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After tossing around for a long time, the sky is gradually getting late.

The graceful figures of the evening glow spread out from purple to pink one by one, and the long corridors and corridors in the palace were full of figures. Eunuch Shen Xi talked to Tang Fang out of breath, saying that there are really many things in the palace today. The fourth princess is suddenly ill again, the empress may not be able to spare time to see you, what is the important thing for Mr. Kong to enter the palace?Tang Fang quickly waved his hand, saying that he had nothing serious to do, and if his wife had time, he would go to say hello. The Duke and Zaifu are both discussing matters in the Lizheng Palace now. According to the usual practice, the Duke and others should come to the Changqiu Palace for dinner. You can wait and see in the Changqiu Palace.

Tang Fang thanked him verbally, and said in his heart that I knew, I knew he would come to eat, didn't I just come?

The palace is indeed busy today, Shen Xi took him into the side courtyard of Changqiu Palace and went to work on his own, there was not a single palace servant standing in the corridor, they all shuttled back and forth between the back kitchen, the main hall, and the side courtyard. Since the last time Tang Fang entered the palace, everyone was lazy and at ease, but today there is a lot of bustle and bustle.Tang Fang felt that he was in the way, so he walked to the inconspicuous outside room and sat on the green brick steps to watch.

Little Kong Jie was puzzled: "Your Majesty is going back to the palace, are they going to be so busy all the time?"

Tang Fang: "I don't know, maybe it's preparing for the big brother's meal."

Compared with nine years ago, this scene was indeed much scarier.

Tang Fang lowered his head and muttered, drawing pictures on the blue bricks with his fingers: "My sister-in-law doesn't know how to cook, and the cooks in her palace are probably not very delicious, but when you go out, you must have a meal together when you get home. of."

This is an unwritten habit of their family. Every time he came back from a change of defense, he would definitely bring Zhou Yin into the palace for dinner that night, but now it's a little strange, he didn't see the brats making trouble, only the palace people trembling very busy.

Little Kong Jie found it novel, and looked forward to it: "I haven't seen His Majesty yet, is he handsome?"

Hearing that he was introducing his elder brother, little Tanghou immediately regained his spirits and said happily, "Of course he's handsome!"

His eyes lit up, and he could not help gesticulating with both hands, "He is very good! There are 16 poems written by Wen Neng, and the head of the Wu Neng Wan Jun is taken from them. He taught me to ride horses and archery. I fought against him when I was [-] years old. He can subdue me with one hand!"

In Tang Fang's view, if it weren't for the emperor who needs self-love and can't take risks, it would be no problem for his elder brother to expand the territory-that is the person he admires the most in this world, as tall as a mountain, whenever he mentions it, Always be respectful.

Tang Fang: "My elder brother cooks delicious food. When I returned to Beijing, my elder brother cooked for me and Zhou Yin himself. He is best at braised beef and stewed fish. The beef is prepared for me, and the fish is for Zhou Yin. Yin, he will do it every time, I always remember his knife skills, smooth and smooth, and he can turn out the flowers when cutting meat and fish."

"Wow……!"

The little Kong Jie in his body sighed for a long time: "He is so nice, he will cook for you himself!"

Tang Fang: "Yes, he did it himself. He used to love to cook. In fact, in Jinyuan, he always wore an apron and took a knife to cook by himself. He just became the emperor, otherwise he would definitely be a cook. Business is booming."

Kong Jie: ...

This is not necessary.

Tang Fang: "At that time, he often called the general's subordinates to eat at home. There were so many hard dishes, and he directed them while doing them without any mess. Huangfeng coconut wine syrup, have you heard of 嚒? It’s quite delicious...but my favorite is the beef and fish he cooks. One year in Beidaying, Yushanfang released a new kind of fish. My brother thought it was delicious. It was delicious and immediately asked someone to send it to me in a hurry. At that time, the inner eunuch was watching, and it was still hot in my hand. Hey... how should I say it, I really just want to see His Majesty deliver it personally, I am sorry I said it was not tasty, but it really didn’t suit my taste. Later, I went back to the palace and complained to my eldest brother, saying don’t give me these in the future, it’s a mess, it’s not good to eat, and I have to face southeast when I’m done. Kowtow to the fish, and suffer this... Hey, I know that my brother is very busy and it is impossible to cook often, but when I am outside, I always think of him cooking for me, and every time I go back to Beijing, I have special expectations."

Little Tang Hou spoke for a whole long paragraph full of worries, and felt that he swallowed several times in the middle of the speech. Little Kong Jie was stunned when he heard it in his heart. Can be so hungry.

While talking, the sky had completely darkened, and the Changqiu Palace fell silent at some point, as if all the busy palace people had returned to their respective positions, Tang Fang stood up, suspecting that his elder brother and sister-in-law had also returned, looking around No, there was another group of people outside the Changqiu Palace, and Eunuch Shen Xi probably forgot about him.

Tang Fang searched around, found a secluded place, squatted down, put his hands on the brick wall of Changqiu Palace, and slowly closed his eyes: He has been to Changqiu Palace before, and he knows the layout. Side hall, he's going to see what they're doing.

The Wang Qi in the forbidden area of ​​the palace still tends to avoid ghosts. Tang Fang can obviously feel that his aura is restricted. His divine sense, which usually travels thousands of miles a day, moves very slowly this time, and what he sees is not real. He touches it around After searching for a long time, I couldn't find it, and finally found the place after listening to the sound——

"Is this the end of Apin's funeral?"

Tang Anxin's head suddenly jumped, he heard the elder brother's voice, but the breath was hoarse and heavy, as if he was sick, Tang Fang slipped under the dining table in a puff of smoke, and then looked around, he found that there were only three people in the room with a blurred vision. Individuals: elder brother, sister-in-law, Zhou Yin...they didn't even keep a single serving person?An ominous premonition enveloped him, and he thought vaguely: Are they going to quarrel?

Sure enough, the sister-in-law's voice also sounded a bit cold: "Marquis Wu Xin rebelled, if the princess treats you specially, it is bound to attract attention, and let people speculate about the affairs of the palace for nothing."

The eldest brother didn't say a word for a while, the spoon in his hand knocked against the soup bowl and made a soft sound, for a long time: "What the queen means, this matter is settled like this."

Shun Gaozu's voice was deep and steady, and he only raised it slightly at the end, showing his subtle dissatisfaction.

Tang Fang clenched his hands nervously, feeling oppressed invisibly. At the same time, Zhou Yin on the table spoke. In order to break the siege, his posture was very low, "Your Majesty, tonight is the minister..."

"A Yin has nothing to do with you here, don't take responsibility randomly!"

Song Yihua interrupted him suddenly, put down the chopsticks, suppressing his anger: "Husband, I know you are sad, but now is really not the time to worry about this, there are no people left, no matter how high the rules you give her, she will still enjoy it." Unexpectedly, back then you sent so many guards to monitor the ministers who were about to mourn. Those who cried mourned were promoted, and those who did not mourn were demoted. The next step is like walking on thin ice, and then the center line of the whole body is pulled and the fortress is lost. Isn't our lesson not enough?"

The emperor didn't speak, and maintained the posture of drinking soup indifferently. After a long time, he raised his head and asked the empress, "Is the empress finished admonishing you?"

Song Yihua's gaze changed, but the emperor got up straight away, "I haven't seen Concubine Luo since I came back today, so I'm going to see her."

Zhou Yin ate this meal as if he was being tortured. He got up quickly and forced a smile: "Brother, there is still a duck soup that is not served. It will not be too late for you to go to Hehuan Palace after eating."

The emperor's footsteps paused, as if he had been persuaded, but he pressed the gourd and picked up the ladle, and the queen became angry, "The duck soup in the concubine's palace is too general and not to your majesty's taste. Your majesty is going to Hehuan Palace Let's eat."

Zhou Yin: ...

The emperor's breathing became heavy, and he suddenly looked back at the queen. At this moment, Tang Fang felt his scalp numb. The elder brother held back at this time, don't talk, just go straight. It's not a big deal, but he spoke.

He said, "It's because you know the general situation too well that you appear to be reckless and innocent."

At that moment, Tang Fang immediately opened his eyes and withdrew, like a child who was afraid of seeing his parents arguing. He was so shocked and terrified that he couldn't be more frightened, but his hearing was too sensitive, and the place where he squatted was not very far from where they ate. He still heard their dispute clearly: "The queen has only an elder brother, no younger brother or younger sister, all relatives are here, but what about me?" I don’t understand your heart!” “You have to be innocent and honest, you have no scheming, you can go and make a fuss tomorrow, do what you like, don’t embarrass me here”……

Tang Fang held his breath and covered his ears, refusing to listen to all the disputes. In the end, he only heard the sound of cups and plates breaking, and all the disputes came to an abrupt end. Standing up hurriedly with numb legs, from his angle, he could see every step of his brother going away, and saw that the steps were hurried and chaotic, and every step seemed to be bluntly erasing the beauty and warmth in his memory.

Finally, a large group of people walked away, and the Changqiu Palace was quiet.

Xiao Kong Jie shrank in his heart and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't be sad."

Time flies by, and it turned out that the high-spirited and chic man has now become a mature and imposing emperor. It turned out that the man who would constantly struggle with "Your sister-in-law is not clinging to me" now also says "You It’s just being too knowledgeable about the big picture that makes others seem reckless and simple.”

Tang Fang lowered his head and stood outside the corridor of Changqiu Palace. After waiting for a long time, Zhou Yin came out, followed by Eunuch Shen Xi. Zhou Yin saw Tang Fang, and a moment of astonishment flashed through his tired eyes.

"How did you enter the palace?"

Tang Fang looked up at him blankly, without speaking.

Zhou Yin was at a loss for what to do, said goodbye to Shen Xi, stroked his back and led the people out of the palace: "I'm sorry, I really can't find a chance to talk about what you entrusted to me today."

Tang Fang thought blankly about what was going on, thought about it, and said, "It's okay." He couldn't care less about the two brothers and sisters of the Luo family now, all he was thinking about now was how the relationship between brother and sister-in-law could change good.

The moonlight is so bright tonight, the two of them walked silently side by side, the surrounding scenery is just like that day many years ago, they happily held a banquet in the palace, Tang Fang ran out from the sister-in-law's palace late at night, a fierce son Throwing on Zhou Yin's back and letting him run with his back on his back, the two laughed while biting their ears, and ran out of Zixiao Palace together...

At that time ...

At that time, brother and sister-in-law had quarrels, but they were still loving.

Perhaps because of a tacit understanding, Zhou Yin also seemed to think of that night, when the palace was silent, he suddenly asked in a low voice:

"Is it true that no matter how loving a couple is, after a long time, they will always become like this..."

Tang Xin moved his head, raised his eyes cautiously, and saw Zhou Yin's eyelids blinked slightly, watching the palace sinking into the darkness in the distance, and his voice was as dry as a tense string: "Back then, I was with you. He also always quarreled, and sometimes he would quarrel when he was a little angry, it was my fault, I shouldn't be like that, and then he ran away in anger, and he never came back."

His voice was so calm, but Tang Fang's heart trembled when he heard it, and the streamer in his eyes was about to roll down.

Zhou Yin turned his head silently, and asked him sadly: "You said that if King Anping is still alive, will he and I have the same day as His Majesty and Empress?"

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That night, Tang Fang forced his emotions to go back to the Duke's Mansion, and as soon as he entered his room, he began to rummage through boxes and cabinets excitedly.

Little Kong Jie was frightened by him, and asked, "What are you looking for!"

"Longevity post! That spare one, I'm afraid he will find me!"

Little Tang Hou was anxious like a fish jumping in a frying pan. He used his identity as "Kong Jie" and he had no position to tell Zhou Yin that it was not your fault. It's not your fault. I died because I did it myself. , what does this have to do with you, even if we are together, it is impossible for us to have a brother and a sister-in-law for a day, the elder brother cannot marry too many wives, you only have me as a wife, and I can kill you if you have any troubles Yes, you are purely paranoid!

Finally, the spare "defective" longevity post, which was much narrower than the previous two, was dug out by Xiao Tanghou. He let out a long breath, grabbed his pen, and took out the twelve-year-old card that he had used for Mr. Anqiu's exam. Very solemnly: "Huh... well, I'm ready."