Duan Lishu returned to the palace without saying a word along the way.
Duan Ruwang followed behind her, thinking about it, but still a little worried.
"Fences."
Duan Lishu's eyes were slightly red: "Huh?"
Duan Ruwang said, "Do you really like him?"
Duan Lishu forced a smile: "No, I don't like it now."
She trimmed her hair and said, "Go back quickly, it would be bad if the royal father found out."
Before he finished speaking, a majestic voice came from the side.
"It's not good if I know something?"
Duan Lishu was startled, and when he turned his head, he saw that the emperor was walking from the imperial garden surrounded by a group of people. Behind him were a few brightly dressed concubines, who seemed to be admiring the lights in the imperial garden.
Duan Ruwang saluted lightly: "Father Huang Ankang."
Duan Lishu was also blessed with a salute, and said indifferently, "Imperial Father."
The emperor did not look at Duan Ruwang, but waved at Duan Lishu.
Duan Lishu walked over with his eyes down.
"Why are you dressed like this today, where did you go back?"
Duan Lishu probably knew that he couldn't hide it, and whispered: "Second Emperor took me out to Tianshui Lane to see the lanterns."
The emperor frowned and gave Duan Ruwang a cold look.
Duan Lishu hurriedly said: "It's none of the Erhuang brother's business, I've been making trouble for him to take me there. If the emperor wants to punish me, punish me."
It was not easy for the emperor to embarrass Duan Ruwang in front of so many people, and said coldly, "Get up."
Only then did Duan Ruwang get up, and slightly turned to the side without changing his expression.
The emperor ignored him, but looked at Duan Lishu with some dissatisfaction, and said, "Dangchao princess ran to that right and wrong place, what if she encounters danger? Next time, I will never do it. light punishment."
The implication is not to pursue this matter.
Duan Lishu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, father and emperor. Before going back to Lishu next time, you must bring thousands of troops and horses with you, and you will never let them get close."
The emperor loved the little princess very much, and was not angry at all, but was amused by her words: "You, you, you don't look like a girl."
Duan Lishu pursed his lips and smiled.
The emperor was about to say something else when he saw Duan Lishu's slightly red eyes and frowned, "Why are your eyes red, are you really being bullied?"
Duan Lishu shook his head: "No, it's probably because the wind blew his eyes, it'll be fine in a while."
The emperor didn't seem to believe it, and he just shook his head when he asked Duan Ruwang again. The emperor thought she was lying to protect Duan Ruwang, so it was not easy to ask again, but his eyes were getting colder and colder.
The emperor patted the back of Duan Lishu's hand lightly, and said, "If there is nothing else, then accompany me to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and have a seat. The family banquet is not over yet, and I have asked someone to keep your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake. ."
Duan Lishu nodded obediently: "Okay, thank you father and emperor."
The crowd walked mightily towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Duan Ruwang wanted to leave quietly, but Duan Lishu secretly gave him a look. He sighed helplessly and had to follow behind.
The queen looked at Duan Lishu's uncharacteristically obedient appearance without chattering, and sighed softly, "Lishu has really grown up, and I was talking about your marriage with Your Majesty just now."
Duan Lishu stiffened, raised his head with a smile, and whispered, "Lishu is still young, I don't want to leave my father and mother so early."
The concubines on the side all covered their lips and smiled, and praised the little princess for her filial piety.
The emperor said: "You are not too young, it is time to think more."
The queen also echoed: "Yes, I heard that Li Shu seems to have a good impression of Sui Anhou, and I'm still thinking about whether to ask Your Majesty to fulfill it and let you have a long-cherished wish."
As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Lishu's face suddenly turned pale.
If she had heard this before today, she would have jumped up with joy, but it was her fault that she was making fun of people.
Duan Lishu pretended to be calm, and said: "Mother... Just kidding, Lishu just thinks that brother Wanggui is more interesting than ordinary people. If you really want me to marry him, Lishu is unwilling."
The queen hesitated: "This..."
Duan Lishu put his hand on the emperor's arm, shook it coquettishly, and said coquettishly: "Father, Lishu, don't marry Sui Yan, I heard that he has a bad reputation in this capital, and he always likes to tease people. I don't want to marry a man I don't like."
Ever since the queen talked about Suiyan, the emperor has not spoken, and looked at Duan Lishu with deep eyes, not knowing what he wanted to see.
At this time, Duan Lishu was acting like a spoiled child, and he chuckled lightly and said, "Okay, my Lishu is naturally going to marry the best man in the world. It's not urgent, we'll talk about it later."
Duan Li was overjoyed: "Thank you, Royal Father!"
Duan Ruwang watched from the sidelines.
The palace banquet was full of fun for a while, and it finally dissipated at three quarters of Hai Shi.
Duan Lishu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She put on a cloak with a dark purple begonia pattern, and as soon as she walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, she saw Duan Ruwang who seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
Duan Lishu stepped forward in doubt and said, "Second Emperor, why haven't you returned to the bedroom?"
Duan Ruwang leaned against the red wall with his hands and arms around his arms, and a light above his head shone down faintly, making his eyes more profound and distant.
"Li Shu." Duan Ruwang said softly, "You are going to kill and forget to return."
Duan Lishu was shocked and said in shock, "What nonsense are you talking about, why would I want to harm him?"
Duan Ruwang walked out from under the lamp, touched Duan Lishu's head lightly, sighed, and said, "Do you really think that the queen is just casually talking about your marriage to Wanggui?"
Duan Lishu was a little dazed, and his eyes were full of panic: "Isn't it...Isn't it? I used to love Brother Wanggui, and everyone in the palace knew about it in private. It's understandable for my mother to have this idea..."
Duan Ruwang looked at her ignorant appearance and felt even more distressed: "Your brother prince and Wanggui are so close, don't you think the father and emperor didn't notice anything?"
Duan Lishu was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly came to her senses. She took a deep breath and looked at Duan Ruwang in horror.
"Royal father is just testing." Duan Ruwang saw the tears in her eyes full of frightened tears, and gently embraced her in his arms.
He was so gentle, but what he said made the little princess fall into an ice cellar.
"He is testing whether you have any admiration for Wanggui, and he is also giving Wanggui a chance to live." He felt Duan Lishu trembling in his arms, "If you are interested in him, then Wanggui is It's yours; if you don't want to marry him, then..."
Duan Lishu said with a trembling voice: "My father will not allow a prince to be with a man..."
The emperor was reluctant to move the prince, so that Sui Yan had only one death route.
Duan Lishu was silent for a long time, then he pushed Duan Ruwang away and muttered, "I'm going to make it clear with the royal father..."
She staggered to leave, but was pulled by Duan Ruwang.
Duan Li's tears fell, and she seemed to have reacted a little. She murmured, "But... Forgetting to love Big Brother Ming Chong, if he marries me, he..."
She squatted down, spread her clothes on the ground, and cried softly in the ice and snow.
"He married me, how hard should it be..."
Duan Ruwang lowered his eyes and looked at her without saying a word.
Not to marry, not to marry.
Duan Lishu murmured, "I...became a wicked person."
Duan Ruwang just said that she killed Sui Yan, but it is rare to see Duan Lishu blame himself like this.
He gently persuaded: "You are not, it is them who are wrong."
Duan Lishu shook his head desperately.
Duan Ruwang gently helped her up and said softly, "It was wrong for them to be together. Even without you, the emperor would not let go of the old age."
Duan Lishu choked and said, "I'm going to ask the emperor, he... he will be gracious."
Duan Ruwang said, "He would like to silence everyone who knows about such a scandal, so how could he be brought to the surface by you to speak openly?"
Duan Lishu looked at him with hazy eyes: "But..."
Duan Ruwang said: "There's nothing wrong with it, you can just pretend that it didn't happen. This is what they have to go through. When they decide to be together, they have thought about the consequences, and no one else can interfere."
Duan Lishu: "No..."
Duan Ruwang frowned: "Li Shu!"
Duan Lishu murmured, "I'm going to find the prince's brother, he will be able to protect Wanggui's brother."
As she said that, she was about to leave, Duan Ruwang was stunned, and immediately followed.
"Li Shu, it's not good for you to do this, and the prince may also blame you for your gaffes, which is not worth the loss."
Duan Lishu said: "I know."
Duan Ruwang said: "Then you still need to..."
Duan Lishu took a deep breath, wiped away the tears on his face with the back of his hand, and said softly, "It's one thing if I do it or not, it's another thing if he doesn't listen, if it really hurts because of this. When Suiyan dies, I am afraid that this life will be uneasy."
Duan Ruwang was stunned.
"I'm not for them, I'm just asking for peace of mind for myself."
Duan Lishu does not understand the disputes in the palace. She is simple and loves to cry, but in terms of right and wrong, she is unexpectedly clear.
After she finished speaking, without looking at Duan Ruwang, she trotted towards the East Palace.
Southwest suburbs.
Duan Mingchong helped Sui Yan out of the carriage, walked along a wooden plank road full of lanterns, and came to a foggy lake.
There are several hot springs in this place. Even in winter, green grass should sprout, and there is only an inch of spring in the ice and snow.
Sui Yan happily placed the lamp in his hand in the gurgling lake water, watching a little light go away with the waves, it seemed that his long-cherished wish had finally been fulfilled, and his eyes were bent.
Duan Mingchong also learned from him to put the lanterns. Later, after thinking about it, he felt that only women would like to put lanterns. He looked at Sui Yan, who was smiling and smiling.
The two stood by the lake for a while, and Sui Yan suddenly made an "ah" sound.
Duan Mingchong was looking at him and hurriedly said, "What's wrong?"
Sui Yan pointed to the lantern in the middle of the lake and said, "It seems to be sinking."
Duan Mingchong squinted his eyes and looked at it, as if there was really no light, so he comforted him: "Lanterns are like this, they will sink after a long time."
Sui Yan said "oh" and believed him.
The two then walked side by side to the hot spring courtyard.
It was too late, and after the two entered, they were taken to the wing in the backyard by the people who had been waiting for a long time.
After so many years in Beijing, Sui Yan came back to the hot spring for the first time, and looked at the hot spring full of white mist behind the wing with great surprise.
Duan Mingchong took him to eat something first, so that he would not faint in it.
Sui Yan was half full, and sat comfortably on the soft couch by the hot spring, undressing, and casually asked, "Does Your Highness come here often?"
Duan Mingchong sat aside, tied Sui Yan's loose hair with a hosta, and said lightly, "Very few."
As soon as he put his hands down, he saw Sui Yan take off his shirt, revealing his back, a strand of hair that was not tied down on his neck, making his back more and more white.
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked away, not daring to look again.
Sui Yan didn't notice his gaze, and after taking off his clothes, he rubbed onto the slope beside the hot spring and sat down without an inch.
He first probed the water with his feet and felt that it wasn't too hot, so he dipped his entire calf in.
Sui Yan kicked in the water for a while to get used to the temperature, then sank halfway down a little bit, and it took a long time for him to let out a sigh of relief.
Sui Yan dialed the water and saw that Duan Mingchong hadn't come down yet, he wondered, "His Royal Highness, how are you?"
Duan Mingchong was unbuttoning his belt on his side - he unbuttoned it and quickly tied it back, going back and forth several times without taking off a single piece of clothing.
At this moment, as soon as Sui Yan made a sound, he shook his hand and said hurriedly, "Okay, it will be alright soon."
Sui Yan smiled and said, "If it's still not good, throw me some of the Fuju from the small case."
Duan Mingchong breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the Fuju beside him: "Do you want to throw it directly?"
Sui Yan: "Mmmm."
Duan Mingchong didn't say a word, just threw it out and hit Sui Yan's forehead.
Sui Yan was staggered and almost fell directly into the hot spring.
Duan Mingchong came over hurriedly and touched his head, "Are you alright?"
Sui Yan shook his head: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt much."
He pressed the Fuju in the water to the bottom of the water, and watched it come to the surface. After pressing it several times, he whispered, "Is it because of your shyness that Your Highness has not come down?"
Duan Mingchong was taken aback.
Sui Yan was a little embarrassed, so he kept pressing Fuju and watched it rise from the bottom of the water to divert his attention.
He tilted his head and didn't look at Duan Mingchong. After a while, he felt the water wave move slightly, as if Duan Mingchong had entered the water.
Only then did Sui Yan turn around, the hot spring was hazy with white mist.
"Your Highness?"
A voice came from not far away: "Yeah."
Sui Yan: "…"
Sui Yan thought that he was so far away, afraid that I would eat you
He threw Fukuju back to the shore, and after thinking about it, he rubbed it not far away.
The hot spring is huge, and there is white mist everywhere.
Before Sui Yan took a few steps, Duan Mingchong said nervously, "You...you're right there, don't move."
Sui Yan didn't listen to him and continued to rub over.
Soon, he saw Duan Mingchong who almost buried his head in the water.
Sui Yan said in his heart, "Hey, it's really fucking annoying."
Thinking like this, he pounced directly with a smile on his face.
Duan Mingchong was startled by him, but he was afraid that he would drown in the water without any support, so he hurriedly reached out and supported him.
The two were close to each other, and Duan Mingchong only felt hot. If it wasn't for his reason, he would have almost thrown Sui Yan out.
Sui Yan lightly pressed Duan Mingchong's chin, leaned in for a kiss, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, don't you know... how to do it?"
Duan Mingchong was stunned for a moment, and then his entire face was red to the point of dripping blood.
He weakly broke Sui Yan's forearm, and said with difficulty: "Ayan, you are just sick, don't... don't make trouble..."
Sui Yan leaned over to peck at his lips again, and said casually, "Don't move, I'll teach you. Don't worry, I won't be tired."
Duan Mingchong: "…"
Although Duan Mingchong didn't go through this incident, but the people in the palace didn't know what to do. He took a deep breath, pretended to look at Sui Yan calmly, and said dumbly, "What did you teach me?"
Sui Yan's hand gently moved down Duan Mingchong's back and landed on his thin waist.
"Teach you..." Sui Yan forced himself to stay out of stage fright, coughed dryly, and said, "How..."
He leaned into Duan Mingchong's ear and said a word, which seemed to be too shameful, and Duan Mingchong's face turned even redder.
Seeing him like this, Sui Yan liked him more and more. He was about to go further, but he noticed that Duan Mingchong had pulled his paw down.
Sui Yan was stunned, and looked at him in a bit of amazement.
Duan Mingchong's face turned red, and there was some mist in his eyes.
"Your Highness?"
Duan Mingchong gently stretched out his hand to hug his waist, took him a few steps to the side, and then pressed his shoulder to exert force, Sui Yan was caught off guard and was directly pressed on the jade slope beside the hot spring.
He was lying half-length on it, only his legs were not in the water.
The lying position was too passive, Sui Yan wanted to get up quickly, but Duan Mingchong grabbed his left calf and bullied him.
Sui Yan: "…"
The hair on Sui Yan's body almost exploded. He realized that something was wrong, looked at Duan Mingchong in panic, and said indifferently, "I, I haven't... I haven't soaked it yet."
Duan Mingchong leaned forward gently, drooping his eyelashes to cover up the confusion in his eyes, he whispered, "Dear, you will be uncomfortable in the water."
Sui Yan: "…"
Sui Yan hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm very comfortable, and the hot spring is very comfortable. I still want to..."
Duan Mingchong interrupted him: "Don't you want to teach me?"
Sui Yan was dumbfounded and wanted to cry without tears. What he wanted to teach was not such a teaching method.
"I am... I am just sick..." Sui Yan said hurriedly, "I will take medicine when I go back tomorrow, yes, take medicine, cough..."
Duan Mingchong gently kissed the blush at the end of his eyes, imitating Sui Yan's tone, and said softly, "Don't move."
Sui Yan: "…"
For the first time in his life, he realized what it was to shoot himself in the foot.