"Is this sachet of yours given to you by the Imperial Concubine?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
When they arrived at the banquet hall, Gao Zhen gently placed her on the bed, nodded and said, "Yes, I have been wearing it since I was a child."
It wasn't until this moment that Luo Qingzhi finally figured out that the target that night was indeed herself, or rather she and Gao Zhen, and that Concubine Shu really had a far-reaching plan for her son.
Thinking of this, she looked at Gao Zhen and thought, "Then what role does he play in it? Is he an insider, the mastermind, or someone who doesn't know?"
Without giving Luo Qingzhi time to think, another wave of waves hit her. Zhixin really didn't deceive her on this point, and it really felt doubly so.
Gao Zhen didn't know what to do and reached out to touch her forehead. The cold feeling made Luo Qingzhi feel comfortable, and the man's breath made her a little crazy.
She knew that tonight was different from last night, and she couldn't survive it.
Luo Qingzhi took a deep breath to make sure that she would not make any strange noises, and then said: "Feng, Feng Zinan is waiting for me at Cheng'anmen. Go and find him."
Gao Zhen nodded, removed his hand, turned around and went out. When the cold feeling left, Luo Qingzhi frowned, seemingly unwilling to do so, and took a deep breath.
When she was the only one in the room, Luo Qingzhi relaxed her voice a little, exhaled chaotically, and gradually let out a coquettish voice with the increasingly dense waves, and she felt comfortable on her own for a while.
half an hour later
When Gao Zhen ran back, he saw Luo Qingzhi on the bed, her face flushed, twisting her body unconsciously. Seeing that the person coming was not Feng Zinan, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on her face, and this subtle
Gao Zhen's expression was also captured. He pursed his lips and suppressed his emotions.
Full of anxiety, he said: "Aluo, I haven't found General Feng, what should I do?"
Luo Qingzhi no longer had any extra thoughts to think about Gao Zhen's words. She felt Gao Zhen's breath, sat up from the bed, and hugged Gao Zhen fiercely.
Gao Zhen's words were flustered and a little puzzled, and he said: "Ah, Ah Luo?"
She touched Gao Zhen's cold neck, and it seemed as if some of the heat in her body had dissipated. She instinctively followed the cold air, and the constant coolness was like finding an ice spring in the desert.
Gao Zhen, who was "molested", did not resist at all and looked frightened.
When Luo Qingzhi completely lost control, Gao Zhen raised the corner of his mouth and gradually changed from "the one being teased" to the "molester", and the room was filled with an atmosphere of ambiguity.
At dawn, Luo Qingzhi, who woke up, looked at the sleeping Gao Zhen, secretly cursing that she was not a human being, how could she attack a child. She sighed several times, but finally did not have the courage to face Gao Zhen, and walked through in panic.
He put on his clothes, covered him with a quilt, and fled the palace in panic.
Luo Qingzhi, who returned to the princess's mansion, happened to bump into Zhi Xin who was out collecting medicine. As a doctor, she could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Luo Qingzhi. She grinned, smirked, and said: "Why, find someone in advance."
Testing?"
Worried that the guards on both sides would hear it, Luo Qingzhi lowered her voice and said, "Didn't you tell me that the attack took three days?"
When it came to her doubts about Zhi Xin's medical skills, she became serious. She picked up her wrist and felt her pulse. For a moment, she frowned and murmured to herself, "It shouldn't be."
The two of them were about to continue this topic when the sound of horse hooves interrupted everything. Huang Si reined in his horse and descended, facing Luo Qingzhi and saluting respectfully.
"Your Highness, Lord An Ning, please enter the palace quickly."
Suddenly, Luo Qingzhi was shocked and thought, "I was in a hurry when I left the palace just now. Could it be that Gao Zhen was discovered?"
She didn't have time to think too much, so she could only hint to Zhi Xin with her eyes, asking her to find Feng Zinan, and she sat on the carriage and headed towards the palace.
As soon as she walked into Xianyang Hall, Luo Qingzhi felt a little uncomfortable.
Scenes of his father lying in a pool of blood and dying slowly in his arms flashed through his mind ten years ago.
She didn't know why Gao Yan didn't summon her in the Taiji Hall where the meeting was held, but instead summoned her in the late emperor's palace.
Huang Si was keenly aware of Luo Qingzhi's anomaly and explained in a low voice: "Five years ago, His Majesty moved his palace from Hanzhang Hall to Xianyang Hall."
Gao Yan had slowly walked out of the inner hall. Luo Qingzhi could only nod to show that she knew. Gao Yan waved his hand, and all the people waiting on the left and right left the palace. Only Luo Qingzhi remained in the Xianyang Hall covered with gold bricks.
and Gao Yan.
Luo Qingzhi was about to salute, but Gao Yan said sharply: "I told you, you don't need to salute when you meet in private."
Luo Qingzhi said softly, "Yes."
Gao Yan sat cross-legged on the ground, looked at Luo Qingzhi, and said, "Aluo, sit down."
Luo Qingzhi knelt and sat opposite Gao Yan, raising her head slightly. Gao Yan's face was not good, and his hair was slightly messy, as if he had not slept all night.
"Aluo, do you still remember this place?" Gao Yan asked.
"I remember." Luo Qingzhi replied softly. She lowered her head and looked at the floor tiles, which reflected her face. She did not apply makeup, but simply combed her hair with a white jade crown. She was dressed like a man, but her face was rosy and pink.
Can't hide the appearance of a woman.
"I have ascended to this supreme position here, but I have also lost my Aluo." Gao Yan continued.
Luo Qingzhi responded calmly and said: "Your Majesty is the king, and minor ministers are ministers. There is no such thing as loss."
Gao Yan laughed several times, which made Huang Si, who was guarding outside the hall, tremble in his heart.
Over the years, whenever the emperor laughed, someone would be sentenced to death. But then he thought about it, and the person inside was Luo Qingzhi, Princess Anning. He took another breath and said to everyone around him: "You guys,
Stay back a little while His Majesty discusses matters with the group leaders, and don’t get too close.”
"Yes." Everyone said in unison and retreated to the outermost steps. The sounds in the hall could no longer be heard at all.
In the Xianyang Palace, Gao Yan stopped laughing, looked at Luo Qingzhi, and said helplessly: "Then the second brother has lost A Luo."
This time, Luo Qingzhi did not answer immediately, recalling the information Feng Zinan found, raised her head, looked firmly into Gao Yan's eyes for the first time, and asked: "Second brother, what happened five years ago?
"
Gao Yan lay back on the floor, looked at the Qinglong caisson spiraling down from the roof, and said, "Aluo, help me choose an heir." Gao Yan no longer used honorifics in his words.
Luo Qingzhi's eyes widened. Before asking the question, she had considered many answers in her mind, but there was no such answer. She immediately lowered her head and said, "I don't dare."
There was silence in Xianyang Hall for a long time. Neither of them continued to speak.
What broke the deadlock was Huang Si's voice, which came from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, it's meal time, would you like to pass on the meal?"
After waiting for a while, Gao Yan's voice came slowly.
"pass."
After finishing the meal, Gao Yan brought Luo Qingzhi to the inner hall and took the initiative to speak: "Aluo, I have been in power for ten years and have countless concubines in the harem. All I can do is contain them. However, the power of the family is very strong.
Clearly, I need an heir and a clean court."
Luo Qingzhi looked at Gao Yan's firm eyes and asked, "Your Majesty has already made plans for the successor."
Gao Yan asked back: "What do you think of A Luo?"
Luo Qingzhi immediately replied: "I don't know, I am far away in Yuzhou in the north, and I don't know anything about most of the things in Beijing."
"Really? Then let me tell you." Gao Yan said.
Luo Qingzhi immediately knelt down and said, "I don't dare. My ambition is not here. I just want to guard the northern border."
Gao Yan said: "Aluo, do you and I need to be like this?" He was a little helpless and heartbroken. The man who once surrounded him and called him "second brother" was gone after all.
Luo Qingzhi was silent for a while, while Gao Yan talked about the current situation regardless.
"My father has three sons and one daughter. The eldest brother Gao Huan only has one son, Gao Zhen. The second brother has not raised him to adulthood, and I have not had a son for ten years after taking the throne. My sister Xuanyang has two sons, the eldest son Jinzi.
Ji is appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs, and the youngest son Jin Zijue is under the command of General Menggan of Yizhou. Everyone in the court has a good impression of them. Last year, a minister asked me to choose someone to adopt him."
Gao Yan paused, looked at Luo Qingzhi, and continued: "But the emperor's consort comes from the Jin family in Jiangdong and controls most of the wealth of the Sui Ning Kingdom. If he supports the emperor's son, the world will inevitably change hands and no longer have the last name."
high."
"So, I'm still hesitating." Gao Yan said word by word.
"Aluo, look, I am alone and can't find anyone to inherit this world." Gao Yan said again.
Luo Qingzhi still didn't answer. She knew in her heart that looking at the royal family, there was actually one person who could succeed the emperor. That person was more orthodox than the two sons of the Jin family. But Gao Yan definitely didn't expect it, he just didn't want to.
"So, A Luo, you choose for me." When Gao Yan finished saying this, Luo Qingzhi knelt even lower and said, "Your Majesty, I..."
Gao Yan didn't give Luo Qingzhi a chance to speak.
"A Luo, it's late at night, let's go out of the palace." Gao Yan said.
Luo Qingzhi had no choice but to obey the order and opened the door of Xianyang Palace. As soon as she stepped out of the threshold, Gao Zhen called her.
"Aluo, do you still hate me?"
Luo Qingzhi turned around slightly, with red eyes, and said, "Even if I say I don't hate you, would you believe it, Your Majesty?"
Hearing this, Gao Yan wanted to explain something, but then Luo Qingzhi's voice came again.
"Although the snow in Yuzhou is heavy and cold, Yuzhou is my home compared to Jinling. Your Majesty, this is not my ambition. You know, no one in my Luo family has ever cared about power and position. My father supported the late emperor back then.
For the sake of the stability of the world, ten years ago, I bowed to you for the sake of the stability of the world. We, we never want anything else."
"You know, Your Majesty, otherwise, why would we all choose to go to the border..."