The old emperor was in a good mood after Liu Yu was having a good mood after he laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. He took out another memorial from the table and said, "Wen Yan, look at this. King Yu presented the memorial and said that he wanted to take the palace maid I gave her as a princess. What do you think of as a master?"

Liu Yu respectfully took the memorial and opened his view. He didn't say the words ugly but the words were not easy to speak. Among so many princes and nobles, Su Yan had no knowledge and cultivation. Fortunately, his expression ability was good, and he expressed his love for Xiaoyu and his thoughts on marrying him as a princess very clearly, which even touched Liu Yu.

Liu Yu replied: "Return to the emperor, I think that King Yu's marriage may help him to calm his mind and be helpful to his success."

The old emperor nodded: "I have such ideas too. It is rare that Lao Jiu doesn't care that Xiaoyu is just a palace maid and has a humble background. I have also taken someone to investigate. Xiaoyu's original surname is Sun. His parents died early when he was young. He was a calm, sensible and polite girl. I approved this marriage and planned the wedding ceremony of King Yu."

In the royal family, the etiquette of the king marrying the concubine is very grand, and Liu Yu is very blessed to Su Yan to get married and establish a family.

Taking advantage of Su Yan's upcoming marriage, the old emperor talked about the Chu King's wedding again. The Chu King was not young but was still single, which really made the emperor anxious, saying that he would choose the Chu Princess from among the famous ladies of the nobles of the city. Compared with Su Yan's marriage, the old emperor had much more serious about the Chu King's marriage.

After talking about the matter, Liu Yu came out of the front hall of Ya, and Han Sheng also came out. The two old friends walked towards the palace gate, but remained silent along the way.

With their wisdom and plan, we can naturally see the weight of the King of Chu in the emperor's heart, but some words are clear but hard to say. When we approach the palace gate, Liu Yu did not see Yang Lie who should have been waiting here. Maybe something should be handled separately. Han Sheng saw that he had arrived at the palace gate, turned to him and said goodbye, "Brother Liu, take care of it."

The sadness of this sentence "take care" is like a farewell word, but it is also a warning to Liu Yu's future. Planning for the King of Chu means being at the forefront of the power struggle. The King of Chu is weak and unable to guarantee that Liu Yu will not be framed by his political enemies in the future.

Liu Yu was about to ask where the guard Yang Lie had gone, a little eunuch came over with a small step. He asked in a delicate voice: "But General Liu?"

Liu Yu recognized that this little eunuch was the one who sent Wu You to find him last time. He turned around and Wu You stood far away on the stone steps and smiled at him. Liu Yu really doubted whether Master Wu was really good at calculating. Almost every time he came to the palace, he could meet him "by chance".

"You kid is not working in the palace now? Why haven't you seen anyone for several days?" Wu You complained when he saw Liu Yu walk forward.

"Mr. Wu, now he appears as the commander of the Imperial Guard. He is very busy every day and has no time to think about other things. Now he has to go to the station to patrol the site." Liu Yu was just trying to come over and say hello and notify Wu You.

"I saw your follower Yang, the one with the surname Yang, took people to the inner court, as if something had happened. Don't you go over and take a look?"

Liu Yu frowned: "Inner Court?" The scope of inspections on weekdays does not include the inner court, and Liu Yu couldn't understand why Yang Lie would pass.

"Let's go." Wu You pulled him, "By the way, go and see the old man's new residence. If you recognize the way, you can come often. There is also a good thing for you."

Wu You wanted to give him a gift, which made Liu Yu feel very strange. When he arrived at Wu You's new "Astronomy Institute", he realized that the gift was a little... special.

A lifelike plaster-like naked woman standing on the table without clothes, holding her hands up as if she was playing. Her face did not look like she came from Middle Earth, it should be Western things, and the girl she portrayed was also a Western girl with curly hair on her nose.

"Is this the gift you want to give me?" Liu Yuxin said that even if you take such a thing home, your own women will be jealous. Moreover, this era is feudal and conservative, and this kind of thing should be a "forbidden object".

Wu You smiled and said, "This is what the little old man brought back from a Nanyang businessman. The businessman refused to sell it anyway, so the little old man took out a glass mirror and he just changed it, and he gave it one for another."

"Give it one?"

Wu You pointed to the corner of the room and said, "There is not another one, it's just a man. Xiao Ya and Qi'er often come in and out, but it's not good for them to see it."

It turns out that in the corner, a statue of a naked man was covered with white cloth, only one corner of his body was exposed, and that corner was the one that girls should not see.

Liu Yuben didn't want to accept this gift, but he still couldn't help but temptation to take it away. He thought it would be better to take it home and put it in the study as a fantasy. Thinking about Han Xiaoting's expression of frowning her nose and looking at the statue, she also found it fun.

"Show good things to you."

Wu You took out a wooden tube from his sleeve, Liu Yu took it over and looked at it. It was a telescope. It looked at the distance and it was extremely clear. It must have been improved by Wu You.

"Good thing." Liu Yu sighed, "If there is such a thing on the battlefield, the enemy's situation can be seen clearly from a distance, or it may have the effect of controlling the situation."

Wu You said disdainfully: "Why did the little old man use it to observe the astrology for no reason? Those fighting and killing matters have nothing to do with me."

Liu Yu couldn't force him, and smiled and said, "Do you do more and give me one again. It's better than those women who don't wear clothes."

Liu Yu was busy with business and said a few words to leave. As for the naked woman, who looked like Wu You, said she would find wooden boxes to wrap it and deliver it to the mansion. Wu You was also considerate. If she really held such a naked woman, she would walk all over the street, it would have to cause a sensation among the people of Chang'an City.

"Xiao Ya and Qi'er are in the inner court, please come and take a look earlier."

Although Wu You had the power to enter and exit the palace freely, it was inconvenient for men to enter and exit the inner court. Liu Yu went to the inner court alone, and the guards guarded the gate stopped him. Liu Yu took out his waist sign as usual and gave a bow to several guards, so he could enter alone.

Before he could walk a few steps, he heard a noise in front of him. Before Liu Yu could figure out the situation, he had a burst of rapid footsteps behind him. Qu Ning, who was carrying the medicine box, came with Yang Lie. He passed by Qu Ning without stopping, but just gave him a blank look and went forward.

"Brother Yang, what happened before?" Liu Yu asked.

Yang Lie stopped and wiped his sweat and said, "Today is the prayer day for the inner court. This is the matter of the inner court, which should not be managed by the Imperial Guard. But this summer it was too early, and several palace maids could not hold on to the sun and fainted. The inner court was all women, and they were in a hurry. The patrol guards went to inform their subordinates."

Liu Yu was curious about this "Prayer Day". After asking, he realized that this was a tradition of women in the inner court. Once a year, it was usually held within one or two days after the Dragon Boat Festival. One was to burn incense and pray for blessings to seek peace in the inner palace, and the other was to comb the hair of the princess over the age of fifteen, representing her coming of age. After the ceremony, the female officials would comb her hair for those who were fifteen years old. The kitchen would prepare a lot of delicacies and fruits and pastries for today. For women in the inner palace, this day was the most anticipated festival of the year.

Liu Yu walked over and saw Xiao Qier before he could get close. Xiao Qier was the fourteenth princess, the same age as the fifteenth princess. This year they will comb their hair together to become adults. Of course, Wu Shuo was also watching the ceremony.

The most powerful Concubine Li in the palace was not here. The prayer was hosted by Mrs. Yi, the mother of the King of Chu. Almost all the concubines in the inner palace were there. Meiren Lin was not powerful in the palace, but just stood aside. Today is her daughter's coming-of-age ceremony. Meiren Lin also had a bit of mother's kindness on her face, which made her look even more graceful.

Several fainted palace maids were carried to the shade, and some people were sprinkling water on their faces with water. Qu Ning's arrival was useless. Soon, some palace maids brought the ice from the harem ice cellar and applied them to the faces. The palace maids woke up one after another.

"I'm sorry, Commander Yang Zuo and Doctor Qu." Mrs. Yi suddenly looked at Liu Yu in plain clothes and said, "Who is this?"

Although Mrs. Yi had not been granted the title of the Imperial Concubine, she was treated as the Imperial Concubine. Liu Yu did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly saluted: "I am the Imperial Guardian, Liu Yu, the acting president of the Imperial Guardian, to pay tribute to Concubine Yi."

"It turns out it's Liu Qing's family." When Mrs. Yi heard that it was Liu Yu, she had a kind smile on her face and showed her beauty. Seeing her familiar appearance, Liu Yu thought that the old emperor had told him to plan for her son in front of this favored concubine.

The prayer ceremony that was interrupted by the palace maid unexpectedly fainted must continue. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Liu Yu, Yang Lie and Qu Ning were both temporarily stayed, and Liu Yu was also honored to become the audience of the prayer ceremony.

Qier and the fifteenth princess walked up to the altar under the help of the palace maid. Yingying bowed down. Mrs. Yi walked up to them personally, combed their hair with a wooden comb, and finally tied a ponytail with a red rope, burned incense to worship. The ceremony was counted as. Qier turned around and looked at her mother. The pair of dimples on her face were very cute. When she came back, Wu Shuo took her hand. Qier walked to Meiren Lin and knelt down to salute her mother.

Liu Yu was a little moved when he looked at the warm scene. Yang Lie, who was standing beside him, sighed: "The women in the palace are very early to grow up. If they are from ordinary families, they will not be able to get married until they are sixteen or seventeen years old."

Liu Yu smiled slightly when he heard this. He said that the old emperor was in a desperate situation and was not long before his death. But he didn't know if Xiao Qier could find her wish-for-nothing man before the old emperor passed away.
Chapter completed!