Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 103 Memories of Momofukuin
Warm fragrance is a very luxurious thing for ordinary people.

Nobles in the palace do not wear sachets, because they are accompanied by ceremonial guards when traveling. The palace maids carry incense burners and hold flowers, and the fragrance is everywhere.

Ordinary palace people can only wear sachets, which contain dried flowers and spices. They have a faint fragrance, but it is not as good as the warm fragrance of burning.

So someone thought of a way to make an iron ball with holes, wrapped in cloth, which can be opened or closed, and filled with some lit spices, and hung on the body, just like carrying a small incense burner. of.

The palace also supports the palace residents wearing sachets. After all, no one wants a person with a strange smell to come close to them.

It's just that the scent is unusual.

Just as Wu Rou turned the sachet in her hand, the little palace maid ran back in a hurry.

She raised her eyes slightly, her cheeks flushed, looked at Wu Rou and whispered:

"Wu Cairen...this sachet is mine."

As he spoke, he raised his hands slightly. Knowing that it was against the rules, he suppressed them and pressed them down.

Wu Rou glanced far away and saw that the emperor was already leaning on the shoulder of another palace maid and was passing through the door of the hall.

Wu Rou said with a smile:

"I was about to send it to you. This sachet smells really good."

She stretched out her hand, and the little palace maid quickly took it in her hand. She turned around and ran away without even saying thank you.

Wu Rou looked at her back and felt strange in her heart. Why was the sachet so important? She was serving the emperor and she could run back to pick it up?

Just as she was thinking this, a bright yellow figure passed by her.

Wu Rou lowered her eyes and was about to return to her seat when she saw the prince stunned for a moment at the door and then turned back.

When he passed by her, Wu Rou couldn't help but ask softly:

"what happened?"

The prince's eyes dodged for a moment and he said:
"It's okay. Father is drunk and has already rested in the side hall."

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After the banquet, Li Shan followed several brothers to Baifuyuan.

Baifuyuan is where the princes lived before leaving the palace. Each prince had his own room here.

Li Shan is no exception, but he only lives there for a short time, and his mood is completely different from that of the other brothers.

The four brothers, wrapped in cloaks with fur collars, stopped in front of the courtyard gate.

Wu King Li Ke held on to the door frame, looked at the familiar layout and scenes in the yard, sighed and said:

"Hey... Looking at it now, it seems like it's back to when I was in school. I didn't come back until dark after doing my homework."

He is older than them all, and was born in the same year as the deposed prince Li Chengqian. He is 27 years old this year. He has a mustache, strong bones, broad shoulders and short stoutness. He looks a bit rough and looks like a military general.

When saying these words, the huge contrast formed makes people laugh.

Concubine Yan De’s son Li Zhen said with a smile:
"Third brother, your recollection is wrong. I remember they said that back then, you and fifth brother were both fierce and ruthless people. They didn't care much about studying literature."

Because there was another brother before him, who was adopted out in his early years and died young. Although he was the second eldest among the princes, when brothers called each other, they still followed the old habit.

Li Ke turned his head and rolled his eyes at him, and said confidently: "It's just because you don't pay attention that you can't finish your homework. You are like the prince and the fourth child, who have never been left by the imperial master."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Shan standing behind him in surprise, and quickly said apologetically:

"I said the wrong thing, I meant the deposed prince..."

Li Shan shook his head and said warmly:
"I know you are talking about eldest brother, and I can't change it. Third brother, you should call me Xiaojiu."

The old Bayue King Li Zhen and the old Shiji King Li Shen looked at each other, their expressions seemed to have deep meaning, they smiled slightly and did not say anything.

The two of them were of the same age as Li Shan, but perhaps because they were the same age, they felt the emperor's preference for his direct descendants in both big and small things when they were growing up, so their attitude towards Li Shan was more obviously alienated and isolated, not as natural as that of King Wu.

No, when they looked at each other, they completed a silent communication.

Li Shan is not a fool. Seeing them like this, you can tell that they are secretly criticizing him for pretending.

He lowered his eyes silently, a hint of boredom appearing on his peaceful brows.

I heard King Wu Li Ke sigh and say with emotion:
"I don't dare. There is a difference between superiority and inferiority. If I yell at you casually, I will be labeled as disobedient, and that will be fatal."

Li Shan breathed a sigh of relief.He prefers King Wu to speak his mind directly, rather than pretending to be ignorant and tiring to let him know by slandering him.

"Third brother, we are brothers. It's okay to call him Aye in private. Didn't our father always ask us to call him Aye?"

King Wu Li Ke looked at the younger brother opposite him. He was from Zhilan Yushu. He was wrapped in a bright yellow cloak that could only be used by the prince. He stood there like a compassionate and kind statue. His calm brows and eyes were full of purity and innocence that were not human fireworks. .

He smiled sadly, turned to look at Li Zhen and Li Shen, and asked:
"Have you two ever called Father Aye?"

Both men shook their heads together.

King Ji Li Shen pulled the cyan cloak on his body and said with a smile:

"The imperial concubine refused to let me. Ever since I could speak, she has been telling me that my father is the king and I am the minister. I must correct my position as a minister, otherwise I will be killed...how dare I Woolen cloth?"

King Wu Li Ke lowered his head and recalled:

"I only called him once. At that time, we were eight years old and we caught a prey for the first time. It was so... The eldest brother happily held the prey and said, Aye, Aye, look at this.

I followed him, and at first I shouted, “Father, look at me.”When I screamed, it felt like I was calling my father. I didn’t ask Aye to make love, so I also screamed..."

As he spoke, his eyes gradually became moist, shining under the illumination of the palace lantern, and said:
"I will always remember the surprised look in my father's eyes at that time, and I never dared to scream again."

Li Shan was a little shocked. He knew there was a big difference between their brothers, but he never expected it to be so subtle.

He was at a loss for a moment and didn't know how to talk.

At this time, the old Bayue King Li Zhen stepped forward, stood at the gate, turned around, and said to Li Shan:

"Your Highness, you are different from us. You have your own East Palace, so why do you have to squeeze in this small courtyard with us? Go back."

He stood there, his cloak being blown by the wind in the hall and unfolding the hem, like a door god, righteous.

Li Shan suddenly felt like an expelled kid, very unpopular.

He turned his head and glanced at King Wu, then lowered his eyebrows and said seriously:
"Everyone should understand that I came here to get close to you. Why do I need to get close to you? It can't be because I am lonely and bored and need the company of my brothers."

He spoke so straightforwardly and sincerely that several people were stunned after hearing it.

(End of this chapter)