Chapter 144: Suspicion
While the grandparents and grandchildren were talking, the crown princess Zhu Zhijie came out of the back of the palace, saw that it was Li Taijun, and bowed down and said, "Meet my aunt and grandmother." β
Li Taijun had already heard that this crown princess was a captivating figure, but now when she saw it closely, she couldn't help but sigh again in her heart, there is really such a beautiful woman in the world. It's just that when I thought that she was Zhu Yuxiao's niece, I couldn't help but feel a little hatred again, and I put it in my heart at the moment, and replied lightly on my face: "It's really a beauty." β
Li Chongyan said: "Why have you been there for so long, my aunt and grandmother said that I want to talk to you." β
Li Taijun didn't wait for Zhu Zhijie to speak, and said first: "Prince, you can go back to the palace first, it is rare for me to come to Zhangren Palace, and let the crown princess accompany me to the garden for a walk." β
Li Chongyan was surprised in his heart and asked, "Isn't my aunt and grandmother allowed me to follow?" β
"Our women's family says some mother-in-law and mother-in-law's ladder words, what do you follow? Your father drank a lot of wine today, and you finally returned to the imperial capital, and instead of serving in the Evergreen Palace, you followed us mothers-in-law to join in the fun? Li Taijun was disgusted, and Li Chongyan was helpless, so he had to look at Zhu Zhijie reluctantly and leave first.
Zhu Zhijie saw Li Chongyan go away, and apologized again: "It should have been me, a junior, who went to the Taishi Mansion to meet my aunt and grandmother first, but the prince went to Jingzhou immediately after the wedding, and failed to find an opportunity. I lost the rudeness, and I hope that my aunt and grandmother will forgive me. β
After speaking, he bowed his head slightly, and the hairpin ornaments on his head were ringing.
Li Taijun's eyes were suddenly nailed, she looked at Zhu Zhijie's bun deadly, her face was pale, and it took a while before she asked in a trembling voice, "You ...... How did you have this? β
Zhu Zhijie seemed puzzled, Li Taijun pointed to the phoenix hairpin on her head, and asked, "How can you have this phoenix hairpin?" β
The three-color treasure ring phoenix hairpin, since the day Zhu Zhijie put it in her hand, the doubts in her heart have not stopped. She wanted to ask, but she couldn't, and she couldn't ask. She learned that today was Emperor Wen's birthday, and Li Taijun would also congratulate her, thought about it for a long time, and came up with a plan.
The Empress Dowager Jing, who she had seen in Weiyang Palace before, she went to see it again later. Empress Dowager Jing taught her a few herbs in the flower garden, including the cold heart lotus that everyone ate at the banquet. It was the Empress Dowager Jing who told her that this herb is half medicine and half tea, and the people of Yinmu will know it as soon as they taste it.
Zhu Zhijie knew that Li Taijun was also proficient in herbal pharmacology, and using Leng Xin Lotus would inevitably make her suspicious and lead her to talk to her.
She had been secretly watching Li Taijun's reaction during the banquet, and when she rang the bell when she ate the perilla double leaf fried, her face was really different, and she knew that she would come.
The regulation of the three-color treasure ring phoenix hairpin is inconsistent with its own identity, and it has long been worn to attract people's eyes. So after the banquet, she first went to the back of the hall to recomb her makeup, and then put on the phoenix hairpin that she had secretly prepared.
According to her assumption, if Li Taijun couldn't help but ask when she saw Feng Hai, it would mean that this hairpin was indeed the Empress Dowager Jing's thing, and what the old woman said would be a little more true. γοΌ β¦ β¦ Β₯ Free to readγ
Now, Li Taijun really asked.
Zhu Zhijie had a number in her heart, pretending not to know on her face, and replied: "This is what I accidentally picked up in the palace, because I saw the exquisite craftsmanship and very extraordinary, so I couldn't help but wear it." β
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β¦β¦ Where did you pick it up? β
"In the corner of a deserted palace wall, when I first arrived in Cangwu, I didn't know much about the road in the inner garden of the palace, and I also strayed into it, so I looked around at random, and I picked it up."
"Which palace is it?"
Zhu Zhijie raised her eyes and thought for a while, and replied: "It should be called Weiyang Palace, I looked at the plaque on the hall and the name of the palace was still written." β
Li Taijun's body shook, almost unsteady.
Zhu Zhijie pulled out the phoenix hairpin, held it in her hand, and deliberately asked, "Does my aunt think there is anything wrong with this hairpin?" β
Li Taijun shook his head, and there were tears in his eyes: "This ...... This hairpin is my sister's old thing. My sister loved this hairpin the most when she was alive and wore it almost every day. But after she died, this hairpin could not be found. It is said that treasures are spiritual, but I didn't follow my sister to the underground, so I didn't look for it again. Weiyang Palace is my sister's residence, who knew that it would be picked up by you, it's really fate. β
Zhu Zhijie saw that she was sincere and sincere, and there was no hypocrisy, so she couldn't help but hand over the phoenix hairpin and asked: "Aunt and grandmother, take a closer look, this phoenix hairpin is really the emperor's grandmother's old thing?" β
Li Taijun took the phoenix hairpin, rubbed it gently, and nodded vigorously: "There will never be a mistake, this is my sister's phoenix hairpin." As he spoke, he pointed to Feng Ling again: "You see, Feng Ling here is missing a feather, this is my sister once quarreled with me over something, she went out in a hurry, and the phoenix hairpin on her head hit the door frame of the hall, so she broke this feather." Now that I think about it, it really feels like yesterday. As he spoke, old tears rolled down.
When Zhu Zhijie saw her say this, she no longer suspected that Fengchai was fake, so she persuaded and explained: "Since it is the emperor's grandmother's old thing, it is better to have my aunt and grandmother collect it on my behalf. β
Li Taijun looked at Zhu Zhijie with wide eyes, and asked earnestly, "Are you really willing to hand over this thing to me?" β
Zhu Zhijie smiled and said: "I didn't know this thing at first, but now I know that it is something used by the emperor's grandmother." It must be a rule used by the elderly, and I am too young to wear it, so it is better for my aunt and grandmother. β
Li Taijun was stunned, and said with a smile: "Also, your child's mind is very careful. The old body will not be polite to you and accept this phoenix hairpin. Speaking of which, this phoenix hairpin is decorated with a lot of emeralds, which is not quite consistent with your age, and I will choose another delicate and appropriate one to send to you, which shows your good color. β
Li Taijun carefully put the phoenix hairpin in his sleeve, and looked at Zhu Zhijie again, his previous disgust had been greatly reduced.
She took Zhu Zhijie's hand and said, "I still have something I want to ask you." β
"Auntie, please speak."
"Among the dishes served at the banquet just now, there was a shiso two-leaf fried bell. One of these two leaves is perilla, and the other is a cold lotus? β
Zhu Zhijie expected that she would ask about this, and replied: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from my aunt and grandmother, and the other leaf is indeed a cold heart lotus." β
"You actually know this cold heart lotus? This is a herb unique to my Yin Mu country. β
Zhu Zhijie smiled: "Bihai Country has an ancient book of tea, which records all kinds of tea in the world
There is this cold heart lotus. I remember that the book said that this cold heart lotus is half herb and half medicine, which can be eaten or made into tea, so I know it. But I only read it in books before, and I only saw it for the first time when I came to Cangwu."
Li Taijun was skeptical and sighed: "There is such a strange book? The old man wants to borrow it. β
"This tea has been a lone book for a long time, hidden in my mother's palace, if my aunt and grandmother want to see it, I will send someone to show the mother emperor in the future, and let her send someone to bring it from the blue sea." Zhu Zhijie had already prepared a response and spoke quietly. She guessed that Li Taijun would not deliberately borrow this ancient book that didn't exist at all from her for the sake of a leaf of Leng Xinlian.
Sure enough, Li Taijun waved his hand and said: "No need, the old woman is lonely and unheard of, the world is so big, there must be such ancient books, since it is a unique book, it must be extremely precious, so I don't bother His Majesty Emperor Ming to spend a lot of time." β
Li Taijun changed his words and asked again: "It's just that I still don't understand a little, this cold heart lotus is not cultivated in the imperial capital, where did you get these fresh cold heart lotus leaves?" β
"Oh, that's a coincidence. After Chongyan went to Jingzhou, I have nothing to do in the palace, sometimes I will wander around, Zhaohua Hall and Baiteng Qingyuan are not far away, when I wandered to the garden that day, I found that there is a large area of flowers and plants on the side of the palace wall, many of which are recorded in ancient books. β
Li Taijun became more and more unbelievable and asked, "You mean...... You are in front of the Weiyang Palace, this cold heart lotus you found? β
"Exactly."
Li Taijun was silent.
My sister did open a large flower garden in front of the palace before her death, and planted a lot of herbs from the Yin Mu Kingdom. He opened a field in the Taishi's Mansion, and if it comes to variety, it may not be as complete as his sister's. But since the death of my sister, the flower garden has been left unattended, and it has been left to fend for itself, and Weiyang Palace has become an empty palace. It is not impossible for some flowers and plants to survive if they have left their roots. It's just that how did you have such a fate, and let this princess meet again?
Li Taijun was a little suspicious in his heart, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt that this little girl who married from Bihai could have anything to do with her sister who had passed away a long time ago.
When my sister died, this girl was not yet born.
Li Taijun just received the golden hairpin, and he didn't want to use malice to figure out Zhu Zhijie's thoughts. Listening to her explanation, I couldn't help but believe it for the time being.
She smiled and said: "Since you like these flowers and plants, then come to the Taishi Mansion another day to sit down, I also have a flower garden there, and Chongyan often came to play when he was a child." Next time you have to come over, I will also serve you tea to thank you for today's gift. My garden is full of exotic flowers and plants, and there are many effects, you will like it. β
Zhu Zhijie heard Li Chongyan talk about this flower garden, but she was really interested, but her aunt Zhu Yuxiao had warned her not to get too close to Li Taijun, so she was a little hesitant at the moment.
Li Taijun saw that there was a difficult look on her face, and said that she was a little restrained because she was not familiar with herself, and said with a smile: "I am in the house all day long, when you want to come, just come, no need."
Care about the red tape. β
Zhu Zhijie responded obediently, hesitating.
Taishifu, to go or not to go?
Li Taijun still hesitated when he saw her, and suddenly understood.
She was scared.
Zhu Yuxiao has been in the same water and fire with herself for many years, and since she has returned to Bihai, she will not fail to tell Zhu Zhijie about her power.
The poison of my Yin Mu Li clan is known to the world, and it was only ten days before I poisoned and killed 60,000 iron horsemen of Imulan.
She must be afraid of this.
Thinking of this, Li Taijun smiled slightly, "Child, if you want to come, you can come, if you think my wife can't say anything, then it's good to come with Chongyan." "The implication is that there is a heavy delay on the side, and I can't do anything to you.
The words have come to this, and it is difficult to shirk it.
Zhu Zhijie smiled: "In this way, according to my aunt's grandmother's words, I will come to the door another day to disturb me." β
(End of chapter)