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On New Year's Eve, Xu Jia didn't see Fu Er all day, and asked Zhou Shun to find out that he had run out of the palace since the morning. Xu Jia frowned, "Didn't you make an appointment tonight?"

Zhou Shun, "Ah, the Prime Minister said that he wants to cook and eat by himself, and he has to prepare it from the morning."

Xu Jia, "..."

Displeased, very displeased, very displeased.

At night, Xu Jia watched Zhou Shun leave and sat bored with his chin propped on his hands.Zhou Shun saw that he looked like an eggplant beaten by frost, and said, "How about...I'll stay. Anyway, there are so many people today, I am the only one who will go or not."

Xu Jia looked up at him, and sighed after two seconds, "Go."

It's been a lively new year, which is very good.

Just leave him alone in this deep palace to guard the emptiness and loneliness.

In the Shouyan hall, Concubine Hui sat down, followed by Jiang Shuyue, followed by Baolin, Yunu, and Cainu.

There were two rows full of seats, but most of them had never even seen Xu Jia's face.No, seeing Xu Jia walking from one side and slowly sitting in the middle, everyone couldn't hide their excitement.

Someone among them asked in a low voice, "Hey, why isn't Eunuch Zhou here?"

Someone beside him answered in a low voice, "I don't know, but seeing that the emperor is not very happy today."

Take your seat.

Concubine Hui has been gaining momentum recently, she always looks high-spirited wherever she goes, when her eyes move away from Xu Jia, she unconsciously falls on the back seat next to her, she curls the corner of her lower lip in satisfaction .

her.

That's hers.

Jiang Shuyue sat close to her, and followed her gaze. The small seat could barely bear it under the gaze of the two of them.

Jiang Shuyue also laughed, but the smile was teasing and dismissive, "Sister, you have to be careful about that seat, and be careful not to let others sit there."

These words sound familiar, and they are no different from what she said to Sheng Wanwan outside Yugan Palace.

However, Concubine Hui was not as frightened as Sheng Wanwan was back then, instead she turned her head and smiled at Jiang Shuyue, "Thank you sister for reminding me."

Jiang Shuyue nodded and narrowed her eyes, "Sister should."

Xu Jia didn't care about the undercurrents below. He sat on it, but he seemed to have lost his soul.Thinking about having a good meal, the first dessert before the meal was sweet potato and sweet rice soup, and Fu Er's voice came out of his head again.

"Didn't you say it's not good to eat sweets at night?"

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth turned up, and for the first time tonight, he showed a happy expression.

Tap the glazed cup lightly with your fingers, brother, brother, what are you... doing now?

This change in his expression did not escape Concubine Hui's eyes. She looked away suspiciously, and then landed on the sweet potato and sweet rice soup in front of her table, biting her lip, unable to figure out the reason.Obviously when he was in Lesi Temple that day, the emperor himself said that he no longer likes to eat it, saying that it was too boring to eat, but looking at the expression just now, he obviously likes it very much.

"My sister is wondering if the emperor likes to eat this soup?"

Jiang Shuyue's voice came from next to her. Concubine Hui turned her head away, and saw Jiang Shuyue stirring with a spoon with the corners of her lips curled up. She picked up a spoon and put it down slowly. I have noticed that during the temple appreciation that day, the emperor never touched a single dessert."

Concubine Hui was terrified, and immediately the alarm bells rang.

"What does this mean? It means that the emperor really hates sweets."

After Jiang Shuyue finished speaking, she turned her head innocently, but looked at Concubine Hui with a fox-like cunning gaze.

Concubine Hui clenched her hands tightly, "What do you want to say?"

"I don't want to say anything, sister, don't be nervous." Jiang Shuyue lowered her head and smiled, and put down the spoon in her hand, "The emperor doesn't like sweets, but he only likes this soup. Why?"

Concubine Hui bit her lip and stared at her without blinking, knowing that there was something in Jiang Shuyue's words.

Yeah, why?

Jiang Shuyue smiled openly, picked up a spoon and took another bite, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and raised her eyebrows in satisfaction, "Yes, the Prime Minister really has good taste."

Concubine Hui gritted her teeth, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Jiang Shuyue turned her head, stared at her and smiled, "Why doesn't sister understand?"

"Why does the emperor like it?"

"What else could it be? The Prime Minister likes it."

Hearing this, Concubine Hui was stunned for a while, then her eyes widened in astonishment, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Jiang Shuyue didn't mention what happened just now, but shrugged her shoulders and said indifferently, "Believe it or not, it depends on my sister."

Jiang Shuyue was very clear in her heart, since the child in Sheng Wanwan's stomach had nothing to do with her, it must have been lost by Concubine Hui.After all, in the entire harem, there are people with such courage that can be counted on one hand.

Concubine Hui couldn't even bear an unborn child, so how could she bear Xu Jia's beloved?

Everyone knew that Concubine Hui wanted to be a queen, but only Jiang Shuyue could see it, or a woman's intuition told her that Concubine Hui had...the emperor in her heart.

Perhaps she was on the chariot that day, and he was outside the Guangshu Gate.

Perhaps the sun that day was too vicious.

Anyway, if you look up, you can easily get a glimpse into your heart.

Let's not say whether this friendship is light or heavy, but it is always there, and it stays intact in a corner where no one notices.

Jiang Shuyue would not just watch Concubine Hui become queen.

She wanted to use Fu Er to let Concubine Hui bump into Xu Jia's anger.

The New Year's Eve dinner was really tasteless, one person sat at a small square table, sat in a well-behaved manner, and after finishing the superficial polite words, they could only stare wide-eyed.The little sisters below could still chat with each other about their daily routines, but Xu Jia could only sit on the high seat by herself, dragging her chin and cheeks in a daze.

After finally getting through the banquet, there was also a song and dance performance that had been prepared long ago.

Xu Jia sighed, and leaned crookedly on the seat. He didn't look like an emperor at all, but he added a bit of air of a son-in-law.Occasionally, he glanced down lazily, and he was sure to meet a few peeking eyes, then he looked away dully, thought for a while, then moved back, and met again, this time he didn't move away, just stared Staring blankly at that person, he only lowered his head at the girl, and then he chuckled and looked away, feeling a little interested in his heart, and just about to wave his hand to ask someone to come up to accompany him to relieve his boredom, he suddenly remembered that Fu Er and his angry appearance on the street, the raised hand just froze in the air.

Nanny Zhang leaned forward, "Your Majesty, what can I say?"

Coincidentally, another group of dancers changed at this time. Xu Jia grinned, put his hands down in a regular manner, raised his chin, and said, "It's okay, let's watch the show."

Forget it, he still, don't make trouble for himself, there was Sheng Wanwan some time ago, and now there is Concubine Hui and Jiang Jieyu, he doesn't want to have the same situation as last time in the temple.

This batch of dancers is different from the previous batch. They don't look like people from the Central Plains, but rather like navel-baring skirts from the northwest.The supporting dancer in the bright white gold silk dress spread out like petals, and in the middle was a beautiful woman in blue-green bloomers and a tulle face dancing with bare feet.

Xu Jia raised his eyebrows with interest, and gently stroked the rim of the wine glass with his fingers.

Xiaomei's daughter walked up to Xu Jia with dancing steps like water snakes. She raised her sleeves and turned her head. The light gauze swept across Xu Jia's chin. The yarn stretched out her hand, but only caught a piece of air. He stared at his hand and smiled suddenly, then raised his eyes to look at the girl.

Xiaomei's daughter lifted her chin shyly and looked down at him, and met his thoughtful eyes, crackling.

The white and tender waist twisted back and forth in front of him as if there were no bones, and the gold-embellished feet slowly climbed up Xu Jia's calf, light and heavy, sultry.When he stepped on Xu Jia's thigh, he was held down by a pair of hands with clear bones.

The fingertips with thin calluses rest on the delicate instep, carrying a kind of temptation that makes people tremble.

Xu Jia's hands have always been the kind of power, the looming blue veins exude the explosive power of a townsman, the fingers are slender, and the knuckles are terribly sexy, these are a pair of extremely alluring hands.At this time, those hands were holding that white and tender foot, the visual impact was almost irresistible, and it seemed to be a plaything that was born with perfect match.

The drumming in the Shouyan hall gradually stopped, and the dancers dispersed, only the blue-green little beautiful daughter remained in place.

Xu Jia's hand slowly slid up her calf along the instep, her eyes were full of gustatory taste, "Name?"

The woman bowed her head and made a foreign salute to him, "Return to Your Majesty, the little girl's name is Alaiai."

It continued to slide upwards, and when it reached the base of her thighs, the woman shrank obviously, and then immediately returned to normal.On the other hand, Xu Jia didn't seem to notice her abnormality, he kept staring at her face so straightly, slipped his hand down again, took her hand, and pulled her into her arms vigorously, then Although the woman wanted to pretend to be calm, she still exclaimed "ah".

Xu Jia chuckled, with an inexplicable hint of contempt in that smile.

He leaned his head down in a dignified manner, sniffed the woman's neck, and said with a smile, "Master Meng really gave me a nice present."

The woman's eyes widened in horror because of his words, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but she met Xu Jia's playful gaze.

The moon outside the palace faded away from that rare and quiet layer, and was dyed with some simple oily yellow halo.

In the General's Mansion, the child's crisp voice almost passed through the roof and resounded throughout the small courtyard, "Brother Ar! Brother Ar!"

Fu'er was helping to arrange the dishes, but when he heard Xiao Chengan's voice, he quickly turned around and saw Xiao Chengan flying onto his lap, Fu'er hugged him in his arms and kissed him on his face. They rubbed against each other, making Xiao Chengan giggle.Zhou Shun walked behind, and when he saw Fu Er, he hurriedly saluted, "Your servant, see the Prime Minister."

Fu Er dragged Xiao Chengan up, turned back and said with a smile, "Outside the palace, there is no need to be so polite, thank you for sneaking Xiao Chengan out of the palace today."

Xiao Chengan hugged Fu Er's neck, leaned forward with his small body, "Thank you, brother Zhou Shun."

Seeing this, Zhou Shun swallowed the phrase "I'm terrified", and smiled at Xiao Cheng'an in relief, the atmosphere immediately relaxed a lot.

Behind him, Xu Zihe came in with the dishes, lifted his chin to Fuer, and said with a smile, "Hey, don't you still want to learn how to make shredded lotus root? Let's go, before everyone is here, I'll take you do it."

Fu'er said to Xiao Cheng'an, "An'an, you can play with brother Zhou Shun for a while, okay?"

Xiao Chengan nodded obediently, stretched out his hand to hug Zhou Shun again, Zhou Shun took him, and coaxed him to go to the outer courtyard, "I'll take you to see General Pei, okay?"

"General Pei, is he the one who can hold a sword and is very powerful?"

"Yeah, he's amazing."

……

Fu Er glanced at their backs, smiled at Xu Zihe, "Let's go."

Xu Zihe recognized Fu Er at the first sight, ah, so he was the one who hid behind Xu Jia on the street that day.

She is also Xu Jia's sweetheart.

But Fu Er didn't have much impression of Xu Zihe, and the two of them introduced themselves in a somewhat alienated manner in the kitchen in the morning.

Speaking of it, it was really the first time the two of them spoke.

But soon they became acquainted, Xu Zihe was generous, he didn't speak like a little girl, and he cooked well, the distance between the two disappeared a lot.Fu Er said that he wanted to learn how to make shredded lotus root, Xu Zihe said that he could teach him when he was free, and it happened that the stir-fried dishes were ready here, so Zhang Yi and Xue Rongbao also stepped on it.

Fuer looked at the dark lump inside the plate, feeling a little embarrassed, "Why don't you forget it, don't take it out."

"Take it out." Xu Zihe smiled at him, "It's just a good time to make a plate."

A table full of people was crowded in front of the small table, Pei Yu scratched his head, and said with a smile, "My table is small, please be patient."

Ordinarily with his official status, it is not difficult to find a bigger house to live in, but Pei Yu feels that he lives alone anyway, and he has never moved in all these years. Even the servants It was also the first batch.

Zhang Yi chuckled, reached for the jug and said, "It doesn't matter if the place is small, as long as there is wine!"

Xu Zihe was the first to hold up the wine glass, and said respectfully, "Zihe thank you for taking me in, and you are willing to spend a lively new year with me."

Zhou Shun raised his wine glass to her, "Miss, you are welcome."

Xu Jia had already told him to take care of Miss Xu at all times, so how could he let her celebrate the New Year in Huamanlou?

outrageous.

It's better for everyone to sit around together, be happy and lively.

"Come, come." Zhang Yi was vaguely drunk before drinking, "Let's toast together, let's drink one first."

Xiao Chengan looked at them with big black grape-like eyes, and was about to reach out to touch the wine glass, but was caught by Fu Er, who poured him a glass of fruit wine with a smile, "Drink this, good boy. "

He talked a lot of nonsense here and there, most of which were jokes and a few jokes to amuse him.Tears were about to flow from laughing, but I didn't eat much food, and several pots of wine had already bottomed out.

People, no matter who they are, big or small, more or less, they must have their own unsatisfactory places.At the end of the year, I will still find that I have many things to do, many difficulties to overcome, and a long way to go.We are all so tired, so what's the point of meeting two or three friends to talk nonsense, drink a little wine, and secretly indulge in a little indulgence at the end of the year?

Zhang Yi had already drank it all, stretched his legs to the sky and burped, shook his head and said, "No, this won't work, you still don't know how to play."

Xue Rongbao was so drunk that he couldn't straighten his tongue, looked at Zhang Yi and giggled, and asked, "Then Master, what are you talking about?"

"Let's shake the dice, and whoever loses will be punished with alcohol, or tell a story about yourself."

Xu Zihe took a sip of the wine, looked up at him when he heard the words, and said with a light smile, "I wonder what's new for you, aren't these all obsolete things?"

Zhang Yi glared at her, fingered her for a long time, and finally fell asleep on the floor with his head up, humming in his mouth, "Forget it, you are a beauty, I don't quarrel with beauties..."

Xue Rongbao took his hand and tried to pull him up, "Master, don't sleep, get up and play." After pulling for a long time, he also lay down, sleeping unconsciously.

"Okay!" Zhou Shun was also drunk, and smashed his wine glass on the table, "Just play with that, that or something..." He pointed at Zhang Yi, his eyes narrowed with drunkenness, "Two What did the second donkey say just now?"

He was so drunk that he couldn't straighten his tongue, so "Second Uncle" became "Second Donkey".

Pei Yu held him down and coaxed him, "Shall we go to sleep?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shun pushed him away, frowned and said, "Pei Yu, you...why do you always think about sleeping with me!"

Pei Yu blushed at what he said, and as soon as he loosened his hands, Zhou Shun jumped out. After getting up, he staggered and couldn't stand up straight. After standing for two seconds, he fell to the side. Fortunately, Pei Yu had quick eyesight and hugged him quickly. Unexpectedly, Zhou Shun stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his neck and wouldn't let go. Pei Yu was worried that there were other people present, so his ears were red all the way to the base of his neck, and he didn't dare to overstep the distance. He just said with a sullen face. , "let go."

Hearing what he said, Zhou Shun was not happy, he opened his eyes with great difficulty, and seeing his cold face, immediately punched him aggrieved, and said loudly, "Why are you like this? Don’t you recognize anyone when you get out of bed?”

Zhang Yi had already rolled into a ball with Xue Rongbao on the ground, snoring like thunder.

But Fu Er was attracted by this inexplicable roar, and raised his head at the same time as Xu Zihe.

Pei Yu tried to carry him back to the room, "Zhou Shun!"

"Don't touch me!" Zhou Shun jumped to avoid him, "I managed to catch you, it's good, I haven't slept for a few days, and I'm here to turn my face on me, okay, you turn on me!" I'll read it too, I'll go sleep with another little man tomorrow!"

The veins in Pei Yu's temples were throbbing, and he couldn't catch him, so he carried him upside down on his shoulders, and walked straight to the door.

The noise gradually receded, and occasionally Zhou Shun's voice could be heard, adding to the silence of the room.

Fu'er held the wine in a daze for a long time and didn't recover, so when Xue Rongbao said that Zhou Shun had a wife that day, he meant...Pei Yu?

Xu Zihe didn't react too much, he helped Er fill the empty wine glass, and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Didn't expect that?"

Fuer swallowed, put the cup on the table, "Yeah."

Xu Zihe, "Can't accept it?"

Fu'er clenched his hands on his legs into fists, and didn't make a sound.

Since he was a child, he knew very little about the love between men and women, let alone such things, he hadn't even heard of it...Qi Qi's voice suddenly sounded in his ear, "What's wrong with the man? Long Yangzhi didn't hear it ever?"

The veins on the back of the hand were immediately visible, and Fuer gritted his teeth to suppress that too disgusting memory.

Seeing his reaction, Xu Zihe smiled, "Will you look at Zhou Shun and the others differently because of this matter?"

It took Fu Dun two seconds before he opened his eyes. At this time, his eyes were clear, and he turned his head to meet Xu Zihe's eyes and said, "No."

He couldn't accept it, and a large part of the reason was because of that bad experience, but that didn't mean he was qualified to point fingers at others.

What he cannot accept does not mean that it is wrong, and he has no right or qualification to deny it.

Xu Zihe opened his mouth, looked at him for two seconds, but didn't say anything. He lowered his head and laughed twice, then picked up his glass and drank it down.

In fact, she really wanted to ask, what about Xu Jia?How do you feel about Xu Jia?

She even wanted to know, if Xu Jia saw Fu Er's reaction today, would she treat him so unhesitatingly?Wouldn't she love him so undividedly?

After all, not everyone can bear a relationship that is not accepted or even hated.

A trace of boredom flashed in Fu Er's heart inexplicably, he had always been restrained, but tonight he began to drink one after another abnormally.He didn't have a good capacity for alcohol, and after drinking a few cups, he started to feel a little dizzy. He went to say hello to Pei Yu and returned to the palace.

After he returned to the palace, he didn't turn on the lamp, and got into bed without saying a word, covered his head with the quilt, and he could hear his restless and accelerated heartbeat in the dark and quiet space.

He hid himself, and instinctively wanted to escape, just like when people face unknown things, they always want to take a step back and make plans after thinking clearly.

He vaguely heard the sound of the door opening, heard Xu Jia's footsteps, and heard Xu Jia ask the maid, "Has the Prime Minister returned?"

"Haven't come back yet? What about Zhou Shun?"

"Okay, I see, you go down first."

Fu Er closed his eyes, but his mind automatically pictured how Xu Jia was frowning impatiently.