267. Marriage is just a task
"What's the matter?" Li Mo glanced sideways at Xiao Rou and asked lightly.
"Father-in-law Liu asked me to send this wedding dress here, please try it on." Xiaorou said.
"Oh, let's leave it here for now." Li Mo said, still in a nonchalant tone.
"But Gonggong Liu said that it was the queen's mother who ordered you to try on clothes." Xiao Rou was anxious and hurriedly said.
"Don't you see that I still have a piece that I haven't finished?" Li Mo was a little impatient, he was seeing an excerpt just now, saying that there was no harvest after the drought in Huangzhou, and the people were struggling to make a living, and they were complaining.
He was thinking about how to deal with this matter, this little comb was good, and he was trying to try on wedding dresses, how could he be in the mood to try on clothes now?
"Prince, are you thinking about how to deal with the drought in Huangzhou?" Xiao Rou Bingxue was smart and immediately understood what the prince was worried about.
Li Mo glanced at Xiao Rou in surprise, he didn't expect this usually taciturn little comb to have this cleverness, so he said casually: "Yes, the last time I met you in Huangzhou, I also went because of the drought, and now there are more and more victims, and some people have secretly preached anti-court words, and my father is anxious and ordered me to complete this matter quickly." ”
"Prince, Xiao Comb thinks that you should quickly approve the fold and let the local rich gentry open a warehouse to release grain and relieve the people's urgent needs." Xiaorou said without thinking that she had read poetry since she was a child, and although she was usually weak, she finally understood the righteousness.
"Oh." Li Mo looked at Xiao Rou in surprise again, the words of this little comb reached his heart, and he continued to ask: "Do you think those rich gentry will willingly hand over the grain and distribute it to the common people?" ”
"Prince, if the imperial court can promise that anyone who opens a warehouse and releases grain to relieve the victims will be credited with merit once, and part of the forced labor tax will be reduced or exempted in the coming year, I don't think anyone will be unwilling, fame and fortune, what's so bad?" Xiao Rou said with a slight smile.
"Little comb, I didn't expect you to be so smart and solve a big problem for me." The crown prince suddenly opened, and there was a faint smile on his cold face like a spring breeze: "It seems that the little scholars in Su Xiangfu are not ordinarily powerful." ”
Hearing him mention Su Mansion, Xiao Rou hurriedly asked, "Prince, I heard that you are about to get married?" Whose lady is the crown princess? ”
The prince looked at Xiao Rou in surprise for the third time and said, "It's Miss Su from your former owner's Su Mansion, my father has already issued a holy edict to the world, why haven't you even heard of this?" ”
"Su ...... Sue...... Miss ...... "Xiao Rou was startled, and she stammered when she spoke, thinking that she had run away from home for so long, why hadn't the marriage contract been dissolved?" Where is there a sister Su Xiao to marry the prince?
"What's wrong with you? Miss Su, you should know that too, right? When the prince saw Su Xiaorou's appearance, he became more and more strange, this little comb had always given him a strange feeling, remembering that she had also been on an errand in the Su family, he couldn't help asking.
"Yes, I'm quite familiar with Miss Su." Su Xiaojudao continued: "Miss Su is a rude and willful, unreasonable, and big lady who likes to mess around and lose her temper." ”
She thought, simply ruin her image as bad as possible, maybe Li Mo is angry, and he will take the initiative to tell the emperor to cancel the marriage.
"Oh?" Li Mo frowned slightly: "How did I hear that Miss Su is a gentle and well-informed lady?" ”
"Gee, that's all rumors. Do you believe the rumors in the neighborhood, or do you believe the words of me, someone who has been a scholar in their family for many years and has seen her with my own eyes? Su Xiaorou thought to herself, anyway, the matter has come to this, and it is best if the marriage is messed up.
"Oh." Li Mo only sighed this time and didn't say anything more.
After waiting for a long time, Xiao Rou saw that the prince was still silent, and couldn't help asking: "Prince, then don't you go and tell the emperor to withdraw from the marriage?" ”
"Divorce?" Li Mo smiled indifferently and said: "Little comb, how can the royal marriage be child's play, this crown princess was not chosen by me, and my father has his own reasons for arranging it like this." Of course I won't get out of the marriage, and I'm going to marry that Miss Su no matter what the dominatrix or whatever, because this marriage is just a mission for me as a prince. ”
"Huh?" Su Xiaorou's eyes widened in surprise and depression, she didn't know that royal marriages were often a kind of political marriage, and she didn't expect that Li Mo didn't care about what his future crown princess would look like.
Seeing Su Xiaorou's disappointed look, Li Mo said, "Little comb, didn't you just say that you would let this king try on clothes?" Now it's time to get started. ”
"Oh......" Su Xiaorou came to her senses, looked at the wedding dress she was holding in her hand, and stepped forward, but suddenly remembered that she would not change the prince's clothes, and she was a little at a loss for a while.
The prince had already taken off his robe at this time, revealing his white underwear, and when he saw Su Xiaorou standing there motionless, he couldn't help but say, "Little comb, help me untie this belt." ”
saw that Su Xiaorou still didn't move, and her pink face was flushed with shame, so she shook her head and said, "Okay, I'll come by myself." ”
As he spoke, he untied his underwear and took off his shirt, revealing his strong chest.
Xiao Rou covered her face with an "ah", and the clothes, boots and hats she was holding in her hand were suddenly scattered all over the ground.
This made Su Xiaorou even more embarrassed, and while bending down and hurriedly picking up things, she said anxiously: "Prince, wait, I'll call Xiaoguizi Xiaohuanzi to serve your wide clothes." ”
After that, without waiting for the prince to reply, she turned around and ran out quickly.
Leaving the prince Li Mo in the study was confused again, he thought: This little comb looks like a girl answering shyly, but listening to her words just now analyzing the disaster in Huangzhou, it is clear that she is talented and knowledgeable, but it is very cute.
Thinking like this, Su Xiaorou's shy and timid eyes and bright teeth flashed in front of his eyes, and he couldn't help but be a little stupid.
But he was taken aback and asked himself in his heart: What's wrong with me? He's obviously a boy, and I've always despised my third brother's penchant for men's private prostitution, so why do I have some love and pity for this little comb?
He rubbed his forehead violently, suppressing the strange feeling just now......
In the afternoon, the royal garden is beautiful in the wind and sun, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, which is particularly comfortable and quiet.
The man in white was still lying among the flowers as he had done yesterday, quietly waiting for the strange girl, the little comb.
It seemed that a long time had passed, and he stretched lazily, thinking to himself: Isn't that singing girl dressed as a man coming? It doesn't look like she is a person who can lie, a pair of sheared autumn pupils are bright and clear, and she blushes from time to time when she speaks, she looks simple and transparent, and she has no scheming, are my eyes wrong for her?
Putting his hands behind his head and looking at the clear blue sky above his head, he thought: If this little comb is changed into women's clothes, it must be a stunning beauty who captivates the country and the city.
He has seen too many beauties, and there are too many beauties who have taken the initiative to show favor to him, but now, a small comb has actually missed an appointment with him.
couldn't help but snort softly in his heart, he said to himself: It's not a big deal, it's just a palace maid, it's not worth your worries like this.
However, when he turned over, the beautiful appearance of the little comb was still flashing in front of him, he couldn't help but smile, and said to himself: "There are indeed many beautiful women, but this little comb is what I want the most." Even if I rummaged through the entire palace, I had to find her. ”
At this time, Su Xiaorou was cleaning in the Yonghe Palace.
She didn't forget the agreement she made with the man yesterday, and thought to herself: Hurry up and finish it quickly, so that you can rush to the Imperial Garden, so that the person will not think that she is not keeping her promises.
But the entire Yonghe Hall is so big and there are so many rooms, Su Xiaorou is not the material for work at all, it took a long time to sweep the floor, and now she has just started to wipe the table and wipe the cabinet.
She stood on a stool, stood on tiptoe and began to wipe the tall bookcase. But she didn't want to slip under her feet, the stool fell crookedly, Su Xiaorou screamed "oops", and the whole person fell heavily to the ground.
Li Mo happened to step into the study, and when he saw the appearance of the little soft wolf, he quickly helped her up and asked, "What are you climbing so high for?" ”
"People are doing things." Xiao Rou was in pain and annoyance, her mouth pursed, and she thought that this prince was too unsympathetic.
Li Mo looked at Xiao Rou's sweat-soaked face and her eyebrows slightly frowning from the pain of the fall, and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to do these rough jobs in the future." I see that you know a lot of things, so stay by my side and be my personal attendant. ”
"Thank you, Prince." Xiao Rou whispered, not without annoyance in her heart: I can't go to the Imperial Garden today, and the person must be gone, I hope he won't be angry, and see that I didn't show up for the appointment on time and told the secret that the little comb is a girl.
"Tonight, the queen mother invited me to share dinner in her Yuanhe Palace, you take a rest first, and leave it to the little nobleman to clean up here, and you will come with me later." Li Mo said again.
"Yes." Xiao Rou simply replied with one word and went down, she was still thinking about today's missed appointment, and she didn't know what that person would think, so she couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
In the imperial garden, the man in white was still there, but he had changed from lying among the flowers to standing in the wind.
He was not interested in a single qiē in the palace, only here he could feel a trace of peace and ease.
A father-in-law ran over from a distance, and when he saw the man in white, he immediately shouted happily and respectfully: "Second prince, the slave guessed that you would be here, and the queen sent the slave to invite you to the Yuanhe Palace to talk." ”
The man in white was the second prince Li Rui, and when he heard his father-in-law's words, he smiled and said loudly: "I am also thinking about the queen mother." ”
Then he turned around in a dashing manner, and together with the father-in-law, went to the queen's Yuanhe Palace.
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