Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 158 The Emperor Will Be Fearful

Su Qingyuan didn't know how Duan Ran "disposed" Lu Junnuo.All she knew was that when Lu Junnuo came to her the next day, he kowtowed for the first time, begging her for help and revenge.

Su Qingyuan is very happy to take on this kind of errand.

On April 28th, Lu Li, the emperor of South Vietnam, made the decision to choose a son-in-law for Beiyan and Princess Jing and officiated the marriage.

Hearing this news, Duan Ran jumped up with an "Aww!"

Lu Li felt a little helpless: "Don't ask me, I'm only in charge of notifying you, I don't care about other matters."

Duan Ran was so angry that he almost vomited blood: "Lu Li, can you be more useless? You are the emperor! You are the emperor! Can you show some evil spirit of being an emperor!"

Lu Li spread his hands together: "There's no way, the emperor will be afraid of himself."

Duan Ran sat down on the ground and rolled over: "I don't care! You are afraid of your own fear, why are you using my life to please your woman! If you lose my daughter-in-law this time, I will be with you. Tell me, it will be my turn to rebel next!"

Lu Li rubbed his temples, and said distressedly, "It's useless for you to play tricks on me right now—Princess He Jing has been waiting for a long time, if you don't go there, she will go with someone else..."

Before he finished speaking, Duan Ran had disappeared.

In the royal garden "Penglai Treasure Land" outside the palace city, it was very lively.

The sons and daughters of aristocratic families who are related to high officials in the court, ladies from famous families, rich dudes who can spend a lot of money, young girls raised in the brocade, elegant young students in theater troupes, stunning oirans in brothels... the young people in the capital... Outstanding men and women, as long as they have long legs, I am afraid that all of them will come.

They were all invited by Su Qingyuan's post.

Princess Hejing was wearing a gorgeous red wedding dress, sitting behind the bead curtain, looking at Su Qingyuan nervously: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this..."

Su Qingyuan looked at her with a smile, looking like a wolf grandmother: "Silly girl, I'm helping you! You don't know the virtues of men - they don't cherish anything that is easy to get! For a long time, Duan Ran has to put on the airs of a princess and let him go through five trials and kill six generals before he can marry you, understand?"

He Jing seemed to understand, but after a while, he carefully expressed his worry: "But what if..."

Su Qingyuan smiled: "In case he is not as good as others, you can take advantage of the trend and choose a better one from the group outside, that's a good thing! If Duan Ran is not outstanding, why should he be Beiyan's son-in-law?"

Princess Hejing was flustered, but the docile temperament she had developed over the years prompted her to nod subconsciously.

Su Qingyuan slapped her hands proudly: "Since you agree, let's start! I suggest you set up two exams, one for the literary test and one for the martial arts test. As for how to come up with the questions, you can make up your own mind."

"He...is he here?" Princess He Jing stood up nervously.

Su Qingyuan frowned and said: "Should he come? If he doesn't come, then he doesn't want to marry you. You should keep your eyes open and choose carefully!"

Princess He Jing bit the corner of her lips, looked outside the curtain for a long time, finally sat down helplessly, lowered her head and gave some instructions to the maid.

Su Qingyuan pricked up her ears, and only heard the sentence "I wish to be a lovebird in the sky", which must be the topic of the essay test.

In the garden outside, some young talents were scratching their heads, some were thinking hard, and some were writing with confidence.

Among them, there is no Duan Ran figure.

Su Qingyuan saw Lu Junnuo hiding in the small pavilion, so she walked over and took his hand: "Your master is late, are you happy?"

Lu Junnuo nodded emphatically: "Happy! It would be best for him to come back in the evening, just in time to watch Princess Hejing pay respects to others!"

Su Qingyuan patted his little head casually: "You kid is getting worse and worse!"

"The one who is close to the ink is black!" Lu Junnuo was not ashamed at all.

At this time, someone has already handed in the paper.Su Qingyuan liked to watch the excitement, so she led Lu Junnuo back to the pavilion.

Princess Hejing obviously had no interest in these examination papers, and asked the maid to put them aside without even reading them.

On the contrary, Su Qingyuan was very curious, so she asked Lu Junnuo to take a few books and take a look at them.

There are poems, articles, and even paintings in these examination papers, which are wonderful.It seems that Princess Hejing's topic was not taken seriously, but it gave a lot of room for talents to play, which opened Su Qingyuan's eyes.

An hour later, all the examination papers had been handed in.Princess Hejing didn't even read a book, she still looked outside eagerly.

Lu Junnuo suddenly pressed close to Su Qingyuan's ear, and asked in a low voice, "Is the princess sad?"

Su Qingyuan nodded.

Lu Junnuo wrinkled his nose: "Princess Hejing is actually very good, I don't want to make her sad."

Su Qingyuan turned to look at him, and said seriously: "But Princess Hejing is good to your master, if you make your master sad, she will also be sad."

Lu Junnuo was in a dilemma.

Su Qingyuan lowered her head and said calmly: "When you grow up, there will be many embarrassing things like this. Before you do anything, you must first think about the consequences of this matter and how many people will be involved. , How many people will be happy and how many people will be sad."

Lu Junnuo tilted his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly ran to Princess Hejing, and timidly called "Teacher".

Princess Hejing was taken aback for a moment, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

At this moment, a red shadow rushed towards him, it was Mr. Duan who had been late.

Lu Junnuo immediately put away his well-behaved appearance, and said with a serious look behind his back: "The examinee is late, and he will be disqualified from the examination!"

Duan Ran casually picked him up and threw him aside, opened the bead curtain and rushed in front of Princess He Jing: "How can you honestly be manipulated by them here? Come with me, let's pay homage!"

Su Qingyuan stood up slowly, frowning: "Mr. Duan, this is your fault! Today, the whole capital knows that Beiyan and Princess Jing are choosing a marriage, and you barge in so loudly that you intend to abduct him , how can there be such a cheap thing? If you say worship, you will worship, where do you put the majesty and honor of others?"

Duan Ran was stunned for a long time before asking: "What exactly do you want?"

Su Qingyuan closed her eyes and did not answer.

Princess Hejing shook off Duan Ran's hand, and said calmly: "If you can defeat those people outside, the marriage will naturally come to pass; if you are not sincere, but force me to go to the hall just because you are sure of me, I will definitely not accept it." Will agree."

Lu Junnuo quietly gave a thumbs up to Princess Hejing.

"Okay, you wait for me!" Duan Ran turned around and was about to rush out.

Su Qingyuan was afraid that the world would not be chaotic: "Wait! You haven't handed in the papers for the essay test yet! Princess He Jing has already read other people's articles, and there are many of them with brilliant writing and unique insights. Even better, you don’t have to participate in the martial arts test!”

Lu Junnuo clapped his hands and laughed: "The topic of the essay test is 'Wish to be a lovebird in the sky'. I will count 1. You must finish the answer on time!"

Duan Ran nodded.

Lu Junnuo blinked, and said in a straight voice: "One, ten thousand! — Master, have you finished your paper?"

"The answer is over!" Duan Ran threw down his pen and said seriously.

Lu Junnuo was taken aback, and rushed forward to take his paper.

I saw black and white characters on the paper, flying like dragons and phoenixes, saying: "When a disaster is imminent, each fly away."

Su Qingyuan clapped her hands and laughed.

Duan Ran flattened her mouth and looked at Princess Hejing pitifully: "We agreed to 'willing to be a lovebird in the sky', but at this moment some people with ulterior motives are talking about it, so you can help They dealt with me together, it really broke my heart! Our relationship is so fragile, if something goes wrong in the future, how can we not work together? I can't accept that kind of future, so we still-"

He turned around slowly, pretending to go out.

Su Qingyuan and Lu Junnuo both showed disdain, but Princess Hejing was concerned, and couldn't tell the truth from the fake, so they rushed forward and grabbed his hand.

Duan Ran was overjoyed: "You promised to come with me?"

Princess Hejing smiled and shook her head: "Your essay test passed."

Duan Ran frowned, a little dissatisfied.

But he soon became happy again, patted his chest and laughed loudly: "It's easy to handle after Wen has tried it, just wait!"

"Hey, the princess hasn't said the rules of the martial arts test yet!" Lu Junnuo hurriedly chased him out.

Duan Ran didn't care about that.

He strode into the garden with big strides, found a stone table, jumped on it, and said loudly, "Listen—I'm Duan Ran, Captain Shangqingche, and the present emperor is my life and death brother! I, Duan, are right Princess Hejing is determined to win, and anyone who wants to fight with me will be my endless enemy! Anyone who wants to compete with me at this moment, just let them come!"

There was a "buzzing" discussion in the garden, but no one stood up.

Su Qingyuan was stunned, and Lu Junnuo was also stunned.

Princess Hejing listened to the movement outside in the pavilion, dumbfounded.

Even Lu Li who hurried over could only shake his head helplessly.

Duan Ran has always been the best at this kind of trickery.

In terms of martial arts, Duan Ran may not be invincible in the world, but in terms of tricks and tricks, there is almost no one in the world who can match him.

No one wants to be an "endless enemy" with a shameless villain who is under the protection of the current emperor.Therefore, these young talents who were originally full of ambition hesitated, flinched, and gave up.

Duan Ran stood on the stone table for about a quarter of an hour, watching the young talents in the garden retreat in twos and threes, pretending to be calm and graceful.

Then, he proudly jumped off the stone table, returned to the pavilion and gave Princess Hejing a proud look.

Princess Hejing looked at Su Qingyuan anxiously.

Lu Li walked in, frowning: "Today, I and A Yuan helped the princess set up an examination room in the garden to give you a chance to express your sincerity to the princess! See for yourself what you have done? You want to tell the princess, Are you going to rely on your thick skin and meanness to make this marriage?"

"Changli, why don't you even help me..." Duan Ran lowered his head with an aggrieved expression on his face.

Lu Li said helplessly, "Forget it, I'll give you another chance!"

Duan Ran nodded frantically.

But when the questions for the third test were presented, he couldn't laugh anymore.

The author of this question is not Princess Hejing, so she can't help much.

Duan Ran watched helplessly as the court ladies opened a heavy curtain in front of him, and dozens of women in red dresses and skirts filed in, lined up behind the curtain, and all stretched out their hands.

Xiao Luzi took out a piece of red cloth from his sleeve, and covered Duan Ran's eyes involuntarily: "Young Master Duan, I've offended you!"

"Hey..." Duan Ran resisted very much.

Just when he was trying to dodge, the girls behind the curtain changed their order again, completely different from before.

Duan Ran tugged at the red cloth tied around his head, wanting to cry but without tears: "Does it have to be like this? There are curtains and blindfolds, what kind of trouble is this going to be!"

Su Qingyuan slapped her hands and said with a smile: "The rules are very simple - there are 36 women here, you only need to find the princess by touching your hands within a stick of incense time, and today you will be selected!"

"Just kill me..." Duan Ran's face was wrinkled like a bitter melon.

Lu Junnuo laughed and danced, "Xiao Luzi light up the incense! Ladies and gentlemen, why don't you stretch out your pretty little hands? The person chosen by the master today is my teacher's wife!"

Duan Ran turned pale with shock: "What do you mean by that, kid?!"

Su Qingyuan said leisurely: "That's the literal meaning! You've already put on your big red wedding gown, how can I let you go back today? It doesn't matter whether you choose the princess or not, if you hold hands, it's fate, don't you?" Why take it home?"

Duan Ran was petrified.

Lu Li reminded with a smile, "The incense is already lit, you'd better hurry up."

Duan Ran hurriedly shouted: "Left hand! Left hand!"

"What's the matter, master? Haven't you ever held the princess' right hand?" Lu Junnuo asked with wide-eyed curiosity.

Duan Ran remained silent.

Lu Junnuo said in a deep voice with his little hands behind his back: "A woman's right hand is the most respected, how can there be any reason to test the left hand? This king orders you to stretch out your right hand!"

Lu Li smiled and said, "King Ding'an is today's chief examiner, so let's take his proposal as the standard."

So a row of women behind the curtain stretched out their right hands in unison.

Su Qingyuan gloated and said: "Mr. Duan, time is limited, you have to hurry up!"

Duan Ran bit the bullet and stretched out a trembling hand.

Lu Junnuo clapped his little hands and smiled, "Princess, have you seen it? Master, he touched another woman's hand!"

Duan Ran hurriedly withdrew his hand, with a black face: "Your boy dug a hole for me today, didn't you?!"

Lu Junnuo stuck out his tongue, triumphantly.

The exam has already started, Duan Ran has no chance to back down, so he can only bite the bullet and touch those slender and tender hands, looking for them one by one.

The first one is definitely not, because Lu Junnuo said that it is "other people's hand"; the second finger is too thin, soft as if there is no bone; the third knuckle is rough, the bone is not beautiful; the fourth wrist is too flat, It's not a noble face; the fourth one has very delicate skin, but the palm is thicker, so it is very likely to be a fat girl; the fifth one...

The slippery and soft little hands touched one by one, which was a blessing that Duan Ran couldn't dream of in the past, but today it caused him to sweat coldly and his legs to feel weak.

After touching the last one, Duan Ran raised his head with a bitter face, "Lu Li, where did you find these girls?"

Su Qingyuan answered for Lu Li: "Don't worry, they are all good girls with both talents and appearance in [-], and they will definitely not let you suffer!"

Duan Ran knew it.

Ladies from famous families in the capital often value their reputation more than their lives, and their temperaments are mostly arrogant, so why would they stand here in a row and let a strange man touch their hands?

I don't know which theater brothel these women got from!

Hearing Lu Junnuo's reminder, "It's almost time", Lu Li gritted his teeth and said boldly, "Among the 36 people, there is no Princess Hejing!"

"Wow!" Lu Junnuo slapped his hands and exclaimed.

Duan Ran tore off the red cloth covering his face, and asked in surprise: "Am I right?"

The curtain was pulled down, revealing the faces of all the women behind—as expected, Princess Hejing was not included.

After the girls retreated, Princess Hejing came out from behind the screen with a blank expression on her face.

Duan Ran approached with a smile.

Princess Hejing took two steps back, and asked in a deep voice, "How do you know I'm not among those people?"

Duan Ran scratched his scalp, not knowing how to answer.

In fact, he guessed.But on such an important occasion, doesn't it seem a bit disingenuous to just say "guess"?

His hesitation, in the eyes of Princess Hejing, has another meaning.

"These days, everyone tells me that you are unreliable. I didn't believe it before, but who knows..." Princess Hejing lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

"What's wrong? I'm so unreliable!" Duan Ran jumped up anxiously.

Princess Hejing glared at him, angrily: "You haven't touched my right hand, how do you know I'm not among those people? Those women are all the best in brothels, and you have been chasing them for a long time. Run? You have touched all their hands before, so you are very sure that I am not among them, right?"

"I didn't..." Duan Ran wanted to cry but had no tears.

Su Qingyuan spread her hands: "Oh, what can I do? I was planning to congratulate Mr. Duan!"

Lu Li hugged her waist, lowered his head and smiled and said, "Forget it, it seems that he won't be able to get married today! Let's go to the garden outside to have a look. Cheng Yu and the others held a poetry competition there. Painting and playing butterflies in the peony garden next to it, it's very lively! If we can make a few couples today, we will not be unable to send out the congratulatory gifts we prepared!"

Su Qingyuan took Lu Junnuo by the hand, and said with a smile, "That's great! If the guests can make a good relationship, we, as the hosts, will be considered to have immeasurable merit!"

The two talked and laughed, and went out together.

In the pavilion, Duan Ran kept bowing to Princess Hejing: "Your Highness, my little aunt! Did you hear what those two wicked ghosts said? If our marriage fails today, the congratulatory gift they prepared will be given to you." Give it to someone else! You don’t know how hateful those two people are. Today’s incident is clearly them—and that brat Lu Junnuo—they conspired to kill me! You and I are a family, how can we I was tricked by those heartless..."

"It makes sense." Princess Hejing thought thoughtfully.

"Huh?" Duan Ran has not recovered yet.

Princess Hejing turned her back and smiled lowly: "You're so stupid! Hurry up and get ready for the wedding!"

"Princess Shengming!" Duan Ran jumped three feet high.

Outside, Su Qingyuan, who hadn't gone far yet, heard the voice, and immediately fell down: "Oops!"

Lu Junnuo also pursed his lips: "Master seems to be getting more and more confused, what should I do?"

Lu Li raised the corners of his lips, and said in a calm tone, "Jun'er, don't worry about your teacher's wife, and think about yourself first—your teacher is a villain who will retaliate, if you offended him this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it in the future." Have a great time!"

"Hey!" Lu Junnuo was anxious, "Isn't today's matter the idea of ​​the two of you?"

Lu Li spread his hands: "How could it be? A Yuan set up this game to avenge you, and you are the culprit. As for me——I'm simply just a party, what's the matter with me here?"

"Brother Huang, you are simply too shameless..." Lu Junnuo wailed endlessly.

"Huh?" Lu Li frowned.

Lu Junnuo wanted to cry but had no tears: "I mean, Brother Huang is simply too wise and great!"

"Well, that's about the same." Lu Li put on a serious face.

Su Qingyuan was unhappy: "Hey, why are you bullying my son again!"

Lu Li stood still, turned around, and stared at her: "You, say it again? Your what?"

"My son!" Su Qingyuan poked her neck, showing no fear.

Lu Li was discouraged: "A Yuan—"

Su Qingyuan snorted, and turned her back: "Don't call me! You're not as good as Jun'er!"

Lu Junnuo took the opportunity to rub his small face against Su Qingyuan's hand, and gave Lu Li a provocative look.

Duan Ran led Princess Hejing out of the pavilion, and when he saw this scene, he clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Wonderful! This is called tit for tat!"

Lu Li rolled his eyes at him, lowered his head, and took Su Qingyuan's hand again: "Ayuan, do you think that the congratulatory gift we prepared for Duan Ran is still too simple?"

Su Qingyuan nodded heavily: "It's really too simple! Based on Duan Ran's friendship with you for so many years, you only gave him a house and ten thousand taels of gold. This is simply sending off beggars! Let alone me , I am too embarrassed to take out the glazed frame screen and the suet jade bottle..."

"Hey, what else should I add?" Lu Li rubbed his temples, thinking hard.

Su Qingyuan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Why don't you reward him with a few more beautiful maids? Isn't Duan Ran like this the most?"

Lu Li nodded: "That's exactly what I mean. There are two or three little maids in the Shangyi Prison. Duan Ran has been thinking about it since the year before last. I haven't had time to pay attention to them. This time, I will ask Xiao Luzi to pick two more for him. , it's not in vain for our friendship over the years..."

"Lu Li, after so many years of friendship, you...you are really amazing!" Duan Ran gritted his teeth.

Lu Li frowned: "What? Too little?"

"No, no, no!" Duan Ran hurriedly raised his hands up, "Too much! Seriously, Lu Li, now that South Vietnam has just gone through wars and the national treasury is empty, you don't have much money, so this congratulatory gift is just enough, it's too heavy I’m afraid I won’t be able to bear it! I’ll reluctantly accept the house and gold and jade, this beauty—you’d better keep it for yourself!”

"My brother, why are you so polite?" Lu Li was surprised.

Duan Ran bowed to the ground: "My brothers should also be distinct. The women in the palace belong to the emperor, how dare Duan think so!"

(End of this chapter)