Unexpectedly, this sentence sounded in Li Su's mind again. Murong Yun's voice at that time was so decisive, so sure, and even a little avoidant.
Avoidant of him? When Li Su thought of this word, mist appeared in his gray-blue pupils. At that time, when she had someone tie him up, it was not like this...
"Heir?"
"Your Highness?! Do you want to eat?"
Li Wu looked in front of him strangely, looking at his master who was looking at the wall in a daze. There was confusion on his face, and he also looked at the wall. There was no problem, it is even very clean?
So is the master thinking of some big plan?
Moreover, there is not even a moon today, and the master cannot use the moonlight to practice. If he doesn't want to eat, why is he wandering here?
Li Wu had a lot of questions in his mind, but on the surface, he was asking Li Su for instructions, and he does not dare to say anything.
"No need, just go down."
Li Su's eyelashes twitched slightly, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly realized that he was thinking about some irrelevant things, which made him even more irritated.
He was actually thinking about Murong Yun. How could this be possible? What relationship did Murong Yun have with him? It was just a matter of the past.
If she is tactful, it would not be impossible to spare her life...
Murong Yun had no idea about the entanglement of the aloof male protagonist Li Su. She just ate her meal slowly, sipped her tea, and waited for Li Yunjin to come back.
As Murong Yun expected, within an hour, Li Yunjin brought her good news.
"Eunuch Ling said that your Majesty would like to see you tonight."
Li Yunjin hurriedly stepped forward, bowed her knees and saluted gracefully, and spoke directly without waiting for Murong Yun to ask.
"Very good!" Murong Yun was overjoyed when she heard this. She quickly put down the tea cup in her hand, stood up and went into the house to ask Xiao Cui to change her clothes and put on makeup.
It’s not that you need to dress up so glamorously, but...
"Xiao Cui, that's the one, the new plain one."
"Also, the powder should be whiter and the rouge should be lighter."
She had to look more haggard before she could impress the Emperor Uncle.
"Yes... County Princess." Xiaocui didn't know why, so she let go of Murong Yun's favorite vermilion rouge, then took a box of lighter rouge and tapped it twice for her before Murong Yun swept her hand away.
Not long after, Murong Yun covered up the original owner's radiant beauty into a haggard beauty, and even specially made some self-made contours on her cheeks to create a somewhat thin look.
"Perfect."
Murong Yun looked at the beauty whose style had changed drastically in the bronze mirror, nodded with satisfaction, turned to Xiao Cui, who was already looking at her with her mouth agape, and she asked: "Is the carriage ready?"
Since she was going out during the lockdown period, she was naturally not as ostentatious as before, so Murong Yun just ordered her to prepare an ordinary carriage.
"Yes, it is ready."
Xiao Cui came back to her senses and took a second look at Murong Yun's amazing makeup skills.
Murong Yun nodded, took a cloak, covered herself tightly, and then left the courtyard.
At night, the lights of Liujing City were dimmed, but it was still very lively. From time to time, noble carriages would pass by on the main street. Murong Yun's ordinary-looking little carriage was not conspicuous.
After entering the palace, the treatment was as usual. Although they knew that this was the banned Princess Yunhua, everyone in the palace was people with years of experience, so they naturally knew what could and could not be said.
It's still the Supreme Harmony Hall, but this time it's in its side hall. This time, Eunuch Ling is waiting under the stone steps in person.
Murong Yun got off the carriage, raised her head slightly and smiled at the Emperor's confidant.
"Princess, please wait a moment. At this time, Marquis Luo is in the palace."
Eunuch Ling was slightly bent, his gray hair was carefully counted, and his tone towards Murong Yun was affectionate which other princes and princesses had never experienced.
He is not only the Emperor's confidant but also the old man left by the late Eldest princess.
Murong Yun also relied on this relationship to ask Li Yunjin to directly bring gifts to persuade the eunuch to help.
And this Eunuch Ling was also someone Murong Yun could absolutely trust.
"Eunuch Ling, I wonder if you know why Marquis Luo is still in the Palace at this time?"
Luo Mingda, the Marquis of Luo, was Murong Yun's unlucky neighbor. Last time, she deposed his wife and his only son, and caused him to lose his position as the commander of the Liujing Imperial Guards.
"It's about military rations." Eunuch Ling sighed and explained: "Although Marquis Luo has no power now, the Luo family is big in Liao province, and half of the food produced in Liao province will eventually be harvested by the Luo family..."
"Now the soldiers at the border don't have enough to eat. If Marquis Luo is willing to donate food, half of this problem will be solved."
However, when he said this, Eunuch Ling did not hold out much hope, because this was not the first time that the Emperor summoned Marquis Luo about the Army provision.
Murong Yun was silent after hearing this. In the original book, there was no plot about Marquis Luo offering food. In other words, regardless of whether there was any friction between her and Marquis Luo, Luo Mingda would not give the food.
Murong Yun didn't know how much food provision the border officers still needed this time, but this army provision had always been a big problem since ancient times, especially when transporting the provisions over long distances, it might have cost a lot of money on the way before it reached the destination.
Otherwise, the Emperor would not have summoned Luo Mingda, not just for food, but because it was close and he could achieve the fastest efficiency with the least amount of money consumption.
However, as far as Murong Yun knew, Hua Yan was currently guarding the border town with a hundred thousand troops. During this war, the amount of food consumed was astronomical.
If not, Luo Mingda would not have let go despite the Emperor's pressure. Once he opened his mouth, the Luo family would not be able to break a muscle.
Murong Yun thought like this and stood quietly beside the lantern held by the eunuch, waiting for the side hall door to open.
This wait lasted for about an hour, until Murong Yun's feet started to feel sore, and then the opposite door was opened.
Luo Mingda withdrew with a dark face. Just seeing the lack of heartache on his face, she knew that the Emperor had failed again this time.
"Princess, please."
Eunuch Ling personally bent down to guide Murong Yun. Murong Yun nodded, stepped onto the stone steps, and took off the cloak on her head.
When Luo Mingda saw Murong Yun, his face paused, and then his face turned darker, filled with hatred and anger, which was very exciting, and finally turned into a cold snort.
Murong Yun did not dare to show weakness, so she took out the expression that the original owner deserved the most punishment for, after training in front of the mirror, her eyes were in the sky, and facing Luo Mingda's noble and cold snort. Her face showed she is impossible to give in.
Sure enough, Luo Mingda was even more angry, but because this was the palace, he could only clench his fists and say nothing. But as long as he thought about it, the food was not given. Murong Yun's father, Huayan, would be in trouble at the border.
Thinking of this, his face softened slightly, thinking that to prevent the Emperor from summoning him again, he would pack his things and go back to his hometown to take care of the granary personally!
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