Chapter 35: Night Thoughts
On February 11, Huo Chengjun obeyed the order to enter the palace, and as usual, he first went to see Shangguan Youhao, and Shangguan Youhao also revealed some things about why Xu Pingjun summoned her to the palace, and then the two went to Jiaofang Hall together.
When Shangguan Youhao and Huo Chengjun arrived at Jiaofang Palace, Liu Ill was already here, although he had accepted a new concubine, but Liu Ill was still by Xu Pingjun's side, and the two were not affected by the newcomers at all, and among the three people, except for the Wang family, the rest of Liu Ill had never even seen each other, as for the Wang family, Liu Ill was just to help his friends, he had no feelings, and he would not think about what to do with her.
"The courtiers have seen Your Majesty and the Queen Mother." Huo Chengjun was wearing a pink skirt, the light pink light veil between his arms hung down, and his face was thin and makeup, because of the previous illness, his face had lost a little weight, and his silhouette seemed to be clearer.
"No courtesy", Liu Yi has been very generous to give a seat, "Tomorrow's Hundred Flowers Banquet, I should not attend, and I need the county lord to help me take care of some Zitong." As he spoke, he looked at Xu Pingjun, with worry in his eyes, and a strong love that could not be dissolved.
Shangguan Youhao naturally turned her gaze to Huo Chengjun quietly, and her face did not change, and she said leisurely, "Don't dare to take care of it, Chengjun is just ordered to come to accompany him." ”
Liu Ill nodded, when Liu Ill had heard Xu Pingjun say that he invited Huo Chengjun to come and accompany him, he hesitated for a moment and was relieved, although Liu Ill no longer wanted Huo Chengjun to enter the palace from time to time, after all, she was not a person from the inner palace, and the Huo family still had what kind of thoughts they still had, and they were more or less worried, the token that Huo Chengjun was given to enter and leave the palace was just to appease Xu Pingjun's heart; But this time Liu Xian is very willing, because he believes that if he can stir up trouble at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Huo Xian is a very important figure, Huo Guang controls the government, how many noble ladies want to be good friends with the Huo family, as long as Huo Xian is willing, naturally someone will come forward to embarrass Xu Pingjun, and with Huo Chengjun as a protector, Huo Xian will not embarrass his daughter, and there must not be a few people who are so bold as to embarrass Huo Guang's daughter.
And these thoughts Liu Ai has not said to Xu Pingjun after all, in Liu Ai's heart, Xu Pingjun is the clean and pure woman, she should not participate in such calculations, as long as she protects her well.
The moment Liu Ai and Huo Chengjun's eyes met, Huo Chengjun showed a natural smile, Liu Ai was a little embarrassed in his heart, and Liu Ai's calculations could not escape the hazy eyes of Shangguan who had been in this palace for many years, and he felt a little helpless in his heart, glad that Huo Chengjun was fortunate not to enter the palace, fortunately, his grandfather had dispelled this idea, otherwise there would be many entanglements between these three people, and it was unpredictable that these three people were destined to be tied for a lifetime from the moment they met......
Night came quietly, and on the way back to the palace, Shangguan met Liu Ai who came out of the Jiaofang Palace, "Your Majesty stays, and the mourning family has a few words to say to Your Majesty." "The rules in front of people are still indispensable, and Liu Yi has also understood Shangguan You's eyes, and waved away the eunuch beside him, Shangguan Youhao also let Song Wan guard from a distance.
"Misty, what's the matter with you?" As time went on, Shangguan Youhao had seen Xu Pingjun's care for Liu Ai in his eyes, coupled with the occasional heart-to-heart conversation between the two, in this palace, except for Xu Pingjun, he was the most familiar with Shangguan Youhao, and he thought he could trust Shangguan Youhao.
"I'm sick, what is the relationship between me and the Huo family in your eyes?" Shangguan Youhao was looking forward to the answer that Liu Yi had given, and his black eyes looked up at him.
Liu Yi didn't think about it, and blurted out, "You are different from the Huo family, you are a trustworthy person for me and Pingjun." "Liu Yi has already classified Shangguan Youhao as his own ranks.
Shangguan Yu chuckled, "Huo Guang is my grandfather, you can rest assured of me, why is she always guarding against Cheng Jun and calculating Cheng Jun, do you know that she is not the person you imagined, do you know the pain in her heart?" ”
Liu Yi didn't answer, but he obviously frowned and thought, Shangguan Youhao took the opportunity to say, "You are the emperor who can't help herself, and she also has her last resort in the Huo family, if you are concerned about the things after the establishment, you don't have to, Chengjun will not destroy you and Pingjun, as long as you treat each other with your heart, she will treat you sincerely, and your repeated precautions and calculations will only make people feel cold." Shangguan Youhao has never forgotten these words, but for a while, she wondered if this statement was wrong.
Shangguan left in a hazy way, Liu Yi had indeed fallen into thinking, in fact, he had been contradictory, there was always an indescribable feeling about Huo Chengjun, if this girl said that she had scheming, but there was no lack of kindness; If it is said that it is pure, being in the Huo Mansion and going in and out of the palace, there are some things that know more clearly than Pingjun, so he has never been able to find a way to treat Huo Chengjun.
"Father-in-law Liao, what do you think of Huo Chengjun?" Liu Yi already had a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to perceive everything, and looked at the father-in-law Liao who was waiting on the side, this father-in-law Liao had been in the palace for many years, and Huo Chengjun had lived in the palace for a period of time when he was young.
Even though Gonggong Liao has served the emperor for many years, it is difficult to guess the thoughts of the young emperor in front of him, he is different from Emperor Zhao, and his thoughts are much deeper, "Eighth Miss, she is very good with the Empress Dowager, and when the first emperor is there, she is also loved by the people in the palace." In fact, Huo Chengjun in the eyes of Grandpa Liao is a quirky and proud, but pleasing person, at least Grandpa Liao himself has no opinion on Huo Chengjun, otherwise Plum Garden would not have reminded Yunping that day.
Huo Chengjun didn't know that someone was still figuring out his thoughts at night, so he only accompanied Xu Pingjun, and also comforted Xu Pingjun, "With me tomorrow, you can rest assured, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to you, I, Huo Chengjun, will be the first to spare her." Although Huo Chengjun said this, she had already calculated Han Zeng, she was not stupid, her own weight alone may not be enough, but with Han Zeng, it would be very different.
"Chengjun, three people were added to the palace yesterday, have you ever heard of it?" Xu Pingjun and Huo Chengjun shook hands, as if they had returned to the situation in Huo's mansion when the two first met.
"How can I not know such a big thing, are you worried that Your Majesty will only see the newcomer laughing and not hearing the old person cry?" In the harem, there are countless examples like this, and it is not a precedent for Empress Wei who is related to Liu Ai, and it is not surprising that there are such worries.
Xu Pingjun shook his head, "No, I'm not such a person anymore, I'm just worried about whether it will hurt those women who entered the palace." "As a woman, Xu Pingjun also has compassion, and she knows better that women want to be loved by their husbands, but she has already occupied Liu Aiji's favor, knowing that they have little chance of being favored by him, but they still keep them in the palace, whether this is the suffering she inflicted on them.
"Pingjun, there are two sides to everything, since they choose to enter the palace, they are naturally prepared to endure being left out in the cold, everything is their own choice, why do you blame yourself for this, the people of the harem Baitou Palace, there are never a few people who have not been able to see the face of the sky, is it possible that everyone blames the people who elected them into the palace? But how many of those people were so desperate to be chosen?" Huo Chengjun didn't have that kind of sympathy, she knew very well that several of them must have entered the palace behind the orders of their families.
After Huo Chengjun's persuasion, Xu Pingjun is indeed a lot more relieved, Xu Pingjun himself is not stupid, but he didn't think so deeply, and at the same time he has to sigh that this palace is much more complicated than civil affairs, once he enters the palace, there is no family matter, some are just political and state affairs, and marriage is just a transaction.
"Queen Mother, the eldest prince is crying and refuses to sleep, and I invite the mother to take a look." The nurse hurriedly came to report, which made Xu Pingjun's heart suddenly rise.
Xu Pingjun immediately got up and went to Liu Zheng's room, Huo Chengjun also followed behind, although she went in and out of the palace a lot, she didn't come to this Jiaofang Palace, but she had never seen this big prince, and she wanted to see it with curiosity.
As soon as Xu Pingjun arrived in the room, he hugged Liu Zheng from the maid's hand, probably feeling a familiar embrace, Liu Zheng's crying gradually became smaller, and slowly quieted down, Huo Chengjun also stepped forward gently, for fear of arguing him.
"The child is so small, and he is really like you and Your Majesty." It was the first time for Huo Chengjun to see such a young child, with surprise in his eyebrows and caution between his hands and feet.
Xu Pingjun asked Liu Zheng and Huo Chengjun to get closer, but he never thought that Liu Zheng and Huo Chengjun looked at each other, and after Huo Chengjun's teasing, they actually "giggled" and laughed, and suddenly, they added a lot of relaxed pleasure to the room.
Huo Chengjun was also happy, but he couldn't predict that the child in front of him who was smiling at her innocently would be inextricably linked to her fate.
Shangguan Youhao watched the cold moonlight gradually disappear from the sky alone, and then stopped, the excitement in the palace seemed to have nothing to do with her, she was young, and she was already a member of the previous generation.
The morning light is gradually soaked in silence, when dawn comes, all kinds of carriages and horses are gradually gathered outside the palace gate, the ladies and sons of each family are carefully dressed up, the Hundred Flowers Banquet, in fact, is also a good day for each province to pick the future son-in-law and daughter-in-law, usually the door of the young ladies does not go out of the door, want to see each other, unless the personal relationship is very good, otherwise the ladies are not allowed to see, and this Hundred Flowers Banquet is a good time, so some people hope to be remembered at this Hundred Flowers Banquet, in order to find a satisfactory person, of course, for these, Huo Chengjun never cared, so although she participated in this Hundred Flowers Banquet every year, she didn't want to be in the limelight every year, and only cared about eating, drinking, and seeing in her own position. For Huo Chengjun, first, he was not old at that time; Second, she has no need for this, her family background is over there, and only others beg to come to the door to marry.
In this year's Hundred Flowers Banquet, Huo Chengjun also just wants to accompany Xu Pingjun as before, as for how other people make trouble, it is their business, it has little to do with herself, and she is too lazy to pay attention to it, but she also has a trace of worry, that is, she hopes that her mother will not find any fault, as in the past.
What Huo Chengjun never expected was that Huo Xian looked at his daughter and didn't say anything, but someone else jumped out......