When Liu Hongjing heard his son say that he had no martial arts skills, he smiled slightly and said, "Fan'er, the Taifu has trained you for so many years only after consulting your father. Your cultivation is best known to your father."
Liu Fan was startled and looked up at his father. His father's special favor towards him made him feel warm.
"Fan'er, whatever you want, my father will definitely give it to you. You don't have to worry about it." Liu Hongjing continued.
"As long as you want it, your father will definitely give it to you." After hearing these words, Liu Fan suddenly thought of Luo Lianyi in his mind. So, would his father give Luo Lianyi to him?
"Fan'er!" Liu Hongjing saw him dumbfounded and frowned at him.
Liu Fan hurriedly responded: "Father, if I don't like this Princess Nanxing, she can marry whoever she wants."
"This - don't you know the wolfish ambitions of the Queen and your eldest brother?" Liu Hongjing frowned.
Liu Fan smiled faintly: "I know that my father, the emperor, my position should originally belong to the eldest brother. It is reasonable for them to want to take it back. Everything will be left to fate."
Liu Hongjing watched him ponder for a moment and said: "My father violated the ancestral system and made you the crown prince. He indeed owed the queen and your eldest brother, but your eldest brother is cruel and cunning by nature, which is very different from your temperament."
, if he inherits the throne, it will only bring disaster and killing to the people of Xiling. If he forces you to step down, he will never give you any room to survive. Therefore, my father is worried about you day and night. The power of the Duanmu family is growing day by day.
It’s not that the father didn’t know it, it’s just that the father felt guilty towards the queen and kept turning a blind eye. Now it has been allowed to swell into a cancer in Xiling. The father also has reserves to eradicate it, but if they
If we join forces with Southern Xinjiang again, even my father will have to worry about it!"
Liu Fan fell into deep thought at his father's words. He looked back at Princess Nanxing and couldn't imagine marrying this girl.
"Fan'er, it doesn't matter if you don't like her. You are the prince. After inheriting the throne in the future, you will be the emperor. You can marry as many women as you like, but the country of Xiling is the only one. My father and the emperor entrusted me to
You, you must keep it!" Liu Hongjing stretched out his hand and solemnly pressed his shoulder.
Over there, Duanmu Yunji looked over here from a distance, and her face almost turned into ice when she saw that the two of them were still coming.
Liu Fan raised his head and looked at his father firmly: "Father, I only want to be married to the person I truly love. I don't want marriage to become a political burial. I will defend the country of Xiling with all my blood."
, I swear to the death to live up to my father!"
Liu Hongjing was speechless. He stared at his son for a long time and then sighed: "You are worthy of being my most beloved son! Go ahead. Father will not force you. Father knows best in his heart that you will spend your whole life with someone who has no feelings."
How painful it is.”
Liu Fan nodded, silently turned around and walked away, returning to his seat, still lying lazily. Liu Hongjing also returned to the front seat, stretched out his hand to stop the drumming, engaged in marriage on the spot, and bestowed upon the eldest prince Liu Huo the title of
King Jing granted him a residence in King Jing's Mansion in the West City. Duanmu Yunji's icy face turned sunny, and she, Liu Huo, and Mayisa knelt down to thank her.
The banquet continued, and it was even more joyful than before. After sitting for a while, Liu Fan saw that the Queen Mother was tired, so he got up and walked over quietly. He and the Ninth Princess Ling'er helped her leave the banquet first. After kneeling down in Cining Palace,
He took Xiaozhu and a group of palace maids and eunuchs back to Cheng'en Palace.
After entering the palace, Xiaozhu dismissed everyone, leaving her and the prince alone in the palace.
"How is she?" Liu Fan looked at Xiaozhu and asked in a low voice.
"I'm already with Master." Xiaozhu listened carefully to the movement outside before answering in a low voice.
"What about the poison? Master, is there any way to detoxify her?"
Xiaozhu shook his head.
"There's nothing we can do?" Liu Fan's face suddenly became anxious. The master traveled all over the country and gained a lot of knowledge, but even his old man couldn't do anything about it, so it was hard to find a cure.
"The eunuchs and maids who followed from Dongling still have the antidote, but I don't know who has it." Xiaozhu said.
"I'll go ask!" Liu Fan rushed outside.
Xiaozhu grabbed him and said, "Your Highness! Just let Xiaozhu ask. Your Highness will attract people's attention."
"Okay, you go and ask right away!" Liu Fan stopped and said.
Xiaozhu looked at him and smiled angrily, and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, there is still half a month until the full moon night. Xiaozhu will quietly go over and ask tomorrow. The eldest prince's eyeliner is staring at me right now.
She seems to have discovered it after not being here for two days, and a lot of things happened along the way in the past two days. Let me tell you about it first."
Liu Fan had no choice but to retreat to the warm pavilion in the inner hall and pretend to lie down on the bed under Xiao Zhu's service. While Xiao Zhu undressed him, he told him in a very soft voice what had happened on the road these past few days.
"It turns out that the eldest emperor's brother was stabbed by her. He actually wanted to bully her. She really deserves it!" Liu Fan couldn't help but smile when he heard that Luo Lianyi had stabbed Liu Huo.
"Yes, Wuyou and I couldn't escape at that time." Xiaozhu seemed to be afraid that Liu Fan would blame her for not protecting Ripple well, so she lowered her head and explained.
Liu Fan glanced at her but didn't say anything. There was a hint of loss in Xiao Zhu's eyes. She used to be the person closest to him, but now she seemed to have no choice but to step aside.
"Your Highness, why don't you ask the Emperor to marry Princess Nanxing to you tonight?" Xiaozhu asked after a moment of silence.
Liu Fan glanced at her in surprise and smiled coldly: "You don't even understand me?"
"This -" Xiaozhu lowered his head in embarrassment. She didn't need to explain the reason. She knew that he understood it. It was just his willfulness that really bothered her. She was probably not the only one who was worried about this tonight. Prime Minister Yin
He and the Grand Tutor must also be sighing in depression.
"Your Highness, please have a rest. It's getting late." Xiaozhu covered him with a brocade quilt, tucked the corners of the quilt, turned around and walked out.
When she walked through the moon cave door from the cloister, the palace maid who was looking at her at the banquet stopped her and asked with a smile: "Sister Xiaozhu, I haven't seen you for a few days."
"No way, I'm here every day." Xiaozhu pretended to be surprised.
"Oh? Then why haven't I seen my sister in the past two days?" The palace maid frowned.
Xiaozhu sneered: "You can't come in and out freely in the palace. Could it be that I grew wings and flew out? You didn't pay attention to me, maybe. I walk in and out every day, but I forget to say hello to you."
"You——" The palace maid was speechless by what she said, so she rolled her eyes and got out of the way.
Xiaozhu went straight back to her residence, washed herself and lay down to rest, but she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. She was a stubborn girl. Ever since her master arranged for her to be with the prince, the prince had become everything to her. Over the years,
For his safety and his status, she witnessed the devotion that his master, prime minister and tutor had made to him. Now his situation seemed to be on the verge of a cliff, but he acted willfully and even alienated her a lot, which made her feel guilty.