atypical prostitute

Chapter 267
The night was dark, and the women in the high pavilion were faintly drunk, but the lights in the study room were still bright, and the figures reflected on the window paper were still impassioned.

On the pretext of being a little drunk, Li Ciping dismissed the slaves and strolled by the white lotus pond.

Since Yun'er passed away, every time she saw Bai Lian, she would feel more emotional.

When the flowers fade and bloom again, people die and never return.

Thinking sadly, when I saw a white lotus blooming perfectly, it looked like a beautiful woman when it was dancing in the night wind.I couldn't help but feel happy, and I couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it.However, the white lotus seems to be close, but in fact it is far away. Even if she carefully climbed the railing by the pool and moved her feet to the edge of the Taihu stone, she might lose her footing and fall into the water at any time, but her fingertips are still far away from the lotus. There is a slight distance.

"really……"

With a wry smile, she put away her fingers, feeling a little regret in her heart.

"You want it?"

Behind him, a familiar voice sounded.

Li Ci raised his head and saw the eldest princess surrounded by servants.

"Your Highness."

She called out meekly, stretched out her hand, and the eunuch who was waiting on her side took a step forward, and was about to help her up, but it was the eldest princess who stepped forward quickly, grabbed her hand, and said, "I was thinking of talking to you." I can stick to my own words, but I met here."

"The banquet is noisy, and it is inevitable to be a little irritable."

Li Ci spoke softly, and with the help of the eldest princess, she stood up and stood side by side with her as if nothing had happened.

With the lantern in the hand of the palace man, Li Ci saw that the eldest princess's dark temples were faintly grey.

She is also in her forties.

If it was in the previous life, the age of forty would be gorgeous and enchanting, but in this era, even if one is a royal family, at the age of 40, one is already aging.

In Li Ci's heart, a faint sadness could not help but arise.

She still remembers the surprise when she saw the eldest princess for the first time, so beautiful and so proud, like a bright moon illuminating the sky, domineering and lawless, all men couldn't help admiring her, all women cursed her and imitated her .

However, at this moment, standing in the dimly lit place, although her former beauty can be vaguely seen in her outline, she has long since lost the pride she once had.

Even the words were filled with an unprecedented tenderness.

"Pei Jiong rebelled against the Qing emperor, but I don't know what they plan to do."

Looking at the faint light in the direction of the study, the Eldest Princess' eyes were a little cloudy.

I don't understand why she suddenly asked about these Li Ci, after thinking for a while, I said softly: "I never ask about military affairs."

"Really?" The eldest princess said weakly. She coughed and smiled wryly, "I know you won't forgive me. I did do a lot of wrong things when I was young. I thought I was strong enough to be proud Finally, but now, I don’t have this confidence anymore. Since the beginning of this year, I have become more and more prone to fatigue. At the turn of spring and summer, I just ate a little more ice, and I fell into a serious illness. These days I often sit dry , obsessed, I don't know the time. Only the past is very clear..."

On the lake under the starry sky, the dew glistened. Listening to the eldest princess's slightly ashamed words, and recalling the perfume that used to flow here, Lici only felt that the prosperity was like a dream, and it turned into nothingness in a blink of an eye.

"...Mother...Mother..."

Some difficult words were squeezed out of her mouth. Li Ci knew that the eldest princess had regretted it a long time ago, but she was too proud to bow her head and admit that she had done something wrong.

Sure enough, with a shout, the eyes of the eldest princess became moist.

"...I...I am not worthy to be your mother..."

She spoke bitterly, then raised her head, swallowing back the tears that were about to fall.

"You saw all the ones at the banquet just now. Because they were eager to know what the Ye family's attitude is on this matter, all the female family members are desperately trying to please you, and they can't wait to show their hearts."

"But I really never ask about military matters."

Li Ci said perfunctorily, after all, the eldest princess is a typical royal family, she is ashamed of herself, it does not mean that she will agree to the abolition of the queen mother.

The eldest princess didn't care about her perfunctory, she stretched out her hand, picked off an unknown flower, sniffed it lightly, and said: "I know you have always kept a low profile and don't care about political affairs. But the world belongs to the Xiao family, and the affairs of the world are also Xiao Xiao's." The internal affairs of the clan. As a member of the Xiao family, don't you care at all whether your husband will choose the king of Wei or the queen mother?"

"...Whether King Wei is in charge or the Empress Dowager is in power, the world will always belong to the Xiao family."

Li Ci said vaguely that she didn't mind being regarded as Wei Wang's faction, anyway, Ye family and Pei family had feud, and the whole city of Chang'an knew about it.

"That being said, the fact is that he is young today, and King Wei is in his prime. Even though he is still willing to be the Duke of Zhou today, in the long run, it is hard to guarantee that he will not have other ideas."

The eldest princess spoke persuasively, and Li Ci smiled and said: "What mother said is very true, but if the Queen Mother doesn't crown the Ye family king, I will have restless sleep and food all day long."

There was a hint of threat in the words.

"My daughter doesn't have to worry about the matter of becoming king. This time the Emperor faction needs the Ye family to come forward to balance the political situation, and will definitely do everything possible to help your husband be crowned king with a different surname. But the kingship is not without conditions—"

The eldest princess knew very well that although Pei Jiong played the banner of the Qing emperor, he was the cousin of the Queen Mother Pei after all.Empress Dowager Pei has always had a feud with the Emperor's Faction, if Pei Jiong is allowed to go all the way to Chang'an, the Emperor's Faction may suffer first while the King of Wei is still alive.

"The Ye family has always been loyal to His Majesty, so mother doesn't have to have any doubts about it."

Li Ci spoke frankly, although the Majesty she was talking about was Emperor Wu, not Jin Shang.

The eldest princess said again: "I know you hate the queen mother for killing Yun'er, and you have to come forward to help them only if the imperial faction promises to abolish the queen mother. But, you have to think clearly, why did the queen mother skip Ye Jiami's imperial edict Pei Jiong?" Qin Wang, because she wants to seize the military power! If you miss the opportunity at this critical moment, are you not afraid that after Pei Jiong enters the capital, Empress Dowager Pei will follow the example of Empress Lu and destroy Huaiyin Marquis?"

Li Ci was silent.

Although the words of the eldest princess are biased, there are merits.

But she quickly realized that although the Ye family had lost the best opportunity to join the queen mother's army, they still had another choice.

Why did the emperor faction rush to win over Ye Chuan, because they were afraid that after Pei Jiong entered Beijing, the Empress Dowager Pei would cut them off along with the henchmen of King Wei!
That being the case, why not use the fear of the emperor's faction to denounce Pei Jiong's army as rebels, and logically eradicate the Queen Mother Pei and the entire Pei family?
However, how to persuade the emperor faction is another big problem.

Li Ci was thinking sadly, seeing her embarrassed face, the eldest princess knew that she had been persuaded by her, so she smiled and said: "I know you are in a difficult situation, but this time, the Queen Mother has seized the title of righteousness, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

"Is it righteous?"

Because of this sigh, black lightning flashed across Li Ci's mind.

Pei Jiong had chased and killed Wei Xiao at the behest of the Empress Dowager Pei, but Wei Xiao was known to be loyal to His Majesty.

If Wei Xiao was the main general, and he summoned soldiers and horses from all over the country to attack Pei Jiong, even the Emperor faction would not think that the Ye family had selfish intentions in this move!
Now that the decision has been made, he said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, we husband and wife will remain committed to supporting Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)