When Hua Liuli woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun.
The palace attendant of Shoukang Palace was used to the late rise of Fushou County Master, and secretly sympathized in his heart. It was Miss Qianjin's life, but because of his poor health, he couldn't eat or play, and he couldn't take medicine away from his mouth.
The queen mother saw Hua Liuli wake up and asked the maid to serve her breakfast.
"Your mother went to Chenyang Palace to meet the emperor, and will come to pick you up later." The queen mother smiled and said, "Aijia night, I heard that you left the palace last night?"
Hua Liuli swallowed the food in her mouth, rinsed her mouth, and said, "The Empress Dowager, the minister and daughter accidentally came back a little late last night, did you bother you?"
"Don't be nervous, it's not a big deal. You young people, you should take a look when you should go to play." The Queen Mother had a reminiscence on her face, "When Aijia was young, she also sneaked with the late emperor in the middle of the night. When you leave the palace, after leaving the palace, you are afraid of being discovered by those officials and sneaking like a thief."
The smile on the Empress Dowager's face gradually faded, perhaps because she remembered that the late emperor had already passed away, or perhaps because she missed the past that could not be grasped. After a long time, she chuckled: "At that time, it was very happy."
Hua Liuli has heard stories related to the late emperor. It is said that the late emperor and the empress dowager were childhood sweethearts and had a good relationship. Unfortunately, this beautiful love story does not have a perfect ending. More than ten years after the emperor ascended the throne, he began to dote on a glamorous concubine, and even after the concubine gave birth to the prince, he said that he wanted to re-establish the prince.
However, the late emperor's oath to Meiyan's favorite concubine did not come true, because he fell ill soon, and he had no chance to talk about the re-establishment of the prince until he died.
Perhaps for the Queen Mother, death is the best outcome for a man who has changed his mind and even tried to hurt his own children.
Whether the late emperor died of illness or other reasons, no one is interested anymore. Anyway, in the history books, he died of illness. The present majesty is holy and benevolent, the present queen mother is kind and virtuous, everything is perfect.
Even the Empress Dowager mentioned the late emperor with a calm tone as if the late emperor had never hurt her. All love and hatred were fleeting and not worth mentioning.
Hua Liuli didn't know whether it was love or not, hate or not hate. But she understands a truth. If she can't get the kind of affection between her father and mother, it's better not to.
"Good boy." The queen mother smiled, "Aijia is getting old, looking at a little girl like you, I can't help but miss the past."
The queen mother's expression returned to normal: "In half a month, it will be the Hua Dynasty Festival. There will be many little girls going to worship Baihua Fairy that day. Do you have any clothes and jewelry that you like?"
"There is no shortage of clothes, but I don't know why. After wearing them, the empress dowager doesn't always look good for your daughter." Hua Liuli frowned slightly. The eyes of the courtiers are raised."
"This is the fault of Ai's family, where is the reason for this?" The Queen Mother was amused by Hua Liuli, "Don't worry, Ai's family has already prepared the clothes for you to wear on the Hua Dynasty Festival. The girls in the capital are not as good as you."
"It was the minister who made a mistake just now, the queen mother, you are the best queen mother." Hua Liuli pretended to be clever to make the queen mother happy, "With you here, the minister will definitely be able to overwhelm thousands of men and women."
"That's incredible." The Queen Mother pulled Hua Liuli to sit beside her, and teased, "What would you do if Miss Langjun cried and wanted to marry you?"
"Then I'll hide from you." Hua Liuli said confidently, "The clothes you gave to the courtiers and daughters also helped, so you should also be responsible for the trouble."
The Empress Dowager was amused by Hua Liuli's words, and she threw away the feeling of melancholy before. The little girl beside her was beautiful and cute, how could she still think of a man who has passed away
Wei Mingyue came back from Chenyang Palace and saw such a scene. Shoukang Palace stood two rows of palace attendants holding jewelry and costumes in their hands, and the Queen Mother was like a playboy who was eager to coax the beauty, let these costumes and beautiful accessories Let the beauty choose.
Oh, her worry-free daughter is the beauty who was coaxed and held.
"The ruby on this forehead..."
"Your skin is fair and tender, it looks good with this." Before Hua Liuli could speak, the queen mother asked the maid to put it away for Hua Liuli.
"Most of the clothes you wear on weekdays are plain and light. Aijia thinks this red embroidered gilt skirt looks good too." The Queen Mother picked out a thin silk shawl and put it on the red skirt to look at it, "This way If you wear it, it will be like a goddess descending to the world, perfect."
"The Empress Dowager." General Wei was not too interested in hairpin jewelry. As long as he saw these hairpin jewelry, he felt a headache.
"Come back so soon?" The queen mother was a little disappointed, and she wanted to pick out a few more clothes and jewelry for Hua Liuli.
She is old and has nothing to do at ordinary times, so she only has this hobby left.
I don't know how this little girl from the Hua family grows. Although she looks thin, she is a natural clothes hanger and looks good in everything she wears. Dressing up this little girl is the easiest way to bring satisfaction.
"Come, come here and accompany Ai's family to pick Liuli." The queen mother waved to Wei Mingyue and said in disgust, "Ai's family knows that you and Ying Ting are very busy on weekdays, but you have such a beautiful little boy. Girl, you should also dress her up. God did not let you spoil her appearance by letting you give birth to such a beautiful daughter."
"Empress dowager, how can the last commander and the son be willing to let Liuli suffer..."
"From Aijia's point of view, if you didn't dress her up well, you were spoiling her." The queen mother pointed to a box of jewelry, "Look, which is the most suitable for Liuli?"
Wei Mingyue's face froze: "Queen Mother, it's easier for you to let the last commander go to the border to kill the enemy."
"Liu Li, don't imitate your mother. When you were young, you thought it was too troublesome to dress up, so you went out in men's clothes." The queen mother turned around to choose a girl for Hua Liuli: "The girls in the capital don't love Erlang and Hongyan."
Hua Liuli covered her mouth and smiled, no wonder there are still little girls clamoring to marry her mother.
Knowing that their family of four was reunited, the queen mother must be full of misses, so she did not stay with the mother and daughter for a long time, and let Hua Liuli take away the picked items, and let them go.
When Hua Liuli returned home, the plaque outside the door had changed from "Hua Mansion" to "Zhongyong Hou Mansion", and the gatekeeper had also become a soldier in armor.
"Mother, didn't Daddy have already made a statement to remove his armor?" According to the rules, people without military posts cannot have guards with swords.
"Your Majesty asked your father to be the Minister of War, but your father refused because of his old injury." Wei Mingyue stepped into the gate of the Hou's Mansion, "Your Majesty asked your father to keep the title of General, and named him the Prince Taibao."
"I see." Hua Liuli sighed softly, "That's fine."
"At a young age, we are worried about family matters, what are you sighing?" General Wei walked up to the seat and sat down, and waved back the servants who came to salute the master, "Your Majesty has also added the title of Marquis to me, I Even if your father is not in control of the military now, a pair of nobles will make many people jealous."
Just as he was talking, Hua Yingting walked in with Hua Changkong, and the family of four finally had a chance to talk.
"Mother." Hua Changkong gave General Wei a big gift.
"I'm not with your father these days. You take good care of your sister and your family. Thank you for your hard work." General Wei never had the air of a female general in front of his children. She patted her son on the shoulder.
"If you guys can return safely, your son will be relieved." Hua Changkong smiled, "My sister is very well-behaved, so I don't need to take care of her."
"You don't need to speak for her, what kind of temperament she is, it's clear to my mother." General Wei nodded Hua Liuli's forehead, turned to Hua Changkong and said, "I see that you seem to be thinner, don't study too hard, your body is important. ."
"Yes, the body is the most important." Hua Yingting nodded quickly, "In our family, people come first, let's talk about other things."
"Father, mother, and son know in their hearts that they will do what they can." Hua Changkong said, "But now that the world has become more peaceful, in the next 40 to 50 years, the status of civil officials will definitely surpass that of military generals. Our Hua family now needs a civil minister in the court stand in the middle.”
"Then you should drink more Shouwu angelica chicken soup in the future." When the whole family was very moved, Hua Liuli whispered, "You should also eat black sesame seeds."
"Why?" Hua Yingting asked curiously, "Good girl, what does this have to do with your third brother studying?"
"Because I study too much, it's easy to go bald." Hua Liuli said, "The third brother is handsome, if he doesn't have hair, he won't look good."
Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue glanced at their son together, imagined the baldness of their son, and immediately shook their heads: "Then you must drink."
Their flower family does not have such an ugly son.
Hua Changkong was silent for a moment. At this moment, he deeply doubted that he might have picked it up.
"Is that Prince Ava still making trouble today?" The bald Dali Siqing touched his forehead and turned over the genealogy in his hand, looking at it with relish.
"It's still Pei Shaoqing's method. I gave him half a bowl of water today. He obediently drank it clean and didn't make any noise." Give up the plan to see Fushou County Master."
"Don't pay attention to him." In order to investigate the case, Zhang Shuo read the family genealogy of all the parties involved in the case and found an interesting thing.
"Speaking of this Fushou County Master, I found the Hua family very interesting." Zhang Shuo waved to Pei Jihuai, who was sitting in the corner reading the documents, "Come, come and have a look."
"Sir?" Pei Jihuai thought that Zhang Shuo had found some useful evidence. As soon as he approached, he saw Zhang Shuo pointing him to several names on the genealogy ultimatum. These people were all the ancestors of the Hua family.
"Sir, what do you mean?"
"When it comes to the Hua family, we all think that they are a family of military generals, but we didn't notice that their family also had several capable civil servants." Zhang Shuo pointed to one of them, "There is even a prime minister who ranks first among civil officials. position."
Not only were most of the civil servants of the Hua family extremely respectable, but they all returned home safely in the end. It may be because the Hua family's military exploits are too loud, so few people notice this.
After pointing out Pei Jihuai, Zhang Shuo put away the genealogy in his hand with a smile, and touched his bald forehead: "But this is a family affair, and it has nothing to do with us, so you don't need to take it out and talk."
"Your lord is right." A thought arose in Pei Jihuai's heart, but he felt that he was thinking too much. Maybe it was just a coincidence
"My lord, His Royal Highness is here."
Zhang Shuo didn't understand the prince's intention, so he quickly stood up and said, "Welcome."
"Master Zhang, you don't need to be too polite." The prince filed in with his attendants and raised his hand to forgive them. "I came here today because I want to meet the second prince Jinpo."
"Please." Zhang Shuo didn't refuse, and without hesitation he led the way forward.
The dungeon has an unpleasant smell, Zhang Shuo is used to it, but he doesn't feel anything. The attendant beside the prince had already taken out a handkerchief and handed it to the prince.
The prince covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, making no secret of his disgust for such a place. As long as the people serving by the prince's side saw an ugly person in the cell, they quickly opened the curtain and blocked the two sides that the prince was going to pass by.
If there was any straw that fell on the ground in front of you, the eunuchs would pick it up in advance, as if the straw would stain the noble feet of His Royal Highness.
Pei Jihuai glanced at the soles of the prince's clean feet. When he saw the prince last night, there was a lot of mud on the prince's shoes, and he did not see those who served him so sincerely and fearfully.
"His Royal Highness, Ava, the prisoner of Jinpo, is being held here." Zhang Shuo asked his subordinates to open the door and bowed: "If your Highness has any questions, please feel free to ask, the officer and others are waiting outside."
The people of Dali Temple retreated cleanly, leaving only the people of the prince.
In terms of knowledge, Dali Siqing is a professional.
Ava was wearing shackles on his hands and feet, and the shackles were locked with iron chains, and the other end of the chain was welded to the wall. Even if the prison door was wide open, he could not escape.
He didn't eat for two days, which made him look very haggard, and the corners of his cracked mouth were morbidly pale.
Hearing someone talking, he opened his tired eyes, his voice hoarse: "Who are you...?"
The person who came was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, and there were many people who served behind him. His identity was definitely not ordinary.
The prince glanced at the dirt in the cell that had not been mopped for a long time, did not walk in, and did not even sit on the chair brought by the eunuch.
As King Kimper's favorite prince, Ava looks pretty good, but the messy hair and the beard that hasn't been taken care of for a long time make him look very decadent.
Ava waited for a long time, but the other party didn't speak, feeling a little uneasy. After he came to the capital of Dajin, he went on a hunger strike to test Dajin's bottom line. Unexpectedly, Dajin ignored him as a prince, and didn't seem to care about his life and death.
The more indifferent Da Jin's attitude towards him, the more uneasy he is in his heart, which means that Da Jin has completely ignored Jin Po, which is why he is so arrogant.
After figuring out his situation, Ava became honest. Because he must go back alive, and only by going back alive can he become the king of Jinpo.
"I don't know who is coming?" He stood up with difficulty, leaning on the railing of the prison fence, and gave a salute to the person who came.
"I only heard that the second prince is very dissatisfied with the way I treat guests in the Great Jin." The prince raised his eyebrows slightly, "Looking at it today, the second prince is still very comfortable with the Great Jin."
He is good-looking, with slightly raised peach blossom eyes and raised eyebrows, as if he is mocking others.
Ava felt humiliated, he lowered his head to prevent the prince from seeing his expression: "It turned out to be the noble prince of Dajin."
"The visitor is a guest, Gu, the master, should come and see you, the guest." The prince raised his hand slightly, and the eunuch brought the wine and meat to Ava, "I heard that the second prince wants to see my court master, the county master is a woman, why? I wanted to meet the second prince, so I came here in person."
Seeing that Ava didn't move the food and drink, the prince looked slightly cold: "Why, the second prince dislikes the food and drink prepared for you by the second prince?"
"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for the reward." Ava took a sip from the jug with a cold face. The emperor of Da Jin loved and trusted the prince very much, and he could not offend him.
But he heard that the emperors of the land of Dajin have always liked to be suspicious of their children. The prince acted so arrogantly, the emperor of Da Jin would be dissatisfied with the prince sooner or later.
When the princes of Dajin are in chaos, they will still have a chance.
Thinking of the territories sent out in the surrender letter, Ava's eyes turned red with hatred. If he hadn't fallen for the tricks of the Hua family and believed the woman's lies, how could he have ended up like this.
"Eat meat." The prince raised his chin.
The meat was already a little cold. Ava had not eaten for two days. After the first bite, he felt satisfied. After taking a few more bites, he couldn't help but want to vomit. But he knew that if he vomited at this time, he would offend this unknown person. Prince.
He covered his mouth and swallowed the greasy and disgusting meat.
"Continue." The prince didn't lift his eyelids.
It was not until Ava had eaten all the meat on the table and endured that the blue veins burst out, the prince slowly said: "The second prince, as a royal family, should pay more attention to manners and elegance when eating. Otherwise, others will see it and think Jin Po The royal family doesn't know what etiquette is."
Being forced to eat cold food and being so insulted, Ava's full of hatred could hardly be concealed.
"Prince Ava is brave and good at fighting, and once led troops to massacre nearly 10,000 civilians in Huzhou, the Great Jin Dynasty." The prince's eyes were a little cold, "I'll see you today, but that's all."
After he finished speaking, he turned to leave the prison, nodded slightly to the officials of Dali Temple who were guarding the door, and got into the sedan chair.
"Your Highness, are you returning to the palace?"
The sedan chair was quiet for a moment, and the prince said, "Go to the Taoist temple in the suburbs of Beijing."
After sending the prince away, Pei Jihuai said, "Sir, the prince doesn't seem to be in a good mood today."
"Today is Queen Gonghui's memorial day." Zhang Shuo whispered, "It's normal for the prince to be in a bad mood."
"Where did the prince go today?" Emperor Changlong asked the eunuch beside him.
"Go back to your majesty, the eunuch beside the prince reported that the prince went to Dali Temple, and then prepared to go to the outskirts of Beijing to relax." Zhao Sancai glanced at His Majesty's face, "Do you want to call the prince back to the palace?"
"No, let him go today." Emperor Changlong waved his hand, and a eunuch came in and reported that it was His Royal Highness King Ying who asked to see him.
"No." You don't have to guess to know that the boss came to complain, and Emperor Changlong was too lazy to coax such an old son, "Such an old man has not made any progress at all, so he knows that he is staring at Yuansu and looking for me to complain."
Zhao Sancai bowed his head and did not speak.
King Ying heard that his father was unable to see him for business, so he turned around and went to Lincui Palace. If the emperor did not see him, he could not tell the emperor about the prince's abuse of the captive.
"Well abused." Concubine Xian listened to what King Ying said, but did not look at King Ying, "Bengong heard that the prince named A Zhang led a sneak attack on Huzhou, which is adjacent to Qinghan Prefecture, a few years ago. I killed nearly 10,000 people in Dajin..."
"Mother, his name is Ava."
"I call him a cat and a dog." Concubine Xian slapped the table, "It's good that this kind of person is cleaned up by the prince. What are you going to complain about?!"
King of England: "..."
"Forget it." The more concubine Xian thought about it, the more angry she became. "Anyway, the prince has already made this move, so why don't you go and find trouble with that cat and dog, you're going to vent your anger on those innocent people."
"Mother concubine..." The King of England looked at Concubine Xian speechlessly, "Aren't we looking for the crown prince?"
"What kind of trick is this?" Concubine Xian got up and pushed King Ying outside the door, "You can do things for a while longer."
So that day, not long after the Dali Temple sent the prince away, the British King who was not very good-looking was ushered in again. Before they could figure out the purpose of King Ying's visit, they saw that King Ying sneered at the second prince Jinpo before leaving.
Pei Jihuai looked at Dali Siqing suspiciously: "Master Zhang, is Prince Ying in a bad mood today?"
Half an hour later, King Ning, who heard the news, also arrived. Although his brain is not very good, but he knows what the eldest brother and the prince are doing, and he follows the principles of being a human being.
It's just that his character was born simple and honest, and he was a bit greedy for life and fear of death, and he was not able to grasp the essence of cursing. He had to ask the doorman to prepare swear words for him in advance, and then moved a chair and sat outside the cell, holding the manuscript and scolding a bunch of words.
After reading the manuscript, he felt that he was not playing well enough, so he pouted at the cell where Ava was, then touched his slightly bulging belly and left contentedly.
Everyone at Dali Temple: "..."
Most of the princes today have something wrong.
After eating at noon, Wei Mingyue said to Hua Liuli: "When I left the capital, I went to the Taoist temple in the suburbs of Beijing to make a wish, asking the immortals to bless you for your safe birth. Now that I'm back in Beijing, it's time to repay the wish."
"Mother, it's already afternoon. You've just returned to Beijing. You should rest for a few days before you go." Hua Liuli felt distressed about Wei Mingyue's body and persuaded, "The Taoist Temple is there, and she won't run away."
"When I can repay my vow, the sooner the better." Wei Mingyue gently touched her daughter's head. Back then, she was pregnant with a child and rushed all the way from Beijing to Qinghan Prefecture. On the way, she thought that the child would not be able to be saved, but The child is very well-behaved, not only did not disturb her, but she did not even have a morning sickness.
Even the suspicious spies in Qinghanzhou discovered them only because the child suddenly kicked her in the stomach a few times.
Because of that incident, the seven-month-old child in her belly couldn't wait to come to this world.
In her heart, this child is a gift from God to their husband and wife, precious like a pearl, so she named her Liuli.
Liuli is precious and fragile, and they want to protect her for a lifetime.
"Liu Li, you go with me." Wei Mingyue saw that Hua Ying Ting wanted to follow, and added, "Ying Ting and Changkong have a good time at home."
Hua Yingting sat back angrily: "I don't want to go, you should pay less attention to those Miss Langjun on the side of the road."
Wei Mingyue glared at him, and he quickly closed his mouth.
"Dad, I will take good care of my mother, don't worry." Hua Liuli winked at Hua Yingting.
Hua Yingting thought, let's pull it down. You two mothers get together and will only watch Miss Langjun together. He even worried that there was no bottom line for a lady to spoil her daughter. What if her daughter fell in love with a man and helped her rob a civilian man
The mother and daughter went out happily, leaving the father and son to look after the house.
"Why do Taoist temples need to be built on the mountain?" Hua Liuli was dragged up the mountain by her mother, and her whole person was like a cabbage beaten by frost.
"You are so lazy..." Suddenly, Wei Mingyue's style of painting changed, "You are weak, pray more, and the gods will bless you."
Hua Liuli looked up at Wei Mingyue, mother, how dare you lie in front of the gods
Wei Mingyue smiled. Immortals are very generous, and she must not care about her small lies.
The mother and daughter released their hands calmly and bowed to the person at the top of the steps: "His Royal Highness."
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Ava: Shi can be killed but not humiliated, so I choose to live.