There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 233
Xia Houjing saw her dressed in red and her flushed face, Tang Wanning's figure actually came to mind.

When he met her for the first time in the garden that summer, she was also dressed in red, with a flushed face, and she was holding an arrow and staring at the target fifty paces away with piercing eyes.

That back figure is delicate, majestic, and feminine. Before, he could not believe that these words could appear on the same woman at the same time, until he met her.

It turns out that there are really people who can be both charming and straightforward, yet free and easy, making it difficult for people to look away after just one glance.

And the woman in front of him... He lowered his head and looked a little disappointed, after all, it wasn't her.

The afternoon sun was extraordinarily bright, setting off the flowers extremely vividly, and his cheeks seemed to be stained with a blush.

The two people in the flowers were chatting and laughing and still busy, but no one paid attention to him. He wanted to turn around and go back to the house, but he couldn't move.

He just stood there in white clothes, like a sculpture, occasionally a breeze would blow his white clothes up gently.

The flowers in the yard swayed gently, and his calm lake-like heart seemed to have little ripples.

……

It was already evening when he came out of Ning'an Palace, Ansai followed behind him, waving frequently to Li Taipin who was standing at the gate of Ning'an Palace.

"My concubine, go back, Ansaiya will come to accompany you some other day!"

"Good boy, you must come!"

"I will, I will!" Ansaiya's rosy and tender face still had tears hanging down.

This empress concubine is so kind, why are you so close when you see her?
Growing up so big, no one has ever loved her so much. Although her father dotes on her and regards herself as the apple of her eye, she has lost her mother since she was a child. Father's love and mother's love are still different after all.

She is so eager, so envious.

Ansaiya walked on the palace road, blowing the slightly cool wind in the late summer and early autumn evening, raised her white and tender little hands that had been washed, and sighed.

"I envy you so much, your mother must love you very much!"

Xia Houjue, who was walking in front of him in white clothes, suddenly listened. Ansaiya was inattentive and bumped into his thin and strong back with a bang.

"Oh!" She rubbed her upturned nose, wiped away the tears from her cheeks, and pouted to complain.

"What are you doing, why did you stop suddenly?"

"My mother loves me very much!" Xia Houjing said for no reason.

Ansaiya lowered her head and muttered softly: "I know, that's why I envy you!"

She stood behind him clutching her fingers, lowered her head, with an indescribable loneliness in her eyes.

Xia Houjing also inquired about Princess Ansaiya's situation earlier, and vaguely knew that she seemed to have lost her mother at a young age, so she felt a little soft in her heart.

After hesitating for a while, he finally choked out a 'human words': "If you like it, why don't you come to the palace more often to have a look?"

"Really?" Ansai's originally dark eyeballs suddenly sparkled.

"Can I really do it? Then bring me next time!"

Xia Houjing originally wanted to say: You can come by yourself if you want, but looking at the big black eyes in front of him, with tears still hanging on the flickering eyelashes, his words felt like a stick in his throat.

"it is good!"

One word couldn't help but blurted out.

"Yes, yes!" Ansaiah jumped up happily, her red veil was slightly lifted by the wind, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, people couldn't take their eyes off it.

From that day on, when Xia Houjing came back to Ning'an Palace, Ansaiya would come with her, sometimes to help plant and water the flowers, sometimes to help harvest the flower seeds, and more often to accompany Mrs. Li with the flowers. speak.

Li Taipin likes this girl very much.

Before leaving, she would give her one of the good things she kept in the bottom of the box. Sometimes it was a pearl hairpin that had been hidden for a long time, sometimes it was a delicate embroidered handkerchief, and sometimes it was a bracelet of good quality.

Xia Houjing felt a little embarrassed, but every time she just sat on the side drinking tea and didn't say anything to stop her. Her mother was rarely happy, so let her go.

……

Entering July, the emperor returned to the palace more and more frequently, and his expression became more and more strange.

Seeing that something was wrong, Xia Houjing went to the Imperial Study Room when no one was around.

"emperor!"

When Xia Houjing came in, he saw Brother Sanhuang sitting on the imperial case, dressed in black plain clothes, closing his eyes tiredly, rubbing his temples on his forehead, obviously he ran all the way back from the villa to deal with state affairs.

There was no one in the room, not even Li Dequan and Li Baoyuan were there, so they must have gone somewhere to pass the decree.

There was a thump in his heart, and he called softly.

"Oh? Why are you here? Sit!" Xia Houjue stretched out his arms wearily.

"Brother Huang, what's going on in the court? Is there something going on from the barbarians in the northwest?" Xia Houjing cut to the chase, but hit the nail on the head.

"En!" Xia Houjue's eyes suddenly darkened, and he punched Yu An heavily.

"These barbarians are really damned. They don't move sooner or later, but at this time!!"

"Yes!" Xia Houjing's face also turned cold: "Even if it takes another two months, the military rations will not be so tight!"

The two brothers didn't need to talk too much, they knew each other in their hearts.

Xia Houjue glanced at Xia Houjing appreciatively, and said with a light smile, "I didn't expect you to look like a wild crane, but in fact, you still pretend to be a court in your heart, and you know your responsibility!"

"Brother Huang praises you! I..."

"Okay, there's no need to talk about it, I've already decided what to do about it!" Xia Houjue continued with a wave of his hand.

"When I leave Beijing, you will fully supervise the country and take over the court, how about it?!"

"Lijing? Where are you going, brother? Could it be?"

"Yes! If I don't go this trip, my morale will be low, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to win!" The army rations are already insufficient, and if morale is low, it is hard for me to imagine what the consequences will be.

As long as this battle can be won, the Great Xia Dynasty will never experience such a predicament again.

The Great Xia Dynasty will definitely become stronger, and the barbarians can no longer look up to it. He has a lifetime to fulfill this promise.

"No!" Xia Houjing's face turned serious, and he immediately got up.

"You are the emperor. As long as this country is not in ruins, you have to sit in the rear. As long as you are still there, we can still rise!"

"Sixth brother!" Xia Houjue's face also turned cold.

"The royal conquest is inevitable. I have already issued an order. You will supervise the country well in the capital. If something happens to me, you will ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor. I have already drawn up a secret order, so you don't have to worry about anything!"

"Brother Huang!" Xia Houjing's eyes were red.

"What are you talking about? Since ancient times, only emperors who have ruined their country and family will go on a personal expedition. You are not boosting morale, you are..."

"This decree is difficult to obey, forgive me!"

Xia Houjue stared at him for a moment, then suddenly said: "Sixth brother, I know what you are worried about? Don't worry, I'm not going to die so easily. Telling you this is just one of ten thousand things!"

(End of this chapter)