[Chapter 4 - Could it be that you have a crush on Shada] The intertwined Liu family

Half an hour later, Lord Liu came out of the imperial study in a daze, still holding the scroll in his arms. When he returned to the house, his wife saw him like this, and hurriedly asked, "The emperor refuses to agree to help match the matchmaker?" ”

Lord Liu shook his head: "Not really, the emperor agreed." He also said that the portrait was too unremarkable and that he had to ask the painter in the palace to repaint it. ”

"Then you have a sad face, I should have been implicated by my cousin again and scolded." Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Women's people, what do you do when you talk so much." Lord Liu was displeased when he heard this, put the scroll on the table again, and said, "Go and ask the little third son to find a good craftsman and frame this scroll, and I will hang it in the middle hall." ”

Mrs. Liu was inexplicable when she heard this, and when he had a fever: "The portrait of Princess Goryeo, what are you doing hanging in the middle hall?" ”

"That portrait has long been left in the palace, this is the emperor's royal pen himself, the title given to me." Lord Liu carefully untied the tether.

"The emperor also gave you a name?" Mrs. Liu was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to admire. On the sprinkled gold rice paper, a few big characters are vigorous and elegant, and they are very majestic.

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Lord Liu's mood is actually very complicated, and he is happy, and he feels that it is really difficult to take out these words to show off reads;. After all, he is a lord in the court, not a matchmaker who wears red and green on Wangcheng Street, and he has to arrange flowers on his sideburns.

In the imperial study, after looking at the portrait sent by Goryeo, the court painter asked, "I wonder how the emperor wants to modify it?" ”

"The better it looks, the better." Chu Yuan said, "It doesn't matter what it looked like before. ”

The court painter was ordered to retreat, and Shen Qianfan came out from behind the screen and said suspiciously: "Does the emperor really want to say goodbye to the king of the southwest?" ”

"It's just a matter of raising your hands." Chu Yuan put down the teacup and replied nonchalantly, "The boss is not small, and it's time to get married." ”

Shen Qianfan: "......"

Do you have to do that too?

"In the Liu family, I'm afraid he is the only one who can be regarded as loyal." Chu Yuan continued.

"What about Prime Minister Zuo?" Shen Qianfan asked.

"Liu Yishui? The old fritter can't tell that it's a traitor, but it can't be called loyalty. Chu Yuan said, "But if he is interested, I don't want to touch him this time." ”

Shen Qianfan nodded: "As soon as the Liu Mansion is removed, I am afraid that many people will fall in the DPRK this time, and the ministers will inevitably panic at that time." With Prime Minister Liu Cheng here, it would be good to be able to mediate and pour the mud. ”

Chu Yuan sighed deeply in his heart, leaned on the dragon chair and closed his eyes slightly.

The Liu family was originally the person at the end of the Empress Dowager's mother's house, the relatives were intertwined, and the people of the royal city were muttering, and the Liu Mansion on Zhengyang Street was becoming more and more magnificent, and it looked like it was about to catch up with the palace. The owner of the Liu Mansion was named Liu Gong, who originally held military power and was stationed in the northeast, and it took the first emperor of the Chu clan ten years to gradually reduce and recover the military power in his hands, and when he was dying, Xuanwen and Wu Baiguan came to the bed, and passed the crown prince to Chu Yuan - instead of Chu Xiang, the high king that the Liu family had been supporting.

And the first thing Chu Yuan did after ascending the throne was to demote his half-brother to a commoner and exile him to a small island in the southwest sea.

With these few things, the relationship between Chu Yuan and Liu Fu is self-explanatory.

But no one is a fool, even if there are more entanglements and grudges in their hearts, the two parties still talk and laugh freely on the surface. A year after Chu Yuan ascended the throne, Liu Gong took the initiative to resign, saying that he wanted to go back to the mansion to take care of his children and grandchildren.

The people all regarded this move as a sign of weakness, but Chu Yuan knew it, Mo said that Liu Gong was still in the royal city, even if he returned to his hometown in the northeast, he was still the actual ruler of the Liu family. One is Liu Dajiong, who has just come to the matchmaker, his relationship with Liu Fu has never been close, because he is too simple and straightforward, and because he has no ambition, he just wants to do his job as a minister, so he has been staying out of the matter for so many years. There is also Liu Yishui, the prime minister of Zuo, strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as Liu Gong's fellow countryman, and he was also worshiped under other adults in the imperial examination, and he was cunning and cunning, so he couldn't see what he was thinking in his stomach.

"Your Majesty, General Shen." Sixi's father-in-law reminded him outside, "It's time for dinner." ”

"It's already so late." Chu Yuan came back to his senses, although he still didn't have much appetite. But thinking that Shen Qianfan had traveled thousands of miles to rush back, he should have been hungry for a long time, so he ordered a meal, and even drank a few wines with him, until it was completely dark, and then sent Sixi to send people out of the palace.

"If the civil official has to send it, the last general will be a martial artist, and he won't trouble his father-in-law reads;." Walking to the front of Chongde Gate, Shen Qianfan smiled, "Please go back." ”

"It's okay, then General Shen will go back and rest earlier." Sixi's father-in-law smiled, "I should also go back to serve the emperor to take medicine." ”

Shen Qianfan nodded, turned around and continued to walk out, but was intercepted by someone halfway.

“…… Chapter artist? After seeing who it was, Shen Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief, this is silent, and it should be Lord Liu who wants to talk about the matchmaker.

"General Shen." Master Zhang has always been good friends with him, so he has never been restrained, "I heard Xiaofu say that the general was dining with the emperor, so I knew that I could wait for the general here." ”

"Okay, what are you waiting for me to do?" Shen Qianfan was puzzled.

"There's a little thing I want to ask the general." The chapter painter said, "Today, the emperor announced that I went to the imperial study, and there was a portrait of the princess of Goryeo, saying that he thought that the person in the original painting was not good-looking, and he wanted to paint a new one." ”

"Then you can draw a new one, do you want me to help you draw it?" Shen Qianfan smiled.

"I've already painted it, but the princess of Goryeo is mediocre, I think the original painter has already beautified it, and now I have changed it, I'm afraid it's not half similar. So I want to ask the General, did you ever know about this? If I can tell the emperor what he wants to do with this portrait, I have a score to change it, otherwise I really don't know what to do with this portrait now. The chapter painter said a lot in one breath, and he was panting.

Shen Qianfan helped him smooth out and said, "The portrait was sent by Lord Liu." ”

The chapter painter suddenly realized: "Oh, it's a matchmaker." ”

Shen Qianfan couldn't help but smile: "You just have to paint, it doesn't matter if you don't paint like it." "Anyway, it's not the emperor who marries himself, and no matter how beautiful or ugly, the king of the southwest will probably not agree, just make a fuss.

"Yes, yes, that's it, then I'll go and present the portrait to the emperor." The chapter painter was happy, and couldn't help showing off, "My painting is good, it is painted according to the first beauty in the rivers and lakes." "You can look as good as you want, and anyone can be a matchmaker.

Shen Qianfan patted him on the shoulder, turned around and strode back to the General's Mansion.

On the other side of Fuduo Town, Duan Yao was fiddling with small insects in the guest room, when suddenly four or five people came in from the window, and they threw a dart over casually.

"It's a subordinate." The people who came hurriedly hid over, and their hearts were palpitating.

"Is that you?" Duan Yao wondered, how could the killer of the Southwest Mansion follow all the way.

"Something happened in the Southwest Mansion." Among the people who came, there was a person named Duan Nian, who was Duan Baiyue's confidant.

"Master is alive again?" Duan Yao was nervous.

"If he is alive, the first thing he will do is come to you to settle accounts." Duan Baiyue pushed the door in.

Duan Yao: "......"

"How?" Duan Baiyue asked.

Duan Nian said: "As expected, a few days after the prince left, the Treasure Pagoda was stolen. ”

"Those fake letters were stolen?" Duan Baiyue smiled.

Duan Nian said: "Yes." ”

"Very good." Duan Baiyue nodded, and said, "Since you are here, let's go to the royal city with you, and remember not to reveal your whereabouts." ”

Duan Yao punctured a small worm and pouted in his heart.

No, even you are sneaky, let alone a subordinate.

When will I be able to go back to the southwest?

The cold of spring is getting colder and colder, and the weather looks like it is showing no signs of clearing up at all. Duan Yao wrapped herself in a bun and refused to come out of the carriage all day long.

Duan Baiyue is not in a hurry, and even occasionally Yaxing, she can go to the song shop to listen to a little song.

Duan Yao: "......"

More than 20 days passed, and Duan Yao was taken out in the middle of the night and "fetched" a holy decree from the post house.

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"It was originally going to be sent to the Southwest Palace." Duan Baiyue sat at the table and unpacked, so it wasn't stealing.

Duan Yao rolled her eyes and paced over with hot tea: "What's the matter?" ”

Duan Baiyue unfolded the holy decree.

Duan Yao was surprised after reading it: "Emperor Chu still cares if you are married or not?" "How to have a hobby with the aunt in the house.

Duan Baiyue opened the scroll again.

Duan Yao was even more surprised: "Emperor Chu wants to marry the Lord of Wuxue Sect to you?" ”

"There's no snow, it's Princess Goryeo." Duan Baiyue knocked on his head.

"Are Princess Goryeo and Lord Wuxue a brother and sister?" Duan Yao took the scroll and looked at the lamp, "This is clearly the master of the Wuxue Gate." "The first beauty in the rivers and lakes, but it's very good-looking.

Duan Baiyue smiled, threw the scroll into the brazier along with the holy decree, and found Duan Nian again: "Have you heard any news?" ”

"There's one thing." Duan Nian nodded first, then hesitated, "But the subordinates haven't found out yet." ”

"Let's talk about it first." Duan Baiyue said.

"It is said that the leader of the Arctua Kingdom, Shada, has arrived in the royal city." Duan Nian said.

Duan Baiyue frowned: "He? ”

What's so surprising about this. Duan Yao scolded beside him, didn't you also come secretly, you are allowed to come and others are not allowed to come?

"It should be that he is right, temporarily living in a pawn shop in the royal city, and our people accidentally found out." Duan Nian said, "And his younger brother Gu Li was assassinated in an alley in the royal city not long ago. ”

Duan Baiyue shook her head, stood up from the table and said, "Let's go." ”

"Where to go?" Duan Yao was very vigilant, these three watches were in the middle of the night.

"Wangcheng!" Duan Baiyue strode out.

Duan Yao was dumbfounded, anyone, go to the royal city now.

Duan Nian was also very surprised by this, did he really care so much?

"I guess I have a crush on that Shada." Duan Yao angrily put the worm in his pocket, "So as soon as I heard that I was in Wangcheng, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep anymore, and hurried to a private meeting." ”