Luo Qingyan casually played with the sachet on his waist: "I am not a fool, I am the one sitting on the throne now, and after nearly two years of hard work, now whether I am in the court or among the people, His reputation and prestige are not bad. And he has disappeared for such a long time, and now there are still rumors that he has gone crazy. As long as someone winks, they know to choose me instead of him."
"Those famous families and court officials are not fools. Except for his former loyal subordinates, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to win the alliance again." Luo said softly, a dark light flashed in his eyes: "Xia Houjing, Are you angry?"
"Yeah, I'm very angry. My subordinates heard that Xia Houjing was angry several times and killed and injured many people." The dark guard lowered his voice: "It's just that Xia Houjing hasn't appeared much since a while ago. Know where it's hidden."
Luo nodded lightly: "I probably found out."
Found
The dark guard was a little puzzled, what did he find
Luo Qingyan didn't go into details, but said casually: "Keep an eye on it, Xia Houjing may leave Jincheng and come to the palace recently, ask the hidden guards to pay more attention, and also pay attention to the hidden stakes along the way, Xia Houjing has a bad temper now If you are under control, you may not be able to help but make some troubles on the road, and if you find something abnormal, send someone to report it immediately."
"yes."
Luo Qingyan waved his hand and let the hidden guard back down, but called a new hidden guard to come in: "Has the empress's letter been delivered today? Has the news of those hidden piles been delivered?"
"Report to Your Majesty, it has not been delivered yet."
Luo Qingyan frowned immediately, and raised his eyes to look at the time omission on the bookshelf: "It's already applied for time, why hasn't it been delivered yet? Yesterday's, I remember it should have been delivered at the time of application, right?"
The dark guard said in distress: "My lady has been on her way, and every time she delivers a letter, the journey back is longer than the previous day, and it is not unusual for it to be getting later every day."
Luo Qingyan naturally knew it in his heart, but it was one thing to know it, but another thing to be unhappy in his heart.
Luo lightly lowered his head, his eyes fell on the map unfolded on the desk.
Since Yunshang left, he has spread a large map on the desk.
Luo Qingyan's eyes fell on one of the places. Based on their footsteps, she should have reached the border, right
The two armies at the border are at war, and there are many crises. I don't know where she will choose to cross the border
Luo Qingyan roughly thought about the situation at the border crossing, his eyes wandered around on the map, and his fingers slowly drew a line, which should be from here, across the desert...
It's just that the desert is really not small. It may take more than ten days to completely cross the desert. Everything in the desert is inconvenient. I am afraid that after a few days, there will be a period of time when I will not be able to receive her letters and messages every day. up.
Luo Qingyan pursed his lips, raised his hand and pressed his forehead. After all, he was not strong enough, otherwise, there was no need for his beloved to risk himself.
It's the last time.
This kind of feeling is really too tormented, and there will never be a next time.
Just thinking about it, I heard a unique voice.
Luo Qingyan opened his eyes suddenly, and the hidden guard at the side also turned around: "It's the signal from the dark guard, it should be a letter. Your majesty will go get it for your Majesty..."
Soon, the dark guard took the letter back. As usual, there was a small box along with the letter.
Luo lightly waved the dark guard away, put the box aside first, quickly picked up the top one from the several letters, and opened it.
It was still his most familiar handwriting. Besides the daily report of safety, he also wrote in detail what she saw and heard that day as usual. It's just that all the things that might reveal her location are not mentioned in the letter.
When Luo Qingyan saw the words "Seeing letters like meeting" at the front, the corners of his mouth began to rise.
Luo Qingyan usually reads ten lines at a glance when reading memorials, but it took him a quarter of an hour to read such a short letter.
After a long while, I carefully folded the letter paper again, took a box on the bookshelf, opened the box, it was empty, Luo Qingyan raised his hand and gently pulled it, a mezzanine suddenly appeared in the box.
Luo Qingyan put the letter in the interlayer, carefully placed it together with other stacks of letters, and then put the box back to its original position, then took the box at hand and opened it.
These two things were placed in the box, a jade pendant, and a very small and delicate tiger head doll.
Luo Qingyan picked up the jade pendant and looked at the light coming in from the window, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
When Liu Wen'an walked in from the outside, he saw Luo Qingyan holding a jade pendant in his hand and looking at it. Liu Wen'an walked to the side silently and stood still, and couldn't help but glance at the jade pendant.
Luo Qingyan didn't seem to notice that he had come in at all, and was still looking at the jade pendant. After looking at it for a while, he took another handkerchief and wiped it carefully.
Liu Wen'an couldn't help raising his eyebrows. There was never a shortage of fine jade in the palace. With His Majesty's status, he had never seen any precious jade pendant in the world, but it was rare to see him cherish a piece of jade pendant so much.
Very few, but not none.
A smile flashed in Liu Wen'an's eyes, and he opened his mouth with a smile: "The jade pendant in your Majesty's hand, the pattern is extraordinary, it should... be a gift from the empress?"
Luo Qingyan paused slightly, raised his eyes to look at Liu Wen'an, but his eyes were full of pride: "For you know the goods, this jade pendant is indeed a gift from the queen."
Sure enough.
Liu Wen'an secretly clicked his tongue in his heart, and continued to follow the words: "Although the empress does not often send things to His Majesty, she is very careful about everything she sends. This jade pendant must be different from the usual ones. Jade pendants are different…”
"It's different." Luo Qingyan raised the corners of his mouth a little higher: "The queen said that she accidentally got a piece of jade on the road, she was driving in a carriage, and she carved this jade pendant for me while she was idle in the carriage. When the jade pendant was carved, she was passing by a temple that was said to be very effective. She felt that the Buddha must have given some guidance, so she made a special trip to the temple and asked the abbot of the temple to open it for me. bright."
"So, the servant said, this jade pendant is extraordinary at first glance. It turned out to be from the hands of the empress, and it was consecrated and blessed by a Taoist monk. Then your majesty must wear it close to your body. The servant heard that some Jade has spiritual energy, if His Majesty carries the jade that entrusts His Majesty's thoughts, His Majesty will definitely be able to communicate with His Majesty."
Luo Qingyan stopped holding the jade pendant, and couldn't help raising his head to look at Liu Wen'an: "Sure enough, the empress is right, you are a real sycophant."