Chapter IV
Liu Lu was drunk and told his heart
After Liu Luwan refused Emperor Heng's marriage, the people sitting had their own hearts, Zhao Guifei's face was a little embarrassed, Zhao Lingyi was even more so, and the princes also had different expressions, I tried my best to reduce the sense of existence, and Emperor Heng also continued to enjoy the song and dance, I felt that the atmosphere in the palace was tense, and I used the excuse to go out to breathe.
I lifted my foot and skirt out of the hall to the Imperial Garden's Qianli Pond, came to the pavilion and saw that the Qianli Pond had been covered with thick ice, although it was already November weather, but this year it was colder than usual, there had been several snowfalls, suddenly I had a big heart to run to the ice to play, leaving the east fence on the shore to let the wind blow, I danced on the ice mixed with the bright moonlight.
"It's fun." I ran around on the ice, and accidentally fell down, so it was not funny, and the east fence who was letting off the wind on the shore laughed: "Miss, where do you look like a young lady of a family, but like a naughty boy of ordinary people." ”
"Okay, you dare to make your young lady happy, see that I don't beat you." I made a gesture to chase Dong Li, but I forgot that I was still on the ice, bang and fell a few times in a row, Dong Li hurriedly pulled me ashore, I pulled her to the ice, she stood unsteadily, fell straight down, I covered my mouth and laughed.
Dong Liang looked aggrieved: "Miss is so bad, I have to pull Dong Li into the water and cause Dong Li to wrestle, my butt hurts so much." Dong Li covered his ass dissatisfiedly and muttered in his mouth.
"Let's go up, go to the cool hall next to Qianli Pond to rest, and by the way, I'll show you what your butt has become."
In order to avoid falling, I and the east fence pulled each other ashore, who knew that our actions were clearly seen by the people in the Qingliang Palace, we came to the Qingliang Palace, a push of the door, a wave of warmth came to the face, don't see the Qingliang Palace in the imperial garden, but the furnishings inside are almost exactly the same as other dormitories, there are all kinds of food inside, as well as a warm pot, which is for those royal relatives and nobles to prepare for resting.
Because the Qingliang Hall is far away from other dormitories, it is located in Qianli Pond and it is extremely quiet, but it is a good place, and as soon as Dong Li and I walked in, there was a scolding in our ears: "Get out, didn't you say don't come to bother Lone!" ”
A wine jug flew in front of my eyes, fortunately, I dodged in time, otherwise I would have hit my head, I peeked into the inner hall to see a man about twenty years old, dressed in moon-white clothes, embroidered with a lilac auspicious cloud pattern, leaning against the window, holding a wine jug in his hand, admiring the moonlight, the man seemed to have discovered me, I was startled and was about to turn away, and a cold voice sounded behind me: "Miss Xiao is so interested, she actually came to the Qingliang Palace." ”
I looked back and saw none other than the crown prince Liu Lu, he looked at me with inquiring eyes with a smile on the corner of his mouth, I really didn't want to have any contact with Liu Lu, in the last life, it was because of his ruthlessness and calculation that led to the death of my father and brother.
In this life, I want to stay away from him as far away from him as possible, I know that I can't hide, so I turned around: "The courtier Xiao Qinghuan greeted His Royal Highness the Prince, and the courtiers didn't know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had disturbed His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
I leaned down and bowed, and I didn't raise my head, but I heard Liu Lu say, "Why is Miss Xiao here?" ”
Liu Lu didn't call out, so I could only continue to lean over and say without being humble or arrogant: "The courtiers are a little bored at His Majesty's birthday banquet, so I brought my personal maid out to breathe." ”
Liu Lu: "Oh. As if he didn't believe me, he got up and came to me with a slight smell of alcohol and lifted my chin with his hand: "Humph! If it's really a country and a city, it's no wonder that the fifth brother will never forget you. ”
"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to respect himself!"
"Self-respect? The women of your Xiao family are really black and white, you are, your aunt is too, and the women of your Xiao family are all the scourge of the fox and the bewitcher! ”
Listening to Liu Lu's words, I couldn't help but raise my head and glared at him: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this, but I can't get along with my Xiao family and my aunt, if I want to inform Your Highness of what His Highness just said, what will be the consequences?" ”
Liu Lu sneered: "The consequences? The consequence is that the daughter of the dignified right is in the cool hall of the imperial garden with no one around, what do you think will happen? ”
"You!" I was so angry that because he was the prince, I would have already slapped him, I turned around and wanted to leave, Liu Lu stepped forward and grabbed me, hugged me in his arms, and I was shocked: "What are you doing!" ”
I scolded him angrily, and when he was struggling, Zhao Fanbu on his head shook and fell to the ground, and Liu Lu picked it up and was stunned: "How can you have this?" ”
He looked at Zhao Fanbu with tears in his eyes, picked it up very carefully, wiped it with his sleeve and returned it to me: "This is my mother's favorite step shake when she was alive." ”
He said to me, and I was so frightened by what he had just done that I took a few steps back before I spoke: "This is what my aunt gave me, and I heard her talk about the former queen." ”
Liu Lu was a little sad when he heard me talk about the first queen, and at the same time, there was a trace of tenderness on his face, and he sat at the window: "Miss Xiao, would you like to listen to my story?" ”
He was asking me if I would like to hear him talk about his own business, he said that I was not alone, it seemed that his road to the prince did not seem to be easy to walk, I didn't say much and just sat at the table away from him, he was a little happy to see me stay, he laughed and often heard people say that the prince is a cold-faced and cold-hearted person, and now it seems that the rumor is not credible.
Liu Lu spoke: "My mother is one of the four great families of the Lin family, at the age of fifteen was selected as the queen by my father, as the head of the four great families, the queen mother did not live up to her grandfather's expectations, she was pregnant soon after marriage, and my father was very happy. ”
"But this kind of happiness will not last long, the Queen Mother Xiao doesn't like my mother, so under the pretext of the emptiness of the harem, she chose two women of family age to enter the palace to share the grace of my mother, Miss Xiao, who do you say those two women of the family are?"
He turned his head and asked me, I was still angry about what had just happened, so I didn't answer truthfully: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked how the courtiers know, the courtiers have been raised in the boudoir all the year round, except for the female red, reading, and dancing almost all stay at home, forgive me for being ignorant." ”
"Miss Xiao is smart, she knows who it is but she doesn't say it, but it's funny, do you know why I left the table and how I happened to meet you?" Liu Lu looked at me with fox-like eyes.
"The courtiers don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to do."
Liu Lu saw that my tone was not good, but no one was angry and said to himself: "I left because today is my mother's sacrifice day, and the dance you danced at my father's birthday banquet was my mother's favorite plum blossom tears when she was alive, and Zhao Fan Bu Shao was also my mother's favorite during her lifetime, because it was given by my father before my mother became the queen." ”
"But then my father failed her, and after he had a new favorite concubine, he left my mother behind, ignored my mother, and finally died of despair and depression."
After listening to Liu Lu's account of what happened, my anger just now seemed to dissipate, and I sympathized with him, so I opened my mouth to comfort: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't be sad, Your Majesty still cares about you very much." I spoke cautiously, lest I annoy him by saying the wrong thing.
"Care? If he really cared, he wouldn't have danced and danced on my mother's sacrifice day, and had a big night feast. Liu Lu cried sadly.
"Even if Your Majesty is ashamed of the first queen, he still gives you the honor of the crown prince."
"Crown Prince Honor? If it weren't for my grandfather's family helping his previous dynasty, how could he care about me, and the crown prince would have belonged to someone else. ”
I don't know how to speak, but he doesn't hide his thoughts like this, isn't he afraid that I will go back and report it, I found a reason to save my life: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is drunk, what you said just now, the courtiers didn't hear anything, I was just a little bored and went out to wander, and I didn't see anything, and the courtiers retired." ”
I ran out with Dongli unusually, leaving Liu Lu alone in the Qingliang Palace, and I returned to the hall with a steady mind and pretended that nothing had happened.