Chapter 50: The Banquet of the Palace
"Fornication?"
Lou Yue's gaze swept coldly over the two escorted people, and finally, it fell on Su Liuying's face, who had a pale face, seeing that her eyes were red, her eyes were full of fear, her mouth was sealed and she couldn't speak, she just shook her head helplessly at him.
His heart was cold, and on his face, Lou Yue smiled indifferently: "Is Shu'er mistaken, I asked Imperial Doctor Lin for a medicine bag to take a bath." In the middle, I am afraid that there will be misunderstandings. β
His understatement instantly brought Su Liuying back to life, but it made Princess Lishu's face lose color.
"Brother Lou, I think it's you who got it wrong......
originally thought that he had caught two people and came to Lou Yue to invite credit, and by the way, he regretted defending Su Liuying like he did in the first place. But Lou Yue not only didn't believe her words, but also stood up to refute the rumors for them, which really made Princess Lishu angry.
Angry, she became irritable, pointed to the two of them and said to Lou Yue: "Since you said that she went to get the medicine bag, why didn't she see the shadow of the medicine bag on her body, and ran out of his tent in a hurry, there was a problem at first sight......"
After that, he angrily pulled the cotton cloth in Su Liuying's mouth and shouted: "You said it yourself, what did you do secretly with him inside?" Even if you are taking the medicine bag, why do you rush out in a hurry when you don't see anything? But is it a thief? β
Facing Lishu's questioning, Su Liuying's mind was blank -
Killing her would not tell Lin Yan about letting her escape, but in the face of Princess Lishu's questioning, she suddenly didn't know how to lie?
In a panic, she involuntarily raised her eyes to look at Lou Yue, who also looked at her for a moment, and when she saw the panic in her eyes, he looked at it slightly, and his eyes swept inadvertently from the small red clay stove on the side.
The red clay stove was warming the decanting soup that Su Liuying had boiled for him, and when he came back, he had already drunk a small half bowl by himself, and now, there was still half a cup left in the soup cup, which was steaming.
Su Liuying followed his gaze to see the decanting soup, reacted instantly, and said with a anxious face: "Please Fourth Princess Mingjian, when the slave maid went to get the medicine bag, she forgot that the decanting soup was still burning on the stove." After going to Imperial Doctor Lin's place, I remembered that the slave was worried that the sobering soup was dry, so she ran back in a hurry, but unexpectedly, she still boiled half a bowl of dry ......"
Following her words, Lishu turned around suspiciously to look at the soup cup on the side, and sure enough, as she said, her face sank.
She faintly sensed that something was wrong there, but she couldn't find a flaw for a while, and when she was annoyed and embarrassed and didn't know how to end it, Lou Yue on the side had already put on a big hat, walked up to her and said softly: "It's late at night, Brother Lou will send you back to rest, and you have to get up early tomorrow morning and set off to hurry." Don't be ridiculed as a sleeping bug if you can't get out of bed then. β
He usually speaks coldly, and suddenly softens down, just like the cold winter day suddenly dissipates, and the bright spring light comes, making people suddenly feel like a spring breeze!
The anger in Lishu's stomach dissipated with the wind, and she said coquettishly with a blushing face, "Brother Lou laughed at me!" And they leaned on him with great joy, and went back to the camp together.
After the people left, only Su Liuying and Lin Yan were left in the tent, the latter looked guilty, and was about to say something, Su Liuying had already rushed in front of him and said coldly: "You go...... I just don't think it happened tonight. β
Lin Yan was embarrassed, his lips moved, and he couldn't say a word, so he left quietly with a white face.
After sending Lishu back, before entering the camp, Nanshan had already investigated the matter in Lin Yan's camp and told him clearly. After hearing this, Lou Yue's gloomy face became more and more gloomy.
Lifting the curtain and entering, I saw Su Liuying standing cramped and restless, and when I saw him, my face was slightly stagnant, and my expression flashed with a trace of guilt.
Lou Yue didn't seem to see her, and before she stretched out her hand, she took off her body, closed her clothes and lay down on the bed, never saying a word.
The more he was like this, the more guilty Su Liuying felt in his heart.
Fang Cai, if he hadn't covered up the past for her, and patiently coaxed Princess Lishu away, I'm afraid that she would have been beaten to death as an adulterer **** by now......
She wanted to explain to him the matter with Lin Yan clearly, but the stakes were very high, and if she was not careful, she would take Lin Yan's life, so in the end, she stood silently beside Lou Yue's bed for a long time, and Su Liuying couldn't say a word......
Lou Yue, who closed his eyes and was sleeping, did have many questions in his heart.
For example, why did she take the initiative to find Ning Guifei in the morning?
She wanted to leave the palace before, why did Lin Yan take her away, and she insisted on staying?
These questions have always been in Lou Yue's heart. On the way back to Beijing, I talked to Nanshan, and Nanshan couldn't help but quip: "She said something to Concubine Ning Guifei and the slave couldn't guess, but she didn't want to go with Imperial Doctor Lin, and the slave guessed, but I was afraid that she was reluctant to master." β
Seeing that he had been depressed on the way back to the palace, Nanshan originally wanted to make him happy, but unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Lou Yue's heart became more and more cold, remembering the tears in her eyes when she heard Da Sima, and said coldly: "She will never leave ...... for me."
Half a month later, everyone returned to Beijing smoothly, and the ministers sent Emperor Huicheng to Chengtianmen to separate.
In the crowd, Su Liuying stood quietly in the corner, watching Lou Yue say goodbye to Emperor Huicheng.
On the way back to Beijing, he sat in a luxurious and comfortable carriage, while she walked with a group of palace people in the snow, and the two never met again. It seems that Yunling is just an illusory dream, and when she wakes up from the dream, she is still a lowly palace maid who will never see the light of day in Yongxiang. And he is still the first son of the dazzling Dayong Dynasty.
His hand couldn't help but touch the thing on his waist, which was the dagger he gave her to protect herself, and the white fox cloak that he had carefully put away in the package, telling her that everything in Yunling was not a dream......
The other courtiers sent the holy driver away, but Lou Yue's gaze fell on a thin figure among the palace people-
With a burden on her shoulders, she walked quickly with her head down, dressed in a blue-gray coarse cloth palace dress, which looked very humble and pitiful compared to other palace maids in pink palace clothes......
Lou Yue's mood was inexplicably bored, and he turned around and said coldly: "Go home!" β
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Returning to the palace, Su Liuying's mood was much calmer.
For the time being, she has no worries about food, and now she has only one thought in her heart - to investigate the case!
Investigate the case of Ning Guifei's miscarriage and find out the mystery of Daddy's suicide back then.
Back in Yongxiang, she was in a hurry to unpack her bags and pack her luggage, but waited quietly.
Sure enough, I received a notice after a while, saying that it was approaching the New Year's Festival, there were many banquets in the palace, and there was a shortage of people in the bureau, so a group of palace maids were transferred to the bureau to help, and Su Liuying was also among them.
Ning Guifei still chose to believe her in the end, and according to what she said, she was transferred to the Division.
It is still musk that harms Ning Guifei's miscarriage, which is also the only clue in the whole case, and the bureau is in charge of the laying and sprinkling in the palace, the decoration of each palace and the charcoal fire. Su Liuying entered the bureau of the department, so that he could enter the palaces and halls without attracting attention, and search the source and origin of the musk......
And the most important thing is that Su Liuying wants to be able to go to the Longtu Pavilion where the files are stored by setting up an errand in the bureau......
Su Liuying went to the bureau with the other palace maids to set up an errand. The housekeeper's aunt put them in charge of cleaning. And specially instructed that there has been continuous snow recently, and the snow on the roads in the palace must be swept away, so as not to fall on the nobles.
Although the errand of clearing the snow is hard, it is much better than soaking your hands in the biting ice water every day in the Huanyi Bureau, so everyone has no complaints and works very energetically.
Snow removal is done in teams of two, with one person sweeping the snow in front and one holding a shovel in the back to shovel the snow into a corner or ditch. Partnering with Su Liuying is a palace maid named Sui'er, who is the same age as Su Liuying and looks beautiful.
Sui'er showed surprise in her eyes from the first time she saw Su Liuying, and exclaimed: "I've always heard that there is a fairy-like beauty in the Huanyi Bureau, but I didn't expect to see it in person today, so I believed it was true." No wonder Father-in-law Yu Fu has always been obsessed with ......"
As soon as the words came out, she hurriedly covered her mouth, looked at Su Liuying, who was obviously discolored, guiltily and uneasily, and said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I've always spoken quickly, and I ask you not to see ......."
Su Liuying took a broom and swept the ground by herself, her face indifferent.
In the past few days, they have been busy going out early and returning late. Although it is not as hard as the Huanyi Bureau, his hands are frozen in the cold wind every day, and they are also red, swollen and purple and covered with chilblains.
After a long time, everyone had to complain, only Su Liuying didn't cry out bitterly, and worked silently, while secretly looking for an opportunity to approach Longtu Pavilion.
But Longtu Pavilion is an important place for the imperial court to store archives and files, and it is heavily guarded, and there are special personnel in charge of all the affairs inside, Su Liuying tried a few times, let alone entering, and even the edge can't be close.
More than half a month has passed, and the New Year is getting closer and closer, Ning Guifei quietly sent someone to ask her a few times if she had any clues and discoveries. Su Liuying knew that Ning Guifei was in a hurry, so she had to put down Daddy's case first and specifically investigate Ning Guifei's miscarriage case.
However, it is more difficult to find the source of musk in the harem than to find a needle in a haystack, even if Su Liuying wrenched his brain, he could not find a clue.
When she got up on this day, Su Liuying's abdominal pain was unbearable, and she went to Gongfang to find out that it was a menstrual period.
Su Liuying has unbearable abdominal pain every time she has menstruation, especially in the first two days.
And this time, for some reason, it was so painful that I couldn't stand up. His face was as white as paper, and his whole body was shivering with cold.
But the errand still had to be done, not to mention the fact that it had snowed all night last night, and the freshly swept road was covered with a thick layer of snow, which they had to clean before dawn.
Su Liuying wore all the cotton clothes on her body, but her whole body was cold, and her hands were like ice bumps outside.
When cleaning, a thin layer of frost will form on the broom after a while, and the bones will be frozen in the hand. She couldn't stand up in pain, and her whole body seemed to be soaked in cold water, but she still had to grit her teeth and sweep the snow one by one.
Sui'er, who was shoveling snow behind her, soon noticed that something was wrong with her, and hurriedly took the broom in her hand and let her rest in a corner sheltered from the wind, and she did the work of two people by herself.
Ignoring the clammy and cold on the wall, Su Liuying leaned weakly, her whole body was so cold that she was unconscious, and her abdomen was cramping, almost tormenting her to death.
Just when she was worried that Sui'er would not be able to finish sweeping the snow on the road before dawn and was about to take a break to help, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
Su Liuying was startled, and when she looked up, it was a grandmother in her fifties standing in front of her with a lantern in her hand.
Thinking that her laziness had been discovered, Su Liuying stood up straight in a panic and said in a trembling voice: "Slave damned, go to work immediately." β
Mama didn't speak, just stared at her carefully, and the more she looked, her face was suspicious.
Su Liuying didn't know what this grandmother was, just looking at her clothes, she was a little more decent than the ordinary grandmothers in the palace, with a charitable face, but with an awe-inspiring majesty.
Being stared at by her all the time, Su Liuying's heart went crazy.
After a long time, Mama finally opened her mouth, her voice was calm, and she said slowly: "What's your name?" Which palace maid is it? β
Su Liuying said softly: "The slave maid is called Xiaoman, and she has just been transferred from the Huanyi Bureau to the Division Bureau as an errand ......."
"How old are you this year?"
ββ¦β¦ Nineteen years old. β
Hearing this, the old lady frowned slightly, turned around and left without saying a word.
Looking at her distant back, Su Liuying gasped for breath in fear, didn't dare to rest anymore, gritted her teeth to endure the discomfort of her body, picked up the shovel, and shoveled up the snow one by one......
The east is white, and it is already dawn.
Sui'er in front had already cleared the snow on the road, but Su Liuying still had a lot of snowdrifts that had not been shoveled, so Sui'er anxiously took the shovel in her hand and continued to shovel the snow.
Seeing that she was so busy that her forehead was sweating, Su Liuying was very moved in her heart, and said guiltily: "Sui'er, I dragged you down today, I'm really sorry." β
"It's fine." Sui'er smiled while working, "We are partners, what does it matter if I do more if you are not feeling well." β
She sighed and continued: "The deep palace is lonely, the lowest and most humble people like us, if we can't help each other to live, wouldn't life be even more difficult?!" β
Sui'er's words spoke to Su Liuying's heart, and she saw too many people in the palace who only wanted Mingzhe to protect herself and didn't care about the lives of others, and her words were particularly precious.
Looking at her open-mouthed appearance before, Su Liuying thought that she was a big grinning person, but she didn't expect that she also had such a delicate and warm mind, and she didn't feel good for her in her heart.
She smiled in front of her for the first time and said sincerely, "Thank you!" β
Sui'er was stunned by her smile, and sighed sincerely: "You are so good-looking, you really shouldn't do such heavy work like us...... Alas, what a waste! β
"What the hell?! In life, everyone has their own troubles, even if it is the Son of Heaven, everything is not smooth. β
A voice interjected abruptly, startling the two of them.
Looking back, it was the old woman who had spoken to Su Liuying before who went and returned, standing quietly behind the two of them with her hands together.
Su Liuying and Sui'er looked at each other, and only after reacting did they bend down and salute Mama together.
The old lady bowed her head and said to Su Liuying: "Come with me." β
Su Liuying was slightly stunned.
The old lady walked a few steps and saw that she did not follow, so she turned back and urged: "Hurry up! β
Su Liuying had no choice but to put down the things in her hand and follow Mama forward.
After turning a corner, the old lady led her in the direction of Huaqing Pond.
Huaqing Pond in winter is exceptionally deserted.
The surface of the lake is frozen into ice, the weeping willows on the shore have shed into smooth branches, and a palace is hidden behind flowers and trees not far away.
There are small pavilions built by the pool for the concubines to change their clothes and rest on the lake, and the grandmother led Su Liuying into one of them.
There was a charcoal basin burning in the small attic, warm as spring, Su Liuying not only felt comfortable all over her body when she entered, but also smelled a familiar smell.
Her eyes fell on the clay pot on the stove in the house, and she was shocked.
The brown sugar soup of hawthorn and cinnamon branches boiled in the clay pot is a good medicine for warming the meridians and clearing the pulses, dissolving stasis and relieving pain.
Mama stepped forward and poured the soup from the clay pot into the bowl and brought it to her, "Drink it while it's hot!" β
With trembling hands and taking the bowl, Su Liuying's heart was full of doubts, and she looked at the grandmother in front of her for a moment, and hesitated: "Who are you?" Why prepare this ...... for slaves?"
Mama smiled indifferently, sat down on the bench, and said, "I'm just a mother-in-law who has nothing to do in this palace." When I was young, I was like you, every time I was in pain and half to death, I drank this decoction. I just saw you, and I guessed it by looking at your face. If you are idle, you will be idle, so I will boil a bowl for you. β
Seeing that Su Liuying still looked stunned, Mama urged: "Hurry up and drink, and go back to work after drinking!" β
After four years, I drank the familiar taste of the soup again, Su Liuying's tears couldn't be stopped anymore, and they fell into the bowl one by one like beans-
When A-Niang was alive, every time she had menstruation, A-Niang would prepare these for her early, feed her to drink by hand, and then add a soft futon to the bed, and take a soup woman to dress her lower abdomen, sleep comfortably, and when she wakes up, the menstrual pain will be much better.
In her ears, a whimpering north wind blew, as if someone was crying with her......
After drinking the medicinal soup, the hot soup not only warmed her body, but also warmed her heart.
She took the bowl to the side of the bucket and washed it before returning it to Mama, and said gratefully with red eyes: "Thank you, Mama!" β
The old lady looked calm and calm, waved her hand, and let her leave.
Walking out of the attic, Su Liuying turned around and carefully noted down the location of the attic, and when she had the opportunity, she must repay her grandmother.
When I went back, it was very bright, but fortunately, Sui'er was quick with her hands and feet, and she had shoveled the snow clean.
Seeing that she came back intact, Sui'er happily pulled her over and asked non-stop, very curious about what the mysterious grandmother asked her to do?
Su Liuying was grateful for her care and understanding today, so she told her about the brown sugar water she had boiled for her.
Sui'er was surprised when she heard this, and sighed: "I didn't expect that there are such good people in this harem." β
The more this is the case, the more curious Sui'er is about the identity of the old grandmother, and when she returns to the bureau, she asks Su Liuying to go back to the house to lie down and rest, but she rushes out to inquire about the identity of the grandmother for her, and she doesn't feel tired at all.
It wasn't until noon that Sui'er came back from outside, and as soon as she entered the door, she was full of excitement and said, "Xiaoman, guess what I heard?" β
Seeing her cheeks flushed with excitement, Su Liuying's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but sit up and look at her expectantly.
Sui'er wanted to hang her appetite, but she was straightforward, and she could hide her words, and said it like a bean.
It turned out that the grandmother actually came from a lot, when Emperor Huicheng was still the prince in the East Palace, he followed him to serve, and later Emperor Huicheng ascended the throne as the emperor, she has always been by her side, she is the most face-saving grandmother in the palace, even Emperor Huicheng is courteous to her, not to mention others. Usually, even Queen Ning Guifei saw her, and politely respected her Aunt Lan.
Now that she is old, Emperor Huicheng originally wanted to send her out of the palace to retire, but she has been in the palace as an errand since she was a child, and she has no relatives around her, so she stayed in the palace and became the most leisurely idler.
Listening to Sui'er's words, Su Liuying was a little shocked, and she had mixed feelings in her heart-
Why did the old lady who had been immersed in the harem for decades deliberately boil brown sugar water for herself? Is it really just because she's idle?
Thinking of the look on her face when she looked at herself, she felt a strangeness in her heart, and she always felt that Mama looked at her with inquiry in her eyes, as if she had a deep meaning......
Before she could figure it out, the housekeeper's aunt came to inform them that a banquet would be held in the Xianyin Palace in the evening, and Su Liuying and the others would go to help.
As soon as she heard the three words Xianyin Palace, Su Liuying's expression changed suddenly.
The one who lives in the Xianyin Palace is the most noble princess of the Dayong Dynasty, Princess Rongqing.
And everyone in the world knows that Princess Rongqing's favorite person is the youngest and promising Sima Li Xiu of the Dayong Dynasty.
And Li Xiu is the fiancΓ© who made a marriage contract with her four years ago......
The past came back to my heart, and my heart became irrepressibly dull.
After being in the palace for so long, she has always avoided going to Xianyin Palace and avoiding seeing Princess Rongqing. Only in this way can she forget Li Xiu and forget that he is going to marry the most noble princess in the world......
In a daze, he followed everyone into the Xianyin Palace.
Princess Rongqing has been living here since she became an adult, in view of Emperor Huicheng's love for this eldest daughter, Xianyin Palace is one of the most exquisite and luxurious palaces in the entire harem, and rare and fresh things are sent here.
In the past, I only heard about the luxury of Xianyin Palace from other people's mouths, but when I came to see it today, I found that the beauty inside was far more exquisite than the oral description of outsiders.
The pavilions, rockery pools, and even plants and trees are carefully arranged and selected, all of which are exquisite and luxurious to the extreme.
There is also a natural hot spring in the palace, even in such a cold winter, there is still a thick heat floating in the hot spring, so that the entire Xianyin Palace is shrouded in a thin smoke, like a fairyland.
Along the way, the aunt in charge did not forget to tell them to be careful when working, and not to damage the things in the Xianyin Palace, even a vase inside is more expensive than their lives.
The banquet was set up in the East Warm Pavilion in the apse, and the housekeeper's aunt led some people into the pavilion to arrange the tables and chairs, and Su Liuying, who had just arrived at the Bureau, was sent to the outside room to be responsible for hanging lanterns on the plum trees around the Warm Pavilion.
Just after the heavy snowfall, the red plums around the warm pavilion are all blooming, wrapped in crystal snowflakes, under the reflection of the lanterns, like ice flowers carved out of ice and snow, crystal clear. And Princess Rongqing also ingeniously added spices to the lanterns, and after the lights were lit, the fragrance overflowed.
The little palace maids who hung the lamps with Su Liuying couldn't help whispering, all saying that Princess Rongqing had really put a lot of effort into entertaining her future concubine.
Su Liuying silently listened to the discussions of others, but her heart was like holding a blunt knife and slashing it one by one, and she was in pain.
She held a long stick and hung a lantern on the plum branch, and her hands trembled in disobedience. The cold wind blew, blowing the residual snow on the branches into the necks of the people under the trees, cold and biting, and even blowing the lanterns and branches to shake straight, Su Liuying tried several times but couldn't hang well.
The palace maid of Xianyin Palace, who was standing on the side to supervise the work, shouted: "You all move quickly, the banquet is about to start, and when the guests come, Merlin has not yet been arranged, you will wait to receive the punishment." β
'Click! A ball of snowflakes fell head-on towards Su Liuying, who was looking up, and she dodged, being smashed all over her face and splashed into her eyes.
Her eyes hurt, Su Liuying involuntarily lowered her head to rub it, and the wind lantern in her hand didn't pay attention to it, and it fell from the high pole and broke it in pieces.
Without waiting for Su Liuying to wipe her eyes and raise her head, a loud slap had fallen on her face crisply.
"Cheap maid, do you know that these lanterns are carefully set up by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and each pattern on them is personally selected by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the Qi Nan incense inside is even more rare, and a drop is more expensive than your life!"
The palace maid pointed to the lantern on the ground and scolded Su Liuying non-stop, and the aunt who was the housekeeper who came out after hearing the news saw it, and without saying a word, she made Su Liuying kneel down to make amends, which was also a good reprimand.
Su Liuying's cheeks were swollen from the beating, and her hair was messy. The palace maid still didn't understand her hatred, and said fiercely: "Go and kneel on the side, don't get in the way under this tree, if you scare the nobles who come out to enjoy the plums, you will want your dog's life." β
When the aunt in charge saw this, she hurriedly kicked her into the corner and scolded, "It's not good to thank the girl for sparing her life." β
Su Liuying's face was blank. Before she could speak, there was a sound in the warm pavilion, and the guests arrived.
The palace maid of Xianyin Palace didn't have the time to teach Su Liuying a lesson, so everyone hurriedly rushed to the front to serve, leaving Su Liuying to kneel in the corner of the plum garden.
Su Liuying hesitated for a moment, then finally straightened up and raised her eyes to see in the warm pavilion.
After four years, she wanted to see if the figure in her mind was still the same as before......
However, from her place, she couldn't see the situation in the warm pavilion clearly, and while her heart was suffocating, she couldn't help laughing at herself, even if you see it, he is now a big Sima, and he is the future concubine that Princess Rongqing wants to marry, what does it have to do with you, a lowly person?
Could it be that to this day, do you still expect him to fulfill his original marriage contract and marry you again?
Tears finally fell silently, and while she persuaded herself to face the reality, she couldn't help but be sad, and the tears fell uncontrollably......
Stepping over the warm pavilion, Lou Yue saw tonight's protagonist at a glance - Li Xiu!
It turned out that Li Xiu handled the errand of the Jiangnan private salt case very well, and after returning to Beijing yesterday, Emperor Huicheng wanted to personally set up a banquet for him to pick up the wind and wash the dust, but Princess Rongqing offered to do the dust washing banquet by her, just like a wife looking forward to the return of her husband......
I haven't seen him for more than half a year, Li Xiu is still the same, wearing a moon-white brocade suit, as elegant as bamboo. The light of the eyes is always as light as water, describing calm, like a clear spring, silent but attracting the attention of passers-by.
But this time, when his calm eyes saw Lou Yue, they suddenly tightened and became deep.
Without waiting for Lou Yue to approach, he had already taken the initiative to stand up, stepped forward, and said without humility or arrogance: "Lord Shizi, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed." β
Looking at the bamboo flute on his waist, Lou Yue felt inexplicably irritable in his heart, snorted coldly, sat down by himself, and said no more.
Looking at his rejection of people's descriptions, Li Xiu's heart was as clear as a mirror, and he believed more and more what the third prince Yin Ming told him.
When he heard that Su Liuying was still alive and well, at that moment his state of mind was like a silent and dead tree coming back to life, pulling out fresh sprouts again to regain their vitality......
Li Xiu's face was calm, but his heart was churning with excitement, looking forward to the banquet ending early, he was going to find her and confirm the news that she was still alive......
At the beginning of the banquet, as the host of the banquet, Princess Rongqing wore a hibiscus-colored floor-length pleated phoenix tail skirt.
As the most noble eldest princess of the Dayong Dynasty, Princess Rongqing's background is unparalleled. But she is deeply taught by Queen Lou, has a gentle temperament, is knowledgeable, and is not as pampered and domineering as Princess Lishu, but gentle and admirable.
Entering the table, even if she never forgot Li Xiu in her heart, she was also generous and generous to greet everyone, holding a wine glass to personally salute Li Xiu, and said with a gentle smile: "Da Sima works for the court, and I will give Da Sima a glass for my father." β
She has a beautiful appearance, and her appearance is also the best among all princesses, especially among all princesses.
At this moment, she stood in front of Li Xiu, her bright Danfeng eyes were full of affection, and she smiled lightly, looking forward to it.
Li Xiuqingjun's face was plain, but he kept thinking about Su Liuying in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to talk to Princess Rongqing more at all, but he just said with his eyelids in his eyes, 'This is a matter within the part of the ministers', and said more.
Seeing this, Princess Rongqing couldn't help but feel lost in her heart.
In order to wait for him to come back, she didn't even dare to go to the winter hunt, for fear of missing the date of his return to Beijing, but also to give him a pick-up, and carefully prepared for a long time.
In the eyes of outsiders, the youngest Da Sima of the Dayong Dynasty is a cold and indifferent character, but Princess Rongqing knows that he is not what outsiders see. Because, she had seen him in front of that man, so gentle and affectionate......
And after the man died, she never saw him laugh heartily, nor did she see the tenderness and sweetness in his eyes, and his expression was always as calm as water......
Princess Rongqing's heart was filled with a trace of sourness. Her heart has fallen on him in this life, no matter what, she has to warm his dead heart, make him smile at himself, smile at himself as she did to her......
Outside, the lanterns were lit in the plum forest, which was gorgeous, and Rongqing invited everyone to go to the plum garden to enjoy the plum blossoms.
Li Xiu didn't want to go, but was personally invited by Princess Rongqing, so he had to leave the table and go with her.
Lou Yue didn't want to join in these boring bustles, and Princess Ren Lishu was unmoved by how she was coquettish in front of him.
All night, his mind was full of the snowy night in Yunling, and Su Liuying resolutely left his camp to find the wooden box. Although he later knew that there were her father's ashes in it, today, when he saw the bamboo flute that Li Xiu did not leave, his heart was like pressing a big stone, and he was extremely suffocated-
She is so reluctant, she doesn't even want her life, does she really just care about her father's ashes?
The mood was extremely depressed, but Lishu was still pestering him, and the nameless fire rose instantly.
He turned his head sideways and said coldly to Princess Lishu, who was holding his sleeve: "The princess and Weichen are so close, aren't you afraid that your future master will care?" β
As soon as these words came out, Princess Lishu's face changed unconsciously.
Listening to the meaning of his words, he didn't even put any thought on her, let alone marry her.
Lishugui is a princess, and she has been pampered since she was a child, and she has suffered such grievances there. Suddenly, his eyes were red, and he left angrily, leaving Lou Yue alone to sit there and drink alcohol.
Just as he was about to get up to leave, Nanshan came in from outside and whispered a few words in his ear.
His expression moved, his low eyes flashed, and in the next moment, he had asked Nanshan to help him take off his cloak and walk towards the plum garden.
The plum garden in the Xianyin Palace is not as magnificent as the plum garden, but it is exquisite. Each one is one in a hundred, with iron and silver branches, very stylish.
Everyone was amazed by Merlin in Xianyin Palace, and then Lou Yue, who came, kept sweeping over the palace people around him, searching for a thin figure.
Fang Cai Nanshan told him that Su Liuying was also on an errand in Xianyin Palace tonight.
However, after searching for a long time, he didn't find Su Liuying's figure.
At that time, Su Liuying's eyes were fixed on the moon-white figure under the plum tree not far away.
Under the gorgeous plum tree, Li Xiu stood in a moon-white brocade suit facing the wind, and the jade tree was in the wind. And Princess Rongqing, who walked beside him, wore a hibiscus-colored pleated phoenix tail skirt, delicate and beautiful, a little more delicate than the red plum on the plum branch. The two stood together, but they were very eye-catching.
Princess Rongqing smiled and whispered a few words to him from time to time, or pointed out the beautiful plum branches to him. Li Xiu bowed slightly, and occasionally replied to her with two sentences. Looking at Su Liuying's eyes, it seems that you and I are between lovers, stinging her eyes.
For four years, the sweetheart who couldn't be forever accompanied other women to enjoy the plum blossoms under the moon, but she knelt in the dark corner and watched this stinging scene, which couldn't make him realize his despicability and embarrassment at this time......
Tears flowed silently, she was no longer the Su Liuying she was four years ago, and she had lost the right to be happy, and now she has what luxury to ask for......
If you don't look at your tears, your heart won't hurt so much.
Li Xiu under the plum tree, where he knew that the woman he had been thinking about in his heart knelt in a corner not far from him, thinking about what excuse to leave early to find Su Liuying.
Princess Rongqing saw that he had not been very embarrassed, and couldn't help but say softly: "I have always heard that Lord Li's flute is moving, and today's beautiful scenery, I wonder if my lord would like to play a song to help the fun?" β
The dignified princess spoke, and Li Xiu excused herself.
Pick up the bamboo flute on your waist and send it to your mouth, and the melodious and tactful flute sound slowly rises in the plum forest, endlessly.
After kneeling for so long, Su Liuying's whole body froze stiff, her abdomen was cramped, her knees were numb and unconscious, and her whole person was like a puppet that had lost her soul, and she was a little lifeless.
However, when the familiar and unfamiliar flute sounded, Su Liuying woke up instantly, and the light crossed in her dead eyes, and she looked under the plum tree again, and looked at the flute under the tree with a moving face.
Back then, Li Xiu fascinated her heart with this "Beauty Song".
The long-lost melody echoed in my ears. During the four years of her displacement, this "Beauty Song" often appeared in her mind, accompanying her through the most painful time......
His eyes fell on the bamboo flute in Li Xiu's hand, and his tears broke down instantly-
She thought that he had forgotten her, but she didn't expect that he had always carried the bamboo flute she made for him.
Tears blurred his eyes, and his dead heart rippled. At this moment, Su Liuying wanted to run over and hug him and cry loudly, telling him that she was not dead, she was back......
With tears in her eyes, a tall figure appeared in front of her, blocking her gaze at Li Xiu.
She looked up in a daze, her hazy teary eyes facing the cold eyes of Upstairs Yue.
Su Liuying looked at Lou Yue who suddenly appeared in front of him inexplicably, and didn't understand how he could find himself?
The latter's face was covered with frost, looking at the tear stains on her face, Lou Yue said coldly: "What kind of ability is hiding here and crying?" Isn't he your fiancΓ©, why don't you just go out and find him! β
Su Liuying, who came back to her senses, hurriedly lowered her head to prevent him from seeing her crying, and stiffly raised her hands that were red and swollen from the cold and wiped her eyes in a panic.
She swallowed her throat and said with difficulty: "The prince has misunderstood, the slave maid is punished here for doing something wrong, and he doesn't dare to disturb the nobleman......"
Before she finished speaking, the person in front of her suddenly squatted down in front of her, and Lou Yue's slender and distinct fingers pinched her cold chin, forcing her eyes to meet his-
"If they don't leave, are you willing to freeze to death here?"
When her hands touched her chin as if they were touching ice bumps, Lou Yue's eyes swelled with anger, and she suddenly grasped her cold hands tightly, turned around and walked out.
Su Liuying was dragged forward by him, but what she was thinking about was the embarrassed appearance she was now, and she couldn't be seen by Li Xiu outside.
Therefore, she desperately broke free of Lou Yue's hand, and begged eagerly in a low voice: "Lord Shizi, I can't go out, you let go, please ......."
Lou Yue would not understand her thoughts. Thinking that she was about to freeze to death, and still taking care of Li Xiu, she was angry and hateful in her heart, not only did she not let go, but her grip was tighter and stronger, so that she couldn't break free for half a point.
Su Liuying still wanted to struggle to the death, but after some movement, the people outside had already discovered the two of them, and before Lou Yue dragged her outside, the people on the other side of the plum tree had already gathered around and looked at the two of them in surprise.
Hearing the footsteps coming this way, Su Liuying's heart was in despair.
At this moment, she no longer dared to break free of Lou Yue's hands. For fear that he would push himself in front of Li Xiu, he grabbed his hand and hid behind him with his head down.
When the lights came over, everyone was surprised that the person in the corner was Lou Shizi. Then, without exception, his eyes fell on Su Liuying, who was hiding behind him.
I couldn't see her clearly, but when I saw the palace maid clothes on her body, everyone almost exclaimed.
As we all know, Lou Shizi has never been close to women, and even Princess Lishu can't get close to him, but he doesn't want him to hide in this corner with a palace maid for a tryst!
Lonely men and widows hiding in the corner, except for trysts, really can't think of any other reason.
However, the palace maid still rubbed hard against him, but Lou Shizi, who had never been close to people, let her rub her face without changing her face. Therefore, everyone is more convinced of the speculation in their hearts.
As a result, everyone became more and more curious about the description of this palace maid-
What kind of palace maid is she who can charm the prince of the world?
Princess Rongqing looked shocked, and even Li Xiu, who had an indifferent face, looked sideways slightly, and her eyes couldn't help but look at Su Liuying who was hiding behind Lou Yue with everyone.
Sensing that everyone's eyes fell on her, Su Liuying buried her face more and more behind Lou Yue, and her whole body trembled for a while, for fear that Li Xiu would see her.
However, even so, Lishu on the side guessed at a glance that the palace maid hiding behind Lou Yue was Su Liuying.
Thinking that he had invited him to enjoy the plum blossoms together, he didn't come, but he gave up his body to have a private meeting with this cheap maid, and the vinegar fire in Princess Lishu's heart could no longer be restrained, and it burned brightly.
Seeing that Lou Yue pulled Su Liuying and continued to go outside, Princess Lishu dodged in front of Lou Yue, staring at him with red eyes, feeling a stomach full of grievances, but she was so angry that she couldn't say a word.
Although Princess Rongqing was shocked by the matter between Lou Yue and the palace maid, Lou Yue was her cousin, and seeing that he was blocked by Lishu, she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lishu away imperceptibly, and sneered: "It's not too early, my cousin is also going to leave the palace and return home." β
She knew Lishu's feelings for her cousin, and knew that she felt uncomfortable watching her cousin with a palace maid. But on such an occasion, so many people watched, in case Lishu couldn't control her temper and got into trouble with her cousin, both sides didn't have a face, so she silently persuaded Lishu on the one hand, but on the other hand, she tactfully issued an eviction order, so that the onlookers dispersed.
Everyone understood and was about to say goodbye and leave, but they didn't expect Lishu to shake off Rongqing's hand, pointed at Lou Yue with red eyes and gritted her teeth: "This cheap maid is Su Liuying?!" β