The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 27: Differential treatment

Views:

At the moment of recognizing the prince, Hua Liuli was very happy. With the prince here, she can finally sleep peacefully.

Seeing the prince's royal horse coming here, she climbed out of the donkey cart and waved to the prince, "Here, here."

"Don't..." Jiamin saw Hua Liuli with a dirty face and ran off the carriage, reaching out to grab her, but unfortunately Hua Liuli moved too fast, she only touched a corner of her clothes.

Just now, my legs hurt and I couldn't walk, but now my two short legs are running very fast. She rolled her eyes, too lazy to stop Hua Liuli from losing face.

The prince was raised by the stars and the moon since he was a child. He hated dirt the most, and the people around him should be clean and handsome. Hua Liuli was so dirty that she didn't even wipe off the ashes on her face. How could the prince let her approach.

Among these princes, the most difficult one is the prince. Although the two are cousins, if she commits the prince's taboo, the prince will not show her face. The prince's dog temper, if it wasn't for His Majesty's doting on him in every possible way, and everyone dared not offend him, who could bear it

If he does this, sooner or later, His Majesty will be dissatisfied with him, and eventually he will end up like those ruined princes in history.

Jiamin sat firmly on the donkey cart, not wanting to be uncomfortable.

The prince turned over and got off the horse. Seeing Hua Liuli, he looked at her with a smile. He took out a handkerchief and handed it to her: "Are you injured?"

Hua Liuli wiped her face with a handkerchief a few times, then shook her head and said, "We encountered a beast in the mountains, and the County Master Jiamin took me out of the chaos."

"Don't move." The prince took the handkerchief from her hand and wiped the dust off her face, "It's just fine."

Hua Liuli opened her eyes wide and looked up at the prince who was wiping her face. The prince's hair was wet, and the eyelashes were stained with fine water droplets, and his eyes were like clear lakes.

It's so beautiful.

From childhood to adulthood, people in the family often take care of her like this, so she is used to raising her head and obediently asking the prince to wipe her face.

"Your Highness, the carriage has arrived."

Compared with the worn-out donkey cart, the carriage parked beside the Prince and Hua Liuli is much more gorgeous and spacious.

The couple driving the donkey cart were stunned when they heard Hua Liuli calling a man who looked like a goddess "His Royal Highness". Looking at the gorgeous carriage and the soldiers in silver armor all around, they still didn't understand that the two little girls they picked up on the way back were not ordinary people.

The husband and wife got down from the donkey cart with hands and feet, and stood in the corner, not daring to say a word.

After wiping Hua Liuli's face, the prince suddenly chuckled and rubbed Hua Liuli's head: "Let's go, I will send you back alone."

"Your Highness, can you stop rubbing my head." Hua Liuli covered her head, a little embarrassed.

"Huh?" The prince raised his eyebrows.

"I haven't showered for two or three days." Hua Liuli whispered, "I'm so sorry for the dust on my head."

Prince: "..."

He rubbed his fingers twice, reached out and took off a small piece of hay on her head: "You are half an orphaned junior sister, and you don't dislike it."

Good-looking and gentle, the prince must be the most perfect person among the five princes!

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hua Liuli tilted her head, coughed a few times while covering her mouth, and said a little embarrassedly, "Your Highness, did you bring a bank note?"

The prince turned his head to look at the attendant, and the attendant quickly took out a stack of silver notes from his arms: "The county master, please."

Hua Liuli glanced at the denomination of the silver note, the minimum value was fifty taels, she bit the corner of her lips: "Is there a smaller denomination?"

When the prince's attendants saw this, they scraped together and found a few silver notes in the denomination of 12 taels and 22 taels.

"Thank you." Hua Liuli found these small denominations of silver notes, turned around and walked to the couple who were driving the car: "Thank you eldest brother and sister for your help, please accept these."

"No no no." The couple did not dare to accept it, and waved their hands again and again, "Noble sir, I can't do it."

"Take it." Hua Liuli grabbed the woman's hand and forced the silver note into her hand, "Those with a good heart will be rewarded."

The prince understood why Hua Liuli wanted these small denominations. A bank note that is too large is inconvenient for such ordinary people.

This little girl from the Hua family seems to know more about folk expressions than ordinary noble girls.

After the couple accepted the bank note, the prince said to Hua Liuli, "Come here and get on the carriage."

"Yeah." Hua Liuli thanked the couple, turned around and walked to the carriage, and before stepping on the footstool, a hand stretched out in front of her.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hua Liuli put her hand in the palm of the prince and got into the carriage. The carriage was covered with soft cushions with a faint scent of incense, so spacious that she wished she could fall asleep on the spot.

Spacious…

She opened her sleepy eyes, Princess Jiamin didn't seem to follow

The forgotten Jiamin silently climbed down from the donkey cart and gave the prince a courtesy.

The prince looked at her lightly: "Jiamin, are you alright?"

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your concern, the ministers and daughters are fine." Jiamin dared not look into the eyes of the prince.

"Yeah." The prince rolled over and sat on the horse's back, looked down at her, lowered his voice, and said, "Escape with Princess Fushou, thank you for your hard work."

"No, it's not hard." Jiamin bit the corner of her lips and buried her head, afraid that her guilty expression would be discovered by the prince.

"Go to the carriage to rest for a while." The prince glanced at her and rode to the front of the team.

Jiamin breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly climbed into the carriage. Seeing Hua Liuli lying lazily in the carriage, ready to sleep, she stretched out her hand and pushed her: "You go inside."

"I haven't slept all night, don't make trouble." Hua Liuli grabbed a soft cushion and threw it on the ground, "The carriage is so wide, you can sit anywhere and don't squeeze with me."

Jiamin wanted to refute two sentences, but suddenly stopped again. Thinking of what happened last night, she couldn't help suspecting that Hua Liuli might have really slept all night.

She picked up the cushion angrily, sat cross-legged on the ground, and looked at the gems embedded in the wall of the car, her uneasy heart slowly calmed down.

In the sixteen years of her life, she has never suffered or suffered any grievances. The experience of the past few days can be called a nightmare in life, but with the annoying Hua Liuli, she is not so afraid.

Is the world more courageous than the gangster is the rival in love

Hua Liuli was awakened by the lively sound outside the carriage. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Jiamin staring at her, silently pulling up her clothes: "What are you looking at?"

Jiamin rolled her eyes: "The carriage has already entered the city, and you slept for two hours."

"No wonder I'm dizzy and chest tight, it turns out I haven't slept enough." Hua Liuli sat up, the long blue silk flowing down her shoulders, making her look extremely pitiful.

Jiamin didn't want to talk to her anymore, and turned her head to the other side with a sullen face.

"You said last time that Princess Ying has already made a decision, who is it?" Hua Liuli seemed to think that the atmosphere was not warm enough, so she took the initiative to provoke a topic of interest to Jia Min.

Jiamin lowered her face: "Hua Liuli, did you do it on purpose?"

"Sister Jiamin, how can you say that?" Hua Liuli smiled innocently, "They care about you."

Jiamin wanted to say, don't pretend to disgust me, but thinking of Hua Liuli's murder with her sword, she felt that she could bear her for a while: "I don't need you to care."

"Okay, then you can treat me like I want to watch the fun." Hua Liuli sighed pitifully, "I don't have any good friends in the capital, and I don't usually have any close friends to share little secrets with me. You can see that we have lived together through weal and woe. , rounding up is a life-threatening friendship, if you have any unhappy things in the future, you can tell me and let me comfort you."

"Heh." Jiamin sneered, "I want to say it to make you laugh at it?"

Smelly shameless, who ever had a relationship with you? It's an almost life-threatening relationship.

Hua Liuli smiled with the corners of her mouth bent, as innocent as a white lotus fairy.

Seeing her like this, Jiamin calmed down after being extremely angry. She was silent for a while, and then said, "She is the eldest daughter of Lin Zhou, the prefect of Yongzhou, and her father was transferred back to Beijing this month. Her Majesty was dissatisfied because of her unfavorable performance, and her father will replace Zhang Shuo as Dali Temple Minister."

"Lin Zhou, the prefect of Yongzhou?" Hua Liuli remembered that the civil servant who impeached her father was also named Lin, "What's his relationship with Lin Huizhi?"

"What kind of relationship can they have?" Jiamin asked inexplicably, "It's all about the surname Lin?"

Hua Liuli waved her hand and sat cross-legged in front of Jiamin: "You keep talking, don't stop."

"Lin Zhou is the uncle of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince." Jiamin guessed Concubine Xian's intention to marry the daughter of Prefect Lin for King Ying, and felt a little depressed, "Prefect Lin is a good official who loves the people like a son, and he is very popular in Yongzhou."

The King of England has not been well received in the public recently. He urgently needs a reputable father-in-law and princess to increase his popularity among the people. In addition, the concubine Xian intends to win over the fourth prince, so the daughter of the prefect of Lin has become the most suitable candidate. .

"That's a pity." Hua Liuli glanced at Jiamin, she felt that Jiamin was more compatible with King Ying, not only in the right position, but also in her brain and aesthetics.

"Forget it." After the accident last night, Jiamin understood that no matter how good a man is, his life is not as important as his own. At a critical moment, she was able to abandon the King of England and just hope that she could survive, which showed that she didn't really like him that much.

The carriage was knocked, Hua Liuli and Jiamin looked at each other, picked up the soft cushion on the ground, and sat down as quickly as possible.

A maid lifted the curtain and came in. She was holding hot tea, cakes and other items in her hand. After putting down the things and bowing, she returned respectfully.

The two looked at the teapot and cup, then looked at each other in unison.

"Pour tea." Hua Liuli raised her chin towards Jiamin.

"Why didn't you go?" Jiamin was unhappy, she was the princess, why should she serve Hua Liuli.

"Cough cough cough." Hua Liuli covered her chest, "Because I'm not in good health."

Jiamin glared at her, stepped forward and poured herself a cup, and found that it was not some tea, but sweet water with honeydew.

She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that this was prepared according to Hua Liuli's taste.

At this moment, she doubted whether she was the prince's cousin. Even if her mother and the concubine Xian were closer, the prince shouldn't be so straightforward and partial, right

She poured a glass of water and brought it to Hua Liuli: "Drink it."

Men are all dogs, and seeing a weak and beautiful woman is like seeing flesh and bones, and talking about a fart family.

Princess Jiamin, who has been tossing around for a while, has silently learned to swear in his heart.

"Liu Li." At this moment, the prince's voice sounded outside, "Your residence is coming soon."

Hua Liuli put down the empty cup, opened the curtain and looked at the smiling prince, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"No need to say thank you." The prince handed her a cloak, "Tie it on, it's cold outside."

Hua Liuli tied the cape obediently, but the prince did not know where to find a hairpin and a jade comb and handed it to Hua Liuli: "Have a good rest after returning, and the other things will be the father and the loneliness, don't worry."

Hua Liuli pulled up her hair, and the hairpin was slanted to one side.

The prince glanced at it, then glanced at it again, and finally, unable to hold back, he stretched out his hand to straighten the hairpin: "Okay."

The carriage stopped outside the gate of Huafu, and the servants of Huafu were both thanking and crying, causing Jiamin a headache.

"Master, you are suffering."

"Hurry up and invite the doctor. The county owner is so weak, so he can't be sloppy."

Jiamin still remembers this voice, is it Hua Liuli's personal maid, called Dog Tail or Mandarin Duck or something

"I've lost weight, I've lost weight." I don't know which old woman from Huafu was crying, and she was heartbroken.

"County Lord, why is your face so pale, haven't you eaten Hualu Pills in the past two days?"

"Hurry, hurry up and bring the pills that the county master is used to on weekdays."

Jiamin finally understood that it wasn't just Hua Liuli's brain that was sick, but the entire Hua Mansion.

"His Royal Highness." Hua Liuli grabbed the tie of the cape and was supported by the maids. She turned to look at the prince on horseback, smiled at him, and after she was blessed, she walked slowly into the gate of Huafu. .

The prince looked at her back and thought with some regret, how nice it would be if this was his own little girl.

The carriage continued to move forward and stopped in front of the princess' mansion. Jiamin lifted the curtain and looked at the prince. Where are the capes, hairpins, and combs that belonged to her

The eccentric eyes of the old Ji family are inherited from their ancestors, right

"Min'er!" Princess Shun'an saw Jiamin's figure, her eyes were red, she held Jiamin's hand, turned around and thanked the prince. The maids all around stood upright, completely different from the servants of the Hua family who were holding Hua Liuli.

She looked at her father, who was standing behind her mother, with a dull expression, and looked back.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness."

"You're welcome, aunt." The prince didn't get off the horse, and said lazily, "The person has been delivered, so it's time for me to return to the palace."

"Prince, walk slowly." Princess Shun'an looked a little unsightly when she saw that the prince was motionless on the horseback.

After the prince left, she was dissatisfied: "Your Majesty has spoiled the prince more and more arrogantly, and is so rude in front of the elders."

Jiamin shrugged and did not speak.

At the exciting moment when she finally returned home, the mother could notice the arrogant attitude of the prince, showing that she was extremely dissatisfied with the prince.

After complaining about the crown prince, Princess Shun'an took her daughter to the mansion distressedly.

"Go take a shower and change clothes, the prince is really, I don't know how to let you change clothes."

Jiamin: "… "

"Are you hungry? Did the prince let you eat when he found you?"

"Fortunately, nothing happened to you. If you don't come back, I will have someone post a notice of missing people, but what kind of civil servant is next to the prince, saying that posting a list to find someone is not good for you. According to this palace, he It's clear that I don't want to look for it."

"Fortunately, my son was alert and escaped from the gangsters."

Jiamin: "… "

In the early morning of the second day, the Princess Mansion received numerous generous gifts from the General Mansion.

"My sister-in-law is frail, but she is fortunate to be protected by the county lord. Please accept these modest gifts from the princess and the concubine." Hua Changkong bowed to Princess Shun'an and the concubine, "Many thanks to the county lord Jiamin for saving her life."

After listening to the story of her daughter saving Fushou County Master, Yao Concubine doubted her ears. Does his daughter have such high martial arts skills and such a smart brain

He turned his head and glanced at Princess Shun'an, holding the teacup without speaking.

"Young Master Hua, you are very polite. The Princess of Fushou is a good general, so it's right for the little girl to save her." Princess Shun'an had a bit of color on her face, and thought to herself, what about the general's daughter? It's not up to her. Can my daughter save her life

Jiamin, who was sitting at the bottom, had a face full of lovelessness. She really didn't want to hear anyone say how she saved Hua Liuli. Now her mind is full of the terrible scene of Hua Liuli dragging her sword towards her. .

The moment she thinks about it, her legs become soft, and she can't help but think so much that she doesn't even want to hear the three words "Hua Liuli".

"Actually, Princess Fushou also saved me. If it wasn't for her, I would have been bitten to death by a poisonous snake. We are helping each other." She quickly threw the favor back.

"Oh." Princess Shun'an was a little disappointed, it was a pity that it was even.

Yao Consort: "..."

In the cold spring, the poisonous snake worked so hard in order to bite people, and even gave up hibernation

Soon, the story of "Min county master bravely saves the daughter of the Hua family" began to spread among the female relatives in the capital. The little sisters who were friends with her on weekdays came to ask her if they had taken this opportunity to humiliate Hua Liuli a few more times.

Jiamin was in despair. Hearing that the little sister planned to use the grace of saving her life to let Hua Liuli bow her head, she quickly said, "Don't make trouble, Hua... Hua Liuli is the daughter of the Great General Protector, I should save her. "

"So what, the kindness of saving life should be repaid by the spring, and I will make you a cow and a horse." A young girl from the Yao family said, "I will see if she will dare to be pitiful in front of you in the future. ."

Jiamin's expression is numb, yes, she really wants to be a cow and a horse, but it's her, it's her!

Sisters, please stop saying a few words, she is really afraid that these words will reach Hua Liuli's ears, and Hua Liuli will teach them how to behave with a sword on a dark and windy night in a certain moon.

They were all her own sisters, and she really didn't want to harm them.

"Actually, she's a good person, don't talk about her like that." Jiamin gritted her teeth and forced a smile, "Don't mention it again in the future. Besides, she also saved my life from the poisonous snake. For a life, where is the life-saving grace?"

"Jiamin?" The Yao family girl reached out and touched Jiamin's forehead, "You're not sick, how are you talking nonsense? Didn't you say a few days ago that you were going to embarrass Hua Liuli during the Huachao Festival?"

Before Jiamin could speak, another little sister said, "Don't worry, with us here, you will never suffer."

Jiamin: "… "

Sisters, life is so beautiful, why don't you cherish it

King Ying chased all the way to Nanzhou, and after learning that the two county masters had been saved, he hurried back. Although the two county masters had been saved, the Tian family's suspicions had not been cleared, so he had to enter the palace to intercede for the Tian family to his father.

When he arrived at Chenyang Palace, he saw Ji Yuansu was there, and frowned, worried that the prince would make trouble.

"My son has seen my father." King Ying felt a little nervous in his heart.

"Sit down." Emperor Changlong glanced at his dumbfounded son and put down his imperial pen, "You have been on your way for a few days, so go back to rest early."

"Thank you father for your concern." The King of England glanced at Ji Yuansu, who was sitting there without saying a word, and knelt down to Emperor Changlong on one knee, "Father, I ask you to thoroughly investigate the case of the two county masters being taken away by assassins. , return the Tian family's innocence."

"Minghao." Emperor Changlong sighed helplessly, "Tian Aiqing passed away, I am very sad, and I don't want to embarrass the Tian family at this time. But the two county masters were silently taken away in the Tianfu, if I don't pursue the Tian family, What will Princess Shun An and the Great Protector General think?"

"But the Tian family is innocent." The King of England was puzzled, "I beg your father for mercy."

"As an emperor, I can't exempt anyone from guilt just because I feel innocent." Emperor Changlong looked at your unwilling eldest son, "I have asked people to thoroughly investigate this matter, you don't need to worry about it. ."

"But why did you downgrade your uncle's title?" The King of England kowtowed, "Please forgive me."

Emperor Changlong sighed, feeling that what he had just said was all in vain.

"Brother, if it's you, go and persuade Lord Tian to make amends for the two county masters." The prince looked at the silly brother with pity, "regardless of whether this matter is related to the Tian family, the disappearance of the two county masters in the Tian family cannot be erased. Only if the two victims are willing to forgive the Tian family, the Tian family will be able to retreat, understand?"

The King of England looked at the prince suspiciously, he did not believe that Ji Yuansu would be so kind.

"Go back and let the Tian family do what the prince wants." Emperor Changlong waved his hand, "Go back."

The child's brain is not good, and he is also responsible as a father, and it is useless to scold him.

"Yes." King Ying endured the unwillingness in his heart and withdrew from Chenyang Palace.

After King Ying left, the guard who was in charge of searching the mountains and forests came back, and he hurriedly walked into Chenyang Palace: "Report to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, the subordinates and others found some bones in the jungle that had been devoured by fierce beasts. Incomplete, I can't tell how many people there are. My subordinates and others also found herbs to avoid snakes and insects on a tree, as well as traces of artificial climbing."

"Jiamin and the little girl from the Hua family may have escaped by this opportunity. They should also be the ones who climbed the trees." Emperor Changlong nodded and said, "It seems that Jiamin's skills in wielding knives and guns are useful. ."

"Better than her mother..." Emperor Changlong glanced at the prince, not wanting to speak ill of Princess Shun'an in front of his son, he waved the guards to step down, and said to the prince, "Fortunately, the little girl in the Hua family is fine, otherwise, what would I give to the prince? It should be explained in court.”

The crown prince smiled and changed the subject: "Father, why did you order the daughter of Taishou Lin for the eldest brother to be the princess? My son heard earlier that Concubine Xian seems to intend to let the eldest brother marry Jiamin."

"The Lin family girl is full of poetry and books, and she is smart and beautiful. I heard from the imperial doctor that whether the children's brains are good or not depends on their parents." Emperor Changlong sighed, "In order to allow your elder brother to have children with good brains, the Lin family girl is more suitable."

The prince was silent for a moment: "My son understands."

He actually felt that Jiamin and the big brother had the right brains.

It was almost dark when the prince left Chenyang Palace after his father had finished learning to govern politics.

Sitting lazily on the chariot, he was already used to the respectful and fearful attitude of the maids and eunuchs around him, and the prince didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.

In the darkness, a kitten's meow came from nowhere.

He sat up straight: "Go and have a look."

"Yes." A few attendants left in a hurry, and after a while, they brought a kitten over. The kitten had a rope around its neck and a golden bell hanging from it. It should have been raised by some noble person in the palace.

The prince lost interest after taking a look: "Let it go."

The attendants quickly took the cat aside and put it down.

The prince was sure that he had no interest in raising cats. He played with the jade pendant on his waist thoughtfully, and said, "Can I send snacks to the Lord of Fushou County in the next few days?"

"Go back to your Highness, no."

"Send it tomorrow"

He probably wanted a little girl who looked like a cat.

The author has something to say: Prince: I want to go to Hua's house to steal a cat.

Princess Jiamin: Just be blind, it's a brain axe!

Poor Princess Jiamin, Feng Ping was killed.