C43 (1/2)
”Empress, why didn't you stay?”
It was only when the two of them had left the Hall of Announcements and walked a long distance away that the palace maid who was attending them asked them in a soft voice.
After saying that, she paused for a moment before unconsciously turning her head to look at the palace from afar.
”Here, after memorizing this part, I'll allow you to go play …” Luo Yi was multitasking, her eyes staring at the ancient scripture in her hand, not forgetting to reply: ”No way.”
”Why?” Chen Liyi frowned, dissatisfied.
”Because she and I are both you …” Luo Yi paused, and stroked the relationship between the two of them before continuing: ”Your royal uncle's concubine, so it is only natural that she calls me big sister. But you can't do it, you are the crown prince, I am the second wife, what does it matter that you call me big sister …”
She reached out to straighten Chen Liyi's head, forcing him to look at the page in front of him: ”Did you remember what I said just now? Repeat it for me. ”
”...” The path of a university was obviously virtuous, benevolent, and benevolent. However, as far as the goodness was concerned … Can I really not call you sister? ”
Chen Liyi was a little dejected, but after reading two sentences, he suddenly changed the subject, and turned his head to look at Luo Yi while feeling wronged.
”I can't …”
Before Luo Yi could finish her sentence, she heard another low voice come from the other side. ”I have never treated you as his concubine …”
Luo Yi was startled, seeing Chen Liyi lower his head, revealing the bun at the back of his head.
”He deserves to die, so everyone who is related to him must die. But I don't want you to die …”
That was what he said in a suppressed voice. In the ears of humans, it was not much clearer than the sound of an insect or fly, so Luo Yi did not hear him clearly, only that he was instantly disheartened, as if his life anger had been sucked away. He did not want to bear with it anymore. But only where there is no one. ”
”And you can't be heard!” she added.
”Really?” Chen Liyi opened his eyes wide in surprise, he felt that he had experienced a great tragedy in this short period of time, and couldn't help but prop his head in her embrace, but was pushed away by Luo Yi quickly.
She made it seem as if her strength was weak and itchy. ”Go recite quickly.”
”En!” Chen Liyi was really happy, and he hugged the book in his arms without refuting a single thing.
That's good now — thinking about it like this, even the boring words in her hands became more interesting — Chen Liyi happily thought, she did not need to die anymore.
Luo Yi, on the other hand, was completely unaware of all this, and stared at the boiling tea in his hand, thinking of something. Only until she was annoyed by Chen Liyi calling him ”Sister” every two seconds, did she frown and pat his head: ”Why is it so annoying …”
This wasn't because he was really annoyed with him, Chen Liyi naturally could tell that. He laughed and called out a few more times, but after receiving a few more ”eh” sounds from Luo Yi, he smirked and raised the book up once again.
When it was afternoon, Luo Yi finally finished watching the crown prince finish his homework. Just as he was about to go back and rest, he was pulled by Chen Liyi by the arm, ”Do you know that there's an apricot forest in the Imperial Garden?”
”Ugh …” Luo Yi recalled her few visits to the imperial flower garden and uncertainly nodded her head, ”There seems to be a patch of forest like this … ”What's wrong?”
”I had someone do a swing there a few days ago. Can we go there together?”
”Not good …” Luo Yi's face was full of shock: ”I didn't think a boy like you to actually swing this kind of thing.”
”It's really embarrassing.”
Seeing Chen Liyi's completely red cheeks, the smile on her face couldn't help but deepen even further. He then put his index finger on his lips and scoffed, ”Hush, let's go ourselves.”
”En!” Chen Liyi reacted quickly, upon hearing that, he immediately covered his mouth with his hand, and nodded strongly.
smiled, but his words did not carry any warmth. ”Recently, I seem to have seen a lot of my beloved officials in the harem.”
He casually broke a flower branch, and his originally beautiful face added a bit of charm to this flower. Therefore, Mu Yizhou turned his face away with disdain. Wen Shili, who was kneeling on the ground, did not even give him an extra glance, ”The previous palace maid has not found the real culprit after the murder, your majesty, please forgive me.”
”Wu, that is nothing …” Chen Jinyan waved his hand, and said indifferently: ”We have something to ask you.”
His words were unclear, and the tone of his words did not change much from usual. However, Wen Shili was shocked, and cold sweat began to pour down his back.
”The Western Liao Army is stationed thirty miles outside of our country, and yet they don't attack despite sounding the drums every day. What do you think the Western Liao Army means?”
Wen Shili heaved a sigh of relief.
He thought for a moment, and instantly sorted out the current relations between the different countries in his head. His expression became cold, and he said stably, ”Western Lion Region has always been on good terms with the Northern Tribes, and when we fought with them last year, we took advantage of a robbery to take over one of their cities. Right now, the Northern Tribes are not doing anything, but Western Lion Alliance is sending out an army to suppress their territory.
”The Western Liao Army is strong. Our soldiers have suffered a great loss in their morale during the previous year's battle. We should not fight face to face, but launch a surprise attack instead, and …”
As he spoke, his expression became much more vivid than usual, and his expression also had a faint change. He didn't even seem to care about his words like gold anymore, as if he had come alive. Unfortunately, before he could finish what he wanted to say, Chen Jinyan cut him off, ”The Northern Tribes are still eyeing our country covetously. Our army urgently needs a victory to stabilize our morale and intimidate our enemies.
”The Western Liao Army did not move for a long time. It was not because of fear, but because it wanted to extinguish our will and catch us off guard. This official thinks that our army will take the initiative.”
Wen Shili was still young and strong, his whole body burning with hot blood from the moment he said those words. Now that he heard the other party's words, a burst of energy surged up from his chest.
They were all good men, who wouldn't want to protect their families and build their country?