Si Tian Guan

The most puzzling thing right now is the box of lip balm that shouldn't appear in the palace.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Chongming asked and answered in doubt.

"I think it's impossible for Concubine Yu to do such a thing at this time, and it's even more impossible for King Huai. King Ning did a few rubbish things last year, and the emperor didn't like it very much. Right now, there are floods and refugees everywhere, and King Ning has nothing to do. It's already very unpleasant, King Huai doesn't need to do anything unnecessary."

"Think about it the other way around?" Qu Chenzhou looked at him calmly: "King Huai has filled the stomachs of the refugees, and it is time to be praised by others, but the three kings balance each other, and the emperor is not happy to see one of them gaining popularity."

Thinking about it carefully, Liu Chongming couldn't help but feel terrified.

"Your Majesty, don't panic. Your Majesty has always been suspicious. This time, I just took the opportunity to beat you."

Qu Chenzhou put down his teacup and looked directly at him, his shock gradually calmed down in his calm eyes.

Unknowingly, Qu Chenzhou has become his reassurance, if this person doesn't panic, he won't panic.

"My lord, it's not a big fire right now, it won't burn a few people, and it won't hinder my lord."

"It's just that people who are hiding behind others should also be dragged out for others to see."

"This time the incident happened in Chaoyang Palace, no matter whether the little maid is recruited or not, Concubine Yu can't delay it. If King Huai can still treat himself like a saint and doesn't justify himself, I will never trouble him again in the future. "

"Your Majesty, you can open your eyes and take a good look at what King Huai can do."

Liu Zhongming thought about this carefully, and asked after a moment of silence: "You mean, even if the Emperor wants to suppress King Huai, and the fat is indeed found from Chaoyang Palace, King Huai will be able to escape this time, right?"

"If you don't count him as dragging him into the eyes of the emperor, it is indeed a retreat."

"But in the emperor's heart, maybe a little bit of jealousy will burn into a prairie fire one day."

Liu Chongming gradually understood why Qu Chenzhou fainted from exhaustion the day he met King Huai—because there was no effective way to plot against King Huai.

Seeing that Qu Shenzhou sighed insignificantly, he couldn't help comforting him.

"If King Huai can figure out the ins and outs of these things in the palace, I am afraid that the emperor will also look at him with admiration. If you look at it this way, you won't be able to retreat completely."

Qu Chenzhou nodded silently: "These are the only things that can be done at present."

"But..." Liu Chongming was still puzzled: "The fat is sold in the market, but it is not paid into the palace, and the maids don't go out to buy it in the palace. Could it be that the eunuchs are buying the food? In this way, there are traces." You can follow."

"I can explain this to your son," Qu Chenzhou said with a smile, "That fat was brought into the palace by King Ning."

"The whole story..." He leaned slightly and whispered something in Liu Chongming's ear.

Liu Chongming was surprised at first, and then his face turned blue and red.

"Qu Shenzhou!"

He didn't fool around with these people before, he only knew that King Ning was an idler, but he didn't know that he was actually doing such a shameful thing behind his back.

He did so with peace of mind, and even when he met himself, he didn't feel ashamed at all. I'm afraid it wasn't once or twice.

And Qu Shenzhou looked at the green on his head with peace of mind, maybe he was still contributing to the flames in the middle.

Although Dan Lang knew him a little better than a stranger, but thinking of how King Ning looked at him, the feeling was so disgusting that people couldn't swallow this breath.

"Why?" Qu Chenzhou asked him puzzled: "Could it be that the son is interested in Dan Lang?"

"You, why don't you discuss it with me... Let me tell you, I hate it when people plot against me!"

Liu Chongming was so angry that he was a little incoherent, but he immediately gave up pursuing responsibility when a thought flashed by, and asked suddenly: "Has King Ning ever touched you?"

Qu Chenzhou was stunned for a moment. He understood Liu Chongming's self-esteem that he refused to be ordered by others, and no one would be willing to be a pawn in others' hands, but he didn't expect him to raise this question suddenly. After thinking about it, he actually For a moment, my heart was agitated.

"My lord, King Ning is not so picky."

"Do you have!"

"..." Qu Chenzhou turned his face to the side, regretted it for a moment, and deliberately stopped looking at him: "No."

After getting an affirmative answer, Liu Chongming finally felt relieved, suddenly remembered something, and stared at Qu Chenzhou.

Ever since the day Shi Yan sent him back, he felt that Qu Chenzhou's attitude suddenly became cold, and even that smile was polite.

During this period of time, he was busy with the affairs of the refugees, and the two of them hardly met each other, let alone said anything. The days when they could occasionally make jokes seem to have been a long time ago.

It's just that when he couldn't help asking just now, Qu Chenzhou's indifference that seemed to be on his face seemed to crack for a moment inadvertently.

This made him realize that the other party was actually not that resistant to his concern and tension.

This discovery made him suddenly unable to hide his inexplicable smile, and even the anger at being calculated just now seemed not worth mentioning.

It was as if the irritated cat finally recognized him, and was willing to come back to eat a ration, and rubbed his palm impatiently.

What a wild cat, capricious and annoying, he thought, a wild cat that looks soft and docile, but is actually covered in prickles.

He wants to tame him.

Qu Chenzhou noticed the gaze on his body, glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and then turned his face away, with a kind of inexplicable anger in his heart.

He is not afraid to look into the eyes of anyone, except Liu Chongming.

"That's all for now. Next time, don't lie to me and make decisions on your own, or I won't let you off!" Liu Chongming looked at him as if not letting go, and asked, "Go on, do you know what will happen next?" ?”

If the fat was brought into the palace by King Ning, it would be the empress who saw that King Ning was doing nothing but framed Concubine Yu under the guise of illness.

In this way, King Huai and King Ning, one of them must stumble.

He wanted to know how this farce would end in Qu Shenzhou's eyes.

"Sorry," Qu Chenzhou didn't look at him: "They are too far away from me, and their hearts are unpredictable, so we can only wait and see."

"Okay." Liu Chongming stood up and warned again: "Don't make an example, otherwise I won't let you go!"

What happened today was too sudden, he seemed to see a seemingly weak hand slowly stirring beside him, turning a blind eye to the waves that were raised, and only pointed to the hideous white bones under the water.

When he was about to bypass the screen, he suddenly turned around and asked, "When you asked me to buy the mass grave, did you foresee the refugees today?"

"Your Majesty, I've thought too much, no," Qu Chenzhou blew out the candlelight outside, and was holding the lamp, planning to wait for him to enter before exiting the door. When he heard his question, he stood still at the door: "I'm not that powerful. , just a coincidence."

Liu Chongming didn't know if he was trying to reassure himself, or if he was telling the truth, but looking at the foot that had already stepped over the threshold was a bit of an eyesore.

But he knew that if he tried to persuade him to stay, he would be rejected in all likelihood, so he just stood still and stared at the foot that hadn't left the door.

Qu Chenzhou also stood still.

"Qu Chenzhou, there is one thing I've always been curious about." After a long while, Liu Chongming asked slowly, "How can someone like you die?"

He believes that even without these eyes, this person is enough to stand firm in the chaotic court situation, and at the worst, he can retreat completely.

Qu Chenzhou looked down at the lamp in his hand, groping for something in front of his chest with one hand habitually.

He remembered the moment when all the pain disappeared, and he heard Chongming say - how can a person die without a heart?

How could... die?

Because he was accused by all husbands, his hands were bloody, he was a sycophant and traitor scolded by the world, and Chongming was the founding sage, he had to die.

"Returning to the son, time and destiny are also destiny, that's all."

"What about this life?"

"I want to try to struggle again." Qu Shenzhou answered this question with Liu Chongming's own words.

The light flickered away, and Liu Chongming was enveloped in darkness. The tiredness of the day came up, and he didn't bother to flick the wick.

"Time is fate and destiny", these words seem to be appropriate for everyone.When you are on your way to the top, the horseshoe is sick in the spring breeze, and when you are frustrated, you lament the bad luck.

On this point, he still admires Qu Shenzhou.

In the midst of the wind and waves, he just stood on the shore and watched, he felt the wind blowing against his face, and Qu Shenzhou sank and floated in it once, and he still had the strength to fight again.

He asked himself that if he fell into such a situation, he would be living alone, and he would be at the mercy of life and death, but he didn't know what Qu Shenzhou was for.

Is it because of hatred for King Huai?or is there something else?

The answers to these questions are necessarily unknowable, and the only remote hope is to turn to those empty and messy dreams.

"The day after tomorrow...at the Nianhua shop..." Who was talking to him?

Maybe when he is free, he should visit the Nianhua shop.

But these are not important, the important thing is that he will gradually move towards the center of the vortex following the water waves stirred up by Qu Shenzhou.

Let's try to struggle together.

He thought, next time he must say this in person, or at least hold that hand again.

Such a thing happened in the palace so suddenly, he didn't dare to go too far, fearing that something might happen and he wouldn't be able to come back in time, so he sent a reliable steward over there, and especially told him that the rainy season has gradually entered recently, so be careful.

In case the rain brings the landslides on the mountain and kills people, I am afraid that my father and sister will be implicated.

When he thought of those eyes, his worry suddenly became negligible. He inexplicably believed that if he might encounter any accident in the future, that person would definitely remind him in time.

It was like standing in front of the Qisheng Building that was about to collapse.

Thinking about it this way, he somewhat understood why the emperor couldn't do without Si Tianguan so much.

He felt that there seemed to be some clue in his mind, like a spider's thread floating in the air, which was about to be caught somewhere, and a complete thread was stretched out, but the pen touched the ink stick that was not taken out in time in the inkstone.

The thread broke.

Dan Lang was so frightened that his face turned ashen, and he quickly knelt down beside the table: "My lord, please forgive me!"

This is the first time Liu Chongming allowed Dan Lang to accompany him in the study.In the past, if the servants were not asked to study the ink, it would be Qu Chenzhou who researched the ink well, and he was happy to use the ready-made ink.

Although this person always said that he had never served anyone before, the well-ground ink, regardless of its thickness or fineness, was his favorite, which made him even more certain that the other party had been taught by him.

It is a pity that there are at least a hundred of his classmates, and they are scattered around, so it is impossible to find out.

"Get up." Liu Chongming put down his pen and moved his fingers. He had written most of the leftover homework, so it was time to take a rest.

Dan Lang walked behind him, kneading his shoulders with nimble fingers, but was blocked by him—he is not an old man, so how can he have such a sore back and sore back.

But this cuteness made him obsessed, thinking about when Qu Shenzhou would be so sensible.The thought vanished in a moment—it was a dream.

Just as he was thinking, a servant outside the door reported softly: "My lord, Brother Xiaoqu has something to do, please go over there."

"Well," he replied with a sinking face, and told Dan Lang: "You wait here, I'll be back in a while."

In the corner of the eye, a hint of joy flashed across Dan Lang's face.

"You said..." Liu Chongming met someone in the East Wing, and after waiting for a cup of tea, he couldn't help talking to him: "Do you think he will be so stupid that he can't find that thing?"

The map on the table had just been drawn halfway, when Qu Shenzhou stopped writing.

Today he changed the red rope and simply tied it up with a wooden hairpin. He was not used to it, so he couldn't help but to help it.

"I think it depends on whether Shizi is smart enough to put things in the right place."

Liu Chongming glanced at him, this man is really annoying.

But looking at the top of his head, he decided not to be as knowledgeable as this person for the sake of the hairpin.