Live up to the country

When Liu Hongjing heard his son say that he had no martial arts, he smiled slightly and said: "Fan'er, the Tai Tuo has asked your father for instructions in nurturing you for so many years, and your cultivation is the best in your father's heart."

Liu Fan was startled, and raised his eyes to look at his father, his father's extra favor to him made him feel warm.

"Fan'er, as long as you want, the emperor will definitely give it to you, you don't have to worry about it." Liu Hongjing continued.

"As long as you want, Father will definitely give it to you." Hearing these words, Liu Fan suddenly thought of Luo Lianyi, then, would Father give Luo Lianyi to him?

"Fan'er!" Liu Hongjing frowned when he saw him blankly.

Liu Fan hurriedly replied: "Father, I don't like this Princess Nanxing, she can marry whoever she wants."

"This—don't you know the wolf ambitions of the empress and your elder brother?" Liu Hongjing frowned.

Liu Fan smiled faintly: "I know that the seat of my father and my son should have belonged to the elder brother, and it is reasonable for them to want to take it back. Everything is up to fate."

Liu Hongjing looked at him and pondered for a moment, then said: "Father violated the ancestral system and made you the crown prince, indeed he owed the empress and your elder brother, but your elder brother is cruel and cunning by nature, which is quite different from your temperament. , if he inherits the great rule, he will only bring disaster and massacre to the people of Xiling. If he forces you to step down, he will never let you have any room for survival. So father worries about you day and night, and the Duanmu family's power is growing day by day. It's not that the father doesn't know, it's just that the father feels guilty towards the queen, and has been turning a blind eye. Now it has been allowed to swell and become a cancer in Xiling, and the father still has a backup to eradicate it, but if they If we join hands with Nanjiang again, even the emperor will have to worry about it!"

Liu Fan was lost in thought by his father's words, he turned his head to look at Princess Nanxing, after all he couldn't imagine marrying this girl.

"Fan'er, it doesn't matter if you don't like her. You are the prince. After you inherit the throne in the future, you will be the emperor. You can marry as many women as you like, but the country in Xiling is unique. You, you must guard!" Liu Hongjing reached out and pressed his shoulder solemnly.

Over there, Duanmu Yunji watched from afar, seeing that the two of them had not come over so long, her face was almost frozen into a block of ice.

Liu Fan raised his head and looked at his father firmly: "Father, I only want to be a husband and wife with someone who truly loves each other. I don't want marriage to become a political burial. I will defend the mountains and rivers of Xiling with all my blood." , swear to the death that I will not disappoint my father!"

Liu Hongjing was speechless, he stared at his son, and finally sighed after a long time: "You are worthy of being my most beloved son! Go, Father will not force you, Father knows best in his heart, and stay with a person who has no feelings for the rest of his life What a pain."

Liu Fan nodded, turned around silently and walked away, returned to his seat, still reclined lazily.Liu Hongjing also returned to the first seat, stretched out his hand to stop the drum music in the arena, proposed marriage on the spot, and granted the eldest prince Liu Huo the title of King Jing, and bestowed him with residence in King Jing's Mansion in Xicheng.Duanmu Yunji's icy face turned cloudy, and she, Liu Huo, and Ma Yisha knelt down to thank each other.

The banquet continued, even more joyous than before. After sitting for a while, Liu Fan saw that the queen mother was already tired, so she got up and passed quietly. He and Ninth Princess Ling'er helped her to leave the banquet first. He took Xiaozhu and a group of court ladies and eunuchs back to Cheng'en Palace.

After entering the hall, Xiao Zhu dismissed everyone, leaving her and the prince alone in the hall.

"How is she?" Liu Fan looked at Xiao Zhu and asked in a low voice.

"Already by Master's side." Xiao Zhu answered in a low voice after listening to the movement outside vigilantly.

"What about the poison? Can Master detoxify her?"

Xiaozhu shook his head.

"No way?" Liu Fan's expression suddenly became anxious.The master has traveled far and wide, and has seen a lot. Even the old man can't help it. It can be seen that the medicine is hard to find.

"Now the eunuchs and maids who came from Dongling still have the antidote, but I don't know who has it." Xiao Zhu said.

"I'll ask!" Liu Fan rushed outside.

Xiao Zhu grabbed him and said, "Your Highness! Just let Xiao Zhu ask. His Highness will attract people's attention."

"Okay, you can ask right away!" Liu Fan stopped and said.

Xiao Zhu looked at him and smiled reproachfully, and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, there is still half a month before the night of the full moon, Xiao Zhu will quietly go over to ask tomorrow, and now the eldest prince's eyeliner is staring at him, I After two days of absence, she seems to have found out, and a lot of things happened along the way in these two days, let me tell you first."

Liu Fan had no choice but to retreat to the warm pavilion in the inner hall, pretending to be lying on the bed under Xiao Zhu's service, Xiao Zhu undressed him while telling him what happened on the road these days in a very soft voice.

"It turns out that the elder brother was stabbed by her, and he deserved it for wanting to bully her!" Liu Fan couldn't help smiling when he heard that Liu Huo was stabbed by Luo Lianyi.

"Yes, at that time, Wuyou and I couldn't get out of the family at all." Xiaozhu seemed to be afraid that Liu Fan would blame her for not protecting Lianyi well, and explained with his head down.

Liu Fan glanced at her and didn't say anything, Xiao Zhu's eyes were filled with a hint of disappointment.She used to be his closest person, but now she seems to have to step aside.

"Your Highness, why don't you ask the emperor to marry Princess Nanxing to you tonight?" Xiao Zhu asked after a while of silence.

Liu Fan glanced at her in surprise, and sneered: "Even you don't understand me?"

"This—" Xiao Zhu lowered his head again in embarrassment, she didn't need to explain the truth, she knew he understood it, but his waywardness really annoyed her.It is estimated that she is not the only one who is troubled by this matter tonight, Prime Minister Yin and Lord Taifu must also be sighing depressedly.

"Your Highness, rest in peace, it's getting late." Xiao Zhu covered him with a brocade quilt, tucked in the corners of the quilt, turned and walked out.

When she walked through the moon cave gate from the corridor, the palace maid who was looking at her at the banquet stopped her and asked with a smile, "Sister Xiaozhu, I haven't seen you for a few days."

"No way, I'm here every day." Xiaozhu pretended to be surprised.

"Oh? Then why haven't I seen my sister these two days?" The maid frowned.

Xiao Zhu sneered: "You are not allowed to come and go freely in the palace. Could it be that I grew wings and flew out? You didn't pay attention to me. I walked in and out every day, but I forgot to greet you."

"You—" The maid was too speechless to answer, she gave her a blank look and moved out of the way.

Xiao Zhu went straight back to her residence, washed up and lay down to rest, but tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.She is a dead-tempered girl. Ever since the master arranged her by the prince's side, the prince has become her everything. For so many years, for his safety and his status, she has witnessed the disgust of the master, the prime minister and the Taifu. Giving, now his situation is as if on the verge of a cliff, but he is self-willed, and even alienated her a lot, which makes her feel unspeakable sadness and melancholy.