Sweet Beauty

In the Changle Palace, the young emperor Liu Xian returned from the Changxin Palace where the Empress Dowager lived, and went to work with candles until after dusk, before turning off the lights and going to bed.

The splendid candlesticks were extinguished one by one for the palace servants, several bowing shadows quietly left, and the palace door was closed with a creak, and there was silence in the large palace room.

Perhaps it was because he entered the high temple today, or because he faced countless gazes during the sacrifice, and the tension and panic at that time had not dissipated. Liu Xian lay on his back on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time, and only felt restless.

After tossing and turning for a long time, he failed to suppress the young man's heart, got up in his clothes, and smeared quietly to the side door.

Because he often had difficulty falling asleep and did not like candlelight and noise, there were only one or two palace servants who stayed by his side to serve.

At this time, a soothing incense was lit in the hall, and under the smog, the second palace people who were waiting outside the room were already drowsy. Liu Xian approached gently, seeing that the two were not moving, Fang cautiously opened the side door a little, and saw that there was no sound, and then looked back at the two sleepy people, and continued to push the door open little by little until it was opened. When it was almost done, he stepped out and closed the door again.

Although it was late spring, the air in the middle of the night was still a little cool. The breeze was blowing, making Liu Xian take a deep breath and relax the tight string in his heart.

During the day, there are eyeliners everywhere in the palace, which makes him feel very restrained and heavy.

The long night was silent, except for the occasional palace guards patrolling everywhere, it was all dark.

Liu Xian was sitting high in the front hall, and there were no palace people who usually climbed up again. The terrain of the front hall of Changle Palace is the same as that of Weiyang Palace. Even in the middle of the night, the view is still wide and clear at a glance.

However, today's scene is very different from the past. The Da Sima Mansion, built between the two palaces, is still lit.

On weekdays, when he happened to see Da Sima's mansion brightly lit in the middle of the night, it should be when he and his concubine were having fun all night, so there was always a sound of music and dance. Today, however, it is completely silent, except for the faint lights, there is nothing else.

Liu Xian was inexplicably disturbed, remembering the few words he had overheard in the Changxin Palace when he overheard the secret conversation between the Queen Mother and Prince Zhending, and couldn't help trembling. Could it be that Geng Yun really wanted to do something blatantly wrong in the palace?

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At the same time, in a mansion in the city, Liu Qingzheng, King of Jiaodong, accompanied his subjects and nearly ten princes, drinking and having fun in the hall.

It was a fine night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. In the not-so-spacious halls, dozens of couches and tables were laid out in sequence. In addition to the freshly roasted meat being fed by the maids from time to time, musicians also played silk and bamboo. , The dancer twisted her robes and fluttered, the red candles were hanging on the tent, the wine and meat were fragrant, and everyone under the seat was laughing and laughing, and sometimes drinking.

Liu Qingnian was only twenty-three years old, and it was the time when he was greedy and lustful. He took the throne four years ago and was the tenth king of Jiaodong. However, he said that his ancestor was originally the son of Emperor Wen, and because his biological mother was humble, he was not favored by Emperor Wen, so he was named King of Jiaodong. Jiaodong Kingdom is located in the coastal area of ​​Qingzhou. It is narrow and sparsely populated, and it can be considered that no one cares about it all year round. Because of this, it has been safe and sound under the turbulent situation in the past two years.

Due to frequent disturbances by the Zongwang in the past, the feudal feudal lords were careful to observe the etiquette when they invited to Chang'an, and did not dare to make friends in private, for fear of being misunderstood by others to form a party and conspiracy. Only Liu Qing, the king of Jiaodong, has no ambitions, and is only interested in enjoying himself. When he entered Chang'an this time, he only cared about the sound and color.

Therefore, the feudal feudal lords, who had been in a daze for a long time because they went to Chang'an, did not dare to feast with others in private, but dared to go to the Jiaodong palace every day to openly make fun.

But today, there are a lot of guests in the mansion, just because an unexpected person came.

"Brother Zhong Yuan, today's music and dance, but I deliberately found the best from the city, just to entertain you, how about it?" Liu Qing was so drunk that he hugged a beautiful beauty with one hand, and still did not forget to raise the other hand. He raised the cup to Liu Yu, who didn't say a word, raised his head and drank it.

Hearing that Liu Xiu had come to such a private banquet place in the past, but today, for some reason, without even thinking about it, he should go down to the banquet, which really surprised Liu Qing as well as proud.

After all, among the princes of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ruo is the leader.

Knowing that Liu Yu was coming, others heard about it, and naturally rushed to come, making Liu Qing, a small courtyard, bustling for a while.

Sitting on the couch, Liu Yuzheng was distracted, he didn't know the taste of food, and watched the music and dance, but he didn't take it to heart at all. He only drank cup by cup, and did not even hear Liu Qing's words.

Fortunately, Guo Qu, who was sitting in the back seat, let out a light cough and woke him up, and he repeated the words of Liu Qing just now in his ear. "

When Liu Qing heard the words, he immediately clapped his hands and laughed: "Brother Zhong Yuan is willing to come, and it will really make me radiant!" After that, he waved his hand again and called up dozens of Meiji, who had been reared, and ordered them to serve among the guests. Among them, the two most beautiful people were left around Liu Yu.

"Brother Zhong Yuan, these two concubines are my favorite, and they accompanied me every day when I was in Qingzhou. Even when I entered Chang'an, I didn't want to leave half a step. Today, as a sign of my hospitality, I asked these two concubines to serve me. Brother Zhong Yuan."

Someone below sneered and joked: "Bo Kuang, who in the world doesn't know the name of Queen Xiao Zhao Ji? You two girls, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter the eyes of King Xiao."

Liu Qing's face flushed with alcohol, suddenly smiled narrowly, and waved his hands again and again: "How can this be compared? In terms of beauty, my two concubines are indeed not comparable. However, the two of her have been tempered and tempered, and the beauty is, Is it not a hundred times better than a dignified woman from a big family like Zhao Ji?"

When everyone heard the words, they all looked at the Er Ji, and saw that although the two were not as beautiful as Zhao Ji, they had spring-like eyes, a graceful posture, and their gestures were all meant to seduce and confuse people. Ten thousand kinds of tuning | teach. For a while, everyone understood, and looked at Liu Xiong with a bit more envy and jealousy in their eyes.

However, Liu Xiu only glanced at the Erji, neither smilingly accepting it nor bluntly rejecting it. There was still a smile on his face, but there was a lot of displeasure in his lowered eyes.

Everyone here actually compared A Shu with these concubines.

He couldn't tell what was going on in his heart, but he wasn't the slightest complacent, and the knuckles of the hand holding the wine bottle were turning white.

It was not his intention to come here for the banquet. Only at that time, after discussing with Guo Qu and others, he did not want to go back to the house, and it was inconvenient to talk to others. It happened that Liu Qing invited him, so he complied.

However, during these two hours of feasting, instead of finding the slightest pleasure, he felt dull.

He was almost drunk, but the people below did not notice his absent-mindedness. When Zhao Ji was mentioned, there was no sense of the day in his words: "Xiao Wangzhen is the man of the world, he has won many battles on the battlefield, he has made great achievements, and he is still in the house. There is such a rare beauty in the world as Zhao Ji, and it is really enviable to update Ermei Ji today!"

Some people dared to shout to Liu Qing: "Bo Kuang, Zhao Ji's beauty, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to find again, you two Ji, can you lend me a use, so that you can teach me to experience it. You don't lose Zhao Ji's beauty in your mouth?"

Liu Qing slapped the table and smiled and said, "Whether or not Zhao Ji loses, I said it doesn't count, it's up to Brother Zhong Yuan to judge."

The voice fell, and there was a burst of laughter in the hall.

The two Meiji quietly glanced at Liu Xiong, who had a calm face and a slight smile, and looked at Liu Xiu, who was drinking, and both of them were soft-bodied. : "Your Majesty, please drink."

The voices of the two of them were soft, soft and charming, and they did not lose the sing-song in the slightest.

Liu Xiu stared down at the glass of wine, but did not reach out to take it.

When the laughter in the hall subsided, he stood up abruptly, and before everyone returned to his senses, he suddenly drew his sword and swung it down, only to hear a loud noise, the cases in front of him had been split in half from the center, the cups and plates were messed up, everywhere. splash.

The hall was suddenly silent, and Er Ji, who was just about to get close to him, hid in the corner tremblingly.

Under dozens of glances, Liu Yu didn't see any anger on his face, he only leisurely put the sword back into the sheath, looked around, showing a modest smile, and said warmly: "You are drunk today, and feel a little unwell, One step ahead."

After all, without seeing the horror of the crowd, he strode away.

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When the rooster crowed, Liu Xiu walked back to the house in a dazed manner. When he just came out of the Jiaodong Palace, he was still walking steadily, but after getting on his horse and trotting for a moment, he felt drunk and his mind was confused, so he had to slow down and return to the mansion with great difficulty, and he was really dizzy.

The lights in the main house had already been turned off, and the maid of the night watch was dozing off when she suddenly heard a noise and jumped up in shock, only to see Liu Xiu standing by the door with an expressionless face, motionless, and her legs softened in fear. He stumbled to the door and called out, "Your Majesty - Your Majesty is back."

In the room, Ah Shu was sleeping lightly, and when she heard the sound, she opened her sleepy eyes, and she heard the door being pushed open, and then a familiar shadow walked into the inner room, it was Liu Yu.

The maid of the night was about to enter and light the lamp, but he heard him say "go out", so he had to retreat again and closed the door.

A Shufang stood up and wanted to put on his clothes and get out of bed, but saw that he had walked to the side of the bed, blocking her way, and looked down at her through the darkness, with a strong taste of alcohol in his breath, and a faint smell of fat powder.

Ashu frowned and said, "Your Majesty has been drinking? I'll ask someone to prepare some sober soup."

After all, she was about to bypass him and go outside.

However, before he could find the silk shoes by the bed, he was hugged by him, and with brute force, he directly overwhelmed the bed and kissed him drowsily.