After nightfall, the lights in the courtyard gradually went out, leaving only a dead wind lantern hanging under the corridor, illuminating the entire courtyard dimly.
When the wind blows, the shadows of the trees are whirling, accompanied by the sounds of insects and the croaking of frogs, and the scent of lotus water, it is a very charming place.
Yun Fenghuang specially ordered Xile to be on duty tonight, but sent the rest of the people away. He felt that it was too stuffy with the doors and windows closed, so he opened the back window, and through the screen, when he was about to fall asleep, he heard Several clumps of phoenix-tailed bamboos rustled outside the back window, and soon there was a slight sound of falling to the ground.
She opened her eyes subconsciously and saw a figure flashing. Qi Jiulu, wearing a black robe, was walking in and pulling off his face towel.
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was not asleep yet and didn't look surprised when he saw her, he smiled knowingly, hugged her, kissed her, and asked with a low smile: "You know I'm coming?"
"Can you come?" Yun Fenghuang lazily lit his arm with a fan, and said in a low voice with a sleepy nasal sound, "When we set out, there were still five companions in full order, and when we came back Ji Minggan and Yuan Ke disappeared at that time, but you didn’t want to, so why don’t Gong Xiangxiao persuade you to talk about it? Let’s see what Chunjia thinks?”
As far as the status of Ji Minggan and Yuan Ke is concerned, in fact, the emperor cannot handle it alone at present, and he must discuss it with the regent. But isn’t Gong Xiangxiao, the prince regent, in an awkward position? Inquiring about information from his biological father was actually more difficult than having an affair, but he had to place his hopes on Yun Fenghuang.
It's just that Yun Fenghuang didn't see the emperor at all during dinner, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on.
Just as she was thinking about how to answer Gong Xiangxiao, Qi Jiulu chuckled softly as her chest was leaning against her, and he stroked the top of her hair and said softly: "The prince didn't say anything at first, he wanted to just wait and see. Change, I couldn’t help myself, and persuaded him to help with both soft and hard tactics... You looked at me like that in the carriage during the day, why can’t I bear to come? "
Yun Fenghuang rubbed his cheek against his chest and said with a smile: "Originally I just wanted to take a look, but who would have thought that when I saw you, I would remember the time when we rode together on the plains, and I unknowingly saw the truth. As a result, Chunjia caught me when I got out of the car!"
"Then what did he do to you?" Although the man was clearly in front of him, Qi Jiulu was still frightened, and his arms around Yun Fenghuang's waist tightened subconsciously.
"What if, I can still wait for you here?" Yun Fenghuang was very satisfied with his attitude. He smiled playfully, raised his head and kissed his cheek, and said, "I fooled you... As you know, Sangong There are many concubines in the Sixth Academy, except for the Yuan family, he doesn't care about others, how can he carefully investigate them?"
Speaking of this, Qi Jiulu was somewhat disgusted and said sourly: "I heard that he is often at your place these days. This time he stayed in Wannian County for personal interrogation, and he specially kept you here."
"Can you not keep me?" Yun Fenghuang got up and supported his chest with his elbows. He didn't care that this action would make Qi Jiulu uncomfortable. He arranged his long and dark hair on his own. The silk was scattered down, and the occasionally exposed skin looked shockingly white when viewed under the dim light.
Qi Jiulu noticed that he subconsciously moved his Adam's apple and became a little absent-minded.
Yun Fenghuang didn't care about this and said lazily, "The Empress Dowager is old and still sick. She definitely can't stay in the county for a long time. Even the Empress Dowager Ji can't afford to suffer such hardships. These two are leaving. The emperor wants to stay again, how can the queen continue on their way without serving them on the emperor's behalf?"
"Of course the Queen Mother feels sorry for the Emperor. It is impossible for the Emperor to stay alone in the county these days. There must always be some concubines to serve. Among the concubines, I and the Queen are the most intimate. The most important thing is that I can't do it now. Childbirth is what many people, especially Chunjia, want. The Queen Mother has arranged for me, and let Ji's concubine stay. Didn't Chunjia just agree?"
"..." Qi Jiulu listened, and the little desire that had just arisen in his heart disappeared. He touched her cheek with pity and whispered, "It's all my uselessness that brought you to this."
If he hadn't been able to get rid of his clan members back then and the two families hadn't terminated their engagement, Yun Fenghuang wouldn't have had to go far away from the imperial capital, and how could he have gotten involved with the Ninth Five Supreme Being in the deep palace thousands of miles away, leading to his current situation? The heir is in a difficult situation
Thinking of the culprit, his eyes were dark and he swore in a deep voice, "Even if that wretched maid has the backing of the Ji family, I will kill her one day!"
As soon as Yun Fenghuang heard this, he knew that Gong Xiangxiao had not told him anything. This man's understanding of the reason for his heir's difficulties was due to Ji Muzi's rumors.
When he used her, he always said "Brother Xinyun", and he kept giving him compliments in front of me. Qi Jiulu himself was not angry yet, but Gong Xiangxiao started to feel distressed... It has only been a few days. He started to do things secretly to prevent others from telling him. If he didn’t tell him, he would be able to hide it completely!
Hey, man!
She rolled her eyes in her heart, but had no intention of correcting her lover. She only said: "I have my own concerns about this matter, so don't worry about it. You also don't want to think about whether Yuan Yuniang's position was far above mine, or what I did." As the head of the palace, there is nothing I can do about it. Not to mention that Ji Muzi’s position is lower than mine now, and the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and Queen are not here?”
"... Ever since you were little, every time you encountered something, you would always act coquettishly and look for me to help you." These words could not comfort Qi Jiulu, and his tone was very sad, "At that time, I thought, you can't do this or that. Even if you don't want to do it, what will you do if one day I don't help you anymore? But now you have only been in the palace for a few days, and you are already in trouble, which shows how difficult it is to come to the Imperial Capital!"
Without raising her head to look at his face, Yun Fenghuang knew that this person must have imagined a lot of her sadness at living in her aunt's house. She did not clarify her bad intentions and just pursed her lips and smiled: "Although it is a bit difficult in the palace... However, Now that I see you, I feel that all the past grievances are nothing."
She felt guilty when she said this. After all, she had been busy fighting this and scheming recently, but she didn't really think about Qi Jiulu at all...
If this person hadn't been brought to him by Gong Xiangxiao today, Yun Fenghuang might have been focused on studying why Ji Muzi's temperament changed so much...
But Qi Jiulu was convinced by what he heard - otherwise he wouldn't still think that his former fiancée was "a pampered and willful person until she was punished in the imperial capital" - he was moved when he heard this.
He was silent for a moment, because his emotions were too intense and he couldn't make a sound. Then he sighed lowly, stretched out his hand to touch Yun Fenghuang's shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and then said with a slight choke: "Do you blame me?"
Without waiting for Yun Fenghuang to ask, he said anxiously, as if he was afraid that he would regret it, "I heard that you were harmed by the Ji family's cheap maid, and when your heirs were in trouble, I was heartbroken, but I was actually a little happy... because I really didn't want to Look at you giving birth to children for other men, even if they are your children! Even if I know you have a child, it will be much easier in the palace!"
This man was so honest that Yun Fenghuang couldn't bear to coax him. After pondering for a while, he said directly: "Actually... I framed Ji Muzi for this matter. I don't know whether she harmed me in private, but that I took the Baziwan by myself."
Qi Jiulu's hand stroking her shoulder suddenly froze: "For me?"
"..." Of course it's for myself!
Yun Fenghuang subconsciously wanted to tell the truth, but then he thought about it, it was already difficult to meet each other now, and he didn't know what would happen in the future. It was a rare moment of pleasure, so he might as well make this person happy, so he remained silent. Default.
Qi Jiulu was greatly shocked. He hugged her tightly with his arms and murmured: "I usually feel... I always feel that when you abandoned me for the sake of the family, you don't care about me as much as I do you... Only now do I know... you... I… "
Seeing that his moved words were incoherent, Yun Fenghuang felt even more guilty, and quickly changed the topic with a dry cough: "Chunjia went to Yi Fengyi's place tonight, and I didn't even have a chance to talk. What happened to Ji Minggan and Yuan Ke?"
"The prince didn't even ask, maybe they did something." Qi Jiulu finally remembered that he agreed to come over tonight and Gong Xiangxiao took advantage of the opportunity to inquire about the news. "After your majesty got up from the lake, didn't he summon many people to come up?" Go upstairs to talk? Immediately, the Imperial City Division was asked to lock those two up alone, and they were taken away directly after they landed ashore."
Yun Fenghuang said: "He asked me to go to the cabin at that time. I don't know who he met... Well, I'll see if he comes tomorrow. If he comes, I'll try and see if I can get some information. But you Please don’t put your hopes too much, Your Majesty, after all, I am not Mother Yuan."
Qi Jiulu snorted: "How can that lowly servant be worthy of comparing with you? His Majesty's status is noble, but his eyesight is not that good. But it is not surprising. After all, he is a bastard raised by his aunt. Since he intends to betroth his niece to him, how can he be married to him? Why don't you go out of your way to say nice things about Yuan's bastard? You've heard it a lot since you were a kid, so you take it seriously. In fact, who can't see what kind of thing that Yuan is?"
Yuan Yuniang was the one person in the harem who made things difficult for him, so it was strange that he had nice things to say.
Whenever there is an opportunity to step on the Yuan family in the future, he will never let it go!
Just when he was resentful, he thought that Yuan Yuniang was pregnant now. He couldn't help but frown slightly and reminded Yun Fenghuang, "I know you are not afraid of her, but it's better to stay away from her these days. This bitch has a bad reputation in the harem before." No matter how bad it is, it is said that there are countless enemies in the palace, so don’t fall into the hands of others and blame it on you!"
For fear of her disapproval, he added, "None of these concubines are easy to get along with. You must be careful not to let them plot against you!"
"Do you still need to give me some advice?" Yun Fenghuang couldn't help but cast a sideways glance and said angrily, "Have you forgotten how Ji Muzi fell?"
When it comes to defaulting on accounts and calculating, she is also one of the best.
Qi Jiulu immediately said: "How can that be the same? Ji's family is known to be domineering and domineering, how can their daughter be a good thing? If you don't frame her, she will definitely harm you sooner or later. You are just protecting yourself in advance!"
In short, whatever he does with his heart is natural and natural.
After thinking about it, he felt that the word "framed" was not nice to hear, so he added, "And what did many people in the palace do, and it was Ji who was finally blamed? Doesn't this mean that she had problems in the first place? What does it have to do with you? Woolen cloth?"
He said these words so categorically and confidently that Yun Fenghuang thought in a daze that all the concubines in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard were suffering from heart failure, but he was the only one who had emerged from the mud and remained untainted.
It can be seen that I still have a good conscience... Mao Jieyu thought so, and I actually felt a little pain in my conscience...
The two flirted for a while, and Yun Fenghuang finally brought the topic back to business. She pretended to be casual and asked, "How have you been with Mr. Chao recently?"
"What can I do with her?" Qi Jiulu said with disdain, not hiding his disgust and displeasure with his wife. "I used to stay in the maid's room given by the Regent's Palace. She beat the maid in private, and I scolded her a lot. , and then I became more honest for a few days. In the first two days, I may have felt that I had nothing to do, so I said I wanted to go back... "
Yun Fenghuang said "hmm", feeling that the matter was serious. Of course Chao Jingyou would not be relieved if he didn't go there in person: "When will you be back?"
"Who knows?" Qi Jiulu sneered and said with malice, "The Imperial Capital and the North are thousands of miles apart. These years are not very peaceful. It is best that she never comes back!"
"Nonsense!" Yun Fenghuang made a serious face and hit him, "Your family is now married to the Chao family. If Chao Jingyou dies, can the Chao family still marry her sister to fill the house with you? Only she Even I find it disturbing, why should I watch you carrying Chao's daughter home one after another?"
Qi Jiulu quickly admitted his mistake and swore that his patience now was temporary. Once his wings hardened and the Chao family was useless, then not only Chao Jingyou but also the whole Chao family would be dealt with as Yun Fenghuang said. —The only thing he can do is more ruthless!
Yun Fenghuang listened to the sweet words and vows of eternal love with great interest. Looking at Dongfang turning pale, he reluctantly pushed him: "It's getting late, you should go."
Qi Jiulu's expression suddenly dimmed, and he sat motionless for a while, and then at Yun Fenghuang's repeated urging, he turned around and left. However, Yun Fenghuang looked at the traces of where he had sat on the brocade mattress and felt lost, but this man Another gust of wind came back!