Li Chengyi got on his horse and followed Li Zetian's carriage. Except for the rattling of the wheels, the whole team was silent. Some kind of secret dark emotion centered on his great emperor brother and spread in all directions. Dare to make any noise.
Prince Rui looked at the fiery red sunset in front of him, and remembered that that day in Beiyuan, when the two first met, it was also under such a sunset.
The tent was on fire, and there were fighting soldiers everywhere. He and Yaoyao escaped from the tent and ran into the woods to hide. Before they could catch their breath, a soldier wearing the logo of the Bai Family Army found him and said he would go back and report to Bai Yu For their whereabouts, let him and Yaoyao hide nearby and don't run around.
When the soldier was about to leave, Li Chengyi stopped him and said that he wanted to explain a few words, and let the soldier listen to him.
What people didn't expect was that what was explained was not two sentences, but a dagger that cut gold and jade.
Right in the heart, one blow killed him.
Yaoyao was behind him and could clearly see what happened.
When he turned his head, he had already thought about what kind of eyes he would see, and was ready to be accused by her.
He is not cruel, but the situation dictates it.
He was not 100% sure that the soldier belonged to Bai Yu, let alone whether he would be caught by the enemy on the way back to return to his command, thus revealing their whereabouts.
These are difficult to explain to a noble lady raised in a boudoir, and he is not going to explain.
Unexpectedly, he met a completely strange girl.
She sat on the moss-covered boulder, she was obviously in a state of distress, but she no longer panicked at all. She tilted her head and smiled at him, her dark eyes filled with a dense smile, full of temptation.
Suspicion clouded Li Chengyi's mind for a moment. Is this still the naive and delicate girl just now
Mingming is still there, Jiaohan is still there, but it seems that the core has been changed, the appearance is still the same, but the inside is completely different.
He heard her ask in a soft voice: "His Royal Highness, may I ask, if you have reached the top, should you go further?"
Go further.
Either look down on the world and look down on all living beings, or fall into the dust and be smashed to pieces.
With a beating of his heart, he instantly understood the deep meaning of this sentence.
He thought he heard it wrong, or thought too much, how could a little girl ask such a thing
Looking at her eyes again, he dispelled this doubt. She really understands what this sentence means, and even more understands what it means to say this sentence.
Li Chengyi pondered for a while, and said: "This king is timid, and he doesn't want to take risks, so it's better to stay where he is."
He looked very sincere, and seemed to be really content with the status quo.
Yaoyao was not surprised by such an answer, she jumped off the boulder, walked in front of him, and looked up at him, "Since Prince Rui thinks so, he didn't say anything about saving the servant girl."
She looked around, the forest was dense, the forest was filled with fog, and she couldn't see the way ahead.
Gently sighed: "Prince Rui, please take pity on the young lady, don't tell others what the lady said just now, otherwise the Bai family will be implicated by me."
Prince Rui's face remained calm, but doubts arose in his heart, he said this as if she was not from the Bai family.
After waiting for a long time, it was completely quiet outside.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui," he heard her calling him, and continued, "It's time to start cleaning the battlefield. Let's go out."
As soon as she came out of the woods, she turned into a delicate and cute girl again. Before jumping towards Bai Yu, he heard her say a word to him.
"If His Highness changes his mind, come to me at any time, and we can cooperate."
Seeing her ride with Bai Yu, Li Chengyi secretly tightened his fingers and walked into his carriage.
He didn't agree to her, but since then, he has been paying attention to her movements all the time.
Although the eldest brother was established as the prince early, Li Chengyi thought that he was not inferior to him in literary talent and military strategy, and even slightly better. If there is a difference, he will always be a head shorter.
The spies who had been planted in Duke Zhen's mansion early in the morning were finally useful. Late at night when Duke Zhen came back, on the way she left Bai Yu's room, his people finally formally picked her up.
She described what happened that night in detail and asked him to find a way to pass it on to Li Zetian.
There were also people from Li Zetian in the Duke of Zhen's mansion, but they were certainly not as clearly described by Yaoyao. Li Chengyi hesitated for a cup of tea, and finally decided to ask someone to "leak" the news cleverly.
He didn't know who belonged to Li Zetian, but once it was "leaked", it would definitely be heard by Brother Huang.
Li Chengyi can vaguely guess Yaoyao's purpose, she wants to use beauty tricks to provoke the relationship between the emperor brother and Bai Yu.
Does a woman have such great power
Knowing that he is Bai Yu's person, will the emperor really take away the minister's wife
What happened next is unimaginable to him now.
The emperor's brother actually let Yaoyao enter the palace through the concubine's mouth, and the king of Zhenbei actually agreed.
Later, there were so many fewer people in the palace overnight, and he didn't know what happened until his people came into contact with Yaoyao again, and she let him spread such rumors.
Only then did he know what a big secret was hidden in that girl.
She turned out to be his sister? Sister
Li Chengyi became excited, if the beauty trick was successful, wouldn't that mean...
His chance has come.
He also finally understood why Yaoyao would do this, she really deserved to be from the Li family, her desire for power was rooted in her blood, even in the Bai family, it was indelible.
what does she want If it is closely related to the status of the princess, it can be made clear from the very beginning, why bother to provoke the emperor and Bai Yu, the only answer is that she wants to have a higher status than the princess.
The only thing Li Chengyi could think of was the empress, but if he became an empress, Bai Yu would have to proclaim himself emperor, then he would not be as good as the current Prince Rui, so why would he cooperate with her
Just when he was hesitating, Yaoyao persuaded him.
Although the game stipulates that as long as one personality dies, the mission is considered successful, but Yaoyao thinks it will save trouble in the future, wouldn't it be better to solve two at once
As soon as he entered the palace, Li Zetian parted ways and went to the front hall, and asked the guards to send Yaoyao back.
In the next few days, he never appeared again, Yaoyao visited the palace countless times, even Xiao Diao couldn't attract her attention anymore, she wanted to go home.
But Li Zetian seemed to be deliberately avoiding her. Every time she went to look for him, she would be stopped by Eunuch Liu. He was not dealing with government affairs, but was meeting ministers, or he was pampering his concubines. There were always various reasons for not seeing her. .
In the emperor's bedroom, the beauties in palace costumes slowly put away their dancing steps and saluted.
As the music gradually stopped, Li Zetian shook his head and asked, "Why doesn't Aifei stop dancing?"
Concubine De sighed, slightly sad: "Although Your Majesty has his eyes on the concubine, his heart is not there. No matter how good the dance is, what's the point?"
Li Zetian laughed, "If you don't want to dance, then don't dance, it's because you're so tired."
Concubine De glanced at him, and asked hesitantly: "Since Your Majesty wants to see Miss Bai, why is he avoiding seeing her?"
Ever since the eunuch came in and told Yaoyao to ask for help, he has been absent-minded.
Who in the palace is not a human being? Li Zetian's performance is obvious enough. How could she not understand that if there must be someone who wins His Majesty's heart, she would rather that person be Yaoyao. At least, Yaoyao doesn't seem to be able to The kind of person who bullies people.
Li Zetian's face darkened slightly.
Concubine De immediately stood up and apologized.
He didn't say much, thought for a while, and asked someone to bring Yaoyao in.
He watched her approaching against the light, and he had the illusion of a different life. Although it was only a few days, it seemed like a few lifetimes had passed.
She lowered her head as if she didn't want to see herself, she saluted hastily, and before he could ask, she said, "Your Majesty, please resign."
Li Zetian pursed his lips tightly.
She ignored it and continued: "My daughter has been in the palace for more than a month, I really miss my father, besides, my daughter has no use in the palace, please Your Majesty to allow my daughter to go home."
Li Zetian looked at her, but still didn't speak.
Concubine De told everyone around her to go down, and she also left silently, leaving room for the two of them.
Yaoyao stood stubbornly, the man's eyes fell on her, forbearing and greedy, after a long time, she heard a deep voice from above, saying that she still owed the debt and could not leave.
Yaoyao raised her head angrily, "What do you owe Your Majesty? I don't want to enter the palace at all. I don't even know anyone except the nanny. You can't go here, you can't enter there. Be careful what you say and walk. You too... "
She shut up suddenly, swallowed the wronged accusation, with tears in her eyes.
Li Zetian held his breath and asked, "What's wrong with me?"
Yaoyao pursed her lips and did not speak.
He continued to ask, and he must ask for an answer.
During this period of time, he suffered more than anyone else. He had never seen her, but countless times, when she was not paying attention, he quietly watched her wandering around with the little mink in her arms from a distance.
He knew that she was bored and wronged, and wanted to go home, but he was not willing to leave her in the palace, and he still watched from a distance. If she was let go, it would be difficult to see her again.
But what she said just now was clearly lamenting because she was left out in the cold.
A strong desire suddenly rose in Li Zetian's heart. If she had the same desire for him, no matter how many obstacles there were, he would marry her regardless.
He is the emperor, and the rules are made by him. Even if a certain deep-rooted idea cannot be reversed, he can still cover up all the truth and let her live happily in the world he created.
This idea cannot be contained together.
Does she like Bai Yu
dislike. She misses Bai Yu, but it's just that her younger sister misses her brother, which is completely different from the lingering dreams of lovers.
What's more, even if he likes it, he has to cut off this feeling.
Li Zetian stood up, walked in front of Yaoyao with big strides, raised her misty eyes, not allowing her to hide, changed his name, and asked again: "What's wrong with me?"
Yaoyao tried her best to keep her face sullen, but tears still fell instantly. She choked up slightly and said, "A few days ago, you always accompanied me, but now you don't care about me anymore. Why don't you let me go home?"
"If..." Li Zetian choked for a moment, then continued, "I'll be with you all the time, and the consequence is that you will stay in the palace from now on, are you willing?"
Yaoyao froze for a moment, "Stay in the palace forever? Can't you go home forever?"
"No," he corrected her, "it's like marrying someone. Marry in the palace, and the palace will be your home in the future. If you want to go back to Bai's house, I can accompany you back. Are you willing?"
"Marry?" Yaoyao repeated in a panic, at a loss, "But brother said... said..."
"What did Bai Yu say?"
"My brother said that he will marry me in the future. Can I marry you two at the same time?"