It was his own carelessness that accidentally moved such absurd thoughts.
When Wei Luo pressed close to his ear and asked softly, "Do you like it?", his mind became confused for a moment, and he could no longer think normally. From last night to today, his eyes have always been haunted by her sweet smile. The first time she smiled at him, she wanted to kill him with a hairpin. The sharp knife pierced his chest, he hated her for annoying her, and finally let her go.
Li Song gripped the armrest tightly, veins burst out on the back of his hand, and almost crushed the piece of wood.
He lost his mind again and again, even Princess Gao Yang saw that something was wrong with him, and called him a few times: "Song'er, what are you thinking? I asked how you got hurt, why didn't you answer me?"
Li Song's wound was on his chest, as long as it was bandaged so that no one could see it, no one would know how he was injured or what the condition was. He whispered: "I was scratched by the prey while hunting, a little injury. Mom, it's okay."
Princess Gaoyang looked at him suspiciously, and asked worriedly: "Is it really all right? Why do you look so ugly when I look at you?"
He shook his head and said it doesn't matter, before they found out the clue, he endured the pain and changed the subject: "Where is Xiang'er? Why didn't she come out to see me?"
Princess Gaoyang said: "She has kept herself locked in the house since she came back from Changxun Mountain. I knocked on the door several times but didn't answer." Finally, she frowned and said in displeasure: "This girl, I don't know doing what."
what can be done It's nothing more than shooting someone, feeling guilty, afraid of being punished by parents, and afraid to see people.
Li Song always loved Li Xiang very much, and he didn't want to see her being wronged, but this time he thought that she had done too much. It was precisely because they all doted on her that she developed her current arrogant and willful temper. Even if Wei Luo designed to frame her, she shouldn't take Wei Changhong's life.
Li Song thought about it, and told Ruyang King Li Zhiliang and Gaoyang Princess Zhao Xuan everything that happened in the past two days. He spoke in a very calm voice, but the eyes of Li Zhiliang and Zhao Xuan widened, and they finally asked in disbelief: "...you said that the injury of the sixth young master of the Wei family was shot by Xiang'er?"
Li Song nodded.
Princess Gao Yang was shocked, if it wasn't from Li Song's mouth, she would not believe it no matter what. The daughter she held in her hand was always innocent and lovely, when did she become so vicious? She muttered: "How could Xiang'er do such a thing...she, she..."
"She" has been talking for a long time, but there is still no more words.
Fortunately, Li Zhiliang was still clear-headed, hugging his wife's precarious body, he said to the maid outside the door: "Go and invite the young lady here!"
Not long after, Li Xiang appeared at the door wearing a white silk blouse and an oil-green crepe skirt. Li Xiang probably guessed the reason for calling her here, and there was no trace of guilt or fear on his face, but with a smile on his face, he came to Princess Gaoyang and asked knowingly, "What did you ask me to come out for? Didn't I say that I was not feeling well?" ?”
Princess Gaoyang gathered herself together, sat in the beech official hat chair, and asked as calmly as possible: "Xiang'er, tell mother the truth, is Wei Changhong's injury related to you?"
The smile on Li Xiang's face stagnated, and he immediately looked at Li Song beside him, "Did brother tell you?"
Princess Gaoyang's voice was harsher: "You just say yes or no!"
She was very frank, raised her eyebrows, and acted bravely: "I shot it, so what?"
She hurt someone, not only did she not have any remorse, but instead acted as she should, which made Princess Gaoyang both angry and disappointed: "How could you..." After saying that, I felt my eyes darken, and it took me a long time to calm down. . She had heard about the dispute between her and Wei Luo, whether it was a big deal or a small thing, the worst thing was not to marry the Wei family. But now that she shot and wounded Wei Changhong, the nature is very different. Not only did she offend the Wei family, but if it got out, it would be very detrimental to her reputation, and it would be difficult for her to get married in the future! Why is this child so confused
Seeing that Zhao Xuan's expression was not right, Li Xiang immediately stepped forward to support her with great insight, poured a cup of hot tea thoughtfully, and held it in front of her in person: "Don't be angry, Ma'am, I heard that Wei Changhong Isn’t it all right? He was just injured a little bit, and hunting is not uninjured.” After speaking, he looked at Li Song beside him, “Besides, I have my brother to take care of it for me, so what should I worry about?”
Li Song didn't respond and looked away.
Li Xiang didn't think too much, and continued to coax Princess Gaoyang with good words. She has a clever mouth, as long as she has the heart, she will be able to coax the other party into submission. In addition, Zhao Xuan loved her already, even though he was angry, he couldn't really hand her over to the Wei family. While comforting Zhao Xuan, she analyzed in a straight-forward manner: "I didn't like Wei Changhong in the first place, it was my parents who insisted on making me and him a couple. The relationship between our two families is not good, and Wei Luo is insidious and cunning. Didn’t I marry in order to be wronged? Are my parents willing to let me be bullied by the Wei family all day? This is not a good thing, this marriage doesn’t have to end…”
Although Wei Changhong is one year older than her, she just doesn't like him.
What she likes is Liang Yu, who is heroic and stalwart, not the kind of kid who follows her sister all day long. Wei Changhong only had his elder sister in his eyes. If anyone married him and wanted to dote on his eldest sister, it would be a bad luck for eight lifetimes.
Princess Gao Yang pointed at her: "So you're going to hurt him? What do you want others to say about you, fierce and vicious, or fierce and cruel? Do you still want your reputation?"
Li Xiang coquettishly called mother, and rubbed on her lap: "Don't I know I was wrong... Who told that Wei Luo to set me up, I was angry for a while, and I didn't control myself." She didn't dare to Talking about how Wei Luo designed her, she just vaguely said, "And don't you have a brother? Brother, how did you deal with it later?"
Li Song didn't answer, the wound on his chest was too deep, he just bandaged it casually on Changxun Mountain yesterday, now it hurts badly. He clenched his fist and said with force: "I'm tired, let's go back to the room and have a rest."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he turned and left.
Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, thinking that he was in a bad mood, hurriedly followed up and shouted: "Brother!"
Li Song didn't stop walking, every step was extremely slow.
In the end Li Xiang caught up with him in front of a vermilion lacquer pillar, walked around to him and asked uneasily, "Brother, are you angry..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw the bright red blood smeared on his chest, she froze suddenly, opened her eyes and asked, "Are you injured? When did you get injured? Aren't you all right after hunting yesterday..." She suddenly remembered something, raised her head He asked angrily, "Is it Wei Changhong? Or Wei Luo? Did they do it?"
Li Song only felt upset, his headache and wound pain made him look bad, and his tone was very bad: "Li Xiang, I have taken the charge of yesterday for you, if you continue to be so willful in the future, I will do it I don't care about you." He clutched his chest, pushed Li Xiang away, and said hoarsely: "You stay at home honestly for a while, don't go out to show your face again. When will the limelight pass, and when will you go out again."
Li Xiang stood on the spot, watching his back gradually going away, couldn't help biting his lower lip, wondering if he took his words to heart.
Princess Gaoyang felt sorry for her daughter, and she was reluctant to punish Li Xiang severely, but after hearing from her that she knew she was wrong, she was only fined to kneel in the Buddhist hall for three hours and copy the scriptures a hundred times, and the matter was over. As for the personal relationship with the Wei family, it is definitely impossible to get married... not only can't get married, but I'm afraid they might even get married.
In the British government, Wei Changhong's injury took more than half a month to heal.
For a while now, Wei Luo has been by his side, collecting all kinds of precious medicinal materials for him, watching him drink a big bowl of tonic soup every day to feel relieved. Sometimes Wei Changhong was very helpless and tried to struggle: "A Luo, I'm not as delicate as you, and my injury has healed long ago. Can I stop drinking these supplements?"
Wei Luo shook her head and said no, rather unreasonably: "You can't even beat Li Song, when you can beat him, you don't need to drink these tonics."
Li Song has practiced martial arts since childhood, while Wei Changhong has only practiced some boxing and kicking to strengthen his body. They are not comparable at the same level. Her conditions are too difficult for a human being. Wei Changhong had no choice but to continue drinking the soup.
Zhao Liuli invited Wei Luo into the palace that day, saying that she had something important to discuss with her, so she let Chang Hong go, went back to the house, changed her clothes and went to the palace.
At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen hosted a banquet in the Linde Palace, entertaining the heroes who won the top three in the hunting competition a while ago, and rewarding them along the way. Several princes and sons of ministers attended the banquet together. Zhao Jie and Zhao Zhang were also invited.
Zhao Zhang did not participate in this hunting competition, Zhao Jie just joined in the fun. After all, this kind of competition was for Emperor Chongzhen to test the abilities of the young people, and it was not a grand occasion. They don't need to show their strength and steal the limelight from others. Zhao Jie originally planned to hunt a little fox for Wei Luo, but the little girl didn't seem to be interested, so he had no choice but to give up.
At the banquet, Emperor Chongzhen wore a purple and gold uniform with four dragon patterns and a gold crown with two dragons and pearl wings on his head. He smiled kindly and let everyone sit down. Zhao Jie and Zhao Zhang are on his left and right respectively. Today, Zhao Jie is wearing a gold-rimmed straight gown with black-gray chi-patterns. He is dignified and well-mannered. He bowed to him with a modest smile, without the slightest timidity on his face.
Liang Yu sat under Zhao Jie, Li Song sat under Zhao Zhang, another son of the imperial censor sat next to Liang Yu, and the others sat on their own.
At the banquet, Emperor Chongzhen greatly praised Liang Yu and the other two people, praising them as young heroes, courageous and resourceful, and they were quite appreciative in words. Liang Yu and the others hurriedly stood up humbly, thinking that they deserved it. The emperor didn't take it seriously, and ordered the palace people to bring up the rewards they had prepared earlier, and gave them to the three of them respectively.
The three knelt down to thank them, took the rewards, and sat back on their seats.
The next thing is to drink and toast, dance and music to make peace.
The dancers in neon dresses and feathers swing their waists, sway their bodies, and dance to the sound of music. The dance is so graceful that most people can't take their eyes off it. Zhao Jie lowered his eyes, poured himself a glass of wine in a dispirited manner, raised his blue-glazed ice-cracked wine glass, and looked at Li Song diagonally opposite him.
Li Song's chest injury is not yet fully healed, he cannot drink, and since the banquet started, he has been absent-minded. At present, everyone is admiring the neon dress and feather dance, but he propped his chin, although his eyes are looking at the dancer, his sanity has drifted to nowhere.
Zhao Jie called a palace man and said a few words in a low voice. The palace man nodded in agreement, and then quietly came behind Li Song, and whispered a few words by ear.
After speaking, Li Song looked at Zhao Jie with dark eyes.
Zhao Jie raised the wine glass, with a smile on his thin lips, raised his head and downed it in one gulp, and finally put the wine glass upside down on the table. Signal "I'm done drinking, you can do whatever you want".
Li Song's eyes darkened, so he had no choice but to pour himself a glass of wine, raised his glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
I thought this one cup was over, but Zhao Jie deliberately teased him, one cup was not enough, there was a second cup, a third cup... When he drank the seventh cup, he felt the wound on his chest seemed to be split open, with a burning pain in his heart. But looking at Zhao Jie again, he didn't intend to stop, so he could only drink with him while enduring the pain. Both of them competed with each other and vowed not to give up until they knocked each other down.
It's a pity that Li Song didn't drink as well as Zhao Jie, after drinking a glass of wine, Zhao Jie's face did not change at all, but became more calm and relaxed. On the other hand, Li Song, the scene in front of him was already in a daze, and a fishy and sweet smell suddenly gushed out of his throat. He swallowed it, drank another glass of wine sullenly, and slammed it on the black lacquered mother-of-pearl flat-top table !
The banquet was over, and each returned home.
Zhao Jie walked steadily, except for the smell of alcohol, he didn't look like someone who had just had more than twenty glasses of wine. He bid farewell to everyone as if nothing had happened, stepped down from Bibi Dan, and walked to Xuande Gate.
On the other hand, Li Song, with red eyes and frivolous steps, needed the support of the palace servants to barely walk out of Linde Hall. When we arrived at the gate of Linde Hall, we were a little more sober when we were blown by the cold wind outside.
When I came to Xuande Gate, it happened that a carriage with green cover and Zhu Ying came from a distance and stopped at the gate.
With one hand, Wei Luo led the Weaving Gold Butterfly to wear a flower skirt, and with the other hand, she walked down from the carriage with the gold thread in her hand. When she raised her eyes, she happened to meet Zhao Jie's gaze. She pursed her pink lips and was about to show a smiling face when she turned her gaze and saw Li Song behind him again, she immediately lowered the corners of her mouth and looked away, not wanting to look at him.
Zhao Jie lifted his lips, walked up to her, rubbed the top of her head and asked, "Why do you remember entering the palace? Liuli is looking for you?"
Wei Luo nodded, and said truthfully, "Liuli said she has something to discuss with me, so let me come to see her." After that, she asked about the smell of alcohol on his body, stepped back half a step, covered her nose and asked, "Did brother drink? Smell It's choking."
Not only drank, but also drank a lot.
Zhao Jie couldn't smell it himself, but seeing the little girl's disgusted face, he couldn't help teasing: "Why, don't you like me drinking?"
I can't say whether I like it or not, it's just that I can't get used to it. She put down her hand covering her nose, "What if I say I don't like it?"
He bent his lips, looked into her eyes, and half-truthfully said: "Then I won't drink from now on."
Wei Luo blinked, but didn't speak.
Li Song, who was behind, looked back, took the reins from the palace man, got on the horse, raised the whip and shouted "drive", and left without looking back.