Chapter 229 Bo Qiaohui 41
"After all these years, my brother is still as strong as ever."
As soon as Liu Wu arrived in Chang'an, he was taken into the palace. At that moment, there were only three people in the hall: his brothers and the queen.
Liu Qi smiled and patted his sturdy arms, his tone full of emotion: "Wu'er is no longer the same as he was back then. He has grown up."
"By the way, you haven't met my queen yet." Liu Qi pointed at the smiling Qiao Hui beside him and said, "This is Qiao Hui, daughter of the Bo family. She asked Yan'er, who is close to my mother, to help take care of your palace."
Liu Wu bowed hurriedly and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your concern. It is truly a pity that I was not able to attend the wedding of my brother and madam. I have specially prepared three gifts for this trip. They serve as a belated wedding gift for me, and also as a welcome gift for my nephew and niece."
Bo Qiaohui saw that he was well-mannered and polite, and his appearance was like that of the men of the Liu family, tall and strong, with deep features. If she had not known the ridiculous things he would do in the future, she would have liked this polite young man. Even these few short words at this moment, although they did not make her change her mind, she had developed a certain degree of good impression of him.
"You're welcome, my royal brother. I heard from His Majesty that you enjoy hunting, so I sent you a gift. You'll know when you get to your residence."
Liu Qi sat aside with a smile, and raised his glass after they finished their greetings. The two of them seemed to have endless joys and sorrows to share over the wine. When they were chatting to their heart's content, Liu Qi took out the xiao from his sleeve pocket and was ready to play with Liu Wu again as they did when they were young.
"Would the Queen be willing to play the zither to entertain me and my brother?"
Liu Qi's words also drew the King of Liang's curious gaze. He had been staying in the territory until now, and had only vaguely heard of the emperor's sister-in-law's reputation for virtue and her long-standing favor by his brother. Meeting her today gave him another reason:
The beauty is so charming that I will never forget her once I see her.
Looking at the eye contact between her and her royal brother, and the intimate tacit understanding in their words, he couldn't help but envy them silently and sighed that he was lonely and had no one around him.
"only."
Qiao Hui happily agreed and sent someone to bring it over, playing together until the moon was bright...
Early the next morning, Bo Qiaohui came to the Empress Dowager's bedroom in high spirits and saw her nephew sitting below Empress Dowager Dou. The two of them were talking and laughing while having breakfast.
When Bo Nie saw her, he quickly asked with a smile, "Sister, you have come from the Pepper Room. Have you had breakfast yet?"
“I have.”
Qiao Hui then looked at the Queen Mother and asked, "Did my nephew disturb your sleep yesterday?"
Empress Dowager Dou chuckled, glanced at the pouting girl, and hurriedly said to the Queen, "My nephew helped me to bed early. Please don't wrongly accuse the child."
"That's right!" The nephew wrinkled his nose at her and put down his bowl and chopsticks: "I'm going to practice."
After saying that, he walked out in a hurry.
"This child is so rude! I'll definitely tell her off later." The Queen looked at Empress Dowager Dou apologetically, but Dou Yifang shook her head at her. "Don't talk about my niece. It was I who told her not to be restrained. She came to the palace to accompany me, an old man. If I let her restrain her personality any longer, it would be shameful."
"Since the Queen Mother has said so, I cannot say anything more about her." Bo Qiaohui sighed, "In fact, I don't want her to feel bad, but her marriage can't be delayed any longer. If she gets married in the future, I'm afraid she will suffer with her temper."
Of course, she didn't really want to marry her younger sister when she said this. In fact, Bo Qiaohui had already made up her mind that if her younger sister didn't want to get married, she would find a way to keep her by her side.
But we must be prepared for everything. If my nephew Bo finds someone he likes in the future, the two huge mountains of support, the Queen Mother and myself, can help to intimidate the other party.
Bo Qiaohui's love for her sister reminded Dou Yifang of the past when she and Shen'er were also so close and she had made careful plans for Shen'er's marriage.
Fortunately, Qiaohui is more capable than she was at that time, and her nephew has not gone through the hardships her mother went through and become unrecognizable.
"Don't worry. If my niece gets married in the future, I will never let anyone wrong her. Besides, this child is much smarter than we thought. She..."
"Your Highness, the Queen Mother, something bad has happened! His Royal Highness Prince Liang and Miss Bo are fighting!"
Before Dou Yifang could finish her words, Yan'er rushed in like a gust of wind, and shouted in panic, "You and the Queen, go and take a look!"
"What?"
Dou Yifang leaned on her cane and kept patting the sedan chair: "Faster, faster."
Yan'er, who was following behind, walked very fast, and some of the older people could hardly keep up.
"Why on earth did the two of them fight?"
"Slave, slave servant, I also know this. Huh... My niece doesn't like people to accompany her when she practices martial arts. I waited outside the crabapple forest... When I heard the noise and went in, they were already fighting."
"Is my nephew hurt?" Seeing that they had already reached the outside of the flower forest, Dou Yifang hurried down with the help of crutches. The queen held her hand from the other side. The two of them walked quickly inside. They could already vaguely hear the movement inside, and Dou Yifang couldn't help but become more anxious.
"This Wu'er is getting worse as he grows older. How could he lay hands on a girl? If he hurts my nephew, I will definitely..."
"My nephew—"
When Bo Qiaohui saw the scene in the forest, she raised her brows, concealed her faint smile, pretended to be shocked and quickly scolded.
I saw that Bo Ji casually used his wooden sword to knock Liu Wu's sword away. Before the man could react, the peach wood sword that he had ridiculed as being pretentious was already against his throat.
Behind the straight sword, the girl holding the long sword tilted her head and smiled brightly at him: "Your Highness Prince Liang, thank you for giving way."
Liu Wu was startled and subconsciously turned his head away, not daring to meet her eyes: "Young lady, you are a skilled martial artist. It was Wu'er who was careless."
"Is that all?" Bo Nie put away his wooden sword, crossed his arms, and looked at him: "You don't have anything else to say?"
Liu Wu hesitated for a while, and saw that a circle of people had gathered around him unknowingly. The emperor's sister-in-law and mother had also come not far away, and his face became even redder.
If he had been like that, he would have been upset even if he apologized. After all, he was a relative of the Han Dynasty and couldn't stand any injustice.
But he couldn't vent his anger towards his nephew.
Seeing him almost fainting from embarrassment, Bo Nie was about to wave it off. After all, she had long since seen through men's so-called pride.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she heard someone behind her whisper, "Wait a minute, girl!"
Seeing Bo Nie turn around, Liu Wu took a deep breath and said, "My martial arts skills are not as good as yours, so I lose this round with conviction."
"Liu apologizes to the young lady for calling her a showgirl," and then, as if fully prepared, he closed his eyes and said loudly, "Auntie, please forgive me!"
"Pfft... cough cough, you two have been disturbing me this early in the morning."
Empress Dowager Dou, who was stunned for a moment when she saw Wu'er being beaten by her nephew, finally reacted. When she heard Liu Wu's last sentence, she couldn't hold it back. The servants also lowered their heads, looked at their noses and mouths, and suppressed the upturned corners of their mouths.
Who could have thought that the arrogant Prince Liang would actually lose to the Queen's sister today? Such excitement doesn't happen every day.
But others need to give face, but Guantao does not. Princess Guantao, who was told that there would be fun to watch as soon as she entered the palace, heard this sentence as soon as she arrived in the flower forest and laughed out loud without any hesitation:
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect that our Wu'er would admit defeat one day. This is really a case of there being something that can conquer something else."
Princess Guantao, who was adept at socializing, might not have had a long-term political vision, but she was very accurate in her judgment of young girls' affairs.
Thinking about Liu Wu and his nephew Bo again, putting aside his own dissatisfaction with Liu Wu, his mother and the queen would definitely be happy to see this marriage.
Then he walked to Liu Wu with a smile and said, "Brother, please don't call me by the wrong generation. This is your sister-in-law. If you want to be more intimate, you should call her cousin."
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