Chapter 366: Confidant
After the acrobatic performance, there was another song and dance, followed by a piano song prepared by Changsun Xian before, although it had a bad reputation in the five academies art competition, but it did not prevent her real piano skills from being sought after.
Just when everyone in the palace was intoxicated by the sound of the piano, Li Tai's afterglow paid attention to a seat in the distance, and when he saw the two palace ladies holding up the figure that seemed to be drunk, he looked suspicious, and then withdrew it.
About a quarter of an hour later, Changsun Xian's piano music was in the middle of the night, but when he heard a "pop" sound, everyone looked back at the hall, only to see Li Tai, who was wet with wine, get up from the table and say to everyone:
"It's rude, this king is going to change his clothes, and everyone is happy."
The sound of the piano is obviously wrong here, but few people find it, and the eldest Sun Xi, who was sitting on the right seat, turned his head to look at the seat where there were fewer people not far away, and his eyes tightened, and he said to the people around him:
"Second sister, I'll go out and breathe."
In the apse of the Imperial Banquet Palace, a room dedicated to the guests to rest after being drunk, two palace ladies helped the jade to lie down on the soft couch behind the screen, one of them had beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and said to the ordinary-looking one:
"You go and serve the decanting soup, I'll wait for Miss Lu here."
"Oh."
Gong E, who looked so ordinary, nodded in response, got up and closed the half-open window on the side, and turned to leave, until the door opened and closed, and the maid who was squatting on the edge of the soft couch and was about to feed Yu Yu with water took out a paper bag from her arms, poured the yellow powder inside into the teacup, stirred it with her fingers, and then pinched off Yu Yu's cheeks, and the water cup came to her lips, but she couldn't pour it.
"Ahh
Gong E's sudden extra big hand on her wrist frightened her into an exclamation, and she suddenly looked up at the young man in pale clothes who appeared on the other side of the soft couch at some point, and said in a panic:
"Y-Who are you?"
Lu Yao took the teacup from her hand, took the person aside, and asked, "What did you put in the cup, and who made you do this?" ”
That Gong'e's wrist was pinched by him, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, it's the fourth lady in General He's mansion, it's not any poison in it, no, no, it's just a powder that will make people diarrhea when you drink it..."
When Lu Yao heard this, he frowned, first ordered this Gong'e's sleeping hole, and after she softened, he poured the cup of laxative into her mouth, and threw the person on the ground casually, then turned around and carried the drunken jade on the soft couch and moved to another room.
After half a cup of tea, Gong E, who went to serve the decanting soup, returned to this room, bypassed the screen and saw Gong E lying motionless on the ground, but did not make the exclamation as it should be, but put the decanting soup on the table next to him with the same expression, went to close the wide open window behind the soft couch again, and left the room quietly.
After she left, from behind another screen in this room, a vague figure slowly appeared, and a few steps under the light, it was actually dressed as a guard tonight.
This person did not linger in the room, but went to the door a few times, looked left and right, and saw a man walking from the corridor on the right, dressed in black and wearing a golden crown, Fang bowed his head and greeted him.
Li Tai's steps were unhurried, and he didn't stop when he saw the guard catching up.
"Master, the people from Hongzhuang have made a move."
"What about people." Li Tai's eyes flashed, since receiving Shen Jiantang's warning, after all these days, the hidden people in Hongzhuang finally moved.
"In the front room, there is a ...... guard"
"Go get him away."
"Yes."
There were two candlesticks lit in the room that were not too bright, and as soon as Li Tai entered the house, he smelled a smell of wine, which was one of the offerings at tonight's banquet, which took two days and one night to transport back to the capital from the drunken south of the Yangtze River.
The stove, which should have been placed in the small hall, was moved to the soft couch behind the screen, on which lay a young girl, covered with a light yellow brocade quilt, with her hair in a loose bun on her head, and a few simple hairpin rings scattered aside.
Li Tai put the candlestick picked up in the hall on the small table next to the couch, lifted the hem of his clothes, sat down on the empty space next to the soft couch, looked at the slightly drunk little face of Yi Yu by the dim candlelight, and did something he wanted to do when he saw her walking into the Imperial Banquet Palace in lake blue half an hour ago.
Brushing those scattered hairpin rings to the ground, accompanied by the crisp sound of "jingling", with the advantage of his figure, he effortlessly hugged the person on his lap with the quilt, leaned back on the soft couch back, put his slender legs on the tail of the couch with his boots, moved his body slightly and put on a comfortable position, looked down at the jade leaning on his chest, wrapped his right hand around her and stretched out to her thin white chin, gently lifted her head a little, and the slightly drunk little face was in full view.
Fingers rubbed the soft skin under the palm, the person in his arms was the person who wanted to hug, the fatigue of sitting in front of the three hundred people for a night was easily relieved, and even the smell of wine mixed with the unique fragrance of the girl made him feel relaxed, Li Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at the little face of Yiyu that made him calm, and was about to close his eyes, but when he heard a series of low groans, he saw that the eyelashes of the person in his arms trembled slightly, and after a few clicks, they were half opened.
"Hmm... Well, Your Highness, Your Highness..."
"......" Listening to this soft voice, the same as on the carriage that night, Li Tai stroked the fingers of Yuyu's chin for a moment, and met the hazy starry eyes, his eyes darkened, and there was no response, but his fingers slowly moved up to her slightly open and closed pink lips, and rubbed them gently.
Xu didn't get him to respond, and Xu is face was a little itchy, and the side of Yu Yu's head dodged his fingers, and instead buried his face in his chest, and called intermittently:
"Your Highness... Your Highness... Your Highness...."
"Hmm." After a few soft mutters, Li Taifang responded in a low voice, only such a syllable, but it revealed a little hoarseness, and the right hand that was avoided by her was about to caress the back of her neck, but because of a slight tremor in her chest, she stopped moving.
He is a person who practices martial arts, and he is not afraid of the cold, tonight he only added a brocade robe to the single clothes, the expensive clothes are very light, therefore, the wetness from his chest is very obvious, his body stiffened for a moment, and the right hand hanging in the air hesitantly landed on the black hair on the back of her head, and smoothed it twice.
"What are you crying about?"
His movements and his voice, but the choking of the person in his arms became more obvious, Li Tai's good-looking brows furrowed, pursed his lips and hugged her slender body wrapped in the quilt tighter, after a while, he didn't see this small cry stop, his patience finally ran out, and he moved his hands to her shoulders, pulling her upper body away from his chest, staring at the light with a messy black hair on her face.
"Don't cry."
"Woo......" He scolded coldly, Yi Yu's defenseless face was sad for a while, and two strings of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, blinking his eyes and looking at Li Tai who was close at hand, the delicate face of the palace shook in his mind, opened his mouth, with a crying voice, and said in a low voice:
“... I don't want to... I don't want to..."
"I don't want to do anything," Li Tai's ears were sharp, and when he heard her say this, he immediately carried a hint of danger in his tone, "Who forced you to do something?" ”
"I don't want to... I don't want you... I don't want you to marry a concubine..."
How did Li Tai, who knew this answer, rarely showed a touch of surprise in his indifferent eyes, but how could it be a mistake to hear her whisper twice!
"Why?" With a deep breath, Li Tai's eyes looked at her tears steadily, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the behavior of taking the truth from the drunken person, and he knew that she would not remember when she woke up after drinking.
"Because... Because I, I-woo..." Her words came to her mouth, but they were just a few simple words, but they were stuck because of the crying, Li Tai was patient, and couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe her tears, and let her whimper for a while, just as his patience was worn out, she suddenly moved.
I saw her borrowing strength with both hands, holding his chest and getting up from him, the quilt on her shoulders slid down and piled up behind her, after all, she was drunk, her hands and feet were weak, she was surrounded by a quilt to go to the road, struggled twice to get up from him, and finally sat on his lap through the quilt, supported the position under his chest with one hand, wiped her tears with the other hand, and said indistinctly:
“... In my heart... It's uncomfortable..."
Li Tai's pupils instantly changed color because of these few simple movements on her body, and when she heard those five words again, her heart jumped, although this was not what he wanted to hear the most, but it was the best gift tonight.
Looking at the little face that cried without any beauty at all, he stretched out his hands and stroked her cheeks, wiped away the tears she was rolling down with his thumb, moved one hand to her thin white chin, and the other hand withdrew to his lips, stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked the slightly astringent wetness on his thumb, and the corners of his lips slowly hooked a charming arc, which was probably a smile that no one in the world had ever seen, just blooming in front of the drunken and hazy Yuyu, which provoked her already a little dazed eyes, but also with a touch of apprehension.
The next moment, I felt a slight movement under my body, my head was held up, and a warm breath rushed to my face, mixed with the familiar fragrance of lavender, and fell on her lips, rubbing against the cold touch, which was subtle and gentle.
Li Tai licked the sweet softness of tears on his lips, caressed Yuyu's slender neck with one hand, his breathing became heavier, the tip of his tongue hooked, and when he was about to ask for more, he suddenly restrained his indulgence.
"Master, the prince is here." A whisper came from outside the door, but it was Ah Sheng's voice.
After a while, Li Taifang let go of the girl who was sleeping in the kiss again in his arms, and after caressing her face with his fingers, he placed the person on the soft couch, covered her with a quilt, stared at her again, and left the room.
It didn't take long for Gong E to come, lightly wash her hands and face with hot water, and add charcoal before retreating.
The singing and dancing of the front banquet continued, and Yi Yu lay quietly on the soft couch for a long time, until the candle on the desk ran out of tears, then he opened his eyes, took out a hand from the quilt, and touched his lips. (! )