My heart hurts when I mention the abolition

Chen Yizhen sat in front of the window, staring out of the window in a daze.

Since the news from the previous dynasty came, she has been like this, eating, sleeping, waking up, and then staring at a place in silence.

Shuang Shu and Shuang Lu looked at each other, and after a while, they walked over cautiously, one of them carefully poured her a cup of tea, and the other put away the book she had casually put aside.

The two put their hands together and poked their heads to look at her, "Ma'am, what are you looking at?"

But there was no answer immediately. After a long silence, Chen Yizhen replied softly, "I was looking at the tree outside. Winter comes and summer goes, sunny and rainy, but it seems to have always been like this, never changed. .”

Shuanglu was puzzled, she turned her head to look at Shuangshu, but saw Shuangshu lowered her eyes, looking pensive, she couldn't help stretching out a finger, winking at her, winking, and asking her mother what she meant by this.

Shuangshu ignored her, and instead said: "Mother, as onlookers, we only see that the tree is still growing in place day and night, year after year, with its branches, leaves and stamens, and their exchanges, but only it knows that the tree on its body is still in place. How many more branches have been added, and how many dead branches have fallen."

Hearing this, Chen Yizhen's expression gradually became melancholy and contemplative.

Shuanglu looked at them blankly, not understanding what charades they were playing.

After a long time, Chen Yizhen came back to his senses, glanced at them, and smiled, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry, I just have some questions and some doubts."

After speaking, she fell into deep thought again, bit her lip, and fell silent.

Seeing this, Shuang Shu couldn't help but stepped forward and comforted her softly, "Your Majesty, there are some things that cannot be solved by thinking alone. You need to feel, understand, and evaluate with your heart."

Chen Yizhen was stunned.

When the emperor came to Zhongcui Palace, Chen Yizhen greeted him uncomfortably under Madam Zheng's narrow and gentle eyes.

"See Your Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand and walked straight in, "I feel a little uncomfortable, please help me massage."

Chen Yizhen's heart trembled, and he hurriedly followed with his sleeves squeezed.

She knelt on the bed and gently massaged the emperor's temples with two fingers. The emperor closed his eyes comfortably and leaned his whole body on the pillow behind him.

The room was filled with silence, and the sounds of maids walking and birds chirping outside the window were extraordinarily noisy, which set off the silence and tranquility of the room even more.

Chen Yizhen couldn't help lowering his head and quietly looked at the emperor.

Today's emperor is no different from the past, he still has a pair of thick and thick sword eyebrows, a handsome nose bridge, and thin lips, but in Chen Yizhen's eyes, it seems that there are many differences.

Her eyes were fascinated, and she recalled what Shuang Lu had said to her heartlessly.

Shuanglu said: "Your Majesty, this servant has seen that the Emperor has fallen in love with you."

Chen Yizhen was taken aback, "What nonsense are you talking, be careful I will twist your mouth."

Shuanglu pursed her lips, feeling aggrieved, "Your servant is not talking nonsense, otherwise, why would the emperor insist on abolishing the imperial edict under the pressure of the courtiers, and then specially warn those ministers, saying that he will not draft in a short time."

Chen Yizhen was silent for a while, and said: "The emperor must have his considerations, you are not allowed to talk nonsense."

Shuanglu was not convinced, and couldn't help but said: "Okay, even if the emperor has his own considerations, then his usual attitude towards you is not fake, all the slaves can see that the emperor is becoming more and more gentle and gentle towards you. gone."

Chen Yizhen was stunned and said nothing.

Shuangshu, who had been watching from the sidelines and didn't interject, thought for a while, but couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the emperor's attitude towards you recently is really kind."

"That's right, it's not just the servants who think it themselves." Shuanglu chirped.

Chen Yizhen stared at the emperor's smooth forehead, recalling the events of the past two days. On that day, they had just left Ningshou Palace and were walking back to the palace when the emperor suddenly stopped her and told her.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of things."

At that time, she didn't know what the emperor was going to deal with, but at this moment, she couldn't help wondering if the emperor was promising her about the draft.

Thinking of this, Chen Yizhen's eyes couldn't help but gradually became idiotic.

After an unknown amount of time, she came back to her senses, lowered her head, and suddenly met a pair of deep, dark eyes.

Chen Yizhen was stunned for a moment, then withdrew his hand, "Your Majesty, is the force of the concubine's massage too heavy?"

"No." The emperor simply sat up and signaled that she didn't need to press it again.

However, one can tell with a discerning eye that his complexion is much better than when he came in at this time.

Chen Yizhen stood up and brought him a cup of tea himself.

The emperor took it and pecked lightly.

Chen Yizhen stared at him sipping tea intently, with half-closed eyes in peace, hesitating in her heart, after a long time, she prepared her mind and took a deep breath.

"emperor."

The emperor looked up at her.

"I heard that you announced in court yesterday that you do not plan to draft for the time being."

The room fell into silence. After a long time, the emperor put down the teacup and gave a soft "hmm". His calm and breezy attitude seemed to be dealing with a trivial matter of what color to wear in the morning.

Chen Yizhen couldn't figure out his attitude, fearing that he would break his taboo if he continued to ask, so he gritted his teeth and dared not speak again.

Instead, the emperor beckoned for her to come over.

Chen Yizhen was taken aback for a moment, and walked over slowly.

The emperor held her hand and asked, "Are you happy?"

Chen Yizhen looked over in a daze, and looked at the smiling eyes of the emperor. She slowly came back to her senses, feeling a little bit puzzled, a little bit panicked, and a little bit surprised and shocked, "My concubine is naturally happy."

"Then why did you look restless when I came over?"

Chen Yizhen was stunned, thought for a while, lowered his head, and said, "I just can't figure it out."

"I can't figure out why I have to suspend the draft?"

Chen Yizhen responded in a nasty voice.

The emperor smiled, and the corners of his mouth curled into a small but pleasant arc. He rarely leaked his emotions like this. The corner of Chen Yizhen's eyes glanced at his face, and he was a little lost in thought.

The emperor noticed the look in her eyes, and the curvature of the corner of her mouth became more and more obvious. He leaned over and breathed out a soft breath into her ear, "Queen, you asked me a similar question last time, and I let you think for yourself, this time Again, you still think for yourself."

"So, last time, did you figure it out?"

The warm breath rolled around the ear, and in just a moment, the earlobe turned red like boiled shrimp. Chen Yizhen stared straight ahead. It circled around her heart, making her whole heart feel warm, swollen, and sore.

While her mind was in chaos, she could still glimpse a few gleams of clarity from it, thinking that the last time the emperor was referring to should be the time when the empress was abolished.

After a long time, she finally regained her thoughts and shook her head slowly, "The concubine is dull."

She lowered her head and didn't say a word. The emperor left behind the ambiguous words, leaving her alone to think hard. She didn't know what the emperor meant, and she wanted her to think about it. But he hesitated in every way, hesitated in every way.

After thinking about it, it seems that all signs point to one aspect - the emperor is showing favor to her.

Nanny Zheng and Shuanglu also said the same.

However, as soon as she thought of this possibility, she couldn't help but want to jump up and wave her hands desperately to refute them.

In the past, she thought so, but in the matter of the draft, the emperor caught her off guard and gave her a shock. She couldn't help but turn her head and stare at the emperor intently.

The emperor held her hand tightly, and when he heard her say that, he smiled lightly and didn't make any remarks. He thought about it, instead of dwelling too much on this topic, he remembered another thing.

"By the way, I asked Rong Sheng to prepare some food, and I'll give you a taste later."

Chen Yizhen was curious, but seeing the emperor's mysterious face, assuring surprise, she suppressed her curiosity and said with a smile: "Then the concubine will wait for the emperor's favor."

The emperor waved his hand and said: "It's not a reward, it's just that we, the empress, have an after-dinner snack together."

Chen Yizhen was stunned, and suddenly, she lowered her head, pursed her lips and laughed, thinking that anyone who can be the emperor is a second person, if he wants to stab you with a knife, his words are really confusing, and he just calls you a white knife Into the red knife, but if he wants to make face for you, he can also turn out a common sentence, even if he knows how much truth and falsehood are mixed in his words, but he can't help but feel hot and feel close.

She stopped talking, quietly waiting for the surprise from the emperor's mouth.

After a while, Rongsheng finally prepared the things and brought them over.

Seeing Manager Rong Sheng come in with things in hand, Chen Yizhen's eyes flashed with surprise.

Shuangshu and Shuanglu Zhiqu who were beside them rushed over to take the plate from Rong Sheng's hand, but Rong Sheng made a wrong palm, looked at them with a smile, and said, "Don't bother the two girls, I'll take it by myself. "

After finishing speaking, he walked steadily to the table step by step, put down the plate in his hand, and lifted the cover on the plate, "Boom", a cloud of cloudy white mist engulfed in the unique aroma of food sprayed towards the face.

"This is?"

Chen Yizhen was surprised. There were clusters of small silkworm-like things lying on the plate. The white surface was golden, and the aroma was strong. Seeing this familiar appearance and aroma, she was stunned: "Cicada chrysalis."

The emperor looked at her, his expression softened unknowingly, "Didn't you keep clamoring to eat this?"

Back then, she asked him to try this, but later he was called by the queen mother, and then he was busy with a series of things. When he remembered to go to Changchun Palace to find her, and asked about the cicada pupae, she was stunned. Said that he had sent the things over, didn't he receive it?

She smiled embarrassingly, her porcelain-white face blushed slightly, "I'm clumsy, and I only caught less than five. This thing has little meat, and only one bite is enough. I simply didn't keep it. I'll send it all to you." gone."

But he looked at Rong Sheng beside him, saw him winking at himself desperately, and knew that he must have obeyed his mother's order to stop the thing.

He withdrew his gaze, paused, and said flatly, "It's not such a rare thing. I'll catch more next year."

Chen Yizhen nodded immediately, and invited him, "You can come with me next year, even though it looks ugly, it is really delicious."

"Okay." He nodded slightly.

However, later, year after year, the conflict between him and the Chen family became more and more tense, and the distance between them became farther and farther. A casual agreement made on that bright afternoon was never picked up again.

Xu Shi recalled the good old days. At that time, the two of them were not as indifferent and vigilant as they are now. They still retained some childish innocence and heartiness, and a little tenderness slowly flowed from Chen Yizhen's face.

After a long time, she lowered her head slightly, sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you still remember."

The emperor: "Of course I remember."

The smile on the corner of Chen Yizhen's mouth did not grow wider, but instead had a kind of wistful loneliness.

That day, after the emperor left, the bright smile on her face immediately disappeared, and Shuanglu happily sent the emperor out, but when she came back, she was holding her face, not angry, she was taken aback, and hesitated Moved over and asked her, "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"

She looked out of the window with a calm expression, "Do you really think that Rong Sheng forgot to give the cicada chrysalis to the emperor?"

Shuanglu was stunned, "Otherwise?"

Chen Yizhen sighed softly, "Your majesty didn't look like a fake when he asked me. It was clear that he hadn't received the cicada pupae. He turned his head and looked at Rong Sheng, and then changed his words. He knew it well, but he didn't want to say more. From the way it is said, it is obvious that someone took down the cicada pupae, and the emperor didn't know about it before, but now that he knows it, he will only choose to defend it."

"That person, besides the empress dowager, who else is there?"

Shuanglu was stunned, as if stimulated by this fact, after a while, she came back to her senses, her eyes were flushed, "Niang Niang..."

Chen Yizhen waved her hand, signaling that she needn't say more, but she laughed at herself, "The emperor did nothing wrong, this is his position."

But she spent so long thinking that he would be touched by him, but now she suddenly faced this cruel and cold reality, and for a while, the turmoil in her heart couldn't be controlled.

With a sudden heat in his hands, Chen Yizhen raised his head and met the worried eyes of the emperor.

"Queen, what are you thinking?"

After being silent for a while, Chen Yizhen shook his head slowly, "It's nothing."

She smiled, "The concubine is just surprised that the emperor still remembers some old things."

There was a clear smile on her face, but for some reason, the emperor only felt a desolate desolation.

He suddenly panicked, his head was hot, and without thinking about anything, he grabbed her hand.

Chen Yizhen raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Queen, you trust me, and I will never forget it every year from now on."

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