The Strategy of Monarch and Minister in the Strategy of Civil Attack and Martial Arts

Chapter 5

After that day, Liu Qiuyu began to live a peaceful life again, but he didn't understand why Pei Shengyu would choose such a gamble. He knew that he would never change his mind.

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Perhaps, to let him choose?But no matter how many times he chooses, Liu Qiuyu will only stand on the side of thinking for the king.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has issued an edict to draft girls. These are the portraits of the ladies in the families of the ministers. Please take a look at them." His only task now is what Pei Shengyu told him before—

—Pick up girls for King Dongli.

He forced himself to ignore the pain in his heart, carefully observed the appearance of each woman, and sent someone to inquire about the talents, virtues and etiquette of those ladies, and finally selected the most suitable candidates, and then sent them to the eyes of the master.

before.

"...Do you really want me to marry another woman?" Putting down the scroll, Pei Shengyu sighed, his eyes full of resentment.

"Your Majesty, this minister is thinking about His Majesty and the country." Liu Qiuyu clasped her fists, and seeing that she was about to start a big argument again, Pei Shengyu hurriedly stopped her.

"Okay, I've heard from Liu Aiqing that I'll look at these portraits one by one, so Liu Aiqing should leave first."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Qiuyu withdrew expressionlessly.

Pei Shengyu looked helplessly at the scrolls of beauties piled up on the table, and finally showed a smile, took out a scroll from his painting bucket, pulled it open, and admired it carefully, unable to move his eyes away for a long time.

Back to her Library Pavilion, Liu Qiuyu was still a little flustered.That person looked very pale. If I had told him at that time that I had fallen into the trap a long time ago, he would not have been in such pain.

Right?

There was a slight shake in his heart, but then he shook his head immediately, not daring to think about it anymore, but just buried himself in the book, using the book to numb himself.

Not long after, an official in red came out of the Sutra Pavilion, held a scroll and handed it to him respectfully, "Master Liu, this is what His Majesty selected from the scrolls sent by Master Liu. the only one

, please take a look at Master Liu. "

Liu Qiuyu nodded silently, took the scroll, waited for the inner palace to be far away, and then walked to the table with a pale complexion and the scroll.

The painting in his hand became heavy for some reason. What kind of woman caught that man's eyes?He knew that his heart was extremely unwilling to accept this fact, but as a subject, he could only act for the king.

Wang shares...

In the end, he held his breath and opened the scroll, but his eyes widened in the next moment.

In the painting, there is a person dressed in white, who is sitting under a tree reading a book, surrounded by colorful butterflies, but it cannot disturb the reader.

This is a painting that Pei Shengyu secretly made for him when he was 16 years old. Although the brushwork is a bit rusty, it can be seen that the person painted with great care...

In a trance, he seemed to see again how that person from back then carefully outlined his figure and appearance stroke by stroke.

Now that this painting appeared in front of him again, he was both happy and sad, filled with emotions in his heart, and unconsciously, he was fascinated by the painting.

When exactly did I change my mind about that person, and that person also had the same thought about me?

Looking back at that time, it seems that since he was bitten by a poisonous snake in the back garden and had a high fever for several days, that person gradually changed his attitude...

"Second Highness, where did you go just now?" Liu Qiuyu was recovering from a serious illness, and her body was still a little weak. When she returned to the study hall on the first day, she saw her master sitting beside her with a gloomy face.

It made him break out in a cold sweat.

Although the Second Highness seemed a little worried when he had a high fever, but now that he has recovered, I don't know if this cold master will ignore him as before...

Judging by his appearance, he seemed to be in a bad mood, maybe he was bothering him again.

Liu Qiuyu thought to herself, she stood up knowingly, and was about to move to the seat behind her master, so that he would not continue to annoy her.

"Where are you going?" Pei Shengyu immediately grabbed his hand and asked coldly when he saw that he was leaving.

"I... I'm going to sit behind His Highness..." He was a little scared, and hurriedly explained, his face flushed.

"Why? Can't you just sit here?" After glaring at him, Pei Shengyu then pulled him back to the seat, then turned his head and ignored him.

Even so, Liu Qiuyu still felt flattered.Unexpectedly, after I was ill for a few days, the Second Highness actually allowed me to approach him!

At this moment, the other princes and accompanying children also arrived in the study hall.I saw those children who led Liu Qiuyu to the back garden, all of them had bruised noses and swollen faces. When they saw him, they all lowered their heads, feeling bored.

Without a word, he sat down in his seat.

Liu Qiuyu was a little puzzled.Could it be that everyone went to fight together today?How could it be so embarrassing?

"Your Highness, Second Prince, you are really amazing!" At this time, the teacher walked into the school angrily, and yelled at Pei Shengyu as soon as he came in, "The attack is so vicious, you don't regard this country as a courtesy!

Why? ! "

Liu Qiuyu was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at the master, but saw that he had nothing to do with him.

The master was also so angry that he jumped up and slapped the table heavily with his ruler, "I have been teaching for many years, and I have taught countless disciples. I have never seen such a stubborn person like you! You are the prince, and it does not mean that the old man

I can't punish you!Go back to the old man and copy the "Ritual Law" a hundred times! "

Pei Shengyu didn't talk back, but obeyed obediently, and walked out of the study hall with a smile, as if listening to lectures in the study hall was more unbearable than copying the "Law of Etiquette", which made the master jump and curse again,

"Children cannot be taught!"

As soon as Liu Qiuyu saw that her master was being punished, she immediately asked her master for leave, no matter whether the other party got angry again, she rushed out of the study recklessly.

"Second Highness?" Looking around at the door of the study hall, but did not see the shadow of that person, Liu Qiuyu was anxious, and her steps became hurried, but her body was too weak, and within a few steps, there was another person before her eyes.

It was a black, and the person fell down.

But the expected pain did not appear. He opened his eyes that were closed due to fear, and found that his body did not touch the ground, but was pulled from behind.He hurriedly supported the man to make himself stand still, and when he raised his head,

I saw Pei Shengyu's slightly anxious eyes, but the trace of worry was fleeting, as if he was immediately hidden in his heart by that person.

"Why are you running so fast?" Pei Shengyu blamed, letting go of his hands and patting the dust off his body.

"Why did the Second Highness want to fight those guys? The book says, a gentleman speaks but does not move, the Second Highness..." Liu Qiuyu frowned and looked at the person in front of him, but Pei Shengyu covered his mouth impatiently.

She answered him proudly.

"There's no reason, it's just that they don't like it!"

"It's because of..." Covering her hand to cover herself, Liu Qiuyu probed uncertainly, "Is it because of... me?"

At first, Pei Shengyu didn't answer, but the temperature in his palm made him sweat a little, and he just blurted out the words uncontrollably.

"Yes! Because they lied to you to go to the back garden. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't have been bitten by a snake!" Then, he suddenly raised his voice and put on a smug look, "How is it? I helped you out

Bad breath, are you so moved that you want to agree with your body? "

"I..." Liu Qiuyu was still young, so she didn't understand the meaning of body promises. She just interpreted it literally, thinking that it should be similar to being loyal to the king and serving the country, and dedicating herself to the country, so she nodded immediately. "

Thank you Second Highness, if you want me to promise you with your body, I will do it! "

Seeing the villain in front of him resolutely say what he wanted to do with his body, Pei Shengyu finally couldn't help but burst out laughing, laughing so hard that tears almost fell down his cheeks.

Since then, Pei Shengyu's attitude has completely changed, completely different from the beginning.

First, he lied to Liu Qiuyu to give him a promise, and then he tricked him into changing his address from "Second Highness" to "Brother Yu". It wasn't until Liu Qiuyu grew up that he understood the true meaning of a promise by his body.

At first, I was tricked by others...

Touching the scroll, Liu Qiuyu hissed lightly.

After the man painted this painting back then, he refused to show it to him. Now that he saw it, he realized that the king was not as fickle as he always thought.

However, no matter how sincere and infatuated he is, no matter whether he is in his heart or not, he cannot bear the crime of confusing the emperor and disturbing the country.

As the Liu family, it is not allowed to do such a thing beyond the etiquette.

After closing the scroll, Liu Qiuyu closed his eyes and stuffed the painting into the painting tube beside him, as if he had never seen this painting before.

He hypnotized himself, what he was waiting for was a scroll of real beauties, what he needed and what he was looking for was a woman who was worthy of King Dongli, if no one was satisfied with the candidates this time,

Yes, then he will continue to search.

For this reason, he can spend a long time choosing, because he doesn't want to give that person to other women at will, so he always looks at the ladies from various families critically, either because he thinks they are not good-looking, or because they are polite.

In a few weeks, every woman will make him pick out a lot of problems, and the time will be prolonged...

In fact, he also knows that he is so picky because he still has expectations for that person, and on the other hand, he is resisting that expectation... In short, on this fork in the road, he has never been able to take a decisive step.

The next step in setting direction.

It's fine if you can go on like this, don't think about the future, as long as you can stay by that person's side now, that's enough.

However, the days have not been as peaceful as he hoped.

Before he found the ideal candidate, a letter asking for peace and marriage disrupted all his plans.

Earlier, Xique Kingdom, who was trying to invade Dongli, was defeated by Gong Moyao, Dongli's most powerful general. In the end, King Xique had to send an envoy to send his eldest daughter, Xiang Xiang, one of the "Four Great Beauties in the World".

Princess Xiang married to Dongli for the peaceful coexistence of the two countries.

When he received the news, he was taken aback, and dropped the newly collected scroll in his hand to the ground.

Although he could intentionally delay the selection process, once that person agreed to marry Princess Xique, this matter would not be something that a little Taishi Ling could interfere with.

Will Pei Shengyu agree?He was very disturbed, and even more afraid that if he saw that he was really going to marry the princess, he would do something out of the ordinary.

Therefore, the morning court was extremely important to him, and it was also extremely difficult. Everything depended on Pei Shengyu's thought.

However, in the morning, Pei Shengyu didn't say much, but watched coldly as his prime minister and general started another verbal dispute over whether to marry Xique.

It wasn't until he saw that the two were about to fight again as in the past, he stopped the two famous ministers, gave a little reprimand, and reprimanded the prime minister in front of everyone, forcing the ministers to dare not say another word.

Pei Shengyu looked at Liu Qiuyu again. Liu Qiuyu was flustered and trembling slightly, and his complexion was even worse than that of the prime minister who had been reprimanded by him.

"Gong Aiqing, although I ordered Luo Aiqing to go back and think about the past, I actually agree with his opinion. Although my Dongli country is powerful, I can't sacrifice my life because of it. If all the lovers have no objections

, then I agree to this marriage and welcome the princess of Xique Kingdom into my east fence. "Pei Shengyu said calmly, while admiring Liu Qiuyu's deteriorating complexion below, the smile on the corner of his mouth grew stronger.

It seems that this princess Xique has become a thorn in his heart. After this needle is pierced, that kid should be able to understand what is more important than his etiquette and family rules, right?

Seeing that King Dongli had already made a decision, all the officials below lowered their heads and continued to remain silent.They don't want to be kicked out of court after being reprimanded like the prime minister.

"Then please ask Prince Huan to go to the border for me to marry Princess Xique." Pei Shengyu saw that Gong Moyao was silent with a frown and everyone had no objection, so he smiled and entrusted the burden to his younger brother.

The atmosphere in the court hall suddenly eased a lot, and the civil servants talked a lot, and they all took the opportunity to flatter, saying how beautiful Princess Xique was, and how virtuous and noble she was.

Pei Shengyu just watched coldly, deliberately ignoring the lonely eyes cast from the corner.

The medicine should be given a little more ruthlessly, even if it will cause pain to the one he loves, he must let him find his place in his heart!

Liu Qiuyu did feel the pain and great pressure. When he retreated, he could barely move and almost fell to the ground.

He never thought that that person would agree to marry Xi Que!

"Master Liu, are you okay? Why do you look so bad?"

When he walked out of the palace in a daze, he happened to meet the imperial physician Hua Qingqing, who looked at him worriedly and asked.

"I'm fine..." Liu Qiuyu shook her head, unable to even make a false smile, and continued to stagger out, but before taking a few steps, her body tilted and she fell down.

"Master Liu!" Hua Qingqing hurried forward to catch him, and after a closer look, Liu Qiuyu had already passed out with her eyes closed, and there were still a string of crystal tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Hey, why bother?" He wiped away the tears of the man in his arms, gently picked him up, and sent him to his imperial hospital. After hesitating for a while, he sent someone to inform the king.

When he heard that Liu Qiuyu passed out, Pei Shengyu was so anxious that he dropped the memorial in his hand and rushed straight to the Imperial Hospital. When he saw Hua Qingqing, he asked eagerly, "How is Qiuyu?!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Lord Tai Shi is just out of breath, and there is nothing serious. He will recover after a few days of recuperation." Hua Qingqing also breathed a sigh of relief.Fortunately, this person is in good health, otherwise if something goes wrong,

This King Dongli might take the entire imperial hospital to be buried with him.

"Oh, Qingqing is in trouble..." Pei Shengyu was relieved after hearing what he said, but he sighed remorsefully.

He no longer knows whether the decision he made is right or wrong. If he does not stimulate this person, he is not willing to face his sincerity, but if he really stimulates him, he is afraid of hurting him too much.

Fang never forgave himself... Just thinking about it made him feel like he couldn't breathe.

What are we going to do with this person?Gently stroking the hair of the person on the bed, Pei Shengyu's face showed distress. "Qiu Yu, how will you understand...what else can I do?"

"Your Majesty?" Hua Qingqing was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the usually omnipotent King Dongli would show such a helpless expression. I'm afraid that only when facing Liu Qiuyu's matter will this resourceful man

The king is troubled, right?

Looking at the sleeping Liu Qiuyu, he sighed helplessly.

It wasn't until night fell that Liu Qiuyu woke up faintly, looking at the ceiling, he didn't understand where he was for a while.

"Master Liu." As soon as Hua Qingqing beside him saw that he was awake, he immediately brought a bowl of soup, "Drink it while it's hot, Master Liu is weak, you need to pay more attention!"

"Thank you... Thank you, Imperial Physician Hua." Liu Qiuyu obediently took the soup with a sorry face, and tasted the bitterness of the soup at the first sip. Although she didn't like it, she reluctantly drank it down.

After taking the finished medicine bowl, Hua Qingqing secretly smiled.The same medicine, if it was Luo Fengyang, he would definitely start to lose his temper and say that he didn't want to drink it. This Master Liu really pays attention to etiquette, even if it is

If you don't like it, you won't be rude to say it.

But can etiquette give this child happiness?The complicated dogma will only add a thick layer of shackles to him, making him unable to breathe.

"Lord Taishi, maybe it's a low-level official who talks too much, but... some things will be lost if you don't say it. Sometimes if you don't take a step forward, you will take [-] steps back."

Liu Qiuyu was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Hua Qingqing blankly, then frowned slightly.

How much does this imperial physician know about his own concerns?Could it be that he really wrote all the emotions on his face?

"...Thank you, my lord, for your words." He got out of bed, and fled from under Hua Qingqing's eyes in a panic.

As soon as he got out of the room, he realized that the sky had already darkened, and before he knew it, it was almost time to light the lamps.

Normally, at this time, that person would definitely stop him and let him stay in the palace, but today, he can only walk along the city wall in the bleak cold wind alone.

If you don't say it, you will lose it forever. If you don't take a step forward, you will take ten thousand steps back...

Is it really like this?