Since Liu Wei succeeded to the throne in the first year of Guangxi, there is a problem that has not been resolved, that is, the queen of Li.

At this time, Liu Wei was just fifteen years old, it was the year of dancing elephants, and the dragon nature was beginning to bloom.

At the beginning of his succession, when Empress Dowager He set up six auxiliary ministers, some people suggested that Yuan Kui's granddaughter should be married to Liu Weiwei, so that he could not only win over the powerful ministers, but also form a new foreign relative force in the imperial court.

However, soon Liu Wei seized power and pro-government, and the matter ended without a problem.

Since Liu Bian's "male rise", he has also had the idea of showing his majesty, but firstly, he has been busy with government affairs since he succeeded to the throne, and secondly, Liu Bian's inner thoughts have actually tended to be conservative, at least he doesn't want to hand over his boy body casually.

As for the queen's candidate, he naturally would not marry Yuan Kui's granddaughter, he already had a suitable candidate in his heart, but he felt that the other party seemed to be interested in him, as if he had other ideas, so it has been delayed until now.

Liu Wei wanted to delay, but the ministers couldn't wait. For Liu Wei to soak up with the feminine Wei Yi and the masculine macho Jiang Qi all day long, Lu Zhi and others, who began to doubt Liu Bian's sexual orientation, wrote letters one after another, hoping that he could establish himself as soon as possible and take the country as the foundation.

Faced with the pressure exerted by so many cronies, Liu Wei was forced to have no choice but to send an edict to Ren Hongchang to Mingguang Palace.

Since the first meeting, Liu Wei has been overwhelmed by Ren Hongchang's peerless beauty, and secretly vowed to take care of her for the rest of his life. The two of them have been together for a long time, but Liu Wei still can't figure out Ren Hongchang's thoughts.

If you don't understand, it's better to ask directly. Taking advantage of the ministers' strong demand for him to set up a post, Liu Wei decided to confess to Ren Hongchang.

It's just that when Ren Hongchang came to him, Liu Wei didn't know how to speak, so he had to blush and stare at Ren Hongchang who was kneeling on the side. And Ren Hongchang seemed to realize the purpose of Liu Wei calling her here, so he lowered his head and didn't speak.

There was an awkward silence in the Mingguang Temple.

After holding it for a long time, Liu Wei popped out a sentence from between his teeth: "Hongchang, how are you doing?" ”

Ren Hongchang didn't look up, and replied: "Let Your Majesty take care of it, everything is fine in Hongchang." ”

The answer was polite and courteous, without emotion, and Liu Wei was depressed for a while. The two men fell silent again.

After a while, Liu Wei couldn't help but mention Lu Zhi's book first.

"Recently, after Zigan and them wrote to let me stand, I couldn't make up my mind, so I wanted to ask what you meant."

This sentence "ask what you mean" is a pun, Ren Hongchang's face turned red when he heard it, but he still pretended not to understand and said: "The queen is the mother of a country, the wife of Your Majesty, Your Majesty can consider it for yourself, and there is no need to ask your subordinates what they mean." ”

Hearing that Ren Hongchang claimed to be a subordinate and pretending to be confused again, Liu Wei's heart was half cold. I was still a little unwilling in my heart, so I no longer hid it and asked bluntly: "Actually, in my heart, I hope you can become the queen!" ”

Ren Hongchang glanced up at Liu Wei in surprise, then lowered his eyes again, bit his lip, frowned slightly, suddenly got up and knelt in the middle of the hall, did not speak, just leaned down and bowed to the ground.

Wordless answer, Liu Wei also knew her answer. His heart was full of internal organs, and sorrow came from his heart.

"Why!" Liu Wei roared angrily.

Ren Hongchang trembled, still kneeling on the ground and did not answer Liu Wei's anger.

But Liu Wei had already thought of the reason in his heart.

"Is it because you don't like me at all?"

Ren Hongchang raised his head, already in tears.

"Please give Hongchang a death."

Liu Wei closed his eyes sadly and desperately, this answer has actually been hidden in his heart, but he always refuses to face it. He lamented in his heart: he was always rejected by beautiful women in his previous life, and he couldn't imagine that he was still rejected by beautiful women after crossing over to become an emperor, and he was still the first beauty in the world. Doesn't it say that the ancient emperors spoke with all their words, and all the people obeyed?

In fact, Liu Wei didn't know that the reason why Ren Hongchang had the courage to reject him was because he always transmitted to Ren Hongchang those modern concepts of equality, freedom, and the brave pursuit of his own happiness, so that Ren Hongchang dared to make his own choice at the critical moment of facing his fate. Liu Wei can also be regarded as lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot.

Liu Wei closed his eyes for a long time, and then opened his eyes and looked at Ren Hongchang with a resolute face, and said sadly: "I can't imagine that Luohua is intentionally ruthless, I won't kill you, you go!"

"Your Majesty?" Ren Hongchang looked at Liu Wei in a daze, and some didn't believe Liu Wei's words.

Liu Wei smiled bitterly and continued: "As the saying goes, you don't like me, I don't blame you. I respect your right to choose love, and if you want, I am willing to help you choose the right person to choose. I am still good friends with you! ”

After listening to Liu Wei's words, Ren Hongchang knelt down again gratefully. got up and was just about to leave the Mingguang Palace, when he suddenly remembered something, turned back to Liu Wei and said, "Your Majesty, why do you want to watch those BMW carved cars full of incense, and the jade pot light turns into a fish and dragon dance?" ”

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, Ren Hongchang's words were quoted from Xin Qiji's "Qingyu Case. Yuan Xi", she once heard herself chant, but she didn't know what the intention was when she said it here, and Liu Wei, who was upset, didn't think about it, just watched Ren Hongchang drift away, and her heart was like a knife.

"Someone!" Liu Wei summoned the palace people.

"Go get the wine!" He said distractedly.

The palace people didn't hear it clearly, and when they were stunned, Liu Wei was already furious, and his eyes roared viciously: "Go and bring me wine!" I'm going to get drunk! ”

As he spoke, he threw the things on the case in front of him to the ground.

Liu Wei has always been lenient to people, and rarely exerts majesty on subordinates, how can this palace person have seen such a thunderous rage, and they ran down to get wine in a panic.

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Ren Hongchang, who left the Mingguang Palace, was also in an unusually low mood, and he didn't want to go back to Hongdu to study, so he ordered the driver to drive out of the city and came to the woods in the suburbs.

Walking out of the carriage, a warm breeze in early June was blowing, and looking at the green trees full of vitality, Ren Hongchang's mood was slightly better.

led the attendants to the grass pavilion he frequented, but found that someone seemed to have come here first.

Ren Hongchang walked into the grass pavilion and saw a piece of Luoyang paper on the stone case inside, and a picture of a lady was drawn on the paper. The woman in the picture waved her long sleeves, lightly opened her lips, and looked forward to her eyebrows, which was extremely beautiful.

Ren Hongchang blushed slightly, because the beauty in the painting was herself.

A war knife was pressed against this picture of a lady very incoherently, Ren Hongchang was wondering who made this painting in his heart, and suddenly heard a sound of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, a black-faced fierce man behind him walked with a pen and ink in his hand.

The fierce man also saw Ren Hongchang in the pavilion, and couldn't help but stop, and the two of them looked at each other, both stunned in place.

Ren Hongchang recognized that this black-faced man had seen Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide not long ago, and heard that he was now appreciated by Liu Wei as the captain of the Northern Army.

In Ren Hongchang's eyes, Zhang Fei has a bold personality and is a fierce general with thick lines, and he really doesn't look like a person who can draw such a thoughtful picture of a lady, and he can't help but be stunned. And Zhang Fei was surprised to meet Ren Hongchang here, the two looked at each other in a daze, and they didn't say anything for a long time.

In the end, it was Ren Hongchang who broke the embarrassing silence, gave a gift, and said, "Zhang Jiaosheng, the little girl is polite." ”

Zhang Fei woke up like a dream, bowed deeply, and said apologetically: "The kid doesn't know that the girl is here, there is something abrupt, and I hope to forgive my sins." Boy, just leave. ”

Saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, Ren Hongchang was amused by his helpless stupidity, and called Zhang Fei and said: "Here it was Zhang Jiesheng who came first, and the little woman was just a magpie's nest dove, why did Zhang Jiesheng go upside down?" ”

Zhang Fei reacted at this time, stopped and looked back at Ren Hongchang, and didn't speak, but his originally black face turned red and purple.

Ren Hongchang smiled, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Zhang Jiesheng, please come, the little woman has something to ask." ”

Zhang Fei walked into the grass pavilion, and Ren Hongchang pointed to the picture of the lady on the stone case and asked, "This picture was made by Zhang Jiesheng?" ”

Since the farewell of the grass pavilion, Zhang Fei fell in love with Ren Hongchang's peerless appearance at first sight, but later learned of Ren Hongchang's identity as a doctor of Hongdu Sect and her complicated relationship with Liu Wei, so he buried this love in his heart and did not dare to reveal it. There was nothing to do in the military camp today, so he came to the grass pavilion where he met Ren Hongchang at the beginning, saw things and thought about people, and chatted about making a painting to send his thoughts.

Zhang Fei grew up in a wealthy family, received a higher education since he was a child, and although he likes to practice martial arts, his cultural attainments have not fallen much in the past few decades.

Unexpectedly, when he went to the stream to clean his pen and ink, the person he missed in his heart would appear, and he was at a loss for a while.

Ren Hongchang understood that this picture must have been made by Zhang Fei, and he no longer embarrassed him, but picked up the painting and looked at it carefully.

"Zhang Jiaosheng is talented, and his pen is brilliant!" Ren Hongchang exclaimed

Her eyes were focused on the painting, her expression was holy and quiet, and Zhang Fei, who was watching her from the side, was stupid, looking at her affectionately.

As if sensing Zhang Fei's strange appearance, Ren Hongchang turned his head sideways and saw his affectionate gaze, and somehow he suddenly blushed, and his heart beat inexplicably faster.

After a long time, Zhang Fei realized his gaffe, and hurriedly bowed down and apologized: "It's rude and rude, it's just a small skill, and it's not worthy of the girl's praise." ”

"I am Ren Hongchang, a doctor of Hongdu Sect, Zhang Jiesheng doesn't have to be a long girl, a girl is short, just call me Hongchang." As soon as the words were spoken, Ren Hongchang's face turned even redder.

She and Zhang Fei are only meeting for the second time at the moment, but they are so unreserved, she doesn't know why she is so confused in the face of Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei replied very seriously: "That is the case, Miss Hongchang can also be called Yide in the following table. ”

Ren Hongchang's face turned even crimson when she heard Zhang Fei say this, and her heart was pounding like a drum, in order to reduce this embarrassing feeling, she had to turn the topic to the painting again.

"Brother Yide has only seen me once, and he can paint so vividly, which is really talented."

Zhang Fei said humbly: "Miss Hongchang has an overreputation, and I don't like this dance and ink in the next book, but my family strictly hopes that I will become a talent, and I am always spurred, so I have this small success." There are still deficiencies in this painting, and Miss Hongchang doesn't blame me for making you ugly, so I'm thankful. ”

Ren Hongchang giggled again and said: "Hongchang is okay today, if Brother Yide has time, Hongchang is willing to stay for Brother Yide all day, and Brother Yide will paint with all his heart." ”

As he spoke, Ren Hongchang danced lightly on his waist and walked down the grass pavilion to sing and dance.

Zhang Fei, who was in the pavilion, held a pen, looked at this beautiful picture, and whispered stupidly: "If I can paint you for a lifetime, that's good!" ”

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At night, Liu Wei pushed open the yellow gate and guards who came over to support him, and stumbled back to the Dragon Garden alone.

The flask in his hand was empty, and he didn't know where he had thrown it. He couldn't remember how much he drank, but sadly found that he wanted to escape the pain by being drunk and dreaming of death, but he couldn't get drunk.

When I went to Queen Ma's weaving room in the Dragon Garden, I found that it was brightly lit, so I didn't think it was a little strange. Usually few people come here, only ......

Liu Wei walked into the weaving room and found that everything was as usual inside, except for some pieces of paper scattered on the ground.

He picked up a piece of paper and saw that there was a song "Song of Han Yuefu" written on it:

"Evil! I want to know you and live a long life. The mountains have no tombs, the rivers are exhausted, the winter thunder and earthquakes, the summer rain and snow, the heaven and the earth are combined, and they dare to be with the king. ”

The handwriting on the paper confirmed the person he guessed, and Liu Wei picked up the pieces of paper on the ground one by one, and they were all the same Yuefu poems, and the words were full of affection for that person.

"Your Majesty." Whispering softly, I don't know when the man has appeared in front of him.

Liu Wei looked at her stunned, Tang Ji's eyes were already pink, and her face was full of tears.

"Sister Tang, are you waiting for me?" Liu Wei asked softly.

Tang Ji nodded and said affectionately: "Your Majesty, the concubine has been waiting for you all along." ”

In an instant, Liu Wei suddenly understood the meaning of what Ren Hongchang said before leaving.

"Thousands of trees bloom at night in the east wind. More blown down, the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance. The crowd looked for her thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the person was there, and the lights were dim. ”

Liu Wei stepped forward and hugged Tang Ji, Tang Ji did not dodge, but fell on his shoulder and cried.

"Sister Tang, I will never leave you in this life and this life, I only love you alone!"

Liu Wei said, and he also burst into tears.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)

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