Liu Yu had just picked up a glass of wine, and before he could even reach his lips, he looked up and met Sima Xuan'er. Before he knew what was going on, Sima Xuan'er's face changed drastically. He fell from a drum rack that was nearly three meters away from the ground. With a muffled "Bang!", the drum rack fell to the ground like a domino, and there was a sensation.

Immediately followed by the stern sound of the generals unsheathed swords and the footsteps of the Imperial Army soldiers rushing into the hall. Even Liu Zhao next to Liu Yu suddenly stood up and pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword. Perhaps he realized that the woman had just taken a wooden sword and fell from above and fell from the emperor, so she did not make a fuss about the sword and sat down again calmly.

"Big...bold woman."

The emperor and the civil servants and generals in the hall did not say anything. The court eunuch with orchid fingers like a woman, with phoenix eyebrows on the shiny but wrinkled face roaring in the duck voice and stood up, shouting, "Shock the sage, drag it out and kill!"

If we say that the most favored eunuchs among the eunuchs now is Eunuch Ling, who is beside Concubine Li. Many foreign ministers use him to make friends with Concubine Li and the fifth prince Su Yi, and the emperor also trusts him very much. Based on some news, Liu Yu guessed that this was Eunuch Ling, the eunuch who was dubbed "old monster" behind his back.

"Please spare your life."

Sima Xuan'er was dragged by someone and shouted.

The emperor had not spoken yet, but at this time, the fifth prince Su Yi stood up first, hurried to the center of the hall, knelt down and pleaded: "Father, this girl fell down by dancing, and had no intention of assassination or disturbing the sage. I hope that the father will be able to spare her life."

The emperor was surprised and asked, "Son of the Emperor, do you recognize this woman?"

Su Yi said respectfully: "I don't recognize it."

The emperor smiled and said nothing more. Concubine Li reminded: "Son, why do you plead for her if you don't recognize you?"

"Reply to the words of the father and mother, the emperor just felt that today was the father's banquet for the minister who had made meritorious refusal to resist the enemy. This woman performed her skills and danced in front of the emperor. She was also the one who wanted to perform her skills for the Dashun soldiers. Unexpectedly, she would not be punished for this."

Concubine Li nodded, as if she was very satisfied with her son's answer.

Liu Yuxin said that the mother and son were really acting. Su Yi's plea and Concubine Li's question seemed too artificial. The tone was too obvious, which obviously gave Su Yi an impression in front of the emperor. The seventh prince Su Zhe seemed very smart, turned a blind eye to foreign affairs, as if nothing had happened, drinking wine on his own.

"The young lady asks His Majesty to spare his life." Sima Xuan'er couldn't move, and she spoke again to plead for mercy.

The emperor ignored it and looked ahead and said, "Girl, raise your head."

The Imperial Guard behind Sima Xuan'er let go of his hand. Sima Xuan'er was able to raise her head, with a strong face, but she also looked a little overly terrified.

"What a beautiful woman." The emperor smiled, "Who is your surname?"

Sima Xuan'er calmed down and said, "Minister girl, Yulan."

"Yu Lan?" The emperor first heard the name, and his expression was a little dazed. Then he thought for a moment, thinking, "Good name, good name. I once had an old friend who liked to grow orchids and had cultivated a pink spider plant, and the name was Yu Lan."

Sima Xuan'er bowed her head again and said, "When you say that, the orchid was raised by your father. After his father passed away, the orchid was not allowed to grow flowers. After a few months, the orchid withered. The girl later raised the family by dancing and named the stage name Yulan, which was to think of her father."

When the emperor heard this, he was stunned and asked anxiously: "What is your real name?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, the girl's surname is Sima, her name is Xuan'er, and her father is...the criminal Sima Lang."

Hearing the three words "Sima Lang", the emperor looked shocked, and the wine glass in his hand suddenly slid down, and the wine was spilled all over. Concubine Li wanted to wipe it, but the emperor ignored it and stood up, his tone trembled: "Then... get up and let me... take a good look."

Sima Xuan'er finally got rid of her body. She stood up from the ground with difficulty and raised her head, like a snow plum standing proudly in the wind and snow.

The emperor had joy on his face, and was more moved, and sighed: "Okay, okay, I am really extraordinary, with the style of your father back then."

Although most of the civil servants and military officials in the hall, including concubines and princes, heard of Sima Lang, they rarely knew the relationship between the emperor and Sima Lang.

The two men's monarch and ministers could have become a model for the monarch and ministers of ancient times. However, ten years ago, a tragedy of royal brothers and sisters broke out in a tragedy. Sima Lang was imprisoned. The emperor wanted to forgive him, but Sima Lang had no pain in prison all his life. He died of illness and became a rare regret in the emperor's life. Now he suddenly saw the daughter of an old friend and had become a dancer, lonely and helpless. How could he be a tranquil old man who was not feeling sad?

The emperor said with relief: "Miss Sima, I know you have no intention of disturbing the sage, so I pardon you today. However, I saw you on the drum before, and it seemed that I had fallen because of the swaying god. Somehow?"

Liu Yuxin said something was wrong, and Sima Xuan'er really looked at him at this time.

"Reply to Your Majesty, because the civilian girl... saw someone who thought she would not appear here."

Then Sima Xuan'er told the story of Liu Yu going to the Song and Dance Hall that day. He even brought two twin sisters to visit Aunt Xuan, including guiding her to dance, and later painting. Liu Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why did the emperor ask you to tell you? You are really obedient and afraid that people don't know. In the end, Liu Yu became the target of public criticism. The eyes of the people in the hall were gloating, as if they were going to see him.

"Bold Liu's son." As soon as Sima Xuan'er finished his story, the emperor did not say anything, and Eunuch Ling spoke again.

Liu Zhao was shocked and whispered quickly: "The emperor atones for his sins, the dog son... is just a mess."

The emperor asked in doubt: "Marquis of Dingguo, why did you say your young master make a fool of himself?"

Eunuch Ling next to him reminded: "Your Majesty, this Liu family child has been granted marriage by His Majesty, but he actually marrys concubines without permission. He also marrys two more. Isn't this openly disobeying the saint's order?"

"Oh?" The emperor smiled and diluted his previous feelings for his old friend, saying, "Eunuch Ling, you really misunderstood the young master of the Liu family. His two concubines were actually given to him by me. If you give him a crime of disobeying the sacred order, wouldn't this crime fall on me in the end?"

If you speak in shock, you will never stop until you die.

The emperor's words shocked the people in the palace. The emperor gave marriage and gave him a concubine. It was rare.

But some people were also interested in observing the expression of the person involved, Xu Xuanzhu. They were looking at Liu Yu with affection, without any intention of indulgence. They thought that it might be because the emperor gave his concubine to "equal evil" in order to prevent this "husband-resistance daughter" from damaging his husband in the future, which is also a kind of joy.

"Wen Yan," the emperor suddenly called Liu Yu's name affectionately.

"The grass... I am here." Liu Yu saluted respectfully.

The emperor smiled and said, "This matter is entirely caused by you. You guided the dance posture for Miss Sima and picked up the pen to paint, which made her mind distracted. Today, you made her fall and fall into a blow because of you. You can't let it go..."

Liu Yu was puzzled. He wouldn't Sima Xuan'er turn around and punish him just because she saw him fall down?

"...I want to punish you." The emperor continued, "I heard that you are good at literature and not martial arts. You are worse than writing poems... You write a poem based on what you do today. If you write well, I will reward you with other rewards."

Writing a poem? Liu Yuxin said that it must be Han Sheng's secret, so how could he write poems? At most he could only copy poems. Today's poem title is so unique, with Sima Xuan'er's mistakes as the title? How to write it? Could you first describe the graceful dance posture of her, and the last sentence is "Suddenly seeing a fairy falling into the mortal world" to describe her miserable fall?

At this time, Liu Yu looked embarrassed, and the other people looked even more narrowly. It would be better for anyone to do such a difficult question.

Liu Yu sighed, "When you go back to Your Majesty, I missed a few sentences, but it was not a poem. I don't know whether it should be a word."

The emperor did not expect that Liu Yu would have thought so quickly and said with a smile: "But it's okay to say it. If you do something bad, I won't blame you."

Liu Yu nodded and walked forward two steps. As soon as he came to the center of the main hall, he turned around and saw Sima Xuan'er's complicated expression. He looked sideways, and Xu Xuanzhu looked at him with anticipation and trust.

"A mistake turns into eternal regret, look back..." Liu Yu paused, "It has been a hundred years."

"Bang!" As soon as Liu Yu finished writing his poem, the wine glass in the emperor's hand slid down for the second time.

Many civil and military ministers are proficient in poetry, lyrics and essays. Although Liu Yu's two lines are written as "study", they are not right at all, and they are just a matter of falling down when they are accidentally falling down while dancing. Why does it seem like they have to regret it for life? But Liu Yu's poem was not written for everyone, but for the emperor.

What we are talking about is not Sima Xuaner’s mistakes today, but the old story of the prince’s brothers and sisters ten years ago.

"A mistake turns into eternal regret", it seems to be about the second prince, but actually about the current emperor. Queen Mu died early back then, and the three brothers born in the legitimate love were so deep that even the young Su Yan was immersed in the emperor's favor and the help of his brother. But, the tragedy of that year happened without any warning. Although all the evidence shows that it was done by the second prince Su Dian, after so many years, the old emperor has many things to think through.

Who was the biggest beneficiary of this incident back then? It was not the brothers who were not in the past. At that time, the crown prince and the second prince were very prestigious in the court. Although Queen Mu died, Queen Mu was both talented and virtuous. Her son inherited his mother's style and was deeply supported by ministers. Including Sima Lang, the great talent of the year, also taught the three princes with great care. At that time, the third prince and below could not endanger their orthodox power. The only benefit was King Huai, who was still tolerant and unreliable back then.

The King of Huai has shown rebellion in recent years, and has not been seen several times. It is even more common to hear that Huai is training troops in large numbers and has a tendency to be independent. However, the Turks have been invading the territory, and the emperor is old and sick, and there is no energy to deal with this brother. Therefore, the old emperor is becoming more and more suspicious that even if the matter was not framed by the King of Huai, it was the relationship between the brothers that the King of Huai was sowed.

Now the emperor is about to die for a hundred years. The three brothers who were deeply in love at that time, one went to the underworld early, the other was still suffering on the border, and the youngest one was not good and fell into the streets. The emperor most wanted to see that the successful legitimate son had no good end. Now he saw Sima Lang's eldest daughter, who had promised "the friendship between the monarch and the ministers, had to sell her skills to support her family. Sima Lang was a hero who never left him in times of danger and later made great contributions to his ascension to the throne. Now Liu Yu said, "Looking back, it has been a hundred years." The people who are about to settle down are even more shameless to treat the daughter of old friends.

"Forget it!" The emperor suddenly sighed, interrupting everyone's words of sarcastic remarks towards Liu Yu's poems, and sighed, "I can't bear to drink, I'm tired, all the families should return for fun today, I will go back and rest first."

Then, under the eyes of the princess, princesses, civil officials and military generals in Mantan, the old emperor seemed to be a few decades old, and with the help of Mrs. Yi, he went to the inner court. When he watched the emperor leave, some people would still look at Liu Yu with surprise, not understanding whether it was because of his poor poem that the emperor wanted to leave early.

The banquet became a bit disappointed because of the emperor's departure. When it was time to go on the lamp, they each had to leave the palace. Liu Yu and his father Liu Zhao walked out of Xuanwu Palace together, but the old man didn't say a word. At this time, a small eunuch standing at the door came over and asked, "Is this Mr. Liu Wenyan, Liu?"

Liu Yu asked in surprise: "What's the matter with father-in-law?"

The little eunuch said, "Master Wu is invited."

When Liu Zhao heard this, he looked at Liu Yu with suspicious eyes. He didn't understand why this incompetent son caused such a big stir in front of the emperor. At this time, the national teacher who was only famous and had not met came to invite him, which was even more puzzling.

"Go early and come back early, don't cause trouble!" Liu Zhao threw a sentence and headed towards the direction of the palace gate first.
Chapter completed!