I was forced to marry

'This king saved you, and you will be my king's man for the rest of your life! '

'it is good. '

The strings are plucked with the fingertips, bringing a trace of sadness to the qin player, and the emotion in his eyes is a loss that has never been seen before.Recalling the words when we first met many years ago, thinking about it now makes him, who has always claimed to be unintentional, feel that every word hurts his heart.The sound of the piano could not help but become very sad because of his state of mind.

After the song was finished, the subordinates who had been waiting outside for a long time dared to knock on his door.

"Come in."

"My lord, this subordinate has already dug the secret passage." The subordinate came in, glanced at him who was still stroking the strings with his hands, and said respectfully.

Li Yuanjing didn't raise his head, he was still stroking the strings, as if he was recalling when a person like himself learned to play the piano and why did he learn it?After his subordinates waited for a while, he left his hand from the strings, and then stood with his hands behind his back, a sneer full of hostility swayed on his face.

"Did someone bring it?"

"Bring it, it's just outside."

"Bring it in." After speaking, Li Yuanjing lifted his robe and sat on the main seat.After hearing the movement, he glanced towards the door.I saw a masked old woman walking in led by that subordinate. When she saw him, her eyes filled with tears, she plopped down on her knees in front of him, and called out with a choked voice, "Little master."

Li Yuanjing looked at her, his voice was not too turbulent, he just said coldly: "This king wants to know everything about 20 years ago."

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At night in early summer, the sound of insects can be heard endlessly.

At the end of the corridor in the backyard, a vague shadow was cast on the courtyard wall, rustling, walking out from the row of short bamboos.

"Mother Qi?"

Xiao Yue approached, and after seeing who it was, he whispered suspiciously.

Nanny Qi paused, watching Xiao Yue pay respects to him, her voice was very quiet due to her old age, "See the prince."

Xiao Yueyuan was woken up by hunger in the middle of the night, and couldn't bear to wake up Sixi who was sleeping outside, so she ran out alone to look for food, who would have thought that she would run into Nanny Qi who had just been transferred.

"What are you doing this late at night?" Xiao Yue asked, taking a look at the courtyard wall.

Nanny Qi replied: "I'm old, and my sleepiness is short. I sleep for a while during the day, but I can't sleep at night. I just go to the kitchen. Mice love to come out in summer."

Xiao Yue looked at her wrinkled face and slightly bowed body, and smiled slightly, "You did your duty, it's so late, if you can't sleep, you should rest in the room."

"Your Highness said so." Nanny Qi bowed her body and replied.

Xiao Yue stared at her, and after thinking for a moment, he took two steps forward and said, "I'm a little hungry, can you help me cook something to eat?"

Nanny Qi didn't answer immediately, she seemed to be a little surprised by Xiao Yue's request, until she heard Xiao Yue ask: "No?" She nodded and accepted the order.

"Handmade noodles." Xiao Yue looked at the noodles in the noodle bowl and let out a very sincere sigh. This handicraft is rarely seen in modern times.

"The old slave is stupid, he can only make rough things, I hope the prince will forgive me."

"Where, it's good to eat some." After speaking, Xiao Yue picked up the chopsticks, picked up the noodles and sent them to his mouth.

Nanny Qi stood beside him, and Xiao Yue didn't say anything, so she didn't dare to leave without authorization, she stood in a well-regulated manner, and looked down at the ground in abiding by her duty.

Xiao Yue ate the noodles, but glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and asked casually, "How long has Mammy been in the palace?"

Nanny Qi bowed and said, "This old slave has been in the palace for forty years."

"It's been so long, it's time for Mammy to leave the palace and return home when she's old." Xiao Yue raised her head and looked at her with clear eyes.

"The old slave is a sinful slave, and he did not have the blessing of leaving the palace. Thanks to the forgiveness of the prince and queen, he does not have to stay in Yeyouting."

Xiao Yue stopped holding the chopsticks, and asked gently: "I don't know what crime Madam committed? Is there any grievance? Tell me about it. If there is any grievance, I can make the decision for you."

When Nanny Qi heard Xiao Yue's words, there was no other expression on her face, she just bowed and said: "Thank you, Prince, the old slave is not good for protecting the master, he should be punished, there is no injustice."

"Oh? It's not good to protect the master. How can it be considered a great crime?" Xiao Yue's tone was startled, but Nanny Qi still replied respectfully: "It's not a great crime for a slave to fail to protect the master well."

Xiao Yue looked at her silently, and asked after a while, "Where is Mammy's hometown? Is there anyone else at home?"

"This old slave is from Linchuan. There are two younger brothers and three nephews at home." Madam Qi replied earnestly. These things are recorded by the inner court secretary in the palace, so you can find out after checking.

"Since that's the case, I'm afraid Nanny misses her family too." Xiao Yue's tone was very gentle, and his eyes were fixed on Nanny Qi, but there was still no trace of superfluous expression on her face.

"I haven't returned for 40 years, and I may not know each other even if I see it."

"Oh? I remember that every year, the palace arranges for the palace maids and eunuchs to get together with their families for three days. Even Ye Youting is like this. How come we haven't seen each other in 40 years?"

Xiao Yue asked suspiciously, but saw Nanny Qi immediately bowed her head, so that Xiao Yue could no longer look directly at her expression, and only heard her say: "Linchuan is a long way from Jing'an, so we never see each other again."

Xiao Yue became more and more surprised. According to her age, Madam Qi only entered the palace at the age of 20, and women in this era were betrothed at the age of 14. Therefore, the maids in the palace were also sent from childhood. .

It is reasonable to choose a 20-year-old girl who has not yet been betrothed to the palace as a concubine, but being a court lady is... a bit far-fetched.

However, Xiao Yue didn't continue to ask, just pretended to be bored and casually asked, looked at Qi Mama a few times, and said lightly, "I see." Then he turned his head and ate the noodles in the bowl Turning his head upside down, after wiping his mouth, he stared at Nanny Qi and said with satisfaction: "I'm full, I'm going to be tired, Nanny."

"The crown prince is an old slave. It's late at night. The crown prince should go back to sleep. He will listen to court tomorrow." Nanny Qi lowered her hands and bowed, the respect in her tone was very numb.

"It's true, I'm leaving." Standing up, Xiao Yue patted his rumpled robe, and went straight out the door, looking very tired after eating.

After getting out of Nanny Qi's line of sight, Xiao Yue's footsteps slowed down. He didn't feel familiar with this one. Nanny Qi had only met three times before. What was strange, but he couldn't tell.

He raised his brows and walked back on his own, but he walked back to the back wall just now.

Xiao Yue had been familiar with the terrain of this place as early as the few days when he entered the East Palace. This wall is the tail of the entire East Palace. The place is so remote from the main hall, but it is rare to come here.

But, do you have to go through this road from the servant's room to the kitchen?

Looking at the row of dwarf bamboos swaying gently in the evening wind, Xiao Yue heard what Luo Shaojin said to him, "In this position, no matter who you are facing, you must be on guard."

As if baptized by something, Xiao Yue raised his legs and walked towards the row of short bamboos against the wall.But after careful observation for a long time, except for weeds, nothing suspicious was found.

Am I overthinking it?Because of my family members, I also became paranoid?

Xiao Yue thought to himself, looking up at the high wall in front of him: If I know how to do light work, I can fly up to have a look.In the past few days, A Luo went out with General Luo and was not in the mansion, otherwise he could ask one of them to teach him.

Thinking about it, Xiao Yue sighed, then turned and left.

However, Nanny Qi, who came out of the kitchen, stood at the corner at the end of the courtyard wall at some point, her obscure eyes were fixed on Xiao Yue's back as she left.

The next day, Emperor Jingwen told Xiao Yue during his lecture that Concubine Yigui, who framed "myself" and caused "myself" to die in Beiliu, died of a serious illness. Qu Yinhou Su Jie was very sad, so he asked for an order to resign from the marquis and wanted to go back. Linchuan Qianmo Villa.

When Emperor Jingwen said this, his tone fluctuated a bit.Xiao Yue could see that Emperor Jingwen felt a little uncomfortable with Concubine Yi's death. Although he had never met the "culprit" who brought him to this era, he also heard that Su Yisheng's It can be called the beauty of the sky, and is good at singing and dancing, but in the past two decades, his attainments in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting have been quite high.

It is a pity that the beauty who has been sleeping next to his pillow for several years has died like this, but it is still reasonable.

"If Xiaoyi hadn't been dazzled by jealousy, she wouldn't have done such a rebellious thing." Emperor Jing Wen said, and ordered someone to fetch a brazier. Xiao Yue saw that he was holding a scroll in his hand , the beautiful woman in that painting is probably Concubine Yi.

The fire in the brazier was burning vigorously, and the flames devoured the beautiful woman's face bit by bit.Seeing that Emperor Jingwen turned his back to him, Xiao Yue heaved a long sigh.

She deserves to die, she is the real culprit who killed your son, although it is a pity, one life for another is justified.

When Su Jie left, Xiao Yue went to send him a special trip, but Su Jie was not as sad as the rumors said; on the contrary, he said to him firmly: In the future, everyone in Qianmo Villa, when Listen to the prince's orders wholeheartedly.

After speaking, he rode away on his own.

Xiao Yue was suspicious, should this be the reaction of her dead daughter and no one to die?Shouldn't be.

However, whether it should be or not, Xiao Yue didn't bother to come to a conclusion, because he really didn't have a moment to rest.No, he finally didn't wake up from insomnia and hunger all day and night. He wanted to sleep well, but he didn't know that the post house where Li Yuanjing, who had been under surveillance by Luo Hong, caught fire.

Li Yuanjing has behaved very well in Dazhou these days, staying in the post house peacefully, or visiting Jing'an accompanied by a small official from the Ministry of Rites, and riding a horse in the suburbs.In short, there is no lack of etiquette in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Li Yuanjing's politeness remains undiminished. Although both of them have their own thoughts, they are peaceful on the surface.

Xiao Yue has also been making mental preparations, waiting for Li Yuanjing to do something to refresh himself, but he never expected that this incident would turn into a fire in the post house.

"Have you found out the cause of the fire?" Xiao Yue asked Sixi while getting off the bed and quickly putting on his clothes.

"The specific reason is still under investigation. Now that the fire is raging, Nanchu and his party are trapped inside!"

"Where's Li Yuanjing?" Xiao Yue asked with his boots on.

Sixi hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and said: "King Yan is still inside, the security battalion has already gone to put out the fire."

After putting on her shoes and socks, Xiao Yue stood up from the bed and rushed out.Sixi hurriedly yelled for people to follow behind.

When Xiao Yue arrived at the posthouse, the flames had not yet gone down, the monstrous flames illuminated the night like day, and the people in the security camp were struggling to get water to put out the fire.

Riding on the horse, Xiao Yue saw that the fire was too big to be extinguished, so he directly shouted an order: "Don't just focus on putting out the fire, go to a few people who are good at lightness skills, go inside and rescue King Yan!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, several people rushed to the sky, but because of the fire, they couldn't even turn over the courtyard wall of the post house, and could only be beaten back by the flames and choking black smoke.

Xiao Yue looked at it and sweated anxiously: Damn it, Li Yuanjing can't die in Dazhou no matter where he died, and he still died in the fire!

"A Luo!" Just as he was in a hurry, a person flew over the courtyard wall that was glowing with fire. Xiao Yue took a closer look, and it was Luo Shaojin who was going out with Luo Hong.

At this moment, he was standing in the shadow of the fire, and the ferocious flame seemed to pounce on him at any moment.Seeing Luo Shaojin like this, Xiao Yue was worried, but still told him: "Just do your best."

Luo Shaojin smiled at him, and jumped off the courtyard wall in an instant, his figure submerged in the flames.

Xiao Yue stabilized his mind and directed everyone to put out the fire. Fortunately, a thunderstorm suddenly fell at this moment, and the fire was slowly extinguished.

Xiao Yue panted, looked at the coke-like house in front of him, and called out in fear, "A Luo."

When the sound fell, Luo Shaojin and Li Yuanjing were seen flying down from the scorched courtyard wall.

Only then did Xiao Yue breathe a sigh of relief.

"A Luo, how are you?" Xiao Yue rushed over and pulled his subordinate's arms to look him up and down.

"It's okay." Luo Shaojin smiled, but Xiao Yue still held his arms, making sure that he didn't lose any flesh or skin before believing his words, and then he turned his attention to Li Yuanjing who was beside Luo Shaojin, "Yan Wang Are there any injuries?"

Li Yuanjing stared at him with piercing eyes, "Thanks to the prince!"

Xiao Yue looked at him, smiled lightly and said, "It's good that King Yan is fine."

The coldness in Li Yuanjing's eyes was even worse, "This king will definitely ask Da Zhou for an explanation on this matter." After speaking, he took his own people and left straight away.

Xiao Yue glanced at him, then quickly took the umbrella from the servant and opened it, covering Luo Shaojin's head, "The fire is so strange."

"Someone poured kerosene on him and trapped him in the house. If it wasn't for the heavy rain, the fire would have been hard to extinguish." Luo Shaojin's face sank like water.

"Fire oil? Who would want Li Yuanjing's life?" Xiao Yue was puzzled.

"This matter is quite weird." Luo Shaojin couldn't think of the reason for a moment, who would kill Li Yuanjing?And also choose the post house in the big week.

Nan Chu's group, apart from the accompanying troops stationed outside the city, and those who lived with Li Yuanjing in the post house, four died and five were injured. Li Yuanjing suffered minor injuries and was fine.

However, Emperor Jingwen's attitude towards this matter was not too fierce. Regarding Li Yuanjing's statement, he only sent someone from the Ministry of Rites to appease him. As for who threw the flames, who wanted to put Li Yuanjing to death It has nothing to do with the Great Zhou, as long as the Great Zhou can keep him safe and sound within the territory of the Great Zhou.

Therefore, from the outside world's point of view, Li Yuanjing was dumb and couldn't tell what he was suffering from eating Coptis chinensis, and he also lost face greatly.

However, Xiao Yue still couldn't figure it out, and was about to ask Luo Shaojin again, but he saw a white pigeon in his hand at some point, with a small post box tied to the pigeon's leg.Luo Shaojin removed it, but handed it to Xiao Yue without looking at it, "Your Highness, I have your letter."

"My letter?" Xiao Yue was surprised.

The author has something to say: little angels, I’m back~~~ oh, everyone has been waiting for a long time, the Chinese New Year is too busy, I visit relatives every day, or my relatives come to my house, or I am dragged by my parents Go out on a blind date. . . . . .I can call myself a blind date expert/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~