There was originally only four people in the side hall, and one more person suddenly appeared, and that person was Cui Laifu, the eunuch in charge of internal affairs, who was also the emperor's most trusted person.

Cui Laifu quietly appeared at the end of the emperor's bed, bent down and bowed: "The slave intends to order." ”

The emperor opened his eyes and said in a calm voice: "Liu Xuan, the daughter of Shudi, has a good appearance and talent, and I am very happy, so I specially give her a marriage to Deng Yu, the son of King Ning, and Xu is a wife." I got married immediately after the great funeral. ”

In just a few sentences, the entanglement of the three was broken, and Liu Xuan listened silently, her mind blank.

No one spoke out against it, and no one thanked the emperor.

The emperor let out a long sigh, he turned his head to look at Deng Yu, his eyes were loving, and he whispered, "This is my compensation for you. ”

Deng Yu didn't speak, he just looked at Liu Xuan, who was silent with his head bowed in a daze, his eyes were complicated.

After speaking, the emperor waved his hand: "You and Liu Xuan go down first, Che'er, you stay, I have something to say to you." ”

Liu Xuan got up silently with her head down, and then slowly walked towards the outside of the side hall, she passed by the Xuanyi, there was no joy or sorrow in her heart, but the moment she passed by, she suddenly raised her head and looked at the familiar handsome face, maybe this was the last time she was so close to him in her life.

Li Che didn't look at her, and let her slowly walk by.

There was a calm look on his countenance, and his gaze passed over her and landed elsewhere.

Liu Xuan only glanced up, looked at his resolute chin, and then lowered his head again and slowly walked out of the side hall.

As soon as he got out of the side hall, someone immediately surrounded him, and at this time, Liu Xuan found out that it was in the original hall. The father and son of the Liu family, Sun Xun, Long Yi, Cao Taishi and others are all there, of course, there are indispensable people in the harem who have had a one-sided relationship.

Empress Cao looked at her and frowned: "What did Your Majesty say to you?" ”

Liu Xuan glanced at her and didn't answer, and Queen Cao was immediately angry when she saw that she didn't answer: "This palace is talking to you, but you dare not reply!" ”

Liu Xuan was about to salute and reply, but Deng Yu, who was following her, stepped forward, came to her side, looked at Queen Cao and snorted coldly: "If the queen wants to know what the saint said to her, why don't you ask the saint in person!" ”

Empress Cao has been used to crisscrossing the harem for many years, how could she be so confronted by Deng Yu, not to mention that now there is Taishi Cao. How could she swallow her anger? Hearing that Deng Yu was so resistant, she suddenly became furious: "Come on, drag this guy who is disrespectful to the palace!" ”

She said it with great vigour, but no one stepped forward. Deng Yu sneered: "The queen didn't forget. Now it is the Lord who controls the Imperial City. ”

Deng Yu's words were like a sullen punch that woke up Empress Cao. At this time, she thought that this palace guard had already been under the jurisdiction of Deng Yu, and this hall was full of Deng family troops.

"You!" Empress Cao was a little angry for a while. But she was helpless with Deng Yu.

"That's enough." Taishi Cao on the side glanced at Queen Cao and said lightly: "When is it, now you still have time to do a war of words here!" ”

Empress Cao was reprimanded, and had to stare at Deng Yu and Liu Xuan with unwilling hatred, Liu Xuan stood silently on the top of the hall, her heart was in a mess, everything was finally settled, her struggles and her distress also ended with a holy decree, and her thoughts, the most secret desires in her heart, should also end.

Deng Yu stood beside her, silently looking at her who had been silent through the mask, he only looked like this, as if he wanted to see her heart through her face.

Liu Zhiqing and Sun Xun stood together, glanced at Liu Xuan and Deng Yu, and then turned their eyes to the side hall, where something was about to happen that they had been looking forward to for a long time, but they didn't dare to look forward to.

The hall was quiet, except for Liu Xuan, who was in a trance, everyone's faces were anxious, and after half a ring, Liu Xuan finally walked out of the entanglement, this is not the time for her children to grow up, she can still accompany him for a while!

Yes, she can't show a trace of regret and unwillingness at this time, whether it's for him or Deng Yu, she can't!

She only happily accepted the holy decree, and she only showed no regrets, so that he could let go of the pain less painfully, so that the two men who were about to lose their loved ones could be relieved.

The departure of a king means the arrival of another era, she remembers his grand ambitions, she remembers that she once said that she was willing to witness the fortune of the country with him, she should not be so childlike, he should not be so reluctant to give up, maybe the pain is the ultimate to understand what is really let go.

She figured it out and figured it out, as soon as she raised her head, she met Deng Yuwu without sorrow or joy, quietly looking at her gaze, she smiled at him, and took the initiative to take his hand and shake it lightly in front of everyone's eyes, some words needless to say, her actions have been explained.

Deng Yu's eyes changed and changed, but they were not as brilliant as before, he did not refuse or respond, he only looked at her silently for a moment, and then turned his head to look at the side hall.

At this moment, Cui Laifu's extremely sad voice suddenly remembered in the room: "Emperor! ”

The originally silent hall suddenly burst into tears, Liu Xuan only felt that the figure on the side flashed, and Deng Yu beside her had rushed into the side hall, she looked at the half-open side hall door in a daze, and silently listened to the crying in her ears, how many of these cries were for the person who had closed his eyes inside?

Liu Xuan waited quietly, and after a while, Cui Laifu walked out, his eyes were red, obviously he was enduring grief, his body looked like he was old in an instant, he swept the dust in his hand and said sadly: "Emperor, the queen and the concubines should go into the palace to see Your Majesty." ”

Empress Cao cried loudly and walked to the side hall with all the concubines, and Taishi Cao stepped forward and asked, "Gonggong Cui, does the saint have a will?" ”

Cui Laifu glanced at him, bowed down and replied: "Yes, the old slave will read it out when His Majesty is mourned." ”

A sentence sent Master Cao back, and Master Cao knew that now was not the time to ask this, so he immediately closed his mouth and stood aside.

Cui Laifu walked towards Liu Xuan and said softly: "Miss Liu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the old slave to send you back first." ”

Liu Xuan glanced at the side hall, she really didn't have an identity to stay here at this time, and nodded at the moment and said, "There is Lao Cui's father-in-law." ”

Cui Laifu nodded. led her out of the main hall.

Cui Laifu sent Liu Xuan to the door of Liu's mansion and left, Liu Xuan did not leave him politely, she knew that Cui Laifu's pain did not need to be less, not to mention that he must be busy with affairs now, so he only thanked him, and then watched him disappear into the night in a carriage.

At this time, the sky was gradually white, Qiu Ju and Dongmei accompanied Liu Xuan to see off Grandpa Cui, and then hurriedly handed over the prepared hand stove, the two glanced at Liu Xuan's expression, and did not ask. only silently followed her into the house.

Back in the room, Liu Xuan sat down at the table. She sat stunned and stunned, she felt that she had thought a lot, but then she realized that she had not thought about anything.

It was only when the sky was bright that she came back to her senses, and hurriedly called Qiu Ju and Dong Mei to instruct: "Quickly prepare filial piety clothes and filial piety cloth." ”

Qiu Ju and Dong Mei heard the order. Immediately stunned: "Miss......"

Liu Xuan looked at them and nodded. Confirmed the speculation in their minds. The two of them suddenly came back to their senses from their stunnedness, and Dongmei blurted out a sentence: "His Royal Highness the Prince......"

Speaking of this, she suddenly shut up, and only looked at Liu Xuan with some concern.

Liu Xuan smiled slightly. Let yourself look as calm and natural as possible: "He is naturally going to ascend the throne as the emperor, and there is a will of the saint, and he has given me a marriage to Deng Yu, and the big wedding will be held after the big funeral." ”

She said very easily, as if she was saying something that had nothing to do with her, but the more she behaved like this, the more Qiu Ju and Dongmei saw a touch of sadness from her.

The two of them didn't know what to say for a while, and finally Qiu Ju clapped her hands and showed an excited look: "Great! The prince's heart for the young lady is envious even when we look at it! Miss will marry into the palace in the future, the prince will definitely spoil the lady to the sky, we will follow into the palace after we will definitely walk sideways in the palace, the palace is full of big men, think about the future can support them to make the slave and maid happy! ”

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly poked Dongmei with her elbow, and asked with a smile: "Dongmei, did you say yes!" ”

Dongmei was slightly stunned, then came back to her senses, and hurriedly showed a smile and nodded: "Exactly!" The slave maid is not happy even if she thinks about it! ”

Liu Xuan looked at the two of them with unchanged expressions, and she nodded: "I should indeed be happy, he will definitely be very good to me......"

After she finished speaking, she added in a low voice: "I should really be happy......"

Seeing this, Qiu Ju and Dongmei showed a bigger smile than before, and the two chattered carefully about the benefits of marrying into the palace, what can bully Dalong, what can take advantage of Deng Yu's momentum to go to the capital, and why don't you have to look at the faces of other noblewomen in the future, anyway, Deng Yu is a character that no one dares to mess with.

The two of them said bluntly, and when they said that they couldn't remember anything else to say, they shut up.

Liu Xuan looked at the two of them and sighed: "Now that I am talking about this, I still have to prepare the filial piety clothes and filial piety cloth quickly, and the news should come out in a while." ”

Qiu Ju and Dongmei immediately went down to prepare when they heard this, Liu Xuan looked at the backs of the two and sighed slightly, but after the two of them made a fuss, the inexplicable depression in her heart also faded a lot, as the two of them said, she should indeed be happy, because she can be her former self again if she marries Deng Yu.

The eighteenth year of the Li Dynasty is destined to be an unquiet year, at the end of the year, Emperor Taizu died, and the new emperor Li Che succeeded to the throne, but on the day of the new emperor's succession, the son of the new emperor and Wu Guifei, the eldest son of the emperor who was only half a month old, Li Yi, was gone.

Hearing such news, Qiu Ju and Dongmei sighed and hung up the mourning sail that had just been removed again.

Liu Xuan looked at the mourning fan in the courtyard and muttered to herself: "Is it easy?" It's actually an easy word. ”

She whispered and summoned Qiu Ju and Dong Mei and told them to remove the mourning sail.

Qiu Ju and Dongmei hesitated slightly: "After all, this is the emperor's eldest son, if you don't hang the mourning sail, will it ......?"

"No, it won't." Liu Xuan shook her head, her face had a slight wry smile: "No, you believe me." ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the new emperor to issue a decree, saying that he was sympathetic to the grief of his subjects, but the emperor's eldest son was too young to bear the righteousness of the whole country's mourning, so he specially ordered his subjects to remove the mourning sails and live a normal life.

Hearing such a holy decree, Qiu Ju and Dongmei looked at each other, but Liu Xuan was still calm.

Not long after the will to remove the mourning sail was issued, another will of Emperor Taizu was also announced to the world.

Liu Xuan, the daughter of Mrs. Liu, married Deng Yu, the son of King Ning, as his wife.

Together with the will promulgated a holy decree of the new emperor, the Liao State invades my border every year, and now the civil strife in Liao is the best time to send troops to attack Liao, and the new emperor will drive the imperial expedition to break the Liao in one fell swoop!

And the day of the new emperor's personal expedition was set on the second day after the wedding of King Ning.

The relationship between the new emperor and Liu Xuan is known to everyone in the world, and the two holy decrees are issued at the same time, which inevitably makes people with a heart start to speculate, is it that the new emperor can't accept Liu Xuan marrying the prince of Ning Wang, so he went out of Beijing to avoid it?

Of course, such thoughts, they only flashed in their hearts, jokes, how can a generation of emperors and a generation of Ming monarchs be people who love their children, and if the new emperor really intends to avoid it, how can he choose to go on the second day of the wedding, not before the wedding, or even on the day of the wedding? !

People with such thoughts, deeply feel ridiculous about their thoughts, the new emperor in the Taizu Emperor when he was alive has been in charge of the New Year, these years the Li dynasty is getting richer and stronger day by day, and the subjects are gradually united in their hearts, the new emperor crusaded against the Liao State, the imperial conquest must have come, not some messy children's affection.

The days passed, and the day of the wedding of the prince was getting closer, because Emperor Taizu died during the New Year, everyone had not had a good time this year, and now by the wedding of the prince, everyone also did a lively thing, and swept away the grief of last year.

Tomorrow is the wedding day of the prince of Ning Wang and Liu Xuan, the daughter of Mrs. Liu, and everyone in the capital has regarded the wedding of the prince as a happy event celebrated by the whole world.

However, the center of the capital, inside the imperial city, seems very deserted.

Cui Laifu is still the head of the inner house, now he has aged a lot since the death of Emperor Taizu, and he is standing quietly outside the imperial study at the moment, the small pillar on the side looked at the busy bright yellow figure in the middle of the eyes, lowered his voice and said softly: "Master, the day of the prince's wedding is getting closer and closer, Your Majesty has been sleeping more and more badly these days, yesterday was even more sleepless, staring at a portrait for a long time, and in the middle of the night he also turned out a letter, sitting all night, in vain to see clearly, Although the portrait is only a back, it is obviously Miss Liu. ”

Cui Laifu glanced at the small pillar, and there was a slight sense of blame on his face: "Why don't you persuade Your Majesty?" ”

Xiao Zhuzi was about to explain with a bitter face, but Cui Laifu sighed deeply: "Your Majesty's temperament is too similar to the former emperor, if the former emperor is not extremely sad, how could he die young?" Looking at His Majesty's current appearance, the miscellaneous family is only afraid that he will be more affectionate than the previous emperor, and he is afraid that he is only afraid of ......" (to be continued......