At the Baima Temple in the south of Beijing, Hua Yanfang thought Liu Jing was praying for blessings and had finished burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, so she avoided everyone and walked into the pagoda forest. Her father Hua Youcai was waiting there.

"Dad, Beiyan has been destroyed, what will happen to our father and daughter in the future?" Hua Yanfang's eyes were full of fatigue, "Why don't you let it go, Dad, our Hua family has very little assets in Binzhou, even if you live in your old age, you will not be able to survive."

That's enough. I have to fight with others all the time, and my daughter is really tired."

Hua Youcai smiled helplessly, "Silly girl, even if my father is willing to let me go, do you think those people are willing to let me go? This is a road of no return. Once you step on it, you can only move forward, and there will be no chance.

Turn around."

"Isn't Beiyan ruined? Dad, what else do you have to worry about?"

Hua Youcai's eyes flickered as he avoided his daughter, "Although Beiyan was destroyed, the people of Beiyan have moved further into the territory of our Great Qin Kingdom, so, so..."

Hua Yanfang felt a strong shock in her heart. She grabbed her father's sleeve and said, "Dad, have you been hiding something from your daughter for so many years?"

Hua Yanfang stared closely at the expression on her father's face and said in shock, "It's not Beiyan, right?"

From the very beginning when he was sent to the Beiyuan Palace in the capital by his father, his father said that his master was from Northern Yan. At that time, Northern Yan was so powerful that it almost rivaled the Great Qin Kingdom, and was even in danger of riding south at any time, so Hua Yanfang fell in love

I also believed in my father, believing that once Beiyan unified the world, their father and daughter would benefit.

But who would have thought that people were not as good as God, and Beiyan collapsed like a building overnight. Those Beiyan people who once threatened the survival of the Qin State became hozens under the big trees, and could only survive in the Great Qin State with their tails between their legs. So.

If Dad still clings to this master at this time and refuses to let go, that is not the so-called loyalty, but stupidity!

So when dad comes to see her today, it must not be because of Beiyan. It turns out that dad has been lying to her for so long!

Hua Youcai knew that he could no longer hide it, and he felt ashamed to be sad in front of his daughter, so he sighed and replied, "Our Hua family used to be the general manager of the Huilan Kingdom. Our ancestors once swore a poisonous oath to be loyal to the Huilan royal family in all their lives."

, I will follow you to the death!”

"What! Huilan Kingdom?" Hua Yanfang couldn't help laughing after being startled, "You said we are slaves of Huilan Kingdom, and you said the master we are loyal to is Chang Yunhe?"

That man, the man who she had blackmailed and played with for a time, but finally abandoned him and ran away; the man who she had secretly liked since childhood, but was destined to never meet again in this life, was actually her real master?

Hua Youcai sighed, "Mr. Chang is not Yunhe's biological father. Mr. Chang is actually the chief steward of Tianlong of Huilan Kingdom. At that time, the Huilan catastrophe caused the people of the country to fall apart, but the families of the two chief stewards of Tianlong and Dihu...

I swear to stay in Binzhou to protect the young master."

Hua Yanfang laughed and said, "Although Chang Yunhe is also good at both civil and military skills, dad, don't you think that once he fights with Qin Liujing, he is no match at all? He is also outstanding, but his excellence is that of a mortal.

He is not as extraordinary as Qin Liujing!"

"Daughter, you don't know something. The current Chang Yunhe is not my young master Hui Lan... He is just a person without a soul."

"Tangible and soulless?" Hua Yanfang was stunned, "Dad, what do you mean? Where did his soul go?"

Hua Youcai shook his head, "Binzhou looks ordinary, but it is actually a supernatural place. As soon as the young master was reincarnated, his heart and soul were suppressed by a mysterious power, and he has not yet awakened. Otherwise, how could he be stupid enough to be used by the emperor?

And I am willing to be the emperor’s confidant!”

Hua Yanfang became irritable, unable to accept such a huge change in her identity, and wondered how she would face Chang Yunhe again in the future.

"Then how can we make him wake up?"

Hua Youcai sighed, "Tianlong and Earth Tiger are the two general managers. Tian Long is at the top and Earth Tiger is at the bottom, so many secrets are known to Master Chang, but my Hua family does not. I just heard that the night Master Chang's family was killed

, he once said the words 'blood-tempered peach blossom'!"

.

"where did you go?"

When Yaoyao returned to Zhengde Palace, the emperor had finished handling political affairs and was sitting on the edge of the couch coldly, looking at her.

Yaoyao smiled sweetly and raised the plum blossoms in her hand, "I went to find a red plum blossom and came back to put it in a vase to give the emperor some fragrance."

"Really?" The emperor's expression softened slightly, but he did not relax his vigilance. "How long will it take to find a plum blossom?"

Yaoyao said coquettishly, "Your Majesty... He also said that this servant is really exhausted! The huge imperial garden is said to be filled with exotic flowers and plants from all over the world, but the servant walked around in every corner of the garden three times before she could feel better.

It’s easy to find this plum blossom. Your Majesty, all flowers wither in winter and only plum blossoms bloom in the cold weather. Couldn’t Your Majesty have someone plant more plum blossoms in the imperial garden?”

The emperor was obviously very pleased with Yaoyao's coquettishness, so he smiled and said, "That's it, it's not easy!"

"Wanbao."

"Hey, my servant is here."

"Go ahead and tell me that all the famous plum blossoms in the world will be planted in the Imperial Garden as soon as possible! Oh no, not only in the Imperial Garden, but also in front and back of the Zhengde Palace, so that Yaoyao can see the fragrance of plum blossoms at any time!

"

"As commanded."

Wanbao passed by Yaoyao when he retreated, with a hint of envy in his eyes. Yaoyao understood what Wanbao meant, and he must be expressing to her: Maybe no woman in this palace has ever received such honor.

But even if you get it, so what? It is not the person in your heart, and every time you look at it, you will feel bored.

"What are you doing?" The emperor's cold eyes followed him again.

Yaoyao raised the small incense box in her hand and said, "Your Majesty, this servant is making incense."

"What kind of fragrance?"

Yaoyao smiled shyly, "Red beans grow in the south, and there will be a few branches when spring comes. I hope you will pick more, as this is the most loved thing... Your Majesty, I am trying to add red beans to the spices. I think it will add a lot of romance to the spices!"

The emperor couldn't help but nod, but then he stood up and walked towards Yaoyao, grabbing Yaoyao's waist, "Who are you missing? Tell me!"

Yaoyao held back her nausea, turned her eyes and smiled, "Your Majesty, this slave is right next to the Emperor. Doesn't the Emperor have the confidence that he has conquered this slave?"

Qin Zhentian smiled faintly, pinched Yaoyao's neck and lowered his lips, "Well said, let me conquer one more time."

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In the middle of the night, the fragrance lingered, and Yaoyao got up from the bed tent with tears in her eyes.

The emperor's clothes had all been torn to pieces, and his naked body was cold. Yaoyao looked back at the tired and sleeping emperor, hearing his heavy snoring. Yaoyao turned her eyes to look at the dragon-coiled incense burner beside the couch, and she smiled slowly even though she was tearful.

She was frivolous by him, but she was not occupied by him. For the sake of Liu Jing, she could not openly resist him, so she could only smile on her face and resist the disgust of his hands touching her body, but when he wanted to enter

At that time, the incense she mixed with her own hands had the perfect concentration, and the emperor fell asleep on her body.

Yaoyao wrapped herself up in gauze and went to change the incense in the incense burner.

Red beans grow in the south, and they will grow a few in spring. I hope you will pick more, as this is the most loved thing. It is estimated that not many people in the world know that such romantic and beautiful red beans are poisonous. Just like no one thought that tulips, the sacred incense used to worship Buddha, can be used

When pregnant women are forced to miscarry, people are also more willing to remember the romantic image of red sleeves and are not willing to delve into the toxicity behind it.

Grinding red beans can cause coma, heart failure, and even death. Red beans are more poisonous than arsenic.

Yaoyao turned around and walked out of the palace regardless of the cold. If she had a choice, she would not be able to bear to be in the same room with the emperor for a moment.

Sitting on the steps outside the palace gate, the maid on duty outside quickly put a big sweater on Yaoyao. Yaoyao retreated from the palace maid, only hugging her knees and looking at the bright moon that was gradually rounding the sky.

The moon is about to be full, but what about people? Is there still a chance for her to return to Liu Jing?

In the distance, I heard the sound of chanting sutras flying over the roof tiles and eaves in the quiet night. Yaoyao listened attentively and felt peaceful in her heart.

The New Year is coming, and I heard that the ancestral hall in the palace invites eminent monks to perform rituals for the previous emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Sutras are chanted day and night, so I guess this sound comes from the ancestral hall.

Yaoyao couldn't help but follow the sound of chanting. The night was quiet and the winter cold was biting, but Yaoyao's heart felt warm and peaceful like never before.

She grew up in the fields and was used to running in and out of the city every day, so the huge palace couldn't stop her. She also encountered locks in the corridors of the palace walls. Yaoyao also made friends with the gangsters in Binzhou when she was young.

, so it is not difficult for her to poke the keyhole with a hairpin.

Running all the way to the ancestral hall, the evergreen lanterns were shining brightly in the night, and the sacred banners and prayer flags were swaying in the wind, but Yaoyao saw the figure in red in the courtyard at a glance!

Yaoyao was dumbfounded. She stood there unable to move or think, and could only shed tears.

——but did not dare to move forward.

Although the palace maid had just wrapped her in a big sweater, she was still only wrapped in gauze! The feeling of the emperor's claws still lingering on her body, how could she see him in such a situation!

Yaoyao stretched out her hands and gripped her thighs tightly to stop her desire to fly towards him.

This is the palace, so Liu Jing will naturally be surrounded by eyeliners. If she rushes over like this, I believe the emperor will know about it tomorrow morning!

If that happens, wouldn't it give the emperor another excuse to kill Liu Jing again!

Yaoyao shed tears and no longer dared to move forward. Instead, she stepped back step by step. She could only look at him from a distance and think of him from a distance.

A quiet wind blew past Liu Jing's breath. Liu Jing was startled and looked back into the depths of the night!

But there was no one left.

Liu Jing hurriedly glanced at a few monks, who were disguised as Qinglong Guards. They nodded knowingly, and Liu Jing turned around and disappeared into the night silently.

The corridors between the palace walls were dark and oppressive, as if they were boundless. Although candles were lit every few feet, the dim light could not penetrate the night at all. They were just glowing red beans in the darkness.

Yaoyao struggled forward, touching the cold palace wall, getting away from Liu Jing step by step, and her tears filled her eyes step by step.

People are accustomed to using the word "parting by life and death" as one word, but in fact, farewell by death is not the saddest thing. What is more sad than farewell by death is separation by life... Farewell by death cannot fight against the way of heaven, so although it is sad, it is still acceptable; and

Life and death means tearing yourself apart, knowing you don’t want to do it, but you have to do it...

Behind me in the night, there was a sudden sound of wind.

On winter nights like this, there must be wind in the corridors between the palace walls, but the sound of the wind seems to be a bit louder, destroying the frequency of the original natural wind sound.

Could it be that she had been discovered? Yaoyao was so frightened that her back pressed against the palace wall and she did not dare to breathe.

"Dang, dang..." A voice suddenly came from several lamps in front and behind. The lights covered by glass sheets suddenly went out, and there was no more light in the entire palace wall.
To be continued...