love palace

The sky is gray, with a feeling of melancholy and sadness, and the clouds also lose their luster and become chaotic, sometimes bringing raindrops, and sometimes it is needle-like fine snow.

Is it already winter before the white dew season?Ke Weiqing unconsciously looked at the pale yellow grass, but couldn't find any fresh flowers.

"What are you looking at?" Suddenly, Huang Ye stretched out his hand and supported the vermilion window frame.

"Your Majesty?" The slightly musky smell, as well as the gold silk sleeves, made Ke Weiqing feel cramped. He was a repeat offender of the court, but he was not punished.

Even if a minister raised an objection, Huang Ye blocked it on the grounds that "Ke Weiqing is pregnant with a dragon heir".

Ke Weiqing couldn't be like his former colleagues, what kind of expression would he have when he heard that his pregnancy disappeared?However, with the Wuque people captured and imprisoned, it is no longer a secret that men have children.

The Wuque tribe was brutally massacred by the late emperor in the early years.This hidden history of blood and tears gradually surfaced as the interrogation progressed, but the main reason behind it was that the late emperor Chunyu Wen was born to a Wuque man, and his birth was enough to mess up the blood relationship of the clan. Those who have no right to inherit the throne.

That's why he secretly sent Zhao Guowei to slaughter the village.Huang Ye doesn't know about this at the moment.

Ke Weiqing didn't know whether to speak out or continue to hide it. If Huang Ye knew about it, he would understand why the late emperor swore to kill the Wuque Clan.

"Your body..." Ke Weiqing lowered his eyes and said softly, "It smells like blood."

"Ah?" Huang Ye withdrew his hand and sighed, "After staying in the interrogation room for a long time, it's natural that you have some smell. Your nose is really good."

"Your Majesty, please stop extorting confessions by torture." Ke Weiqing turned around, stared at Huang Ye with black eyes, and said earnestly, "I am the culprit!" Huang Ye frowned and stood up, obviously displeased, but at any rate But holding back, he reached out and caressed Ke Weiqing's cheek, and said gently: "You are not. I know that Yonglin ordered all of this. He admitted it and made it very clear. He took advantage of your kindness, Knowing that you will not let your clansmen die in vain, that’s why I forced you to lead them to rebel. Wei Qing, I know all about it.”

"That's not the case!" Ke Weiqing shook his head and said hoarsely, "Your Majesty, Yonglin is your younger brother, the one you love the most. He doesn't really want to seek power and usurp the throne, he is...!"

"Wei Qing." Huang Ye interrupted Ke Weiqing's words, and at the same time clasped his jaw with his fingers, stared at him and said, "Because I know where his real intentions are, so I can't let him go!"

Thinking back to the morning, in the dark interrogation room, Yonglin was wearing heavy shackles, hunched over, kneeling on the ground where the sewage was flowing, but he still did not bow his head, his gaze was like a sword.

He has been stripped of his title.The prince's privilege of avoiding death does not include "rebellion". Huang Ye hated him for taking Ke Weiqing away and stirring up war, and he did not hesitate to brand the word "rebel" on his chest.

"I like Ke Weiqing. No matter how much you hate me, Brother Huang, I still want to say that I only like him in my life, and I only want him alone!" Yonglin knew that he said this, but he didn't intend to add fuel to the fire, but he still spoke boldly .

"Hmph! If you really liked him, you wouldn't force him to rebel. You are harming him, forcing him to death!" Huang Ye fought back angrily.

"Did I force him? Or did you force him? Brother Huang, you did it several times, using your power to take him away from me!"

"Nonsense!" Huang Ye shouted unbearably, "Who is the one who snatched it? Yonglin, I think of my brotherhood, and I have warned you several times not to try to get involved with Ke Weiqing! But you are so stubborn that you even rebelled ! I deserve to die!”

"Hahaha, I'm not afraid of death." Yong Lin burst out laughing suddenly, waiting for Huang Ye, "But, Brother Huang, why can't I have Wei Qing? You have so many concubines, and you still dominate the world. Dare I say, Ke Weiqing is in your heart... insignificant! At least not as good as your country and your concubine! Why do you insist on holding on to him? You have been using him and hurting him for so many years, isn't it enough?!"

"Presumptuous!" Huang Ye was very angry. He did keep marrying new concubines while pampering Ke Weiqing, but it was for political purposes, and he married the daughter of an important minister.

"From the very beginning, Ke Weiqing was your pawn, brother! You thought he was intelligent and loyal to you, and intended to cultivate and train him so that he could work for you! But Ke Weiqing didn't understand, he was too naive, And simple, he always thought that you were sincere to him..."

"What if I say that I am sincere to him?" Huang Ye stared at Yong Lin, and said every word, "Then you are taking love with a knife, making trouble out of nothing!"

"What...?!" Yong Lin's love for Ke Weiqing was too deep, his heart was full of resentment and prejudice against Huang Ye, and he couldn't see other things clearly.

"I won't let you get close to him again." Huang Ye turned around and said with his back to him, "Give up!"

"Unless I die, otherwise, I will not give up Wei Qing!" Yong Lin knelt and took a step forward, loudly said, "Brother Huang, if you really treat him well, let him go free!"

Yong Lin's words seemed to be still echoing in his ears, Huang Ye couldn't help squinting his eyes, looked at Ke Weiqing and said, "No matter in the past, present or future, you only belong to me, understand?"

"I……!"

"Wei Qing, are you there?" Bei Dou walked in, seeing the emperor hugging Ke Weiqing intimately, he stopped talking, thinking of leaving.

"Reckless, what are you doing?" Huang Ye asked displeased.

"Back to the emperor, I just came to see Mr. Ke, whether everything is okay." Beidou said with a smile, he has been very busy recently, not only seeing Ke Weiqing, but also sneaking out of the prison to give those witches People see a doctor.

"Just came to visit? You should stay here all the time! Where did you go all day long?" Huang Ye became even more displeased, and asked Ke Weiqing to sit down in a chair.

"It's my humble minister who has neglected his duty. I hope the emperor will forgive me." Beidou immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Forget it, I still have something to go to Qinzheng Hall, you stay here." Huang Ye said, "Also, let the servants pull out those nails."

"Nail?" Beidou asked puzzled.

"Above the window." Huang Yeshen stretched out his finger to the vermilion window.There are a few wooden nails hanging there, which were originally used to hang the sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival. Now that the season has passed, the sachets have been taken down, and the nails are left behind.

"Oh, it turns out that the emperor also knows about the divine fetus." Beidou said with a smile when he remembered something.

"God's fetus?" Ke Weiqing asked suspiciously.

"It's the folklore that you can't put nails in a pregnant woman's room, otherwise it will offend the fetus god and be harmful to the mother's health." Beidou said in surprise, "I didn't expect the emperor to know this."

"I heard it by accident..." Concubine Lan Gui was also pregnant, and then all the nails in her palace were pulled out. Huang Ye felt strange when she saw it, so she asked.

"No matter what, I'd rather believe in something than nothing." Huang Ye said cautiously, "It's better to be careful in everything."

"Yes." Beidou also agreed.

"You need to rest well." Huang Ye looked at Ke Weiqing again, and urged again, "Rest on time and eat. If you need anything, tell Beidou or Li Deyi, no one dares to make things difficult for you."

"Yes..." After seeing Ke Weiqing nodding, Huang Ye drove away.

"Wei Qing, the emperor is still as good to you as ever. However, those people in the prison are suffering." Beidou blinked and said.

"Beidou, I want to see them too..." Ke Weiqing stood up anxiously.In fact, he has been worried about the safety of his clansmen, and has trouble sleeping and eating.

"No! You must not go! If the emperor finds out, it will be fine!" Beidou hurriedly dissuaded, "They are rebels, and torture is inevitable."

"But I'm also a rebel!" Ke Weiqing paced back and forth in the room, then lowered his head and said to himself, "What should I do? I don't deserve such preferential treatment from the emperor."

"The emperor will treat you well if he likes you. The people in the prison have conclusive evidence of treason. No one can help." Beidou said, "However, none of them blamed you, and they are all happy to know that you are doing well. So, you can raise your baby with peace of mind. The boy named Hongliu seemed very surprised when he found out that you were pregnant."

"Beidou, you go down first, I want to be alone for a while." Ke Weiqing rubbed his stinging temple and said softly.

"Well, okay. If you need anything, just call me." In order to take care of Ke Weiqing, Beidou lived in the Imperial Hospital and hadn't been home for a long time.

Ke Weiqing nodded. He was very grateful to Beidou for treating the wounds and diseases of the Wuque people, which was against the imperial decree.However, for Beidou himself, he can meet so many beautiful Wuque people at once, and get to know them well, even if he is beheaded by the emperor, he will not be afraid.

Of course, his outlandish ideas cannot be conveyed to Ke Weiqing.

After Beidou left, Ke Weiqing gently stroked his belly. Even though it had been more than seven months, he still hadn't gotten used to being pregnant. He tossed and turned at night and was very tired during the day.

When he couldn't fall asleep, Huang Ye would reach out and stroke his hair very gently, making Ke Weiqing feel like crying...

If Huang Ye forgave him, then the others must be executed, because someone must bear the responsibility of rebellion, and that person is his clansman, and Yong Lin.

No matter how slow Ke Weiqing was, he could also sense that Huang Ye had already committed murderous intentions towards Yong Lin, and he would never keep Yong Lin in the world again.

But Yong Lin is Huang Ye's most beloved younger brother. It can be said that although the royal family is big, only Yong Lin gives Huang Ye a feeling of "family". He treats his younger brother sincerely.Ke Weiqing knew very well who was the most distressed person who ordered Yonglin to be executed.

Yonglin rebelled because of him, and he should bear all the sins, not Huang Ye, so Ke Weiqing felt that he couldn't do this anymore and just watched from the sidelines.He wanted to rescue Yong Lin before Huang Ye ordered to execute him...

Beidou slipped into the prison through a tunnel.This tunnel has a long history. It was built by the first monarch of Dayan when the capital was first established, and it has long been abandoned.

When Ke Weiqing was sorting out ancient books in the library, he discovered the engineering drawings for building this tunnel, so he wrote it down, but he didn't expect that it would be useful one day. He only hoped that what he did could resolve the hatred between the two brothers. , For this reason, his death is not a pity.

Looking at the slightly dark sky outside the window, Ke Weiqing sighed deeply and murmured, "Your Majesty, I can't do anything for you, so... let me bear all the resentment and heartache." ..."

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child time.

The tunnel was dark and damp. Most of the stone bricks built hundreds of years ago were broken, weeds grew between the stone crevices, and the lamp troughs on the walls were also full of dust and cobwebs. There was no oil to use.

Ke Weiqing bent over, touched the dark wall, and walked forward cautiously. The tunnels lead to prisons, imperial gardens, palace gates and other places. They are very complicated, and some of them have completely collapsed. soil so as not to be buried alive.

When he felt that he had gone deep enough, Ke Weiqing took out the flint from his arms, lit a candle, and carefully identified the stairs leading to the prison.

The candlelight was dim, and the stone stairs were in front of him. Although he could tell from the sound that there were no soldiers nearby and it was safe, Ke Weiqing was still uneasy.

Huang Ye was dealing with government affairs in the imperial study, if he went back to the dormitory, he would find that he was not there, and the eunuchs and guards had also been knocked out, and he would definitely be furious...

The matter has come to this point, and there is no regrets anymore, Ke Weiqing took deep and shallow breaths of the stale air, trying not to let himself vomit out, and delay time.

After climbing up the stairs, there was a wooden plank in front of him. Ke Weiqing pushed the wooden plank silently and found himself in prison.

"Hey, Lao Liu, the shift is over."

"Hey, you're here, I'm in a hurry to go back and drink."

"Still drinking? If you can't drink to death...!"

Ke Weiqing searched for the source of the sound, and found that the jailer was far away from him, on the other side of the prison.There were six of them, drinking, talking, and gambling around a table.

"Damn it, it's small again!"

"Haha! Thank you, brother!" A jailer with a shaved head and thick round arms scooped up all the scraps of silver on the table into his pocket.

Whether in the imperial city or in the countryside, the prison history is the same.Ke Weiqing picked up a stone at his feet, and with a little luck, when he closed his eyes, the stone popped out from between his fingers. Relying on his memory, the candle lamp on the wall went out with a whoosh.

"Who?!" Prison stood up and pulled out the knife on his body, but the sudden darkness made them unable to see anything!

"Be careful! Someone is robbing—!" Before the word "prison" was uttered, Ke Weiqing flew over, quickly tapped their dumb and fixed acupoints, and then took off the key.

All this, but in the blink of an eye.

"...Is it Wei Qing?"

Just as Ke Weiqing was thinking about which prison was holding Yonglin, a low-pitched but joyful voice sounded from the innermost cell.

"It's me!" Ke Weiqing walked over, even though he understood that Yonglin would be tortured, but when he saw Yonglin covered in bruises and ragged clothes by the moonlight, he still took a breath!

"Be careful, don't look at me like that, I don't hurt." Yong Lin said with a smile, his nose and face were swollen, and his blood-stained hands stretched out, and gently touched Ke Weiqing's sleeves.

"I'll let you go out." Ke Weiqing took out the heavy key. For some reason, his hands were so tight, Yong Lin held her hand and told him not to worry, take it easy.

"Okay, it should be this one!" After seven or eight failed attempts, after inserting the dirtiest key into the lock, Ke Weiqing finally heard a click, and Ke Weiqing opened the cell door.

"Be careful, it's dark here." Yong Lin said.Ke Weiqing walked into the cell. Although it was really dark inside and he couldn't see his feet clearly, Ke Weiqing still saw the rich food and wine on the floor.

this is……?Ke Weiqing was shocked.

"You know they're going to execute me tomorrow morning, so you came to save me?" Yong Lin didn't seem to have the fear before dying, but seemed calm.

"No, I don't know." Ke Weiqing shook his head. He guessed that Huang Ye was going to kill Yonglin, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. "The emperor was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study tonight, and didn't go back to the palace."

"Hmph. What he reviewed was the execution document." Yonglin said sadly, "I didn't expect it to be this far, and he still wants to hide it from you."

"Yong Lin, hurry up, go this way, there is a tunnel ahead." Ke Weiqing squatted down, pried open the wooden shackles, and pointed out the way, "I marked the code that only you can understand when I came, remember Hold on, follow the signal and you will be able to leave the palace.”

"Aren't you going?" Yonglin looked surprised, "Since you came to save me, you should go with me."

"I won't go." Ke Weiqing shook his head vigorously, "I can't go either."

"Why?" Yong Lin grabbed Ke Weiqing's shoulder, "Wei Qing, he is no longer the emperor brother, he wants us dead!"

"He won't kill me." Ke Weiqing lowered his head and put his hands on his lower abdomen.

"Ah?!" Yonglin was so happy to see Ke Weiqing that he didn't even notice his belly, which was getting bigger and bigger. His expression immediately froze.

"He won't kill his own child." Ke Weiqing murmured, and gave Yonglin a push, "Hurry up, I can't delay for long."

"No! If you don't leave, I won't leave!" Yong Lin sat down on the ground. "When you give birth to a child, Huang Ye will kill you! If you want to die, everyone will die together!"

At this time, there were chaotic footsteps outside, it should be the prison history on patrol.

"Don't you understand? Yonglin!" Ke Weiqing grabbed Yonglin's arm with both hands, and said anxiously, "I am a subject of the emperor, he wants me to die, I have no regrets!"

"Do you like Brother Huang that much?!" As soon as the word "like" was uttered, Yong Lin was stunned. Why did he think that Ke Weiqing liked Huang Ye?Or, he knew it early on, but he just didn't want to admit it.

"Yes, you are right." Ke Weiqing raised his head, looked at Yonglin with both eyes, and said frankly, "I like the emperor, since I was a child... no, from the first moment I saw him...I have liked him. "

"What?" Yonglin's red and swollen eyes widened, and he looked flustered. Nothing would hurt his heart more than Ke Weiqing's own confession.

"So, please go." Ke Weiqing begged.

"But, I like you too! Since the day I saw you, can't we be together?" Yonglin's heart hurts so much, but the more he is like this, the more he doesn't want to give up.

"Yonglin, I came to save you. I don't want the emperor to regret it for the rest of his life. It's just because of this and nothing else." Ke Weiqing has never wanted to hurt Yonglin. In this palace, Yonglin is like a relative, always helping with him.

"Thank you, you have always protected me silently." Ke Weiqing said gratefully, "I know you have done a lot for me. When I was in the imperial hospital, I sent clothes. In the martial arts competition, you also rescued me. have……"

"Stop talking." Yonglin stretched out his hand and gently covered Ke Weiqing's lips, "I did these things voluntarily, and they are all trivial things. When you say that, it makes me feel that I...is just yours. Tired."

Yonglin's lonely expression at this moment made Ke Weiqing extremely uncomfortable, and couldn't help but choked up, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault... I love the emperor so much..."

"Hey! Why is the light over there dark?!" Suddenly, a shout came from the front, and Ke Weiqing pushed Yong Lin violently and sent him out of the cell door.

"Come on! Go and have a look!" More shouts rang out.

"Wei Qing... I will never regret it in my life, I like you." Yonglin whispered, then turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

The flames came back on, and the six prisoners whose acupuncture points were tapped by Ke Weiqing were also rescued. They pulled their throats and shouted in surprise and panic, "Someone is robbing the prison! The death row prisoner Yonglin has escaped! Quick! Notify the emperor! "

There was a sudden commotion outside, and Ke Weiqing sat down in the prison. He didn't know what kind of expression Huang Ye would have when he heard the news, and there was a burst of "punching and kicking" in his stomach, as if he was blaming him for his negligence. as a result of.

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The blazing torches illuminated the narrow passage of the prison clearly. Huang Ye didn't even need to enter that cage to see Ke Weiqing kneeling there, bowing his head and pleading guilty.

"Your Majesty..." Ke Weiqing kowtowed first, and then confessed, "It was the guilty minister who let Yong Lin go. He was not instigated by anyone and has nothing to do with others."

"Ke Weiqing!" Huang Ye stood there, his fists clenched in uncontrollable anger, rattling!Finally, with a bang, it hit the prison cell, and the wooden stake with the thick mouth of the bowl was actually shattered!

The sawdust bounced off and brushed Ke Weiqing's cheek.A trace of blood dripped down, but he didn't move, still looking at the emperor calmly.

The people around were all shocked when they saw this scene, they even forgot to persuade "the emperor to appease his anger", only the crackling sound of the torch made people even more frightened.

"Why did you let him go?" Huang Ye gritted his teeth and asked, the anger in his eyes made people want to tremble.

"Because the guilty minister didn't want him to die," Ke Weiqing replied clearly.

"Don't want him to die? Hmph." Huang Ye's eyes darkened again, and he asked extremely coldly, "Do you know what it means for him not to die?"

Someone has to be charged with rebellion, and this death penalty is none other than Yonglin. He himself admitted that he was the one who tempted Ke Weiqing to rebel. Therefore, Huang Ye believed that all these things were not Ke Weiqing's original intention, and Ke Weiqing was loyal to him. of.

"I understand, Your Majesty, I am not afraid of death." Ke Weiqing said in a low voice, but his tone was very firm, "All of this was originally my fault, and I am willing to accept the crime!"

Sorrow and anger surged into Huang Ye's heart. He seemed to be unsteady, took a big step back, and said in a deep voice, "For Yonglin... you are willing to die——Okay! Very good!"

"Your Majesty...?" Ke Weiqing didn't understand Huang Ye's words, and looked at him helplessly.

"It's rare that he keeps asking me to let you go, because your heart is not on me! Wei Qing, haven't I given you enough?"

The feeling of bleeding from the heart turned out to be so painful, Ke Weiqing didn't have him in his heart, even though he was pregnant with his child!All of this is his own wishful thinking. The person Ke Weiqing likes is Yonglin, and he rebelled against Yonglin for Yonglin.

Huang Ye's eyes suddenly went dark, and he almost fell, the eunuch who was close to him hurried forward, trying to support him.

"Get out! Get out of the way!" Huang Ye waved his sleeves and yelled loudly, causing the servants to kneel down and kowtow violently.

"Ke Weiqing!" Huang Ye ignored everything around him, staring at the pale Ke Weiqing.If eyes could kill, I believe Ke Weiqing would have died tens of thousands of times!But this was not enough to dispel the fierce jealousy in Huang Ye's heart.

"Since you have pleaded guilty, I will never forgive you again!" Huang Ye gritted his teeth, and there was a strong smell of blood in his lips.

Ke Weiqing didn't speak, just kowtowed.

"From tomorrow onwards, I will personally interrogate you." Huang Ye said, "You'd better keep praying that you can get through it."

Ke Weiqing clenched his hands covered under his clothes, and finally let go, saying hoarsely, "The criminal will not escape."

Huang Ye ordered people to lock up the prisons, sent [-] jailers to guard them all the time, and ordered the Criminal Department to open an independent interrogation room. In the morning, it will personally interrogate Ke Weiqing...

As soon as the news spread, some people were happy and some were worried. Concubine Lan Gui wished that Ke Weiqing would die and no one would compete with her again.

Beidou was frowning, worried that Ke Weiqing was weak and would not be able to survive.At that time, the emperor will definitely be more violent than now!No one has an easy life.