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It was dark.

The majestic palace city gradually lights up, fireworks take off, and the long streets and corridors that traffic in the dark and light are like black lines criss-crossing on a square chessboard. There are dead chess everywhere, and there is always life.All the court ladies, servants, dignitaries, dignitaries, nobles, royal family and relatives walking slowly on the long street are all pawns controlled by people on the square chessboard. Not to end.

Zuozu Youshe, Fengxian Hall is located in the east of the imperial city, opposite to the Sheji Altar.

The servants with copper pots in both hands were refilling the lanterns on both sides of the long street, and the sound of crackling lanterns followed the scorched smoke into the deep night, one after another.

Looking from afar from the gate of the vermilion palace, in the dim moonlight, it is the side of the majestic and majestic Fengxian Hall with carved beams and painted buildings, double eaves and brackets.

Li Shunde was puzzled, and walked over the threshold.

When he got closer and saw the appearance clearly, he couldn't help laughing: "Who am I? Why didn't Master Lu go straight out of the palace and go back to the mansion after playing against His Majesty? It's snowing in the middle of winter, don't freeze your bones."

Lu He slowly withdrew his eyes from the closed door of Fengxian Hall, bowed his hands to the head of the imperial court who had served the emperors of two dynasties and still had both sides, and smiled apologetically: "His Highness Yiyang was once my student. The teacher is a teacher for life, and this time His Highness's wanton talk and offended Longyan have nothing to do with me as a lecturer. Your Highness is punished, how can I live in peace if I have a conscience?"

Li Shunde looked her up and down calmly, and seeing that she was still dressed in the same attire she had when he handed over the sign in the afternoon, he secretly estimated the time, thinking that she might be standing here for a few sticks of incense, so he ordered The accompanying servant brought a jacket and cloak from the duty room in Fengxian Hall, and put it on with her.

"Thank you, Eunuch Li." Lu He thanked him, buttoned up his own buttons, gathered up his collar, and unconsciously looked into the brightly lit Fengxian Hall with worried eyes.

Seeing this, Li Shunde covered his mouth and chuckled for a while, then said to Lu He with a radiant tongue: "It's no wonder His Highness Yiyang used to praise Lord Lu with compliments before His Majesty. According to our family, Lord Lu is not only a great talent, Compared with the Hanlin scholars who are devoted to fame and fortune, they are more humane. I am afraid that the sudden entry into the palace to see His Majesty today is because Master Lu wanted to protect His Highness Yiyang?"

Li Shunde has served Emperor Chunyou for twelve years, and it was the first time he saw the emperor and Yiyang father and daughter arguing, the teacup on the table was smashed, let alone the Kowloon inkstone, and the emperor was in a hurry Gongxin was so furious that a notification came from outside the hall and he and Zhang Bao hugged the emperor's thigh to intercede, which made the emperor extinguish a little anger, and sent Yiyang to Fengxian Hall for the time being to kneel down and think about his mistakes.

"My father-in-law was joking. I'm just a mere official. I'm neither an official who infers good luck from the observable stars in the Qin Tianjian nor a sorcerer who knows yin and yang in the market. Important things must be reported in a timely manner." Lu He said nonsense in a serious manner.

Li Shunde also knew that he couldn't say anything to such an elm lump, so he had to avoid the conversation with a haha: "Lord Lu and His Royal Highness Yiyang have a deep friendship between teachers and students, so you might as well persuade His Highness in private to open the dynasty by yourself. Since then, my Great Jin has never produced a princess who will never marry, so it is reasonable for His Majesty to be angry." Li Shunde also spoke nonsense in a serious manner, and the emperor's anger was naturally not all because of Yiyang's refusal to marry.

advise?

Yiyang made this decision for himself, how to persuade him.

Persuade... how can she listen to her temper.

Lu He nodded, but stopped talking, and still glanced at Fengxian Hall from time to time.

The sound of drums suddenly resounded through the sky, lingering in my ears.

Li Shunde looked up at the sky, raised his hands forward, and persuaded him: "Master Lu, if you don't go through the palace gate, you will be locked. His Highness Yiyang is going to kneel in Fengxian Hall all night, so you have to stay here too." Can you stand with her overnight?"

If it was possible, Lu He would be willing to stand with her overnight. Even if she went back, she would have Yiyang in her heart, so she might not be able to rest.Staying here, seeing the faint yellow light through the window paper from a distance, seems to be able to set up a fire in my heart, warm and at ease.

Lu He walked forward a few steps according to his words. Under his feet was a snowy road that had been carefully cleared by his servants. Beside the road was thick snow, which oozes a pale and cold light in the dark night.

Lu He hesitated for a while, and asked: "The night is darker and the dew is heavier. I wonder if there is a fire in Fengxian Hall? Is the carpet covered?"

Li Shunde laughed in his heart when he heard it, and thought to himself, how can Mr. Shi Tao care about his master and heart, and said to her one by one in detail: "Master Lu, don't worry, there are four corners in Fengxian Hall. The fire, and the servants on duty will go in to add red charcoal on time. The carpet has been replaced with thick and warm felt since winter, and it is soft and soft when you step on it. Relieve a little pain." Lu He's eyes followed his words, and Li Shunde had no choice but to whisper again, "Furthermore, His Highness Yiyang is not stupefied. Although His Majesty ordered her to kneel as a punishment, the palace will How could she actually kneel until dawn when no one supervised her?"

So the two walked for a short distance, and Lu He looked worried after taking three steps——

Li Shunde could see clearly her intention of not giving up on seeing Yiyang, stopped and pointed to the value room located in a corner: "If Mr. Lu is still worried, that place can barely rest. It's just a little dirty, and The charcoal fire is very poor, and it may suffocate adults."

When Lu He heard this, he was overjoyed, and at the same time secretly scolded why he cared about it and made chaos, but forgot that there is such a use for being a housekeeper, and hurriedly bowed to Li Shunde three times: "Thank you, Eunuch Li!"

The next day will dawn.

In fact, Lu He didn't sleep all night. He got up after hearing the sound of the rooster crowing, and leaned against the door to look.

Not long after, a proud red-robed official walked up from a distance, who should have been ordered by the emperor to teach him.After about a moment, the official came out from Fengxian Hall and fled across the door.

The snow has stopped, the snow has not yet melted, and the east wind howls and cuts the face and hurts.

In the gray world, inside the yellow tiles and powder walls, on the white snow-lined road, a rose-red figure staggers, from far to near, like a raging fire that can't be ignited alone, like a mandala in full bloom, like blood clots in a jade spit pot. tears.

She walked very slowly, almost stopping every step, limping slightly, and stepped on the bluestone slabs with different shades of shoe prints, in the narrow square, under the square sky, there was a sudden red, if you don't look carefully, It was swallowed by the vast expanse of white snow and annihilated like a sea of ​​water drops.

Lu He leaned against the door, Yiyang's struggling figure was getting closer and closer to her gaze, and the knuckles of her fingers that were holding the door tightly turned pale due to excessive force.

Even if there are all kinds of feelings, whether it is distressed, sad, angry, or depressed, they should not be looked at by others at this pass.

Yiyang didn't know that Lu He was waiting for him in front of him. He was supported by two maidservants and walked out of Fengtian Hall. When he approached the valet room, he stopped for a while, and opened his mouth in astonishment as soon as he raised his eyes. He bumped wildly, and was so panicked that he immediately left the support of the two maidservants, trembling in the wind like a dried lotus leaf.

Qing Zhan's eyes inspected from her slightly pale cheeks all the way to her trembling legs even if she just stood still, Lu He walked down the steps and saluted Yiyang: "Your Highness."

"Sir." Yiyang lowered his eyebrows, tried his best to suppress the ecstasy, and performed the teacher-student gift to Lu He.

The attendants were all discerning servants and maids in the palace, and after getting Yiyang's wink, they hurriedly left one by one.

Entered the duty room and bolted the door.

Before he could turn his head and turn around, he was caught off guard by a pair of soft and boneless hands gently hugging his waist, and Yiyang's soothing and comfortable voice was pressed behind his ears, and the hot air that came out was mixed with the coldness of the midwinter: "You stay tuned!" spend the night with me?"

The tone of the voice rose slightly due to overjoy.

Without answering, Lu He broke off her interlaced fingers one by one, bent over and picked her up with great strength, and carried her directly onto the bed.

Although the bed in the duty room was clean and tidy, but where it caught Yiyang's eyes, he was forced to lie down, and he felt disgusted and nauseated from the bottom of his heart, but his shoulders were held tightly by Lu He, and he knelt all night. Shui Weijin was so weak that he couldn't beat her.

On the back near the waist, there was a square and square protruding thing, which was so painful, Yiyang frowned slightly and stretched his hands back to touch it, and took it to his eyes - it was Lu He's official seal.

Presumably, Lu He should rest here last night.

Yiyang stuffed the official seal into Lu He's arms, and lay down peacefully with a smile on his lips, feeling that the bed under him was really cute.

Lu He sat on the edge of the bed, saw that she was calm, let go of her hands, still with a livid face, and started to take off her boots and socks for her.

Rolling up the trouser legs, above the knees, each had a mass of bruises, and there was a shocking spot of blood on the place where he usually knelt on the ground - Lu He's brows were frowned, and his eyes were slightly condensed.

"... um... it doesn't hurt..." Yiyang sat up straight, pinched the fabric with his fingers, trying to pull down the snow-white trousers in an attempt to cover his ears.

Yiyang is indeed not a foolish, loyal and filial young man as Li Shunde said, she dared to be lazy and escape punishment, and she really planned to do so before stepping into Fengxian Hall.

Although the child is silent and strange, but standing alone in the silent hall facing the gods, confessions, and shrines of the ancestors, she would not dare to sit cross-legged or sit together even if you lend her ten courage. Lying in the clothes and chatting with Zhou Gong at night, he had to half push and half kneel on the ground all night.

Lu He didn't say a word, just raised his hand and gently touched a few blood spots, and then heard Yiyang's unprepared gasp.

He took out a blue and white porcelain box from his bosom, opened the lid, and dug out a small piece of dark green paste, overflowing with medicinal fragrance.

Lu He didn't come straight to Fengxian Hall after playing against the emperor. She was thoughtful and delicate, and went to the imperial hospital first to ask for ointment for reducing swelling and blood stasis.

Rub it in the palm of your hand until it's hot, and when you're done, hook a little on your fingertips and apply it carefully, with hot air blowing from your mouth, which is extremely gentle.

If it were normal, Yiyang would be so painful that her eyes would be filled with tears, but at this moment, right now, her heart is full of joy and sweetness, it is a long drought meeting nectar, and a desert meeting an oasis.

Looking at Lu He quietly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he carefully outlined the delicate and picturesque facial features, which melted into the peach blossom eyes and turned into a gorgeous flower.

She was still wearing a blue official uniform, with the white pheasant patch embroidered on her chest, and the two white pheasants fluttered and circled, and she could see a sense of affection when she looked at it.

She lowered her head, her clear eyes were covered by slender and thick eyelashes.

Her brows were slightly frowned, as if she was concentrating on a sorrow that would never be resolved.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Yiyang reaching out his hand, as if wanting to disturb his face.

Lu He immediately said coldly: "Don't touch it, retract it, and put your hands behind your back."

Yiyang was slightly stunned, then smiled lightly and still stretched out his hand forward, but he was slapped away by Lu He on the way——

The pain on the back of her hand disappeared in an instant when Lu He raised her head - only her eyes were red and dripping with tears.

Yiyang was completely flustered, at a loss what to do, neither to comfort her nor not to comfort her, but wondered if it was her behavior that caused her displeasure again, and stammered and asked: "You...why are you crying? I, I ...I'll sit properly, with my hands behind my back, no, no... just don't violate you." She was startled and worried, and couldn't choose what to say.

"I'm very angry, I'm very angry." Lu He's shoulders trembled slightly, suppressing the choked sobs that were about to burst forth, and she lowered her eyes, staring at Yiyang's knees—the glaring scars made her heart feel like being eaten by ants , with a hoarse voice, "You are disobedient, you are very disobedient, you worried me all night."