Chapter 107: Pampering
As soon as An Xiabai left Zhou Guifei's palace with her front feet, Fengyi Zhu walked out from behind the luxurious screen, and her face was extremely palpable when she saw the wine and fragments of porcelain splashing on the ground.
"It's a good An Xiabai, she doesn't even eat coercion and temptation, I have to find a way to make her unable to get along!" Feng Yi Zhu kicked the fragments at his feet fiercely.
Zhou Guifei saw her fierce appearance, on the one hand, she was happy, but more worried.
The girl's family is so pampered, and she will marry her husband in the future, but what should she do?
"Zhu'er, when I asked the emperor to give you a marriage at the banquet, General Lu clearly refused with the reason that he was unwilling to break up the lover, and An Xiabai's attitude towards this seems to be very resolute, or we should give up?" Zhou Guifei sighed and said, "There must be many men in the world who are more than General Lu, why do you hang yourself on a tree in him and be obedient?" ”
Feng Yi Zhu's eyes were slightly red, and he threw himself into Zhou Guifei's arms and said quietly: "I don't think about others, I just want Lu Li!" ”
If Zhou Guifei could persuade before, maybe it would work, but now she has lost face three times and twice in front of An Xiabai and Lu Li, not for feelings, but also for the sake of anger, right?
She buried her head in her mother's arms, letting her tears wet her clothes: "I will never forget the scene at the banquet that day, Lu Li embarrassed me in front of so many people, where can I swallow this breath, and, and-" Feng Yi Zhu said this, paused before continuing, "I am sincere to Lu Li." ”
It was the first time she had seen someone like Lu Li, and she embarrassed her by refuting him three times and twice, she should have been angry, but she couldn't hate Lu Li.
Maybe this is the bad fate mentioned in the story.
Fengyi Zhu raised his face, and his eyes were full of determination: "Mother, my daughter will not marry Lu Li in this life." ”
Such heavy words were also spoken by the arrogant and domineering thirteen princesses.
Zhou Guifei sighed and shook her head, and finally made a promise in Fengyi Zhu's expectant gaze: "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to your father's side and talk about it again." ”
"Thank you, Mother!" She laughed happily, almost laughing at a flower on her delicate leather.
Zhou Guifei was never happy: "Are you really tempted by Lu Li, or do you just want to fight for a breath?" ”
When Fengyi Zhu heard this, he replied without thinking about it: "I am tempted by him, and he will not marry at this time!" ”
Having said this, it is no longer meaningful to continue to persuade her, Zhou Guifei can only choose to be helpless and start thinking about asking the emperor for marriage.
At noon the next day, when the emperor didn't wake up from his lunch break, she packed up and went to see the emperor, at this time Zhou Guifei was wearing a light-colored and elegant dress, with a delicate leather surface and only thrush and some rouge, which made her look a little haggard, and there was a feeling of weak willow facing the wind between her steps.
She deliberately pretended to be weak, just to make the emperor soft-hearted.
"Gonggong Chen, has the emperor woken up?" Zhou Guifei stood outside the door of the dormitory and asked knowingly.
The chief manager in charge of serving the internal affairs shook his head suspiciously, and said with a smile that the emperor was still on a lunch break: "Is there any urgent matter for the concubine to find the emperor, do you want the servants to help inform you?" ”
Zhou Guifei took out a thing, and secretly stuffed it into the hands of the chief manager while others didn't see it: "I want to discuss something with the emperor in this palace, can you make it convenient." ”
The manager weighed the objects in his hand, and said with embarrassment: "The slave doesn't dare." ”
He shoved it back into the concubine's hand.
At the same time, the emperor's voice came from inside the door.
The manager's eyes lit up, and he deliberately raised his voice and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhou is here." ”
"Let her in." The Emperor replied.
Zhou Guifei's face was happy, and when she walked into the door quickly, the palace maids were waiting, she drove everyone away, and served the emperor by herself, and said with a smile: "The concubine has something to ask the emperor today." ”
The emperor was in a good mood, and the corners of his lips hooked up with a light smile: "You say." ”
The concubine, who was good at observing words and feelings, thought that it was the right time, and knelt directly on the ground: "Your Majesty, you know that the concubine has only one daughter under her knees, and the thirteenth princess is the heart of the concubine." ”
The things that can make Zhou Guifei kneel must be related to Fengyi Zhu.
The emperor hurriedly helped the person up, and said with a helpless smile: "How can she not be the meat of my heart, concubine, and you say, did she provoke some moths again?" ”
Because of Zhou Guifei's great favor, Fengyi Zhu has attracted much attention since she was a child, not only grew up next to the emperor, but also won the emperor's favor, her mood and temper, the emperor has long seen through it, every time Zhou Guifei pretends to be weak to beg, she must be in a big disaster, the emperor thought that this time was too, and was thinking about who to help set the peace, and overheard the concubine.
"She didn't get into a big disaster," the concubine said nervously, "she just fell in love with someone she shouldn't like." ”
The emperor was so smart that he immediately understood what she meant: "You mean General Lu, what I told you yesterday, didn't Concubine Ai tell her?" ”
He clearly said yesterday that he was not allowed to have delusions about Lu Li again!
Zhou Guifei was afraid that the emperor would be angry, so she said honestly: "What is Zhu'er's personality and temper, the emperor should know that she will not listen to me easily, even if I am her biological mother." ”
The emperor frowned slightly, and said helplessly: "Later, I will go and tell her in person." ”
The daughter of her own pet can only be explained by herself.
"Zhu Er also put down her cruel words yesterday, saying that General Lu would not marry in this life, and what else did she say, if she forced her again, she would seek death, and the concubine was really scared in her heart," Zhou Guifei asked cautiously, "Is there really no room for reversal in the matter of marriage?" ”
She didn't give up herself!
The emperor felt that his heart was like a breath of gasp, and he almost didn't catch his breath: "It's not that I don't want her to marry Lu Li, who doesn't want his son-in-law to be excellent?" It's just that Lu Li, he really doesn't fit. ”
Talking to people who have no vision is trouble, he was so confused that he simply waved away Zhou Guifei's hand.
At the same time, someone hurriedly came to report that there were documents sent from the border gate.
The emperor's expression was cold, and he couldn't help but think of the news he had heard recently, saying that the enemy army was stationed on the border, and he was afraid that there was a possibility of a resurgence of war.
"Your Majesty?" Zhou Guifei also wanted to continue to persuade, but for this reason, she had tears in her eyes, and her already stunning appearance became more and more moving, "Do you really want to ignore her happiness in the second half of the voice?" ”
The emperor's pity only existed for a moment, he snorted coldly, and slapped away Zhou Guifei's hand: "Impossible." ”
The enemy country was still coveting the territory, and he didn't have the heart to continue to spend things on the love of his children, so he turned around and left the dormitory with the civil official who came to report the news.
If the war breaks out again at the border pass, who should he send there, Li Wenfeng even left the capital to guard the border pass, and it is certainly not feasible to summon him back to Beijing and go to another place now.
But there doesn't seem to be a useful general in the court, what should I do?
Just when the emperor was worried about the possible war at the border, the crown prince was also worried about something.
At that time, he was sitting in an inconspicuous corner of the restaurant, although his eyes were staring at the accounts in his hand, his eyes were not there, and his heart did not know where to go.
When An Xiabai came over with tea and pastries in person, he saw such a scene.
"What are you worried about?" She couldn't help but ask.
In the restaurant, in order not to expose the identity of the prince, An Xiabai never uses honorifics, and in the face of the prince, she will say you at most.
The prince suddenly came back to his senses, and when he looked at An Xiabai's gaze, he smiled shyly and said, "How can Mrs. Lu even tell if I'm worried about something?" ”
"I couldn't see it at first, but then I understood it when I looked closely." An Xiabai sat opposite the prince, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "As soon as you entered the door today, the prince, I found that something was wrong with you, not only did you almost fall down the stairs, but you were also absent-minded when you looked at the account book, so I guessed that you had something on your mind." ”
She guessed right.
The prince sighed and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that it falls on me, and it's a little troublesome." ”
The crown prince confessed to telling An Xiabai that he was worried about Fengyi Zhu's birthday soon after.
"You should know some of her personality and temperament, she was spoiled by her father and Zhou Guifei, and now she is very pampered, on the surface she is bold and does not remember, but in fact she loves to hold grudges, seeing that her birthday is coming, she urged us to prepare a birthday gift for her early, and now I am worried about this." "I don't know what to pick for her," he said, grimly. ”
Choosing a gift for a woman is indeed a troublesome matter, especially when the recipient of the gift is still an arrogant and pampered girl, this trouble is even more complicated by dozens of times.
An Xiabai could understand the mood of the prince now, so he persuaded him: "The princess has a noble status, and she must have seen countless rare and precious treasures, and it may not be rare and precious objects, why don't you start from another aspect, understand her interests and hobbies, and then choose the right gift for her as appropriate?" ”
The gift is the heart, it shouldn't matter if it's expensive or cheap, An Xiabai thought to himself, as long as the person receiving the gift can feel the heart, it's enough.
An Xiabai initially only gave advice when she saw that the prince was entangled and depressed, but she didn't expect that after her words, the prince would stare at her with such a gaze.
The burning gaze caused her to frown slightly, and she subconsciously stroked her cheeks: "Why are you looking at me with such eyes, is there something on my face?" ”
The prince shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not that Mrs. Lu has something on your face, but I am grateful. ”
"So you've figured out what gift you're going to give?" An Xia asked with a smile.
The prince shook his head, his eyes lit up slightly: "Madame and Zhu'er are both women, I must be able to understand what the woman thinks, I think that the matter of choosing a gift will be handled by Madame, I will definitely be able to rest assured." ”
An Xia said with a worried face: "The gift for the thirteenth princess is chosen by me, isn't it a little bad?" ”
The gift is clearly heartfelt.
Unexpectedly, the prince pressed his temples and deliberately pretended to have a headache: "I really can't pick it." ”
An Xiabai felt that he was a little pitiful, so he had no choice but to nod and agree: "Okay, I'll help you choose a gift for the thirteenth princess." ”