The prime minister married a fake wife

The time passed quickly among the many performances, and it was time for dinner. The emperor led a group of concubines and courtiers into the arranged hall for dinner. The seats of the emperor and empress were still the highest in the middle of the hall. They sat in the long hall. Behind the desk was facing everyone, Liu Lingyan and Father Liu were the first long desk under the high platform, sitting facing the emperor, and after that were seats according to the ranks of concubines, the emperor saw that everyone was seated, and said: "Serve the food." The maids and eunuchs Then they began to serve each long table, first the emperor, the prime minister, and finally the concubines.

The emperor smiled and said: "I am very happy today, the queen arranged very well, I like it very much." He patted the queen's hand lightly, then held it and continued: "I will leave all these banquets to you in the future, but don't Too much work, so as not to hurt the body."

In front of the emperor, the empress lost the arrogance she had seen before, and now she had the feeling of being a little bird, she nodded and said: "Yes, your majesty, the concubine will take care of it."

The emperor looked at the queen and nodded, "Yes." Then he turned to look at Father Liu and Liu Lingyan and said, "What do you two loves think about today's banquet? Did you enjoy it?"

Father Liu smiled and said, "Old minister is very happy, I haven't had such a good time in a long time."

The emperor said happily: "Okay, Liu Aiqing has retired and returned to her hometown. I don't know when I will see you again. If you are not drunk today, you will not return."

Father Liu said: "Yes, Your Majesty, you are welcome."

The emperor asked again, "What about Ling Yan?"

Liu Lingyan replied with a smile: "Back to the emperor, the programs arranged by the empress are very exciting, and I am very happy."

The emperor looked at Yang Xixue happily and said: "That's good. Speaking of which, today is also the first time I see the wife I chose for you. Xiling is as beautiful and charming as the rumors say. She is a perfect match with you." couple."

Liu Lingyan still smiled and said: "I thank the emperor for the marriage again."

Yang Xixue saw that the emperor was still looking at him, so she smiled back, but for some reason, every time the emperor looked at him, she felt that the emperor looked at her in a strange way, which was very uncomfortable. He kept smiling until the emperor looked away, then secretly heaved a sigh of relief, thinking: "Why does the emperor keep looking at me for so long, does he want my life?" He thought about it, and subconsciously looked at Liu Lingyan , but found that today Liu Lingyan was weird, obviously unhappy, and still smiling, especially when he looked at the emperor and queen, there was a kind of sadness in his eyes that was difficult for others to detect. He thought to himself: "Why? ?”

While Yang Xixue was thinking about the answer, the emperor's family banquet came to an end, Liu's father took Liu Lingyan and the others to bid farewell to the emperor and empress, and then returned to Liu's mansion in a carriage.

After returning home, the two elderly people felt very tired due to the hard work of the day, so they went back to the room early to rest. Liu Lingyan said that he had to deal with some business and went to the study room. Yang Xixue also took Haiqing back to the room and asked the servants to prepare hot water. After taking a shower and changing clothes, he asked Haiqing to rest and went to bed early.

In the middle of the night, Yang Xixue was suddenly awakened by a sore feeling. He quickly got up, put on his shoes, put on his clothes, and went out. After a while, he walked back comfortably. When he passed the courtyard in front of the house, he saw a figure out of the corner of his eye. Turning around, I saw Liu Lingyan, sitting on the stone bench by himself, looking at the moon in a daze with expressionless face, and there was that hard-to-detect sadness in his eyes, but the difference was that there was a little more smile, seeing With his appearance, Yang Xixue suddenly remembered what he said before, and suddenly figured out his strange situation today. For some reason, she felt a worrying feeling. On the stone bench, Liu Lingyan still found it.

Liu Lingyan felt movement around him, turned around and found that it was Yang Xixue, and said, "It's so late, why don't you sleep?"

Yang Xixue directly stated the reason: "I was in a hurry and went to the latrine. When I came back, I saw you and came over. What are you doing?"

Liu Ling turned back, continued to look at the moon and said, "No, I just couldn't sleep, so come out and sit." After finishing speaking, she didn't speak any more.

Yang Xixue looked at him, suddenly confused, he guessed why Liu Lingyan did this, but he wasn't sure, he wanted to ask clearly, but it was difficult to ask, because he didn't have the qualifications and identity, but the more he looked at The more he felt like this, the more uncomfortable he felt, and finally he couldn't help but said: "You, is the person you like the emperor, the emperor?"

After Liu Lingyan heard this, his eyes suddenly enlarged and his pupils shrank. He was stunned for a while, then turned his head and asked Yang Xixue with an unnatural smile, "Why do you feel this way?"

Seeing his reaction, Yang Xixue was sure that she had guessed right, and the discomfort in her heart became more intense from just now, so he resisted and said, "Because you were too obvious."

In fact, Liu Lingyan's performance is not obvious at all, but Yang Xixue often pays attention to Liu Lingyan intentionally or unconsciously, discovering his abnormality and combining what he said before, it is impossible for others to discover it.

Liu Lingyan was stunned again, still with that unnatural smile: "Obvious?, what is obvious?"

Yang Xixue shook her head and said with a serious expression: "There is no need to hide, I have been by your side for a long time and I have seen clearly, I will not say goodbye to others, and you don't have to work hard to hide, tell this concubine, You'll feel better too."

Liu Lingyan put away his smile and looked at him quietly with no expression on his face. For a long time, when Yang Xixue thought he couldn't speak, he made a noise. He laughed and said as if he had failed: "I still don't know what to say." I thought I was hiding it well, but it turned out that I was just deceiving myself.”

He turned his head back, still looking at the moon, but instead of being expressionless, he frowned slightly, showing a wry smile and said, "I am three years older than him, and I was honored to study with the emperor because of my intelligence. Both are smart, just a boring gourd who only knows how to read, but he is a lively and lovely pistachio, I often see him playing at that time, and he doesn’t look like he misses reading at all. I think it’s good to accompany him to study. I'm wasting time, I don't like him very much, and I don't want to study with him at all, but it's an honor to be favored by the late emperor. Play, study when it’s time to study, play when it’s time to play, like being unrestrained, gradually I was attracted by his personality, gradually liked to get along with him, and gradually wanted to stay with him more, he changed For me, a boring gourd who only knows how to read, in fact, his personality is not suitable for being trapped in the palace, but there is no way, because he was born in the emperor's family and can only be a dragon in a cage. He often acts like a baby and asks me to take him Gong Wan, once, I couldn’t resist his acting like a baby, so I asked him to exchange clothes with my servant, and secretly took him out of the palace. After he came out of the palace, he was like a curious baby. I can't tell he's a prince." At this point, he stopped and unconsciously showed a very gentle smile, as if he was recalling a good thing.