I am a Good Man

"Master, take medicine."

A woman in a short coat of coarse cloth walked in. The woman was born white, her skin was like fat, her eyebrows were as distant, her facial features were exquisite and beautiful, but her beautiful face was all haggard, she was pale without a trace of blood, and she had a pair of delicate hands that were properly maintained. She is now swollen like a carrot, thin and looks weak.

The scrawny man on the bed moved, coughed violently, and suddenly leaned on the side of the bed, vomiting a few mouthfuls of blood.

"The prince." Ling Yu's pupils shrank, and he walked in anxiously, supported him, and looked at the red blood on the ground, his whole body was shaky.

"It's useless." The man held her hand weakly, covered with a moldy quilt, shaking with cold.

"Nothing will happen." Ling Yu murmured, and hurriedly ran to the cabinet on the side, took out all the clothes and covered him, choked with his voice, "The prince will be fine, definitely not."

She helped him up, raised the medicine bowl, let him lean on her shoulder, and slowly fed him the medicine.

The ceramic bowl was missing a mouth, and there was still some residue floating on the concoction. She took a spoon and scooped it out.

"It will be better if you eat it. They said that these are herbs, which are the most effective for the prince's disease." She lowered her head and blew gently, with a glimmer of hope in her beautiful eyes.

"Where is the bracelet on your hand?" The man looked at her hand, weak, "Didn't you say that you will not leave?"

"It's too inconvenient to wear, and I took it off." Ling Yu's eyes flickered, looking at his hand covered with frostbite, he shrank unnaturally.

The man didn't reply, he had already expected that he would be fooled by those palace ladies and eunuchs, his eyes were dim and distressed.

"The prince should drink the medicine first, and it will be good." She held the medicine and fed it to his mouth.

Seeing her gradually pale face, he swallowed back what he was about to say, listened to her, and slowly opened his mouth.

Suddenly, the scene changed.

The woman in the dream ran in with tears of joy, "Master, the imperial doctor is here, and it will be cured soon."

The man looked at the imperial doctor who came in, and his eyes were filled with gloomy birds, "I'm fine, I don't need to see a doctor."

"My lord, you will let the doctor take a look. I beg you." Ling Yu looked at him who was weak, and his eyes gradually turned red. "I beg you, what can I do if this continues?"

He clenched his fist, looked at her with tears, and looked at this shabby room, cold and rainy, dilapidated, and finally reluctant to leave her alone, coughed several times, and passed his hand over.

"I'll make a prescription, follow the instructions above, and drink it a few times."

"Thank you, the doctor, thank you." Her tone was full of excitement, and she hurriedly sent the doctor out to get the medicine and decoction.

"The imperial doctor said it would be better if you drink three of them."

"Yu'er, did you hide something from me?"

"How can the concubine keep the prince from it?"

…

Ji Yang lay on the bed, her lips pressed tightly, his forehead was full of fine sweat, his face was full of pain and struggle, and the scene in his dream continued.

The cold palace door was opened, and the leading **** held luxurious clothes in his hands, and reached out to follow the two rows of palace ladies and eunuchs and guards.

"Concubine Ling, our family will come to pick you up on the emperor's will."

Just after recovering, the man who got out of the bed suddenly widened his eyes, and looked at the woman on the side, "Noble concubine?"

Ling Yu lowered his head and walked slowly towards the eunuch, kneeling down to take the clothes handed over by the other party.

"You are my princess, you are not allowed to go anywhere!" He grabbed her by the hand to **** her back, his eyes panicked and frightened, and pulled her to his side.

"Lord Xian, that's not right, now you are a prisoner under house arrest in the cold palace, but a pariah, where's the prince and princess? Haven't you woken up yet?" The eunuch's yin and yang voice came, covering his mouth with a chuckle.

"Get out, all get out of this king!"

The man dragged Ling Yu to blast them out. The scene was chaotic. The guards stepped forward and separated the two. He fell several times and forced him to suppress her. She still left with red eyes.

"Ling Yu!" He yelled at her with scarlet eyes.

"Ling Yu." Ji Yang closed his eyes tightly, his hand on one side burst into blue veins, cold sweat broke out, and he was pulled into another scene.

"The emperor's house is kind, and he is thinking about his old love. Now he will release you from the cold palace and will not be able to return to Beijing forever."

"Don't you kneel down to thank you?"

"Return Ling Yu to me, return me, return me! Ji Yao, you must die!"

"Be bold, call the name of the sage directly, hit me, if you don't die, you can throw it out of the palace, so I can go back for business."

…

"The sky has changed. The concubine Ling in the capital is killing the king, and the world is going to change."

"The palace is vying for the throne."

"Yu'er..." The ragged man walked back, walking in a hurry and fell down. Behind him was the voice of others continuing to discuss, "Concubine Ling committed suicide and drank poison. I heard that she was also divided by five horses."

The man who fell to the ground froze, his eyes were distraught, his lips squirmed a few times, and he couldn't help howling.

…

"Look."

"Someone jumped into the river and committed suicide."

"There is no doubt that you will die in such a deep water."

…

"Yu'er." Ji Yang yelled, opened his eyes suddenly, and sat up. The shirt he was wearing was soaked and his mouth was dry. He was pressing on his heart, so dull, he couldn't breathe. .

The tingling from the heart valve lasts for a long time.

The original owner’s wish is still echoing in his ears, "Help me protect my mother, queen, and brother, and protect Yuer."

Ji Yang got up and got out of bed, poured himself a cup of tea, after slowing down, looked around the environment in the next room, as the emperor's brother, the most favored prince of the dynasty, the cost of dressing was natural and luxurious.

There is a large bookshelf on the side of the room, made of rare pear blossom trees, and the wide wooden table is purple trembling wood. There are many precious antiques around, and many valuable original works are hung on the walls.

Just a few days after the wedding, the original owner was in the study every night.

"Lord." The maid's voice came from outside the door, "Are you awake? The servants come in and wait for you to wash and change your clothes."

Ji Yang said, "Come in."

Hearing, the maid outside the door breathed a sigh of relief and came in with the water lowered.

"No, I'll do it myself." Ji Yang raised his hand to stop. After washing, he took the court clothes handed over by the maid and asked casually, "What is the princess doing recently?"

Hearing this, the maid was slightly startled. Since the princess entered the house, the prince has not actively mentioned that he left the princess alone to guard the vacancy on the night of the wedding. The three dynasties returned to the house and ignored the housekeeping, and the princess went back alone. Not only that, these few days, the princess was visiting I went to the kiln in the brothel to listen to music, and only yesterday brought a singer back to ask the concubine to be appointed.

The princess has just started, but now she is the laughing stock of the whole city.

"Back to the prince, the princess is unwell today, and I heard that she felt cold when she came back from Ling Mansion, and she is training." The maid replied.

Ji Yang frowned, "Let the warehouse pick up some good tonics and send them over. It is the king's heart, so that the princess can take good care of her body."

"Yes."

After a while, Ji Yang went out, got on the sedan chair, and went to the palace.

The mansion of King Xian is not far from the palace, and half a stick of incense time has come.

The red wall and yellow tiles not far away show the royal majesty, exceptionally magnificent, and the golden roof and red gate of the palace give people a sense of solemnity.

The emperor Ji Yichen was a Ming monarch, and his compatriots were both born of the Queen Mother.

In addition, there are three princes, the second prince Ji Yao, the fifth prince Ji Chao, and the eighth prince Ji Xing, all have been crowned kings.

Jiahe Temple.

The hall is supported by a number of red pillars, each of which is carved with a lifelike golden dragon pattern. On the dragon chair sits a man in a golden yellow robe with a majestic face, looking at the courtier below.

It didn't take long for Ji Yichen to take the post, and his wings were not yet full, so he had to be patient.

After a dispute, each party refused to give in, and each faction was unwilling to lose their own interests, and they were fighting openly and secretly.

Ji Yichen was furious and waved his hand, "Retreat!"

"Long live my emperor long live long live long live." Everyone knelt down.

Ji Yichen snorted coldly, walked down, approached Ji Yang, and looked at his younger brother who was outside the matter. His tone was hateful for iron and steel, and finally turned into one sentence, "It's fine to spend more time with my mother."

"Yes." Ji Yang lowered his head, his words were neither salty nor light.

After the emperor left, the crowd gathered together and whispered.

Ji Yang turned around and walked back, seeing the person in front of him, and said respectfully, "My father-in-law."

The person in front was slightly startled, his muddy eyes with thin anger, his face was stern, and due to the identity of the other party and the sight of the people around him, he insisted, "The prince does not need to be polite."

"Prime Minister Ling is Yu'er's biological father, and he is naturally the elder of this king, as it should be." Ji Yang replied.

Ling Wei sneered, on the surface, he did a really good job. If it weren't for so many people, he really wanted to ask, why didn't Sanchao return to his "good son-in-law"? Surely put his father-in-law in the eyes?

"This king is going to see his mother, so he should take a step first." Ji Yang said again, raising his leg and walking out.

Ling Wei pressed his lips tightly, his eyes were extremely unpleasant.

"I heard that Miss Ling's family didn't marry in the past, and the prince Xian didn't accompany her back to the door. Prime Minister Ling's face was lost. Now the whole city is laughing."

"Not only did she not have the bridal chamber, but she did not call the princess when she came to the palace to offer tea to thank you the next day. It was she herself who entered the palace alone."

"That's too much? I heard that the prince brought a singer back to the palace and loved him extremely."

…

"Huh!" Ling Wei looked gloomy, snorted coldly, and flung his sleeves and left.

His reputation for half of his life was ruined by this matter, and behind Ji Yang were the emperor and the queen mother, it was totally impossible.

Jiatai Palace.

"Lord Xian is here."

Ji Yang walked in, the closed-eyed man lying on the soft collapse opened his eyes, and slowly got up. She was wearing a golden cloud-smoke shirt embroidered with peonies, and she put on one hand with armor and inlaid on it. With a few sapphires.

This person is the empress dowager Zhao. She is over forty and has no trace of age on her face. She looks like she is thirty years old, with full skin and even more graceful and luxurious temperament.

"Mother Queen." Ji Yang called out.

"Are you free to see me today?" The queen mother took the hot tea handed over by the maid, took a sip, and spoke lightly.

Ji Yang said silently.

The queen mother was angry again. After all, she was her own son, and she was scolded. After all, the other party did not change at all, leaving her helpless. After all, she was a woman in the deep palace. She quickly calmed her anger and said, "Sit down."

This son didn't know who to follow. He was headstrong and had no rules in his eyes. If she had any means, if Ji Yang did it right, she wouldn't be able to.

Ji Yang sat down and said bluntly, "The emperor asked me to see the mother and queen."

"The emperor won't let you come, so you don't plan to see me?" The queen mother put down the cup with a "slap", her voice was majestic, "When will you make trouble? City people can't make a joke?"

"I don't want to watch you turn against each other, or do you want to be a woman?"

"If you let me choose again, I will still choose Ling Yu as the princess. As for Mo Tian, ​​she will not enter the palace, but she will never have any contact with you."

Speaking of this topic, no matter how good the queen mother is, she disappeared, her chest rising and falling violently with anger.

Ji Yang has been obsessed with Mo Tian for a long time, she doesn't know it, but that woman is very ambitious, and she doesn't look down on a prominent princess.

"The queen mother calmed down her anger." The mother stepped forward to take care of her.

"Concubine Mo, please see me."

The queen mother took a few breaths and looked at Ji Yang again. After waiting for a while, she returned to her expressionless appearance and opened her mouth, "Let her come in."

The person who came in came in wearing a maroon red dress looking at the fairy dress. She wore a jasper jade chan and phoenix hairpin on her head, with a thin rouge on her face, a melon-like face with phoenix eyes, and she looked delicate and elegant. She was a rare beauty.

Mo Tian walked in and leaned over slightly, "please greet the Queen Mother, and greet the Lord Xian."

"Get up, come, give a seat." The queen mother said lightly.

"Queen Mother Xie." Mo Tian stepped aside.

Ji Yang sat there without speaking.

"Why Concubine Mo has time to come here today?" The Queen Mother came without a rush.

"I heard that the Queen Mother was in a hug today. The Heavenly Father came back from the border a few days ago and brought some Miao medicine, which is particularly effective in treating the leg pain of the Queen Mother. The concubine wanted to send it to the Queen Mother to try." Mo Tian answered.

"Concubine Mo is interested." The queen mother's face remained unchanged.

Mo Han was a general protector of the country, and he held the power of the army. For this alone, the royal family could not treat Mo Tian badly.

Now that the emperor has not yet been appointed, if she gives birth to a son, it is very likely that she will be a queen.

And she didn't want to.

"These are what the concubines should do." Mo Tian replied.

After a while, Ji Yichen also came, frowning when he looked at Mo Tian, ​​but the other party looked at him with joy and got up to salute.

"No gift." Ji Yichen said, his eyes also quietly observed Ji Yang, and he sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"The concubine thanks the emperor." Mo Tian touched his stomach and said softly.

"Concubine Mo Gui is pregnant with a baby and is inconvenient, so go back and rest early." The queen mother looked at Mo Tian.

No matter how stupid, Mo Tian could hear that he was rushing, and he got up to salute, and then took the palace maid to leave.

"Didn't you eat breakfast? Then accompany the mourning family with some." The queen mother looked at the mother, not allowing the two to refuse, "Prepare food."

"Yes." The mother bowed her head and stepped back.

"I heard that you and Prime Minister Ling had a quarrel today in the back of the dynasty? Is there such a thing?" the queen mother asked Ji Yang.

"No." His attitude was lukewarm.

"No matter how Ling Yu is the only daughter of the Ling family, aren't you hitting the Ling family in the face like this?" The queen mother said, she wrinkled her eyebrows again, "Yang'er, you are getting more and more excessive. "

She had heard a little about the things these days, and she was going to get sick with anger.

Ji Yang not only embarrassed Ling Yu, but also embarrassed her and the emperor, resisting in his own way.

"You have been married for seven days. You spend the night in the study room every day. What you did a few days ago is nothing but the ridiculous thing you did. Yesterday you blatantly redeemed the singer back to the house and kept saying that you want her to be a concubine."

"If this continues, others will be destined to laugh, and the royal family will be laughed at. Ling Yu still has a reputation?"

"Mother, let's eat first, and don't get angry." Ji Yichen persuaded, like she handed tea, "The emperor must be confused for a while and can't take it seriously."

The queen mother took it and took two more sips, unable to calm her anger, and then the three of them moved to eat.

The court lady **** brought up breakfast, a total of more than 30 dishes.

Five strands of shredded chicken, roast duck stewed cabbage, premium bird's nest, crispy pancakes, sand nest wonton wings, minced meat biscuits, millet mung bean porridge...

Regarding this little son, the queen mother had something to teach, but the other party rarely refuted it today. She also wanted to have a good meal with him. Since the marriage decree came down, he had a quarrel for a while, and the relationship between the mother and the son disappeared. Reconciled.

"Let's eat." The Queen Mother sighed in her heart.

"Yes."

"Yes."

The palace maid began to serve them dishes, and the queen mother would ask Ji Yichen about the affairs of the court from time to time. The two were talking, but Ji Yang was silent, so quiet that they were uncomfortable.

After a meal.

Looking at Ji Yang, Ji Yichen finally made a concession, “Xian Wangfu's concubine must come from the princess. As for that singer, put it on the bright side to ruin your reputation, and wait for the princess to conceive an heir. She re-arranged her innocent identity to enter the house, and when she gave birth to a child, I would consider making her a concubine."

This is a great concession.

As the prince of the dynasty, if people talk about these things, you will be ridiculed.

"How can there be a reason for a singer to be a concubine? The Ai family will never agree, the emperor, don't follow him!" The dowager was serious and raised her voice. It must be a family that is beneficial to you."

"The concubines of Chen's family and Zhang's family are not engaged. They can do it. If they are fancy, the emperor can make an decree to marry her. At this time, the unidentified woman will be referred to as the concubine, and everyone in the world should be laughing."

"The Aijia will never agree!"

Ji Yichen felt weak.

Whenever talking about this matter, there must be a big quarrel, and Ji Yang finally turned and left, further intensifying the conflict.

"You are a child of the Ai family. Don’t think that the Ai family doesn’t know what you want to do. I heard that the singer looks like a six-pointed concubine Mo Gui, and I don’t care if you are raised in the yard for fun. , Where do you put the emperor's face? Where do you put the face of Aijia?"

The queen mother stared at Ji Yang sternly. This matter can no longer be solved by connivance, it is the face of the entire royal family.

How can Ji Yichen not know?

He can't do it either.

Since joining Mo Tian into the palace, the old brother who worshipped him and respected him has completely changed.

After the uproar, he accepted his gift of marriage and married Ling Yu back. No one was seen in the bridal night. The next day he entered the palace without anyone, nor did he return to the door in three dynasties.

It humiliates people to the extreme, if something happens again, Ling Yu's reputation can't be claimed, and it will become the laughing stock of all people in the world.

Behind her is the Ling family, and Ling Wei will be quite prestigious again in the field, and it will definitely have an impact on him.

"No, the minister never said it." Ji Yang said out in a calm mood.

This made the two of them feel slightly shocked. The Queen Mother quickly reacted and said lightly, "You just got married, and Ling Yu is a good child. The mother and the emperor will not harm you."

"Yeah." Ji Yang nodded, rare to deserve it so quickly.

Seeing him like this, the queen mother felt that she was pressing too tightly. The youngest son grew up spoiled by her and the first emperor. It is inevitable that she will be self-willed. Don’t be arrogant about you, men should have the world in their hearts, and there are so many women, not worse than this one."

"Erchen knows, thank you mother empress." Ji Yang's voice is low, not sad or happy.

"Leave it all, the Ai family is exhausted." The queen mother waved her hand.

"Children retired."

"Children retired."

Apart from Jiahe Palace before and after Ji Yang and Ji Yichen, the two who used to talk about everything are now unfamiliar.

Ji Yichen wanted to speak several times, but didn't know where to start.

He was the prince trained by the first emperor when he was young, and Ji Yang was his younger brother. The teachings given to him by the queen dowager and the first emperor were to assist him in governing the country, so he has always been used to him.

Long Yin was right in front, Ji Yang stopped, and then looked at Ji Yichen, pondered, and slowly said, "Brother Huang, I fainted a few days ago. What you said doesn't count. Please don't take it seriously. ."

Ji Yichen looked at him several times, but was puzzled by his sudden change of sex, and shook his head, "It's no problem, you can think clearly that nature is the best, and the queen naturally has her reason. Mo Tian is not suitable for being a princess, according to the Mo family. With her ambitions, she was unwilling to be a prominent princess.

"Well, I'm going back to the mansion first, and then I will go to the palace and then ride an arrow with the emperor brother." He paused for a while after speaking, "I will take my princess."

"Good." Ji Yichen responded.

…

"The emperor starts."

The two ran in opposite directions, but there was no smoke from the previous gunpowder. Ji Yichen couldn't help but lifted his thin lips, and the frustrated mood was also dissipated.

In the palace.

The queen mother was uneasy, looked at the mother beside her, hesitated and said, "Mother Chen, pick a few palace ladies and send them to the Xianwang Mansion to serve the Xianwang."

"Do things in a low-key manner. Princess Xian said that it was Miao's idea. Someone must help her watch King Xian."

"Yes."

Naturally, it was a court lady who was cultivated in the palace, with a nice face, and was specially trained to serve the master.

After the order, the queen mother was relieved.

Ji Yang has regressed, and she is also afraid of wronging her own child. Since she doesn't like having **** with Ling Yu, she has to have a few obedient maids by her side after she has done superficial skills. It is better than being fascinated by an outside singer. it is good.

Xian Wangfu.

In the flower hall of a courtyard, there is a stunning woman sitting in a Danxia brocade veil and cloud skirt, her waist is bound by a cloud band, and she is even more slender. Phoenix hairpin.

Take a closer look, the complexion is as snow-white as fat, the eyebrows are picturesque, the bridge of the nose is beautiful, the lips are like cherry blossoms, and the appearance is charming and charming.

She was looking forward, the peonies not far away were blooming beautifully, and the bees hovering above the flowers.

The breeze is breezy, and the air is full of fragrance of flowers.

"Miss, it's windy outside, you are just right, go back to the house and rest." A mother walked over and whispered to persuade.

"It's okay, nanny needn't worry." Her voice was like a stream of water, soft and soothing.

"Miss." Mother Xu looked at her slender body, and her eyes were red. "The prince is too much. Through the ages, how can such a thing happen?"

She watched when Ling Yu grew up, and regarded her as her biological daughter, a good daughter in the grandfather's house, and now she has become the laughingstock of the whole city.

"I'm going back and telling the madam, I told my grandfather originally." Mother Xu wiped her tears, "How can the young lady compare with a singer? The prince deceived people too much."

Last night, King Xian and the singer were in the back garden, in front of the singer, they actually stated clearly that they would never have the same room with Ling Yu, and that the eldest son and eldest daughter of the palace would never come out of her belly.

In other words, Ling Yu is to stay a widow for a lifetime.

Now everyone in the house looked down on Ling Yu and laughed secretly.

"Nanny." Ling Yu raised his eyes slightly, and said solemnly, "This is the palace, not the Xiang's residence. You have to speak a little more restrained."

"The old slave understands, but you can look at the lady..."

"Since I have been married into the palace, I am a royal person. This is a road of no return. What I am carrying is not my personal marriage, but the responsibility of the daughter of the Xiangfu." Ling Yu finished, closed his eyes, and let go With the hand on the side clenched tightly, the emotions were difficult to calm down, and it took a long time to say, "It's already like this, I can't help but live our own life in Ansheng."

From full of expectation to suffering, if this continues, she will fall, but she still has someone to protect.

"Miss." Mother Xu felt sorry for her.

"Miss." A maid in a blue dress hurriedly ran from a distance, panting.

"What kind of style is it reckless?" Mother Xu scolded her face sternly.

"The slave maid convicted." Xia He bent down quickly, with joy in her eyes, "Sister Cheng Xi came and brought a lot of rare medicinal materials. He said that the prince asked him to go to the storeroom to fetch the young lady's body. The prince still cares. Miss."

They are all Ling Yu's dowry maids. They followed Ling Yu when she was young, and naturally hoped that she would be favored and prosperous.

Hearing that, Mother Xu had a smile in her eyes.

The women in the backyard rely on the love of men to live their lives.

There was no change on Ling Yu's face, she had no expectation, got up with the maid's hand, and walked to the main hall.

The place where she lives is the Wangfu Beiyuan, the farthest away from the gate. It is nominally quiet, but in fact it is not as close to the mountains and water as the Nanyuan where the new singer lives.

The main hall of Beiyuan.

Seeing Ling Yu coming in, Cheng Xi bowed and bowed, "The slave servant has seen the princess."

"Get up."

"Princess Xie." Cheng Xi looked at Ling Yu. As the maid of the king, she had never seen each other several times.

The reason was that King Xian ignored the princess at all, and even hated it, but the princess was indeed elegant and beautiful, which really made people wonder.

What is even more unclear is the behavior of the prince this morning.

"The prince heard that the princess occasionally felt cold, and asked the servants to send medicinal materials and supplements for the princess to raise her body. This is the prince's heart." Cheng Xi raised her hand, and the maid behind her was carrying two century-old ginseng and the first-class bird's nest.

"Thank you prince for me, my health is much better." Ling Yu smiled, not the joy Cheng Xi expected.

She remembered that the last time she saw Ling Yu, she came to ask King Xian to come back with her, and it was her who went to report. At that time, there was expectation in her clear beautiful eyes.

How do you say it now?

Not quite right.

Before she could think about it, Ling Yu had already said again, "Xia He, see off the guests for this princess."

"The slave and maid will bring the words of the princess to the prince." Cheng Xi leaned over.

"Sister Cheng, please." Xia He walked in front, and several people walked out one after another.

Ling Yu glanced at the things on the table casually, and said, "Nanny, stew some bird's nests for me tonight."

"The old slave knows." Mother Xu smiled, and she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, "It was all from the prince. It was from the prince's heart. Miss, let's also send something in the past? It's also a good way to cultivate feelings."

Although I don't like to show the king, how can I do it? Even if Ling Yu can't get the favor of the king, he can still sit down as a princess if he can give birth to a son.

"No need." Ling Yu shuffled into the inner room.

Ji Yang just gave her a little bit of sweetness, and then she stepped forward to ingratiate herself in exchange for a new round of humiliation and spurning.

"Miss." Mother Xu stood on the spot, looking at her back, her eyes were also full of sadness, and she looked at Dongxiang who was aside, "The first time the prince brought something here, is it because he wants to reconcile?"

"It must be, the young lady is so beautiful and gentle, the prince will definitely like it." Dong Xiang nodded fiercely, also hopeful.

"I hope, Dongxiang, Qiuhe, you two will go and serve the young lady." Mother Xu again greeted the two maids to take away the things on the table.

"Yes." The two men responded.