A group of people came to the Taiye Pool, where many people were already standing. There are high-ranking officials and ministers, there are nobles from aristocratic families, and there are court servants who came to save people... Wei Luo saw a person lying on the shore from a distance, soaked and motionless. Wei Kun squatted beside him, pinching his tiger's mouth and the middle of his body non-stop, but he didn't respond.
Wei Luo's face turned pale, she climbed off Qin's body, and ran towards that side quickly with her short legs: "Chang Hong!"
It was early summer at this time, and the lake water was not too cold, but the Taiye Pond was deep, if he sank to the bottom, it would inevitably take time to rescue him. If it's too late... Wei Luo felt terrified and didn't dare to think about it. She held Chang Hong's arm tightly and called his name, "Chang Hong, wake up..."
She was scared in her heart, knowing that Chang Hong would not die this time, but she was still worried. I have been reborn, who knows if some things will change, in case something goes wrong
She clearly said that she wanted to protect Chang Hong, but she didn't take good care of him and caused him to have an accident.
Thinking of this, Wei Luo raised her head and looked viciously at a little boy wearing a sapphire sapphire pattern on the opposite side. The boy was seven or eight years old, handsome in appearance, but his eyes were very rebellious, quite rebellious. At this moment, he was pursing his pink lips and looking this way steadily. When he caught Wei Luo's gaze, he was taken aback for a moment, then hummed softly, and turned his head away from looking at her.
This is Li Song, the son of King Ruyang. Even though he is not the same as when he grew up, Wei Luo can still recognize him at a glance. Because there is an obvious feature on his face, that is, there is a small birthmark under the left eye, light pink, in the shape of a swallowtail, which is quite eye-catching embedded in that face. Standing beside him was the tall and burly King Ruyang, who was scolding him with a straight face, his voice was so loud that almost half of the palace could be heard.
King Ruyang is a master of martial arts, with a strong body and extraordinary heroism. He once followed Emperor Chongzhen through life and death, and together he conquered the country. Therefore, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen ascended to the Great Treasure, he was crowned king and noble, and regarded him as a brother. King Ruyang married Zhao Xuan, the younger sister of Emperor Chongzhen, Princess Gaoyang. Zhao Xuan was a beauty who was famous in Shengjing more than ten years ago, with a body like a willow, a face like a bright moon, and a pure temperament. One is the eldest princess Liu Yinghuajiao, and the other is a rough man from a military camp. No matter how you look at it, they are not a good match. At that time, the people in Shengjing City were not optimistic about this marriage, and Princess Gaoyang herself was no exception. She didn't like a martial artist like Li Zhiliang, but liked a gentle and handsome boy. I heard that she once resisted Emperor Chongzhen, but unfortunately the effect was not great, and in the end she had to follow her brother's order to marry her.
Fortunately, after getting married, Li Zhiliang treated her well and loved her very much. They soon gave birth to a son and a daughter. Li Song is eight years old this year, and his daughter Li Xiang is five years old this year.
Why did Li Song have trouble with Chang Hong in his previous life? And why ruined his future and ruined his reputation
Wei Luo knew the reason.
At that time, after some discussions between the British government and the Ruyang palace, the marriage between Chang Hong and Li Xiang was settled. Fourteen-year-old Li Xiang has her own heart. She doesn't like Chang Hong, but the heroic Wu Zhuangyuan. In order to cancel the marriage without ruining his own reputation, Li Xiang begged his brother Li Song to find a way to ruin Chang Hong's reputation, and his parents would cancel the marriage without her coming forward. So Li Song tricked Chang Hong into taking Wushisan, which made him muddle-headed all day long, delirious and absurd. When Wei Luo thought of the nasty things these two brothers and sisters did, she gritted her teeth with hatred.
Li Xiang's own intentions are not right, and she wants to drag Chang Hong into the water, how can Chang Hong feel sorry for her? She was ignorant of others, but she wanted to pour all the sewage on Chang Hong. It was a typical bitch who wanted to erect a memorial archway. Wei Luo had never seen such a low-spirited person.
Thinking of those things, she trembled with anger. Chang Hong's life and death were unknown, so why should they live well? Are their lives worth more than Chang Hong
She lowered her head and her thin shoulders trembled violently. Others might think she was crying, but only she knew that she was hating.
I can't wait to let them all die now, I can't wait for them to be punished immediately.
She bit her pink lip, bleeding unconsciously, but she didn't feel any pain at all. Dark red blood dripped on the back of Chang Hong's hand, it was dazzlingly red. She carefully wiped it off with her thumb little by little, her throat seemed to be blocked, with a crying sound, the memories of this life and the previous life overlapped, she said: "Chang Hong, don't die...you don't want to die."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was hugged from behind by a pair of hands. Zhao Jie's voice was calm and slow: "He will not die, this king will let someone save him."
After he finished speaking, Zhu Geng stepped forward, took Wei Kun's seat, put his hands on Chang Hong's chest, and squeezed Chang Hong's chest regularly. Zhao Jie put Wei Luo aside, Wei Luo didn't have time to pay attention to him at all, and stared intently at the movement there, until after a while, Chang Hong opened his mouth and choked out a mouthful of lake water, curled up and coughed.
"Chang Hong!"
Wei Luo was overjoyed, the big stone in her heart fell to the ground, and she was about to run over there, but Zhao Jie's arm crossed her, blocking the way in front of her. Before Wei Luo could stop in time, she threw herself into Zhao Jie's arms and bumped into his chest steadily, causing her nose to hurt. Zhao Jie laughed softly, pulled her out of his arms, leaned over and pinched her little nose, "What's the hurry? You can't run away if you're there."
When she saw Chang Hong sitting up, Wei Kun asked him what was wrong with concern, but he shook his head twice, but never said a word. He was originally withdrawn, and now that he was pushed into the water again, he must feel even more uncomfortable, but he never said anything, and he was bored in his heart, just like a bored gourd.
The more Wei Luo thought about it, the more anxious she became, and pushed Zhao Jie's hand away, "I want to find my brother..."
Zhao Jie made up his mind not to let her pass, they happened to be standing behind the crowd, not very conspicuous. Zhao Jie stretched out his thumb and stroked her pink and tender lips twice, and then she felt the pain, and frowned like a kitten. He let go of her, looked at the blood on his thumb, and asked thoughtfully, "Who were you hating just now?"
Others may not have noticed, but he has been paying attention to her movements, so he has seen more than others. The little girl was trying her best to restrain her emotions. She looked at Li Song with cold eyes, which contained great anger and hatred. It was a little different from the woman he knew, but it didn't conflict, and it felt weird, as if everything she did was normal—whether she bit him hard or sweetly called him "big brother" , or the current anger struggle, everything made him feel fresh. She has many unknown sides, which are being discovered by him one by one.
Wei Luo pursed her lips tightly, and there were little blood stains on her lips, which made her look like an unyielding little beast, waiting to be tamed slowly.
Zhao Jie smiled, "Let me guess, is it Li Song or Wei Kun?"
She paused, and looked at him with big dark and bright eyes, neither admitting nor refuting.
She hated both, hated Li Song for ruining Chang Hong, and hated Wei Kun for not protecting Chang Hong well.
However, as far as the current matter is concerned, she still hates Li Songduo more.
Zhao Jie obviously also guessed her thoughts, and asked unhurriedly: "Why do you hate him? Because he pushed your brother into the water?"
Wei Luo was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "He bullied Chang Hong."
Indeed, isn't Li Song just bullying Chang Hong? Wei Luo didn't want Zhao Jie to know too much, and didn't want him to discover her dark side, so she just had to pretend to protect her shortcomings. She is just a six-year-old girl, how can she know so much hatred
Zhao Jie bent his lips, not sure if he believed it or not. He looked at her for a long time, then stroked her head and asked softly, "Do you want to bully me back?"
Wei Luo raised her head in surprise and met his gaze, not understanding why he asked such a question.
What does he mean? What if she wants to
Wei Luo's pretty face was full of defense, and she didn't answer his question.
Not far away, Wei Kun couldn't find her anywhere, he pushed through the crowd and happened to see her talking to Zhao Jie, he cupped his fists and saluted, and asked, "Your Majesty has met His Highness Prince Jing, why is His Highness looking for the little girl?"
Zhao Jie straightened up, put away the smile on his face, and changed into a calm expression when he turned around. He said: "Miss Si was crying just now, this king coaxed her."
Wei Kun didn't doubt him, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your trouble..."
Over there, Wei Luo finally had time to break free from Zhao Jie's control, and ran back to Wei Changhong's side. The imperial physician has just arrived, and Chang Hong has been treated by the imperial physician, and he is fine now. Seeing her coming, Chang Hong finally spoke the first sentence, "Ah Luo..."
It's just that the appearance is still listless, a little unhappy.
Wei Luo raised her sleeve to wipe the water from his face, and replied. If you say anything else, others will not hear you.
Even if you can't hear what they say, you can feel the deep sister-in-law relationship between them. It's no wonder that the two children without a mother can only rely on each other.
This gesture fell into the eyes of others, making people envious for no reason.
Zhao Jie stood with his hands behind his back, looking at them calmly, wondering what he was thinking.
After Wei Luo's questioning, Chang Hong told her why he had an argument with Li Song.
She and Chang Hong are twins, and they look alike, with beautiful facial features and exquisite eyebrows and eyes. This is a good thing for Wei Luo, but it is a bit troublesome for Chang Hong. He is young now and hasn't grown up yet, so he looks a bit like a girl at first glance. Usually, some people talked about Chang Hong's appearance, but they said it quietly in private, and no one dared to move to the public. This Ruyang Prince Li Song is the first one.
He not only ridiculed Chang Hong's girlishness, but also wanted him to speak like a little girl, and even pulled a silk flower from the maid's head, and insisted on wearing it on Chang Hong's head. Chang Hong naturally disagreed, and his silence didn't mean he was willing to be at their mercy. Seeing that he disagreed, Li Song also confronted him, insisting that he wear it, and the two had an argument like this, and even got into a fight. Chang Hong was two years younger than Li Song, so he couldn't beat him after all, he was punched in the stomach a few times, and in the end he was thrown directly into the pool of Taiye by his collar!
Wei Luo heard that his stomach was injured, so she hurriedly asked him to lift up his clothes, "Let me see."
This is outside, and there are so many people around, of course Chang Hong refused, grabbed his clothes and said, "It's okay...it doesn't hurt anymore."
No wonder it doesn't hurt! Li Song has a father who was born in a general, and his own skills are definitely not far behind. Chang Hong's two punches from him must be too much for him.
He lied to her that it didn't hurt.
Wei Luo raised her eyes and stared at Li Song who was opposite, piercing her eyes like icy stones, not hiding her anger at all. Li Song was taken aback by a little girl for the first time. He quickly came back to his senses and said stiffly: "What are you looking at? You two look so alike. You are a woman and he is a man. How can I Can you tell the difference? It's not my fault."
Unreasonable words.
Hearing this, King Ruyang scolded him as a "bastard", dragged him to the front of Chang Hong, and slammed him on the ground, "How did I teach you just now? You haven't apologized to him yet."
Li Song staggered a few times, barely standing still, looked at Chang Hong, then at Wei Luo, without any intention of sincerely apologizing.
All the people around dispersed, leaving only some servants of the father-in-law, as well as people from the British government and Ruyang palace. Li Zhiliang bowed his hands to Wei Kun, and said quite ashamedly: "It's all my fault for my inability to teach my son well, for offending the young master, and I hope Brother Sheng Ming will be more generous, forgive me for once."
What's the use of apologizing now, not to mention that he already calls himself "the King", what can Wei Kun do with his son? Wei Kun's complexion was not very good, but he still returned the gift, "Children are naughty, and it is common for them to fight and fight. The prince does not need to blame himself." He paused, even a gentle person has a temper, "It's just that Chang Hong's I only have one life, I can't stand it, I hope there will be no next time."
King Ruyang sneered, and quickly said: "Brother Sheng Ming is right, this king will definitely discipline the child well when he returns."
On the other side, Li Song did not apologize to Chang Hong for a long time, and finally was threatened by King Ruyang with his fist, so he curled his lips and said without sincerity: "I was wrong just now, I shouldn't throw you into the water. But anyway, you are fine, this matter Let’s just settle the matter.”
Wei Luo was really laughed at by him angrily, what do you mean by "you're fine anyway"? If something happens, wouldn't it be too late
King Ruyang also felt that this was too much, so he was so angry that he punched him, "Speak well to me..."
Wei Luo looked at him, a strange light flashed in his eyes. Her tone was angry, with the typical coquettishness of a little girl: "You pushed my brother into the water, if you let me push you once, we will forgive you."
Wei Kun called her: "A Luo!"
However, after a pause, he did not continue to stop. This is a matter between their children, and sometimes it is not easy for them as adults to intervene. In addition, Wei Luo is a girl and young, so no matter what she says, she will be regarded as "childish talk".
He looked at Li Zhiliang, and Li Zhiliang frowned, as if he felt that this request was a bit unreasonable.
Before Li Zhiliang opened his mouth, Li Song smiled disapprovingly, and conceitedly agreed: "What's the matter? Don't ask you to push it once, even if you push it a hundred times, it's fine."
Li Song relied on a bit of martial arts, and he was a young boy, so he didn't pay attention to Wei Luo's words at all. Instead, he thought it was fun, so he readily agreed. Just take a bath, he has a big heart and doesn't care about her like she does!
Li Zhiliang somewhat disagreed, fearing that something might happen to his son, but he thought he would watch from the sidelines, so he didn't say anything. In this way, it happened that he was sincere in apologizing, and he was not the kind of person who bullies others.
Seeing that Li Song was confident, Wei Luo slightly curled her lower lip.
Laugh, while you still can.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Chen hadn't come yet, but it seemed that the time was approaching, so everyone was waiting in Xinyan Tower and Linjiang Tower, and not many people paid attention to Wei Luo's situation.
The vertical surface of the Taihu Lake pool is flat, lined with jade stones, about one and a half feet above the water surface, and the height of each place is the same. Wei Luo stood on the shore, looked up at Li Song in front of him, "I'll push you down from here, if you can come up, we'll settle the matter with you."
She imitated what he said just now, with a childish voice, obviously she was still a child who didn't understand anything, but she wanted to put on a stern face and pretend to be serious. Li Song thought it was funny, didn't take her seriously at all, and nodded indiscriminately: "Okay, you can do it quickly, isn't it just..."
Before she finished speaking, Wei Luo put her hand on his chest and gave him a hard push.
Li Song was standing by the pool, fell backwards unexpectedly, his eyes wide open, and plunged into the water with a "plop"!
The lake water quickly submerged his head, but fortunately he knew how to swim and adjusted the moment he fell into the water. Holding his breath, he even swam around in the water leisurely, resurfaced, and looked at Wei Luo triumphantly. On the other side, Ruyang King Li Zhiliang breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted, "Nizi, hurry up!"
He swam forward with both arms, ready to go ashore from the place where he fell into the water just now, but just as his hands climbed onto the rock wall, he felt something was wrong. Wei Luo squatted in front of him with a small smile on her face, that smile was so weird no matter how it looked, it gave him the illusion of falling into a trap inexplicably. He frowned: "Go away, let this son go up!"
It turned out that the place Wei Luo picked was covered with moss on the shore, and the stone walls were slippery, so it was not easy to go ashore. In the past, this was not a difficult task for Li Song, but today Wei Luo squatted on the bank, holding a thin branch in her hand, with her back to everyone, pressed the end of the branch on the back of his hand, and looked at him with a smile: "Go down."
Li Song's eyes changed, and he gritted his teeth: "How dare you..."
Before he finished speaking, Wei Luo increased her strength, and the branch slammed into his flesh, but she still smiled innocently: "Can't you let it go?"
Li Song groaned in pain, quickly withdrew his hand, and fell back into the water with a plop.
The people on the shore couldn't see their situation, and thought that Li Song fell because he didn't stand still. After all, Li Zhiliang felt sorry for his son, and hurriedly greeted the guards: "Hurry up, save Xiao Shizi."
As soon as the words fell, another voice—
"Wait."
Zhao Jie stood on the other side, looking at Wei Luo's back with interest. Having seen enough, he tilted his head and said to Li Zhiliang: "Didn't King Ruyang agree just now? This is the matter of the two of them. The little prince voluntarily fell into the water, so naturally he has to come out by himself. Why, King Ruyang told himself Your son has no confidence?"
Unexpectedly, Prince Jing would intervene in this matter, Li Zhiliang froze, forced a smile and said: "That's not... just..."
Zhao Jie didn't give him a chance to speak, he looked away and said, "Since it's not, then just wait."
Li Zhiliang had no choice but to continue to wait.
Under the water, Li Song originally wanted to go ashore from other places, but after swimming around, he couldn't help but want to curse. Did that little girl do it on purpose? She knew that there were aquatic plants below, entangled and circling, and she couldn't get close at all. Once she got close, she would be sucked in by the aquatic plants and hooked to the bottom of the lake! From this point of view, only the place where Wei Luo was standing could go ashore. He was so angry that the only breath left in his mouth could not be held back. He glared at Wei Luo anxiously, "Did you do it on purpose?"
Wei Luo stood up and smiled sweetly, "What on purpose? What are you talking about?"
But her expression clearly said "Yes, I did it on purpose".
Li Song has never seen such a nasty little girl, he wished he could eat her in one bite, "Let me go up!"
One of them was on the shore and the other was in the water, so there was a big difference in their momentum. Li Song no longer had the conceit and arrogance he had just now, and was faintly anxious. He had been in the water for too long, and because he was too impatient, his left leg was gradually throbbing, which might be a sign of cramp.
However, he did not want to ask his father for help. What does it look like to be a boy if you lose face to a girl? And this girl is two years younger than him!
Wei Luo was obviously smiling, but her eyes were cold: "I didn't stop you."
Li Song clenched his teeth, she didn't stop him, but she left him nowhere to go! Is she really six years old? Why are there so many minds!
Neither of the two regressed, they looked at each other to see who could last till the end.
In the end, of course Li Song lost. His left leg was cramped, and he couldn't bear the weight of his body more and more, and slowly sank into the water. The lake water submerged his head, Wei Luo remained silent, and it took a long time for the people on the shore to realize that something was wrong. King Ruyang took off his robe, jumped into the water and fished his son up, "Songer, Songer!"
Li Song drank a stomach full of water, he is not dead yet, but his sanity is not clear. He turned his head to look for Wei Luo's figure, and pointed at her "you" for a long time, but he didn't know why. He tilted his head and passed out.
This matter was evened out, Li Song threw Chang Hong into the water, Wei Luo pushed Li Song into the water, no one owed anyone, and no one had the right to criticize anyone.
Even if King Ruyang was full of anger, but the other party had King Jing backing him, he couldn't say anything, so he had to suffer from being dumb.
This year's birthday banquet was the same as usual. After celebrating Empress Chen's birthday, Emperor Chongzhen ordered people to put on a show by the Taihu Lake. The famous actor on the stage waved his water sleeves and sang "Phoenix Returns to the Nest" with a babbling voice and obscure lyrics and music. Empress Chen couldn't get used to these operas, so she endured patience and listened to half of them, then got up and bid farewell to Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen wore a black gauze wing crown on his head, and a long-sleeved round-neck gown with cloud shoulders and long sleeves. He was still energetic after his age, and the heroic appearance of his youth could be seen between his brows. When he heard that Empress Chen was leaving the banquet, his eyes darkened, and then his eyes smiled, and his expression of infinite tenderness returned: "The empress is gone, what am I doing here alone? Why don't we go back together."
"No, my concubine is going with Changsheng, and I just have a few words to say to him. Your majesty is busy with government affairs, so it's rare to have time, why don't you spend more time with the ministers?" Empress Chen refused the emperor face to face, without even waiting for him Opening his mouth, he said to Zhao Jie below: "Come on, help your mother and go back."
Changsheng is Zhao Jie's nickname, and it is said that the name represents a wish. Empress Chen's wish is to wish her two children a long life and a happy life.
Zhao Jie got up, bid farewell to Emperor Chongzhen, and helped Empress Chen to leave.
The emperor sat on the dragon chair for a long time, expressionless.
Qingxi Palace, Zhaoyang Palace.
Empress Chen sat on the concubine Tielimu's couch, and listened to Mother Qiu explain how Wei Luo persuaded Princess Tianji to take medicine today: "...the princess immediately said that she wanted to drink medicine, Madam, the British government Fourth Miss is really capable."
Empress Chen was leaning on the imperial concubine's couch, holding an ivory snuff bottle in her hand, listening attentively. "Didn't it mean that she is only six years old, and she is so powerful?"
A few or two words cured Liuli, and convinced Liuli to be convinced. If it wasn't for the guarantee from Qiumai and other court ladies, the queen would not have believed it.
Mother Qiu nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help but said: "Not only that, the fourth lady also kicked the shuttlecock beautifully..."
Zhao Jie, who was sitting on the huanghuali grand teacher's chair below, remained calm, with a smile in his eyes. Hearing Madam Qiu's praise of Wei Luo, he couldn't help but think of what he saw at that time. The red ribbon on the little girl's head was blown to her face by the wind, her eyes were focused, she only stared at the shuttlecock in mid-air, and didn't notice that he was also looking at her.
Those eyes are full of spring water in the lake, sparkling and shining. It can talk and lie. When she is looking at you innocently with these eyes, maybe she is also thinking about how to torture you... It's really interesting, Zhao Jie supported his stomach with his hands, thinking of the scene when Wei Luo bullied Li Song today. How did he forget? She is a little pepper who has cut people's faces with a hairpin, not a pretentious hothouse flower, whoever bullies her will end badly.
Zhao Jie looked at Empress Chen, lifted his lips and asked, "Queen, is Liuli's companionship decided?"