Volume 1 Love and Sincerity Chapter 28 Liu Hong's Secret
"Huh, pet? The yellow-clothed lady was also the king's favorite maid, what does it look like now? I'm not showing you, not to meddle in your business, but to make you warn. Last year, the emperor gave him jewelry, and when the maid saw it, she praised the emperor's benevolence and thought about the king, so she was cut off by the king with ten fingers and her tongue removed. β
Ou Suying looked back and took a closer look, and the cuffs of the yellow-clothed palace maid were indeed fingerless broken palms.
"Miss Suying, as the king's personal maid, is favored by the king, sleeps and eats together, but if you violate the taboo, the king is even more ruthless, and it is good to be able to save her life. Because the maid is a distant relative of the county order, she left a life, what is your background? Zhang Shilang only knew that King Qi brought back a woman and stayed in the palace as a personal maid, but he didn't know where she came from, and he didn't dare to ask more.
Ou Suying was glad that he stopped talking in time and didn't say anything about knowing his brother Prince Liu Ju, otherwise, what would the king of Qi do if he slaughtered himself willfully? If there is any misunderstanding between their brothers, it is better to solve it by yourself, I will stay honest first, and when Liu Ji and them come to the palace of Qi again, if they come to remind him, King Qi may have to turn black.
"Thank you Zhang Shilang for reminding me, I am a newcomer, and I will have to take care of Zhang Shilang in the future."
"Miss Suying is polite, if you have no other instructions, just rest first, don't run around, I'll retreat first." After speaking, Zhang Shilang retreated with a few palace people, and only Ou Suying was left in the huge leisurely hall.
The house was big, and it was empty by a person.
Ou Suying lay on the silk quilt and rolled in a circle, pushed away the pillow at the head of the bed, and felt that the pillow was very delicate and precious, and studied the pillow in his arms, what kind of beast is this? Like an ancient mythical beast, is this copper or gold? The color is quite bright, such a large piece won't be all jade, right? A pillow is so extravagant. No matter how extravagant the pillow is, it's useless to have an uncomfortable pillow, I still want a soft pillow.
"What are you holding a pillow for?"
Ou Suying looked up and saw Qi Wangli beside the bed again, "Don't you make a sound when you walk?" β
"You're so engrossed, do you like it?"
"No, this thing doesn't work, I like soft pillows."
"Let Zhang Shilang make you your favorite pillow."
"Really?"
"Your Majesty, you're too warm."
King Qi sat on the bed and set the pillows, "Let's use this tonight." β
"You're going to sleep here?"
"Nature"
"And where do I sleep?"
"Come with me."
"I'm not used to squeezing into bed with others" Ou Suying refused, you are just a child, and there is no defense between men and women, but I am really not used to squeezing into a bed with others.
"Oh? Then you have to get used to it now, otherwiseβ" King Qi squinted his eyes and threatened, his voice cold, "Throw it away and feed the dogs." β
"You? If you sleep, you can't talk well. β
King Qi instantly looked harmless again, pulled Ou Suying to lie down, hugged her arm and closed his eyes. It's as if Fang Cai's cruel appearance has never appeared. Ou Suying secretly scolded herself in her heart for being unproductive, why was she still scared by a child.
Perhaps because he had been asleep for too long, Ou Suying was not sleepy, but the young man beside him quickly stabilized his breathing, his breath was long, and he was already asleep.
Liu Ji and a few people returned to Songshan and found that Ou Suying was gone, and they looked for a circle inside and outside the house, but there was no trace of fighting and struggling.
"Xu is that she has nothing to do alone, so she went down the mountain to play." Bai Li Qing speculated.
Gu Shanqi also agreed, "That's it, Su Ying is new to everything, very playful, and I don't know how to come back when it's dark, hehe" It's really possible, but what if you encounter danger? Liu Ju was uneasy and went down the mountain overnight to inquire in the village. Baili Qing and Gu Shanqi had to accompany them, and they tossed until dawn. did not find out Ou Suying's whereabouts, but accidentally found a group of Dongyue people.
"So many Dongyue people gathered here, saying that Qi and Dongyue didn't plot anything, I don't believe it." Gu Shan sneered.
Liu Ju asked with a calm face, "When will Wei Yan arrive?" β
"10 days if it's fast, 15 days if it's slow"
Liu inquired for a few days in Linzi, and the people Qi Xiangbu style was very praised and loved, and the king of Qi rarely mentioned it, because the king of Qi was too young to govern political affairs, and things were done by Qi Xiang, so the people often said that Qi Xiang did not know the king of Qi.
"Nanxing, Chuan Gu gave me this" Gu Shanqi handed a secret letter to Liu Ju, and Liu Ju opened the secret letter and signed it as the seal of the King of Qi. "Qi Xiangbu did collude with the Dongyue Kingdom, and the King of Qi was also involved."
"It must be the royal seal of Hong'er for private use." Liu replied.
Baili Qing and Gu Shanqi knew that Liu Ju valued King Qi and disagreed in their hearts, but they didn't want to argue, and when they collected some more information and the evidence was conclusive, Liu Ju had to recognize the facts.
The ridicule on the table next to him caught Liu Ju's attention.
"The king has a new favorite, this time this is unusual, he is bald and wears a hat."
"Oh? How do you know? β
"I have been commanded by the king to stop the hat for him, and I see."
"Hahaha, how does it look?"
"Handsome, better looking than the previous ones, and with a better temper, polite to us subordinates."
"Alas, after a few days they will all float, and there will be no one in their eyes, so they will come to drink and drink"
"This is really different, very unruly, but the king is very dependent on her, not only eat and live together, but I have also seen the king play with her in the garden several times, the girl sings, the song is better than the birdsong, the king plays for her to accompany the music."
"Yo, if you persist for a longer time this time, you may be able to get a lady!"
"Not necessarily"
"Haha, the king is young, I don't know if I can get up in bed"
"Practice every night, it's always good, hahaha"
The two of them suddenly lost their voices and panicked, and the two of them gestured with their mouths open, as if they wanted to say something, but they couldn't say anything. The shopkeeper of the inn hurriedly came over and asked, "What's wrong with the two guest officers?" β
The two of them pointed to the food, and then pointed to their throats, as if to say that they would be dumb after eating the food here. The shopkeeper waved his hand, "Our dish is fine, everyone is eating, it's all fine, as long as you have something, did you say something that shouldn't be said?" Cursed by the gods? The shopkeeper's voice was lowered, and he said in their ears, "You seem to have mentioned the king." β
As soon as these words came out, the two were shocked and ran away. The shopkeeper watched the two of them run away, shook his head, and called for the guy to clean up the mess. The others didn't hear the shopkeeper's whisper, but Liu Ju and the others had good ears.
"Go and ask."
Gu Shan shook his head and found the shopkeeper, "Why are they suddenly dumb?" Do you poison the dish? β
"Hey, guest officer, you can't talk nonsense, I'm a serious place to do business, poisoning customers, do I want to open a store?"
"Don't be sloppy with me, I heard you tell them about the curse of the gods, and you mentioned the king, if you don't make it clear, I will tell everyone that you poisoned the food and slandered the king, these two crimes, you can't open this shop, and you have to go to jail."
The shopkeeper's expression nervously pulled Gu Shanqi to the side and hidden, "Guest officer, just spare me." The two of them were suddenly speechless, and it really had nothing to do with me. When I say cursed things, I just hope that they will leave quickly and not disturb my business. β
"Guest officer, I don't hear your accent is a local, have you ever heard of Li Shaojun and Li Xianguan?"
This is a sensational figure in Chang'an, although Gu Shanqi has not seen it, but I have heard some of his deeds. Because Li Shaojun lived a long life and was a ghost god, he was appreciated by the emperor Liu Che, and he was given gold and officials, but he was killed by the emperor for some reason, but he heard that the corpse disappeared, which caused many rumors in Chang'an.
"I've heard a little."
"Three years ago, it was rumored that the king invited Li Xianguan to psychic, and Li Xianguan passed on the immortal order, and everyone who hated the king would be punished. At first, many people were not convinced, and some of the people who were talking about the king died suddenly, and some were talking about bleeding from the mouth and nose, and this kind of thing happened a lot, and then everyone did not dare to say that the king was the king. Today, I also heard them mention the king, so I used this to scare them, but judging by their reactions, they should really say bad things about the king. If you are looking for someone who slanders the king, you should go to those two, but don't be entangled with me. β
The shopkeeper repeatedly surrendered his hands to beg for mercy. Gu Shanqi nodded and left. After sending Gu Shanqi away, the shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "When the master immortal has been gone for a long time, the immortal's name has not diminished!" β
After listening to Gu Shanqi's report, Liu Ju did not believe in the curse of the gods, and remembered that his father believed in ghosts and gods, and he was also very helpless. "Tonight, go to the palace of Qi."
"Do you suspect that the king's new favorite they say is the Shadow Girl?"
Liu Ju nodded.
"Su Ying can really toss, I thought she was afraid of causing trouble, so she ran away to Chang'an, and ended up in the palace of Qi." Gu Shanqi admired and was knocked on the head by Baili Qing.
In the palace of King Qi, the king of Qi wanted to discuss with Qi Xiangbu and take Ou Suying away.
Ou Suying wandered around the garden by herself, thinking about what she had seen and heard in the past few days. This King Qi is a little withdrawn, and he doesn't like the palace people to approach at will, but he loves and is close to me very much, and he always accompanies me, and he is really a 'personal' maid. Respond to my requests, but when I have to discuss things, they will let me stay away for a while. What big things can a little kid have to discuss, it's not just what the prime minister says. Ou Suying recalled Bu Shi's scheming appearance, and remembered that when he had just retired, Bu Shihe had brought a stranger to find King Qi together. Curious, he leaned in the corner and eavesdropped. Ou Suying recognized the voices of Bu Shi and King Qi, and the other voice with a strange tone should be the person brought by Bu Shi.
I only heard him say, "The matter has come to this, and the king is afraid that he will not be able to get out of it." β
King Qi was furious, "Get out, desolate the villain, and send off the guests." β
After the two left, Ou Suying came to the hall and saw King Qi lying on the desk, his head buried very low, as if he was unwell, so he hurriedly came over to support him, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" β
"Go back to the dormitory and summon Shao Weng to see you."
That night, Liu Ju and Baili Qing familiarly probed into the 'Leisurely Palace' of King Qi's bedroom.