Chapter 46: Gentleness in the World
Emperor Xu Kang took Zhaoyi Wu Baonian, the crown prince Xu Boxing, and several royal clansmen who held important positions in the imperial court to drive the Dicuishan Palace.
After everyone followed Emperor Xu Kangdi to the Empress Dowager to greet him, they entered the Purple Pole Garden.
Although it is necessary to settle the issue of the salary accounts of the military in the south today, the clear statement is that "there is a small dispute between the prince and the uncle of King Huai, and several clan relatives are specially summoned to come and discuss the judgment with His Majesty."
There is no mention of Lian Zhen or the southern border, and the matter is forcibly twisted into a private dispute and conflict between the princes and princes, and it has become a royal family matter.
Although Xu Huaijing was brought to the palace by the Empress Dowager since he was nine years old, after the death of his biological mother, Emperor Xu Kang originally handed him over to the name of the current Zhaoyi Wu Baonian to raise.
Therefore, Wu Baonian is not only his blood aunt, but also the nominal "mother concubine", and today is a family matter, and she is free to be present to listen.
And Princess Xu Huai, as Princess Huai, was also present.
I think it is that Dicui Mountain is white and vast today, and it reminds Xu Kangdi of Xu Huaijing's biological mother. His eyes rarely fell on Xu Huaijing, and occasionally when father and son had to talk, his tone was also hidden in restraint.
Xu Huaijing is accustomed to this, and there is no embarrassment or uneasiness. It's like a pool of stagnant water, you can only answer when you ask, and you can't make a sound if you don't ask.
The so-called "joint discussion and judgment" between Emperor Xu Kangdi and several important ministers of the clan is obviously a tacit agreement for a long time, and today it is just a process of "deduction".
The prince probably understood Xu Kangdi's thoughts, and neither side dared to say anything rashly.
The scene was very boring and boring, and Princess Xu Huai looked at Wu Zhaoyi not far away.
During the wedding ceremony, she had met Emperor Xu Kang, the Empress and Wu Zhaoyi.
But at that time, there was a hijab, and only a few words of majestic and empty scenes were heard, and no one could see them at all.
At present, Wu Zhaoyi secretly looked at Wu Zhaoyi from the side and back, and she suddenly realized, and finally understood why Xu Huaijing was very resistant when she saw her at first sight.
Although this Wu Zhaoyi is nearly forty years old, no matter which country she is in the world, she is an undisputed beauty.
Like a large area of roses blooming in the light, bright and delicate, gorgeous and dazzling.
But Princess Xu Huai was sure that she was not good at stubble. At least, in the nine years that Xu Huaijing was raised by her, she absolutely did nothing in private.
Otherwise, Xu Huaijing would not have such a temperament as he is now, and he would not have alarmed the Empress Dowager to bring him to the palace.
Sure enough, when Emperor Xu Kangdi made a decision and reprimanded Xu Huaijing for "overseeing the army perfunctory, not knowing three questions, and being raised by his mother and concubine", Wu Baonian immediately had tears in his eyes, stepped forward to kneel and confess, and expressed his willingness to ask the royal family law, which led Xu Huaijing to the side courtyard to teach.
was ordered by Wu Zhaoyi to block the hand-copying verandah at the entrance of the side courtyard, Princess Xu Huai was not surprised.
She tightened the fire fox Qiu Dayu on her body, looked at the light snow falling in the courtyard like fine salt, and asked in a low voice, "Ziyu, are you sure?" ”
Ziyu took half a step closer to her and replied in a suppressed voice, "Yes." The team of internal guards from the palace are all in the main garden, and there are only four palace guards in this side courtyard at the moment. ”
The defense of the Dicui Mountain Palace is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and the guards who are usually on duty everywhere inside the palace are almost all immature novices, which is a three-legged cat for Ziyu.
This is the reason why Princess Xu Huai specially brought Ziyu to serve today.
Princess Xu Huai bowed her head and looked at the snow scene in the courtyard calmly.
After about a cup of tea, seeing that Xu Huaijing had no signs of coming out, she said coldly and decisively: "Do it." ”
Since she came to Xu Kingdom with her marriage, Ziyu has been useless except for accompanying Princess Xu Huai to practice every morning, and she has long been suffocated.
At this moment, as soon as she received the order, she was like a tiger cub out of the cage, and she couldn't even parry the four palace guards, not to mention the two weak palace maids who were left under the corridor by Wu Zhaoyi.
There is a purple jade to open the way, and Princess Xu Huai is galloping with the wind, and she runs all the way to the side courtyard without hindrance.
When she stepped through the small arch of hanging flowers, she was immediately shocked by the absurd scene before her, and her anger was high.
She guessed that Wu Baonian would probably take advantage of the fire to rob and would not be too soft on Xu Huaijing, but she didn't expect to dare to be so rampant!
Under the opposite corridor, Wu Zhaoyi was wrapped in a warm crimson twined lotus silver embroidered cloak, covered the stove with her hands, and was accompanied by two palace maids, sitting on a chair with an elegant posture, looking at the snow in the courtyard with a smile.
There is a small table in the snow, which is used to smell the fragrance of fruit and offer a spiritual seat.
Xu Huaijing knelt straight in front of the spiritual seat, and the delicate and handsome side face lines were cold and indifferent.
The whole person is like a quiet ice ridge poking in the snow.
Cold and hard, but lonely and fragile.
The brocade robe on his body, which represented the identity of the prince of Xu State, had been removed, and he was only wearing a plain white shirt, and staggered scarlet blood stains oozed from his back.
On his left and right stood two harem punishing women, burly and strong.
The two women each held a bundle of wattles, and they were tacitly cooperating, taking turns to pump hard at him.
Yes, it wasn't one, it was a bundle!
After Ziyu saw it clearly, she was also shocked and her feet were slightly sluggish.
Princess Xu Huai gave her a sharp look, and she immediately swept over like an arrow from a string, and knocked the two women to the ground.
Wu Zhaoyi under the opposite corridor also came back to his senses at this time. She stood up slowly, with anger hidden in her gentle smile: "Princess Huai, you are too presumptuous." ”
"I think you're presumptuous!" Princess Xu Huai's words were pressed with a faint thunder, and she stepped heavily on the snow under her feet, and walked towards Xu Huaijing step by step.
Leng Su's gaze was always aimed at Wu Baonian.
Wu Baonian's eyes were slightly shocked, but he could still support the "mother concubine" posture.
"Your Majesty is here to teach the five princes, as a relative of the five princes, you dare to obstruct it privately, don't you take my big Xu Tianwei in your eyes?!"
After finishing speaking, he said to the two women who got up in embarrassment: "You are the female official in charge of the harem, what should you do?" If anyone dares to embarrass you, the sky will fall, and there will be a palace to carry around! ”
"You can't hold it!" Princess Xu Huai untied the fire fox Qiu Dayu on her body, and slammed it to the ground, smashing the fine snow into the air.
When Wu Baonian saw what she was wearing, her expression was immediately shocked.
The movement was like this, and Xu Huaijing seemed to have returned from the void. He froze for a moment, then turned his head slowly and hesitantly.
The sky and the earth were dazzling white, and he couldn't see the side clearly, only the slender figure of Princess Xu Huai close at hand was the clearest in his eyes.
A red robe is blazing like flames, and the two-headed phoenix of Izumo embroidered with gold thread on the robe is lifelike.
Princess Xu Huai took off the robe again and draped it over Xu Huaijing's shoulder.
Her stature stands out among most women, but compared to Xu Huaijing, she is still a little petite.
The robe doesn't completely block all the cold and gloom, but it's soft and fragrant, with a blazing temperature.
Xu Huaijing's eyes were first dazed, then surprised, and finally an undercurrent that only he understood surged.
But Princess Xu Huai didn't notice his expression, and only focused on confronting Wu Baonian: "Try to move him again?" Whoever dares to touch him at this time will not look at my mother's family in his eyes. You are just a Wu Zhaoyi, and you can't hold it. ”
No one in the courtyard dared to answer this, and of course no one dared to move.
The Izumo double-headed phoenix on the red robe is the totem of Princess Xu Huai's maiden family. Princess Xu Huai didn't bluff anyone, if she fought again, Wu Zhaoyi really couldn't hold back.
Hearing the sound of shuttered human voices and footsteps approaching the courtyard, Ziyu reminded with a coughing sound.
Princess Xu Huai was stunned, bent down and stretched out her hand to Xu Huaijing: "Don't worry, you will have everything you want." Trust me. ”
Under the bewitchment of her bright eyes, Xu Huaijing, with seven points of suspicion and three points of temptation, slowly raised his cold palm, and gently put it on her wrist through her sleeve.
A snowflake fell on his long eyelashes. He blinked, and the snowflakes melted into water and soaked into his eyes.
Strangely enough, he didn't feel cold.
He quietly tightened his palm, looked at the arrogant girl who was waiting on his side, and said in his heart, it turned out that the world was warm.