The second story of the ancient sword II

Dark clouds covered half of the waning moon, and a homing pigeon with gray mottled feathers flapped its wings and flew to a corner of the small town in the south of the Yangtze River.The second prince, Li Kang, opened the letter bucket on the anklet of the carrier pigeon, and quickly read a simple letter, with a gloomy expression on the corner of his mouth.Thinking about it in his heart, if that's the case, wouldn't the third child have another bargaining chip to win the position?I have to think a lot about how to return to Beijing.

With the first dew of the twilight, the early sun among the clouds is blooming pink, the pear trees are full of white pear blossoms with yellow-green stamens, and the rich fragrance of flowers wafts throughout the yard.Under the pear tree is the figure of Yi Ze dancing his sword lightly, the pear blossoms are falling lightly, rustling like snow, and the shadow of the sword is graceful.After a set of swordsmanship, I feel refreshed.Just as he was about to withdraw his sword, the door of the main house was gently pushed open, and there was a half-beautiful face protruding from the door, followed by the heads of spirit beasts of all sizes crowded below.Yi deliberately pretended not to see it, and continued to pick up the long sword in his hand.

"Hush—" Ah Ruan signaled all the spirit beasts to silence, and tiptoed to Yi Ze's back, straightened his arms, stood on tiptoe, trying to cover his eyes.

"Hmm...it's not fair...you are so tall." A Ruan was a little annoyed, her hand just covered Yi Ze's mouth.

"Sigh... It's not up to me to decide whether I'm tall or not. How about I squat down a little?" Yi Ze said with his mouth covered, "You're always so interesting."

"Well, I can't blame you." Ah Ruan slowly let go of his hands, wrapped his arms around Yi Ze's waist, closed his eyes, and pressed his face against his back.Yi enjoyed the sudden hug very much, and stood there motionless.As Yi had just finished practicing the sword, Yi was sweating a little, and the strong smell of sweat hit A Ruan's face while he was breathing.Today, smelling the familiar smell of sweat, Ah Ruan felt a little twitching in his heart, but held back.Gently loosen the hand around Yi Ze's waist, and turned to face him.

"Yi Ze... May I boil water for you to take a bath?" Ah Ruan's face turned pale.

"Take a bath early in the morning?" Yi Ze was a little puzzled, and couldn't help raising his arms to smell the smell on his body. It was true that the smell of sweat was a bit strong, and he deliberately dragged out his voice and said, "Oh... I see, Ah Ruan hates it because Husband."

"Wow, how can there be... um..." Just halfway through speaking, the churning feeling came to my heart again, and Ah Ruan quickly covered her mouth and ran to the side.I didn't eat much in the morning. The red bean porridge was just cooked, and the green vegetable buns were made last night. It shouldn't spoil my stomach.

"What's wrong?" Yi Ze quickly followed and stroked her back gently.

"Uh, it's okay." Ah Ruan tried his best to hold back and calm down. "Why would I dislike Yi Ze? Probably because I caught a cold in the morning."

"You!" Yi Ze nodded Ah Ruan's forehead, "You wear so little, hurry up and enter the house."

The warm mist was dense, and the fine water droplets soaked Yi Ze's black hair. He sat in the deep wooden bathtub and closed his eyes enjoying himself.With a creak, the door was pushed open, and a slender figure flashed in, holding a small bamboo basket under his elbow, and a piece of clothing was placed on top of the basket.

"Ah, Ruan." Yi in the water was a little embarrassed.

"You forgot to take the dark clothes, I'll bring them in for you." A Ruan deliberately lowered his head and didn't look at him, "And... and these are all sprinkled in the basin, and the clothes will be fragrant after washing."

"What?!" Before Yi Ze could react, Ah Ruan sprinkled a basket of petals into the basin.His body was suddenly filled with pear blossoms, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, roses...

"This... this..." Yi was momentarily at a loss for words due to the situation.

"You want to say that you are a man, right?" Ah Ruan imitated Yi Ze and scratched her nose, "But it didn't say that men can't take flower petal baths."

"Ah..." Yi Ze shook his head while resting his forehead, thinking about why this girl is acting weird today.

It's almost soaked, so Yi gets up and gets dressed.When he took off the dark clothes that A Ruan sent from the screen, he was slightly taken aback, and a slight smile appeared on his flushed cheeks just after getting out of the bath.

"It turns out that I was asked to take a bath to wear this dress." Yi Ze whispered to himself, touching the clothes in his hands with great care.It turned out that this deep coat was made by Ah Ruan herself, and the skirt and cuffs also had the flowing cloud pattern embroidered by her stitch by stitch.Although the style is simple and the stitching of the pattern is not very regular, but it can be seen that the mind of the needlework is seen.Without much hesitation, Yi Ze put on the dark coat, fastened the belt and hung up the jade pendant, and walked out of the bathroom with a happy face.

The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the warm sunshine is flooding the whole yard. A Ruan is taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard.

"A Ruan." Yi Ze walked behind A Ruan and took the ladle in her hand.

Ah Ruan straightened up and was about to say something when he raised his eyes and was stunned.As far as the eye can see is Yi Ze's sleeves, the luxurious satin edge is embroidered with crooked flowing cloud patterns, the spirit is shivering, and the altar is clear.

"You, you...why did you put this dress on?" Ah Ruan eagerly tugged at his sleeves, "Take it off quickly, the embroidery is so ugly."

Yi Ze looked puzzled: "Didn't you give this to me?"

"Oh, I didn't see clearly, I took it wrong." After saying that, Ah Ruan hurried to untie Yi Ze's belt. "This is the first one I made, and I can't wear it."

"Wear it, wear it." Yi Ze grabbed A Ruan's hand, "When did you do it, why didn't your husband notice it?"

"Yes... while you are busy..." Before Ah Ruan finished speaking, there was a sound of horseshoes at the door, and then the voice of the prince from the palace came from outside.

"The emperor declares that His Royal Highness the third prince will go to court to discuss matters..."

"Oh!" Ah Ruan quickly ran to open the door.

"This..." Wang Gonggong looked Yi Ze up and down, hesitated for a while, but swallowed the words, and changed his words, "If it is cleaned up properly, Your Highness can go with the old slave."

"Okay." Yi Ze replied bluntly, turning to face A Ruan, "I'll be back soon."

"Yize...the clothes..." Ah Ruan tugged on his sleeve worriedly. "Change parts."

"What's wrong?" Yi Ze still had a smile on his face, "No change."

"...Well, don't...you will be laughed at." Ah Ruan's voice was very low, but the prince at the side heard it, and his wrinkled face was also moved by the sweet voice with a slight smile.

"It's good as it is, it wasn't made by Ah Ruan, I still don't like it." Yi Ze said dotingly.

"What do you want to eat at noon, I will bring it back when I come back."

"Jerky apricot meat with a little sourness. Yi Ze..." Ah Ruan hesitated for a while and did not say the rest of the sentence.

"Just tell me what you want to eat."

"Can I eat fish once?" Ah Ruan said timidly.

"Okay." Yi Ze did not refuse.

The long carpet with the pattern of golden dragons playing with pearls on the red background on the Taiji Hall spread all the way to the outside of the hall. When the sound of footsteps came, the officials standing on both sides couldn't help but lower their heads and slightly twist their necks to look out. It was Yi who stepped into the inner hall.Emperor Sheng Yuan sat on a tall gilded throne with dragon inlaid, a trace of displeasure flashed on his majestic face behind the curtain, and as he got closer, the displeasure became more intense.Not to mention that there is no crown or hairpin, and the black hair at the back of the head is tied casually with a ribbon. The clothes are really... Seeing the smiles that could hardly be concealed by the officials, Emperor Sheng Yuan's displeasure finally turned away. Out of anger, but still held back after all.

"Yan'er announced that you came here only to discuss the construction of the imperial mausoleum. The major events behind me have to be planned early. It's just because of bad luck for two years... I want to rebuild the cemetery and send people to find the land of the dragon's veins." Emperor Shengyuan solemnly And solemnly spit out the words, "What do you think?"

His eyes darkened, his voice raised a little, and he said, "After the disaster, there are still many things that need to be rebuilt, and it still needs to be spent. It may be inappropriate to rebuild the mausoleum. The king is innocent, and the people of the world are here. If If you don’t blame the crime until you reach the maturity of the year, and the king’s way is greatly promoted, then the world will return. Why look for the dragon’s veins and build the tomb?”

"You—" The curtain in front of Emperor Sheng Yuan shook heavily, his face flushed slightly.

"Your Majesty, calm down." The Taiwei lifted the jade over his head, bowed and walked slowly forward, "The Third Highness is still young, and I don't know that the royal mausoleum is related to the fate of the country, so don't blame the emperor. The old minister thinks that it is not necessary to rebuild, if It can attract great luck, and the year will be prosperous and the people will be prosperous."

"Well, what Aiqing said is reasonable. Yan'er, although I didn't like your second elder brother's cultivation of Immortal Linyuan for my birthday, it showed his filial piety. And you..." Emperor Shengyuan said of the second prince Immediately, the scene of last year appeared in front of Yi Ze's eyes in the Xianlin Garden built by Li Kang, and the anger in his heart surged up involuntarily.

"This move is really in vain to care about the life and death of the people!" Yi Ze said what he thought in his heart.

"What's the opinion of all the lovers? Kong Shangshu, what do you think?" Everyone could see the anger of Emperor Shengyuan.

"Old minister...Old minister...this is the emperor's family matter, why should others bother?" Kong Shangshu casually stayed out of the matter.

"Xian'er, what do you think?" Emperor Sheng Yuan turned the topic to the eldest prince Li Kang.

"My son... My son..." Li Xian's palms were already wet. Concubine Xian's words had been circling in his mind a few days ago. He looked up at the Taiwei, then at Kong Shangshu, and finally With the answer, "Father is very wise, this matter depends entirely on Father's will, and my son is willing to serve!"

"Okay, that's great!" Shengyuan Emperor Longyan said joyfully.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Zuo Pushe stepped forward, "The year of the catastrophe has just passed, so it is not appropriate to revitalize the mausoleum, for fear of being resented by the people!"

"What? You say I'm a faint king?!"

"Old minister..."

"Zuo Pushe is suspended for use!" Emperor Sheng Yuan waved his sleeves to make a decision, and the officials quickly followed the Taiwei to agree.The three factions in the DPRK immediately became clear.

Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, You Pushe, Doctor Guanglu... are all on Li Kang's side. Zuo Pushe was thinking about these names. The Holy Majesty is definitely not just trying to rebuild the mausoleum. He thought carefully .

"You—" Yi wanted to say something, but suddenly felt that what he said had no weight in this glorious hall.

"Not obeying the emperor's will is considered disloyal; disrespecting parents is considered disfilial; disrespectful is considered frivolous... I am angry!" Emperor Sheng Yuan stood up and pointed his finger at Yi Ze. "Let's all back down!" All the ministers stepped back slowly, and there were many people who looked sideways.

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Mou Lian: A small reminder, pay attention to Grandma Sun in the previous chapter. . . . .