Live up to the breeze and the bright moon

It was getting dark, and there was still an hour before the New Year's Eve dinner.Li Yu came to Wuyan's room and asked Wuyan to change his clothes and follow him to a place.Wu Yan wanted to refuse at first, but since Li Yu was inexplicably indifferent to him last time, he didn't dare to get too close to Li Yu again.I don't want Li Yu to be close to him if he treats him well, and stay away obediently if he treats him badly.It's better to keep your duty and be an ordinary servant with peace of mind. Why should you get close to a prince, otherwise you will end up looking for trouble.

Wu Yan, who thought so, looked at Li Yu, whose eyes were firm and undeniable, and finally followed Li Yu.

Wu Yan, who was following Li Yu, wanted to ask Li Yu where he was going and what was going on, but was choked back by Li Yu saying "I'll know when I get there".After passing through several corridors and another garden, Li Yu brought Wu Yan to the platform.

"Your Highness wants to show me the scenery?" Wu Yan asked suspiciously.

"Don't call me Your Highness!" Li Yu didn't like me calling him Your Highness, and it made me uncomfortable hearing it.

Li Yu pushed open the door of the Ji platform and walked in, Wu Yan thought about it and followed.Arriving at the highest level of the platform, the cold wind howls around the fence, and you can have a panoramic view of the night view of the capital. There are lights and shadows of red lanterns everywhere, and it seems that someone is already setting off firecrackers in the distance, flickering and flickering.

When Wu Yan and Li Yu came indoors, they found that the layout was different from the last time they came here.There are yellow silk and satin hanging on the four corners, and there are two incense tables, one high and one low, in the room. There are rich sacrifices, incense burners and incense on each table, and kneeling futons are placed in front of the table.It's just that the tall incense table is placed in the center of the room, while the low incense table is placed in a remote place near the corner.

Li Yu approached Wu Yan, paused for a moment, raised his hand to straighten his collar and lapel for Wu Yan, Wu Yan wanted to hide but did not dodge.

"Tonight is New Year's Eve. You can go to the small case over there to worship your family. I am here to worship my mother and concubine. According to the etiquette, your family members cannot be sacrificed here, but my mother and concubine are always benevolent and don't care about it." More than that. After a while, you can worship after I finish worshiping." After speaking, Li Yu avoided Wu Yan's eyes, not daring to look at him for too long, because his heart had already begun to suppress.

After calming down, Li Yu took out the portrait of his mother and concubine from a brocade box next to it, hung it on the incense table and unfolded it, and began to worship his mother and concubine according to the etiquette.Wuyan saw the portrait of Li Yu's mother for the first time. Although he didn't get a close look, he could still see his mother's beautiful face. It can be seen that this portrait was well preserved by Li Yu.

Wu Yan stood there and looked at Li Yu who was saluting. It is undeniable that he was moved by Li Yu again.Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Yu convinced himself that he would find an opportunity to let him worship and forget his relatives. At that time, he thought he was just comforting himself.I thought I would not be able to burn incense and burn some money for my parents and elder brother today, but Li Yu actually arranged these and carefully prepared all the worship supplies.But after thinking about it, even though Li Yu took good care of him in many aspects, he would eventually neglect him because of other things. If he kept repeating this, what would he do?

After Li Yu finished the worship, he signaled for Wu Yan to go to worship his family, while he retreated outside.Holding the fence, looking at the endless sky, "Mother, please bless the child."

Everyone in the mansion had the New Year's Eve dinner together in the central hall, which was very lively.It was Li Yu's first New Year's Eve dinner at his house, and he was very excited, even praising the cooks for their skill.

Wu Tai is a greedy cat who eats half of a large plate of bamboo shoots, but Li Yu ordered the cook to cook this dish for him.

When Wu Yan saw the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes on the table, his heart warmed up again, and he took a few pieces to taste, and it was sure that the taste was the same as the ones he had eaten before.

Only Zhao Fu and Wu Rui did not show up in the whole house. Because of what happened to Li Zheng in the afternoon, Zhao Fu locked himself in the room and refused to show up.Wu Rui did not come with the excuse of feeling unwell.

Li Yu looked at Wu Yan's gentle eating, and always couldn't eat a few delicious dishes. He wanted to serve Wu Yan with food, but because of the crowd, he thought of a way and quietly asked Tai'er to serve Wu Yan with food. .Tai'er is so small that he has to stand on tiptoe every time he picks up food for Wu Yan. After a while, Wu Yan's bowl is filled to the brim.Wu Yan had no choice but to get up and change to the position that should have been reserved for Zhao Fu, away from Wu Tai, and Li Yu's food delivery plan could only come to an end.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone went to the yard to set off firecrackers.Wu Rui went to the kitchen alone to fill some hot meals and sent them to Zhao Fu's room.

"Sir, it's me." Wu Rui's voice sounded from outside the door.

Brother Rui...Zhao Fu hurried to open the door.

"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you so late. Let's eat more for the New Year's Eve dinner." Wu Rui didn't look at Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu took the basket containing the rice, "Brother Rui, don't worry about what happened in the afternoon." Zhao Fu knew that Wu Rui had seen everything.

Wu Rui smiled politely, "Don't worry, Mr. Wu Rui will keep the matter between you and King Ruyang a secret."

"It's not a secret, it's just telling you not to take it to heart."

Wu Rui nodded politely.

When Li Yu woke up, Ruyang King Li Zheng had already left.I asked Wufeng, and Wufeng said that Li Zheng woke up at dawn, and then went to stand in front of the husband's room for a long time, without saying a word, and then left.Li Yu only felt that this matter would not pass so easily. The third brother ran over to find Mr. impulsively, even at the risk of being scolded by his father. It can be seen that the third brother has a deep affection for him.So deep in love, how could it be possible to be relieved once drunk.And the dignified third prince blatantly did not attend the New Year's banquet, and left the palace privately to come to his own mansion to get drunk all night and not return. I am afraid that someone will make a big fuss again.

Sure enough, before noon, someone from the palace came to tell Li Yu to enter the palace.But it's not to see the emperor, but to see Concubine De, the mother of Ruyang King Li Zheng.Li Yu knew that it must be related to Li Zheng's matter, so he left a note for Zhao Fu before changing into his normal clothes and entering the palace, and arranged for Wu Rui to stay and protect Mr.

When he came to Xiangyi Palace, Li Yu saw that Concubine De was sitting upright, and Princess Ruyang was sitting on the right side, both of them had serious faces.

Li Yu stepped forward and bowed to Concubine De, "I will see Concubine De, Your Majesty", then stood up and nodded to Concubine Ruyang, "I have seen the third sister-in-law."

"Exemption." Concubine De said coldly, "King Xinyang should know why I asked you to come here. I heard that Zheng'er went to your house yesterday, so you tell me the truth that he will go to your house What did you do?"

Concubine De went straight to the point. Li Yu originally wanted to talk about family affairs to ease the atmosphere, so he could only pretend, "Go back to your mother, the third brother did arrive at Erchen's house yesterday afternoon, and did not do anything special. Erchen recently Being banned by the father, the third elder brother is kind and thinks that only the son and minister are not allowed to attend the annual banquet on the day of reunion. He couldn't bear it, so he specially came to accompany the son and minister. We haven't seen each other for many days, and we had a very happy chat. In the evening, I stayed at my son's place. Actually, my son didn't understand what the empress told me about my son's meeting today, even if the third brother didn't attend the New Year's banquet, it's just a warning, it's not a big deal."

Princess Ruyang knew that Li Yu was pretending to be confused, and was very unhappy, "Ninth Brother, you have never had any contact with King Ruyang, why did King Ruyang suddenly come to your house and chat with you late into the night, and even missed the New Year's banquet But I heard that King Ruyang came to your house to meet someone on purpose, made an unpleasant scene and got drunk, so he stayed overnight at your house."

Li Yu was surprised when he heard Princess Ruyang's words. The people who knew what happened yesterday were all from his family, but why do they also know now?Could it be that someone in the mansion informed him? "I don't know who the third sister-in-law listened to? Who is so bold to speculate on the prince's conduct, and even talk nonsense to the empress and the third sister-in-law!"

"Ninth brother, don't pretend to be confused. Are you saying that you want to frame King Ruyang, deliberately use someone to lure him to your house, and then deliberately get him drunk so that he cannot participate in the annual banquet, and want the father to treat him well?" Feeling dissatisfied?!" Princess Ruyang spoke eloquently.

"Third sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense! If it is true as you said, this king is harmful to third brother, why didn't this king directly report to the father?" Li Yu felt that this woman's brain must be flooded, and she could think of such a thing. ridiculous reasons.

Princess Ruyang stopped talking for a moment and did not reply.

Concubine De rolled her eyes at Princess Ruyang, thinking that she couldn't speak and wanted to interrupt. She had never liked this daughter-in-law very much, but it was appointed by the emperor, and she couldn't help it. "King Xinyang, I'm going to ask you directly, do you know about Zheng'er and Zhao Fu?"

"My son doesn't know."

Concubine De didn't believe that he didn't know, if he didn't know, why did she hide the contact between the two, "Zhao Fu is in your house now?"

"Yes."

"Why is it in your house?"

"Zhao Fu was invited by my son to be the mansion's gentleman."

"Have you revealed to King Ruyang that Zhao Fu is in your residence?"

"I never told the third brother."

Of course Concubine De knew what her son was doing. She came to Li Yu today to see if he deliberately asked Li Zheng to see Zhao Fu. Will not report to the emperor.Concubine De was quite satisfied with the result. Even though Li Yu concealed the contact between Li Zheng and Zhao Fu, it showed that he wanted to protect at least one of them. The emperor will not let the emperor know, it seems that Li Yu's threat should not be great. "Since Zhao Fu is from Xinyang Palace, I would like to ask Xinyang King to do me a favor." Concubine De eased her previous tone.

"Mother, please speak."

"If Zheng'er goes to your house again in the future, you must not let him see Zhao Fu, and you must notify me immediately."

"This..." Li Yu put on a troubled look, if he agreed to Concubine De, how would he explain to the third brother?

"Prince Xinyang doesn't have to agree, then I will handle the matter." Concubine De's tone became tough, not allowing Li Yu to refuse.

"Mother, what are you doing!" Li Zheng broke in suddenly and asked sharply.Concubine Ruyang immediately turned pale with fright, and Concubine De was also a little flustered, but she remained calm. "Zhenger, why are you here?"

"What is mother doing? Why did you send Ninth Brother here?" Li Zheng looked at his mother fiercely.

"Mother just wants to care about King Xinyang." Concubine De's tone softened a lot in front of her son.

"Concerned? Why don't you see my mother caring about my ninth brother? My mother is well informed. I just went to the Xinyang Palace yesterday, and you brought my ninth brother here today. If mother wants to know what my son has done, ask him directly. That is, why beat around the bush. You even monitor your son, you are really a competent mother!" Li Zheng was furious.

"Third Brother, Empress De Concubine really only cares about this king, please calm down." Li Yu stepped forward to dissuade Li Zheng.

"Is the ninth brother a fool to be my king?" Li Zheng knew that Li Yu had good intentions, but he still hoped that he would not get involved.

After hearing this, Li Yu had no choice but to shut up consciously.

"Your Highness, don't be angry. It's all bad for your concubines. Your majesty is doing it for your own good. Don't hurt your temper with your majesty." Princess Ruyang immediately stepped forward to say that everything was her fault, and she hoped that her mother-in-law and her husband harmoniously.

"Stop pretending to be innocent here!" Li Zheng didn't bother to talk to her, and shouted to the servant girl behind, "Bring your concubine back to the palace, and you are not allowed to go anywhere without my king's permission!"

"Your Highness, Your Highness's courtiers and concubines know they are wrong." Seeing this, the princess hurriedly pleaded with Li Zheng, but Li Zheng seemed to be determined. away.

"Zheng'er, listen to mother, don't go looking for that person again." Concubine De didn't care whether her daughter-in-law was grounded or not, she only cared about her son's affairs.

"Mother, please don't meddle in my son's affairs in the future! My son has done many things according to your wishes, no matter right or wrong, and I have never disobeyed your will once to satisfy you. But , in the future, I hope that my mother will stop meddling! Don't embarrass anyone who has nothing to do with it!" After Li Zheng finished speaking, he dragged Li Yu to the outside of Xiangyi Palace. Li Yu was suddenly pulled away and couldn't salute. He said, "I will leave." What I saw was a woman with a sad face slumped on her seat.

Li Zheng sent Li Yu out of the palace, apologized to Li Yu for his mother's behavior, but still refused to tell Li Yu what happened between him and his husband.Li Yu told Li Zheng not to quarrel with the concubine Defei. The empress would not do anything to Li Zheng if she loved her son, but she might hurt Zhao Fu, and warned Li Zheng to be careful when he went to Xinyang Palace, even if he didn't care. , but also to take into account Zhao Fu's safety.Li Zheng said that he knew what to do, and the two separated.