The imperial concubine reached out and picked up a piece of sesame cloud cake, stuffed it into her mouth, she said softly while eating, "Xiaoyan."

Xiaoyan: "Huh?"

The imperial concubine smiled: "Today is the day I entered the palace 18 years ago."

Xiaoyan was about to respond when she saw something and suddenly panicked: "Madam, what's wrong with you? Why are your eyes suddenly red?"

"It's nothing." The imperial concubine wiped the corners of her eyes lightly with her wrist, her smile remained unchanged, "The window is open and the wind is strong, you go and close it."

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