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Daming Hall.It was early winter at this time, and all the leaves outside had fallen, leaving only the bare branches, bleak and solemn.Yixin heard a slight movement, looked up, looked through the window lattice, and saw a round sparrow standing on the branch, huddled together, chirping softly.

He couldn't help but smile.

Emperor Yuande stopped writing and asked distractedly, "Xingxin, what are you laughing at?"

He had lunch with Jingyan, and approved paperwork for a long time, but he hadn't approved a few copies, and he couldn't concentrate all the time, and even a little movement outside could disturb his mind.

Yi Xin was startled, and immediately reacted, "The servant saw a group of sparrows on the branches outside. Because of the good feng shui of Daming Hall, they are much fatter than those in other places."

Emperor Yuande seemed to be very interested, so he got up and took a look outside, and said, "It's true, it's a good omen, you ask the little eunuch to scatter more grains on weekdays. It doesn't work, the sparrow has grown wings, and it's a good omen. The auspicious omen should fly away and become a bad thing, let the little eunuch wrap a fine net on the tree to prevent them from flying."

The older and weaker he was, the more he seemed to believe in these good and bad things.A few days ago, a Taoist priest was invited into the palace, and he said that he had the ability to divination good and bad luck, and refining medicine to find immortals. Emperor Yuande's energy was low at first, and he recovered after taking the refined vermilion pill.But Yixin can feel that Emperor Yuande is obviously different from before. Although his spirit is better, his momentum is not as good as usual, he is moody, and he seems to be a different person.

Yixin had no choice but to agree, thinking about how to find a way to let Emperor Yuande let go of the poor little sparrow.

But he only heard him say impatiently: "Come here and read the scriptures for me, they can't even write well, it makes me feel dizzy and headache."

Yixin came back to his senses, saw Emperor Yuande swallowed a pill, knelt and held the booklet, and read it out word by word.

This is not the first time.

Emperor Yuande trusted Xin Xin more than any minister. In the final analysis, he did not regard the eunuch as a person, and a thing that is not a human can only be attached to himself, because he is the emperor and the largest eunuch in the palace. power.

Xin Xin didn't have to risk his life as usual to get a sneak peek at some court affairs, now he sent letters to Chen Sang every ten days, and he had to pick up important things and write them down.

Even if it was read out by Xinxin, Emperor Yuande didn't correct it for a long time, and he was tired after a while, and went to the Taoist temple to find the true Qing.When he went to discuss the immortal law with that Taoist, he always didn't need to be served by others, even if he wanted to.

After being free, he was extremely tired, and his chest was extremely stuffy, so he explained a few words to the head of the Daming Palace, and planned to go back to his room to rest.Just after leaving the Daming Palace, he ran into Ziyun blocking the intersection.

The sky outside was a cold iron gray, with dark clouds churning, as if the sky was about to change.Yi Xin looked up at the sky, without squinting, and asked, "What's the matter with Aunt Ziyun?"

Ziyun didn't talk too much with him, so he just asked directly: "My servant heard that Eunuch Xinxin has always been on good terms with a eunuch named Eunuch Liangyu, and he is your Qidi brother. Our Shenyun Palace has been taken care of by Eunuch a lot. I want to treat you and Eunuch Liangyu to a banquet."

Once the direction is right, the hidden truth is too easy to discover.It's not a secret who Xin Xin makes good friends with in the palace, but Liangyu has never appeared in plain sight, and Shen Yungong has never paid attention to this person.

But now that Liangyu is in Xianlin Palace, Jing Yan hid her tightly, Feng Nannan couldn't reach in, and felt that this matter was extremely important, so he found Xin Xin's head.

Yixin's heart tightened, knowing that Qiao Yu's matter would not be hidden for long, but the expression on his face remained the same, he still smiled lightly, and shook the whisk, "Aunt Ziyun is wrong. I am I've met Liangyu a few times, but in the end they are all slaves, they are just serving their master, so why not drink wine everywhere. If you really want to see him, why don't you go to Xianlin Palace to meet His Highness in person."

Ziyun's next words stuck in her throat.Yixin has always been very polite, and has never shirked it directly before. She gritted her teeth with hatred, and felt that because of Shen Yungong's loss of power, she said in a low voice: "This is the person our mother wants to see, how dare you..."

Yi Xin suppressed her smile, and said softly: "Aunt Ziyun probably forgot, I only have one master, Your Majesty."

He arched his hands again, lifted his feet and left without saying a word.

Ziyun stared blankly at his back, but had nothing to do with him.Concubine Feng Gui hadn't seen Emperor Yuande for a long time, but since Xin Xin held power, no one in the palace dared to offend her.

As soon as Xin Xin left, her expression was cold, she couldn't help clenching Fu Chen tightly, and quickened her pace, planning to call Qiao Yu out today and tell him about it.

He left in a hurry, but when people in the palace met him, they all approached him with smiling faces.In the middle of the walk, he was stopped by a group of patrolling guards, Yi Xin frowned, and was about to go straight through, but accidentally caught a glimpse of a somewhat impressive face, which was in Chen Sang's tent.In fact, Chen Sang rarely let Yixin get in touch with his own affairs, but during the time in southern Xinjiang, he was with him day and night, and there were always omissions. When Xinxin got up thirsty in the middle of the night, he once saw that person kneeling in front of Chen Sang. .

The timing was, well, too coincidental, and too bad.

He looked at it a few more times without showing any signs of expression, to make sure that he did not admit his mistake, his chest became more stuffy.

What is that man here for?What is Chen Sang going to do again?

He didn't tell himself.

When Xinxin arrived at his yard, the little eunuch who guarded the gate jumped up happily when he saw him, "Eunuch is back, Eunuch Liangyu has been here for a while, and he is waiting for you. I thought you would be free only in the evening, so go find Yushan Fang asked for melon and fruit snacks for Eunuch Liangyu."

He knew that it was good to treat Liangyu well, and he would not bother to ask for food after the meal time, but it was different when Liangyu came.

Xinxin smiled slightly, nodded at him, and took out a piece of silver from his cuff, "It's very well done. You go to the imperial dining room and get some more, just say that I want them, and find a few more fun ones, and put them in the yard. Eat for a while. Just one thing, no drinking and gambling."

The little eunuch was very happy, took the silver taels from Xinxin and rushed to the imperial dining room.

Qiao Yu waited here for a long time.He first went to the Taiqing Palace, which was remote, still deserted, and the gate was locked.Because there are no people under house arrest, even the guards have been transferred elsewhere, and there is no one around.

The walls are very high, with iron nails standing on them. Even if you stand on tiptoe, you can't see anything, and there is nothing to see.

Qiao Yu stared blankly at the door. He couldn't find any trace of the past six years.

He was a little sad, but Jing Yan had other things to do and could not come back until night, so he simply came here.

It was already winter, and there was no earth dragon in Xinxin's house, so he burned a charcoal fire beside the bed, and it wasn't too warm, so he didn't take off his cloak, and rolled himself into a ball, huddled there, only showing two fingers Go hook the snacks and stuff them into your mouth.

When Xin Xin saw him, she wanted to laugh.

Qiao Yu was always naive, not knowing what the situation in the palace was like, and how vicious those people looked like.He was well protected by the deposed prince, both in the past and now.

Yi Xin turned her head slightly, and the maid named Jin Fu stood outside the door, standing straight, like a long knife out of its sheath, sharp and sharp, full of blood.

I can protect him.

There are not many people who care about them, but Chen Sang and Qiao Yu are like this.

Qiao Yu turned her head and saw Xin Xin, muttering that her mouth was full of food, she couldn't help complaining, "It's so cold here."

Xin Xin didn't coax him, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoyu, Concubine Feng knows, he came here."

Qiao Yu was startled, and the snack in her hand fell to the ground with a "click".

Yixin patted his head, only comforted him, and told him very seriously, "Go back to Xianlin Palace quickly, and don't come out no matter what. And, from now on, don't trust anyone except Your Highness. "

Qiao Yu's hands trembled slightly, he was not stupid, he knew that the palace might not be peaceful, and it would still fall on him.

There was nothing he could do about it, he turned his head away from Qiao Yu's star-like eyes, and finally added, "Even I can't, you have to remember this. That's it, don't tell His Majesty, just treat it like that." A little secret between the two of us, okay?"

Qiao Yu stood up, tugged at Xin's sleeve, stuffed a mouthful of glutinous rice cake into his mouth, and answered honestly, "I know, don't worry too much about Xin, and don't be sad. Even if you say you can't believe it, But I, it's impossible..." I can't do it either.

Now I'm afraid that Feng Nannan won't go on the right path, and directly tear up his face with Jing Yan, and take Qiao Yu away forcibly. He doesn't dare to let him stay outside, so he arranges his cloak for him, and sends Qiao Yu out. He purposely made it louder so that Jinfu could hear him clearly.

Not long after they left, the clouds rolled over and the snow began to fall.

This is the first snow in early winter, and it came very early.

Yixin put up a thin quilt and leaned against the window lattice to watch the snow.

Not long after, the pagoda-like evergreen trees were covered with a thin layer of snow, and the snow on the palace walls was getting thicker and thicker, making the red bricks and green tiles look like emerald glass.A few young eunuchs were playing in the snow in the yard, jumping up and down, very happy.

In fact, with the lessons learned from Liuyu, Yixin is not too close to the little eunuch, but it is good to treat the little eunuch.The little eunuch was timid, with clumsy hands and feet, and was brought back by Xin Xin because no one wanted him, and he was able to do the job of opening the door, but it was better than worrying.

The window was not closed, and a gust of cold wind blew by. Yi Xin covered her hands and coughed violently a few times.The flesh he grew from southern Xinjiang has almost lost all of it in the past few months, but he has become thinner, and his ribs and shoulder blades seem to be reflected through the heavy winter clothes.Because since Chen Sang said that to him, he has been thinking too much, just for whatever Chen Sang wants, thinking too much, working too hard and exhausted, his health is not very good.

He let go of his hand, there were slight blood stains in his palm, he didn't care, and he closed it tightly again, just pretending that he didn't see it, and continued to sort out what happened today.

The peace and tranquility in this palace is just for face, like a piece of light and thin paper, it will shatter when touched.And whether it was Emperor Yuande, Concubine Feng Gui, or the abandoned prince, or even his little general far away in southern Xinjiang, they could easily pierce this thin paper.

He hoped that this New Year's Eve can be passed in peace, because with Chen Sang's position, he should return to Beijing to report on his work, and they will be able to spend a year together.

Even just seeing each other once, even in the same capital city, is enough to satisfy one's heart and soul.