Chapter Seventy-Three: Hope
The emperor asked Gonggong Liu to come close and asked, "Do you remember the girl I met with you on Chaoyang Street when I was ten years old?"
Gonggong Liu hurriedly tried to recall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
That was seven years ago, and it was a very small thing, and Grandpa Liu couldn't remember it for a while.
"Your Majesty, the minion has a bad memory, I don't remember. Gonggong Liu said apologetically.
The emperor put his hands behind his head, looked at Chengchen and said, "It was also summer at that time, and I felt very bored after reading books for most of the day, so I asked you to take me outside the palace for a walk." You dressed me in the costume of a little eunuch, and sneaked out with me through the small door. ”
"Oops, the minion remembered. Gonggong Liu patted his head and said, "We went to the Spring Festival restaurant first, and His Majesty ordered a bowl of dumplings and two meat buns, one of which was rewarded to the slave by His Majesty." After eating, we went to Chaoyang Street. ”
"That's right. The Emperor smiled.
Liu Gonggong continued to recall: "On that day, Chaoyang Street was full of traffic, crowded with people, and it was very lively, and we squeezed in the bustling crowd for a long time before we got out of the crowd and came to a slightly cleaner street. At this moment, several ragged beggars suddenly burst out of the alley on one side. The minions fear that they will hurt you, so they are busy protecting you behind you. But they're not here to attack you, they're chasing a lame dog. The dog was still bleeding from its hind legs, apparently from a stone or a stick, but it ran forward as fast as it could, and its mouth was constantly wailing. The beggars chased after the dog, with a greedy light in their eyes, and their steps became faster and faster, and they saw that they were about to catch up with the dog, when suddenly, not far in front of the dog, came the words 'stop, don't bully it', and then a little girl of about eight or nine years old took a few steps forward and squatted down to protect the dog. ”
"Yes," replied the Emperor with a smile, and his whole body was immersed in the memory, "it was a girl with picturesque eyebrows and a lotus-like temperament, and she took the wounded and dirty dog into her arms, not caring in the slightest that the blood and mud on it stained her clean white dress. She slowly stood up with it in her arms, as if it were her child. Her eyes were filled with tears, and her eyes were filled with pity and love. She slowly moved her gaze from the dog to the beggars, and there seemed to be some innate nobility and majesty in her eyes, which made them dare not come any closer. She said to them, 'Those who deceive will be deceived, and you have hands and feet, and you are still young, so you should not be so useless,' and she took the dog and left.
I will never forget the way she picked up the dog, and that was the style of a 'mother's world', and I thought to myself that if I marry a wife in the future, I will marry someone like her. ”
The emperor's eyes were full of tenderness as he said this, and a smile of happiness and longing unconsciously appeared on his face.
By that time he had fallen in love with her, not only because of her looks, but also because of her soul.
After the beggars had gone away, the Emperor and Gonggong Liu began to quietly follow the girl, wanting to know where her family lived.
The girl was accompanied by two attendants and a maid, who escorted her through the long alley and then to a house by the bridge.
The emperor and Gonggong Liu did not follow again, but crouched on the side of the bridge and watched them enter the house before leaving.
On the way back, the emperor said to Gonggong Liu: "I once read a book in which it was said that a long time ago there was a very amorous prince living in a distant island country, and he chased all kinds of women all his life, and had deep or shallow relationships with them, long or short, and because of them, he was also trapped in the web of love all his life. I admire his love for women, and I am afraid that I would not have been able to do it anyway. ”
At that time, Gonggong Liu covered his mouth and smiled when he heard this, and said, "Your Highness, after you ascend the throne, you will know that you can actually do it too." ”
The young little prince immediately understood the meaning of his words, and immediately blushed, and said hurriedly: "Unless I haven't gotten the woman I want the most, I won't be like this." ”
"So, what does Your Highness mean - if you get the woman you want the most, you will be dismissive of the other women?"
The little prince was still blushing, and nodded: "Maybe my body will occasionally be unfaithful, but my heart will definitely only be tied to her." ”
Gonggong Liu said: "So, maybe the prince in the distant island country has only been involved in one person in his heart, but his body can't help but be tempted by other women." ”
The young prince was speechless, and walked in front silently.
But he secretly said to himself in his heart - if I really got the woman I love one day, I would try not to do anything to make her sad.
After returning to the palace, the little prince secretly sent someone to ask, and soon learned that the family's surname was Liu, and the owner's name was Liu Qingsong, who was the head of the ministry.
However, at that time, the prince was too young to know how to express his love for the girl, and only thought that knowing her residence would be foolproof, but he did not expect that a year later the whole family moved away, and it was to Minzhou, which is 108,000 miles away from the capital.
It was only then that the little prince regretted that he had not acted in time, and hurriedly sent people to inquire about their address in Minzhou and Liu Qingsong's local official position.
He was a little more reassured when he got the exact news about them, and since then he has inquired about their family almost once a year.
However, since last year, because the first emperor asked him to go to the court to listen to the government and help review the recitals, he suddenly became unprecedentedly busy, so the matter was shelved. Now, he suddenly remembered, and he didn't want to delay for a moment.
He quickly sent someone to Minzhou to inquire in person, so as to know if she was still in the boudoir.
That night, due to his anxious mood, the emperor tossed and turned, and could not sleep for a long time.
He didn't even know her name, and she didn't even know who he was, but he had the feeling that he had known her thousands of years ago.
The wind of the summer night blew in with the fragrance of flowers, awakening the instinctive awareness of men.
I want you to be my queen.
I hope you don't have a marriage contract yet, but I hope you are as good as ever.
For the first time, the emperor said boldly in his heart.
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Dear friends, the update is coming. The author Jun was rippled by the little emperor's beautiful first love, and I hope it can also ripple everyone