Qingjiang Yin

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Three hundred miles southwest of the imperial capital, Wuning, Wangjiang Pavilion.

The water of Chishui is huge, the torrential river flows for thousands of miles, and the vast soup flows eastward. When you stop by the river, you can only feel the roar of thunder in your ears.There is only one person, standing with hands behind his back, leisurely as if strolling in the garden.

A horseshoe came from far to near, and the rider got off his horse, knelt beside him, saluted, and said: "Han Shi, a grass-roots man, pays homage to His Highness, Your Highness is thousand years old."

The man turned around, with a gentle yet majestic voice: "Ziyin is dead. The task entrusted to you has been done."

"Return to Your Highness, everything has been verified."

"Okay." The man smiled lowly, and cast his eyes on the muddy yellow turbidity flow, "Now that it has been verified, you can watch the show with peace of mind."

The autumn rain in the imperial capital has already fallen for three periods, and by the fourth period, it will be snow.

Fine pieces of snow, like white dead leaves fluttering gently, slowly rotated and landed from mid-air.Falling on the thick black tile eaves, paved on the cold white jade stone board, it is lingering and soothing.

Yuan Che woke up at Yinshi, and seeing that the sky was dark, he closed his eyes and lay down for a while.He had always been a light sleeper, and when he heard the small noises outside the window getting louder, he finally sat up. Before washing himself, he found a thicker robe to put on, and pushed the door to the outside.

----The courtyard is already covered in silver.

The eyes are pure white, the white dragon camphor, the white eaves, and the white marble stone steps, which are more chilly than usual.

The cold air slowly seeped in from the loose cuffs, from the open front of the clothes, and from the limbs, and the cold breath entered the chest, making people shiver.

Winter came so early this year, Yuan Che thought in amazement, and let out a mouthful of white steam.He didn't turn around and go back into the house, and he didn't gather up his open skirts, letting the chill seep through his fingertips.

Shujun carried the hot water for washing and was about to wake up Yuan Che, but Yuan Che had already woken up and stood still.

The young man was lazily dressed in a scarlet robe, with untied blue hair, which fell like a waterfall, revealing a beautiful and feminine face, with a pair of red phoenix eyes looking at the scenery in the courtyard fascinated.

Shu Jun had no reason to feel that the expression on that face should be lonely, just like the thin and pale figure standing in the snow, as if it was about to disappear into this world.

"Your Highness." He felt a sudden pain in his heart and couldn't help shouting.Yuan Che came back to his senses, seeing Shujun struggling to carry the hot water, his little face turned purple from the cold wind, looking at him with pitiful eyes.Hastily went down the steps, took the heavy object in his hand, and blamed: "Why don't you wear more?"

"Your Highness is still talking about me." Shu Jun retorted, "Your Highness can wear even thinner clothes."

There was a smile in Yuan Che's eyes: "What Shujun said is, let's go into the house quickly."

After Yuan Che finished washing, he ate in his room.Standing on the side, Shu Jun remembered Yuan Che's appearance alone, and asked, "General Li has been back to the imperial capital for a long time, and he met His Highness last time, but have you ever visited His Highness?"

Knowing that Shujun was referring to Li Zhenyuan, Yuan Che was surprised, feeling that Shujuan's question had no reason, looked at him with a pair of red phoenix eyes, and asked, "It's fine if it's Ruan Shaoqing, why did the general want to visit me?"

Shu Jun replied: "Your Highness usually cares most about the general, but he missed him so much that he couldn't see him. Now he was summoned back with great difficulty, but he didn't come to visit His Highness. You can see that he is a betrayer."

What a childish temper, Yuan Che thought a little funny.

"Shu Jun, this statement cannot be spread outside the box. The general and I are both men, and there is no such thing as love. How can we judge it with the word "heart-to-heart?"

Jun, a storyteller who is not in love, asked doubtfully, "Didn't the general fall in love with His Highness?"

In my spare time, I heard the maidservants in the Ninth Prince's Mansion talk about General Li's interest in the Fourteenth Prince.He was extremely astonished, and went up to ask, but the two maidservants covered their mouths and laughed lowly, and said plausibly: "Idiot, don't you know, Your Highness has already said that the general has taken a fancy to your Highness when he was in Taichu Court." All of them had an ambiguous expression.

"Nonsense!" The smile on Yuan Che's face gradually cooled down, and he interrupted Shujun, "How could the general..."

How could it be... Yuan Che looked at Shujun's clear eyes, and suddenly lost his voice. What kind of thoughts did Li Zhenyuan have for him?

He suddenly lost the will to ask questions, and he didn't want to investigate further. Seeing that today's breakfast was much richer than before, he asked Shujun, "Why is it so rich today?"

Knowing that he had said something wrong, Shu Jun heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Yuan Che's face warming up, and said, "Your Highness forgot, today is Lidong."

Yuan Che thought that the winter solstice should be a festive season, so he said: "Order, let the kitchen prepare a meal, and when I come back to welcome the winter and worship the heavens, let's eat together."

"Here." Shujun's eyebrows became happy when he heard that there was something delicious.

"You also distribute the new clothes you bought a few days ago. Although there are few servants and maidservants in the mansion, don't wait too long."

"Here." Shujun didn't wait for Yuan Che's instructions, and rushed to buy.Yuan Che saw his lively smile, and looked at his jumping back, and the oppressive haze in his heart dissipated unknowingly.

On the first day of winter, the Son of Heaven personally led the three gongs and nine ministers to welcome the winter in the northern suburbs.Returning is to reward the dead and to commiserate with the widows and orphans.

Emperor Zhaosheng greeted the end of winter, but he didn't want to get up and drive back to the palace immediately. He said to the officials: "Sichuan and Shanxi are suffering from severe drought. I am anxious. I would like to go to Yongning Temple to pray for rain for all living beings." So he brought Concubine Zhong to Yongning Temple.Yuan Che and Li Zhenyuan are among the accompanying ones.

Yongning Temple was established by the Empress Dowager Ling in the first year of Xiping.In the past, the Empress Dowager dreamed that wild geese came from the southwest and entered the west of Taishe, thinking it was a good omen, so she built a hundred-foot pagoda and devoted herself to worshiping the Buddha.

Emperor Zhaosheng felt tired at the end of the ceremony, so he took a rest in the temple, and all the officials also had a fast meal.

Although the snow has stopped, the snow on the ground has not disappeared.There is a small lake between the two halls of Yongning Temple. A thin layer of ice has accumulated on the surface of the lake this morning, and it is gradually melting now.The people in the city believe in Buddhism and often come to the lake to release animals, so there are many fish swimming in the lake, red, black, white, and gold, and today they all gather at one end for some reason, with their writhing fat bodies looking up. With the head of the fish open and its mouth open and closed, it looks lively.

Yuan Che walked across the bridge and looked at the other end, it was Concubine Zhong Gui.Behind him Su Jin hugged the cat and led a group of maids to feed the fish with Concubine Zhong Gui.

Concubine Zhong Gui is the most arrogant and domineering on weekdays, she can't rub a grain of sand in her eyes.He didn't dare to neglect, walked quickly down the bridge with small steps, went to Concubine Zhong, and saluted Concubine Zhong, "Yuan Che pays respects to Concubine Zhong."

"En." Concubine Zhong Gui lazily replied, her figure sank in the graceful and luxurious white fox fur, and her pair of jade hands threw fish food into the lake from time to time, as if absent-minded: "Long time no see Your Highness Fourteen, how is Your Highness recently?"

"Everything is fine with Yuan Che, the empress's jade body is safe and sound"

"Antai" Zhong Liyue stopped throwing food into the lake, and the corner of her mouth overflowed with sarcasm: "I have been very worried recently."

Yuan Che knew what she was referring to, but he couldn't point it out, so he could only follow her words and say: "I don't know what your mother is worried about."

"What's the matter?" Zhong Liyue turned around, and looked at Yuan Che coldly with a pair of peach blossom eyes: "His Fourteenth Highness doesn't understand." She has never been used to Yuan Che.She has always hated women who are more beautiful than her. Yuan Che's biological mother once snatched Emperor Zhaosheng's favor and made her taste the bitterness of being neglected.

Although Yuan Che was not a woman, the face that resembled his biological mother was really an eyesore.

In recent days, Yuan Che has been in the limelight, and he has a vague posture of overpowering the third prince, which makes her even more unhappy.That's all, since there is no one behind Yuan Che, it is expected that it will not be a big deal.But he dared to take over Zhong Nian's case, which is really audacious.

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became, thinking that a few days ago, Zhong Nian actually sent a message from the prison, telling her not to pursue it, the words were like last words, which hurt the heart of her aunt.

Yuan Che, since I can't touch you, can't I teach you a lesson?

Although Yuan Che didn't look directly at Zhong Liyue, he could feel the venomous gaze, which was like a thorn in his back. Since he was a child, he had been whipped by such gaze countless times, and he was able to deal with it calmly: "Although I don't know what Auntie is worried about. I would like to hear about it and share my worries with my aunt."

Zhong Liyue took a deep look at him, it was still that beautiful face that disgusted her, and it was still that indifferent expression that was neither humble nor overbearing.

She suddenly punched the cat Su Jin was holding into the pool.This cat was presented as a tribute by foreign envoys a few days ago, it is very expensive, exquisite and well-behaved, Concubine Zhong Guifei loves it very much and keeps it by her side all the time.Su Jin was the most careful to take care of it. Unexpectedly, Concubine Zhong kicked the cat into the pool and let out an exclamation, but it was still in her throat. Then she saw Zhong Liyue cast a cold look and took it back angrily.

A cat doesn't know water, and ordinary river water can kill it.Not to mention the icy cold pool water in this winter, only Mimi screamed, while looking at the crowd with blue and green mandarin duck eyes beseechingly, it made people feel unbearable.

Zhong Liyue, however, never looked at the struggling cat, only frowned, opened and closed her mouth like a cherry, and said angrily to Yuan Che: "How can this be so good? Sixi was bestowed on me by His Majesty. If it dies, Already, this palace is about to break my heart."

There were tears in Tao Hua's eyes, as if she was very sad: "The maids are weak and cannot bear the cold water in this pool, so I have to please Your Highness."

Yuan Che saw that the voice of the cat in the pool was getting weaker, and none of the servants and guards around Concubine Zhong stood up, and he knew that Zhong Liyue had made up his mind to make things difficult for him.

"Relieve my aunt's worries, Yuan Che," he paused, "I'm so happy."

Many fishes by the pool were startled by the cat's movement and fled around.He tried the water with his hand, and it was icy cold.He frowned and jumped down.

Fortunately, the water was not very deep, just not reaching the chest, and the chill from the fingertips spread to the whole body, like conscious vines, densely wrapped around the whole body, trying to drag people into the frozen abyss.

Yuan Che glanced at Mao'er who was struggling to get away from the shore, ignored Zhong Liyue's complacent gaze behind him, gritted his teeth, and took a step forward.

Li Zhenyuan passed by the rockery by the pool, he saw Concubine Zhong Guifei by the pool, and he kept in mind his father's instructions, he was going to leave, but when he took a closer look, he felt extremely heavy in his heart, his footsteps seemed to take root, and then Can't even move forward.

Yuan Che walked with difficulty in the pool, every step seemed to exhaust all the strength in his body.He finally walked to the edge of the pool and handed over the cat in his hand. Su Jin took the almost silent cat, cast a glance at Yuan Che unbearably, and remained silent after all.

Concubine Zhong Gui thanked her and led the crowd away.Yuan Che silently watched Concubine Zhong go away with her white back, and finally there was a trace of looseness in her calm eyes.Finally left.Is this time for Zhong Nian in prison?

He lowered his eyes and sighed, this is not the first time, nor will it be the last time.

Water drops dripped from the long and curled eyelashes, at first glance, it looked like Yuan Che was crying.Li Zhenyuan knew that Yuan Che was the most stubborn and persevering by nature, and he would never be weak and cry, but he still felt heartbroken.It was as if there was a blunt knife sawing back and forth on that soft place until the flesh was bloody.

Before he knew it, he had come to the shore and reached out his hand to Yuan Che in the pool.

Yuan Che raised his eyes, Concubine Zhong Gui had already walked away, but there were hands in front of his eyes, he looked up, showing a pale and feeble smile.