"The prince is reluctant to go to court from Liu Xuan's mansion, because Liu Xuan is still an orphan girl with nothing at the moment, such an identity naturally cannot become a nail in everyone's eyes, that is, Liu Xuan has become the righteous daughter of his father, and the prince will not let Liu Xuan be discovered by everyone because of his relationship with him, what he wants is that Liu Xuan has enough identity to be known by all the magnates in Beijing, and it is also in line with His Royal Highness's intention to make the matter of recognizing his daughter solemn and grand for his father."

Liu Zhiqing suddenly realized: "The prince wants Liu Xuan to be recognized by all the powerful people, because he hopes that Liu Xuan's status is precious, not just because he has a personal relationship with him." ”

Mrs. Liu nodded: "It is precisely this reason, the prince has never gone directly to the court from Liu Xuan's mansion, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to Liu Xuan, and he is not even willing to do anything that damages her reputation. ”

Liu Zhiqing is already very smart, what does Mrs. Liu not understand when he says this, he nodded to show that he knows, and then frowned: "Is it too bold for my father to press the treasure on Liu Xuan?" ”

Mrs. Liu smiled and shook her head: "You still can't see through it." He looked at Liu Zhiqing and asked, "For the sake of my father, I ask you, how long has the prince not recruited someone to sleep?" ”

Liu Zhiqing was slightly stunned when she heard this, and secretly thought about it in her heart, but this thought was startled, and she was suddenly a little shocked.

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "Although you are very smart and often understand the mind of His Royal Highness, you often ignore some small things, but these small things are often the key to success or failure, the prince has not recruited anyone to sleep since he returned to Beijing more than two months ago, and now do you still think that it is a little inappropriate for your father to press the treasure on Liu Xuan?" ”

Liu Zhiqing understood in his heart. But he still couldn't help but say: "But His Royal Highness is the prince of a country, and he will be the emperor in the future." ”

Mrs. Liu smiled and sighed. There was an infinite sigh in his voice: "If you knew the temperament of His Majesty today, you would not think so. ”

The temperament of His Majesty today? Liu Zhiqing didn't quite understand the meaning of Mrs. Liu's words. In addition to Empress Cao, there are many concubines in your majesty, because their bodies were damaged on the battlefield in the early years, so there are not many people who are favored, and now there are only two heirs, the crown prince and the third prince.

Yes, Liu Zhiqing seemed to have figured out the key at once, and he asked: "The crown prince is the eldest son of His Majesty, and it stands to reason that the third prince should be the second prince, but the third prince, King Gong, is called the third prince." Why is that? ”

Mrs. Liu didn't answer, but said to him lightly: "You don't have to know what you shouldn't know, you just need to know that my Liu family is now tied to the prince." ”

Liu Zhiqing nodded, this point has been known since he was sent to the prince's mansion at the age of six and became the prince's companion: "Father thinks like this, does mother ever know?" ”

"She knew that for a long time." Mrs. Liu said: "My father has already informed your mother of the key to this matter. ”

Mrs. Liu paused and suddenly asked, "Your mother made an appointment with Liu Xuan to go to Tianxiang Temple tomorrow to make a vow?" ”

Liu Zhiqing nodded: "Exactly." ”

Mrs. Liu's face suddenly sank: "Although your mother is well-versed in Dali, she is a woman after all, and her mind is inevitably too much about the appearance of a woman. ”

Liu Zhiqing was about to ask if there was something wrong, but she saw Mrs. Liu sigh again: "That's it." Although there is something wrong, there is no harm, and it is just right to see if His Royal Highness the Prince's mind is as the old man thinks. ”

On the second day, Liu Xuan dressed up, she wore a white gauze skirt, and slightly applied some powder to her face. Her original appearance was a little more touching because of these powders, Qiu Ju pulled her hair in a bun and couldn't help but sigh: "Miss's appearance is one of the best in the capital." ”

Dongmei nodded on the side: "Miss Appearance alone is one of the best, but the dust of this body is unmatched." At this moment, the young lady is like the Xuanwu above the nine heavens......"

Seeing that she seemed to be going to talk endlessly, Liu Xuan put a hairpin on her head that Liu's mother gave her yesterday. interrupted Dongmei's words with a smile: "Okay, okay, Miss, I'll be praised by you like this again." It's about to become an immortal. ”

Dongmei smiled and asked, "In the past, the young lady was all without makeup, why did she dress up today." ”

Liu Xuan sighed: "Today I went to Tianxiang Temple with my stepmother to make a vow, although the name has not yet been officially decided, but this time I went out as the daughter of Liu's mother for the first time to see everyone, Tianxiang Temple is a national temple, there must be many nobles in the temple to worship the Buddha, I naturally can't lose the face of my stepmother." ”

Dongmei nodded: "Miss is thoughtful. ”

Liu Xuan looked at the time and it was almost time to leave, so she said to Dongmei: "Today, the clothes I customized in the embroidery workshop should also be delivered, you will stay in the house to settle the bill, there must be many maids around my stepmother, and Qiu Ju can accompany me alone." ”

Although Dongmei was a little unhappy, she still nodded and sent Liu Xuan to the carriage.

When Liu Xuan came to Liufu, Liu's mother was already ready to wait, the two got into the same carriage and only Qiu Ju was waiting on the side, Liu's mother took Liu Xuan's hand and looked her up and down, saw the hairpin on her head and said with a smile: "This hairpin is just right for you, but I felt a little plain when I saw you yesterday, my Xuan'er is dressed like this today, but she has the posture of the first beauty in the capital." ”

Liu Xuan bowed her head slightly with shyness on her face: "My stepmother is making fun of Xuan'er." ”

Mother Liu saw her shyly and smiled more and more lovingly: "Stepmother never lies, after you left yesterday, your father-in-law also praised you for your good life, saying that you are not only affectionate and filial piety, but also a smart person, even chess skills are also a must, and he actually killed him in embarrassment." ”

Liu Xuan answered: "That's the father-in-law who let Xuan'er." ”

"I don't know what kind of temper he is." Liu Mu shook her head with a smile and said, "If he really lets you, you won't be the prince of the court." ”

Liu Mu and Liu Xuan talked all the way, this distance is not far away, Tianxiang Temple is located in the southern suburbs of the capital, not too far from the capital, the carriage traveled for an hour and also arrived, Tianxiang Temple is not as Baoyu Temple as standing on the top of the mountain, the carriage went all the way to the main gate of the temple before stopping.

When approaching Tianxiang Temple, it was already a car coming and going, and now when I arrived at Tianxiang Temple, I knew how prosperous the incense here was.

The rows of carriages and horses all show the identity of the First National Temple of Tianxiang Temple.

Mother Liu and Liu Xuan got off the carriage, and immediately attracted a lot of attention, and a noble lady got off a carriage that was almost the same as them, and her eyes lit up when she saw Liu Xuan, and when she saw Liu Xuan's mother next to her, she greeted her with a smile.

"Isn't this Mrs. Liu?" The noble lady came to the front and smiled and said, "It's rare to see how you came here when you went out?" After she said this, she seemed to have just seen Liu Xuan beside Liu's mother: "What a Peugeot beauty, who is this?" ”

Mother Liu smiled and took Liu Xuan's hand and patted it: "This, I still have to sell it first, I guess you should know tonight." Mother Liu smiled: "Why did Second Mrs. Cao come to incense today?" ”

Second Mrs. Cao glanced at Liu Xuan and then said with a smile: "Mrs. Liu loves to sell Guanzi, but I am a straightforward character, today our girl is the one in the East Palace who is going to come to incense, Ning Wang Shizi will go to the border in a few days, and our girl will come to pray for the majority of soldiers." ”

"It turned out to be Concubine Cao." Mother Liu bit the word concubine very hard and successfully provoked Mrs. Cao's face to change slightly, but Mother Liu didn't seem to be aware of it: "It seems that Mrs. Cao is waiting outside, so we won't bother." ”

She took Liu Xuan's hand and was about to walk towards the temple, but was stopped by a word from Mrs. Cao, and Mrs. Cao laughed lightly: "Mrs. Liu is afraid that she will not be able to get incense when she goes in like this, and the prince heard that our girl wants to pray for the majority of soldiers, so he specially sent someone to guard the temple, waiting for our girl to finish the first pillar of incense, and then others can go." ”

As soon as she said this, she didn't say that it was Liu Mu or Liu Xuan's face was also slightly bad, Li Che knew that he would never do such a powerful thing, but I was afraid that this matter was not done by the Cao side concubine or the Cao family, but instead such a powerful thing was detained on Li Che's head, Li Che is a dignified prince, and most of the people who come to the temple to worship the Buddha are female dependents, how could he ask Li Che because of such a trivial matter?

This Second Mrs. Cao said this, that is, you have to believe it, and if you don't believe it, you have to pretend to believe it.

Mother Liu turned around and looked at Second Mrs. Cao and snorted coldly: "It's just a side concubine, and it's a big posture to go out and incense!" ”

Facing Mother Liu's cold snort, Second Mrs. Cao touched her shiny nails with a faint smile, and sighed long: "Although our girl is a side concubine, she can't stand the prince's favor, there is really no way to do it." ”

Liu Mu looked at it coldly, and suddenly took Liu Xuan's hand and was about to walk towards the temple: "Xuan'er, let's go in, I want to see if anyone dares to stop us from offering incense!" ”

Liu Xuan's eyes narrowed, Liu Mu said that it was us, she answered in a low voice and let Liu Mu lead her towards the temple, she didn't mind Liu Mu using herself to test Li Che's attitude, she also wanted to see what would happen to him when she met the side concubine who was deeply favored by him.

Mother Liu led Liu Xuan into the temple, and sure enough, she saw many people standing in the atrium of the temple, and there were guards in silver armor standing at the doors of the major halls in the temple.

Liu Mu glanced at it, and her face suddenly turned colder, and she said in a low voice: "This Cao Mansion is really bold, and even the guards of the Prince's Mansion dare to pretend to be." The implication is that I don't believe that these silver-armored guards are the real guards of the Prince's Mansion.

Liu Xuan looked at those silver-armored guards and shook her head: "The stepmother is wrong, I'm afraid that these are really the guards of the Prince's Mansion." ”

Liu Mu was slightly shocked on her face: "The prince really sent someone to guard the imperial temple?" ”

"Probably not." Liu Xuan looked at the guards and couldn't see the expression on their faces: "The guards are true, but I don't know why they came." ”

Mother Liu's face improved a lot when she heard this: "Since it's not here to stop us from offering incense, then let's go in and take a look." (To be continued......)