There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 163 I will not be so lucky next time
In the afternoon, Xia Houjue went to the Jinhua Palace.

Emperor Jingyuan had already woken up, and Concubine Chen Guifei was serving and feeding the medicine.

Seeing him coming, Concubine Chen Guifei chatted and laughed with him before leaving with the medicine bowl in hand.

Soon the father and son were left in the inner room.

Xia Houjue sat on the edge of the bed with a calm complexion, and it took him a while to speak.

"The fourth younger brother is being detained in the sky prison, and the ministers dare not preside over it. Since the father is in good health, the father will personally review the case."

Emperor Jing Yuan was extremely haggard, his eyes became cloudier, he stared at Xia Houjue for a while, and finally nodded.

"I know!"

"Jue'er, this time, thanks to you!"

If it wasn't for him, maybe he would have gone down to see Jing Min. Thinking of Jing Min, Emperor Jing Yuan felt a pain in his heart, don't overdo it and don't want to think about it.

"Father, why did you say that? Your son is a minister and you are the king. It is only natural for your son to save you." Xia Houjue's answer was well-behaved, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Emperor Jingyuan froze for a moment, then nodded, the father and son fell silent, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

"Is the household department in charge of you okay? The beginning of spring is the season for spring plowing and weaving. Don't be careless." The old emperor really had nothing to say, he could only talk about government affairs.

Xiahou Jue raised the corners of his lips lightly, and told Emperor Jingyuan every key point of the household department's spring farming, and finally said.

"Father, don't worry, I will do my best!"

His answer is always no more, no less, just those few words, and the smile on the corner of his lips is always so perfect that there is no flaw in it.

Emperor Jing Yuan felt a little cold, but in the end he just sighed.

"Okay! As expected of the prince who was taught by me alone, he is capable of literature and martial arts, can govern the family and the world, and can do everything! I am very pleased!"

"Thank you, Father, for your compliment!"

Xia Houjue's face was like a calm lake without any ripples.

He looked at the sky, got up and left.

"Since the father's health is fine, I can rest assured that I will retire!"

"Well, let's go!"

Emperor Jing Yuan waved his hand, and Xia Houjue led Li Dequan out of the Jinhua Hall.

……

Jinhua Palace is not far from Yuqing Palace, but Xia Houjue doesn't want to go back immediately.

Going around the long corridor, turned around and turned to the high rockery behind Yuqing Palace.

He was dressed in a black robe, with four-color python patterns embroidered on the neckline and cuffs, a jade pendant on his waist, a jade crown on his head, thin lips tightly pursed, and his facial features were stern.

He walked up the stone steps of the back mountain, step by step alone, facing the warm wind in April and May.

After half a stick of incense, he came to the Hanshi Pavilion on the top of the mountain.

He stood under the pavilion, squinting his eyes and looking far away, letting the wind from above float his clothes.

Cold Stone Pavilion is the tallest pavilion in the palace. Every year on Chongyang Festival, the empress will lead all the concubines to climb here to look far away. Standing here, you can have a panoramic view of most of the capital city.

At this moment, he was standing here with his hands behind his back, carefully admiring the scenery of the capital in April and May.

It is said that the queen mother is in the sky, so if he stands in the highest cold stone pavilion, is he closer to the queen mother?
In the past, every time he was sad, he would stand here for an afternoon, and this time it was the same.

Li Dequan seemed to be used to it long ago, leading a few young eunuchs to stand respectfully at the foot of the mountain, waiting for his master respectfully.

I do not know how long it has been.

Maybe an hour, maybe two hours, the sky gradually descended, the setting sun sprinkled a layer of gold powder on the earth, and the whole palace was shrouded in a warm setting sun.

Bathed in the golden sunset, Xia Houjue slowly walked down from the rockery.

He wore a smile on his face, but his fists hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly, and the sound of bone dislocation could be faintly heard.

"Father, if the same thing happened to me, would it be a straight decision?"

You think highly of me, and you let the palace servants take care of me in every possible way, but it's a pity that it's out of guilt, not paternal love.

You should have gotten used to it after so many years, right?

His dearest queen mother found such a person, didn't she?
Continue to be eccentric, he will take back everything that belongs to him bit by bit, the debt that should be paid must be recovered, and the damned person must die.

……

After coming down from the Cold Stone Pavilion, Xia Houjue was obviously in a much better mood.

After returning to Chongming Hall for dinner, after reading the art of war for a while, my mind completely improved.

After looking at the rising moon and the bright galaxy outside, he got up and went to Chaoluan Hall again.

He is such a person, he can never wrong himself at any time, before and in the future.

Since this woman is what he likes, then he is going to make up his mind, want to run?no way!

The front yard is not far from the back yard, and before he arrived, he heard the sound of laughter coming from Chaoluan Hall from a long distance away.

He raised his lips subconsciously, and hurried over.

He didn't realize that he would feel bad when he saw her happy before, but now he would be unconsciously happy when he saw her happy.

He didn't even notice this change.

"What is Concubine Ai so happy?" Xia Houjue smiled. Unlike in the afternoon, his eyes were sparkling and energetic at the moment.

"Are you drawing?" Tang Wanning glanced at him and continued to work with her head down.

"Pfft!"

After taking a sip of the tea, Xia Houjue spit it all out.

"You? Painting?"

"What's wrong? Although I was born in martial arts, I am also the county head of our Great Xia Dynasty. Your princess is a real lady, not much worse than the one in the capital!"

Tang Wanning talked a long list, with a look of pride in her eyes, and then continued to copy the album with her head down.

"This album is well done, who is so caring?" Xia Houjue asked again.

"Sixth brother!" Tang Wanning continued to answer, her brows and eyes still full of complacency.

So far, Xia Houjue has finally figured out her way, and I dare to feel that this girl is angry with him.

Said that she was not good at archery practice, so she ran to find the sixth brother to teach, and brought back such a picture book to disgust him.

Of course, it's not that Sixth Brother's paintings are disgusting, but... this woman's behavior is too much.

"It's unreasonable." Someone finally couldn't hold back his face.

Tang Wanning pretended to be puzzled, and spread her hands together: "Oh, who made me so stupid? I'm not good at archery, and I'm not good at writing, so I can only learn painting from my sixth brother?"

Xia Houjue: "..."

His face was full of colors in an instant, this woman was simply bold, who would have dared to speak to him like this before?Bold, really bold!
Unable to bear it any longer, he raised his hand and threw the album aside, picked her up and threw her on the bed, and threw her over on the bed.

"In the future!" He gritted his teeth.

"Your riding and archery are all covered, you are not allowed to learn from others!"

"Hey!" Tang Wanning kept resisting and struggling, "Who knows what you said is true or not, you said that last time, who would believe it!"

"Last time was the last time, this time is this time, Gu said what he said, you must believe it!"

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help her to say anything, so she kissed him heavily as if punishing her.

This kiss was mixed with anger and punishment, and it was not until Tang Wanning begged for mercy with tears in his eyes that he could barely let go.

"Next time, you won't be so lucky!" He curled his lips with a smirk.

(End of this chapter)