The melodious osmanthus fragrance floats on the tip of the nose, making the thoughts float like the light fragrance of flowers.
To be honest, the Regent is very handsome.
The late emperor rebelled against the previous dynasty and seized the country amidst bloody battles.
The Regent inherited the bloodline of the late emperor. The murderous aura around him was as if he was on a battlefield thousands of miles away. His aura was extremely strong, and his ostentatious eyes made him look like a king who looked down on the world and nothing could catch his eyes.
“A-choo—”
A sweet-scented osmanthus flower actually flew into Chu Li's nose and choked him.
At the same time, she woke up and quickly got out of the man's arms:
"Let me go!"
"You're clinging to my neck so tightly, how dare you ask me to let you go?"
Chu Li choked.
Chu Dichi raised his eyes and glanced at the three-meter-high wall, looking at her posture, "What? Are you feeling guilty?"
Only then will they climb over the wall and escape.
Chu Li's face choked up, and she glared at him angrily: "I have always been upright and have never done anything against the law. Why should I feel guilty?"
"I just want to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, and this route is shorter!"
Chu Dichi looked at her talking nonsense seriously, and the coldness in his eyes became more fierce.
"What a coincidence! I also want to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, and it just happens to be on my way."
Chu Li bit her tongue: "..."
If I had known this, I wouldn’t have gone to the Queen Mother’s place.
How are her Zhaolan Palace and the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace on the same route?
Father!
If you want to deal with the Regent, don't use me as a cover. Isn't my life a life?
As a last resort, he had to go to Shoukang Palace with the Regent.
Along the way, Chu Li kept his head down, reduced his presence, and said noisily.
Chu Di walked a few steps late, and then he would pause to wait for her. He walked a few steps late, and then he would wait for her again. He glanced at her coldly:
"how?"
"Your butt is so tight that you can't move your legs?"
"There are rumors that you are impotent. Are you suspected of being gay?"
Chu Li's face immediately turned red with anger:
"you!"
This bastard is going around ruining her reputation again!
"You are impotent, and your whole family is impotent!"
Chu Dichi smiled coldly and suddenly came closer: "If you can do it, why are you not tempted by the beauty I gave you?"
Chu Li subconsciously leaned back to avoid him.
He counterattacked:
"They say I can remain calm, but my uncle is old and still hasn't married or taken a concubine. Isn't that even more impotent?"
The cold smile in Chu Dichi's eyes became even more intense.
Chu Li is the first person who dares to say that he is old.
He is the youngest son of the late emperor. He was born late and is only twenty-three years old this year.
"I am busy with wars and traveling around. I have no time for love affairs. I set an example for the thousands of men in Da Chu. I am strong and passionate. This is how a man of Da Chu should be. This will also help me avoid having a sissy brother-in-law like you when I marry a princess in the future."
Chu Li's eyes widened.
What did he say?!
Her mother, chirp, chirp!
She is a woman!
He puffed out his chest and took big, wide steps: "I am a grown man, and I will serve the country and the people and the king like the emperor's uncle in the future. But I am still young and growing up, so I don't need to worry about it!"
The tone is quite tough.
Chu Dichi stared at her: "You have such lofty ambitions, why don't we have a competition to see who can pee farther?"
Bang——
Chu Li slipped and almost fell flat on his face.
How old is he and he still plays such childish tricks.
Is this a competition that all men in the world love?
childish!
"I am already an adult, not a child anymore, so please be careful with your words, uncle!"
"You have tied your hair up and are wearing a lotus-pink dress? Have you lived in the palace for too long and think of yourself as a woman?"
There was no trace of sarcasm in Chu Dichi's eyes.
Shoukang Palace.
The Queen Mother was a gentle woman, but she was also very tactful. When the late emperor started his rebellion to seize the world, she took care of the logistics for him and took care of everything so that he had no worries.
After all, it was because he committed too many sins of killing when he was young. Now that he is old, he eats vegetarian food, chants Buddhist scriptures every day.
When the two arrived, the Queen Mother had just finished reciting the scriptures.
Seeing the two people coming in, the Regent strode forward. Chu Li next to him pursed his lips and frowned, looking angry and depressed.
She put down the book:
"Is the Regent bullying Xiaojiu again?"
The Queen Mother has sharp eyes!
Chu Li complained: "Grandmother, uncle..."
The man glanced sideways, and gave her a dull look.
Suddenly, the voice stopped, as if a thorn in the back was stabbed.
The man said nothing, but just a look made Chu Li feel like something was stuck in his throat.
The Empress Dowager was kind and generous, and had always loved her. If she complained, she would definitely protect her. But once she left Shoukang Palace, it was hard to say what would happen.
Moreover, he reported the Regent in person.
It's like seeking death.
He wiped his neck with difficulty, swallowed the words on his lips, and changed his words:
"My uncle has been away on a military expedition for more than eight months. My grandmother must be worried about him. I heard that my uncle has entered the palace, so I came with him to pay my respects to my grandmother."
The Queen Mother twirled the Buddhist beads in her hand, smiling until her eyes were wrinkled:
"Xiaojiu is thoughtful."
"Everyone, please take a seat."
Chu Li and Chu Dichi sat down first.
Seeing him move towards the seat on the left, Chu Lili hurriedly walked to the right and sat down. Unexpectedly, as soon as her butt touched the bench, she saw a dark-skinned man sitting next to her.
Isn't he sitting opposite?
She didn't want to sit with him.
Chu Li just stood up, but he felt pain in his knee. He was kicked by him and sat back down suddenly. The leg of the chair made a sharp sound.
Creak!
The Queen Mother looked over.
But the two of them were sitting upright, uncle and nephew, respectful to each other, their upright postures showed their good family background.
What's going on?
"Xiuzhu, go get the Ninth Prince's favorite cakes and milk tea. The Regent King likes the Gentleman Sword. Open the Na Weng that I kept two years ago."
Chu Li couldn't sit still:
"Grandmother, I will go with Aunt Xiuzhu."
Aunt Xiuzhu, who was beside the Queen Mother and had served her for many years, bowed and led the Ninth Prince out as he ran away.
Chu Dichi held the armrest with a cold expression:
"It's rare that the Queen Mother remembered my preferences. I thought you were busy."
The Queen Mother paused.
"I know you have resentment in your heart. Over the years, you have been on the battlefield for a long time and stationed at the border. Yesterday, the emperor took away your military power. If you want the country to be united and the people to be stable, this land cannot have two masters."
His hard work and great achievements are real.
But it is also true that his achievements are so great that they frighten his master.
If the people support the regent instead of the king, chaos will happen sooner or later in the Great Chu.
"More than 20 years ago, the previous emperor raised an army to vindicate the previous dynasty. It was because the previous dynasty was unstable, the imperial power was in internal strife, the royal heirs were dying, and there was no one to succeed him, which led to its downfall."
"If a country wants to be strong, it must have many descendants."
The Prince Regent has no wives or concubines, and no children. He is not as good as the Emperor, who has nine princes and countless princesses.
Chu Dichi's cold eyes:
"I was the one who fought in the war, and I was the one who risked my life. But in the end, I was the one who gained more merit than my master, and my military power was taken back. The emperor, on the other hand, had many wives and concubines and ruled the world."
"Could it be that the offspring that I and my soldiers are protecting with our lives is a piece of trash like the Ninth Prince?"
Outside the open palace door, Chu Li and Aunt Xiuzhu came back together.
Xiuzhu held the tray while Chu Li secretly ate the cakes along the way, as lively and agile as a woman.
"Look at what kind of sons the emperor has given birth to. Some are evil-minded, some are as rotten as mud, and some are weak and useless. Does the queen mother think that such heirs are capable of inheriting the throne and carrying forward the great Chu?"
"That's your nephew!"
The Queen Mother sensed his anger and said in a deep voice:
"The year you were born, the previous dynasty was in rebellion, and Empress Dowager Zhaoren was frightened and had a difficult labor when giving birth to you. If your brother, the current emperor, had not braved the night rain and knelt down to beg for a miracle doctor on Mount Piaomiao, you would have died in your womb and would not have been able to be born!"
The Emperor and the Regent are brothers. Their biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhaoren, passed away more than ten years ago, and the Empress Dowager succeeded to the throne from the position of Imperial Noble Consort.
"You and the emperor are brothers from the same mother. You can help each other and work together to bring the Great Chu to a peaceful and prosperous era. What's wrong with that?"
Chu Dichi brushed the table and stood up, smiling:
"The Queen Mother is righteous. She has sacrificed me for the sake of the whole world."
"In this case, the injustice in my heart can only be resolved in my own way."
"Chi'er!"
Chu Dichi's eyes were slightly dazzled.
Since the death of Empress Dowager Zhaoren, no one has been qualified to call him like this.
"What I said was all for the common people. In this power struggle, the common people are innocent. You have no children, which is not convincing enough. Being a powerful prince, how is it wronged for you?"
Once power is disrupted, corpses will be everywhere and blood will flow like a river.
The Queen Mother came this way and couldn’t bear to see her again.
Don’t let the country that has been pacified with great difficulty and the people’s rare peace fall into chaos again!
Even an honest judge cannot judge family disputes.
What's more, it's the royal family.
She sighed:
"In the middle of last month, the monk from Tianling Temple offered me a string of Buddhist beads. Go and get it back for me. Smell the incense of Tianling Temple, see the people's livelihood, and calm your mind."
As soon as Chu Li and Aunt Xiuzhu returned to the hall, they saw Chu Dichi walking out with a wave of his sleeves.
The breath was so cold that it was enough to make the air thick and frightening.
When they passed by each other, Chu Dichi suddenly stopped and looked at each other coldly:
"What are you still doing here?"
ah?
Chu Li pointed at the tip of his nose, "Me?"
"Follow me."
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