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The queen's bedroom, which was originally extremely gorgeous, has long been deserted under the overt and secret instructions of the regent over the years.The door of the hall is locked, and it will only be opened for a moment during the daily meal delivery time.

Lan Xuan walked slowly in the corridor, looking at the withered leaves in the courtyard, her heart throbbed faintly.

There are Xiaosha everywhere, and the eyes are bleak. Whoever is trapped in such an environment all year round will probably fall ill, right?

As soon as the gatekeeper sent the imperial doctor away, he saw Lan Xuan coming in person, and immediately kowtowed respectfully on the spot, and said loudly: "See Your Majesty."

"Open the door."

Lan Xuan felt sad, and his face sank more and more. He raised his finger and pointed to the long golden lock on the palace door, and whispered.

"Your Majesty...the regent ordered you not to see the empress again. Now the imperial doctor has seen it. It's just that the weather is getting colder and there is some wind and cold. It's not a serious problem. Please go back." The guard lowered his head and said in a tone But with a bit of unquestionable taste.

"Could it be that what I said has already been counted in your eyes?!" Lan Xuan stood with his hands behind his hands in a bit of anger, his voice was cold, and his eyes were slightly cold.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Seeing that Lan Xuan was really angry, the guard hurriedly kowtowed heavily, and murmured uncomfortably, "Your Majesty's decree, I dare not disobey it, but the regent's side..."

"I will take care of the Prince Regent myself!" Lan Xuan sneered at herself, raised her eyes to look at the tightly closed door of the bedroom, "Open the door!"

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With a harsh "squeak", Lan Xuan stepped into the door of the dormitory lightly with the hem of his clothes flapping, and the setting sun in the afternoon softly poured into the dark room through the crack of the door, and countless dusts were flying around in the straight light .

Some hoarse coughing sounds came from the inner hall, intermittently, accompanied by painful panting.Lan Xuan gently walked around the once extremely luxurious glazed screen, stood in the hall with its delicate frame carved from sandalwood, and silently looked towards the couch.

"Ah...Your Majesty!" Yuan'er, the personal maid, heard the footsteps in the outer hall, and hurriedly looked back. When she met Lan Xuan's cold eyes, her whole body froze, and she knelt on the spot trembling. Kowtowing, "Mother, she...has been waiting for you..."

Hearing the words, the person on the couch immediately supported his body with his arms and struggled to look at Lan Xuan. Layers of veils covered most of her sight. Arrived at the section of bright yellow brocade robe.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." She panted lightly, but her tone was so sad that it made people feel distressed.

"Yu Xin..." Lan Xuan twitched her lips, stepped a few steps to the queen's bed, and looked down at her somewhat pale face.

She became thinner and haggard. In just a few years, she no longer had the radiant brilliance she once had.The deep palace is bitter and cold, and most of the guards and court ladies are flattering and bullying.

Now, because of her status as the queen of the palace, she barely saved a little face.

"Your Majesty..." Helian Yuxin grabbed his skirt tightly, and burst into tears, her thin body hugged his waist tightly, trembling uncontrollably in fear, "Your Majesty... Please... ...please let me out..."

She suddenly raised her head, looked up at Lan Xuan with blurred eyes, and cried almost hoarsely: "The concubine misses Luo'er day and night, misses your majesty, can't sleep all day long, life is worse than death every day... I beg your majesty, I beg your majesty to remember you on our wedding day... For many years of love between husband and wife, remember Luoer's blood kindness, save the ministers and concubines!!"

"Yu Xin... Zhen..." Lan Xuan looked at her heartbroken, and his heart throbbed violently. He lowered his head, and the tears that had lingered in the corners of his eyes for a long time finally fell silently...

"I……"

He opened his mouth, but his trembling lips could not utter a word.Now that he can come to see her, he doesn't know what kind of "punishment" he will receive from Lan Zheng. How can he save her?

Lan Xuan's slender fingers held her back stiffly, and gradually hugged her into her arms.This woman has slept with him for many years, and in order to give birth to her only child, now she is tired by herself and is living such a miserable life, how can she not make him feel sad!

"I... I will do my best..."

Before the comforting whisper could finish, it was interrupted by another cold question.

"How about doing your best?"

Lan Xuan turned her head sharply, and saw that Lan Zheng had entered the palace gate at some point, standing behind him coldly with his hands behind his back, his gloomy eyes piercing him like sharp knives.

"Emperor...Uncle Emperor..."

Lan Xuan's face turned pale suddenly, and he hurriedly and unconsciously let go of his hand and froze in place, the eyes that looked at him were full of uneasiness.

"Lan Xuan, tell me." The man slowly walked up to him, stroked his smooth hair with his strong fingers, and whispered in his ear, "What do you want to do?"

Lan Xuan's whole body tensed up in fear, and even his breathing became rapid, almost subconsciously, he put his hands on Lan Zheng's chest, resisting him from getting closer, and let out a low gasp. Quietly escaped from the lips: "Uncle...don't..."

Queen Helian was also very frightened, after being pushed away inadvertently by Lan Xuan, she fell powerlessly on the couch.Panting, she raised her head, tightly clenched her fingertips into her palms, and quietly looked at the two of them through the gold tassels between the veils with her eyes wide open, but her unwilling eyes showed a fierceness that was not commensurate with her appearance. .

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"Lanxuan, have you forgotten?" Lanzheng curled his lips evilly, his deep black eyes stared at him motionlessly, as if they were an abyss that could swallow people up, "When you cried and begged I spared her life and promised that I would never see each other again in this life, so I let her live."

Lan Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and gently raised his chin with his index finger, exuding a daunting and dangerous aura: "Since you dare to come now, you should be ready to bear all the consequences, right? !"

"No, Uncle Emperor..." Lan Xuan hurriedly shook her head, trying to explain, "The Queen is seriously ill, I should also..."

"See it now?" Lan Zheng unceremoniously interrupted his defense, glanced sideways at the thin figure curled up in the couch, and said with a sneer, "Please ask Wei Chen to personally escort His Majesty back to Longxiao Hall. "

There was an irresistible majesty in those word-for-word words.

"But..." Lan Xuan looked back at Helian Yuxin again, only to see that she was also looking at him with eyes full of pleading, big tears were continuously rolling down the side of her face, soaking the whole skirt of her clothes.

"If Your Majesty is unwell, I can carry you back." Lan Zheng lowered his head and kissed his neck ambiguously in front of everyone, and the whisper with the hot and humid breath quietly entered his ears.

"No, no need." Lan Xuan took a deep breath, fearing that Lan Zheng would make more excessive moves, she pushed Lan Zheng away in a panic, and staggered to escape to the gate of the palace alone.

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Everyone retreated, and the gate of Longxiao Palace was also tightly shut with the sound of a heavy impact.

Lan Zheng took off his outer robe calmly, walked slowly to the sandalwood square table in the inner hall, lowered his hand slightly, picked up the spice wooden box that Li Shouhong paid tribute from the golden lacquer tray, and fiddled with it casually between his fingers.

Lan Xuan stood uneasy in the hall, watching his careless behavior at the moment, but felt a kind of calm before the storm.

"The masterpiece of the Fragrance King of Nanjiang." Lan Zheng saw Lan Xuan standing there with his hands down, looking at him with doubts, suddenly raised his lips and smiled, took out a touch of spice from the exquisite small box, and walked to the incense burner carved from white jade , slowly sprinkled it in, "Using some every day can nourish qi and blood, warm the middle and nourish yang, and it will be of great benefit to your body."

As a faint scent of fragrance diffused in the bedroom, Lan Zheng walked up to Lan Xuan step by step, caressing his fair face gently, and continued in an extremely ambiguous tone: "However, don't leave at night." Use it, this has no effect on sleeping, I'm afraid... it will make you so mental that you can't fall asleep."

"Thank you, Uncle Huang... for your kindness." Lan Xuan didn't dare to bow her head, so she could only lower her eyes and thank him hesitantly, allowing him to be frivolous on her.Now that the words have come to this point, how can he not understand what Lan Zheng means?Now that he entered the palace in the afternoon, he sprinkled the spice directly in the censer. Tonight... I'm afraid it will be another sleepless night...

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The simple and light carriage went all the way south along the official road, and in less than five days, it arrived outside Changxing County, the nearest of the four counties.

Although the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River are under the unified control of the governors of the four counties, each has its own city and its own name.The names of the four counties are Xingsheng and Pingan, among which Changxing County is the northernmost and largest town.

In the distance, the towering city wall has gradually come into view.The horses and chariots were galloping, the loess was blowing gently, Ling Feng was driving the chariot, Qiu Yang sat sideways on the shaft of the chariot.On the sparsely populated official road, suddenly a tall figure in black military uniform and a black gauze cape leaped to the front not far away, stood in the middle of the road, and stopped them in place.

Ling Feng angrily stopped the steed, and was about to explode when he saw the man slowly lift up the black veil in front of him, revealing a familiar face.

"Ning Yu!!" Ling Feng shouted excitedly, and turned his head to report back to the car curtain, "Master! Ning Yu is back!"

"Brother Ningyu!" Qiu Yang immediately jumped off the carriage and grinned at him.

"Master." Ning Yu walked to the side of the carriage briskly, kowtowed to the window, "All the city gates in Changxing County have been set up by Li Shouhong, the governor of Jiangnan, and everyone who enters the city must be strictly controlled. Cross-examination, master's carriage is too obvious, if you want to enter the city, it may be difficult to avoid the other party's eyes and ears."

Lan Jing lifted the curtain of the car with her hand, and said with a sneer, "It's really a good dog of the Regent."

"The subordinates have already ambushed many people who pretended to be flood refugees outside the city gate, and let them rush into the city gate at the same time, and arranged for a few other subordinates to pretend to be hooligans to cause some trouble at the checkpoint." Ning Yu After hesitating for a moment, he escaped from the package behind him with some dirty and torn cloth clothes, and put his hands in front of Lan Jing, "Master, I am wronged for a while, just put on these dirty clothes and follow the crowd into the city."

Lan Jing looked at the shabby clothes covered in mud through the curtain of the car, frowned in disgust, and turned to look at Li Xuan as if asking for help.

Unexpectedly, Li Xuan nodded approvingly, and smiled at Ning Yu through the car wall: "Very good, let's do it like this."