The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 76: Pretentious

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After getting the emperor's warrant, Zhang Shuo was also unequivocal, and he took the people directly to the residence of the Princess Leyang.

The janitor's janitor's servant in the palace of the eldest princess raised his chin when he saw the people from Dali Temple, regardless of how they rushed over, and said, "Who is coming, this is the palace of the eldest princess, and you must not trespass."

"Offended." Zhang Shuo took out the emperor's warrant, "This officer is ordered by His Majesty to bring the second lady of your house to Dali Temple to inquire about the case."

The doorman was a little flustered, and for a while he didn't know whether to let these people in or stop them.

The vermilion door slowly opened from the inside, making a heavy sound. Zhang Shuo looked inside the door, Princess Leyang was wearing a dark brocade robe, her face was solemn, and she didn't smile at all: "Master Zhang of Dali Temple?"

"Xiaoguan Zhang Shuo, I have seen Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

"Why are you here today?" Princess Leyang looked puzzled, as if she didn't quite understand why the people from Dali Temple came to the door aggressively.

"Second Miss of your residence is suspected of murdering His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the lower official was ordered to ask Miss Xie to return to Dali Temple to inquire about the case." As soon as Zhang Shuo finished speaking, Princess Leyang stumbled and seemed unacceptable, "Is this something wrong? What misunderstanding, the daughter of Ben Gong has been timid since she was a child, and she is very close to the prince, how could it be... how could it be... "

"Please, the eldest princess, understand the embarrassment of the lower officials." Zhang Shuo's expression did not change.

Princess Leyang's face was pale, and after hesitating for a long time, she asked the servants to lead the way for the people in Dali Temple.

"Master Zhang, the little girl is weak, please... don't use torture." Princess Leyang invited Zhang Shuo to rest in the room. Seeing that Zhang Shuo could not be delayed, she had to bend her head to plead with Zhang Shuo, "The little girl would not do such a thing. , and also ask Master Zhang to investigate."

"Please rest assured, eldest princess, Xiaguan is just a routine business. When it is found out that this matter has nothing to do with Second Miss, Xiaguan will send someone to send Second Miss back." The princess has no face.

He knew very well in his heart that when such a big thing happened, no matter whether the palace of the eldest princess could clear the suspicion or not, how good your majesty would be to the eldest princess of Leyang in the future. When it comes to the prince, he is not afraid of offending people.

Xie Yao was dressing in the room when she saw the people from Dali Temple open the door and looked at them blankly: "Who let you break in rudely? Come on, shoot them out."

The people from Dali Temple didn't answer her words, they stepped forward and tied her and her maid with a rope and left without giving her any face.

"What are you doing?!" Xie Yao said, "Offending the royal family is a big crime."

However, no matter how she shouted, the people at Dali Temple didn't say a word and dragged her directly into a simple carriage. If it wasn't for her special status, maybe it wasn't a carriage, but a prison cart.

"Master Zhang..." Princess Leyang chased to the door, looked at her daughter who had been imprisoned in the carriage, took a deep breath, and looked at Zhang Shuo with gloomy eyes, "Please, Master Zhang, make sure to find out the case, she is still innocent The person is innocent."

"Please rest assured, princess, Xiaguan will not let a bad person go." Zhang Shuo bowed, "Xiaguan retire."

Princess Leyang watched in silence as the people in Dali Temple left in a hurry, standing at the door of Princess Long's mansion for a long time, unable to return to her senses.

"If this was really done by Miss Xie's family, then she would have caused misery to the whole family." Zhang Shuo's servant said in a low voice, "Princess Leyang looked so pitiful just now."

"A person who earns two taels a month still has the leisure to sympathize with the princess of a country." Zhang Shuo put down the teacup, "It seems that there are too few things on weekdays."

"Master, the little one is wrong." The little servant hurriedly begged for mercy.

Zhang Shuo leaned on the carriage and did not speak, but his years of experience in handling cases told him that Princess Leyang was a little strange.

Probably... As an aloof eldest princess, she is too good to talk.

According to the temperament of the royals, seeing someone else want to take their child away, no matter if he is justified or not, first make a scene to prevent them from taking him away, and then run to the palace crying and begging the emperor for mercy. Normal Process.

Being so reasonable and cooperating made him a little uncomfortable. What's more, he deliberately made the people of Dali Temple have a bad attitude and deliberately made things difficult, how could the eldest princess swallow her voice

Hua Liuli, who is weak and injured, enjoys the top princess treatment in Shoukang Palace. She opens her eyes and someone wipes her hands and rinses her mouth. , and also arranged for several female jugglers to come to the house to perform for her.

After ten days and a half months, she was finally able to move reluctantly, at least a small amount of movement of her arm, so she would not worry about tearing open the wound.

The wound is recovering well, but the wound is growing new flesh, which is unbearably itchy. The prince was worried that if she scratched with her hands, the wound would become infected and festered, and she changed the method every day to relieve her boredom. If it weren't for him to handle government affairs with Emperor Changlong in Chenyang Palace, I'm afraid he would stick to Shoukang Palace every day.

In the end, because Hua Liuli said, "I believe that Your Highness can do the best," she obediently returned to Chenyang Palace.

"It really is one thing." The queen mother smiled. "This child has been spoiled by his father since he was a child. He likes to be lazy. With you, his father has saved a lot of heart."

Hua Liuli thought to herself, when it comes to pampering children, you are not too old to give up.

"Grandmother, grandson doesn't call one thing down, it's called willingness." The prince strode in. He changed a suit of brocade robes today to make him look handsome and tall, and he knew his character. Bad people, seeing him like this, I'm afraid they can't help but be tempted.

The Empress Dowager was amused by the Prince's shameless appearance and shook his head again and again, got up and said, "Ai's family goes to the garden to enjoy the flowers, you juniors can play by yourself."

Although she is already an elderly grandmother, she also knows not to disturb the sweet time of the young.

"Is the wound still itchy today?" The prince didn't need Hua Liuli's maid to greet him, he consciously sat down on the round stool beside the bed.

"Itching." Hua Liuli grunted, "It's easy to get hurt and it's hard to heal..."

"This is the ointment I took from the Imperial Hospital. After applying it, it can relieve the itch." The prince handed the medicine to Iris, "Let the maid apply it to you."

Hua Liuli glared at him.

He looked at Hua Liuli.

"His Royal Highness, girls change their medicines, boys can't peek."

The prince's face flushed, and he sighed helplessly: "You are deliberately tricking me again." He stood up and said to Hua Liuli, "I'll sit outside for a while, and when you change your medicine, I'll accompany you to the imperial garden for a walk, You've been stuck in the house for a long time, your face is so pale that it makes me feel bad."

After lying on the bed for so many days, Hua Liuli herself felt uncomfortable. After hearing what the prince said, she agreed.

Seeing her suggestion, Liu Li agreed without saying a word. The prince, who deeply felt that he had a great position in the other party's heart, went to the outside world with great joy.

"Come out so soon?" The queen mother who said she was going to enjoy the flowers saw the prince come out with a smile on her face, and smiled kindly, "When Liuli lived here in Ai's house, you often ran here, and Ai's family knew that your child was different. mind."

"Grandmother, grandson wanted to visit you at that time." The prince took the tea from the palace maid and put it in front of the queen mother, "Don't wrong your grandson's filial piety."

"I know you are filial, but when you look at Liuli's eyes, Aijia can see clearly." The empress dowager's favorite grandson is the prince, and seeing him happy, she is happy too, "On the night of Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Aijia heard that Liuli accompanied him. When you went to play outside the palace, you remembered the time when Aijia was..."

"Emperor grandmother..." The prince looked at the empress dowager worriedly. The relationship between the empress dowager and the late emperor was a past event that the palace did not want to mention.

"It's been so long, Ai's family has long since let go." The queen mother patted the prince's arm, "just don't imitate your grandfather and lie to girls for half your life with promises, then turn around and promise others for life."

The empress dowager's feelings for the late emperor were more hated than love. Back then, he turned his face and ruthlessly neglected her, and he was so ruthless to their son. The queen mother often thought that perhaps it was because of the misfortunes in the past that her son was so kind to the prince, neither indulging in women's lust nor favoring any concubine.

Because of the late emperor, her son had a shadow that he couldn't get rid of all his life, so she didn't like her grandson and would become a man like the late emperor.

"Grandmother, the grandson is neither willing to hurt Liuli nor dare to hurt her, you can rest assured." The prince knew what the queen mother was worried about, and while making a promise, he spoke to make the queen mother happy.

"What do you mean by daring?" The queen mother was quickly coaxed into a smile by the prince, "Liu Li is gentle and kind, and she is not a fierce Hedong lion, you are talking nonsense."

"With you here, how dare my grandson hurt her." The prince said with a smile, "It is in your heart that the grandson picked it up, and Liuli is the jewel in your palm."

"Your Highness only knows now?" Hua Liuli walked out with the help of the maids, she covered her mouth and smiled lightly, "So you have to be nice to the ministers, or the ministers will let the queen mother be the master."

"Call the master, call the master, Aijia will definitely call the shots for you." The queen mother saw Hua Liuli and smiled and threw the prince aside, "Aijia said a few days ago that whoever provokes you in the palace just clean up, there is Aijia to help You stand by."

"My dear grandmother, you can be nice to your grandson." The prince pleaded for mercy again and again, coaxing the queen mother into a happy smile, and then walked out of Shoukang Palace with Hua Liuli.

The so-called lover sees Xi Shi, and Hua Liuli felt that the prince was not only good-looking, but also filial to his elders. In order to make the queen mother happy, there was no burden on the prince at all.

"Be careful." Seeing that there were steps below, the prince was afraid that Hua Liuli would fall and tear her wound, so he quickly reached out to help her waist, and quickly retracted it.

He turned his head and looked around. Seeing that there were no outsiders around, he said pitifully: "Now we have no name and no distinction. I want to give you a hand, because I am afraid that rumors will spread outside and ruin your reputation."

"His Royal Highness, it is well known in the city that the body of the minister is delicate. Even if you help me, others will not think too much." Under the sun, Hua Liuli's complexion was morbidly pale, and the whole person was extremely weak. You can't pick people up and walk away.

"I hope they think more." The crown prince whispered, "I intend to have my father send someone to your house to propose marriage, but I'm afraid you will think I am abrupt. What do you think I should do?"

Looking at the poor prince, Hua Liuli took a handkerchief and covered her mouth with a light cough. She was wearing a loose palace shirt today, and her hair was simply pulled up. With that pale face, she looked even weaker. . She blinked and looked at the prince without speaking.

Concubine Xian was enjoying flowers in the garden, and when she saw the prince and Hua Liuli together from a distance, she was about to avoid it. She couldn't stand the prince's mouth, and she couldn't help but scold her when she was angry, so she might as well avoid it early.

A few days ago, Yen Hao found her and said with a low expression that the prince was going to be engaged to Hua Liuli. She was stunned. What exactly did His Majesty think, to let the daughter of the Hua family marry the prince, was he impatient for the prince to force the palace

Fortunately, in the past few days, there has been no news that His Majesty sent someone to Hua's house to talk about his relatives. Maybe it is just a rumor. His Majesty has not made up his mind yet

She was about to avoid it when she turned her head and saw Princess Leyang hurried out from the opposite corner. She was clearly going for the prince. She suddenly lost the intention of leaving, and turned around and walked towards the prince.

Seeing Leyang, she couldn't help but trouble her. She couldn't control this impulse, and she didn't plan to control it anymore.

Leyang went to the palace to ask to see Emperor Changlong, but Emperor Changlong avoided seeing him. The other concubines in the harem also closed their doors to thank guests, and let her eat behind closed doors. So when she saw the prince, she went up to her without thinking.

"Prince..."

"His Royal Highness Princess, please walk slowly." Iris stepped forward to stop Princess Leyang, "The doctor said, my county master can't blow the wind, you are walking so fast, the wind you brought up can blow to my county master. How is it good?"

Princess Leyang: "???"

She had heard the word "weak and can't help the wind", but she never imagined that someone couldn't even stand the wind brought by others while walking

Even if it is hypocritical, should there be a degree

However, this Fushou County Master didn't seem to think so. She glanced at Princess Leyang pitifully, leaned weakly on the crown prince, and said weakly: "Princess, please forgive me, the servant girl of the minister is ignorant and protects you. The lord is sincere…”

"Liu Li, you are so weak, stop talking." The prince looked at Hua Liuli with a distressed expression, turned to Princess Leyang and said, "Aunt, Liuli is in such a bad health, please be considerate."

Princess Leyang was at a loss for words. She hadn't said anything yet. How could she be considerate

She glanced at the pretentious Hua Liuli, and then at the appearance of the prince who was protecting his eyes, blind and blind, took a deep breath and forced a smile: "His Royal Highness, I am here today to ask you for help. Affection… "

"Oh, isn't this Princess Leyang..." Concubine Xian threw her handkerchief and walked over with a creaking smile, "I heard that your daughter committed a crime and was imprisoned in the Dali Temple Heavenly Prison, what are you doing? Mother, why do you still have time to come to the palace to play? What do you want me to say, you are really cruel as a mother. Even if your daughter makes a mistake, she was born in ten months of your pregnancy, so why should you go to jail? Send her a quilt, send a meal or something, do you think this is the truth?"

The author has something to say: Princess Leyang: I think I need quick-acting heart-saving pills.

Concubine Xian: Hee hee.