The one who stopped under the tree was none other than Li Zhi.

Originally, he was thinking about looking for Mei Niang, but for a while he also came to a corner of the garden in the palace unexpectedly, and was surprised to find that there were such good peonies in this Lin Parade Palace, and he couldn't bear to stop in his heart, stretched out his hand to caress it, and looked at it with a smile for a moment, and immediately felt that something was wrong, frowning before he could speak, and he heard De'an next to him ask:

"Bold! Which palace is the servant, but he didn't bow down when he saw it!? ”

Li Zhi frowned, and immediately turned his head to look, but what caught his eye was just a corner of the vermilion skirt that flashed by.

He turned his head to see De'an hurriedly go left and right to get people, but he shook his head, and without thinking too much, he went straight to the back garden.

……

Not much.

In the gardens of the Imperial Palace.

Mei Niang was dressed in a goose-yellow bandeau palace dress, her long hair was combed into pear blossoms, and her hair was only decorated with some flowers and beads, but she looked very beautiful and cute.

While Suqin helped her, she carefully walked to the water pavilion in the garden and sat down, and then served tea and waited for her.

Looking at the dim sum that was put on the table, Mei Niang smiled faintly, but said:

"In all these years, I've never felt as comfortable as I did here. Speaking of which, it's also a shame that you are willing to accompany me so inconveniently to move, walking back and forth, tired of you. ”

My sister said this, but it made Suqin's heart worse. It's rare that my sister is willing to ask Suqin to accompany her, how can she say that she is tired of Suqin?

There is no one who can talk well in Suqin, and it is rare that my sister can chat with Suqin at this time, and Suqin is not happy! ”

Su Qin said with a smile.

Mei Niang shook her head, and said softly after a while:

"You...... It's really the same temperament as your sister.,Always patient.,But not like me.。 ”

In the past few days since Su Qin entered the palace, she had already seen that there seemed to be some internal reasons between Mei Niang and Li Zhi, and she wanted to persuade her, but in the end, it was also a matter of husband and wife, and she might have something unpersuadable, so she said:

"My sister still wants to open something better. After all, this is the Tang Dynasty, not as good as an ordinary home. Once something happens, it is the Lord, but it may not be possible to do everything as expected! ”

Mei Niang turned her head and looked at her, but suddenly smiled:

"Really......

You and your sister really understand me in general......

I didn't say anything, and you know what's going on. ”

She paused, but hesitated before she said lightly:

"It's not that I'm going to embarrass him. In fact, he is also thinking about me, but I am not happy in my own heart. ”

Su Qin looked at her for a while before she said lightly:

"Sister, I wonder if Suqin can share one or two worries?"

Mei Niang looked at her and opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, just shook her head with a wry smile, and said softly after a while:

"Something...... It's better that you still don't know. ”

Su Qin looked at Mei Niang, thought about it, and was silent after all.

The two sisters sat in the water pavilion between the green water and red flowers, and watched the fluttering swallows outside the pavilion rise and fall sullenly, and they didn't even notice that Li Zhi and De'an's master and servant quietly walked into the water pavilion.

In the end, it was De'an who stepped forward cautiously and patted Suqin gently, she was shocked, and then looked at Li Zhi, who was smiling implicitly, immediately understood, smiled and saluted, turned his head to look at the Tian Tian lotus leaves that were sprouting new leaves outside the water pavilion by the railing, couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and then retreated carefully.

When she got up, she gave another big gift, but was stopped by Li Zhi and shook her head with a smile.

After thanking Li Zhi for his kindness, Suqin carefully retreated, and when she walked out of the water pavilion, she couldn't help but stop and turned her head to look back, but what she saw was that Li Zhi was already sitting quietly in the water pavilion and still looking outside the pavilion, but she didn't notice that her husband had come to Mei Niang behind her, looking at her with pity.

Su Qin smiled with relief, turned her head and walked out of the water pavilion without looking back-

Maybe, she thought, just maybe, she will soon be able to see Mei Niang's gentle smiling face again.

……

Mei Niang looked at the water in a daze, full of sorrow like a wanderer tangled in the water, and didn't know how to untie the knot.

She thought about it too much, she thought of Hong'er, thought of the queen, thought of Concubine Shu, thought of the eldest grandson Wuji, and thought of ......

Li Zhi.

But when she thought about it, she was stunned to find that she had never put herself in such a concern again.

So, she couldn't help but sigh, shook her head and smiled bitterly.

Suddenly, a pair of big hands, too familiar to be more familiar, were too careful to gently wrap around her slightly bulging waist and abdomen from behind:

"But what are you sighing again?"

She was startled, and when she hurriedly turned her head, she saw Li Zhi, who was holding herself in her arms and looking at her with a gentle smile.

That slightly flattering smile, such a familiar face......

She suddenly realized that this man was still the same as the childish slave he had been, and he had not changed at all.

That...... Who is changing?

Is it yourself?

She asked herself, and then secretly smiled bitterly in her heart:

Oh, yes...... Should it be yourself?

After all, he is much older than him......

I was born before I was born, and I was born ......

I am not old, but I am also in the twilight......

She...... Could it have made him feel ......

Old?

Mei Niang suddenly panicked, thinking about it, she couldn't help but turn around, and threw herself into his arms like a wronged little girl, burying her face sullenly, not saying a word, just burying herself in his chest, listening to his powerful beating sound, it was obvious that she was shocked and asked again and again:

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What's wrong? ”

I don't know if it's because I'm pregnant and my mind has become childlike, Mei Niang at this moment doesn't want to answer at all, so as to relieve Li Zhi's anxiety.

Instead, he just hugged Li Zhi tighter, stuffed his face deeper, and didn't say a word, just hugged him like this, hugged him sullenly, felt his body temperature, felt his heartbeat, and felt his breathing and gentleness.

Li Zhi was flustered at the beginning and stroked Mei Niang's body up and down, and tried to straighten her up to see if there was anything uncomfortable. But after several attempts, this girl refused to get up at all, but she was stuffed in his arms, and she didn't see anything unusual about her breathing, and she didn't see any injuries when her palms touched it, so his mind calmed down a little.

Shaking his head, he sighed, reached out and stroked the top of Mei Niang's head, and said slowly:

"Not mad at me?"

"Hmmm......"

Just this kind of soft humming made Li Zhi's heart that had been hanging for many days let go, and the irritability and uneasiness were calmed down a lot.

So, he also hugged her back, gently pressed his chin against the top of her head, swayed his body back and forth slightly, but his eyes only looked at the top of the hall, blinked, and said lightly after a while:

"After all, Zhong'er is innocent. What about this...... Zhong'er really doesn't know. ”

"Hmmm......"

Mei Niang hummed sullenly.

Li Zhi sighed:

"If Zhong'er knew, he wouldn't have taught such things to happen."

"Hmmm......"

"I know you think that man can be killed......

I never felt like he shouldn't have been killed.

It's just that...... At the moment, it is real, for the sake of Zhong'er, for Hong'er, it is better to wait. ”

"Hmmm......"

"Don't be angry, okay? Next time, I'll put your heart first. ”

“…… Jiro thinks that Mei Niang is angry that Ji Lang didn't put Mei Niang's mind first? ”

Mei Niang suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Zhi with bright eyes.

Li Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at his wife who was looking up at him in his arms, and was a little surprised:

"Isn't it?"

Mei Niang sighed and shook her head:

"Of course not."

She got up slowly, walked out of Li Zhi's arms, walked to the other side of the water pavilion and stood still, looking at the few new lotus flowers that had already budded slightly on the water:

Mei Niang understood Jiro's intentions, and she also knew that Jiro didn't want to see Prince Chengqian's incident happen again...... Mei Niang complained, why couldn't Jiro talk to Mei Niang clearly?

Even now, I still think that Mei Niang is angry because of Zhong'er's insurance?

Could it be that Mei Niang ......?"

She turned around and looked at Li Zhi with bright eyes:

"Does Jiro think that Mei Niang has never been a person who understands Jiro's heart?"

Li Zhi was stunned, but he opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer.