Ye Youqing knew that he couldn't stay too late, even if Shili tried to distract the people who were watching him, if the time was too long, those people would become suspicious sooner or later, so he sighed softly, groped in the dark to get dressed, crossed Ci Ke gets out of bed.

She squatted in front of Ci Ke and took her temperature with her hands. She was still a little hot, but fortunately she slept soundly.

"I can't come out for too long, I have to go." Ye Youqing said in a barely audible voice, Ci Ke's expression was obedient after he fell asleep, his cherry lips were tightly closed, and his eyelashes flickered with his breathing.

Ye Youqing felt a little reluctant, lowered his head and kissed Ci Keping's palm on the pillow, and murmured: "I love you."

"Is it me you love?"

After she finished speaking, Ci Ke's eyebrows seemed to move, Ye Youqing immediately held his breath, and the surroundings became quiet, only the sound of snow crushing broken branches outside the door.

Seeing that Ci Ke hadn't woken up, Ye Youqing took one last look at Ci Ke, opened the door and walked into the bright and clean environment.

Even so, it was a bit late when she returned to the house, and the guards outside the door were already ready to move. Fortunately, Shi Li kept making excuses that she couldn't see people because of the cold, so she blocked her suspicion.

Ye Youqing didn't sleep well that night, she tossed and turned for half the night, and after falling asleep, one dream after another appeared in turn, tossing her mind into a drowsy state.

In the past two years since she realized that she likes Ci Ke, apart from longing, another thought occasionally popped up in her mind.

In fact, she has been here for a long time, and she has already been completely used to it, and seldom thinks of her previous life, as if she has always been the prostitute of the Duke's Mansion.But whenever she thinks back to the meeting with Ci Ke, there will be a slight thought, telling her that perhaps Ci Ke only likes Ye Youqing.

The more people cherish, the more they will think wildly.

Ye Youqing has never been a cautious person, and has never even loved anyone, so she has never experienced what it means to worry about gains and losses, but when she heard Ci Ke's words, the thoughts in her heart lingered like a demon.

The always clear mind began to recall over and over again Ci Ke's attitude when he first came to Qi Dynasty, looking for clues of Ci Ke's temptation.

The early morning sunlight was even more glaring because of the white snow. The snow crushed the branches of the tree and fell to the ground. Ye Youqing suddenly opened his eyes, turned sideways and coughed.

She turned over, the stove on the ground had gone out, and the room was very deserted, so she had to put on her coat and go down to the ground to refill some charcoal fire.

Shili, who was sleeping on the couch beside him, also woke up, sat up, and fanned the stove with a cattail fan.

"Yesterday, I saw that you looked sluggish, so I didn't ask you, is Ci Ke okay?" Shi Li said as he put on his coat.

"It's okay, it's just the cold and fever, I don't know if it's better now, and the frostbite on the feet, I have to remember to apply the medicine." Ye Youqing sighed, and tied the scattered blue hair behind his head.

"Don't worry, she will take care of herself." Shili said in relief.

This heavy snow was indeed the last snow in Bianjing this year. After the sun came out, it began to melt. The melted spring water flowed everywhere, nourishing the roots and grass leaves. After a few days, many treetops were already covered with greenery. Go for a piece of green smoke.

Now Ye Youqing is hindered by his own status, almost shuts the door, every day besides eating and sleeping, he just sits in the room and thinks. After thinking for a long time, he will occasionally be in a daze. Yu Qing kept silent.

The capital was still undercurrents, but Ye Youqing seemed to have nothing to do with it. He didn't step out of the gate until the guards who followed him were worn out.

It was a fine day, and the sun was shining brightly, warming the originally cold wind, and when it blew on the face, it felt a bit like a spring breeze. Ye Youqing sat on the stone bench in the courtyard to bask in the sun, holding a Flipping through a stack of thick papers, some of the papers are worn and yellowed, so they don't look new.

Shili saw that Ye Youqing was starting to feel sad for spring and autumn again, so he drank tea in silence.

In fact, Ye Youqing was only calm on the surface. After flipping through the paper in his hand, he got up and paced around the four corners of the small courtyard. He walked for an unknown amount of time, until Shili was dazzled by her, and he stretched out his hand to drag her back to the stone bench. Down.

"Xiaoqing, are you worried about that? But now the time has not come, you said that we just need to wait. You are the safest in the past, why are you always out of your mind these days?" put the teacup in her hand.

"Is there?" Ye Youqing smiled, took the teacup and warmed his hands, "It's just boring."

Shili hummed, his eyes full of disbelief.

Shili saw that Ye Youqing kept silent, so he didn't say anything more, and changed the topic: "By the way, the messenger just sent the news over there, saying that a batch of fine iron has been prepared and will be shipped to the border soon. "

As he spoke, he handed Ye Youqing a letter with only a few numbers in it.

Ye Youqing read with his head down, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Tell the emperor the news later." Ye Youqing handed the letter back to Shili.

Shili was putting away the letter and nodding, when he turned his head vigilantly, after a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it again?" Shili muttered to himself, stood up, leaned his back against the wall, reached out and pulled the latch, and opened the door, and the person outside stepped in.

Ye Youqing got up quickly and was on guard, when he heard a familiar "sister", he opened his eyes wide and walked forward quickly.

"Why are you here?" Ye Youqing said while signaling Shili to close the door again, looking in surprise at the sixth prince whose face was covered by a crane cloak.

The sixth prince's face was pale, and the blue crane cloak made her look elegant and handsome, but it couldn't hide her haggardness. Ye Youqing hurriedly reached out his hand to ask her to sit down, and looked outside the door.

"Don't worry, I only dared to come in when no one was watching." The sixth prince took a sip of the ten-mile tea, "Actually, I have long wanted to see my sister, but every time there are people watching, I dare not show up."

Ye Youqing nodded and smiled lightly, just as she needed to know the news from the palace, it was a coincidence that the sixth prince came.

"How is the palace now?" Ye Youqing asked straight to the point without wasting any time.

The sixth prince also looked serious when he heard the words, put his hands on his knees, and said in a low voice: "After the proposal that day, the father has sent General Dai to the border with a few teams of soldiers, and it is time to arrive now. I hope that General Dai After going there, the border situation may change."

"For more than two years, Xixia has already been at the end of its strength. Xixia's advantage lies in its strong and well-trained army, which is much braver than the Central Plains as a whole, but its weakness is also extremely obvious. More defeats less, but it is difficult to last." Ye Youqing said.

"So I'm not very worried about the war. I'm more worried about the struggle between the court and China." Ye Youqing raised his eyebrows and said seriously, "How is the emperor's health?"

The sixth prince was stunned: "Father concealed his illness from the outside world, but according to the imperial concubine, he is getting weaker and weaker now, and he will be cold for a long time when he encounters the wind. Even famous doctors in the folk have been secretly invited to see him, but he still does not recover. .”

When the sixth prince mentioned the emperor's illness, not only did he not show any worry, but on the contrary, there was a bit of ruthlessness and carefreeness between his brows.

This is very good, Ye Youqing thought, not to be entangled by emotions is the prerequisite for great things, the sixth prince is ruthless, he has a clear distinction between love and hate, although he has kindness in his heart, it is not too much, he is a good material for being an emperor .

What's more difficult is that, as a daughter, she has been disguised since she was a child, and her tenacity can be imagined.

"But..." The sixth prince showed a bit of anger and frustration on his face, "I guess from the talk about the marriage that day, the father still prefers the prince in his heart. The prince has the support of the queen and the support of the court. No matter what he says, He is the best candidate for succession in the eyes of the emperor."

The sixth prince showed blue veins on the back of his hand, and he was worried.

"With your status, it is naturally difficult to succeed to the throne under normal circumstances, but it is not impossible if the soldiers make a strange move." Ye Youqing saw her distress, and suddenly said.

The sixth prince suddenly raised his black and white eyes.

"Sister, the imperial concubine said, maybe you have a suggestion." The sixth prince stood up as he spoke, and was pressed twice by Ye Youqing's hand before slowly sitting back.

"I do have an idea, but you can try it." Ye Youqing opened his lips and said, "The emperor's attitude is too ambiguous. It may be a trade-off between the two of you. No one knows what he is thinking. But now you two There is almost no difference in the degree of use that people only value, and it is not only you who are worried, the prince will also regard you as a strong enemy."

"At such a critical moment, if one party loses its mind and does something, it will most likely lose."

"You mean..." the sixth prince quickly understood what she meant, half astonished, half delighted.

Ye Youqing beckoned her ear noncommittally, whispered something in her ear, then straightened up and said: "There is no loss left or right, you might as well give it a try."

The sixth prince nodded hastily. Recently, the prince has been targeting her more and more frequently. He must have seen the emperor's health getting worse and worse, and he couldn't sit still.

After the story in the court hall was finished, the sixth prince left in a hurry, got up to leave, but was stopped by Ye Youqing.

"Apart from these, do you have anything else to do?" Ye Youqing asked tentatively.

The sixth prince was taken aback, looked at Shili beside him, then turned his eyes back to Ye Youqing, and stroked his hair.

"What else?" she asked cautiously.

Ye Youqing's eyes could be seen to be disappointed with the naked eye, the phoenix eyes drooped, and he forced his lips together: "No, I'm afraid you forgot something, since it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

"If there is any major change in the court, remember to send someone to inform me." She added, and then folded the stack of papers she had read before and handed it to the sixth prince, "And this, give it to Ci Ke for me."

The sixth prince smiled at her, said goodbye and turned around, the smile on Ye Youqing's face faded quickly, feeling disappointed.

Seeing the door closed, Ye Youqing sighed, and with a lazily bent back, he walked back to the stone bench and sat down, but suddenly he heard the door hinge creak again, and the sixth prince squeezed his body in again.

"I just remembered it when I went out. I really forgot about it." The sixth prince smiled embarrassedly, took out a crumpled envelope from the skirt of his clothes, and handed it to Ye Youqing, "This is the envelope that Ke Ke asked me to give to my sister a few days ago." Yes, but I never found an opportunity and just put it behind me."

Seeing the exquisite envelope that was carefully sealed, Ye Youqing's heart that had just fallen suddenly leaped in a fish, causing small ripples.

"Oh." She took it with a straight face, and rubbed it with her fingertips. It was quite thick inside.

Seeing that the sixth prince really left, Ye Youqing tore open the envelope in a hurry, took out the fragrant rice paper inside, but in exchange for a thousand words from the sidelines: "Look at you, you are so anxious like a little daughter-in-law! .”

Ye Youqing ignored her and just read Ci Ke's letter. However, there were several letters in a row, but there were only some neat paintings. There were two villains on it, one tall and one short. Although they were not lifelike, they were quite charming. .

In the first painting, the taller woman blocks the shorter woman behind her, holding a stone in her hand, and despises the man who was knocked unconscious on the ground.

In the second picture, the shorter woman falls into the water, and the taller woman is stretching out her hand to pull.

In the third picture, the taller woman holds the palm of the shorter woman who has fallen against the skylight.

In the fourth picture, a taller woman with a blade of grass helps a shorter woman catch a snake.

……

It wasn't until the last picture that Ye Youqing realized that his eyes were red, and a clear warmth permeated from the bottom of his heart.

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