Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 43

That figure turned around, and through the moonlight, Su Mi saw his face clearly, it was Qi Hao!

Su Mi was really surprised this time, she looked the prince up and down, and she actually saw him here? !
Qi Hao had also seen her, and looked at her with the same suspicious eyes.

"You..." The two asked this sentence at the same time, but they stopped at the same time.

Su Mi hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand, brushed aside a clump of vine stumps hanging from the half-burnt flower shelf, walked out of the shadows, and greeted: "I didn't expect to see His Royal Highness here, it's really embarrassing for my concubine." Surprised."

Qi Hao watched her approach, turned around, and looked at the burned half-collapsed gate of Jingsheng Zhai: "Didn't Lian Jieyu come here too? If I remember correctly, it should be Lingxi Pavilion now." Is it time for the banquet?"

"Couldn't it be possible to leave the banquet for a while to relax during the banquet? It's really unexpected that the prince will be here at this time." Su Mi laughed.

"Will you come to such a gloomy place to relax? Jieyu's taste is really unusual." Qi Hao asked mockingly.

"Then why did the prince come here on the moon? Don't tell the concubine that it is to enjoy the scenery." Su Mi retorted without showing any weakness.

"...I'm checking the project here, and it will be demolished here tomorrow." Qi Hao said after a moment of hesitation.

It was only then that Su Mi remembered that Qi Hao was in charge of supervising the reconstruction project of the Ministry of Industry.She looked at the Jingsheng Zhai, which had been burnt to almost white, with only a few black lacquered pillars and horizontal rails left. It will be demolished tomorrow!
"It's just an ordinary palace for a concubine, but to inspect the project, the prince of labor needs to come and inspect it in person?" Su Mi said with a bit of irony.She didn't believe that Qi Hao stayed in the palace in the middle of the night to fulfill his duty.

"Since it's just an ordinary palace where a concubine lives, how can the favorite concubine of Emperor Da Qi come to watch and visit on such a beautiful night?" Qi Hao asked in the same tone.

Because of the rebuttal, he turned his head unconsciously. Su Mi was looking up at him. Under the moonlight, she suddenly noticed that his eyes were a little red. Could it be...

Thinking of this incredible possibility, Su Mi was stunned.

Seeing Su Mi staring blankly at him, Qi Hao suddenly came to his senses, and quickly turned his head away from her.

Su Mi was dumbfounded, she couldn't believe what she saw.

"You..." Su Mi didn't believe that Qi Hao came here at such a time because of some damn project, she suddenly said, "You and Concubine Miaoyi..."

"By the way, you are the old person that Concubine Miaoyi mentioned. You told her about the grievances of Concubine Miaoyi's family, and you helped her to collect them..." Su Mi suddenly remembered the two of them that night. During the conversation, Concubine Miaoyi said that an old person in the palace helped her investigate the truth outside the palace and worshiped her family members.

"How do you know? She even told you this?" Qi Hao turned his head suddenly, looking at her with those amber eyes.

Su Mi's complexion changed. A chance meeting here at this time revealed a little bit of their unknown secrets.

His eyes were surprisingly cold and ferocious, flashing a dark and cold luster, Su Mi couldn't help but tremble.

"Did Concubine Miaoyi tell you?" Realizing his gaffe, Qi Hao asked again in a calm and calm tone.

"Grand Concubine Miaoyi did tell me some old things in the palace, and gave me a lot of pointers as a younger generation." Su Mi smiled indifferently, and said vaguely.

"Old things?" Qi Hao smiled, "What old things? About how the Wang family killed her family?" Now that Su Mi already knew, Qi Hao simply stopped hiding it.

Su Mi was a little uncomfortable with such a frank confession, she smiled softly: "The concubine didn't mention too many things about herself, she just talked about some secrets about this court, and these secrets must be the same for the prince. It’s familiar, so why should the prince be in a hurry? The concubine doesn’t know much, otherwise she wouldn’t be surprised to see the prince here.”

Since Concubine Miaoyi and Qi Hao had a connection, she must know the secret about Qi Long's life experience. Thinking of the rumor at the beginning of Qi Long's succession, it may also be the result of the cooperation between the two.Su Mi thought quickly in her mind.

"With Concubine Miaoyi, concubines are just good friends. I really didn't expect to have such a relationship with the prince." Su Mi asked tentatively.

Qi Hao was silent for a while, looked up at the crumbling palace wall in front of him, sighed, and said suddenly: "It's all old things in the palace, and you don't need to hide these things from you. Back then, the late emperor wanted to get rid of me, a worthless man. His son was adopted by her." Then her expression became gloomy, "It's a pity that she refused."

"Of course." Su Mi shrugged and said,

Just think about it and you will know that when the first emperor was the adoptive son of Concubine Miao, it must have been when Concubine Miao had just had a miscarriage and her favor had not faded. Then the late emperor would be so considerate for his beloved concubine, but Qi Hao's age and Miaoyi's The difference between the concubines is only five or six years old at most, and Qi Hao was probably only eleven or twelve years old at the time, so it doesn't matter, but in three or four years, I'm afraid there will be gossip in the palace.

After hearing Su Mi's explanation, Qi Hao suddenly turned his head to look at her.

Su Mi was taken aback, her eyes were complex and unspeakable, her heart couldn't help beating wildly.

"So it's like this. I thought she also disliked my eyes." Qi Hao's voice trembled a little.

Su Mi was a little surprised. She had only met Qi Hao three or two times, but she already knew that he was an extremely sharp and shrewd person, so she couldn't figure out such a simple truth?

"She was only 16 years old when she first entered the palace, and I was 11 years old at that time," Qi Hao sighed, and suddenly recalled that innocent meeting in his mind.

Su Mi savored the meaning of Qi Hao's words. She could tell that Qi Hao had feelings for Concubine Miaoyi. Although she couldn't tell what the nature of this feeling was, it must be Sincere and profound.This is the so-called caring is chaotic, so that such a rational person can't see such a simple fact.

Qi Hao faintly recalled his past...

Later, although Miaoyi refused to adopt him, she always took good care of him.It's like my mother or sister. Later, I turned 16 years old. Although the father who has always despised and despised him didn't even bother to make arrangements for him, but he still followed the rules in the palace. Let yourself go out of the palace and enter the court to practice.At that time, he joined the military department, and by chance, he learned the truth about the death of her father and brother.After hesitating for a while, he told her anyway.After that, it was she who tried her best to design and regain her favor, and tried her best to please her enemies.It's a pity, after planning a long-term plan, nothing started, and my flirtatious father died...

Su Mi could tell that Qi Hao didn't have the slightest respect for his father.

Qi Hao narrated the intersection between himself and Concubine Miaoyi in a flat tone, as if he was talking about an irrelevant old event.Most of these things are facts known to everyone in the palace, and they will be known after a little investigation, and the hidden truth is not difficult to guess according to Su Mi's intelligence, so Qi Long simply no longer hides it.

He shook his head, "I shouldn't have told her that at all back then."

"Why not?! What's wrong with her avenging her own family? It would be a real misfortune if she lived in a false assumption." Su Mi said.

"What is reality and what is illusion?" Qi Hao retorted: "The most important thing is that she can live happily. Even her family, if they really love her, don't want their daughter and sister to do it for her. To avenge them and live in hatred day and night."

Su Mi's expression changed.

(End of this chapter)