Anguo Gonglou Jianyu, nicknamed Bosang, was slender and elegant in appearance. He looked more like a civil servant than a military general. He sent Huaizhong away with a smile, and Lou Jianyu couldn't wait to go to Zhuque Hall.

When Taizong died, the Queen Mother took her young son to control the government, causing chaos among the feudal lords. Emperor Sejong, who almost died, issued a national edict that the queen must be a man. Once the prince is established, he will be given to the queen to educate and is not allowed to have a blind date with his biological mother. Now Sejong has passed away.

For more than a hundred years, this national policy has been implemented to this day, and it can indeed stabilize the government. However, if it is my turn to do this, I will not be happy about it.

"... An Guogong's eldest son, Lou Jing, is a man of literary and military skills, good character and good looks. He is betrothed to the prince Xiao Chengjun..." Lou Jing pinched the bright yellow brocade embroidered with colorful dragon patterns and was speechless for a moment.

Lou Jianyu was very satisfied with his son's current expression and said coldly: "The imperial edict has been issued, so don't do any more unnecessary things!"

"Father," Lou Jing slowly raised his head, his voice was as calm as an ancient well, "Why?" He considered himself respectful and filial, and he had never disobeyed his father. Except for those years when he went to war with his grandfather, as long as he was at home, no matter the heat,

In the severe cold, morning and dusk have never been lacking. Today, my father asked the guards to beat him, and he kept asking why, why did he treat his own son like this!

"Huh!" Lou Jianyu just snorted coldly and walked away, throwing up his sleeves.

Gao Yi didn't come back until the moon was at the top of the sky. After hearing the afternoon's order, he couldn't help but look shocked. It happened so quickly?

Lou Jing received several replies from Gao Yi, "Tomorrow you go to Zhuangzi and send two masters over." The matter was more serious than he thought. The emperor had already issued an edict, so there was no room for change. His father also

I won't pity him at all. It's always good to have a few more people around.

"Yes," Gao Yi responded, his resolute face couldn't help but show a sad look, "Your Majesty, what will we do in the future?"

"What else can I do?" Lou Jing put down the letter in his hand and closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he already had a little smile on his face, "The decision was made on August 20 to get married on the second day of September. The emperor is so anxious.

, as a minister, it is natural for him to share the worries of his superior."

"The Crown Prince..." Xunxia called out worriedly, wondering if the Crown Prince was confused by anger.

However, Gao Yi knew that the prince's expression meant that he had something to do with it, so he retired with peace of mind. Xunxia was afraid that Lou Jing would have a fever at night, so he sent the boy on duty and rested in the wing. The Zhuque Hall was quiet.

When we get down, the evening breeze blows through the green bamboos in the courtyard, sounding like the wind blowing withered grass in the desert, which makes people feel a bit desolate for no reason.

Lou Jing looked at the bright moon outside the window and tried to recall what the prince was like. He went to the battlefield with his grandfather to practice when he was eleven years old. His grandfather died in the battle two years ago before returning to the capital to observe mourning. The prince rarely made friends with noble children.

Last year, Qiu Lie also claimed that his illness had not gone away, so that the prince in his mind now was still the child he saw when he was a child, wearing an apricot yellow robe, with a sullen face, and giving him silk candy.

At night, the moon is as cold as water, flowing on the vermilion glazed tiles, making the palace even more lonely.

East Palace, Chongren Hall.

"Lou Jing was beaten?" A slender hand held the paper in his hand, revealing a corner of his apricot sleeve in the clear moonlight. There was no emotion or anger in the calm and sweet voice. It was the owner of the East Palace—

—Prince Xiao Chengjun.

"Yes," a man dressed as a Confucian scholar standing next to him lowered his hands and responded respectfully, "Dong An Guo is hiding this matter, and the emperor may not know about it yet."

Xiao Chengjun nodded slightly, put the paper against the candle, and let the flames devour the snow-white paper.

"Your Highness, if the prince is dissatisfied with this marriage, I am afraid that if he is allowed to marry into the East Palace..." The tone is full of worry and hesitation. Neither the queen nor the princess has ever been the only legitimate son of a prince's family, let alone Anguo.

The Duke's family belongs to an aristocratic family, completely different from those idle nobles. After marrying the eldest son of An Guo, which means breaking up the founding father of the country, how could the emperor make such a confused decision?

Slowly putting his hands behind his back, Xiao Chengjun had no intention of answering the conversation. He seemed to be waiting for the next step and seemed to have no interest.

The speaker was not sure what the prince meant, so he had no choice but to go on, "Although the Lou family is prominent, the number of heirs is very small, which is not of much help to His Highness. Moreover, the prince of Anguo was raised by the old Anguo himself. Last autumn, he

He came out on top in both riding and shooting, and the emperor rewarded him with the rank of fourth-grade Yulin Lieutenant General. No one among the noble disciples can surpass him. He is a rare young talent..." To put such a person trapped in the small space of the harem

, it is a pity not to mention it, it will leave a lot of hidden dangers.

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Chengjun raised his hand and interrupted this irritable advice. Since his father wanted him to marry Lou Jing, he had his reasons. Besides, the decree was already made, so there was no point in talking more.

Gao Yi went to Zhuangzi outside Beijing the next day and brought back two men with stern faces.

"This is Yun Qi and Yun Ba. Yun Qi is good at treating injuries, and Yun Ba is good at detecting information." Gao Yi pointed to the two men in black kneeling on the ground. These are the Sixteenth Guards of Youyun that the old man left to his grandson.

two of them.

Lou Jing nodded. These sixteen dead soldiers were elite soldiers in the hands of his grandfather. Even his father didn't know the existence of these people. He was reluctant to use them on weekdays. "I asked you two to come here just in case. It's not a last resort."

Don’t take action.”

The day when the decree was issued was already August 17th, but the wedding was scheduled for the second day of September. I don’t know how Qintian Prison calculated it, but it actually set the date so close. The Anguo Duke’s Mansion was so busy these days. And the prince lived in

The Suzaku Hall was deserted and even heavily guarded.

Lou Jing had Yun Qi treat his injuries, and the injuries were gradually improving. However, the time was too short, and he was afraid that he would only be able to recover 30% of his health by the time of the ceremony. Mrs. Wei, the Duke of Anguo, learned her lesson from that day and never provoked her again.

Lou Jing, on the other hand, sent people to deliver some ginseng, deer antler and other tonics every day. Lou Jing was busy inquiring about information these days and had no time to talk to her for the time being.

"Your Majesty," Gao Yi walked in with a somewhat strange expression, "My subordinates saw that Young Master Ji Ming was climbing over the wall."

"Zhao Xi?" Lou Jing, who was lying on his side reading a book, raised his eyebrows and said, "Bring him in."

Not long after, I heard a young voice as clear as a golden bell, "Your guards are getting more and more rude. They really should be allowed to study with me for two years."

"My guard is illiterate. I'm afraid that studying with you will disgrace Zhao Jieyuan's reputation." Lou Jing glanced sideways at the person who was busy adjusting his robes, and couldn't help but smile in his eyes. The person who came seemed to be only ten.

Five or six years old, with handsome features and a bookish air unique to Jiangnan literati, he asked, "When did you come to Beijing? Why didn't anyone come to deliver a letter?"

The Zhao family is a family of officials, and Zhao Xi's second uncle is Zhao Duan, the left prime minister of the dynasty. Logically speaking, there has never been much interaction between nobles and civil servants, but Zhao Xi is a very special person. He has read books about sages since he was a child, and his appearance

He also has a gentle face, but he is as lively as a monkey. When I was a child, I studied with my uncle in the capital, and I met Lou Jing by chance. I fell in love with him at first sight. Whenever Lou Jing was in the capital, he would come to see him every now and then.

Two years ago, he returned to Jiangnan to study hard and take the provincial examination. He learned about the Yuan Dynasty at the age of fourteen. Zhao Xi ranked ninth in the family. None of the eight cousins ​​in front of him could compare with him. The family was very happy, and his grandfather personally gave him an advance.

The word "Ji Ming" was chosen.

"Huh, grandpa asked me to take the exam next year. He said that I gave him a headache by making noise at home. I wanted to give you a surprise, but I heard that you were going to marry the prince as soon as I entered the capital!" Zhao Xi lifted up his clothes.

He sat down by the bed, took the cup handed over by Yingqiu, drank it all in a few gulps, and said with a smile, "Thank you sister, please give me another cup."

Yingqiu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and gave him another cup of tea with a smile.

Zhao Xi took the cup and didn't drink or speak. He just looked at the person on the bed with interest, as if he was examining how many days this seriously injured person could live.

Lou Jing raised her chin, and Gao Yi and Yingqiu stepped out knowingly.

"I submitted a greeting invitation, but was rejected by An Guogong," Zhao Xi then put away his gloating expression and frowned, "He put you under house arrest?" An Guogong said that his son was not in the palace, so he went to the north.

At the yamen, it turned out that the left commander of the Yulin Army said that Lou Jing had not been there for several days. Then he realized that something was wrong and simply climbed over the wall and entered the Suzaku Hall.

Lou Jing put down the book in his hand and slowly changed his position to lie down, "That's right."

Zhao Xi looked at Lou Jing's indifferent expression and suddenly became angry, "Then are you going to marry her?" He never understood why Duke An Guo didn't like Lou Jing, but after so many years, he didn't

See what kind of loss Lou Jing suffered, why was he so easily grasped this time?

"I can't even walk, what else can I do?" Lou Jing yawned lazily, "It's not bad to marry into the East Palace. At least I don't have to go to war. My father will have to kowtow when he sees me in the future."

"You..." Zhao Xi was so angry that he jumped up immediately, "Now that the imperial concubine is the favorite and the prince is in decline, do you think you can have a good life by marrying to the East Palace? What will you do if the prince, like the emperor, does not like male sex?

"

Lou Jing quietly looked at the person jumping up and down, and smiled slowly, "Zhao Jiu, I have a friend like you, even if I am beaten to death by my father, it is worth it." Even though this kind of words that do not take the royal family seriously are inconsistent with the words.

Zhao Xi's own temperament has something to do with it, but Zhao Xi is probably the only one who would think about him like this.

"Bah," Zhao Xi spat at him, "It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry to kill the eunuch. How long has it been and you are still talking nonsense."

Lou Jing put away her smile and said seriously: "The Emperor has already decreed this matter. No matter how powerful I am, there is no way I can make the Emperor take it back. Besides...have you ever heard about the Jingnan Marquis?"

"The emperor seems to intend to transfer Nanhou back to the capital." When Zhao Xi said this, he couldn't help but lower his voice. He is a rare genius in the family, and his second uncle valued him very much, so he would tell such secrets to the court.

he.

Lou Jing nodded, pondered for a moment and then said, "I heard that it is the Queen's wish to marry me as the Crown Princess."

"Ah!" Zhao Xi couldn't help but exclaimed. The Queen is the biological son of Jingnan Marquis. Jingnan Marquis has guarded the southeast area for so many years and has made great achievements in battle. The emperor asked him to transfer him back to the capital. In fact, he wanted to take away his military power. So in this

Accepting the Crown Princess was a way of appeasing the Queen. Instead of taking the opportunity to gain more benefits for her family, the Queen asked the Crown Prince to marry an unrelated person like Lou Jing. Why?

Lou Jing ignored Zhao Xi's surprise and asked another matter, "What's Zuo Xiang's impression of the prince?"

Zhao Xi blinked. He had the impression that his uncle did not have an overly high opinion of the prince. The prince had always behaved himself and had never taken the initiative to make friends with anyone. "Do you think there is something wrong with the prince?"
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