Can Drink A Cup of Nothing

After sending Zong Yuanwu away, Zong Luo stood in the center of the hall, unable to speak for a long time.

He didn't know how he should look.

When he was at the border in his previous life, he received a secret letter from Xue Yushi and rushed back without stopping, but he was intercepted halfway.

At that time, there was a change in the imperial city, and Xue Yushi was directly slandered and put in a big prison, which led to the leakage of the final news.

Zong Luo was disheartened by the subsequent suicide, but he didn't think about who did the previous killing.

The fifth and fourth are naturally the most suspect.

The former has military power in hand, while the latter not only has military power, but also secretly assists Yu Beizhou.

But looking at Yu Beizhou's reaction after he was born, he should have been unaware of his own death in his previous life. Then the most suspicious is the fifth, and all the conditions are also compatible, which is why Zongluo is very cold to this emperor who is still quite friendly with him after his rebirth.

Although the old fifth had spoken for him in his last life, the father and son could not say a word for many years.

Unexpectedly, this is the truth.

Zongluo knew the ambitions of Dingbeihou Mansion.

Back then, the Dingbeihou Mansion, like the Rong family, was an aristocratic family in the imperial city.

It's just that the Rong family was very daring, and the late emperor faintly showed signs of wanting to rebel when he was there.

The Dingbei Marquis Mansion did not have that courage. Now the old general of the Marquis Mansion was really scared by Emperor Yuan. When Emperor Yuan was in power, he was as good as a quail. In the palace, the circuitous route of giving birth to a prince to support the enthronement.

Now the imperial city looks calm, and that's just because there is a big Buddha on the top.

If something happens to this Buddha

Zong Luo closed his eyes.

The matter of intercepting him in his last life must have been done without the knowledge of Emperor Yuan.

It can be speculated that since the Duke of Dingbei dared to do this, then the situation of Emperor Yuan at that time was probably not very optimistic.

What's more, Zong Yuanwu's dream was as incomplete as Zong Ruichen, he only dreamed about the content of the previous interception, but it was unknown what the old Hou Ye planned to plot with the fourth and sixth elders.

It only took more than a day to encounter an interception and arrive at the foot of the imperial city. Under such circumstances, can Emperor Yuan really wake up and start to rectify the imperial court as stated in the secret letter, and issue an edict to kill him?

Or, is there any conspiracy in it, or is it really like Yu Beizhou said that he hated the wrong person from beginning to end?

Zong Luo didn't dare to think about this possibility at all.

Everything in his life was built on this possibility.

Escape to death, plotting, or even stepping in to seize the reserves are not his true intentions.

Inside the Yuchun Palace, the charcoal pot with gold threads was still burning hot.

This palace specially prepared for the prince is all exquisite and beautiful, so that it looks like it is built on a floating cloud, and it will be turned into an illusion in the blink of an eye.

After a long time, he made up his mind, picked up the elixir brocade box on the table, and hurriedly put it into his sleeve.

Yuan Jia, who was preparing to set up outside, saw him and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, it will be the New Year's Day in two days. This year, His Majesty said that since a supplementary birthday banquet has been held, the banquet will not be held in the palace any more."

The annual festival is the busiest time in the imperial city. On this day, the imperial city makes an exception to cancel the one-day curfew. Once the night is over, it's time to really get into the theme.

It just so happened that the final result of the Baijia Banquet was also announced on the New Year's Day. The students who won the championship painted a cruise ship and lit lanterns along the way. The people rushed to grab it, just to get a good New Year.

Even the Sifang Wu Temple will be open together. The people can enter the witch temple to ask for a signature, then take a walk home slowly, and keep the year around the fireplace.

This brightly lit pomp continued until Zi Shi, and it gradually came to an end after the end of the New Year's Eve.

In previous years, when I was sending soldiers out, all the brothers would gather around the bonfire and eat mutton to finish things off. Zongluo hasn't come back during Chinese New Year in recent years.

Emperor Yuan never liked extravagance and waste, and the birthday banquet had only passed a few days, so it was normal that there would be no annual banquet this year.

He nodded: "I see, help me prepare a horse."

That day came in a carriage, and Zhao Yebai was left in the mansion.

Steward Liao, who happened to be in front of the mansion, saw him: "Why did Your Highness come back?"

All the people in the Prince's Mansion knew that His Royal Highness was living in the palace. For the past two days, there have been palace people in and out of the Third Prince's Mansion to carry things.

"Come back for a bit." Zong Luo said vaguely.

He got off the horse and hurried to the study.

When he was in the study, he closed the door, put his inner force on his ears, and made sure that there was no one around, Zong Luo walked behind the bookcase and opened the dark compartment of the bookcase.

Inside, a crystal clear, unfinished Shenlong Jade still lay there quietly.

Zong Luo watched for a long time before he fished out the piece of jade and stuffed the two boxes with elixir in it.

"Knock knock knock."

At this moment, a notification sound came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness, Young Master Gu is asking to see you."

Since Zong Luo entered the palace on the night of Emperor Yuan's birthday, he has never come out, but instead squatted in the palace honestly, and no longer dared to act casually.

Pei Qianxue and Mu Yuanlong were considered court officials, and they could enter the palace at any time after asking for instructions.

Only Gu Ziyuan, in terms of identity, he is only a small reading disciple of Confucianism, even if he wins the top of calligraphy, the Baijia Banquet has not yet been held, and he has not officially been assigned an official position. In terms of emotion and reason, it is impossible to enter the palace.

Although Butler Liao relayed the news that Zong Luo was okay, Gu Ziyuan was still a little frustrated.

It was only then that he realized the disparity between himself and Brother Luo in identities.

So these few days, he has been running around, trying to find out which official position can be closer to the third prince of the Great Abyss, and closer.

Now, when he sees Zong Luo's innocence with his own eyes, Gu Ziyuan is really relieved: "Brother Luo is all right."

"Yeah, one more thing."

Gu Ziyuan stammered and asked, "That's right, two or two days later is the New Year's Day, and it happens to be the closing banquet of the Baijia Banquet. Can I invite Brother Luo to see me on the cruise?"

"Of course." Zong Luo was a little surprised at first, and then gave him a positive answer.

Under normal circumstances, all the princes must be present when the Baijia Banquet is closed. As for the subsequent painting boat cruise, it doesn't matter whether you go or not, but since Gu Ziyuan opened his mouth, Zongluo will not be disappointed and refuse.

Hearing Zongluo agree, Gu Ziyuan showed undisguised joy on his face.

"Okay, see you in two days."

After leaving the palace, Zong Luo hurried back to the palace.

He dismissed the palace servants and told them not to come over to disturb him, so he picked up the carving knife like a thief, ran to the palace lantern lit in front of the table, and carved it carefully.

Carving jade by hand is really a very time-consuming task.

In the first year, Zong Luo didn't dare to use this good jade at all, but first took some other leftovers for newcomers to practice.

In the business of carving jade, I dare not say that I have started my career in three or five years. Zong Luo has been studying painting in Guigu since he was a child, and he has a very good foundation in painting, so he dared to start directly.

After he was familiar with the process, he asked the master to use a carving knife to make a bottom, and slowly grind it by himself.

Compared with the mature jade industry in modern times, which can be quickly manufactured with machines, there is really no shortcut to jade carving in ancient times, and it must be carved one by one. It stands to reason that Zong Luo is the type that carves faster. After all, he can add internal strength, and he can make a knife much faster than a master carver who has never learned martial arts, but he is afraid of making mistakes. If you find a piece, you just dare to grind it.

Just like this, I cradled Buddha's feet for a while attentively, and another servant came to report: "Your Highness, Pei Xiang asks to see you."

Obviously he was reporting outside the door, but Zong Luo almost shook his hand, as if he was caught on the spot for doing something bad, and hurriedly put the palm-sized jade back into his sleeve: "Let him come in."

At the same time, Zong Luo was also thinking.

Now Zong Yuanwu, Gu Ziyuan and Zong Ruichen have all dreamed about the events of their previous lives, and there should be others who will gradually dream.

When Zong Luo was just reborn, he couldn't figure out why everyone would dream of the scene of his previous life killing himself on the night of Jiuxing Lianzhu's rebirth. Now that I think about it, it should still be the disadvantage of going back in time. It's just that he and Yu Beizhou retained complete memories.

For others, the events of the previous life are nothing but a dream.

Let's go back to Pei Qianxue, Zong Luo has been busy with too many things recently. Now that he thinks about it carefully, he suddenly finds something that is not quite right.

Pei Qianxue didn't have many chances to meet him. After Yu Beizhou returned to Beijing in his last life, Zong Luo only met him intermittently. Others knew that he and the King of Beining were mortal enemies, and they dared not say that Pei Xiang came to meet the King of Beining in front of him. Walking very close, he seemed to appreciate the latter.

If Pei Qianxue dreamed, would there be more clues?

"Jin Yu."

After Pei Qianxue came in, what he saw was such a scene.

The prince in white supported his head, and the black hair tied up with a hair tie was scattered sideways, a little more lazy than the usual dignified and calm.

Against the gilt table at the back, it really looks like a noble prince raised in a deep palace and piled up with gold and jade.

"Axue, you are here."

After hearing the voice, even if Bai Ling covered her eyes, the latter subconsciously 'looked' at him.

Pei Qianxue didn't have anything important to come to him, and it seemed that he was just here to sit.

The servants poured the tribute tea they had just brewed for them, and the chat content was inconsistent.

Others say that Pei Qianxue is cold and self-controlled, but in fact he is as careful as dust, and he is not a person who does not know how to adapt. Even if it is a purposeless chat, he can take the initiative to provoke a topic, avoid relatively silent embarrassment, and even take care of other people's emotions very well.

Therefore, when he didn't want to take care of other people's emotions, or deliberately let them notice, Zong Luo could easily feel it.

After three rounds of tea, Zong Luo spoke up.

"Axue, are you?"

Although he said that, there was no turbulence in his heart.

Pei Qianxue's position had already been determined in his last life, and he should not be disappointed again.

It's just that Zongluo still doesn't want to be the one to tear his face before the last minute, so he considers his words.

Pei Qianxue lowered his eyes: "No."

The slender fingers of the prime minister in Tsing Yi stroked the edge of the teacup lightly.

After a long time, he said in a very soft voice: "I'm just a little sad. It's just that Jin Yu doesn't believe me."