How could he come?

My mind buzzed, and I was stunned for a moment - Nangong Lizhu had just escaped from the Ghost Pass in the early morning of this morning. I thought he would definitely be guarding Yuhua Palace for a day today, but why did he come to me at this time?

What Su Su just said—

I suddenly stood up, because I was getting up too fast and hit the edge of the table, and the cups and plates on the table jumped up.

I said, "Your Majesty!"

Pei Yuanhao stood at the door, his face a little heavy, and he looked at me without saying a word.

This time, Madam Wu's face turned pale. Although Su Su was not a palace maid, she probably knew some rules after entering the palace for so long. She also knew what Nangong Lizhu's status was in the palace. She also closed her mouth tightly and looked at Pei Yuanhao carefully.

For a moment, everyone was so quiet that they couldn't even hear their breath.

He didn't say a word, but scared everyone in the room. I was a little helpless for a moment. Although he has been quite polite to me these days, it is hard to say that Nangong Lizhu is involved. If he wants to punish Susu in anger - I can't let him touch my people!

Thinking of this, I moved a step forward in front of Susu and blocked her behind me.

At this time, he spoke: "Have you had a rest?"

“…”

All of us were breathing a little while.

My heart also skipped a beat, and I watched him walk in calmly from outside in a little incredible way, slowly sat in front of me, looking at the expression on his face, without any anger or anger - he, didn't get angry?

Before I could answer him, he looked up at me again: "Have you come back to make up for your sleep?"

"..." I was a little confused, but at this time I also nodded intuition: "Yes."

"Does it be a headache?"

"It doesn't hurt."

"The throat...well, it seems that it's much better when you hear it."

"Um."

I still looked at him cautiously and didn't dare to speak much.

I knew that Su Su must have heard what he said just now, but why didn’t he get angry after hearing it? I don’t know if he wants to stabilize me for the time being? Or do you know everything you know and don’t have to worry about it anymore?

I don't know what he planned, but now, it's always right to be careful.

Susu and Madam Wu stood behind him with some helplessness, not daring to let out a sigh.

I thought about it and said to them, "Go quickly and bring hot tea to His Majesty."

Su Su saw that I was winking her with great force, and then walked out with Madam Wu carefully. Pei Yuanhao sat there with her back to her without looking back, and just gently stroked the jade cicada hanging on her wrist.

Susu walked out on tiptoe.

After a while, Madam Wu served hot tea. Pei Yuanhao and I were still quietly standing and sitting. Until she stepped down, Pei Yuanhao raised his head and looked at me again.

Only then did I see clearly that his eyes were covered with blood. Although I recited the Heart Sutra for a night last night, I felt much more comfortable after taking it for so long. However, he didn't seem to have much rest and was very tired. Looking at people with red eyes makes people feel a little palpitations.

My heart was raised to my throat again.

Then, he lowered his head.

But before I could recover from this breath, he raised his head again and said, "You——"

I immediately stood up all my hair: "Ah?"

"How could you...you recite the Heart Sutra?"

"..." I felt that I was about to hang him here in this breath, and I was sweating all over. I couldn't help but tremble for a moment before saying, "Miaoyan doesn't know what to say. It is better to recite a passage of Heart Sutra than to say some gossip."

"I'm not asking this," his eyebrows frowned slightly: "I'm asking, why do you recite the Heart Sutra? Who taught you?"

"ah……"

"Did you learn it with the Queen Mother when I was at Linshui Pagoda?"

"No, I've been since childhood."

"Since I was a child, I was taught by Fu Badai?"

"no."

"Who taught you? I have taught you since I was a child!"

I felt as if I was still angry when I heard him, and I didn't know what was worth getting angry about this matter. It was like last night I recited the Heart Sutra that disturbed his dream, and I was tired all night and still fell down. I couldn't help but get angry, and my voice immediately turned cold: "My mother."

His fingers that caressed the jade cicada suddenly stopped.

After a while, he looked up at me: "Your, mother?"

"yes."

"That's what Hepin said at the beginning, the eldest lady of the Yan family?"

"yes."

"She was told by your father—" As he said that, he was talking about my family's shame. He hesitated for a moment, and did not continue, but just frowned slightly: "She is fine, why did she teach her daughter to chant Buddhist scriptures?"

“…”

I pursed my mouth - in fact, my mother has taught me a lot since she was a child, not just the Heart Sutra. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is indeed a bit incredible for a mother to teach her daughter to recite the Buddhist scriptures, but it is not surprising to think about my mother's identity.

Before she married her father, she was a nun.

I also understand a little, when faced with those who climbed high and fell, all her coldness and indifference came from.

However, I don't want to tell him about these things.

After all, it is my own life experience, and I have not figured out what my mother has to do with the imperial court and the royal family yet, and there is no need to say it out loud.

He said lightly: "There are many noble ladies in Xichuan who will believe in Buddhism after they get married. If there is any major event at home, they will also invite monks from the temples under the jurisdiction of Qingchuan Tusi to Chengdu to do Buddhist rituals."

He listened, and suddenly his eyes flashed and said, "Yes, I remembered it. At that time, Hepin also said that the eldest lady of the Yan family has been famous in Xichuan since she was a child. There were also those chieftains who proposed marriage to you, right?"

I frowned.

What does it mean? Let me tell me this now?

Seeing the expression in my eyes becoming more and more alert, he was silent for a moment, as if he felt ridiculous, and smiled softly, then picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and then slowly said: "Forget it, it's actually all the past. Whether I ask or not, it's all over."

“…”

For some reason, I think he was a little confused today.

Nangong Lizhu had just come back from the Ghost Gate. Logically speaking, he should have been guarding her in Yuhua Palace, but now he is here. He asks me why he recites the Heart Sutra, asks my mother, and asks about the Qingchuan chieftain who proposed marriage to me. What exactly did he want to do?

I can't have been sleeping last night and I'm confused, right?

I looked at him with a frown slightly, but saw him stand up and lift the bead curtain and walk inside. On the bed, Miaoyan still knew nothing about what happened here, and was still sleeping darkly. His saliva stayed from the corner of his mouth, looking sloppy and funny.

Pei Yuanhao stood beside the bed, looked at her for a while, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth: "I was really tired of her last night."

I forced a smile.

"Have she eaten?"

"I ate before I went to bed."

"That's good."

He looked down at Miaoyan and said, "The story of her chanting scriptures for the imperial concubine last night has spread throughout the capital early this morning. Do you know what people in the capital say about her?"

“How to say it?”

"The common people say that my daughter, Princess Miaoyan, is not an ordinary person. She is the jade girl around the Bodhisattva who descends to earth and can save all sentient beings."

I couldn't help laughing.

He continued without looking back, "But, I don't want her to save all living beings. I just want her to be my daughter and give her all the things that have not been given to her in the past years."

I frowned. Just as he was about to say something, he had cut off my words and said, "I know what you want to say. Children should be less painful... I will listen to you."

I listened to his words and felt that the taste was a bit wrong, so I stopped accepting his words.

He stood by the bed with his hands behind his back and looked at Miaoyan. After a while, he turned around and walked out again. He sat back at the table. The tea was already a little cold, and the last bit of light smoke rose in the sun. He picked it up and took a sip, but did not complain. Instead, he seemed to have drunk some honey water, so sweet that the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curled.

I vaguely felt something was wrong.

What exactly is he going to come to me today?

Could it be that I want to meet the Master of Guarding the Country and he wants to repent? But in the morning, he told me that he would not break his promise.

Then what does he mean?

I don't like to face this situation where everything is not under control. I want to break the deadlock, but I don't know what to do for a moment. After thinking about it, I happened to see the cold tea at his hand, and said, "The tea is cold, let's add some hot water to Your Majesty."

"Need not."

He reached out to wrap the tea bowl and said, "It tastes good if you drink it like this."

"……oh."

I don't know he has this hobby.

As he said that, he looked up at me, with a smile that had not faded away from the corner of his mouth. After a while, he said softly: "Last night, I am very happy that you recited the Heart Sutra for the Imperial Concubine all night."

Finally said this.

I was polite and smiled as if I was just a fake: "It is also a blessing for the noble concubine to be safe and sound."

"No," he said, "I'm not talking about this."

“…”

"I'm very happy that you can let go of the past."

“…”

He raised his head and looked at me. The sunlight outside the door shone on his back, making him seem to be emitting a faint light. I couldn't see the expression on his face clearly for a moment, and I only felt that his smile was very gentle and warm, and even his voice was indescribable gentleness: "There are some things that you can let go, and there are some people... I can let go too."

...

I stood there, and there was no movement for a moment.
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