Queen Sun

Chapter 42 Mid-Autumn Festival (2)
Li Shimin curled Ruoshui's black hair skillfully, and asked after a long time, "Ruoshui, does this look good?"

Ruoshui opened his eyes, and the shape of the raised bun was vaguely reflected in the mirror, suppressing the doubts in his heart, he smiled slightly: "It's not as good as Guangyue making it look good."

Li Shimin was slightly surprised, and then laughed loudly: "When I used to comb for others, they all praised me as unparalleled in the world."

Ruoshui raised his eyes slightly: "I'm telling the truth, second brother will get tired of hearing too many compliments."

"Then I'll tell you the truth later, you are not allowed to be angry with me." Li Shimin's eyes flickered with a touch of helplessness.

Ruoshui suppressed his smile, then nodded and said, "Is it Chengqian's business?"

Li Shimin smiled wryly: "He promised me to go to Tuyuhun."

"Tuyuhun?" Ruoshui's hand holding a jade hairpin trembled heavily, and the hairpin fell to the ground and broke in two, "Such a dangerous place, do you want to inherit it?"

Li Shimin comforted him gently: "Don't worry, with Li Jing and Hou Jun gathered together, it's not for Chengqian to make a decision, but for him to follow along and learn something well. They’re all just talking on paper, right?”

"I just met that girl from the Su family." After a long time, Ruoshui said calmly, "She is not the prettiest, but she has a gentle and gentle charm all over her. It is not surprising that Cheng Qian would like her."

"Then what do you think?" Li Shimin's voice could not tell the joy or anger.

"Her eyes are clear enough, and she is more than enough to be a successor." Ruo Shui's eyes moved slightly, "But if you want to be a princess or even a queen in the future, you will lack a bit of grandeur and dignity, but there is no way to do it. After all, the Su family has been in decline since her grandfather's generation."

Li Shimin smiled slightly: "If we can make Ruoshui such an evaluation, it seems that this daughter-in-law must be her."

"So I thought, let her stay by my side and have a look before we talk about it." Ruoshui ignored the faint teasing in her husband's words, "Not to mention anything else, Cheng Qian is only 16 years old now. No one can tell."

Li Shimin heard the deep meaning in his wife's words, and said in a daze: "You mean Cheng Qian will betray him?"

"Negative? Who can tell?" Ruoshui turned his face slightly, "Maybe he will also like another girl in the future, and if we say the same thing again, he just likes two people at the same time."

Li Shimin was stunned again, and sighed softly: "No, you see that we are not all single-minded people now, Cheng Qian is our son, and it must be so."

Ruoshui looked at the figure behind the bronze mirror, smiled silently, but felt sore in his heart, wholeheartedly, cherishing the person in front of him.

"Chengqian..." Li Shimin hesitated, "It is still unnecessary for him to attend the banquet tonight."

Ruoshui nodded slightly. Originally, this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet welcomed the returning prince. Li Shimin probably didn't expect Chengqian's attitude to be so resolute, but now everything is going to the unknown, even himself. It is impossible to predict the direction of history. "It's time to be seated, Second Brother." She looked at the sky outside the window, seemingly carelessly saying.

Li Shimin smiled and helped his wife up, held her soft hand firmly, and walked out together.

Ruoshui lowered his head inadvertently, but saw the two people's wide sleeves stacked together, black and black, almost indistinguishable in the night, like the emperor and the empress, there seems to be a destiny that cannot be separated even by death with twine.

Looking forward from the chariot, the normally quiet Lingyan Pavilion is flickering in the distance. Li Shimin looked at Ruoshui and said with a smile: "Looking at you, there are people who are eager to meet at the banquet tonight." ?”

Ruoshui smiled, and said casually, "Isn't it okay to want to see brother?"

Li Shimin's face was a little sad: "You and Wuji's relationship has been very good since childhood, but who will believe in the future that the four of us also had a brotherly love back then."

At this moment, the rigidity of the emperor faded away, Ruoshui felt a heavy and distant loneliness from this man, so she smiled softly and said: "Didn't I tell you? When we were young, my brother and I often It's a mess, every time..." At this point, Ruoshui suddenly stopped, looked at Li Shimin's curious eyes, and then continued, "Every time it's dad who pulls brother away."

"It turns out that if Ruoshui was so naughty, then I can't blame that from Chengqian to Mozi, no one is safe." Li Shimin has never heard his wife tell about the past in the eldest grandson's house. Now that he thinks about it, maybe he is afraid of arousing him. Memories of my late father.

Ruoshui glanced at him without leaving any trace, but still had lingering fear in his heart.Recently, the memories of the eldest grandson's childhood have become more and more clear. Although the child's face is still very strange, the boy's clear eyes are full of indescribable familiarity, which is like a shadow under the sun even though he is close at hand. Same, elusive and unrememberable.

When the emperor and empress entered the table together, the royal case suddenly fell silent. Except for a few important ministers, only the fourth wife was present among the concubines. The prologue of the night.

The concubines below all looked at the queen with complicated eyes. They were clearly in their thirties, but the elegant and gentle face and the lingering indifference in their eyes seemed to announce the stagnation of time. .When they saw the almost imperceptible fine lines around their eyes in horror, this woman who was the mother of the world gradually caught all the eyes and thoughts of the emperor.A woman's appearance is one that pleases herself, but when her carefully groomed makeup can't get the slightest sideways glance from the king, her sad and sad heart has been deeply rooted in her heart.But the woman who took away the one she loves is the only one I can't wait to hate. She draws a natural barrier between herself and the other concubines with her heart of Wuzheng and even Wuqiu.

The resentment accumulated in Yang Rui's heart for a long time, somehow, when she saw such a queen, it was like a fire being doused by water, cold and wet.Even though she is the only favorite in the harem now, there is no trace of coquettishness in her eyes, as if she doesn't care.If you want to take revenge on the person you hate, you must grasp its weakness to make that person feel miserable.But it is obvious that the king's favor and decline is not the queen's sore point, so what she cares about is... Thinking of this, she couldn't help but lower her eyelids. The nanny in the former palace told herself that everyone has weaknesses, so, that mother Women in Yitianxia must also have...

Halfway through the banquet, the scene was still lukewarm, and the courtiers and concubines still didn't understand the purpose of hosting the banquet tonight, so they became a little more cautious in their words.Ruoshui looked at the always prudent grandson Wuji in a strange way, who seemed to be a little absent-minded at this moment, and couldn't help but curiously said: "Second brother, look at Wuji today..."

Before the words were finished, Yang Qian unexpectedly got up and saluted, and then asked: "Empress Empress, I heard that the prince has returned to the palace today, why didn't I see His Highness attend the table?"

There was a sudden silence during the banquet, and everyone present knew some rumors, saying that the crown prince led a woman back to the palace privately, which aroused reprimand and dissatisfaction from His Majesty and Queen.Thinking of this, the original purpose of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet seems to be looming.

Displeasure rose in Li Shimin's heart, and he said coldly, "When will it be Concubine Shu's turn to discipline the prince?"

Ruoshui's heart sank, the past few years of getting along made her understand that what Li Shimin hates the most is when someone is in his position but not doing his job.Glancing at Yang Qian, who had a stubborn look, she also understood where her hatred came from, but she could only chuckle and take the words, pretending to be angry and said: "The crown prince fell in love with her girl, and he will treat you regardless of the severity. Brought it back, and now people are still asking the Supreme Emperor to admit their mistakes."

Yang Qian forced a smile and sat back, only to hear Yang Rui who was beside her seem to ask curiously: "Which family is that girl from, who has such a great blessing?"

Ruoshui held down the hand that the king was about to raise beside him, still smiled and said, "It's the great-granddaughter of Suwei, Duke of Shepi, the former servant, has the concubine Xian heard of it?"

The smile on Yang Rui's face faltered, she originally wanted to allude to the decline of the Su family's family, but she didn't want to, indeed, Su Wei was still an important minister of the previous dynasty, and she was just the princess of the previous dynasty. "Yes." She bowed her head and said, "The Su family is indeed a family of nobles, and the woman His Royal Highness admires must be both talented and beautiful."

Ruoshui smiled nonchalantly, and said with a little reproach: "Before, Your Majesty told me that when he was young and vigorous, he wronged Mr. Su, and now it is the son who pays the father back, which is only right and proper."

The slight frown between Li Shimin's brows flashed away, and then he smiled at the ministers: "The prince's marriage is still to be discussed, and there is no need to mention it tomorrow morning."

Although Fang Xuanling and the others were puzzled in their hearts, they had no choice but to put it aside first, just because of the ambiguous attitude of the emperor.Crown Princess, this is such an important position. I believe that His Majesty and the Queen will not decide arbitrarily because of the Crown Prince's selfishness.

When the banquet was coming to an end, Ruoshui always felt that there was always a deep gaze looking at him from the beginning.But when he looked back at the past, it disappeared. This kind of familiar confusion was not answered until he caught a glimpse of Changsun Wuji's sideways gaze.

As far as the eye can see, a man in court clothes is silently sipping wine.Although he lowered his head, the familiar figure was exactly the same as the figure he met at the Changsun's mansion that day. Who is he?Could it be in that dream...

Maybe it was because his focused gaze was too long, Ruoshui suddenly felt his waist tighten, and when he came back to his senses, he heard Li Shimin say with the majesty of a king in his words: "Suiliang, this is the first time you have met Shall I meet the queen?"

Under the eyes of everyone, Chu Suiliang got up calmly, knelt down, and thanked him: "Yes, I have not thanked the empress for her kindness." His words were calm and gentle.

Trying my best to suppress the stupefaction and consternation in my heart, the names of brother Aliang, Chu Suiliang, Changsun Wuji's old friend, and Fubo's unavoidable names suddenly strung together like scattered pearls.But when the memories in his mind became clearer, Ruoshui suddenly smiled dignifiedly, waved his hand slightly and said, "Mr. Chu is a great talent, how could I be able to overcome it with the words of the palace, Mr. is too modest."

Chu Suiliang calmly got up and returned to his seat, his attitude was still elegant and leisurely, and there was no wave in his eyes.

Looking at his eyes, Ruoshui couldn't help but see another pair of similar eyes, the same as warm as jade, the same clear and humble, but behind the breezy clouds, there is a trace of unbearable and distressed.Thinking of this, for some reason, her heart was abnormally calm, as if she was an outsider, she had never really felt pain, but half of her heart seemed to have died.

That night, the solemn and quiet look on the queen's face and the meaningful and remote look in the emperor's eyes were deeply engraved in everyone's hearts like the beginning of a scene.

(End of this chapter)