Chapter 5: Five years of disappearance and family changes

This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and Li didn't hesitate to feel that the sky was spinning for a while, and she couldn't stand and almost fell, but fortunately, Chun Tao supported her in time. She tried to restrain her emotions, but the tears in the corners of her eyes still rolled down like pearls with broken threads. When I thought of my father, who had loved me since he was a child, he did not reserve her because she was a woman, but cherished her with all his might. She can learn to ride a horse and shoot arrows like a man; Even the female celebrity she doesn't like can not learn. And her second uncle didn't hurt her a lot, and every time he returned to Beijing, he would always give her some novel plays. Thinking of this, Li Wei regretted that sorrow came from it, and there was a cramping pain in his chest.

"How did Daddy and Second Uncle die?" Li did not hesitate to put away his tears and asked tremblingly.

"The Hou Ye and the Second Master led the troops to fight against the Cha Kingdom, and unfortunately died on the battlefield." Chun Tao caressed Li's back with red eyes.

Li was stunned for a moment, and wondered in his heart: No! If you want to say that the second uncle died in battle, it is reasonable. But her father stopped leading troops to fight a few years ago, so how could he die with his second uncle. "Why did Daddy personally take command of the expedition that time?"

"The slave only knew that on that day five years ago, the young lady entered the palace with the Hou Ye, and then the Hou Ye took the unconscious young lady back to the house the next day and took the second master to the expedition, and never came back. The slave maid also heard later that the Hou Ye and the Second Master led the troops to rescue the prince. ”

"Prince? Then the father and the second uncle died to save the prince? Li has gradually stabilized his emotions now.

"I guess so! The slave doesn't know much either. ”

Li Weixi suddenly realized something, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, since the prince of the day was safe and sound, why did he become the prince of today?" ”

"I heard from the people of the Hou Mansion that it seems that the first emperor thought that the prince was more than lucky, so he abolished the original prince Zhao Qingcheng and renamed Zhao Yancheng as the crown prince."

"Concubine's son?"

"Well, not long after the new crown prince was established, the first emperor died, and then the crown prince Zhao Yancheng succeeded to the throne."

Li Wei said secretly in his heart: No wonder this Zhao Qingcheng doesn't like her, it turns out that there is this relationship in it.

Chun Tao suddenly looked around, lowered his voice and said: "It's also to blame the prince for his bad luck, he only returned to Beijing in the third year after the death of the emperor, this younger brother became the emperor, can he only be the prince!" ”

"I see, what happened to the Hou Mansion now?"

"Hey······" Chun Tao sighed for a while, "Miss, the Hou Mansion is different from the past now. The matter between the Hou Ye and the second master hit the old lady deeply, and there was no man in the Hou Mansion, and Miss You were sick again, and her old man was discouraged and no longer had the heart to take care of the things in the house, so she handed everything over to the lady. At this point, the Hou Mansion is up and down, inside and out, and Mrs. has the final say. ”

Li did not hesitate to feel sad again when he heard this, "Chun Tao, you tell me how I spent my five years of illness." ”

Chun Tao nodded, and told Li Weixi about what had happened in the past five years in 1510. Li did not hesitate to listen very carefully, and the master and servant had a heart-to-heart exchange for a while.

Li did not hesitate to gently take Chun Tao's hand and said softly: "Chun Tao, I know you are a smart and well-behaved girl. You have also seen the situation just now, but I am afraid that my life in this palace will not be easy in the future. So, I think you should ...... instead of following me," as he spoke, Li did not hesitate to take off the pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets in his hand and handed them to Chun Tao.

Without waiting for Li to finish speaking, Chun Tao knelt down with a "plop" and cried: "Miss, don't drive the slave away, the slave is not afraid of a hard life." The slave maid just wants to follow the young lady, even if this palace is the tiger's den in Longtan, the slave and the maid must be by the young lady's side! For her, Li Weixi was her only relative, but Miss was very good to her in the years when she was not sick.

Chun Tao's last words made Li Wei a little moved, she really needed someone by her side, so she decided to keep Chun Tao.

"It's okay for you to stay with me, just don't open your mouth to a slave, shut up a slave, I don't like to hear it."

Maybe it's because she listened to Chun Tao's account of the hardships of the past five years, or the influence of her education in that world, Li didn't hesitate to feel that people should be equal between people, there is no male superiority or inferiority, and there is no distinction between poor and poor. Chun Tao is such a slave and a slave and a slave is short, to be honest, she is a little unaccustomed to it.

Chun Tao kept waving her hands and exclaimed: "Miss, don't do it, you can torture the slave!" ”

Li Wei regretted knowing that it would definitely not work to do this to the outside world, and Chun Tao might not be able to accept it for a while, but why not just the two of them! So he took a step back and said, "In that case, when there are only the two of us, you are not allowed to speak of slaves and maids." ”

"That can't be done! Miss. Chun Tao said urgently.

"If you can't do it, then you might as well get out of the house!" Li did not hesitate to grimace.

"Chun Tao wants to stay with Miss, and Chun Tao will listen to Miss." Chun Tao changed his words.

Li Wei smiled with satisfaction.

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In the study, Zhao Qingcheng stood with his hands behind his back. The secret guard kneeling at the bottom relayed to the slender figure the conversation between the master and servant in the wing room word for word.

Zhao Qingcheng said expressionlessly: "Send someone to protect the princess, and report immediately if there is any abnormality." Don't let this king down again! The second half of the sentence is meaningful.

The secret guard took the order and left, but a cold sweat broke out behind him, in fact, they didn't know why the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion was suddenly not stupid, and they could only keep an eye on it so far that they didn't dare to make any mistakes.

Ye Xizhi didn't speak on the side, and after the dark guard left, he laughed and said, "It seems that the plan is not as fast as the change, you still left the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion behind." ”

Zhao Qingcheng frowned, in fact, he didn't want to take this step. However, two sets of plans were made in the first place, and it seems that it is still wise now. It's just that this not stupid Miss Hou Mansion made him a little overwhelmed, and he faintly felt that this Li Wei regret was very unusual.

"Xizhi, where do you think this eldest lady of the Hou Mansion is from?"

Ye Xizhi pondered for a moment, "I don't think it's 'her' based on intuition alone!" However, even that is not easy. Knocking on the jade fan, he said: "Find an opportunity for me to help her take the pulse, to be honest, I don't think it's your personal information that is wrong, there must be something strange in it." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Qingcheng nodded.

At this time, Fu Bo entered the door with the wedding dress in his hand, "Lord Wang, everything is ready." ”

"You go and ask for the 'princess'." The corners of Zhao Qingcheng's mouth raised.

"Yes." Fauber stepped back.

Zhao Qingcheng turned around and smiled at Ye Xizhi with a slightly meaningful smile: "Go!" Let this king do enough tricks. ”

Ye Xizhi smiled lightly and walked towards the hall with Zhao Qingcheng······

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Li did not hesitate to admit Zhao Qingcheng's ability, just like that, the palace was lit up and down, and the red word "Xi" was posted everywhere. The palace was already full of friends, and even her mother's family was invited. However, Chun Tao whispered to Li Weixi that the old lady did not come, and it was Mrs. Zhongyihou, the second lady, the second lady, and the third lady who came. Of course, this Mrs. Hou Fu is the step-room, and the second lady of the Hou Mansion is the daughter of the Hou Ye and the step-room, and Li Weixi's mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her. The second lady Li is the wife of her second uncle, and the third lady is their daughter.

The palace ushered in waves of dignitaries and dignitaries, and the sound of congratulations one after another filled the entire mansion. Zhao Qingcheng also changed his previous arrogance and coldness, shuttling between the guests present, accepting their fake blessings and saying polite words against their will, and never noticed that a pair of eyes always followed him.

"Second sister, second sister!" Li Weixian stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Li Wei's eyes.

Li Weilian pulled away Li Wei's hand, "What are you doing!" I don't look at what kind of place this is, and I lose my identity by calling like this. If I had known, I wouldn't have brought you out, and I would have embarrassed us. ”

Li Wei, who was reprimanded by Li Weipian, was not worried or annoyed, and still said with a smile: "Second sister, what were you looking at just now so fascinated, your eyes are about to fall out." Do you have a crush on which son? As he spoke, he followed Li Wei's gaze.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Wei tugged at Li Wei's sleeve with pity, "Don't look at it, there is no eye-catching son here." ”

Li Weixian flashed his big eyes and said bluntly: "No! The prince is very good-looking," she turned around and stretched out her hand to Ye Xizhi without scruples and said, "However, that son is even better-looking, like a girl's family." ”

Li Weilian felt that the latter was not as good as the former, the man was a little too good, and he lacked some of the man's fortitude, not as good as the prince. As soon as it came to Zhao Qingcheng, Li Weipian unconsciously looked at him again, why did such an outstanding man marry Li Weixi, a fool, instead of herself, she wrung her silk handkerchief and thought fiercely.

Li Wei's actions and words attracted the sideways eyes of many people around him, after all, how could anyone talk about men in public like this. Li Wei felt embarrassed for a moment, and wished there was a hole for her to drill now. Her face was so red and white that she was ashamed, and she didn't turn her head and didn't pay attention to Li Weiwei. Second Mrs. Li also felt that her daughter's behavior was unseemly, so she quietly pulled Li Weixian to the side and signaled her not to speak anymore. The simple Li Wei was inexplicable for a while, and he held his mouth aggrievedly and obediently stayed by his mother's side and didn't dare to say anything more.

Mrs. Li sat at the wedding banquet, she had no time to deal with the two sisters, she looked at Zhao Qingcheng, who was handsome in a bright red wedding dress, and Li Weixi, who came slowly on the lotus step, and her heart was churning: she thought that the prince was resistant to this family matter, so she thought that even if this family affair was the queen mother's decree, it was inconvenient for the prince to disobey, it was just a formality and a hasty end. She was also happy to send Li Weixi, a fool who sat and ate idle meals, directly to the palace. As for the rest, she really didn't dare to ask for it, and she didn't dare to hope for it.

When the people of King Yan's mansion sent the wedding card to Mrs. Li, she was very surprised. Mrs. Li didn't understand why Zhao Qingcheng valued a fool so much and valued this family business. But after thinking about it, Mrs. Li smiled clearly, and said in her heart, "It turns out that this prince values their Hou Mansion and their relationship with the Queen Mother. Thinking of this, Mrs. Li couldn't help but straighten her body, looking unattainable.

Li did not hesitate to finish worshipping Zhao Qing with the support of Xi Niang and Chun Tao, but she should have moved to the new house, but she stopped because of a sentence.

"The emperor has arrived!" The crowd knelt down.

Zhao Yancheng said to everyone: "It's all flat, I just came to ask the imperial brother for a cup of happy wine to drink." He casually took the wine offered by the eunuch, approached the prince's side and whispered: "Brother Huang, I have wronged you." ”

In fact, he admires his royal brother very much, Zhao Qingcheng has been smart since he was a child, and both civil and military are also very kind to their royal brothers and sisters. But his mother just didn't like this imperial brother, even though he had now ascended the throne, his mother always refused to let go of his imperial brother.

But after all, it was his mother, and he could only turn a blind eye. But this time he also felt that the concubine had done something too much, but he still couldn't do anything. Then he drank the wine in his glass, and his heart was full of guilt.

Zhao Qingcheng seemed to be smiling and not smiling, nor was he speechless.

Zhao Yancheng was very helpless about Zhao Qingcheng's reaction, and coughed lightly: "I still have official business to be busy, and the imperial brother will bring the princess into the palace another day." After speaking, he turned around and took steps.

The eunuch shouted: "The emperor is driving!" ”

ended this painless episode, and Li didn't regret that he could finally go back to the room.