Chapter 121
The Princess of Nanliang was furious when she saw the cowardly look of the Prince of Nanliang.
"I told you to go talk to the Saint and explain things, but you refused to go! Fu'er is constantly wielding swords and guns! Now that I'm old, the Queen Mother is urging me to arrange a marriage for Fu'er! Who do you think is the right girl for me? Just tell me!"
The Prince of Nanliang humbled himself and stood behind the Princess of Nanliang, massaging her shoulders.
"Don't worry, there must be a solution. Isn't it hard to say? Although the emperor and I are brothers, you are not unaware of this situation."
Princess Nanliang sighed softly, "You made the mistake you did back then, and now you're burning Fu'er with fire. Is there any father like you?"
In those days, the Prince of Nanliang had a son in his old age, and the Princess of Nanliang risked her life to give birth to Gong Yi Fu. The sage sent someone to inquire about it, but the Prince of Nanliang was so proud of holding Gong Yi Fu that he insisted that it was a boy without asking clearly. It was not until the Princess of Nanliang was out of confinement that she realized what a misunderstanding she had caused.
The King of Southern Liang also requested an imperial decree early on to give the throne of Crown Prince to his newborn child, thus accidentally determining the gender of Gong Yi Fu.
The Princess of Southern Liang was very angry.
At first, the Prince of Nanliang knew that he had made a mistake, but he deliberately concealed it from her. Later, when someone from his family came to congratulate the Princess of Nanliang, he realized the truth. He was so anxious and angry that he almost fainted.
This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!
On the other hand, the King of Southern Liang had a strong argument.
"With the Crown Prince now in power, the palace no longer dares to grant slaves, which is considered a good thing."
The Princess of Nanliang knew the Prince of Nanliang's intentions, but she always felt uneasy. Even the people who served Gong Yifu were carefully selected, and even the wet nurse at that time was kept in captivity and did not dare to let her out of the capital at will.
The King of Nanliang knew that the princess was angry again.
He winked at Gong Yi Fu.
The princess is in poor health and anger damages her liver.
Zhou Li watched her parents quarreling with a smile. She received a signal from her father and said obediently, "Mom, I'm hungry."
"Oh, you haven't been provided with meals in the palace yet?" Princess Nanliang looked at Zhou Li suspiciously.
Zhou Li squatted down and massaged his mother's legs. "You know what happened in the palace. The sage said we shouldn't indulge in pleasure. So the food we ate was just edible. It's not as delicious as the food at home."
The Princess of Nanliang snorted coldly, "You only know how to learn from your father." She turned around and ordered the servants to prepare the food.
"Mom is so nice." Zhou Li hugged the legs of Princess Nanliang and acted coquettishly.
"Go away, you are already an adult." The Princess of Nanliang smiled, and the King of Nanliang breathed a sigh of relief.
Today, the princess received news that the third prince and the sixth prince had another conflict in the palace, and Gong Yifu was involved. She has been uneasy since then.
There is no impenetrable wall in the palace. Once something happens, the news spreads faster than anyone else.
The King of Nanliang glanced at Zhou Li, and Zhou Li smiled as he picked up some food for his mother.
"Mother, please eat more."
He then picked up a piece of food for his father and said, "Dad, you eat too."
The Princess of Nanliang hadn't forgotten about the selection of concubines. She said anxiously, "The Crown Prince will soon choose a Crown Princess. The Queen Mother summoned us to the palace yesterday. After the selection of the Crown Princess, she will also choose concubines for the children of appropriate age. Fu'er will be sixteen soon."
The King of Nanliang said confidently, "Don't worry, Madam. I have a clever plan."
"Are you going to tell the Saint about Fu'er?" If you could have told him earlier, you wouldn't have delayed it until now.
Prince Nanliang coughed and said, "I have a candidate for the Crown Prince's Consort."
The Princess of Nanliang slammed her chopsticks on the table, "Gong Yi Xiongfei! You're making one mistake after another! You're marrying a good girl into your family and making her a widow! What's the point of that?"
The Prince of Nanliang glanced around, and after the servants had quietly left, he patted the Princess of Nanliang on the back and said, "Madam, calm down. Things are not what you think."
"What's that? Gongyi Xiongfei, I misjudged you!"
Prince Nanliang whispered, "Do you still remember Miss Liu who disappeared when the Liu family was raided?"
Princess Nanliang frowned: "Didn't she lose her innocence because of saving someone and was sent to worship Buddha?"
"Later, Liu promised to intercede for him, and he was spared from exile."
Because of the burden of the Liu family, Concubine Liu has now been demoted to a concubine. It was only because the emperor loved her that she was not sent to the cold palace.
Prince Nanliang coughed, leaned close to Princess Nanliang and whispered, "I arranged for her to be there. Miss Liu is now at our farm."
"What?!" Princess Nanliang exclaimed, but after a while she calmed down. After all, she had experienced many hardships, so she immediately realized, "Is there something else hidden about the death of Grand Tutor Liu?"
King Nanliang nodded and sighed.
When he first joined the army, he served as the vanguard officer and Taifu Liu served as the grain officer. If it weren't for Old Liu's hard work in delivering military rations, there would be no King of Southern Liang today.
Although he and the saint are from the same mother, the retired emperor did not like their mother. The two brothers fought all the way, with him in charge of the army and the saint in power, and only then did they carve out a bloody path among their brothers. But now the saint is suspicious, and most of the brothers are gone. In order to protect himself, the King of Southern Liang also handed over his military power early and took a sinecure.
The Prince of Nanliang held the Princess's hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, Miss Liu has already made arrangements. She has a clean background and is the most suitable person to marry into our family."
"Does she know Fu'er's identity?" Princess Nanliang was a little worried.
King Nanliang nodded.
"You know her inside and out. Fu'er and I can keep you company even when we're not home."
"Master Liu..." The Princess of Nanliang looked worried.
"Mrs. Liu hopes to use my power to change her father's confession. Don't worry, Old Liu and I have been friends for many years, and I have no choice but to take care of his affairs."
The King of Southern Liang looked gloomy.
When Tutor Liu got into trouble, he was sent out of the capital early by the emperor to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum. When he came back, the matter had been settled and only Liu Xiaoniang was saved. Fortunately, this girl was smart and knew to hide her identity and ask Fu'er for help.
The King of Southern Liang looked at Gong Yi Fu.
It was Gong Yi Fu who proposed marrying Liu Xiaoniang.
Zhou Li also held his mother's other hand tightly, "Mom, don't worry, just focus on finding a wife for me."
King Nanliang sighed, the child has grown up after all, but he just doesn’t know what Fuer is thinking?
After dinner, Princess Nanliang received too much information and needed to rest.
The father and daughter went to the study.
Prince Nanliang asked, "I heard you helped the Sixth Prince? Do you know what our family's status is? Your every move will be magnified infinitely!"
Zhou Li smiled and said, "Dad, it's not me who wants to get close, it's the prince."
The King of Southern Liang was stunned.
Zhou Li poured a cup of tea for the King of Nanliang and said, "What status does our family hold? It's just a promotion from the Saint."
"The Saint now wants us to help the Crown Prince, so we must help the Crown Prince."
Zhou Li emphasized the words, "The prince hopes that someone can do certain things, and this person should be well controlled."
"Gong Yinai is a prince, but he has no relatives to support him. He can be beaten and insulted at will. He is the best candidate."
The King of Nanliang was shocked for a moment before he slapped Zhou Li.
"You little bastard! I told you to follow the prince, is that what I meant?"
Zhou Li held his head and muttered, "What do you mean, Dad?"
"No one dares to bully you if you follow the prince! You can walk around the palace with your own way!"
"Then am I a crab? And I'm walking sideways! Dad, try walking sideways and see!"
"Damn boy!" King Nanliang roared.
The two quarreled for a while. Prince Nanliang took a sip of tea from his cup and snorted coldly. He said, "Since you can see the situation clearly, then don't get involved. The princes are grown up and their hearts are starting to become wild."
"The most important thing is to protect yourself. Your parents are old now, and I don't know how long they can protect you." King Nanliang said earnestly.
Zhou Li lowered his head and said, "I know."
Prince Nanliang patted her shoulder and said, "Dad and Mom can still protect you for a while, you have to work hard."
After saying that, the King of Nanliang patted his butt and left. Zhou Li shook her head. If she didn't know the ending, she would have been fooled by this old man. The King of Nanliang was the one who survived three dynasties.
As time goes by, the candidate for the Crown Princess has been decided.
Before the Liu family came into being, Liu Yingzi was the most suitable candidate for the Crown Princess. Now that her family is gone, the various families have come up with so many tricks to choose the Crown Princess that it is dizzying to watch.
Zhou Li was sitting by the lake and resting.
The lunch time was short, and she was always too lazy to go home, so she just rested in the palace.
The house was quite stuffy today, so Zhou Li decided to sit in the imperial garden.
Not long after she sat down, someone sat down next to her. Zhou Li tilted her head and looked at him, then lazily asked, "Why are you here?"
Gong Yinai was wearing a gray dress with silver trim, and a white belt that made her waist look thin. Her long hair was tied up high with a jade hairpin, revealing her bright and dazzling face. Looking at the embroidery on the dress, the belt and the jade used on her hair, it was obviously several levels higher than before.
Gong Yinai opened his lips slightly and said, "The prince is looking for you."
"No." Zhou Li curled his lips.
"You must go." Gong Yinai lowered his eyes.
Zhou Li sighed, "I know. I'll go right away. It's so hot."
But she still sat on the stone bench and didn't want to get up.
"Come here, please ask the prince to see the crown prince." Gong Yinai raised his hand, and a green-topped sedan chair appeared.
"Please get in the car, Prince!"
Zhou Li reluctantly stood up and muttered to Gong Yinai as he passed by, "You were always on good terms with me, so when did you pick up the Crown Prince's bad habits?"
"Be careful with your words."
Zhou Li was sitting in a sedan chair being carried by someone, while Gong Yinai was walking on the ground, and the two chatted casually.
Zhou Li said, "Do you know why the prince called me over?"
Gong Yinai looked straight ahead and said, "I don't know."
"You really don't know?" Zhou Li asked doubtfully.
"I don't know." Gong Yinai gave the same answer.
Zhou Li clapped his hands, "Okay, I'll believe you this time."
Gong Yinai pursed his lips.
Zhou Li counted on his fingers, "Last time I wanted you to do my painting homework, you told the Crown Prince and got me scolded. The time before that, I was at home taking a summer break, and you told the Grand Tutor I was feigning illness, so I got punished again. And the time before that..."
Zhou Li cried bitterly and accused Gong Yinai of being a bad person.
"I was the one who introduced you to the Crown Prince, and you're so rude, huh." Zhou Li turned her head away proudly and announced, "I'm done with you! I'm going to find another expert to help me! Don't play with me anymore!"
Gong Yinai was helpless, this was not a child's game.
She coaxed, "Who do you want to find then? Why don't you remember that I was the one who wrote your article for you last time? I was the one who helped you hide it when you wanted to go out. If I hadn't blocked it for you those times and told you in advance, you might have been punished even more severely. Besides, half of those copies were written by me imitating your handwriting."
Zhou Li held his chin in his hand and said, "Then tell me, the prince asked me to come over, is he trying to force his cousin on me?"
The Crown Princess has been chosen, and it is now the turn of these aristocratic families to choose concubines for their children.
Zhou Li has been a hot commodity recently. Countless people have recommended their sisters or elder sisters to her. You can accidentally run into a girl on the street. The prince also tried hard to recommend his cousin, hoping to get closer to Zhou Li.
But Zhou Li couldn't agree, and her family was unwilling to marry the prince.
The Palace of the Prince of Southern Liang cannot take sides and is a loyal royalist.
Although the saint asked them to help the prince, he did not ask them to strengthen their relationship with the prince.
Gong Yinai said nothing.
Zhou Li curled his lips and understood.
Arrived at the Prince's Palace.
There are icebergs all around, and the earth's air is surging upwards, making it cool and pleasant.
When the prince saw Zhou Li, he came down and pulled her to sit down. "Look, you haven't come to see me these past few days. Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
Zhou Lili was pulled up before she could finish. Fortunately, she couldn't do it anymore and laughed, "It's been too hot lately, and you've been busy, Prince. I haven't been to Yangying Hall for a long time."
The prince looked rosy and proud.
"The saint said I was old enough and asked me to start getting involved in government affairs. He also asked teachers to come to my place to teach me, so I went less often."
"But you, if I don't go, you won't come to see me."
The prince held Gong Yi Fu's hand tightly to express his intimacy.
His uncle said that taking over the Palace of the Prince of Nanliang would be equivalent to taking over the power in the army.
Although the King of Southern Liang had resigned from the position of Tiger Tally, he still had connections in the army. Those people were his brothers who had been through thick and thin together. They would visit the King of Southern Liang during every festival, and the King of Southern Liang would also take good care of them.
Not to mention that he has the support of hundreds of people in the army, the forces in the army are stronger than theirs, and there are also many good people in the mansion.
You can tell something from Gong Yi Fu's skills.
Zhou Li pulled his hand away.
Even in such a hot day, I don’t mind being sticky.
She smiled and said, "I'm coming now." Glancing at Gong Yinai, she snorted, "Don't you have Gong Yinai by your side?"
The prince laughed.
"You are still young, and you are jealous of him. You are all my brothers. It won't be a loss if anyone is missing."
Zhou Li leaned to the side and said sarcastically, "I'm just thinking that my brother has someone else by his side, so I might as well take a break."
"You can't rest." The prince said with a smile, "We're going to choose a concubine right now. Does your family have anyone to choose from? Even if they do, it doesn't matter. The most feared thing in marriage is a blind marriage. You have an eccentric personality, so I'm afraid ordinary ladies wouldn't be of your liking. It just so happens that my cousin is going to the palace to pay her respects to the Queen Mother today. Why don't you come with me to see her? If we're compatible, that's great. If not, that's fine too."
Zhou Li evaded the question: "This is all family business. Why should I care? It's always the same. These ladies all look the same, have the same personality, speak the same, dress the same, and do the same things. It's too boring. Besides, no matter how beautiful they are, can they surpass our Xiaoliu? I think our Xiaoliu is enough."
The prince was about to persuade him again when Zhou Li's eyes turned and he said, "Has Xiaoliu reached the age? How about this, brother, don't be partial and choose a concubine for Xiaoliu as well, so that he won't have to worry about other people all day and will be lonely staying in the palace alone."
Gongyina smiled bitterly.
Zhou Li was obviously pointing at him.
But the prince's cousin would definitely not marry a prince who has no help at all.
The prince had long been accustomed to Gong Yifu's disrespect. He dared to challenge anyone in his daily life, and was even used to being unrestrained in front of the sage. The sage even praised him for being free and easy, and like the young King of Southern Liang.
The prince couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Liu is pretty, but you can't hold Xiao Liu while sleeping, right?"
Zhou Li squinted at Gong Yinai and said deliberately, "It's not impossible."
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