last night suddenly dreamed of mountains and rivers

It was difficult for Lan Jiansu to answer.His intention was naturally to refuse.But the refusal was too direct and fierce, which might hurt the princess's reputation.Turning around, the eunuchs spread the word, and the princess was not wanted, the prince didn't want her, the emperor didn't want her, not even a deposed prince wanted her.And don't be too drastic.

When the princess heard this, she felt humiliated and ran back to her country to cry, which caused a war between the two countries. It was the people of the world who suffered, and the righteousness of the country.

Therefore, for the sake of the people of the world and the righteousness of the country, Lan Jiansu planned to make a statement first and then suppress it: "It is rumored that Princess Baila is stunningly beautiful, who would not like it..."

As soon as the word "Xi" circled her lips, Lan Jiansu heard a crackling sound.A chopstick that the prince was supporting on the table was bent in the middle and broke into two pieces.

Lan Jiansu saw that the Prince's face was very unhappy, and knew that his act of breaking the chopsticks was purely intentional.Ke Lan Jiansu really didn't understand what he didn't like.

After quick and urgent thinking, Lan Jiansu finally understood what the prince meant.

This princess Baila was supposed to be the wife of the prince.Even if the prince doesn't want her, he doesn't want her to be his rival's wife.This is a bit like the scumbag novel ten years ago. Although he didn't like her, he was possessive and didn't want her to be his rival.After twists and turns in the end, he will still fall in love with this princess, and Lan Jiansu's existence is a cannon fodder second male.

So she didn't want to be the cannon fodder male second, and also felt pity for the other chopstick in the prince's hand. Lan Jiansu decided to swallow back the idea of ​​raising first and then lowering it, and made up a straightforward lie: "Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness, but I already have someone I like." people."

There was another crisp sound.The other chopstick was still broken by the prince.

The prince's face became even more displeased.

Lan Jiansu couldn't understand this time, why did the crown prince take the life of another chopstick?After much thought, yes.Maybe he thinks that these chopsticks are a pair in life, and they should be a pair in death.It would be better to let them happily form a pair.As a result, the prince's cruel image suddenly had a ray of benevolence.

The emperor opened his eyes and asked, "Oh? Which girl do you like?"

"Yes, second child, which girl do you like?" The prince asked while holding four cut chopsticks.He gritted his teeth when asked.If it wasn't for the lack of strength, it might be necessary to give the pair of broken chopsticks another discount.

The emperor was very eager to propose marriage to Lan Jiansu, so eager that people doubted that his daily elegance was to be a matchmaker who twisted red silk.It's just that this image is so different from that of the Son of Heaven that Lan Jiansu didn't dare to think about it.

Lan Jiansu wanted to make up this lie.He racked his brains to figure out what to do, and halfway through, he pretended to be sad and said: "It's useless to know who she is now. She didn't like me, so she turned into a butterfly and flew away."

The prince couldn't hold back his joy, he broke his chopsticks and said happily, "Flying well, this is a happy event. This proves that she is a strange woman who dares to give up being a human being and try new forms!"

The prince really gloated.It's just that, fortunately, that woman was in trouble, and fortunately, that woman was in trouble.This "schadenfreude" had nothing to do with Lan Jiansu.

After being dumbfounded for a moment, the emperor said, "Second brother, your love story is different from others, with a touch of metaphysics. It's just that this story is quite similar to the Manchurian opera I heard earlier, "Huan Ma Ge Ge"."

The trend of the emperor is unprecedentedly fast, and it will be the last to come.

Lan Jiansu explained: "Art comes from life, and it must be true to have a story, and once there is a story, there will be another story, and the story will follow the story, and the story will follow the story, endlessly. "

The prince thought for a while: "Isn't this a Rakshasa toy, a matryoshka?"

Lan Jiansu was slightly taken aback.

"That's the reason."

The emperor really likes being a matchmaker.Seeing that he couldn't connect with Lan Jiansu, he had to connect with the minister.The minister will never reject his "good intentions". Even if the girl he likes turns into a butterfly and flies away, knowing that the emperor is going to give him a marriage, he will order people to hurry up and tie the butterfly's broken wings back, and immediately marry the butterfly.

Lan Jiansu really wanted to know which minister was so unlucky that the emperor would force him to marry a wife.

To say that this minister's misfortune has some indirect connection with Shi Yougong.

After Shi Yougong was imprisoned, the emperor promoted Li Qing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

I heard that Li Qing won the Juren prize when he was 15 years old, and he is a well-known first-class talent in the capital.This person is not only talented, but also quite specific emotionally.She hasn't remarried since her first spouse died five years ago, and she has only one son, Li Xingxi.

However, this Li Xingxi is very different from his father. He is an illiterate and big fool who spends his days doing nothing and doing nothing.He failed in the scientific examination for two consecutive years, and after living for 16 years, he couldn't even memorize the first "Quatrains".He is best at playing sloppy with his husband, sneaking out to visit mountains and rivers.

The emperor was very worried about Li Qing's heirs and daily physical needs, and decided to give Li Qing another high-quality string.This "string" can't be too casual, it's not good to give Li Qing a feeling of street stuff.

Therefore, the emperor sacrificed his life for righteousness and cut the flesh from himself.Lay out the cardboards of the beautiful women who entered the palace for draft, carefully study, inquire about, comment on, and then carefully select a few, and hand them over to the personal eunuch.

The eunuch spread out two hands of beauties and asked in surprise, "Send all these to Lord Li?"

The emperor said: "No, these people will be selected into Zhongxiu Palace tomorrow, and they will be directly promoted to talents."

In this way, the emperor picked thirteen new wives for himself, and then gave the rest to Li Qing.

After choosing a wife for Li Qing, the emperor yawned three times in a row, as if he was exhausted after moving three catties of bricks.He was going to take a nap, so he sent the prince back to find his mother, and sent Lan Jiansu back to Xiangren Palace to miss his late mother.If standing up and thinking about it is boring, you can sit down and think about it.

Lan Jiansu asked doubtfully, "Won't it be boring to sit and think?"

The emperor replied: "You will fall into contemplation in this boredom and comprehend some great principles of life. At that time, your soul will be able to sublimate to a new height and realize a new self."

Lan Jiansu seemed to be enlightened, not knowing that the emperor knew a thing or two about painting big cakes.

The little eunuch in the outer hall of Xiangren Palace said that his loyalty had died, and the reason was that he missed his old master and hanged himself by hanging his neck.Lan Jiansu had seen Dan Xin's wandering soul, and he was clearly drowned.The eunuch's lie was too far-fetched.There was only a little suspicious thing, but his clumsy lie made a big grievance.

Presumably the ancients were not good at lying in the direction of suicide. There are only a few common methods, either by hanging himself and taking poison, or by cutting his wrists and jumping into the river. However, there is no river in the palace where people can be drowned, so it would be outrageous to say that she jumped into the river.Consuming poison is more of a challenge, and the success rate of wrist cutting is extremely low, so he can only commit suicide by hanging himself.

Lan Jiansu didn't expose the little eunuch's lie, and wondered in his heart that Dan Xin's death might not be an accident, but someone else killed him.Either someone with a higher status than the little eunuch killed him, or the little eunuch killed him.Suffering from lack of evidence, the young eunuch could not be arrested and tortured to extract a confession.

Xiangren Palace has become a deserted palace since Concubine Shuhui passed away and the second prince left the palace.Most of the servants in the palace were transferred to other palaces, and only one or two were guarded and cleaned here.

Concubine Shuhui's bedroom was like a strong wind passing through the country, and the valuables were looted by the servants, only the big furniture that was not easy to move, and a few rags and yarn were left.

The emperor asked him to think about life here, which seemed reasonable.The more dilapidated the place, the more it can highlight the integrity of the self, and the more prominent it is, the more complete the self will be to expand, promoting the sublimation of the soul.

Lan Jiansu was sitting in front of the dressing table when his soul sublimated when he kicked something under his feet.

Lan Jiansu bent over to look, and found a long wooden strip under the table.

The wooden bar is rectangular, with four small table feet at the bottom and a groove in the middle.

Lan Jiansu blew off the dust on it, put it on the table, took out the hair comb screen from his arms, and placed the base on the groove.

Sure enough, it matched.

A ray of light flickered across the mirror surface, creating a chaotic yellow halo, which was slightly disturbed.Immediately, the confused halo broke, and a barren mountain appeared.

A corner of the taupe-colored sleeve brushed among the bushes, and the owner of the sleeve huddled walking on the mountain road and turned around.

It was Dan Xin's face.

The mirror surface returned to normal.The hair combing screen was a rogue, Ren Lan Jiansu repeatedly picked it up, put it down, made good words, insulted, and refused to show any more images.It's quite shameless to suddenly ask him to become a member after watching a movie and seeing a key point.

Footsteps came from outside the door, Lan Jiansu immediately picked up the hair brush and put it back in his arms.

The little palace lady pushed the door in with a basin of water in her hand. When she saw Lan Jiansu, she was stunned for a moment and opened her eyes: "Second Emperor...Second...Second Master."

The little maid is the heart that used to follow Aunt Danxin.Hongtao is a well-behaved and loyal child, if she knows something, she will never hide anything from Lan Jiansu.

Hearts reunited with their former owner for a long time, full of excitement, tears welling up in their eyes.It also said "Heart thinks that I will never see you again", and it also said "Heart comes to clean the queen's bedroom every day and dare not forget the kindness of the old master".

Lan Jiansu gently comforted her for a while, let her cry for a while, and then asked, "Hongtao, can you tell me how Aunt Danxin died?"

The hot tears on Heart's face stopped suddenly, and the excitement gradually receded, and the emotion in her eyes was replaced by fear.

"Aunt Danxin, she...she..." Hongtao trembled for a while, looked up at the door, and looked down at the water in her hand.

"You tell me secretly, no one will know. Don't be afraid, I won't harm you." Lan Jiansu coaxed her.

"Second Master, of course Second Master will not harm slaves..." Hongtao whispered with trembling voice, "Servant, slave only heard that my aunt said that she was going to Fengxianhe in the suburbs of Beijing that day, and she never came back after that. Later...the eunuchs in the palace said that the aunt died, that she missed her mother and hanged herself. But how could the girl commit suicide? She clearly said that she would go back to the mother's hometown next year and send money to the mother's family on her behalf. .Even if my aunt really wanted to commit suicide, she should wait for this to be done before committing suicide. How could...how could...

"What's more, we haven't even seen my aunt's body. Later, the father-in-law of the Inner Prison House came and told us not to mention this matter again. If we mention anything related to Aunt Danxin, we will lose our heads. Red Tao is afraid..."

Lan Jiansu patted Hongtao on the back and said, "Okay, don't mention this matter from now on, and pretend I didn't ask you these things today."

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