MTL - To Hold One’s Joy-Chapter 465 choose concubine

  Chapter 465 Choosing a concubine

   There were crowds of people behind him, but there was no one he wanted to see.

   Loss is inevitable, but expected.

  The young man in silver armor sitting on the horse paused for a moment, then turned his head with a calm expression.

  The scarlet cloak behind him and the red tassel on the sterling silver helmet fluttered accordingly, making that tall and straight figure even more sassy.

  The team moved forward slowly and passed through the city gate.

  On the tea house on the side of the street, Luo Sheng watched the familiar figure disappear from sight through the gap in the window, and there seemed to be a cloak like fire shaking in front of him.

  She reached out and pushed open the window.

  The bitter cold wind blows in from the large open window, brushing against her pale cheeks mercilessly.

  Hong Dou leaned over, looking at the dazed master, he was very puzzled: "Girl, you are so familiar with King Kaiyang, why don't you rush up if you want to send him off? You hide here, he can't see it."

  Luo Sheng didn't say a word.

  Hongdou sighed: "It is said that after a few years of war, we may not be able to come back. From now on, our restaurant will lose a regular customer who can't be shaken to eat..."

   "Stop talking, let's go." Luo Sheng glanced at the noisy little maid, turned and walked towards the door.

  Going down the stairs and out of the tea house, the civil and military officials and the people who watched the fun chased out of the city gate, and the streets became empty.

   Just like Luo Sheng's empty mood at the moment.

   She thought she was doing nothing wrong.

  She thought that King Kaiyang was a free and easy person, that day under the persimmon tree he invited her to marry her, and she should let go after being rejected.

   But he asked her a second time.

  Then be more cruel and don't read it to him.

   If there is a mistake, it is probably because she couldn't help being moved by him.

  Luo Sheng closed his eyes and laughed at himself.

  How could she be tempted in such a situation.

   When we returned to Youjian Restaurant, it was snowing.

  It was just snow foam at first, and gradually turned into heavy snow like goose feathers, swirling in the air, and falling in an eloquent manner.

   A thin layer of snow gradually accumulated on the bluestone slabs, and the bare persimmon trees were also covered with snow clothes, showing a plain and beautiful appearance.

  Hong Dou instructs Shi Yan to set up a dustpan in front of the door to catch house birds.

  As long as Shi Yan thinks that most of the deliciously roasted house sparrow has finally returned to the stomach of Miss Hongdou, he will feel slack and call Shi Yi to take his place.

   Wei Han left Shi Yi behind on this expedition.

  Compared to his elder brother's laziness, Shi Yi was much more serious, and soon gained a lot.

Sitting around the stove and eating the fragrant house sparrow, Shi Yan glanced at the girl sitting by the window from the corner of his eye, and sighed heavily: "Hey, the master is used to the food and drink in our restaurant, so eating dry food along the way is going to be a pain." ..."

  Luo Sheng looked at the snow falling outside the window, as if he had never heard of it.

  Shi Yan sighed again: "Master's stomach is not good—"

  Luo Chen got up suddenly, and choked back what the little guard said.

  Luo Sheng noticed something unusual and turned his head.

  The boy looked at her and asked calmly, "Sister, do you want to see the persimmon tree?"

  Unexpectedly, Luo Sheng wondered what Luo Chen was going to say, so he nodded quickly.

  Seeing that the siblings went to the back, Shi Yan was a little confused: "Why does Mr. Luo also like to look at persimmon trees?"

  Master, can't even keep this special treatment? How miserable!

  The persimmon tree in the courtyard stands quietly, like a demure girl in new clothes.

  Luo Sheng looked at the young man's slightly frozen red cheeks, and said, "It's windy and snowy, so let's go inside and talk if you have anything to say."

  Luo Chen nodded.

  What he wants is a place where he can talk conveniently, and of course he has no attachment to the persimmon tree.

  The two siblings abandoned the lonely persimmon tree and entered the house.

  The house is as warm as spring, which is completely different from the cold outside.

  Luo Sheng sat down, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over: "Speak."

  The young man sitting opposite took the teacup and put it at hand.

  His face showed a bit of seriousness through the scent of tea, as if he had grown up a few years.

  Luo Sheng quietly waited for the boy to speak.

   "King Kaiyang left Beijing today, why didn't my sister go see him off?"

  Luo Sheng glanced at Luo Chen in surprise.

  She thought her younger brother was going to ask about the rattle drum, but she didn't expect to ask Kaiyang King.

   "There are hundreds of civil and military officials to send me off, and I am not missing."

  After hearing Luo Sheng's answer, Luo Chen looked at her suspiciously: "I don't understand."

   "Don't understand what?"

  The young man held the teacup, and the warmth passed through the cup to the palm of his hand.

   "My sister belongs to King Xinyue Kaiyang, right?" After a brief silence, Luo Chen spoke softly.

  Luo Sheng frowned slightly.

   It seems strange to discuss this with my brother.

   "Why do you ask this?" Luo Sheng avoided answering.

  Luo Chen sternly said: "Because I can't figure it out. My sister is not a person who sticks to customs. If you like it, why avoid it?

  He paid attention to the other party's reaction, and said the doubts that hovered in his heart: "Unless my sister has something to hide. But my father regards my sister as a jewel in his palm and will not interfere with your relationship with King Kaiyang. What will my sister's secret be?"

  He shouldn't have asked these questions, but his sister's behavior was so contradictory, which made him uneasy for no reason.

  Even though he is so casual in rushing to meet the capital, he dare not give away his sweetheart?

  Luo Sheng was silent for a long time, and smiled: "There's nothing to hide, I just feel that King Kaiyang has admitted the truth, and I just don't want to marry at the moment, so I don't want to delay him."

   Luo Chen believed in this reason, and his tone became serious: "My sister is going to be seventeen soon, and it's time to grow up. Don't always think about raising your face."

  Luo Sheng laughed: "Understood, I won't raise it for a few more years."

  Luo Chen picked up the teacup and took a sip, then got up with a straight face: "Then I'm going to eat the roasted house sparrow."

   "Go, if you don't go, the house sparrow will be eaten up by them."

  The boy's complexion changed slightly, and he quickened his pace.

  Luo Sheng walked to the window and looked at the young man who was walking quickly to the lobby.

  Maybe if you find a suitable opportunity, you should tell your brother your real life experience. But how to explain her knowledge is a headache, and I can't tell my brother that she is the Lord Qingyang who returned from the corpse.

  It snowed heavily for several days in a row, and thick snow accumulated on the eaves and streets.

  As the Eastern Expeditionary Army gradually moved away from the capital, it seemed that even the dark clouds brought by the war had drifted away.

   Disasters in the distance seem to be less worrying than a little trouble around you.

  This is true for the common people, and it is also true for most officials and nobles.

   After accepting the fact that King Dingdong rebelled, Emperor Yong'an dispatched the Eastern Expeditionary Army and arranged for the coordination of the war in various yamen, he began to consider another important matter: the issue of heirs.

  Now only Concubine Xiao Gui is pregnant in the harem, it is too risky to bet that Concubine Xiao Gui will give birth to a prince.

  Emperor Yong'an is a person who likes to make all-out preparations. Thinking of Concubine Xiao Gui's birth as a princess, he will undoubtedly fall into a great passive state.

  After much deliberation, it is better to have more concubines to be safe.

   But there has been no good news for these concubines for many years, even if Concubine Xiao Gui is happy, Emperor Yong'an doesn't have much confidence in them.

   It seems that it is time to fill up the harem and select some newcomers to come in.

   Soon word spread that the emperor decided to choose a concubine.

  (end of this chapter)