The two made a noise that was neither too loud nor too soft, and Ying Er, who was guarding outside, even dropped the melon seeds in his hand.
"Shadow One, pinch me! Is Master with a man?"
Shadow One raised his hand and pinched Shadow Two's arm. Just as Shadow Two was about to cry out, Shadow One struck Shadow Two's pressure point to silence him.
Shadow Two screamed silently, gesturing wildly, "You really pinched me! It hurts!"
Yingyi didn't show much expression; he noticed that the eunuch had already ordered water to be boiled.
When night fell, Liu Xiu, wearing a dark blue outer robe and carrying a yellow lantern, walked into the depths of the flower bushes.
Inside the house, Ah Li was sleeping soundly, and the mottled marks could still be seen on her fair and tender arms that were exposed.
"Shadow One".
"master."
As Liu Xiu shouted, Shadow One appeared behind him.
Liu Xiu looked into the distance and said, "Go find my maternal grandfather and take that scroll there so that he can have someone stamp it."
"yes."
Ying Yi responded and disappeared from the spot.
Liu Xiu, carrying a lantern, slowly turned around and went back into the palace.
The eunuch guarding the door took the lantern from Liu Xiu's hand and closed the palace door after Liu Xiu went inside.
Liu Xiu took off his outer robe, lifted a corner of the quilt, and slowly lay down inside.
Ah Li noticed that Liu Xiu had returned and hugged him, asking, "Why are you dressed?"
"I had to go out just now."
After Liu Xiu finished speaking, he noticed that Ah Li was starting to undress him.
Liu Xiu held Ah Li's hand and said, "We will meet your father tomorrow, so be prepared."
Ah Li looked up at Liu Xiu. Was this man going to invite the original owner's parents into the palace?
Instead of answering Ah Li's question, Liu Xiu held Ah Li's hand and kissed it, saying, "I want to marry you, will you be my wife?"
Liu Xiu also took the jade pendant that he almost had stolen when they first met from under his pillow, placed it in Ali's palm, and said, "Hey, I said I'd give it to you back then."
Ah Li held the slightly warm jade pendant in her hand. She looked at Liu Xiu and said, "Don't you have any questions for me, like who I am or what my past is like?"
Liu Xiu had previously confessed to Ah Li that he was the fourth prince in the palace.
Liu Xiu touched Ah Li's face. "Your name is Su Li. I don't want to know about your past. From now on, you will be my wife."
Ah Li smiled gently as she lay on Liu Xiu's body. The dragon aura emanating from the man slowly enveloped the two of them, making them feel very comfortable.
The next day, Liu Xiu drew Ah Li's eyebrows and styled her hair, and even drew a flower petal between Ah Li's eyebrows.
Ahri looked at herself in the mirror and said to Liu Xiu, "I didn't know you had this skill."
Liu Xiu bent down and found Ah Li's lips, which had just been adorned with lip rouge. The lip rouge contained honey and had a sweet taste.
After tasting it, Liu Xiu slowly said, "Because my father and mother were like that."
When Liu Xiu was a child, the emperor held him in his arms and taught him how to style his hair. At that time, his mother sat in front of them, smiling as the father and son made fun of her hair.
Liu Xiu said, "Ah Li, do you know? I left the palace because of that person's poem: 'Ten years have passed, life and death are separated by a vast distance, I do not think of you, yet I cannot forget you. A lonely grave a thousand miles away, no place to speak of my sorrow. Even if we met, you would not recognize me, my face covered in dust, my temples like frost. Last night, in a dream, I suddenly returned home, to the small window where you were combing your hair. We looked at each other speechlessly, only tears streaming down our faces.'"
At that time, Liu Xiu wanted to find the scholar who wrote this poem and ask him if the meaning of the poem was the same as his own.
Liu Xiu was even thinking that he could copy it down and give it to his father, the emperor.
Liu Xiu's mother passed away early, and he and his father missed her very much.
When he first heard this poem, he was moved.
As a result, among so many people, he met Ahri.
Liu Xiu leaned close to Ali's ear and asked, "Back then, we had just met, why did you dare... treat me like this?"
Liu Xiu kissed Ah Li's lips, then pulled away.
Ahri licked her still-sweet lips and said, "I told you, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you."
Liu Xiu was delighted and even took Ah Li by the hand, and the two of them went for a walk nearby.
As they walked, a middle-aged man appeared.
The middle-aged man said to Liu Xiu, "Greetings, Fourth Prince. I am Su Tianfu, the Left Vice Minister, and also Su Li's father."
Liu Xiu nodded; this person's identity was acceptable.
Seeing that Liu Xiu was satisfied, Su Tianfu spoke gently to Ali, "Daughter, how could you secretly come to the palace to see the Fourth Prince? If people find out and rumors spread, it will be extremely bad."
Ahri indicated that the person in front of her was not the original owner's father, and she looked at Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu squeezed Ah Li's hand and replied, "It was I who invited Ah Li into the palace. Lord Su, are you perhaps blaming Ah Li?"
"This... Your Majesty, I must apologize."
"I'm going with you because I'm not a reliable person."
After Liu Xiu finished speaking with the Left Attendant, he looked at Ali and said, "Go back and wait for me. I'll be right back."
"good."
Liu Xiu did not let Ah Li follow him; instead, he led the Left Vice Minister, Lord Su, away.
When the two were halfway there, Liu Xiu said, "Just go to my father's place to make a formality. You don't need to say or do anything else."
Su Tianfu quickly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."
Not long after, an imperial edict arrived from the Emperor's side: "Miss Su Li of the Su family is exceptionally beautiful and talented, truly a paragon of beauty. She is hereby betrothed to the Fourth Prince, Liu Xiu, to unite them in a blessed union."
On the other side, Chonghua Palace.
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