As soon as Li Zetian entered, Nanny Chen, who was guarding outside, immediately returned to the Duke's mansion and reported to Bai Yu—the young lady sneaked out.
In Misty Color Workshop, several pairs of eyes met each other, all showing surprise.
Li Zetian didn't expect that behind the gauze curtain was not the foreign girl, but the lady of the Duke's Mansion who had met twice—Yaoyao.
His eyes suddenly darkened, and he looked her up and down without any trace.
The girl was dressed in a red gauze dress, which could barely cover her chest, waist and hips, with a silk sash of the same color hanging from her waist, and an eight-treasure pendant. A pair of slender and slender snow-white long legs were looming in the red gauze, which was even more alluring than being fully exposed.
She wears a string of small golden bells on her wrists and ankles, which jingle when she moves, which is fascinating.
Just now he was still wondering, the Fanbang woman has a thick skeleton and the skin is not delicate enough, so how can such a pair of feet as delicate as if carved out of jade belong to the Fanbang woman.
Seeing Yaoyao now, he was stunned.
His gaze heated up, and it was hard to move away from staring at her bare feet, and his breath became hot.
After knowing that this person is Yaoyao, the instinctive impulse of the body became more distant, and even the reaction became more obvious.
Li Zetian found a place to sit down, and used casual movements to cover up the changes in his body.
Yaoyao was stunned for a long while before she came to her senses, hurriedly took two steps forward, gave Li Zetian and Li Cheng a courtesy, and asked, "Why are Your Majesty and His Highness Prince Rui here?"
Prince Rui sat next to Li Zetian, and glanced at his brother indistinctly.
As a man, he certainly knew what his elder brother's expression meant.
Brother Huang has a lot of interest in this young lady from the Duke of Zhen's family.
While walking, Jin Ling on Yaoyao's ankle jingled again, which made her feel restless.
She didn't realize it, she was bumped into by a man with disheveled clothes, if other women would have been looking for death, but she seemed to lack some kind of gender awareness, so she came over to salute openly.
Li Zetian's voice was slightly hoarse, he did not answer Yaoyao's words, and said to Prince Rui: "Chengyi, you go out first."
Li Chengyi didn't look at Yaoyao again, stood up, cupped his hands, and backed out.
Yaoyao blinked and asked, "Does Your Majesty have anything to say to your courtiers?"
He laughed: "How can you dress like this, girl?"
Yaoyao turned around, and the silk sash scattered, exposing her snow-white legs.
She smiled happily, "Brother Qiqiaojie took me shopping a few days ago, and saw Master dancing on the street. I thought it looked very good, so I came to learn from my master."
Li Zetian's voice became even hoarse, and he asked, "How are you doing?"
Yaoyao stroked the gauze on her legs, tilted her head and asked, "How about I dance for His Majesty?"
Just as he was about to answer "Yes", he saw a flash of cold light, and a icy sword energy struck, splitting towards the wooden support hanging the gauze curtain.
In an instant, the gauze curtain danced wildly, the support collapsed, and fell lightly onto the girl in front of her, covering her tightly.
With a clang, the sword returned to its sheath.
The murderous intent that sent chills down the spine has not yet subsided.
Bai Yu clenched the sword at his waist and walked in step by step with the valuable literati calligraphy and paintings.
Yaoyao pushed aside the gauze curtain that covered her, and couldn't help shivering when she met Shang Bai Yu's cold eyes.
"Brother..." As soon as she opened her mouth, Bai Yu raised her hand, and the gauze curtain painted with peach blossoms flew out, covering her face again.
Li Zetian held back his shock and said angrily, "My general is so majestic."
Bai Yu bowed and saluted, with the murderous intent on his face undiminished, he said: "The matter is urgent, please make amends, and besides, I am sure that I will never hurt Your Majesty in the slightest."
Li Zetian took a deep look at him, stood up, shook his sleeves and left, and when he came out of the invisible door, he turned his head and said with a smile: "Yaoyao, remember the dance owed to me."
As soon as the words came out, Bai Yu's murderous intent became even more serious, making people breathless.
Li Zetian ignored him, took Prince Rui and left.
Yaoyao was tightly wrapped in gauze curtains, struggling hard inside, and couldn't find an exit no matter what. She was so anxious that she called "brother", but Bai Yu just looked at him coldly and didn't move.
He couldn't believe what he saw just now.
Does she even know what she's doing
A girl who has never left the court, dressed like that, wants to dance for a man
She is the young lady of the Bai family, not a lowly dancer!
No one can bully his sister.
Even if the opponent is His Majesty.
Yaoyao managed to break free from the gauze curtain, walked barefoot in front of Bai Yu, gently pulled his sleeves, and asked puzzledly, "Why is brother angry?"
The sound of ding ding dong dong seems to be distracting, especially when paired with those delicate snow-white feet, it has a deceptive charm.
Bai Yu looked away indiscriminately, and suddenly had an absurd association, that the enchantress, who is a disaster for the country, is nothing more than that.
Bai Yu took off his coat, put it on her, and said in a deep voice, "I won't hit you today. Do you know what's wrong?"
Yaoyao shook her head.
Looking into her innocent and clear eyes, there was a strange charm.
Bai Yu frowned tightly, shook off her hand, and said in disbelief: "You don't know what's wrong with being disheveled in front of a man and even agreeing to dance like that?"
Yaoyao pursed her lips tightly and said in a low voice: "But... no one told me that I shouldn't do that."
How can this be
Bai Yu didn't believe it, she was the daughter of the Duke's mansion, why didn't her mother teach her when she was here
"Didn't your mother teach you what to do and what not to do when she was around?"
Yaoyao's face was dark, she lowered her head, and whispered: "Mother... don't care about me, I rarely see her face."
Bai Yu suddenly remembered that Yaoyao was very willful when she spoke and acted, she didn't look like a child raised by a strict mother at all.
Is there something that he doesn't know
Yaoyao looked up at him, with doubts in her dark eyes, she asked: "Brother, why didn't you let me watch the dance that day, why can't I show your majesty the dance today?"
She was almost talking to herself, "I think I dance very well, and I want to show my brother."
Bai Yu thought of the scene he saw just now, his heart skipped a beat, and he felt a little out of breath for no reason.
Dodging eyes fell on the diorama next to it, and the bright mirror reflected every detail of the person.
He saw his dark eyes.
It was exactly the same as when Li Zetian looked at Yaoyao just now.
He was startled, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
Such a look...
It's a man looking at a woman.
It was because of this look that he couldn't help but draw his sword.
Now, he saw the same look on his face.
Yaoyao didn't understand why his face suddenly changed, and stretched out his hand to pull him, "Brother, why... ah!"
She fell to the ground.
Bai Yu slammed her hand away, took a big step back, saw her fall, and subconsciously took a step forward.
Yaoyao looked at him with tears in her eyes.
Bai Yu hesitated for a long time, stretched out his hand, slowly helped her up, and said in a hoarse voice, "Go home."
Bai Yu disliked the smell of spices all over her body, so he asked the maid to take her to take a bath as soon as he got home.
"My lord, this old slave is going to wait for the young lady to take a bath." Nanny Chen took leave, and was about to leave when Bai Yu stopped her.
Bai Yu looked at her carefully with heavy eyes. Nanny Chen was trembling and dripping with cold sweat.
He has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his body is extremely murderous. Even a strong man can be frightened by his murderous eyes, let alone Chen Momo who is old and weak.
After a long time, he finally said, "Mrs. Chen, since my younger sister was born, you have been taking care of her, right?"
Nanny Chen nodded hastily, "Yes, I am lucky to be able to take care of Miss all the time."
"If there is something wrong with my sister, you are the one who knows best, right?"
"yes."
He suddenly asked sharply: "Then let me ask you, why is Yaoyao so unaware of men and doesn't know anything about the difference between men and women?"
Nanny Chen trembled all over, before she could think up her words, Bai Yu continued, "Why did Yaoyao say that mother rarely disciplined her when she was alive?"
A few questions were more difficult to answer than one, Chen Momo suddenly knelt down and cried: "My son atones for my sins, this old slave can't say it!"
Bai Yu stretched out his hand and drew out the sword, pointing the point at her neck, said: "You say it now, or after you don't experience the torture in the army?"
Nanny Chen knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but her mouth was tightly shut, unwilling to say a word.
Bai Yu retracted his sword and strode out.
She didn't need to say anything, her attitude had already revealed everything, there was definitely some secret about Yaoyao that he didn't know about.
He must find out.
Father must know this secret.
Bai Yu strode into the study room, grinded, and wrote.
With a wave of his hand, he wrote a letter, put it in an envelope, called the guards to come in, and asked them to deliver it to his father quickly.
He believed that his father would tell him the truth.
Prince Rui escorted Li Zetian back to the palace, Li Zetian was still terrified when he thought of the murderous sword.
He said: "Chengyi, why didn't you stop Bai Yu?"
Fear appeared on Li Chengyi's face, he bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "My brother is guilty, and when Bai Yu came, my brother was not outside the door."
Li Zetian said "Oh" and asked him, "Then where are you?"
Li Chengyi showed embarrassment, "Chendi met the boss of Misty Color Workshop, that is the Fanbang girl, and Chendi followed her to another room..."
Li Zetian cast his eyes on the servant, Eunuch Liu, and Eunuch Liu hurriedly pleaded guilty, "It was true that Prince Rui was not there at the time, the servants were incompetent, and they didn't stop Bai..."
Li Zetian raised his hand, but Eunuch Liu shut up.
Li Chengyi hesitated a few times, and said: "Brother Huang, Bai Yu is going too far, relying on the military power in his hands, it is simply..."
Seen by Li Zetian's gaze, he silently shut up.
Li Zetian twirled the Panlong jade pendant on his waist, thinking of Duke Zhen who held most of the soldiers and horses of the dynasty, and what Bai Yu had done today, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
He took the teacup handed over by Eunuch Liu, and said: "Father was able to win the world at the beginning, thanks to the support of Lord Zhen Guogong, you can't say such words in the future, remember?"
Li Chengyi was annoyed: "Brother Emperor, you don't know, now the common people only remember Lord Zhen Guo, who knows that there is such an emperor as you?"
"You bastard!" Li Zetian was furious, the teacup fell to the ground hard and shattered, and he yelled at him, "Shut up!"
Li Chengyi closed his mouth indignantly, obviously his mouth was closed, but his heart was not.
The next day, Bai Yu went to the palace to plead guilty to Li Zetian. Yesterday he behaved improperly and almost hurt His Majesty. He deserves death. Please punish Li Zetian.
Li Zetian pretended to let him kneel outside for half an hour before letting him in.
Bai Yu's knees were numb, but there was no expression on his face.
Li Zetian took a look at him, asked the servant to bring him a stool, and said in an indistinct way: "Now I know I was wrong? If I change someone, I will kill him on the spot!"
Bai Yu bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
Li Zetian got angry, and most of his anger subsided, he asked: "Tell me, besides pleading guilty, is there anything else?"
Bai Yu knelt down again, "My sister is reckless. I and my father can't teach me at any time. I'm worried that my sister will be bullied in Beijing. I came to see His Majesty today to ask for a seal for my sister."
Li Zetian's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "What reward?"
Bai Yu raised his head, his eyes were burning, and he said in a deep voice, "Please seal the County Lord."
Li Zetian's eyes were deep, and he had an unfathomable and profound smile unique to an emperor, "You are the county lord. Bai Yu, do you have a big appetite?"
Bai Yu kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please listen to what I have said. This county lord does not need to be entrusted with the land, nor does he need a salary. He only wants a reputation as a royal family so that she will not be bullied."
The two looked at each other, and they all understood each other's intentions.
Bai Yu saw Li Zetian's interest in Yaoyao, and let Yaoyao enter the royal clan ahead of time, cutting off her way to enter the palace.