Si Tian Guan

    In front of you is the only way to the Guanxing Pavilion, there is no way to dodge.

    Qu Chenzhou stood on the steps and watched the two walk away without any disturbance.

    Someone on the opposite side greeted him with great excitement: "Little Shenzhou!"

    "Your Highness," he bowed and saluted, "Qu Chenzhou has seen Your Highness!"

    Mu Jingzhao seemed to be unaware of the awkward atmosphere between the two of them, so he quickly helped him and waved his waist card in front of him: "Little Shenzhou, I have good news for you. -Look what is this?"

    Qu Chenzhou raised his eyes, slightly taken aback.

    This blue-backed gold-rimmed waist card, he can be considered to be in the court for many years, even if he has not seen it, he knows what it is.

    Shiliting is the main traffic route to and from the capital.

    Now it seems that the loss of King Qi is a foregone conclusion, but I didn't expect this waist card to fall into the hands of King Ning.

     Rather than saying that the emperor appointed King Ning, it is better to say that he is suspicious of King Huai.

    Maybe it was because of the mouth fat case that the emperor had lingering fears, or maybe the emperor already knew that he and King Huai were the same kind of people.

    All have wolf-like greedy eyes.

    He didn't say anything, Mu Jingzhao just thought he didn't know, and proudly reported to his family: "From today, you can call me, General Mu!"

    Qu Chenzhou saw someone approaching from the corner of his eye, without squinting his eyes, he replied, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you are truly majestic."

    "Yo, who is this?" Liu Chongming has also changed his clothes, with the Jinxiuying badge hanging around his waist, he walked over in a hurry: "Who is this?"

    Mu Jingzhao was a peacemaker, stopped him in the middle and pushed him back.

    "Chongming, it's done, it's all over. The royal father just praised you for being stable, capable, and calm. Xiao Shenzhou is now a second-rank official, so don't make trouble. ."

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    "Si Tianguan Qu Shenzhou," Qu Shenzhou lowered his eyes and cupped his hands: "I have seen the prince."

    "I can talk," Liu Chongming smiled at King Ning: "I still think I'm a beast who can only bite people."

    Qu Chenzhou clasped his hands in his sleeves, slowly raised his eyes to look at him, and asked indifferently: "If you can understand the beasts, what is the prince?"

    As soon as Mu Jingzhao was about to laugh, he immediately realized that the atmosphere was inappropriate. Thinking about the tragic condition of seeing Xiao Shenzhou on the street that day, it is impossible for anyone to turn around without resentment. Round the field.

    "I know," Qu Chenzhou still looked at people without backing away: "I've seen Shizi even crazier."

    "When have you seen me crazier?"

    Liu Chongming pushed Mu Jingzhao away with a palm and went up the steps.

    He is more than half a head taller than Qu Chenzhou, and his official uniform makes him more attractive, as if he will swallow his life in the next moment.

    Qu Chenzhou looked at his trembling and sliding Adam's apple, suppressing the rising and falling chest, and looked aside.

    "The prince has always been like this, why ask me?"

    "I ask you, when is it more crazy?" Liu Chongming took another step forward: "When are you doing it?"

    "Shizi be careful..." Qu Chenzhou bit his lower lip, and the corners of his eyes were slightly red: "I'm no longer a servant of the son's family."

    Mu Jingzhao couldn't stand it any longer, and dragged Liu Chongming out: "Okay, an official of the same dynasty, you are tired of talking about these foul words in the palace."

    "It's not enough to tell the truth?" Liu Chongming sneered, and was pulled back by Mu Jingzhao, pointing at Qu Chenzhou.

    "Qu Sitian, I'll teach you one more thing - serve the emperor well, otherwise if you do something wrong one day and fall into my hands, you will regret what you said today."

    Qu Chenzhou silently watched the two pulling, and when Liu Chongming was about to walk through the Moon Cave door, he suddenly raised his voice.

    "Sir."

    "Prince, all my expenses in the other courtyard are given by the prince, and there is nothing to miss, only the jade pendant given by the prince, I cherish it very much, and I hope the prince can return it to me ."

    Liu Chongming shrank his pupils: "What did you say?"

    Mu Jingzhao's scalp was numb when he heard it, and he scolded the palace servants "bring Qu Sitian back soon", and nodded to Qu Chenzhou.

     "Hey, what do I think of as a precious thing, isn't it just a jade pendant, I'll give it to you another day, and give it to you again."

    Seeing Qu Chenzhou go farther and farther, he sneered, and dragged Liu Chongming out of the palace gate, saying haha.

    "Look... Look at this little sinking boat, it's quite a joke, isn't it just a broken jade pendant..."

    "Your Highness," Liu Chongming's face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "Have you touched him?"

    "No! No!" Mu Jingzhao quickly proved his innocence: "I didn't see him being too pitiful at the time, thinking that if he has an emergency, I can also help. That's boring, and Xiao Shenzhou can be considered to have escaped..."

    "Are you out of the sea of ​​misery?"

    Mu Jingzhao realized that he had said the wrong thing, and before he could give him another chance, Liu Chongming had already broken free from his hand, mounted his horse, and walked away.

    "This Chongming is crazy, isn't it? People are no longer his, and he still bites his mouth like this."

    He made a fuss about it. Looking back, he thought that Qu Chenzhou was still thinking of his goodness, and grinned again: "After so many years of bad luck, this year is the time to turn around?"

    The door slammed shut behind him, as if his trembling and gaffe would be squeezed out of the crack of the door if it was too late.

    It has been more than two months, and they have been separated for more than two months.

    He tossed and turned every night, forcing himself to sleep, dreaming over and over about their past.

    Whether it is the sinking boat in the past life, or the sinking boat in this life, whether it is their Jinxi Academy or another courtyard under the sycamore flowers.

    In the dream, they knew nothing about reading and writing.

    Occasionally it was a boat that was locked to another courtyard two years ago, sleeping outside his study with a sycamore.

    Only he is the dream guest with a heart like a knife, looking at everything that was once warm and warm, and everything that was destroyed by his own hands, crying silently.

    Watching Shen Zhouer being dragged through the streets again and again, dying on the broken soul platform, watching Shen Zhouer being tied to the torture bench again and again, struggling to faint during the branding In the past, I recalled their **** nights of bridal chambers again and again.

    He often wakes up sweating and screaming.

    The empty bedroom and the empty courtyard are his inescapable nightmares in reality.

    But he had to force himself to eat, to force himself to sleep, to force himself to stand in front of everyone with his head up high, in good spirits.

    Why...

    He kept thinking.

    Why don't you give him a good time, why even the way to escape is blocked.

    I thought everything in the dream was cruel enough to make him gradually numb, but when they met suddenly today, all disguises were removed.

    He can't die because there are people who need him.

    I wanted so much in the past, I wanted to hug, I wanted to kiss, I wanted to be inseparable, I wanted to grow old together, and now I don’t dare to hold any hope.

    Shen Zhou waited for him for a long time, but he didn't catch up, and he had no right to ask someone to turn back.

    I just want this person to live well.

    Liu Chongming sat with his head down for a long time before groping into his arms and taking a small carving knife from his belt.

    He searched the ground like crazy.

    The jade pendant that was shattered is incomplete and cannot be put together again.

      Jade Bell.

    But he has no other way, only when he is groping for carving jade pendant, can he gradually calm down.

    The distance between them is only a palace wall, and it is expected that Qu Shenzhou will meet again sooner or later.

    Meetings made people uneasy, and what shocked him almost lost his temper... It was what Qu Chenzhou said to him.

    "Only the waist card given by the prince, I cherish it very much, and I hope the prince can return it to me."

    Shen Zhou did show him King Ning's jade pendant.

     King Ning obviously had no sincerity at the time. It was not so much a token, but a jade card that he touched at random, with neither decoration nor name.

    Don't talk about doing something with this jade card, even if it is sold for money, it is not worth much.

    Qu Shenzhou naturally despised this thing, he used it to play water floats and sank at the bottom of the pond, where is the "very precious"?

    Liu Chongming's breathing became heavy, and he had to stop the knife in his hand.

    Although many details of the previous life have been blurred, but they have been together in two lives, one thing has been ingrained in their minds - Shen Zhou is a talker and cannot tell lies.

    Only this sentence…

    He pressed his beating heart and pondered these words over and over again, and became more and more certain that Qu Chenzhou specifically said these words to him.

    He is telling him clearly that Qu Chenzhou is now free from the shackles of the speaker.

    He was not ecstatic, only bitterness that could not be vented.

    If it was in the past, he must not have guessed what happened in the middle, but after thinking about a lot of the past, what Qu Chenzhou said to him became more and more clear - I once By chance, he gained a power that ordinary people can't imagine.

    During the two lifetimes, there were two extraordinary changes in Shen Zhou. The only reason he could think of was Shuo Ye.

    Every word, every word that Qu Chenzhou said so calmly in the past is a hurdle that he cannot overcome now.

    From the past to the present, every step he took was paved with his own flesh and blood.

    The rough piece of jade fell from the hand to the ground, and a snow-like crack ran through it.

    Liu Chongming held his head, not daring to let himself split like this.

    "Prince." Someone called him from the corridor outside through a door.

    He is going back to the inescapable reality.

    "Prince," came the voice of Director Lin outside the door: "There is news from the south that the person you are looking for has found one."

    The chaos in my mind gradually settled down.

    He really should go back.

    After the sinful sons of Jinpingzhuang were slaughtered, only three people were left, which was the biggest spiritual pillar for the emperor to continue his life.

    The responsibility of finding the other thirty-five, only he can afford.

    Fortunately, this time, it was impossible for Yu Dexi to trace the origins one by one. Everything was just his words.

    Everywhere in the world, he only needs to hang a thread of hope for the emperor and find those babies who were abandoned at birth.

    Yes, he still has serious things to do, there is still a way to go, and there are people... not to be let down.

    Liu Chongming wiped his face, let out a long breath, got up and opened the door.

    Something hanging in the door was bumped and made a ding sound, it was the bell that used to hang in the sarong.

    Liu Chongming looked up, and when he closed the door and left, he seemed to be able to hear it.

    The crisp sound of the bell spread out to the surroundings like a ripple, and Qu Shenzhou slowly opened his eyes.

    It was still dark outside.

    There is no bell above his head, just a hallucination in his trance.

    Have lived in that sarong with bells for a long time.

    He never sleeps well in the star-viewing pavilion. Only by closing his eyes and imagining that he is still in the sarong can he barely sleep for a while.

    The light reflected on the window paper changed from gray to warm red, and there was a palace person holding a copper basin at the door on time.

    Washing was as usual, and when the steward brought people in to prepare the meal, he looked up.

    It's this person again, he knew it before, Eunuch Shi.

    Qu Chenzhou pursed his lips, lowered his head and took a sip of soup, without touching the ginseng porridge next to him—the Queen's old trick, no matter how you use it, you won't get bored.

    Since he is no longer someone to be kneaded at will, this palace is also different from before.

    Can't live here any longer.