Hua Zimo was most familiar with the courtyard of Chongming Pavilion.
Thinking back when he was still the emperor's prince when he first followed him, he heard Li Defu talk about it, that was the courtyard where the eunuchs would retire in the future, and it was the honor they had to support their masters until they were old.
It can be said that eunuchs are very humble in this life, but if they can be given a pension in the palace, they are already half masters in the palace.
He had always thought that, with his ungrateful loyalty, his final destination in this life would be to live in a palace and be buried in an imperial mausoleum.
But I never thought that in the end, because of Zhou Ling, everyone would end up like this.
Huazimo sneered coldly and slowly walked in with Xu Xiujun.
When she came here for the first time, Xu Xiujun looked around in panic, only to find that there were no guards at all.
In the courtyard, a young eunuch was sweeping the snow. When he saw them coming, he immediately put down the broom.
"Flower father-in-law, are you here?"
The little eunuch came forward, but he looked unfamiliar, looking younger than fifteen.
He even asked a child to look at Master Qi. Are there any heavy guards around? Why didn't Master Qi escape?
Is it possible that Emperor Zhengxing destroyed Qi Ye’s efforts?
Just when Xu Xiujun was thinking wildly, Hua Zimo said to Qingfeng: "Go and report that Miss Xu is here and see if the prince can see you?"
Qingfeng took a look at Xu Xiujun and found that she looked a bit like Wang Xiu. She was suspicious, so she turned around to report.
Xu Xiujun's heart grew anxious, fearing that Master Qi would not want to see her.
But after a while, Qingfeng came out and said: "Miss Xu, the prince invites you to come in."
Xu Xiujun slowly loosened her clenched fingers and walked in quickly.
Hanako Mo, who was standing not far away, waved to Qingfeng. When Qingfeng approached, he asked: "Did the emperor come last night?"
Qingfeng said: "He came here, quarreled for a few words, and left again."
Hua Zimo looked at the courtyard gate not far away, standing in the wind and snow outside, and said calmly: "If it were Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, even if the emperor really quarreled with her, he would not leave her here to celebrate the New Year alone.
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Qingfeng knew that it was the people here that made Hua Zimo unable to stay by the emperor's side, but he also knew very well that the reason why he could come here to serve him was because the emperor trusted him.
As a slave, he could not gossip about his master. He kept his mouth shut and only watched the snow.
Seeing this, Hua Zimo patted his shoulder happily and said: "Very good, this is how we can go a long way. Look at this small courtyard, how quiet it looks in the huge palace, doesn't it look like a retirement home in the countryside?"
house?"
Qingfeng looked at it and said seriously: "You can grow vegetables in the surrounding flower beds, and you can grow melons on the grape trellises. It's a bit similar, but it's better than the ones in the countryside."
Huazimo sighed: "Isn't that right? I don't have much chance. I hope you will have good luck in the future and can come here to retire."
Qingfeng is still very young, so young that she is still a certain age away from growing up.
Retirement care?
That was something he had never thought about. When he heard Hua Zimo talk about it, he felt strange and distant.
But... if it were here? It seems like there wouldn't be so much resistance.
in the room.
Zhou Ling sat on the futon, next to him was a small stove for boiling water, and tea snacks placed on a low table.
Xu Xiujun saw that he was wearing a thin long-sleeved gown, with his hair uncombed and hanging loosely on his shoulders. He didn't even have shoes on his feet, only a pair of socks.
Xu Xiujun choked with sobs, unable to make any sound, only sobbing.
Zhou Ling looked up at her, frowned slightly, and said calmly: "Can't you speak?"
Xu Xiujun's tears suddenly rolled down her face, she knelt down and nodded, her heart aching unbearably.
But Zhou Ling only said: "Lu Yunhong is quite ruthless, in this way he is very similar to the late emperor."
Xu Xiujun came forward on her knees. What did she want to say?
Zhou Ling immediately stopped him and said, "Just kneel there and listen to me."
Xu Xiujun stiffened her body and did not dare to move rashly. However, her heart was still sad and she shrugged her shoulders.
Zhou Ling turned a blind eye and said to himself: "The person you met in Jiangnan was Gu Yan, right?"
Xu Xiujun didn't understand. Isn't this what Master Qi ordered?
But the moment she showed suspicion, Zhou Ling sneered coldly: "I knew it."
What do you know?
Xu Xiujun didn't understand, but her heart became more and more panicked.
She dipped some tea in her hand and wrote on the ground: "Master Qi, let's leave the capital."
Zhou Ling asked: "Where to go?"
Xu Xiujun wanted to say Tongzhou, but Lailai felt that Tongzhou was very close to the capital, so she quickly changed her answer: "Let's go to Hainan."
There is an island in that place, and they can leave by sea if necessary.
Zhou Ling looked at the word "Hainan" and looked thoughtful.
Xu Xiujun still wanted to write, but Zhou Ling was already impatient.
He asked Xu Xiujun: "I heard that you claim to be my fiancée??"
Xu Xiujun turned pale with fright and wrote in a panic: "No, my subordinates dare not. It was Lu Yunhong who said it. He cut out my tongue and sent me to the palace for this name."
Zhou Ling said indifferently: "It's okay if you don't dare. Just step back. Don't come to see me if you have nothing to do in the future, annoying!"
Xu Xiujun's fingers were trembling. She didn't know what taboo she had violated, but she just looked at Zhou Ling helplessly and painfully.
Zhou Ling shouted to the outside world: "Qingfeng."
Xu Xiujun was extremely embarrassed and annoyed, but she did not dare to break out and stood up crying.
She still wants a woman's dignity, how could she be expelled by a little eunuch?
If Master Qi doesn't want to see her, she can just leave.
Xu Xiujun wiped away her tears. As soon as she walked to the door, she saw Qingfeng running back, looking confused, as if she didn't know anything.
Xu Xiujun sneered, thinking that no wonder Qiye called Qingfeng by the name Qingfeng in a better tone than talking to her. He must have liked Qingfeng's purity and felt that this young man was not stained by dust.
Xu Xiujun left in anger. As soon as she walked out of the hospital, she couldn't hide her sadness and tears fell down.
Huazimo on the side said: "It seems you can't persuade him either!"
"well……"
Huazimo sighed, feeling very uncomfortable.
The illusion has been shattered in the past few days. If Zhou Ling does not leave for a day, the emperor will remember that he once informed Zhou Ling. How can he get rid of it?
It seems that the disease around him cannot be cured. If he is cured, he may not be able to stay in the palace.
Hua Zimo coughed twice and said to Xu Xiujun, who was still sad, "Let's go back."
Xu Xiujun wanted to leave, but could she really get out of such a huge palace?
In other words, she can get out, but what about Master Qi?
Xu Xiujun clenched her fists, but still endured the resentment and anger in her heart, and followed Hua Zimo back.