Yan Yan lay lazily on the bed in the cell, recalling in his ears what Brother Jiu had just said in the cell.
Inside the cell lit by fire.
Yanyan stood in front of Brother Jiu.
Brother Jiu asked seriously: "Little beauty, are you a spy of the enemy country?"
Yan Yan smiled and said: "If I say no, will you believe it?"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "Well, if you say it's not the case, I will believe you are not."
Yanyan was confused and asked: "Why do you believe me?"
Brother Jiu looked at Yan Yan firmly and said, "Because Brother Qi believes in you, I believe in you. The little beauty is the person that Brother Qi cares about, and I will try my best to protect the people that Brother Qi cares about."
The light of the torches illuminated the entire prison.
Shaking her head, Yanyan poured herself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and felt the coolness from the water, which made her suddenly sober.
She had never expected that someone would care about her so much in this strange time and space, and she had no nostalgia for this time and space. She thought about waking up in her bed all day long, and her mother had already prepared a meal for her, waiting for her.
She got up to eat. However, even though she did not return to her home, here she slowly felt that she was not so lonely anymore.
What she didn't expect was that although she suffered a lot in this palace, there were so many people who always cared about her. She was just an uninvited guest in this time and space, and she felt that one day she would leave here like Qingchuan.
.So, she shouldn’t be nostalgic for this place, let alone have anyone she cares about here.
However, when she looked at the cell she was in, she was so moved that she almost died. She never thought that in this time and space, she would have someone who would protect her like her family. But Qi Feng took care of everything for her, so
, the jailer in the cell did not make things difficult for her, but was very kind to her, and even chatted with her from time to time.
He wanted her to stay here safely first, and he would find an opportunity to rescue her from here. Qi Yi and Jiu Age both came to see her, fearing that she would suffer in prison, and they both promised to let her leave here.
She felt that she was about to be moved to death by them. She felt that she would go against her original idea. She felt that she was beginning to have a nostalgia for this place.
Recalling the days in the palace, Qi Feng was impulsive and overbearing. Although he always made her unhappy, he always defended and protected her. Qi Yi was gentle and kind, and he always tried his best to protect her.
Thinking about the two of them guaranteeing her with their lives that night in Tianyi Palace, she was even more moved and shocked.
And Brother Ninth, although he kept making trouble with her, he didn't make it too much. Instead, he tried hard to make her happy, just because she was the one his Seventh Brother cared about.
And Su Xi, she knew that Su Xi secretly liked Qi Feng in her heart. She thought that Su Xi would declare her sovereignty in front of her like the other women she had met before. But Su Xi didn't. Instead, she
I am very good, and I get along with myself just like my sisters.
Yanyan's mind suddenly went into chaos. She didn't want to die, she didn't want to leave this group of lovely people, and she didn't want to be implicated because of her friendship with these people who were kind to her.
In the Royal Garden.
After retiring from the court, the emperor did not return to the Jinluan Palace as usual, but chose to walk in the Imperial Garden. Along the way, he did not speak, but frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty." Eunuch Gao, who had been following behind him, suddenly said, "Is there anything that worries you?"
The emperor looked at him with a complicated expression, and with a sad look on his face, he walked to the pavilion and sat down, "Decai, have you been with me for decades?"
"Your Majesty, it has been almost twenty years." Eunuch Gao leaned forward and replied.
"Then what do you think of my sons?" He turned his eyes to the slave who had been by his side for nearly twenty years, and felt a trace of melancholy in his heart.
Eunuch Gao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you are joking. In my opinion, all the brothers in the palace are talented in literature, military skills, gold and jade, and they are all dragons and phoenixes. They are all dragons among men. They are not ordinary.
"
"I've praised you to the heavens." The emperor frowned, but a smile appeared in his eyes.
"It's not that I'm a slave to praise you, but I'm really worthy of this honor." Gao Decai saw the smile in the emperor's eyes. After following the emperor for so many years, he knew when to say something and when not to say anything.
Say nothing.
"Then how do you slaves usually talk about Lao Qi?"
With a "plop", Gao Decai knelt on the ground and said with a look of fear, "Oh my God, how dare you slaves talk about His Highness in private? You will be beheaded."
"I didn't say I wanted to chop off your head." The emperor looked at Gao Decai kneeling on the ground and twitched his lips, "Then tell me, what do you think of Lao Qi?"
"I am scared, Your Majesty." Gao Decai knelt on the ground and lowered his head.
"Forget it, whatever you say will praise him to the sky. Get up." The emperor spat out slightly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gao Decai stood up carefully.
The emperor looked out of the pavilion, his eyes far and wide, his hair on his temples ruffled by the breeze.
I saw the third elder brother Qi Yu walking towards the pavilion. The eunuch behind him leaned over and placed the chess board on the stone table. "Father, I haven't played chess with you for a long time. Today, why don't I let you play with me?"
How about a game of chess?"
The emperor seemed slightly stunned. Seeing his burning eyes, he hesitated for a moment and then replied with two words, "That's fine."
Gao Decai and Qi Yu exchanged a subtle look, hurriedly took out the chess pieces from the chessboard, and said, "I think it is the Third Highness who understands that the emperor has been working hard in recent days and wants to make the emperor feel at ease, so he wants to play a game of chess with you.
.”
Hearing this, the emperor looked at Gao Decai and then at his son.
Third elder brother Qi Yu sat down opposite the emperor and handed the fan in his hand to the servant behind him, "Father, please start playing chess first."
"I'll let you play first today." The emperor suppressed the sadness on his face and forced a smile.
"Okay, I'll start first." After saying that, Qi Yu put down a white stone on the chessboard and asked casually, "Father, in the court today, it is clear that the border issue has been properly handled.
"Why do you think you are more worried?"
The emperor picked up a black seed, was silent for a moment and said, "Lao San, do you know that Lao Qi came back from the war last time and brought back a palace maid?"
Qi Yu smiled and placed the white piece in his hand on the chessboard, "Well, I've seen it before. She played the guqin at the last birthday party. That palace maid was quite articulate. The seventh brother seemed to like her to quarrel with him.
.”
"Oh, really?" He looked at Qi Yu with a smile.
"I heard that the seventh brother broke into Tianyi Palace at night because of her." Qi Yu said casually.
The emperor's hand holding the chess piece paused, and he looked up at him, "What do you think of this matter?"
"In my opinion, seventh brother is too emotional. Why would he do such an outrageous thing for a palace maid? He is too impulsive." Although Qi Yu smiled, his eyes were as calm as lake water.
But it's as cold as ice.
The emperor squeezed the sunspot in his hand tightly, his face remained calm, but his voice was a little dazed, and he murmured, "Lao Qi is just like his mother-in-law. He is a very emotional person, and everyone talks about it.
It’s full of passion.”
"I also heard that the empress suspected that the palace maid was a spy for the enemy country, and the seventh brother and the prince pledged their lives to prove that the palace maid was not a spy. What on earth did the father plan to do with the palace maid?" Qi Yu mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally, and the chess pieces moved step by step.
Press.
"Then how do you think I should handle this matter more appropriately?" His glimmer of light dimmed, he held the chess piece in his hand and didn't put it on the chessboard for a long time, looking closely at Qi Yu who looked calm.
In the past few years, he really admired his third son for his calmness in dealing with changes, his calmness and neatness in handling things. It was just because when he was the crown prince, his mother-in-law made many mistakes in the palace and made trouble in the palace.
An Ning has no regrets yet. At that time, he sent his mother and concubine into the cold palace, and even took her anger out on him. Now that I think about it, I feel a little ashamed of this son.
"My son, I dare not speak nonsense." Qi Yu shut up at the right moment.
The emperor put the black stones in his hand into the chessboard and said with a smile: "The identity of this palace maid is still unclear. If she is an enemy spy, she will definitely be killed."
"Father, I can't kill you. If you kill this palace maid, the seventh brother and the prince will be implicated. When they pledged their lives, all the slaves were watching." Qi Yu's lips raised a smile.
The bloodthirsty smile disappeared immediately.
A gloomy look quickly flashed across the emperor's face, and he sneered, "Then they asked for it themselves, and they have to pay a certain price for their actions."
An imperceptible smile flashed across Qi Yu's eyes, "Father, if you sacrifice two of your outstanding sons for a palace maid, wouldn't this be playing into the enemy's hands? You can declare to the outside world that you have confirmed that this palace maid is not
The enemy spies will secretly execute this palace maid again. As for the seventh brother and the prince, it depends on what the father decides."
The emperor looked at him thoughtfully, picked up the black piece, and neatly blocked all his escape routes. He seemed to say casually, "Third brother, you have to concentrate on playing chess. If you just talk, you will
You only use tricks to trap my pieces, but you forget to guard your own chess. You see, I only need one piece to block all your retreats."
"It's because my father's chess skills are superb. I am convinced that I lost." Qi Yu "Forget it, I'm a little tired. That's all for today. You can leave first." After saying that, he waved his hand to signal him.
Back off.
"I'll leave first." After saying that, Qi Yu hurriedly left.
The warm sunshine is like flower petals, piled up one by one, and the quiet and dark fragrance floats.
The emperor sat quietly in the quiet sunshine without moving, his eyes following Qi Yu's back, but there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes.