The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 77 Can I change the reward?
"What's the matter?"

Murong Jin heard his elder brother's question, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother, what's going on?"

"Stop pretending to me, I don't believe you didn't hear what those two said!" Murong Shen turned his head and glared at his younger brother, and said, "Didn't you and Li Yuhao both wear a pair of pants? You probably don't know right?"

"Brother, I really don't know about this!" Murong Jin said helplessly after hearing the words: "It's been a few days since Miss Ye entered the palace. Since you came back, I haven't seen His Highness again. How do you know what happened?"

"I really don't know?" Murong Shen said with a sideways glance at him.

Murong Jin's heart trembled when he was stared at by this look, he smiled embarrassingly, and said, "Brother, all I know is that Miss Ye doesn't seem to like His Highness the First Prince..."

"Oh? Is there anyone who doesn't like Li Yu?" Murong Shen snorted coldly when he heard the words, "Don't put on a show, right? I think she is playing hard to get when she said the fake marriage. In fact, she is planning to marry the Crown Princess." This Miss Ye is really scheming!"

After hearing this, Murong Jin couldn't help being startled: "Brother, do you have any prejudice against her? In fact, Miss Ye really didn't pay much attention to the throne of the crown princess. She has already rejected Li in public. Yu several times..."

"Aren't you looking for that girl from the Lin family? When did you care so much about Miss Ye?" Murong Shen asked back.

Murong Jin was a little dumbfounded: "These are two different things!"

"Whoever cares about him, I just know that this Ye Zhaoqing is not easy. It not only captivates Li Yumi, but also makes you defend her in every possible way." Murong Shen narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly, and said in a cool tone: " One day, I will tear off her mask and see what she hides..."

Murong Jin looked at his brother's gloomy expression, and for some reason, suddenly felt that there was a trace of excitement hidden under his deep expression?

He must have read it wrong!
Murong Jin shook his head violently a few times, and even wiped his eyes with his hand. When he looked again, Murong Shen's eyes were only thoughtful.

The carriage turned a corner on the main street of the capital, and then turned into the alley where Lin Xiangfu was located.

"Why don't you go directly to the Jokhang Temple?" Murong Shen asked with a frown.

Murong Jin chuckled and said, "Isn't Miss Ye alone alone, wouldn't it be good to call Xi Rong along?"

"She is accompanied by Li Yu, how can she be lonely?" Murong Shen cast a disdainful glance at his younger brother, and said coldly, "I think you want to see Miss Lin, right?"

A blush appeared on Murong Jin's face when he heard this, but he said cheekily: "I only like this girl, brother, don't tease me."

"Look at your worthless look!" Murong Shen snorted coldly when he heard the words: "Do you really think you are a lover? You only love one girl, don't you think it's funny to say that?"

"Brother, why bother talking about me?" Murong Jin said with a smile while jumping off the carriage, "Who has been alone for so many years and refuses to marry a wife in his first year, only willing to wait for the person who will never show up again?" , the title of Love Saint seems to be more suitable for you, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran away.

"It's against you! How dare you turn around and laugh at your elder brother!" Murong Shen stretched out his hand to grab it, but it was in vain. He looked at his little brother who was running not far away, and his expression suddenly changed. There was a trance.

Will that person never appear again?
Muttering to himself, Murong Shen then smiled wryly: "She died more than ten years ago, don't you just know now?"

His gaze passed through the bustling market outside the window, and he seemed to return to the inner courtyard of the palace more than ten years ago in a trance.That year was the emperor's birthday, and he followed his father into the palace to congratulate him, and the civil and military officials presented a variety of congratulatory gifts, all of which were worth thousands of dollars.

Among the gleaming gifts, there was a pot of ordinary green plants. In the cold winter months when the dripping water turned into ice, the touch of green seemed very vibrant.

At that time, most of the rich and noble families in the capital had greenhouses, which ensured that all kinds of flowers would always bloom even in winter. Not to mention, there were all kinds of flowers and green plants to decorate the main hall. festive.

So that pot of green plants seemed too ordinary and too cheap.May I ask, who would dare to give this worthless thing to the emperor as a congratulatory gift?
All the ministers talked about it, and the emperor was also very curious. He immediately called the deacon and eunuch over and asked, "Who sent that pot of grass?"

"Returning to the emperor, it is a congratulatory gift from Princess Anning to His Majesty." The father-in-law bowed his head and replied respectfully.

"Princess An Ning? Why did she give this to the emperor? Isn't it too cheap?" All the ministers couldn't help discussing: "The emperor rewards Prince Huai's mansion with a lot of treasures every year? Why are they so poor? "

The emperor himself was a little surprised when he heard this answer. He turned his head and looked at the potted green plant, but he couldn't see any patterns, so he called Princess Anning over: "What's the meaning of you giving this to me?"

"Your Majesty, the name of this potted flower is Evergreen, and it is always so bright green and full of vitality all the year round." When the small, only 12-year-old An Ning Princess listened to the emperor's question, not only did she not show timidity, but she was generous. He said: "An Ning will give it to the emperor, and wish the emperor's country will be evergreen!"

"Okay, okay!" The emperor laughed loudly after hearing this, "Anning, you brat, to be able to say such meaningful words, it seems that you put a lot of thought into it! I like it!"

"No matter how well you say it, it's just a pot of grass, without even a bud!" Seeing the emperor laughing happily, someone opened his mouth sourly.

Murong Shen, who was standing in the crowd at that time, glanced sideways, and saw that it was the empress dowager who was speaking.

But the emperor didn't care about it. What he cared about was the sentence that An Ning said at the time, everlasting green. This sentence can be said to have reached his heart. Let me ask you who is the emperor, who doesn't want his country to last forever? Evergreen?
This potted flower, in a word, is much better than those treasures that are worth thousands of dollars but are incomparably tacky!

And if you want a round of treasures, is there anything in the treasury?
"I really like this congratulatory gift, little girl An Ning." The emperor chuckled, and while ordering An Ning to get up, he ordered someone to place the pot of Evergreen in the most conspicuous place.Taking the time to wink at the queen at the side.

The queen who was sitting beside the emperor immediately took off a bracelet from her wrist, greeted An Ning with a smile, and put it on her hand.

"This is your reward!"

However, An Ning shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, An Ning doesn't want the bracelet, can I exchange it for a reward?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of gasping for air from above the hall.

In the whole world, there is only one who dares to refuse the emperor's reward face to face, and who is still confident, this is Princess An Ning.

But yes, who said that the emperor didn't have a son and a half at this time?King Huai is highly valued by the emperor, and this Princess Anning is considered unprecedented, and there will be no one to come after.

The queen was not angry when she heard the words, but looked helplessly at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubine cannot send her away, and it depends on you."

"An Ning! Don't talk nonsense!" King Huai, who was sitting at the bottom, immediately stood up a little nervously, cupped his hands at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, it's a humble minister who teaches her daughter Wufang..."

"It's okay, An Ning is innocent, mischievous and bold, I like it very much." The emperor waved his hand at King Huai and ordered him to sit down, then he glanced at An Ning with a smile on his face.

"Then what do you want?"

Although his face was still full of smiles, his slightly condensed eyes already showed that he was a little unhappy.But no one noticed.

Murong Shen, who was sitting far away beside his father, saw this scene, and his heart sank immediately. He wanted to stop An Ning from making rude requests, but he didn't know how to do so.I can only secretly worry.

"The emperor must be angry, right?" At this moment, An Ning frowned slightly, raised her face and said, "I heard that the emperor's grandmother is not feeling well these days, and I can't go to the palace to visit her. Ask the emperor for a waist card that can enter the palace at any time, so many enter the palace to accompany her, the emperor will not even promise me this?"

As he spoke, a pitiful expression appeared on his face.

"So that's the case?" The emperor immediately showed an expression of enlightenment when he heard the words, and shook his head with a smile, "Is this worth mentioning? Are you rejecting my reward? This should have been given to you." Said Then, he turned his head and glanced at the Queen, and said with a smile, "Queen, give her the bracelet too! Then ask someone to get a jade plaque and send it to An Ning."

The queen nodded, put the jade bracelet into An Ning's wrist again, and then directly took a jade pendant from the maid beside her and said, "You don't need to go out of your way to get the waist badge, this jade pendant is stamped with the seal of the former emperor. , with it, you can enter and leave the palace at will.”

"Thank you, empress!" An Ning stretched out her hand to take it with a smile, and then said playfully, "I will return the jade pendant to you, empress, when the imperial grandmother recovers from her illness!"

"Since it's given to you, you can keep it! You can come anytime if you want to enter the palace in the future." The emperor ninja pretended to wave his hand generously, displeased in his heart.

Holding the jade pendant, An Ning turned around and returned to her seat with a smile on her face.

……

Now, that jade pendant is in his hand.

When Murong Shen came back to his senses, he didn't know when he had already taken the jade pendant he found from the flower cage in his hand.

Looking at the familiar lines on the jade pendant, he was very sure that this was the jade pendant that the empress handed over to Princess Anning.

But how did Ye Zhaoqing find it out?Still buried in Huahua's cage?

There are no answers to this series of questions.

Murong Shen frowned slightly, and gently stroked the jade pendant with his hand, but at this moment, he heard footsteps and voices coming from outside the carriage.

He quickly put the jade pendant into his arms, and his incomparably handsome face became expressionless again.

The next moment, Murong Jin lifted the curtain and got into the carriage. Seeing his appearance, he smiled and asked, "Brother, you didn't wait long, did you?"

"I just want to rush to the Jokhang Temple as fast as possible." Murong Shen glanced at his younger brother and said in a deep voice, "I hope you don't waste any more time!"

"Okay!" Murong Jin responded, sat upright with his hands and feet nimble, and then ordered the driver to drive quickly, trying to reach the Jokhang Temple before sunset.

Murong Shen glanced at him, then hugged Fen Jijian tightly, leaned against the carriage wall and closed his eyes slightly.

Murong Jin looked at his brother's appearance of not getting close to strangers, and moved to the side tactfully.

It wasn't until he was about to leave the city gate that he realized that something was wrong with the situation today?
Murong Jin's eyes fell on the Fen Ji sword tightly held by his brother, thoughtfully.

Originally thought that the road would be very smooth, but to Ye Zhaoqing's surprise, their carriage was stopped as soon as they left the city gate.

"Which one is itchy to stop Ben Gong's carriage?" Li Yu lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out impatiently.

The next moment, he saw a gorgeous woman with her arms open, running towards him with great excitement: "Cousin!"

"God! Stop her!" Li Yu put down the curtain of the carriage, and said angrily in the carriage, "Why is she here?"

The person outside the carriage is Fang Zhilin.

Ye Zhaoqing hadn't seen Fang Zhilin for a long time since the Fengyang Tower parted. During the chat a few days ago, Li Yu once said that the son of Anyang, Zhao Heng, had come to propose marriage to the Fang family elder, but the Fang family elder did not agree to this marriage.

Even so, the news that Prince Anyang liked Fang Zhilin and spent time alone with her in the box of Fengyang Building gradually spread.

I don't know what she is doing here today?
I guess it came for me, right?Ye Zhaoqing turned his head and glanced at Li Yu, and found that his face was pale and ugly.

"That's your cousin, no matter what, you should say hello to her, right?" Ye Zhaoqing said.

Hearing this, Li Yu glanced back at her, suddenly smiled, grabbed her shoulders and said, "Now she is also your cousin, come on, let's say hello to her together!" Then, he opened the curtain of the car.

Outside the carriage, Fang Zhilin still wanted to rush over here, but was stopped by the guards. Seeing Li Yu in the carriage, she immediately showed a very happy expression: "Cousin !haven't seen you for a long time!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed Ye Zhaoqing, who was sitting next to Li Yu with his arms around his shoulders. The expression on his face changed drastically, and he became a little ferocious for a moment: "Cousin! Why is this woman in your carriage!"

"He is the concubine of my palace and will get married soon. Why can't he be here?" Li Yu glanced at Ye Zhaoqing gently, then turned to look at Fang Zhilin, with a very polite tone: "Cousin Where are you going? Isn't your marriage with Zhao Heng about to be settled? Why are you running around?"

As soon as this was mentioned, a trace of disgust and hatred flashed in Fang Zhilin's eyes, and she immediately retorted: "Who wants to marry that fool! There is no such thing as engagement!"

"Really?" Li Yu seemed very surprised when he heard the words: "Then why did I hear that the Marquis of Anyang had already formally mentioned your marriage to the royal father when he came to court today? The royal father, Longyan Dayue, is still preparing I personally issued an imperial decree to grant the marriage!"

"Impossible!" Fang Zhilin's complexion changed drastically, she shook her head frantically and said, "My father told me that he would never let me marry that cowardly son of Anyang!"

"Then why don't you go back and ask your father?" Li Yu said indifferently.

Fang Zhilin turned around and left when she heard the words, but after taking two steps, she suddenly turned her head, looked fixedly at Li Yu in the carriage and said, "Cousin, do you want to drive me away?"

"No?" Li Yu said seriously: "It's my cousin, you want to go back..."

"No!" Fang Zhilin retorted loudly: "I came here today to tear the face of Ye Zhaoqing, the mourner! Tell her to seduce her cousin!" He rushed over in the carriage, raised his hands high, and his long nails went straight to Ye Zhaoqing's face.

With Li Yu around, how could Ye Zhaoqing suffer such harm?Before Fang Zhilin ran to the carriage, Li Yu had already tightly protected Ye Zhaoqing, pushed her slightly into the carriage, quickly reached out and grabbed Fang Zhilin's wrists.

"Ah..." Fang Zhilin screamed immediately: "It hurts! Cousin, are you trying to break my arm?"

"Stop following me!" Li Yu looked straight into Fang Zhilin's eyes, and said coldly, "Don't say those ridiculous things anymore! If you don't listen to all the good things, don't blame me for being rude!" Raising her hand, Fang Zhilin's body flew out like a kite with a broken string, and landed heavily on the ground.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Fang Zhilin fell hard all of a sudden, lying on the ground, unable to move. The people she brought were frightened by Li Yu's status and pressure, and they didn't dare to come forward at all. , can only watch her fall to the ground.

"Go ahead!" Li Yu said expressionlessly.

Soon, the carriage team began to move slowly, rushing forward.

It wasn't until the whole team passed that Fang Zhilin's people dared to go up and help her up: "Miss Six, are you okay?"

"Trash! They're all a bunch of trash!" Fang Zhilin was furious, and cursed: "It's useless at all, and I'll drive you all out when I go back!"

"The Eldest Prince has a noble status, apart from you, who among the servants would dare to make him suffer? It's not like they're dying too long." The servants said in a low voice.

Fang Zhilin was full of anger and stared at the servant's face, unable to say a word for a long time.

……

"Who was that girl just now?" In the carriage, Murong Shen asked curiously.

Murong Jin glanced at him, wondering: "Brother, you weren't such a gossip character before? Why do you take care of people and things related to the First Prince now?"

"Of course." Murong Shen replied with a matter of course: "From ancient times to the present, there are not many emperors and generals who are obsessed with women and cannot extricate themselves. We need to investigate to see if they are troublesome women."

"Speaking so noble, I don't think you think so in your heart, do you?" Murong Jin stole a glance at the Fen Ji sword tightly held by her elder brother when she heard that, and said, "I admit, this Miss Ye It's a bit weird, so you investigate her like this, but I think you care too much..."

"What did you say? Do you have the guts to say it again?" Murong Shen raised his eyebrows, and said with unkind eyes, "I'll give you this chance!"

"Don't!" Murong Jin repeatedly begged for mercy: "Brother, I dare not!"

"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll have someone send that Miss Lin back." Murong Shen said with his gaze back.

Murong Jin wanted to say that with Ye Zhaoqing around, he would definitely not be able to succeed, but after thinking about it, he still swallowed the words that came to his lips.

In the eyes of his elder brother, Li Yu was nothing, and Ye Zhaoqing's words were even less deterrent.It's better for him not to humiliate himself.

More importantly, Lin Xirong cannot be sent back.

There was a sudden silence in the carriage.

Murong Jin looked down at the Fen Jijian held in his arms, and suddenly thought, did he really care too much?

That woman, apart from being close to Huahua, finding the jade pendant, and daring to snatch the Fenji Sword, is almost the same as An Ning, but why does he think of her whenever he thinks of An Ning recently?
Ye Zhaoqing, who are you?Why are there these strange behaviors?

Taking advantage of Murong Jin's inattention, he stretched out his right hand and gently stroked the jade pendant hanging by his waist.

When the carriage arrived at the Jokhang Temple, it was indeed dusk.

Today is destined to stay on this mountain for one night. Fortunately, both Li Yu and Murong's family have their own fixed guest houses in this Jokhang Temple. On weekdays, no other pilgrims will be allowed to stay. Everything is ready-made , but don't bother.

The Lin family also has a courtyard here. After everyone got off the carriage, Ye Zhaoqing said directly to Li Yu, "I will live with Xirong tonight, so we won't have dinner together. See you tomorrow." As he spoke, he held Lin Xirong's hand I want to leave.

"Wait!" Li Yu suddenly became anxious: "Zhaoqing, why bother, my courtyard is very big, why do you have to squeeze in with others..."

"After all, we are not married yet. Does Your Highness want me to be criticized?" Ye Zhaoqing interrupted in a cold voice: "In Yongchun Palace, there is no other choice. Don't think too much, Your Highness." Then, he dragged Lin Xirong away.

Li Yu stood there with a disappointed face and watched them leave. He raised his foot to follow, but after thinking about it, he shrank back.

Murong Shen's eyes flickered when he saw this scene.

"Cough cough!" Murong Jin coughed lightly, and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late, I'll accompany you to resettle it first! We'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do."

"That's the only way to go." Li Yu nodded, turned to look at Murong Shen, and said, "Master, do you want me to send someone to help you settle?"

"No, just take care of yourself!" Murong Shen replied calmly, turned around and left.

He has always had this temperament, and Li Yu has long been used to it. He was just rejected by Ye Zhaoqing, and he was hurt both face and face. He just wanted to be alone at the moment, so he said to Murong Jin: "You go first, wait for dinner Come and have a drink with me later."

"Okay!" Murong Jin responded, stepped forward and patted Li Yu's shoulder, and said, "Don't take it too seriously, the future will last forever."

Li Yu nodded: "I know."

Only then did Murong Jin turn around and chase after her elder brother.

Li Yu also returned to his own guest house with a disappointed face.

An hour later, another group of people sneaked into the Jokhang Temple and settled down not far from Li Yuke's courtyard.

In the guest courtyard of the Lin family, Ye Zhaoqing was stretching. He was really exhausted after sitting in the carriage for several hours.

(End of this chapter)