Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 115 On the Self-Cultivation of a Faint King
Lu Li hadn't gone to court for many days.

He is very busy.

Busy in urging the craftsmen to build gardens, busy in selecting opera troupes and storytellers for the New Year's banquet, busy in playing with the princesses of the vassal states, busy in preparing for the grand ceremony for conferring concubine in the next year...

In short, he was busy from morning to night every day, with his feet not touching the ground, and he was happy.

The officials of the DPRK and China are naturally heartbroken.As the year approached, there was news that the admonisher had left with his seal, but Lu Li didn't take it to heart.

But among the common people in the city, gradually there were some different voices.

The storytellers in the tea houses and restaurants have new stories every day, and the people have heard a lot, and gradually they can hear some subtexts.

The story of the ill-fated child who forbears to kill his enemies for many years is a story that every emotional idler loves to hear.Coupled with the storyteller's expressive performance, the listeners often can't help but want to shed tears of sympathy.

But those women and Taoists prefer to listen to some twists and turns and bizarre love stories.

For example, a boy and a girl make a private decision for life, a vicious old thief seizes love, a strict father ruthlessly puts iron chains on the biological daughter, and the mandarin duck is separated... With the foreshadowing in front, even if the girl is really killed by poison... Husband, throwing himself into the arms of his lover seems to be forgiven, not to mention that she chose to endure it in the end?

When Su Qingyuan is free, she occasionally likes to ask the little eunuchs to tell her new stories outside.

However, she, who has always liked listening to stories the most, still felt a little hot on her face after she became the protagonist of the story.

How can she be as good as the story says?

She never cared about loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and common people in the world.If it is really like the story in the storybook, she will almost become a saint!

Luoxia reported to Su Qingyuan the news of the court every day, and told her Lu Li's whereabouts at any time.

Su Qingyuan is often unwilling to listen attentively.

She is also very busy.

Busy reading those obscure books, busy familiarizing with those secret techniques, busy dealing with Xiao Yingzi who went to the Palace of Youth several times a day because she couldn't find Lu Li.

Danyue complains about Su Qingyuan very much, and often talks about "that bastard who is heartless and short-lived".

Su Qingyuan got tired of hearing it, so she simply issued a death order, not allowing her to enter the inner hall.

After all, that "short-lived bastard" still had to spend the night at Fanghua Palace every night.She didn't want this girl to scold her smoothly, and she would scold her face to face one day.

In a blink of an eye, the twelfth lunar month has come to an end.

This morning, Lu Li made an exception and didn't go out. He stayed on the bed and refused to get up.

Su Qingyuan looked at him suspiciously: "Why don't you go out today? Are you disgusted by those little girls?"

Lu Li stroked her increasingly round shoulders, and smiled wryly: "Apart from you, who else would dare to despise me?"

"Since no one dislikes you, why don't you go out?" Su Qingyuan didn't believe it.

Lu Li lightly squeezed her shoulder, "I'll be with you today."

Su Qingyuan turned over with difficulty, and stretched out her hand to touch his forehead: "I can think of coming back to accompany me. If it's not that I was rejected by others, then there must be something wrong here!"

"I seem to hear the sound of the jar of vinegar being knocked over." Lu Li narrowed his eyes.

Su Qingyuan let out a disdainful "tow", and wanted to immediately turn her back to give him the back of the head, but her body has become more and more cumbersome recently, before she could turn around, she was dragged into Lu Li's arms.

"What's the matter?" Su Qingyuan couldn't escape, she couldn't get rid of her face, so she had to cover it up by talking.

Lu Li lay quietly for a while, and said calmly, "Yesterday, I found an excuse to beat Princess Mingyue of Zeguo, and she was almost useless."

"What's going on? She crawled on your bed again?" Su Qingyuan asked in surprise.

Lu Li's face darkened, "Why did you say 'again'?"

"Didn't someone else crawl before!" Su Qingyuan said sullenly.

Lu Li stretched out his hand and flicked her head: "No one has crawled except you."

"I didn't..." Su Qingyuan was full of grievances.

Lu Li gave a low laugh and didn't refute her words.

Su Qingyuan couldn't bear to be curious, she stood up and looked at him: "What's going on?"

Lu Li smiled, and said lightly, "I have obtained some evidence, which is enough to prove that she has inextricable connections with Shenque Kingdom. Moreover, she has controlled her father, controlled the court of Ze Kingdom, and is planning to fight in South Vietnam and North Korea." Yan provoked a dispute. Qin Jiao almost colluded with Su Yi before, and that woman was the 'credit' for instigating the flames."

"So, this Princess Mingyue's ability is not small!" Su Qingyuan sighed.

"It's really not small." Lu Li sneered, his expression a little unsightly.

Su Qingyuan poked her head curiously: "Why do I feel that there is a bit of resentment in your emotion? Like an abandoned little daughter-in-law!"

Lu Li let out a heavy "hum" and gritted his teeth: "No, you heard it wrong!"

"Oh—" Su Qingyuan elongated her voice exaggeratedly.

"Do you know something?" Lu Li couldn't help asking.

Su Qingyuan smiled with crooked eyebrows and eyes: "I also accidentally learned that this princess Mingyue is actually the confidante of the third prince of Beiyan. It is said that she gave birth to a child for Qin Jiao in the autumn of the year before last. Although the child died soon , but Qin Jiao felt indebted to her and always wanted to give her a title."

"What happened next?" Lu Li was a little surprised.

Su Qingyuan smiled and said: "Emperor Beiyan and the Empress Dowager strongly opposed it, saying that a woman with bad morals is not worthy of the position of princess, and at most she can only be a concubine. After that, the matter will be settled."

"I'm afraid it may not be nothing!" Lu Li sneered.

Su Qingyuan sat up slowly: "Yes. Who knows the inside story? Princess Mingyue came to court on behalf of Zeguo this time, and even a blind person can see her kindness to you openly and secretly! Hadn't a jealous woman like me stopped you, I'm afraid you would have already..."

Lu Li suddenly sat up with a "huh", "You can question my character, but you can't question my taste!"

Su Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly couldn't hold back her smile.

Lu Li himself didn't laugh.

He put his arms around Su Qingyuan's shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "I also noticed that the relationship between her and Beiyan was unusual, and I asked someone to inquire carefully, and only then did I discover the clue - as you can imagine , if I fall into her trap, Qin Jiao will definitely regard me as a mortal enemy!"

"That's right," Su Qingyuan said with emotion, "Qin Jiao seems to have been kept in the dark by her all the time, thinking that she is some kind of rare treasure! If you put her to sleep in a daze, she will run to Qin Jiao again. Go there and cry, you and Beiyan will grow up together!"

Lu Li felt a little uncomfortable, so he didn't speak.

Su Qingyuan didn't take it very seriously, she grabbed his shoulder and asked with a smile: "What excuse did you use to hit her?"

Lu Li curled his lips, "Yesterday she chased a little girl and almost pushed Baili Yunyan onto the brazier."

Su Qingyuan pursed her lips and smiled: "Wonderful! In this way, there will be a knot between Beiyan and Xiliang!"

Lu Li sighed: "If it wasn't for that woman's scheming is too insidious, I wouldn't have to rush to take this step—although the reasons seem to be quite good, how could Qin Jiao not hold grudges?"

"That's not necessarily the case." Su Qingyuan put on her clothes and got off the bed.

"What?" Lu Li followed suit and asked curiously.

Su Qingyuan went to the dressing table and sat down, said with a smile: "Have you forgotten, what is the most famous quality of the Godly Sparrow Kingdom besides divination?"

"Mesmery." Lu Li said without hesitation.

Su Qingyuan nodded approvingly: "That's right, charm. Princess Mingyue's appearance is only above average, and you have seen her tricks. It's really not enough. Qin Jiao is not stupid, nor is she a villager who has never seen a beauty before." , how could he be so fascinated by Princess Mingyue that he dared to disobey his father's order? I can't think of any other reason other than coquetry."

Lu Li's eyes lit up immediately: "Can you find a way to undo her charm and make Qin Jiao wake up?"

Su Qingyuan chuckled lightly: "The art of seductiveness is not a sorcerer's art, and it doesn't need Buddhism or Taoism to decipher it. Defaced face, limb injury, waist pain... any change will be her fatal injury. Now Qin Jiao's side It only needs to be lightly dialed by others, and you will be enlightened and instantly awake."

Lu Li walked over quickly, and hugged Su Qingyuan's shoulder from behind: "It's a great blessing in life to have a daughter-in-law who knows magic arts!"

"Huh?" Su Qingyuan frowned, staring at him in the mirror.

Lu Li laughed loudly: "Am I wrong? The servants in the palace are controlled by the enchantress' witchcraft, you can be invisible; the enchantress who knows the enchantress outside forces me to be helpless, and you know it like the back of your hand—with you around , I can sit back and relax and be a foolish king in peace and security!"

Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes in the mirror: "I am also a little temptress myself, so you are not afraid that I will eat you up someday?"

Lu Li winked at the mirror: "Stop bragging! I'm the one who 'eats' you every night!"

Seeing his smug smile in the mirror, Su Qingyuan felt ashamed.

In order not to let Lu Li see the joke, she refrained from making any noise, and only raised her head to show a meaningful smile: "Are you sure?"

Lu Li gasped, and his blood rushed to the same spot.

Su Qingyuan touched his chest with her elbow, and separated him by a distance: "It's getting late, should the emperor go to your business? I still have a few pages to read, so I won't accompany you!"

Lu Li naturally did not accept this arrangement.

But at this time, the maids heard the movement outside and came in one after another holding the washing things.

Lu Li had no choice but to lower his head and lean into Su Qingyuan's ear, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be complacent, I'll discuss this with you tonight!"

Su Qingyuan gave him a blank look and ignored him.

Lu Li then told Luoxia, "Make up for her and go out today."

"I won't go out, it's cold!" Su Qingyuan was very reluctant.

Lu Li refused to compromise, he just forced the maids to help Su Qingyuan dress up beautifully, and dragged her out together.

"Hey, I'm a widow, is it appropriate to dress like this?" Su Qingyuan tugged on her dazzling red clothes all the way, a little dissatisfied.

"What did you say?" Lu Li's face darkened.

Su Qingyuan subconsciously dodged behind Luoxia, staggering exaggeratedly.

Lu Li immediately became nervous, and couldn't hold on to the stinky face he had put on so easily.

He was still worried, so he had no choice but to push Danyue away, come over to hold Su Qingyuan's hand in person, and sighed: "You've got me!"

Su Qingyuan made a grimace at him and bared her teeth.

Lu Li couldn't help but raised his hand and pinched her face: "Be careful what you say in the future, okay? If you drive me to death some other day, you'll really be a widow!"

Su Qingyuan looked at him with a smile: "It is said that the scourge will last for a thousand years, so you will live forever, and you will not die even if I die a hundred times, don't worry!"

Lu Li didn't want to talk to this woman anymore.

So there was nothing to say along the way, at most they just rolled their eyes at each other, which was also a kind of tacit understanding.

The place Lu Li took Su Qingyuan to was Qingyinchi Pavilion.

Strictly speaking, it was not the place where Su Qingyuan listened to books or watched plays on her birthday.

Next to the original theater building, many pavilions and corridors were built at some time.The pool water was also drawn out, winding through the entire garden, and a small bridge was built when crossing the path, which is both elegant and interesting.

In the middle of winter and the twelfth lunar month, no matter how good the garden is, it will inevitably be a little bit depressed.

But in this garden, "depression" itself seems to have become a landscape.There are no colored silks and silk flowers on the bare branches, and they are just dotted among the strangely shaped rocks, which is not interesting.

After passing through several small bridges, Su Qingyuan couldn't help sighing: "This garden looks inconspicuous, but this small bridge, this corridor... cost a lot of money, right?"

"Does it hurt?" Lu Li leaned into her ear and asked with a smile.

Su Qingyuan nodded honestly.

Lu Li hugged her and walked up a particularly elegant corridor: "Don't worry, we can still afford to repair a garden. I'm not willing to waste money and people. These scenes look like a lot of work, but they are actually made by craftsmen. craft."

Su Qingyuan actually didn't care much about these questions, so she didn't ask any more questions.

After taking a few steps under her feet, she immediately realized the unusualness: "Is it empty under here? Why is the sound of each step different?"

Lu Li smiled: "It's just a little trick of the craftsmen, if you find it interesting, then their efforts are not in vain."

Su Qingyuan stepped on the spot curiously, and turned around twice with a smile.

Seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help laughing too.

Pass through the corridor and enter a large water pavilion.

Seeing the water under her feet, Su Qingyuan couldn't help shivering.

Lu Li hurriedly hugged her tightly, and said with a smile, "The water pavilion is built of stones, which is very solid. And the source of the water is a hot spring, so it won't be as cold as the Yingyue Pool."

"Even if it's warm water, I don't want to go down again." Su Qingyuan said with lingering fear.

"Since you're afraid of water, don't stand outside." Lu Li sighed, and carefully hugged her into the water pavilion.

Inside, it's another world.

If she had to use any words to describe it, Su Qingyuan could only think of the words "brilliant and magnificent".

Carved beams and painted buildings, inlaid with jewels and inlaid with treasures, even the bricks and stones on the ground are made golden, and they are actually a relief landscape map of "sunrise in the east".Not to mention the decorations on the table, they were either crystal clear or brilliant, no matter how you looked at them, they were valuable.

Su Qingyuan looked at it for a long time, pointed to the four-character plaque with the words "Sun and Moon Shine Together" on the front and said: "This place should be replaced with the words 'I spend a lot of money'."

"It makes sense!" Lu Li clapped his hands and laughed.

Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes contemptuously: "I used to claim to be of high taste. Look at what you made. I, a layman, think this place is too vulgar--I see your taste. It's too vulgar!"

"Don't belittle yourself like this." Lu Li said seriously.

Su Qingyuan wondered: "Did I belittle myself?"

Lu Li looked serious: "This water pavilion does not represent my taste, but you are the one who best represents my taste. Therefore, to question my taste is to question yourself."

"Hello..." Su Qingyuan was rendered speechless by what he said.

Lu Li pulled her around a glazed screen and said with a smile, "I don't care if it's vulgar or not, as long as it looks like a waste of money and people! And to be honest, these golden things look vulgar at first glance. After a long time, you will find that it is still very beautiful."

Su Qingyuan stood still and looked at him in horror.

"What's wrong?" Lu Li was a little confused.

Su Qingyuan stomped her feet and said anxiously: "You can't settle for something like 'taste'! What about your principles? What about your bottom line? If you look at these things, you will become more and more used to them. In the future, you will also see Princess Mingyue. I'm getting used to it! Although you look down on her now, if one day you become 'more and more used to' her, what should I do?"

This time, it was Lu Li's turn to be speechless.

Su Qingyuan shook off his hand, angrily walked aside and sat down.

Lu Li had no choice but to follow suit.

Fortunately, Su Qingyuan's eyes were quickly attracted by the bonsai placed on the table.

It turns out that those beautifully shaped flowers and trees are carefully crafted by skilled craftsmen. They are real "golden branches and jade leaves". Even the flowers and fruits are gemstones of various colors, shining brightly.

It really costs money.

Lu Li approached with a smile on his face, "How about it, does it look more pleasing to the eye?"

Su Qingyuan raised her head and glared at him: "These vulgar things are like Princess Mingyue, even if you look at them a hundred times, they won't become more pleasing to the eye!"

"Why do you always mention her?" Lu Li was helpless.

Su Qingyuan snorted angrily and leaned back on the soft couch: "I also want to mention others, but I don't know them! You refused to take me when you were drinking and chatting with others and visiting the garden. I only know Princess Mingyue as the princess of the country, so who else should I mention if she is not mentioned?"

"You don't need to know him, and others are not worth mentioning." Lu Li raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Su Qingyuan turned her head to look at him, expressing her disbelief.

Lu Li sighed helplessly: "Even Princess Mingyue, who knows how to seduce me, can't attract me, so what are you still worried about?"

Su Qingyuan said sullenly: "Princess Mingyue can't attract you, that's because seduction doesn't work on you like witchcraft! The women next to you don't know how to seduce, but they are smart, well-behaved and gentle, maybe you will Was hooked away..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Li had already leaned over.

Su Qingyuan was so frightened that she lay back and stretched her hand against his chest: "Don't do this, you can't scare me!"

"I didn't intend to scare you either," Lu Li said with a dark face, "I just want to ask, you squeezed me out every day, so why worry? You think too much of me, don't you?"

Su Qingyuan blinked suspiciously: "Isn't it? You said earlier that you're not full..."

"So, are you going to give me an extra meal?" Lu Li's hand touched it familiarly.

"Your Majesty, the dancers and musicians in the back are all ready, shall we start now?" A little eunuch came in through the back door and lowered his head to ask for instructions.

Su Qingyuan took advantage of the situation to push Lu Li away, coughed dryly, and asked with a smile, "What else are you preparing for later?"

Lu Li sat up straight and gave the little eunuch a hard look: "Wait!"

The little eunuch retreated tremblingly.

Lu Li still wanted to finish the "extra meal", but Su Qingyuan had already stood up: "Everyone said 'Golden House Cangjiao', now that the 'Golden House' already exists, there must be a beauty behind! Take me to see it! "

Lu Li had no choice but to stand up, and muttered in a low voice, "It's almost six months, and my legs and feet are still so flexible..."

Su Qingyuan heard it, she turned her head and bared her teeth at him: "You want me to be as stupid as a pig?"

Lu Li didn't dare to argue, so he could only walk over to support her and go back.

Pass through this door, but there is no palace behind.

Outside the door is the clear water of the pool, on which there are several boats in the shape of lotus leaves, and a woman in pink gauze stands on each boat.Dancing to the music.

Just like the new lotus blooming, it is so beautiful.

"Humans are really more delicate than flowers!" Su Qingyuan sighed.

Lu Li said with a smile: "Their dances are actually quite ordinary. The beauty is that there are so many new ideas, which always catch people's eyes."

Su Qingyuan smiled and said: "And people are also good-looking. I just don't know that the winter is not over, they are dressed so thin, will it be cold?"

Lu Li didn't take it seriously: "After this dance, they will naturally go back to add clothes. Whether it's cold or not, what does it matter to us?"

Su Qingyuan lightly said: "It has nothing to do with me, but it has something to do with you! It's been a good story for a long time that 'the brocade robe given by the spring cold outside the curtain' has been passed down through the ages, so you never thought about imitating it..."

Lu Li grabbed her wrist, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't think this dance on the pool is very interesting, why don't you pour more jars of vinegar and let these girls dance in the sea of ​​vinegar, it must be more ingenious!"

"That's a good idea!" Su Qingyuan pursed her lips and smiled.

Lu Li was speechless and could only shake his head and sigh.

Su Qingyuan suppressed her smile, raised her head and said seriously: "You think I'm just jealous, but you don't know what I said from the bottom of my heart - you ignore the government, make big projects, and indulge in sensuality, in the eyes of some old foxes It’s still not a big deal. Just look at any foolish monarch like you in the past and present, who has been cautious and courteous in front of beauties? I’m afraid your tricks can’t be hidden from the eyes of those who are interested!”

Lu Li narrowed his eyes dangerously: "According to what you're saying, I should also learn from my predecessors and foolish kings, indulge in sensuality and lust?"

Su Qingyuan thought about it seriously, and sighed: "It's better not to. I'm afraid my father hasn't rebelled by then, so I will rebel first..."

(End of this chapter)