night snow full of clear branches

It happened to be cloudy and rainy that day, and the sky was dark, so I took seven or eight people all the way through and sneaked into the palace hall.Of course, I'm only responsible for leading the way, and the things that put people down belong to others.

I told them that the emperor has the habit of taking a lunch break, but the lunch break is not long, so the time is short, so they must hurry up, and I will help them attract the attention of the guards.

Looking at a group of imperial guards surrounding me, I knew that I had successfully attracted their attention. At this moment, I was standing on the eaves of the main hall, and a group of people who followed me had sneaked into the main hall.

"Get her now!"

Speaking of a few imperial guards flying up to the eaves, I took them all the way in a circle. They didn't use any weapons on the way, so it can be seen that the emperor didn't order me to be killed, but just to arrest me.

The imperial guards are not fools either. After being led around for a few times by me, I realized that I was just making a fuss, so I withdrew half of the people and retreated back to the hall.

I didn't go to the north gate to wait for them as agreed, but went around and returned to the main hall. Although I knew that the mob couldn't do anything like Nai Weixue, there was still a trace of worry in my heart.

"Do you still dare to come back?" Sitting across from me, Wei Xue raised her head lazily and asked.

Looking around, there was no sign of a fight. The seven or eight people I brought in must have already been sent to prison, and they were defenseless.

"I'm not worried about you." There is a bit of sincerity in these words.

Wei Xue pursed her lips and smiled: "I believe this, but everyone doesn't believe it, do you think I should arrest you or..."

"If they wanted to arrest me, those people outside would have rushed in." I still have this confidence.

"Haha." Weixue looked at me with a smile, but I felt uncomfortable in my heart. Isn't all of this something in your plan? I'm just a pawn to introduce killers for you, and you can catch them all.

"Since you're fine, I'll take my leave." I haven't been in the palace for a long time, but the awe-inspiring atmosphere in the palace still makes me feel a little depressed.

"Since you're back, don't leave." The tone was gentle, like a request, but it couldn't be vetoed. I stopped and turned around and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I think I'm more suitable for going outside."

"There are still two months, and the rebels are about to invade the imperial city."

This doesn't sound like someone who just took down a group of killers, I looked at Wei Xue in confusion.

"You don't hear what's going on outside the window, and you've been away from the palace for half a month, so how do you know the changes in the situation." There seemed to be hidden worries in the corners of her eyes, but I still hesitated. "There are still two months, you have plenty of time to tear them apart." For Wei Xue, it doesn't even take one month.

"If it was in the past, it would indeed be a trivial matter, but—" before finishing speaking, Wei Xue covered her chest, a trace of dark red blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

When I got closer, I realized that her face was paler than usual, and I couldn't help feeling tense. "Quickly pass—" The imperial doctor, she covered my mouth and signaled me not to shout, the hall is empty at the moment, it is really unusual.

I helped Weixue to lean on the bed, a cloud of suspicion clouded my mind. "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, just promise me not to leave during this time." She suddenly grabbed my hand and looked at me earnestly. My heart softened and turned into a puddle of water, as if she told me to die It is also willing.

"Could you tell me what's wrong?" I'm usually okay, I never ask more questions, but seeing that she looks bad, I don't want her to work too hard.

"It's really nothing, but the old disease has relapsed, and I don't know how long I can last."

"Your Majesty, you must be joking with me." Weixue has an old illness, I know it, I always thought it would be cured, and I haven't had it in the past few years, but when I saw it today, it showed the symptoms of dying for no reason, There was a sense of sadness in the room.

"Just think I'm joking." She smiled wryly and stopped explaining, but I believed it.

"Aren't you going to keep Anguo in your pocket? How can something happen?" Besides, there should be many, many things you want to do, but you just haven't told me one by one.

She looked at me and smirked for a while, and said: "Yeah, I haven't..." She swallowed halfway through the words, her eyes were still looking at me, like a huge wave sweeping in the deep sea, I immediately lowered my eyebrows and closed my eyes , I felt embarrassed in my heart.

"Your Majesty, rest well." I planned to get up and call the maid to come in to serve.

"No, sit with me for a while!" The hand that was holding me did not let go, but clenched even tighter.

No way, I had no choice but to sit down again, and sitting down became lying down with her, and she listened to me talking about things outside the palace these days.

"Aren't you even curious, how did I answer them?" I mean they asked me why I wanted to kill the emperor.

She smiled and said, "I'm not curious, it's not a good thing to think about it."

"It's really not a good word, but you really don't want to know?" I turned my head and blinked at her. This girl was not at all curious when she should be, and she was so boring.

"I don't want to." Wei Xue paused for a while and then said: "I'm afraid that after hearing what you said, I won't be able to resist locking you up with them."

Well, sure enough, this is the real reason.

That day I went back to the palace as if nothing had happened, and no one regarded me as a criminal any more. A few old men from the imperial guards came over to say hello, mainly because they wanted to know who hurt the emperor that day.

It is true that the emperor stabbed himself, I will not tell anyone, if I say it, it will be a big trouble, but it is easy to say anything else, what I am most afraid of is that Wei Xue will make trouble for me.

"Forget it, Qing Zhi, it's good that you come back, I was worried that His Majesty would arrest you all over the country."

"If you want me, I will join the rebels."

"Bah, bah, bah! No matter what you say, you are not afraid of being heard."

Although the old men love to quarrel with me on weekdays, they are still worried about me at critical moments. I think that many acquaintances in the palace have left, but there are still a few reliable elders. It's a pity that they are going to retire and return home.

After dinner, Wei Xue said, "You've been away for half a month, to be honest, I'm still not used to it."

The hand I was holding on to the tangerine froze, and I smiled again: "If you just say you miss me, you'll be fine."

"Then do you miss me?"

I chewed the two halves of the orange until it was tasteless and didn't answer, thinking, if I say I miss you, it will be what you want, and next time you will use me more vigorously, I will have no regrets.

"It's okay not to say, anyway, I know the answer."

Stretching his neck, he swallowed the orange with difficulty, Weixue, can you not be so smart, this is more speechless than directly exposing me.

"I'm thinking, if I didn't bring those people back to the palace, but secretly left the capital and disappeared from the world, would you want me to be wanted?"

"No." Wei Xue answered quickly, and then said, "Because you can't get out of the capital."

"So sure?" I saw how confident she was, and once again felt that everything about me was controlled by her, including my thoughts and next actions.

"I still have some confidence." She hooked my chin lightly, and the feeling of sliding her fingers across the skin lasted for a long time.

Out of good intentions and responsibility, in the next two days, I still persuaded the imperial physician Wei Xuexuan to take a look, but Wei Xue rejected them all because it is an extraordinary period and she cannot let others know about her illness.

"Then there is no other way, I have to do my best to take care of His Majesty."

Wei Xue laughed again, "This is what you should do, don't make it sound like I'm forcing you."

"Although you can't say that you forced me, I can't compare to others, and I don't even have a salary." I have always been brooding about Wei Xue not giving me a salary.

"I can't give you too much money, otherwise you can go to heaven."

"No way." Wei Xue controlled me step by step, from money to power, so that now I can do nothing but obey her orders. Today, I have asked for it.

I also complained to Wei Yu and Si Yong about the lack of salary, Wei Yu did not believe that the emperor would treat me so harshly, and Si Yong thought that Wei Xue had other plans, which shows that they are not the people who know Wei Xue best.

It was even more interesting from day one. When I complained that I was a coolie without wages, he said that he would save up the money and share half of it with me in the future.

Concubine Min, whom I haven't seen for several years, is precisely Concubine Min who has come to the capital.

When the people from Syanto told me, I just got up, so I dressed and washed three times faster than usual, and hurriedly said to Wei Xue before leaving the palace.

I heard that Xunjia also married the princess, but it's been several years, and I haven't been able to visit them.

Concubine Min said that she really missed Si Yong and me very much, so she decided to go to Beijing. She hadn't seen Yu Jun in a few years.

"Did you come out before eating?" Si Yong asked Xiao Luo to bring me something to eat.

I sat down and looked around but didn't see Concubine Min, so I asked, "Where's Auntie?" I only changed this name after Concubine Min left the palace.

"Why are you here so soon?" Concubine Min came from outside with a smile. "I heard from Xiao Luo that you're here, so it's true."

"I miss you so much."

The long-lost intimacy, the years have not left many traces on Concubine Min. I haven't seen her for a few years. Except for a little more softness in her eyes, she hasn't changed much. Only her concern for my marriage is increasing day by day.

Normally, Si Yong would mention my situation in passing in her letters, but now that she heard me mention it in person, she was not too surprised, but more worried. "Look, Yujun is three years old, and you are not married yet."

"I don't plan to get married anymore, it's good to be alone." And I think that with such a free and undisciplined personality, it is not a good thing to marry anyone.

"You still say such stupid things at such an age." Min Concubine shook her head helplessly, I had no choice but to repeat what Wei Xue once said that I would find a good husband within three days.

This was also the first time Si Yong heard about it, and after hearing it, his expression was more dignified than that of Concubine Min.

They all agreed that Weixue deliberately didn't want me to marry, and I didn't know this, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with it.