After Liu Hongjing went to court, a small sedan took him back to Ruoxi Palace. Concubine Xue Shu was already waiting in the palace. After the ceremony, she reported to him that the Queen Mother was about to return to the palace.
"Well, I will go to the palace gate to greet you and ask Bing'er to come over. I am feeling agitated, so I want Bing'er to come over and help me for a while." Liu Hongjing lay on the soft couch with a tired look on his face.
Concubine Xue Shu quickly agreed and asked the palace maid to go over and call Liang Fengyu over.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Xue Shu sat next to him and held hot tea for him.
Liu Hongjing let out a long sigh, but he didn't know where to start talking to Concubine Xue Shu. Thinking of the prince, his heart ached. The son who loved him the most did such a thing to betray him, knowing that he missed his mother so deeply.
But you ignored his feelings and did such a rebellious thing, how embarrassing it was for him!
In the court, the eldest son was so aggressive that he was speechless, but Liu Huo's idea seemed feasible. Did he really want to do this to the prince?
Luo Lianyi came over quickly. After she paid her respects, Concubine Xue Shu moved a small table next to the soft couch for her and said, "Bing'er, please accompany the emperor. I'll go get ready. The Queen Mother will return to the palace in the afternoon."
"Yes." Luo Lianyi saw that Concubine Xue Shu was going out and wanted her to be alone with the emperor. She felt very embarrassed, but she had no choice but to sit down and stretch out her hand to feel Liu Hongjing's pulse.
After Concubine Xue Shu left the palace, Liu Hongjing sent all the maids and eunuchs out. There were only two people left in the huge room. It was so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing. Luo Lianyi instantly became nervous and sat upright, her face
It was because he was wearing a mask and had no expression.
"I look at you so strangely." Liu Hongjing looked at her and said.
"Haha, why? Your Majesty." Luo Lianyi raised her eyes and looked at him.
"Why do you look so expressionless? I can see that everything about you is fine, but your face is too——" Liu Hongjing stopped here, as if he was afraid of Luo Lianyi's embarrassment.
"I was born like this." Luo Lianyi raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a little smile.
Liu Hongjing looked at her and said with a smile: "Compared with my concubine, you lose a lot in appearance, but I still like you very much. You make me feel very peaceful. If you are willing, I can designate you as my concubine."
Zhaoyi."
Luo Lianyi lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Bing'er is not willing."
"Can you tell me why? Are you afraid that I won't pamper you?" Liu Hongjing looked at her thoughtfully.
"I just want to marry the man who only has me in his heart, and be with him for the rest of my life." Luo Lianyi replied.
Liu Hongjing was startled for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh: "I see, this idea is not bad, I suddenly feel that I should support you." After he finished speaking, he looked at the image of Concubine Xi hanging on the wall, and said quietly: "If
Even though I am not a king, I also want to marry her only for the rest of my life. If I can give anything in exchange, I am willing to give up my country and a few years of my life in exchange for staying with her."
Luo Lianyi followed his gaze and looked at Concubine Xi, sighing in her heart, why is this woman so unlucky? Is the beauty really ill-fated?
"I believe that God will take pity on me because of my deep affection and will send her back to me." Liu Hongjing sat back and said with his eyes closed.
"Are you talking about Princess Dongling?" Luo Lianyi asked.
"Yes, she must be the reincarnation of Xi'er. I suddenly thought of a question. Did the prince lose her since he was a child? When he met the princess, he felt familiar to her, and then mistook this feeling for love.
What?" Liu Hongjing's brows furrowed.
Luo Lianyi was speechless at what he said, but he thought so persistently, what could she say? Liu Hongjing stretched out his hand and motioned for her to bring the tea to him, and she hurriedly turned around and went to the table to serve the tea.
"I want to tell the world that I will abolish the crown prince! I will kill the prince!" Liu Hongjing said suddenly. Luo Lianyi was shocked and the tea cup in her hand fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm sorry!" She was so frightened that she hurriedly apologized, squatting down to pick up the broken tea cup, but unexpectedly, her finger was pricked and blood flowed out.
"What's wrong? Are you scared by me?" Liu Hongjing got up from the couch, reached out and grabbed her hand, and pressed pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding.
"It's okay, it's okay. I can just bandage it myself." Luo Lianyi forcefully took her hand back from his and wrapped it up with her own handkerchief.
Liu Hongjing frowned and looked at her for a while, then said, "Go down and take a rest."
"Yes." Luo Lianyi, as if she was about to receive amnesty, exited Ruoxi Palace with her fingers covered, and ran all the way to Shicui Palace.
After entering Shicui Palace, she quickly closed the door and pulled Xiaozhu to run towards the inner hall. "What's wrong? I'm so panicked. What happened?" Xiaozhu asked nervously when he saw that her finger was injured.
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"It's not good, the emperor said that he will abolish the crown prince and give him death!" Luo Lianyi said anxiously.
"Ah?!" Xiaozhu was shocked. She stepped back and almost fell. "Did the emperor say it himself?" she asked in a trembling voice.
"Yes, he was talking to me about Concubine Xi, and suddenly he said that he wanted to depose the crown prince and give him death." Luo Lianyi recounted the conversation she had just had with Liu Hongjing.
Xiaozhu carefully understood Luo Lianyi's words, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Let's leave the palace and go to Taifu's Mansion to discuss countermeasures."
"Well, let's go and say something to Concubine Shu, saying that I miss my mother." Luo Lianyi took Xiao Zhu out and walked out. The two of them went to Manjun Palace together. After asking for leave with Concubine Xue Shu, they hurried out of the palace to go to Taifu.
The government rushed there.
In the Taifu's Mansion, both the Taifu and Prime Minister Yin were present, and they were discussing the affairs of the court today. Xiaozhu and Luo Lianyi finally knew that the prince was to be deposed and that the death of the prince was just a trick proposed by King Jing, so they felt a little relieved.
"Master Taifu, the emperor won't really do this, right?" Xiaozhu asked.
"We are all guessing that the emperor neither objected nor approved in court, but King Jing was aggressive in the court today, which really made the emperor sad and angry!" Prime Minister Yin sighed.
The Taifu also sighed sadly, his eyes fell on Luo Lianyi, and said: "The Crown Prince and Prince Jing are both sons of the Emperor. One deceived him, and the other disobeyed him, alas!"
Luo Lianyi lowered her head, as if she was the one who made the mistake.
"If the emperor really does this, what should we do?" Xiaozhu asked.
"Let's wait and see. I bet that the emperor's love for the prince will not be taken seriously." Taifu said.
"What if we take it seriously? What if we take it seriously?" Luo Lianyi frowned and murmured to herself. Judging from the emperor's attitude towards her, as long as the emperor sees her true face and knows that she is the Princess of Dongling, she is
She would never let her go. After getting along with him these days, she saw that although he was a king, he was so infatuated and aloof, but actually he was so lonely and fragile. She actually had an inexplicable feeling for him.