If everything could come back

Imperial Room

Yuzhi sent away all the maids, eunuchs and imperial cooks, and was busy in the empty kitchen alone.She carefully looked at the fire, and unconsciously took a few steps back, let alone...cooking is also a terrible thing!She held up her hand that was swollen by the crab, wondering if the mung bean soup and crab would miss this time... What if Kou Zhong is not satisfied if it is not done well?But she has really worked hard...

"Yuzhi, you are so laborious, you drive everyone out of the door, just to help me make crab and mung bean soup?" Kou Zhong looked at the big pot of mung bean soup and steamed crab in front of him, a little funny, but she was good at two things Stuff, how did she make such a big fight this time, making those court ladies and eunuchs think she was doing something important in the kitchen... If it wasn't for his small ears to report after he came down, those cooks still wouldn't be able to use the kitchen... Today the palace Make everyone hungry.

"Yes, yes, do you want to try it?" Yuzhi stared nervously at the two dishes she had just cooked, wondering how they tasted...

"You don't know that Song Yuzhi's crab and mung bean soup has always been my favorite." It's not the first time he ate it... Kou Zhong took a spoonful of mung bean soup, huh... the taste is different from the previous one... He pulled out another crab leg and sucked it, which was really "special".

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Yuzhi looked at Kou Zhong's changed expression in fear, is it delicious or not?

"It's delicious, of course it's delicious." Kou Zhong picked up the crab shell and started to eat it.

"Really!" Yuzhi was secretly happy, "Then I will try it too!"

Kou Zhong hurriedly resisted Yuzhi's extended hand, "Explain that it's for me to eat, how can you eat it?" This crab is so powerful, now she is really swollen and painful.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Kou Zhong grabbed Yuzhi's hand to check, "Why is it swollen by the crab again?" Is the little white rabbit clumsy again?

"This crab is really difficult to deal with..." Yuzhi complained a little bit aggrieved.

"I'll get some medicine and bandage it for you."

"It's not in a hurry!" Yuzhi stopped Kou Zhong who was about to get up, and looked at him pitifully, "I also want to taste what this crab tastes like."

"You haven't eaten any delicacies from mountains and seas before, what's so strange about this." He didn't want her to taste...

"I made this myself, and I really want to know how it tastes..." She really hadn't eaten it.

Yuzhi regained her composure, endured the pain in her hand, and took advantage of Kou Zhong's inattention to break off a crab leg and bit her mouth. Before Kou Zhong could react, Yuzhi frowned and spit out all the crab in her mouth.It tastes so weird!No, it should be said that it tastes terrible... Is this what crab tastes like?

"I told you not to eat it." Kou Zhong wiped the remaining crab shell at the corner of Yuzhi's mouth, "Only I can stand the crab and mung bean soup you made." He laughed.

Yuzhi listened to Kou Zhong's words, don't crabs taste like this?In other words, what she cooked was unpalatable... "This is not delicious, you ate so much just now?" She obviously made it exactly the same as before, why the taste is so different... She tasted another mung bean Soup, another indescribable taste... She knew that this was definitely not the taste of mung bean soup itself.

Seeing Yuzhi asking for trouble, Kou Zhong couldn't help laughing and said, "You cook for me, of course it's delicious."

"But it's obviously not delicious." Why did Kou Zhong eat it when she made it like this?She can't do it herself.It seemed that she was a complete failure in cooking, Yuzhi said dejectedly, "I can't make food for you every day in the future, I can't hurt you like this." She really can't do it, and the taste can't be as good as Same as before.

"As long as it is cooked by you, I like to eat it." Kou Zhong comforted with a smile, "I still have a long life! But I don't want you to work so hard to cook for me every day, and then your hands are either swollen or accidentally cut. .” He picked up Yuzhi’s hand and looked at it carefully, “You, as long as you stay by my side every day will be fine.”

"Really, Kou Zhong? Didn't you say before that you liked the mung bean paste I made?" It's a pity that she couldn't do it...

"I can also eat the mung bean paste made by the imperial dining room." Kou Zhong pulled Yuzhi closer and gently blew on her swollen hand.

"That's good..." She was really worried that she would not be able to complete this mission, but it seemed that Kou Zhong didn't need her to cook by herself.

"Kou Zhong, you are really kind to me." Yuzhi sighed.

"Of course, you are my little white rabbit." Kou Zhong winked at Yuzhi.

Yuzhi smiled back, although she can't cook, but she can definitely do other things.Kou Zhong, as I promised, I will definitely be with you.

Spring is in full bloom, and everything is recovering, and now is a good time.Xiu Ning got out of the carriage, followed the father-in-law who led the way, and walked slowly into the palace wall. She inspected the surroundings along the wall. This place was several times bigger than their Chang'an palace at that time, but the emptiness seemed a little bit in this season. Desolate, thinking that she turned her head to the side and stopped looking.

Walking to the palace, she saw Qionglou Yuyu, small bridges and flowing water, and when she passed by, she saw the four words "Zhongzhi Villa".She personally overthrew the model of the villa that Kou Zhong built for her, and now there is not a single one left, all turned into ashes... Eunuch led her to the Linglong Pavilion, asked her to wait outside, and went in to report.The way she looked at Linglong Pavilion was somewhat similar to Yuzhi's home in Lingnan, but she never had the chance to go in and take a closer look. Yuzhi's father didn't like their Li family, so she had to send Yuzhi back before A few quick glimpses of home.

This palace not only has "Zhongzhi Villa" but also Linglong Pavilion, Kou Zhong is really considerate to Yuzhi...

"Li! Sister Xiuning!" Yuzhi came out of the pavilion, looking at her with some strangeness.She led her back to the pavilion, and asked the maid to greet her all the way, until she sat in the room and finished drinking tea, Yuzhi had no intention of dismissing the maid.

"Eh... Sister Xiuning, are you tired? Do you want me to ask someone to clean up the room and take you to rest?" Looking at the scene that was about to calm down, Yu Zhi asked anxiously.

"Yuzhi, it's your intention that I enter the palace this time, right?" Xiuning said suddenly, no longer worried about the maids serving them.

"Yes, I want you to live with me in the palace in the future." Yuzhi replied without thinking too much.

"why?"

"Why? Because...you are bored in Liangdu by yourself, and I am bored in the palace by myself. It would be better if we were together as companions." Yes, that's it, that's what she meant.

"Yuzhi, I never planned to stay in the palace for a long time..." Xiuning confessed, in fact, she knew that Kou Zhong would not look for her again, why did she step into this illusion of hope again and again..."I came here this time I just want to see you, and I want you to do me a favor."

"help?"

"You know that the second brother is now being imprisoned by Kou Zhong, I want you to help me persuade Kou Zhong to let him release the second brother."

"You mean Li Shimin? I can't help your Li family..." Yuzhi shook her hand, if she helped the Li family, Kou Zhong would be finished.Yuzhi has been stupid and missed once before, and she will never repeat the same mistake this time.

"Yuzhi, you would never call your second brother by his name like that." Xiuning looked at Yuzhi's alienation, how could she be so direct?

"Oh... I was too impatient just now, I made a mistake... I mean Kou Zhong is the emperor now, I have no right to intervene..." Yuzhi took a breath, and cursed herself for being so stupid when speaking, and couldn't help but blurt out .She doesn't know much, but Li Shimin does have feelings for her, but he is not very kind to Kou Zhong!In the past, Kou Zhong rescued the brothers and sisters of the Li family, but it turned out that Li Shimin wanted to attack Luoyang... Later, Kou Zhong and Li Shimin formed an alliance to help him attack Chang'an and regain power. Unable to end well, to settle down with death, Yuzhi has been in such pain for ten years... She remembers it clearly.But now, Kou Zhong has been the emperor all the way, which proves that as long as he guards against Li Tang, he can escape to his death safely. Li Shimin is the biggest hidden danger. Of course, Li Xiuning's persuasion also includes Li Xiuning's persuasion. Do you know that this is also a sharp weapon to harm him? , why she loves Kou Zhong, but pushes him into the abyss step by step... If Li Xiuning knew everything, would she still do it?

"Yuzhi...you..." Xiuning suddenly felt that Yuzhi in front of her was so strange, she seemed to be missing something very important.

"Sister Xiuning, will you live with me in the palace from now on? Don't worry about the Li family anymore, and just take care of Kou Zhong with me?" She doesn't care what Xiuning is thinking, she just wants to keep her.

"Yuzhi, how can I ignore the Li family? If the Song family is in trouble, will you sit idly by?" Li Xiuning asked back, she should understand her.

"I..." She was speechless, not because she couldn't answer, but because she couldn't understand.

"Yuzhi... Since you are not willing to help me, can you take me to see Kou Zhong? I want to tell him in person." She doesn't want to do anything else now, she just wants to see him and help her second brother.

"Of course." She originally wanted Xiuning to see Kou Zhong again, "Kou Zhong will come to see me every day, and he will come in a while, sister Xiu Ning, please rest and wait for Kou Zhong."

"Thank you Yuzhi."

"It's okay." Yuzhi smiled and got up and walked out. She walked out of Linglong Pavilion and poked her head to see when Kou Zhong came.As soon as Kou Zhong appeared, Yuzhi rushed up and grabbed his arm.

"You're finally here!" Even if Kou Zhong became the emperor, Yuzhi still couldn't remember the rules of saluting in the palace, and he was as indifferent to Kou Zhong as before. An emperor who doesn't like to follow the rules.What's more, everyone knows that he dotes on Miss Song, so who dares to shout at her?Teach her how to behave?Most people still understand being a silent slave who judges the situation in the palace.

"What? Why do you miss me so soon?" Kou Zhong grabbed Yuzhi's hand.

"It's not me, someone wants to see you."

Just like this, Yuzhi dragged Kou Zhong all the way into Linglong Pavilion, a group of eunuchs behind Kou Zhong had to wait outside Linglong Pavilion, until the emperor ordered them to be dismissed, like this again and again.

Yuzhi led Kou Zhong to Xiu Ning, let go of her hand and walked out the door, "Sister Xiu Ning, Kou Zhong is here, uh... you guys chat slowly, I won't bother you anymore." She closed the door and walked away.

Inside the house, Kou Zhong looked at Xiu Ning, silent.Yuzhi is so active just to let him see Xiuning?

"Minister Li Xiuning is here to meet the emperor." Xiuning spoke first, he is now the emperor, she should show him the courtesy he deserves.

"Xiu Ning, you and I don't need to be like this..." The respectful Xiu Ning in front of him made Kou Zhong feel emotional.

"The emperor's status is prominent, this is what a commoner girl should do." Xiu Ning still bowed her head and kept bowing.

"Xiu Ning, I called you into the palace this time because of Yuzhi...she will be bored by herself, if you can live in the palace, you will have someone to take care of you." Kou Zhong helped Xiu Ning up, he stepped back A few steps away from her.

"The Minnv entered the palace this time because the Emperor summoned her, and naturally the Minv did not dare to resist the order." Xiuning raised her head, "Minnv thought that the Emperor would never see Minnv again."

"I..." Kou Zhong was speechless, he didn't know how to continue talking to Xiu Ning... Shouldn't he summon her again...

Not long after, "Kou Zhong..." a soft call brought him back to his thoughts, Xiu Ning met Shang Kou Zhong's eyes, "I'm here this time to beg you, please let my second brother go... let him go back to Liangdu with me to live Okay?" She changed back to her usual address anyway.

"No, I've already let him go."

"Kou Zhong, you know, Li Tang is gone, and the second brother will never do anything again."

"So what? He tried to get rid of me time and time again. Only by locking him up can I have no worries." Kou Zhong said decisively: "I promised you that I would not hurt his life, so in the end I will Did not kill him."

"Kou Zhong, if you want to lock him up, it's tantamount to killing him..." She was heartbroken, "Do you think that the second elder brother will be willing to be under you for the rest of his life, and never see the light of day... He is living like this, and in the end ...he would rather be free..."

"Then it's not my fault, he's the one who didn't want his life." Kou Zhong was still indifferent, Li Shimin's life and death didn't matter to him, he had done his best.

"Kou Zhong, after you ascended the throne, you went to various places to recover, eradicate the remnants of the previous dynasty, and kill them all. Even if they have no second thoughts, you will not let them go... Do you want to consolidate the throne? I never thought You're going to be so ruthless..."

"Xiu Ning, then you should know that it is my kindness to Li Shimin not to kill him."

"But you locked up the second brother to force him to die." Xiu Ning shook her head in disbelief. Kill it too, I am the Fourth Princess Li and Tang, am I not?"

"Xiu Ning, you don't need to say any more, I won't kill you..." He paused, "As for Li Shimin's death, that's up to him."

"What about Yuzhi? If the second brother dies... Yuzhi won't be sad, won't he be sad?" She asked back, maybe only Yuzhi can make Kou Zhong care about him now.

"Yuzhi..." Kou Zhong's heart skipped a beat, and he fell into deep thought.

"Kou Zhong, Yuzhi still cares about the second brother." Xiu Ning knew that Kou Zhong was shaken.

"Xiu Ning..." He paused, Xiu Ning was about to explore, and he said with a smile, "The little white rabbit only cares about me now."

Xiu Ning looked at the confident man in front of her in surprise, feeling that she was getting smaller and smaller, what did Yuzhi do to make Kou Zhong feel this way, she thought maybe this was the missing part of her.

Just when she was feeling lost, she heard "I also care about her most, so I will not let it happen to any chance that can hurt her."

"Kou Zhong...you love Yuzhi very much..." she said.

"Yes, I love it very much, I love it very much." He replied.

So much in love...he never wanted to see her cry again.

In the peach garden, Yuzhi sat on the swing that Kou Zhong asked someone to build for her a few days ago, she leaned back as if thinking about something.In fact, she was just curious about what Li Xiuning and Kou Zhong would talk about?Persuade him to let Li Shimin go?Can she convince Kou Zhong?In addition... will they chat about... each other's... feelings... In fact, when the door was closed, she thought about eavesdropping outside the door, but then thought of Kou Zhong's high martial arts skills and particularly sensitive hearing, so she immediately Give up this idea.

Now she can only wander around in the peach garden, thinking about what she should do in the future.

"Song Yuzhi."

"Who? Who called me?" Yuzhi was startled, and looked up to the source of the sound.

"Why are you in a daze? You can't even notice that I'm standing behind you." Kou Zhong grabbed the swing rope with both hands, and looked down at Yuzhi sitting on the swing.

"It's nothing, where is Miss Xiuning? Have you finished talking with her?" Yuzhi turned her head to look around, and Li Xiuning was indeed not there.

"Don't look, I have someone arrange for her to live elsewhere, if you want to see her in the future, let Xiaoer take you there." Kou Zhong went around in front of Yuzhi, he knelt down and put his hands on both ends of the swing bench.

"Then what did you say to Miss Xiuning?" She asked tentatively.

"You seem to care about me and her."

"Of course I care! Your business is very important to me!"

"Our business?"

"Ah...it's about Miss Xiuning staying here..." She thought for a while and tried to explain.

"I've already arranged a place for her, what do you think?"

"So, sister Xiuning is willing to live here?" Yuzhi was a little happy.

Kou Zhong snorted lightly and nodded, "Great! Kou Zhong, you still have a solution." Li Xiuning told her before that she didn't plan to stay forever, but after meeting Kou Zhong... the young commander is indeed a young commander, with a charming personality Can't stop!Now Li Xiuning can accompany Kou Zhong with her!It would be great if I could help him give birth to a son and a half daughter!

After thinking about it, she suddenly said, "Then besides this matter, did you say anything else?"

"What else to say?" He laughed.

"It's just something else..." She wanted to talk about Li Shimin...

"That's all." He replied.

"Oh, that's good." In this case, there is no problem with Li Shimin. "In short, sister Xiuning is willing to stay!"

Kou Zhong doesn't understand why Xiuning's entry into the palace makes Yuzhi so happy, doesn't she mind that they used to... didn't she mind very much before? "By the way, Little White Rabbit, the palace will be completely completed next month, so I have scheduled a conferment ceremony on the [-]th of next month to formally confer you as empress. I have already sent people to Lingnan, and when the time comes, Song Uncle, Brother Song, and Miss Shang all took over and participated in the conferment ceremony together, and if they are willing to stay with you for a while later, that's fine too."

"The Empress Sealing Ceremony..." Yu Zhi stood up from the swing with a swipe, and she rubbed her hands in a bewildered look.

Kou Zhong followed her and stood up, "What's wrong? Do you think I'm nervous or happy?"

"Kou Zhong...I can't be a queen..." Yuzhi said embarrassingly, "I heard that to be a queen is to be reasonable...to manage the affairs of the future...I don't know...and don't understand...I really want to be a queen. Not coming…"

After listening, Kou Zhong laughed and said, "Aren't you a daughter of the Song family who is not sensible enough? As for the post-political affairs, I, Kou Zhong's palace, seem to have nothing to do with you. Besides, I only have you as a woman. How can you have any future affairs?" Politics?" He pinched her chin indulgently, "Little white rabbit, you only need to take care of me in the future, and have a litter of rabbits with me."

How can you, the emperor, only have me as a woman... She thought to herself "Wait...you said you had a litter of rabbits?"

"Yuzhi, don't tell me you don't want to be with me~~" Kou Zhong smiled maliciously at Yuzhi.

"What!" She pushed Kou Zhong away and ran away, what should she do...how could she be with him...not to mention she wouldn't have children...

Yuzhi ran back to look for Xiao Er and asked him to take her to find Xiu Ning, but on the way Yuzhi finally said, "Little Er, your name is Zheng Er, do you have a brother named Deaf?" She couldn't bear it after she finished speaking He stopped laughing.

The little ear in front could only shake his head helplessly, and replied respectfully: "Miss Yuzhi, a slave without a brother is called deaf."

"Little ear, I'm just joking with you, don't be so serious, don't be angry with me." Yuzhi walked to the side of little ear, and carefully observed to see if he was really not angry.Who told her that she couldn't hold back her mouth...

"The servant won't be angry." Little Ear didn't mind, he knew that Yuzhi was just thinking of having fun, but in fact, he couldn't help thinking about it sometimes.

Little Ears brought Yuzhi to Xiuning's residence, although it was a little far away from Linglong Pavilion, it was not too far away.

"Sister Xiuning, let me come and see you." Yuzhi sat down with a few plates of dim sum that she asked others to make, and put them on the table one by one.If you want to see others, you need to prepare something. She should be right, right?

"Sister Xiuning, I heard from Kou Zhong that you will live in the palace from now on, isn't that true?" Yuzhi stuffed a piece of dim sum into Xiuning's hand, and took a piece to eat herself. It seems to be sweet-scented osmanthus cake?Hmm~ It's really delicious!

"En..." Xiu Ning nodded, staring at the dim sum in her hand, a little startled.

——Kou Zhong, if you let the second brother go to the place where I live in Liangdu, he will have a chance to be reborn, so I don’t have to worry about his life being lost. There are all your people there, and you can still do everything the second brother does. Know.I will stay in the palace for the rest of my life and be your hostage, so that you don't have to worry about your second brother's plans.

——Xiu Ning, I don't want Yuzhi to suffer any more harm, you can live in the palace with peace of mind from now on, don't mention this matter again, Li Shimin, I will settle him down, this is already my biggest concession.

"Sister Xiuning? Sister Xiuning, what are you thinking?" Yuzhi shook Xiuning's hand.

Xiuning's thoughts finally came back, "It's nothing, Yuzhi, I will accompany you in the palace from now on."

"It doesn't matter if you don't need to accompany me, sister Xiuning, you can spend more time with Kou Zhong when you have time." Yuzhi waved her hand and said directly.

"Yuzhi...what do you want to say..." She really didn't understand what Yuzhi meant.

"I want... Sister Xiuning, you also like Kou Zhong, and I like Kou Zhong too. Now that Kou Zhong is the emperor, it's normal to have the Sangong and Sixth Courtyard. Can we serve Kou Zhong together?"

"Yuzhi, why do you think like this?" Xiuning was puzzled, Yuzhi's thoughts now were completely different from hers before.She actually proposed to have one husband with her two maidservants, more than two daughters... She wanted Kou Zhong to marry a wife and take concubines...

"This is great, Miss Xiuning, don't you want to be with Kou Zhong?" Li Xiuning obviously likes Kou Zhong, doesn't she?

"Some things are fine if I don't think about them..." She lowered her eyes, Kou Zhong had already lost her place in his heart, and there would be no other women, Yuzhi was the only one he loved deeply.

"You can't tell, sister Xiuning, you can try hard... Maybe Kou Zhong will be moved by you!" Yuzhi sincerely persuaded, she just hoped that Kou Zhong could find another woman to replace her as soon as possible, but in Xiuning's opinion, It is extremely ironic.

"Yuzhi...don't say any more... let nature take its course." Xiuning interrupted her, "what should be mine is mine, what should be yours is yours, no one can take it away, we can't influence Kou Zhong..." Yu Zhi still doesn't understand... this Zhongzhi Villa, Linglong Pavilion... no one can make Kou Zhong build a palace for her like this again...

Yuzhi, you have everything I missed...