Li Xiang subconsciously hid his hands in his sleeves and held them tighter.
She didn't see anyone else when she came in, but now that they all appeared, it was not difficult to guess that it was a trap. She gritted her teeth and looked at Wei Luo beside Zhao Liuli, only to see her with her hands behind her back, her pink lips curved into a faint smile, and her eyes were mocking, as if she was laughing at her stupidity.
She shouldn't come back... No matter how much doubts there are in her heart, she shouldn't come back!
At this moment, it was too late to think about it. Yun Zi, the court lady behind Zhao Liuli, held the red sandalwood gilt plum pattern box in front of Empress Chen, and stammered, "Ma'am, the princess's hairpin is missing a butterfly..."
Empress Chen lowered her eyes and saw what was going on inside.
Empress Chen was originally talking to Gao Danyang in Zhaoyang Palace, but Zhao Liuli suddenly said that she was not satisfied with a small detail on the gold silk butterfly hairpin, so she insisted on pestering her to come over to have a look. She had no choice but to come here with Zhao Liuli. I didn't expect to see this scene as soon as I came here. Empress Chen is not a fool, so she naturally knew that her daughter deliberately tricked her to come here, but she didn't tell the truth, her daughter had her own intentions in doing so. She followed suit and looked at Li Xiang, just to see what she wanted to do.
Li Xiang knew that he could not escape, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground, let go of his palm, revealing the golden butterfly inside. She pushed it forward, panicked and admitted her mistake: "Auntie, calm down... I just saw that this hairpin is so beautiful, I couldn't help holding it in my hand and playing with it for a while, but I didn't expect it to be so fragile, one of them broke with a light touch..." As she said that, she raised her jade-white face, looking very uneasy, "I know this is cousin Liuli's hairpin, which is very meaningful, and it's all because I'm too playful... I don't know where cousin made this hairpin, Can I pay her the exact same one?"
She deliberately called Empress Chen Aunt and Cousin Zhao Liuli, so that Empress Chen could punish her lightly for the sake of Princess Gaoyang. But she thought too simply, Empress Chen dotes on Zhao Liuli, how can there be any sand in her eyes? Empress Chen immediately lowered her face, and said mercilessly: "You also know that this hairpin is very meaningful, where can you pay for an identical one? How did Zhao Xuan teach you on weekdays, can you touch other people's things at will?"
Li Xiang pursed her lips, her eyes showed humiliation, she never thought that Empress Chen would reprimand her in front of so many people, and even brought her mother along...
Empress Chen and Princess Gaoyang have always been at odds, so that Empress Chen is not very kind to Li Xiang and Li Song. Coupled with the fact that King Ruyang is Zhao Zhang's henchman, the relationship between Empress Chen and the Ruyang Palace has become worse and worse.
When Empress Chen was not married to Emperor Chongzhen, Princess Gaoyang disapproved of her brother marrying Empress Chen. The two of them had a lot of rivalry in secret, and it slowly subsided as they got older all these years. Empress Chen always disliked Princess Gao Yang, but now that Li Xiang broke Zhao Liuli's hairpin and left it in her hands, can she be amiable
Li Xiang bit her lower lip, raised her head and said: "This is my fault, it has nothing to do with my mother, please don't blame my mother..." After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Liuli again, pondered a few times before saying: "Cousin Liuli , It was my fault that I broke your hairpin. Please, sir, don’t care about me like I do.”
While speaking, Li Xiang secretly clenched his fist in his sleeve. She has always been condescending and domineering, when did she beg for help so humbly.
And it was in front of Wei Luo!
She didn't need to look to know the expression on Wei Luo's face at this moment.
If it wasn't for empress Chen's forgiveness this time, how could she bow her head in front of her.
The more he thought about it, the angrier Li Xiang became. All of this must have been designed by Wei Luo, she deliberately lured her here just to get her caught, it's really despicable...
Zhao Liuli didn't say forgiveness nor said she wouldn't forgive, she took the hairpin from Yunzi's hand, took it to her and looked at it, pursed her mouth, and said with regret: "It's broken like this, there must be no way to mend it... I'm very sorry I like this hairpin... ”
Li Xiang pursed her lips tightly.
Gao Danyang at the side also saw it naturally, he let out a surprise, pointed to the broken mark and said: "It doesn't look like a broken mark, but it looks like someone broke it off..."
Upon hearing this, Empress Chen took a deep look at Li Xiang.
Li Xiang quickly lowered her head, and defended herself: "To tell you the truth, I was not stable when I held it just now. I didn't knock it on the vanity mirror, so I broke the hairpin. I definitely didn't intend to damage Cousin Liuli's things."
Empress Chen didn't say a word, and immediately asked slowly: "Isn't it really intentional? Bengong remembers that you don't like to play with Liuli, why are you suddenly interested in her things? If you want to see, Liuli may not refuse to give it to you." Look, why did you come here so sneakily?"
This sentence was definitely a naked irony. Everyone present didn't know that she had a good relationship with Zhao Linlang, but she had a cold relationship with Zhao Liuli. Now that she moved her things, even if it was really unintentional, it's hard to argue. What's more, she herself did it on purpose, and all the targets were pointed at her. Even if she had a long mouth all over her body, she couldn't explain it clearly.
Li Xiang gritted her teeth and was about to say more when she heard Empress Chen say again slowly: "Forget it, call your mother into the palace. She can't teach you well, so I will teach you in front of her. How to be a noble lady with excellent etiquette."
Li Xiang looked up in astonishment, quite unbelievable.
Calling her mother into the palace and teaching her a lesson in front of her mother, isn't that deliberately damaging their face
She opened her mouth: "Empress Empress..."
However, Empress Chen didn't give her a chance to argue, turned around and walked out of the apse, neither telling her to continue kneeling, nor telling her to get up. Zhao Liuli and Gao Danyang followed Empress Chen out, and Wei Luo walked behind. She raised her eyes and gave Wei Luo a hateful look.
Wei Luo looked down at her, an imperceptible smile flashed in her eyes, then she leaned over and asked softly, "Li Xiang, do you know how to spell the word stupid?"
Li Xiang gritted his teeth and remained silent.
She smiled slightly and continued: "I didn't know at first, but when I saw you today, I suddenly understood."
Saying that, ignoring her stare, followed Zhao Liuli and left together.
Li Xiang looked at her leaving back, her nails were deeply embedded in her flesh, but she felt no pain at all.
Half an hour later, Princess Gaoyang came from Ruyang Palace.
Princess Gaoyang wore a honey-colored plum-orchid-bamboo dark-pattern kesi skirt, paired with a lake-green double-knee horse-face skirt, and walked into the Zhaoyang Hall with a graceful demeanor.
When she came, she only heard that Empress Chen had something to do with her, but she didn't know what it was. Now as soon as I entered the hall, when I saw Li Xiang standing below Empress Chen with her head bowed, her expression froze immediately, she stepped forward to salute full of doubts, stood up and asked, "But what did Xiang'er do wrong to alarm my sister-in-law?" , and specially invited me into the palace?"
Princess Gao Yang loved her daughter very much, seeing Li Xiang standing pitifully in the hall without even a seat, she felt a little distressed. Therefore, her tone of what she said just now was a bit sour.
Empress Chen picked up the hibiscus white jade cup on the table of the Eight Immortals, lowered her head and took a sip of Emeifeng, and said slowly: "Of course I invited you here because of something. If it's nothing, you probably won't set foot in my Qingxi Palace."
Princess Gao Yang choked, and she was speechless.
Empress Chen glanced at her lightly, and gave her to sit in the rose chair below. "Nurse Qiu, bring up the hairpin that Liuli used for today's hairpin ceremony, and show it to the eldest princess."
Mother Qiu responded, and immediately brought up the hairpin that was broken into two parts on a tray, and put it in front of Zhao Xuan.
Zhao Xuan glanced at it, not knowing why, "Why did sister-in-law ask me to watch this?"
Empress Chen didn't answer the question, her tone was dull: "Could it be that the eldest princess can't keep the children under her? Doesn't she even have a decent hairpin? Now that Li Xiang saw Liuli's hairpin, she secretly took it to see it, see Don't say it, but broke it." After a pause, seeing Princess Gaoyang's face became more and more ugly, she said again: "In normal times, I don't care about a hairpin. It's just that this hairpin was given by Yu'er The colored glaze ones are used in the colored glaze gift, which is very meaningful, how can you make me feel better?"
After hearing this, Zhao Xuan calmed down and thought for a while, "Where did this hairpin come from? I'll ask someone to make another one to pay Liuli. Why is sister-in-law so angry? Xiang'er didn't do it on purpose, so don't scare her."
"Don't the eldest princess understand the meaning of this palace?" Empress Chen put the white jade cup on the table, straightened her face, and said in a stern tone: "Can paying for a hairpin solve the problem? The things used in the princess ceremony, she Dare to take it at will, what are the etiquette rules in front of her? Useless empty words? Or did you never teach her this, so that she developed her temperament today?"
Zhao Xuan was reprimanded by her, but still in front of all the maids in Zhaoyang Palace, suddenly felt humiliated, shook the armrest and said: "Sister-in-law..."
Empress Chen looked at her for a moment, then she took a long time to look away, and said in a low voice: "Whether it is intentional or not, Li Xiang's rules must be taught well. It just so happens that I have a copy of "Internal Training" here, and let Qiu Nanny read it. Once again, when will the content in Li Xiang be memorized, and when will I leave my Zhaoyang Palace again."
Hearing this, Li Xiang raised his head in disbelief.
There are twenty chapters in that book, and I have memorized them all, and I may not be able to memorize them all by tomorrow morning!
Princess Gaoyang must also be aware of this, although she is not convinced, but in the end it was Li Xiang who was at fault first, she had to stand up and intercede: "Sister-in-law is magnanimous, Xiang'er is still a child, don't be as knowledgeable as her..."
However, Empress Chen ignored her words, she turned her head to Mother Qiu and said, "Read it."
Mother Qiu heard that it was true, and opened the first chapter of "Internal Training", and read aloud: "Chaste and quiet, dignified and sincere, the virtue of a woman is also..."
Although Empress Chen looked amiable on weekdays, she was still somewhat violent in her bones. After all, he is a person who has been on the battlefield. Even if he has restrained his wings, he is still an eagle that has soared in the sky.
Li Xiang bullied Liuli with Zhao Linlang when she was a child, and she will never forget these things. That time Liuli fell into the pond in winter and almost killed her. Although it was obviously the Seventh Prince's fault, she knew in her heart that Zhao Linlang and Li Xiang would never escape the relationship.
Fortunately, Liuli was fine afterwards, otherwise she would not have pursued it any further.
She seems to be kind all these years because they didn't fall into her hands. Now that Li Xiang's mind is not clear, and she committed a crime under her nose, how could she let her go so easily
Mother Qiu's voice came out slowly, Li Xiang and Princess Gao Yang's faces were not very good-looking.
Li Xiang couldn't listen to what Mother Qiu read. So much so that after Mother Qiu finished reading it once, she didn't have the slightest impression.
Empress Chen didn't stay here for a long time, she got up and said, "I'll go back and rest first, and Li Xiang will memorize it here. When I've memorized the order, I will let someone know, and Madam Qiu will come over to ask questions at any time." After speaking, she looked again. Looking at Eldest Princess Gao Yang, her tone eased a bit: "Should the Eldest Princess go to the Nuan Pavilion with Bengong to talk for a while, or wait here?"
Zhao Xuan sighed, and said coldly: "Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness, I'll just stay here with Xiang'er."
She nodded, not reluctantly, glanced at Li Xiang, and then said: "Don't blame me for being too harsh, Li Xiang is almost thirteen, and will be married soon, right? The rules are not good, Marrying into her in-law's family will also be wronged, this palace is for her future consideration."
Zhao Xuan was full of resentment and anger, but she still wanted to thank her, reluctantly said: "Sister-in-law said... I will discipline Xiang'er well."
Empress Chen hummed and walked into the Nuan Pavilion without further words.
Inside Chenhua Hall.
Wei Luo did not return to the residence immediately, but was begged by Zhao Liuli to stay with her.
Wei Luo thought about it, but there was nothing important anyway, and she was in a bad mood, so it's okay for her to stay a little longer. Zhao Liuli could see that he was still angry with Yang Zhen, seeing that the day was almost over, but he was still nowhere to be seen, what was he up to
The sun is setting in the west, the twilight is in harmony, and it will soon be dusk.
Zhao Liuli and Wei Luo had dinner together. The two of them sat behind the round table with iron wood and marble surface, and there were court meals in front of them. After Wei Luo finished a bowl of stewed snow clams with red dates in coconut milk, seeing that the bowl of porridge in front of Zhao Liuli hadn't even moved, she couldn't help shaking her hand in front of her: "Liuli, what are you thinking? If you don't Eat, the food will be cold."
Zhao Liuli suddenly came back to his senses, picked up a white jade spoon to scoop up a spoonful of snow clam porridge, and slowly put it into his mouth with an absent-minded look.
Wei Luo sighed silently in her heart, she couldn't talk too much about such things, she could only pretend that she didn't know anything.
It's just that the food in the palace is quite delicious... She took a bite with a piece of lotus root starch osmanthus cake, it was sweet and glutinous, and she had already eaten three of them in one go. When she was about to eat the fourth one, a dark shadow was cast on the round table, she looked up - she saw Yang Zhen standing outside the threshold, with green clothes and soap boots, and black eyes, fixedly looking at Zhao Liuli.
Zhao Liuli must have seen him too, but she was angry with him, buried her head in a piece of emerald and three silk rolls and stuffed it into her mouth, making her cheeks bulge. She concentrated on eating without looking at him.
Yang Zhen is a bodyguard and cannot enter the house, but can only stand outside the door. He looked at Zhao Liuli and called out in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness..."
It took a long time before Zhao Liuli was willing to look up at him. Her small face was tense, and she asked stiffly, "... where have you been?"
Yang Zhen was reticent and not a person who was good at explaining. Facing Zhao Liuli's questioning, he would only say: "Come out with me."
Zhao Liuli raised the silver chopsticks and poked the almond cheese in front of him: "Brother Yang Zhen doesn't say where he is going, so I won't go out with you."
Still mad at him for not showing up all day.
Yang Zhen looked at her, with a tall and straight body standing outside the door, the afterglow of the sun shone on him, he stood there alone, quite at a loss.
Wei Luo didn't plan to interfere with the two of them, so she buried her head in her meal and ate quietly.
After a long time, Yang Zhen finally compromised, and said slowly: "Your Highness's birthday is today, and I have prepared a gift for you."
Zhao Liuli's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and when she looked up at him, the unhappiness just now was swept away: "Really? What gift?"
Yang Zhen's indifferent brows and eyes were also stained with a smile, and his thin lips were slightly raised, "Really." After a pause, he said, "Your Highness, come with me."
There was no one else in the room at the moment, and the people serving in front of him were all Zhao Liuli's confidantes, one was Yun Zi and the other was Yun Shu. Both of them knew about her relationship with Yang Zhen, but they were ordered by her secretly, so they never talked too much in front of Empress Chen.
Zhao Liuli was very moved, and turned her head to look at Wei Luo: "Ah Luo..."
I still remember her.
Wei Luo let out a thoughtful "Hmm", the two rows of long eyelashes trembled like a fan, and said in a short while, "Go... I don't know anything."
Hearing what she said, Zhao Liuli immediately felt relieved, and said gratefully: "Then I'll go out for a while, and after you finish eating, I'll ask my brother to take you back."
Hearing this, Wei Luo paused for a while when she picked up the vegetables, and before she could say "no need", Zhao Liuli followed Yang Zhen out.
She pursed her lower lip, and suddenly lost interest in eating.
She propped her cheeks, lost in thought as expected.
Yang Zhen has been with Zhao Liuli for so long, thinking of her in everything, Zhao Liuli finally fell in love with Yang Zhen. Although Zhao Jie didn't accompany her all the time, it was true that he thought of her in everything, so what did she do to Zhao Jie
After eating, Wei Luo saw that Zhao Liuli was not coming back, so she wanted to go to the backyard to have a look, and take a stroll to digest food.
There is a huge garden behind Chenhua Hall, in which many octagonal begonias are planted. When the flowering period is approaching, the courtyard is filled with pink and white fragrant flowers, which are gorgeous and enchanting. After the flowers die, bright red crabapple fruits will be produced. The fruits are sweet and crisp, and Zhao Liuli likes to eat them the most.
Now is the time for flowering, but unfortunately it is evening, I can't see flowers, I can only see the misty moonlight and sparse stars.
Wei Luo didn't ask the maid to follow, and walked slowly on the bluestone path by herself. Not long after walking, I saw two people standing under the crabapple tree not far away, they were Yang Zhen and Zhao Liuli.
She stopped so as not to disturb the two of them. Just as he was about to turn around and die, he saw Yang Zhen take out a cloth bag from nowhere, untie the rope, suddenly brightened, countless fireflies scrambling to fly out of the bag, bringing a dark yellow light, illuminating the whole world .
The fireflies scatter in all directions, and the light shines from them, slowly illuminating the surrounding crabapple flowers and the night sky. The stars falling from the sky are magnificent and bright.
A firefly flew in front of Wei Luo, circled around her head for a moment, and flew away lightly.
She looked at the two people not far away. Zhao Liuli was obviously also shocked by this scene. She stared blankly for a while before she reacted and asked Yang Zhen: "Brother Yang Zhen hasn't seen anyone all day because he wants me to see him." This?"
Yang Zhen nodded and asked, "Do you like it?"
"I like it!" She nodded without hesitation, and looked up at Liuying flying farther and farther away, her eyes were full of brilliance. "it's beautiful… "
A few fireflies did not fly away, and circled around the two of them.
Yang Zhen raised his hand several times, but finally put it down, and said slowly and seriously, "It's as long as His Highness likes it."
Zhao Liuli smiled, looked away, and stood under the crabapple tree with her hands behind her back, "Brother Yang Zhen, lower yourselves, I have something to tell you."
Yang Zhen leaned over according to his words, "What do you have to say, Your Highness?"
But she didn't say anything, and said: "A little lower."
Yang Zhen lowered his head again.
She wasn't satisfied until his head was level with hers, ears in front of him.
Zhao Liuli narrowed her eyes, her eyes crooked with a smile. She looked at the taciturn man in front of her, saw the indifferent lips from the handsome eyebrows, and finally stood on tiptoe and pecked him on the lips without warning.
Yang Zhen froze suddenly.
The soft lips are printed quickly and lightly. If it wasn't for her faint fragrance remaining on his mouth, he almost thought that moment was his own illusion.
He slowly straightened up and looked at the little girl with a sincere smile in front of him. She smiled like a sneaky kitten, obviously doing such an outrageous thing, but she didn't seem to mind at all, and even blinked and said: "Brother Yang Zhen always doesn't talk, you have many things in your heart, but you don't care about it." Say it. But it doesn't matter if you don't say it, just let me say it for you..." She pursed her lips, a little shy, and blushed for a while before saying: "Kiss me."
Yang Zhen's eyes showed astonishment, and he looked straight at her.
After a while, he finally couldn't help it, leaned over and hugged her soft waist, and pressed her against the crabapple tree behind him, with her fragrant and soft pink lips printed on his thin lips, entangled with her.
Behind the tree not far away, Wei Luo just saw this scene when a hand covered her eyes from behind.
At the same time, there was a familiar deep voice: "Don't look."
Wei Luo: "..."
The sight in front of him was blocked, leaving only darkness, so the body temperature posted by the man was particularly obvious. She struggled unaccustomedly, but Zhao Jie put his other arm around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, warm breath on her neck: "Ah Luo, I want to kiss you too. "
Wei Luo stopped resisting, pursed her lips and said, "Impossible."
He only kissed her behind the screen today, and was almost discovered by the empress. She hasn't settled this matter with him yet, and now he wants to kiss her in front of Liuli and Yang Zhen, she won't agree!
This is not a place to talk, Zhao Jie held her hand and led her away from here, behind a cluster of lush crabapple trees.
The leaves are dense here, and the cover is excellent, so you don't have to worry about being seen.
Only then did Wei Luo remember something, and asked, "You know about Liuli and Yang Zhen? Won't you stop it?"
Zhao Jie thought about her all day, and now he just wants to hug her well. He stood behind her, with his hands around her waist, his cheek against her soft and tender cheeks, he was always unwilling to waste his words on other people's affairs: "Yang Zhen is a loyal and honest person, he will not disappoint Liuli of."
Just because of this? He was too wide-eyed.
She thought he would object.
If Zhao Liuli knew that he thought so, he would definitely regret that he had been sneaking around with Yang Zhen in front of him a few times before. If you knew this earlier, what are you worried about
After Zhao Jie finished speaking, he didn't speak for a long time.
He tilted his head and kissed Wei Luo's cheek. The little girl wanted to hide, so he followed her, took her small and soft earlobe in his mouth, and gently nibbled and bit. The petite body trembled lightly in his arms, he finally couldn't bear her fear, let go of her, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ah Luo, my queen is going to Shaanxi the day after tomorrow, maybe he won't be back until a month or two." He said. Forget it, he paused, leaning against her cheek and said: "When I come back, you will withdraw Song Hui's marriage, will you marry me?"