(xxxiv) Royal prestige
Walking through the overlapping corridors and around the winding pavilions, I bowed my head all the way to Liu Xie's Zhaohuan Palace. Low-key, you have to be low-key, it's not my fault that I'm ugly, but it must be my fault to be scary.
"You're late." With a small and pale face, the little poisonous tongue stood at the door of the Zhaohuan Palace, looking at me condescendingly.
He's waiting for me? I looked up at him suspiciously, and on the high steps, he stood at the door of the Zhaohuan Palace with his hands behind his back. Under the illumination of several palace lamps hanging high on both sides, he was dressed in gorgeous clothes and beautiful clothes, and such a heavy and luxurious crown pressed on his pale and thin body, which made me feel inexplicably sad.
Sad? What the hell.
"This king's life is a nightmare, not inferior to you", Liu Xie's words suddenly sounded in my ears, thinking of the depression of his future life, my heart suddenly hurt a little.
How did this child, his childhood, live?
My heart softened, I bent my lips slightly, and pretended to bend my knees to plead guilty: "Yes, the slave is late, please forgive the little prince." ”
Liu Xie glanced at me indifferently, turned around and walked back to the palace, looking very arrogant.
"I have already asked Princess Wan to tell the imperial grandmother about you, and the imperial grandmother has also agreed, so don't worry about leaving the palace." Walking all the way back to the bedroom, Liu Xie still had a slight immature voice with an unconcealable pride, like a child who succeeded in a prank.
Staring at his thin back, I was dumbfounded.
"Okay, I see, the slave maid gives you a wide coat, and get ready to rest." Sighing softly, I reached forward and was about to untie the heavy and luxurious brocade robe for him.
No matter, take one step at a time, it's important to follow this little poisonous tongue first.
"This kind of thing...... This kind of thing will naturally ask others to do it......" A suspicious flush appeared on his pale face, and the little poisonous tongue actually retreated again and again.
This little poisonous tongue is actually shy?
I was surprised, and then I laughed evilly, and became more and more attentive: "How come, the prince's business is the slave's business, the slave and the maid decided to serve the prince as their own responsibility, and will never live up to the 'love......' left by the prince and the slave."
I found myself like a wolf grandmother who was about to eat Little Red Riding Hood, hehe......
When I finally reached out and grabbed him, and removed his robe like peeling shrimp, I felt an inexplicable relief in my heart.
How can such a small body be able to bear such heavy and luxurious clothing?
"How do they take care of you, it's so hot, and you wear so much?" Frowning slightly, I was dissatisfied.
He was slightly stunned, stopped struggling, and spit out a sentence for a long time: "Don't worry about it, this is royal prestige." ”
Royal prestige? I raised my hand and took off the purple and gold crown of hair on his head, put it aside, and ruffled his long black hair: "Okay, no one looks at your royal majesty when you sleep, so get a good night's sleep." ”
Liu Xie was stunned and was supported by me to lie on the bed, with a defenseless and sarcastic look on his face.
I stood up and blew out the lamp.
"Don't blow the lamp." The voice grew cold again, and it reverted to its hedgehog appearance.
I turned to look at him for a long time, and suddenly understood: "Are you afraid of the dark?" ”
It is no wonder that the palace lights are hanging high everywhere in this Zhaohuan Palace every night, as bright as day.
Unnaturally, Liu Xie turned sideways, turned his back to me, and muttered: "You don't have to worry about this king's affairs." ”
So, I understood a fatal weakness of the little poisonous tongue - he is afraid of the dark!
But I couldn't laugh, since I entered the palace, because I haven't explained my existence to the Empress Dowager Dong, I was arranged in that hut by Princess Wan, and now Princess Wan has reported my existence, so I want to leave the palace...... There is really little hope......
"Xie'er." A gentle voice suddenly came from the doorway.
I was slightly stunned, and when I turned around, it was Princess Wan! Uh, how long has she been standing in the doorway? How many have you watched? Will it cure me of a great sin of disrespect?
Hearing this, Liu Xie immediately sat up, smoothed the hair that had just been rubbed by me, and his expression became deferential and polite, but it was not the expression that a child should have when he saw his sister: "What's the matter with Sister Wan?" ”
"The emperor is gone again, the queen mother is about to make trouble in order to find someone, and the queen mother is angry again, saying that if the emperor is so unprofessional, the emperor should be ......replaced" She didn't look at me, but said, her voice was indescribably clear and beautiful, "I'll come to see if the emperor is coming to you again, if the queen mother sees it, don't say that you kidnapped him to harm him." ”
"He didn't come." Liu Xie frowned, had already put on his robe and stood up.
"Well, then I'll look elsewhere." Princess Wan said, turned around and walked out, taking a piece of fragrance with her.
I lost the interest in appreciating it, and the words of Princess Wan just now made me confused.
"Hmph, the emperor's position, who is rare?" As soon as Princess Wan left, Liu Xie took off her deferential mask and yelled and flipped the table, "If those two old women are so interested in power, it is better to be the emperor themselves, why bother to make a curtain to cover the back, is it fun to make marionettes!" ”
Thinking of Liu Xie's obedient and dead appearance after entering the palace, I suddenly understood a little. The palace is a place where family affection has been exhausted, fathers and sons can turn against each other, and siblings can kill each other...... And between mother and son, grandparents and grandchildren, there are only interests left.
I froze in place, the little poisonous tongue was sometimes covered with thorns, sometimes unusually obedient, but I had never seen him so mad, his hand slashed into pieces, and blood spilled at once.
I hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him: "What are you crazy about, stop it, are you going to make the entire Zhaohuan Palace come over!" ”
"yes, I'm crazy! Driven crazy by this cage! Liu Xie shouted.
My heart hurt, and I hugged it tightly in my arms: "Good, don't make trouble, don't make trouble." "Gently patting him on the shoulder, I realized that I was so weak all of a sudden.
He froze in my arms all of a sudden, and warm tears wet my clothes: "That woman poisoned my mother...... She poisoned my mother...... She forced Debate to be the emperor, but Debate didn't like to be the emperor...... How could he force his own son to do something he didn't like......" he kept talking, his little shoulders trembling slightly.
I could only hold his thin body that was trembling all the time.
"The debate is gone, and he must be annoyed by those pieces again." After a long time, he finally quieted down, and finally said lightly, "Let's go find him." ”
"Okay, let's go find him." Following him, I nodded.
Once again, he spit on his own unprincipledness.
accompanied him to search the entire Zhaohuan Palace, but still did not find any trace. The road was dark, and his hand kept holding my hand tightly, and sweat was oozing from his little palm.
"I like to hide in the dark, but I ......," his voice trembled slightly.
"You're afraid of the dark." I know the interface.
"This king doesn't!" Obviously, my words hurt his royal majesty again, so he immediately retorted, and to show that he was not afraid of the dark, he shook my hand away.
Looking at his stiff back, I couldn't help but chuckle and follow him so he could hear my footsteps.
With a flash of inspiration in my head, I suddenly remembered the little white rabbit that appeared in my room in the afternoon, well, a boy who looked like a little white rabbit.
Couldn't it be that coincidental......
"Little poisonous tongue, what does the emperor look like?" I asked.
"Debate, he's very good-looking." Liu Xie's voice was a little tense, obviously the darkness terrified him.
"I thought, I know where he is." Pursing my lips, I prayed in my heart that the little white rabbit would never be Emperor Liu Wei.
But, apparently, God did not hear my prayers, or...... It's that my prayers are not sincere enough......
"What are you doing here?" Standing at the door of my room, the room was dark, and Liu Xie's hand automatically and spontaneously grabbed the corner of my clothes.
Without opening my mouth, I opened the door and it was dark.
I walked into the door with the palace lamp and raised my hand to shine a light on it.
Really...... A little white rabbit is sitting on my couch, digging my shaved ice very elegantly and eating it.
"Debate?!" Liu Xie shouted, "Why are you in this woman's room?" ”
"Xie, you've found me again, you're so smart. Come on, this one is delicious, do you want to try it, there is only one bite left, I thought you would find it, so I left you a mouthful. Liu Wei smiled and looked up at Liu Xie, under the illumination of the palace lamp, the innocent smile was incredibly beautiful.
I'm a black line. Again? Are they used to peek-a-boo? What a strange fetish!
"Wuyan, you're there too?" Another greeting made my face half black.
"How do you know this woman?" Liu Xie had already lost the nervousness just now, walked to Liu Yan's side, took the last spoonful of shaved ice from his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, and then narrowed his eyes, "It's really delicious." ”
"Well, I'm done." Clapping his hands gently, Liu Wei lay down on his back, "I'm so sleepy, let's sleep for a while." ”
"Okay." Liu Xie actually nodded and lay down beside him.
Then the royal brothers took over my house, took over my bed, and there was not a hint of apology!
"Hey, woman, wake me up tomorrow morning, and I can sleep a little longer." Liu Xie's beating voice sounded again.
The palace has long been in chaos because of the emperor's disappearance, how can they be so leisurely? The corners of my mouth twitched, and I could only sit down on the sidelines, looking at the dug up shaved ice bowl, and crying without tears.
My star luck is really not ordinary, I opened a pastry shop casually, and the customers who finally came to the door were actually the prince and the princess; Take a nap and casually barge into a little white rabbit...... It can also be an emperor......
Lying down on the table in despair, I finally fell asleep in a daze.
I felt a warm breath on my cheeks, and in a daze, I was sleepy, and I slowly opened my eyes in a daze, and a pair of beautiful eyes were magnifying in front of me, looking at me curiously. The eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, hazy, indescribably gentle and beautiful.
"Ahh When the three souls and six spirits were all in place, and I saw clearly that the enlarged face in front of me was today's son Liu Wei, I let out a low cry in hindsight, and subconsciously stepped back, and the result was ...... I forgot that I was sitting on a stool and fell on my back.
"It hurts." Squatting down in front of me, he watched me sit on the ground in embarrassment, his beautiful gray eyes looking at me seriously.
I couldn't help but curse, I patted my skirt and stood up, and when I looked back, I saw that the little poisonous tongue was still sleeping peacefully on my couch, and the delicate nose was still snoring slightly.
It's really an honor, the two real dragons are entrenched in my small bed in this hut, should I celebrate with my hands, and then the gongs and drums are noisy, and the firecrackers are ringing in unison, announcing to the world?! I thought viciously.
A slender and delicate hand that made women sigh to themselves, and a slender white hand that was ashamed to die gently scraped my face, leaving a warm and moist touch.
Then I watched in amazement as he withdrew his hand, stuck out his tongue and licked his fingers, looking like he couldn't get enough of it.
"You...... What are you doing?! ”
"You have fruit on your face." Bent lips, smiling at ease and kindness, looking at me innocently, he said.
The corners of my mouth twitched violently, and I smiled dryly: "Then is the emperor going to prepare for the early dynasty?" ”
Hearing this, he turned his head to look outside the house, although it was summer, but the morning sun was not very hot, he looked at it for a long time, he finally collapsed his shoulders, turned around and smiled: "Yes, it's time to go to the morning court." The expression was so lonely that it was distressing.
I slowly lowered my eyes, bowed expressionlessly, and said softly, "Yes." ”
He is the son of today, the Ninety-Five, I am just a passerby in a different time and space, and now I am a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect myself. I can't abuse my compassion, and I can't just meet someone I shouldn't know, knowing his end, I can only choose to be indifferent.
In the middle of the night, he stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of his coat unskillfully, and then turned and walked out. In fact, it is the same as Labula, and the white single clothes have long been wrinkled like dried pickles.
"Xie is still sleeping, don't make a noise with him." There was a slight pause in his footsteps, and Liu Wei turned around and ordered.
Glancing back at the guy who was sleeping soundly with the pillow I had made with my own handmade pillow in his arms, I nodded yes.
"It's the first time I've seen him sleep so soundly." As he spoke, he walked out the door, "Not once awakened by a nightmare." ”
I'm slightly stunned, nightmare? Could it be that such a child is growing up with nightmares?
"Princess Wan." Liu Wei's voice suddenly sounded.
I looked at the door, and sure enough, Princess Wan was standing at the door, still dressed in white like snow, embroidered with red plums like blood on the white clothes, still full of beauty.
Behind her, there were several maidservants, all holding toiletries in their hands and a set of dragon robes.
"It's been a night in the palace, you change your clothes and go to the morning court first, if you are bumped into by the queen mother, it will be another turmoil." Princess Wan spoke, her voice still clear and beautiful.
"Hmm." Liu Wei didn't say much, just smiled and nodded lightly, with a child-like expression, which was unbearable.
"Let's go inside and change our clothes." Princess Wan beckoned the maidservant to come forward.
Liu Wei nodded obediently, turned around and went back to the house, and the maids washed his face and poured water for him, changed his clothes and put on his crown, and only ordered: "Be lighter, don't wake up King Chen Liu." ”
Princess Wan lifted the hem of her skirt lightly and walked into the room, and after looking at the furnishings in the room, she finally noticed me.
"Is that you?" Princess Wan looked at me in surprise and spoke.
I subconsciously bent my lips, and then bent my knees: "I've seen the princess." ”
"Get up, are you Xie'er talking to An Ruo of this palace?" Looking at me, Princess Wan spoke lightly, with a kind of dignity that was too noble to look at, "I saw you on the first day you entered the palace." ”
I lowered my head and pulled all the strands of hair from my left cheek behind my ear, revealing the horrible scar on my face, trying to play a humble role.
"Xie'er and the emperor both like you very much." Princess Wan's voice was a little kind.
I was slightly stunned, and then smirked: "Don't make fun of the princess, if An Ruo is ugly and has no salt, how dare you not know how to advance and retreat, and you have no self-knowledge." ”
"I'm willing to spoil her, I'm willing to guard her, I'm willing! She shouldn't have seen blood, she shouldn't have seen dirty, she should have been safe and comfortable, she should have laughed! "That day, Dong Zhuo's roar was still in my ears, but I bowed down more and more, my face was humble, and Mingzhe was the only way I could walk at present.
Zhong Ying, Xiaoxiao doesn't want to be stained with blood, Xiaoxiao doesn't want to see dirty, Xiaoxiao also wants to stay by Zhong Ying's side, and smiles. But...... I can't do it.
"Come to Zhaode Palace tomorrow to accompany the main palace." Princess Wan's voice suddenly sounded.
I looked up in disbelief and looked up at her moon-like face.
"Don't you want to leave the palace?" She leaned in close to me and whispered in my ear.
I was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Princess Xie, the slave obeys the order." "Kowtow, thank you. I found that the word "slave" became more and more pleasant for me to call.
What a sad discovery. But what Princess Wan means by her words, will she help me out of the palace?