Chapter 19: Forbearance
Yin Yu was flattered to get Li Lingyu's permission to stay in the inner courtyard.
Honeysuckle objected: "Your Highness thinks twice, although it is hopeless to capture the assassin, but after all, as a man, it is inconvenient for him to live in the inner courtyard. ”
Honeysuckle has always been wary of Yin Yu, even if he helps Li Lingyu tame the Golden Crow and capture the assassin, she still feels that there is something wrong with this person's origin.
Yin Yu was afraid that Li Lingyu would regret it, so he immediately retorted: "I heard in the Qiuxian Pavilion that there are already two sons in the inner courtyard, why can they live but I can't?" Am I a man, aren't they? ”
Honeysuckle sneered: "You're talking about Yuezhu and Moshu, they are all lowly, they are slaves bought by His Highness, and their lives are pinched in His Highness's hands, so naturally they don't dare to have bad intentions, how can you compare?" ”
"I can also sell myself to the princess." Yin Yu didn't want to think.
"......" Honeysuckle was speechless.
Li Lingyou couldn't help but smile: "Okay, don't say a few words, it's hopeless, you go back to Qiuxian Pavilion first, have a good night's rest, and then move to the inner courtyard tomorrow, and live next door to Yuezhu Moshu and them." ”
"Princess Xie." Yin Yu clenched his fists, and left in a hurry without waiting for Honeysuckle to say anything.
After boiling hot tea and sending it in, Li Lingyou drank it, his cold hands and feet gradually warmed up, glanced at Honeysuckle who was sulking with a straight face, stretched out a finger, and poked her waist and eyes.
Honeysuckle was afraid of itching, so he held back a smile and dodged: "Your Highness, don't make trouble!" ”
"Are you still angry?"
Honeysuckle hurriedly shook his head, he really couldn't do anything about her, took the teapot in Lianpeng's hand, motioned her to go down, and asked curiously while adding tea to Li Lingyou: "You haven't told the slave maid yet, what is going on with Anal?" ”
Li Lingyu held the somewhat hot tea cup, his eyes were foggy with water vapor, recalled for a moment, and said:
"Ashinazin is the illegitimate daughter of the fourth prince of the Qiang Kingdom, Ashinazin, but her mother is not the princess, but the princess's maid, Ashinajin drunken and immoral made her pregnant, the maid was ashamed of the princess, and after giving birth to Anaer, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. Ashinazin refused to admit that Ashnaar was her child, but fortunately, the princess was kind-hearted and handed over Anaar to the servants to raise, until she was seven years old, when I saw the child being abused by the servants, and I relented for a while, so I asked Ashinazin for her...... Anar became my maid-in-waiting and accompanied me for nine long years. ”
Honeysuckle sighed, and was a little worried: "That Great Liang destroyed the Qiang Kingdom, does Anar have any complaints about you?" ”
Li Lingyu lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly: "If I say that there is nothing at all, will you believe it?" ”
No matter how bad the Qiang country is, it is also Anal's hometown, and no matter how good she is to Anal, she is also one of the people who caused her to lose her home.
"Then you don't have to worry about her ......," Honeysuckle said again.
Li Lingyou knew what she had not finished talking about, and covered her heart and said, "If she wants to harm me, she just needs to secretly change my medicine, and I will die." ”
Honeysuckle's face changed, and he called out "Your Highness" with some trepidation.
Li Lingyou laughed again: "Don't be afraid, I'll tease you, I've taken that pill thousands of times, and there is a trace of something wrong, I can detect it immediately, and it will be fine." ”
Honeysuckle was relieved at this time, but after tasting Li Lingyou's words, she was a little confused, did the princess trust Anar or didn't trust her?
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Utuk was locked up in an empty room, and Anar kept watch over him all night, probably because Yin Yu was too harsh, and it was not until dawn that Utuk woke up from his coma.
"Hiss......" Utuk felt the pain in the back of his neck as if it were cracked, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Anar with a worried face.
"How are you? The enchantress ......"
"Smack!"
Anal slapped Utuk in the face, knocking him out.
"Utuk!" Anal growled, "Can you stop doing such stupid things!" Even if you can kill Kedun, do you think you can live on your own! ”
Utuk came to his senses and gritted his teeth: "As long as I can let her die, I am willing to bury her with her......"
"Smack! Syllable! ”
Anal slapped him twice.
Utuk was annoyed: "Why are you hitting me again! ”
"I'm just going to wake you up!"
The innocence and immaturity of the girl on Anal's face disappeared, only ferocity:
"What is it to kill a woman, if you really have the ability, you should know how to forbear, save your life first, and then slowly figure it out, one day in the future, let the name of Ashina re-deter the grasslands of the Western Regions, and make the people of Daliang frightened."
Utuk was stunned for a long time, and the young man's face gradually showed helplessness and dazedness:
"Will there ever be another day?"
Seeing that he had calmed down, Anar softened his face and lowered his voice: "Yes, I heard that Da Liang was going to send a prince back to Xiqiang to appease the tribe, but Ke Dun recommended his father to the king. ”
Utuk was pleasantly surprised: "Really, then, then I can go back?" ”
He's had enough of being confined in the tower, not seeing a ray of sunlight, and his bones are rotting.
Anar looked at him with pity: "No, you are going to stay as a hostage. ”
Utuk looked flustered: "No, I want to go back too!" I want to go back with my father, queen and mother! ”
"You can't go back, you have to stay in Kyoto obediently, don't do anything stupid, they will let your father return to the grassland with confidence, understand?"
Utuk is ignorant, he is only sixteen years old like Anal, but because of the doting of his parents, he has never experienced setbacks, and he has not yet learned to use his brain.
Anal sighed, stretched out her hand and gently touched his red and swollen cheeks: "Brother, I will never harm you, don't you believe me?" ”
Utuk struggled inwardly: "But you always defend that poisonous woman, I thought you had become a lackey of Da Liang." ”
Anal's expression was complicated, but his tone was very firm: "Ke Dun is kind to me, of course I want to defend her, but Da Liang has an enmity with me, and I can't be obedient in my life." ”
Utuk stared at her for a moment, making sure that she hadn't lied to him, and it took a long time before he made up his mind, nodded heavily:
"Okay, I'll listen to you, bear with it first."
Anar let out a sigh of relief, got up and said, "I'll take you to see Your Highness." ”
……
As soon as Li Lingyou woke up, he heard that Anar had persuaded Utuk and was waiting for her in the front hall to ask questions.
Honeysuckle went to Zongzheng Division early in the morning to ask for guilt, Li Ling thought about it, and did not call the guards, but asked people to find "Hopeless".
Yin Yu was carrying his baggage and planning to move into the inner courtyard, when he heard that Li Lingyou had summoned him, he threw the things into the hands of the messenger and hurried over.
Anar waited in the front hall with Utuk, Li Lingyu was late, Frangipani and Lotus Peng served tea fruits and exited the door.
Utuk peeked at Li Lingyou with his spare eyes, only to see that she had changed into a plain brocade dress, and her hair was pulled up high. Just sitting there, it looks like a lot of manners. Thinking that when he was young and ignorant, he was also deceived by her unparalleled beauty, thinking that she was a gentle and kind good woman, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed and regretful.
"Your Highness, Utuk has promised me that he will not offend you again, let alone assassinate you again, please spare him this time." Anar cautiously pleaded with Li Lingyu.
"Didn't he have a long mouth himself?" Li Lingyou's face was pale, and he didn't look at them, just pinched a green cherry and played with it.
Anar gave Utuk a look, and Utuk said in a sullen voice, "I won't do it again, please let me go." ”
Li Lingyou looked at him squarely: "You tell this palace first, who released you from the Pure Karma Tower?" ”
Utuk hesitated, then glanced at Anar again, and said, "I don't know the man, and I don't see his face clearly, but I hear his voice...... It's like your cool eunuch. ”
Yin Yu walked to the door, just when he heard this, his brows tightened.
Eunuchs, that's eunuchs, where are the most eunuchs in Kyoto?
Palace.