Chapter 11: The Storm Rises Again
Tang Changyu and Liu Ning squeezed into the crowd, but saw two groups of people stalemate in this wine shop.
Tang Changyu, the person on the right, knew that a group of gentlemen in Chang'an, relying on the merits accumulated by their ancestors, were rampant on the streets, led by the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, pulling a handsome girl opposite.
The person on the left seems to be the owner and buddy of this wine shop, and the leader also pulls the girl with a beautiful face, and confronts the other party: "Childe, you have something to say, what are you doing!" ”
The other party said disdainfully: "Uncle, the woman I fancy has not dared to rob me!" ”
The simple man at the table was fearless, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner: "In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the son dares to rob the people's daughter?!" ”
The onlookers outside were talking, and Liu Ning felt that the villain in front of him was a little familiar, and Tang Changyu said in a low voice: "This son of the Ministry of Rites is really not a thing. ”
It turned out to be the son of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Ning suddenly had some impressions, when the Oiran was bidding, this villain was also there, and Liu Ning wanted to step forward to stop it, but was stopped by Tang Changyu.
Tang Changyu whispered to Liuning: "I'll come." He walked out of the crowd and walked straight to Li Mingyi, the son of the Ministry of Rites, and protected the girl and the shopkeeper behind him.
Li Mingyi saw that Tang Changyu was coming, but he still looked arrogant, and said with disdain: "Generalissimo Tang, what are you doing?" You and I have always been well water and not river water, which are you singing today? ”
Tang Changyu disdains to be in the company of these children of the family who come to stretch out their hands and open their mouths but do nothing, seeing Li Mingyi's disrespectful words, he is still a humble gentleman, but the words are sharp and sarcastic: "I just can't see that under this blue sky and white sun, there are such well-dressed beasts making waves here, corrupting the yin virtues accumulated by the ancestors." ”
Li Mingyi was greatly annoyed when he heard this, pointed at Tang Changyu's nose and scolded: "Don't think that if you are the prince of the country, you have to look at your face, don't be embarrassed, Lao Tzu is going to clean you up today and let you know the end of this nosy." ”
Li Mingyi beckoned his subordinates behind him as he spoke, wanting to give Tang Changyu some color to take a look, but where are these minions Tang Changyu's opponents, although there are many people, they are just fists and legs, and they are not afraid, and they are hit on the ground by Tang Changyu in a few moves.
Li Mingyi saw that he had suffered such a big loss after accepting so many people, he couldn't hold back his face, and he was unwilling to swallow this breath, waving his hand and shouting at Tang Changyu.
Tang Changyu saw that the matter had been resolved, and he didn't want to have too much entanglement with him, so he didn't fight back while resisting, and wanted to leave.
Li Mingyi thought that Tang Changyu was afraid, but he was even more energetic, and he provoked very arrogantly: "What's the matter, Generalissimo Tang? Are you scared? Do you know that I can't afford to mess with me? Kneel down and kowtow to apologize, Lao Tzu can still ignore the past suspicions, how can you be generous? ”
Tang Changyu was a little annoyed by these words, and just wanted to fight back to give Li Mingyi some color to see, but saw Liuning rush out of the crowd and block between the two.
Liu Ning glanced at Tang Changyu, signaled him not to cause trouble, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, don't be like this kind of person." ”
Tang Changyu didn't want to cause more trouble, so he nodded, suppressed his anger, and took Liuning's hand and left.
Here, Tang Changyu wanted to give Li Mingyi a step down, but Li Mingyi didn't know what to do, so he didn't give up, and grabbed Liuning's arm.
Li Mingyi still laughed with that face: "Beautiful girl, are you the little face of Generalissimo Tang?" You said that he has married the princess of the country, how wronged he is, it is better to go home with my brother and me, and ensure that you live happily and drunk every day. ”
Liu Ning shook off Li Mingyi's hand in disgust and warned: "Get out, don't let me say it a second time." ”
Li Mingyi still laughed and said: "The girl has a character, I like it." As he spoke, he wanted to come up and pull Liuning, but when he heard a sound, Li Mingyi was kicked to the ground by Tang Changyu.
Tang Changyu blocked Liuning behind him, Li Mingyi covered his chest in pain, a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and glared at Tang Changyu with hatred, so angry that he couldn't speak, it can be seen that Tang Changyu's foot is really not light.
Tang Changyu looked at Li Mingyi condescendingly, and warned in a tone that could not be ignored: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, I can't let you run rampant here, don't use your father's reputation to disgrace your family here, this is just a warning, this is my woman, I can't allow you to be wild here, you should also accumulate some virtue and at least be worthy of your name." ”
Tang Changyu and Liuning returned in defeat, and Liuning was always faintly uneasy in his heart, worried that Li Mingyi would unite with a group of shameless people like him to bite back.
Tang Changyu has always been alone in the court, and he does not form a gang with anyone, and he has made countless large and small military exploits over the years, and he has gradually become full-fledged, and many people want to win him over, which also makes the emperor and some powerful ministers quite jealous.
Liuning told Tang Changyu about her worries, but Tang Changyu looked indifferent, and comforted Liuning indifferently, saying that she was thinking too much.
The two didn't say anything all the way, and returned to the British mansion, Tang Changyu wanted to take Liuning in, but Liuning refused, Tang Changyu looked at Liuning in puzzlement, thinking that she had any concerns, and didn't want to go back with her, and asked uneasily: "Why?" ”
Liu Ning held Tang Changyu's hand, tried to give him some warmth, some security, and comforted: "Don't worry, I won't regret it, but I want to wait a little longer, and when the princess accepts me, we must take care of the princess's feelings." ”
Tang Changyu had no choice but to compromise, for the first time in so many days, he didn't have dinner in Liufu, stared at the kitchen in his own mansion and made the wine and food that Princess Huajin liked, and invited Princess Huajin to have dinner together.
When Princess Huajin heard that Tang Changyu was going to have dinner with her, she was almost ready, and she immediately smiled, as if the unpleasantness of the previous day had disappeared all at once.
The princess of the brocade carefully dressed herself, painted the distant mountain eyebrows for herself, inserted a golden step, inlaid with a shining ruby, and put on a purple brocade robe, which was luxurious and beautiful.
Princess Huajin came belatedly, Tang Changyu was already waiting there, and politely called the princess.
Princess Huajin was very happy, her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, her dimples were deep, and she smiled and grabbed Tang Changyu's arm and walked inward: "Husband, what do you think is different about me today?" ”
Tang Changyu politely pushed away Princess Huajin's hand, sat at the dining table, the two sat opposite each other, Princess Huajin looked at Tang Changyu expectantly, but heard him say: "Forgive Changyu for being ignorant, Changyu really can't see it." ”
But the painting brocade seemed to be very happy, but the painting brocade seemed to be very happy, there was no unhappy appearance at all, and said coquettishly: "Husband, why are you so uninteresting, you should say that the painting brocade is getting more and more beautiful now." ”
Tang Changyu was helpless in his heart, did not speak, poured a glass of wine for Princess Huajin, solemnly picked up the wine glass and said: "Princess, I respect you for this glass of wine, thank you for marrying me." ”
Princess Huajin smiled shyly and said coquettishly: "Husband, why are you so polite, come, let's toast." ”
Tang Changyu didn't clink glasses with Princess Huajin, he drank all the wine, Princess Huajin was a little unhappy, and Tang Changyu poured another glass of wine for each of them.
Tang Changyu solemnly raised his glass again, and said sincerely: "I, Tang Changyu, am ashamed of the princess, I can't repay it, if the princess wants to remarry, Tang will not stop her wherever she wants to go, if the princess doesn't want to marry again, everything in this British mansion can be given to you except me, and the princess can do whatever she wants." ”
Princess Huajin looked at Tang Changyu in front of her incredulously, held a wine glass, walked up to Tang Changyu with a gloomy expression, and said word by word: "Husband, what do you mean by this?" I'm a princess, what do I want that will not have? Do you still use you Tang Changyu to give it to me? You're carrying me behind my back and you're still trying to get me to agree with that little slut named Lunin? You dream! ”
Huajin has already finished speaking, but he still hasn't finished speaking, and sneered: "Don't think that this princess doesn't know anything, although you have already been married, but Liuning is a dead person in everyone's eyes, I am a princess, because of the majesty of the royal family, you can't go to my father and ask him to agree to me to share my husband with another woman, you want to get my understanding and forgiveness out of conscience and guilt, it's impossible!" ”
Tang Changyu didn't want to say more, but remembering Liuning's instructions, he still let himself endure it, and said very sincerely: "Princess, I'm sorry, I hope you can do it." ”
Princess Huajin was furious, slapped Tang Changyu with her backhand, threw the wine glass on Tang Changyu's body, and brushed her sleeves away.
Only one sentence remained: "Tang Changyu, let me tell you, with my painting brocade in one day, I will never be able to agree, never!" ”
Tang Changyu didn't say anything about the princess, but it made her even more annoyed, Tang Changyu knew in his heart that if he wanted the princess to understand that this was really impossible, Tang Changyu didn't want to worry about Liuning more, but he didn't want to deceive her, so he told Liuning the truth of the matter, hoping that she could understand.
Liuning is naturally able to understand Tang Changyu's hardships, but Tang Changyu still feels guilty about Liuning, and may not be able to give Liuning a justifiable name in his life, but Liuning doesn't care about this, hugging Tang Changyu and saying: "Changyu, as long as I can be with you, I know that you love me, these are enough, and nothing else matters." ”
Tang Changyu nodded movingly and promised: "A-Ning, I promise you, when Datang really settles down, when we have calmed down all the wars and there is no more war on the border, the two of us will retire to the rivers and lakes and go to Dali where you want to go, and when the time comes, we will only live the life of the two of us." ”
Liuning nodded excitedly, Tang Changyu finally made the promise she longed for the most in her heart, stay away from court disputes, stay away from right and wrong, and only live a stable life for the two of them, Liuning remembered every word Tang Changyu said today in her heart.
Tang Changyu did not return to the British Mansion, and lived in the Mansion with Liuning, accompanied by his lover and friends, and his life had just passed peacefully for a few days.
But Liuning's heart always revealed a faint uneasiness, such tranquility, like the calm before the storm.