The woman had long flowing hair like silk. Although she had taken off her palace clothes, she was still wearing a bright red skirt, which was scorching and radiant.
Concubine Li is still the same stunning beauty with a gorgeous face. It has been nearly a hundred days since the palace change, and Changlian's battle has not made her look haggard at all, but has become more and more beautiful.
Her hair was pulled up into three piles of cloud buns, and her hair was adorned with gold delphinium hairpins. She was dressed in brilliant embroidery, but it didn't take away any of her stunning brilliance.
Xiao Mubai walked up the stairs and was taken to the pavilion to wait. He watched her walking in the late spring sun. She was dressed in gauze and surrounded her like a light cloud. She even folded it with her hands along the way. A pear blossom, its bright white color complements her catkins.
"Your Highness King Mo, I am your elder after all, don't you know how to greet me?" Li Fei glanced at him lightly and leaned against the railing, showing indescribable laziness and indescribable elegance.
"Your Majesty, now that everyone has her and kills her, what's the use of these false gifts?" Xiao Mubai's face was calm and his tone was cold.
"Everyone can get it and punish him?" Concubine Li's eyes moved from the pear blossom in her hand to Xiao Mubai: "The person to be executed should be the prince."
There was a touch of sarcasm on Xiao Mubai's lips: "Since I know that I have been poisoned for a long time, now I have fulfilled my reputation of dedicating myself to the people of this city. This move is quite expensive, but the gain is not worth the loss."
Concubine Li looked forward and smiled brightly: "Every prince knows this truth, how can I let you get your wish?"
Xiao Mubai's eyes darkened and his brows furrowed slightly. When they were discussing last night, they all thought that Concubine Li hated Xiao Mubai for repeatedly blocking Xiao Yanjun's great cause. Concubine Li was so angry that she trapped the beast. I just want to die together.
But now listening to what Li Fei meant, she didn't intend to kill him at all
Xiao Mubai couldn't figure out what Concubine Li meant by this move. She didn't want to kill him. Could it be that she was really here to negotiate when she let him enter the city alone
He looked calm and asked calmly: "My queen, do you still want a way out now?"
Concubine Li ignored Xiao Mubai's questions at all. She leaned on the railing and waved. The maids under the pavilion presented the cooked glutinous rice porridge with six kinds of exquisite side dishes on the stone table in the pavilion.
Concubine Li washed her hands in the basin held by Lian Yan, and then took the white fine linen towel handed to her to wipe her hands. Her movements were slow and elegant, showing the nobility that had been immersed in the palace for many years.
"What do you mean by letting me enter the city?" Xiao Mubai looked at her contentedly, and became more and more unsure of her intentions.
Concubine Li sat directly on the stone pier and asked him politely: "Although it is not as good as the food in the imperial dining room, it has a different flavor. Do you want to share some?"
Xiao Mubai rolled his eyes instead of answering, and Concubine Li smiled coquettishly and sarcastically said, "Why, the prince has been poisoned over the years, are you still afraid of being poisoned?"
Xiao Mubai recalled that before she left the palace, she walked to the entrance of Jianfumen Palace. She suddenly stopped and looked back. From her thin, wing-like lips, she spit out three words against the wind: "It's the Emperor."
Following his memories, Cheng Ying suddenly unsheathed his sword, carrying the sound of breaking wind, and pointed the tip of his sword directly at Concubine Li.
"If I die, the entire closed dock will be in ruins." Li Fei raised her eyes to look at him, her eyebrows slightly raised, feeling confident.
Cheng Ying stopped three inches away from her throat. He had just observed the people around him along the way. Although there were many people guarding him under the pavilion, they were all far away. He had every chance to kill him with a fatal blow. .
But Li Fei's words made it impossible for his sword to penetrate.
He could kill Concubine Li, but in the end he couldn't kill all the people in the mausoleum gate in this courtyard. As long as anyone was left alive to report the news, if the long letter was ignited, everyone would be destroyed.
His hand holding the sword tightened and loosened, then loosened and tightened. Finally, his wrist turned over and Cheng Ying sheathed the sword.
Xiao Mubai remained silent, walked to the side and leaned on the railing to look out, watching the clouds roll and relax in the sky, calming down the ups and downs in his chest that had just been stirred up by her words.
Concubine Li did not force herself on him. She sipped her food alone, calmly and dignifiedly. She never even glanced at Xiao Mubai, as if she had completely forgotten about Xiao Mubai who was leaning on the railing and looking out, still waiting for her answer.
After she finished her breakfast, the maid removed the leftovers and dishes, and Lian Yan lit the incense burner for her. With the lingering fragrance lingering, Li Fei rinsed her mouth again, drank a cup of Guzhu Purple Bamboo Shoots, and finally spoke slowly. : "For the sake of your short life, why bother dirtying my hands. The most important thing is that the people around me are reluctant to let you die."
Xiao Mubai was unfazed by what she said before. Even the emperor didn't know what the ice poison on his body had solved. Naturally, Concubine Li thought that he would only have a few years to live.
But her last words made Xiao Mubai suddenly look back.
Seeing his calm expression, Concubine Li finally showed a hint of hurt, and the smile on her lips became more and more beautiful: "Your Majesty is so smart, he must have guessed it a long time ago, but he still doesn't want to take off his mask to see you, deceiving himself and others. You know nothing.”
The slight fluctuation that suddenly appeared on Xiao Mubai's face quickly subsided as before.
He said sarcastically with a calm expression: "I waited until your Majesty had finished her meal before telling you the news of Xiao Yanjun's death. I don't know if this is considered polite or not."
Concubine Li's blooming smile slowly froze, she lowered her head and lowered her eyes, covering up the rest of her expression. After a long time, she said sadly: "Thousands of years of fame and exquisite country, it's ridiculous that my son has lived a lifetime, but he has no destiny as a king."
There was reluctance in her tone, but no pain.
Xiao Mubai looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, wondering how cold-hearted he had to be to be so indifferent.
When Concubine Li looked up again, she still had that sweet smile on her face: "Since your fourth brother is asked to return to the capital to face the emperor, according to my understanding of the emperor, the worst that can happen is that he will be relegated to the common people and imprisoned for the rest of his life without death."
A trace of uneasiness flashed in Xiao Mubai's eyes, even though Xiao Yanjun was captured by him and planned to take him back to Beijing to let the emperor see him.
But this happened in Changyuan Pass. Concubine Li had already been besieged by General Zhao at that time. How did she get the news
"Since your Majesty allowed me to enter the city, you must have some requirements. Since I gave Xiao Yanjun a chance to meet the emperor first, can your Majesty also give the people of Fengwu a way to survive?" Xiao Mubai saw that she already knew about Xiao Yanjun. Before she died, she simply spoke openly, hoping that as a mother, she would at least care about her own son.
"It's not the prince's fault to scare me." Concubine Li covered her heart lightly, as if frightened, with a look of panic on her face, as if she was holding her heart in her arms.
Xiao Mubai closed his eyes, suppressed the chill in his heart, and resisted the urge to pull out Cheng Ying.
"Since I have entered the city, I am not afraid of death. Besides, you also know that I only have a few years to live." When Xiao Mubai raised his eyes again, his eyes were cold and sharp: "Don't push me, you... What do you want? do what?"
(End of chapter)