The Ninth Prince of Nanchu was very tall. He came against the light, and his eyes were like a sharp knife that cut fiercely into Shen Wei's face.
The ninth prince Li Mi stopped.
He tilted his head and looked at Shen Wei's face. As if seeing something interesting, Li Mi jokingly said, "Are you the fisherman's daughter that the emperor brought back?"
Shen Wei took a sip of tea: “Yeah.”
Li Mi: “So ugly.”
Shen Wei put down the teacup: "If the emperor makes me the queen, I will be your mother. A dog does not despise a poor family, a son does not despise an ugly mother, how can you despise your mother's ugliness?"
Li Mi: ...
Li Mi gritted his teeth: "What a cruel mouth."
The palace maid Caizhu next to her was so frightened that her legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees. She kept winking at Shen Wei, hoping that Shen Wei would not offend the Ninth Prince.
The ninth prince Li Mi is no simple person!
What a ruthless person!
When she went crazy, even the former Concubine Qin didn't dare to look up. Li Mi had been in conflict with the emperor for a long time and had a hot temper. Once a palace concubine accidentally provoked him, Li Mi directly chopped the concubine with a knife.
Afterwards, the Ninth Prince was imprisoned in the Sky Prison by the Emperor for half a month and suffered severe torture. After being released from the Heavenly Prison, Li Mi's bad temper remained unchanged and he opposed the emperor everywhere.
The fat white fox also ran over slowly, circled around Shen Wei's feet, curled up into a white ball, and snuggled up to Shen Wei's feet. Shen Wei liked it very much and reached out to rub the white fox's fat head.
The white fox narrowed its eyes comfortably and lowered its furry ears.
Li Mi saw this scene and secretly gnashed his teeth: "This fox loves to bite people, and it is so intimate with you."
Shen Wei smiled and said, "He who knows the current situation is a hero. It is a smart fox, and it knows that it will end miserably if it bites me. What about you, are you smart?"
Li Mi put the tip of his tongue against his cheek and looked at Shen Wei deeply: "Misfortune."
After saying that, Li Mi turned away.
The white fox still lay affectionately at Shen Wei's feet.
Caizhu heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly poured tea for Chen Wei. Caizhu murmured, "Girl, you are so lucky. The Ninth Prince might be in a very good mood today, so he didn't attack you."
Chen Wei played with the teacup with her fingertips and asked Caizhu, "Is the relationship between the Ninth Prince and the Emperor really that bad?"
Caizhu nodded angrily: "They are like water and fire, and cannot coexist."
Shen Wei slowly shook her head and said firmly: "If it was really incompatible, this brat would have been killed long ago."
But unfortunately, Li Yuanli still saved the life of the Ninth Prince, which shows that the relationship between the two is not as severe as the outside world thinks.
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The front hall of the palace.
Li Yuanli leaned lazily on the dragon throne. He ignored the piles of files on his desk. Behind the pearl curtain, several court ministers were arguing and discussing how to convict the Prime Minister's Office.
Li Yuanli felt drowsy after listening to this.
Until the chief eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince is here."
The quarrel in the hall suddenly stopped.
The ministers were all distressed and did not dare to stay any longer. Every time the Ninth Prince came to pay his respects to the Emperor, there would be a huge uproar in the palace.
No one dares to bring bad luck.
The ministers bowed and took their leave. Li Yuanli held his forehead with one hand and closed his eyes to rest. The incense from the gilded copper stove in the hall had an elegant smell that made him drowsy.
The sound of heavy footsteps broke the silence behind the bead curtain.
The ninth prince Li Mi strode into the hall, and the other palace servants tactfully withdrew. He pulled aside the beaded curtain, and with a rustling sound, Li Mi raised his voice: "I don't understand why you like such a vulgar, ugly, and humble woman!"
Li Yuanli leaned back on the dragon chair and said calmly, "She is the best woman in the world."
Li Mi was stunned, he couldn't believe his ears. "That Yuan Xier is arrogant, slick, and disrespectful to the imperial power. She is not worthy of you at all! I have never seen you indulge in women before. Are you poisoned?"
Li Yuanli sighed: "I am not worthy of her."
Li Mi seemed to be hearing a fairy tale.
A look of bewilderment appeared on his young and tender face. He said, "Are you ill? If you are seriously ill, you might as well let me sit on the throne!"
Li Mi was just speaking in anger, but unexpectedly the man on the dragon throne suddenly smiled. Li Yuanli asked, "Are you serious?"
Li Mi fell silent for a moment.
The 18-year-old boy, like a young tiger with its fur standing on end, lowered his noble head and said dully, "Don't take it seriously."
Li Yuanli stood up slowly. He was dressed in a dark black dragon robe embroidered with gold, had no beard, and his face did not reveal his age. His eyes were like the deep sea, filled with the majesty left over from the long years.
He walked along the long white jade steps and came in front of Li Mi.
Li Yuanli looked down at the young tiger and said, "Do you know why I spared your life back then?"
Li Mi said sullenly, “I don’t know.”
The outside world believed that the relationship between the Ninth Prince Li Mi and Li Yuanli was very bad. After all, Li Yuanli personally killed Li Mi's biological parents and massacred the royal family.
It can be said to be a blood feud.
But Li Mi did not bear a grudge against Li Yuanli.
After all, before Li Yuanli appeared, he was just the least favored little prince in the harem of Nan Chu. He had a good memory since he was a child, and he clearly remembered that he was locked in a pigsty by his cowardly mother.
He remembered competing with the piglets for food, the shrill laughter of the beautiful concubines, and the fat white maggots that grew in the pigsty during the hot summer days and crawled all over his little hands and feet.
It was Li Yuanli who took him out of the pigsty.
It was Li Yuanli who gave him the first full meal in his life.
Without this man, he might have drowned in the pigsty or been strangled to death by his biological mother.
Over the years, Li Yuanli was strict with him. They forced him to learn martial arts, forced him to study hard, forced him to run around everywhere, forced him to kill and burn things - but they didn't kill him.
Li Mi's feelings towards Li Yuanli were complicated. He could neither feel gratitude nor resentment.
Li Yuanli patted his shoulder, his voice lazily: "I have to leave the palace for a while, you will supervise the country on my behalf. If I can't come back, you can ascend the throne. The new emperor of Qing will ascend the throne at the age of sixteen, and you are no worse than him."
Li Mi frowned and looked at Li Yuanli's face suspiciously: "Are you sick? You are talking nonsense!"
Of course Li Mi wanted to inherit the throne.
But in his expectation, he would have to wait at least another ten years. After all, Li Yuanli in front of him did not look old. He was in his prime and full of energy.
Li Yuanli: "Maybe he is ill...Remember to review the memorials on the table and send someone to copy them at the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Li Yuanli put his hands behind his back, left the Council Hall and walked towards the Changle Palace.
Inside the hall, Li Mi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his voice and shouted angrily: "I think you are really sick! Very sick! You may die of the disease! If you die, I will not give you a funeral!"
The palace servants all bowed their heads, wishing they could cover their ears.
Here it comes again.
Every time the Ninth Prince came to see the Emperor, he would have a big quarrel with him.
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Changle Palace.
The palace maid brought the prepared health-preserving medicine. The medicine was warm and exuded a bitter taste. Shen Wei waved her hand and said, "I don't want to drink it."
No matter how much medicine she takes, it won't cure her illness.
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