refuse to be a concubine

Chapter 12 Your Majesty, Don't

In the drowsy state, I only feel that my body is light and heavy, like sitting in a bumpy carriage, exhausted by the shock, wanting to fall asleep, and it seems that something is pulling you hard to keep you from being stable.

I tried to move my body, but my body didn't listen at all.

This feeling, is it sick?

It's been several years since I've been sick. In order to take care of my sick mother and survive, I don't even have time to be sick.

Thinking of my mother, I couldn't help but feel my nose sore, my throat sore, and my body even more uncomfortable.

He didn't fulfill his filial piety, and let his mother worry so much, and let his mother die in hatred.

I am an unfilial daughter.

A pair of warm hands caressed my forehead, pulling me back from the sadness.

Is there someone around to take care of me?who is it?

I was eager to open my eyes to see, but my eyelids were very heavy, and I couldn't open them after trying several times, so I had to give up.

Soon, the hands left the forehead.

The disappearance of warmth made me feel a little lost.

It may be that this illness made my body extremely weak, and soon I fell asleep again.

When I woke up, it was already sunset.

A few strands of gold thread were scattered all over the ground through the carved gaps of the palace windows. The golden and yellow color is just like the feeling of this palace.

Isn't it raining?Such thick black clouds will not dissipate within two or three days, so why does the sun even come out?

The sky cleared up so quickly, have I slept all afternoon?
Caressing the forehead, it was a little cold, the fever has subsided, but the body is still very weak.

How did you get back to the Queen's Palace?I have no impression at all.

And who changed the wet suit for me?

"Enen, are you awake?" The door was pushed open, and Aunt Suyan came in with a bowl of black herbs. When she saw me wake up, she looked extremely happy.

"Aunt?" I asked in surprise, Aunt Su is here too?It turned out that the hands that made me feel warm belonged to Aunt Su.

"Finally woke up, you have been in a coma for two days." Aunt Su put down the medicine bowl and straightened the embroidered pillow so that I could sit comfortably.

two days?

"I've been in a coma for two days?"

"That's right, Tang Yu found you outside the hall drenched in rain, how could you faint?"

"Having fainted? Did I faint outside the temple?" This?Aren't I in a weird fake cave with that man?
"What? You don't know it yourself? Fortunately, you have a good foundation and your health is fine. Drink this medicine soon."

When I was carrying the medicine bowl, I heard Aunt Su say: "Tang Yu took three hours to cook this medicine. He has worked hard for him these days, so you should thank him very much."

The medicine was made by Tang Yu?I was startled, he always looked cold in the past, never thought he would give me decoction.

"I've never seen him treat a woman like this." Aunt Su smiled very kindly, but also extremely ambiguously, "You have to take it to heart."

I was still thinking about why I fainted outside the hall, so I ignored Aunt Su's ambiguity, just nodded and said: "Yes, when Enen's health improves, I will thank him."

"The palace maids can leave the palace to marry when they reach a certain time, so I have always disapproved of pairing food. After all, it is not a real husband and wife, and they cannot live a married life. But the most important thing for a woman is to have a good home and marry well. Husband. I watched Tang Yu grow up. Although he treats people coldly, he is a kind child in his heart. I am happy to see you being with him."

I drank the herbal medicine in one gulp, the bitterness filled my palate, and the bitterness in my mouth disappeared miraculously at my aunt's words, "Auntie, what are you talking about?"

"What else can I say, isn't it just a matter of you and Tang Yu becoming a couple?"

"A couple? Me and Tang Yu?" Repeating Aunt Suyan's words, seeing her serious eyes, I blushed and shook my head in panic, "Auntie misunderstood, Tang Yu and I are friends, not what you imagined. "

"Friend?" Aunt Su was stunned, looked at me deeply, and said with a smile, "Don't you like him? All the maids in the palace are secretly fond of him. You have to line up. I don’t even know what year and month it will be.”

Like Tang Yu?I didn't even think about it, "Enen has always regarded him as a friend, a very reliable friend."

Aunt Su looked towards the door, and when she looked back at me, her eyes were rather helpless, "Your heart is too plain, and you won't be moved when you meet such a handsome person."

I was amused by Aunt Su's words.

"Okay, Auntie is leaving first, you should take good care of yourself."

"Auntie," I called to Aunt Su who had already walked to the door, and I asked, "Did you change Enen's clothes?"

"No, Tang Yu should have replaced it."

"What, what?" My cheeks became hot all of a sudden, and I suddenly felt very at a loss.

Aunt Su chuckled and left the side room.

Outside the door, Tang Yu stood quietly, with a calm expression showing no emotion.

Open the window, the night breeze is blowing, bringing a little bit of coolness.

Before I knew it, it was the willow tip on the moon.

After much deliberation, I couldn't figure out why I passed out outside the hall.

Could it be that he threw me out of the palace?Shaking his head, how could a majestic emperor do such a thing?

At that time, he seemed to be saying that he was not allowed to sleep. It seemed that I really fell asleep, otherwise why didn't I remember anything?
Thinking of what happened in the fake cave, I couldn't help but feel dazed.

"Your medicine." With a cold voice, Tang Yu came in at some point, looking at me with his eyes as cold as the night wind.

I was startled and looked at him covering my heart.

He came towards me.

Thinking that it was him who changed my wet suit, I became extremely uncomfortable and took a step back.

He didn't even look at me, he just reached out and closed the window, then turned and left.

I froze for a moment, and said, "Tang Yu." But I didn't know what to say.

He turned around and looked at me, his finely carved outline was printed by the faint candlelight, so handsome that one couldn't bear to look away.

I pursed my lips and smiled awkwardly, "Aunt Suyan said that you changed the wet clothes for me, didn't you?"

"No, I asked the little maid to change it."

With a sigh of relief, I looked at the dark concoction on the table and said, "Thank you."

"The Empress hopes that you will get better soon, I am only following orders."

Watching him leave indifferently, I murmured: "What's wrong with him?"

"Miss Enen." Just as I turned around and wanted to get out of bed, a court lady about my age stumbled in and knelt in front of me with a choked voice, "Please help Xiaoru."

"You are?" I hurriedly pulled her up, it was a strange face.

"My maidservant's name is Taozi, and she is a new maidservant in the tea set room."

That's right, when I came to the Queen's Palace, there was one missing maid in the tea set room, so it was natural to add someone.

"What's wrong with Xiaoru?" I sat down and asked her, my body hadn't recovered yet, and the words I spoke just now made me a little tired.

"She was about to be beaten to death," Tao Zi said in fear.

"what happened?"

"Just now, Xiao Ru secretly went to see the prince and was bumped by the empress, and was fined twenty boards, only ten boards were beaten, and his skin was torn apart. If he continues to beat him, he will die."

I was startled, got up and walked to the door, only to see Taozi still kneeling in a daze, "What are you doing, hurry up and lead the way."
Taozi murmured, "Xiao Ru is really right."

When I arrived at the East Palace, the [-]th board was over, and Xiaoru was lying on the ground dying, with blood stains on his back, which was shocking.

The empress sat at her head in a bright palace attire, looking coldly at Xiao Ru on the ground with her phoenix eyes.

"Your servant has seen your mother." I stepped forward and saluted.

"You are late." The queen said lightly, obviously, she knew that I was here to intercede, and waved her hand, "Carry it down."

Several father-in-laws hurriedly carried the unconscious Xiaoru down.

The queen got up and walked towards me, and said calmly: "It seems that your health is fine. I am really not used to not having you by my side these days." 
"My servant thank you for your concern."

"Let's go."

"Your Majesty." I said softly, "I want to go and see Xiao Ru."

The queen raised her eyebrows slightly, "I remember that Xiao Ru was not friendly to you, right? Why do you care about her so much?"

"Your Majesty, please let this servant take a look at Xiaoru." I care about Xiaoru, no matter how unfriendly she treats me, but whenever I see her childish little face, I can't bear it. Facing a child, you How can I ignore it?

"Too much sympathy in the palace won't do you any good." A sneer curled up on the queen's lips, "Go."

The night was getting darker and darker, dragging my more and more tired body, I came to Xiaoru's residence.

Pushing the door open, I heard her cry of pain.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and crying out for pain meant nothing serious.

"Xiaoru, Miss Enen is here to see you." Taozi walked into the inner room one step ahead of me, brightened the dim candlelight, and took a stool by the bed.

"Sister Enen?" Xiaoru looked up at me with difficulty, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying, she couldn't see her old air from this fragile appearance.

My heart suddenly softened. Facing this teary little face, I felt distressed, "Why are you so stupid? The empress has already issued a strict order not to allow you to take a step closer to the prince."

"I like the prince. Sister Enen, you have to help me."

"help you?"

Xiao Ru nodded, "The empress does not allow me to see the prince, but entrusts you with the life of inspecting the prince. As long as you are willing to help me, I can meet the prince every day."

Facing Xiaoru's persistence, I couldn't believe it, "Xiaoru, you are so hurt, why do you still want to meet the prince?"

Is it really so important to have fun with His Royal Highness?

"Sister Enen, you will help me, won't you?" Xiaoru grabbed my sleeve hopefully and looked at me pleadingly.

Before I could say a word, a childish and arrogant voice sounded behind me, "Of course she won't help you, because she betrayed you."

It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"My servant has seen His Highness the Crown Prince." Tao Zi and I hurriedly saluted.

When the prince walked past me, he slightly raised his jaw and glanced at me, with a hint of cunning flashing in his eyes.

Suddenly, a bad premonition came to my mind.

"Prince, you also came to see Xiaoru?" Xiaoru's tears fell more fiercely, and she choked up, but the fragility in her eyes had been replaced by joy.

"Do you know why the queen mother suddenly appeared in the East Palace today?" The prince raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, his proud appearance was very much like the queen's empress.

Xiao Ru shook his head.

"She told me the secret." The prince suddenly pointed at me, "That day you were delivering me honey tea in the Liyuan Garden, but she bumped into her, and she and the prince were hiding in the shadows, and she even told the prince not to meet you. She must have told the empress, and the empress sent people to follow you, and when she saw you coming to the East Palace, the empress followed closely."

Xiaoru lowered her face and looked at me with gritted teeth, as if I was her enemy. She was still so fragile and needed comfort. The rapid change was chilling.

"Prince, this servant did not tell the empress what happened that night."

"Then why did the queen mother suddenly come to the East Palace in the middle of the night?"

Naturally, I couldn't answer, "I don't know."

"That's what you said." The prince snorted coldly.

Looking at the prince's confident expression, I couldn't help but smile slightly, and said gently: "What evidence does the prince have to prove that it was a slave who told me the secret?"

"Just because you know that Ye Xiaoru sent honey tea to the prince."

"If you know it, it doesn't prove that the servant told the empress about it? Even though you are the prince of a country, you can't wrong the servant."

The prince pursed his thin lips and looked at me slightly annoyed. The next moment, his fine long eyelashes blinked, stained with a little cunning, and said to Xiaoru: "Xiaoru, do you believe what the prince said?"

Without thinking, Xiao Ru nodded and said: "Of course my servants believe me."

Xiaoru looked at me more and more resentfully.

"Xiao Ru," I sighed, feeling a little headache at her impermanent temper, "If you don't believe me, why did you ask Tao Zi to ask me to save you?"

"Save me? You're killing me. It's so close from the Queen's Palace to the East Palace. You clearly walked slowly on purpose. In your heart, you'd better see me killed when you arrive, right?"

"That's because of my body..."

Before I finished speaking, Xiaoru said in a sharp voice: "I knew you were not a cheap lamp, otherwise why did you become the empress's personal maid in just a few days? It must be because you gossip beside the empress, so that you can't help me. The empress ordered that I not be allowed to get close to the prince."

"I didn't." My head hurt more and more, I felt a little groggy, and my unrecovered body felt that I was about to lose strength, but I caught sight of the prince smiling smugly from the corner of my eye.

From this smile, I feel that the prince said those words on purpose.

I secretly sighed.

"You go out, I don't want to see you." Xiao Ru pointed at the door with one finger, and said bitterly.

I am physically and mentally tired.

The two of them are obviously only four or five years younger than me, but I have to accommodate them like an adult.I really want to play tricks like a child, pinch their faces and beat their little PP like I did to the naughty neighbors when I was young.

"Go out soon." The prince gave me an evil smile.The smiling face made me suddenly think of the vixen that the old people often say, and I was immediately amused by my own thought, how could the prince be like a vixen.

"What are you laughing at?" the prince asked, staring at me.

I squatted down slightly and looked at him at the same level, but I still couldn't help reaching out and pinching his fleshy cheeks.

From the corner of the eye, I saw that Xiaoru's jaw was about to drop to the ground, and so was the prince in front of him, staring blankly at me who was smiling.

Heh, the prince is worthy of being a prince, he is used to being pampered, and he feels really good.

Squeezing left and right, gently patted his cheeks, and stroked his head, I said softly: "His Royal Highness, it's late, Xiaoru was injured again, you should go back to the East Palace as soon as possible, if Being discovered by the Empress, Xiao Ruke will have to suffer again."

Standing up, facing the dumbfounded two people, I couldn't help laughing out loud again.

Still, what has to be said has to be said.

Walking in front of Xiaoru, I covered her with a quilt, and said softly: "Xiaoru, believe it or not, I didn't tell the empress, you have to remember, what the empress said was not a joke, if you really like it that much To play with the prince, the first thing to do is to save your life, you know? I'm leaving."

Until I walked out the door, the two hadn't recovered.

It seems that I was frightened by my bold actions.

In the deep and dark night, the palace lanterns under the palace eaves exude a thin halo, swaying gently in the night wind, like flying dragons.

The wind blew away the drowsiness in my body and made me wake up a lot.

The soreness in my legs made me walk very slowly.

ah-

Three sneezes in a row.

The warm wind in early summer blows on me but feels cold.

Maybe it's because of my weakness.

Rubbing my nose, I want to sneeze again.

Turned a corner.

"Wear it." A green ink cloak appeared under my nose, and the voice knew who it was without looking.

In the night wind, Tang Yu looked at me coldly, the scattered lights on both sides softly imprinted on his body, strangely found a little warmth in his eyes.

"Tang Yu, why are you here?"

He didn't answer, just put on a cloak for me, and said coldly: "You should go back to your room and rest."

"Thank you."

He turned away.

I couldn't keep up with his footsteps, and walked like a snail. In fact, I had no strength.

"Too slow." Tang Yu looked sideways at me.

"I don't have the strength." She smiled slightly, and this smile was also a little weak.

He looked at me deeply, making me a little embarrassed.

Suddenly, I exclaimed: "Tang Yu?"

He actually picked me up.

"Put me down quickly." Frightened by his actions, and even more shy, it was the first time to be hugged by a man of the opposite sex like this.

"Take a good rest, it will be there in a while." His words were a little stiff and gentle.

I couldn't help but look up at him.

Tang Yu tonight is a little different from usual.What's different, but I can't tell.I just feel that there seems to be something more than cold.

Because I was very tired, I didn't say anything more, and leaned against him gently.

His chest is very broad, unlike his cold feeling, it is very warm and comfortable.

I, who was originally cautious, also slowly relaxed.

"To survive in the palace, you must give up some of your own things, and you must know how to let go. If you can't do that, you will only be hurt." He said flatly.

"Are you telling me, don't care about others, sympathize with others, let alone help others?" He moved, leaned in a more comfortable posture, listened to his words, the sound of his heartbeat, and felt uneasy My heart has something to rely on.

"This is the palace, and it is reality."

"I know what you said is true, and everyone in the palace lives as you said." It was too comfortable, I couldn't help closing my eyes, and said softly, "I'm not that good, and I can't do it." To the best of my ability, I just want to stick to what belongs to me, even if I have to move forward with difficulty, I don't want to back down."

"Even if others bully you, use you, or even mutilate you?"

"Actually, the last thing I want is to lose myself."

I don't want to join forces with this imperial palace, but before that, I need to know how to protect myself.

I'm not a smart person, nor a cowardly person, and I don't want to be bullied by others all the time.

I kept telling myself not to fall asleep, but when I finished saying this, I still fell asleep.

Tang Yu looked down at me, a faint smile swayed on the corner of his mouth, very shallow and very beautiful.

When summer comes, the ladies of the court put on thin summer clothes, and the palace is full of bright spring.

"Just these five, and the rest will be sent to the concubines in the palace." After selecting the high-quality cloth that was just delivered this summer, the queen waved back the palace servants who were carrying the cloth, sat down with each item, took it with her hand and soaked it already tea drinking.

"Your Majesty, the Tailor Bureau has brought over the styles of this year's summer clothes, do you want to see them now?" I asked.

Waving her hand, the queen said lightly: "Every year is the same style, whether you look at it or not." Lighting the two most beautiful silks, "You go out of the palace today, and send these two pieces of silk to the Minister's Mansion for handover. To Mr. Shangshu, just say that this palace gave it to Yuefu. Tell your lord that this palace wants to see him, so let him come into the palace."

"Yes." Jing Lin, I haven't seen him for quite a while, how is he?
"Wait." The queen called me who was about to leave the palace, her almond eyes narrowed slightly, she tapped on the teacup and thought about something, after a while, she looked up at me, "You want to enter the palace with him, understand?"

"Yes." In other words, if he doesn't want to, I will follow him closely until he enters the palace.

This is the first time I have been out of the palace since entering the palace.

Standing in the bustling and crowded market with people coming and going, I was a little dazed for a while.

Memories of the past flashed through my mind bit by bit, as if it happened yesterday.

It's just that there is a world of difference between me then and me now.

"Although it's only early in the morning, the common people have already brought out all the flowers." The father-in-law who was holding the silk laughed.

"The flowers in this house are well planted and there are many varieties. Look, this lily has been made into a shape. It is really rare to make a delicate lily into a horizontal shape. It takes a lot of effort." Another father-in-law said: He has a lot of research on flowers, and he can comment on them.

"What day is today?" They said, and I noticed that there are several pots of flowers placed at the door of every house, some are delicate and beautiful, some are beautiful, and some are even connected with the rockery. , dazzling, dizzying.

"Miss Enen, don't you know? Today is the once-a-quarter Hundred Flowers Festival."

Hundred Flowers Festival?Yes, there is such a festival in my dynasty. Flowers are the symbol of my dynasty. People are even more crazy about flowers. Whether they are poor or rich, they will plant some flowers at home to show their love.

It's just that I was so focused on my mother's livelihood that I never participated in these festivals, let alone took time to raise flowers.

Hundred Flowers Festival?Why did the Empress Xuan Jinglin enter the palace on this day?
Shangshu is the top leader in the court, so it goes without saying that his mansion is magnificent.

The two stone lions carved from fine white jade in front of you alone are amazing.

The two father-in-laws were dressed in palace attire, so the servant directly led us into the mansion.

There are pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, surrounded by decades-old willows.Looking at the majestic and prosperous Shangshu Mansion from the outside, only to find it is very simple when entering the inside. A few trees and a few flowers, everything looks like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no deliberate decoration, it is natural.

From this, one can more or less tell what kind of person the master is.

It's just that there seems to be some differences from the Master Shangshu I know.

"The adults are in the pavilion not far away, let the younger ones report." Jia Ding said.

"No need." I signaled the two father-in-laws to hand over the silk in their hands to the servants, and said to them, "Go back to the palace first."

Seeing the two father-in-laws leaving the mansion, I said to my family: "These two pieces of high-quality silk and satin were given to Miss Yuefu by the empress, please send them to Zhao's mansion."

"Girl, today is the Hundred Flowers Festival. Needless to say, Miss Yuefu will definitely come to us to find adults to enjoy the flowers on the street together. Do you want to wait for Miss Yuefu to come to the house before giving it to her?"

"When will Miss Yuefu come?"

"It should be soon."

I nodded, "Alright, let's go down, I still have something to talk to the adults about."

The servant took the silk and stepped back respectfully.

Walking up the path paved with gravel, I walked towards the pavilion pointed by the servant.

From a distance, I saw a person in the pavilion quietly looking at the distant mountains, wearing white clothes fluttering around.

"Enen met the adults."

He turned around, his melancholy eyes smiled the moment he saw me, warm as jade.

I couldn't help but also smiled.

"Why are you here now?" he asked.

"Does your lord know that the servant is coming?" I was slightly taken aback.

"Every Hundred Flowers Festival, she always sends someone to ask me to enter the palace to accompany her to enjoy the flowers. She doesn't want me to accompany other women on this day." Junya's eyes were tainted with worry again.

I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, I really want to soothe the sadness in his eyes, but that's not what I should do, I suppress my delusions, "My lord, the empress sent her slaves to Miss Yuefu..."

Surrounded by warmth, he suddenly held my hand.

When I opened my eyes, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, very handsome, "Didn't you be ordered to follow me until I enter the palace?"

"My lord really expected everything."

"Let's go."

"where to?"

"Hundred Flowers Festival, of course, is to appreciate flowers."

Flower viewing?with me?

Leng Leng, I was dragged away by him.

When I came out from the back door of Shangshu Mansion, I saw Zhao Yuefu enter the mansion from a distance.

"My lord, Miss Yuefu is here." Looking at the graceful figure at the door, I hurriedly said.

A handsome face appeared in front of me, Jing Lin smiled very happily, like an innocent child.

"grown ups?"

He put his hands on my shoulders, looked at me, and said softly: "Let go of everything in your heart, ignore all rules and status. Today, we will play with it for a day, just the two of us."

Only the two of us went to enjoy the flowers together.

May I?
The voice in my heart told me that I really hope to go there without any worries.

The heart slowly flew up.

Looking at the happiness on his face, I deliberately ignored the restlessness in my heart, only thinking about this time, just this time.

I nodded.

"Didn't you say it? Call my name when there is no one, come, try it."

"Jing, Jing Lin."

"Call again."

"Jinglin."

"It's so unnatural, you need to shout more."

Is Jing Lin in front of me really the Master Shangshu I know?His smile, the expression on his brows and eyes, is pure relaxation and happiness.

Does being with me really make him so happy?

After holding my hand, he suddenly ran up and said cheerfully, "Let's go, I'm off to enjoy the flowers."

Otherwise, when he came, before an hour had passed, there were several times more flowers placed on the street than before.

The whole street is full of colorful flowers competing for beauty.

Pedestrians are shoulder to shoulder, in an endless stream.

Lotuses, peonies, orchids, lilies, bunches of reds, hibiscus, sapphires, snakeheads, these are all names I can name, and some I have never even seen.

I am a layman to flowers, and I am amazed just by the beauty.

When I walked through five pavers, I didn't know how many times I was amazed.

Jing Lin laughed lightly behind him.

"What are you laughing at?" I wondered.

"These flowers are just homely flowers, the most ordinary and common among flowers, you look like they are so rare."

"I don't understand these, I just think they are beautiful."

His eyes moved, and he suddenly said: "You are very similar to them."

"How can I be so beautiful?"

He looked at me seriously, and said earnestly: "I mean ordinary and ordinary." He laughed out loud after speaking.

He smiles a lot today, I like to see him smile, I am ordinary and ordinary.

At this time, I just felt that my body was squeezed by someone, and I looked around, and at some point, a group of young girls were crowded around me.

Only then did I realize that the eyes of the entire market were focused on Jing Lin. Some eyes had the unique youthfulness and admiration of girls, and anyone could understand the feelings they showed, while others were full of jealousy and admiration. Annoyed, the one exuding jealous eyes is naturally a man.

I was slowly squeezed out of the crowd, so I had to shout Jing Lin, but there were too many people, and my shouts were drowned out by the noise of the crowd.

At this moment, a pair of slender and strong arms surrounded me from behind.

Turning around, I saw Jing Lin standing behind him with a smile, the golden sunlight refracted a brilliant circle of light on his body, and that smile became as bright as ever.

I looked at him stupidly. At this moment, I felt that even if he sold me, I would just accept it with a smirk.

It turns out that a person's smile can be so confusing.

"There are so many people, don't get lost." He whispered softly in my ear, pulling me away.

Well, how did he get out from surrounded by those girls?
The people sweating like rain, the potted flowers that are dripping with tenderness, shouted one after another.

Soon, these were all forgotten.

He dragged me to an old locust tree, the thick branches and leaves supported a large shade, the leaves rustled when the wind passed, and the coolness struck me.

"When I was a child, she often brought me here to enjoy the cool." The breeze blew up his clothes, white clothes were more than snow, a beautiful scene, but the happiness in his eyes has gradually faded, and the melancholy has gradually gathered.

"Can't you forget her?" Even if they are not real siblings, it is impossible for them to be together, and my heart is tightly entangled.

"I have been with her for more than ten years, and I can't let go of her. Forget it, it will only make me more painful." He looked at me sadly, with unresolved sorrow in his eyes, "That day, she was in this tree. Your Majesty told me that she only loved me in this life and only married me, Jing Lin, but entered the palace the next day and became the empress of the world."

The worry in his eyes became more and more intense.

I don't know what to say, I can't think of words of comfort, I just want to soothe the sadness between his brows.

"You are the first person to let me open my heart." He smiled and said jokingly, "Don't betray me, and don't lie to me."

I nodded, nodding seriously.

He looked at me with deeper eyes, and said with a smile, "I just didn't finish a sentence just now."

"what?"

"Your ordinary and ordinary reveal pure persistence, which cannot be ignored. It is very different."

Are you complimenting me?

"Wait here for me, don't go away."

"Where are you going?"

"Give you a present."

Watching him step into Flower Street, his pure white figure still stood out from the crowd, and soon he became the focus of pedestrians on the street, submerged in the crowd.

An unprecedented happiness lightly hit my heart.

"Isn't this Miss Enen?" A familiar high-pitched voice.

Turning around, I was startled, "Grandpa Lu?"

is not that right?Eunuch Lu, the personal eunuch next to the emperor, and five palace servants stood behind him, looking at me in surprise.

"It's really great, but this old slave is dying of anxiety."

"Eunuch, how could you..."

Before he finished speaking, he urgently said: "Hurry up and help this old slave find the emperor."

"emperor?"

"That's right, the old slave and the emperor were scattered by the crowd. The emperor never knows the way, this is too bad. Miss Enen, I will trouble you here." Eunuch Lu pointed in the opposite direction to Jing Linsuo.

His eyes were full of anticipation, forcing me to refuse.

In fact, how could I say no to it.

I can only bite the bullet and nod, but Jing Lin should be back soon, right?
"Go quickly." Eunuch Lu urged, not allowing me to be slow for a moment.

I could only let out a low sigh with all the reluctance, I got into the crowd, looking for the person I didn't want to see at all.

After I left, the eunuch behind Eunuch Lu asked in a low voice: "Eunuch, shall we still go to the emperor?"

"No need." Eunuch Lu changed his anxious look and snorted coldly, "Go and do our own thing."

"Is that okay? The time is not yet ripe."

"Do you think the emperor is an idiot? The palace is in the capital, so he won't open his mouth to ask?"

"Yes. But what is Su En doing here?"

"Didn't you see that she was with Master Shangshu just now? I don't know who the queen wants to hurt again, but it has nothing to do with us." Soon, Eunuch Lu and the others also disappeared into the crowd.

The sun was shining brightly, but the entire street was still full of people, showing no signs of abating.

I squeezed into the crowd, squeezed out of the crowd, and hurriedly searched for that person, only thinking of finding the emperor quickly.

But half an hour passed, and there was no one in sight.

His whole body was sticky, and his clothes were half wet with sweat.

It was too hot, so I had to walk under the side of the teahouse to take a rest.

Looking at the bustle of people on the street, I suddenly felt very fulfilled in my heart.

This is life, real, down-to-earth.

Compared with the noise on the street, this side street is quiet.

Quiet?Yes, although the passers-by on this side road whispered to each other, their voices were very small, and they were seen looking up at something from time to time.

Following their line of sight, I saw the person I was looking for.

Opposite is a two-story restaurant, the man is standing on the railing, holding a wine glass, looking at the crowded pedestrians below, so lazy, comfortable and free.

The emperor's air is born and acquired. He just sits casually, doing nothing, and the oppressive breath still radiates invisible.

Pedestrians must have also felt this oppressive atmosphere, which is why they are so quiet.

Emperor, no matter where you go, you can't be ignored.

When I entered the restaurant and went upstairs, I saw that everyone in the building was looking at him.

The whole building was silent.

"Master." I approached him and whispered.

The moment he saw me, he raised his eyebrows and looked at me obliquely, "What are you doing here?"

"The servant was ordered to come out to do errands, and met Mr. Lu again."

With a high-pitched oh, he squinted at me for a while, got up, and when he passed me, the faint smell of wine wafted.

As soon as I covered my nose, I almost choked, but the smell of the wine was so strong.

"Guest officer, you haven't paid yet." Xiao Er came over, but under his cool gaze, he was quite nervous.

"Money?" He frowned and said calmly, "I forgot to bring it." Then he went downstairs.

So natural, so unrestrained, as if not giving money for meals is justified.

And I didn't bring any money with me, so I took advantage of Xiaoer's stupid moment, blushing and hurriedly followed behind him.

I really want to, I really want to dig a hole in the ground.

I've never been so embarrassed in my life.

Until he left the restaurant, no one chased him out.

When I got out of the side passage, I saw that he was going towards the moat in the east, so I trotted up to him and asked, "Master, where are you going?"

"Go back to the palace."

"The imperial palace is here." I pointed to the west side, and peeped at him with black lines on his face.

Alas, such an honorable person handles government affairs every day and has to remember countless things in the world, how can he be a road idiot?
In the afternoon, there are more and more pedestrians on the street.

He is naturally the focus of everyone.

Different from Jing Lin's easy-going, he is noble but slightly alienated, not easy to get close to.

Follow him closely, for fear that he will get lost again, and hope to send him back to the palace as soon as possible.

It's just that people bumped into my body from time to time, either with my shoulder or stepped on my feet, and in the end I felt uncomfortable all over.

He who was walking in front suddenly turned around, and the next moment, I was embraced into a warm and broad embrace.

"Master." I exclaimed.

"I don't like the smell here." He lowered his head slightly, almost buried half of his face in my neck, frowned and said displeasedly.

"We'll be on the street soon, please bear with me." I left without thinking, but his hand clasped my waist, making me follow him.

"I like the smell of you, so let's go."

I tensed up, and my heart was full of reluctance, "Your Majesty, this is not in accordance with etiquette."

As soon as the words fell, I felt my body sticking closer to him.

Obviously, he ignored everything I said.

Nothing can be done.

Strangely, no one bumped into me again.

The faint scent of his body intertwined with the strong aroma of wine formed a special smell, which miraculously made my uncomfortable body a lot more comfortable.

The scorching sun overhead turned to the west, and the hot time was over.

"My guest, do you want to buy flowers? This bunch of red flowers is blooming very well, why don't you buy a bunch for your wife?" A business lady squeezed through the crowd and stopped in front of us, pointing to a bunch of red flowers in her hand. He spoke attentively.

"You misunderstood me, I'm not..." The man next to me took the bunch of red from the aunt's hand, stopped what I was about to say, and said calmly: "It's really good. I want a few more bunches."

"Thank you, thank you, my shop is right in front, please come with me." The business was completed, and the aunt was so happy, she yelled "Get out of the way" and squeezed the crowd away. Make a way for us.

This string of red is just for decoration in the palace, not to mention ladies, even the palace people just treat it as nothing, and don't understand why the emperor bought it.

Naturally, this has nothing to do with me, I can only accept what he wants.

It's just that I don't know if Jing Lin has returned to the tree now?

If he can't find me, he will definitely find me.

Suddenly, I found that I had left Huajie and entered a very secluded side passage.

There is no pedestrian.

"Auntie, where is your shop?" I felt strange and became suspicious, after all, the person next to me is the emperor, no matter how much I reject him, he will never make a mistake.

"Business is good today. Before it gets dark, the flowers are almost sold out. Come to our house to get the flowers." The aunt said with a smile, with a good-hearted look on her face.

I looked at him, he just smiled faintly, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Doesn't he find it strange at all?

"Ma'am, what's the matter?" Seeing me stop suddenly, the aunt smiled and looked at me.

He also looked down at me, his dark eyes were exploring, but they were as deep as the sea.

I didn't have time to correct her address. Looking at the smile on her face, I always felt a little weird, and I couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, so I said, "We don't want this flower."

"Why don't you want it? We're almost home. It's a pity we've walked so far." The aunt was still laughing.

Yes, it was her smile, which was too enthusiastic, but her eyes were cold, without the slightest sincerity to sell flowers.

My vigilance was raised again.

I don't care about anything else, I can't put him in danger, even if I'm overly careful.

I took his hand and walked back, walking faster and faster.

Suddenly he heard his chuckle behind him, like the wind blowing past his ears, coolly, and it sounded like magic.

What is he laughing at?
"lady?"

I stopped abruptly, and looked at the aunt who appeared in front of me in surprise, she, why... would she appear in front of me?
"This string of red is really beautiful, don't be too sorry. Come to my house and buy a few." The aunt stretched out her hand towards me, and forcibly came to pull me.

So abnormal.

I took a step back and held his hand tightly, "We don't want this flower."

"That can't be done. I promised to buy it. How can I go back on my word?"

"Then send it to my house."

"It's really a toast and you don't eat fine wine." The smiling aunt lowered her face, and murderous look appeared in her eyes.

Surprised in my heart, I subconsciously protected him behind me. Although I hated and resented him, he was a good king, and I couldn't let him be in any danger.

I am not great, but there is still some superficial understanding and righteousness.

After all, he is too important to be buried by my little resentment.

It's strange that, at this very moment, I'm so awake.

After being hurt once, I have practiced a whole body of calmness.

At this time, what should be let go and what should be protected by me must be distinguished.

But now, I am protecting this man who has seriously injured me.

What a contradiction!
"Are you protecting me?" He suddenly leaned into my ear and asked softly.

With such calm and calm, didn't he notice the danger in front of him?
Soon, more than a dozen masked men in black holding long knives appeared around.

robbery?I was so nervous that my palms were sweating.

Without waiting for them to speak, I suppressed my fear and said loudly: "We will give you all the valuable things on our body."

I turned around and searched his arms, but after searching for a long time, I couldn't find anything.

"Why didn't you bring anything with you when you left the palace?" I was so anxious that I felt like crying, I looked up at him.

He stared at me blankly, and there was a hint of pity in his cold eyes.

I secretly told myself that now is not the time to be afraid, took a deep breath, I turned around to face the masked man in black again, straightened my back, no matter how scared I was, I couldn't lose my momentum, and said: "I am his wife, our family I'm very rich, you guys should arrest me and let him go, he will definitely take a lot of money to redeem me."

The aunt laughed a few times, glanced at me coldly, and looked at him behind him with hatred, "Emperor Dog, give me back Dayan Heshan."

This aunt knows he is the emperor?
I was shocked, and then realized that the eyes of these masked men in black were full of hatred, and the focus of their eyes was on him.

"Kill me." Someone shouted.

A dozen or so men in black rushed towards us with knives.

"Aren't you going to run?" I shouted at him, without any hesitation, I used my body to protect him.

He was stunned, his eyes were no longer incomprehensibly deep and sharp, and the coldness and indifference faded from his handsome face.

He stared at me blankly, but his eyes were extremely soft.

"Hurry up and run away?" I yelled at him, yelling at him with all my strength.

He looked like a fool, without any reaction.

It was too late for him to run, it was a matter of lightning and flint, and the escape was also at that moment.

But he just stood there stupidly.

I watched more than a dozen knives slashing at me, so fierce that even the wind felt a little sharp.

Unable to think anymore, I just watched in horror at what was in front of me.

Just like that, did you die like this?

A sigh came from behind, with pity and a little complexity, and when it was heard, the waist tightened, and the body was already off the ground against the warm chest.

I'm on the roof.

Below, a dozen masked men in black mingled with two men in green shirts who fell from the sky.

"It's okay." A pair of warm and slender hands held my face, and when he saw the fear that still existed in my eyes, he sighed again in a low voice, "Isn't it very brave just now?" ? Now I'm scared."

I moved my lips, but I couldn't make a sound. I was afraid that my whole body trembled slightly, and I just stared at him with wide eyes.

"Usually you always look stubborn, I just want to make you subdue, and this time it's my wish." He laughed, his words were incomprehensible, but his smile was extremely deceptive.

"I... we just... almost... almost died." I said with lingering fear.

"How could I die so easily?" The smile on the corner of his mouth slowly widened.

Blinking, I looked at his smile in surprise, it turned out that his smile was so childish, so good-looking, and it would not make people feel the oppression and vigor of the past at all.

"How long do you want me to hold you?" He twitched the corner of his mouth.

Only then did I realize that he and I were tightly stuck together.

I blushed slightly, and hurriedly pushed him away.

The next moment, I tugged on his sleeve in a panic, and stammered: "I...we are still on the...roof, so high, I...I can't go down."

on the roof?Yes, how did we get up there?
He knows martial arts?

Without making me think too much, the sound of the handover of weapons came into my ears.

Looking to the ground, just one glance, a dozen masked men died under the swords of two blue-clothed men in that instant.

Not a trace of blood was stained on their bodies.

The ground is as clean as ever.

My heart trembled, and I almost screamed in fright.

"My lord." The two men in green shirts turned around and saluted him. When they got up, the man on the left had a smile on his face. In fact, he didn't smile, but he had a smiling face, especially those eyes, which seemed to be smiling. Non-smile, it makes people look so kind.

When I saw the appearance of the man on the right, I took a deep breath. At first glance, I thought he was not a man. How can a man be so beautiful?But he was dressed as a man.

"Is your lord going back to the palace?" the smiling man asked.

"I came out to enjoy the flowers today." With a jump, he landed on the ground with me in his arms.

I pushed him away, but only took a small step back. The corpses all over the ground made me uneasy.

"My lord has company for viewing flowers this time. I wonder if I can give my subordinates a day off." The smiling man said.

"If you can't bring back what I want, don't go back to the palace." As soon as Liang Liang's voice fell, he took my hand, walked over the corpses, and walked away.

"As ordered."

When I looked back, the two had disappeared.

I mechanically followed him away, but I couldn't relax in my heart.

When something like this happens, I'm afraid it will turn into a nightmare.

not far away.

A man stood tall, his slender figure stretched by the faint setting sun.

His ice-like gaze locked on the direction we were leaving, and he frowned.

"Yu'er, you're right, the emperor does have masters around him, I didn't even know it." The person who spoke was dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, but it was Mr. Lu, the chief supervisor of the palace.

He squinted his sharp eyes and looked at the masked man's corpse lying on the ground, his face was rather heavy.

After a while, seeing that Tang Yu didn't say a word, he said again, "What's wrong? You've been acting weird recently."

"It's nothing." In just three words, Tang Yu turned around and was about to leave.

"Stop." Eunuch Lu sneered, after thinking for a while, his tone softened again, "The matter of renewing the incense that I told you last time is urgent, if you wait any longer, the characteristics of your body will soon wipe out your unclean secret exposed."

"understood."

"Know what? If I were you, I would immediately go to the house I bought. As long as you want, there are many women there to warm your bed."

"At this time, you should go to the emperor, or he will become suspicious."

"Tang Yu?" Eunuch Lu stood in front of Tang Yu, met his cold gaze, and sighed deeply, "You said you have a woman you like, who is she?"

"Not yet."

"Does it take so much effort to get a woman?" Eunuch Lu widened his small eyes angrily.

Tang Yu was silent.

"Two months, I'll give you another two months. When the time comes, I won't let you mess around like this." Eunuch Lu suppressed the anger in his heart and issued an ultimatum.

Tang Yu didn't speak, just looked at the bustling Flower Street not far away, turned around and walked towards the palace.

Suddenly, he stopped, turned around and looked at the displeased Eunuch Lu, and asked lightly, "Did you really care about me since I was a child?"

"What are you talking about?"

"forget it."

Under the setting sun, Tang Yu's back looks lonely, like an abandoned child.

"He has changed." Eunuch Lu murmured, "Who influenced him? Is it that woman? It won't work if this continues, I have to find a way."

The setting sun reflected half of the sky red, and the day passed so quickly.

(End of this chapter)