Later, I became the prince of the group

There were so many strong men and strong women in this dynasty, and there were not a few who would be beaten to death and hanged if they disagreed - Mr. Liu obviously did not belong to this rank.

Chu Yan folded his arms and looked at him leisurely, with the attitude of "I'm just a passerby who watched you jump into the lake".

On the one hand, Liu Qi felt that he couldn't get off the stage, but on the other hand he didn't dare to take it seriously, so he could only hold back the tears that were rolling in his eyes, and tried to hold back a vicious tone, and began a long accusation: "Go away! My son told you to go away! Whichever duck feather you are, you want to come and see my jokes! Well, my father doesn’t care about me, my mother doesn’t love me, my brother doesn’t intercede for me, and the group of people who call me brothers and sisters don’t come to visit me. Fengyue Tower doesn't accept me either, now you all dare to come and add trouble to me, don't you?"

Chu Yan listened to him venting without changing his face. It didn't take long for the man to finally get tired of yelling, and he complained in a low voice: "Why are my parents so cruel that I want to marry someone? I should marry a fool! If I had known there would be more Today, back then, I wouldn’t push him into the water!”

Chu Yan: "..." Wait, you did the emotional thing.

One year at the end of spring, the palace chose companions for the three princes, and all the sons of the minister's family came to the palace to study with them for a few days. One day, the silly prince ran into these people in the imperial garden. I don't know which prince took the lead. I forgot the specific reason, anyway, the silly prince suddenly got into a fight with them, and in the end not only was his clothes stripped, but he was also pushed by someone and fell into the lake.

In fact, it was considered an unintentional mistake. The key point is that a group of brats were dumbfounded and didn’t know how to save people. They froze for a long time before crying and calling for help. Swimming ashore by himself, I'm afraid he will be cold when the rescuers come.

Thinking of this, Chu Yan couldn't control his desire to help.

He grabbed the back of Liu Qi's neck and lifted the delicate young master up like a chicken. Liu Qi only felt his neckline tighten and his body lighten, and he found that his feet had already been stretched. hanging over the lake.

Chu Yan stood on the shore, and one step ahead was the lake water. His hands were too strong, and soon left bright red fingerprints on Bai Nen's neck. Liu Qi couldn't struggle no matter what, he wanted to stretch his feet He kicked the person who grabbed him, but before his feet touched him, Chu Yan deliberately let go of his strength.

He wants to kill me.Liu Qi was full of fear and didn't dare to struggle anymore.

"I think you are tangled, how about I help you?"

Liu Qi couldn't speak, and could only cry out a few times intermittently.

"You have to pay back for doing bad things. Maybe today is the time for you to pay back. It just so happens that if you enter the lake, you will be resigned to fate. If you are lucky, you will be drowned and you won't have to get married. Do you think it's okay?"

His tone is gentle, but it sounds colder than the lake water under his feet. People often dig ice to fetch water in Huayang Lake, and the ice floating on the lake is scattered. living people.

The desire to survive forced Liu Qi to utter a sound: "No... not good... Woohoo, help..."

Chu Yan brought him to the ground before his hands were almost exhausted. Liu Qi's legs were weak, and he plunged into the snowdrift, making him shiver from the cold, but he didn't even have the courage to get up now. No, I felt that the person next to me might be a murderous big devil. He was deeply trapped in the devil's den, and he might be bullied again.

"Third brother!" Liu Qi's eyes lit up when he heard a sudden sound not far away.

Chu Yan faced him behind, and said frankly: "Young brother can't think about jumping into the lake, and I just saved him. Mr. Liu should take him back quickly, so as not to catch a cold."

Liu Lin who just arrived: No, it doesn't look like this from a distance.

But he thought about it for a while, and didn't puncture it. He just helped Liu Qi up and thanked him politely: "Thank you, young master."

"No! Don't listen to his nonsense! He wants to kill me!" Seeing that he had a backer, Liu Qi immediately hid behind Liu Lin and complained like a furry, "He just threw me into the lake! Second brother, hurry up! Catch him and send him to the Yamen!"

Liu Lin covered his mouth, and looked at the person in front of him with a little bit of vigilance: "Young master is richly dressed and has an extraordinary bearing, but he is a bit unfamiliar. May I ask you his name?"

Chu Yan said calmly: "Gameness is a family tradition, you inherit the shadow of your ancestors, Yan Chu, the 'Chu' of the 'newcomer'."

Liu Lin took a deep breath.

really!

This person clearly knew that Liu Qi was the son of the Marquis of Renting, but he still dared to act like this in broad daylight, he must have something to rely on, he was sure that there was no such person among the noble sons of the capital, so he could think of that without much effort A new prince who has not shown his face for a long time.

The reverse of the word "Yan Chu" is not Chu Yan!

Liu Lin's face was hot immediately, no matter how wronged the bluffing younger brother was, he immediately threw him to the guards and dragged him away.

In the end, he invited Chu Yan to a restaurant for dinner on the grounds of "repaying his kindness", but in fact he wanted to find out for his younger brother.

Chu Yan: "There is no need to treat guests, you really want to thank you, just show me around this West Market."

Said to go around, but Chu Yan didn't have anything of interest, just walked aimlessly, and at the same time there was a subtle disappointment in his heart: it turned out that the capital city was not as prosperous as he thought.

It was not until seeing a rouge shop that Chu Yan finally stopped.

The rouge shop not only sells rouge, but also some small items. Chu Yan picked out a pair of small white jade rings carved with rabbits, thinking that it would be cute to match with a white coat.

Liu Lin is not stupid, he can tell at a glance: "Did you choose Mr. Yan for your younger sister?"

"Yes, my sister is young and likes such gadgets." Chu Yan handed the pair to the shopkeeper and asked him to wrap it up, then turned his head and said to Xiaoning and Xiangying who were following behind him, "One stick of incense time, Pick whatever you like."

Xiao Ning was taken aback, stood in the same place hesitantly, still lingering on his body, smiled and said: "Thank you, young master." Then he pulled Xiao Ning aside, lowered his voice: "Stupid, young master could have gone to the restaurant to keep warm, but instead If you want to come out to have a shower, who do you think it is for?"

Xiao Ning was taken aback, the tip of his nose was sore, he quickly lowered his head to pick out rouge and powder as if to cover up.

The two maids also came from bitter backgrounds, and they entered the palace at fourteen, but they were no better than Xinqing in walking around. Chu Yan was worried that the two young girls were running in unfamiliar places, so he took them in the name of walking around. Take a look at the streets of the capital.

The time for a stick of incense was very fast, and neither of the two girls was polite. They picked out a bunch of favorites. Not very rich either.

If the two court ladies use too good things, let's not talk about whether they will attract people's envy or not. It is estimated that the empress will "understand" him as a concubine in a short time.

So it didn't cost much to buy a lot of things. The money bag was on Xiangying's body, and Xiangying paid for it by himself, and the two thanked Chu Yan with smiles.

Xiao Ning was a little more courageous now, and said a joke: "The rouge bought by the servant girl is bright in color, and it is very eye-catching in winter. Go back and use it for the girls in the mansion. The young master will take a look at it some other day. , I feel that this snowy day is also lively."

Chu Yan glanced at her with a smile that was not a smile: "The mouth is poor."

By the way, when Liu Qi returned home, he was really whipped by his father Haosheng again.

Mrs. Liu rubbed medicine on him on the bedside, wiped away her tears and said, "Aqi, why are you fighting with your father? After all, your father allowed you to go out for a walk. Why do you want to jump into the lake? You are not poking your mother!" heart?"

Liu Qi buried his head in the quilt and wept silently. He felt that his father, who could be fooled by acting like a baby in the past, was not easy to talk at all this time. No matter how much he begged for mercy, he whipped twenty whips.

Because Lord Liu Hou left home to guard the border when he was young, he was not strictly required like his elder brother and second brother. He was always used to grow up, raised with tender skin and tender flesh. Where did he suffer such hardships? Before he recovered, he was covered in scars all over his body, and he didn't want to live anymore.

I thought my mother could comfort me, but my mother told him to accept his fate over and over again, and said to him: "Aqi, if you resist the marriage, it means that our whole family disobeys the imperial edict. It's all trivial matters, it's about the fate of the family, just bear with it for a while and marry well, I beg you, mother."

Sure enough, Liu Qi is nothing in front of his father and brother's future, regardless of how charming he is usually!

In fact, it was Liu Qi who got into a dead end. His mother was even more afraid that he would lose his life because of this matter, and felt that Lord Hou had always said that King An might not be an idler, so she had some expectations for King An in her heart, and felt that her son would not live. too bad.

After Madam Liu took the medicine, she coaxed him for a while, and when she saw that her son refused to talk to him, she reluctantly withdrew.

Liu Qi heard Mrs. Liu talking to someone outside, and said, "Then you go in and be with him", and the door opened after a while.

The visitor called "Cousin" softly, like a thief.

Liu Qi turned his head to the other side of the wall, so that no one could see his eyes swollen from crying, but somehow he said, "Why did you come back?"

The man said aggrievedly: "You and Chang Le walked too fast, I fell to the back, was blocked by Zhu Shengyou and the others and beat me up, my body still hurts now."

Liu Qi glanced at him secretly, seeing that his face was indeed wounded, he was a little embarrassed: "This, this..." Then he remembered that he was even more wronged, and immediately complained: "I was hurt even more. What! Just for the sake of King An, my father doesn’t love me at all. Today, King An is still bullying me. My father doesn’t tell me to see if I’m okay, he insists that it’s my fault!”

The cousin was taken aback: "Have you seen King An?"

This cousin's surname is Qiu and his name is Zihua, and his relationship is somewhat distant. He is the child of Liu Wenyuan's cousin's family. The cousin's family is a merchant, and has been traveling all over the world. Recently, he settled down in the capital and brought his son here because he wanted to become a part of the Marquis's residence. In the light of the day, he told his son and the Hou's mansion to move around more.

One of the three sons of the Liu family is guarding the border, and the other is good at studying. Only the most useless youngest son is left to let him climb around and play around. Liu Qi takes good care of this cousin, although the young master usually incites him when his temper breaks out. Do this and do that, but once something happens outside, he will vent his anger on this cousin.

Qiu Zihua has always listened to him, so the two have a good relationship. This time Liu Qi was confined at home, and only Qiu Zihua was able to visit him for convenience, which made Liu Qi closer to him.

However, Qiu Zihua has some thoughts of his own. Because of his background as a businessman, although he has the name of "cousin", the gangsters around Liu Qi look down on him, and Liu Qi asked him to do things several times, and the gangsters did the same. Follow him, treat him like a handyman, this is completely different from his original idea of ​​hooking up with Liu Qi!But he didn't dare to fall out with Liu Qi, so he could only pretend to be his grandson, and secretly scolded this dude behind his back. As for Liu Qi's kindness to him, he felt it was justified.

When Liu Qi was accused of marriage, he immediately understood that this was a good opportunity to show his presence in front of Liu Qi. When Liu Qi became Concubine An, everyone else had to avoid suspicion. Only he could visit the palace as a relative. Just listen to him alone?

Originally, Qiu Zihua just wanted to be the only confidant around the princess, but his sister gave him an idea that day, asking him to get acquainted in the palace so as to give her a chance.

Liu Qi doesn't like Wang An, but she does, so he is a prince after all!She claims to be good-looking and good-looking, and not long after she came to the capital, she has already been spotted by several nobles. Those pampered young ladies saw her, and they wanted to be sourly jealous!

She thought that if the prince marries a male wife, it is impossible not to take concubines. Anyway, he always wants to take concubines. It is better to accept his own family. When the time comes when her brother persuades cousin Liu Qi, she may be able to enter the palace.

It is naturally not as convenient to have the favor of my cousin as my younger sister. Qiu Zihua was moved by her sister, and just saw that Liu Qi was unwilling to marry, so he volunteered to help Liu Qi find out about King An, but in fact he tried his best to arrange King An's troubles. Okay, so that Liu Qi can fear and reject the prince in his heart, so that if he marries in the future, he won't please the prince.

So after hearing the cause and effect from Liu Qi's mouth, he squeezed out a few tears: "Cousin, he treated you like this the first time we met, what will we do after that!"

Liu Qi's nose was sore from his crying: "I, I don't know..."

"It's true that King An has a violent temper. Didn't you say that when he was still stupid, he used to be ruthless in fights and could scratch people's faces? Now that he's not stupid, maybe there are many tricks to torture people... "Qiu Zihua seemed to be sincerely afraid of Liu Qi, "I met a man on the street two days ago, and it happened that his sister was serving by Wang An's side before, but after Wang An woke up, he beat the people around him to vent his anger, very angry. Several court ladies and eunuchs came out sideways, and his sister was inside..."

Liu Qi frightened: "He, why is he angry..."

Qiu Zihua wiped his tears and added embellishment: "It's nothing more than the stupid prince's life is difficult, the servants can't eat enough, the maid has no strength to work, so she can't help but slack off a little bit, but Wang An feels that she deliberately doesn't regard himself as a returnee." The thing that killed her, originally, I didn't want to tell you, so as not to scare you, but...cousin, why are you so stupid, you even confessed the fact that you pushed him into the water back then!"

Liu Qi said "wow": "I'm not getting married anymore, I'm going to run away from marriage!"

Qiu Zihua was taken aback. His sister had to fool Liu Qi into the palace. If Liu Qi ran away, she would lose everything, so she quickly said, "Cousin, don't think so. My cousin and aunt won't help you now. You can't escape very far by yourself, and if Wang An finds out, he will hate you!"

Liu Qi didn't know whether Chu Yan hated him or not, anyway, Liu Qi already secretly hated Chu Yan.

If it weren't for him, how could these things be happening now!

The New Year banquet is approaching quietly.

As soon as Xiao Tao'er put on her new clothes and combed her buns, she couldn't wait to run to the gate of the palace to greet her. The maid followed behind and put on her cloak.

These days Chu Yan has been living in the palace, but the little girl was waiting badly. As soon as Chu Yan entered the gate, he saw a small snow-white dumpling flying towards him. He hugged him and took out the rouge he had prepared. , Pointed a grain of red on the little girl's forehead.

The little girl was very clingy, and Chu Yan played with her until the afternoon before returning to the side hall to refresh.

Before he entered the palace, he had already arranged his hair crown, but the prince's regular clothes were still in the middle palace, so changing clothes was considered a matter of course.

Chu Rui was waiting outside for him to go with him, and when he saw him come out, he pouted unhappily.

Chu Yan also thought that he was envious of the prince's clothes. This kid has been talking about it for a long time, saying that the prince's clothes are not fancy and not majestic at all. Isn't the patterned fabric the best?

Children are only greedy for things they don't have in their hands.

Chu Yan didn't bother to care about this idiot, and carried the happy sixth princess all the way into the New Year's banquet hall.

In his early years, the Holy Majesty used to hold lively banquets. Except for the years when there was no money in the war, every New Year's banquet in the palace must be extremely grand. The more people the better, it has become a tradition now.Those who can be seated at the annual banquet are usually royal relatives and people with titles. Not everyone with titles can come, and most of them are the head of the family as a representative. Even if the hall has three floors inside and outside, it can't accommodate so much many people.

Therefore, when Chu Yan saw Liu Qi in the outer hall, he was still a little surprised, but he didn't show his surprise, he just put Xiao Tao'er down, and returned a half salute to Lord Liu, and by the way, when he saw him, he started to cry inexplicably Liu Qi cast a wide glance.

Liu Wen swore that he felt that Wang An had exhausted his whole body so that he didn't roll his eyes out.

A few days before the palace banquet, the empress delivered a letter, saying that she could bring Liu Qi to the palace, and Madam Liu held him by the ear and ordered him to face him for a long time.

The lady who usually doesn't even let Liu Qi see the killing of chickens peels off the family's comfortable appearance layer by layer, revealing the rich blood on the inside—it is a crime to resist the order and disrespect, it is a crime to disrespect the royal family, and it is a crime to lose dignity in front of the imperial court. If Liu Qi committed a crime in the palace, no matter how the emperor dealt with him, the Liu family would never be able to keep him.

Liu Qi was frightened by Qiu Zihua first, and now he heard his mother say these horrible things. For several days, he could dream that Chu Yan went to the imperial court to tell him about his childhood, and then the marriage was abandoned, and his head was beheaded. , the family members were also implicated...

So much so that now in his eyes Chu Yan is almost like the Hades who came to take his life.

The Liu family was in the outer hall, so they could barely hear the voices in the inner hall, so they were relaxed and just concentrated on eating delicious food, but Liu Qi was so worried that he didn't eat a few mouthfuls at all.

He suddenly felt nauseated in his stomach, hurriedly said hello to his father and said he was going to give Gong, then went out and vomited on the side of the road.

He only ate so much, and vomited it all out, leaving only sour water.

When the palace people came to clean up, they couldn't help but look at him twice. They probably never thought that someone would vomit after eating a palace banquet. Fortunately, they didn't vomit inside, otherwise, wouldn't this be a slap in the face of the Holy Majesty!

The air outside blew away some of the fear in his heart, Liu Qi didn't want to go back to the stuffy hall, so he squatted outside, scratching blindly on the snow with a branch.

He was shivering with cold, and he came out too hastily, without his cloak on...

Just as he was thinking about whether to go back and get it, the familiar-looking cloak covered his whole body, Liu Qi took it for granted that his father had come out, and almost wanted to call "Dad", but fortunately he held his voice in the moment he raised his eyes. Throat mouth.

His heart almost jumped out, and he didn't know what he was thinking. While wrapping his body in the cloak honestly, while oiling his feet, he rushed out in three or two steps, as if there was a vicious dog chasing after him.

After running for a long distance, he sounded out of breath, only to feel that his slightly hot body was aching again.

When he looked up, there were red lanterns hanging every twenty feet on the road in front of him. The lamp oil in the lantern next to him had been burned out and lost its light. He was wrapped in darkness, and he didn't know where he was.

Liu Qi looked behind him tremblingly, it was okay if he didn't look, but when he turned his head, he saw Chu Yan walking towards him from a distance.

He lifted his foot and ran two more steps, but the footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer.

The past was vivid in my mind, and my brain was very scary, Liu Qi cried again in disappointment.

Chu Yan stopped five steps away, carefully recognized Liu Qi's suppressed sobs, and thought: What's wrong!

But remembering that the empress had hinted in three sentences just now, she almost expressed her desire to get in touch with Liu Qi a little bit-the empress didn't know that Chu Yan almost threw the third son Liu into the lake, thinking that the two were the same See you for the first time.

Now that they've all come out, we can't leave people alone now.

Chu Yan sighed softly: "Why are you crying?"

In fact, no matter what the reason is, it would be embarrassing, but Liu Qi refused to admit that he was scared and cried, so he said, "I'm hungry..."

Chu Yan was silent for a while, with reasonable doubts, and asked in his soul: "Did you also roll off a cliff? Have you smashed your brain?"

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