It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

Yihuaxie is located in the east of the Forbidden Palace. Although it is far away, it is not difficult to find along the palace road made of neatly piled bluestone slabs.

At least, when Shen Jinghe walked in against the first light of the day, carefully avoiding the occasional palace people, the first slanting rays of the morning light just fell sparsely from the gaps in the clouds.

August is not the season for plum blossoms to bloom, but small pink, white, and white buds can be faintly seen among the slanted branches. The closer you get to the depths of the plum trees, the fainter the cold and dark fragrance lingers in your nose. Between, captivating.

Shen Jinghe walked towards the two luxuriant sycamore trees in front of him with unhurried steps, which were more than a hundred years old at a glance. The high and low flower branches brushed his hair and clothes, and brushed his whole body like snow.

Chaoyang made a clearer outline of the back figure standing still under the tree. The crimson-purple ququ skirt does not have any complicated embroidery or bead decorations, but the silver light flowing and refracted on it clearly shows the fabric. extraordinary.

Shen Jinghe stood still, staring at the sycamore tree, but remained silent.

Hearing his footsteps, the solitary figure under the tree still didn't look back.After a long time, she spoke, her voice was as clear as ice and jade colliding.

"I have been thinking about whether this invitation is for the right person. But now that you are here, I can believe that this is not a wrong decision."

Shen Jinghe lowered his eyes, and gently pulled the corners of his mouth, "I'm just an ignorant child, so how can I be worthy of your help."

"Stupid child?" The woman chuckled, and finally turned around reservedly, her slightly pale face showed a brilliance that made people dare not look directly at the corners of her eyes and brows, "If you are stupid, If you can also meet me, then how terrifying the wise people in this world will be!"

If he couldn't see through the deep meaning of that note, if he couldn't find out the exact location from the palace man without any trace on the first day, if he didn't have the ability to sneak out of the palace alone this morning. get out of...

Shen Jinghe looked back at the woman with undisguised consideration, his demeanor was still composed.

The two of them are well aware that being able to appear here and now means that they have passed a not easy test.

Shen Jinghe sighed slightly, and finally bowed respectfully to the woman in front of him, "...I have seen the empress."

Wei Yuyun raised his chin, and a look of approval flashed across his eyes, "You are indeed as smart as he said."

"Him?" Shen Jinghe was taken aback.

"This person...you have seen it before." Wei Yuyun covered her mouth with her sleeve, suppressing the cough that was about to break through her throat, and caressed the rough bark of the plane tree with her left hand seemingly inadvertently, so as to share the suddenness Dizziness came to mind.

Shen Jinghe's thoughts changed, and he realized in the next moment, "Dequan? So he is actually the empress's man."

His eyes, as calm as Pinghu's, reflected the empress's stubbornness and unwillingness to show a weak appearance. For a moment, he saw in a daze the self who had to tense and straighten his back at all times in his previous life.This forbearance and arrogance engraved in the bone marrow are so familiar in the endless years of going around.

Never show even the slightest bit of fragility in front of others. This is an obligation to stand on a high ground, and it is also a choice that has no other choice.

Shen Jinghe didn't express concern and inquire, he just turned his eyes away calmly, and said softly, "All the fragrances shake off Duxuanyan, occupying all the charm to the small garden. The plum blossoms in the palace are unexpectedly blooming more than other places Much earlier."

Wei Yuyun's cold voice contained a bit of mockery, "Climbing to the top will kill the world. How can it be considered a difficult task just to let the mere plum blossoms bloom early?"

The empress could say this, but he, Shen Jinghe, couldn't accept it.He didn't listen to it, and his smile didn't fade, "The emperor has never seen such a beautiful early plum blossom. If the empress doesn't give up, can I go to the forest to have a look?"

Leaving under the slightly empty sycamore tree, the well-arranged plum branches sheltered a lot of the chill of the early morning breeze, and the queen's face finally stopped being pale.She glanced at Shen Jinghe who respectfully bowed her head a few steps behind her, her complexion flashed for a moment.

"You are a smart person, so you naturally know why I am looking for you."

The expression on Shen Jinghe's face did not change, "Thanks to my mother's wrong love, it's just that the emperor is extremely dull, and also has no great ambitions, I'm afraid I will disappoint my mother's good intentions."

"You don't need to talk about these nonsense to scare me." Wei Yuyun stood still, half of his face turned back slightly, hidden in the Qiongzhi like frost reflecting snow, "Although the Changle Palace has closed its doors, it has not seen guests for a long time. Yes, but if I want to see the big and small things in this palace, I can still see them clearly."

Shen Jinghe sighed, "All the servants in Zichen Palace are so loyal to the empress, the emperor naturally dare not have doubts about the empress."

"Then why are you still worried about wandering around?" Wei Yuyun frowned in confusion, "You know my palace but it's not that I can't protect you."

The wind rested and the sky was blue, and the lonely and thin plum branches with jade flying qiong shone all over his eyes. Shen Jinghe seemed to be dazzled by this sparse, bright and beautiful gentle white, and a crack appeared on the usual indifference on his face. .

"Maybe the empress just took it as a joke..." He looked sideways at the slanting flower tree and murmured, "Which one of the people in the deep palace is not Wumei hoping that one day he will be the top. But, I don't want to. "

The chaotic memories of the previous life came one after another, and he forced himself to do all the tricks and fight over ten thousand people, until he overcame all obstacles and stood on the top of the family.

He has enjoyed such a life in such a high place alone all his life.The deep palace in this life is dangerous, is he going to walk this filthy old road again?

"... Keep your eyebrows open, keep your friends, and live this life, but you can't hear what you want in your life."

The queen was shocked when she heard the words, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably, which became more and more intense.Her nails painted with Kodan dug deep into the branches of the plum tree, and she laughed recklessly, but the laughter sounded completely sad, until it was cut off by a violent cough.

"Ahem...you are all the same, you are all the same...in vain I thought you were a smart person!" Wei Yuyun was stunned, smiling uglier than crying, "So is father, so is Xi'er. You are all the same Stupid...do you really think that as long as you don't fight, you can survive in this muddy water safely!"

Shen Jinghe shuddered all over, as if all the secret desires and longings in his heart had been exposed to the sun, his eyelashes trembled uncontrollably.

The queen looked at his face, feeling a little dazed.She stretched out her slender jade fingers, as if she wanted to touch a distant and transparent shadow through his figure, "Don't be stupid... this time I will listen to my mother, huh? My mother will never let you be caught by them... ..."

At the end of the speech, the corners of her eyes turned slightly red.The word "Xi'er" blurred from the lips and tongue was lighter than Feihua Siyu, as if afraid of disturbing a good dream that was in its prime.

Shen Jinghe took a step forward, raised his face slightly, allowing Zhaohui to reflect his distinct outline more clearly.

"Empress Empress." With a clear and clear sound like pearls falling to the ground, the mist in the empress' tearful eyes was also startled.

"...Yes, you are not him." After Wei Yuyun was stunned, she quickly turned her head, closed her eyes deeply, and when she opened them again, there was no trace of water in them anymore, "You are better than Xi'er with him." He was born more similar, but the heart is as hard as ice, but none of you look like him at all."

Is it?

Shen Jinghe lowered his eyes, the self-deprecating look gathered in his eyes like a cloud of smoke, but was quickly blown away by the wind.

He felt guilty for such an evaluation.

Seeing that he didn't say a word, the queen tensed her back, and called out with a serious look and determination that could not be ignored.

"Shocked Crane? That's your name, isn't it?"

Shen Jinghe suddenly raised his head, no matter in this life or in his previous life, no one has called him by his name so directly for many years.

Seeing that Shen Jinghe's eyes looking at her finally had some waves, Wei Yuyun looked at him with a serious face, and said without hesitation, "It is a blessing that I was able to risk my life to give birth to the prince back then. Needless to say by the imperial physician, I know that it is absolutely impossible for me to conceive any more children."

Her mocking smile was inexplicably sad, "Father has gone, and Xi'er has gone too. I have been guarding in this deep palace for decades. In the end, what I'm waiting for is probably just a funeral order."

Shen Jinghe was startled, and opened his mouth to stop her from continuing to speak such rebellious words.However, the queen stopped him with a wave of her hand, her face was fearless and proud.

"I'm not afraid to say it to you, and you don't have to be afraid to hear it in your heart. You need someone to support you now, and I'm not willing to wait for a bleak evening in a big, lonely palace. Some hate and resentment, if you If you don't settle things with others, I'm afraid I'll be ashamed to see my ancestors of the Wei family even under the Nine Springs!"

The empress stared at the corner of the palace wall with cold anger, and she quickly looked back at Shen Jinghe, her eyes were filled with anger or sadness, "Do you want to live a peaceful and simple life?" All your life, but you have never asked, this deep palace as deep as the vast sea is acceptable, and thousands of people who are intriguing are acceptable! The moment you step into the gate of the forbidden palace, you don’t know your own destiny in this life. Is it doomed?"

"Fate?" Scenes from the previous life whizzed to the ears amidst the turbulent wind, and the darkness tore the light and kept falling down.Shen Jinghe's pupils shrank, and the momentum that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly rushed out like a majestic mountain and sea, thunderous and unstoppable, "So what if I don't believe in fate?"

The faint sparks dancing in the young man's eyes seemed to have the power to ignite the world. The queen saw his sharpness and vigor completely different from when she first met, with a gratified and distant look on her face, "If you don't believe in fate, you must first have the ability to master it." The ability to suffer...to be submissive, to swallow, this is all the weak can do in front of fate."

She spoke softly, her tone rising almost inaudibly.

"What about you, what can you do now that you are destined?"