Liu Yu just lifted a glass of wine, and before he could reach his lips, he raised his head and looked at Sima Xuan'er. Before she knew what was going on, Sima Xuan'er's face changed greatly, and she fell from the drum rack nearly three meters above the ground, and let out a "bang!" The drum set fell to the ground like dominoes, and there was a loud noise.

Immediately followed by the sound of the generals unsheathed with their swords and the footsteps of the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army pouring into the main hall, even Liu Zhao beside Liu Yu suddenly got up and pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, probably realizing that this woman just took a wooden sword and fell from a height, which would not endanger the emperor's safety, so she took out the sword without making a fuss and sat down relatively calmly.

"Big ...... Bold woman. ”

The emperor and the civil ministers and military generals in the hall did not squeak, like a woman's orchid fingers, and the palace attendants with phoenix eyebrows on the shiny but wrinkled old face of the palace servant, roared the male duck and stepped forward, shouting, "Disturb the holy driver, drag it out, and cut it!" ”

If it is said that the most favored of the servants today is Gonggong Ling beside Li Guifei, many foreign ministers use him to make friends with Li Guifei and the fifth prince Su Yi, and the emperor also trusts him. According to some rumors, Liu Yu guessed that this was Gonggong Ling, the servant who was nicknamed "Old Monster" behind his back.

"Please spare your life."

Sima Xuan'er was dragged and shouted.

The emperor still did not speak, but at this time, the fifth prince Su Yi took the lead in getting up, hurriedly took a few steps to the center of the hall, knelt on the ground and pleaded: "Father, this girl just fell accidentally while dancing, and she has no intention of assassinating or disturbing the holy driver, and I hope that my father and emperor will spare her life." ”

The emperor was surprised and asked, "Emperor, do you recognize this girl?" ”

Su Yi said respectfully: "I don't recognize it." ”

The emperor smiled and didn't say anything more, and Concubine Li reminded: "Emperor, I don't know why you want to intercede for her?" ”

"Back to the words of the father and the mother concubine, the emperor just thinks that today is the father and the emperor banquet to refuse the enemy and the meritorious minister, this female dance in front of the emperor is outstanding, the original intention is also to perform for the Dashun soldiers, unexpectedly stumbled, but not to be convicted of this."

Concubine Li nodded, seemingly satisfied with her son's answer.

Liu Yuxin said that the mother and son were really acting, Su Yi's plea and Li Guifei's questioning inevitably seemed too contrived, and the axe and chisel in the tone were too obvious, which obviously gave Su Yi an impression score in front of the emperor. And the Seventh Prince Su Zhe seemed to be very smart, he didn't listen to foreign affairs, as if he didn't have anything to do, and drank wine by himself.

"The people's daughter begged His Majesty to spare her life." Sima Xuan'er couldn't move, and pleaded again.

The emperor was noncommittal, looked ahead, and said, "Girl, you raise your head." ”

The Imperial Forest Army behind Sima Xuan'er let go of his hand slightly, and Sima Xuan'er was able to raise his head, with a strong face on his face, but also a little frightened and overly frightened.

"What a beautiful woman." The Emperor smiled and said, "What's your name?" ”

Sima Xuan'er calmed down and gasped and said, "Minnu, Lan Lan." ”

"Lan Lan?" When the emperor first heard this name, his expression was abrupt, and then he pondered for a moment, and said thoughtfully, "Good name, good name." I once had an old man who liked to raise orchids, and once cultivated a pink spider plant, which was named Kanglan. ”

Sima Xuan'er lowered her head again and said: "If you go back to your majesty, that orchid is raised by your father, and after her father died, the daughter of the people is not allowed to raise flowers, and the orchid will wither after a few months. ”

The emperor shook his head when he heard this, and asked urgently: "Then what is your real name?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, the people's daughter is surnamed Sima, her name is Xuan'er, and her father is ...... Sima Lang, the guilty minister. ”

Suddenly hearing the words "Sima Lang", the emperor looked stunned, and the wine glass in his hand suddenly slipped down, spilling all over the wine. Li Guifei wanted to wipe it, but the emperor ignored it, got up, and his tone trembled: "Then you...... Get up and let me ...... Take a good look. ”

Sima Xuan'er finally got out of her body, stood up from the ground with difficulty, raised her head, and stood proudly like Xuemei in the wind and snow.

The emperor had joy on his face, more emotion, and sighed: "Good, good, it's really extraordinary, with the demeanor of your father." ”

The civil ministers and military generals in the hall include concubines and princes, although most of them have heard of Sima Lang, but few know that the emperor had a relationship with Sima Lang.

The suitability of the two monarchs and ministers could have become a model for ancient and modern monarchs and ministers, but on the contrary, ten years ago, there was a human tragedy of royal fratricide, Sima Lang was imprisoned, and the emperor also wanted to pardon him, but Sima Lang never had the pain of imprisonment in his life, and died of illness in prison, which became a rare regret in the emperor's life. Now that he suddenly saw the daughter of the deceased, and had been reduced to a dancer, lonely and helpless, how could he not be emotional, an old man in his last years?

The emperor was pleased: "Miss Sima, I know that you have no intention of disturbing the Holy Driver, so I will pardon you today. However, when I saw you on the drum before, it seemed that I had fallen because of the shaking of my spirit, somehow? ”

Liu Yuxin said that it was not good, and at this time, Sima Xuan'er really set his eyes on him.

"If you go back to Your Majesty, because the people are ...... Meet someone I didn't think would be here. ”

Then Sima Xuan'er told Liu Yu exactly what happened to him that day, and even he took his two twin sisters to meet Aunt Xuan, including instructing her to dance, and later treating her injuries and painting. Liu Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, the emperor asked you to say why, you are really obedient and afraid that people don't know how to go, when it comes to the worst, Liu Yue consciously became the target of everyone, and the eyes of the people in the hall were gloating, as if they wanted to see his fate.

"Bold Liu family child." As soon as Sima Xuan'er's story was finished, the emperor didn't squeak, and Gonggong Ling spoke again.

Liu Zhao was startled, and hurriedly saluted: "The emperor atones for his sins, dog...... Just messing around. ”

The emperor looked suspicious and asked: "Dingguohou, you said that your son-in-law is messing around, why do you say that?" ”

Gonggong Ling next to him reminded: "Your Majesty, this little child of the Liu family, who has obviously been given a marriage by His Majesty, actually marries a concubine and serves without permission, and marries both of them once he marries, isn't this a blatant disobedience to the holy order?" ”

"Oh?" The emperor smiled and diluted his previous feelings for the old man, and said, "Father-in-law Ling, you really misunderstood the son of the Liu family in this matter, his two concubines were actually given to him by me, if you give him a crime of disobeying the holy order, wouldn't it be the most serious crime to fall on my head?" ”

The words are not shocking, and they are endless.

The emperor's words shocked the people in the palace, and the emperor gave a concubine to marry? Rare anecdotes.

But there are also people who observe the expression of the party, that is, Xu Xuanzhu, who is looking at Liu Yu with affection, without the slightest intention. Thinking about it, I think it may be that the emperor gave a concubine to "Junsha" at the same time in order to prevent this "Kefu girl" from killing her husband in the future, which is also a kind of joy.

"Wen Yan." The emperor suddenly affectionately called Liu Yu's name.

"Grass...... Wechen is in. Liu Yu saluted respectfully.

The emperor smiled and said: "This matter is completely caused by you, you pointed out the dancing posture and painted for Miss Sima, which made her feel distracted, and today because of you, you made her stumble and fall into the drum, and you can't escape the blame......"

Liu Yu was puzzled, he wouldn't turn around and punish Sima Xuan'er because he saw him fall, right?

“…… I will punish you. The emperor continued, "I have heard that you are not good at writing and martial arts, and you are good at poetry, so you might as well ...... You will write a poem about today's events. I will be rewarded for my good work. ”

Poetry? Liu Yuxin said that it must be Han Sheng's secret, how can he compose poems, at most he can only copy poems. Today's poem title is so unique, with Sima Xuan'er stumbling as the theme? How? Could it be that first describe the grace of her dancing, and the last sentence is "suddenly a fairy falls into the dust" to describe her embarrassment?

At this time, Liu Yu looked embarrassed, and the eyes of others were even narrower, such a difficult topic, no one can do it well.

Liu Yuyi sighed: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen occasionally got two sentences, but they didn't become poems, so I don't know if I should say it." ”

The emperor didn't expect Liu Yue to have an idea so quickly, and said with a smile: "But it doesn't hurt to say, if you don't do it well, I won't blame you." ”

Liu Yu nodded, took two steps forward, and came to the center of the main hall, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Sima Xuan'er's complicated expression, looking sideways, Xu Xuanzhu looked at him with expectation and trust.

"One misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and then ......look back," Liu Yu paused, "It's been a hundred years." ”

"Boom!" As soon as Liu Yu's poem was finished, the wine glass in the emperor's hand slipped down for the second time.

Although Liu Yu's two sentences are poems with "stumbling", the donkey's lips are not right at all, and what is the matter is just that he accidentally fell down while dancing, how can he regret it for life. But Liu Yu's poem was not intended for everyone, but for the emperor.

What he is talking about is not Sima Xuan'er's missteps today, but the old incident of the prince's fratricidal saboticial ten years ago.

"One misstep becomes a thousand hatreds", it seems to be talking about the second prince, but it is actually talking about the current emperor. When Queen Mu died early, the three brothers were so affectionate, even the young Su Yan was immersed in the emperor's favor and the help of his brother. But the tragedy of that year happened without warning. Although all the evidence shows that the second prince Su Dian did it, after so many years, the old emperor will also think through many things.

Who benefited the most from this incident back then? It was not a group of brothers who did not become a climate back then, at that time the crown prince and the second prince had a very high prestige in the court, although Queen Mu died, but Queen Mu had both talent and virtue, and her son inherited the mother's style, and won the support of the ministers, including the talented son Sima Lang of the year, who also taught the three princes with heart, at that time the three princes and the following royal brothers could not endanger their orthodox power at all, and the only one who benefited was the King Huai who was still holding back.

In recent years, the king of Huai has been exposed to each other, and he has not been able to meet several times, and it is even rumored that Huai is training troops on a large scale, and he already has a tendency to stand on his own feet. But the Turks continued to invade the country, and the emperor was old and sick and had no energy to deal with this imperial brother, so the old emperor became more and more suspicious that even if it was not the planting of King Huai, it was the relationship between their brothers provoked by King Huai.

Now that the emperor is about to die of a hundred years, the three brothers who were deeply in love back then, one went to Huangquan early, the other is still suffering at the border, and the youngest one is also uncompetitive and has fallen into the streets. The emperor most wanted to see the successful son-in-law not end well. Now I have to see the eldest daughter of Sima Lang, who had the promise of "the friendship of the monarch and the minister", and actually wanted to sell her art to support her family, Sima Lang was the hero who never gave up in times of crisis, and later made great contributions to his accession to the throne.

"That's it!" The emperor suddenly sighed, interrupting everyone's continuous sarcastic words about Liu Yu's poems, and sighed, "I can't drink enough, I'm tired, the Qing family should go back to rest today, and I will go back to rest first." ”

Then, under the eyes of the prince and princess of the palace, the old emperor also seemed to be dozens of years old, and went to the inner court with the help of Mrs. Lu. Seeing the emperor leave, some people still looked at Liu Yu with surprised eyes, and didn't understand whether it was because of his lame poem that the emperor wanted to leave as soon as possible.

The banquet also became a little disappointing because of the emperor's departure, and they had to leave the palace when it was time to turn on the lights. Liu Yu walked out of the Xuanwu Hall with his father Liu Zhao, and the old man didn't say a word. At this time, a little eunuch standing at the door came over and asked, "Is this Liu Wenyan and Liu Gongzi?" ”

Liu Yu was surprised and asked, "What's the matter with my father-in-law?" ”

The little eunuch said, "Wu Guoshi is invited." ”

When Liu Zhao heard this, he glanced at Liu Yu with suspicion, and he didn't understand why this uncompetitive son would make such a big splash in front of the emperor.

"Go early and come back early, don't get into trouble again!" Liu Zhao threw down a sentence and went in the direction of the palace gate first.