Lei Yue Longmen

What's good?Cen Zhu secretly complained that the Shenwu Army is the royal guard, which has always been directly controlled by the emperor. The garrison is mainly located in the inner city, and it is the closest defensive force to the imperial palace.If the infantry commanding the yamen is a barrier to defend the outer city, then the Shenwu Army is the barrier to defend the inner city, and it is the last barrier.Once this pro-guard army is manipulated by outsiders, it will directly threaten the safety of the palace.The several forced palace incidents in Yurui's history could not avoid the assistance of the Shenwu Army.Therefore, the monarchs of the past dynasties paid special attention to the command of the Shenwu Army, and generally would not entrust it to outsiders, but they would not directly hand it over to the princes who have the right to inherit. usurper.Now that Li Pinghong has inserted the 13-year-old Cheng Wangan into the Shenwu Army, if Cheng Wang has ambitions, it will definitely pose a great threat to Li Jingchen's succession in the future.

Li Pinghong seemed very satisfied with Li Jingbai's answer, and asked again: "Then, according to you, what position should be given to him?"

"My son dare not make a judgment on his own, this matter is all decided by the father himself."

"Hey~" Li Pinghong shook his head, "You? Just talk about what you think is appropriate, and I'll just use it as a reference."

Cen Zhu was inexplicably worried for Li Jingzhu. Facing such a sensitive issue, it would be difficult to keep a calm mind unless he had absolute concentration.But she said in a slow and gentle voice: "Yes, my son thought that the third brother is good at riding and shooting, so he can enter the cavalry battalion and serve as a general under General Cui Yunliang. There is bound to be a lot of progress in the craft.”

"Cui Yunliang?" Li Pinghong smacked at the name: "This person is very strict and doesn't shy away from relatives and nobles. He is indeed suitable to be transferred | the Pope's son. It's just that he is directly appointed as a general at the age of 13. I'm afraid it will cause a lot of criticism?"

Cen Zhu sneered in his heart, it's no wonder that there was no criticism, unless King Cheng issued a military order never to inherit the throne, otherwise he would be a serious threat to the East Palace every day he was in the Shenwu Army.I'm afraid that even the proud King Dun would not allow such a potential threat to exist.She secretly thought that Li Pinghong's visit this time was not to see a doctor, but to clear the way for her son to take an important position in the Shenwu Army.As long as there is no objection from Donggong, this matter will be easy to handle.

"The Shenwu Army is the Royal Father's personal guard. All arrangements are made by the Royal Father. Others can't say anything." Cen Zhu admired Li Jing to death, and she could bear it to this point, without any temper in her voice.Then he found an opportunity for Li Pinghong: "What's more, with the qualifications of the third brother, as long as he is cultivated, I believe that he will be qualified for the post of general in the near future."

Li Pinghong's mood is obviously higher than when he came? He even said it was good.He probably guessed that Li Jingzhu would be uneasy, so he said some words of consolation, to the effect that "Li Liancheng is also training Li Jingzhu's right-hand man in the future", but this statement is untenable to Cen Zhu, and it is rare for Li Jingzhu And thank you calmly.What is really valuable is the latter: "You? I have read the report submitted the day before yesterday. The son-in-law has indeed suffered a lot at the border in the past two years. Since he has made meritorious deeds such as seeing through the enemy's secret operations, he can indeed make up for his mistakes. Next month The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion, and I have ordered the Ministry of Punishment to pardon him, you? You can inform Marquis Ding of this news in advance, so that he can also be comforted."

"Thank you, Father."

Cen Zhu's heart was suddenly indifferent, and all the anger, pity, and vows that he felt, all disappeared in an instant.Even what the father and daughter talked about later, she was indifferent.

"It's getting late at night, so I won't disturb your rest. You can recuperate at ease in the Eastern Palace. If you need anything, just ask someone to go to the Imperial Hospital. I'm leaving. You don't need to see me off."

The door closed with a creak, followed by the door of the inner courtyard. After confirming that the old emperor had left the East Palace, Cen Zhu crawled out from under the bed and stood with his back to the bed curtain.A sense of humiliation of being repeatedly used occupied her body and mind.The most irritating thing is that she is still being called on and off just like four years ago, like an obedient marionette.

"So? So, Tu Yunkai is going to be restored as a son-in-law, right?" Her voice carried a repressed indifference.

There was a silence behind him, an attitude of non-denial.Cen Zhu got the expected answer, took a deep breath, and hoped that the cold air in early autumn would dilute the anger that was about to explode in his heart.

She wanted to calm down, but it was really difficult. No matter how many times she reminded herself in her heart, the other party was also forced by the situation, and there was a lot of helplessness.But when you are really on the scene, the breathless feeling of depression can always overwhelm all reasonable analysis.

"Where are you going?" Seeing her walking straight out, Li Jingzhu lost his usual calm, calling her to stop.

"Go out to breathe!" The four words were so short that they couldn't be more short, indirectly revealing her impatience.

"You? Said, you'll stay with me tonight, you? Said." Li Jingchen gathered strength from nowhere, rolled out of bed, and chased to the screen with bare feet, holding on to the screen, panting.

Cen Zhu took a deep breath, and said coldly: "I shouldn't have come. From the beginning to the end, I didn't have the ability to change your mind. Yun Zai came to me because he was looking for the wrong person."

"Then what do you want from me?" Li Jingchen blushed with anger, his voice sounded a little distorted in the cramped darkness, "Watch others take my power, just sit there and wait for death?"

"I didn't tell you to sit still," Cen Zhu turned his head after hearing the words, stared at her with a strange scrutiny, and said slowly: "I just want to know, in your heart, besides rights, what else is worthy of you? Valued Things? Marriage, you? You can use it as you like, and you can not care about your own body. Maybe rights are really important to you, but, sorry, I can't accept that sentence."

"I can't accept why you came to provoke me in the first place? If you can't accept it, you can just walk away? Or you can have no news for four years?"

Li Jing is like a leopard whose scars have been uncovered, opening its sharp claws and screaming at her, "You? Can it? No matter how bad Tu Yunkai is, his family can help me stabilize the current situation, and this is the only thing I can grasp at the moment."

"I told you everything frankly from the beginning? Did I persuade you? If you don't accept it, don't start with me. You said that you don't care about these things and you want to be with me forever. Since you can't accept it, when Why did you still stay with me at the beginning? Why did you wait for me to get out of the way and then leave, leaving a sentence that you can't accept, you? You can just leave with peace of mind, right?"

Her accusation hit Cen Zhu's vitals precisely.Cen Zhu wanted to fight back but felt ashamed and remorseful, as if a sharp stone had been choked in his throat, it hurt so badly.

She poked her neck back and said, "Yes, I shouldn't have provoked you at the beginning. But you? You also said that you? Would not give up your position for anyone. Now it seems that you have broken your promise, right? Tu Yun When the case was opened, you? Protected each other desperately, and would rather lose the reserve position to protect him. The relationship between husband and wife is deeply touching, and it was only two years ago. If you talk about provoking, we don’t owe anyone!"

"You? You bastard?!"

Li Jingchen heard her rummaging over old accounts with him, and they couldn't get the point out of it, so he roared angrily, "You? You know it's not the case, why do you say that about me?"

"I didn't mention you? I'm telling the truth. No one in the world knows that the empress dowager has a deep affection for her son-in-law, and she is willing to give up her position in order to save her husband. It's still touching. You? Probably planned it at that time Today. My appearance just happened to be a stumbling block on your way to seize power. You should probably regret meeting me again, but you? Don’t worry, our worship is just a farce that will disappear when the wind blows, you? My There are too many vows to keep, you can still be your daughter-in-law in Beijiang with a clear conscience, I am here to congratulate you in advance for your husband and wife reunion!"

The acid and anger in Cen Zhu's chest were on the rampage, and the words that came out were sharp and unforgiving.

"you you……"

Li Jing was so angry that he couldn't speak, his lips trembled because of his excitement, and his lips twisted slightly because he tried his best to control him.She didn't know how to hide her scars, and was shocked to find that what she found was no longer the submissive Hua Qing, but a sharp, painful and screaming stone. She squatted down helplessly , covering his face and weeping uncontrollably.

Cen Zhu saw that she was pierced by the conversation as expected, she was covered with scars, the joy of winning just now dissipated, and she stood in a daze for a long time with the door behind her back, and suddenly came back to her senses.So he knelt down and wanted to hug her, but in exchange for fierce resistance: "I don't want to see you now? You? Get out, get out now!"

She was also angry, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, just get out."

No one expected that the trip to the East Palace would end unhappy.In the alleyway in front of the Cen Mansion, Cen Zhu, who was disappointed, resentful and a little guilty, lit up the lanterns one by one. Gu Qing gesticulated with one hand and said concernedly: "I see you? You haven't been energetic since you came back from the East Palace? Are you too busy with things in the yamen? Or, what's on your mind?" Cen Zhu didn't want to speak, so he shook his head.Seeing this, Gu Qing was inconvenient to ask further questions.

There is no wind and no moon tonight, the alley is silent, only the noise of cars and horses passing by at the entrance of the alley, from far to near, and from near to far.Cen Zhu absently lit the lamp, and the candle in his hand suddenly went out.Cen Zhu was in a daze staring at the empty candle, and turned around to ask Gu Qing to borrow a fire to light it up again, but as soon as the flame hit her, her candle went out too.At this moment, a cold drop suddenly fell on his forehead, and Cen Zhu stretched out his hand in a daze, it turned out that it was raining.

Seeing her distraught appearance, Gu Qing became more and more worried.But seeing Cen Zhu's expression change, he suddenly ran quickly into the yard.

Both Lao Chen and Xiao Zhuang came out to help put away the lanterns, while Cen Zhuo alone stretched out a long pole to catch the lanterns on the tree, picked them off one by one, and sent them to the corridor next to them.I went back and forth several times, and I didn't care if my clothes got wet.

Xiao Zhuang sighed: "Your Excellency seems to attach great importance to those lanterns, just like raising chickens."

His comparison made Lao Chen and Gu Qing laugh, and Xiao Zhuang explained: "Really, Xiaoyuan was like this when she was raising chickens at home. When it rained, she didn't collect all the powder and noodles in the yard. I put the chickens into the baskets first, and finally made the noodles into a paste, and my mother scolded her several times and didn't change it."

All three were amused.After collecting the lanterns, old Chen Xiaozhuang had nothing else to do, so he went back to his room to rest.Gu Qing stayed with Cen Zhu in the corridor for a while, and saw her sitting on the railing with a lonely expression, staring at the row of lanterns beside her in a daze.She wanted to ask but dared not.

Suddenly, the door was knocked.The two turned their heads to look at the direction of the screen wall at the same time. The place that lacked light was completely dark at the moment, giving people an extraordinarily gloomy feeling.Gu Qing was unavoidably apprehensive.Just as he was hesitating whether to open the door, Cen Zhu had already jumped out of the corridor with a waterproof lantern covered in grease, and ran diagonally across the yard towards the gate in the rain.

It was raining heavily at the moment, although she covered her head with her sleeve, it was probably useless, Gu Qing turned around and finally found the umbrella that Lao Chen left behind, and quickly chased after it.It's just that when she turned around the rockery wall, she froze there.

There were two dark figures standing outside the door, one of them was tall and tall, with a very long sword hanging from his waist.The hand is habitually held on the hilt of the sword, and the movement of looking back is alert and quick, which is obviously a habit developed by the guards all the year round.Gu Qing recognized Yun Zhong who had traveled together.Then the one next to him should be...

Cen Zhu picked up the lantern and shone it on the face of the visitor, feeling inexplicably sad in his heart.She had already predicted that it would be her who knocked on the door, but now that the real person is right in front of her eyes, it seems that there are several doors and there is a strange sense of distance.

She thought it was probably because the two had a quarrel before they left, which made everyone a little strange.

Li Jingzhu raised his head and stared straight at Cen Zhu, the sadness and resentment that could be seen in his eyes, as if the remaining anger had not disappeared, he stood at the door without moving.

Cen Zhu had already been tormented by the feeling of not being able to think about it, and he wanted to make peace with all his heart, so he stretched out his hand as a gesture of goodwill.

Suddenly a bolt of lightning resounded from the sky, like the snowflakes splashed by the heavenly axe.Cen Zhu subconsciously brought Li Jingzhu into his arms and used his body to protect him, but she twisted her body in resistance and broke free from Cen Zhu's hands.Cen Zhu thought she was still angry, and the loss and discomfort were evident on her face.The heart is more like being torn apart.Li Jingchen rolled his eyelids to look at her in displeasure, spread his bulging cloak with both hands, and brought out a delicate orchid lantern from inside. It was hidden in his arms just now to avoid being caught in the rain, but now he moved it outside. .

Cen Zhu stared blankly at the lantern in her hand, and realized the reason why she broke free just now? Probably because she was afraid of crushing the lantern.All kinds of complicated emotions were stuck in my heart for a while, uneasiness, embarrassment, guilt and surprise, merged with the sound of rain, and I couldn't even say a complete sentence: "You?..."

Li Jingzhu suddenly leaned his head on her shoulder, as if he was extremely tired: "Tired." Cen Zhu froze for a moment, and quickly surrounded the person, his mood that had been wandering for a day finally came to fruition.