The sky is blue and the air is bright.

I stood quietly by the window, and the wolf hair was soaked with ink, leaving traces of flying traces on the snow-white paper. I had just written a few words when a gust of wind picked up and rolled up the fallen leaves in the yard, making a rustling sound.

It's cool.

It’s already late autumn.

The flowers in the Royal Garden gradually withered after their peak bloom. On the contrary, the maple trees in the courtyard turned red, which looked particularly gorgeous and dazzling in such a bleak season. I raised my head and looked at the fiery red maple leaves in the courtyard.

I looked at the words "red with maple leaves and white heads" on the paper, sighed softly, and put down the pen.

My fingertips were also icy cold from the coldness. I breathed into my palms and just rubbed them twice when I heard footsteps coming from behind.

Not many people come to my place. But soon after Princess Ling was born, Chang Qing asked Yun Bin to move with He Bin to Yunhua Palace, which is very close to Jingren Palace, in the name of taking care of the princess, and often brought people there to visit.

.With the Queen's attitude, the other concubines cannot ignore their mother and daughter too much, so they are only separated by a wall and can often hear the bustle over there.

Looking back, it turned out to be Shuixiu. She walked to the window and whispered: "Sir, are you writing again?"

"Yeah."

"What did you write?"

She turned her head to take a look, and happened to see another one pressed underneath. She picked it up and said with difficulty: "A phoenix does not peck at millet when it is hungry. The only thing it eats is...only...what is it?"

I smiled lightly.

She didn't know much at first, and she had gotten to know a few of them over the past few days with me, but she still stuttered when she thought of it. I pulled it back, kneaded it into a ball, threw it into the brazier aside, and said lightly: "Nothing, just take it.

Written."

"Oh."

She nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Normally, she would always touch and look here and there. Before I had time to ask her, I heard her whisper: "Sir, this is someone from outside.

Let it come in."

"Oh."

I cheered up and took a sealed bag from her hand. I opened it and took out a piece of paper. On it was written a few simple words about a chat. After reading it, I frowned.

After locking it up, he quickly threw the piece of paper into the brazier and it immediately turned into ashes.

Shuixiu stood aside and watched me finish all this, and asked carefully, "Sir, what is written on this?"

I was still deep in thought and didn't answer. Shuixiu whispered again: "Sir, I don't understand. You just asked Xiao Fuzi to keep an eye on Concubine Li of Yuhua Palace. Why even the Minister of the Ministry of War -"<

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I glanced at her and said calmly: "Don't ask any more questions."

"..., oh."

Letting her pass on these things is already putting her in danger, because I have no other way now, but if she is too involved, what if I fail in the future——

I don’t dare to think about it.

Ever since I parted ways with Nangong Lizhu on the terrace that day, I thought she would take action against me. After all, when Shen Rou died, I was the person she hated the most, and so was she to me. Although I had no intention of harming others,

I have a good heart, but I don’t have a good heart to retaliate with kindness, and I don’t intend to make meat for others, so I will use any necessary means.

But I never expected that there would be no movement from Nangong Lizhu these days.

The time and environment have returned to what they were before, as if nothing had happened.

But this kind of calmness is not enough to make me feel at ease. Besides, I have no intention of letting her go just like that. I just want to fight her. I am not too sure. After all, for a woman in the harem, the emperor's kindness is too important.

Pampering is everything, so she will be invincible from the beginning.

Therefore, I can only start from another aspect.

Even Shen Rou, who once dominated the harem, fell immediately after the decline of the Shen family. If I can find something to do with the Nangong family——

However, I found that I thought too simply.

The Nangong family has nothing to hold on to.

Since Nangong Jinhong came back a year ago, although he has experienced such a big incident in the Juma River Valley, he has not participated because of injuries. After that, the southern civil uprising, such a big thing, was also because the emperor had not planned to take part in it.

In terms of the use of troops, the Ministry of War has made no achievements in the past year or so.

But in this court, if you don’t do it, it’s not bad.

However, after the fall of the Shen family, Nangong Jinhong was not at all merciless in taking over Shen Gongye's connections and influence. Especially during the period when Pei Yuanhao did not return to Beijing, I heard that he was sick at home, and Shen Gongye

Several students under his command and ministers from various ministries went to visit him, and the benefits were self-evident.

In general, since the fall of the powerful Shen Taifu, the power structure in the DPRK has changed a lot. Taishi Chang Yanbai and Taibao Fu Badai combined to be the main force in clearing out the Shen faction; and Nangong Jinhong

Although they did not contribute to this coup, they gained a lot of benefits with their fishermen's power. These two factions have become the largest forces in the DPRK today.

However, because things in the south came so urgently, they had no conflicts yet.

In other words, there was no time for any conflicts to arise.

And this way, it will be even more difficult to deal with Nangong.

I watched in ecstasy as the brazier had been burned to ashes, with only a little spark of powder left, and my brows tightened involuntarily.

After being silent for a while, I slowly raised my head, only to see Shuixiu still standing by quietly. She was a little strange today. How could she be so quiet on weekdays? I asked with some confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

As expected, Shui Xiu had a hesitant look on her face. She murmured for a while, then looked at me and said, "Sir, this is so strange."

"What's weird."

She lowered her head and carefully took out a handkerchief bag from her sleeve. When she opened it, she found a delicate and bright chain lying in her palm.

It was exactly the one she had spotted at the Toraikan last time.

When I saw it, I smiled angrily and said, "It must have been Xiao Fuzi who bought it for you again. How much did it cost him?"

"No." Shui Xiu said in a low voice: "It's that - that ice cube face."

What? I was confused for a moment, and immediately found that ice-like face from my memory.

"Du Yan?"

"Yeah." Shui Xiu nodded: "When they were changing shifts today, I happened to come in from outside, and he suddenly came over to give me this. Before I could open it to see clearly, he left. Sir, what is he doing?

Huh? Why did you give me this suddenly?"

I was stunned.

Du Yan gave her this?

I really can't think of any other reason for a man to give a woman such jewelry. Thinking of that young but cold face, I didn't expect that Du Yan, who looked so cold, was so direct and hot-tempered in his actions.

He really has the demeanor of a warrior.

But——

I looked at Shui Xiu's confused expression. It was not as sharp as usual, but full of worry. Just as I was about to say something, I saw a dumbfounded person standing at the door, looking at us.<

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It’s Xiao Fuzi.

Shui Xiu saw my expression froze, and turned around. When she saw Xiao Fuzi standing there, she was also stunned.

For a moment, the three of them froze.

After a while, Xiao Fuzi reacted first. He smiled reluctantly, walked in and said, "Sir."

"You're here."

He has been coming to me a lot recently, but now he is really embarrassed. When Shui Xiu saw him, he immediately took the chain in his hand and hid it behind his back. However, this move was tantamount to hiding one's ears, so Xiao Fuzi could only

Tsukuru didn't see it, so he walked up to me with a smile and whispered: "Sir, someone just saw that Concubine Li went to the Second Prince's place again."

"Oh?!"

The awkward atmosphere disappeared at this moment, and I immediately frowned.

She has indeed not made any movements these days. The only movement is to go to Mingzhu. I also saw some small bruises hidden on Nianyun's body.

I gritted my teeth.

I want to deal with Nangong Lizhu, of course not for this child, but as long as Nangong Lizhu falls, even if she loses power, she can no longer torture this child like this. But——

I'm afraid that before I can do it, this child will be tortured to the point of being unable to endure it.

Thinking of this, I turned around and walked out, ready to go to Mingzhu.

But as soon as I walked to the door, I saw a tall figure outside. I didn't stop for a moment and almost ran into his arms.

A hand reached over and held my arm firmly but gently, and a laughing voice sounded above my head——

"What's so urgent?"

I staggered, but before I could stand still, Shui Xiu and Xiao Fuzi behind me were already kneeling down: "Your Majesty!"

I finally stood firm in front of him, but the tip of my nose had already hit his chest, and my whole body was almost in his arms. I subconsciously wanted to break away, but I felt the hand on my shoulder sink slightly, although it was still You don’t use any force, but you can’t get away.

He said: "It's quite warm here."

After saying that, he let me go and walked straight in, taking off his robes as he walked. Shuixiu and Xiaofuzi also looked at me, and hurriedly went to pick me up, but they heard him say: "You all go down."

"...Yes."

They looked at each other, but still went out obediently.

I stood at the door, frowning slightly as I watched Xiao Fuzi walk out. Shuixiu followed him angrily. The two figures disappeared from sight as they walked around the red wall in front. They slowly turned around and Seeing Pei Yuanhao standing in the middle of the room, he had already taken off his robe.

I bit my lower lip: "Your Majesty, why are you here today?"

"I came to see you."

"..."

I didn’t know what to say for a moment.

He doesn't come often these days, but he still comes to stay for a while every two days. It's not a big fanfare, but there are always palace people from other palaces passing by at the entrance of Jingren Palace.

I can’t say that I’m overwhelmed by it, but at times like this, I can’t be happy either.

At this time, a piece of clothing was handed to me.

I raised my head and looked at him.

He also looked at me, lightly, but because of such a close distance, I could clearly see the deep shadows under his eyes.

I bit my lower lip and took a breath, then took it and hung it on the wooden frame on the side.

The clothes hanging on the rack were a little too big. I straightened them out and smelled a faint smell emanating from the texture of the clothes. In addition to incense, there seemed to be a faint fragrance of powder.

Listening to the lively sounds in Yunhua Hall just now, he must have passed by, and all the concubines must have passed by.

I hung up the clothes calmly. When I turned around, I saw Pei Yuanhao standing at the desk in front of the window. He took out a piece of paper from it, looked at it carefully for a while, and murmured——

"There are clouds and fog every day, and there are beacon smoke rising from the northwest. Rogues come from the east and robbers come from the west, and there are still beauties in front of us."

As he thought about it, a faint haze appeared between his eyebrows, which quickly disappeared. He raised his head and glanced at me, with uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

Last time, he showed such an expression and said that I was his interpreter...

Thinking of this, I walked over calmly and said, "I just recorded it to relieve my boredom." I took the piece of paper, kneaded it into a ball, and threw it into the brazier. There were only some scattered sparks left in the brazier.

, at this time, there was a pop, flames burst into flames, and quickly engulfed the piece of paper.

Watching my handwriting slowly disappear into the purple-blue flame, the faint warmth that came from it made my fingertips feel a little bit.

But at this moment, a warm hand reached out and held my hand.

The temperature of his palm seemed to be even hotter than that of a brazier. The touch of my skin made me shudder, and I hurriedly tried to break away. The next moment he had already pressed against my back, holding my other hand.

As soon as his waist was pulled back, I was completely embraced by him.

"Qingying."

"You, what are you doing?"

"Don't move."

"Put——"

He lowered his head and leaned against my ear. When he spoke, his warm breath blew on the ear, making me shiver.

"Only you, only you..."
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