CHAPTER XVIII
"Don't talk about it." Ling Yueyan interrupted.
In the past, she was a person who disregarded her reputation and went on a rampage in the right capital, and she always knew that many official ladies didn't like her, and she was polite to her on the surface, but behind her back she felt that she ignored her duty as a woman in the boudoir and looked down on her.
But she is the daughter of the founding general, no one dares to say half a word, and only Li Nannan dares to quarrel with her on the street.
Maybe it's because of Haoyu's letter, or maybe it's because she has matured after staying in Linya Villa for a year, her perspective on the problem has become much deeper, and the emperor's sudden visit to the mansions of three important ministers this time is by no means as simple as imagined.
The current court situation is not like the period of the first emperor, and the new official also has three fires, not to mention the current emperor, today's gaffe of the small box is bound to make the emperor suspicious, she changed into a more formal dress, and called the green pomegranate to go to the hall.
"Green pomegranate."
Lu Liu followed behind, a little worried about the injury of the small box, and it took a while to realize that Ling Yueyan was calling her.
"Was Miss calling Green Pomegranate just now?" Green Grenade asked.
Ling Yueyan walked slowly towards the front hall, and when he was about to arrive, he looked back at the green pomegranate, and after thinking about it again, he said: "In the future, you will be the big girl in the courtyard, and you can ignore other things, there is only one thing, teach everyone to be cautious in their words and deeds." ”
Something like today, if it happens again, she can't imagine what the consequences will be, her father worked hard for the family, for the people, and for the country, she doesn't want to be able to share one or two, but only wants not to add to the chaos.
She didn't want to see her father end up like a master, Lu Liu didn't understand why Ling Yueyan would suddenly say such a thing, the courtyard has always been the little box that has the final say, she was worried that the little box would be angry when he woke up.
"Is Miss worried that today's events will affect the master? But I think the Queen Mother is very tolerant of you, and she will not be embarrassed. Green Pomegranate said.
Ling Yueyan shook his head and didn't speak, the queen mother is the queen mother, the emperor is the emperor, the emperor who was the second prince a year ago did not hesitate to sacrifice Li Shangshu to envelop the pure ministers who were not relied on in the court like Li Shangshu, and also used the matter of stopping the carriage on the street to make the people in the court think that her father was more inclined to his side, such a scheming person, she had to worry.
The little box is the daughter of the nurse, and the nurse died because of her poisoning, this incident has always made Ling Yueyan feel uncomfortable, so she has always given the little box enough freedom, but she can't let this freedom harm her.
Today's sword can be regarded as a reminder of the small box, and it is also a reminder to yourself that the right capital is not a river and lake, let alone Linya Villa.
"Your little sister has been in Linya Villa for a year, and her martial arts have increased a lot, and she has become more and more beautiful." Ling Yueyan walked into the hall, just when he heard the emperor's words, he stumbled under his feet and almost fell, but was held firmly by the green pomegranate.
Ling Yueyan wanted to take a look at Brother Ye Zheng, but who knew that Jun Ye Zheng was not in the front hall, only the emperor and the queen mother were sitting here.
"Attend the emperor, the queen mother."
"Get up." The Queen Mother looked at Ling Yueyan with a charitable face, and waved her hand to let the grandmother next to her step forward to help Ling Yueyan.
"I originally thought that I was going to come to the General's Mansion today, so I specially brought Mama Xiang here, but it was so unfortunate that your mother took Mama Liu to the temple to make a vow." The Queen Mother beckoned to Ling Yueyan, and Ling Yueyan walked to the Queen Mother and sat down.
Grandma Xiang and Granny Liu beside her mother are friends in the palace, Ling Yueyan smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, unable to ignore the eyes of the emperor on the main seat, tried to lower his head and not look at him, and replied: "When Mother comes back, the courtier will tell her mother to let her take Granny Liu into the palace to greet you." ”
Mama Xiang covered her mouth and smiled, and the Queen Mother also laughed, turned her head to the emperor and said, "Look at this child, how well-behaved and sensible he is." ”
Somehow, Ling Yueyan had a bad premonition, looked up at Ling Xian in the lower seat, and motioned for him to change the topic quickly, Ling Xian didn't see it, and even answered: "If the little sister is really well-behaved, my father will not force her to go to Linya Villa, and my mother is sad day and night, so I think I can find someone to marry her as soon as possible, so that I can keep to myself." ”
The hall laughed, Ling Yueyan glared at Ling Xian angrily, it was really a pot that could not be opened, she should not have come on such an occasion, if it weren't for the fact that she wanted to take a look at Brother Ye Zheng, now that no one saw her, and she was inexplicably brought to the center of the topic, she instinctively felt that if she didn't say anything again, she might have to talk about marriage.
So she got up and saluted, and said to the queen mother: "The courtiers have been taught by the master in Linya Villa, and they have gained a lot in the past year. ”
The Queen Mother covered her mouth and smiled, laughing at Ling Yue's thoughts on the martial arts: "I just hurt my maid, do you want to hurt your brother with the mouth of the mourning family now?" The mourning family does not do wrongs. ”
"How about I try it?" There was a voice behind him, it was Brother Ye Zheng.
Ling Yueyan looked back, a pair of eyes lit up, everyone in the hall saw it in their eyes, the emperor's eyes changed slightly, his right hand knocked on the seat, and the daughter of the general in the right capital city was crazy about Jun Yezheng.
At the royal banquet a few years ago, he also saw Ling Yueyan dancing with others for the sake of his third brother, but he didn't know if today, there was a better choice in front of her, and she could still not change her naked mind.
Ling Yueyan was so excited that he couldn't stand still, this was the first time in the seven years since he liked Brother Ye Zheng, he took the initiative to talk to her, and he still had to compete with her, it was like killing her, she was speechless.
Ling Xian got up and said, "It's better for me to teach her a lesson, don't let my sister, who doesn't know the severity of my life, hurt the prince." ”
"Eh, I can't listen to what you say, although your sister went to Linya Villa to study for a year, but my third brother was able to fight the enemy at the age of ten, Ling Xian, you are using your sister to humiliate my younger brother." I couldn't hear what the emperor meant by this, but it always made Ling Yueyan feel uncomfortable.
"The last general will not dare, the prince forgives the sin." Ling Xian half-knelt on the ground.
Jun Yezheng smiled casually, raised his right hand lightly to signal Ling Xian to get up, and walked to the guard on the side and took the sword in his hand: "Then let's see how Ling Mei learned in Linya Villa." ”
How could Ling Yueyan not seize such a rare opportunity, he directly pulled out the sword hidden in his waist, pressed the mechanism above, the short sword turned into a long sword, and followed Jun Ye Zheng to the outside of the hall.
Everyone in the hall got up and walked outside the door, and the emperor shouted, "Good sword." ”
"Leaf... The third prince, the courtiers were offended. Ling Yueyan held the sword in both hands and hugged Jun Yezheng into fists, and then stood opposite him with the sword on his back.
Jun Yezheng stabbed with a sword, she reacted very quickly, rose into the air, turned over to dodge, and then twisted her waist, the long sword in her hand bent into a bow shape against the ground, and bounced up in an instant, her body was vertical, and she counterattacked.
The two of you and I dismantled more than a dozen moves, it was very enjoyable, suddenly Jun Yezheng changed his moves, and the soft offensive just now was completely gone, followed by chic and brisk attacks again and again, Ling Yueyan couldn't keep up, and slowly struggled, and suddenly his wrist flicked, and the long sword was picked up by Jun Yezheng on the ground.
The sword in his hand was about to be withdrawn, Ling Yueyan jumped and used the Condensing Sky Step to quickly shift behind him, Jun Yezheng reflexively turned around with a sword, Ling Yueyan no longer had a sword in her hand, she raised her hand to block it.
"Sister!"
"Yan'er!"
The two voices sounded at the same time, and although Jun Yezheng collected his sword in time, the tip of the sword still touched Ling Yueyan's hand, stabbing the back of his hand.
"Weichen see the emperor, the queen mother, and the prince." General Ling hadn't taken off his military uniform yet, he hurried back from the Dongshan military camp, kneeling on the ground, but his eyes looked at Ling Yueyan's hand, showing a very worried expression.
The emperor also walked towards Ling Yueyan with a worried face, and reached out to pull her injured hand, Ling Yueyan took two steps back, hid his hand behind him, bowed slightly and said: "The prince is good at swordsmanship, and the courtiers are ashamed of themselves." ”
She was telling the truth, in fact, she already felt a little struggling halfway through the fight, just to hold on for a little longer, and didn't want Brother Ye Zheng to think that she was just an embroidered pillow, so she thought about turning defeat into victory when the sword had landed and the defeat had been decided.
Brother Ye Zheng didn't mean to hurt her, because she suddenly used the condensation step to make Brother Ye Zheng have no time to react.
"Your sword is indeed a good sword, but your martial arts are really not good, this hand injury, this king also did it on purpose." Jun Yezheng threw the sword in his hand to the guard next to him, and said murderous words in his mouth.
Even though Ling Yueyan could listen to this, Ling Xian and General Ling had already blown their beards and glared, if it weren't for the fact that the person in front of them was the prince, their hands might have been cut off by the two of them now.
The emperor was still stiff because of the two steps that Ling Yueyan deliberately retreated just now, and the queen mother slowly walked over from behind at this time and was afraid to pat the emperor, and the emperor reacted and asked General Ling to get up.
General Ling knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up, and changed his direction to face Jun Yezheng, full of murderous aura: "May I ask the prince, what is the offense of the little girl, the prince wants to deliberately hurt her." ”
General Ling just came back from outside and didn't know the situation, but Ling Xian also figured it out for a while, when he was a child, he had fought against foreign enemies with Jun Yezheng when he was a child, this person was extremely enlightened, and his extraterritorial emperor had his own rules, not a casual person.
Although he was still very angry that Jun Yezheng hurt his sister, he also knew that he was doing this because he had just said something inappropriate in the small box in the backyard, and the emperor had not expressed his position until now, Jun Yezheng may have wanted to cover up the matter with his sister's injury.
But what he couldn't figure out was why Jun Yezheng, who was the prince, wanted to help the general's mansion.
Jun Yezheng smiled lightly in the face of the general's questioning, took the handkerchief handed over by the guard, wiped the sweat on his hands, looked at Ling Yueyan and said: "She connived at the maidservant to talk about the arrogant words first, and in order to practice martial arts, she regarded human life as a mustard behind, as the third prince of Chaojiaguo, punish such a ridiculous daughter for her brother, is General Ling so protective?" ”