The imperial concubine bows down to me

"There will be a time later." Sure enough, there are still many good people in this world, but they met by chance, and the girl gave her so much money.

With Xie Yun's help, Shen Zhi could travel comfortably in the next two days.In the afternoon of the third day, she arrived at the gate of the capital smoothly.

But after entering the city, Shen Zhi didn't go directly to meet the saint, but first bought a brand new mask to put on, and then went straight to the prime minister's mansion. ".But when she arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, she learned from her servants that Liu Xiuyun was called into the palace by Shen Tianhe not long ago, and she probably won't be back for a while.

"That Gu will come to look for the prime minister later." After saying that, Shen Zhi turned around and wanted to leave, but he felt a bit reluctant in his heart.She originally wanted to come to the prime minister's mansion to discuss matters with Liu Xiuyun, to see if she could see Liu Shuyan, but now that Liu Xiuyun is not here, she can't think of any good excuse to stay here.

But when she got to the door, Shen Zhi was really unwilling. After hesitating for a while, she turned back and said, "Since the father is discussing with the prime minister, it's inconvenient for Gu to disturb him. If there is nothing wrong with you, I'd better wait here for the prime minister to come back." You can go and do your own thing, don't worry about me, go to the back garden and walk freely."

Shen Zhi didn't come to Xiangfu many times, but he also went to the back garden once.She felt that if Liu Shuyan was in the mansion, if nothing happened, he would probably play the piano and paint in the backyard, so she thought of going to try her luck and see if she could see her.

Compared with the imperial garden in Tai Chi Palace, although the back garden of this Prime Minister's Mansion is not big, it is actually not too small.Shen Zhi wandered inside for a quarter of an hour, but didn't see anyone, but turned around for a long time and couldn't find his way, and got lost inside.

After searching for a long time, Shen Zhi still couldn't find a way to get out, the sun hanging in the sky was a bit strong, and it happened that there was a low pavilion half covered by trees not far away, so she planned to go there to have a rest.As she got closer, Shen Zhicai vaguely realized that there seemed to be a person sitting inside. Immediately, her heart rose, and her throat couldn't help but move up and down.

Could it be... her?

Approaching Aoting lightly, Shen Zhi's thumping heart beat faster and faster.

The woman in the pavilion is dressed in plain white, and there are no complicated jewelry embellishments on her head, giving people a fresh and elegant feeling.Pulling back her sleeves, she picked up a sunspot with both fingers and calmly landed on the chessboard, but there was no one on the opposite side of her.

Although Shen Zhi had tried her best to slow down her pace, when she saw Liu Shuyan, her thoughts were in a trance for a moment, and she accidentally stepped on a stone, which made a piercing sound.

Hearing the sound, Liu Shuyan turned her gaze to this side, and when she saw Shen Zhi, she put the white piece she had just picked up back into the chess arena, as if she had expected this, she only smiled lightly, and said softly: "Your Highness, you're back." After finishing speaking, Xu Shi realized his identity, Liu Shuyan got up quickly again, and saluted Shen Zhi.

I haven't seen you for a few months, it seems that I am even more unfamiliar than last time...

"I..." Seeing each other suddenly, Shen Zhi didn't know what to say for a while, and after a long while, she softly uttered four words, "...I'm back."

"Your Highness, have you returned to the palace to meet the emperor?"

"Never." At first, Shen Zhi wanted to say that I wanted to meet you first, but when the words came to her mouth, she hesitated again, and said with an excuse, "I originally planned to come to the prime minister's mansion to find the prime minister, and then go to the palace to meet my father together." The emperor, but the prime minister is not in the mansion, so Gu just wanted to walk casually in the back garden and wait for him to come back. I didn't expect to meet Gui... Liu... Madam Liu here."

Shen Zhi laughed, and Liu Shuyan also laughed. She walked towards Shen Zhi, and asked again: "Then Your Highness...do you have something to say to Caomin?"

Liu Shuyan claimed to be a grassroots person, Shen Zhi heard it in his ears, and he always felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

In fact, when Liu Shuyan said this, Shen Zhi knew that she should want an answer to her estrangement, but she didn't know how to say it, so she could only pretend to be stupid: "Oh...the life-saving grace in Zhangye a few months ago I haven't thanked Mrs. Liu yet." In the past year, Shen Zhi has grown a lot, and now, she is comparable to Liu Shuyan.She stood in front of Liu Shuyan, just looking at her at the same level, and the guilt in her eyes was instantly exposed in front of Liu Shuyan.

Hearing this, Liu Shuyan gave a light "um", but did not respond to it, but said very bluntly: "Your Highness knows what the grass people are talking about."

Seeing that Shen Zhi stayed there for a long time, she shifted her gaze to the peach blossom tree in full bloom: "Your Highness, do you still remember what you promised Cao Min?" She promised Liu Shuyan to be honest with each other, of course she remembered , it's just this... how to let people say it.

It's just that even though it's hard to say such a thing, Shen Zhi had already promised Wei Feng when he was in Zhangye that he would not do anything wrong with Liu Shuyan and Xue Ruoyu, and he would give Liu Shuyan an answer after returning to Beijing.She has been preparing for several months, often thinking about the scene of seeing Liu Shuyan again, how to speak to her, because she has already decided that she will fulfill her promise.

Taking a deep breath, looking up at Liu Shuyan's eyes, Shen Zhi finally decided to confess, she said: "Remember, I once promised Mrs. Liu... I will never alienate you for no reason, and I will never hide anything from you." You, so as not to create estrangement between the two of us. I was wrong before, which made you worry. This time when I return to Beijing, I will explain clearly what happened before the expedition."

As soon as Shen Zhi finished speaking, before Liu Shuyan could respond, the two of them waited for Liu Xiuyun who came in a hurry.He was originally looking for Liu Shuyan, but seeing that Shen Zhi was also here, he couldn't help being a little surprised, his face darkened, and he saluted: "I just heard that the guard at the city gate came to report His Royal Highness to return to the capital. I want to go to the East Palace to pay my respects, but I didn't expect to meet His Highness here."

"Prime Minister," Shen Zhi replied, "I came to the Prime Minister's Mansion alone because I wanted to pay a visit to the Prime Minister."

"I am really lucky to be treated like this by Your Highness, but I have the guts to say that it is better for Your Highness to go to the palace first."

Hearing this, Shen Zhi felt an ominous premonition in her heart, and she hurriedly asked: "But what happened in the palace?"

Liu Xiuyun sighed: "The emperor caught wind and cold a few days ago, and thought it was nothing serious, but today when he was recruiting ministers into the palace to discuss matters, he suddenly fell into a coma. The imperial doctor said that I am afraid there is not much time..."

When Shen Zhi rushed to the Tai Chi Palace, the death knell had already started to sound in the palace.Hearing the sound of the bell, Shen Zhi suddenly felt a chill behind his back, his legs suddenly went limp, he stopped for a while, and couldn't even stand firmly.

Liu Shuyan supported her from behind, and watched her all the way to the palace where Shen Tianhe was in the end.

"My condolences to His Royal Highness..." People around persuaded her like this, but in the end, Shen Zhi still couldn't hold back crying in front of all the court officials until she lost her voice, and even speaking became a little difficult.

In the middle of the night, the courtiers retreated one after another, only Liu Shuyan and Cao Min stayed beside Shen Tianhe with Shen Zhi.

The candles were flickering, and the hall was extremely silent, and finally it was Liu Shuyan who broke the silence first: "Cao Min, you go and send someone to prepare some hot water for His Highness to bathe in, and then prepare some porridge, as His Highness hasn't had any lunch yet. "

Although Liu Shuyan has now been relegated to a commoner by Shen Tianhe's random name, but no one in the palace knows that Shen knows that this His Royal Highness, who is about to ascend the throne and become emperor, has an extremely close relationship with Liu Shuyan. Cao Min still had to respect her three points.

"Yes." Responding, he retreated tactfully, and closed the palace door, calling the palace guards away from the door, giving them enough room to chat privately.

"Your Highness." The hall was empty, and Liu Shuyan's voice kept echoing in Shen Zhi's ears.

She responded softly, and was waiting for Liu Shuyan's next words, but she didn't expect Liu Shuyan to walk up to her and sit down, then said: "The emperor didn't leave, he just took the medicine and passed out temporarily, just suspended animation. "

Liu Shuyan's words almost choked Shen Zhi who was sobbing.

"Fake death?" Shen Zhi looked at Liu Shuyan in disbelief, and Liu Shuyan also looked at her with a smile, not at all as if he was joking with her, which made Shen Zhi's heart pound.

"Your Highness made great contributions in the first battle in Xiliang, won the hearts of the army, and won the hearts of the people in the fight against corruption in Liuzhou, and won the hearts of the people. There will be no major obstacles to ascending the throne. Now that the world is in balance, there will be prime ministers and Lord Wei waiting to take care of you in the future." Order the minister to be by his side to assist, His Highness will be able to govern the world well, and the Emperor can safely feign death and leave this deep palace to travel around the world." Liu Shuyan explained, "Your Highness knows that the Emperor has no intentions from the very beginning. With this throne, he only wants to take the queen on a tour of the mountains and rivers... Now that His Highness has grown up, he also wants to be selfish for a while, to fulfill his childhood dream."

After thinking about it, before Shen Zhi responded, Liu Shuyan added another sentence: "There are so many people just now, I can't tell His Highness the truth."

Hearing this, Shen Zhi suddenly felt his heart tremble, and couldn't control himself for a while, and started crying again.It's just that this time it's not tears of sadness. There is nothing in this world that can touch people's hearts more than the words "lost and found".

Seeing Shen Zhi like this, Liu Shuyan wanted to hug her, but thinking of the current relationship between the two, she just patted Shen Zhi's back lightly, without saying anything else.

After a long time, Shen Zhi finally stabilized her mood, and she asked cautiously: "If the father wants to leave here, Gu will not force him to stay, Gu will try his best to protect the country for him and the Shen family." Yes. But... but I just want to know, is the imperial concubine going to leave the capital like father and emperor, to go sightseeing in the mountains and rivers, to feel the wind and dust?"

Seven years ago, her mother and concubine were murdered and left her forever; now, her father is also going to pursue the life he wants and leave this deep palace.If even Liu Shuyan wanted to leave, she would not even have a single person in the palace who could speak her mind.The closest and dearest person can only be Du Qinning who lives outside the palace.

At this time, Shen Zhi was as soft as before, without the strangeness of the day, which made Liu Shuyan feel more comfortable staying by her side.

She should have comforted Shen Zhi, but Shen Zhi's asking her this was a good opportunity to resolve the misunderstanding, and she didn't want to let it go.So she paused for a few breaths, took a deep breath, fixedly looked into Shen Zhi's eyes, and asked without answering: "Then Your Highness...do you want me to leave?"

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