When the two faced each other silently, Hao'er walked in staggeringly, and when she saw Wushuang, she shouted happily: "Mother's queen, mother's queen!"

Hao'er ran over shaking his little lotus-root-like arms, Wushuang picked him up, kissed his white and tender face, and asked with a smile: "Why is Hao'er here?"

Hao'er stuck to Wushuang and said, "Hao'er misses her mother." He then climbed onto Dongfang Chen and acted like a baby, "Father, father, Hao'er also wants to accompany mother."

Dongfang Chen knew that Wushuang's mood was not calmed down, so he forced a smile and said: "Your mother wants to talk to father, so Hao'er can come and play first, okay?"

Hao'er was obviously unwilling, and looked at Wushuang with big black eyes.

Wushuang smiled lightly, squeezed Dongfang Chen's palm with the hand hidden under the sleeve, cast a glance at Hao'er, and said to Hao'er: "Come on, Hao'er comes to the mother's place, let the mother hold her."

Hao'er happily crawled into Wushuang's arms, hustling restlessly.

"Mother, Xiangxiang." Hao'er said, "Father, you are bad."

Wushuang laughed, and Dongfang Chen was relieved.

Pretending to be angry, he glared at Hao'er: "If you speak ill of the father, the father will take Hao'er out immediately."

Hao'er pouted and nestled into Wushuang's arms, her little paws grabbed Wushuang's clothes - he also knew that he wanted to find Wushuang as a backer.

Wushuang nodded Hao'er's little head, and said with a smile: "You weird little guy! You have to apologize to the emperor, and you can't be rude to the elders."

Hao'er blinked, nodded, stood up from Wushuang's arms, and said to Dongfang Chen seriously: "Father, I'm sorry, Hao'er shouldn't be rude."

Dongfang Chen smiled contentedly, but pushed forward: "Hao'er, it's impolite to just listen to other people's conversations."

Hao'er tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "Then Hao'er cover your ears."

Dongfang Chen tried to be persuasive: "If you cover your ears, the sound will also enter your ears."

Hao'er said: "Then Hao'er will sleep, and when he falls asleep, he won't be able to hear it."

"..."

In a word, Hao'er just didn't want to leave his mother.

Dongfang Chen was speechless. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Hao'er hugging Wushuang's neck and begged: "Mother, please let Hao'er stay. Hao'er misses her mother very much. Hao'er has been reading a lot of books. Parents Huang said that Hao'er will help her mother realize her dream in the future. Hao'er will listen carefully to what her mother has to say, okay?"

Dongfang Chen was speechless, this kid actually used him as an excuse? !

It's a good thing that Zhe'er is asleep, otherwise he would have collapsed if the two guys were on the left and the right.

But seeing Wushuang smiling because of the child, I couldn't help but think, it's good to have a child after all.

Wushuang smiled and said: "Well, now listen to your mother's words and go to sleep, okay?

Hao'er cheered and clapped her hands, but said solemnly: "Mother, my son is not sleepy, my son has to study!"

He crawled out of Wushuang's arms again and sat upright on one side, staring at the two with rounded eyes, as if saying: I'm here to seek knowledge!

Wushuang was amused by Hao'er's appearance, hugged Hao'er to her body, and said affectionately: "Little fool, if you like it, sit on your mother's hind legs."

Dongfang Chen said: "According to reports from our people, the three policies of "armistice, intermarriage, and trade" implemented on Rouran have initially taken effect."

"Well." Wushuang said, "In the past few years, we and Rouran have done a good job in these three aspects. The civilians in Rouran have been integrated with the Han people in blood, and the nobles also depend on our culture and materials. life. I think in a few years, Rouran should be able to be incorporated into the country peacefully."

Hao'er couldn't help asking: "Father, Hao'er doesn't understand, why do you want to trade and marry? What does this have to do with culture? What is culture? Why can Rouran be incorporated into the country?"

Facing Hao'er's series of questions, Dongfang Chen nodded his nose and asked, "Does Hao'er know what is fundamental to maintain a country?"

Hao'er said without hesitation: "People."

"Yes, it's not true." Dongfang Chen said, "The people are the foundation of a country, but for this country to survive, it must rely on economy and force, but to make this country united and cohesive, it depends on culture. Your mother suggested Let the peoples of the Central Plains and the grasslands do business, and bring all kinds of living materials and luxuries that they yearn for but cannot create. Once the bravery of the grassland peoples is corroded by the superior living conditions, they will lose their only advantage. When they rely too much on these Central Plains products At that time, they will no longer be able to live independently without us."

Hao'er was confused. Although Dongfang Chen tried to speak as simple as possible, he still couldn't understand. After all, it was too difficult for a child to think about such a profound question.

Hao'er frowned and thought for a long time, and finally came up with a sentence: "But if we do business with them, don't they make money?"

Wushuang smiled slightly at Dongfang Chen, and then patiently explained to his son: "Why? Buying raw materials at low prices and selling finished products at high prices is the economic 'scissors difference'. We use trade to plunder their resources. If things go on like this, Rouran's economy will become a vassal of our Qin State, and without its economic pillar, this country will gradually perish. Hao'er, do you understand?"

Hao'er nodded and shook his head again.Wushuang doesn't care, it's too difficult for such a young child to understand these things, and telling Hao'er about these is just to give him a high-level concept since childhood, after all, the development trajectory of this country will be guided by this child for a long time.

Dongfang Chen went on to say: "Then the commerce you mentioned is to slowly destroy their national economy, and at the same time weaken their force, and the greatest significance of intermarriage is to spread our culture to them.

Once these grassland peoples inherit our culture, they will be assimilated by us spiritually. Even if they still have a pair of blue eyes in the end, their brains are already Central Plains people.We can easily conquer them then.Wushuang, your idea is really unprecedented, it opened my eyes.Hao'er, remember, this is 'cultural aggression', a bloodless war with astonishing power. "

Hao'er nodded, although she didn't understand, she took it down carefully.

Wushuang held Dongfang Chen's hand silently, drawing warmth from this ideal that was so perfect that it was almost a daydream.

Hao'er's eyes turned several times on Wushuang's face, and suddenly said: "Hao'er will help the emperor and mother! Hao'er knows a lot of books, and when Hao'er understands what the queen said, Hao'er can give it to his father." The emperor and queen mother helped!"

Dongfang Chen was overjoyed: "It really is my child, like me!"

With the support of such a lover and children, you can overcome any difficulties!

Thinking of this, Wushuang couldn't help laughing.

Looking at Wushuang's smiling eyebrows, Dongfang Chen remembered a sentence he had read before: a half-moon shaped like a bay, and a clear pool.

This is probably used to describe her eyes!

After all, Hao'er was a child, and after talking for a while, he fell asleep in a daze.

Wushuang put him and Zhe'er side by side, carefully tucked in the quilt, then smiled at Dongfang Chen, turned around and went back to the bedroom.

Summer is coming gradually, and the weather is getting hotter. The window is open, revealing a blue night sky, dotted with stars.

The fragrance of roses was sent across the night wind, and the two hugged each other to watch the stars, whispering in whispers, the sweetness was infinite, and the unhappiness in the court was swept away.

Just when the two were sweet, someone else was heartbroken.

Kneeling outside the Lingjian Cave in Baiyun Mountain is a man dressed in white clothes like snow, with a clear face, a few pear petals falling on the ends of his jet-black hair, and hares and squirrels jumping around from time to time.

The man knelt here without moving for three days, like a sculpture, only the rustling sound of wind blowing leaves around.

"Come back!" A hoarse old voice came from inside the cave, mixed with suppressed coughing and panting from time to time.

"No! Master, I beg you!" The gentle and watery man had a sad face, and his pupils were still bloodshot.

"It's useless, I can't promise you as a teacher!" The old voice sighed helplessly.

The man was taken aback for a moment, his eyes dimmed, "Disciple... may I never kneel down!"

From then on, he was the only one left in lovesickness in loneliness, lonely in lovesickness, he knelt there and maintained a posture that seemed to have remained unchanged since ancient times, and he seemed to be integrated with the darkness in the dawn before dawn, soundlessly.The cold seeped from the knees to the bones bit by bit.

A pale old man walked out of the cave with staggering steps and leaning on a wooden crutch. He was Cheng Anran's mentor: Master Kongkong.Master Kongkong has escaped from the world for a long time, but because of the entrustment of the queen, he assists Cheng Pingan in martial arts.

The reason why Cheng Anran was sent out of the palace without delay, in addition to saving him from being bullied, there was another very important reason was that he had a disease in his womb!

Because he was the queen's exiled son, Cheng Shenglong had nothing to do at that time, only the queen was pregnant, and the queen mother was married to Concubine Wu.

Concubine Wu Guifei had just been canonized and was not yet pregnant, so the Empress Dowager had a different intention and ordered someone to give her tonic to drink every day.

And this so-called anti-pregnancy tonic actually contains chronic poison. After taking it for a long time, the fetus born is either stupid or crazy, or has defects.

Master Kong Kong was originally a member of the aristocratic Wang family. Because of his love, he became a monk and became a monk. In terms of relatives, the Queen Wang should be his niece.

Master Kong Kong not only has a lot of research on Buddhist scriptures, but also has excellent medical skills. His disciple Zhao Ning works as a doctor in the palace.

Zhao Ning found out that Queen Wang's pulse condition was abnormal, so he went to test the medicine residues, but his medical skills were too shallow to check what was wrong, so he ordered someone to send the medicine residues to the master, and Master Kong Kong knew that it contained Broken bones.

So I urgently edited a letter, telling the empress not to drink the tonic, but the empress had been drinking it for more than two months.

Therefore, when Cheng Anran was born, the bones of his legs were weak, and he was often in danger of being unable to walk.At that time, the Empress Dowager Chu was in power, and Queen Wang was afraid that the Queen Mother would harm her, so she pretended that Cheng Anran was fine, and with the help of the magic medicine made by Master Kongkong, Cheng Anran walked like ordinary people.

This is also the reason why Dongfang Chen proposed to exchange Cheng Anran with the Empress Dowager Chu without any hesitation. Even if Dongfang Chen didn't deal with her, he would still deal with the Empress Dowager Chu!

When Cheng Anran was sent out of the palace, his illness showed signs of attack. Master Kong Kong fostered him in the deep mountains, supplemented by medicinal baths and pills every day, and soaked Cheng Anran's leg disease for 21 years with the moist air in the mountains. Only then can it be fully healed.

However, after Cheng Anran returned to China, he met Wushuang by chance, and because of love, he missed the treatment.

Fortunately, Murong Xue helped her with the magic medicine, so her illness did not recur. This time she was hit hard, and Murong Xue had already taken the medicine, and her old illness relapsed, so she came to ask her master for medicine.

But Master Kongkong asked him to stay in the mountain for three years, and the leg disease could be cured only by severing love and love. Cheng Anran was already discouraged, and planned to linger. complete.

Master Kong Kong looked at his beloved apprentice, his old eyes gradually dimmed, "Fool! She won't remember you! There is nothing wrong with you loving her, but you love the wrong person, can you give up your responsibility? Can you give up Is it your country? She is not your enemy, but she is far more terrible than an enemy, child! Forget her!"

Cheng Anran shook her head desperately, struggling to grasp Master Kongkong's cold hand, "Master, this disciple can't! She has already forgotten me, if I forget her again, we will never have the possibility!"

I'd rather be in pain than keep that almost hopeless love alone...

Master Kongkong's heart trembled for no reason... I couldn't bear it, his most proud disciple, his dearest nephew, the word love hurts the heart...

"Master..." Cheng Anran begged bitterly, "If this disciple forgets her, what hope does this disciple have in this life... It doesn't matter if she forgets me, it's good to be able to look at her from afar ...."

Master Kong Kong sighed long and hard, his disciple is the most stubborn person in the world, "Do you know how much you have to pay?"

"Tu'er knows, Tuer...don't regret it!"

The rising sun from the east cast the first ray of light on the kneeling man in white, dyeing his stiff body with a layer of gold.

"Fool, you go." Master Kongkong handed him a bottle of medicine with deep sorrow in his eyes, "Remember, take one pill a day, and if you don't change your mind after taking this medicine, you will die forever." Don't come back again, even if you come back, the master can't heal... Sigh! Go..." Master Kong Kong waved his hand, and his bent body became even more bent.

Cheng Anran had crystal clear tears in his eyes, his voice was a little choked up, but he managed to smile, "I understand... Thank you, Master, for taking care of me, Master, I'm gone."

Facing the place where Master Kong Kong was standing, he kowtowed heavily, stood up with difficulty, and slowly moved away, looking at Master's unwilling eyes, tears wet his cheeks involuntarily...

Even if you can't walk, you can at least hear about her and see her once in a while, that's all!

It's midsummer and it's hot, even late at night it's still hard to hide the intense heat accumulated during the day.The two palace servants stood by the couch persistently with their round fans, fanning them lightly, fine beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

From behind the soft smoke gauze, soft candlelight shines on Cheng Anran's pale face.The slender eyebrows were slightly frowned, and the long eyelashes were trembling unsteadily, like frightened butterfly feathers fluttering silently.His black hair was also drenched in cold sweat, and it was pressed tightly against his pale forehead. He pursed his lips tightly and gritted his teeth, as if he was trying his best to resist some kind of powerful pain.

The face of the man standing beside the bed was also pale, and the snow clothes were wet with thin sweat, but the hand that applied the needle was firm and strong, and every time a needle was pulled out, there was a trace of black and red blood.

Time seemed to stand still, the waiter standing still, the red candle on the candlestick had been half burned, the person on the bed coughed suddenly, and two strange blushes appeared on his pale face.When Murong Xue pulled out the last silver needle, the person on the bed slowly opened his eyes, and his handsome face lightly glowed with jade-like warmth.

Murong Xue reached out and took the ice cloth towel handed over by the palace man, and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, "If you ruin your body like this, even the gods will not be able to save you."

Cheng Anran didn't speak, but his dark brown eyes were gently bent, revealing a smile that was almost sad and hopeless, flashing a strange glow under the flickering candlelight.

After receiving Cheng Anran's urgent letter, Murong Xue didn't want to talk to him because he had hurt Wushuang like that.

But the friendship of friends over the years, coupled with the lonely life on Penglai Island, and the yearning for the woman who lived on this land, made him unable to bear it, and finally came here by crane, and came to the Central Plains again.

Cheng Anran's leg disease gradually deteriorated, and now he can no longer stand, and he developed a hidden disease of coughing up blood, so he had to seek help from Murong Xue.

Cheng Anran closed her eyes and said, "Have you visited Wushuang?"

Murong Xue nodded lightly, he could only look at her from a distance.

Cheng Anran hesitated for a moment, then asked slowly: "Is she - okay?"

"Why is she not good?" Murong Xue smiled slightly, that beautiful and shocking face appeared in front of her eyes, "Surrounded by lovely husbands, she has long ago isolated all those who tried to entangle her.

She herself doesn't seem to want to recall what happened. I didn't expect that you would let her mind be sealed with golden needles!The sealed memory that can make her so decisive, I never knew she was such an extreme person with clear love and hate..."

Cheng Anran looked at the gentle light in his eyes, with a strange expression on his face, "Could it be that you fell in love with her too?"

Murong Xue was slightly taken aback, then exhaled softly, as if she was trying to taste something, a faint smile appeared on her lips, she did not deny it, "We have all been poisoned by her, looking all over the sky, I can't find a better woman than her..."

"You are playing with fire, she is so sharp, one day she will find out that Tang Shaoyuan and I are your fate..." Cheng Anran's blurred eyes became turbulent, and his voice was full of panic.

"It's too late, she has already discovered it in Penglai Mountain..." Murong Xue bowed her head.

Cheng Anran trembled slightly: "Then she rejected you!"

Murong Xue's face was full of sadness: "Naturally, otherwise you thought the person by her side would be Dongfang Chen?"

Both of them were silent, picked up the wine glasses on the table, and drank together.

Murong Xue said: "Are you in pain? Just let yourself go to death step by step like this, don't you want to have any more contact with her?"

Cheng Anran's eyes were gloomy, and his expression was sad, but he said stubbornly: "It's better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. She has forgotten it, so give yourself a reason to give up... Dragging such a dilapidated body, what do I have to love?" Her? I know that I am no longer worthy of her, how can I drag her down? So, this result is the best!"

Contrary to his tone, Cheng Anran's trembling fingers clenched tightly, so tightly that his palms turned blue and white.

Once encountering Wushuang's life-long mistake, love is so tiring, I don't know if she ever thought of this frustrated person who risked his life for her when she was wrapped around Jiaoer's knee?

As for herself, Murong Xue shook her head and smiled wryly, she was just a sad person who was more passer-by than Cheng Anran.

"You have a good rest, I'm leaving!" Murong Xue packed up her acupuncture treatment and quietly floated out of the palace.

The moonlight shines into the house, silver flows all over the floor, candles go out one by one, and red tears drop by drop, reflecting the red silk embroidered curtains, mixed with the rich rosewood fragrance, permeating faintly, locking all the colors into the room. In the darkness.

Cheng Anran sat quietly on the bamboo chair in front of the window, looking up at the moon, the night was heavy with dew, and the palace servants gently covered his knees with a thin blanket.

The gentle and jade-like man on the chair was wearing a bright yellow satin robe, but his thin figure could not be concealed.He looked at the maple trees illuminated by the moonlight outside the window, with long thoughts in his eyes.

The dewdrops slipped quietly from the leaves, like the clear tears on the jasper.The sky has already brightened, and a touch of dark gold gradually appears on the horizon.

The tears of the red candle burned out, the sky gradually brightened, and the thin golden light of the morning sun, through the carved windows, sprinkled into the palace like fine velvet.The bright sunshine puts a light gold border on everything.

He sat for another whole night, his quiet face in the cold autumn sun, like cold jade flowing with brilliance.The servant at the side stepped forward cautiously, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court."

He nodded silently, got up slowly, his legs hurt like needles when they touched the ground, sat down in the chair with a frown, and slowly walked towards Zhaoyang Hall.

On the high throne, the young emperor wore a bright yellow brocade robe, embroidered with dark patterns of dragons, a jade crown with hair tied up, tall and elegant, with a clear and shallow smile, but he had an aura of calmness and prestige.

He is a good emperor, but it is a pity that he is not good for Li...

The ministers sighed in their hearts, Cheng Anran's ability was unquestionable, but it's a pity... Sigh!It is hard to say whether such an emperor will have heirs in the future, not to mention that he has no idea of ​​enriching the harem.

Sitting on the throne, Cheng Anran was not in a hurry to speak, but just slightly adjusted a more comfortable posture, and lightly swept all the courtiers in the hall.

All the papers submitted today are asking the emperor to establish a heir as soon as possible. Of course, it is the order of the queen. Everyone knows that this kind of thing is unavoidable. An emperor with hidden diseases urgently needs an heir to stabilize the people's hearts.

Since you can't hide, then don't hide!

"By heaven's blessing, the emperor's decree said that according to the ancestral system, everyone who has reached the age of 16 within the clan can apply for the election. This is my honor!" The attendant at the side read out the contents of the bright yellow scroll. An expression, but there is a trace of pain in the eyes...

The palace where Cheng Anran lived was very bright, the Duobaoge windows were wide open, the green trees and flowers under the eaves were blown by the wind, and there was a hint of faint fragrance floating in the air.

A group of beautiful girls stood waiting in the outer hall. On the flower stand in the hall were thriving red sunflowers. The silky soft petals were like the light clothes stretched on the dancing girls, swaying elegant fragrance under the golden sunlight.But for some reason, Cui Jinghan could smell the decaying air floating in the air, and she slightly raised her slender eyebrows.

The warm autumn sun shines on the girls who have been waiting for a long time, with a sense of drowsiness. Once entering the palace gate, she will go deep into the world. If it is not for her father, she will never want to enter the palace. The emperor is ruthless. The 72nd concubine of the courtyard, no matter how rich the world is, she is still the most miserable person in the world. She would rather live her life in plain clothes and hairpins.

Just as Cui Jinghan was thinking wildly, an inner servant came out from the hall.

"Cui Jinghan, Shen Xiu'e, Liu Rumei..."

The show girls whose names were called stood up from the queue, five in a row, and followed the servants into the inner hall.People with different thoughts outside the hall looked at them, a little envious and a little hostile. After all, these five were the most beautiful girls in this year's show. Cui Jinghan bit her lip and followed the servant into the inner bedroom.

The bright sunlight in the inner bedroom hall ripples through the entire room through the patterns inlaid with plum blossom ice patterns on the windows.

With their heads down, the five women walked to a distance of one zhang away from the imperial case with small steps, bent down and knelt down, and said softly: "My daughters see the emperor!"

The sound of warblers and swallows resounded softly, and even the man could not help but feel his heart move when he heard it. The five women, all of whom were one in a million beauties, said in unison, their movements were meticulous, and they were standard ladies, just like a beautiful landscape. Well, the world is afraid that only emperors have this kind of beauty.

Behind the imperial case, Cheng Anran was leaning on the pillow, his skin glowed like beautiful jade under the sun, and a layer of beautiful light flowed quietly around him. He closed his eyes, and his dark and delicate eyelashes trembled slightly. , as if dreaming a happy dream.

Cui Jinghan raised her head secretly, and glanced up cautiously. The long eyelashes of the young and handsome emperor trembled slightly like butterfly wings, but she didn't intend to open her eyes.After a long time, a look of pain and happiness suddenly crossed his face.He quietly opened his eyes, and quietly glanced at the kneeling women on the ground, his eyes fell on her, staring at her black jade-like hair and white jade-like earlobes, and then he quietly closed his eyes again.

Cui Jinghan's face turned red all of a sudden. According to legend, Cheng Anran is a rare and beautiful man. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation. Even though he was ill, he still had a noble inner temperament. Guanghua.

"Pingshen!" The seated Cheng Anran opened his eyes.

Cui Jinghan hurriedly collected her mind and stood up straight carefully. She wore a light blue silk dress, a wide-sleeved blouse with light smoked gauze, and a cloak wrapped around her arms embroidered with Baitan. She swayed slightly as she got up, her perfect appearance possessed a different kind of elegance and elegance.It's just that the legs have been slightly numb from kneeling for a long time.From the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of several other women who fell in love with this handsome emperor.

But the emperor on the seat seemed to be a little absent-minded, turning a blind eye to the fat and thin beauties, only quietly stroking half of the brocade handkerchief in his palm, and occasionally a soft smile appeared on the corner of his lips. It blew past, and it happened to blow down a tree of flowers, and a distant and light fragrance spread out in an instant, and the smile in his eyes was replaced by sadness in an instant.

"Are you Cui Shangshu's daughter?" Qingrun's weary voice came.Cui Jinghan raised her eyes subconsciously, met Cheng Anran's gaze, her heart skipped a beat, and she replied softly, "The courtier's daughter is Cui Changying's daughter." The voice was extremely soft, as faint as a candle flickering.

Cheng Anran still had a shallow smile on his lips, but a look of indifference flashed in his eyes. His slender fingers and sleeves embroidered with five-clawed golden dragons drew a gorgeous line in the air, "Just her , and the rest, those who are willing to stay will stay, and those who are willing to go will let them out of the palace."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Anran leaned his body back on the pillow and relaxed slightly. The bright sunlight spreads lightly on his body through the window. Under the sunlight, his jade-like face is almost transparent like snow, beautiful. The lips were pursed lightly, with a light gray color, and the corners of the lips still had that bland smile.

The waiter at the side quietly led them away, leaving the room silent.

The morning sun in the sky began to become stronger, and the swallow-tailed blue sky gradually turned bright red, until, the beating sound of the bell tower came from a distance, faintly shaking the entire palace.

"Following heaven's fortune, the emperor's edict said: All things are in order, and yin and yang are in harmony, which is the righteousness of the world. Today there are Cui Jinghan, a daughter of Cui's family, who is a nobleman of Xiuzhong, Jingsu Qiongzhang, Zhenyuan and filial piety, and virtue is a boudoir. The special edict enters the harem , conferred the title of imperial concubine, and bestowed her residence in Chengxi Palace, Huayang Palace. Hereby!"

Just after reading the imperial decree, there was only the sound of hurried footsteps, and a girl in beautiful clothes rushed towards the bedroom with angry eyes.

The eunuchs couldn't stop her and hurriedly shouted: "Princess, no, princess—"

"Cheng Anran, you've gone too far!" Princess Tianxiang shouted angrily with her chest heaving and tears in her eyes.

Cheng Anran raised her eyes slightly: "Oh, so it's the princess!"

Princess Tianxiang saw that he didn't care about anything, and couldn't help but shouted: "Cheng Anran, don't you know my heart for you? In the past three years, everything I did was to please you , to cater to you, but you ignore it! Are you a hard-hearted person?"

Cheng Anran put down the booklet, and said flatly: "Princess, you were too self-willed at the time. Now that the three-year period is about to expire, the princess should pack up and prepare to return to Qin!"

Princess Tianxiang pursed her lips and said stubbornly: "I won't go back. Since I came to Chu with you, I have decided to follow you for the rest of my life. I won't leave no matter how you drive me away."

Cheng Anran lowered her eyelashes: "Princess, please feel free."

Princess Tianxiang was irritated by his nonchalant attitude, and said loudly: "Cheng Anran, sister-in-law Huang has forgotten you, why are you still so obsessed? Let me tell you, even if you die for sister-in-law Huang, she will not die for you." A drop of tear! Just wait, I will make you forget her!"

Cheng Anran suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a cold light in them: "Princess, please be careful!"

He doesn't allow anyone to mention her, never!

Princess Tianxiang stomped her feet and ran out of the palace. As soon as she went out, she bumped into the newly-appointed imperial concubine Cui Shi. She sneered, gave her a pitiful and pitiful look, and walked away proudly.

Cui Puhan was slightly puzzled, and walked out of the palace slowly, putting on a lot of make-up.

The emperor did not have a queen, and the imperial concubine was the highest-ranking woman in the palace. As a rule, it was not allowed to follow the wedding customs. However, the emperor decreed that everything should be arranged according to the ceremony of marrying the queen.Everyone thought that the daughter of the Cui family was the most favored in the harem.

Cui Jinghan sat on the chariot and arrived in front of Zhaoyang Hall in a mighty manner.The palace concubine supported her and got off the phoenix chariot decorated with gilded beads and canopy.Looking up, a red carpet was spread from the front of the chariot to Zhaoyang, surrounded by the imperial forest army with swords and guns, and the armor was bright.

The onlookers were blocked ten feet away, and the peerless man just sat quietly on the dragon chair in front of the main hall, his gaze was calm, even though the sun was shining brightly, she couldn't feel the warmth of joy ...

The red glazed lanterns bathed the entire Chengxi Palace in joy. On the Longfengxi bed was hung a multicolored Nabaizi gauze, and Cui Jinghan sat on the brocade mattress embroidered with the double happiness of the dragon and the Phoenix in red satin.The pale jade fingers intertwined with the handkerchief under her palm, and now she herself doesn't know what it feels like in her heart.For some reason, she always felt that the only one in this huge imperial city was less popular, and the silence was shocking.

Under the candlelight, the beautiful and delicate face looks like struggling flowers swaying in the wind and rain, so fragile and...gloomy...

The door of the inner hall was pushed open, and the sound of footsteps came from behind the screen. Cheng Anran was carried into the inner room by the servants, and the cool scent of mint suddenly wafted in the air filled with incense. A little nervous, and the clenched fists are a little white.

The servants put Cheng Anran on the bamboo chair in front of the window, and quietly retreated out, the moonlight streamed quietly outside the window, and the red candles as thick as a child's arm dyed the furnishings in the room with a rich layer of bright colors.

Cui Jinghan waited for an hour, but no one came in. She gently moved her stiff body, stood up cautiously, and looked around quietly. The veil was soft, the bronze mirror was gorgeous, elegant patterns were carved beside the bed, sapphire Incense burners, exquisite carpets, this luxurious hall looks so cold.

The embroidered shoes stepped on the scarlet carpet, there was no sound, looking around the inner hall, there were no servants, and the emperor was not seen. Cui Jinghan wandered around the hall with her skirt in her hand, her eyes stopped in front of the window, the blue sky, the bright moon hanging sideways , the night was like water, Cheng Anran sat facing the moonlight, the light fragrance from the copper smoker permeated the air, like smoke, like light flakes, enveloping the palace.The thin and dense smoke made his sitting still figure a little erratic.

After a long time, the smoke filled in front of her eyes gradually dissipated, and she found that she had unknowingly walked behind him, and in front of her were the swarming maple leaves and Cheng Anran's slightly thin back.The windows are wide open, and the cold wind blows, causing the moon-white veil to rise and fall, fall and rise again, but the person sitting in front of the window remains silent.Just like a sculpture, quietly looking at the maple leaves outside the window.Under the long eyelashes, there are gloomy and deep eyes. On the day of the wedding, he was dressed in moon-white casual clothes.

"Your Majesty..." Cui Jinghan hesitated for a while, then slowly and calmly bowed and said softly, "It's late at night, you should rest..."

"There is a box on the table, it's for you." The soft voice rang in his ears again, but his eyes never looked at her.When she spoke, her expression was gentle and indifferent, like the last handful of snow melting on a plum branch at the end of winter, but Cui Jinghan tasted the sharpness in it.

Cui Jinghan walked to the table in surprise. A slender brocade box was lying on the table. She slowly unfolded the bright yellow scroll in the brocade box. Before she finished reading the contents of the scroll, her hands were already trembling. That night, the first item she received from the emperor was a letter of divorce.

"Your Majesty... this..." Cui Jinghan said in panic.

In the chilly weather, Cheng Anran half-closed his eyes, leaned back on the chair, his legs were covered with a thin blanket, and the pair of slender and graceful hands overlapped on the light red blanket, and the emerald wrench on his thumb looked more and more white as jade. .He ignored Cui Jinghan's call from the side, and still leaned there quietly, as if he was thinking of someone, with such a melancholy expression, a little sad and helpless.

After a long time, when Cui Jinghan thought he was asleep, Cheng Anran recovered the indifference that permeated from his bones, and said plainly, "One year later, I will announce to the world that the imperial concubine passed away due to illness. .”

Cui Jinghan froze for a moment, looked at the calm emperor in disbelief, couldn't believe her ears, and asked, "Your Majesty, why did you do this?"

After a moment of silence, Cheng Anran showed a very gentle smile to Cui Jinghan who was stunned in front of him, but it made people feel no trace of emotion, "I chose you because you are smart enough, the palace is a cage, and I chose you." I believe that you will not like this cage, so from now on, you are free. Cui Shangshu is old, and I will allow him to retire and return to his hometown. I will not pursue other matters..."

Cui Jinghan's mind went blank, she stared into Cheng Anran's eyes, and only then did she see that those pupils that turned all sentient beings upside down were so empty that they seemed to have lost their souls.The gloomy sadness was like the dark shadows in the palace, overwhelming the sky and covering the sky in a suffocating scene. The boundless space made her unable to breathe.

Suddenly, for no reason, she thought of Princess Tianxiang's pitiful look.

The man in front of him was actually a person with a story, but he closed the door of his heart and didn't allow anyone to peep into it!

However, setting her free is also what she longs for!

Having really gained this freedom, it made her feel a little uneasy. She found that she was pitying him, that high and mighty emperor!

What kind of woman is it that makes him feel so sad?

She knelt down and knelt down on the ground slowly, Cuihua shook her head, her arms were wrapped with a red cloak, and the wide-sleeved double silk silk blouse that was dragged to the ground flowed like a spring on the ground covered with velvet blankets, "Minister girl Thank you Lord Ron."

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