Chapter 5 Chapter 5: Two Hearts Are Turning Like Memories

This is a secret room.Ten feet square, the walls and floors are paved with bluestone bricks, and the furnishings are simple. Sitting on the Zijin chair in the middle is Li Chu, the king of Guangping.A man stood beside him, wearing a tight gray corset and covering his face, revealing only eagle-like eyes. With a soft "boom", the door of the secret room opened, and a person walked in with broken footsteps. It turned out to be Dugu Jing.She looked a little tired, and after saluting, she said: "Your Highness, this servant has calculated carefully, and the income this month is more than nine million yuan, plus the accumulation from the end of last year, the total is forty-five million yuan."

Li Chu's eyebrows moved slightly: "There are so many!" He said to the man beside him: "Muwei, how are you preparing?" There was no ripple in Mu Wei's voice: "Your Highness, everything is in order, and we just wait for His Highness to decide for himself." Li Chu said: "Get ready, we will leave in a quarter of an hour!" Dugu Jing and Mu Wei stopped talking, and hurriedly left the secret room after saluting. After the two left, Li Chu coughed lightly, and a bluestone brick behind his seat turned around, and a person flashed out. He was dressed the same as Muwei, but his clothes were blue. He knelt on the ground and said in a muffled voice: "Feng Shengyi sees Your Highness!"

"How's it going?" asked faintly. "Returning to Your Highness, my subordinates have carefully checked the whereabouts of the two maidservants of Shang Yaofang for more than a month, and there is nothing suspicious." This is strange, Li Chu pondered, seeing Feng Shengyi hesitated to speak, said: " What else is there to say?" Feng Shengyi said: "In my humble opinion, the intention of the poisoning of the princess is not with the princess, but with Your Highness." Li Chu said "Oh", and continued to listen, "First, the poisonous thing Feng Xiangcao It is extremely rare that the two maidservants of Shang Yaofang cannot be obtained at all, and they must have been ordered to be silenced; secondly, since the whereabouts of these two maidservants are not suspicious, the person who directly ordered them must be very close to them, He can command actions, and he can even kill people nearby. Forgive me for my bold guess, this person must be a member of the palace; third, the weight of the poison is not serious, and it is not intended to kill the princess. Based on the above three points, my subordinates guess, The main messenger just wanted to give His Highness a warning!"

"warn?" "Yes, he wants to warn His Highness that he can even attack the princess, and His Highness can't act rashly." A cold light flashed in Li Chu's eyes: "You mean, that person already knows about us?" Feng Shengyi nodded: "Among me, Mu Wei and Dugu Jing, there must be one who leaked the secret." A smile flickered on Li Chu's face: "After all, it's worth staying in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for two years. Look, which of the three of you has a higher chance of betraying me?" How dare Feng Shengyi make fun of Li Chu, I was terrified in my heart, thought for a long time before answering: "Nowadays, the general situation in the world, people with discerning eyes should regard the prince and His Highness as their home, only a few people are watching the Dragon Court, and they have evil intentions. Your Majesty is wise, and it is expected that nothing will happen. Mu Wei has followed His Highness for many years. Don't betray His Highness for petty gains; Miss Dugu has no relatives and no reason, she entered the palace as a slave since she was a child, and in recent years has taken care of business affairs for His Highness. It is an exception, one is not the old relatives of His Highness, and two is young and inexperienced, so it is suspicious!"

Li Chu raised his eyebrows and said: "You already know who this person is, and this king is the same. Don't panic, let him show some tricks, there is still something he can use." Although Shen Zhenzhu's illness was carefully treated by Murong Linzhi, it was still lingering for half a month before she gradually recovered.Because of this illness, she hit it off with Murong Linzhi and became friends who talked about everything.During this period, Li Chu seemed to be extremely busy, returning to the palace once every three to five days, and coming and going in a hurry every time, he could not speak a word to Shen Zhenzhu.

That day, Shen Zhenzhu felt that she was in good health, and she was chatting poetry with Murong Linzhi in the room. Li Chu and Jianning Wang Li Tan came in side by side. Li Tan smiled and said: "Zhier, let's go to watch the dragon boat race!" Counting from the ground, today is Duanyang, and there must be hundreds of boats waiting to go on the Qujiang River. At that time, thousands of swords will fly in the shadows, and the sound of drums will smash the waves and thunder. How wonderful it will be.In the midst of fascination, Li Chu said: "Pearl, let's go together."

They left as soon as they said, the four of them did not bring any attendants, the husband and wife rode together, and they rode fast, and they arrived at the edge of the Qujiang River in a short time.Sure enough, there were huge crowds of people, drums and music, and the first round of dragon boat races had already begun. Hundreds of oars hit the water, the boat moved like flying, and the sound of cheers and cheers resounded through the sky. Li Tan couldn't help itching, and volunteered: "Let's get a small boat and paddle it for fun." Li Chu said with a smile: "I don't have an attendant, so why don't you go get it yourself?" Li Tan said: "That's natural, don't be foolish Look at me!" As he spoke, he dived into the sea of ​​people and disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, Murong Linzhi was full of joy.The first time I met Li Tan was last year today, and that was in Luoyang.Luoshui has many tributaries, and every noble family has a boat.She has a quiet temperament and doesn't like to travel. She spends more than half a year reading books at home, medical books, poems, and Fu, as if there is endless fun in it.Thinking back on that time, it was all a coincidence, and the girl went out in a frenzy as soon as she was teased.On the river, there were so many boats, so many people, separated by one after another, the water of the Luo River, and the waves of waves, but she saw him at a glance, handsome and unrestrained, forgetting the world.She wants to be thankful that he is only King Jianning, the third son of the crown prince, and the Minister of Sheji pays far less attention to him than King Guangping. He can speak out in the hall: "I want to accept Murong Linzhi as my concubine." No People will object, and that's it.Happiness comes so easily, she always seems to be in a dream.Li Tan's waist is still tied with a five-color thread made by her own hands.On the fifth day of a good day, let’s celebrate the millennium together;The years of peace, the life of indifference to the world, should be able to continue forever, how many princes and relatives lived like this.

"Wow, you guys are here too!" Li Ruo always took the opportunity to join in the fun, appearing in front of the three of them with a smile on his face, and shouted into the distance: "Come here, come here!" In the distance, a man was tying a horse on a weeping willow, Li Chu couldn't help frowning: An Qingxu.Recently I heard that Li Ruo is always together with An Qingxu, it seems that the situation is true, the son of the An family, Qing En, has married Princess Rongyi, if things go on like this, it is not impossible for the Holy Majesty to marry these two, but it is always inappropriate, The government and the public are tacitly aware of An's ambitions.

An Qingxu strode over to pay respects one by one, and said to Murong Linzhi: "Junior Sister, I have a few words to tell you." Senior brothers and sisters spoke quite normally, so Murong Linzhi could only follow him to a secluded place without waiting. He opened his mouth and said with his head first: "Don't worry, she's completely fine after taking your medicine." An Qingxu was taken aback, and said, "How did you mention pearls?" Murong Linzhi sighed, looked at An Qingxu with somewhat sad eyes, and sighed: "An Qingxu, An Qingxu, at this moment, why don't you understand your own heart?"

An Qingxu didn't understand, and asked back, "My heart?" Murong Linzhi said: "Over the years, you have always said that you like me", smiled, "I thought so too, but, do you know? The person you really like and love in your heart is not me, but Shen pearl!" An Qingxu retorted with a thin smile: "Why are you talking nonsense, Pearl and I are just friends!" Murong Linzhi raised her pretty eyebrows and said sarcastically, "Friend? If you really think so, why didn't you treat her personally when she was sick, but secretly gave me the medicine so I could treat her? Why didn't you dare to look at her just now? An Qingxu , Is this your usual temperament? She was sick, and I knew how much you liked her when you looked at her eyes. " An Qingxu suddenly seemed to be choked, unable to speak for a while.After a long time, he turned his eyes to the beautiful water surface of Qujiang River, and murmured to himself: "No, no, that's not the case... I fell into the lake and couldn't swim. I thought I was going to die. At that time I I'm only nine years old, I don't want to die, even if I hate this world, I swear, whoever saved me, I will love him, respect him, and give him the best in the world." Looking straight at Murong Linzhi, there was no wave or wave, "It was you who saved me. When I opened my eyes, I saw you at the first sight. You were wearing a small bun, so clean and peaceful. I thought you were dead and had reached the sky." Murong Linzhi was stunned, let out a breath slowly, turned his back and said: "So this is the knot in your heart." Looking back at his deep eyes, he made up his mind, and finally made up his mind: "Senior brother, don't blame me Heartless, if I had known that your deadlock was here, I would not have made a big mistake, and everything is my fault—you never talk, never ask, and I never thought of it, and I didn't tell you!" An Qingxu looked at her blankly: "What did you say?" "The person who really saved you back then was not me, but Shen Zhenzhu!" "What did you say?!" Hearing these words, An Qingxu seemed to be in a dream, not knowing what to do, but there seemed to be a knife slowly sharpening his internal organs. The knife is blunt, and every time it cuts, there is such a long drag, long, long, and the whole body trembles.After a while, Fang grabbed Murong Linzhi's hand and asked him again. "You grew up like a tiger and didn't know water. After falling into the Taihu Lake, you choked on a lot of water and soon passed out. The Taihu Lake is so vast and misty that you were bound to die. Fortunately, Chen Zhenzhu understood water and pulled your head with all his might. Get out of the water and insist on letting our boat approach to rescue you, but Shen Zhenzhu was scattered by the water waves, I heard that she was rescued by Li Chu. This is probably the reason why she married Li Chu." She didn't dare to look directly into An Qingxu's eyes. For many years, she had witnessed him throwing knives and killing people without blinking an eye. Her heart was like ice in the nine heavens, and she lowered her head: "Senior brother, I'm very selfish—if I don't talk about this matter You won't be so sad. Especially...Pearl, she..." An Qingxu raised his head like lightning, and asked, "Pearl, what's wrong with her?" Murong Linzhi said softly: "I've been very close to her lately, and I occasionally talk about you, and judging by her expression, she still misses you very much. This is really a mistake..." "The boat is here, just waiting for you!" Li Chu's flat voice suddenly sounded behind him. Murong Linzhi Fangjue lost track of what he had said just now. I don't know if Li Chu heard the conversation between the two, so he turned around and replied with a smile: "Hey!" After all, it's useful, here we come!" He didn't forget to glance at Li Chu's expression in his haste, seeing his normal and calm expression, he felt relieved a little. This day I played until sunset, and found another restaurant to have a meal before returning to my heart's content.Shen Zhenzhu was weak after being ill, she reclined on the soft couch after washing, picked up a book, and retreated automatically after the bisque tea was served. Li Chu was still sipping tea unhurriedly, the red candles were shining brightly, what Shen Zhenzhu was reading was "Zuan Shu", which was just a collection of criminal cases, I don't know why she was so interested, her long eyelashes A shallow shadow was cast under the eyes, the soft light in the eyes was so clean that there was no trace of haze, and his whole body exuded a gentle and elegant luster. His heart seemed to be hit by something soft, and he couldn't help but slowly stepped forward and sat down. Beside her, he stretched out his arms and slowly hugged her into his arms.The night is as cool as water. This is a night in May. The flowers that should be blooming have already bloomed, and the places that should be green are also green. Needless to say, this tranquility and peace can only last forever. I don't know how long it took, it seemed as long as a century, and it seemed like an instant, when the door was knocked lightly, Li Chu asked: "What's the matter?" The voice that answered was trembling, and it was Yu Shu, "Return to Your Highness, Cui Ruren, please Your Highness..." Although Li Chu had never been to Cui Caiping's Liuli Pavilion after getting married, Cui Caiping's move was also very rude, and the beautiful woman in his arms His body seemed to tremble a bit, he strengthened his arms, hugged her even tighter, and made an oath in his heart: as long as she speaks, she will keep him... In an instant, a thin layer of sweat started to form on my back blade—I actually Having sunk to this point, I don't know the stakes, I don't know the future plan!There are thousands of wishes in her heart, willing to sink—as long as she speaks. But her arms were light, she left his embrace very cleverly, turned her back to him, raised her hands to lightly brush her temples, and uttered three words: "Go!" His heart seemed to have fallen from a boulder. He had clearly reached the bottom of the valley, but he continued to fall endlessly.Words that he overheard during the day are now thrashing in his chest every word.After all, she didn't treat him wholeheartedly. After all, she still had someone else in her heart.She only regards him as her husband, fulfilling her obligations and doing what she should do.He is the king of Guangping, she is the first princess, that's all.It was her duty to push him to other women. She was smart and wise since she was a child, so she naturally knew how to be a qualified princess. He looked at the two "Ruyu" placed side by side on the table, and at first they looked so warm and glamorous, but now he thought the white one was too shiny, and the blue part was dark and embarrassing, shining brightly, as if it had become a fake .A feeling of irritability rose from the soles of his feet in his heart, and he was wringing, wishing to overthrow the case with one palm, and also wishing to kick out, kicking the servant who was guarding the door out of the sky.However, he didn't do anything in the end, he just got up and adjusted his clothes, said "I'm going" coldly without looking back, opened the door and walked out. A gust of cool wind hit the face, the red candle in the center of Qingyi Pavilion flickered several times, and finally went out. Li Chu was still busy, and returned to the mansion once every three to five days, but he never came to Qingyi Pavilion again, and occasionally stayed in the mansion, sleeping in the Liuli Pavilion.Murong Linzhi, on the other hand, often came to visit Shen Zhenzhu, seeing that her body was gradually recovering, but she lost a lot of weight, and seeing that Li Chu's situation with Shen Zhenzhu was very different from before, he was surprised and suspicious, but it involved his own body , and it’s hard to speak. It so happened that Li Chu was also in the mansion on this day, and Li Tan and his wife came over early in the morning, Murong Lin Zhifang stepped into the threshold of Qingyi Pavilion, Dugu Jing had already brought three or four maids, and put a large number of colorful court clothes on a large red lacquer plate But when he entered, he reported: "Please change the imperial concubine's court clothes and enter the palace to have an audience." Murong Linzhi turned around and said with a smile: "Today is a beautiful day. The holy car was anxious to see you yesterday when Fang returned to Luan. The holy man must have missed you and your husband." While talking, he walked out of Qingyi Pavilion and headed towards Guangping Wang's study.In the study, King Guangping had already changed into his court clothes, and was talking happily with his husband Li Tan, so he called "Tan" at the door, Li Tan hurriedly said goodbye and followed Murong Linzhi to the outside of the mansion.While walking, he asked his wife, "How about it, are they more loving than us?" Murong Linzhi pursed his lips into a smile, and said, "I see that your brother Wang is paying attention this time." Li Tan asked in surprise: "Shangxin? Who do you care about?" Murong Lin rolled his eyes at him: "Of course it's Shen Zhenzhu." Li Tan said: "But I heard that Brother Wang has only favored Cui Caiping recently! This matter is quite weird, the Duanyang Festival is still good, but Chu changed his mind quickly, but once the spring breeze..." The rest is not to be said, just to be bad laugh. Murong Linzhi was startled, and said hesitantly: "I don't understand this, but recently I saw his expression, he clearly fell in love with Shen Zhenzhu at first sight, and he cared very much, but... In short, your brother is getting more and more... People don't understand, how is it like you..." The jade finger poked Li Tan's forehead fiercely, and said angrily: "Such a straightforward and quick talk, there is no city." Li Tan smiled and said: "Of course, Brother Wang will inherit the great rule and rule the world in the future. As for me, I don't want to compete with him, and I can't compete with him. I just want to be happy and carefree for the rest of my life as I am now."