The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 16
Everything happened so fast, before Li Sister could figure out what was going on, she was taken into the rockery, her waist loosened, and at the same time fresh air was sucked into her lungs, and the next moment a familiar voice sounded: "Dear, I'm sorry, I'm not To scare you."

Looking up at Shang Wei Jinyang's eyes full of affection and guilt, Li Sister-in-law quickly suppressed the startled lie on her face, and at the same time turned away, and said indifferently: "Who are you, why do you call me my girlfriend?" name?"

Wei Jinyang was choked by this sentence and was speechless. Looking at her beautiful side face, his eyes became hot unconsciously: "My son, are you still angry about my concealing my identity?"

Li Meizhen could clearly feel his fiery gaze, but she pretended not to know it, but he was right, she was really angry when she knew his true identity.

Li Meiying looked at him, stared blankly for a moment before removing her eyes, and sneered coldly: "Angry? I dare not, my sister. You are the prince of a country. I am just a subjugated slave. How dare you give birth to a prince?" angry!"

Every word of Li Meiying's words was heartbreaking, but it aroused Wei Jinyang's pity even more. He stepped forward, held Li Meiying's shoulder with one hand and said softly: "My son, I don't care what others think of you. In my heart, you are the most honorable princess in the world!"

Li Meizhen broke free from the big hand on her shoulder indifferently. She looked at Wei Jinyang with a complicated expression, and sneered: "But you lied to me, can I still believe what a person who lied to me said? Your Royal Highness, my sister-in-law Li hates deceit and lies the most in my life." After Li Sister-in-law finished speaking, she threw up her sleeves and turned to leave, but Wei Jinyang was faster and blocked her way with a dodge.

"Xiao'er, it was my fault to hide my real identity from you. I was confused at the time. Can you forgive me this time?" Wei Jinyang said eagerly, holding Li Meiying's slender shoulders again.

"You asked Xianling to go to the theater together today, but you showed up here. You lied to Xianling, but then ran to me and asked me to forgive you. Do you think that everyone in the world is easy to fool? My Li Sister-in-law doesn't know people clearly, I admit it, you and I will no longer be friends." After Li Sister-in-law finished speaking, she removed the big hand on her shoulder and walked past Wei Jinyang without looking back.

Watching the back of Li Meizheng leaving, Wei Jinyang heard the sound of heartbreak, and pressed his big hands on his chest, but the pain in his heart still spread to his limbs overwhelmingly.

In the end, Li Sister-in-law didn't have lunch at the Hongfeng Goddess Temple, but ordered the coachman to hurry down the mountain. Mo Shu naturally knew what happened.Because all of this was planned step by step by Li Meiying. The timing of yesterday's post and the meeting with Wei Mianyang in the Temple of the Red Maple Goddess today have all been under Li Meiying's control.

Back at Princess Yingsu's mansion, Mo Shu ordered the kitchen to prepare a simple lunch before serving Li Sister-in-law's meal, and Yang Xianling came to Princess Yingsu's mansion with a dejected expression.

It was expected, so Li Sister was not too surprised, but she still had to do superficial work, so she was surprised and puzzled, stepped forward and took Yang Xianling's hand and said with concern: "Linger, Brother Huang Didn't I ask you to go to the theater? You should be on your way to Lichun Hall at this time, but why did you come to my place?"

Yang Xianling slumped down on the round stool and said in a daze, "Cousin Prince sent someone to tell me not to go to the theatre, for no reason other than because I lost interest and didn't want to go."

Hearing this, Li Meizhen sighed, and after a moment of silence, she said: "Perhaps the emperor has important matters to deal with, so he canceled the agreement temporarily. You also know that he is the crown prince, and he has a heavy burden on his shoulders. You should be considerate of him."

When Yang Xianling heard the words, she swept away her previous depression and said, "Is what you said true? Does he really have important matters to deal with? But why didn't he let the person who sent the message explain it clearly!"

"I don't know about this either. It may be that what happened to him was very difficult. It was so difficult that he couldn't care about other things. So Ling'er, you have to be considerate of Brother Huang. Also, all this is not easy to come by. Don't worry about it because of yourself. It ruined everything that was about to be obtained." Li Sister-in-law patted Yang Xianling's hand reassuringly, and said seriously.In the end, Yang Xianling left with a relaxed mood under Li Meizhen's relief.

It was another sunny day after autumn. Early in the morning, the empress sent her steward, Mrs. Zhang, to announce the Duke of Zhen and Li Xueshang into the palace. The family is celebrating the birthday of the grandmother whose birthday is about to come. At this moment, she is not in the residence of Duke Zhen Guo, so Eunuch Zhang has no choice but to invite Duke Zhen Guo to enter the palace alone.

On the imperial chrysanthemum platform in the imperial garden, the queen sat upright in the pavilion, staring at the golden chrysanthemums in a daze.Until Zhang Gonggong and Zhen Guogong entered the pavilion, the salutation of the two brought her back to her senses, and the suspicion in her eyes disappeared without a trace. , the hidden sharp eyes swept behind Duke Zhen, her eyes darkened a bit, but she said without showing any traces on her face: "Where is Xueshang! Why didn't this child enter the palace with you?"

"Weichen is about to apologize to his mother for this matter. My wife and daughter left Beijing for Cizhou City two days ago. Weichen's mother-in-law is about to celebrate her birthday, so my wife and daughter went to Cizhou City to celebrate her birthday." Zhen Guogong He explained unhurriedly, although he could feel the unkindness hidden in the queen's eyes, but he was confident that the queen would not do anything to the Li family. The century-old meritorious family is not something that an unfavored queen can suppress if she wants to suppress it. Suppressed.

When the queen heard the words, she smiled indifferently and said: "It is a good thing to be filial to the elders. How can I blame you? The Duke of Zhenguo has been here for a long time, but the palace forgot to grant a seat. Eunuch Zhang should quickly buy one."

Eunuch Zhang at the side hastily moved a round stool in front of the table, and respectfully invited Lord Zhen Guo to take his seat.

"Duke Zhen, the autumn chrysanthemums are blooming just right now. I specially ordered the imperial dining room to make some desserts with chrysanthemums as raw materials. You can try them." Looking at the desserts on the table, the queen said thoughtfully.

Lord Zhen took a look at the dim sum, but he didn't move. He only said softly: "The dim sum made by the imperial chef is naturally unique and delicious in the world, but I don't like sweets, so I failed my mother's kindness."

The queen frowned slightly when she heard the words, and said with a calm smile on her face: "Since the Duke of Zhen does not like sweets, this palace will not force it. Today, the Duke of Zhen is invited to enter the palace for the sake of the children. , How did Lord Zhen Guo think about the proposal made by the palace last time?"

"The little girl is naughty. The crown prince has a noble status and is versatile in both civil and military affairs. The little girl is unworthy and has failed her mother Long En. Please forgive me." Lord Zhen said slowly, his tone extremely calm.

The hands under the wide sleeves were clenched suddenly, but the Queen's face became more gentle with a smile: "For a hundred years, the royal family has been unable to decide the marriage of the daughter of the Li family, and now it is no exception here in this palace. The son of the palace, but the son of the palace is not so lucky, since the Duke of Zhen has made up his mind, let’s do it, and the Duke of Zhen can kneel down."

(End of this chapter)