Chapter 46 Chapter Forty-Six: Flowers on a Full Moon Night

On the bank of Taiye Pool on August 15th, the full moon hangs high, the stars are dim, and the pavilions and pavilions are softly reflected on the lake with the bright moonlight. The breeze blows, and the calm water flows slightly, sparkling with waves, like a fairyland . Emperor Xiaozhao had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery in front of him at all, his heart was full of disappointment, and after a while, he still asked in a questioning tone: "The imperial concubine still doesn't want to come to enjoy the moon banquet?" Yuan Fu hurriedly replied respectfully: "Yes, Ruan Niang said that the imperial concubine is not feeling well..."

Emperor Xiaozhao sighed, waved his hand, and stopped Yuan Fu's next words, feeling even more disappointed in his heart.In fact, he also expected that after that night, Xiao Guanyin would definitely be even more angry with him, but he didn't expect that he would not even come to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.Thinking of the situation that night, Emperor Xiaozhao became a little worried. On that day, after Gao Zhan told him about his decision to marry only Lu Zhen, he was also shocked by the sentence "Perhaps there is no woman in this world who is really willing to share her husband with others", thinking about the relationship with her over the years. The ups and downs that happened between them decided to bow their heads first.

Bow your head to the one you love, it's a matter of course. To his pleasant surprise, he heard a familiar sound of the piano when he walked to the Hanguang Hall, which was "The Song of Exiting the Frontier".He still remembered that when Xiao Guanyin was learning this piece, he was the one who taught it by hand. He really didn't expect that after so many years, she...she still remembered it. The sound of the piano was sometimes melodious and sometimes exciting, which actually made him interested in playing the flute.Seeing that Ruan Niang was going to report to Xiao Guanyin, he quickly stopped her, took his own jade flute, and made peace with her.

The night seems to separate all the turmoil in the palace, only their zither flute ensemble, floating gently over the tranquil Hanguang Palace, the past and the past are slowly spreading among each other with the music, as if they have returned to the past. , The joy of childhood permeated the night sky like this, and spread to the heart. After the song was over, Emperor Xiaozhao took a deep breath, walked in with the jade flute, and said with infinite emotion: "I didn't expect the score of this song "Chusai Song", I still remember it." When Ruan Niang heard it, afraid that Emperor Xiaozhao would forget it, she reminded a little excitedly: "Your Majesty, this song was taught by you back then."

Xiao Guanyin glanced at him, stood up expressionlessly, bowed slightly and said: "My concubine welcomes the emperor." Emperor Xiaozhao made a gesture, and Ruan Niang tactfully led the others to retreat.Only then did he walk over and hold Xiao Guanyin's hand, and said softly: "There are only two of us here, you don't need to be so restrained." Xiao Guanyin broke free from his hand lightly, and said angrily: "The concubine is the body to be punished, so I dare not blaspheme the emperor." "Why are you still so stubborn? That matter has long since passed." Emperor Xiaozhao said with a wry smile, "Oh, Guanyin, you are clearly still thinking about me, but why don't you admit it?"

Xiao Guanyin was shocked, as if frightened by Emperor Xiaozhao's words, she covered up in a panic: "Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, this concubine played this piece today, just because of no intention..." Emperor Xiaozhao touched her shoulder, and cut off her words directly, "Wuxin is the original intention." Xiao Guanyin looked at him, pursed his lips, and stopped talking. Emperor Xiaozhao shook his head helplessly, and said: "If you don't come to see me, I have to come to see you. Guanyin, I want to tell you one thing. Ah Zhan has decided to marry Lu Zhen as his concubine, and will not establish another side concubine."

Although she had already guessed it, Xiao Guanyin was still a little surprised when she heard it, but she immediately recovered her dull look and said: "He has cut off my robes, he married a few women, and married me again." What's the matter?" Emperor Xiaozhao gently hugged her in his arms, "No, it doesn't matter. Today Azhan told me a word: If a woman loves a man deeply, she will not let other women share her husband. Guanyin, before you Is it also because of this reason that I have been forbidden to get close to other concubines?" Xiao Guanyin said stiffly: "Who said that? I just don't want them to give birth to a prince!"

Hearing the lack of confidence in the answer, Emperor Xiaozhao couldn't help laughing, he hugged her tightly, "You're being stubborn again." Xiao Guanyin didn't make a sound, didn't struggle, let him restrain himself, his eyes fell unconsciously on the dragon pattern on his clothes, and he continued, "Guanyin, I know you have never forgotten Ah Zhan, but your In my heart, he may not be the only one. After so many years of getting along, I don't believe that you have never been touched by what I did. You just hated me and my mother for too long, and you lost your way. I have I promised Ah Zhan that I would never let my mother do evil again, and he is willing to let go of the old grudge, so can you also look at the relationship between husband and wife for many years and smooth out some of the past?"

Xiao Guanyin replied disapprovingly: "You are a dutiful son, you will be able to deal with the Queen Mother?" Hearing her doubtful tone, Emperor Xiaozhao immediately expressed his intentions, "I will, Guanyin. When the time comes, watch my actions. If I can calm you down, can you..." Xiao Guanyin sneered, and interrupted him, "Don't negotiate terms with me!" Emperor Xiaozhao shook his head, and replied unquestionably: "This is not about conditions, this is my sincerity! I want you to come out slowly and accept me slowly!" Hearing this, Xiao Guanyin was startled, this was the first time she heard Emperor Xiaozhao speak to her in such a tone, it was not like the usual soft words, but the tone was full of determination, which made her unable to answer the words at all.

He continued: "Guanyin, I used to endure you and wait for you, but now I won't do that again. You've married me, so I won't let you go. Ah Zhan has already started His new life, I hope you can too! Although I know that you won't like me as much as you like him for a while, but I will wait until the day you wake up and realize that you like me too. " She opened her mouth and was about to say something, but he didn't mean to let her say it at all, but just said: "I will find a way to deal with those concubines in the harem. With me in the future, I will definitely not let you No matter how sad you are. Although I really want to stay with you, I know that you must really want to be by yourself now, so... I will come to see you later. "

After that, he turned and left without looking back. Recovering from the memory, Emperor Xiaozhao was full of worry, his tone that day was too tough, and he walked too fast, if he could be softer, maybe at this moment, he and Xiao Guanyin have already reconciled. But worrying is nothing but worrying, but he has never regretted what he said, it was from the bottom of his heart, and it was also his determination.Maybe she didn't come because she didn't want to believe that he would do it. After he did it, she would naturally believe him. Thinking of this, Emperor Xiaozhao sighed again, his eyes flew into the distance unconsciously, then he was stunned for a moment, then walked forward quickly, Yuan Fu's nervous voice came from behind, "Your Majesty, where are you going..." He ignored it, and stopped when he walked to the Taiye Pond.In the distance, the haunted figure stood there, and the beautiful eyes fell on him across the huge Taiye pool. For a moment, everything was silent, only the affectionate four eyes were lingering together, desire The language is still resting. Suddenly, the figure moved, she stretched out her hands, made a gesture of holding a wine glass, and raised it in front of her face, Emperor Xiaozhao was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood, hurriedly followed suit and made the same gesture, and then drank it away do. She did the same, after drinking, she turned and left, disappearing into the night.Watching her back gradually disappear, a smile slowly appeared on his face, full of satisfaction. Yuan Fu watched the figure disappear, so he dared to ask: "Your Majesty, Madam... is she waiting here on purpose?" The smile on Emperor Xiaozhao's lips was still there, he shook his head, "I don't know, but as long as she remembers that tonight is the night of reunion, my heart will be poured with honey." Emperor Xiaozhao was in a good mood. He unconsciously drank a few more glasses at the dinner in the imperial garden, and felt a little unwell. When the singing and dancing were over, he said, "I'm not in good health, so I can't drink too much. Prince, it's rare to be well." Today, you will accompany everyone to have a good time on my behalf. Lou Shangshi and Wang Shangyi, you are the heads of the Internal Service Bureau, you have worked hard for a year, so let's take a good rest tonight." After everyone sent off Emperor Xiaozhao respectfully, Gao Zhan raised his glass again, "Everyone, the moon is shining brightly and the stars are thin, you must not let down the delicious food and wine. Let me offer you another glass on behalf of the emperor!" After Lou Shangshi finished drinking the wine in his glass, he saw the lady in the opposite palace filling another glass for Wang Shangyi, full of anticipation in his heart.Just now Lamei told herself that she saw Lu Zhen put the pill into Wang Shangyi's wine glass before leaving. Now that Wang Shangyi had two cups of yellow soup, she was waiting to see the good show. She also didn't care how wonderful the performance in the banquet was, and her attention didn't leave Wang Shangyi's body. She watched Wang Shangyi's face getting whiter and paler, and the bright lights in the palace even made the cold sweat on Wang Shangyi's forehead clearly visible , as Wang Shangyi's complexion became more and more ugly, Lou Shangshi's mood became more and more happy. She squeezed the time, and she saw Wang Shangyi stand up in pain, walked up to Gao Zhan and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I suddenly feel unwell, can I leave early?" Gao Zhan saw her sweating in pain, nodded and said, "Go down quickly." Wang Shangyi was half-blessed, then turned and left, her footsteps were flimsy, as if she was on the verge of falling, but fortunately, the little maid beside her was clever and helped her up in time. Lu Zhen, who was seated in the distance, was startled and frightened, her eyes flickered, and she didn't even dare to look at Wang Shangyi.This scene fell in the eyes of Lou Shangshi, and he was so happy that he couldn't restrain it. If he guessed correctly, Wang Shangyi would not be able to walk to her residence.As an opponent who has worked together for many years, Lou Shangshi felt that if she missed this good show, it would be a lifelong regret, so she waited for a while, then smiled and said to the female officer next to her: "Play first, I'm getting drunk , I have to change clothes." After finishing speaking, she immediately got up, left the moon feast, and chased in the direction Wang Shangyi left.After a while, she heard a muffled sound coming from the front, like the sound of something falling to the ground, and the panicked call of the little maid made her feel a little more cheerful, "My lord, my lord, what's wrong with you? Come quickly!" Man, something happened to Master Shangyi!" She pushed aside the flowers and branches in front of her eyes, peeked over, and saw Wang Shangyi laying lifeless on the ground, unconscious, while the little maid at the side shook her body desperately, crying out of fright. Cry, cry, it's the last leg anyway, if you don't cry now, you won't have a chance to cry again in the future.Lou Shangshi stood up straight and walked slowly towards his residence, thinking about the situation just now, he couldn't help walking a lot more briskly along the way.Not long after changing clothes and returning to his seat, he saw a little palace lady hurried over and said something to Gao Zhan.Seeing Gao Zhan's face change, he stood up suddenly and said, "Looking at the weather, it seems to be raining. It's getting late, everyone, let's leave first." Everyone hastily obeyed.As soon as Gao Zhan left, Lu Zhen quickly left with a few female officers.Seeing their hurried backs, Lou Shangshi sneered coldly, and was very proud of his plan: No matter how powerful you are, Wang Shangyi, why would you be sent away by me?It doesn't matter if the wine is found to be poisonous, anyway, there is Lu Zhen acting as a scapegoat! Runchang powder?Ha, naive Lu Zhen, even with the crown prince as a backer, murdering the boss's female official is still inevitable!In this way, the prince will inevitably suffer a big blow, and then he will be able to receive a credit in front of his aunt again. Should this move be called killing with a borrowed knife, or killing two birds with one stone? The more Lou Shangshi thought about it, the more complacent she became, and the smile on her lips was uncontrollable. She turned around and took Lamei's hand, and said impatiently, "Let's go, we should collect the body of Sister Wang." The two went straight to Wang Shangyi's residence, and when they entered the room, they saw that the room was extremely crowded, and the maids came in and out, all with sad expressions on their faces.After a while, Imperial Physician Zhu came out of the inner room, shook his head at the pale-faced Ruan Niang, and said helplessly, "There is no cure for this disease!" While speaking, a little palace lady flashed out from behind the door, holding some clothes in her hands and ran out in panic.Looking at the blood on it, Lamei whispered, "My lord, it seems that some people are in danger today." Seeing the bloody clothes being brought out again, Lou Shangshi couldn't help raising the corners of his lips, and said calmly, "You can't say that, haven't you died yet?" As she spoke, she reminded Lamei again: "I'll wait a while. As soon as she dies, you will lead people to search the palace, ask the food secretary to testify, and put away the cup that Wang Xuan used. We must catch Lu Zhen as soon as possible, and don't let His Royal Highness know." Lamei nodded quickly, "Don't worry, my lord, this servant knows what to do." Lou Shangshi nodded in satisfaction, and seeing that the time was almost up, he made a sad expression, staggered into the inner room, and saw Wang Shangyi motionless on the bed with a pale face, as lifeless as a dead person, The more joy she felt in her heart, the more sad her face became, "How is it?" "My lord, she..." Ruan Niang said, shaking her head, tears fell down. When Lou Shangshi saw it, she was 100% sure in her heart. When she thought that her opponent for many years had been eliminated by herself, she wept with joy, threw herself on Wang Shangyi and cried loudly, "Sister Wang, why is your life so hard? Gently, leave my sister and me alone, and leave alone!" The strange thing is that this cry did not attract more sobs, but the surroundings became quiet. Lou Shangshi suddenly felt that something was wrong, and was wondering, when Wang Shangyi's voice sounded in his ears unexpectedly, "Lord Lou, I You haven't died yet, so you don't have to cry so sadly." Although the voice was low, it was enough to scare Lou Shangshi's three souls and seven souls. She instinctively stepped back a few steps, her whole face lost all color in an instant, looked at the woman on the bed in fear, and asked with trembling lips: "You ...Are you a human or a ghost?! Aren't you already dead?" Seeing her nervous and embarrassed appearance, Ruan Niang beside her laughed out loud, and the other court ladies couldn't help laughing anymore.Seeing Lou Shangshi's still puzzled and terrified expression, Ruan Niang walked up and said half-sarcastically: "Lord Lou, our Lord Wang just felt a little uncomfortable because of menstruation, why bother you so early?" Come to mourn?" When Lou Shangshi heard this, he immediately knew that he had been duped. She gave Ruan Niang a look, and she left without caring about the etiquette.This was the greatest humiliation Lou Shangshi had suffered since entering the palace, how could she swallow this breath. Seeing her increasingly ugly face, Lamei hurriedly said, "My lord, I don't know what's going on... I clearly saw Lu Zhen put the pills in..." "Lu Zhen..." Upon hearing this name, Lou Shangshi immediately changed his direction, "Let's go to the Palace of Blue Mirrors!" As soon as he saw Lu Zhen, Lou Shangshi no longer cared about his usual disguise, and immediately asked, "Speak! Why is Wang Xuan okay?" Lu Zhen looked at her in fear, and said in fear: "I'm sorry, my lord, when the situation came to an end, I was still scared, so I poured out the wine..." Lou Shangshi's eyes widened, and he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart any longer, so he raised his hand and slapped her hard, "Why didn't you say it sooner because you were afraid? Bitch, you ruined my plan!" Lou Shangshi's second slap was about to go down, La Mei quickly took her hand and persuaded: "Your Excellency, calm down." Lu Zhen covered her face with tears in her eyes, and said apologetically and fearfully, "My lord, I don't know you have other big plans, I... I should die! My lord, please don't be angry..." Lou Shangshi wanted to do it again, but was held back by Lamei, who winked to the side and said, "My lord, it's getting late, let's go back and have a good rest." Lou Shangshi followed Lamei's gaze, and saw some palace maids around the door, looking at them with puzzled eyes, she suddenly remembered her current situation, if it continued, it would definitely make Wang Shangyi suspicious , it will be troublesome at that time.But her anger still persisted, she gave Lu Zhen a hard look, "Just wait, I'll deal with you in the future!" Lu Zhen lowered her head in fear, shrunk her neck, and sent them away.Seeing their figures disappear outside the Palace of Blue Mirrors, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to the house.Gao Zhan was waiting for her. When he saw her red and swollen face, he was taken aback. He walked over distressedly and asked, "Does it hurt?" Lu Zhen smiled slightly, and shook her head, "It's okay, it's just a slap in the face. Fortunately, I guessed right, Lou Shangshi really has something wrong. I have long thought that she must be uneasy and well-intentioned when she suddenly came to show my affection to me." Gao Zhan gently rubbed the five finger marks on her face, "The Hongxiangyuan incident was probably instigated by her. However, you have really deceived her these few days." Lu Zhen smiled slightly: "It's also thanks to you for sending the news to Wang Shangyi in time, otherwise, we wouldn't be able to see this good show today." "Well, Wang Xuan really doesn't use that vicious trick to deal with people." Speaking of this, he laughed again: "Everyone in the harem knows about Lou Qingqiang's troubles today, and I'm afraid her life will be difficult in the future. gone." Lu Zhen was not so optimistic, "Not necessarily, after all, she is the Queen Mother's confidant, and there are other strange tricks. That's why I pretended to be ignorant and confessed to her today, so that she would think that I was just stupid, rather than seeing it. Her conspiracy." Gao Zhan saw that the five finger marks on her face became more and more obvious, so he stopped answering her words, and urged: "Quickly ask Danniang to apply ice cubes to you." Lou Shangshi soon paid the price for this matter. Empress Dowager Lou punished her to go to the West Buddha Hall to chant scriptures for two months, and the harem can be quieter for a while. All of this naturally reached Du Siyi's ears. She looked at Lu Zhen and asked, "You sold Wang Xuan's favor, and you want her to help you get reinstated?" Lu Zhen shook her head, "I didn't think about it that much. His Highness passed the news over there. I specifically told him not to mention me." Master Du was surprised, "Why?" Lu Zhen explained: "Although Wang Shangshi didn't hurt me last time, he has been treating me badly. If she knew the truth, she might think that I was doing favors on purpose to please her in this way. I don't want to let She was so misunderstood." Du Siyi asked back: "Then you will continue to idle like this? Now that you and the prince have reconciled, let him directly mention the sixth rank to you!" Lu Zhen immediately shook her head, "No, I made an appointment with him, I will definitely not take shortcuts, and only rely on my own ability to avenge my father! Moreover, if I rely on his help to become a sixth-rank female official, others will definitely discuss it ..." Seeing her serious look, Du Siyi didn't force her anymore, she just asked, "Then what are you going to do?" Lu Zhen immediately confided her thoughts, "I want to find a new way to bypass the Internal Service Bureau and get promoted to the sixth grade! Master, I checked the palace records and found that not all female officials are step-by-step, You have been promoted step by step. For example, Wang Shangyi and Lou Shangshi, they were all conferred after the emperor ascended the throne. And you, when you were hired into the palace as a female talent, you were already a sixth-rank master of ceremonies." Du Siyi nodded slightly, "That's right, my method is called 'awarding officials based on talents'. It doesn't need to go through the Internal Service Bureau, but is directly recommended by the Ministry of Officials." Hearing this, Lu Zhen's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't wait to say: "There are two conditions for appointing an official with talent, one is to have a good reputation, or to make great contributions to the court; Recommended by officials. You and Uncle Zhu are both my masters, so it is definitely feasible for you to be the recommenders." Du Siyi squinted at her, "Then what great achievements can you make?" "Some people say that I can only burn two pieces of porcelain, which is not a skill at all, but what if I can save the court a lot of money every year?" Lu Zhen smiled confidently, "This is a contribution to the community, right? ?” Seeing Lu Zhen's energetic appearance, Du Siyi just shook her head, although she also knew that what Lu Zhen said was good, but thanks to Sheji, even a seven-foot man might not be able to do it, let alone a mere little female official ? But she didn't say what she thought, perhaps because there was a little luck hidden in her heart——Lu Zhen, this woman full of miracles, might really use her hands to create an earth-shattering victory. boy thing. And Lu Zhen was showing her determination with her actual actions, and soon she sent a porcelain vase to Emperor Xiaozhao. The crystal clear white color exudes a seductive light under the sunlight. Emperor Xiaozhao is in a good mood, only to hear Lu Zhen say from the side: "This is the porcelain vase that was baked this time." Emperor Xiaozhao looked up at Lu Zhen and praised, "It's pretty good. If we can keep up to this level, we can keep using them in the harem. Ah Zhen, go and buy that porcelain kiln, and change its name to the official kiln in the future." gone." Lu Zhen hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, it's not difficult to change your name, but I have other ideas." After speaking, she immediately took out another porcelain bowl, "Look at this." Emperor Xiaozhao looked at it, frowned slightly and said, "This is a little worse." Lu Zhen looked at Emperor Xiaozhao's expression and smiled sweetly, "You forgot that you are an emperor, and the porcelain you usually enjoy is naturally the best in the world, but this porcelain bowl is definitely enough for common people .” Hearing this, Emperor Xiaozhao seemed to have guessed her thoughts, looked up at her, but saw her eyes shining with excitement, "I asked Ah Zhan to help me check in the household department, the palace buys porcelain from Nanchen every year Although the expenses are only a few thousand taels of gold, but if you include private transactions, it may not be less than four to fifty thousand taels." Emperor Xiaozhao immediately understood, "What are you planning to do with the tens of thousands of taels of gold?" Lu Zhen nodded lightly, and said excitedly: "Yes, the official kiln that His Majesty imagined before was only for firing the fine and high-quality porcelain used in the palace, so the scale should not be too large. But if the imperial court comes forward to buy all the private kilns in the capital Come here, and then concentrate on firing, maybe we will be able to be self-sufficient in porcelain after the Northern Qi Dynasty!" Emperor Xiaozhao was not as optimistic as Lu Zhen, he looked at the two utensils in front of him thoughtfully, and slowly raised his own question, "If it can be done, it is of course a good thing, but I have heard you say However, the reason why the porcelain industry in the Northern Qi Dynasty is underdeveloped is because there has always been a lack of good porcelain stones, so rich and noble families like to buy porcelain from Nanchen." "Yes, Nan Chen just took advantage of porcelain stones. However, when I fired white porcelain last time, I found some porcelain clay that could be used to replace porcelain stones in the backyard of Qingjing Hall. The people in the porcelain kiln said that they also I have seen this kind of thing in other places, so I would like to ask His Majesty to send people to investigate, as long as the porcelain clay can be found, everything will be fine." Hearing Lu Zhen's countermeasure, Emperor Xiaozhao nodded happily, "It's easy, I'll transfer dozens of internal supervisors from the Internal Service Bureau to you, and everything will be under your command! If what you said can really become a reality, this It will be of great help to my Northern Qi national power!" When Lu Zhen heard this, she immediately knelt down and thanked her happily.She clearly knows what Emperor Xiaozhao's mere words mean to her. Once the official kiln is established, it will not only bring tens of thousands of taels of gold to Northern Qi, but also a steady stream of wealth will flow in from now on. .Lu Zhen knew that this was the highest trust that Emperor Xiaozhao had given her, and it was also a great opportunity for her to make meritorious deeds. Thinking of this, Lu Zhen's body was filled with excitement, her fists were tightly clenched, she did not dare to let go, for fear that she would lose her composure in front of Emperor Xiaozhao.However, once this matter is successful, then she can be promoted to the sixth rank from the road of being awarded an official by talent, and then she can avenge her father! What Lu Zhen didn't expect was that as soon as Gao Zhan heard that she was going to leave the palace, he immediately rushed to the Qingjing Hall to stop him, "No, something happened just now, I can't let you go out of the palace." Lu Zhen explained helplessly: "But the affairs of the official kiln cannot be stopped." Gao Zhan looked at her anxious appearance, smiled, and explained to her: "There will be big moves in the palace these few days, it's safer for you to stay here." Hearing this, Lu Zhen frowned and looked at him strangely, "Who else would harm me except Shen Jiamin?" It was only then that Gao Zhan realized his slip of the tongue, and quickly covered it up: "Then I don't feel relieved, I know you are anxious to be reinstated and promoted earlier, but you are not in a hurry at this moment." Hearing his anxious tone, Lu Zhen's heart warmed up, she blushed slightly and said: "It's not all because of this, the emperor regards me as a friend, it's so easy to do something for the court, how can I let it go?" Gao Zhan shook his head helplessly, and scratched her nose lightly, "You are such a loyal female officer." Lu Zhen looked at his face, her heart suddenly became heavy, and she couldn't help blurting out: "It's a pity that I don't have a father who is a prince, otherwise, I can help you even more." Gao Zhan could hear something wrong in her tone sensitively, frowned and asked, "What rumors have you heard?" "No!" Lu Zhen shook her head quickly, and said with a smile, "I just said it casually." Only now did she realize that Shen Jiayan's words had deeply affected her, and she remembered that she couldn't wait to serve the court. After making meritorious service, I can't help but ask myself: Is all this really just to get promoted to the sixth rank and avenge my father? Seeing her thoughtful expression, Gao Zhan thought she had heard some nonsense words again, so he circled her around and comforted her softly: "I am a man of Gao Zhan, do I still need to rely on my wife's help? Ah Zhen, you It's already outstanding enough, you don't need the status of a Miss Gonghou to add color to you." Lu Zhen leaned gently in his arms, and nodded meekly. How could she not know his painstaking efforts, but... She sighed slightly in her heart. "It's a pity that our relationship can't be made public now, otherwise, I will definitely accompany you to find porcelain clay directly." Gao Zhan said this, his tone immediately became full of confidence, "But don't worry, soon, we won't have to cover up like this cover up." Lu Zhen laughed, and looked up at him, "You are the prince, there are so many important things waiting for you, how can you be my follower?" Gao Zhan didn't smile, he lowered his head to meet her eyes and said affectionately: "Silly girl, I want to stay with you all the time." Listening to his clear and affectionate confession, Lu Zhen's face turned red all of a sudden. At this moment, Dan Niang coughed lightly and said, "Sister, there is no longer any delay!" Lu Zhen just woke up like a dream, and quickly withdrew from Gao Zhan's arms, glared at Gao Zhan with a blushing face, said goodbye to him, and hurried to the palace gate. Gao Zhan watched her figure get farther and farther away, and a satisfied smile slowly appeared on his face.Uncle Zhong at the side was ignorant, and quickly interrupted his thoughts, saying: "Your Highness, there is news from Wang Shangshu that the emperor is ready to deal with the Lou family tomorrow morning." Gao Zhan's expression froze, "How's the movement at Renshou Hall?" Uncle Zhong replied: "The Emperor has been purging the Empress Dowager these days, but the Empress Dowager has not responded." Gao Zhan pondered for a while, "I had an agreement with her before, as long as she doesn't attack me, I will let the Lou family go. But this time, she probably knows that she has broken the contract on her own initiative, so she is afraid." Uncle Zhong nodded, and said with emotion: "It is very rare for the emperor to be willing to kill relatives righteously." Gao Zhan sighed, "Brother Huang, after all, he is connected with my blood... Tomorrow I will say I am sick and not go to court early, so as not to embarrass him." With Lu Zhen's temporary departure, great changes in the palace are quietly going on.The sun is gradually setting to the west, covering all evils in darkness, but soon, a new day will come, and when the dawn breaks, everything will be invisible...