Chapter Seventy-One: Lunch at the Palace

"This is Sheng'an, it's so beautiful." I touched the child's little hand, but unexpectedly, the child opened his arms and asked me to hug him. I was excited, is this a continuous blood connection? Hurriedly hugged me and said, "Niangniang, look, Sheng'an likes me very much." ”

"This is very rare," said the nurse, "and the little prince is not usually hugged." "I want to come to the princess and Sheng'an, or the sister and brother have a deep relationship, so it's naturally different from others." Zhang Ronghua said with a smile.

I was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Zhang Ronghua, she looked as usual, looking at Sheng'an with a loving face.

"The eldest sister is like a mother, although Sheng'an is the emperor's eldest son, but when it comes to the entire royal family, the princess is Sheng'an's eldest sister." Zhang Ronghua said while sorting out the children's clothes, his voice was gentle and kind. It's very comfortable to listen to.

"Why are you here?" Li Chaozong's voice sounded, and when he turned his head, Li Chaozong and Zhou Sinian walked all the way from the path through flowers and willows, and walked towards this side, and the women who were reflected were overshadowed. Hurriedly handed the child over to the nurse, knelt down and saluted, and replied: "The concubine wants to go to see Zhou Jieyu, and she met Ronghua Niangniang on the way." ”

"What a coincidence!" Li Chaozong said with a smile.

When he said this, it reminded me of the last time I "coincidentally" met Licai Nu, and I was vigilant, this Zhang Ronghua, with the eldest son of the emperor, could not be promoted, she must have guessed what I saw, and came to me to perform the deep love between sister and brother.

I was annoyed in my heart, and I hated Zhang Ronghua more and more, thinking that Li Chaozong was just afraid that he had misunderstood something, but the explanation was afraid that the more he described it, the darker it became, so he simply didn't say anything.

"Get up." Li Chaozong said, "You were wronged yesterday, and today at noon, I will be the host, and your husband and wife will accompany me to finish lunch before leaving." I thanked him, stood up, and saw Zhou Sinian standing beside Li Chaozong, but he didn't look at me. I was feeling uneasy, and Li Chaozong asked, "What did you just say you were going to do?" ”

I hurriedly replied: "The concubine wants to go and see Zhou Jieyu." ”

"Go, Zhou Jieyu is pure-hearted, gentle and lovely, and even very heartfelt, I want to thank you husband and wife!" Li Chaozong said with a smile.

This Li Chaozong can almost melt the heavens and the earth when he laughs, but unfortunately he can't see it. Moreover, his words were clearly said to Zhang Ronghua, so this kind sentence is not so beautiful.

Lunch is still me, Li Chaozong, Zhou Sinian three people, Li Chaozong is the master, Zhou Sinian and I sit on both sides.

Li Chaozong said to Zhou Sinian: "Sinian, this time the Dragon Guards investigated the case and implicated your husband and wife, and the procedures that should be taken are always to be taken, so that you will be wronged." Zhou Sinian bowed to the ground and replied: "The minister is a first-class apprentice, if it is not for His Majesty's kindness, pity on the minister, I am afraid that now the bones are gone, great kindness, even if the minister is smeared with liver and brain, it is difficult to report in case, today's matter is also the fault of the minister's lax discipline, how can he be wronged?" ”

Li Chaozong said: "Si Nian, don't mention such words in the future, I have already said that between you and me, it is not kindness, but affection." I don't want you to do stupid things like you did when you were young. He turned his head to look at me again, and reproached: "Shenglan, as a princess and a duchess of the country, but you have befriended people and actresses, and let her use your banner to do bad things, which caused today's trouble." How can a woman be a husband if she is not virtuous? Go back and reflect on it. ”

I'm uneasy, Qingqing has done something wrong? This is said by the emperor, whether the facts are true or not, they are all confirmed, and they are only afraid that Qingqing will be more auspicious. I didn't dare to ask more, I looked up and down in my heart, peeking at Zhou Sinian, but he still refused to look at me, so I had to lower my eyebrows and agree to Li Chaozong.

Zhou Sinian continued: "The minister just wants to do his best for His Majesty. His words should be in response to Li Chaozong's "doing stupid things", right? I thought, what kind of stupid thing could it be? Could it be that Zhou Sinian went to Tubo to find medicine for Li Chaozong? I sighed in my heart, and for a while I felt that it was redundant to sit here.

Li Chaozong laughed and said, "I have accepted this heart of yours. Restrained his smile again, and said, "The defense map of Sun City that you presented yesterday, as well as the detailed list of businesses in various places, I don't know what kind of intentions it is?" ”

Zhou Sinian said: "In that year, His Majesty helped the ministers defeat the barbarians, and helped the ministers to form an army, and now Sun City has been included in the territory of the Central Plains, and the army should be owned by the state. The minister implored His Majesty to send the right people to take over this army. He paused, and added, "Because piracy is rampant, this army is now fully deployed to defend the sea." ”

Li Chaozong pondered for a moment and said: "I understand the affairs of the army in my heart, Haijiang really needs the army to be armed, and the soldiers of this army seem to be illiterate?"

Zhou Sinian replied: "Yes, most of them are martial artists, and they are very rude." Li Chaozong nodded and said: "That's it, soldiers still need more education, and officers need to read more." So be it! After two days, I sent a civilian officer to be stationed in the army and teach the officers how about reading. ”

Zhou Sinian replied: "A qiē is all up to His Majesty." Li Chaozong smiled and said: "You have to worry more about the affairs of the business, over the years, the Sun City business has also paid a lot of taxes for the country, and can come up with money to do charitable things." In the future, it should be like this. ”

Zhou Sinian promised: "Yes." ”

Li Chaozong turned back to face me again: "Shenglan, you marry into the Zhou family, you have to worry more about Si Nian on weekdays, don't always make trouble for him, he has a lot of troubles, there are too many miscellaneous things, you also have to learn to take care of it more." I replied, "Yes." He also said: "You must always remember that you are the daughter of the Li family, the eldest princess of the Li family, and your status is very noble, don't lose this face." There was a great sense of oppression in his voice, and I hurriedly replied, "Sheng Lan remembers." ”

At night, when he came back from the palace, Zhou Sinian's face was gloomy all the time, or he was gloomy in the palace, but when the emperor was there, he forced a happy face, and when he came home, he completely pulled it down.

"Brother Nian," I tried to pull his arm, and he gave me a cold look. I was terrified and asked, "Did something happen?" He withdrew his hand and asked, "How much more do you have to tell me?" I asked anxiously, "What's the matter?" He asked, "How did my father die?" You said it yourself, and you burned your father to death. ”

I looked at him in amazement, this is the question asked by the Dragon Guards last night, and I passed it, but I didn't expect that Zhou Sinian was next door, and he heard the clue.

He looked at me in disbelief and continued to ask, "Who gave the poison?" I was repeatedly asked by him about the secret I was most afraid of, and suddenly I was on the verge of collapse, and I screamed in panic: "It's not me, it's not me!" ”

But he didn't listen, and sneered: "Yes, how could your father drink the medicine fed by your mother, all those poisons were his good daughter, and she fed them one bite at a time." ”

He grabbed my clothes, dragged me to my father's spiritual throne, threw me on the ground, and said hatefully: "You can do such a poisonous hand to such a father who spoils you, and kneel here yourself to think about it." ”

He stood for a while, put on a stick of incense, knelt down beside me, and asked, "Why?" Why? ”

I didn't want to speak, I wanted to die in front of the spiritual seat, but he never left, he always asked. I just knelt like this, waiting for him to walk away and leave me forever.