The prime minister married a fake wife

In the early dynasty, in the main hall of the imperial palace, the eunuch beside the emperor mechanically said: "If there is something to play, we will leave the court if there is nothing to do."

A minister stepped forward and said: "Re-opening, there has been a bandit problem all year round near Maxing Town, Xi'an, and they often rob and plunder. .”

The emperor frowned slightly and said, "Why hasn't the problem of bandits in Maxing Town, Shaanxi been resolved? And it's getting worse?"

The minister said: "Returning to the emperor, the local magistrate has been suppressing and eradicating bandits all year round. I don't know why they can't get rid of them, and soon they come back again. Year after year, coupled with the natural disasters in Gansu, the refugees moved eastward to Shaanxi, and the bandits took the opportunity to take in strong refugees. , to expand its power."

The emperor said: "Yes, I see, Li Zhi, Chen Jianshang."

Minister of War Li Zhi and Minister of Household Chen Jianshang stepped forward and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor said: "Li Zhi, I ordered you to deal with the bandits in Maxing Town, Shaanxi, and Chen Jianshang to deal with the refugees in Gansu and moving east."

Li Zhi and Chen Jianshang said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty." Then they returned to their positions.

The emperor said: "Is there anything else that needs to be played? No, I will leave the court and Prime Minister Liu will stay."

The ministers waited for a while, but no one played, they said: "Long live my emperor." Then they disbanded.

After all the ministers left, the emperor took Liu Lingyan back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and retreated everyone around him, leaving only the two of them. The emperor stood in front of the table and said to Liu Lingyan, "I have a question I want to ask Ling Yan."

Liu Lingyan said: "Your Majesty, may I ask you."

The emperor said: "I don't know if Ling Yan knows, does Xiling have other sisters?"

Liu Lingyan frowned slightly and said, "I only know that Xiling has only one elder brother and no other sisters."

The emperor was disappointed and said: "It's a pity, I still think that Xi Ling has a beautiful face that is all over the country, if there is a sister, she must be as beautiful as her, and people can't put it down. It's a pity."

A trace of complicated emotions flashed in Liu Lingyan's eyes, and it quickly disappeared. He lowered his head and remained silent. He had known the emperor for many years and liked him, so how could he not know what he meant by that?If the emperor wants to know how many daughters a subject has, why should he ask himself? He ordered someone to check and he would know. He asked and said that because he wanted Xiling, but because he had already given Xiling to him, he couldn't snatch it in public. The courtier's wife, that's why she hinted that she divorced Xiling, so that he could secretly accept Xiling as his concubine again.

The emperor saw that he remained silent and continued: "Since I have seen Xiling's dance like a fairy dancing sword, I have tried to be imitated by others, and even Concubine Qing has tried, but every time there is anyone who can dance out of her, Her dancing posture, that fairy that makes me miss all the time, it's a pity that I have married her to you, and it's a pity that she has no sisters, alas... "

He bluntly hinted that Liu Lingyan was very confused. He wanted not to disappoint his beloved, but he didn't want Xiling to enter the palace like a large cage and the harem full of deceits that were more terrifying than wild beasts. A simple little girl can't stand this kind of intrigue, she might be secretly poisoned shortly after entering, but when he saw the emperor looking at him with pleading eyes, even though he knew it was a faux pas, his heart softened. He secretly sighed: "Rong Chen think about it."

The emperor also knew that he was acting against justice, and that he was robbing his own courtier's wife, which should not be done. If it were someone else, he would not try, but the reason why he tried was because he had been a courtier like a brother. No matter how willful he was when he was young, he would always agree to his request. With an attitude of giving it a try, he didn't expect too much, but when he heard what Liu Lingyan said, he was immediately happy, because he knew that there was hope. Smiling brows fly authentically: "Okay! Think about it."

Liu Lingyan resigned with complicated thoughts, and when he returned to Liu's mansion, he went directly into the study room. He kept pacing back and forth in the study room, sitting and getting up, constantly thinking about what the emperor said this morning, even dinner Do not eat, trapped in the study all day.

Ever since Liu Lingyan told her heart that night, Yang Xixue has never been wary of Liu Lingyan again, she completely regards Liu Lingyan as her elder brother, and regards Liu's father and Liu mother as her parents. He saw that Liu Lingyan came back this morning, and after entering the study, he did not come out. However, he didn’t even eat dinner, so he was very worried, so he came to the study with some food, knocked on the door, but no one answered, he opened the door, and saw Liu Lingyan sitting behind the table, frowning and thinking about things. , he went in, closed the door, walked to the table and put down the tray and said: "It's important business, but I can't stop eating, what should I do if I'm starving? I brought some food, let's eat."

Hearing this, Liu Lingyan looked up at the man, feeling guilty for some reason, and couldn't help turning his head away, avoiding his gaze and saying, "I'm not hungry."

Yang Xixue picked up the bowls and chopsticks and handed them to him, "If you're not hungry, you have to eat, even a little."

Liu Lingyan saw that the bowls and chopsticks that were handed over were not picked up, Yang Xixue handed the bowls and chopsticks forward again and said: "If you don't take it, then I will feed it myself." Then she took a mouthful of rice with the chopsticks and delivered it to his mouth forward. "

Liu Lingyan had no choice but to take the bowl and chopsticks and started to eat. Yang Xixue sat on the chair next to him and watched him eat. Liu Lingyan was annoyed. Everything tasted tasteless. Seeing that he had stopped chopsticks, Xixue walked over and asked, "Don't you want to eat?"

Liu Lingyan said: "Well, I have no appetite."

Yang Xixue raised a hand to touch Liu Lingyan's forehead, Liu Lingyan felt a warm touch on his forehead, he froze and shrank his head, Yang Xixue frowned and said: "I don't have a fever, is it uncomfortable there? "

Liu Lingyan's ears turned red and said, "No, I'm just worried about something and don't want to eat."

Seeing that he really didn't want to eat, Yang Xixue stopped forcing him and said, "Okay, master, remember to ask someone to cook something for you when you're hungry, and I won't beat you up." He put away the bowls and chopsticks, He picked up the tray and was about to turn around when Liu Lingyan stopped him.

Liu Lingyan hesitated and asked him: "At the beginning, when I treated you like that, did you ever hate me?"

Yang Xixue wondered why he suddenly asked such a question, and replied suspiciously: "No."

Liu Lingyan asked again: "Why? Shouldn't you hate me when I treated you like that?"

Yang Xixue said: "You are so misogynistic, it's already very good that you don't speak ill of my concubine, and the master will treat my concubine very well afterward." He thought to himself: "Of course I don't hate, there are more people like you, Until now, no one has revealed that he is a man, I should thank you, but it is impossible for me to tell you."

Liu Lingyan asked tentatively, "If I set you free now, would you be willing?"

Yang Xixue was stunned, and asked him back: "Why do you ask like that?"

Liu Lingyan said: "It's nothing, I'm just suddenly curious and want to ask, do you want to?"

Yang Xixue thought to herself: "This can't be decided by myself. Originally, this identity belongs to Xiling. Even if she escapes marriage, she will not marry this person, but this decision is still for Xiling to decide. I am not qualified." So he joked He replied confidently: "I don't want to, but if one day I want to be free, I will tell you."

After hearing this, Liu Lingyan breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, and Yang Xixue asked, "Is there anything else?"

Liu Lingyan suddenly wanted to ask, if you could become a concubine, would you not want to?He opened his mouth to speak, but he still didn't ask in the end. He was suddenly very scared to know the answer, and he shook his head and said, "No."