Chapter Eighty-Five: Marriage Proposal
In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.
Chinese New Year's Eve has arrived, and even the smell of excitement and joy floats in the air.
From the princes and nobles to the common people of Qianshou, every household cleans the courtyard, removes the old cloth and the new, and sticks new lanterns......
A group of fireworks in the world.
Linwangfu is no exception, Vanilla and Huaiyi are divided into two teams, twittering and directing the servants to do things, better than whose team is better!
In the room, Li Hanchen stood in front of a half-human-high bookcase and wrote a book couplet.
The movements are as smooth as flowing water, and the pen is strong, showing the spirit and bones.
The girl in the blue dress with delicate eyebrows stood aside and studied ink for him.
"Du'er, I heard that the princess of Chang'an is pregnant." He feigned nonchalance.
The girl didn't hear the hidden trace of expectation in his words, and nodded while studying ink: "Isn't this a normal thing?" ”
Someone didn't give up, put down the pen and looked at her, and continued to say casually: "The prince of Chang'an, that is, my brother, is going to be a father." ”
Xu Chaowan finally heard what he said, but he couldn't figure out what he meant for a while, and looked up at him: "So? ”
He looked at her with a smile, "I want to too." ”
Xu Chaodui blushed suddenly, lowered his eyes and didn't look at him, "Do you like children?" ”
He put down his pen and walked behind her and hugged her shoulders, the warm breath of his lips spraying in her ears, "Not either. I just like, our kids. ”
Although he is usually flamboyant, he will not say such explicit words.
Having lived together for so long, he never touched her again except for kissing.
In his concept, husband and wife should respect each other. He wouldn't force her until she said yes.
But if there is any compulsion, it is to tarnish his love for her.
The untrained girl is at a loss for this topic. It seems that as soon as the words are spoken, people will be ashamed to death.
"I ...... I...... I'm going to post couplets......"
At this moment, she couldn't even speak. Making an excuse, the kitten got out of his arms with the dexterity and ran away.
Li Hanchen stood in place and watched her figure disappear at the door, smiling wordlessly.
This is shy, what will I do in the future?
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Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and King Lin's Mansion and Chang'an Royal Mansion are invited to the palace for reunion.
In the past, although the emperor had three palaces and six courts, he only had children with the queen.
Perhaps due to the influence of family education, Emperor Akihito took a step closer on the basis of his father's infatuation, exempted three thousand beauties, and raised the queen alone in the harem.
The deep palace locks the years. Since he did not love those women, why should he call them into the palace? Locking their lives with glory and wealth, he didn't want to do that.
Now the relatives in the capital, except for his younger brother Li Hanchen, there is only the idle prince Chang'an Wang family who was left in the capital.
Compared with ordinary people, royal reunions are rare. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Emperor Akihito invited them all to the palace for a reunion and warmed up their family affection.
As soon as it was dark, there was a carriage from the palace to pick up people.
"Aunt He, let's go." Sent to the door by Aunt He's vanilla, she turned her head and said.
Aunt He smiled and nodded, and Vanilla volunteered: "Little lady, don't worry, I will take care of Aunt He!" ”
"Twilight, let's go." Li Hanchen gathered the cloak for her and led her into the carriage.
The wheels were rolling around, and soon they turned around and disappeared without a trace.
"Let's eat!" Vanilla jumped twice and cheered Aunt Fuhe into the house.
Two carriages with royal insignia drove into the palace gates, one after the other.
As soon as he got out of the carriage, someone affectionately called out to Li Hanchen.
Li Hanchen led her forward and bowed her hand to people: "Uncle Huang, Aunt Huang." ”
King Chang An patted him on the shoulder with a smile and nodded: "Don't say anything, our uncle and nephew will have a few drinks with Your Majesty." ”
Princess Chang'an kindly looked at this nephew who had not been seen for a long time, and praised: "Chen'er, this child, the longer he grows, the more courageous he becomes. ”
Li Hanchen responded with a smile.
Compared with the intimacy of Chang'an Wang and his wife, Li Wuye and his wife are much calmer.
After Li Wuye nodded and said hello to Li Hanchen, he didn't speak again.
Since the incident in Changxing Houfu, Xu Tinglan has hated Xu Chaowan to death, but she has to suppress this anger in front of her elders.
Xu Tinglan secretly glared at Xu Chaodui, Xu Chaodui didn't look at her, but glanced at her stomach curiously.
Even though she was wrapped in a cloak, she still caught a glimpse of Xu Tinglan's slightly bulging belly.
The two families chatted while following the palace servant who led the way towards the Luhua Palace.
The palace is lit up with lights. Even the palace servants and maids who came and went to do things were a little lighter than before.
When he came to the outside of the palace, the eunuch guarding outside the palace screamed and screamed.
As soon as he entered the house, the little prince who was playing with Xiahou Ji rushed over, raising her red little face: "Uncle Huang, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" ”
Li Hanchen squatted down to look at him, pulled the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "What do you want to say to me?" ”
The little prince stretched out his finger and pointed at Xiahou Xi: "It's aunt, aunt has been waiting for the imperial uncle for a long time." The aunt doesn't say it, but the nephew knows. ”
Li Hanchen looked at his fingers and nodded at Xiahou Xi, who was faintly in a bit of a mood.
The palace is resplendent in gold, the tall golden pillar has a finely carved dragon around it, and the top of the pillar is inserted horizontally with a cloud-shaped long piece of stone.
Looking at it from afar, it seems that the dragon is soaring into the sky, and it has the potential to soar for nine days.
After a polite salute, everyone quickly took their seats at the long table.
Emperor Mingren has always been cordial, waved his hand, and said: "Today is a family banquet, there is no distinction between monarchs and ministers, so there is no need to be polite." ”
While speaking, there were already palace maids who rushed into one after another exquisite and delicious royal banquets.
Needless to say, the next auspicious words of mutual wishes are needless to say.
While eating, Xiahou Ji looked at the two people from time to time, gathered the silver chopsticks in his hand, and finally made up his mind.
In the sound of small talk, Xiahou Ji secretly took a deep breath, felt the pounding heartbeat, bravely stood up.
Empress Xuande was feeding the little prince, and when she saw that her face was wrong, she asked, "What's wrong with Ji'er?" ”
The eyes of the people at the table were all focused on her cute baby face.
She stepped out of her seat and bowed to Emperor Akihito, "Brother-in-law, there is something I want to ask you for." ”
Emperor Mingren put down the silver chopsticks and nodded: "Ji'er just say." ”
Xiahou Xi glanced at Li Hanchen's position, clenched her fist nervously, and said, "Xi'er is now in the prime of her life, and it's time to get married." Therefore, if she wants to marry Brother Chen, please ask her brother-in-law to agree. ”
As soon as the words came out, the needles in the house were suddenly heard.
Sensing that the atmosphere was quite subtle, Princess Chang'an said to relieve the siege: "The man is married and the woman is married, the girl is smart and cute, she met when she was young, and she is also a childhood sweetheart. ”
The reason why Princess Chang'an said this was not aimed at Xu Chaodu.
Although she had heard that the nephew was very fond of the side room, she did not know the strong affection between them.
No matter how much he is favored, he still wants to marry the princess.
Seeing her mother-in-law taking the lead, Xu Tinglan deliberately embarrassed Xu Chaodui in her heart, and echoed: "A talented man with a beautiful woman is indeed the most right." ”