"I know you don't have the guts to go through the front door." Xiao Xingzhi stood in front of the door, looking like a man in charge, "Hand over Mr. Chu!"

King Heng wanted to hit the wall: "You boy, you really want to piss me off..."

Xiao Xingzhi shouted: "Don't think that you can do whatever you want because you are a prince. In broad daylight, you rob people by force... that... imprisoning people without authorization and lawlessness! If you don't let them go, I will sue them to Dali Temple, so that you can't afford to go around!

King Heng said patiently: "I said Mr. Xiao, firstly, Chu Li walked into the gate of the palace by himself, and I have never used force. Secondly, he lived in my mansion for a short time, and I never restricted his freedom. Why did he come to be imprisoned? Three times, he is now unwell and insane, how can I ignore it? You kept saying that you would take it away, but did you ever ask him if he agreed? As far as I know, he was still in Liuchunyuan At that time, he had made it clear that he didn't want to go with you. You're making such a fuss now, it doesn't matter if you hurt my face, and if you ruin the reputation of the prime minister's house, I'm afraid Xiao Xiang won't be able to keep his face. "

Xiao Xingzhi blushed with anger: "Don't use my father to suppress me!"

Guangxiu looked at his funny face, and said: "Young Master Xiao, actually what the lord said makes sense, Chu Li has indeed encountered some troubles in the palace, you can't handle the troubles, why don't you just wait for him..."

"Damn, you two are just raccoons of the same feather!" Xiao Xingzhi grabbed the hem of King Heng's clothes and asked, "What did you do to Mr. Chu?"

King Heng was staggered by him, took a step back, his right hand pulled Xiao Xingzhi's arm and twisted behind him, his movements were clean and neat.

Xiao Xingzhi exclaimed, and was caught for a moment, unable to break free, and said angrily: "Do you still want to kill someone? Hmph, you are a majestic prince, and you are used to doing things that hurt nature and reason. It doesn't matter if I have another life! You wait Come on, even if I turn into a ghost, I will come to you!"

King Heng felt a terrible headache, he kicked open the back door, and several servants greeted him immediately.They had already heard the commotion here, but it was Young Master Xiangfu who caused the trouble, and they could not afford to offend them, so they could only pretend that they didn't know anything, and listened to their master's orders.

King Heng pushed the man over, and the two servants immediately supported him: "You two, send Young Master Xiao back to the mansion, and tell Prime Minister Xiao that the third young master is coming to my mansion, but this king is too late to greet you, and I have neglected it. I will personally go to make amends."

Xiao Xingzhi still wanted to make trouble, but he was held back by the two, unable to perform, he had to curse endlessly, and was carried away.

Hearing that the scolding sounded far away, Guangxiu suppressed a smile and said: "Looking at you two, it reminds me of an interesting incident in my childhood. Two families competed for a daughter-in-law. One side fought for a few days, and the other side I took it away for a few days, and later my daughter-in-law became pregnant, but I couldn't tell which family it was from..."

King Heng looked at him with a bit of resentment: "You also come to see my joke?"

"Don't you dare?" Guangxiu coughed a few times, "But to be honest, what are you thinking about keeping Chu Li?"

King Heng said: "What else do you have in mind? He has fallen to this point, thanks to my gift, and he must be cured. When he recovers, I will let him go." He sighed and remembered When I first met Chu Li, he was as cold as the moon, as elegant as frost, and he could stand out in the world with only a piano. Now without the piano, what would he look like?

It's only strange that he wanted to bring him into the palace at the beginning.

Guangxiu saw Chu Li's situation, although he could move, his eyes were empty and his face was dull, it was really caused by a loss of soul.King Heng urged him to get medical treatment quickly, but Guangxiu reasoned that the time had not come, so he wandered leisurely in the palace.

Although King Heng has a notorious reputation, his life is actually very simple, and he only married one concubine.This princess looks elegant, dignified and quiet, especially her figure is very good, she walks like a weak willow blowing the wind without making a sound, she always hangs her head slightly, and she speaks softly, neither can hear nor see her emotions , like a finely carved Guanyin statue.

The concubine and King Heng could be regarded as a model of respecting each other as guests, except for daily greetings, they didn't even say a single unnecessary personal word.The princess never said a word to the two strangers at home, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

Guangxiu is also happy to be at leisure, which is better than being suspected by others like a thief.

Only occasionally, he would wonder what it would be like for two people like this to close the door between the beds at night.

Suddenly, the dirty idea of ​​going to the corner to listen to the wall in the middle of the night came up.

Finally at dusk, the palace was lit with bright lights and candles, and Guangxiu followed King Heng to Chuli's room.Chu Li was served by someone who had just had dinner, and there was oil on the corner of his mouth, King Heng wiped it off for him.

Guangxiu thought to himself, it seems that this prince is not far from Duanxiu.

Seeing him standing aside with a half-smile, King Heng said: "It's getting dark, how are you going to save him?"

Guangxiu said: "It's better when it's dark, have you ever seen a ghost come out in the daytime?"

"Ghost? You mean..."

"Wait a little longer, and she will come." Guangxiu looked at the darkness outside, "In this world, only she can save him."

King Heng understood, and the worries in his heart dissipated a little.

The candles in the room flickered suddenly, and a gust of cool wind swept into the room, blowing the long hair on Chu Li's shoulders.His eyes also flickered.

King Heng watched the figure change from vain to clear, standing quietly beside Chu Li, and understood why his father was so infatuated with him.

"Chu Lang..." The woman reached out and brushed Chu Li's face lightly, with a sad expression on her face, "I'm the one who hurt you."

Guangxiu said: "Humans and ghosts have different paths, you knew this day would come, why did you keep pestering him for so many years?"

The woman said: "I don't want to harm him, he is the only one who loves me, I just want to repay him..."

Guangxiu said: "It's a pity that he is only a mortal body, even if you don't want to harm him, he has become like this. Give him back his soul."

The woman nodded, and a white glow appeared on her body, overflowing from the top of her head, slowly falling to Chu Li's forehead, and sinking into his body.Chu Li's eyes moved and he passed out.

The woman's already frail figure faded a little: "He was born in poverty, and the whole family counted on him to pass the exam, but because of my lonely soul, I had to perform for a living, and now my relatives and friends are separated. If you can, please take good care of him."

Guangxiu said: "You really care about him, why did you leave him? You know very well that without you, he is nothing."

The woman showed pain on her face, and said: "I also thought that I would stay with him in this life until my soul was gone, but...but I met him...I...I'm sorry for him..."

King Heng couldn't help but said: "What's going on between you and the emperor?"

The woman smiled sadly: "What could it be? He is the emperor's relative, and I am a prostitute in a brothel. I can't be together until I die... I thought it would be difficult to see each other in this life, but it was God's blessing, let me return. I can see him again. He still remembers me, my piano, and my song, and I have no regrets in this life."

Guangxiu said: "But you should be clear about what's in the palace. If you go back, you will suffer more than the loss of your soul."

The woman smiled lightly: "There is only a moment of time, and I want to stay with him and protect him again."

Guangxiu sighed, not knowing what else to say.

King Heng said thank you, but I don't know if it was for Chu Li or Emperor Jin.

The woman's figure gradually disappeared, and King Heng put Chu Li on the bed and covered him with a brocade quilt: "When will he wake up?"

"I don't know, maybe tomorrow, maybe right away." Guangxiu yawned, "No matter when he wakes up, I'm going to sleep. You too, the charming princess is not going to accompany you, what are you doing here, go back to sleep."

King Heng said: "She doesn't need my company."

Guangxiu became curious, and her eyes wandered around King Heng: "I think you two seem to be in harmony, what's the matter? Is it because you are hiding in the golden house outside, or is she out of the wall?"

King Heng pulled him out, closed the door lightly, stood on the porch for a while, and said: "She was married into the palace because of a gift from her father. I was very reluctant, but I dared not disobey when the imperial decree came down. Since entering the door, I have been regarded as an enemy, and I have been hiding scissors under the pillow every day during the newly married days. Later, his father was investigated for corruption and bribery, dismissed from office, and she promised She felt that she was no longer qualified to look down on me, so she restrained her temper and willingly became a princess, and obeyed me."

Guangxiu suddenly said: "Isn't this very good?"

"Okay?" King Heng smiled wryly, "Look at her appearance, what's the difference between her and a puppet? Even if this king has a dog, he's much more interesting than her."

Guangxiu sneered: "Look at what you said, do you know how difficult it is to find a woman who doesn't cause much trouble these days? Look at your father, there are so many women in the harem who are jealous and intriguing all day long, you are happy? "

King Heng thought it was very reasonable: "Yes."

"I said you wouldn't be..." Guangxiu pointed at his nose, "You think the princess is boring, so that's why you kept Chu Li?"

"You... talking nonsense!" King Heng put on a straight face.

Guangxiu laughed: "Just kidding, what are you in a hurry for?"

King Heng had no choice but to say, "Okay, go to sleep."

Lying on the big comfortable bed, Guangxiu tossed and turned, his mind was muddled, and the scenes of that day resurfaced involuntarily.But after a moment of entanglement, he scratched his head and remembered it until now, but he had to think twice about going to see him.

When I see him again, should I pretend nothing happened, or should I just say that it doesn't matter if I'm a man?Or do you mean that I will be responsible for you after all the kisses?

It seemed like nothing was right, everything was messed up.

Guangxiu covered his head with a quilt, secretly cursing himself as a bastard.

The next day, he was disturbed by the dream again, so he didn't get up until the sun was up. Just after breakfast, someone said that the prince invited him to sit in the back garden.

From a distance, I saw two figures in the pavilion, one sitting and the other standing, blending the shadows of flowers, trees, rockery and flowing springs, like a painting.

Seeing him coming, King Heng smiled and said: "Did you sleep well last night? Chen Shi wanted to call you, but I didn't bother you when I saw you were still asleep. I heard you chanting a name, I think it was not peaceful in my dream."

Guangxiu's heart tightened: "I... what did I read?"

King Heng thought for a while: "Wei or something, I didn't hear it very clearly, it seems to be..."

"Well, it's just babbling in the dream, it's a mess, I don't remember it myself..." Guangxiu interrupted him, covering his nose and coughing, and sat down somewhere, looking at Chu Li who was sitting motionless, "When he woke up, How's it going?"

"Here, that's it." King Heng covered his face with a fan and said softly, "Are you sure his soul really came back?"

Guangxiu also lowered her voice: "There should be no mistakes."

Chu Li just sat quietly, his eyes fixed on a willow tree swaying in the wind, as if his thoughts were also fluttering along with the willow branch, and he didn't know where he flew.

Guangxiu is good at shaking his hand in front of his eyes, and then shaking again.Chu Li's voice was faint: "I can see it."

Guangxiu said: "Then make a living person to see, if that woman loses your soul, I'll go and get it for you."

Chu Li lowered his eyes: "She didn't miss me..."

Guangxiu said: "Then what are you doing when you are still alive?"

"It's just a sudden loss of a friend." Chu Li's tone was sad, "If I hadn't picked up that piano and been taken care of by her soul, I would have starved to death and froze to death. How could there be Chu Li today? I don't even know who she is." Do not know at all."

King Heng said: "I sent people to investigate. A few years ago in Danzhu Pavilion, there was Ling Mo, a qin prostitute who was good at playing the qin. She was famous for her beauty and beauty, but she attracted robbers to covet and rob her. Ling Mo vowed to die. Not to be bullied or humiliated, to hit the piano and die." He sighed, "Father did lead troops to wipe out a mountain of villains back then, and only now did I know the reason. This Ling Mo is indeed a strange woman. Now Let me ask my father for the piano again, I can't bear it anymore."

Guangxiu said: "She has a heart of gratitude to Chuli, and a heart of love to the emperor. Even after death, she has lived up to it. This life is considered complete. If there is an afterlife, she will be able to live happily ever after."

Chu Li didn't say anything, and recalled the past like a lantern in his mind, from being alone to being accompanied by the guqin, from being poor and poor to being an elegant luthier, and now thinking about it, everything is like a dream, and there is nothing left.

King Heng said: "It was a coincidence that I let you enter the palace this time. I can't tell whether it is right or wrong. In any case, I made you lose the piano, and I will definitely find you another one."

"Thank you." Chu Li looked at his hands and said sadly, "It's just that I am a luthier now."

Guangxiu said: "There's nothing good about being a violinist. If you can't play it, you can't play it. It's better to eat and drink in the palace than to dawdle in the Goulan."

Hearing that he didn't stop him, King Heng threw his fan at him.Chu Li frowned, but remained silent.

Suddenly someone came to report that Xiao Changli, the Minister of Dali Temple, had come to visit.King Heng's face tightened, Guangxiu said: "You didn't fix his younger brother yesterday, did he come to Xingshi to question his crime?"

King Heng was a little guilty: "I just punished him a little bit, wouldn't it be enough?" He thought carefully, yesterday he just used a trap to calm him down temporarily, so it shouldn't hurt anyone, let alone get to the bottom of it, it was Xiao Xingzhi who was the first It's easy to move.

"Look how cowardly you are." Guangxiu laughed loudly, "Let's go, I'll go with you, and I'll also meet this Dali Temple minister."

King Heng let Chu Li take care of himself, and was so anxious that he was dragged away by Guangxiu.

The author has something to say: I recently wrote the story of Xiao Changli and the little prince in Kaixinkeng, I wonder if you are interested o(^▽^)o

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