Fragrance in the wind

Since returning to the palace, Chunyufeng has been claiming that he was sick and no one has seen him. All affairs in the court are done by the prime minister assisting the prince. will decide for myself.

After Zizhou came back, he no longer participated in the government affairs as before, and spent most of his time in a house outside the palace, accompanying Ah Ning, even in the palace, he was rarely seen.

Ah Ning is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the two of them often use this to pass the time when they are together.

When the weather is good, he will take Ah Ning to visit the Huaixi Imperial City, and the two of them will follow Su Le, and they will often appear in the lively places of Huaixi, attracting the fascination of passers-by, who can't help casting envious glances.

Ah Ning's belly gradually swelled, and sometimes Zizhou would say something to the child in Ah Ning's womb, which made Ah Ning and Su Le beside him laugh.

Life is so ordinary, only waiting for the emperor's edict to grant marriage, after they get married, they will rush to the fief, and Zizhou will be an idle prince with no real power.

Everyone seemed to be smiling and making noise as if nothing had happened, but the sadness in everyone's eyes could not be concealed, especially the Zhaoyang Palace was less desolate than before, but more depressing and suffocating. The closer you get, the more breathless you will feel.

Before you know it, it is the eve of Qingming.The palace will hold a shooting match on this day.In the past, with the support of the emperor, the Jujube competition has become a grand event in the palace. This year, because the emperor has been complaining of illness, the Shaofu who was originally in charge of the matter planned to cancel the event, but suddenly received a notice from the emperor a few days later to order it to be on time. held.Fortunately, Shaofu was well prepared so that he would not be so busy in the next few days.

A bow was fiercely unfolded on a circular court surrounded by colonnades.A wooden ball engraved with red coil patterns became the shining point of the audience.

Several fierce horses were chasing the wind and electricity on the field, disturbing the peace of this piece of land.The knights of the two sides confronted on horseback, one was dressed in black and was led by the prince, the other was dressed in purple and was led by Zizhou. The two wore hideous masks. The battle between the two parties was obviously more interesting than the others.

They waved their clubs, like generals on the battlefield waving guns, and shuttled back and forth with the howling wind.That red ball, under countless ball battles, was turned upside down, let it fight, without any will to speak of, but it inspired the knights on the field to fight high, the footsteps became more and more violent, and the roars were ups and downs.

At this moment on the field, the black leader controlled the red ball that was spinning around on the ground, and drove the horse straight into the goal.Seeing this, the nearby purple leader rode his horse and swung his stick to intercept it. The black leader put away his stick and dropped it. With a bang, the wooden ball fell into the net bag at one end of the court very quickly.Then there was a burst of cheers.

The black leader deliberately circled around the purple leader a few times, as if provocative and showing off, but the purple leader didn't pay much attention to it, got off his horse and turned away.

The next moment, the purple leader reined in his horse, deftly escaped from the encirclement, and happened to catch the wooden ball passed by the purple knight.The purple leader was about to dribble the ball straight to the goal, when a black knight appeared in the middle of the road, came straight to him, and swung his stick to block him. From the point of view, Zizhou had a five-point chance of avoiding it, and the final result might fall off the horse because of this, but Will return the opponent's color and win the round.

With Zizhou's previous temperament, he would not think about it at all, but at this moment he hesitated, and it was precisely because of the moment of hesitation that the wooden ball under the stick was stopped by the black knight.

The royal family and nobles in the stands, most of the people watching the game wanted to be lively, so many people didn't pay attention to the momentary hesitation of the people off the field.

Fu Zhi handed over a cup of hot tea in a timely manner, but Chun Yufeng stared at the figure galloping across the field without saying a word, and did not take it for a long time.

"Your Majesty, your tea." Fu Zhi reminded carefully.

Chunyu Feng paused for a moment, then glanced back at Fu Zhi, but he didn't intend to pick it up, but Fu Zhiyi was trying to divert His Majesty's attention, and when he saw that His Majesty didn't intend to drink, he asked someone to withdraw the tea.

The fierce competition on the field is still going on, and the two sides have become a tie.But Chunyufeng's heart couldn't calm down no matter what, he hadn't met Zizhou for half a month, and he wanted to use the bow match to catch a glimpse of him and relieve his inner thoughts, even if it hurts.

But just now when he saw the purple leader team conceding the goal, he suddenly hated himself for holding the shooting.At the moment when the purple leader hesitated, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the position of the woman in the stands.How ridiculous!He actually understood in an instant, that person was afraid that if something happened to him, no one would take care of their mother and child, right?

What was Zhouer like before?Chunyufeng couldn't help recalling carefully that in order to achieve his goal, he would use any means, even his life, so he restrained his feet.But now?All this change is not because of him, but because of another person.

It's changed, that's all!I don't know when?I don't know where?

Chunyufeng sat in the high stands, his mind was in a trance for a while, he didn't know where he was, the things in front of him changed, the ferocious face, the screams like ghosts, the deformed figures, it was like hell...

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty" Fu Zhi noticed His Majesty's abnormality, and called out worriedly.

Only Chunyufeng said intermittently: "Who can tell me? What should I do? I don't want anything, I just want his heart, as long as I'm in his eyes again."

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of surprise in the arena, and the game was interrupted abruptly. The maids and eunuchs standing by the colonnade panicked, and the nobles in the stands kept screaming.

It turned out that someone accidentally threw a wooden ball onto the stands, and it happened that the direction of the wooden ball fell was Ah Ning's position.

The purple leader reined in his horse and stopped in the middle, took off his mask, got off his horse, and went straight to the stands.When he arrived, Su Le was comforting Ah Ning, and Su Le quickly blocked the swift ball, so Ah Ning was not seriously injured but was a little frightened.

The sparkle in Ah Ning's eyes trembled slightly, and she looked at Zizhou in fear, Zizhou's heart softened, and she took Ah Ning's hand, ignoring the eyes and words of others, and left the court straight away.

When they reached the gate of the palace, Su Le asked someone to prepare the carriage in advance and wait here.

Ah Ning tugged at Zizhou's sleeve and refused to get in the car, tears streaming down her face.

"Ah Ning, what wronged you, tell me, don't just cry?" Seeing her like this, Zizhou felt a little headache.

Ah Ning wiped away the tears on her face, slowly let go of Zizhou's sleeves, gestured with both hands, "Do you love me?"

Zi Zhou frowned, a little hesitant.

"Do you know what those people say about me? They say that I...have conceived before I was married. They say that I am a woman without chastity who wants to become a dragon and a phoenix. They say that I can only use children If you tie up a man, you will be abandoned sooner or later."

"I'm sorry!" Zizhou couldn't say much to Ah Ning, because he was ashamed of her.

"If this is the case, we don't want to get married. You let me go. I am willing to give birth to the child and take care of the child alone. If I am accidentally framed here, I may not even keep the child."

"No, I decided not to allow it." Seeing Ah Ning's tight lips, he pulled her into his arms, and said softly, "Trust me, I will protect you and the child."

Ah Ning sobbed softly in Zizhou's arms with tears in her eyes.

"You go back first, and I will ask Father to make an order as soon as possible." As he spoke, he winked at Su Le who was beside him. Su Le hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Ah Ning, and helped her into the carriage.

After seeing off Ah Ning, he stood in the same spot for a long time in a dilemma, and his heart would twitch for no reason when he thought of seeing his father.

When he turned around, he found that Chunyu Gurui was standing in the distance looking at him at some point, and there was still that smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't like it, but he didn't like it either.

Zizhou ignored him, but passed him by directly, but Chunyu Gurui suddenly said: "The people who will be executed are all selected from the Shence Army."

Zizhou hesitated slightly, and said, "Why did you tell me this?"

Chunyu Gurui shrugged, "In case you suspect me."

"Where is the father?"

"Zhaoyang Palace."

Along the way, Zizhou's pace was a little unsteady, and he broke into Zhaoyang Hall without waiting for the eunuch's report.

Fu Zhi was serving Chun Yufeng to rest, when he saw Zizhou barging in aggressively, he ordered Fu Zhi to watch at the door.

"It was you who did it, right?" Zizhou went straight to the point.

Chunyufeng didn't look at him, his expression was the same as usual, and he didn't say a word.

"I know what you mean."

"Since you know my methods, you will understand that I will not take action easily, and once I do, I will never leave anyone alive."

Zizhou pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's really not you?"

"Zizhou!" Chunyufeng yelled angrily, making Zizhou's breath stagnate. He stood up slowly, staring at himself with red eyes, and said word by word: "Even if I love you again, I won't let you go!" It will fall to this point, and there is no need to use such a low-level method to deal with that woman."

As soon as the words fell, Zizhou's eyes were clear, and he immediately dispelled Chunyufeng's doubts, but then he thought that even if he didn't do it, it would be more dangerous for Ah Ning to stay here again. Something happened to the people around him, so his heart changed, and he prostrated himself and begged, "I beg my father to issue an order for my son and minister to get married immediately." The resolute words made people palpitate.

The bedroom fell into a deathly silence, Fu Zhi gritted his teeth, and bowed in to persuade Zizhou: "Your Highness, please stop stabbing your Majesty in the heart."

Zizhou's face turned slightly paler, lowered his eyelids to cover his chaotic thoughts, and said solemnly: "If the father doesn't agree to my son, I will not be able to kneel here forever."

"Your Highness!" Fu Zhi was angry and anxious.

"I promise you." Chun Yufeng looked into the opponent's eyes with a livid face, pointed to the door, and shouted: "Get out of here quickly, don't let me see you again."

Hearing this at first, Zizhou was a little stunned, but more of a sense of loss and heartache. His fingers on the ground trembled a little, and finally kowtowed: "Thank you for your kindness."

Fu Zhi's mournful gaze followed Zizhou out of the dormitory, and then fell on Chunyufeng, "Has Your Majesty made a decision?"

Chunyufeng touched his forehead with his palm, but he didn't respond for a long time.

"Your Majesty, you must calm down and don't do anything you regret."

"So what if you are calm, so what if you are not calm? If a calm choice will lose him, I would rather not be calm." Chunyufeng sighed, and said: "All his thoughts are on that woman now. If you want him to know the truth, According to Zhou'er's character, he will not give me a chance to start again. This is not what I want, either hate or love, at least he will stay by my side because of this, even if he pays a heavy price for it No hesitation."

"Your Majesty..." At that moment, Fu Zhi felt worthless for His Majesty, "You can give up."

Chunyufeng hung his head down and didn't speak for a long while. When he raised his head again, he was that unfathomable emperor again. He said, "Take care of that person, and everything will go according to plan."