In an instant, the quarreling hall was silent for an instant, and everyone turned their attention to His Highness the crown prince. Only Liu Yin held his head and drank the fruit wine calmly. She swore that if the crown prince chose her, she would Go eat Xiang!
Facing everyone's staring eyes, Qin Yan just said in a leisurely manner: "Today is Grandma's birthday banquet, so it's better to discuss this matter another day."
Sure enough, Liu Yin picked up a grape and stuffed it into his mouth with hooked corners of his mouth. This old fox prince was definitely born to the emperor. He was cunning and deep. Who knew what the two of them were thinking.
Hearing this, all the ministers also looked at each other in blank dismay and stopped their flags and drums. Today is indeed the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. They said that these are indeed incompatible with etiquette, but today is indeed a good time, and they don't know when to discuss it next time.
"That's enough, we will discuss this matter later." The emperor also said suddenly.
The people below have nothing to say, they can only continue to watch the singing and dancing and drink as if nothing happened, Liu Guo still looks cheerful on the front, as if nothing happened, drinking one cup after another with his colleagues.
Liu Yin, who watched the whole process, was in a very complicated mood. She felt that she couldn't sit still and wait for death, and she couldn't rest on the prince's body for the rest of her life. If he really didn't want to accept the Liu family's surrender, then no matter how much her parents did, it would be useless. Might as well find another way out.
"Yin'er, you've stayed in the palace for a long time, you can't always bother the empress, it's better to move back in a few days." Zhang's side suddenly said seriously.
Looking at each other, Liu Yin just nodded, but for some reason, she always felt that there was something in her mother's words.
When the sixth princess heard that she was going to leave, she immediately frowned and said, "Auntie, please let my cousin stay a few more days. Anyway, there is nothing to do outside the palace. Why don't you study and practice calligraphy with me so that you can have a companion."
When the sixth princess said this, her tone was a little weak, but her cousin had indeed worked hard recently, and she was not wrong.
"Sooner or later, I have to go back to my residence, and I will take you out of the palace to play in the future." Liu Yin looked at her with a smile.
The sixth princess still had some reluctance on her face, as if she was about to leave now, but Mrs. Zhang kept shaking her head, these two girls really looked like children.
After the birthday banquet was almost over, Liu Yin wanted to see how Princess Mingyue was doing, but she still decided to send her mother out of the palace first, and some things had to be clarified.
The hazy moonlight sprinkled the ground with silver light, and the palace road was full of ministers or wives coming and going, Liu Yin deliberately took her mother to take a shortcut out of the palace, and finally no one passed by around.
"You also saw it today. If the emperor really wanted to make you the crown princess, he wouldn't be ambiguous and procrastinate. Moreover... the Liu family is not well these days."
Sighing lightly, the two walked on the quiet path, Mrs. Zhang took her daughter's hand with a complicated expression, and lowered her voice, "Your uncle made some mistakes in his errands a few days ago, the emperor directly demoted your uncle After leaving the remote place in the West City, although the rank has not been lowered, it is clearly a depreciation. It can be said that the emperor will never give our Liu family face like this. Whether the crown prince is willing to trust our Liu family, or whether you like it or not."
With the evening wind blowing, Liu Yin lowered her eyes, letting her mother hold her hand, just staring at the ground without speaking.
Raising her hand to touch her head, Zhang's face showed a faint smile, "Mother knows that you are much more sensible than before, and I tell you this because I hope you can be mentally prepared. If you are really helpless, then the Crown Princess ...you have to give up."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang's tone paused slightly, and her heart suddenly felt a little bitter. Outsiders only said that the Liu family covered the sky with one hand, but who knew that every step was difficult, and now even her daughter was powerless to do what she wanted.
The two walked slowly, and in the night, only the sound of the wind blowing through the grass, Liu Yin suddenly raised her head, and held her mother's hand tightly with a solemn expression, "Master said, what you force may not be suitable for you, I am I like Brother Prince, but I don't want to see you and Dad go on working so hard, if... if... that day comes, I... will look away."
She can't keep acting, there has to be a change.
Looking at her daughter's red eye sockets, Zhang's eyes also became inexplicably hot, and she held her hand tightly, unable to say a word for a long time.
Her daughter has finally grown up.
All the way to the gate of the palace, Liu Yin just watched the carriage of the Liu Mansion leave slowly, and then walked back thoughtfully, but luck was not very good, but she met Princess Qiyang who was just about to leave the palace.
"I knew that maid of yours was sneaky and had no good intentions, and actually let a spider bite Mingyue. You know that she has a rash on her face now, disfiguring her face. Miss Liu Er is really vicious."
Looking at the people who suddenly stopped her, Liu Yin didn't want to pay attention to it. It can be seen that there are many wives who have left the palace around, and they can only look at each other with a sullen face, "It turns out that the princess likes to wrong people without evidence. You Say I let the spiders go, I also say you let the spiders go, this is the capital, not the southwest of you, no matter how poor my Liu family is, it’s not up to outsiders to impose crimes at will!"
She is just repaying the other person in the same way as the other person, and the other party will be fine in half a month. She learned from Princess Mingyue.
The loud words startled many people, and they all looked away. Those who left the palace only looked back from time to time, but they didn't expect that the Liu family's concubine was also arrogant.
The four eyes met, Princess Qi Yang's eyes were a little cold, and she just looked at the woman in front of her so firmly, her wrists moved slightly.
"Xin'er."
Suddenly there was a soft male voice behind him, Princess Qi Yang turned her head immediately, when she saw the man next to her brother, her eyes lit up instantly, and she immediately greeted him.
"Brother Prince." Her face was full of admiration, without any concealment.
On the contrary, He Ji grabbed her arm with an unhappy expression, "Apologize to Miss Liu."
With a pause in her footsteps, Princess Qi Yang tightened her palms, and just stared at her brother, holding her breath, her Danfeng eyes were full of unwillingness.
Liu Yinhuan walked over leisurely, "Forget it, my Liu family has always been broad-minded, and I am relieved to see His Royal Highness is so sensible, but if there is no evidence in the future, please don't make such jokes. But it would be a bad name."
Glancing at his younger sister, He Ji then turned his attention to Liu Yin, with an apologetic expression on his face, "Sister She doesn't know the rules, thanks to Miss Liu who understands righteousness."
I'm not afraid of the straight-forward ones, but I'm afraid of smiling tigers, and I don't know who this son is, of course Liu Yin waved his hands with a smile, "Your Highness, you are welcome, you have come from afar, and you are guests. The Lord really cares so much."
In the past, Liu Yin could never say that set of polite words. The third prince and Xia Yi looked at each other in blank dismay. They never knew that Grand Tutor Shen was so powerful that he could teach a reckless girl like this.
"That's good, but in the end it was Xin'er who offended me a lot, and I will bring my younger sister to visit the house someday." His clear outline was still apologetic.
After saying that, Qin Yan couldn't help but glanced at him, and slightly parted his thin lips, "I won't see you off, I'll have a few drinks with you some other day."
"His Royal Highness stay." He Ji immediately nodded slightly,
"Brother Prince..." Princess Qi Yang seemed to want to say something else.
The third prince and others naturally also retreated in unison, Liu Yin made a face at Princess Qi Yang, and then followed up openly, "Cousin, wait for me!"
Seeing the leaving figure of a group of people, Princess Qiyang stomped her feet, finally couldn't help but look at her brother, and then left with a cold face.
Ignoring her petty temper, He Ji followed the carriage unhurriedly, only turning his head to look at the figure behind him from time to time, saying that the daughter of the Liu family is obsessed with His Highness the Crown Prince, but he doesn't seem to be the case.
The moonlight was shining, and Xiao Luzi was holding the lantern in front without saying a word. Liu Yin immediately looked at Xia Yi and the two with an unhappy expression on his face. The latter had something they didn't understand, and they were afraid of offending this aunt. I found an excuse and found another way to leave.
He felt that Xiao Luzi's light bulb was a bit of an eyesore, but he had no choice. Liu Yin couldn't control him, so he could only approach the man as if he didn't exist. It’s such a rare night.”
Xiao Luzi couldn't help speeding up her pace while holding back her laughter, but Qin Yan didn't seem to notice her existence, and walked ahead on his own, the sharp-edged silhouette under the night was as cold as ever.
Liu Yin just stepped on his slanting shadow on the ground, followed behind step by step, with a soft voice, "I want to ask the prince brother a question, as long as you tell the truth, from now on, I will never pester you again. "
She didn't know how many times she said this, but Xiao Luzi didn't believe it anymore.
Seeing that the person didn't speak, Liu Yin could only follow him, raised his hand and slowly grabbed his sleeve, his white face was full of seriousness, "You... really won't marry me?"
She just wanted to be rejected clearly, so that she would have an excuse not to pester him anymore, at worst, pretending to be sad for a while, it was better than acting like this all the time, and she had to get married in the future.
A soft female voice resounded in the lonely night, the man's eyes moved slightly, and his eyes could not help but slowly fall on the woman next to her. She lowered her head, and only the black hair hanging down her shoulders covered half of her outline.
Xiao Luzi silently quickened his pace and walked ahead, gradually getting some distance away from the two of them.
"Master Shen didn't teach you that women need to be reserved and quiet?" His voice was calm.
Raising her head, Liu Yin blinked her eyes and said solemnly: "Teacher only taught me to speak up when I have something to say, procrastinating is easy to regret for the rest of my life."
Looking at each other, for some reason, she looked away a little guilty, quickly wrapped her two fingers around the embroidered handkerchief, and raised her head dryly to look at the last quarter moon in the sky.
The evening breeze was cool, the man's eyes were deep, and after a while, his thin lips parted slightly, "Do you want to marry Gu?"