The East Palace was not far from the Yile Hall, and Lezhi knew that Huo Du had no intention of passing the sedan chair, so he knew that he was going to walk over.
At dusk, the lights on both sides of the palace road were lit.
The two walked side by side, with a group of attendants following behind them, a few steps away from them. Huo Du was leaning on crutches, but his back was straight and he walked leisurely. Le Zhi stood beside him, holding one of his hanging hands. Neither of them spoke until they saw Huo Xu's figure appearing not far away.
Huo Xu was wearing a cyan round neck shirt and a cotton cloak today. Next to him was a little girl who was jumping around, "Brother Axu, you agreed to ask for the peace charm for me!"
The little girl was wearing a bright yellow palace dress, and her silver bell-like voice was particularly clear in the quiet palace road. Huo Xu apparently saw them too, stopped unconsciously, and looked at Lezhi uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Huo Du felt a burst of joy in his heart.
He looked sideways, wanting to see Le Zhi's expression at this time. Surprised, sad, or angry
Unfortunately, none of them.
She didn't even look at the two people in the distance, but just looked at him with a smile on her face, and put the sleeve furnace in his hand into his hand, slightly annoyed: "I asked His Highness to wear a big cloak before going out, His Highness did not listen, and now it is frozen. Bar?"
Huo Du's face changed slightly.
cold? How cold is this.
After a moment of ecstasy, the person in the distance has come to the two of them. Huo Xu and the little girl beside him all saluted respectfully—
"The emperor's brother greets the emperor's brother and sister-in-law."
"The ministers and daughters see His Royal Highness and Crown Princess."
Huo Du smiled lightly and said "No gift", Le Zhi only nodded slightly, and the two continued to walk forward.
Looking at the backs of the two leaving, a strange feeling flashed in Huo Xu's heart. Suddenly, he even felt that the two of them walking together were unusually harmonious and matched well.
Must be overthinking it.
Such a gloomy person, it is impossible for Zhizhi to like it. It's just pretending.
"Big Brother Axu, Big Brother Axu..."
The person beside him tugged at the corner of his clothes, Huo Xu retracted his gaze, suppressed the irritability in his heart, took out the peace talisman in his sleeve and handed it to her with a smile. A smile instantly appeared on the little girl's face.
In the Yile Hall, there was a lot of laughter. It was not until the eunuch shouted, "The emperor and the queen are here," that the hall was quiet.
Empress Qi sat down in the center of the hall, and both of them smiled at the corners of their eyes, "Although today is a palace banquet, it is also a family banquet, so all the Aiqings don't have to be restrained."
This is the second time Le Zhi has seen Emperor Qi. Last time, Huo Xu took her into the palace. She knelt in front of Emperor Qi, Emperor Qi looked down at her and said, "It is common for the two countries to fight casualties, your father It is not wise for the Queen Mother to choose to commit suicide. I see you as a smart child and should not do stupid things."
Then he said that he would give her to the prince as his wife, and to make the two countries marry each other, and they would become a family from now on.
But she knew very well that even if she was locked up in the post house, she would have heard how the Qi State brutally destroyed the Li State, which aroused the anger of the neighboring countries. Emperor Qi's move was only to quell the anger of the neighboring country.
Emperor Qi Huo Changyun was born with a majestic appearance. Even if he is no longer young, it is not difficult to see the heroic and fierceness on his face.
As early as when he first ascended the throne and held the power of the emperor, he loved the east and west wars.
Twelve years ago, he launched a war against Jiang, Wu, and Ning with the strength of the whole country, forcing the three countries to resist together, and finally was beaten and retreated. When the kingdom was nearly destroyed, Lezhi's father, the young Emperor Li, intervened to persuade the three kingdoms to truce. But the Three Kingdoms have lingering fears, how can they give up easily
After deliberation, we finally settled on a best of both worlds approach. Let Huo Changyun's son enter the country of Li as a pledge to restrain his behavior. So, the six-year-old Huo Xu came to Li country like this.
When the four-year-old Le Zhi saw Huo Xu, the royal father hugged her and sat on his knees, and said to her in a warm voice, "This is brother Huo Xu from Qi, my brother came here from his hometown, and Zhizhi wants to be nice to him. Oh."
The little girl blinked ignorantly and nodded happily.
After her father and mother, her elder brother and elder sister sincerely regarded Huo Xu as a family, and she also regarded him as her own elder brother since childhood.
Who knows, it took twelve years to raise a living white-eyed wolf.
"It's a pity that Your Majesty and Ben Gong are not here for Du'er's big wedding." Queen Qi was dressed in a phoenix robe, elegant and luxurious, "Come and have a drink with Queen Mother."
After Huo Du raised his glass, he put the glass back on the table and didn't drink.
"Look, Ben Gong is confused and forgets that Du'er never drinks." Queen Qi laughed.
Lezhi drank the wine and looked at the person beside him—
Never drink
No wonder he didn't smell of alcohol on his wedding night, and he didn't even drink a glass of wine with her. However, it is not a marriage that you love and I want, and it is normal not to drink a glass of wine.
At this moment, Huo Du also glanced sideways at her, and immediately pushed the wine glass in front of him towards her.
This is to make her drink for him...
Le Zhi smiled, picked up the glass and drank the wine.
This scene fell in the eyes of Qi Hou, and I was very happy, this girl is still aware of current affairs!
As long as she doesn't pester her, it's okay to keep her alive.
Huo Du looked at Le Zhi's blushing cheeks, smiled and approached her ear, teasing softly: "I'm good at drinking, lonely princess."
Huo Xu, who was sitting opposite, saw the two of them being intimate, and his heart was twisted like a knife, but he couldn't show it on his face.
"Your Majesty, now Du'er is married. Shouldn't Xu'er's marriage be decided as well?"
When Empress Qi said this, her tone was full of tenderness, and she didn't have any hypocrisy when she spoke to Huo Du just now.
-Because this queen is the successor.
Huo Du's biological mother died early, and the current Queen Qi was nothing more than a noble concubine back then, so it was Huo Xu, not Huo Du, who went to Li State as a pledge. However, time has changed, and now Huo Xu has also changed from a concubine to a second son.
"Exactly!" Emperor Qi was in high spirits today, so he drank a few more cups. "Then good things come in pairs! The Prime Minister's daughter, Shen Qingyan, is gentle and graceful. I will make the decision today and marry the third prince, Huo Xu. What does the Prime Minister think?"
Hearing this, Prime Minister Shen Huai hurriedly stood up, kneeling down with a smile on his face and thanking him.
Then, Huo Xu suppressed the reluctance in his eyes, and thanked Shen Qingyan beside him. Shen Qingyan's eyes were full of joy, looking at Huo Xu beside him, with deep nostalgia in her eyes.
Le Zhi sneered in his heart.
Emperor Qi conferred the marriage of the prime minister's daughter to Huo Xu, but gave Huo Du her a princess who had nothing now. It's really eccentric.
After the palace banquet was over, Huo Duping retired from the attendant and walked slowly to the East Palace with the winter moonlight and Le Zhi. Le Zhi naturally took his arm and walked beside him.
"Lezhi." Huo Du chuckled: "Xiao Zhuma is going to marry someone else, how do you feel?"
Le Zhi was slightly startled, but he didn't expect him to ask so directly.
"I said I don't feel anything, does your Highness believe it?" Le Zhi smiled, knowing that Huo Du probably wouldn't believe what he said. In fact, she really didn't feel anything in her heart.
"Believe."
"Then may I ask Your Highness a question?"
"Ask." Huo Du seemed to be in a good mood tonight.
"That girl Shen has a distinguished status, and the maiden family she relies on is the honor of the prime minister. And I have nothing now, so I can't give any support to His Highness." Xu Shi drank two glasses of strong wine, and Le Zhi felt that he was more courageous. Quite a few, "Marry me, does Your Highness feel that it's a loss?"