"Miss, this servant will follow you for the rest of his life, don't let Master Wen be responsible!"
A certain girl almost rushed over and hugged her leg and howled. But I can't hug my legs, but I can still pull my hands. Soon, Ru Cui felt a numb tingling sensation in the paw holding her young lady, and she knew that the prince was glaring without looking, so she quickly retracted the paw, showing an extremely respectful expression.
Wen Liang stared at the maid who was howling miserably with a dark face, feeling quite shameless, "Girl, what's wrong with my lord?" Which woman didn't fly over to marry him when she saw him, why was she rejected by a maid here? What's wrong with him
Ru Cui glanced at him, and said flatly, "Master Wen is fine..."
Anyone with eyes can see that this girl's words are insincere.
"However, this servant does not want Mr. Wen to be responsible, and this servant also knows that Mr. Wen did not intentionally cause this servant to become like this. Therefore, for the sake of Mr. Wen, this servant does not need Mr. Wen to be responsible."
Wen Liang didn't like hearing this girl's words against her will at all. It was rare that he had been a bachelor for more than 20 years and finally had the idea of being responsible to someone.
"My lord has caused you so much misery, so you should be responsible." Wen Liang said slowly with a light expression.
Ru Cui wanted to howl again, but she saw that the prince was frowning with sharp eyes, and immediately pulled her voice back to normal volume and said: "Master Wen, this servant is just a lowly girl, and I am only able to be here today because of the prince and concubine's willingness to dislike her. I have never had the idea of flying on a branch and turning into a beast, and I don't want something that the servants can't afford, otherwise my life will be shortened."
The most beautiful man in the capital, the military advisor of Sifang in Tongcheng Wei Town, and the son of Lord Zhen Guo, no matter which title she holds, it is not something a maid of her status can imagine. Ru Cui looked at Wen Liang's handsome face, even after living in the border town for several years, he still looked so delicate and handsome, it was difficult to hide his natural elegance that stood above the crowd. She is just a little maid, she has never thought about such a precious thing.
"Fly on a branch and turn into a beast?" Wen Liang stroked his chin and asked humbly, "What's the meaning of this?"
Ananda lowered his head with a guilty expression, Rulan opened a pair of red eyes and almost blushed, this is the time, some bastards are still coming to embarrass people
"Phoenix is a kind of beast!" Ru Cui said confidently, "Slaves should not do this..."
Hearing this, everyone present was embarrassed, and all kinds of speechlessness came to their hearts.
Wen Liang was choked by her words. After a long time, he decided to ignore the angry words of a certain girl, and choked out a sentence: "Girl, don't you have more words in your heart?"
Then everyone saw a certain girl showing a face of "Do you really want to tell the truth? Are you sure you won't be pissed off?" It seems that a certain girl also knows the nature of her madness, so Wen Liang decided to ignore this girl and go directly to the owner of the girl.
"Princess!" Wen Liang looked at Ananda and said, "Ru Cui..."
"My maid can marry a farmer, a businessman, or a scholar, but she must not be a concubine!" Ananda cut off his words in a cold voice.
Wen Liang showed a surprised expression, and said: "Why did the princess say that? Zixiu didn't say that he wanted to take her as a concubine."
Hearing Wen Liang's words, everyone in the room showed surprised expressions. After Chu Baning frowned slightly, he sat aside and ignored it. Lu Shaohua was much more normal, and looked at Wen Liang in surprise. Lu Shaohua knew very well that Wen Liang, as the son of Lord Zhen Guo, must not be so hasty in his marriage, and it was even impossible for him to marry a maid as his wife arbitrarily. This era pays attention to being of the same family, and the Cinderella style is not popular.
Ananda stared at him, seeing his serious expression, she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but soon, she remembered some unspoken rules in this world, it wasn't that he said he wouldn't be a concubine if he didn't. "Master Wen, with your family background, I'm afraid Rucui is not good enough for you?"
As soon as Ananda said this, before Wen Liang said anything, a certain maid immediately nodded in agreement, "That's right! It's still Miss Mingli!"
Wen Liang has already decided to ignore a certain girl, thought for a while, and said seriously: "Princess, the old man has already kicked me out of the house, saying that he wants to sever ties with me. That's why my marriage was wasted until now I have never married a wife The old man has already spoken, he doesn't care about my life, my life and marriage, everything is up to me."
Hearing his words, everyone in the room couldn't help looking at him. Seeing his indifferent expression, they didn't know what kind of mood they were saying. The ancients paid attention to the family, and paid more attention to the face and identity of the family, especially this kind of family with status, they would never allow their children to marry a woman of low status. Isn't this a real slap in the face of the family.
Ananda couldn't help but look at Chu Baning, she never knew about this kind of thing, perhaps the only one who knew clearly in the room was Chu Baning.
Chu Baning originally just drank tea slowly, but when he saw Ananda looking at him, he put down the teacup and said, "Zixiu, Old Town Duke wants you to go back."
This sentence shows the attitude of the Zhen Guo government. They didn't really give up on this son. Therefore, it is estimated that Wen Liang will not be allowed to marry a maid.
Hearing that even Chu Baning wanted to stop him, Wen Liang's expression turned ugly.
"My lord, the old man once told me to get out, I'll get out!" Wen Liang looked indifferent, and sneered, "Now he's telling me to go back? I'm sorry, get out!"
Chu Baning looked at him, his eyes were dark, and Wen Liang also poked his neck, with a sneer on his face, he looked stubborn. After a while, Chu Baning said, "As you wish!"
There was a smile on Wen Liang's face, but before he could be happy, it was quickly extinguished.
"But Rucui is not willing, so we can't force others to do what's difficult for us, right?" Ananda said coolly, then ignored his gentle and darkened face, turned to look at Rucui and said, "Rucui, take good care of your wounds, no matter what you think , Miss will make decisions for you."
"Well, thank you miss!" Although Rucui's face was pale, she was in very good spirits.
Wen Liang looked at Chu Baning again.
Ananda immediately looked at Chu Baning.
As soon as Chu Baning saw Ananda's oppressive gaze, he didn't want to get involved, but he couldn't ignore a military adviser who was in charge of him like a son, so he said: "If she wants you to be responsible, then you should be responsible." .”
Under the words, if you don't want to, don't force it.
"My lord!"
"Thank you, my lord~~"
The voices of Ananda and Wen Liang sounded, one was happy and the other was angry, but they were all ignored by a certain prince.
Seeing that the matter was almost over, Chu Baning came directly to pick up his wife who was always messing around, talked to Lu Shaohua, and then went back. Seeing that he had nothing to do, Lu Shaohua bid farewell to Wen Liang and left together.
After leaving the door, Ananda turned back to look at Lu Shaohua, and said worriedly: "Second brother, do you still want to leave tomorrow?" She was worried that there would be assassins left by the North Vietnamese in Dachu, and Waiyi robbed and killed her second brother on the way. manage
Lu Shaohua smiled gently, "Ananda, I have to return to Beijing to return to my life, and there is no delay."
"I'm sorry, if you didn't come to Tongcheng specially, you wouldn't rush like this." Ananda said with some guilt.
"What are you talking about, you are my sister." Lu Shaohua didn't like to hear her words, and was about to reach out to touch her head, when he saw a sharp gaze piercing him, he couldn't help but withdrew his hand with a smirk.
In the past two days, the brother-sister friendship between Lu Shaohua and Ananda has rapidly deepened because they are in a foreign land, and Lu Shaohua has also fully understood his brother-in-law's frightening desire for monopoly, even his elder brother can't get close to him Little sister, otherwise she would kill her with an unbearable gaze, making him dare not act rashly again.
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Early the next morning, Wen Liang and Chu Baning sent Lu Shaohua outside the city.
After seeing off Lu Shaohua, the two went directly to the barracks. At this time, Serious and He Chengshou had been waiting there for a long time in the tent of the commander in chief of the army. Seeing the two of them coming in, Yan Lu immediately asked, "My lord, Zixiu, what happened last night, I heard that you were assassinated? Are you injured?"
The assassination of the palace last night was not made public, and because it was too late, the people in the city were not alarmed. However, Yan Lu still got the news and waited here anxiously early in the morning. It was only after confirming that they were not injured that they felt relieved.
Speaking of this, Wen Liang's face darkened again, and he said gloomyly: "We are all fine, only one girl is injured."
Yan Lu and He Chengshou took aim at the military adviser whose background color was almost completely blackened, feeling a little surprised, but a girl was injured, who is he showing his expression to? Is there something special about that girl? So, the two men looked at each other, and remembered that a certain military adviser was in his twenties this year, not only did he not have a wife, but he didn't even have a concubine, and he didn't even see the room where the man wanted to vent his anger, let alone him at ordinary times. I went to the army to find military prostitutes to solve my needs, and I was once secretly guessed if there was something wrong...
Thus, the two men felt that they had enlightened.
"My lord, but the interrogation is clear, who sent the assassin? What is the purpose?" He Chengshou asked in a deep voice. He is the city guard of Tongcheng, and he actually let someone assassinate the current prince here, how can he not be furious
Chu Baning sat down, and said lightly: "It's an assassin sent by North Vietnam, the target is this king. I don't know who sent it so far."
Yan Lu frowned: "The royal court of North Vietnam is caught in civil strife at this time. The princes in the royal court are only concerned with fighting for power, how can they have the heart to deal with a prince of the enemy country?"
"Could it be sent by the Seventh Prince of Beiyue?" He Chengshou guessed, looking carefully at Chu Baning. He Chengshou knew that King Su had inexplicable hostility towards the Seventh Prince of Beiyue, and he had been planning various plans against the Seventh Prince of Beiyue. Therefore, he instinctively thought that this was the revenge of the Seventh Prince of North Vietnam.
"No! I don't think this is possible!" Wen Liang came over and analyzed: "As long as Du Luokui has a brain, he will never issue such an order now, especially if doing so will expose him. Therefore, I I thought that the person who sent the assassin might be the King of North Vietnam!"
Hearing this, the people present looked at Wen Liang in shock.
Wen Liang's brows were still furrowed, he rubbed the folding fan in his hand carefully, and said: "The king of Beiyue has lived in seclusion these days, watching his sons tossing coldly, but not coming out to stop him, who knows what he will think What? After ruling out the suspicion of those princes, only this idle old man is left!"
Everyone saw him gnashing his teeth, as if the king of Beiyue had a grudge against him for killing his father and taking his wife. Their eyes were fierce, and they understood that the military adviser was in a bad mood today.
"Tsk, Zixiu, we can send someone to assassinate the North Yue King, why can't the North Yue King send someone to assassinate us, right?" Yan Lv said something fair.
Wen Liang glared at him angrily, and said proudly: "An old guy who is about to die, do you think he is still an eagle on the grassland? Sooner or later, I will snap off his wings!"
Even after making such a ruthless oath, it seems that the king of Beiyue really provoked this military adviser.
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In the palace, Ananda hugged her little bun and sighed, Rucui's injury made her sad, and Lu Shaohua's departure made her even more disappointed.
"Mother~~"
Xiao Baozi comforted her by pinching her face with his chubby hands. Because when Ananda coaxed her, he always liked to pinch her bun face while coaxing her, so when Xiao Baozi Chu Chu comforted others, he also liked to pinch her face while comforting others.
"Chuchu, be good~~" Ananda patted the little bun on the head, and asked Chuntao, the maid who was serving at the side, "Chuntao, how is Rucui?"
Because of Rucui's injury, Ananda had to have people around him to take care of him, so he brought the second-class maid Chuntao to his side to take Rucui's place.
"Back to the princess, sister Rucui just took medicine and fell asleep. The imperial doctor just went to see her. Sister Rucui is in good condition and has not caused any fever." Chuntao knew what Ananda wanted to know, so she picked out some good answers.
"Well, that girl has always been lucky, and I'm not worried."
While talking, Rulan came in from outside, and said to Ananda with a calm face, "Princess, Miss Zhao is here."
Ananda was stunned for a moment before he remembered who Ms. Zhao was. He remembered Zhao Qihua who he saw two evenings ago. Although he didn't know what happened to her, since she came, he couldn't avoid her, so he asked people to She led her to the side hall to sit and drink tea, changed her clothes before going out to meet the guests.
"Chuchu is playing by herself, mother will go see the guests first." Ananda coaxed the little bun, but unfortunately the little bun was holding on to her clothes tightly, staring at her cutely with a pair of jet-black eyes, which immediately softened her heart .
"Little ancestor, I have convinced you, let's go together."
Hearing Ananda's words, Xiao Baozi immediately let go of his little hand.
Ananda reached out to carry the little bun down the pit, and when he was about to carry it out, the little bun suddenly turned around and wanted to get down to the ground. Ananda's strength was not great, and the little guy was born chubby, so she couldn't hold her in such a twist, so she could only let her fall to the ground.
A soft chubby hand was stuffed into her hand, and the little bun looked up at her, with a cute bun face, and said in a childlike voice: "Mother, I'm tired, don't hug, sweet, let's go..."
Ananda's heart softened all of a sudden, wishing he could hug his good daughter into his arms and kiss her vigorously a few times.
Ananda never taught her these things, it was definitely taught by her prince. Normally, when she wanted to hug Chu Chu, Chu Baning frowned and took the little bun away, fearing that she would be too tired to hold her. If Chu Baning was not around, when she was playing with Chu Chu, Xiao Baozi would not ask her to hug him when he was tired, for fear of tiring her.
Ananda was a little relieved, it seemed that it was not a bad thing for her prince to educate Xiao Baozi, at least Xiao Baozi was taught to behave well.
When he came to the side hall, Ananda saw Zhao Qihua sitting there quietly in a daze. She was wearing a gorgeous slanted skirt and a woman's bun on her hair. Her face was pale and thin, and her frail body seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind. fall. The bright yellow sunlight could not reach the room, making her look gloomy and desolate, like a puppet full of cracks, exquisite but scarred.
Ananda sighed inwardly, no matter how much she hated this girl, seeing her become like this, now she only sighed in her heart.
Ananda led her daughter in, and Zhao Qihua's maid, Xiaolu, saw them, and couldn't help but gently pushed the young lady who was in a daze.
Zhao Qihua's absent-minded eyes slowly focused. When he saw Ananda, a forced smile appeared on his face. When he saw clearly the little bun being held by Ananda, his whole body shook.
"Miss Zhao, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Ananda sat on the chair and said politely.
After serving the tea, the maid quietly retreated to the side, Xiao Chuchu didn't make any noise, just looked at Zhao Qihua with curious eyes and then became uninterested, she grabbed a piece of jade pendant around her waist and started to play by herself .
Zhao Qihua didn't care about Ananda's words, his eyes were attracted by the little bun, and he said softly: "Princess, this child really looks like Brother Ning, how old is she?"
"Sixteen months old."
Zhao Qihua stared at the little guy with scorching eyes, his dim eyes were full of life, and a faint blush appeared on his face, this look was a little bit like a girl's shadow.
Ananda didn't know what she was thinking, she was a little worried, but fortunately Zhao Qihua only looked at it for a while and quickly looked away, but everyone could feel the reluctance she felt when she looked away.
"Princess, in a few days, I will go back to the capital with my father." Zhao Qihua looked at Ananda and said, with a little anger in his eyes, not as dead and sad as he suddenly saw two days ago, "I am here this time. Say goodbye to you."
Ananda smiled politely and said, "Is that so? Be careful on the road."
Zhao Qihua stared at Ananda intently for a while, then lowered his eyes and said, "Princess, I like you very much. You look very kind and have a beautiful smile, making people want to get close to you. But I hate you because you belong to Brother Ning." Princess. I didn't understand why I hated you before, but after I got married, I understood."
Ananda's heart skipped a beat, feeling that she was about to say something bloody.
"It turns out that I... I like brother Ning. It's not the kind of love that brothers and sisters have, but the love that men have for women."
The corner of Ananda's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say. But she knew that Zhao Qihua came here today not just to talk to her about this kind of thing, there must be other things, so she didn't make a sound, just listened quietly.
"However, brother Ning has already married the concubine, so what if I... how much I like it? The most I hate in my life is a woman who is willing to degenerate into a concubine and serve a bad family. This kind of shameless woman, I see one beat each other, and I don't care. I'm soft, even my father's concubines were punished by me, they all hated me to death, and even saw me end up like this, they all applauded... So, even if I understand, so what? Brother Ning won't If you like me, it is impossible for me to be with brother Ning... "
As she spoke, she covered her face and wept.
Ananda took a sip of the tea, and the cold tea slid down his throat, bursting with a bitter taste.