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Chapter 44 Rejecting Again (2)

"Your Highness, servant..."

In the wing room of the main courtyard of Prince Zhou's Mansion, the lady of the Lin family was humming a little song to lull Shangguan Wan'er to sleep, when she suddenly saw the door curtain move, she hurriedly raised her head, seeing that Li Xian had arrived, she hurriedly got up to greet her.

"Shh..."

Worried about disturbing Shangguan Wan'er, Li Xian hurriedly put up a finger, stuck it to his lips, hissed lightly, and motioned for the lady of the Lin family to be quiet, and walked to the couch with a few strides, lovingly watching that she had sunk into the bed. Shangguan Wan'er in the dreamland.

Poor child, in the end, he still couldn't escape the orphan's life!Looking at Shangguan Wan'er's rosy face, Li Xian felt pity and guilt for a while - Li Xian never concealed his love for Shangguan Wan'er, even if it was the fate of his previous life, but for Li Xian , there is no substantial difference between the previous life and the present life. From the bottom of his heart, Li Xian never wants Shangguan Wan'er to suffer any harm. The reason why Shangguan Wan'er was kept in the mansion was that if it was possible, why would Li Xian not want to save the lives of Shangguan Yiman's family, but unfortunately this matter is beyond the scope of Li Xian's current ability, he can't and dare not Without sufficient preparation, he directly confronted Empress Wu, and even dared not speak out to remind Shangguanyi. He could only watch helplessly as Shangguanyi's family died for no apparent reason. Needless to say, he felt guilty in his heart The ground was sinking, so oppressive that Li Xian had the urge to cry up to the sky.

"Your Highness."

Just when Li Xian was dumbfounded, the door curtain moved, and Gao Miao hurried into the room. Seeing Li Xian standing in front of the couch, he hurriedly approached him cautiously, and called out in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Li Xian woke up from his emotions, looked back and saw the strange expression on Gao Miao's face, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and then let out a soft sigh.

"His Royal Highness, the prince went and came back again, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited you into the palace to talk."

Seeing that Li Xian's expression was not right, Gao Miao didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly bowed and reported the report in a low voice.

narrative?What are you doing?When Li Xian heard that the prince had invited him, his heart couldn't help but move. Although he couldn't figure out the purpose of the prince's summoning, he felt that such an invitation might not be a good thing. There are some monsters on the head, after all, the prince is in charge of the country at this time, and if he is given a small shoe to wear, it is really not easy to deal with.

"You go to talk about it first, and you'll go after a while." Li Xian pondered for a long time, but still felt that he was not at ease, so he considered his tone and ordered lightly.

"Yes, slaves obey."

Now that Li Xian had given the order, Gao Miao didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he hastily agreed and went to perfunctory Wang Dequan without mentioning it.

There is something strange, there is definitely something strange!Could it be that he is still unwilling to give up?It is possible, very likely to be so!After Gao Miao left, Li Xian paced back and forth in front of the couch, pondering over and over again the various possibilities, and deduced what the prince's intentions were for inviting him—although the prince has some people in his team now, He also won the hearts of important officials of the court, but after all, as a prince, even if he supervises the country, he has to live in the palace for a long time. It is also possible to be a thug. Obviously, among the brothers, only Li Xian is the most suitable. The reason is very simple. Those half-brothers have all gone to the domain early, and the prince has no friendship with those brothers at all. , it is impossible to entrust private matters to each other, besides, even if the crown prince has the heart, it will be impossible. After all, all the half-brothers are far away from other places, and they have nothing to do in the government, so even if they want to help, they can't help , and Li Xulun, the youngest brother, is too young to be useful, and Li Xian is at odds with him. In this way, Li Xian, who has publicly announced that he has given up literature and pursued martial arts, has become the only helper Li Hong can choose, and this is Li Hong The root cause of the perseverance to pull Li Xian to invest in it!
Things are really troublesome enough, it seems that if you don't go, it really won't work!Although Li Xian had already guessed the intention of the prince's invitation, but when it came to the countermeasures, he was really not too sure in his heart - it was impossible for him to vote, but how to refuse gave Li Xian a headache. Decline has been proven to be unworkable, just say "no"?It was purely self-inflicted, and Li Xian's head suddenly became dilated several times, and after wandering around the room for a while, he still couldn't make a decision. After thinking about it, he stomped his feet, and didn't care about the expressions of the Lin family's wife and other maids who were standing restlessly at the side, and strode towards the front yard with strides.

"Your Highness."

In the hall at the second entrance of the front yard, Gao Miao was talking nonsense with Wang Dequan, when he suddenly found Li Xian coming out from inside, hurriedly stood up, hurriedly greeted him, at the same time, rolled his eyes a few times, and then Inadvertently, he shook his head slightly, implying that he could not get the words out of Wang Dequan's mouth.

"Prepare the car, go to the palace now!"

For Gao Miao's hint, although Li Xian saw it, he didn't express it in the slightest, and he didn't think it was too strange. After all, Wang Dequan could be favored by a thoughtful person like the prince, so how could he be a simple person? Of course, since Li Xian had already guessed the intention of the prince's summoning, he didn't mind Gao Miao's ineffectiveness, so he nodded noncommittally, waved his hand, and gave an order.

"Yes, slaves obey."

Seeing that Li Xian didn't intend to blame himself, Gao Miao secretly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and hastily complied with the promise. After beckoning to Wang Dequan, he went to arrange related travel matters without mentioning it.

"My lord, it's time to work. Xiao Wang really feels sorry for making you rush back and forth in such a hot day."

After Gao Miao left, Li Xian smiled and bowed his hands to Wang Dequan who was standing beside him, and apologized in an easy-going tone.

"Don't dare, dare not, it is a great blessing for the servant to serve the two highnesses, it is a blessing that the servant has cultivated for several generations, it is too late to cherish, how dare you have the heart to complain, hehe, please, Your Highness."

Wang Dequan was still worrying about Li Xiantuo not going to the East Palace earlier, he was really nervous, but seeing Li Xian go to the appointment happily, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, so he exchanged a few words with a smile, and then Cautiously speak out to urge.

"Well, that's good, Mr. Lao Wang will lead the way."

Since he had to go early and late, Li Xian was very straightforward. As soon as he finished his sentence, he flicked his sleeves and walked towards the gate calmly. Seeing this, Wang Dequan quickly trotted after him. rear.

Halo, big trouble this time!The carriage had already arrived at the gate of the East Palace, Li Xianfang got out of the carriage, and before he had time to order Gao Miao to hand over the sign, he saw Prince Li Hongzheng in a bright yellow robe standing in front of the palace gate with a smile on his face, his heart sank involuntarily, It is clear that the prince's gesture of such courtesy only means one thing, that is, the prince has made up his mind and must not allow Li Xian to go beyond his control!

"My younger brother sees the elder brother of the crown prince, and elder brother Lao Lao comes to greet him, and my younger brother is terrified."

Seeing the crown prince's stance that he must win, Li Xian felt quite uneasy, but no matter how uneasy he was, he couldn't spare the ceremony that should be seen, so he hurried forward, Bow to the end to salute and say hello.

"Seventh brother doesn't have to be like this, we are all brothers of our own family, why should we be so alienated, come, let's walk with Gu."

Li Hong gave Li Xian a deep look, smiled and raised his hand to signal Li Xian to excuse himself, then turned his body sideways and made a "please" gesture.

"Your brother obeys, brother prince, please."

Knowing that this test is sad, but at this moment, Li Xian has no way to escape. He can only laugh along with him and make a "please" gesture to signal the prince to invite first.

"Ah."

Li Hong nodded with a smile, but he didn't say any more greetings. He raised his foot and walked slowly into the palace. Seeing this, Li Xian hurriedly lagged behind by half a step, and followed behind. The two brothers had their own thoughts. , Although there was a lot of talking and laughing along the way, the atmosphere was really not harmonious, and on the contrary, the vague gap between them became more obvious.

"Seventh brother, come, sit down, hehe, elder brother is weak, he is not as strong as the seventh brother who practiced martial arts, now he is out of breath after walking a few steps, ashamed, ashamed."

The two brothers wandered all the way to a small pavilion near the pond in the back garden. Li Hong walked into the pavilion with his feet up, sat down on his own, then waved his hands with a smile, and explained something like self-deprecating .

"Thank you, Brother Prince, for giving me a seat."

Li Xian practiced martial arts for a noon, and was made a fuss by Li Hong twice. At this time, he was really sleepy, and he didn't bother to be polite. After thanking Li Hong, he sat down opposite Li Hong, calmly Li Xian smiled, but never said anything else, just because Li Xian knew that the prince was going to have a showdown with him, and before he found out the prince's hole cards, Li Xian didn't want the prince to have any bad associations. , So he sat upright in a well-behaved manner, as if listening to instructions respectfully.

"This time, the boss of Shangguan suffered a lot of misfortune, and I feel deeply sad. I have ordered the Ministry of Rites to ask for a posthumous title for him. The discussion is still pending. I wonder if the seventh brother has any opinions on this?"

When Li Hong saw Li Xian's behavior, he squinted his eyes involuntarily, but he didn't express anything else, he just nodded thoughtfully, and casually threw out the matter of Shangguanyi as an introduction.

"Everything is up to the elder brother of the prince, and the younger brother has no objection."

Although Li Xian sympathizes with Shangguanyi's experience, he never wants to get entangled in this matter. In Li Xian's view, people are already dead, and no matter how hard they try, it will be in vain. What's more, it is not for Shangguanyi to reverse the case at this time. No matter how good the opportunity is, it's just doing useless work, so he refuses to answer Li Hong's topic.

"Oh? Does the seventh brother have any other ideas about the cause of the boss's death?"

Seeing that Li Xian didn't answer, Li Hong refused to let it go. He smiled playfully, and then his complexion suddenly sank, and he brought up some topics with ulterior motives, which immediately made Li Xian's heart sink slightly, and his eyes couldn't help Awed by it.

(End of this chapter)