Your Majesty, don't spoil me too much, my daughter and I will discuss business with you

Chapter 8

When Li Qing heard these people mention Ruozhi's scrutinizing tone of a lay man, he felt unhappy, "She is Fu Ronghua, don't think about it!"

Hearing this name, the man was so frightened that the drink in his hand spilled and he choked!The young masters on the side sneered, and Li Qing left satisfied.

Lian Liying's eyes lit up when she heard Ruozhi's name, and she couldn't help but think of her childhood memories. It was six years ago, when the princes and princesses attended classes together in Taixue.

Because there are many children in the palace, and the mothers of different families do not deal with it, brothers and sisters are always not allowed to play, although they don't like it, but there is nothing they can do about it. The people gathered to play in the Emperor's Mansion, and little Ruozhi was able to be still and move, and naturally became the king of children there, and the only force that could bring them together. This was also one of the few happy times for them, the royal children.

Later, something happened in the Emperor's Mansion, and little Ruozhi was no longer close to them. Now in the royal family, only the second brother and fifth brother can have the same relationship with Ruozhi.

Lian Liying, who recalled her memory, saw that the woman in Tsing Yi had already got off the bridge, and the little Miao Qing who was playing with them was beside her, smiled bitterly, but did not go forward after all.

Ruozhi recognized Lian Liying at a glance, she didn't intend to negotiate with the fourth prince, after all, the lesson from her childhood was vivid in her memory, she was sure that with her current tricks, she would be played around by the fourth prince, Ruozhi didn't want to Touch this mold.

But she is the emperor's master, and hovering will be indispensable in the future. If she retreats now, she will not need to inherit the mantle of the emperor's mansion.

Ruozhi suppressed a little fear in her heart, and bravely stepped forward.

"Your Highness Fourth!" Ruozhi bowed slightly, the man was a little dazed, waiting to reflect:

"Ruozhi, I didn't expect you to come today."

After Liying finished speaking, she motioned for her to sit in the empty seat next to her, but Ruozhi didn't refuse, and sat down calmly, while Miao Qing stood beside her.And when those young masters saw Ruozhi's figure, they fell silent instantly, there was no play just now.

Not long after, Gu Ranzhi walked over, and next to him was that handsome face. Ruozhi took a closer look, and the food that was placed in her mouth was instantly tasteless, so she withdrew her hand and lowered her head.

Lian Liying had noticed something wrong with the villain around her when Lian Lixi came in, she hesitated again and again, and just patted Fu Ruozhi's back lightly to comfort her.

"I'm not feeling well." Ruozhi and Lian Liying greeted each other and slipped away from the banquet, staring blankly at the corner by the river.

"What are you sitting in, watching my jokes?"

After finishing speaking, a man wearing a fox mask descended from the sky, and the scattered leaves were thrown out a little sharply.

The man sat on the ground, "I see what are you joking about?"

"Chu Yunxi, do you think I did something wrong!" Ruozhi leaned on her chin, listlessly.

The man didn't answer right away, but lay halfway on the ground, looking at Ruozhi with nothing.Finally, he opened his mouth reluctantly.

"It's impossible for you and him to talk about right or wrong, it's just that someone doesn't want to wake up!"

"It's just that Gu Ranzhi is very obsessed with him now, I'm afraid..." Lian Lixi probably made this plan a long time ago, Ruozhi is just pushing the boat along the way, she knows it.

"Hey, everyone in Dacang knows how honorable the Emperor's Mansion is. After all, it's not a generational slave, and it's the kind that doesn't have any rewards!" The woman said proudly.

"It sounds like you're very dissatisfied, but I see that you've worked hard for the Lian family, why don't you come to my country of Xia and give you a supervisor?" The man joked.

Ruozhi gave the other party a grimace, as if thinking of the mission of the person in front of her, and then touched the other party's shoulder with a gossip face.

Chu Yunxi immediately understood: "Don't look at me like that, you know, it's all the same to me who will take that position."

"Brother Chu, it's a lifelong event, don't play tricks!" Ruozhi sighed after finishing speaking.

"Yes, I love Missy, but you should think about yourself!"

After speaking, Chu Yunxi pointed to the black shadow that appeared at an unknown time, and left silently.

Ruozhi turned her head and looked slightly at the face that tugged at her own heartstrings, her eyes met, even though there were thousands of words, she was finally calm.

Lian Lixi has seen Ruozhi's figure since he entered the front hall, seemingly unintentionally, but his attention has never left this little guy, at first he was a little annoyed by Ruozhi and Lian Liying's composure , and then deliberately walked with Gu Ranzhi, but when he saw that Tsing Yi left the venue, he couldn't help himself and followed him. He didn't expect her to be so close to the foreign prince again. If he remembers correctly He was also the one who came to the Emperor's Mansion last time.

Ruozhi, I worry about you every day, and I suffer so much, but why can't you see the slightest tension with me in your eyes? Is this all his own wishful thinking?

The more the man thought about it, the angrier he became, he couldn't control his anger, he strode forward and hugged him in his arms, unable to break free for a long time.

This time, Ruozhi was unprepared and almost staggered, but Lian Lixi's strength was enough to support herself, her hands hesitated again and again, after all, she didn't wrap her arms around the man's back, but just patted him.
"There are so many people here, I'm afraid I'll be laughed at by others!" Ruozhi looked around worriedly.

"Are you afraid of this?" Lian Lixi thought, he didn't know why Ruozhi was so scrupulous, he didn't believe what the little guy said.

Before Lian Lixi and Ruo Zhiduo had a few words to say, they saw the woman in purple walking here leading the crowd. People saw this man and woman hugging each other tightly, as if there was no one else around, they were not surprised.

"Whose family's girl and son are you meeting here?"

People like to make noises, so they all rushed over here, even Gu Ranzhi couldn't hold back, today was his own adult ceremony, how could this couple not shy away at all.

Ruozhi was facing the side of the crowd, and all eyes were on her, Ruozhi just felt bad and hurriedly said, "We've been tricked!"

Lian Lixi's back was facing, but it was not difficult to explain their current situation through the river and the noisy voice: "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

After speaking, the man took off his cloak and wrapped Ruozhi up, holding the other's hand, and when the two walked out, everyone saw the man's face clearly.

"It turned out to be the Fifth Prince, I really can't believe it!"

"That's right, didn't you say that the Fifth Prince doesn't like women?"

"Who knows? I don't know who that woman is, but it made him so uncontrollable."

There was a lot of discussion, and Gu Ranzhi was also taken aback. She had been excited for a long time thinking that the fifth prince fell in love with her, but now she wants to see what kind of thing is that shameful little vixen in the cloak?
"Ranzhi didn't know that His Royal Highness shared encouragement with the beautiful woman, why not go to the banquet and introduce it to everyone!" Gu Ranzhi said.

"Thank you for your kindness. She is afraid of strangers. It is getting late, so we will leave first." The man protected him behind him.

"Brother Wuhuang, don't be so stingy, today is Miss Gu's birthday, please introduce Meijiao Niang to us, so that the sixth brother can open my eyes, what kind of girl is it that makes the Fifth Highness, who has never been close to women, so protective?" What?" Lian Lirong teased.

"That's right, that's right," everyone booed.

Lian Lirong had a face full of fun, but felt that the eyes on the other side seemed to be eating people, and when she sensed the danger, she restrained her smile, and said:

"Hey, today is Miss Gu's day, let's let Fifth Brother go first, Miss Gu will see..."

Gu Ranzhi twitched everyone's ladylike faces: "Since His Highness the Sixth Highness said so, let's break up!"

The crowd was still noisy, with different expressions, but the man and woman in question had already walked out of the yard and disappeared from everyone's sight.

It was night, Lian Lixi originally wanted to send the person back to the Emperor's Mansion, but there were too many people with mixed eyes, for fear that the interested person would know that the masked unknown woman who had a tryst today was the Empress, so she could only let the carriage wander around the city wall.

Ruozhi in the sedan chair is as quiet as a docile wild cat, leaning on Lian Lixi's shoulder, but a wild cat is a wild cat after all, so naturally it is not as obedient as it looks.

Ruozhi: "I was wrong!" After speaking, the woman hugged her tightly again.

"I know I'm wrong?" The man's voice was soft, and the person in his arms whispered "Mmm."

Lian Lixi's already stern eyes became softer and more loving: "Zhi'er, what should I do with you?"

Hearing this, Ruozhi broke free from the man's arms, looked straight at her, and stopped talking.

There was a jolt, and Miao Qing, who was masked outside the carriage, said, "Master and Your Highness, it's getting late, and the guests in Gu's residence should all be gone."

The carriage stopped at a remote alley, Ruozhi got out of the carriage wearing a cloak, and watched Lian Lixi drive away, watching the back gradually disappearing in the night, Ruozhi's heart was stabbed again.

If she could, she would also like to be that woman in the deep courtyard, facing the mirror every day with yellow flowers, treating her husband and raising children, but the two people who love each other are by no means unable to confide even the most basic words and feelings to each other.

Miao Qing followed behind the black cloak that was twitching and crying from time to time, and tightly grasped the scabbard in his hand.

"Master, it's cold at night, you're weak, you'd better go home early, don't hurt yourself."

The man in the black cloak quickened his pace after hearing this, but unexpectedly, in the dark night, a crisp and sharp voice spoke:
"Sister Zhi, how about a chat?"

"Who?"

When the master and servant heard an unexpected sound, they were all on alert, and Miao Qing was ready to pull out the scabbard at any time.

Under Ruozhi's exploration, a calm figure appeared in her line of sight in the dark night, and the two of them withdrew their murderous aura.

Ruozhi: "Your Highness, why are you here? Are you following me?"

The man calmly shook the fan in his hand: "Sister Zhi, don't panic, in fact, I wanted to catch up with my sister a long time ago, but you have been traveling all the year round, and there were so many people at the banquet just now. Didn't say a few words, it's not all rusty."

Such a smile again, such eyes, just like when she was a child, Ruozhi was not sure.

"However, at this moment and here, is it really the sincerity of the Fourth Highness to reminisce about the old days?"

The man laughed again, not to mention Ruozhi, but Miao Qingdu shivered from the bottom of his heart. It seemed that as long as the person opposite was willing, the two of them would definitely die on the spot tonight.

When Lian Liying saw the person in the cloak revealing his full face, his heart calmed down for a while, and he returned to a state of composure.

"Ruozhi, you are a smart person, when will you follow those people to beat around the bush, after all, you don't trust me, it really makes me sad, fourth brother."

Ruozhi examined the man's thoughtless acting, and with her current skill, she couldn't tell how much the man's words were true and how much was false.

"Your Highness doesn't have to be like this. What is your intention to intercept this time?"

"Refreshing, how about we form an alliance?"

"Alliance? My husband's family and I are both courtiers of the Lian family. You are one of the heirs. Rong Hua dare not make mistakes."

Lian Liying smiled again, different from the previous two grim smiles, this time he smiled appropriately: "Ruo Zhi, Ruo Zhi, you finally told me the first truth today. One of the princes, this sentence If you bluff that bastard Lao Liu, maybe he will have to react for a few days, but that's not what I want to say."

Ruozhi was so blown by the cold wind in the middle of the night that she couldn't open her eyes, and almost fell down. Miao Qing quickly supported her, so that she didn't sway.

"It's almost dawn, so hurry up and talk!"

"The second emperor's brother was assassinated by the fifth brother. It was your fault that caused the failure of the fifth brother and the preservation of the second brother. You two are really interesting!"

Ruozhi staggered again, and Miao Qing hurriedly called 'Master' to wake up the lax person.

Lian Liying looked at the weak man opposite, and couldn't help but feel a little bit of complacency and expected success in her eyes.

"Your purpose is very simple, to be loyal to His Majesty. Although we can all guess who the Crown Prince favors, His Majesty has not given you specific instructions, so you will not allow any of our princes before that." If something goes wrong, even His Highness, you dare not relax."

"It's true, my husband's family has assisted the emperor for generations and protected any possible future princes. This is my duty." Ruozhi's eyes were a little scarlet.

Lian Liying glanced at the woman meaningfully: "This is indeed a matter of duty, but the complicated thing is that you and the fifth son are in harmony, but you hinder the fifth because of your so-called duty. And The second brother has been in the military for many years, and he has made great achievements in battle. The court is deeply rooted, and he can make the always benevolent fifth brother kill him. I believe you know in your heart that the second brother must have fatally injured the fifth brother before this. It's two years of guarding the spirit, seemingly free and easy, but in fact, you know better than anyone else how many wolves are staring at him, and you have hurt the fifth child, including Gu Nu, time and time again for your so-called duty."

Ruozhi didn't expect the person on the other side to say her behavior so bluntly, and the guilt towards Lian Lixi made her feel uncontrollably uncomfortable, but she couldn't be soft-hearted, and she definitely couldn't be biased.

The woman paused, and said: "Yes, Miao Qing, your master, I am in vain. In front of His Highness the Fourth Highness of the Divine Operator, you can see everything at a glance, very transparent!"

"But what does this have to do with the alliance you mentioned at the beginning?" Miao Qing was bold.

(End of this chapter)