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Chapter 128 Two Fools

The maids and ladies were busy, not only waiting for Queen Wu to change clothes and wash up, but the servants of the Huainan Palace sent Miss Shao Qi and Li Yan's clothes and makeup, and Lu Yun and Yushu waited on them to change clothes and wash up again.

Facing things like moving house, Li Yan stayed for a while with Yushu who was so familiar to her. It seemed that she was a stranger to this place, but Yushu was not.

Li Yan and Miss Shao Qi had just changed and washed when the maid came in and invited them into the upper room.

Empress Wu had already changed out of the solemn black-bottomed phoenix-embroidered dress she wore when praying just now, and put on a camel-colored long skirt with an apricot-yellow long coat on top, which looked bright and approachable.

"Come quickly, sit here. You come too." Empress Wu greeted Miss Shao Qi in a friendly tone, and then signaled Li Yan to sit on the round stool in front of the kang.

Miss Shao Qi seemed to be used to such courteous treatment from Empress Wu, and she sat on the edge of the Kang with her skirt in her hand, "Where are the Ninth Sisters and the others? Why haven't I seen you?"

"They'll be here in a while, let's talk first." Empress Wu watched Miss Shaoqi take the soup, turned to look at Li Yan and said with a smile: "You look very similar to Lingzu, and you have similarities with Old Prime Minister Li Alike."

Li Yan was stunned, she had seen Old Prime Minister Li?

As if seeing her doubts, Empress Wu pursed her lips and smiled and explained, "There are several portraits of old Prime Minister Li in the palace, all of which are vivid works of famous artists."

While Li Yan was puzzled, he couldn't help but take another look at Empress Wu, she was a very clever person.

"Are you nineteen this year?" Empress Wu looked at Li Yan. Li Yan didn't look like he was 19 years old. "You grew up with your uncle? Did your uncle propose marriage to you?"

Empress Wu's series of questions raised Li Yan's heart, what does this mean?Do you want to talk to her as a matchmaker?

"This year is the nineteenth, and my uncle has been ill for the past few years, so I can't take care of anything else." Li Yan put the three questions together, holding his heart, waiting for Empress Wu's next words.

"It's also a poor child." Empress Wu looked at Li Yan with pity, and couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, "Fortunately, you are not young, so you can choose a family carefully. When you return home, someone will love you and have a family to rely on."

Empress Wu's words came to an abrupt end here, and she turned her head to look at Miss Shao Qi who was drinking soup while listening to her talking to Li Yan, "The winter in Beijing is much colder than your Yangzhou, is it cold?"

"It's not cold at all. I think the winter in the capital is better. The capital is better than Yangzhou, and everything is better than Yangzhou." Miss Shao Qi handed the bowl and soup to the maid and replied with a smile. This was her sincere words.

Empress Wu looked at Miss Shao Qi with a trace of pity in her eyes, leaned over to touch Miss Shao Qi's hand to see if it was cold, and asked without turning her head: "Go and see if Ninth Sister and the others are here. "

"Go back to your Majesty, you've already entered the courtyard." The maid immediately turned around and came in to report back after she left the door. As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of light footsteps outside, mixed with a heavy and slow pace, and the little girl started shouting. Behind the curtain, a fat man with a stern face, surrounded by Miss Wu Jiu and others, entered the room. The man's face was round and white, like a huge silver basin.

Li Yan looked directly at the face that stood above everyone else. It was a very typical congenitally stupid face. This is the second prince who everyone knows is stupid?
Empress Wu squinted at Li Yan who had stood up from the corner of her eyes, with unconcealed surprise and pity on her face, leaned up, and waved to the second prince, "Brother Qing, come here, we are doing well today, brother Qing. Help him Take off your coat."

The two maids stepped forward and untied the second prince's belt. In unison, they took off the second prince's outermost gown, which looked a little too stiff.

The second prince, who took off his gown, seemed to come alive all of a sudden, his nose and eyes quickly shrank together and then unfolded, unfolded and shrunk again, so fast it was dizzying, how many times he shrunk and unfolded, the second prince snapped He let out a long breath, shook his arms and sat on the edge of the kang, and almost squeezed Miss Shao Qi who was stunned.

Li Yan hurriedly reached out to support Miss Shao Qi and pulled her up.

Empress Wu didn't seem to see Miss Shao Qi's shock, she went to the head of the second prince herself, lovingly stroking his head, "Are you tired? Brother Qing is very good today..."

The second prince only took the soup offered by the maid, and drank it snortingly.

Facing Miss Wu Jiu's slanting gaze, Li Yan pinched Miss Shao Qi who was looking at her with her mouth half open.

Alas, there are at least two fools in this room, one is drinking soup and the other is watching and drinking soup.

Fortunately, Miss Shao Qi was much better than the second prince. After being pulled back twice by Li Yan, she was finally able to control her shock and lowered her eyelids as if nothing had happened.

The second prince was confused and didn't know what he was talking about. Queen Wu listened attentively, and it seemed that she really understood everything. While listening, she nodded, kept laughing, and asked a few more questions, but the second prince didn't care what she asked, he Speak only his own words.

"Brother Qing wants to go back and have a look, but they didn't let him go?" Empress Wu suddenly turned her head, looked at Miss Wu Jiu and asked with a smile. Miss Wu Jiu nodded hurriedly, "It's me, the queen has given orders not to wander around. I didn't dare to..."

"Look, I'm suing you." Empress Wu caressed the second prince's head lovingly and angrily, "Aniang knows you are a good boy, and today is so good, Aniang will accompany you to the back mountain to play for a while OK?"

The second prince's face began to shrink and unfold again, and Li Yan pulled Miss Shao Qi who was about to look straight at him. It seemed that the second prince shrunk and unfolded his face to express his happiness. excited.

The two maids came over with the surprisingly crisp long gown that they had just taken off. Empress Wu glanced at it and waved her hands, "You don't need to wear this one. There are no outsiders. Take a thick mink cloak with a hood."

The maids were busy getting clothes, waiting for the Second Prince, Queen Wu and others to wear cloaks, hold muffs, hand stoves, etc. Li Yan pulled Miss Shao Qi and was about to signal her to leave quickly, but Queen Wu looked at her Ms. He Shaoqi smiled and said, "It's the first time for you two to come back to this White Horse Temple, right? The scenery behind the mountain is very good, but the wind is strong, so take the stove."

Miss Shao Qi was overjoyed, Li Yan swallowed the words of resignation, wrapped in a thick sable cloak, followed Miss Wu Jiu and the others, and walked out of the courtyard together, rejoicing at the back of the mountain.

Li Yan tried to stay as far back as possible. Although Miss Shao Qi said that she was as dull as the second prince, she was sincere and sincere to Li Yan. Empress Wu, but for the poor man Li Yan, they still fell behind together.

(End of this chapter)