"This Chu Shenxia is stubborn, it seems that he is planning to fight us to the end, you don't have to worry about King Qing, go to Lu Country in the next few days, and personally hand over this letter to Lu Jixi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Receiving the letter handed over by the person in front of him, Jing Min carefully put it into his sleeves, straightened his placket, and said casually: "Are you going to turn the tiger away from the mountain?" ”

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to him." Liu Yu glanced at him with some amusement.

Jing Yan laughed and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something and turned back and said: "By the way, after Liu Yan was crowned prince, the situation in the court is very delicate, and the Situ family has always been neutral, I think this is a good opportunity to win them over." ”

Liu Yu's eyes tightened, but he immediately relaxed again, and said: "Situ Yi is loyal and has won the emperor's favor, and his only son Situ Deng has also attacked his Laozi's consistent style, never forming a party or faction. Therefore, the Situ family is not on my list, and anyone who is not used by me will be killed. ”

"Situ Yi is now riddled with illness, and he is not far from death, not long after, Situ Deng will take the title to replace his father in politics, Situ Deng and Liu Yan have already broken up, how can he be willing to help Liu Yan ascend the throne?" Jing Min shook his fan, seemingly very sure.

Liu Yu waved his pen, and two words jumped out on the white paper on the table, Situ, only then did he raise his head and said: "Very good, since you are sure, then you can do it." ”

Jing Yan's eyes flashed, there was an indescribable expression on his face, and he withdrew after saluting.

On the seventh day of the sixth month, it was the birthday of the crown prince Liu Yan, and the East Palace was busy a few days ago.

The ministers congratulated each other with heavy gifts, Liu Yan was also indispensable to greet everyone with a cold greeting, the emperor originally wanted to come, but he had a rheumatic attack, and he couldn't walk in pain, and he didn't want to take a sedan chair to endure the pain to come to the East Palace, so he simply became bedridden.

Coincidentally, Concubine Gao Xian's headache has become more and more serious in the past few days, and even to the point of being out of control, so she didn't come.

The emperor and the concubine did not come, and everyone was not so restrained, talking and laughing in the hall, watching the singing and dancing programs.

Yongming looked at the delicacies in front of him but couldn't arouse any interest, and from time to time glanced at Ruoyu on Liu Yan's side from the corner of his eye, Ruoyu noticed her gaze, but he could only pretend not to see it.

"Your Highness." Yongming picked up the wine glass, faced Liu Yan, smiled slightly, and said, "The concubine respects you with a glass." ”

Liu Yan was very surprised, I don't know what kind of family she is dedicating, the ministers she saw were looking at her, in front of everyone, the princess's face was always to be given, so he also picked up the wine glass in front of him, looked at Yongming and smiled, and drank it all.

Yongming really had a later word, and seeing that everyone's eyes were still on himself and Liu Yan, he hurriedly said: "Today, on His Royal Highness's birthday, the concubine has also prepared a thin gift, and I hope His Highness likes it." ”

As soon as the words fell, the dancing girls in the hall retreated together, and a few women re-entered, all of them fell into the fish and geese, and bowed to Liu Yanyingying.

Liu Yan looked at Yongming with a dark face, but there was no emotion in his voice, "What does the crown princess mean by this?" ”

Yongming Zhengse said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the prime of life, and he should take more concubines to extend the heirs of my Southern Song Dynasty royal family, so that the emperor and Concubine Xian can be relieved." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was full of whispers of joy, and those ministers couldn't help nodding, feeling that the crown princess's move was decent and generous, which was really a blessing for the prince.

And the family members and several princesses brought by those ministers all felt that this princess was really insidious, and An sent his own people to serve the prince, which was decent and generous on the surface, but in fact it was a monopoly on the situation.

In this way, if the crown prince wants to take a concubine from somewhere else, the crown princess can refuse it openly, which is really insidious and insidious.

Liu Yan squeezed out a smile, glanced at Yongming deeply, and said: "This gift is too big, the matter of taking a concubine is not big, and it is not small to say that it is small, the crown princess is a little sloppy, right?" ”

"Not hasty, not hasty, my brother thinks this move is very good, the crown princess is so virtuous and virtuous, and she is willing to solve problems for His Royal Highness the Prince, which is really amazing." King Qing was the first to jump out and say.

With the beginning of King Qing, the hall suddenly echoed a large number of voices, and it was indeed what Yongming did that these ministers thought about day and night, so they all admired it from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Yanden was a little unable to get off the stage, his eyes swept over everyone one by one, and finally fell on Chu Shenxia, hoping that he could help him solve this problem, but Chu Shenxia always bowed his head and ate vegetables, and did not respond to his meaning at all.

"These girls are talented singers, right? Didn't the crown princess feel that something was wrong? Has the crown princess ever learned about their personalities? It is too superficial to be my Liu Yan's concubine just by her appearance. Liu Yan looked at Yongming steadily, but saw that her face did not show half embarrassment, but was a little happy, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Yongming flicked his sleeves, and the women withdrew, and everyone unconsciously stretched their necks to look at the temple door, but found that no one wanted to come in again, so they turned their eyes to Yongming again.

"It's the concubine who did something wrong, but ......" Yongming's gaze couldn't help jumping to Ruoyu, Liu Yan noticed her gaze, couldn't help frowning, and listened to her continue: "However, the concubine does know that there is such a person, in terms of appearance, I am afraid that few people can compare with her, in terms of intelligence, it is not worse than a man, and more importantly, her knowledge and courage are on a par with His Royal Highness." Compared with her, the concubines all felt ashamed of themselves. ”

When everyone heard her say this, they were naturally very curious, and some people even urged impatiently: "Dare to ask the crown princess, who is this person?" I didn't know that there were such outstanding women in the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

Yongming smiled at the man, and was about to open his mouth to say it, but Liu Yan had already grabbed ahead of her and said, "That's it, it's it, it's not ......."

"Eh, no, no, no, you have to say it." Yongming hurriedly intercepted his words and said quickly: "This woman is Ruoyu, the queen of the Jiangcheng Alliance. ”

"Oh?" Although they had heard of this name, no one had ever seen it, and a sneer appeared on King Qing's face, and he deliberately pointed at Ruoyu beside Liu Yan and said, "If it weren't for that Wang Ruoyu who is more beautiful than this girl?" ”

Ruoyu secretly clenched the sword in his hand, and with a "dang" sound, the sword was slightly unsheathed, and King Qing was shocked in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak, he had already heard of her swordsmanship, and he didn't dare to provoke her at all.

Yongming also felt that something was wrong, gasped, and said, "Exactly...... It was Miss Ruoyu herself. ”

The hall that was still very lively suddenly quieted down at this moment, everyone looked at each other, although the person in front of him was extremely beautiful, but the anger in his eyes was too heavy, not to mention the prince, even if they let themselves marry such a woman, they were unwilling.

Chu Shenxia saw that the atmosphere was not right, and was about to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, when an inner supervisor suddenly walked to his side, took out a note from his cuff, handed it to him in a hurry, and withdrew.

Liu Yan naturally noticed this scene, only to see that after Chu Shenxia opened the note, he also retreated, and he was very puzzled.

"Your Highness?"

Seeing that the hall was silent for a long time, Lu Zhi hurriedly approached his ear and reminded him.

"I'm afraid the crown princess has drunk too much, the matter of the side concubine, after the banquet is over, we will go back to the room and discuss it slowly." Liu Yan glanced at Yongming obliquely, and deliberately accentuated the word slowly.

"Dian......" Yongming seemed to be a little unwilling, but when he looked at Shang Ruoyu floating over, his heart suddenly lost confidence, and those words returned to his stomach.

"Come, Hongu has a toast to everyone." Liu Yan picked up the wine glass and did it first as a respect.

Everyone hurriedly smiled and raised their glasses in response, and the dancing queen returned to the main hall, dancing, the unique aroma overflowing, mixed with the aroma of wine, it was simply intoxicating.

The matter of taking a concubine was finally overturned, but until the end of the banquet, Chu Shenxia did not return to the seat, Liu Yan's eyelids jumped fast, and he always felt that something was about to happen.

At night, the lake shone with a sparkling light, and the people in the wind-carrying pavilion stood as usual, standing with their hands behind their backs.

Chu Shenxia bowed ten steps behind him, but this time he didn't say anything, the word "prince" had become the biggest barrier between the two.

"Tell me what you think?" Liu Yu still carried him on his back, his eyes lingering on the lake.

Chu Shenxia's gaze crossed him and landed on the surface of the lake, at that moment the eyes of the two seemed to be the same, Liu Yu looked back at him, and he slowly replied: "What you think in your heart, you are moved." ”

"Bullshit."

Chu Shenxia was stunned and looked at the person in front of him in surprise, Liu Yu ignored his gaze and said angrily: "Chu Shenxia, don't you think you are stupid and hypocritical?" ”

Seeing that he didn't speak, Liu Yu sneered: "What do you think you can live well now?" If I really wanted to kill you, you would die a hundred times. ”

Chu Shenxia understood what he was talking about, most of the time, he had guessed that the force behind Shen Zhiwei was Liu Yu, and that time in the secret room, he also had the intention to let himself go.

If he was ruthless in putting himself and death, Liu Yan would never have returned to Jiankang alive, or perhaps, Shen Zhiwei and his plan would have succeeded.

"Liu Yan is the biggest culprit who killed your brother Chu Shenyu, this is what you firmly believe, have you forgotten it now?" Liu Yu took two steps closer to him and said sarcastically in a low voice: "Liu Yan is stubborn, cowardly, and stupid, what is he like me?" What is it that compels you to turn to the world for him? ”

Chu Shenxia avoided his gaze and exhaled: "He is not stubborn, cowardly, or stupid, but upright, benevolent, and wise and foolish. ”

The muscles on Liu Yu's cheeks jumped tightly, and his eyes couldn't see any emotion, so he suddenly approached him and said in a deep voice: "So, I said you are stupid, how can someone like him ascend the throne?" You are more fit for the throne than he is. ”

A gust of wind suddenly blew around, covering the bright moon tightly, and in the dimness, Liu Yu saw that the people in front of him had a pair of eyes blazing, full of endless firmness. There was a sudden shock in his heart, and a sense of uneasiness crept up, though he could not tell where it came from.