Chapter 95

Zhou Qiaoyu recalled that day, and the imperial physician told him that Xiaoman was drinking medicine for avoiding children.

At that moment, anger also surged into his heart, burning his reason and calmness.

But suddenly he realized that what he was afraid of was not only that Xiaoman would leave, but that she had never been shaken.

From beginning to end, he was the only one who maintained the relationship between the two, so fragile that it was broken when touched.

He wanted to walk towards her, but she refused to move half a step.

"The Crown Princess is weak, and it is three parts poisonous. Your Highness, please think twice."

Lin Qiushuang must have said what Doctor Xu said to Xiaoman, but she still insisted on taking pills to avoid children and was prepared every day, and was unwilling to conceive his child.

He has done a lot, but he can't keep Xiaoman.

Doctor Xu watched the lost prince leave. He sighed and was about to turn around when he saw him turn back. This time, he said, "Prepare a new set of medicine to avoid children."

Doctor Xu was stunned for a moment and said respectfully: "The Crown Princess..."

"I'm drinking."

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Fortunately, Xiaoman was not very strong, and the moment he stabbed Zhou Gongyu in panic did not hurt the vital points, but only hurt the flesh.

Zhou Qiaoyu didn't want others to know, and just put the medicine on the matter.

The blood-stained outer robe was thrown to the ground. Xiaoman stared at the bloody stain for a long time, and finally covered his face and whimpered.

"Please...stop forcing me, let me go..."

Her thin shoulders and neck kept trembling with sobs, and her peach pink was stacked on her body in a mess, like a torn flower.

Zhou Gongyu's wound also seemed to be filled with cold wind, and the biting coldness was cold. He asked, "I really want to leave like this, have you never thought about staying for me?"

Xiaoman did not answer, Zhou Gongyu knelt in front of her and whispered: "But I thought about leaving for you, leaving everything behind and letting you go."

"I thought about it, Xiaoman."

She raised her head in a daze, staring at him with red eyes, her face full of disbelief.

"leave?"

Zhou Gongyu gently leaned his head on her shoulder and sighed tiredly.

He didn't care about the prince, the crown prince, nor the expectations of his father and mother.

"I'm trapped, too."

Since he was born, Zhou Gongyu was trapped and died in this imperial city, and was destined to take his life here, doing things that made him sick day after day.

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As the weather gets colder, the situation in North Korea and China is also changing.

The calmness on the surface cannot cover up the surging tide below, mixed with wolfish ambitions and the plots of the royal family.

The prince handed over many matters to the King of Pingnan, which involved the dissatisfaction of many ministers, and even Jiang thought of it had a lot of complaints about it.

Belated brothers and brothers will only make people more uneasy.

The Xu family is a century-old prominent family. Even if the branches are cut off, they cannot stop the branches buried deep underground, and have already stretched for hundreds of miles.

Even as the prince, it is destined to be not easy to go against the Xu family.

The emperor saw all this, but could not stop anything. Now the prince is in charge of the government. He just puts a name on his name and occasionally says a few words.

If the emperor hadn't been afraid of the Xu family, with his favor for Concubine Hui, how could he have been named Concubine for so many years?

All he could do was to keep the mother and son safe.

Jiang Ruoruo's belly was bulging day by day, and she was about to give birth after the New Year. Zhou Dingheng took care of her in every way and did not let her go out to run around again. Only Xiaoman often went out of the palace to accompany her in the royal palace.

In addition to Jiang Ruoruo, the Ping'an Palace also has two concubines, who are very peaceful on weekdays. When Jiang Ruoruo is bored, he will talk to them.

When Xiaoman saw two concubines, he asked her if she would be jealous, but she said: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and six concubines. The prince is better than the man next to him. Concubine Hui did not make things difficult for me, and the mansion was also very worry-free.

Other royal relatives, who are not ten or eight women in the backyard, let alone His Majesty, and there are countless concubines…”

Jiang Ruoruo said that, and stopped, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince favors you alone. Maybe it means to abandon the harem, so you don't have to worry."

"I know, I don't worry."

Since the argument with Zhou Gongyu, the vaguely invisible barrier between the two of them has been eliminated.

Since then, she has never taken medicine again, and it has been drunk by Zhou Maoyu.

Either you can’t have sex or choose to drink pills that can avoid children.

Zhou Gongyu never chose the latter without hesitation at this point.

Xiaoman, the Crown Princess, is still the same as before. The outside world has many speculations about her, but he is willing to learn about the female school because of this.

There were more students from the Academy than before, and even bought the yard next door. More girls went to the Academy to study, and even some women wanted to study and learn calligraphy.

Most of the girls from wealthy families hired a husband, and they would be like ordinary people, thinking that women do not have to read.

The court's discussion about Xiaoman was temporarily transferred to Li Yu, and the man was overwhelmed by the limelight and naturally he would be excluded. Only a few enlightened court officials would treat her normally.

Li Yu's existence seemed to have inspired the students of the academy, making them think that they could pass the exam and become officials like men.

Bai Yan saw Xiaoman's changes. From the master of the academy to the princess of the East Palace, this identity seemed to have not changed her, but only brought her aggrieved and helpless tears.

As for Zhou Gongyu, since Xiaoman returned to Beijing, he was no longer the former crown prince.

There seemed to be a layer of mask slowly peeling off from him.

When winter was approaching, Xiaoman ordered people to pick up the two koi carp cruising under the water lily and send them to the lake for release.

When the fish was wandering, she stood there and looked for a long time, with a faint expectation in her eyes, as if she could walk away like this swimming fish.

As soon as the weather was cold, Princess Ningyu, who was already weak, began to be bedridden again.

Once, he became confused and kept calling him the emperor's brother. When Zhou Dingheng found out, he felt distressed and went to the palace to see her overnight, but Ningyu did not show a happy expression.

On the contrary, when the prince delivered the precious medicinal materials, Ningyu's pale face, which was sick for a long time, finally showed a hint of joy.

Ningyu's weak body is a congenital deficit, and some problems that have been urinating since childhood are difficult to treat.

This time the disease is coming in great danger, and the imperial physician once secretly said that she could not survive this winter.

Although Concubine Hui was not her biological mother, she had raised her by her side since she was a child. She was depressed for a long time because of this. When it was the winter solstice, I don’t know who said she could go to the temple to pray for blessings, so she had to go to Huaishan Temple to ask for a blessing for Ningyu.

I don’t know who spread the news that Zhou Gongyu had been to Huaishan Temple. Concubine Hui also came to ask him personally whether Huaishan Temple was effective.

Xiaoman's amulet was asked by Zhou Qiaoyu overnight on New Year's Eve. How could he know if it was effective?

The Concubine Hui was sure that the Buddhist temple where the prince even went to was the most effective, so she became more determined to go to Huaishan Temple.

The Winter Solstice is when lovers gather together, but because of the emperor's cherishment of Concubine Hui, Qiaozhuang became an ordinary wealthy family and went to Huaishan Temple with her to worship Buddha.

But the queen is left alone in the palace to watch the moon, and resentment must be indispensable in her heart.

Jiang Ruoruo was unable to go out because he was pregnant. As the crown princess, Xiaoman didn't want to go out when Zhou Gongyu competed with the Xu family, so as not to cause trouble.

It was cold, so she hid in the hall to read books, and Zhou Qiaoyu handed her warm tea.

"The stairs of Huaishan Temple are so long, why is the emperor willing to agree to Concubine Hui?"

Zhou Gongyu drank tea slowly and replied slowly: "The father cherishes Concubine Hui, and when he is with her, he feels happy. The long steps of Huaishan Temple are naturally nothing.

Even if he is the emperor, he is the same as ordinary people when he loves a woman, and it is no different."

After saying that, he sighed faintly.

"It's a pity that I braved the wind and snow, walking through the stone steps, the amulets I asked for for you were thrown away by you."

Xiaoman defended: "I didn't mean it. After I lost it, I searched for you for several days but didn't dare to tell you. Didn't you find it in the end?

It is clearly missing, how can it be called discarded?"

Zhou Gongyu didn't say anything, and his eyes set on the dead branches on the desk.

Xiaoman asked strangely: "Why did you put a branch in the bottle and put it for a long time? Is there any intention?"

He chuckled and answered the question.

"Last year's Winter Solstice, you went to Han Shi to find him all night and we'll spend it together this year."

He looked at Xiaoman, the candlelight was beating, and the light and darkness were intertwined in his face.

"We will be together in the future and we will never be separated every year."

On that day, Hua Chao, Han picked up the magnolia flowers in his hand, and finally fell into his hands.

He will be the only one who can last for a long time with Xiaoman.

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Late at night, something urgent seemed to have happened.

Xiaoman was sleeping in the warm bedding. Zhou Gongyu, who was wearing a clothes, woke up and asked in a daze: "What's wrong?"
To be continued...