For a moment, Liu Yu’s heart was filled with indescribable regret and pity.
But Miantang didn’t know what he was thinking. Although she received praise from a group of people, Liu Miantang was not proud.
During pregnancy, her memory was not as good as before. Last night, she had to practice hard with Cui Xingzhou for half a night to improve it. So she just cheated with the drummer and asked him to be the first to pass it on to her. Otherwise, a few more turns after she will forget the words in her mind.
After reciting a small poem, Miantang was able to retreat quickly and bravely, using the excuse that talking too much would damage her vitality. She went to a quiet corner to rest.
In the remaining time, her sister Cui Fu took on the outline and hosted the poetry club for her.
Originally, she also planned to let Cui Fu who took the lead today, after all, Miantang hoped to open up a new path for her sister’s marriage.
Unfortunately, the originally good poetry society has now become slightly out of shape. Lord Li Guangcai, the brother-in-law candidate with considerable weight in Miantang’s heart, did not show up for a long time.
Except for a few talented individuals who have not yet married, most of them came to see Liu Miantang’s joke. In addition, the emperor who kept the rabbits in the western suburbs and didn’t hunt, but instead came to Xiaoxi Garden to gather excitement, Miantang felt a bit guilty for a moment, afraid that Cui Xingzhou would come here. She would be a bit confused by then.
This poetry club was built for her sister to choose a husband, not to create momentum for the matter of her divorce!
Unfortunately, Liu Yu refused to let her go and asked the eunuch around him to find an opportunity to deliver a note to Miantang.
It was hard for Miantang to refuse the note, otherwise, the eunuch’s pushing and shoving would have attracted more attention. But she didn’t intend to read it. Even if she didn’t unfold it, she could guess what messages the emperor had written.
So taking advantage of the opportunity to go back to the backyard to change clothes, Miantang wanted to tear the note apart.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a large hand reached diagonally into it, and with a clip of its long finger, it took the note away.
Miantang didn’t expect someone to approach her silently and was startled. Her intuition was to push her elbow out.
But looking back, it was a handsome but dark-faced prince.
Cui Xingzhou calmly opened the note and looked at the lines of characters dancing with dragons and phoenixes.
‘I have heard that you have suffered a lot. Today, I see you forcing a smile on your face, and my heart is also suffering. I only wish to help you escape the sea of suffering. Tonight, I will send a carriage at the back door of the royal residence, and you can leave with me.’
Since Cui Xingzhou had looked, Liu Miantang stretched her neck to also look. But Cui Xingzhou raised his arms high, so she couldn’t see it at all. She was also angry and said to the stern Cui Xingzhou, “Whatever he writes is nonsense! I didn’t tease him.”
Cui Xingzhou snorted coldly, tore the note to pieces, threw it into a nearby pool, and then asked Miantang, “Have you suffered by my side?”
Miantang blinked her eyes and cursed Liu Yu to the 18th generation of his ancestors in her heart, then said, “How could it be bitter? Every day is incredibly sweet.”
Cui Xingzhou looked at her with a deep gaze and said, “Since it’s sweet, why did you initiate a divorce with me previously? Was it that you have a backup plan and someone to take care of you?”
Even without looking at the note, Liu Miantang guessed something from the words of Prince Huaiyang. Perhaps Liu Yu misunderstood that she couldn’t get along with Prince Huaiyang anymore, so he wanted to pick her up and go.
Miantang thought of this and shook one of Cui Xingzhou’s arms, saying, “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just lying by your side. Besides, if I am really leaving, why should I need someone else to take me away? I can just let the brothers in the Mountain of Yang arrange for me to climb over the wall and get into the carriage in the middle of the night.”
She mentioned this but found that Cui Xingzhou’s face had turned even darker.
This little brat! She thought the same as Liu Yu!
If he calculated it carefully, this young master Ziyu was also considered a brother of the Mountain of Yang, eagerly driving a carriage outside the walls of the residence waiting for her!
For a moment, the handsome face of Prince Huaiyang became even worse.
He had important official duties today, so he went to inspect the military camp outside the city first. Who knew that just a half-day time would cause Xiaoxi Garden’s backyard to burn like wildfire?
“I’ll settle with you tonight about this matter.”
The owner couldn’t be absent for a long time, so Cui Xingzhou finally took Liu Miantang’s hand and appeared together in front of the person.
Just now when he was in the backyard, Cui Xingzhou took off his military uniform and put on the clothes that Miantang had prepared for him.
Recently, Miantang has been very fond of dressing up as her husband has ordered several trendy wide-sleeved robes to be cut and sewn. Although this robe was very popular among elegant people, if the person was not tall enough, the person won’t be able to show the elegance of the robe at all.
Cui Xingzhou has a naturally good physique, coupled with an uninterrupted martial arts habit, which makes his legs longer, waist thinner, and his wide and sturdy arms more capable of supporting her.
The collar embroidered with auspicious clouds can withstand his Adam’s apple, setting off the bright stars and moon in the eyes. The eyebrows are thick and the nose was straight, the head was adorned with a jade crown, and the temples are like knives. When walking with great strides, the flowing robe floats like soft clouds, extremely free and easy.
Such a handsome man, holding a stunning beauty in his hand, people would hardly not feel the visual impact when they appeared together in front of someone.
For a moment, everyone who was originally talking and frolicking quieted down, watching Prince Huaiyang walk calmly, holding the princess consort’s wrist and going to greet the emperor.
Liu Yu watched Cui Xingzhou pull Miantang’s hand along the way, and his eyes also became a bit dim.
Prince Huaiyang has never been too imitated with any women in front of people. Although he used to often bring Miantang to and from banquets, although his demeanor was friendly, he would not be too intimate beyond etiquette.
But now, Prince Huaiyang seems to have broken the previous taboo of adhering to etiquette, holding the delicate hands of the princess consort without saying anything, and even holding her slender waist, as if holding a porcelain doll in fear of breaking it.
Watching his gaze at the indulgent expression of the princess consort, he couldn’t imagine that he had once dealt a big blow to his own wife.
So it was inevitable that some clever ladies had an epiphany and became more convinced that Prince Huaiyang was trying to cover up the situation.
However, Cui Xingzhou doesn’t care what others think at all. He was just telling the person who dared to give his wife a message that this lady was his wife, and no one’s carriage can take her away!
Liu Yu watched as Cui Xingzhou also arrived, he didn’t even bother to maintain his polite smile on the scene, and said coldly, “Isn’t Minister Cui supposed to patrol the military camp? Why are you here?”
Cui Xingzhou was even lazier to be polite and said calmly, “After completing my official duties, I naturally come home and rest. Isn’t Your Majesty supposed to be hunting in the West today? Why did you come to my garden? It’s really shocking.”
Prince Sui, who was standing beside them, couldn’t help but feel a sense of joy as he leisurely add words to them and said, “The emperor heard that Princess Consort Huaiyang is opening a poetry club in Xiaoxi Garden. For a moment, he became very poetic and came here. Indeed, we have experienced the style of Princess Consort Huaiyang’s poetry, which is unforgettable after reading it.”
Liu Miantang cast a quick glance at Prince Sui and suddenly burst into laughter, saying, “Prince Sui has awakened my poetic spirit again. I want to show off my little talent and write a poem now.”
Prince Sui raised his eyebrows and said, “How could I catch the princess consort’s poetic enthusiasm? I should be all ears.”
When Liu Miantang picked up her poem with ease, she struck the hammer with a beat and began to thump. The sound seemed like an empty brain buzzing back and forth.
All the people present were looking aside in surprise as the princess consort knocked on the wooden fish before she began to recite, “A snipe and a clam were busy biting each other. An old man stands by and doesn’t panic when caught.”
With the last sound, the talented Princess Consort Huaiyang rang again, indicating a successful conclusion.
Then, amid everyone’s astonishment, she asked Prince Sui with a smile, “Can you guess whether you are the long-tongued snipe, the soft cargo huddled in a shell, or the old and immortal fisherman?”
This kind of cursing method of naming names without hesitation was really hard to find in the entire city of the capital! This was one poem with three curses! Both scolding him for being a gossip bird and being an old and undead weakling!
“You… ” Prince Sui was almost so angry that he was about to lift the table and hit someone!
The people on the side were also dumbfounded, unsure if the princess consort had seriously composed a cursing limerick poem in front of the talented people in the capital.
However, Lord Li Guangcai took the lead in applauding and saying, “Good poetry! It not only uses the story of the struggle between snipes and clams to remind the world not to compete between the two powers, allowing malicious people to fish in troubled waters but also breaks the pattern of the quatrains in rhythmic poetry. It returns to the basics, speaks in simple terms, and the poetic meaning is indeed profound.”
Miantang also looked at Lord Li with admiration, sighing for him in her heart. If Lord Li could open his eyes, tell the lies, and flatter the emperor a few years ago, how could he have been ostracized by his colleagues and coaxed out of the capital?
However, since Lord Li started, the flattery followed suit.
After listening to Liu Miantang’s off-key limericks, Liu Yu fell silent for a moment.
After being rudely reminded by Liu Miantang, he also faintly regretted that he really shouldn’t have been instigated by Prince Sui to recklessly come to Xiaoxi Garden.
Nowadays, the old tribes of the Mountain of Yang rely on their great achievements and form their own party, making it difficult to regulate. Although he previously dismissed General Sun. But he had many old followers, and although he was now idle at home, he still firmly controlled his old followers.
Although the Shi family has some influence, it was difficult to compete with the palace family of the Empress Dowager. If he loses the support of Prince Huaiyang again, he will be a snipe and clam that allows for mermaid meat. How can he protect Miantang by then?
Cui Xingzhou, on the other hand, toasted the emperor as if nothing had happened and said, “However, since Your Majesty has arrived, you should enjoy the fine wine from Xiaoxi Garden. I will accompany Your Majesty to the western suburbs and definitely return with a full load of wild later.”
Liu Yu knew that Cui Xingzhou was giving him an excuse to take, and he reluctantly smiled and said, “If it weren’t for the divine bow of yours to assist, hunting in the western suburbs would be boring. You can accompany me to drink this cup, and we, the monarch and the subjects, will go hunting together.”
At this moment, the ladies slowly realized that Your Majesty came to Xiaoxi Garden specifically to hunt with Prince Huaiyang!
Prince Huaiyang was truly favored and thriving!
For a moment, the atmosphere of tension between the monarch and the minister dissipated greatly. The two of them were friendly and exchanged cups, and then they really got up to hunt.
As soon as the emperor left, the scene seemed a lot colder. However, Cui Fu’s cold sweat on her back still lingered, and whispered to Miantang, “How you dare to say that and you even pull the emperor down in your poetry and cursed together.”
Liu Miantang let out a cold snort in her heart. If it weren’t for the inconvenience, she wouldn’t just curse, but also beat that foolish emperor!
Ruth Ibale On TSFLIP Chapter 1133
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