Chapter 41 The Quarry

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date="2021-02-15"

title="Chapter 41 The Quarry "

weight="127138"

series = ["The Times Spent in Pretense"]

mode = "manual"

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When Hua Liuli and the prince arrived in the pavilion, the people serving by the prince had already packed everything. Every two steps around the pavilion stands a guard dressed as an ordinary person, which shows that your majesty is not so assured about the Prince’s safety when going out.

The stone table was filled with steaming, delicious meals. Hua Liuli washed her hands and couldn't help but said: "These dishes are different from those in the palace, but they are cleverly used, which greatly increases their appetite."

"The princess likes it, it is the greatest honor of the dishes on this table." The prince took the chopsticks, "the princess, please."

As soon as Hua Liuli picked up the chopsticks, she saw King Ying bring Lin Wan over. She put down the chopsticks and stood up.

"Prince, I'm bothering you for my brother." The King of England handed the umbrella to the guard who was standing outside, strode into the pavilion, "The rain is getting heavier and harder outside. I will bring people in to hide, don't you mind."

The prince glanced at the king, put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "I always felt that there was a tail behind Gu, and Gu planned to let the guard go and see. Since he is the eldest brother, Gu doesn't worry about it. Come, sit down. Right."

The King of England frowned. How did he feel that Ji Yuansu's expression seemed to be calling a dog?

He stomped the water on his feet, walked to the prince's left hand and sat down. Hua Liuli glanced at Lin Wan, who was still standing outside the pavilion, turned and sat on the right hand side of the prince, leaving an empty seat next to the King of England.

But the King of England, as if he hadn't seen Lin Wan, washed his hands under the wait of the eunuch, and picked it up to prepare for the meal.

Are these two having a bad time?

Hua Liuli didn't want to get involved in the relationship between the two of them, and felt embarrassed to have Lin Wan just standing outside, so she said: "Miss Lin, although Xinghua is beautiful, it’s a big deal to eat, but I still appreciate it after using it. Right."

Lin Wan followed the steps sent by Hua Liuli, bowed his head into the pavilion, saluted the prince, and sat quietly next to the king.

"This eight-treasure bamboo shoot soup is made from the tenderest bamboo shoots in spring. It has the effect of nourishing the lungs and refreshing the nerves. Can the princess want to taste it?" The prince did not care about the atmosphere between the King of England and Lin Wan. How stiff, he took a bowl of soup and brought it to Hua Liuli, as if the other two people didn't exist at all.

Hua Liuli picked up the bowl and tasted it: "It's delicious."

"Gu also likes this soup. Others can only be regarded as ordinary." The prince looked at the flower tree behind Hua Liuli, "But today, with flowers, these ordinary meals can be swallowed."

"Huh?" Hua Liuli looked back, and the petals fell on the ground like snowflakes, spreading a thick layer on the ground. When tomorrow, these petals will be crushed with the soil, no longer the beauty of today.

She put her hand out of the pavilion, caught a few floating petals, and put the petals to the prince's hand: "Come, eat while watching."

The prince was stunned, then laughed out loud.

The King of England looked up and watched the jade beads on Hua Liuli's earlobe sway gently. He couldn't help thinking, the frontier conditions were so difficult, how did the Hua family raise his daughter so white and tender?

"The prince." Lin Wan picked a piece of young bamboo shoots with his chopsticks and placed it in the bowl of the British king. "You taste this."

"Miss Lin, this kind of waiting job can be handed over to the subordinates." The King of England picked up the shoots and put them aside. "Not to mention this King is not used to eating food from others."

Lin Wan's face was pale: "I offended."

She looked at Hua Liuli subconsciously and felt better when she saw that she hadn't noticed this scene.

King Ying looked at Lin Wan and frowned: "This king is talking to you, what do you see others do?"

"His Royal Highness." Hua Liuli put down the bowl and chopsticks, "The minister is full, go out to see the flowers."

"I will be with you alone." The prince got up, smiled and glanced at King Ying, took an umbrella from the guard, and held it on top of Hua Liuli's head.

Hua Liuli picked up the skirt and walked with the prince into the apricot blossom forest. He looked back at the king and Lin Wan who were still sitting in the pavilion, and whispered: "The way the king and Miss Lin get along... is really unique. "

The King of England obviously didn't like Lin Wan very much, and what she couldn't understand was why Lin Wan had to get used to the King's tantrums and let herself be so complacent.

Sometimes a man just owes it to clean up, it's useless to follow it blindly, the more you follow it, the more energy you get. You should find the opportunity to clean up a few more times, and you will naturally be obedient, at least knowing how to make a face in front of outsiders.

She heard from her third brother that when Mr. Lin was young, he used to scold several officials dumb in the court hall. Corrupt officials would be afraid when they saw him. How could the daughter's personality be so soft?

Wouldn’t it be the only way to teach her daughter, husband and child, gentle and xianshu?

If this is the case, with the dog's temper of the King of England, after she married the King of England, she did not know how much she would suffer.

The prince reached out and picked a flower, not between Hua Liuli's bun: "Everyone has different choices. Don't worry about others' things."

"His Royal Highness, a flower is an apricot." Hua Liuli pretended to be serious, "what can I do?"

"Then..." The prince picked another one, not beside the flower just now, "Let his brother be with him, lest it feel lonely as a flower."

"A flower... will be very lonely?" Hua Liuli thoughtfully, did the prince think of the woman he once loved, but the sweetness of the woman?

"Yes." The prince meant something: "No matter how beautiful a flower is, I hope that another flower will accompany him, alone... the flower is too lonely."

"Maybe this flower hopes that the flower it likes will stay on the branch, and then it will bear delicious fruits." Hua Liuli was shocked when she heard it, worried that the prince would be pessimistic and world-weary. "There are so many beautiful flowers on the tree. How good is China, why should I leave with this flower?"

"There are so many beautiful things in the world." Hua Liuli comforted her bitterly, "You can give up nothing, you can't give up the prosperity and excitement in life. Your Highness, are you right?"

The prince put the umbrella into Hua Liuli's hand: "Gu suddenly feels a little cold, go and add a cloak."

"Huh?" Hua Liuli held the umbrella, and saw the prince turning to the other direction. The wind is indeed a bit strong today.

After a while, when the prince came back, Lin Wan came first. Her expression was calm, her face was neither happy nor angry. The actions of the King of England just now did not seem to affect her emotions.

"The princess is so beautiful." Lin Wan suddenly turned his head to look at Hua Liuli. "Standing in the rain of apricot blossoms, it is as beautiful as a painting. I sat in the pavilion and looked at the princess's figure, almost lost. ."

It was obviously complimenting, but Hua Liuli heard a little gloomy smell, and she took two steps back: "Miss Lin is too good."

"The princess doesn't need to be self-effacing, I just told the truth." Lin Wan curled up his lips slightly, "Just now when you stood here, everyone could not help but look at you..."

Hua Liuli took a deep breath. Why did she get sick again?

She just frightened Yao Jiamin's illness, why did this Lin Wan also get sick? With the appearance of the King of England, it is also said that it is not up to the level of the blue face and the water, why these two, they all look like she is going to grab people?

Why should women embarrass women? She never met with the King of England alone, and she didn't even say a few words. How could she behave intentionally to the King of England?

There is no way to get a man, so I feel that this is the fault of all women in the world. What is the reason?

"Miss Lin." Hua Liuli curled her lips and smiled, "I am not a tolerant person, and I especially don't like others to insult my eyes. I hope you can understand."

Lin Wan looked at Hua Liuli coldly.

Hua Liuli smiled and looked back.

"The princess is so prestigious, I can't afford to offend it." Lin Wan sneered, "I hope the princess can always be so prestigious."

"Iris." Hua Liuli ignored Lin Wan, and beckoned to the maid. "Can you remember what Miss Lin said just now?"

"The slave maid took it down." Iris smiled and said, "Please rest assured, the maidservant remembered every word."

"Just remember." Hua Liuli smiled brightly, "In a few days, we will visit Master Lin and Mrs. Lin, and repeat what Miss Lin said. I think Master Lin will be pleased with Miss Lin's conversation and knowledge. ."

"What do you mean?" Lin Wan's expression changed.

"It means to file a complaint." Hua Liuli tilted her head and said with a smile, "Children can't talk and offend people. Who knows the same things as ignorant children? Of course, she is looking for an adult."

"Hua Liuli!"

"Miss Lin." The prince walked over without expression, "Miss Lin must have a good appetite at noon today."

Lin Wan didn't expect the prince to come over suddenly, her expression was a little flustered, and she bowed and stepped aside: "The courtier...I don't understand the meaning of the prince."

"If you don't have a good appetite and eat more, how can you have the strength to yell at the princess of the royal family?" The prince looked at Lin Wan coldly, his eyebrows and eyelids were stained with water drops from the spring rain, let His whole figure is like a cold sword out of its sheath, which makes people afraid to look directly at him.

"Master Lin Zhou is a good official, Miss Lin should not fall into his reputation." The prince's eyes were cold, "In the future, you will be a princess. If you can't speak and do things, don't marry the royal family."

Hua Liuli saw that the spring rain was getting denser and denser, and the prince did not hold an umbrella, so she hurriedly raised the umbrella to cover the prince's head. She found that her height was a little bit different from that of the prince, and she needed to stand on tiptoe to avoid affecting the prince's sight.

The warm hand was held on the umbrella bone: "Let alone come."

Hua Liuli hurriedly let go, letting a kind and lovely girl hold an umbrella for a tall person, it was really exhausting.

Lin Wan, holding the umbrella, felt cold all over, her teeth trembled lightly, she didn't know if she was really cold or afraid. She was afraid that Hua Liuli would really run back to file a complaint, and she was afraid that the prince would tell his majesty that she was not a princess.

She could not accept that she could not become the British princess in the future, and finally could only marry a shabby fate like her father.

Eyes blushed, she knelt down and whispered: "Please forgive your highness and the princess." The cry was bleak and sad, like a poor person who dared to be angry but could not speak under the power.

"What's wrong?" The King of England walked over and saw his future princess kneeling in front of the prince, his expression a little ugly. In any case, Lin Wan is his future wife and the prince's future sister-in-law.

What does the future sister-in-law look like kneeling in front of my uncle?

"It's all the fault of the courtier." Hua Liuli bit her lower lip and frowned her eyebrows, seeming to hide infinite grievances, but she was strong and didn't say it. "The courtier and Miss Lin have some misunderstandings in their words, and they make each other a little bit. Not happy, after his Royal Highness came over, he said a few words to Miss Lin. I never thought that Miss Lin would be so guilty that she knelt and apologized to His Royal Highness and court ladies."

Hua Liuli's face was pale, she seemed to be frightened by Miss Lin's move, but she still thoughtfully said to King Ying: "Fortunately, you are here, Lord, please quickly persuade Miss Lin to get up."

This pot is big and round, and if the prince is allowed to carry it, it will definitely cause the brothers to disagree. It is better to let her carry it.

"It turned out to be just a verbal misunderstanding." The King of England suddenly realized that he looked down at Lin Wan, "Then what are you doing on your knees to make people look good? Don't hurry up, wait to change clothes, and the mother and concubine invite You enter the palace and stay for two days."

"Thank you for the princess's tolerance." Lin Wan's hands hidden in the sleeves, her nails sinking deep into her palms, she slowly stood up, looked down at the mud on the skirt, and said to the British king: " Your Highness, the courtiers go back to the mansion to change their clothes, and then go to the palace to see the empress, okay?"

"It's up to you." The King of England glanced at the prince, "The rain in the mountains is getting heavier and heavier. The princess is not in good health and should not stay in the mountains for long. What's more, if the rain falls, the mountain roads will become slippery and difficult to navigate. Go down the mountain earlier."

"Thank your Highness for the reminder, the courtier took it down." Hua Liuli noticed that Lin Wan's chilly eyes fell on her again.

She sighed silently in her heart and hid behind the prince. It is still good for someone around you to grow taller, at least the area covered by it should be wider.

The King of England glanced at Hua Liuli, then gave his hand to the prince: "Prince, I will leave first."

"Brother go slowly." The prince gave Lin Wan a blank expression. Lin Wan didn't dare to look at the prince's line of sight, and buried his head lower.

When the British king took Lin Wan to leave, the prince said to Hua Liuli: "Then we will also go down the mountain. There is a lake near the outskirts of Beijing. The view is the best in rainy weather. You can go by carriage. Would you like to see it?

"Go." Hua Liuli nodded, accompanied by beauties, and enjoying the lake and flowers is the same.

On the way down the mountain, the two met the fifth prince with a painting tube in his hand. When the fifth prince saw Hua Liuli, his eyes lit up. He respectfully saluted the prince, and then looked at Hua Liuli with Zhuozhuo eyes: "Princess Fushou, I have made a new painting today, and I would like to ask the princess to comment."

Hua Liuli: "..."

Young man, you look at me with such trusting eyes, I am also very embarrassed.

"The courtier took a bold look." Forget it, forget it, the other party is the prince, she still has to hold it.

The two little eunuchs opened the scroll carefully, and the fifth prince hurriedly covered the umbrella over the painting, fearing that the ruthless spring rain would wet his masterpiece.

Hua Liuli took a deep breath and looked at it with courage.

What is this painting?

A bunch of ink balls with heavier colors mixed with lighter ink balls, are you friendly friends?

"Princess, what do you think of this view of the green mountains?" The fifth prince looked at Hua Liuli expectantly.

The prince glanced at Hua Liuli with a smile, and silently stepped back, pretending to look at the sky and the earth, just not looking at the paintings of the Five Princes.

"This painting..." Hua Liuli pondered for a moment, "When the temple falls, the time is deep and sometimes light, and the heavy-colored parts are like the majestic and magnificent green mountains. These light-colored parts are like the wind in the mountains. The fog in the mountains, the rain in the mountains, and the aura that is invisible and intangible. From the perspective of painting, the courtier thinks that His Royal Highness is like a mountain, but his mood is like a white cloud in comfort, a righteous gentleman."

"The princess is absurd." The fifth prince flushed his cheeks and asked the eunuch to carefully put the painting away. "But the princess was right. I want to be the cloud in the mountains, the wind in the mountains, not to be intrusive by the world's wild aspirations ."

Hua Liuli turned to look at the prince: "His Royal Highness, is the minister right?"

At this time, she shouldn't be allowed to rack her brains for praise.

"The princess is right." The prince smiled. "I think the princess is very reasonable. I really agree with the princess."

"The prince is also a person who knows the elder brother." The fifth prince was even more happy, he said, "Please wait for the two of you. I will make two new paintings and give them to you when I return."

Hua Liuli: "..."

No, really no need.

"I have my fifth brother." The prince looked as usual, "Then you go back to paint earlier, and look forward to your work."

"My courtier will not let the prince down." After hearing the prince's encouragement, the elegant and perfect fifth prince ran all the way down the mountain without even using the umbrella.

Since childhood, the prince seldom praised him, but today he praised him so tenderly and encouraged him, it must be because his paintings are too artistic, which made the prince appreciate him.

Sure enough, he has an incomparable talent for painting.

Seeing the five princes with a cheerful back, Hua Liuli's mood is very complicated, the royal family...what a wonderful thing. But the fifth prince just said that he wanted to be a cloud and wind. Was he sincere or deliberately said it to the prince? She glanced at the prince secretly, could not see what he was thinking, and simply gave up.

The rainy mountain road was really not easy to walk, and the prince slipped and almost fell. Hua Liuli quickly reached out and grabbed his belt, dragging the person back.

The prince glanced at Hua Liuli's hand, and suddenly smiled: "Caring is messy. I didn't expect that the princess would explode so much energy to save the orphan."

"Cough cough." Hua Liuli covered her chest. "The courtier didn't expect it. It can be seen that the potential of humans is endless." She took a pill that Iris handed over. "Your Royal Highness is okay, the courtier is relieved. "

When they reached the bottom of the mountain, the two did not share a carriage, and Hua Liuli was relieved after lying in the carriage.

The beauty is confusing, why can't she control this hand? With so many people serving around the prince, it is impossible for him to fall.

"Princess, fortunately you are not a king." Iris shook her head and said, "If you are a king, sooner or later the country will be ruined because of your lust."

Hua Liuli: "Iris, if you speak so bluntly, I have no face."

"The beauty is ahead, what kind of face do you want?" Yu Rong also smiled and answered, "I don't want it clearly."

"Oh, my name is Lianxiangxiyu, how can you understand my feelings." Hua Liuli said in a low voice, "What's more, the person the prince likes has disappeared, and I have not come out of this past relationship, I am afraid He can't think about it, so he can only persuade him more."

If something goes wrong with the prince, it will affect the entire country and the people all over the world will suffer. Therefore, what she just reached out to save was not the beauty, but the future of Dajin.

So she is noble and great.

The carriage went a long way and stopped. Hua Liuli raised the curtain and glanced out. The surrounding scenery is ordinary. Where is the beautiful lake?

"Arrived?"

"Princess, there will be a while." The guard said, "There is a quarry in front, and the road is a bit uneven. Please sit firmly with the girl who is waiting for you."

"Good." Hua Liuli nodded: "Thank you."

"Don't dare." The guard told the coachman to continue on his way.

After a while, the carriage became bumpy, and Hua Liuli raised the curtain curiously. Many bare stones lay on both sides of the road. A group of quarrying prisoners hid in the shelter, standing in a regular manner, not daring to make any noise. Noisy to them passing by.

There was another prisoner squatting outside the shelter, looking incompatible with other prisoners.

The prisoner seemed to see Hua Liuli, and suddenly stood up: "Princess, please help the princess." He seemed to want to run to this side. After being lashed by the jailer, he stopped in fear, but still remained. Called Hua Liuli hoarsely.

"Stop." Hua Liuli asked the carriage to stop, and she asked the jailer to bring the prisoner closer and looked at it carefully.

Hair is messy, unkempt, this...who?

"Princess, I'm Luthier Yun Han." With straw sandals on his feet, and his thin body covered in dirty coarse cloth shorts, he looked like someone who hadn't eaten enough for a long time.

"Are you... Yun Han?" Hua Liuli looked at people from head to toe. No wonder some people always said that people are wooden piles and depend on clothes. This Yun Han wears rags and rotten clothes. The temperament disappeared without a trace, and the dirty face was no longer the whiteness of the previous few days, and there was no beauty.

"Princess, these jailers abused the lynching, please save my life." Although he only spent two days in the dungeon of Dali Temple, he could not bear it anymore.

"Please be aware of the princess, the prisoner of Dali Temple was going to come out to do things to punish the crime." The jailer didn't know which princess was sitting in the carriage, but he didn't dare to neglect, "This man is used to stealing and skidding, and does not do much. , Eats a lot, and refuses to be disciplined. There is no way for us to whip him. It is not against him deliberately."

"Mr. Yun Han, Dali Temple has the rules of Dali Temple. Although I am the princess, I cannot interfere in political affairs. The officials of Dali Temple are all geniuses in investigating and resolving cases. I believe they will find out the truth and let things happen. There was a perfect result." Hua Liuli looked at the dirty straw sandals on Yun Han's feet, "The days in prison are a bit bitter..."

There was hope in Yun Han's heart.

"But it will be a long time in the future, so I will get used to it by staying for a while." Hua Liuli handed out a plate of pastries from the car window, "Come on, eat more, and work hard after eating."

Yun Han stared at the plate of pastries, shaking his hands and took it: "Since the princess said it, then I believe it."

"That's right." Hua Liuli nodded, "Make a good transformation, and strive to come out as soon as possible." After speaking, she put down the curtain and said to the guard: "Let's go."

As soon as Hua Liuli and the others left, the prisoners who were staying honestly in the shelter swarmed up and snatched the cakes in Yun Han's hands.

"I thought this little white face could have the ability to fish out himself."

"The result is a plate of pastries."

"The princess empress is right. Make a good reform and try to get out early."

A group of people laughed wanton and laughed, but didn't dare to talk about the county lord. They were all qualified prisoners in the Dali Temple, and they could not say anything. One was as good as a mouse.

The prince leaned lazily against the car wall in a good mood.

How to break the good side of one person in another's heart?

Show him the ugliest side completely.

Best to see the most charming luthier?

Ah.