"Master Li has some thoughts, won't the Crown Princess reward you with Gu?" The tone was frivolous and full of joking.
Le Zhi had no choice but to sit back in his seat, tilt his head and ask silently, "What are you doing?"
But Huo Du just smiled at her and said nothing.
An Xuan was on the side, and he was relieved. But this situation is somewhat incomprehensible to the purple-clothed woman. However, after thinking about it carefully, she suddenly realized-
It seems that His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess are not on good terms!
Seeing her entering the hall just now, the Crown Princess got up and was about to leave, but His Highness refused to let her, and even deliberately told her to stay... Isn't this deliberately causing her to lose face
In this case, it is her good opportunity!
"The people are not talented, so dare to offer a dance to cheer up His Highness and the Crown Princess." As soon as she finished speaking, she unbuttoned her blouse, revealing the transparent blouse inside...
Le Zhi's eyes were attracted, and as the purple-clothed woman danced lightly, the thin blouse on her body gradually slipped down to her shoulders, revealing her white and delicate skin.
Le Zhi was stunned.
This dance is too, too...
She looked at the person beside her with her cherry lips slightly open, but saw that he didn't seem to turn his head, still staring at her with a smile.
"Does it look good?" he asked softly, word by word.
Le Zhi bit her lip and replied, "See for yourself!"
But Huo Du still didn't turn his eyes to look at it, he just lifted his hand at will... I saw the jacket that had fallen from the purple-clothed woman's feet flew up from the ground and slammed around the woman's upper body.
Her hands were tied tightly, and the dance had to be stopped.
Huo Du then raised his eyes and glanced over. However, it was not the woman in purple who was looking, but An Xuan with his head lowered.
It just so happened that Jing Xin finished packing her bedroom and raised her legs into the dining room to serve her master. Seeing this scene, when I was wondering in my heart, I heard Huo Du ask An Xuan: "An Xuan hasn't married yet? How about rewarding you with such a beautiful woman?"
Hearing this, Jing Xin's heart trembled, and he clenched his hands subconsciously. She pretended to walk to the master's side unintentionally, but the corner of the light fell on An Xuan inadvertently.
- How will he answer
When the woman in purple saw the prince speak, her heart suffocated, and she couldn't help but glance in the direction of An Xuan. It seemed that His Royal Highness did not take a fancy to her. However, this Highness's attendant is also handsome and handsome, so it is not a loss to follow him. Furthermore, following him, there will be opportunities to contact the prince in the future...
Thinking of this, her eyes moved slightly, and a gleam of light flashed, "The people's daughter is thankful to Your Highness."
"Your Highness is absolutely impossible! This, this is absolutely impossible!"
An Xuan was extremely depressed, he looked at Jing Xin in panic, then bowed and gave Huo Du a big gift, his face full of helplessness and conflict.
"Oh?" Huo Du lifted his eyelids and said slowly, "You don't want to, but let her dance this unsightly dance in front of Gu. An Xuan, you are really doing your job better now."
As he spoke, he tapped the table with his fingertips. Then, a gust of wind hit the stiff woman. When she reacted, the whole person was already outside the dining room, and the hall door overlapped in front of her...
The hall was silent.
An Xuan knew that he was wrong, and did not take the woman away in time, which made His Highness unhappy. So I dare not say much.
"Hey." Le Zhi tugged at Huo Du's sleeve, leaned closer to him and whispered, "Don't bully An Xuan!"
"Jingxin, give that girl a thick robe."
Then, she spoke to An Xuan: "Master An, send that girl back. By the way, beat that Master Li. If you have these thoughts again, you will not be punished."
"Yes!" The two of them got the order, turned around and walked out.
"It's just a little thing, don't scare people at every turn."
"Small thing?" Huo Du frowned.
"Yes."
"I bullied An Xuan?"
Le Zhi seemed a little strange to hear this tone, so he whispered Nuo Nuo: "Just, just don't be so fierce..."
Hearing this, Huo Du raised his eyes lightly, "I'm fierce, I bully people. So you let others bully me?"
"Bullying you?" Le Zhi was dumbfounded.
- Who dares to bully him!
But Huo Du hummed confidently, and said, "You don't care about me, let the messy people dance here..."
After a pause, he laughed again: "I want to see it."
Le Zhi was dumbfounded by his words. His tone was very aggrieved and a little... coquettish.
"How can people be bullying you when they dance to show you, and His Highness is still unreasonable?" Le Zhi pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and murmured: "Also, didn't you send her away? I don't care about you... .. "
"Oh, you don't care after that?" He lowered his voice to coax.
Le Zhi was at a loss because of his words, and after hearing his question, he blurted out, "It's up to you."
As soon as the words came out, she felt something was wrong. Raising his eyes, he saw a pair of peach blossom eyes that were half-smiling, looking at her with a happy face.
"You!" Le Zhi glared at him angrily, and said angrily, "I'll ignore you!"
She turned her head and looked at the delicious food on the table, but she didn't have the slightest appetite.
—Isn’t it to say that the drought in Shengyang City is serious, why is it so extravagant and wasteful here
"This is the real Daqi." Huo Du smiled and said solemnly.
Le Zhi didn't understand what he meant. It was not until she traveled westward, passing cities and villages along the way, that she could more and more understand the meaning of Huo Du's words.
After leaving the capital and the nearby cities, she realized that the Daqi she had seen before was only a prosperous end, and only this corner.
All she saw along the way were poor and lonely people.
She was amazed—
Everyone knows that the Daqi country is rich and the people are strong, but how can these Daqi cities be in such a situation
"Because of war, quarters and taxes."
The familiar voice pulled her thoughts back, and Le Zhi lowered the curtain and turned her eyes back to the inside of the carriage. Just now she saw the people walking outside the car, their clothes were thin and they were all shivering...
Along the way, she distributed the clothes and money she brought to the poor and hungry people, but it was still far from enough.
"Every city has to pay taxes, but why is the capital so prosperous?" Le Zhi was really puzzled.
Hearing this, Huo Du sneered: "Because of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they will do whatever it takes to build a large-scale construction project to create the illusion of prosperity in the imperial capital."
Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, as long as the emperor's immediate prosperity is enough.
"What about the people from all over the world? Do you just leave it alone?" Le Zhi frowned and asked, "Could it be... he doesn't care?"
This he naturally refers to Emperor Qi, Huo Changyun.
Huo Du smiled, but there was no smile on his face, "He? Even if these people died, to him, it was no different from a group of dead ants."
"What, what?"
Le Zhi looked in disbelief. She originally thought that Huo Changyun was cruel and was against the royal family and people of other countries. Never thought that he didn't even care about the people of Qi.
Germany does not match. How can such a person be the ruler of a country
"Daqi uses martial arts to govern the country. Men will join the army when they turn 12, and every household is left with old and young, sick and disabled. Day after day, year after year, it will naturally become what it is today."
Yes, how can a family farm without young labor? And the heavy tax is on the top of the head day by day. How can life get better when it goes on like this
Le Zhi's brows furrowed even tighter, "Since Your Highness knows everything, but you already have a good plan in mind?"
"No." Huo Du's tone was casual, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Lezhi was no longer speaking, he changed the subject and asked, "Does it matter whether the people of Daqi live or die?"
Yeah, what did they do to her
Le Zhi asked himself: On that day, when he stepped into Qi land in a state of embarrassment, all those arrogant and smug words came from the mouths of these Qi people.
At that time, she hated it so much that she wanted to vomit blood...
However, these people are not the culprits. They just ignorantly listened to the words of the lord of the country, and used violence as a weapon to fight the Quartet, just to be complacent.
The difference between the Qi people and the Li people is only the difference in thinking. If the Qi people grew up in Dali and were influenced by the Dali civilization, they would definitely not be what they are today.
They will also be good people.
Therefore, what she has to do is not to spread hatred on these people.
She didn't want another destruction. Instead, change.
"Has your Highness ever thought about changing all this?" she asked tentatively.
Huo Du raised his eyes and stared at her soft white cheeks earnestly. He clearly saw a firm expression gradually appear on her face.
—He knew what she meant.
But he couldn't answer her.
He never promises anything he can't do.
"What about you, do you want to?" Huo Du asked her back.
Le Zhi was stunned for a while, then nodded solemnly.
She wants revenge, and she wants to let the people of Da Li return to the rich life they used to be. But now Dali is gone, even if she doesn't want to, Li Kingdom is now a part of Qi Kingdom.
Only by letting all the people have a good life can the people of the country of Li live a good life.
"Okay."
Huo Du took her into his arms and smiled softly.
He believed that she could do it, and she would definitely make this desolate land prosperous. And a person like him can only accompany her halfway at most.
- Destroy everything that is filthy.
Of course, including himself.
Quickly and quickly, he finally arrived outside Shengyang City in a few days.
Inside the carriage, Le Zhi closed his cotton cloak.
As the New Year is approaching, along the way, she feels colder and colder every day.
The prefect of Shengyang City, Wu Zhiyuan, and several adults were waiting outside the city gate to greet the prince early in the morning.
"See your Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."
Wu Zhiyuan was born clean, but his pupils were muddy, and at first glance, he was not a person with a clean and honest official. An Xuan rode on the horse and said lightly: "His Royal Highness and the Crown Princess have been exhausted all the way, and please ask Lord Wu to lead the way."
"Yes, yes!" Wu Zhiyuan responded with a smile.
Immediately, the city gate opened wide, and the carriage slowly entered. When the car entered the city gate, a sudden change occurred.
A sharp arrow shot straight at the carriage, An Xuan drew his sword to block it, but it was too late... When the arrow was about to break through the curtain, it stopped, and then there was a cracking sound, and the sharp arrow fell to the ground. .
All sounds are silent.
Only then did Wu Zhiyuan react and shouted, "Come here, protect His Highness!"
At this time, a group of people rushed out, holding long knives to surround the carriage. These people are dressed differently from the common people, and they all wear clothing made of animal skins.
With mocking expressions on their faces, they ran around the wagon, shouting in unison: "Bad seed! Evil seed!"
Le Zhi sat in the carriage, stroking Huo Du's back. If the arrow just now hadn't used his inner strength, the consequences would have been unimaginable. But a few days ago, because of her, he had consumed too much internal energy, and now his body has not been fully recuperated...
Outside the swords met, and the sound of fighting was heard everywhere, but the shouting did not stop, instead it was louder. Le Zhi clenched his fists tightly, his face turned cold.
Suddenly, a cold white hand covered her small fist and held it lightly.
"Don't be afraid."
Le Zhi raised her eyes and saw a pair of smiling lacquer eyes. She turned her head and rubbed her eyes.
She is not afraid!
It's just that it's too noisy outside, and the foul language makes her angry.
"What? Still hiding in the carriage as a tortoise?"
A contemptuous chuckle came.
Huo Du raised his hand, and the curtain of the car was lifted. Le Zhi looked at his profile, followed his line of sight and looked out—
I saw a man riding a white horse not far away, also looking towards them.
On his face, there was a deep contempt and disdain.
Le Zhi's heart sank. With just one glance, she was sure who it was.
Because those peach blossom eyes were exactly the same as Huo Du's.