There are a few women in the booklet that Liu Yu has also seen, and they are all women who entered the palace when they were choosing concubines. And the family behind these women was once a family in Chang'an City, but it overturned in a short period of time, and there must be insignificant internal affairs from outsiders. And these women have become the concubines of the emperor who are temporarily raised here and ready to be admitted to the palace at any time.

Liu Yu was very helpless, who was Su Yan guarding against so carefully?

"Young Eunuch Yu, I don't know this woman." Liu Yu pointed to Cao Yi on the roster, "Can you let Ben Hou meet?" ”

Yu Mo's face was embarrassed, and he didn't answer. Liu Yu said: "It's just to meet and say a few words, there will be no overstepping the courtesy, and the young eunuch can supervise on the side." ”

Yu Moxiang nodded with a smile and began to arrange.

Sima Xuan'er had been watching, she was a little curious about Liu Yu's reaction, why did Liu Yu want to see the daughter of one of the prisoners?

Yu Mo quickly finished arranging, Liu Yu didn't let Sima Xuan'er follow, at this time Sui Yi was pulling Li Mi to choose a dancer and didn't have the heart to pay attention to this, Liu Yu took a few guards into the inner courtyard. This inner courtyard is usually the place where the women of the song and dance workshop live and live, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw the women's clothes hanging everywhere, it was rare that it was a sunny day today, and the women in the song and dance workshop hurried out to dry their clothes, and at this time most of them were still practicing dance outside, and they didn't have time to come in and clean up. The whole courtyard was empty, and there was no one to be seen.

"Master Hou, people are inside. The old body, this is for you to come out. ”

The boudoir of his daughter's house, Liu Yu is indeed not suitable for entering, so Liu Yu stood in the courtyard and looked at the surrounding environment. There are quite a few courtyards in the whole singing and dancing workshop. And this courtyard is just one of many women's dormitory courtyards. The daughter of a convict who was sent here. In addition to practicing dance, they also need to live, and their living conditions in such a congested environment are not much better.

A woman pulled up her long skirt, walked carefully to Liu Yu step by step, lowered her head and knelt on the ground, and asked Liu Yu to say goodbye. And Yu Mo brought people and stood at the gate of the courtyard very well, not to eavesdrop on the conversation between Liu Yu and Cao Yi, but also to supervise whether Liu Yu was acting beyond courtesy.

"The slave has seen Master Hou."

Although the voice has not changed. But when he spoke, he was a little sad, and he was no longer arrogant when he met in the palace.

"Cao, Miss, please get up, you should know the identity of the Dao Benhou, right?"

Cao Yi stood up, still bowing her head and not daring to look at Liu Yu, and said softly: "Yes." ”

"Then can you guess the purpose of Ben Hou's coming?"

Cao Yicheng said in fear: "The slave doesn't dare to guess. ”

Liu Yu smiled faintly, looked at Cao Yi, who was wearing a jinghai plain skirt and seemed to be a little woman from a peasant family, and said, "I miss your Cao family, who used to be the leading wealthy family in Chang'an City." It's really touching that it collapsed so quickly. Even Miss Cao is such a beautiful woman. can only be assigned to the teaching workshop, and the fate is really a little unfair. Has Miss Cao ever thought about leaving here? ”

"The slave didn't dare to think about it." Cao Yi thought that Liu Yue was testing her, and said cautiously.

"What is there to dare to think, people are yearning for freedom, you say that leaving here, the sea is wide and the fish leaps high and the birds fly, what's wrong? In the future, no one will control her, get married and have children to be an ordinary person, what does Miss Cao think? ”

Cao Yi could already feel that Liu Yulai's purpose was not simple, and she no longer responded.

"Give you a way to live, leave Chang'an City, Ben Hou will arrange someone to send you to Huainan for a generation, give you a new household registration and identity, and a sum of money to ensure your life. Don't come back in the future. ”

When Cao Yi heard this, she immediately knelt on the cold ground and begged, "Master Hou, can the slave and maid not choose this path?" ”

Liu Yue was slightly stunned, this woman can still insist on her own views and not be succumbed to power under such circumstances, this woman does have a talent that other women do not have. Liu Yu sighed: "Do you want to enter the palace? ”

Cao Yi cried sadly: "The Cao family is in exile, parents and brothers are either assigned, or imprisoned, slaves and maids want to enter the palace to ask for the emperor's forgiveness, and the Cao family will have a day of reunion." If the slaves and maids are all in the world, they will have no face to see the ancestors of the Cao family after death! ”

Liu Yu saw her sad appearance, and suddenly remembered Li Sha'er's strong demeanor. The situation and mentality of the two people are roughly the same, originally Liu Yu would not let her enter the palace no matter what, but at this time, he seemed to be unable to bear to destroy the only remaining expectation in a woman's heart.

Cao Yi said that she entered the palace to beg the emperor, but Liu Yue knew that after she entered the palace, she would definitely gather three thousand favors, and it would inevitably threaten Xiaoyu's position. Xiaoyu belongs to the kind of little woman who is virtuous and has no talent in a small family, and has no scheming, but Cao Yi is like a python, although Cao Yi is more suitable to assist Su Yan in achieving great causes, but then again, the women of the harem can control the harem, if you are concerned about political affairs, it is inevitable that this Cao Yi will not become the culprit of the troubled country.

At this time, Yu Mo hurriedly came in and said to Liu Yu: "Master Hou, Sui Shangguan is looking for you outside." ”

Liu Yu nodded, when he came in, Sui Yi would definitely look for him if he didn't see him, Liu Yu sighed and said to Cao Yi: "You are so self-sufficient." Liu Yu didn't say anything more, and when he went out, although he had a conversation with Sui Yi and Li Mi, he always felt uneasy in his heart.

Yu Mo had already prepared the banquet hall and let the three of them enter, Sui Yi sat in front of the desk with a dancer in one hand, Li Mi was much more polite, and there was only one dancer by his side to accompany him, and Sima Xuan'er sat next to Liu Yu. Sima Xuan'er poured wine for Li, Sui Yi smiled and said: "Miss Lan only pours wine for Brother Liu, not for us, it really doesn't give face." ”

Sima Xuan'er's face turned red, and she was about to pour a glass for Sui Yi, but Liu Yu took the wine jug and poured a full glass of wine himself.

"Miss Sima is a guest, how can there be a reason for a guest to pour wine?"

Liu Yu poured the wine cup full of wine and handed it to Sima Xuan'er, but Sima Xuan'er hesitated and didn't dare to take it. Liu Yu was like her friend, but she didn't dare to call herself Liu Yu's friend.

The dancers began to come up to perform songs and dances, and in the sound of silk and bamboo, Sui Yi's entourage hurriedly came in to pass the ceremony, saying that Liu Meier had also arrived.

"Okay, invite her in."

At the beginning of Xiaohualou, Sui Yi and Prince Dadu had a very unpleasant quarrel, and even taking him with him was equivalent to being swept away by Liu Meier, and now Liu Meier's identity is different from the past, Sui Yi finally seized the opportunity, it seems that he will definitely have to regain face today. And a man's search for face for a woman is nothing more than finding it from a woman, but Liu Yu guessed that this Liu Meier was not simple, and Sui Yi might not be able to reap the benefits.

Liu Meier's demeanor is still the same, but the clothes on her body are a little old, and she is no longer the style she had when she was in Xiaohualou, and the small lotus stepped into the door and gave a salute to the three people on the main seat, because her appearance is indeed very similar to Liu Liniang, and it also makes Liu Yu always feel that she should have something to do with Liu Liniang. Seeing her, Liu Yue couldn't help but think of the unfathomable woman who was far away in the sky.

"A few officials, I don't know what you want the slave family to perform?"

Sui Yi shouted: "Of course it's an encouragement, you have a drum set." ”

Yu Mo replied on the side: "Yes." ”

"Then don't hurry up and prepare, this land is not too big, just move a few shorter ones over and see what it means."

Sui Yi came, the busiest work was Yu Mo, before and after running, he didn't have any complaints, first, he really couldn't afford to offend these three people, the key is that Sui Yi also rewarded silver, Sui Yi was born in a businessman, and his shot was much more generous than that of ordinary dignitaries and nobles. is rich and easy to do, and Yu Mo is also tantamount to using public utensils for personal gain.

When the drum set was set, Liu Meier went down to change her clothes, but it was a feather coat that was exposed that could no longer be exposed, Liu Meier also wore a feather coat before, but because each family is different, she didn't expect to dance in such clothes that even the important parts of the body have to be half-covered, and she seems unwilling to go on stage. Sui Yi said unhappily: "I spent five hundred taels of silver to invite you out, can you just let you dance?" I can make it clear to you before you come out, and until tomorrow morning I send you away, you will have to listen to Uncle Ben for everything!" ”

Sui Yi's aggressiveness made Liu Meier even more helpless, in fact, Liu Yu has also been observing Liu Meier's actions, if this woman really has a background, she will definitely show some changes in her expression, but Liu Yu didn't notice it for a long time.

Liu Meier began to perform inspiring, Liu Yue didn't feel strange when he saw more, plus Cao Yi's matter made him feel a little less, but Sima Xuan'er, who was kneeling next to him, watched carefully. When a dancing expert meets an expert, he must learn from each other's strengths, and Sima Xuan'er knows how to seize the opportunity.

Liu Yu looked at it for a while and felt really bored, and after drinking some wine, he wanted to go out and blow the cold wind. Liu Yu asked Sima Xuan'er, "Where is your thatched house?" ”

Sima Xuan'er also took a drink, her face flushed, and said, "The little woman will lead the way for the son." ”

Liu Yu goes to a thatched house and asks a beautiful woman to guide the way, and this face is big enough. Liu Yu originally felt that it was not suitable for Sima Xuan'er to stay in this place of wine pond and meat forest, so he nodded and said, "It's hard work." ”

When the two of them came out, the temperature outside was different from the inside, because the dancers wore fewer clothes, especially like Liu Meier, who was not wearing clothes, and there were a lot of fires in the house. Liu Yu's guards handed over Liu Yu's big coat, Liu Yu took it and draped it directly on Sima Xuan'er, Sima Xuan'er wanted to refuse, but Liu Yu patted her shoulder and smiled warmly at her, but she didn't want to refuse.

The banquet hall was on the second floor, and from the corridor you could see the situation outside the workshop, and several carriages were parked at the door, which had not just been. And Yu Mo also hurriedly greeted him, and Liu Yu saw that the leader among the people was Gonggong Wu, the chief eunuch in the palace. A team of little eunuchs and guards came in, and Yu Mo went to the inner courtyard to call a few women who had packed their bags.

A group of women got out of the workshop and got into the carriage, which should be about to enter the palace.

Liu Yu looked at Cao Yi's back, and always felt that it was a mistake to let Cao Yi enter the palace today. At the beginning, all he insisted on was the tranquility of the inner courtyard of the palace. Now that Cao Yi's family has fallen, Cao Yi does not have the help of strong relatives around her, and she may not be able to make waves. But who knows what kind of impact the wind blowing in the ears of the people next to the pillow of Lu Dao will affect Su Yan, and it may only be a matter of time before the Cao family wants to prosper again.

"Childe, aren't you going to the thatched house?" Sima Xuan'er saw Liu Yuli standing there silent, as if urging.

"Oh." Liu Yu came to his senses and went downstairs with Sima Xuan'er. (To be continued......)