The weather has gotten colder recently, and the place where Li Jingnan was imprisoned did not have enough charcoal fire. He would wake up from the cold from time to time while sleeping, and he only had an old quilt on his body.
This kind of environment often reminds him of the days when he and Hua Qiang were in Renqiu, but... those times were better than now.
Although the environment is harsh, and he doesn't have enough to eat every day and suffers from cold, but at least he feels at ease. With Hua Qingxue by his side, he can always have fun in the midst of hardship.
"Alas." Li Jingnan sighed softly.
Suddenly, the familiar scent of rouge came into the air again. It was just a wisp at first, and then gradually became stronger.
Li Jingnan felt like a mirror in his mind, Zheng Shuwen must be here.
"Nan'er, when mother is here, won't you look back at me?"
I don't know why, in such a late night, Zheng Shuwen's words lost the usual aloofness and aloofness, and added the sadness and helplessness of a mother.
But even so, Li Jingnan was not ready to turn around. He fell asleep facing inside, motionless.
"Have you ever seen anyone in the world whose biological mother imprisons her child?"
After a long time, Li Jingnan asked in a cold voice.
Zheng Shuwen was startled, and then smiled reluctantly: "Nan'er, as long as you promise your mother not to go against her in the future, I will let you out
Li Jingnan really wanted to tell her that she was dreaming, but considering that she was his biological mother after all, he chose to remain silent.
"Alas." Zheng Shuwen sighed, looked at Li Jingnan's back, and then prepared to leave: "Nan'er, mother can't help herself. Who calls us the royal family? Don't blame mother."
"My child doesn't complain." Li Jingnan replied lightly: "My child just feels sad."
Sad... haha.
Zheng Shuwen seemed to have been hit. She stumbled and almost fell. Finally, she sighed with regret and left in a hurry.
Chen Yuan now changed his shift to guard the Qianqing Palace. He happened to see Zheng Shuwen walking out in despair. He immediately raised his chest and raised his head without squinting. After Zheng Shuwen and Yu Zhu left, he let out a long sigh and couldn't help but look at the guard who was on duty next to him. inquire about.
"Brother, who is locked up here? Why does the Queen Mother care so much about him?" Chen Yuan stepped forward and handed the brother a handful of snacks.
The guard hissed and looked at him with contempt: "You are such a big man, why are you carrying these... women's things with you?"
Chen Yuan immediately lost his temper and said sternly: "Do you like to eat or not? You were so hungry just now, why are you pretending to be noble?"
With one sentence, the cowardly man quickly put on a smile and said, "Master Chen, I was wrong. I'm really hungry. Give it to me."
Chen Yuan glanced at him with a look that looked at a bitch, stretched out his hand, and handed him the snack: "I managed to get this from my sweetheart in the imperial study room. It's an advantage for your grandson."
The man was indeed hungry, so he ate as much as he could, and didn't care about being scolded. He just heard his words and looked at Chen Yuan suspiciously: "Are you a good friend?"
Chen Yuan really wanted to kick him: "Man! What are you thinking!"
"Oh, I am indeed overthinking that." The guard nodded, and the man could understand.
But... the man is also in love... maybe it's that or something.
Then the look in Chen Yuan's eyes was as weird as it seemed.
"Hey, hey, hey, you know how to eat, I just asked you!" Chen Yuan was horrified by his look, and his heart was tingling. Could this guy have fallen in love with him? He didn't do that Brokeback Mountain thing.
When Chen Yuan drank, the man's whole body trembled. He immediately reacted and tutted: "I advise you not to pry. It would be bad for you to know too much?"
"What's the matter? My life is not good. There is nothing that can make me worse. Let me tell you." Chen Yuan refused to give up. He was most curious about who was imprisoned in this palace for a long time.
I had doubts before I became a guard, but Zi Wan, that woman, was too fierce and refused to say anything.
Humph, I get angry when I think of her. After subduing her in the future, I must take care of myself and suppress her bad temper.
The buddy smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The problem is that I don't know either, and I don't want to know either. I would like to advise you, in this palace, people who don't know anything will live longer."
What the hell is this? Chen Yuan really wanted to scold him again, forget it, stop scolding him for being smart.
It's just a pity that he didn't even eat enough snacks. He stood there for most of the night and was so hungry.
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Fu Tingye got up at four o'clock the next morning, practiced martial arts in the yard for half an hour, changed into court clothes and prepared to go to court, as usual.
Unexpectedly, Hua Qingxue, who used to sleep until she woke up naturally, got up early.
Fu Tingye was almost surprised, looking at Hua Qing's snowy eyes, waiting for her to speak.
Hua Qingxue came to Fu Tingye: "General, can you bring me something..."
The thick and handsome eyebrows moved, and then he looked at an envelope in her hand, and understood instantly.
"For the emperor?" His tone was impatient.
Hua Qingxue nodded: "Yes, I haven't seen him for a while. I think..." At this point, he paused.
Fu Tingye also wanted to say that he had not seen the little emperor for a long, long time.
"I quite miss him." Hua Qingxue smiled brightly, but she didn't realize that her tone when she said this was almost flattering.
Fu Tingye took the envelope indifferently and looked back at it, "Good guy, there's still wax dripping... Who are you guarding against?" !
The answer is obvious, easy to cut.
Why do you have the nerve to blurt out that you don’t want to give it away!
"Please?!" Hua Qingxue cautiously put her hands together and made a bow gesture.
Seeing her naughty look, Fu Tingye's resentment disappeared, but he replied coldly: "Only this time."
"Okay, okay." Hua Qingxue agreed, but what she was thinking about was that we'll talk about it next time.
Fu Tingye nodded and entered the palace with the letter.
If the guess is correct, the Queen Mother will not delay the resolution of the Yulian family's extermination case until today. He was somewhat interested in going to court to listen to the play, but he didn't know what the Queen Mother would choose in the end.
However, the decision made by the Queen Mother was beyond Fu Tingye's expectation, because she did not choose any party above the court, but asked everyone to recommend themselves.
However, self-recommendation does not mean casual self-recommendation. The Queen Mother issued an edict stating that all guards on duty in the Qi Kingdom can take this job, but they are only allowed to take ten people to go out to suppress the bandits. If they successfully bring back the bandit leader's head, they can be promoted to three levels in a row. Military rank.
The court was in an uproar, and the civil and military officials secretly talked about it and had to praise the Queen Mother for her shrewd move.
All forces were ready to make a move, even the generals in Fu Tingye's party and the Fu Family Army were ready to make a move, but they hesitated when they saw Fu Tingye's deep expression.
In the court, the only one who dared to think and do was Prince Ning to stand up and offer himself to suppress the bandits, but the Queen Mother laughed at him: "Prince Ning has forgotten that you have raised troops too many times in your life, and every time it has been in vain." But when you return, the Ai family has no hope for you."
Overt rejection, covert sarcasm.
Who doesn't know that the only time King Ning raised an army in his life was when he surrounded the imperial city when Li Jingnan was not in the capital, but was ruthlessly suppressed.
Prince Ning's face suddenly turned ugly, but there was no way, his experience was not convincing.
And even if there is, the Queen Mother will not use him, and perhaps in this life, she will not let Prince Ning come into contact with anything related to military power.
"Let's do this. All the relatives have carefully considered it, and this will be the case for today." After Zheng Shuwen said lightly, she withdrew from the court.
Fu Tingye did not retreat from the court with all the ministers, but found his father-in-law to pass the message on his behalf, saying that he wanted to see the emperor.
The eunuch immediately reported the news to Zheng Shuwen. Zheng Shuwen frowned slightly: "All the ministers were avoiding it, but he rushed forward, so he told him that the emperor was ill and there was a lot of inconvenience. If you have anything, you can discuss it with the Ai family."
When Fu Tingye received such a reply, he turned around and left slowly without saying anything.
The eunuch watched his back shrinking little by little until he could no longer be seen, and then he went back to revive the Queen Mother.
Unexpectedly, when Fu Tingye passed by the Xuanwu Gate of the inner palace, he ducked and hid in the military corridor in the palace wall.
Not long after, patrolling guards passed by. Fu Tingye hid in the dark, calculated the time correctly, and just as the guards passed by, he raised his knife and struck the two guards on the backs of their necks with two snaps.
Suddenly, the two fainted.
Dragging the two of them to the cramped and dark area of the troop transport corridor inside the palace wall, they took off their clothes and quickly put them on.
Not long after, Fu Tingye disguised himself as a palace guard and walked majestically in the palace. With steady steps and a clear route, he went straight to his destination, the royal study.
Not long after, they were already close, but there was an open space at the entrance to the royal study. If you wanted to go there, you had to walk through the open space. Fu Tingye looked around and saw that the patrolling guards around him were all in step. He lowered his head slightly and walked straight forward.
The entire process of passing through the open space did not meet anyone, but at the steps to the upper palace, a group of guards walked down. The leader was none other than Chen Yuan, who had recently been promoted too quickly in the palace.
Chen Yuan was a little tired and was on duty carelessly. When he saw a guard coming up to him, he didn't feel anything strange.
But when Fu Tingye passed by him, Chen Yuan suddenly shouted: "Oh, that's right."
For a moment, the entire queue stopped and looked at him.
Fu Tingye was slightly startled, but did not look back, but continued to walk calmly.
Chen Yuan looked back at his brothers: "I forgot to get snacks."
cut!
It turned out to be this, this foodie. I really don’t know why the Queen Mother promoted him.
Everyone responded to Chen Yuan's surprise with their nostrils, and then urged: "Hurry up! Foodie!" There was no concealment of contempt in their tone.
Chen Yuan was a little depressed for a moment: "Hey, I'm talking about you people... these duplicitous people..." Although he muttered a few words, his eyes fell on Fu Tingye's back.
This person just now was a little too calm and calm, and he had a sense of momentum and majesty around him.
Subconsciously it feels very different.
Chen Yuan scratched his neck. He didn't know which class of guards he was from, but he wanted to get to know him if he had the chance.
Thinking this, Chen Yuan turned around and continued on duty.