In terms of beauty, you can't beat me

Chapter 19

"You're here." I wasn't even half surprised.

Xia Xun walked towards me and said: "I thought you would cry with excitement, and no matter how bad you were, you would give me a hug to comfort me."

I looked at the double figure under the lamp with my tired eyes: "What's so exciting."

Xia Xun took two quick steps, and hugged me firmly in his arms: "Since you don't want to, then I'll take the initiative."

My hands were clenched tightly, and I couldn't breathe: "Let go of your hands first."

"I won't let go!" The strength in his arm grew stronger, probably due to the long-term running, his voice was a little hoarse: "I have been under the watchful eye of my father every day since your majesty's birthday, and now I finally see you again, I won’t let go no matter what, I don’t want to wait another 15 years!”

I was a little moved, Xia Xun now is very much like me in the past, no matter what I do, I just obey my heart.Thinking of this, the body in his arms softened.

Xia Xun said next to my ear: "If you don't want to go back to Xia Country with me, then I will stay with you in Qi Country. In short, it doesn't matter where you stay, as long as you are here!"

I didn't want to pour cold water on him, nor did I want to immerse myself in falsehood, so I just said softly, "Where is King Xia..."

Xia Xun looked at me and smiled brighter and brighter: "Throughout the ages, both Qi and Xia have a tradition of getting married, so it should be considered that I married Qi."

"This seems inappropriate..."

Xia Xun stroked my forehead and looked at me deeply: "There is nothing wrong."

Since he said that, I have nothing to say, I just said: "I hope King Xia can think about it."

Xia Xun said: "My father is not as rigid as His Majesty today, so naturally he can think about it."

I have been busy for a long time today, and my mind is a little unclear. I just looked at the unknown road ahead and let him lead me by the hand to the bamboo forest.

The lush forests and bamboos, the small springs and clear streams, and the high-hanging moon illuminate the surroundings brightly.

Why did Xia Xun escape to Chang'an so easily?Could it be that there is another inside story?Thinking of Du Zhuo's death today, a layer of goose bumps suddenly appeared on his body.

"What's wrong with you, why are you so cold?" Xia Xun frowned and looked at me.

"It's probably cold at night." I rubbed my hands.

Xia Xun stopped, and the elder whose figure was pulled by the moonlight said, "You don't have to be so strong."

I used to think the same way, but the reality is that I was almost killed by someone stronger than me.

I looked back at the overlapping shadows of the two, and asked something unsightly: "What's so good about the throne? It's worth so many people fighting for it and losing their lives."

Xia Xun returned to his foolish look again, but there was a hint of greed in his eyes: "If you have a country, you will have wealth; if you have wealth, you will have beauties; if you have beauties, you will have the happiness of all people."

"What about you, what do you want?" I firmly grasped the trace of greed in his eyes.

"Beauties in the mountains and rivers are like floating clouds to me. For me, meeting you in this life is my greatest luck!" There was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

I do not believe.

"Actually, you don't have to hang yourself on my crooked neck." I twitched the corner of my mouth.

Xia Xun took advantage of his height to force me to look up at him: "A leaf can block my eyes, but I can't see the forest. You are the leaf that covers my eyes, blinding me and breaking my heart."

He was thinking about how to reject him, but he suppressed it regardless: "Follow me."

After a long time, Xia Xun calmed down and smiled fearlessly: "Anyway, I have been waiting for 15 years, I don't mind waiting another 15 years, if 15 years is not enough, then wait another 15 years, until I die, until reincarnation Thousands of times, I can't believe you don't see me in your eyes!"

I calmed down my panting, and said: "I'm going back." After finishing speaking, I fled in a hurry.

I woke up early the next morning, but the medicine given by God was earlier than I woke up. After drinking the medicine given by God, I drank a bowl of usual medicine.

"Ning Feng, tell people to go outside the hut to order more benzoin, and remember to order more benzoin before the sun sets today!"

Last night Xia Xun Xingxing came to Chang'an, and he probably couldn't wake up so early, so he added some benzoin to make him sleep more peacefully.

Ning Feng, Xi Yu took me downstairs to Wuxiangju, I got off the carriage and went into Wuxiangju alone, and got a nice private room, which was thoughtfully equipped with a couch for temporary rest, embroidered with bamboo The elegant screen divides the room into two, the outer room is a place for drinking tea and playing chess, and the inner room is a place for rest and sleep.

It was noon when I arrived at Wuxiang Residence, and I pushed open the window, just opposite to this room was a teahouse, in the teahouse a young man in a brocade shirt and a bamboo green shirt was leaning against the window and playing chess.I asked for a good flower carving on the pot, and sat in front of the window and tasted it slowly.

A pot of Huadiao bottomed out, and Liu Xiangcai was long overdue.Liu Xiang has just turned [-] this year, and the daily red dates, bird's nest, and wolfberry porridge nourished him very well. Liu Yuan stood together, just like his elder brother!

Liu Xiang clasped his hands and said, "Your Highness, don't blame me for being late!"

I made a gesture of invitation: "Xiang Liu is serious."

Liu Xiang sat opposite me and looked out the window: "His Highness Su Wen is not in good health, why are you sitting by the window blowing the cold wind today?"

I exchanged for Xiaoer, and I ordered a pot of flower carvings, and I didn't say until I filled the wine cup in front of him: "Life and death depend on fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, I don't want to restrain myself because of this."

Liu Xiang didn't move the wine cup in front of him, but said: "Your Highness was born to enjoy the wealth of the heavenly family, so naturally he can afford a very long life."

I laughed twice, picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it in one gulp: "That's natural!" As I spoke, I filled another glass, and this time Liu Xiang cleaned up the glass without hesitation.

"Did Mr. Liu Xiang take a look at the document sent by my king yesterday?"

Liu Xiang had a three-point smile on his face: "I dare not slack off what His Royal Highness Qin Wang bestows on you."

"Master Liu Xiang, do you have anything to say?"

"The Qing is self-clearing, and the minister has devoted his life and courage to the state of Qi. I believe that the late emperor's spirit in heaven will not wrong the minister!" Liu Xiang said righteously.

When the fish is placed on the cutting board, the fish also struggles, although in vain.

I said: "This king didn't ask you about this matter, what this king asked about was the Liu Selou fire case, what does Xiang Liu think?"

Liu Xiang is treacherous and cunning, he is a hard-to-handle old fritter, and he can be the best in the world when it comes to his words.Fortunately, I didn't need to say stupid things in front of smart people, so I asked directly.Liu Xiang probably didn't expect that I would ask directly without avoiding the edge, so he was startled and said: "The news is not as good as your Highness, and I just got the news this morning."

I smiled and said, "The shadow guard in Liu Xiang's mansion, the king, has experienced it two years ago or... earlier, Liu Xiang doesn't have to be so modest."

Liu Xiang became respectful: "I don't know what Your Highness said."

It was snowing again and again outside the window, I went to the window and looked at the vast expanse of whiteness between the sky and the earth, and the passers-by on the road were still walking on the road in a calm manner: "Chen Moran, does Liu Xiang still remember?"

"I'm getting old, I don't remember many things."

"Oh, is that right? That king will help you recall memories. Chen Moran, Yunmengze Ren, I was 16 years old, that is, six years ago, Yunmengze was raining continuously for days, and the Jinghe River burst. Go to flood control and disaster relief. Unexpectedly, the magistrate of Yunmengze misunderstood the meaning of the king. Yunmengze became a dead city overnight. Chen Moran's family was also wiped out in this sudden disaster. Later, Chen Moran went to Chang'an , Dedicated to Mr. Liu Xiang and worked as a favorite concubine, and later Chen Moran came to the Prince's Mansion, my king's words and deeds were all under Liu Xiang's control. On the birthday of the late emperor, the porcelain carefully prepared by this king was silently dyed It was replaced with a letter that you personally handed over to him." I turned around, looked at Liu Xiang's smile that was not a smile, and asked, "Lord Liu Xiang, is this king right or not?"

Liu Xiang continued: "It seems that His Royal Highness King Qin is smarter than I thought."

"But Moran let you down after all." I closed my eyes and said: "You also greatly underestimated the late emperor's love for the baby, the letter you gave to Xia Guo was the ironclad evidence that could put me to death , but was replaced by the kind-hearted Moran with a porcelain man using witchcraft." I drank the drink in front of me: "Witchcraft is something that you believe in or not. I must be unwilling to kill him with one shot!"

Liu Xiang smiled stiffly: "Your Highness is used to joking."

I looked into his deceitful eyes, and said slowly: "I know in my heart if I'm joking with you."

Liu Xiang finally put away his deceitful smile. With years of experience in the officialdom, Liu Xiang was not worried that I would expose him. He just looked at me with his body crooked: "Your Highness's ability to make up stories is getting stronger and stronger. gone."

I laughed again: "Those letters were written by King Xia and Xiang Liu!"

Liu Xiang's originally relaxed face became tense in an instant, and the number of pedestrians outside the window gradually increased, and the snowflakes became denser than before.

There was a hint of disbelief on Liu Xiang's face: "It seems that His Highness is not as useless as the rumors outside."

"A wise man will make a mistake if he thinks about it. Liu Xiang is an extremely human minister and has unparalleled wisdom in the world. Naturally, everything is well-planned! It's just that Mr. Liu Xiang missed people's hearts by himself. Throughout the ages, people's hearts are changeable. Wu Ming failed Du Zhuo." , Du Zhuo followed Liu Xiang again, Liu Xiang has always loved Du Zhuo, you must have known about his visit to me yesterday; when a person is about to die, his words are good. Mo Ran and Du Zhuo both died I have met this king, and I have given him some books related to Liu Xiang."

Liu Xiang was still sitting loosely, but the cup in his hand was getting tighter and tighter: "His Royal Highness King Qin is thoughtful and loves to think wildly. In my opinion, if His Highness ascends to a high position, he must be a good ruler of the country."

There were sounds of guests going up and down in the stairwell outside, all of which indicated the haste of leaving or coming in.

"This king loves to think wildly. He showed off in front of Liu Xiang for a long time with only a few pages left by Chen Moran and Du Zhuo before they died. I hope that Liu Xiang will not be as fussy as this king."

Liu Xiang's face turned cold again: "Your Highness, just say what you want to say, and I have something to go back to the house in a hurry."

"This king wants to ascend to the throne!" When I said it word by word, Liu Xiang's face turned into a smug smile: "As a minister, the first thing to do is loyalty. Your Highness's request is to be a minister. Unfaithful!"

The sound of footsteps outside faded away, and the world returned to silence, only the sound of snowflakes crushing branches could be heard.

"Liu Xiangxiang is an excellent minister, don't you want to go up one more rank?" This is the condition I asked.

When I was young, I didn't like to practice calligraphy, so Brother Huang would hold my favorite lotus cake and say: "Siyi finished practicing this copybook today, and Brother Huang will give you this piece of lotus cake!" Ruis are hard to come by, let alone made into cakes, so under the encouragement of Lian Rui Cake, I also learned a good handwriting!

Now that times have changed, I never thought that I would also be the emperor holding the lotus cake.

"I'm already a king under one person and above ten thousand people. If I go up, I'm afraid I'll be the king above ten million people." Liu Xiang stared at me and said.

Knowing that he was negotiating conditions with me, I sat back to my original seat and poured the wine slowly: "But if Xiang Liu refuses to agree, this king has no choice but to send those secret orders, letters, and by the way, Du All the things that Zhuo confessed before he died have been handed over to Brother Huang."

Liu Xiang patted the case and said, "How dare you!" The voice outside suddenly rose, mixed with the sound of a sharp sword being unsheathed.

I lightly frowned to signal him not to worry, and said quietly: "This king is already a person who will never die, so what else is there to dare?"

It took Liu Xiang a quarter of an hour to finish the glass of wine in front of him, put down the glass and tore off his usual hypocritical mask: "If you dare to send those things into the palace, I will let you die without a burial today! "

"Death without a place to die?" I repeated.

Liu Xiang leaned towards me slightly: "Yes, the same is true of His Royal Highness' brother."

I said confidently: "If Liu Xiang has the ability, it is best to let the king die now without a place to bury him. It's hard to say who wins and who loses..."

There was suspicion in Liu Xiang's eyes: "Qi's military power and financial power are all in the hands of the truth, and the officials of the Qi state will not listen to the orders of the truth. Today, they are just a wimp who usurps power and the throne. Give him ten guts, and he will not do it." Dare to move the truth!"

I leaned back and smiled brightly: "Liu Xiang is really powerful and courageous. When I was the prince, did Liu Xiang hear a word?" After a pause, Fang said: "Before the late emperor passed away, Write two edicts, one is to make my elder brother the emperor, and the other is to give me half of the military power of Qi."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xiang really couldn't sit still anymore, and I said again: "This king has already passed on the will to others. Today, this king dies without a place to be buried. Tomorrow it will be Liu Xiang's turn to lose all his military power. .”

Ascending heights means falling heavily, and Liu Xiang is extremely human, so naturally he does not want to go back to a time when he had nothing. This is human greed, and this is also the charm of power.

Liu Xiang's pupils tightened suddenly: "What exactly does His Royal Highness want?"

"It's very simple, take back what originally belonged to me!" Fingers tapped the edge of the table lightly, the sound was very regular, and the voice from outside disappeared instantly: "This is done, this king will hand over the other half of the military power to you."

"Why does Your Highness believe that the minister will agree?"

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