The sedan brought Xiao Hou to the inner courtyard of the Longxi Duke's Mansion. Xiao Hou saw the lights on in their bedroom, and could faintly see her husband's figure walking around anxiously in the room.

After Xiao Zhou stepped up the steps, the maid at the door lifted the curtain and said, "My husband is back!"

Xiao Zhouhou asked the maid to prepare bath water, and then entered the room. After listening to the maid's words, Li Yu turned around with surprise and rushed forward, saying: "Husband! Where have you been? - You, why are you dressed like this?

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Xiao Zhouhou was full of grievances and sadness, and she had already cried a thousand times in Leng Yi's arms. She had nothing to say, and she didn't know how to say it. She just said lightly: "I changed my clothes and went out for a walk."

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"But this is the robe worn by monks and nuns!"

Empress Xiao Zhou looked at him, remembering the humiliation she had suffered because of him, and said angrily: "What happened to becoming a monk and wearing a robe? If it weren't for you, I would have become a monk long ago!"

Li Yu was speechless. After a long while, he said with a depressed expression: "Didn't you say that the officials summoned you to the palace?"

"No." Xiao Zhouhou didn't explain much, walked slowly to the bed and started to undress.

Li Yu knew that what she told was a lie, but he would rather what she told was true. He could guess what happened every time his wife entered the palace. He was unwilling to face it and could not face it. He could only believe the lie.

I can still feel a little peace in my heart.

The bath water was quickly prepared. Xiao Zhouhou took off her clothes, stepped into the tub, and began to carefully wash every inch of skin on her body, especially the areas touched by the second prince. She hoped that the water would be clear.

Can return innocence to oneself.

Li Yu sat on the bedside, dejected. He could guess why his wife had to take a shower every time she came back from the palace. He didn't want to think about it, but those kinds of fantasy scenes always appeared in his mind, lingering.

Go. He imagined over and over again the scene of his wife being raped by the official Zhao Guangyi, and felt his heart bleed. Full of worry and anger that could not be vented, he stood up, walked to the desk, poured a little tea into the dried inkstone,

I picked up the pine smoke ink, circled it around a few times, put it down, picked up a wool brush, dipped it in the ink, and hung it on a piece of snow-white rice paper spread on the table.

He wanted to write a word to vent his sorrow and anger, but all he could think of was the scene of his wife shedding tears and biting her red lips under the official Zhao Guangyi, enduring the endless humiliation, and he was actually the king of a country.

, not only could he not protect his beloved queen, but he could not even express his humiliation.

At this time, what he wants most is to escape and imagine that he can go back to the past. If he could go back to the past, to that happy time in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he and his wife could walk among the carved jade buildings, spring flowers, and autumn moon.

that would be nice.

Thick ink fell from the tip of his pen, landed on the rice paper with a clatter, and scattered into a small ink-colored flower.

He started writing slowly, and then his pen moved quickly, sometimes slowly, sometimes bitterly, sometimes briskly. Finally, after writing the last word, he staggered two steps, looked at the word, sighed, and rolled down his tears.

, his fingers loosened, the brush fell to the ground, bounced twice, and rolled into the dust on the corner of the table.

After Xiao Zhou cleaned every inch of her skin, she got up. Under the service of the maid, she put on a soft robe and walked out of the bathroom. She didn't see her husband on the bed. When she came back, she saw Li Yu sitting dejectedly.

The chair in front of the table looks like a sculpture.

Xiao Zhouhou walked over and saw that Li Yu seemed to be asleep, with muddy tears hanging from the corners of his eyes. He sighed softly, looked at the table, and saw the word written on the rice paper, which was the "Yu" written by Leng Yi.

"Beauty into". However, the husband changed the word "homeland" in the original word to "homeland", and this sentence became "homeland cannot bear to return to the moonlight." This change expresses the melancholy and melancholy of Erren's nostalgia for his homeland.

Incisively and vividly.

Xiao Zhouhou stared blankly at the words, and unknowingly, her eyes were filled with tears again. She turned around, silently wiped them away, forced a smile, and helped her husband up, slowly walked to the bed and laid him down.

He also got into bed, lay down, and looked ahead silently, dim and deep.

......... Xiaohou Zhou was woken up by her husband Li Yu's scream. It was already dawn.

She got up and saw Li Yu standing in front of the table, his thin body trembling. She couldn't help being startled, and quickly got out of bed, not caring about wearing shoes, and walked over quickly with bare feet: "What's wrong?"

Li Yu did not answer, but looked at the table in horror. Xiao Zhou followed his gaze and found that the word "Leng Yi" written by her husband Li Yu last night on the table was missing!

She also felt a chill in her heart. This poem was originally a poem about Leng Yi's homesickness, but last night her husband changed one word, and it became a poem about nostalgia for his homeland. Moreover, it was written by her husband himself. If it reaches the official family, I'm afraid it will be...

A shocking disaster!

Xiao Zhouhou quickly shouted: "Come in! Come in quickly!"

The maids waiting outside the door all came in and stood with their hands down.

Xiao Zhouhou said sternly: "Which of you took what was written on the table?"

Several servants were frightened and shook their heads: "No, none of the servants have come in!"

Xiao Zhouhou could not believe it, so he pulled out the hairpin and tried to poke them for questioning. The slaves were so frightened that they hid.

zàng, repeatedly calling for mercy. Another old woman came in and testified to several slaves, saying that they had indeed not entered the bedroom last night, and had been talking outside since they got up early.

Xiao Zhouhou still didn't believe it. He searched every room, but where could he find it? He kept fussing for an hour, but there was still no result. When he returned to the room, he saw Li Yu sitting there dumbfounded and looking at her, murmuring:

"What should I do? What should I do now?"

Xiao Zhouhou was furious and stamped her feet: "You know you can't write this word, why did you write it down?"

"I..., I just felt that this word suited my mood very well, so I was depressed for a while, so I wrote it down. I wanted to burn it after I thought about it, but it disappeared. What should I do...?"

Xiao Zhouhou cried and said: "I know what to do! If the news reaches the official family, I'm afraid... we won't survive..."

Li Yu also cried and said: "It's O! If the officials saw it, they would think it was written by me, and then we would be in big trouble...!" After crying a few times, he added: "This is from the cold recommendation official."

The words (words written by Wenhua Zhao Tingmei) can prove it! You can go to the official and make it clear that it was not written by me, okay?"

Xiao Zhou Houqi's eyebrows stood up and he said angrily: "What do you mean? I should go and tell the officials? - Why am I an official? What have I done with the officials? Why should I tell the officials?"

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Li Yu was also in a hurry, and regretted what he said, and said with a sad face: "I don't mean anything else, I just feel that these are not my words, they are the words of Leng Yi Leng, a work of his homesickness. I just copied them. I have to copy them."

Tell the official this to avoid misunderstanding! So..."

"So you asked your wife to go out and talk to the officials? You were careless and caused trouble, so you asked your wife to be a prostitute and go to a man to plead for mercy? When you were the king, how did I advise you not to indulge in women?

You must work hard to govern, have you listened to me? Now, you have become a subordinate, and you regret it? Then what did you do in the first place? If you have been like this a long time ago, how could I be bullied with you...

…?”

Xiao Zhou cried while talking, but Li Yu couldn't reply a word. He buried his head in his hands, feeling ashamed and afraid.

When Xiao Zhouhou finished speaking, she felt as sad as a thousand arrows piercing her heart. She threw herself on the bed and burst into tears.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Zhouhou's cries turned into sobs. Li Yu then raised his head, walked over, sat by the bed, and whispered: "I hurt you..."

Xiao Zhou sat up, wiped his tears, and walked out. Li Yu quickly stood up and stopped him: "Where are you going?"

Xiao Zhouhou said coldly: "Why don't you ask me to go into the palace and explain it to the officials? I'll go!"

Li Yu hurriedly pulled her back and sat beside the bed, apologizing: "I made a mistake. Even if I go, I won't let you go..."

Xiao Zhouhou's anger subsided a little, and she said: "We don't want to go. Now, I don't know if the thing is in the hands of the officials. If not, if we say it, wouldn't we be asking for it?"

"But what if it gets into the hands of the officials? You must make it clear that those are the words Leng Yi Leng recommended to the officials, and I just copied them. Otherwise, I will be in big trouble...!"

Xiao Zhouhou looked at her husband who had a nerdy look on his face. She had completely lost the romantic and suave personality that made her heart beat in the past. She had become a poor guy who had been frightened and afraid that the emperor would kill him all his life. She couldn't help but sigh and gently caressed his thin body.

With his cheek, he whispered: "Don't be stupid! If that word really gets into the hands of the official, it will be all over. It is impossible for the official to believe that it is the word of the coldly recommended official."

"Why?" Li Yu said tremblingly.

"The handwriting is yours, and the style of poetry is no different from yours. How can you let others believe it? To say the least, the officials believe that you copied the words of the cold recommendation official, but you copied the cold recommendation official's"

Changing the word "homeland" to "motherland" means that you are homesick for your hometown. There is nothing wrong with it, but you are homesick for your motherland! That is a sin! Just changing this word is enough to show that we are still thinking about our motherland!"

When Li Yu heard this, he was stunned. There was no trace of blood on his face, and he murmured: "Then..., what should I do? Otherwise, discuss with the cold recommendation officer and let him admit that his original word is the motherland.

, I didn’t change it? Okay?”

Xiao Zhouhou was so angry that she really wanted to slap her husband in the face, and said angrily: "You can think of such an idea? The cold promotion officer who enters the family does not care that we are surrendered, and is not afraid of being implicated, so he associates with us, but what about you?

You caused the trouble yourself, but you want the family to take the blame? Do you still have benevolence, justice and integrity?"

Li Yu's face turned red and white after being told by Xiao Zhou, and he said: "I also know it's wrong, but what should I do if I don't do this?"

"Alas!" Xiao Zhouhou saw her husband's frightened look and couldn't help but soften her heart. She sighed and said: "Husband, it's useless. Even if you say that, the cold judge who entered the family also recognized it for us and said

He wrote it in the tone of a country subjugated, so even if the officials punish the cold-blooded officials, they still won't let us go!"

"This..., why is this? I'm just copying!"

Anyone else can copy such poems, but you can’t!"

"Why?"

"Because you have a homeland to remember, and you have a homeland that you can't bear to return to. When you copy it, you acknowledge this word, and you are feeling nostalgic for your homeland! The officials will still hate you!"

Li Yu was stunned. He was so lost that he couldn't say a word.

Empress Xiao Zhou laid her body in his arms and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I will still be with you, right? When that day comes, we will die together and our souls will return to our homeland!"

Li Yu shook his head sadly and choked: "Whoever accompanies me, I... don't want to die...!"

Xiao Zhouhou was so angry that she pushed him away, stood up, and ran into the back room crying.

Li Yu regretted what he said. He stood up and wanted to chase him out to apologize. However, he moved his buttocks and still didn't get up. Only two lines of muddy old tears rolled down his cheeks.

Next count

i, the couple spent their time in fear. Although nothing happened and the officials did not find an excuse to summon Xiao Zhou, Li Yu felt even more frightened because there was always a moment of calm before the storm came.

. Could this be a sign of the coming storm?
To be continued...