Wei Chi kept holding the medicine bowl and kept looking outside the curtain, waiting for Lin Ruge's arrival. After a long time, the first person waiting was not Lin Ruge, but King Rongchu of Qi.

Wearing a green gown, Rong Chu smiled lightly and entered the house behind the curtain.

The long gown flowed across the dark green floor tiles, and the fluttering corners of the clothes brought bursts of rich sandalwood. The slightly cold light in the morning was cut off by the window lattice, dotting his elegant eyebrows, his expression was tranquil, and his pupils were hidden in the shadows.

His eyes seemed to be gradually filled with haze, becoming heavy and deep.

Su Yan was stunned.

The man in front of me seems to be more heavenly and charming than the prince.

"You go down first." Rong Chu stood behind Su Yan with his hands behind his hands. Looking at Su Yan's exquisite makeup, he suddenly thought of the figure who looked thinner than Su Yan. I wonder if she would still look like that if she wore this makeup.

Is it as fresh as a willow tree?

Then he laughed out loud. The weather was fine, but it was not half as happy as he felt in his heart.

Su Yan looked at Emperor Zhaohe holding his hand with some embarrassment, and then looked at Rong Chu as if asking for help. Rong Chu smiled helplessly, just nodded to Wei Chi, and then pulled Emperor Zhaohe away to talk to Su Yan.

He shook his hand, and then quickly put his hand into Emperor Showa's palm.

Lin Ruge arrived at this time.

Emperor Zhaohe frowned. When he opened his eyes, he saw someone standing in front of him with a smile.

"Father, I have come here to pay my respects to my father today." Rong Chu sat on the low stool that Su Yan gave way to and motioned Lin Ruge to sit down, still holding Emperor Zhaohe's hand, "Eldest brother said Feng

The generals of the Wei camp really miss my father and will be going to Beijing soon, can my father agree?"

Lin Ruge was sitting at the end of the tunnel, and after hearing these words, he just pursed his lips and smiled.

The Fengwei Camp was in charge of the prince and had always been the main force in the army. However, because he was personally selected by the prince, Emperor Zhaohe never ordered the Fengwei Camp to enter the capital. Is Rong Chu turning a deaf ear to Emperor Zhaohe?

When Wei Daying entered the capital, it was clear that he wanted to give Emperor Zhaohe a powerful blow.

Emperor Zhaohe remained silent, as if he didn't quite believe what his son said.

Without saying much, Rong Chu took the warm medicine from Wei Chi's hand, took a sip, and handed it to Emperor Zhaohe's lips.

"Father, drink the medicine."

Lin Ruge lowered his eyes and pulled Suyan to sit with him. What he was thinking about was that Emperor Zhaohe had always been the most suspicious. The prince held military power, but today the one who turned a deaf ear to Emperor Zhaohe was the recognized princeling Rong Chu. So.

, would Emperor Zhaohe think that Rong Chu was deliberately framed, but that he was too aggressive?

Or maybe Rong Chu deliberately made Emperor Zhaohe think so?

Seeing that he no longer had anything to do with him in Zhongcui Palace, Lin Ruge simply asked Su Yan to resign and returned to Yuzhang Palace. With the palace door closed like this, he could study the government affairs and figure out Rong Chu's thoughts.

The palace lantern flickers like a flickering ghost fire.

The air had already seeped into the air the dense fragrance and clear taste of Yunding's hair. Lin Ruge was not in a hurry to drink. She was waiting for someone, and she knew he would come.

"As expected, you are waiting for me." Rong Chu waved the folding fan charmingly and lifted up a lock of long hair hanging from his chest, "Since you are waiting for me, why don't you leave the door open?"

"You take the secret passage." Lin Ruge handed the tea into Rong Chu's hand, squinted and motioned for Rong Chu to sit down, laughing and mocking.

"Tell me what you want to ask me." Rong Chu put the tea on the table, seemingly casually.

"I thought you were going to attack the Emperor today." Lin Ruge smiled sincerely, but there was no hint of sincerity in his tone, "But I didn't expect you were just trying to divert the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Emperor. Are you being too hasty?"

"No rush." ​​Rong Chu seemed unwilling to mention these words. He drank the tea in the cup and watched the woman in front of him fill it up again obediently and steadily, "I have time."

"Then you didn't actually provoke the prince? You want to leave more time for yourself." Lin Ruge spoke loudly and resoundingly. Looking at the two ghost-like shadows on the wall, he noticed that the shadow belonging to Rong Chu seemed to be shaking.

Shivering, Lin Ruge thought, probably - the King of Qi, who was so honorable, was not peaceful when he was young.

"——When I was young, my mother-in-law was seriously ill and died young. The day she left happened to be my sister's 100-day banquet and my eldest brother's third birthday. On that day, my mother-in-law's Qionghua Palace was covered with snow.

There were only a few people in the palace. But the queen's Zichen Palace had fireworks for three days. The fireworks were bright and illuminated the imperial city all night long."

Rong Chu looked very calm, as if he was just talking about a piece of history that did not belong to him.

"Then I was taken under the Queen's knee and raised. The Queen thought I was stupid, so I didn't do my best. Everyone in the Zichen Palace acted based on the Queen's expression, so naturally they seldom asked about my affairs." Rong Chu sighed.

, caressing the delicate porcelain cup unconsciously, "My eldest brother is just naughty for his age. He often bullies me for being much younger than him and stuffs weird things into my mouth."

Rong Chu lowered his eyes and smiled lowly.

"...He actually thought I had forgotten all about it."

Lin Ruge didn't know what to say for a moment. The world only saw that King Qi was romantic and had no ambitions. But who could see that beneath this ordinary appearance was a soul that had been trapped in an isolated city for many years and struggled endlessly.

These words...should not be said to her.

Lin Ruge smiled at Rong Chu and wanted to comfort him, but didn't know what to say.

After all, it was all in the past, what's more, Lin Ruge felt that people like Rong Chu would not allow others to comfort them. They could be sad and talk, but they would never allow others to see the weakness in their hearts.

Rong Chu slowly raised his head and looked at Lin Ruge, his expression so gentle that Lin Ruge's heart tightened.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly said softly, "Aren't you asking me why I didn't take action today?"

Lin Ruge nodded, then realized that it might not be the right time to say this, and shook his head again.

Rong Chu stopped looking at her and stared at the aroma of tea rising from the cup for a long time before he softly said, "Today is the death anniversary of my mother and concubine."

Lin Ruge was shocked.

However, Rong Chu no longer gave her time to digest. He took her hand and said secretly, "I will take you to Qionghua Palace."

Lin Ruge followed Rong Chu in a rare obedience. The secret passage was very long, and they could vaguely hear footsteps and conversations outside... No one noticed that there was such a secret passage hidden in the wall right next to them.

Lin Ruge tentatively stretched out her fingers and carefully touched the mottled wall, imagining how many years ago, little Rong Chu, who had lost his mother and concubine, stepped into this secret passage step by step, cautious but greedy at the same time.

Secretly remembering his mother and concubine.

It is said that being with a king is like being with a tiger, but she felt that this was not the greatest sadness of being heartless. The greatest sadness was that the beauty's favor was cut short before she grew old. She saw with her own eyes that the emperor who held her in the palm of his hand accepted her in the blink of an eye.

How miserable must it be to be pregnant? What’s even more terrifying is that every year, people younger and more delicate than yourself enter the palace, sharing the few favors with you.

Lin Ruge thought and touched his cheek with some fear.
Chapter completed!