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Han You swayed a bit, almost unable to stand still.Xia Siyan stretched out his hand to support his waist, and his heart was in his throat, and he asked the maid in a deep voice: "How is the imperial concubine now?"

"The rescue is saved, but the lady is still looking for death in the palace!" The maid kowtowed: "Please go down and persuade me!"

Xia Siyan felt relieved and realized that he was trembling.If the imperial concubine died because of this, Han You might not feel at ease for the rest of his life.He grabbed Han You's cold hand, with only one thought in his mind - no matter how big the obstacle is, I will not let go.

The blood faded from Han You's face, he stood numbly, and pulled his fingers out of Xia Siyan's hand one by one.Xia Siyan grasped hard, and he pumped even harder, as if he wanted to break his finger bones one by one.

Xia Siyan's heart that had just been relaxed fell heavily, and his whole body was suddenly empty. He moved his neck, not daring to look at Han You, turned his face to Feng Ke and said: "Look at Han Shangshu, don't allow him to step out of Changle Palace One step. If you don’t take people seriously, your head will fall to the ground!”

His threat was meant for Han You, Han You understood, took a step back, and made a gesture of congratulations.

Xia Siyan had a lot to say, and every step he took seemed to be in slow motion. When he reached the door, he finally said without turning his head, "Wait for me to come back."

He didn't dare to look at Han You's face, every subtle expression of pain from Han You was like a blunt knife cutting his heart.Xia Siyan has only one thought, I will never, never let you go.

The sky was getting dark, and it was already dusk when we arrived at Zhongling Palace.

This is the first time Xia Siyan has come to Zhongling Palace. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard a mournful cry from the main hall. He stepped in quickly and saw the empress dowager being hugged tightly by two maids. Make a gesture to hit the pillar.The red strangle marks around the neck were left by the hanging just now.

When the imperial concubine saw Xia Siyan coming in, she immediately broke away from the maid, threw herself at Xia Siyan's feet, and cried, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty wants to make decisions for me!"

Xia Si remained silent, looking down at her, she wiped away the mottled tears on her face, and cried: "I entered the palace at the age of 16, and the late emperor was already seriously ill. ! If your Majesty does not believe it, you can immediately ask the imperial physician to verify it!"

"I know, get up." Xia Siyan was not familiar with the Empress Dowager, but because she had always taken care of Xia Siyi, he had a good impression of this woman.However, now that he is already in a state of disarray, he doesn't have that much thought of comforting him anymore.

The imperial concubine stood up with the help of the maid, Xia Siyan said to the maid: "You all go out, I want to talk to the concubine alone."

Several maids retreated silently, the heavy palace door was closed, and the concubine tightly grasped Xia Siyan's sleeve, "Your Majesty, I really did not have an affair with Shangshu Han."

Xia Siyan did not speak. In his silence, the concubine was still racking her brains to prove her innocence.When she once again asked the emperor to invite the imperial physician to verify his integrity, Xia Siyan spoke.

"No need," he said, "I know you didn't have an affair with Han You, because I was the one who had an affair with Han You."

The concubine loosened her grip on the emperor's sleeve, covered her mouth, and opened her eyes wide in disbelief.Xia Siyan looked at her, and said slowly: "I will return your innocence, don't do such stupid things as death, death will only make others think you are even more innocent."

The concubine shook her head desperately, tears welled up from her beautiful eyes, "Your Majesty..."

"Okay," Xia Siyan was anxious to go back to see Han You, not wanting to stay here for too long, so he said as gently as possible: "Your Majesty, stay in the palace Ansheng, don't look for death or life."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. The concubine grabbed his arm anxiously, "Your Majesty!"

Xia Siyan paused and turned to look at her.

The concubine's voice trembled: "How is Your Majesty going to return my innocence?"

Xia Siyan glanced at the concubine holding his hand. The woman's hand was delicate, white and thin, and the blue blood vessels protruding from the back of the hand could be seen. This reminded him suddenly of his mother's hand, and said in a soft voice: "Toffee don't have to worry, as long as the truth comes out to the sky, the rumors will be dispelled without attack."

The concubine seemed to be crying even more sadly than before, "Your Majesty, I admit it, I admit it. Your Majesty, don't do anything stupid. I admit that I have an affair with Han You, and let me bear the charge."

She described falling in love with Han You as a crime. This word stung Xia Siyan, and his face turned cold, "This has nothing to do with you, I will deal with it myself."

The concubine grabbed Xia Siyan's clothes so hard that her knuckles turned white. She knelt down slowly trembling, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, I am a useless person anyway. There is no difference between living and dead. When I entered the palace Soon the late emperor passed away, and the deep palace was lonely. It was the late empress who treated me like a sister and taught me how to survive in this palace. She made Xiao Yi and me get closer, so that I could have someone to rely on in the palace. In my heart, the queen is like my own sister. I can't watch my own sister's son fall into such a quagmire. Your Majesty! Han You is not a child molester, he is not an ordinary person, he is a former important minister! Your relationship with him Once it is made public, what will people think of you? How will history books write about you in the future? If the queen knows it..."

She couldn't go on, prostrate on the ground and howled.

Xia Siyan calmed down.Concubine Toffee was right. He himself didn't care what others said, but Han You did.Han You's refusal and evasion at the beginning was because people's words are terrible. If he desperately discloses his relationship with Han You, it will only push Han You further and further away.

He wanted to risk the disgrace of the world to be the first male empress in the history of the Zhao Kingdom, but would the person he wanted be willing to take that position?

He stretched out his hand to help the concubine up, "This matter has nothing to do with you, and I will find out who is spreading the rumors to get you involved. Just wait for the news, I have my own measure."

"His Majesty……"

"No need to say any more, the consequences of this matter will not be borne by you anyway."

After coming out of Zhongling Palace, Xia Siyan's thinking became clear. The opponent came aggressively, but all of them used unsophisticated methods.The failure of assassination to spread rumors and slander shows that they do not have any powerful weapons in their hands.

He was the one who lost his way just now, and the opponent's goal was clearly aimed at Han You.If he really made his relationship with Han You public because of this, it would be in the hands of the other party to trap Han You at a disadvantage.

If one day it is said that Han You is Xia Siyan's man, it should be when both he and Han You are willing to make it public, instead of being forced to do so.

Xia Siyan walked back to Changle Palace step by step, already calculating in his mind how to play this game of chess.

In the Changle Palace, Han You sat cross-legged on the imperial couch, with his eyes slightly closed, his palms on his knees facing upwards, and his thumb and middle finger were pinched together, as if he were an eminent monk preparing to pass away. .

At this time, Xia Siyan's heart had calmed down, and he walked up to Han You and bowed his body to watch carefully.This was the first time I saw Han You meditating. This man always had some strange habits behind his back.

Han You opened his eyes, "Your Majesty is back, is the concubine okay?"

Xia Siyan looked at his face carefully, and found that his face was also calm, and he felt relieved, and smiled, "She's fine."

"Are you okay? Has Your Majesty persuaded her?"

"Well," Xia Siyan stood up, went to the table and poured himself a cup of tea, and said lightly, "I told her that it was I who had an affair with Han You, and she couldn't take my title."

Han You's breath stagnated, "Then... what did the concubine say?"

Xia Siyan regarded tea as wine, and Chao Hanyou raised his glass, "She wished us happiness."

Han You was not in the mood for joking, and walked up to Xia Siyan with his shoes on, "But the most urgent thing is to find out who is spreading the rumors as soon as possible. Just come after me. The intention of involving the Empress Dowager is really vicious."

"It seems that Han Aiqing has also figured out the joints. The key to this matter is spreading rumors." Xia Siyan put the cup back on the table and looked deeply at Han You: "It has nothing to do with you and me, so You don't have to blame yourself."

"However," Han You said with downcast eyes, "after all, this incident was caused by me. There were rumors about me and the dancer before, and I didn't care. If I was really careful in my words and deeds, this rumor would never come true. It wouldn’t have happened in the first place, and it wouldn’t go to the lecturers of the Sixth Division.”

"Someone wants to punish you. There are so many trumped-up charges." Xia Siyan put his arms around him, "You are not wrong."

Han You stood still, Xia Siyan's hands tightened again, he hugged him to his side, and said against his face: "I won't let you go, whatever you think is rotten in your stomach, understand? ?”

Han Youjing paused for a while, then changed the topic and said, "I think of a few people." He broke free from Xia Siyan's arms as he spoke, walked to the desk, spread out the paper, dipped a pen in the ink, and wrote down a few people on the paper. name.

"These people have all approached me before, but I rejected them. This time, in addition to salt and iron, we have brought wine, tea, silk, and porcelain into the official camp. The big families that were originally engaged in these businesses must be the last ones. Those who cooperated, I think they are the most suspect."

"Well, I'll give the list to Li Xiao and let them check it."

Xia Siyan was about to fold the papers, but Han You said again: "Wait! There is one more person."

He picked up the pen and paused, as if hesitating whether to write the name or not.

"What?" Xia Siyan asked, "Who is it?"

Han You put down the pen again, and thought carefully: "I handed over the tea market to Wu Shijie before, but I soon found out that he secretly contacted the merchants and tried to ask for bribes from the merchants. So I removed him from the position of the doctor of Jin Kesi. The teacher also knew about the transferred job. Wu Shijie himself was very dissatisfied with this, and told people many times that I targeted him... But I think he shouldn't be so bad."

Xia Siyan took the pen and wrote Wu Shijie on the paper, "His behavior can already be transferred to the Supervision Court. Han Aiqing, when did you learn to cover up for personal gain?"