Chapter 732: Chess Pieces
"Is it just this little thing? The princess doesn't know that His Majesty is now closing the women's school and eliminating the female officials, and all the hard work of the queen and the princess over the years has come to naught. Zheng Bingde sighed.
Li Taoyao listened to Zheng Bingde's words wrongly, as if he was provoking his dissatisfaction with His Majesty today, so he never intervened to talk to Zheng Bingde.
Now when I hear Zheng Bingde mention his mother, it seems that he has to speak out before he laughs and says: "Female student? It's not really useful, is it? How many young girls have been selected? â
Zheng Bingde saw that Li Taoyao did not share the same hatred as him, and said: "Everyone knows that the queen mother and the princess founded a women's school, taught women to read, and selected female officials, princess, do you know how much you are supported by women?" Which of the selected female officers is not diligent and conscientious? But now these have become a disadvantage. â
Li Taoyao smiled and said: "Ade, Your Majesty must have a reason for doing this, we as courtiers should not talk about the Lord like this behind our backs." Fortunately, there is no one else here, if you are listened to by the heart, Ade, you will be guilty, and you will be affected by many people, you know? â
Zheng Bingde nodded yes again and again, and the three of them entered the east city gate all the way, and were bumping into Mi Tuan'er driving a carriage, looking east and west as if watching the scenery, and the horse with black hair "got it, got it" and walked towards the city gate leisurely.
Honggu saw Mi Tuan'er first, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her: "Hi! Mi Tuaner! Are you going to find a princess? It's so uncomfortable! â
The two of them are both Wei Youqing's righteous sons and daughters, and they are very familiar with each other on weekdays, but they are even more informal when they speak in private at the moment.
Mi Tuan'er seemed to have just seen Honggu, looked along Honggu's fingers, and saw Zheng Bingde accompanying Li Taoyao and the others, because they had seen it earlier, Mi Tuan'er hurriedly jumped down from the car and saluted Zheng Bingde.
Zheng Bingde also knew that Mi Tuan'er was Wei Youqing's righteous son, although he did not get off the horse, he nodded very politely and smiled: "Okay, since Hou Hou sent someone to pick it up, my business is finished!" â
After Zheng Bingde finished speaking, he arched his hand to Li Taoyao, turned around and galloped towards the east city gate.
Mi Tuan'er playfully glanced at Zheng Bingde's figure walking away, and asked Li Taoyao to get into the carriage in a friendly manner, and he said softly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, Your Majesty has recently decreed that your nobles are not allowed to go out on horseback." Master Hou sent me to pick up the princess. â
Li Taoyao felt a trace of uneasiness in her heart, wanting to explain that she didn't know the will of the new emperor, but she felt that she couldn't talk about this with Mi Tuan'er, a child, so she got into the car silently.
The carriage went straight into the Houfu and stopped at the door of the inner house. Mi Tuan'er waited for Li Taoyao to get out of the car, and then said with a smile: "Master Hou invites the princess to meet in Zhuohua Garden." â
Li Taoyao has been in Houfu for so long, and he has been in Pangeng in Mid-Levels Villa, and he has not looked at the house in Houfu in detail.
Honggu naturally knew that after Mi Tuan'er and Xuewa retreated, she took Li Taoyao around the screen at the door and walked east on a straight stone road.
After crossing this stone arch bridge, there is a large square courtyard with white walls and blue tiles in front of you. There are three big characters on the courtyard gate: Zhuohua Garden.
Honggu secretly looked at Li Taoyao's expression, and said tentatively with a smile: "Zhuohua Garden was arranged by Hou Ye himself, and I heard that it is the place where Hou Ye is preparing to make a new house." â
Li Taoyao couldn't help but blush, she glanced at Honggu with disgust, but she didn't know how to say the words of blame. I thought that Wei Youqing had asked him to meet here, but I didn't know what the reason for him to ask his unmarried bride to come to see the new house.
To Li Taoyao's surprise, there was no peach forest in the garden that she thought she would see, and there were not rows of plum blossoms planted outside the verandah leading to the Mid-Levels Villa, or even a lotus pond at the door......
It is full of trees, acacia trees, ginkgo trees, osmanthus trees...... With the square rockery bonsai above, although it is not purple and red, it is exactly the dignified atmosphere that Li Taoyao likes.
Li Taoyao's heart was hot. She doesn't like to trouble others to adapt to her preferences, so she never tells people what kind of house she likes. Unexpectedly, Wei Youqing's new house was exactly what she liked.
On the plain screen of the main hall hangs a painting of Wang Xizhi's characters, and the rosewood furniture is unpretentious. This is a place to meet distinguished guests, but Li Taoyao can't imagine what kind of distinguished guests an empty princess like herself will meet here.
Li Taoyao felt a little lonely in her heart, walked out of the door of the main hall, passed a side door next to her, and entered the courtyard after coming to the back. This is where the newlyweds live.
Under a few dense trees in the yard, there is a long white swing frame, there is no one on the swing frame, and a small long-haired dog with snow-white and shiny coat is lazily sleeping on the swing frame.
Under the porch hangs a birdcage with parrots and thrushes. But Wei Youqing did it on purpose, he knew that Hua Ciyang liked to attach his soul to birds.
When he entered the door, he saw Wei Youqing sitting by the window reading a book, half of his body was dyed golden by the sun, and the whole person looked radiant.
Wei Youqing saw Li Taoyao walk in the door, breathed a sigh of relief, put down the book and sighed: "You are finally back, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." â
"Don't you have anything to do today?" Li Taoyao walked to Wei Youqing's side and knelt beside him. "Early this morning, when I saw you going to my father-in-law, I went out for a walk with Honggu and Xuewa."
"Out for a walk?" Wei Youqing shook his head gently, he followed all the way behind the third girl just now, and he saw it in mid-air, the people in the dirt enclosure clearly wanted to shoot Honggu and Xuewa, and then snatch Li Taoyao.
It's just that Xuewa showed good skills, so Zhao Feifei didn't dare to make a move. Wei Youqing sighed softly and looked at Li Taoyao with pity.
It turned out that Zhao Feifei passed the message, but he wanted to trick Tao Yao to his Tuweizi, and then kidnap Tao Yao and make Tao Yao his pawn.
Tao Yao can't go out in the future. Wei Youqing thought so, the emperor's new rules are a ready-made reason, let's use them.
Wei Youqing smiled bitterly at Li Taoyao with some embarrassment: "Taoyao...... It's not that you won't let you go out, but it's too dazzling for you to go out like this. â
Li Taoyao explained softly: "Youqing, I don't know Your Majesty's new will, if you get into trouble, you just say that I went out by myself, no matter what the consequences, I will bear it myself." â
Speaking of this, Li Taoyao thought of Honggu and Xuewa again, and said: "I wanted to go out myself, it has nothing to do with Honggu and Xuewa, they just want to play with me on the polo field." She glanced at Wei Youqing uneasily, "I'm the only one who caused the trouble." âjs3v3