After teasing the important minister, he took it seriously

Your Majesty is sick and often unable to go to court, so when the news came from the inner palace today that he will not go to court today, all the ministers have long been accustomed to it and were not very surprised. As usual, they asked the emperor to take care of his health and then dispersed.

Xie Mingyue stood alone in front of the steps of the Tai Chi Hall, hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked down.

Since the emperor came to the throne, he has a delicate relationship with Li Zhao. Although they still have old feelings, there is a natural moat called the monarch and ministers between them.The emperor did not want to show weakness and did not allow anyone to visit him when he was ill, including Xie Mingyue.

Especially Xie Mingyue.

"Thank you, thank you!" A palace official shouted from behind.

Xie Mingyue stopped in her tracks and turned around to look.

The people in the palace were running out of breath, seeing Xie Mingyue come back to his senses, his face was full of joy, "Your Majesty invites you to Changle Palace."

Xie Mingyue was silent for a moment, "Yes."

This is not quite like Li Zhao.

Unlike Xie Mingyue who even doubted it, the emperor's illness was just an excuse, and he was asked to go to Changle Palace so that he could kill himself in the inner palace.

It's funny to think about it.

Li Zhao would never insist on seeing him because he was sick and weak.

Seeing Xie Mingyue's expressionless face, the palace servants did not dare to breathe, and followed behind Xie Mingyue, trying to make themselves look non-existent.

Different from others, Xie Mingyue went to Changle Palace with ease. When Li Zhaogang ascended the throne for one or two years, he was summoned by the emperor almost every day.

Changle Palace was quieter than before, and there were not even many palace people there.

The Ji family stepped forward to greet her, saluted and said, "Thank you, sir."

That strange flustered feeling lingered in Xie Mingyue's heart, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Ji Shi was taken aback for a moment, but immediately came to his senses and said, "My lord, please come with me."

Xie Mingyue followed Ji's family into the inner hall.

The strange thing is, unlike when Li Zhao was ill in the past, the inner hall didn't smell of medicine at all.

The Ji family led Xie Mingyue to the tent, and was also very upset.

But apart from Xie Mingyue, she couldn't think of anyone who could solve the current predicament, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is here, please thank you for accompanying Your Majesty for a while." After saying that, she retreated after seeing the ceremony.

Today, everything is weird, even if the curtain is pulled open, Xie Mingyue will not be surprised that there are knives and axes ambushing inside.

But he believed that Li Zhao would not kill people in Changle Palace, and also believed that Li Zhao would not kill him now.

At least not now.

He slowly opened the curtain.

A weak force blocked it in vain.

Xie Mingyue paused, "Your Majesty?"

There was no answer.

Xie Mingyue's heart tightened, and at this moment, she didn't care about the difference between the monarch and his subjects, so she pulled open the curtain.

Li Zhao is not here.

It can also be said that he is.

Even though Xie Mingyue was consciously calm, her eyes were still so shocked at this moment.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty?" He said with difficulty.

There was no Li Zhao on the bed, but only a child, about five or six years old, who was as sculpted as jade. What surprised Xie Mingyue was not the sudden appearance of a child on Li Zhao's bed, but that the child looked exactly like Li Zhao. Even the red mole on the eyelid was born in one place!

Even in his own life, he couldn't be so similar.

Only then did Xie Mingyue understand why the entire Changle Palace was so abnormal.

Not seeing the king, only seeing a child who looks exactly like the king, Ji's ability to be so calm is considered very good.

Is this Li Zhao, or something, transformed by spirits and monsters?

Xie Mingyue restrained the astonishment on her face in less than a breath.

Might as well try to talk to this child and see what you can ask.

There were still tears on the child's face, and he looked at Xie Mingyue with vigilant and fearful eyes, and then he thought of something, and suddenly let go, it was very strange, as if something instinctively told him that the person in front of him could be trusted.

For the young Li Zhao, Li Yanyin, who almost never showed up, and would accuse him of being bad everywhere, is not a father at all. Cui Taoxi is also rare, and his kindness to him is very limited. His sister Zhuozhuo is still a little girl who can only cry at the moment. , Cui Min is the only person who can bring him a sense of security and make him trust without doubt.

But for some reason, an idea flashed through his mind inexplicably.

The young man in front of him is more worthy of his trust than Cui Yan.

but why……

Even though Li Zhao was very smart since he was a child, he was just a pampered child at this time. He couldn't think of much, he only knew that the other party was a trustworthy person. Li Zhao, who had been worried all night, didn't care much, and staggered over to Xie Mingyue.

Xie Mingyue was extremely vigilant at that moment, she bent down to try to talk to the child, but she was hugged into her arms when she didn't want to.

The child's body is too soft, as if it could be broken if touched, Xie Mingyue maintained this posture stiffly, forgetting what he wanted to say just now, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Li Zhaofu cried sadly in Xie Mingyue's arms, out of breath, and called him, "Uncle..." He couldn't speak clearly, crying in a childish voice, and the voice was not sharp, and then Looked very pitiful, "Uncle, I want to go home..."

He was still in Qianning Palace last night, and Cui Min also said that he would take him to play on the painting boat tomorrow. He didn't want to wake up in a completely strange place, and those people who didn't know him were more scared and nervous when they saw him than himself. Keep calling him Your Majesty.

He is not His Majesty, his father is His Majesty.

Xie Mingyue didn't know how to coax the child, let alone the other party had such a face.

At a loss.

I wanted to put on a straight face and tell him not to cry, but I couldn't bear to face the child who was almost like Li Zhao when he was a child.

uncle?

Xie Mingyue took a deep breath, and asked softly, "Your Majesty...are you talking about, Cui Xiang?"

Li Zhao didn't know who Cui Xiang was, but he vaguely recalled that others had called him Uncle Cui Xiang, and just wanted to nod, then shook his head, "No," Xie Mingyue's heart fluctuated with Li Zhao's words, "Yes, yes you."

Xie Mingyue was stunned, "Me?"

Li Zhao nodded aggrievedly.

Really wronged, because Xie Mingyue turned a blind eye to his crying.

She didn't even want to hug him.

"I am, uncle?" Xie Mingyue found it inconceivable when she said it.

Does the kid know what he's talking about?

The clothes were all wrinkled, but Xie Mingyue didn't feel disgusted.

For Li Zhao, he has always had endless patience.

The child hummed softly from his nose.

The child hugged his neck and buried his face in his arms, "Uncle, I want to go home."

Xie Mingyue paused, go home?

East Palace?

Li Zhao is not married, and naturally has no heirs. The East Palace has been unoccupied for many years, and it may not be able to live in it now.

What's more, how did he explain sending a child who looked like Li Zhao to the East Palace?

"Uncle." Li Zhao called him softly.

For the first time in Xie Mingyue's life, she had the urge to sigh and send her child to Cui Taoxi?

Xie Mingyue is well aware of the delicate relationship between Li Chengqi and Cui Taoxi. It is not so much a mother and son as an ally who can cooperate occasionally. It is better for him to take care of it for the Queen Mother.

Li Zhao's dark and beautiful eyes rolled.

After all, he is much smarter than his peers. From Xie Mingyue's attitude towards him, he can sense that Xie Mingyue will not be against him, and will respond to his requests.

Children are not used to the environment, and all they see are strangers they don't trust, so they are unavoidably frightened, but Xie Mingyue in front of him is different.

The beating heart slowly let go, and the child was still lying in Xie Mingyue's arms, unwilling to get up.

Xie Mingyue had a bitter but pleasant fragrance, which made him feel at ease.

"Can't you go back?" The child raised his head, his big black eyes looked at Xie Mingyue without blinking, with hope shining inside.

Xie Mingyue paused, wondering if Li Zhao would cry again if she answered truthfully that she couldn't go back.

He took out the handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the tears on his face, "I can go back." Xie Mingyue replied, then turned to call Ji Shi over, and ordered someone to clean the East Palace.

The home Li Zhao wants is not a palace, Xie Mingyue naturally knows it.

However, the uncle whom the child called softly would die at his hands when he was 19 years old.

Ji's eyes glanced at Li Zhao, who was not crying, and he was stunned, then lowered his head and said, "Yes."

The child laughed and buried his head in his arms again.

Xie Mingyue was stiffened by his embrace.

Xie's family is very strict in family education, and Xie Mingyue, a child like Li Zhao who loves to be coquettish and shameless, has never been in contact with her, so she was a little at a loss for a while.

He also really can't coax children.

What's more, the child to be coaxed is Li Zhao.

"We'll go back later," Xie Mingyue coaxed him softly, "Stay here with uncle for a while, okay?"

In just a moment, he got used to being called uncle.

When a child calls uncle, the ending sound tends to rise, as if very joyful, but the voice is soft, and his beautiful eyes clearly reflect the shadow of that person when he focuses on looking at the person.

It's so fragile, so pathetic.

A soft child, beautiful and smart, only likes to follow himself, soft, and likes to act like a baby.

Xie Mingyue suddenly understood why a person like Cui Yan would spoil Li Zhao so much.

No one can bear to refuse.

The child who lived in the deep palace all year round blinked her big beautiful eyes, and the voice of calling Xie Mingyue was still softly crying, "Then uncle said earlier that he would take me to Hedeng, do you still count?"

Xie Mingyue laughed.

"Did I promise?"

Li Zhao nodded slightly, then shook his head again.

I'm not lying.

Li Zhao asked in a low voice, "Are you still going?"

Xie Mingyue deliberately did not speak.

The child looked at him without blinking, quietly waiting for Xie Mingyue's answer.

He is so well-behaved and obedient.

Xie Mingyue felt inexplicably weak when he saw it, "Go." He replied.

As soon as he said it, the child's eyes lit up, "I knew uncle was the best for me."

Xie Mingyue felt a little funny again, as if she drank a glass of sugar water.

The kid is hugging him now and saying that uncle treats me the best. Could it be that Cui Yan has been forgotten long ago?

At a young age, he has the style of Li Zhao's future.

Since you want to go out, you can't go out dressed like this.

The clothes for the children have already been made, Xie Mingyue picked out a soft and clean one, and took a small skirt to put it on, her delicate face looming behind the gauze.

Seeing Xie Mingyue holding the child in her arms, Ji Shi was slightly startled, "My lord?"

The child didn't know if he was in a good mood, so he lifted the veils on both sides of the curtain and winked at Ji Shi.

The jade-like child, with all the tears wiped off his face, has a soft and good-looking smile, and looks almost exactly like Li Zhao, but he doesn't have the slightest indifference of the future emperor.

Ji's: "..."

can she cuddle?

"Where are you going, my lord?" He continued to stare at Li Zhao who was smiling happily at her.

Xie Mingyue put down the veil beside the curtain fence, and took Li Zhao into her arms, "Your Majesty wants to go out to see the river lantern."

"So you just," you agree?

Ji Shi was surprised that Xie Mingyue had no bottom line.

Just now I said to tidy up the East Palace, now I want to take the children out to see the river lanterns.

Xie Mingyue would not do these things for no reason, presumably it was all requested by Li Zhao.

The Ji family originally thought that with Xie Mingyue's character, he should abide by the duties of a monarch and minister, take care of Li Zhao quietly, and wait for the emperor to return to his original state.

Why, all of a sudden, everything is obedient?

Although Xie Mingyue is here, she doesn't have to worry, but...

Ji Shi reluctantly looked away from Li Zhao's back, "Yes."

So most of the palace people in Changle Palace saw that Xie Mingyue came out of Changle Palace with a child in her arms.

Who, whose child?

After this, there is one more unsolved mystery of Changle Palace.

There were no lights to see during the day, so Xie Mingyue took Li Zhao to the market first.

Maybe it was because there were too many people in the market, and Li Zhao also felt a little embarrassed belatedly, so he didn't want Xie Mingyue to hug him.

The child was afraid of being scattered by the crowd, so he tightly held Xie Mingyue's two fingers.

His steps were too small, even if Xie Mingyue could slow down and wait for him, he was still out of breath after chasing him.

Xie Mingyue's eyes fell on the tip of Li Zhaohan's nose, she thought for a while, bent down, and hugged Li Zhao again. The latter froze for a moment, and was really tired from walking, but she was embarrassed to accept it directly, "Uncle, let me go!" Come down, I can, I can walk by myself." After talking about it, even I felt guilty.

Xie Mingyue suppressed a smile, followed Li Zhao and said, "But uncle wants to hug you."

The child weighed it over and over again, and finally decided not to let his uncle be sad because he couldn't hold him, so he reluctantly gave up.

Li Zhao raised the fence, leaned on Xie Mingyue's shoulder and looked around curiously.

He was really good-looking, and the child's facial features were immature, so that people could not tell that he was a young gentleman, but instead thought that he was a little girl disguised as a man and brought out to play, which made people's hearts melt.

Li Zhao is also well-behaved, and he doesn't ask for anything unfamiliar to him when he sees it.

Xie Mingyue didn't know what he liked, so Li Zhao lingered on it for a moment before buying it, but the guard who followed him not far away had four packs of sweet-scented osmanthus candy in his hand.

With a small piece of candied fruit in his mouth, Li Zhao vaguely said it was so sweet.

Nuowuo soft, delicate and immature, Xie Mingyue twisted her fingertips, resisting the urge to pinch Li Zhao's face.

After hugging for a long time, Li Zhao will come down and leave.

What's more, he saw many boys about his age running and playing in the street, but he couldn't see anyone hugging him, so he begged his "uncle" in a low voice to let him come down.

Xie Mingyue was silent for a breath, and put her down gently.

The child's body temperature was very high, even though Li Zhao was weak, he was still warm.

As soon as he landed, he felt something was missing in his arms.

Xie Mingyue followed behind Li Zhao, walking slowly.

The night is fading.

Li Zhao stopped in front of a small lamp stand.

The proprietress's heart melted when she saw the little child standing in front of the stall, she squatted down and asked softly, "Where is your adult?"

Li Zhao turned around, tugged at the corner of Xie Mingyue's clothes, and replied innocently, "My uncle is here."

The proprietress laughed and looked up, but was taken aback.

These two uncles and nephews are both good-looking like heaven and man.

Li Zhao stood on tiptoe, his fair and tender face was just at the same level as the rabbit lamp on the small cart.

Xie Mingyue nodded, "Like."

Li Zhao looked at the black eyes of the rabbit, and couldn't see how he resembled this little thing. He shook his head like a rattle, "It doesn't look like it, it doesn't look like it at all."

The proprietress found him a beautiful fox with crooked eyes and a smile, and handed it to Li Zhao.

Li Zhao felt that this lamp was at least prettier than that fluffy rabbit, so he took it and thanked the proprietress, then turned his head and said, "What about this one?"

The tails of the fox's eyes are raised, with a little bit of water red, the eyes are bent, and the eyeballs cannot be seen, which adds a lot of cuteness to the gorgeous fox face.

Xie Mingyue smiled and asked, "Are you a little fox?"

Even though he was young, Li Zhao felt for no reason that Xie Mingyue's words were slightly teasing, and shook his head immediately, "No, no." His cheeks bulged slightly, as if a little depressed.

Then, Li Zhao was picked up.

Xie Mingyue took the lamp and paid the bill.

She was in Xie Mingyue's arms most of the day, "Uncle, I want to come down."

Xie Mingyue was unmoved, "Uncle will take you to watch the lanterns on the painting later, there are too many people by the river, uncle is worried."

What he said was well-founded, Li Zhao thought about it, and finally nodded. At this moment, his head was full of He Deng, and he couldn't think about anything else.

The guard with the lamp behind: "..."

Ever since they came out with Xie Mingyue, the child has almost never landed.

Sir, are you so used to children?

Walking leisurely by the lake, I saw phoenix candles crossing each other and silver lamps shooting each other.

Thousands of lanterns stretch for tens of miles, and the water surface is shining, with no end in sight.

Xie Mingyue carried Li Zhao onto the boat before putting it down.

Even though lanterns are lit during the Lantern Festival and Zhongyuan Festival in the palace, it is not as lively as outside the palace.

The light illuminated Li Zhao's eyes.

The child squatted by the railing, trying to stretch out his arms to touch the sparkling water, but the arms were not long enough.

Xie Mingyue looked at him quietly behind him.

A lotus lantern seemed to be within reach, but it floated around Li Zhao's fingertips.

Li Zhao turned around and called out, "Uncle."

Under the light, Li Zhao's face was a little blurry.

Xie Mingyue was startled suddenly, took a step forward, and took Li Zhao's hand outstretched to him, "What's wrong?"

The child keenly felt that Xie Mingyue's mood changed for a moment, and the little crown prince, who was far smarter than ordinary people, bent his eyes, "I want to go in for a snack."

Xie Mingyue took Li Zhao's hand and led him in.

For a moment, Xie Mingyue even thought that Li Zhao would disappear in front of him.

Xie Mingyue nodded her eyebrows with her fingertips.

Li Zhao's undisguised trust and reliance on him at this moment is actually nothing more than superficial, fleeting.

For a moment, Xie Mingyue even wondered, could this be his dream?

Something soft touched his lips.

Xie Mingyue lowered her eyes.

It is a snack made in the shape of a lotus flower.

Li Zhao held a piece of snack and brought it to his mouth.

Xie Mingyue opened her mouth and bit the dim sum.

Li Zhao took another piece, this time delivering it to his own mouth.

The young Li Zhaoha loves not to let others know what he likes and dislikes. If he likes it, he will eat a few more mouthfuls, and if he doesn't like it, he will not take a mouthful.

I especially like some snacks pressed with powdered sugar, which don't seem to feel greasy.

The dim sum is in the shape of a lotus flower, and it tastes like a lotus leaf, which melts in the mouth and is not greasy at all.

Xie Mingyue took two sips of tea, suppressing the sweetness in her mouth.

After eating a few pieces of snacks, I ran out to play around again. I repeated it several times, and I never got tired of it.

Xie Mingyue's eyes never left Li Zhao.

After all, Li Zhao was too young. He didn't look at him, and always felt uneasy. After a few times, Li Zhao didn't want him to follow behind, but instead went to talk to others.

He looks like Yuxue and is cute, and the servants and servants on the boat love to coax him to play around.

Before Xu time, I feel sleepy.

Xiao Bu ran back and threw herself into Xie Mingyue's arms to hug her.

I couldn't keep my eyes open and was still thinking about the lanterns and fireworks, so I couldn't bear to fall asleep.

Xie Mingyue coaxed him softly, "Uncle will wake you up when the fireworks are set off."

Li Zhao was wrapped in his cloak, feeling warm and unable to resist the drowsiness. With Xie Mingyue's promise, she stretched out soft fingers and quickly hooked Xie Mingyue. Before the latter could speak, she fell asleep.

Xie Mingyue stretched out her hand, pressed the corners of the cloak, and brushed the broken hair stuck to Li Zhao's face behind her ears.

He just sat like this, as if he wasn't too tired.

Li Zhao fell asleep more and more deeply.

It was getting late, and the wind had begun to blow on the lake.

Xie Mingyue thought for a while, and then ordered the boat to dock.

The fireworks exploded and fell like a nebula.

Li Zhao was still in a deep sleep.

Xie Mingyue hugged him deep in her arms and got into the carriage.

The further you go to the palace, the quieter the road becomes.

At this time, the time of imperial confinement has already passed, but because Xie Mingyue has always been favored by Li Zhaoxin, she can enter and leave the inner palace at will, and there is no guard to stop her.

Seeing that Xie Mingyue came back with the child in her arms, the Ji family breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

It can't be because she vaguely thinks that Xie Mingyue will take Li Zhao away, right?

Xie Mingyue gently put Li Zhao on the bed.

Ji Shi always felt that she was wrong, otherwise why would she see that Xie Mingyue's actions were so... reluctant?

"Today, thank you sir." Pulling up the bed curtain, Ji said in a low voice.

Xie Mingyue replied softly, "It is my duty to be a minister, and there is no such thing as hard work."

If Li Zhao does the same thing tomorrow, then...

Out of selfishness, Xie Mingyue actually hoped that Li Zhao would go on like this, completely trusting him, relying on him, and trusting him only.

However not.

Li Zhao is the emperor, and Xie Mingyue is not someone who abolishes the public for personal reasons.

If this continues, chaos will ensue.

If it is still like this tomorrow, you may go to Guanlangna and ask if there is a way to crack it.

Xie Mingyue glanced at the closed tent, and quickly looked away as if nothing had happened.

midnight.

Li Zhao pressed his temples, he seemed to have slept for too long, and now he has a splitting headache.

Thinking of the long dream he had, he looked a little weird.

He must be crazy, otherwise how could he have dreamed that he was holding Xie Mingyue and calling him uncle?

Also went to see the river lantern.

Thinking day by day and dreaming at night, Li Zhao thought blankly, he must think that Xie Mingyue is like Cui Min back then, and he wanted to get rid of him quickly, so he called him Uncle Xie Mingyue.

definitely is.

Li Zhao recalled it carefully, but he never recalled that Cui Min also took him to see Hedeng.

Why dream of looking at lights?Does he want to see the lights?

The tent was half hanging, and Li Zhao lay on the bed, feeling tired all over, not wanting to move at all, and said in a hoarse voice, "Water."

There was a noise over there, as if someone heard a voice pouring tea for him.

Li Zhao closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Not long after, something cool touched his lips lightly.

Palace people will not be so bold, is...

Li Zhao opened his eyes and saw Xie Mingyue.

"Xie Qing?" He frowned slightly, obviously remembering some unbearable memories, but he immediately returned to normal, "Why is Qing here?"

The emperor looked tired and couldn't see anything.

No one would believe that the pale and tired emperor in front of him was so innocent and clingy when he was young.

Xie Mingyue lowered her eyes and replied: "It's His Majesty Xuanchen."

His heart that had been hanging for a day finally let go.

However, there is also an indescribable loneliness.

He should be satisfied.

To have Li Zhaoneng spend a day with him without any grievances, to him, it is actually a blessing from heaven.

Li Zhao almost choked, coughed twice, and as expected saw Xie Mingyue looking at him worriedly.

Li Zhao waved his hand, "It's all right."

He was silent for a while, and said: "Xie Qing, when Gu's health is better, you and Gu can go outside the palace to look at the lantern."

Xie Mingyue was taken aback.

Li Zhao raised his eyebrows, "Does Xie Qing have any objections?"

In fact, he just wanted to see what the lanterns outside the palace looked like, and he even begged Xie Mingyue to see them in his dreams.

The haze that had been suppressed for several months seemed to be swept away by the emperor's casual words. Xie Mingyue bowed her head and replied: "Yes, I have no objection. It is my honor to be able to travel with Your Majesty."

Li Zhao looked at Xie Mingyue.

He paused, "Xie Qing is happy?"

Otherwise, why are the corners of the lips slightly raised?

Xie Mingyue raised her head, smiled at the emperor, and replied, "I am indeed very happy."