Crossing should also be very low-key

After a strange and ambiguous silence, the queen who was the mother of the world was the first to come back to her senses.

"Lord Chen, can you tell me what's going on here?"

As soon as the queen called out "Prince Chen", some other maids and servants who didn't know who was coming knelt down to salute in horror.

Xu Lichen glanced at the queen.

"This king just wants to ask the queen, what's going on?" He held Li Qingjiu tightly, and carefully looked at his dirty old clothes, face and his body that seemed a little emaciated. "Li Qingjiu is the son of my king's North Courtyard, but he was brought into the harem without my king's knowledge, so I came here today to bring him back."

"This..." After being confirmed by the prince himself, the queen was also shocked.He originally thought that Li Qingjiu met the emperor in the private sector, and then seduced the emperor, but he did not expect that Li Qingjiu was actually Prince Chen's favorite son, and was forcibly taken away by the emperor without authorization. "I don't know anything about this matter at all."

"I believe that the emperor never told the queen, otherwise my people would not have been treated like this." Xu Lichen looked at Li Qingjiu with some displeasure and asked, "How did they treat you?"

"Huh?" Li Qingjiu was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it seriously.

Pinghui, who was kneeling beside him, and some court ladies and servants who had made fun of him couldn't help trembling.If they had known that this person was from Lord Chen, how would they have the guts to do those things to him?This is a good time, the prince vented his anger for him!Their lives seem to be in danger...

"It's nothing. Wang Momo is very kind to me, takes good care of me, and everyone helps me. That's it." Of course Li Qingjiu knew the intention of Xu Lichen's question. After all, he had watched too many court dramas. A few casual words by myself may take several lives.

"Really? Then tell me, why is your whole body so dirty? How did you lose weight?" Of course Xu Lichen couldn't accept such an answer, and he continued to ask more forcefully.

"I haven't taken a shower today, and I accidentally got dust on it just now, so I got dirty. Then I've been helping Mother Wang in the dining room for the past few days. I've been active a lot, and I've lost weight." Li Qingjiu blinked, and used Answered in a natural tone.

But it's dirty and thin, and it's not like it was seriously injured or something, why keep asking?In fact, Li Qingjiu really wanted to say: "The wounds they made on me are not as many as you! 』

"...." Xu Lichen vaguely knew what Li Qingjiu was thinking, but he was not as magnanimous as Li Qingjiu.Those who dare to touch his things will have to pay the price. "Why did the waiter beat you?"

"Just... a misunderstanding!" Li Qingjiu shrugged, still looking indifferent. "They should know by now that it was a misunderstanding, so it's all right! Besides, he didn't hit me just now."

"That's because the king arrived in time, otherwise do you think you can still stand here safely and play tricks with the king?" Xu Lichen finally couldn't stand it and yelled at him.

Li Qingjiu was a little surprised, he had never seen him angry during those days in the palace, never thought that the first time he saw him angry, it was for his own safety?Did this perverted prince take the wrong medicine?Besides, he had been taken to the palace for several days, and only now did he suddenly think of a way to bring him back and help him vent his anger?Hmm, could it be that he wanted to use him as an excuse to make trouble in the harem and to disown the emperor?

"Well, my lord, why did you suddenly want to come and take me back?" Li Qingjiu asked cautiously.

"...." Xu Lichen suddenly stopped and gave him a hard look, as if he had no intention of answering him.

"Then, are you going to leave?" Don't say let down, anyway, the brains of their royal family have never been comprehensible to ordinary people like him.Li Qingjiu became a prince because of his conscience. He felt ashamed to be a prince and renege on his debts, so he came to pick him up and continue to live a "good life", and give him money by the way...

"Do you think the king will stop here?"

Li Qingjiu glanced at him indifferently, thinking: If you have the guts, go directly to the culprit to settle the score, why bully these servants who obey orders?If it wasn't for the orders from above, would the people below dare to do these things?As a prince, don't you even understand this kind of truth?

Although Li Qingjiu didn't say it, Xu Lichen could feel from his eyes that this guy was slandering him again.Just as he was about to ask, a shout of "The Emperor is coming" came from not far away.Thinking of Li Qingjiu living here as a servant these days, and almost being beaten, Xu Lichen couldn't help but frowned.

"The emperor is here---"

After a while, the emperor came to the dining room of the harem.

"Slave (servant) has seen the emperor!" Everyone kneeling on the ground turned around and saluted again. Even Chen Ying knelt down on one knee because of the etiquette.

"The concubine has seen the emperor!" The queen lowered her head and squatted down, but of course she was immediately helped up by the emperor.

Although Xu Lichen is a prince, he is an elder brother after all, so he will only formally salute the emperor in front of the court and in front of the ministers, and generally it is not so formal in private occasions.

"Prince Chen, you didn't even give me a heads-up when you came to my harem, isn't it too disrespectful of etiquette?" Xu Lixiao said with a slight curl of his mouth, without any sense of reproach in his tone.

"Your Majesty, didn't you visit the North Courtyard of my brother without authorization before? You even robbed my prince's son a few days later!" On the contrary, Xu Lichen, who is a prince, did not intend to hide his dissatisfaction at all.

"What are you talking about robbing? It's just a young master. Is it worthwhile for King Chen to come here to ask for someone? Send someone a message, and I will send him back." Xu Lixiao said with a smile.

"This king will return these words to the emperor intact."

The conversation froze at this point, the emperor didn't answer, and the prince didn't seem to plan to say anything more, the two just stood there and looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness." At this time, the chief steward who was following the Emperor bent over and took a step forward. "The slave is talkative, but the dining room is full of people, so it is inconvenient to deal with Mr. Li's affairs. Please move the emperor and the prince to Yongning Palace. It is quiet and elegant, where the emperor and the prince can have a good discussion."

Li Qingjiu thought to himself that the chief manager could really speak, and he could describe a place that looked like a haunted house as quiet and elegant, so he must have sent someone to clean it up just now!

"En." Xu Lixiao agreed, looked away, and left with a big stride.

Xu Lichen wanted to pick up Li Qingjiu, who was still kneeling, and take him away, but he didn't expect to feel a slight resistance in his hand, and he looked down at him with some displeasure.

"It's fine for me and Wang Momo to stay here." Li Qingjiu said quickly, avoiding Xu Lichen's gaze.

Just kidding, the inexplicable scramble by the emperor and the prince has already made him vomit blood, and now he is moved to a private space to continue arguing, but what about forcing him to be present?He has no interest in playing the role of "you two don't fight because of me".

"If you want to die, you can stay."

After being reminded by Xu Lichen, Li Qingjiu remembered that he seemed to be the object the emperor wanted to get rid of quickly.Now that the emperor is taking the prince away, it is hard to guarantee that it is not a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.Anyway, after killing him, no matter how mad the prince is, it will not help.So under the premise that "life is important", Li Qingjiu had no choice but to have a cheeky face, and followed Xu Lichen under the envious eyes of everyone and the queen's jealousy.

Arriving at Yongning Palace, Li Qingjiu found that it was very different from what it was an hour ago, and now it looks like a high-end leisure club!Flowers and trees, gazebo tables and chairs, small bridges and flowing water, court ladies and servants, everything you expect to find.Even the ordinary pool where he bathes and washes his clothes every day has a gorgeous little waterfall growing out of it!

What a move!

Seeing the emperor walking all the way into the inner room of Yongning Palace, Xu Lichen followed him in, but the chief steward and Chen Ying stayed outside, so Li Qingjiu also decided to hide in the gazebo outside, away from the pool of black water. farther away.

Another very important reason for choosing the gazebo is that there are a variety of pastries and food on the table in the gazebo!This made Li Qingjiu who hadn't eaten all day couldn't stand the temptation and drifted towards the gazebo.

It was clear that the food was prepared for the emperor, but now that the emperor entered the room, he believed that the same food must have been prepared in the room, after all, he didn't know where the emperor would choose to talk to his dear prince and brother !Since they entered the room, it means that these things in the gazebo can't be eaten, right?

So Li Qingjiu mustered up the courage to go to the chief manager whom he didn't know very well for his own stomach.

"Well, I'm sorry to ask you something," he tried to ask the chief manager with a low profile. "There were a few steamed buns and a bowl of soup on the table over there, but they seem to have been taken away. I want to ask, if the emperor doesn't eat the food in the gazebo, can I take some to eat?"

"Pfft." Standing next to the manager, Chen Ying couldn't help laughing out loud, then pretended to cough twice, and turned her head to cover up her gaffe.

"...." The first time someone asked if he could eat "food prepared for the emperor", the chief steward was a little stunned for a while, but the chief steward was different from the others. He quickly retracted his chin and said loudly He smiled angrily and said to him, "I'm about to ask someone to take it away! Since Mr. Li hasn't eaten yet, go get it yourself!"

"Thank you!" Li Qingjiu who got the permission immediately smiled, and bowed frequently to thank the chief manager, and then ran into the gazebo excitedly, drooling at the table full of exquisite food, thinking about which one to eat first.

The chief manager looked at Li Qingjiu's calm and relaxed appearance without any fear, and was a little amazed.

"My lord must love him very much, right? But it's really too much to spoil him so unruly..."

"Oh, you misunderstood!" Chen Ying said with a complicated smile. "That's none of our prince's business."

The chief manager looked at Chen Ying with a strange face, and was about to ask again, when Li Qingjiu ran back thumping.

"Well, may I ask, can you pack the unfinished part for me?"

"..."

This time, the chief manager's jaw really dropped, and Chen Ying who was beside him continued to hold back a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

Writer's words:

This episode is too long, and there is no scene for Xiaojiu, so let's stop here....UUb

The following is the secret conversation between the emperor and the prince in the small wine room, but because I don’t know how to write serious conversations, I got stuck for a few days, and it is very likely that I will delete or rewrite them all.... Orz (← The Misery of the Brainless Writer

I hope I can get through this painful period today....=v=(I want to write about Xiaojiu’s life after returning to the palace! >O<)