Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 19 This is the attitude of the court
What does the emperor like about her? Wu Rou has always wanted to understand this question.

If she could figure it out, wouldn't she be able to take the position of second-class concubine as soon as possible if she worked harder?
However, who can explain it?

She could no longer see the emperor's face, and she didn't want to be that palace maid who was beaten to death for trespassing.

Then...there is only King Jin.

Prince Jin was brought up by His Majesty, and she discovered from the last time they met that Prince Jin knew a lot, and since he was a prince, he didn't have as many scruples about what he said as the people in the palace.

As long as he is willing to tell you.

Wu Rou originally thought about bringing something to coax the child and tricking him into talking more.But then I thought about it, as a prince, he was still very popular with His Majesty, what could he want from her?So I gave up.

Then, she went to Hongwen Hall every day to wait and see.

As soon as King Jin entered the palace gate, Wu Rou saw him.

No matter how many times I see him, I am always attracted by his thick black hair, which is tied with a heavy bun hanging on the back of his head. Together with his facial features that seem to be outlined with a pencil, he has a calm and gentle temperament. , always gives people the feeling that the fairy boy in the painting has fallen into the mortal world.

"If you want to read, just read. If you don't want to, just rest elsewhere. There is no need to follow." Jin Wang Li Shan stood on the threshold and told the people outside.

Wu Rou didn't see anyone outside, she could only see King Jin's slightly raised gaze and the man's reply outside the door.

Judging from the sound, there are eunuchs and guards, but there should be no maids.

He seemed to be naturally able to distance himself from others. Even the people following him seemed to be accustomed to staying five steps away. Wu Rou was in the hall and he couldn't even see the brim of his hat.

The people outside the hall obviously dispersed.

As soon as King Jin turned his head, he saw Wu Rou walking towards him with a smile, bowed and said:

"The talented man Wu Rou has met His Highness the King of Jin."

Seeing her smiling happily, Li Shan's pupils shrank slightly, as if he was a little unhappy. His already alienated temperament made her even more distant, so he ignored her and walked directly past Wu Rou.

Wu Rou was a little confused, so she chased after her, staying five steps away, and asked with a cheeky smile:
"Your Highness, you helped me find a book last time. Why did you suddenly ignore me this time? I didn't break the rules this time. I paid you the courtesy honestly."

Jin Wang Li Shan did not look back, and said while walking through the bookshelves looking for books:
"Now that you've seen the ceremony, let's do whatever we have to do."

Wu Rou was speechless. She suspected that King Jin knew she was waiting for him...

At this moment, King Jin stopped, looked at the height of the bookshelf, and reached for it with dignity, but couldn't reach it.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to call someone, Wu Rou immediately walked over and said:
"Your Highness, I'll come! Is this it?"

Wu Rou was a head taller than him and could just reach it with his hand.She turned around and saw that Prince Jin had taken a few steps back, keeping a suitable distance from her.

He looked calm, but also felt a little uncomfortable... "Hmm".

There is quite a feeling that I don’t want to, but I reluctantly accepted your kindness.

Wu Rou presented the book with both hands flatteringly, decided to strike while the iron was hot, and said with a bowed waist:
"Your Highness, actually, Wu Rou has something to ask His Highness."

Li Shan took the book, glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze and walked towards the desk.

Wu Rou quickly followed, still five steps away.

Then I saw him lift up his clothes and sit down, and asked:
"Tell me first, how did you know I would come at this time."

"How did your Highness know that I was waiting for you?"

"When he saw me coming, he almost burst out laughing." Li Shan said while looking at the book, his tone seemed sarcastic.

Wu Rou bit her lip after hearing this, thinking that she might really need to practice the expression on her face to hide her thoughts.

Just like His Highness Prince Jin, he hid himself very well. As a ten-year-old child, he looked deeper than anyone else.

Wu Rou simply replied honestly:

"I guess, last time I saw His Highness taking care of Princess Jinyang, you should have spent more time with her.

Princess Jinyang is only five or six years old. It is the time when she is clingy. Her Highness must be unable to get away from her. He can only come to Hongwen Hall to read when the princess takes a lunch break.So, I come here every day to touch it. "

She was right.

Li Shan's eyes trembled slightly while looking at the book, and he looked up at her again, seeming a little surprised.

Wu Rou smiled proudly, like a peacock with its tail spread.

Those light and beautiful eyebrows seemed to be stained with a layer of morning dew, shining brightly and instantly becoming more lively.Paired with those cherry-like red lips, it feels like a morning dew blooming.

Li Shan suddenly thought of his sister Li Lizhi, who was also confident and cheerful. It must have been that when Wu Rou was at home, the warrior Xun really doted on her.

"You ask." Li Shan withdrew his gaze and said calmly.

"Well... that's it. Empress Chongrong taught me that 'the supreme joy can move with the wind', saying that His Majesty sacrificed his reputation in order to recruit me into the palace, which has many bad effects, right?" Wu Rou looked at it. Looking at King Jin's expression, he asked.

Jin Wang Li Shan turned over a page of the book without raising his head and said:

"Yes."

"Then why did your Majesty do this?" Wu Rou asked immediately.

King Jin was stunned, his eyes slowly raised, as if he was lost in memories.

That day, he and his sister Xizi had dinner with their father. His father looked at them and suddenly sighed and remained silent.

Every time at this time, he knew that his father was thinking of his mother and queen again.

"Hey, I get angry when I think of your uncle!" Father suddenly said.

The uncle who could make him angry was naturally not Changsun Wuji, but his mother's half-brother Changsun Zhi.

He wiped his mouth with the handkerchief, put the chopsticks on the chopstick holder, and asked respectfully:
"Why did my father suddenly think of him?" "Today Liu Hongji came to the palace and told me that the two sons of the warrior Yu were bullying their stepmother and sisters at home. I remembered that your mother came later. If the Gao family hadn't been visionary and powerful, Morally, your mother will have to wander on the streets with her brother, two children, where to live and what to eat?...The world was so chaotic at that time, it was hard to say whether they would survive."

As Emperor Li Shimin spoke, he dropped the handkerchief he was using to wipe his mouth on the table with a "pop" sound and said:

"That Changsun Zhi wanted to kill your mother! It's a pity that your mother was so kind and generous, she knelt down to stop him and refused to let me deal with him!"

Princess Jinyang next to her was so frightened that she dropped the vegetables she was biting.

Li Shan calmly stretched out his hand and picked off the vegetable leaves on her chin, and then gently patted her back with his other hand to express comfort.

At the same time, he looked at his father and asked calmly and nonchalantly:
"Isn't this a long time ago..."

All these movements were done smoothly and smoothly, trying not to be noticed by others. He didn't even move his body.

When the emperor saw him solemnly covering up his sister's embarrassment, he wanted to laugh, curled up his lips, and his angry temper subsided, and said:

"...I just thought about it and felt uncomfortable. So I agreed to Liu Hongji and summoned Miss Yuan from the Wu family into the palace to save them."

After Jin Wang Li Shan heard this, he lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then asked curiously:

"Father, why don't you establish a law to punish those people?"

"Yes, why not?" the emperor said, "your uncle was involved in it at the beginning, how could we not think of this? But you have to know that the law is the bottom line and cannot control morality.

The law can stipulate that if you abandon your relatives, you will be punished with a rod or imprisoned, but it cannot control how they get along with each other at home.Do you want to send officers to watch their lives all the time, right? "

King Jin shook his head.

The emperor sighed again and said:
"There are too many things that the law cannot control. For example, the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that husband and wife are of the same body, and the husband is not allowed to beat his wife. There are corresponding punishments for injuries and disabilities, but few people sue the officials. Why?"

The emperor looked at Jin Wang Li Shan with expectant eyes. Li Shan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said:
"My son doesn't know."

"Because a woman has to rely on her husband's family to make a living. If she files a lawsuit, her husband's family will definitely hold a grudge. If she is older, she will divorce her, and if she is younger, she will be even more abused. There is probably no benefit to her."

“Then why is this law enacted if there is no benefit?”

"This is the attitude, the attitude of the court. As long as someone files a complaint, there will be support from the court's laws. Although the details are uncontrollable, they can influence the direction of the wind. The impact of a good wind direction is much greater than punishing one or two crimes."

……

"His Royal Highness King Jin, His Highness King Jin?" Seeing that he had not responded, Wu Rou had to remind him.

Li Shan came back from his memories, looked at Wu Rou's face, and said:

"What do you ask for this?"

"I, I..." Wu Rouxin said, I can't tell you a child directly, I have to take advantage of loopholes to please you, Aye, "...I feel uneasy in my heart, and I don't know what I am capable of."

Li Shan withdrew his gaze, seemed a little impatient, and said in a cold voice:
"As far as my father is concerned, this is just a whim, so don't worry about it."

……

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Wu Rou didn't get any useful answers.

She only came to one conclusion: Prince Jin's kid was not as easy to talk to as she thought.

I guess he said so much last time because he felt that it didn't matter if things about Xu Chongrong were revealed.

She felt a little frustrated and doubted Xu Chongrong's judgment.

"Why do you always look at me like this?" Xu Chongrong asked. She was lying on the rocking chair with her eyes half lowered, holding a round fan in her hand, and behind her were two palace maids fanning.

These days they often enjoy the cool air together outside.

Xu Hui probably took a fancy to her voice, so he liked to choose a place with a beautiful scenery, pick a poem and a poem, and let her read it to her.

During the break for tea, Wu Rou held the tea bowl and looked at Xu Chongrong, her beautiful eyes almost staring at the flowers.

"Empress Chongrong... I have a question that I'm really curious about."

"Ask." She still didn't open her eyes.

"Well..." Wu Rou tried her best to think of words that would not offend the Tian family, and said, "Have you ever thought about what would have happened if you had not been recruited into the palace by His Majesty? I heard that in your family, brothers and sisters are harmonious. , Aye also loves you very much."

Xu Hui understood. She was asking: Do you regret coming to the palace?

It has been half a year since Wu Rou entered the palace. During this half year, His Majesty often summoned her during the day, but rarely visited her at night.

Wu Rou could definitely see that His Majesty's love for her was more about favor than love between a man and a woman.

Hence this question.

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Blip 1: “Why didn’t he tell her?”

Spotlight 2: "Have you forgotten that many women in the palace want to imitate Queen Changsun in order to gain Li Shimin's favor? They dress like her and walk and speak like her.

Some people even tried to take care of him and Princess Jinyang in the image of Queen Changsun.He had seen too much with His Majesty, so naturally he hated it deeply.

Can he directly tell Sister Wu that you were saved because your experience was similar to that of Queen Changsun? "

Light point 1: "Ah, indeed, I remembered that in the previous episode, because there was no Sister Wu, Emperor Gaozong's lines were very detailed. Watching those scenes every day almost made me sick to death!
I feel sorry for Xiaojiu, he lost his mother when he was eight years old, and he still has to watch those people imitate his mother, making him sad and disgusting at every turn! "

Light point 2: "It's not the previous one, it's this one. You said he lost his mother when he was eight years old. He is now ten years old. Sister Wu has just joined the line. Those things have already happened."

"Ah! That's right!" Light Spot 1 bounced back and forth around Jin Wang Li Shan, "I feel bad for Xiao Jiu when I think of those, woo woo woo..."

(End of this chapter)