Chapter 6: The Unpredictable Fate 2

Back in the courtyard and lying on the bed, Hongling couldn't help but laugh when she remembered how King Pu was made by her. Looking back on this paragraph many years later, Hongling sighed, but she didn't expect this to be the only warm memory between her and King Pu.

This Hongling got her wish to get the men's clothes and was happily planning to go out of the palace to play, and on the other side of the King Liu Di was very low, the garden was repaired by the father and the mother, since the death of the mother has been unattended for many years, but it is also a good place for himself to find a quiet place in his heart, after meeting his father today, he wanted to practice sword drinking here to comfort his mother's spirit in the sky, and the little maid who suddenly broke in disturbed his Yaxing, and also disturbed his mother's purity. I just wanted to warn her, she actually cried and cried non-stop, and it turned out to be the lord of Ruyi, seeing this woman whose fate was so similar to her mother's, she had no choice but to follow her, after all, she was also a poor person who was about to be buried in the royal marriage.

There are too many mysteries around Hongling, and outsiders may see it a little more clearly, but she herself has long been immersed in the swamp of family affection without knowing it.

Hongling happily sent someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask Wang Anxin, dressed as a man and waited in the small attic of Honglou, the largest restaurant in the capital. Wang Anxin received the news of his daughter is indeed full of sorrow, and received the news from the palace to avoid too much communication with the lord of Ruyi, which is obviously to take away her daughter, Wang Anxin was also sad for many days, and finally looked forward to the news of his daughter, how could he hesitate, so he simply saw it.

"Ling'er," Wang Anxin shouted happily when he saw Hongling

"Mother, my daughter misses you so much" said and hugged Wang Anxin and sat down, after dispersing the little guy, Hongling didn't care about anything else, and directly asked the doubts in her heart, "Mother, Xiaoqing is still in the house, right?" Have you ever seen her? Wang Anxin stroked Hongling's hand and said, "I didn't pay attention to Xiaoqing's girl, but since you went out last time and was in danger, it seems that you haven't seen this girl, didn't your father say that she went back to her hometown?" Why did you mention her all of a sudden? ”

Hong Ling said with a look of surprise: "Going green? I went to our family's ancestral temple to mourn Die'er", Wang Anxin raised his head and stared at Hongling when he heard this, his eyes were complicated, and for a while, he seemed to suddenly realize something, but there were crystal tears in his eyes, and he was thinking about something, "Mother? Mother, what's wrong with you? But what did Ling'er say wrong? Hongling nervously shook Wang Anxin's arm and asked.

Wang An'an was silent, only trembling and reaching out to touch Hongling's face, and after a long time, he said: "Ling'er, Die'er is gone, mother, mother is only you", but he didn't look at Hongling again, only smiled and chatted for a while and left.

Hongling felt more and more strange, and her heart became more and more uneasy, and she was more eager to know what happened to Die'er and herself back then, so she was more eager to find Xiaoqing.

Hong Ling thought about wandering around the street, only to hear the sound of Ding Lingdang's gongs and drums coming from the city gate, so she stepped forward to find out.

"This is King Pu leading his division back to the court."

"But isn't it, King Pu is young and promising, and I don't know how many enemies I have killed for my country"

"King Pu is the great hero of our Tianpu Dynasty"

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Hongling listened to the people next to her, but she was puzzled, this King Pu was the same person she saw last night? But isn't he already in the palace? It's better to bypass it, so as not to be killed and killed in his hands, but just as she wanted to turn around and leave, someone in the crowd pushed her, and she stumbled and rushed to the middle of the road.

"Who? Dare to stand in the way of His Royal Highness King Pu! Hongling secretly screamed that it was not good and hurriedly arched her hand to cover her face and replied: "The villain has no intention of offending, I only heard that His Royal Highness King Pu is very virtuous, so I thought that I could see the dignity today, and when I was excited, I fell down on the road, and I hope that the Lord will spare his life", said and lowered his head, King Pu pulled his horse and looked down, "Look at this posterior is not dressed like an ordinary civilian, why don't you go to the front with me and sit down, how about it?" After speaking, she crossed over without waiting for Hongling to answer, and then the two little girls "invited" her over.

"Don't come to harm, Lord Ruyi," Liu Di took a sip of tea, and the light greeting of the cloud and the breeze invisibly formed a kind of pressure on Hongling. "It's really a great honor for Ling'er to be recognized by His Royal Highness King Pu" Hong Ling secretly glanced at Liu Di, thinking in her heart that if he was embarrassed again, she would cry to him, "What?" Do you want to cry in front of this king again? As he spoke, he picked up the teapot and poured another cup, the whole movement was as smooth as a cloud, but he never looked up at Hongling.

Liu Di didn't give her a chance to answer, "That's it, this king doesn't want to embarrass you, sit down." Hong Ling sat down obediently, waiting for his next instructions, but a quarter of an hour passed, Hong Ling was still sitting like that, he was still drinking tea so leisurely, Hong Ling thought to himself that he would not have forgotten his existence.

After another quarter of an hour, Hongling couldn't sit still anymore and asked, "Lord Wang?" "Huh? Liu Di also looked at her as if asking, "The prince called Ling'er over, but what important things do you have to explain?" Hongling asked with a smile and obediently, Liu Di frowned and finally put down the teacup in his hand, "No", and poured another cup after answering, the corners of Hongling's mouth twitched, and finally she couldn't hold back, "Lord Wang, then if you have nothing to do, Ling'er will take the first step?" ”。

After another half an hour, Liu Di said: "You have been named the county lord, do you know the stakes involved?" Seeing Hongling's dazed face, Liu Di continued: "As the county lord, you are a member of the royal family, not to mention your future status and power, this level of identity alone does not allow you to be too presumptuous, today you are wandering alone on the road, if something happens, who do you say should bear this responsibility?" It's you? Or the old prime minister? "Well, I didn't think about it that much," Hongling replied mechanically.

Liu Di took another sip of tea and said: "It was my fault to scare you in the garden last time, and inviting you to drink tea here today is a compensation to you, this king will send someone to send you back to the palace in a while, and you should think more about your own identity in the future."

After finishing speaking, he got up and planned to leave, Hongling also got up, Liu Di just walked to the door, paused, and said: "The envoy of Nanzhao is coming to the court, you ......", and paused for a long time: "It's good to do it yourself."

After that, the two little guys followed, "Lord Ling'er, please come here, the slave will send you back to the palace", Hong Ling was still stunned by Liu Di's words, and couldn't help but be startled by the little guy's words, and quickly followed the little guy in front of her, pondering Liu Di's words along the way, the more she thought about it, the more strange she felt. I always feel that there is something in the words of this king, and there may be something big brewing that I don't know. Suddenly, Hong Ling thought of the routine used in historical diplomatic relations - marriage.

And the object of the marriage, the emperor has always loved Princess Hua Min, and he will definitely not bear to send her away to another country, isn't that ...... Thinking of this, Hongling sat down on the bed, no, she had just enjoyed the happiness of being reunited with her father and mother, how could it be? But her father obviously knew, why was he so indifferent, without the slightest hint of reluctance? Hongling couldn't figure it out and didn't have the interest to go out and play anymore, she just wanted to figure things out. Why is my father reluctant to even let me enter the palace draft, but he is indifferent to me that I will be sent to marry? Why does Fluttershy's mother have that look on her face today?

Since that day King Pu warned Hong Ling, Hong Ling no longer has the heart to play, all day long trying to find out the truth of the matter, but there is no intimate person around, and there is no familiar female dependent in the palace, in order to pass the time and know more about the outside world, she often plays against the master, so she and the master become closer and closer.

"Master, can you tell Ling'er about Nanzhao Kingdom?" Hongling asked while pouring tea for the master, the master stroked his beard, "Now this Nanzhao country is the only country in the world that can compete with our country, the king has three princes, the eldest prince's name is Chen Jinsong, the second prince's name is Chen Jinye, and the third prince's name is Chen Jinyun, but only the second prince is for the heir, although there are many princes in this Nanzhao country, they are not outstanding, but the general of this Nanzhao country Mo Wubian can be said to be the pillar of the country" After speaking, the master paused and touched his beard and got up and walked to the courtyard", Ling'er, The old man sees that you are a transparent girl, how to go in the future, what position to stand on to live, and it may be more useful to figure out these than to read a few more books", "Ling'er will remember the master's teachings, but Ling'er now has many doubts in her heart, and these doubts seem to cover Ling'er with a veil, so that people can't see clearly and can't figure it out."

The master turned around and looked at Hong Ling lovingly and said with a hearty smile: "Haha, the fun of life itself hides all kinds of doubts, with different identities will have different fortunes, and what determines the final result is often not the external identity, but your truest self living in the body inlaid with gold and jade!" Then the master turned around and drowned in the night without looking back.

Hong Ling looked at the back of her master, shook her head helplessly and sighed, "If it's so easy to be yourself, who would think about envying others and living someone else's life all day long."

At night, Hongling drifted in the night sky with the wind, and returned to Liu Min's courtyard, Liu Min was still looking at the stars in the courtyard, chattering about something in his mouth, his hands folded and extraordinarily religious, grandpa didn't know what he was doing in another room, but he seemed to be very busy. A gust of wind blew, and it drifted to the house again, where, there was a person who looked exactly like himself chatting with his aunt obediently, and his father was watching TV on the side, his eyes were full of happiness, Hongling smiled involuntarily, it turned out that her original life could be so beautiful.

Three days later, the envoys of the Nanzhao Kingdom finally entered the court.

In the court, "I, I am really happy to meet the peace envoy of Nanzhao Kingdom today!" Pass the order, today I want to feast the envoys of Nanzhao! When the envoy of Nanzhao heard this, he stepped forward and said: "Thank you for the emperor's hospitality, but this is just a matter of harmony, I don't know what the emperor will do?" "Hahaha... I have already planned for this matter, and it is a great thing to marry Nanzhaoguo, how can I delay such a matter of intimacy and intimacy", the envoys of Nanzhao looked at each other, and finally took another step forward, "The lower official dared to ask, which daughter will the emperor give to marry the second prince of our country?" ”。

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, "My daughter can be said to be the first talented woman in my Tianpu country, how many people want to cling, but they are all blocked by me", the Nanzhao envoy was overjoyed and said: "I am all listening to the emperor's orders" The emperor smiled and said: "Then today I will be the master, come to the people, spread my will, Xu Zhen's daughter Ruyi County Lord Liu Ling'er married to the Nanzhao Kingdom, with 10,000 pieces of gold silk, gold utensils, 1,000 pieces of glass, jewelry, hundreds of slaves and countless scholar's antiquities as a dowry, and will return to the country with the envoys in the future." I think that the envoys have no objections, then today's court meeting will end here, retire from the court! After saying that, he immediately waved his sleeves and left, leaving only a group of Nanzhao envoys who were surprised and had no time to react.