Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 123 Like a Fish
When Liu Shi heard this, he began to sigh and said:

"Uncle believes that you have done your best. This matter of people's hearts cannot be forced. But it doesn't matter. As long as you don't make mistakes and keep your position as the crown princess, uncle will fight for you for the rest of your face!"

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After Gao Shilian passed away, Zhongshu Ling Ma Zhou's condition became more and more serious. The emperor, who knew about this, was sad for several days, and his spirit became worse day by day.

Ma Zhou was Zhongshu Ling, and concurrently served as the prince's concubine, equivalent to the emperor's attendant. He was both a teacher and a minister to the prince, and he was the head of the subordinate officials in the East Palace.

He has been ill for more than a year and has not recovered for a long time. Now that he is seriously ill, the prince naturally wants to visit him in person.

The two talked a lot, and Li Shan mainly listened to him.

Listening to him talk about his poor background and his gratitude to the emperor, he was more worried about the future path of the Tang Dynasty.

Facing his prince, Ma Zhou mustered up his energy and told him some of his unfinished ideas intermittently, as if he was leaving his last words.

When he came back, Li Shan felt depressed, so he went to hang out in the back garden of the palace, look at the scenery, and relax.

As they were walking, they saw Wu Rou and a child over one year old playing under the shade of a tree.

Since the last separation in Wude Hall, he had deliberately avoided her and never saw her again.

A few months is neither long nor short. It has passed by in a busy manner. When I think back, it will feel like several years have passed.

Li Shan stood under the corridor of the pavilion and saw Wu Rou looking at the child tenderly, with a calm and calm expression. Compared with the frightened and resentful person when she quarreled with him, they looked like two different people.

He suddenly felt sour in his heart and felt very uncomfortable. He withdrew his gaze and was about to leave.

However, the corridor was so long, and the scenery outside was always in his peripheral vision. He passed the corridor pillars one after another, and Wu Rou's figure always retreated in his sight, but he could not move away.

When he was about to turn around the rockery, he suddenly felt reluctant to give up again, so he stopped, turned around, walked down the corridor, and walked towards Wu Rou.

As he walked, he gave an order to the guards and maids following him: "You wait here."

He walked towards Wu Rou with firm steps, fearing that if he hesitated for a moment, he would regret his decision.

Cai Yi, who was following Wu Rou, saw the prince coming straight towards him. Just as he was about to remind Wu Rou, the prince was already in front of him.

Wu Rou was playing with a child, holding a white pearl in her hand. After a while, it circled in front of Xiao Fuzi's eyes to attract his attention.

Then, a pair of soap boots embroidered with dragon patterns stopped in front of her.

She looked up and saw the backlit face of Prince Li Shan. He was looking at her calmly, with mixed feelings and emotions, but Wu Rou could subconsciously feel that he was unhappy.

"What's wrong?" she asked directly, concern evident in her tone.

It was as natural as if they had never stopped seeing each other, never stopped talking, and had just separated in the morning.

Li Shan couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and his pupils shrank.

After asking, Wu Rou suddenly realized that her concern was too obvious and she even forgot to greet him.

So she quickly lowered her eyes, bowed and said:

"I've seen the prince, but Wu Rou was rude."

Prince Li Shan lowered his eyebrows. For a moment, he didn't know why he came or where to look. He glanced at the child on the ground.

That was his younger brother. Now he was given to Wu Rou to raise, and he received more attention and care than him... He was very unhappy and blurted out:
"So concerned? Are you planning to rely on him to become the Queen Mother?"

Wu Rou glanced around and saw that Caiyi and the others were far away, and the prince's people were even further away. She felt relieved and looked up at him. Her eyes were single in front and double in back, as if they were born with resentment. , said:

"Your Highness, are you here to quarrel?"

Li Shanyou glanced at her, then lowered his eyes and said:

"No."

The slightly gritty voice should sound mature and steady, but his gentle tone sounded a little obedient, even a little aggrieved.

Wu Rou suddenly lost her temper again, and turned to the nanny in the distance and said:
"Take the little prince away."

When the nanny heard this, she quickly came forward and took the child away, almost running away.

"Then why?...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unhappy today?" Wu Rou asked immediately.

Li Shan looked at the scenery in the distance, sighed deeply and said:

"I'm in a bad mood and want to talk to someone."

After saying that, he stepped up and walked slowly. Wu Rou hesitated for a moment, followed him one step away.

"I saw you today, and suddenly I felt that you looked like a kind of fish." Li Shan didn't directly talk about his troubles, but he suddenly said this.

Wu Rou was behind him, raising her head slightly and rolling her eyes at him.

Li Shan turned his face sideways with his hands behind his back, as if he was looking at the scenery in the distance. In fact, he looked at her from the corner of his eye. When he saw her reaction, he smiled slightly and then said:

"Like a puffer fish, when it encounters danger, it bulges up as if it's about to explode. It's full of poison and looks like it's going to die with others. But it's usually quiet, even delicate, and looks good. Bully."

Wu Rou couldn't help but rolled her eyes a few more times and said:

"Your Highness can't speak, so stop talking. Just don't compare people to flowers. There's no need to compare people to the poisonous ugly fish... No wonder those statues can't speak. If they were all like His Highness, , one mouth can reduce the number of believers by half.”

Li Shan wanted to suppress his desire to laugh. He looked at the scenery in the distance, but the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising. After a while, he said:
"Actually, it's quite good now. If taking Shiyi with you can make you feel safe... In the future, maybe we can see each other from time to time and talk like we do now."

Wu Rou looked at his back. He still didn't wear a crown. Maybe it was because the bun was too heavy. He always didn't like wearing a crown, so he tied up the black bun with a hairband and tied it many times.

The straight and broad shoulders, the hairband hanging down the back, two fingers wide, the bottom of the hairband was embroidered with a simple dragon pattern, fluttering in the wind from time to time, swaying in front of her eyes, like some kind of temptation.

She wanted to reach out and grab it, but she couldn't, so looking at the hair tie, she felt more and more itchy and irritated. She was really afraid that one day she wouldn't be able to control it and would actually reach out and grab it.

While she was gritting her teeth, she heard his words, and her heart became inexplicably quieter. A mist of sorrow and regret enveloped her beautiful brows, and she responded:

"Yes...it's pretty good....What has His Highness been busy with recently?"

"Some trivial matters... I went to visit Zhongshu Ling Ma Zhou today. He was born in a poor family and is a representative of poor students in the world who have been put into important positions.

My father originally hoped that he could assist me.

On the one hand, he really has the talent of a prime minister.On the other hand, I also hope that in his position as Zhongshu Ling, he can encourage poor students from all over the world to take the imperial examination and become officials in the court.

Now it seems that it is no longer possible... I am a little worried because I can't find a suitable candidate to replace him. "

(End of this chapter)