Waiter Li looked at the sun and patted his thigh: "Oh, it's different from what you said, hurry up and enter the palace. If it's too late, or if you don't obey the decree, be careful of your head."
As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked away.
Liu Luoyi took a deep breath and looked up at the carriage parked at the door. That painting, what can a painting have, she thought of the letters and portraits that Tong Yuchili found that day, and she was even more worried.
"Miss Liu, I'll go with you." Xin Ran said quickly.
"Okay, Miss Xinran, please go and tell Wenshang and let him stand by the door. As soon as the princess comes back, she will tell her that I was called into the palace by the emperor." Liu Luoyi's face was calm.
Xin Ran nodded and ran away quickly.
Liu Luoyi put his hand on his chest and held the jade pendant, only to feel that the originally cold jade pendant suddenly became hot.
Maybe she was too nervous, Liu Luoyi thought, when she walked forward, her eyes were firm and resolute.
The speed of the carriage was very fast, or Liu Luoyi was nervous in her heart, so she felt that it was just a blink of an eye, and she arrived at the gate of the palace. The driver took out the token and shook it before driving directly into the palace.
Liu Luoyi lifted the curtain and looked out. The red palace wall stood tall, and only a small square of the sky could be seen. Occasionally, a few birds passed by, also in a hurry.
solemn, oppressive.
The last time I came in, I never felt this way, probably because Yu Chili was by my side.
"Miss Liu, don't be afraid. The princess told me to protect you before she left, so if they dare to do anything to you, even if I die, I will send you out." Xin Ran said aside.
Liu Luoyi smiled gratefully at her, and the last bit of fear in her heart disappeared.
The carriage swayed to a stop, Liu Luoyi got out of the car, and in front of him was an arched courtyard gate, and further inside was the emperor's study.
She took a deep breath and strode in. Several little eunuchs at the door shouted Liu Luoyi's name in a loud voice. She walked in with her head lowered, and knelt down in front of the table.
"The slave has seen the emperor." She said word by word.
Shen Hao sat in front of her, propped his chin in one hand, looked at her, and said solemnly, "Raise your head."
Liu Luoyi did as she did, but her eyes were still downcast.
Shen Hao's eyes can be described as ever-changing in an instant, first of all surprise, then ecstasy, and then back to terrifying calm, which is even more bottomless.
He suddenly stood up, leaned over slightly, and scrutinized Liu Luoyi's face carefully. Liu Luoyi felt uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to answer.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Hao said, "You are Liu Luoyi, Liu Ru's daughter?"
"Yes." Liu Luoyi replied.
"Look at me." Shen Hao said again, Liu Luoyi didn't dare to resist, she raised her eyes and was looking at Shen Hao. At that moment, Shen Hao's eyes shocked her into a cold sweat on the back.
Shen Hao suddenly stretched out his hand and intentionally reached out to Liu Luoyi, Liu Luoyi suddenly seemed to be frightened, knelt back and stepped back, increasing the volume: "Your Majesty!"
Shen Hao was called by her, his hands froze in the air, he suddenly sighed, stood up straight, picked up a rolled up painting from the desk, pinched a corner, and shook it away.
"Who did you learn from?" he asked.
Liu Luoyi calmed down and tried not to be humble or arrogant: "Back to the emperor, the gentleman from the school taught some, and the slaves taught themselves some."
In the painting, there is a hazy landscape, a sea of clouds and flowing water, and a white boat. A light boat is rippling in the mist. Two people stand on the boat, one is slightly taller and the other is slightly shorter, standing opposite each other.
Both of them are drawn with a few strokes, and only a vague outline can be seen, but they are very expressive. It can be seen that they are both women, and their tastes are also different. The scenery is simple, but the artistic conception is far away.
"The ink is exhausted and the meaning is endless. You are a talented girl. If I let you stay in the palace, you are willing." Shen Hao suddenly said this without thinking.
"The slaves don't want to." Liu Luoyi didn't even want to think about it, she said firmly.
There was no surprise in Shen Hao's eyes, he slowly walked back to the desk, sat down, and said in a deep voice, "I can order you to be freed from slavery now, you can think about it, stay by my side, you will enjoy Endless glory and wealth. But if you resist the decree…”
Liu Luoyi didn't know where the courage came from, but suddenly raised his head and looked directly at Shen Hao, unafraid: "No matter what the consequences are, slaves are not willing."
She thought of her mother, and when she looked at Shen Hao again, she felt a lot of disgust in her heart.
Shen Hao was stunned for a moment, Liu Luoyi's eyes at this time were resolute and stubborn, exactly like that old friend.
And the undisguised disgust.
When Liu Luoyi tensed his heartstrings and adjusted his mentality of seeing death as home, Shen Hao suddenly waved his hand and said, "Go on."
Liu Luoyi was a little surprised, but she didn't say much, she stood up quickly, and stepped back out of the study door. When the light from the outside shined on her, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He touched his cheek with his hand, covered in sweat.
In the room, after Liu Luoyi's back disappeared, Shen Hao sat down paralyzed, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, all the emotions of the former had disappeared, only the whole body was slumped.
He picked up the painting on the table, held it up in front of him and looked at it carefully. He only knew that Cheng Qiqi had two children, but he didn't know that Liu Luoyi's appearance was almost exactly the same as hers.
And that cold and stubborn body, he was always in a trance, thinking that she was standing there. Even this pair of painting talents have inherited ten percent.
He even had some other thoughts, but he didn't expect that Liu Luoyi also had such a stubborn temper, even better than Cheng Qiqi.
Shen Hao stood up and looked at the palace wall in the distance. He always felt that this huge palace was more and more like a cage, and no one could keep it. The so-called comfort was more of depression.
He picked up the tea cup on one side and suddenly smashed it to the ground. He felt that his heart was still stagnant. He simply smashed everything on the table to the ground. land.
"Who offended Long Wei and caused the emperor to be so furious!" Li Nei walked a few steps forward on his knees and kowtowed.
Shen Hao threw away everything, and kicked Li Nei Shi on the shoulder again, kicking him all over the place, and then sternly said: "Pass my order, ask Zhou Qing and others to come to see me quickly, and discuss something important. ."
"Yes yes yes!" Li Nei Shi responded repeatedly and stumbled out.
At the same time, Liu Luoyi was walking quickly to the gate of the palace. When she came in, there was a carriage, and everyone was attentive, but when she went back, the carriage had already gone to nowhere. She could only rely on her feet and could not remember the palace. road.
Xin Ran asked many people in a row, but the two still lost their way.
"Lost?" A voice sounded above her head, sounding very calm and slightly hoarse.
She turned her head and saw a middle-aged man standing in front of her. The man's expression was very indifferent. Although he was not young, he didn't have the old and decadent demeanor of ordinary elderly officials. Instead, he had a quiet bookishness.
He pointed to the fork on the side and said, "Go straight along that side, it's Nangong Gate."
Liu Luoyi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed her head and thanked: "Thank you sir."
"My surname is Zhou, my name is Zhou Qing, and I'm an old friend with Lord Liu, but now it's just a matter of raising a hand." The man spread his sleeves wide, smiled, and then turned and left very politely.
Liu Luoyi froze in place.
No wonder she always had a sense of familiarity just now, it turned out to be him.
Liu Luoyi's mood was very complicated for a while. When she thought of this person's virtuous appearance and framed her father and put him in prison, a bone-biting resentment surged in her heart, but she felt that this person looked different from what she imagined, so it always made people feel A doubt as to whether there is something else hidden.
She clenched her fists, was silent for a while, turned around and strode away in the direction that Zhou Qing pointed.
No matter what the reason for his sudden appearance in front of her was, she wouldn't move if the enemy didn't move, and she mustn't panic.
The person pointed in the right direction, and after walking for a while, she saw the dark red palace gate. She walked to the gate, but was stopped by the guard at the gate of the palace with the back of a knife.
When the guard saw Liu Luoyi, a little girl who was not well dressed, his tone was very vicious, and he said impatiently, "You need a token to leave the palace. If you don't have it, go back and don't block the palace gate."
Liu Luoyi frowned, took the token from Xin Ran's hand, handed it to the guard, and said coldly, "Open the door."
Unexpectedly, the guard snorted lightly, raised his hand to open Liu Luoyi's hand, and stared at him and called: "This is the token for entering the palace, it is not used for leaving the palace, hurry up, and be careful brothers don't pity Xiangxiyu."
"What the hell, bully people when you come up, when did you hear that there are two more tokens!" Xin Ran was angry, stood up in front of Liu Luoyi, and shouted back at the guard.
"Hey, the two little maids are quite saucy. Don't even look at what this place is, be careful grandpas stab you!" The man raised the knife in his hand and gestured on Liu Luoyi's face.
Liu Luoyi clenched her teeth and did not retreat at all. She saw the anger accumulated by the hated people in the palace two times in a row erupt at this moment. She pulled out the sword from Xinran's scabbard and pointed at the guard with a swipe. the throat, and said coldly: "Come on, try it!"
The guard really didn't expect the weak woman in front of him to have such courage, so he stepped back in fright.
Now that Liu Luoyi has been so terrifyingly threatened, I don't know what to do.
At this moment, the palace door suddenly opened slowly, and a figure appeared opposite the door. It was Yu Chili. She was sweating profusely, and the hair hanging from her forehead was stuck to her face. Qinggong came all the way through the eaves and walls.
She took two quick steps forward and saw Liu Luoyi head on.
"Little Liu'er, you are..." She said dully, just dragged Yuchi Die, who was like a dead dog, back to the house, when she heard Liu Wenshang say that Liu Luoyi was called by the emperor.
This was amazing, she hurriedly turned around and ran, rushing over at the fastest speed, who would have seen such a scene as soon as they met.
Her family, Xiao Liuer, was holding a sword aggressively, forcing a tall and strong guard to step back.
Liu Luoyi also stared blankly at Yu Chili. One person was outside, one person was inside, and her eyes were facing each other. She knew that she was here to find her. At this time, everything around her was not important.
A huge sense of grievance suddenly overwhelmed her, Liu Luoyi threw the sword down, and tears rushed out of her eyes.
When Yu Chi Li saw this, the surprise of Fang Cai had long since been forgotten. She was furious, took a step forward, and kicked the guard who was still standing stupidly.
The guard rolled to the ground, ignoring the pain, and only looked at Liu Luoyi in astonishment. This girl was cold and terribly fierce just now, why did she change her face in such a short period of time
Xin Ran was also very shocked, and her mouth widened.