The emperor looked at him for a while, then leaned back, lazily leaning on the back of the chair, playing with the water-smooth ring on his finger.

There was silence in the hall for a while, Xueshi Huang glared at Song Canzheng angrily, but he ignored it with a smile.

"Pass down the order and shut down the rumors. Anyone who discusses this matter will be punished. In addition, let me investigate the places where the Wei Yamen comes and goes, and find out who did it. Be careful to investigate secretly, and don't let the wind leak and damage our royal family." Face." The emperor put his hand on the table and tapped it, making a rattling sound.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hearing this, the two ministers bowed their heads and bowed to leave, and a man in armor came forward instead.

"Keep an eye on the Ye family, especially Ye Youqing, if there is any change, report to me immediately." The emperor said, paused, and then said, "Legend that Duke Liang came here with the daughter of the Ye family.

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When Ye Youqing arrived outside the gate of Ganlu Hall, the overwhelming surge in his heart had calmed down.

She knew that the matter would not be resolved so easily, but when she saw that the rumors in the city quickly turned to silence, she couldn't help feeling a burst of depression and anger that had her mouth covered.

What a son of heaven.

The palace servants at the door saluted her, then pushed open the door, Ye Youqing walked into the hall slowly, bypassed two screens, and saw the emperor sitting behind the spacious carved mahogany table.

Liang Guogong had already arrived, and he was standing aside at this time, his brows were tightly knit, and his expression was serious.

"My daughter has seen Your Majesty." Ye Youqing's voice was clear, neither happy nor angry.

The emperor looked at the woman who couldn't see the expression in front of him, and pointed the table faster and faster, and then he sighed: "Don't be cautious, today is just a matter of closing the door and saying something about your loved ones."

"Come here, give me a seat." The emperor stretched out his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Youqing said politely.

"I have just discussed today's matter in detail with the Duke. I will definitely investigate this matter strictly and give you and Wei Yanei justice as soon as possible." The emperor glanced at Ye Youqing with pity.

Ye Youqing looked at the water stains on the broken teacup from the corner of his eye, and sneered in his heart. As expected of the Ninth Five-Year Lord, this change of face is faster than turning the pages of a book. It seems that he insisted that Wei Yanei was raped by a traitor. Harm, never mention anything else.

But on the surface, she pretended to be more natural than the emperor, and when she raised her phoenix eyes, her eyes were full of bewilderment.

The emperor paused for a moment, and then continued: "Duke Liang has always been my closest minister, and he has a title. I have always wanted to promote him, and I just took advantage of the marriage to draw closer the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and to serve the court even more in the past. Today, the queen mother invited your mother to a banquet again. As the daughter of King Sirong, she has suffered a lot in recent years and is weak. The queen mother even invited an imperial doctor to see her. I think that after you two get married, Then seal her the position of wife, and spend the rest of her life recuperating well."

Hearing this, Ye Youqing glanced at Liang Guogong with a smile, and then got up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I can't repay you."

As soon as her words of thanks came out, they choked the emperor's words.

The emperor originally planned to show both kindness and majesty. When an ordinary woman heard such rumors, she would either feel sad, or be angry and plead for her life. When the time came, he could force her to marry honestly.

But Ye Youqing's cheerful and accepting appearance seemed to have never heard the rumors, making the emperor feel as if he had punched him in the air, empty and embarrassed.

The emperor opened his mouth and finally laughed.

But her attitude reassured the emperor a lot. It seemed like what Xueshi Huang said, she was just a woman who could be held in the palm of her hand, so why worry about it.

He also lost his thoughts on talking any more, waved his hands, and said: "Okay, there are many political affairs today, and there are affairs between the DPRK and China, let's go down."

Hearing the words, Ye Youqing bid farewell and left the palace gate, followed behind Liang Guogong. Seeing Liang Guogong in front strode away without saying a word, he knew how angry he was.

Regardless of the rumors, insisting on marrying his prostitute daughter to Wei Yanei, it is obvious that he does not value Liang Guogong, and it means suppressing him, so he will definitely be angry.

And Ye Youqing felt that this kind of anger had nothing to do with the suffering she might have suffered in the past, and she was just a pawn in the field of power.

Thinking of this, Ye Youqing couldn't help but clenched his fists, turned around to look at the bright sun, the fiery red hall and palace walls.

Imperial power, something that can easily control the fate of others.

Ye Youqing suddenly smiled.

"Sister, sister!" There was a voice from outside the arch, and a tender but thin hand greeted her. Ye Youqing put away his thoughts for a moment, strode over, and let those hands pull her behind the stone lion.

Black and white distinct eyes came into the eyes, the young man was wearing dark red brocade clothes, with a high bun on the top of his head, he looked much tidier than before, just like a rich young man.

It's just that the hostility in his eyes is still there.

"You can't marry that surname Wei. I sneaked into the imperial physician's office just now. The rumors in Beijing are true. The imperial physicians are secretly searching for various remedies, thinking of how to save him." The young man held Ye Youqing tightly. wrist, eyes gradually gloomy, "I have a way to prevent him from surviving tonight."

"Hush." ​​Ye Youqing put his finger on his lips, stopping her words.

"You can't let people listen to these words." Ye Youqing said calmly, reaching out to pat the boy's head, "I don't need you to do anything."

"But sister, you are a good person. A good person cannot marry such a bastard." The boy's eyes were red, and his thin chest kept rising and falling.

"There are many good people, but good people will suffer instead." Ye Youqing smiled, "In the future, you must work hard to be a person who will not make good people suffer."

The boy almost cried.

Ye Youqing patted her on the shoulder: "Don't cry, you are a prince, you are weak and cannot be seen by others."

"Not with Yan Jieyu now?" Ye Youqing asked.

The young man gritted his teeth until blue veins popped out on his forehead, and then held back the tears. He said in a hoarse voice, "Yan Jieyu passed away last night. She was so frightened that she hanged herself when she heard that her father had tortured the mastermind behind the scenes." .”

"Hang yourself in fright?" Ye Youqing shook his head, and he understood, "How could such a vicious and unscrupulous person hang himself when he heard the wind?"

The boy bit his lip, as if he understood something.

"If you want to stand out among the many princes, you have to find a backer." Seeing a row of palace people walking towards this place, Ye Youqing speeded up his speech. Just say murder, with your intelligence, you won't be unknown in the future."

"We have to stand on a high place to protect the people we want to protect." Ye Youqing said, pointing to the palace servants who were getting closer.

The young man wanted to bite his lips to bleed, but she still held Ye Youqing's arm with her hand, and slowly backed away.

The eyes are like obsidian, and like uncut jade.

"Sister, can I still see you?" she asked suddenly.

"Perhaps." Ye Youqing pursed his lips and smiled gently.

The boy stared at her for a while, then finally turned around, slipped along the palace wall, and quickly disappeared.

Ye Youqing looked back at the towering Ganlu Hall again, and then left.

Soon, the emperor made another decree to give Ye Youqing and Wei Ya Nei Fuchu to marry, which was half a month earlier than the previous mid-Fuyue, so the date of marriage was very close at hand.

So far, the whole capital has known about this marriage, but the royal family is ordered not to speak nonsense, so people only dare to talk about it in private. first one.

But most of the people just watched from the other side, and even wanted to see the biggest joke in the whole capital.

For a while, a weird phenomenon appeared in the capital. The teahouses and restaurants were overcrowded, but they didn't speak loudly, and they made eye contact, lively and silent.

As for Ye Youqing in the center of the vortex, it seemed as if nothing had happened. He stayed behind closed doors as usual, and occasionally went to Jinlingzhai when he went out, and returned home after sitting for a while.

Not only that, at the end of midsummer, the Ye family even started to prepare the dowry and purchased mahogany boxes. It is said that they piled up in the yard, as if they were about to get married.

People love to see the children of rich families suffer, not to mention Ye Youqing's slowness, so there are more people waiting to see the good show.

However, Ye Youqing is not in a hurry here, but someone is in a hurry for her.

In the Qiushui Palace, several palace people gathered around the door of the wing room, holding dishes and basins in their hands, as if they didn't know what to do.

"What's the matter?" A female voice sounded, and Zhou Ziqiu, dressed in fine clothes, came from outside the hall and stood behind several palace people.

When the palace people heard the words, they hurriedly turned around and knelt down, raised their eyebrows and said: "Madam, Miss Ci Ke still can't eat anything, so she just keeps herself stuffed in the room. We are worried, but we dare not go in and see..."

Zhou Ziqiu raised his brows with worry, and waved his jade finger covered with rings, signaling the palace people to go down.

"Chunhong, keep the dishes." Zhou Ziqiu said, took the tray from Chunhong, knocked twice, and pushed open the door.

The curtains were drawn in the dark room, making it even darker. The woman was fully dressed and was sitting on the couch, staring at the pieces of candy in a daze.

"Ci Ke." Zhou Ziqiu stepped forward slowly and put down the tray, "Why don't you eat?"

"Aunt." Ci Ke was taken aback by her words, and then gradually relaxed, shaking his head and remaining silent.

"Is there any news from her?" Ci Ke asked softly.

"No." Zhou Ziqiu replied, she turned and sat beside Ci Ke's bed, "I'm getting ready for the dowry, it should be, just accept it."

She was getting married, and she didn't come to her.Ci Ke lowered his eyes, and for some reason, his heart was filled with grievances.

What right does she have to be wronged? It was her only thought from the beginning to the end.

"Ci Ke, you really are still..." Zhou Ziqiu sighed, "Does she know what you did for her? If you dare to touch the emperor, do you know that if you are found out, even I will not be able to protect you? "

"You are too courageous." Zhou Ziqiu reproached halfway, picked up the teacup and put it in her hands.

"Don't worry, aunt, I won't think about anything else in the future, but I'm still a little dazed." Ci Ke said, putting down the teacup, she will find a way to stop this absurd thought, so as not to cause trouble to others.

Zhou Ziqiu looked at Ci Ke, a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "If it weren't for Aunt, you wouldn't be like this."

"How can you blame my aunt." Ci Ke heard the words and smiled slightly, with two dimples on his cheeks that were lighter than her smile.

"Auntie, I want to go out for a walk." Ci Ke said, tugging at the corner of Zhou Ziqiu's clothes as a prayer.

"Don't go looking for Ye Youqing. Since she wants to get married, you have to kill her, otherwise it will be bad for both of you." Zhou Ziqiu said in a low tone.

"No." Ci Ke said softly, "I just want to go to Jinlingzhai."

It's night, because the next month will be a crouching moon, so the current weather is already like burning charcoal, suffocating and steaming.

Ye Youqing just talked with Zhao Qingrou for a while, and when he returned to his room, he felt very hot and sweating, so he could only ask Qin Xin to bring some ice from the well cellar in winter and put it on the table. Cool down.

She looked busy these few days, but she was actually too busy to touch the ground, so she sat by the ice and looked at a map, circled a few places where she still had memories.

Although the early wedding date made her a bit hectic, it would not break her plan.

But on Ci Ke's side, she always wanted to say a few words to her, but now her every move was watched by people, it was difficult to find an opportunity to get close, and she was afraid that if she got too close to Ci Ke, she would be suspected by the emperor.

It can only be delayed again and again.

As the night gradually deepened, Ye Youqing kept the map firmly in his mind, then burned it in front of the candle, and looked up at the night outside the window.

There is no moon or star, and it is a cloudy sky.

The last piece of paper was burned, and Ye Youqing was about to get up, but heard a few tiny noises outside the house, she immediately leaned against the door, looking vigilantly at the crack of the door.

"Who?" she asked in a low voice.

"Me." Shili's voice came.

Ye Youqing breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and opened the door, only to see something being thrown into her arms, it was hot and soft to the touch.

Ye Youqing dodged subconsciously, letting the thing fall softly to the ground.

She covered her chest and lowered her head to look, her taupe-colored clothes were mixed with the color of her body, showing even bones and flesh, icy muscles and soft bones, and looking up, her eyes were tightly closed, her picturesque side face was illuminated by the lights. next clear.

"This girl haunts me in the middle of the night and I can't sleep. I can only bring her to you." Shili's voice came from outside the door, smelling of alcohol, holding the door with one hand, and poked his head in, "Don't worry, the mansion door Those who were watching outside were all sent away.”

As she spoke, she met Ye Youqing's surprised eyes, and then both of them bowed their heads together.

Shili was silent for a while, said a sweet dream, then left with a swaying body.

Ye Youqing squatted down hastily, took hold of the woman's arm, pulled her drunken body like a puddle of water from the ground, and landed in the crook of his arm: "Ci Ke?"

"Ye Youqing." The woman whispered, stretching out her hand to rub her shoulders, like vines climbing upwards, until her forehead touched her neck.

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