Reborn Ugly

"What do you think of the eldest prince's request?" Xuan Chenyi held the booklet and looked at the courtiers with awe-inspiring expression.

The hall was silent for a moment, when an adult in a red court uniform stood up, Mr. Wei Zhongwei, the left middle man.

"Your Majesty, the last tribute to Fucheng has already been reduced. This time the request is too aggressive. I think it is impossible to comply with Shu Wang's request."

"Your Majesty, I believe that King Shu's request has a certain reason. The climate in Fucheng is too remote, and the people's life is miserable. After King Shu passed away, it has improved a lot. The natural disasters in the past two years have reduced the harvest. The reduction of tribute is a last resort. I implore Your Majesty for your permission."

This is the speech of the minister of the Ministry of Rites. The minister of the Ministry of Rites is also a veteran of the court, and he is loyal to the court.

After the two of them finished speaking, several people came forward to agree with them one after another, and their opinions on this matter were divided into two factions for a while.Xuan Chenyi silently listened to their opinions, until their faces were flushed, he propped his head, bored, and said casually, "Is there a result?"

The hall suddenly fell silent, and all the officials said in unison: "Please make a decision, Your Majesty."

Xuan Chenyi stretched symbolically, looking very lazy, and lazily said: "Striving for neutrality, tribute reduction is fine, and the eldest brother must go to Beijing in person."

"But Your Majesty, the king cannot leave the fief at will."

"I haven't seen Eldest Brother for many years, and I miss him very much. Counting the days, the Queen's birthday is coming soon, let's take this opportunity to let Elder Brother return to Beijing for a reunion."

It was only yesterday that he noticed that Li Xin's birthday was during the time of the tribute. He thought that both of them had Xuan Chen, and he hadn't celebrated Li Xin's birthday properly. He hoped that Li Xin would have an unforgettable birthday this year.

"However, the former emperor once issued an order not to allow the eldest prince to enter the capital without permission." The minister was still struggling, and Xuan Chenyi was obviously sullen when he heard that he used the first emperor to suppress him, but the minister seemed to have no wink, and continued to talk "Your Majesty has violated the late emperor's will by letting the empress come to court the last time. The abolition of the harem has aroused public anger. If you violate the late emperor's will again, it will be unfilial."

Unfilial?What a big hat, Xuan Chenyi snorted coldly, this group of old stubborns still can't change their cockroaches, they always like to use the old emperor's tricks to suppress others.

"I said a long time ago that this position belongs to me now, not to the late emperor. My family and talents have enriched the people in ancient times. Is Mr. Wang trying to provoke the relationship between me and the elder brother? I don't know what kind of heart Mr. Wang is reassuring this time? Or I am not as filial as the late emperor? Hmph, Lord Wang, you have put a big hat on me."

Xuan Chenyi's words turned cold, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he raised a cold smile.Master Wang gave a jolt.These old ministers just like to rely on the old and sell the old.

The other adults raised their eyes secretly, glanced at Xuan Chenyi, then quickly lowered their eyelids and kept silent.Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Murong stood up, straightened his back, and met Xuan Chenyi's eyes.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang is right. The late emperor did not allow the eldest prince to set foot in the capital. This is an undeniable fact. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

When he said this, not only Xuan Chenyi was surprised, but Li Yaohui was the most shocked, didn't he already agree?Why is my elbow turned outward now?

Murong secretly gave Li Yaohui a look to explain later, and then continued: "Your Majesty, the king is not allowed to enter the capital without special circumstances. This is a death rule. The eldest prince is an order from the late emperor himself. He is not allowed to enter the capital in this lifetime, even if His Majesty You can't disregard the king's law."

Xuan Chenyi stared at him angrily, and the whole family even sang against him, hum.

"Your Majesty, please think twice." All the courtiers said in unison.

Xuan Chenyi choked for words, and said angrily, "Back to court." Then he walked away.

Murong looked at his leaving back, his eyes darkened, Li Yaohui tugged on his sleeve to regain his senses.

"Hey, you go back first, I'll do something." Murong patted Li Yaohui's head and said dotingly.

Li Yaohui slapped his hand away, he kept patting his head at such a grown man.He left without saying anything.

Murong shrugged, and quietly followed Xuan Chenyi's footsteps.

"His Majesty..."

Hearing the voice, Xuan Chenyi stopped in his tracks, quietly looked at the trotting person, and sneered, "Is there anything else you need, Mr. Mu?"

Murong breathed steadily, looked at the people around him, Xuan Chenyi waved his hand to signal them to go down.

"What's the matter, tell me."

Murong saw that there was no one around, so he carried him to a more secluded place, there was no respect in his eyes before.

Xuan Chenyi broke away from him, patted his clothes, shook him, gave him a blank look, and said, "Lord Mu, don't talk about it."

Murong curled his lips, quite disdainful, "You still pay attention to these rules."

Xuan Chenyi deliberately coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.

"What's the matter, tell me."

Murong glanced at him with deep meaning, found a stone beside him, leaned half body lazily, the wind blew his hair, and the loose hair fluttered loosely on his shoulders, his eyes dimmed, and he His voice was like a flute in the wind, it was very pleasant to hear, but it was also mixed with emotions that Xuan Chenyi couldn't understand.

"Why did you let Xuan Wu come to Beijing?" Xuan Wu, the eldest prince, Shu Wang, Xuan Chenyi and Xuanyuan's elder brother, the three of them had a certain friendship when they were young, and Xuan Wu still sincerely sent Xuan Wu to him at the beginning. Chen Yi loves him as a younger brother, but in the end he can't bear the influence of power.

Murong Ding had something to say to him, Xuan Chenyi leaned beside him, waiting for his next words.

"Back then, that guy Xuan Xuan had a big fight with your mother, do you know?" Xuan Chenyi nodded, Murong looked ahead, his eyes were out of focus, as if lost in memory.

"They quarreled because of Xuanwu. Xuanxuan knew that the fire was intentionally caused by Xuanwu. You also know that Xuanxuan didn't want to see Xuanwu at all. Xuanwu would have been sentenced to death at that time. Hehe, "Murong laughed, "You also know how domineering and rascal your father is. For Xuanxuan, it is a trivial matter to sentence Xuanwu, but for the former queen, he doesn't think so, and the two quarreled fiercely because of this." One fight, a small incident at first, I don't know what happened, but in the end it became more and more fierce, neither of them would bow their heads, and the relationship was getting worse and worse, your mother was seriously injured, and Worrying too much, his body was getting worse day by day, so he died of depression, after your mother died, Xuan Xuan regretted it too much, but it was too late, and he chased your mother after a few years."

Xuan Chenyi's expression was complicated, Murong patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Since Xuan Xuan is so determined not to let Xuan Wu enter the capital, one is that he has already given up on this son. The other is that he has been waiting for your mother's death. I can't get out of it. Although he is very capricious, but Xuan Chenyi, I also advise you, don't give Xuan Wu a chance, that person's scheming is unfathomable."

As for Murong's subsequent advice, Xuan Chenyi automatically ignored it. He quietly listened to Murong's speech, his face blank without any expression. Finding fault, he said, "How do you know this?"

He squinted his eyes, and approached Murong with a dangerous aura, "You are quite courageous to call the first emperor directly, Mr. Murong."

Murong turned around, left his encirclement, curled his lips in disdain, and said: "Cut, isn't the name just for people to call you? You don't even have so many opinions. What, you want to punish me for being disrespectful?" ?”

Xuan Chenyi didn't pay attention to Murong's provocation at all, he raised his eyebrows and said, "No,"

Murong had an expression that I knew, but what Xuan Chenyi said next made him break out in cold sweat, "You still haven't recognized Shaoqing, have you?"

Dang, "Xuan Chenyi, you despicable fellow." Murong roared angrily.

Xuan Chenyi ignored him hopping behind, and left with a calm face.

When Li Xin arrived at Li Mansion just as Li Yaohui came back, seeing Li Yaohui's stinky face, he rushed up to greet him and asked, "Daddy, what's wrong with you?"

Li Yaohui raised his eyes and saw that it was Li Xin. He pulled his face and smiled, "It's okay, by the way, Xin'er, are you here to pick up Chen'er?"

Li Xin nodded and went in together with Li Xin.

"Daddy, you don't seem to be okay. Did something happen to you?"

He belonged to the person who fished for three days and posted on the net for two days. Xuan Chenyi did too much work last night, so he was very honorable and didn't get up again today.It is also strange that there are very few voices of opposition to a person like him who rarely appears in the court.Shaking his head, Li Xin didn't think about it any more. It's been a long time since I haven't seen Chen'er and I don't know how the little guy is doing.

Li Yaohui shook his head, Li Xin looked sideways, and asked doubtfully, "Master Mu didn't come back with you?"

"Oh, he still has something to do." Li Yaohui's eyes suddenly stopped on Li Xin, and he calmly stated a fact that Li Xin deliberately avoided, "Xin'er, he is your father."

Li Xin was startled, pretending not to hear, at this time the nurse had already come out with Xuan Chen in her arms, Li Xin took Xuan Chen, kissed his chubby and tender face, bent over with a happy smile, Xuan Chen giggled, the scars on the corners of Li Xin's eyebrows and eyes seemed to be a sign that Xuan Chen recognized him.

Li Xin weighed it lightly, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, the little guy is a bit heavier."

"Yeah, this little guy is also very obsessive. He's very energetic. Fortunately, he has Murong." After speaking, Li Yaohui deliberately looked at Li Xin. Seeing his face froze slightly, he immediately returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Chen'er really has very few relatives."

"That Xin'er, you..."

The words were so clear that Li Xin faced it calmly. He turned his head and looked softly into Li Yaohui's expectant eyes, his eyes slightly bent, "Father, I won't go back today. By the way, it's been a long time Let's eat daddy's food."

When Li Yaohui heard this, he immediately laughed heartily, "Okay, Dad hasn't cooked for a long time." He patted his arm in relief.

Li Xin smiled, and ordered Yinbao to go back to the palace to bring a message to Xuan Chenyi, and told him that he would not come.

When Yinbao ran out, he happened to bump into Murong. Seeing that it was Yinbao, Murong knew that he must have something to do with Li Xin. Seeing him rushing towards him, he hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Seeing that it was Murong, Yinbao happily said: "It's Mr. Mu, it's not that the queen wants to stay in the mansion for dinner, and the servants are in a hurry to go back to the palace to inform the emperor."

"The empress wants to stay?" Murong was suspicious, but his heart was nervous and excited, his hands were at a loss.

"En." Yin Bao nodded in a daze, and left, Murong spun around in place, while muttering: "I'm not prepared at all, will Xin'er deny me as a father?"

I clapped my hands again, and saw that my hands were empty, and I didn't prepare anything.He was spinning back and forth in place.When Li Yaohui came out, he saw him like a ghost hitting a wall, pulled him to a stop, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you walking around here if you don't come back? No one died in our house."

At this moment, Murong saw Li Yaohui as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and pulled his sleeves, with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, "Yaohui, you didn't tell me when Xiner came, I'm not prepared at all right now, look at me... "

Li Yaohui secretly rolled his eyes, but still cheered him up, "Why are you in a hurry, just look normal, and Xin'er has no prejudice against you."

In the past, the two met occasionally and Murong was nervous, maybe they were at a loss when they heard that they were going to have dinner at the same table with Li Xin.He held his waist, led him in, and said, "Don't be too nervous, it's your son and not someone else."

Just being nervous because it's my son, okay?Murong thought to himself, his heart was churning, trying to make himself look calm, straightening his collar, loosening Li Yaohui's grip, Zhentai walked in calmly, if he ignored his slightly trembling back.

Entering the hall, Li Xin was playing with Xuan Chen in his arms. Seeing Murong coming in, the two of them were silent for a while, Murong didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and his eyes drifted away. Li Yaohui pushed him secretly, and said: "Xin'er, you have Have nothing to say?"

Li Xin was startled, the arm holding Xuan Chenyi was stiff where they couldn't see, he forced a smile, "Lord Mu, you're back."

Murong's expression darkened, is he still refusing to recognize him?

Seeing this, Li Yaohui said, "You guys talk first, and I'll prepare the meals first." After speaking, he ran away, leaving space for the two of them.

The atmosphere in the hall fell silent. After a long time, Li Xin said, "Thank you for taking care of Chen'er."

Murong was flattered, completely lost his usual calm look, and hurriedly said: "This is what I should, Chen'er is so cute."

Li Xin didn't answer, and the atmosphere was silent for a while. She glanced at Murong, saw that he was trying to calm down, and said, "Actually, well, it's not that I don't accept you, I'm just...just...not used to it yet. , can you give me some time?"

Li Xin wished he could bite his own tongue when he said these words, he felt goosebumps all over his body when he said such words.

When Murong heard his words, he was taken aback for a moment, then rejoiced, and tentatively asked him, cautiously, "So, you accept me."

Embarrassed, Li Xin nodded.Murong smiled happily, and said quite moved: "Father will not force you, after all these years, it will be difficult to get used to it for a while, as long as you admit me in your heart."

Li Xin turned her face away indiscriminately, the tips of her ears were slightly red.