Pu Ruoyan was anxiously waiting in the house, looking forward to the future scene of getting married in the future, and couldn't help laughing more and more. At this moment, she finally saw Pu Ping walking in, and she hurriedly rushed over: "Dad, you're back!"

"Hmm. ”

Pu Pingcang glanced at her, said yes and walked around her and walked inside. Pu Ruoyan was stunned for a moment, and rushed over to stop him: "Dad, don't go! Tell me quickly, what did my aunt say? Can you choose a day? Which day is an auspicious day for the zodiac?"

Pu Pingcang glanced at her again, thinking about how to speak: "Ruoyan, the queen said, forget about this family business." ”

The smile on Pu Ruoyan's face suddenly froze, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching a few times: "What did you say, Dad?" I didn't hear clearly. Auntie, what did she say?"

Pu Pingcang snorted coldly: "The queen said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no intention of treating you, but just treats you as a sister, so forget about this family business, she will choose a good husband for you again!"

Pu Ruoyan's face turned from red to white, and then from white to red, and he didn't say a word, turned around and left. Pu Pingcang instinctively chased two steps to stop her, but then stopped: maybe, let her hear the words of the queen mother with her own ears, and she will completely die. Even if there is any disrespect, whether it is his own niece or nephew, or a child, Pu Pingzhu should not be too difficult for her.

galloping all the way, Pu Ruoyan quickly entered the palace. However, when she asked the maid to pass the word for her, the maid said that the queen had fallen asleep and no one was to be seen.

My aunt was clearly deliberately avoiding me, because she knew she couldn't explain it to me!

Pu Ruoyan was so angry that smoke rose above her head, but it was her name. However, she also knew the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, not to mention that she didn't dare to force her way in, so she had to retreat abruptly, thinking about what to do as she went.

However, it was precisely because she was so engrossed in thinking that she didn't see Suo Mingze walking from the side at all, and she was about to collide with him. Fortunately, Cheng Depei saw that the situation was not good, and *** took a step forward and said sharply: "County Lord, be careful! Don't be alarmed!"

Pu Ruoyan stopped and raised his head, and was immediately taken aback, and knelt down to salute: "The courtiers see the emperor! The courtiers offended the holy driver, and the crime deserves death, please punish the emperor!"

"Excuse me," Suo Mingze smiled and stretched out his hand to help, "Ruoyan, why are you so attentive?"

Pu Ruoyan pursed her lips, and tears suddenly fell in large pieces. Suo Mingze was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?

"No," Pu Ruoyan said with a snort, "It's the courtier's daughter who thinks that she has no relationship with the prince's brother in this life, and she can't help but ......."

Suo Mingze became more and more puzzled: "Where do you start with this? I see that you have always been interested in Li'er, and you are ready to marry the two of you, how can this be?"

Pu Ruoyan was overjoyed and couldn't wait to ask: "What the emperor said is true? Then why did my aunt tell her courtiers that this family business was over? She also said that she would choose a good husband for her courtiers again!"

Suo Mingze frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Ruoyan, you go back to the house first and wait, and I will ask the queen what is going on." ”

Pu Ruoyan nodded immediately: "Yes! The courtiers thank the emperor for his success!"

Sent away Pu Ruoyan, Pu Pingzhu was leaning on the couch weakly and closing his eyes to recuperate, and the maid walked in lightly: "Qiyu ......"

"No, no, no, no!" Pu Pingzhu's anger rushed up, screaming like madness, "Didn't I tell you? No one will see! Let them go!"

The maid was so frightened that she trembled, and before she could speak, Suo Mingze had already strode in, snorted and said, "The queen is so angry, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty?!" Pu Pingzhu was startled, and hurriedly slipped down from the couch to kneel down to salute, "The concubines see the emperor! I don't know that the emperor has arrived, and I hope the emperor will forgive me!"

"Get up," Suo Mingze sat down, "Who is the queen angry with? Also, why did you tell Ruoyan that you wanted to choose a good husband for her again? Hasn't she been married to Li'er for many years?"

Pu Pingzhu was originally flustered and desperately thinking of what to deal with, but at this moment, he had an idea, and deliberately sighed and said: "Back to the emperor: Isn't it for this pair of children? Li'er has no intention of Ruoyan and does not want to marry her as a concubine, but her brother and Ruoyan came to force the concubine to agree to this family business. This one is a son, the other is a niece, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, the concubine is really embarrassed!"

"I see, the queen of hard work. Suo Mingze didn't have any suspicions, but smiled and comforted, "But I saw that Li'er was very good to Ruoyan, and thought that the happy event was coming, why did you suddenly not want to marry her as a concubine?"

Pu Pingzhu shook his head and said that he didn't know and didn't dare to say more. Suo Mingze pondered for a moment, got up and left: "I'm going to ask Li'er, no matter what, this family affair can't be canceled, even if it's a side concubine, Ruoyan must marry Li'er!"

Pu Pingzhu was so anxious that his eyes were on fire, but he didn't dare to stop it, so he could only watch him go away, and silently said in despair: Ruoyan, my aunt is sorry for you!

Le'an Hou Puping was born as a military general, and he used his soldiers like a god with military power, and he has always been responsible for the defense of the imperial city, with high hard work and high merit, and loyalty to the Tianlong Kingdom. Such a loyal and good general, it is natural that he must do everything possible to win him over in order to ensure that he continues to serve the royal family. And marriage is the most concise and effective way.

Entering the East Palace, Suo Tianli was sitting at the table drinking gruel, and when he saw him coming in, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "Erchen,"

"Excuse me. Suo Mingze waved his hand to stop, "You're still sick, sit down." ”

Suo Tianli nodded and sat down, before he could ask, Suo Mingze had already gotten straight to the point: "Li'er, I just saw Ruoyan, she said that you refused to marry her as a concubine, and she cried very sadly." ”

I don't see her today. Suo Tianli was very innocent, but nodded calmly: "Yes, Erchen only has the meaning of brother and sister to Ruoyan, and has no love between men and women, and he does not want to mistake her for life." ”

Suo Mingze looked at him fixedly for a moment, and suddenly smiled faintly: "Li'er, have you ever heard a sentence called 'May you live and live in the emperor's family'?"

Suo Tianli instantly had an alarm bell in his heart, but he calmed down and nodded: "Yes, Erchen has heard that the father and emperor mean ......"

"What I mean by this is that being born into a royal family is not as good as the average person thinks. Suo Mingze's tone was still very flat, but it was faintly sharp, "Many times, what you do is what you don't want to do, and what you are willing to do can't be done." As a prince, whether you do something or not depends not on whether you want to do it, but on whether you need it. ”

Suo Tianli pursed his lips: "This so-called need is naturally not the need of the sons. ”

"Yes, the children can be taught. Suo Mingze smiled, his eyes deep, "It doesn't matter if you need it or not, the important thing is whether the royal family needs it or not, whether the Tianlong Kingdom needs it or not, this is the only criterion for measuring the trade-off." ”

Suo Tianli was silent for a moment before he smiled faintly: "Isn't the need of the ministers there important?"

"It's important, but it's bigger than the whole country. Suo Mingze nodded, "When something is beneficial to your country, but it will inevitably damage your personal interests, then your only choice is to sacrifice the small self and fulfill the big self." Those who want to achieve great things must have sacrifices. ”

Suo Tianli was silent again, and did not speak again for a long time. Seeing this, Suo Mingze simply stood up and said softly: "You must understand what I mean, think about it yourself, I believe you will not disappoint me!"

After a while, Jiang Mingyue walked in lightly, and when she saw his lost mind, she couldn't help but pout, snorted and said, "What!

...

Suo Tianli came back to her senses, knowing that she had been guarding the door all along, she heard the conversation between the two, and smiled indifferently: "What my father said makes sense, because that is the truth." ”

Jiang Mingyue was stunned for a moment: "Brother Yan, do you mean that you are ready to accept the emperor's arrangement?"

Suo Tianli neither nodded nor shook his head, and replied ambiguously: "As a prince, I am indeed helpless sometimes. ”

Jiang Mingyue couldn't tell what kind of feeling she felt in her heart, but at least she knew that she was very unhappy. As for why she was unhappy, she couldn't say it anymore.

The two of them were staring at each other with big eyes, Duanmu Youning stepped in, and couldn't help frowning when he saw the appearance of the two: "Quarreled?"

The two of them turned their heads to look at her in unison, and then said in unison, "No!

Duanmu Youning couldn't help but be happy: "Such a tacit understanding? Since they haven't quarreled, why do they blow each other's beards and stare at each other?"

Jiang Mingyue snorted and complained angrily: "The emperor came here just now! I know that Brother Yan doesn't like Pu Ruoyan, and I still want Brother Yan to marry her as a concubine!"

Duanmu Youning turned his head, just in front of Suo Tianli's deep eyes, his heart couldn't help jumping, and he smiled deliberately and said, "Xunhuan is not angry yet, what are you angry about?"

Jiang Mingyue blinked: "I'm sorry for Brother Yan! How can a person like Pu Ruoyan be worthy of Brother Yan!"

Duanmu smiled inwardly, and his tone was surprisingly serious: "Xunhuan, what do you mean?"

Suo Tianli also smiled: "She, not what I want." ”

"Well, I know. Duanmu Youning nodded, his expression was as usual, "Then are you going to give in, or wait for what you want?"

A trace of confusion flashed in Suo Tianli's eyes: "I don't know." Once in the sea, I looked down on all the rivers in the world, except for Wushan, I thought that there were no strange clouds and mist in the world. Girl, I can't overcome my demons. ”

At first glance, this sentence didn't seem to be inappropriate, but Duanmu You's eyes changed suddenly: "Looking for fun?!, you mean that your inner demon is ......?"