limited backtracking

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Lian took a map and went to Huaixi Mountain. The hunting ground was surrounded by mountains on three sides, so he needed to be very cautious in setting up his defenses. He couldn't do the most accurate defense just by looking at the map.

The commander of the imperial army was leading the imperial army to patrol the mountain col. Seeing that Bai Lian had gone up the mountain, he rushed forward to make an apology.

"Why did Your Highness come here today? It's still raining today, why didn't Your Highness take an umbrella?" The commander turned back and ordered, "Go to the camp and get an umbrella."

"No need." Bai Lian raised his hand to stop the soldier, "It's just a little rain, don't bother, first arrange the defense of the hunting ground properly."

"Yes."

Bai Lian raised his feet and walked into the mountain forest, unfolded the map, and wrote on it with charcoal pen, "The terrain at the northern foot is high, and the mountain road is steep. It is inevitable that something will happen when hunting. Send a team to garrison in the mountain to prevent the emperor and ministers from attacking." Injured due to terrain problems."

"The west foot is adjacent to the river. The recent increase in rain has caused the river to rush, and there is a risk of high tide at any time. The terrain of the west foot is higher than the camp. Prepare the things for flood prevention in advance, and decide whether you can enter the west foot for hunting on the day of the spring search. I will tell the emperor about this. .”

"The southern foot leads to the northern desert, and the terrain is relatively flat. There are dense trees in the forest. It is not only an excellent hiding place for prey, but also for people. However, the emperor likes to hunt at the southern foot. If someone has the heart to hide here... ..." Bai Lian circled a place on the map and said to the commander, "This is the easiest place to go up the mountain. Send more people to patrol around here. Anyone who sees sneaking around will be tied back to the barracks and found. Lord Jiang Xiaohou or I will interrogate."

The commander took the map handed over by Bai Lian, "Yes."

"Everyone wears a signal flare on their bodies. If there is an emergency, it will be sounded immediately. Those who stay behind will immediately provide support. Others will guard their own places and do not leave. Be vigilant and be careful of the opponent's slapstick." Bai Lian looked at it. The sky is already at the end of the day, "while the sky is still dark, spread the medicine along the road that can pass through people, to avoid poisonous snakes and poisonous insects. In the past few days, carefully search the mountains, remove all traps, and cut down all the trees that block the cliffs. .”

He smiled and said to the guards following behind: "Northern, Western, and Southern, send three teams to deal with it. Whichever mistake is made on the day of the spring search, which team will come to the Privy Council to receive the punishment. I understand. ?”

Forbidden Army: "Understood, Your Highness."

"Then act, I'll go to the camp to see."

The camp tents have been set up, and mattresses, tables, chairs and other things are being moved in.

Bai Lian opened the tent, walked into the emperor's tent, and looked around the entire layout.

"Come on."

A person came in from the door and said respectfully, "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

Baili Eucalyptus pointed to several places and said, "All the candlesticks should be kept away from things like paper, cloth, and wood. Do you think your life is too long if you put them so close?"

"The subordinate knows the mistake, and the subordinate will replace it immediately."

"Also, it's been wet for several days, and your stone platform base has been lowered. You need to rectify it." Bai Lian lifted his foot and walked out, "The same is true for other camps. All those that do not meet the requirements should be rectified."

"Yes."

***

When I returned to the Privy Council, it was already the beginning of the lights, and there were a few cold foods on the table in the study room. Because tomorrow was Qingming, I could only eat cold foods for these two days.

A bowl of cold food porridge, a plate of cold cakes, a plate of milk cakes, a few pieces of cheese and a few Qingming fruits, these are the only things he likes to eat every year during the Cold Food Festival.

Feng Zhi did it all for him at once, but he didn't know where he went.

Bai Lian casually drank a few mouthfuls of porridge to pad his stomach, then took the booklet on the table and prepared to correct it. As soon as he opened it, the paper caught in it fell down, and fell lightly to the ground.

Bai Lian leaned over to pick up the paper, carefully looked at the writing on it, it was handwriting that he was very familiar with.

He flipped through a few more notebooks, each of which contained a piece of paper, more or less something was written on the paper, and Thyme only needed a little modification, and some of them could even be directly transcribed on the notebook.

It turned out that he had approved the papers for himself yesterday.

Thinking of yesterday, Bai Lian thought of that heart-pounding kiss, which gently fell on his lips with the coolness of the early spring night.

Bai Lian slammed his head on the table and muttered: "Don't think about it any more!"

"Thinking about what?"

The sudden sound startled Bai Lian, and almost slipped his hand and knocked over the cold food porridge beside him.

He raised his head, "You, why haven't you gone back?"

"Seeing that the light is still on in your room, come over and have a look." Jiang Weiyan caught a glimpse of the paper in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Are you transcribing notes?"

"What's up?"

"I came to look for you this morning but I couldn't find you. Where did you go?"

"Huaixi Mountain." Bai Lian dipped his eyes in ink, began to transcribe the annotation, and said, "The deployment of the spring search has been arranged. If you have time, you can go over and take a look. I will go and see if there is any in a few days." There is not much time left for Chunsou to adjust.”

"Okay. Hey, don't you want to change my annotation? Just copy it down like this?"

"You did a good job of correcting." Bai Lian raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "But what are you doing for me? I can handle it myself."

"Do you know how heavy the bruises under your eyes are?" Jiang Weiyan leaned over the table, leaned over to meet him, and rubbed the skin under his eyes with his thumb, "Uncle Master said you are not in good health, so you can't do that. boil."

"When the spring search is over, you can relax." Bai Lian stopped writing, leaned back, and looked away, a little unnaturally, "You talk when you talk, don't get too close."

"That's close?" Jiang Weiyan laughed softly, reached out and clasped the back of his head, leading him to him, and whispered, "I can get closer."

Bai Lian glared at him, "You..."

Jiang Weiyan stared straight at him, pondered for a moment and said, "You know that, right?"

Baili Eucalyptus muttered: "Know what?"

"This." Jiang Weiyan stared down at his lips, leaned in and kissed him, "You remember, don't you?"

Bai Lian looked at him in astonishment, put aside his hands and stood up, looked outside the door, then looked at Jiang Weiyan, scolded angrily: "Presumptuous!"

Jiang Weiyan chuckled a few times, walked around the table, leaned over to trap Baili Gan between himself and the table, pressed Baili Gan's ear, and said in a low voice, "I've always been so presumptuous, don't you know, Your Highness? "

Bai Lian suppressed his breathing, so as not to let him notice that there was something strange about him, "Now I know, get out of the way, I'm going back home."

"No."

"Don't be so unreasonable."

"You have been avoiding me since you came back from Wusong Mountain. I just thought it was because you were busy with business, so I couldn't bear to come to you every day." Jiang Weiyan grabbed Bai Lian's right hand hanging by his side, and rubbed his bulge. wrist bone, "But I can't."

Bai Lian subconsciously tightened his left hand grasping the edge of the table.

"I've been thinking about it these days, but I haven't seen you for a few days. How can I miss you more than those three years on the edge? I wish I could see you all the time." He sighed, "I really don't know How did I survive those three years?"

"you……"

"I wanted to tell you these words a long time ago, and I was afraid that you would run away as soon as you heard them." Jiang Weiyan laughed at himself, "Actually, I am also afraid now, but I want to tell you anyway, if you want to run away, I will Also admitted."

He let go of Baili's hand, took a few steps back, and left Baili's way of retreat.

Spring cicadas chirp, the wind blows the window lattice, and the moonlight is dim in the courtyard.

He said, "I love you very much."

Thousands of butterflies flapped their wings and flew over the tip of Baili Eucalyptus's heart, the crispness and numbness disturbed people's hearts.

After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, "What's the reason?"

"Why should there be a reason?" Jiang Weiyan looked at him, and said in a gentle voice, "Because my heart is moved, because I like it, so I like it."

Jiang Weiyan said again: "Run if you want, I won't chase."

Bai Lian turned around the desk and left.

As expected, Jiang Weiyan only lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

When he was about to step over the threshold, Bai Lian stopped and said, "Follow me to a place."

Jiang Weiyan was taken aback, and followed Bai Lian as he walked forward.

***

King Jing's Mansion.

"Come in." Bai Lian pushed open a door and walked inside.

The inside is not big, and the light is not as bright as the outside.On the table in the front seat is enshrined a spiritual tablet, on which is written "the spirit of the late concubine Mu Jingyan and the child".

Jiang Weiyan looked at Baili'an, "Is this... the spiritual seat of the former queen?"

"Yes." Bai Lian stepped forward alone, took three incense sticks from the table, and lit them on the candlestick, "Sorry, please wait a moment."

He held the incense to his chest, looked at the spiritual tablet silently, and inserted the incense into the incense burner after a while.

"The empress mother's body is in the imperial mausoleum. She always wanted to leave the palace, but she didn't get her wish until she died. She would be trapped even after death. I can only set up a place for her here."

Bai Lian asked softly, "Have you seen my queen mother?"

"When I was young, I took a look at you from a distance when I entered the palace with my mother. You were next to the former empress."

"is it beautiful?"

"Do you mean the first queen or you?"

"...the queen mother."

"Pretty." Jiang Weiyan added, "You are beautiful too."

Bai Lian murmured softly: "You are really..."

Baili Eucalyptus caressed the spiritual seat, and gently brushed off a little bit of dust that fell on it, "I also think the queen mother is beautiful, she is the most beautiful person I have ever seen, but the beautiful skin can't withstand the passage of time after all, just like the father The feelings poured into her will eventually wear off."

"When I was five years old, Xiao Xi was born, and my father went to Concubine Shu's palace when he had time. I was young at that time, and I didn't understand why my mother was always looking at the pear tree in the courtyard in a trance, and she was often alone in the palace. Tears in the room, when you grow up, you will understand."

"The queen mother said it was because she was old and pale, and her face was old and pale, but did the father love only the queen mother's face?" Bai Lian smiled sarcastically, "If so, I am really worthless for the queen mother. Such a person."

"You just said that you don't need a reason to love someone, and you don't need any reason if you don't love him." He turned around and looked at Jiang Weiyan, "The words I told you were not joking, I don't need any feelings, family love, I don’t need love or friendship, if these feelings are destined to disappear one day, I would rather never have them.”

"Are you afraid?" Jiang Weiyan frowned, "You can't deny everything because of one thing, it's not fair."

"This world is inherently unfair. If you are good to others, others may not be good to you. What you exhaust your mind to get, others will get it easily. Feelings are the most fragile, and a little thing can crush it .”

"Emotion itself is not wrong, it is people who are wrong. You don't have to believe everything you don't want to believe."

Under the dim light, Jiang Weiyan caught Bai Lian's tightly clenched hand.

"But please...don't disbelieve that I love you."

The author has something to say:

Baili Eucalyptus: Mom, can I fall in love?If not, I will ask again tomorrow.

Jiang Weiyan: Mom, can I fall in love?If not, I will ask again tomorrow.

Youqing: You are still young (bushi), in two or two days, I will let you talk (sneak away...