Chapter Twenty-Four: Contemporary

After playing chess with Empress Dowager Dou for a day, Feng Yumo completely forgot about Situ Youning, and just cared about enjoying the dinner party prepared for him by Empress Dowager Dou in front of him, a total of four people attended this dinner, Empress Dowager Dou, Feng Yumo, Empress Chen, and a beautiful seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.

The girl would glance at Feng Yumo from time to time, but Feng Yumo's attention was all on the glamorous dancing girl, and when Empress Dowager Dou saw this, she used Feng Yumo as an excuse to pull his gaze back to the banquet table.

"Come, Yumo, this is what the mourning family personally ordered the imperial dining room to make for you, eat more." Empress Dowager Dou looked at Feng Yumo's eyes, full of endless love, seventeen years ago, when she saw Feng Yumo dragging her father's urn in Fengfu for the first time, Empress Dowager Dou became interested in the boy who was only ten years old with an indifferent face, and after that, she would visit him from time to time, after a year of getting along, Empress Dowager Dou finally understood why she paid so much attention to him, maybe when she met for the first time, she noticed that this boy seemed to spend her heart and soul to love and protect him in the depths of his memory, In the end, there is a person who is separated by yin and yang.

"Thank you Queen Mother, I can't think of it for four years, and the Queen Mother remembers Weichen's favorite dishes too much."

"Hehe, if you like it." Empress Dowager Dou nodded with a smile as she spoke, "Have you been doing well outside for the past four years?" Didn't suffer much, did you? ”

"Imperial grandmother, I'm afraid your worries are excessive, King Ji is such a big person, won't he take good care of himself?" Empress Chen, who was sitting next to Empress Dowager Dou, pouted coquettishly, "I haven't seen you care about me so much." ”

"Hehe, the queen mother has wronged the queen mother by saying this, who doesn't know that you are the queen mother's beloved person." Feng Yu Mozi said on the side.

"Yumo still understands me," Empress Dowager Dou smiled with satisfaction, now she doesn't look as shrewd and mighty as the world, the whole person is completely an old man, talking with her grandchildren, "Is Che'er angry with you again." ”

Chen Ajiao lowered her head in frustration, "The emperor is busy with government affairs, how can he have time to take care of me?" ”

Listening to Empress Chen's words, Empress Dowager Dou's expression became a little ugly, and the kindness in her eyes disappeared a lot, "Che'er has really been too unkind recently, the government is busy, and he shouldn't snub you, and he won't even give the mourning family face tonight." ”

Originally, Empress Dowager Dou asked Emperor Wu to come over for dinner together, but he temporarily sent someone over to say that there was something important to discuss with the minister, if Feng Yumo wasn't here, she would definitely go to see what kind of big thing it was.

"The queen mother and the queen don't blame Huang Shang anymore, I heard my father say that because of the recent floods, many places have suffered serious losses, and the emperor can't spare time at this time, he should be able to understand, do you say yes, the queen mother."

The girl's words successfully attracted Feng Yumo's attention, and the three of them also felt a little serious that this little girl would say such things.

"I see that he spends a lot of time with other women." Empress Chen rebuked with some displeasure.

"Gillian, how can you talk to your cousin like that?" Empress Dowager Dou said and patted the girl's hand gently, "Shan'er is right, let's be more considerate and considerate of him during this time." ”

Feng Yumo didn't plan to participate in the conversation between the three women, maybe he was used to seeing such a scene in his palace.

"Yumo, I haven't introduced you well yet, this is Yueshan, the niece and granddaughter of the mourning family."

Feng Yumo nodded towards Wu Yueshan, Wu Yueshan lowered her head a little shyly, Empress Dowager Dou saw this situation and her heart blossomed, it seems that her niece and granddaughter like Feng Yumo very much.

"Yueshan, why don't you say hello to King Ji?"

Wu Yueshan stood up with red cheeks and saluted Feng Yumo.

"Yumo, Ni Yan has been married to you for five years, why is it still not affected, the mourning family can't wait to hug the great-grandson, or go back to the mourning family to talk to Ni Yan's girl, and let her help you choose a wishful concubine."

When Empress Dowager Dou said this, she didn't notice the change in Empress Chen's expression beside her.

"It's Weichen's, it's not, let the Queen Mother worry about it."

Ni Yan is also the princess personally selected by the Empress Dowager Dou for him five years ago, four years ago because of that incident, he left Chang'an in a fit of anger, and Ni Yan was still in the palace alone, during this period, Ni Yan left Chang'an many times to find a husband in person, but Feng Yumo refused to see her.

"Imperial Grandmother, don't worry about this, maybe you will be able to make this wish come true soon." Empress Chen took the words.

"Is Ni Yan pregnant?" Empress Dowager Dou looked at Feng Yumo expectantly.

"Imperial grandmother, where do you want to go, I'm talking about the concubine's room," as soon as Empress Chen's words came out, Feng Yumo remembered Situ Youning, and a bad premonition struck, Chen Ajiao glanced at Feng Yumo with a smile, "King Ji, I saw it in this palace today." ”

Empress Dowager Dou looked back and forth at Feng Yumo and Empress Chen with a puzzled expression.

"Imperial grandmother, today Gillian saw King Ji bring a beautiful woman into the palace, I thought it was brought to you to see, but now I haven't seen her."

"Is it true?" Empress Dowager Dou looked at Feng Yumo with some displeasure.

Situ Shaoqi stood anxiously on the stone path of the Imperial Garden, his eyes looking at the two people in the pavilion in the distance for a moment.

"Niu Er, this medicine is too bitter." Situ Youning drank the medicine in the bowl in one go, and his expression was a little distorted.

"What do you call me?" Liu Che's originally godless eyes were instantly filled with hope.

"Hehe..." Seeing such an emperor, Situ Youning couldn't help laughing, "Just now there was that cold-blooded... The prince was present, so... That's how you like the name? ”

"I just like you to call me that." Liu Che said softly.

"Huh?" Situ Youning didn't know how to deal with the sudden silence for a while, so he could only relieve the embarrassment with a smile, "If you like it so much, let the second brother call you the same later." As he spoke, he pointed to the lonely figure in the distance.

"He dares!"

"Huh?" It is said that the king's heart is elusive, but she now understands it deeply.

Seeing Situ Youning pointing at him, Situ Shaoqi's cautious eyes eased a lot, and he took a step forward with some excitement.

"How do you feel now?" Liu Che's expression changed from indifference for a moment to a lot softer.

"What the hell happened to me, why didn't I feel it myself?"

"You're poisoned."

"Poisoned?"

"Remember the injury on my shoulder?" Liu Che said and looked at his shoulder.

Situ Youning suddenly understood what was going on, that night he saw that Niu Er's wound had an abscess, and there was a faint bitter taste in the blood, after the careful teaching of his sister-in-law, Situ Youning quickly judged that he was poisoned, so he didn't have too many scruples, so he sucked out the venom for him, but he didn't expect that it could also be contaminated with toxicity.

Thinking of this, Situ Youning felt embarrassed by his behavior, and turned to look in the direction of Situ Shaoqi, which gave Situ Shaoqi a glimmer of hope.

"Didn't you say you'd take me home personally?"

"Oh? Yes, but you don't need my help, can't you go home too? ”

"Youning, thank you." Liu Che said and walked closer to Situ Youning.

Feeling a strong sense of oppression behind him, Situ Youning quickly moved his steps and flashed to the side, "Hehe... Yes, I have done you a great favor, and if you really thank me, then I will make a holy decree that my father will let me go out and go out, what do you think? Situ Youning said this series of words in a hurry.

Liu Che frowned and looked at Situ Youning, "You just want to go out like that?" ”

Although the words just now came out of a hurry, seeing Liu Che so serious, Situ Youning was suddenly full of expectations.

"No! It's too dangerous for a girl to be outside. ”

"Huh?" This was the third time Situ Youning was surprised by Liu Che's mood change tonight.

"It's getting late, you can go back first." Saying that, Situ Youning walked away alone in the pavilion.

"Ning'er, are you okay?" As soon as Liu Che walked on the front foot, Situ Shaoqi's voice reached Situ Youning's ears.

"Brother, how do you usually get along with this person?" Situ Youning looked at Situ Shaoqi with a puzzled expression.

Situ Shaoqi paused and touched Situ Youning's head, "Ning'er, it's useless to be a brother, I shouldn't let you appear in front of the emperor, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Hehe... The second brother is not wrong, no matter what, it is my fault. Situ Youning smiled and took Situ Shaoqi's hand, "Let's hurry home, or I'll be punished for kneeling again." ”

"The emperor has already asked people to pass the word, and my father will not embarrass you."

"Maybe that's a thing..."

The voices of the two gradually disappeared into the imperial garden, Feng Yumo, who had been sitting on the trunk of the tree, breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and looked at the full moon in the night sky, his flickering eyes were full of faint sadness, he closed his eyes, and the wine jar in his hand also fell into the lake, breaking the tranquility in the imperial garden.