Oriole Line

Forget it.

Pu Chen was lying on the bed in the study room, thinking back and forth like this, feeling suffocated in his heart, thinking that when he settles the matter, how could Wen Tao still have the nerve to persuade him to make big things easy.

On the second day, Pu Chen woke up early, put on a robe that didn't attract much attention, and went out.He was in Xiangguo Temple, meeting up with some of his dark guards. The leader of the dark guards whom he met last night came in person and led Pu Chen to a meditation room behind Xiangguo Temple and said, "Patriarch, wait here for a while, princess." It will arrive in half an hour, and I will try to lure the princess here."

Pu Chen nodded: "Be careful in everything and don't cause commotion."

The hidden guards had to go, and Pu Chen stood in the meditation room for a while, seeing the sky outside the window, and the ringing of the bell in the Buddhist temple, it refreshed people's mind a lot, in the dark tide of Luoyang City , There is actually this piece of pure land.

After an unknown amount of time, the door creaked open.Several of his hidden guards pretended to be servants of Xiangguo Temple, and brought a woman and several maids. When the woman saw a man in the Zen room, she was about to call out, but Pu Chen nodded her chin. A hidden guard Quickly closing the door of the meditation room, the others restrained the woman and the maids, and said harshly: "Our master has something to say, this place is remote, and you can't hear it even if you call outside."

The woman was wearing palace attire with amazement in her eyes. Pu Chen took out his seal and said, "Princess, please forgive me for being rude. I have important matters to discuss with the princess. I will never hurt the princess. If the princess is trustworthy, I will , can you talk about it next time?"

Pu Chen thought it would take a while to appease Princess Nanping, but she didn't expect that after seeing Pu Chen, the princess no longer showed the panic she had at the beginning, and she didn't read his seal carefully. Xi, stared at him blankly, speechless.

Pu Chen was puzzled, so he said again: "Princess?"

The woman in palace attire had slender eyebrows and said, "Of course you can. You guys are waiting for me outside. I have something to discuss with Da Sima."

"Princess!" The leading maid looked anxiously, looking at Pu Chen and then at the princess, hesitating to speak.

The eldest princess was calm and composed: "This palace has its own discretion."

Pu Chen's hidden guards and the princess's maid all retreated, leaving only Pu Chen and the eldest princess in the meditation room, lingering in the scent of sandalwood.

"Your Majesty, the private meeting with the princess is for Your Majesty's gift of marriage." Pu Chen went straight to the point, "This is a serious matter, so I have to make such a bad move. I hope the princess will forgive me." Pu Chen made a bow.

The eldest princess's heart tightened, and she said in a soft voice: "Please tell me, Da Sima."

"Your Majesty gave me a marriage because of the prophecy. It was not what I wanted. In the Shangyang Palace that day, it was difficult for me to resist the order in public. When I went back and thought about it, I felt that this matter was inappropriate, and I didn't want to delay the princess."

Nan Ping looked at the man who had been yearning for a long time in front of him, and listening to his words, he felt dizzy.She had been waiting for three full years, just waiting for an opportunity that Pu Chen could not refuse, and she even falsified the theory of prophecy and dreams, just to make Pu Chen have to accept it.She never expected that the man in front of her would find her in private and tell her directly that he was unwilling.

Nan Ping suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is the holy will of the heavens, and the imperial brother personally ordered it. I dare not disobey it."

Pu Chen spoke sincerely: "It's not that I intend to resist the decree, but that I already have my own heart. I once swore in front of my mother's grave that I would never marry anyone else in this life. I am really not a good match for the princess. I don't want to delay the princess."

Nanping heard this sentence, especially the words "the heart has its own place", which was like thunder, and she tremblingly said: "The imperial brother has already made an order, how can I go back on my word?"

Pu Chen didn't notice the change in her expression, and continued: "This matter is not difficult. If the princess agrees, I will go up to your Majesty tomorrow, saying that I have a hidden disease in my lower body and I am not suitable for marriage."

In Nanping, she did not expect that in order not to marry her, Pu Chen lied that he was suffering from a hidden disease.But then she was puzzled again: "Why did Da Sima tell me about this matter? If you want to go back on your word, can't Da Sima go directly to the emperor's brother?"

Pu Chen lowered his head slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.But this smile is completely different from the smile on the Lantern Festival three years ago, when his smile was so gentle that it melted into water, but the smile at this moment makes Nanping a little scared.Pu Chen said slowly: "Your Majesty has put all his energy into thinking about this matter. Your Majesty said that the princess dreamed of a fairy three years ago, saying that the princess's marriage was fixed. I dare to ask, did the princess really have this dream?" ?”

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Nanping's face turned pale.

Pu Chen sneered: "If I report directly to His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely be suspicious. If the princess has another dream, and dreams that I am not a good match for the princess, won't the matter be over?"

Nanping's face was gloomy, and he suppressed the shock in his heart.It is a taboo to fabricate theories of prophecy and dreaming, but Pu Chen dared to put such words on the table.She categorically denied it: "Dai Sima is careful, is Da Sima doubting what Ben Gong said?"

Pu Chen took a deep look at her: "If the princess really had this dream, then I will come here to tell the princess that this dream can't be real, and I'm not a good match for the princess; It's not the princess' fault, everyone is involuntary. The princess's daughter is in her prime, why should she be wronged for the sake of me?"

Nan Ping lowered her head, after the initial shock, she had already started to think calmly.She fell in love with Pu Chen at first sight, she grew up in the deep palace, and in the past three years, her character has been tempered a lot, her knowledge and bearing are far beyond the comparison of ordinary women.She has been planning for so long, all to marry Pu Chen, how could she give up just because of Pu Chen's few words?

She raised her head and said to Pu Chen: "So, Da Sima's secret meeting with this palace is to disobey the emperor's will, and the reason for disobedience is because Da Sima already has his own heart?"

Pu Chen was taken aback, according to his plan, all the women in the world wished for their future husbands to love them, let alone the eldest princess with golden branches and jade leaves.As long as I am honest and belong to myself, I will never accept her. No matter what woman can't stand this contempt, when the time comes, the eldest princess will go to Zhou Yan to talk about it, make a fuss, and make a memorial by herself, and this matter will be settled for the time being. depress.Of course, with Zhou Yan's temperament, he would never let him go easily, but Pu Chen didn't care, all he wanted was these few months.Unexpectedly, the Eldest Princess' reaction was different from Pu Chen's expectation.

Pu Chen frowned, lest the Eldest Princess didn't hear clearly: "Princess, I want to belong to you, and I won't marry anyone else. If the princess must marry me, I won't even touch the princess." Pu Chen's words were right. Ruthless, such an insult is hard for an ordinary woman to accept, let alone a princess?Pu Chen was not afraid of the princess being angry, the more angry she was, the better the effect.

Unexpectedly, Nanping laughed lightly and said: "I think it's a big deal, it's just that Da Sima has a beloved person in his heart. What's so difficult about it? Marry the woman you love. Da Sima is the great hero of the Jing Dynasty, so what does it matter if you marry more women?"

"You..." Pu Chen didn't expect the princess's reaction at all, he was unwilling to give up, and said with a calm face: "Princess, why should you wrong yourself? Marriage is the most important thing in a woman's life, why do you have to go all the way to the dark? "

Nan Ping caught a hint of guilt in Pu Chen's tone, and began to wonder whether Pu Chen's so-called "heart belongs to him" was just an excuse, and asked instead: "Is there any other reason why Da Sima doesn't want to marry me?"

"Of course not." Pu Chen denied, "Everyone knows that our Pu family is a lover. My father only married my mother in his whole life. The same is true for me. I will only love one person in my life."

"If you only love one person, why didn't you marry her early?"

Pu Chen was touched, and Wen Tao's shadow instantly appeared in his mind, he clenched his fist unconsciously, lowered his eyes, but still pretended to be calm and said: "The world is impermanent, and I will marry one day."

Nan Ping originally suspected that Pu Chen made up an excuse to refuse to marry the royal family, but seeing him like this, she seemed to be hurt by love. At this point, it is inevitable that the heart will be stabbed by a needle.But immediately, she calmly said: "If Da Sima came to tell Ben Gong just because he loves others, Ben Gong is grateful for Da Sima's frankness. Marry into Pu family."

"Why?" Pu Chen looked at the deep palace woman in front of him, feeling very puzzled.Is there really a woman in this world who doesn't care about her husband's affection for her?

Nan Ping smiled slightly: "For both public and private purposes, I should marry into the Pu family. Yu Gong, I am the eldest princess, and my marriage is a matter of great importance for the court. The emperor wants me to marry into the Pu family. I have the reason of the emperor's brother, and I should follow the will of the emperor. Personally, Da Sima is a hero against Yan, and I have always admired him. Today, Da Sima's words made me admire even more Da Sima is a man, Da Sima is upright, chivalrous and tender, with deep affection, it is my blessing to be able to marry into the Pu family."

Pu Chen choked for a moment, but couldn't find a word for a moment.It is impossible to reveal a word in front of the princess about the incident. He has already used the most touching reason to persuade the princess. I don't want the princess to be unmoved. Is he really going to marry this person in front of him?

Seeing Pu Chen's hesitation, Nan Ping blessed him and said: "I will not reveal a single word to the emperor about today's matter. Please think twice before the chief minister dismisses you immediately." After finishing speaking, he left the meditation room .

Pu Chen alone in the meditation room