Chapter 18

After an Changqing finished, the inner Hall fell into a dead silence. The servants on both sides of the palace even took their breath lightly, hoping to drop their heads to their chest.

"Nonsense." The Empress Dowager clenched the Buddhist beads in her hand and clapped them on the armrest with a dull sound.

The queen also looks embarrassed. Looking at an Changqing, she looks like a loving mother who is really worried about her children: "you are so hot when you are newly married that you don't want to accept people's thoughts. Your mother knows all about it, but Changqing, you are a man after all, and you have to have your own blood to fight. If you don't like it, the mother will pick someone to send them to, and then send them away after giving birth. There will be no hindrance. "

“…… What do you think? "

Although she said "you", the Queen's eyes always fell on an Changqing.

An Changqing looked at her sincerely. Her hand hidden in her sleeve was very big. She pinched her leg, and her eyes suddenly turned red. Tears rolled in her eyes, but she was stubborn and refused to fall. Even her voice choked: "it's not like this. The LORD promised me..."

He turned around on his knees and looked at Xiao Zhige with tears in his eyes: "the Lord has promised me that he will treat me well for the rest of his life and be a couple with me for the rest of his life..."

"Did you cheat Changqing? Wang Ye also wants to take concubines and other women to have a child for you? "

So he straightened his back and knelt down on the ground, like a little tree shivering under the snow in the cold winter, but desperately refused to bend down. With a decisive color, he questioned Xiao Zhige. No one would mistakenly recognize the feelings in his eyes. He was clearly a poor man with deep feelings.

The queen also wants to persuade a few words, see and shut up, eyes turned to Xiao Zhige.

Xiao Zhige's eyes were fixed and his hands on his knees were clenched. He seemed to be stunned by his series of questions. A moment later, he got up to help the man up and said in a deep voice, "I didn't cheat you."

"I don't know how to take concubines, nor with other women Have a baby. "

His voice was so deep that it almost came out of his throat word by word. The queen looked, exchanged a look with the empress dowager, and then quickly covered up her emotion. Only slightly dissatisfied with the blame strange way: "Zhige how also follow the nonsense? Although you are not born in our palace, you are also raised by our palace. If you refuse to leave your blood, how can you be worthy of your mother who left early? "

Hearing her mention of her biological mother, Xiao Zhige's eyes flashed slightly. Then he dropped his eyes and gathered his emotion: "my son knows his mistake, but I really don't like women. "

"You Alas... " What else did the queen want to say? Seeing that they were like a pair of mandarin ducks beaten by a stick, she sighed again: "it's just that the children are too old to be controlled by the palace."

The Empress Dowager raised her eyelids, turned the beads again, and said slowly, "it's ok if you don't like women. It's just that no matter how many children you have, you can't have one by yourself. It's better to adopt one, so as to avoid gossiping outside. Don't you think there are enough rumors out there? "

Xiao Zhige's face remained unchanged, and he knelt down beside an Changqing: "thank you for your kindness. In a few years, if there is a suitable child, the grandson will adopt one. "

"Well. Ask the queen to keep an eye on it for you. " The Empress Dowager waved her hand: "I'm tired. Go to the Queen's palace."

"Yes."

……

When she came out of Kunyi palace, an Changqing took a long breath and blinked quietly with Xiao Zhige while the queen was facing them. He had just cried, and his eyes were still red. It was pitiful and witty to make such an expression. Xiao Zhige suddenly remembers his previous questioning and crying, and his eyebrows are a bit helpless.

If he did not remember that he had never said that, he would almost feel like a heartbreaker.

What a little liar.

They were only thinking for a moment. Soon the queen came out of Kunyi palace and took them to her own palace.

The empress lived in Chaofeng palace. They had lunch with the empress in Chaofeng palace, and sat around for a long time to talk. They finally came out of Chaofeng palace after they had made a full impression of the deep love between mother and son.

After sitting in the hall for a long time, an Changqing felt a little stuffy. Instead of sitting in a sedan chair, they walked slowly to the palace gate.

It had just snowed in the morning, but the bluestone tiles were clean and there was no trace of snow. Only the branches and the roofs were covered with white snow. An Changqing tried to stretch her neck to look back, only to see a piece of snow covered roof, can't tell which is Qiwu palace.

In the last life, he lived in Qiwu palace.

At that time, Xiao Zhige ascended the throne and became emperor. Regardless of the opposition of the court officials, he still insisted on making him queen. But he was not half happy, only worried. I wish I could hide in a corner. I just ask Xiao Zhige and his courtiers not to pay attention to him and let him live in peace. So later, when Xiao Zhige pointed to the huge imperial palace and asked him to choose a palace, he chose the most remote Qiwu palace instead of Chaofeng palace.

However, it was strange that Xiao Zhige was not angry and even a little happy. Since then, he lived in Qiwu palace for a long time until he died of poisoning.

Unfortunately, Chaofeng palace is too far away from Qiwu palace. An Changqing tried to look at it for a long time, but did not see it. He could only sigh with frustration and asked Xiao Zhige casually: "which palace did you live in before?"Xiao Zhige didn't seem to expect that he would ask this question. His eyes were surprised. After silence, he pointed to one of the palaces on the left and said, "live there. Before my mother died, I lived in Qiwu palace with my mother."

Later, his mother died. He was taken care of by the palace people for a period of time in Qiwu palace alone, and then he was taken to Chaofeng Palace by the queen.

"Qiwu palace?" An Changqing looked at him in shock.

Xiao Zhige looked at him: "how?"

An Changqing turned back and quickly shook his head to hide his gaffe. His eyes followed his fingers and saw the familiar cornice. Because it was too far away, the words on the plaque could not be seen, but an Changqing could clearly recall the three words.

No wonder No wonder Xiao Zhige was not angry when he chose Qiwu palace.

It turned out to be the place where he lived with his mother.

An Changqing's heart was slightly sour. She only felt that she had missed so much that she didn't take a good look at the man beside her once.

Xiao Zhige didn't know what he thought, but he felt that he seemed to be in a low mood. He hesitated for a moment and held his cool hand: "let's go, it's going to be dark."

When an Changqing was held by him, he felt that the coolness of his fingertips had been dispelled. He looked up and wanted to say something, but he heard a warm and clear voice saying: "it's true that it's spread outside. The relationship between the second brother and the princess is really good. I really envy others."

Follow the voice to see, see a handsome young man stepping on the snow. The young man wore a four clawed boa robe, followed by a group of eunuchs. When I saw an Changqing, I had a slight pause in my eyes. Then I said with a smile, "are you disturbing your interest in enjoying the scenery?"

Xiao Zhige nodded slightly: "brother." An Changqing also followed the salute, saying "brother Huang".

Prince Xiao Qiyou is a very talkative person. He seems to have been used to Xiao Zhige's character for a long time. He can talk and laugh, and sometimes care for an Changqing.

An Changqing didn't know much about the prince. He only knew that he had been dethroned by Emperor anqing because of his immorality after drinking. Although he didn't know what he had done, he didn't want to know that he was as clean as he seemed. Otherwise, he would not join the two generals of Zhu kingdom to besiege Yejing as an abandoned prince.

With vigilance in mind, an Changqing did not dare to speak more, but pretended to be cramped and only promised to deal with it. After singing for a while, the prince felt that the monologue was boring and said that he would go to the queen to say hello and talk about it another day.

An Changqing and Xiao Zhige went to the palace gate, while the prince took them to Chaofeng palace.

After walking farther and farther, Xiao Qian looked back. The back of Xiao Zhige and an Changqing had been blurred in the dim light. Taking his eyes back, Xiao Qie casually asked, "do you think the second is acting, or do you really like it?"

The eunuch next to him pondered and said, "I'm afraid there are too many plays. I heard that on the wedding night of the king of Northern War, he was still sleeping in his study..."

Xiao Qie said with a smile: "you didn't hear it from outside, did you? I'm a ruthless second brother, but I'm riding a horse with the princess in the street Now they're all over the place, and Mr. Shuo Shu has made up stories. They're really a couple of lovers... "

The eunuch hesitated and could not guess his meaning, so he could only say: "so Is the king of the Northern War really interested in this son of a concubine

With a smile, Xiao Qie glanced at him without emotion: "have you ever seen a second child like this? I haven't heard of their acquaintance before, but in just a few days, they will be deeply rooted in love? "

The eunuch's forehead was sweating. He didn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, Xiao didn't need an answer either. He stepped over the bluestone tiles step by step with his hands behind his back, and his voice was cold to the bone: "but it's not surprising that this son of a concubine was born like this. If it were me I don't want to be left alone... "

The eunuch was shocked: "Your Highness!"

Xiao Qie glanced back at him and warned, "I know the propriety, so I don't have to tell my mother about it."

Eunuch wipe forehead cold sweat: "yes."

***

after going out of the palace, he took the same carriage as when he came back to the palace.

There was a stove burning in the carriage, and an Changqing was a little hot, so she took off her fur. But after taking off for a moment, he felt cold again. His eyes turned and he looked at Xiao Zhige. He leaned back to him without any trace. Then he put his hand in his palm and warmed it. He muttered, "it's a little cold."

Xiao Zhige holds his hand and warms him.

An Changqing secretly pursed her lips and laughed. Half of her body leaned to him and said, "what do you think of my performance today?"

Xiao Zhige glanced at him: "very good."

An Changqing secretly turned her lips, thinking how this man could not even say a good word. After so much effort, she didn't know how to praise more.

"Where is it?" An Changqing blinked and asked deliberately.

Xiao Zhige really stopped and said, "everything is good."

When he heard that, he could hardly help believing it.