Chapter 20: The Prince's Invitation
"Wan'er, laugh one, laugh one, this flower handkerchief will be yours, come, laugh, laugh......"
On the fifth day of the first month, the busyness of the New Year has passed, and the time for court affairs has not yet arrived, there is no need to worship the door, and there is no worry about court affairs, it is the best time for leisure, coupled with the snow and the cold weather, Li Xian, who has no intention of going out, is happy to shrink in the palace, and teases Shangguan Wan'er for fun all day, no, Li Xian dragged an embroidered handkerchief and teased it again, but unfortunately Shangguan Wan'er obviously didn't buy it much, let Li Xian talk to himself, Shangguan Wan'er leaned on the brocade mat Don't talk and laugh, even don't give an expression, just silently watched Li Xian perform poorly there, so that Li Xian looked like a monkey, which was extremely boring, but it made the onlookers laugh crookedly.
What are you laughing at? What a laugh! We call this cultivating feelings, don't you understand, don't you have to start with the baby, we are practicing, you know? After teasing for a long time, I didn't see Shangguan Wan'er react, and then I was laughed wildly by the maids, Li Xian's face was a little unbearable, and he comforted himself stupidly, surrendered with a bitter face, threw the flower handkerchief on the couch casually, and pretended to be angry and glared, but he never thought that Li Xian's posture had not been set up, and he saw Shangguan Wan'er, who had never moved, stretched out his little hand and took the handkerchief lightly into his hand.
Erh, who's teasing whom, this little thing, damn it! As soon as Shangguan Wan'er's action came out, all the maids who were already giggling with laughter all laughed, and Li Xian's head straightened up with black lines, his eyes widened, and he looked at the triumphant little thing with a crying smile, and he was speechless!
"Your Highness."
Just when everyone was laughing and laughing, Gao Miao flashed in from outside the door, and saw that the room was full of commotion, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't dare to delay longer, walked a few steps, and called out in a low voice behind Li Xian.
"Huh?"
Don't look at Li Xian's puffed up, in fact, he is still quite proud of Shangguan Wan'er's cleverness, it is impossible for him to be really angry, and when he was about to laugh along, he suddenly heard Gao Miao's call, and had to suppress his smile, turned around, looked at Gao Miao, and whispered suspiciously.
"Your Royal Highness, someone from the East Palace has come, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited His Royal Highness to enter the palace for a while." Gao Miao bowed slightly and reported in a low voice.
Well? Enter the palace and talk about it? Make no mistake, didn't you just get together a few days ago? What is this cold and nonsensical to tell? As soon as Li Xian heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately made a muttering in his heart, and for a while he couldn't understand Li Hong's intention to invite him at this time, and after hesitating for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Do you have any explanations from the side?" ”
Gao Miao shook his head and said, "If you go back to Your Highness, someone will pass the word and leave, and the slave and maid will not stay for a while." ”
Uh-huh, isn't this just a clear indication that we won't be given a chance to refuse, what kind of fame, play mysterious? Li Xian was very close to the prince in the past, but since the case of the edict and prison court, Li Xian has deliberately opened the distance between him and Li Hong, not that he is very dissatisfied with Li Hong himself, in fact, whether it is in his previous life or in this life, Li Xian has always admired Li Hong's brother in his heart, the problem is that the affairs of the heavenly family have nothing to do with feelings at all, only related to interests, as long as Li Xian still wants to quietly gather the team, he must form an alliance with Li Xian, so as to hide behind Li Xian's back and develop secretly, This is Li Xian's established policy, and it is impossible to change it in the slightest.
"Well, prepare the car, in addition, send someone, just Lin Hu, go to King Lu's mansion to say, just say that this king was invited by the prince's brother to enter the palace today to talk." Li Xian frowned and thought for a while, and then he carefully commanded.
"Yes, slave and maid will do it."
After getting along for nearly a month, Gao Miao has already adapted to Li Xian's changes, although he can't guess what Li Xian's intentions are in arranging this way, he doesn't ask too much, and hurriedly agrees to the promise, and does not mention the relevant matters by arranging himself.
"Your Highness." Yan Hong, who was waiting on the side, heard that Li Xian was going to enter the East Palace, so she didn't dare to slack off, took a leather jacket and walked to Li Xian's side, changed Li Xian's clothes with her hands and feet, and whispered: "It's cold, Your Highness will go early and return early, don't drink too much." ”
"Well, Gu knows, please ask Sister Yanhong to send Wan'er to the Lin family's daughter-in-law, and Gu won't come back for lunch." Li Xian still respects Yan Hong, a big girl like a sister, and is not moved by the fact that her words are meant to teach a lesson, nodding with a smile, giving an order, and then walking out of the door and walking to the front yard......
"Slaves and maids greet Your Highness."
Outside the Chunhua Gate of the East Palace, Li Xianfang poked his head out of the carriage, and before he had time to let people go to the palace gate to hand over the sign, Chen Dayong, the chief eunuch of the East Palace, had already led several small eunuchs to greet him, and the big gifts were endless.
"There is Lao Chen's father-in-law, Xiao Wang is a step late, and he asked his father-in-law to wait for a long time, Haihan, Haihan." As soon as Li Xian saw that it was Chen Dayong, the head of the eunuchs of the East Palace, he couldn't help but feel a sudden in his heart, but he didn't bring it to his face, he just laughed with a smile on his face, and he was approachable.
"Don't dare, don't dare, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been marquis in Donglin Pavilion, His Royal Highness, please come with the old slave."
Chen Dayong obviously had no intention of being polite with Li Xian, he just smiled reservedly, turned to the side slightly, and made a gesture, and then, regardless of whether Li Xian followed or not, he led a few little eunuchs to the palace gate step by step.
What a rude old gelding! Li Xian has not been to the East Palace many times in the past, but he has rarely had anything to do with Chen Dayong, but he has not heard of his domineering deeds, and he also knows the root cause of his cold reception this time - the prince Li Hong has not yet married, and he has not accepted concubines, the entire East Palace is Chen Dayong is taking care of, and his high power is needless to say, and in recent years, the prince has often supervised the country, and the courtiers have come and gone to the East Palace in an endless stream, and they have to bribe Chen Dayong every time, otherwise they will have to wear small shoes, Chen Dayong also has an identity, that is, he was one of the personal eunuchs who listened to Wu Meiniang's side, was sent to the East Palace, and also had the mission of monitoring the prince nearby, so although this person was arrogant but no one dared to care, the reason why he put on a face at this time was because he came to the palace gate to wait for Li Xian on the order of the prince, and felt unhappy, but it was not that he had a grudge with Li Xian, in fact, for Li Xian, a low-key and incompetent prince, even if he was a prince, he did not let Chen Dayong look at it.
Old gelding, let's go! Li Xian not only knew some of Chen Dayong's secrets, but also knew that Chen Dayong was the murderer who poisoned Li Hong with a glass of wine in his previous life, of course, Chen Dayong himself did not end well, and was secretly killed by Wu Meiniang, but he lived less than one day longer than Li Hong. It seems that Chen Dayong is such a small person, Li Xianzi will not go to see him in general, but if he can design and use it, Li Xianzi will not be polite, so he is not happy with Chen Dayong's rudeness, Li Xian did not have a seizure, just like a person who has nothing to do, he followed Chen Dayong with a smile, slowly walked into the Chunhua Gate, and walked all the way to Donglin Pavilion speechlessly......
Donglin Pavilion, a side hall on the edge of a back garden in the East Palace, is located in the place of the harem of the East Palace, although Li Hong has not yet married, the harem is basically just a fictitious, but the rules are still there, not to mention ordinary courtiers, even if the brothers are not called and are not allowed to enter, Li Xian has not known how many times he has been in the East Palace, but it is the first time to the East Lin Pavilion, of course, when Li Xian himself was the prince in the previous life, he often went to the Donglin Pavilion for leisure, and he was very familiar with the surrounding scenery, all the way, All the memories buried deep in my heart can't help but come to my heart, and under the ups and downs, there is a different taste in my heart.
"The younger brother has seen the prince's brother."
Li Xian was accompanied by Chen Dayong to the second floor of Donglin Pavilion, and when he saw Li Hong, who was dressed in a bright yellow robe, standing with his back to the staircase and leaning on the railing, as if thinking about his thoughts, he didn't notice the arrival of everyone behind him, Li Xian hesitated slightly, but he still walked forward quickly, bowed down and hugged his fists, and called in a low voice.
"Seventh brother, stand here." Li Hong didn't look back, just raised his hand and ordered in a flat tone.
"Yes, my brother obeys." Li Xianshi didn't know what Li Hong's intention was, but since Li Xian had opened his mouth, Li Xian was not easy to refuse, hesitated slightly, and after agreeing, he raised his feet and walked to Li Hong's side, followed Li Hong's gaze, and immediately saw that in the garden not far from Your Excellency, a group of small eunuchs were busy trimming a tree that was not too tall in the cold wind, and the sound of gurgling sawing wood was quite harsh.
Pruning, or in winter? What's the name? Oh yes, hey, that's hard for you! Although Li Xian has not learned gardening, he still knows when it is appropriate to trim the trees - only in the spring and autumn seasons, there is this behavior, pruning in winter, it is almost equivalent to destroying the wood, even if the pruned trees do not die in the spring of the next year, they will definitely not grow well, this Li Hong may not know, but the eunuch who is responsible for taking care of the back garden has no reason to understand, the reason why such a stupid thing can be carried out, in fact, is just a metaphor, just to show him Li Xian, the intention is self-evident, However, it is one thing to understand that it is another thing to deal with it, even if Li Xian has excellent experience, it is difficult to find an excuse for the best of both worlds for a while, so he had to take advantage of Li Hong's failure to speak, and quickly turned his brain.
Li Xian obviously couldn't speak first at this time, and Li Hong didn't seem to be in a hurry to say more, the brothers just stood side by side, like two still sculptures, but the atmosphere in the attic seemed a little weird......