His little movement did not escape the eyes of some people. Pei Yuanhao looked at him and said softly: "Mr. Fu, what's wrong?"

"I seem to hear a woman's voice.    ?

"..." Pei Yuanhao didn't say anything, and looked at him with a burning look. My heart suddenly tightened. Fu Badai turned his ears toward us and said, "Why is there a princess besides the prince?"

Pei Yuanhao frowned again, as if gritting his teeth, and said, "No. She is more than just a woman here."

"oh?"

Seeing his face sinking, Liu Li, who had been sitting next to him silently, stood up at this time and nodded slightly at Fu Badai: "Mr. Fu, please pay homage to Liu Li, junior."

Fu Badai raised his eyebrows, as if he had remembered something, and immediately smiled: "I guess he is the daughter of an old friend."

"This time I'm taking a plea for the visit, I hope Mr. Fu won't remember the blame."

"Where, Empress, are you polite."

After the two of them finished greetings, Pei Yuanhao's cold eyes finally fell on me. I bit my lower lip, stood up, and bowed deeply to Fu Badai opposite him: "Mr. Fu, the name of Jixian Palace is Yue Qingying to pay homage to you."

Fu Badai's gray eyebrows trembled: "Yue...qing...ying..."

My heart was also beating, and I felt that Pei Yuanhao's eyes were almost trying to see through my body, but his face remained unchanged, and he kept his salute posture and looked down at his toes.

"Yue Qingying?"

Fu Badai read it again, as if thinking about these three words, his dark gray eyes showed a little smile. Under Pei Yuanhao's eyes, he smiled and said, "It's rare that there is a woman in Jixian Palace. Lord Yue, I will cause you trouble in the future."

"Don't dare."

I said respectfully, then led Xiao Nianshen out of the back of the table and walked to Fu Badai. Although Nianshen was still a little confused about what had just happened, he quickly walked forward, brushed his robe, and gave a respectful gift to Fu Badai: "Student Pei Nianshen, pay homage to the teacher."

He did it, but I gave him the ancient ritual of Xichuan to become a disciple. Fu Badai didn't see it, so he nodded gently. Instead, Liu Saner walked over and held his arm and said something softly. Fu Badai was slightly shocked and waited in a stern face. When Nian Shen's ritual was finished, he bent down, groped to support Nian Shen's thin arm, and said, "This one is His Highness the Great Prince."

"When you say it to the teacher, yes."

"Today, you and I have a relationship between master and disciple, and I have a relationship with you. There is nothing else to be a teacher, I will give you a small gift."

When Nian Shen heard that there was a gift, he was shocked and immediately looked at the old man happily. Fu Badai seemed to be able to feel the child's expectant eyes. He smiled slightly and said to Liu Saner beside him: "Qinghan, take it out."

"yes……"

He nodded and put his right hand into the sleeve on his left.

Now, I am only a short distance from him. I can even tell every breath of his breath from the sound of the gurgling water of the clear spring and from the beating of my heart.

I don’t know if it was my illusion, his breathing was as chaotic as my heartbeat.

He walked up to us, and Nian Shen immediately bowed to him and bowed: "Greetings to Senior Brother Qinghan."

Liu San'er kept walking to us with his head down. A few strands of heads scattered, half covering his eyes, but his red ears were revealed, but his voice was still very calm: "Junior brother, this gift was carefully prepared by the master for you, and I hope you can understand the master's good intentions."

I no longer had the intention to see what gift I had prepared. He was right in front of me. Although his voice and expression were so calm, I clearly saw that the drooping eyes were full of broken and trembling light. At this moment, I could only pinch myself hard. If it didn't hurt a little and let myself wake up, I didn't know what I would do.

Will I hug him hard? I will try harder than when I lost him in that ice rain?

But just when I was lost, I heard a sudden riot around me—

"careful!"

"Assassin, there are assassins!"

"Liu Qinghan is an assassin!"

I was startled by the guards who suddenly rushed up around me. When I looked closely, I saw Liu Saner holding a dagger in her hand!

At this time, I was also shocked.

Fu Badai was a great scholar who had been invited to Beijing through great hardships. With the emperor's courtesy, the guards were not so strict with him and Liu Saner, and they had not been searched. They probably just simply checked their luggage and let them in, but they never expected that Liu Saner actually had a dagger on her body!

I opened my eyes slightly and looked up at him.

He also looked at me. At this time, all the guards rushed in, drew their swords and pointed them at him. The atmosphere became tense for a moment.

But he was still as calm as before, but there were many things surging in the eyes that looked at me.

At this moment, Pei Yuanhao stood up behind him and waved his hand gently: "Get back!"

When the guards heard the emperor's order, they had to retreat, but they still looked at him vigilantly.

Pei Yuanhao said in a deep voice: "What does this mean?"

Fu Badai, who was standing up slowly with the table, smiled and said to Pei Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, this is the meeting gift I want to give to the eldest prince."

"A dagger?"

"good."

Pei Yuanhao's eyebrows were slightly frowned. At this time, Liu San'er slowly walked forward with a dagger in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this dagger is not an ordinary dagger, but is made of iron ore from Taihe, Xichang."

When Pei Yuanhao heard this, his face immediately became subtle.

Iron ore is a very subtle topic in the Celestial Dynasty. In fact, the royal family entered the pass from the north. In addition to the resistance of the entire Central Plains, they were not always so peaceful. There were still many people in various places who were nostalgic and wanted to overthrow the rule of the royal family at all times. Therefore, at the beginning of its founding, the court issued a strict order to nationalize all iron ore and prohibit private mining.

Iron ore is a necessary material for casting weapons. All iron ore is nationalized and civil weapons cannot be manufactured in large quantities, which fundamentally eliminates the possibility of someone using violence to fight against the court.

But Xichuan is still an exception.

It is precisely because the imperial army did not enter Xichuan, that to a large extent, Xichuan became an independent area of ​​the special existence of the Celestial Empire. The iron ore there was not nationalized, but owned by the chieftains and large families who were able to mine, that is,

I lowered my head and looked at the dagger, which was flashing with a cold light.

The reason why the Yan family was able to provide arms and support the rebellion of the chieftains more than ten years ago was that there were several huge iron ore in Xichuan that could independently cast weapons.

And now, Fu Badai gave Pei Nianshen the dagger cast from Taihe Iron Ore in Xichang...

Pei Yuanhao also kept looking at the dagger and was silent for a long time until the atmosphere in the entire hall became a little strange. The guards stared at Liu Saner more nervously, then he suddenly curled his lips and said to Nian Shen: "Isn't thank you for your teacher."

When Nian Shen heard this, he hurriedly took the dagger with both hands and said respectfully: "Thank you, teacher, thank you, senior brother."

At this time, Liu Saner said softly: "Your Highness, don't be afraid. Although the knife belongs to Xichuan, the handle of the knife is in your hands now."

...

Until this time, the guards finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Fu Badai could not see anything, he kept sitting there with a faint smile, as if all this was taken in his sight. Eunuch Yu stood behind him, sweating in cold sweat, waved his hands around, and the guards retreated.

I led Nian Shen to turn around and walk back when I heard Pei Yuanhao's voice suddenly remembered: "Don't you meet Mr. Qinghan?"

“…”

My steps suddenly stopped, and I turned my head stiffly. Seeing his face looking at me coldly, Liu Saner behind me was also in a mess, but neither I nor him said anything. I let go of Nian Shen's hand, slowly turned around, and bowed to him, "Mr. Qinghan."

“……Master Yue.”

.

That is the first thing Liu Qinghan said to me.

I have thought that he and I could meet again; I have guessed countless times what the situation would be like when he and I met again. But no matter how I guessed, I never guessed it, and it would be like this...

He is Mr. Qinghan; and I am Lord Yue...

In addition to the years, there are many things between him and me, just like the door in front of me. It is obvious that it can be pushed open, but what do you have to face after you push it open?

I stood in front of the door and saw for the first time that I was so powerless.

That night, the emperor did not return to the palace immediately, but would live in this tent. I took Nian Shen to the east wing with the emperor, while Fu Badai and Liu Qinghan lived in the west wing.

It's just a short distance.

From the time I went out of the room and returned to the room, my heart couldn't calm down. The violent beating seemed to boiling all over my body. The flow of blood in my body seemed to set off a wave of overwhelming breathing and heartbeat was an uncontrollable whistling. And in the whistling sound, there was a sound, with an extremely sweet temptation, echoing in my ears-

"He is right next to you, only a few walls."

...

"As long as you push open this door and walk through the corridor in front, you can see him and hear him talking."

...

"Do you want to see him?"

...

I want to see him very much.

The hand had been raised, but when he touched the cold door bolt, he remembered Chang Qing's voice in his ears-

If you want to leave the palace, everyone knows that you want to leave the palace...

I want to see him, and someone knows that I want to see him.

When I thought of this, my hand froze, but I couldn't hold it back. I could only grab the door bolt with force, trembling almost spasm, and my knuckles were white. It seemed that over the years, no matter how difficult and dangerous it was, I finally wanted to leave this imperial city and find my own life.

But—really, it's not the time.

I don’t know how long it took to finally calm down slowly. I gently put down my hand and turned around with a depressed mood.

Just as I turned around, there was a slam in my back and the door was pushed open.

I was caught off guard and was shocked. I looked back in shock and saw Pei Yuanhao standing coldly at the door. His dark eyes seemed to be burning with flames, looking at me burning.

For a moment, I was stunned.

He pushed open the door and seemed to have unexpectedly seen me standing at the door, but the next moment, his face darkened.
Chapter completed!