Cherish the other side

Lu Beiyuan and Ling Zuo had been traveling for several days, and arrived in the suburbs of the capital last night.Lu Beiyuan arranged his army, ordered one of his capable generals, and brought Ling Zuo into the city.

The foot of the imperial city is still a bit lively. Unlike Fancheng, there are many big families and shops here.Lu Beiyuan and Ling Zuo rode on horses, crossed the road closest to the palace, successfully passed the inspection of the guards, and met the officials who greeted them.

"Long time no see, Lord Gongsun." Lu Beiyuan handed the horse to the servant who came to serve him, and then bowed to the official in front of him.

"My lord has come all the way and worked hard, please come to your resting palace with me."

Lu Beiyuan followed Gongsun Qian and asked, "When are you going to meet the emperor?"

"My lord, don't worry, the emperor will summon you when he is free."

Lu Beiyuan thought it was good in his heart, he could rest for a while and inquire about the situation in the palace by the way.

Zhang Luo took care of King Fan's residence, and Gongsun Qian left.Lu Beiyuan left Ling Zuo waiting for news in the bedroom, while he wandered around.

After wandering around all afternoon, although I didn't receive a summons notice from Ling Zuo, I got a useful message from the palace maid by chance——King Li has arrived.However, when Lu Beiyuan finally waited for the audience, he saw King Li waiting at the gate of the emperor's palace.

"Ninth brother, has the emperor summoned you?" Lu Beiyuan asked.

"Well, it seems that we want to be together."

Before Lu Beiyuan answered, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.He himself would not be dreaming, but he saw Li Qing and Ling Yu coming out of the palace facing them.Lu Beiyuan was a little panicked, and he also doubted his eyes. He was afraid that the two people just looked alike, and thought to himself, how could they appear here?But I looked at it for real, but found that the more I looked, the more I looked like it. However, when I saw the jade pendant on the waist of the visitor, I dared to believe that the person in front of me was really Li Qing.

Lu Yun was also a little surprised when he saw Ling Yu. He thought Ling Yu would follow Lu Beiyuan, but he didn't expect such a scene to appear.

Before Lu Beiyuan could react, Li Qing took Ling Yu away. To Lu Beiyuan's bewilderment, the two of them passed by as if they didn't know him.At this moment, a voice interrupted Lu Beiyuan and Lu Yun's thoughts.

"My lords, the emperor invites you."

In a daze, Lu Beiyuan had already paid his respects to the emperor and sat down, but he was still thinking about the person who appeared in front of him just now.

"Ninth brother and thirteenth brother have worked hard all the way, how about being in the fief?" The emperor looked at King Li with a gentle expression but actually a bit cold.

"Thanks to the emperor's concern, everything is fine in Licheng."

"The same goes for Fancheng."

"It's so good, life down here is no better than the palace, you should pay attention to your health, and don't worry about what you shouldn't worry about."

Having said that, both Lu Beiyuan and Lu Yun knew in their hearts that this was a warning.

With open guns and hidden arrows, hidden swords in smiles, after going through a few back and forth, King Li couldn't help but still asked the emperor about Ling Yu, which of course was asking for Lu Beiyuan's help.

"Your Majesty, when you first entered the palace, you saw two people coming out, but they were all unfamiliar faces. I don't know who they are?"

After hearing Lu Yun's words, the emperor did not expect that King Li would be interested in inquiring about other people, so he had a plan. "It's Mr. Li and his attendants who were the local officials before, and now they're calling him back to do things for the palace."

"So that's it. I think one of them is young and doesn't look like an official. It turns out to be a servant." Lu Yun made a sudden realization expression.

Hearing what the emperor said, Lu Beiyuan began to think about what might have happened. Suddenly, a person appeared in his mind——Su Lijin.Damn it!He never thought that Su Lijin would do this from the beginning to the end. If he knew this, he should have kept Li Qing away from him!

"The child is called Ling Yu. He is still young but very clever." The emperor looked at King Li and continued, "If the ninth brother doesn't dislike him, how about asking him to serve in your palace for a few days? Not enough, I will also send a few attendants to your side."

Of course Lu Yun knew what the emperor meant, so it was a good way to naturally send someone to monitor his actions these days.Lu Yun secretly smiled, but he miscalculated this step.

"Of course that's good, please trouble the emperor." Lu Yun readily accepted this suggestion.

"What about the thirteenth brother?" the emperor turned his head and asked Lu Beiyuan.

"Thanks for the emperor's kindness, but I have been free since I was a child, and I have no habit of being served by others." Seeing that Lu Yun accepted Ling Yu, Lu Beiyuan was relieved. He was very afraid that Ling Yu would do something wrong by the emperor's side. , Incurred the disaster of killing oneself.

The emperor thought to himself that this was in line with Lu Beiyuan's temperament, so he let him go.No matter what, most of his threats come from King Li. "Then do as you wish. It's not too early now, so you guys go back to rest too. I will order someone to send Ling Yu to the Ninth Brother's Palace later."

"Farewell, brother." The two said in unison, and left the resplendent palace.

After walking far away, Lu Beiyuan looked around and made sure that there was no one with the emperor around him, then he said to Lu Yun, "Ninth brother, I need to go to your palace."

"Of course, I also want to find out what's going on."

On the other side of the huge palace, Li Qing was sorting out the military forces in the palace that he had collected in the past few days.Regarding the fact that he just saw Lu Beiyuan outside the emperor's palace, he couldn't calm down for a long time.At that time, I was very nervous, and I was afraid of showing my feet and making people suspicious. Fortunately, Yu'er was smart enough, so she ignored it and left.

After coming back, Ling Yu didn't say anything to him. Li Qing thought he would tell him about seeing King Li and King Fan just now, but Ling Yu seemed to have kept the promise he made in Fancheng deeply, that is, to pretend perfectly own identity.At this moment, Li Qing looked at Ling Yu with admiration.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house, Li Qing was a little strange, because no one would come to him in the palace, besides, the emperor had already summoned him just now.With doubts in mind, Li Qing opened the door, and what he saw was an eunuch beside the emperor.

Li Qing made a salute and said to the visitor: "It's already late, why bother you to come here?"

"Lord Li, you are being polite. I am here to ask for Young Master Ling Yu by order of the emperor."

"What?!" Li Qing couldn't believe his ears, and his heart twitched.

"If Mr. Li is reluctant, I also feel the same, but the sacred order is hard to violate, please bear with me." The eunuch bowed to Li Qing.

"Can you tell me the specific reason? Because I didn't hear about it when I met the Holy Majesty just now, otherwise it would be difficult for me to release him." Li Qing hesitated.

"Ah, it's my fault. I didn't make it clear. King Li had an audience with His Majesty today. His Majesty sent Mr. Ling Yu to serve him because he was concerned about the lack of manpower in King Li's palace."

Hearing this answer, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief.He knew what the emperor was trying to sell, but he also laughed secretly that the emperor had taken a big wrong step this time. "So that's the case. Since this is the case, we can only obey the emperor's order." Li Qingchao looked at his own Ling Yu and waved, beckoning him to come over, and said, "Ling Yu, come here."

Ling Yu approached, bent down and saluted the eunuch.

"Please sir lead the way. Li Qing also begs you to be more flexible and let me send him there together."

"It's easy to talk about it, my lord, please."

After finishing speaking, the group left the house and walked towards the bedroom where King Li rested.

The palace at night seems wider and the roads are more unfamiliar.The lanterns in the hands of the attendants can only illuminate a foot in front of them.At this moment, Li Qing was a little nervous, he was wondering if he could take this opportunity to connect with King Li.

Along the way, Ling Yu still didn't say a word, but his heart was stirred up.Every step I take, I feel like I am getting closer to my dream.The kind of future that is close at hand and can be touched by reaching out makes Ling Yu feel that all efforts are worthwhile.