Shen Lou's hand holding the wine trembled, the wine flowed down the tiger's mouth, Lin Xin grabbed it and drank it all.
Lin Xin, who got the wine, winked triumphantly at Shen Lou, took advantage of his anger, poured another glass himself, and waited for Shen Lou to take care of it. And when the expected big hand really held his wrist, Lin Xin realized that he already took it for granted that Shen Lou would treat him well.
At the end of the song, the performance of the Persian dancer stopped abruptly. Emperor Yuanshuo accepted the gift with pleasure, "I will send two carts of royal wine to Wuluolan Khan as a gift in return."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," the barbarian stood up and thanked, "Khan is looking forward to marrying Ke Dun. I wonder which princess the emperor plans to marry to our Beimo?"
As soon as the words fell, the little eunuch who was serving the food suddenly slipped on the soles of his feet, and a bowl of thick soup flew straight towards Shenlou.
Lin Xin raised his hand and caught it firmly, but for some reason his hand shook and sprinkled a few drops on the black clothes, "Ah, it's dirty, go, I'll wash it off for you."
"Don't make trouble." Shen Lou was helpless, he couldn't see that Lin Xin was doing it on purpose, and he didn't know what wrong idea he was playing.
"Damn it, my son, forgive me." The little eunuch's face turned pale, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, cold sweat sticking to the ground, leaving wet marks.
He waved his hand to indicate that it was all right, he pleaded guilty to the emperor and went to the side hall to deal with it.
Lin Xin curled his lips, he was not interested in this boring palace banquet at all, he just wanted to verify for himself whether Shen Lou reacted, but Shen Lou saw through the trick.
Shen Lou followed the maid, out of the Hall of Spring Harmony, and turned around to a remote palace. Pushing open the door and entering, the lights in the room were dim, and a spare dress was hung on the screen.
The maid took off her clothes, but she didn't intend to change for Shen Lou, but gave a light gift, turned and left, and closed the door along the way.
Shen Lou's eyes were dark, he didn't move the clothes on the table, but instead held the hilt of Yu Yuan's sword at his waist, "The maid has already left, Your Excellency hasn't shown up yet?"
There was a rustling sound from behind the screen, as if getting up from the seat. Shen Lou flicked his fingers to light up the candle, reflecting the beautiful lady who stepped out.
The hairpin rings jingled, the light gold skirt shone brightly, and Princess Yunxi, who had put on make-up, was a little more gorgeous than usual, "I hope you will forgive me for disturbing my son."
Seeing that it was Yun Xi, Shen Lou didn't let go of his guard, "I didn't know the princess was here, this minister was abrupt."
Seeing Shen Lou reacting like this, Princess Yunxi held her skirt and smiled wryly, "Your Excellency guessed it, I asked someone to lure you here, and Yunxi wants to make a deal with His Royal Highness."
She had already accepted her fate, but the scene she saw in the tea house today made her unwilling. Compared with the barbarians far away in the sky, what the royal family wants to win over is the strong and powerful Northern Territory. As long as Shen Lou opens his mouth, he can pull her out of the quagmire of marriage.
"If the princess is talking about a marriage, forgive Shen for being incompetent." Shen Lou said coldly, and turned to leave, but suddenly Princess Yunxi grabbed her sleeve.
Yu Yuan's sword came out of its sheath instantly, cutting off that piece of sleeve.
The princess grasped the piece of fabric in a daze, her eyes gradually filled with tears, and suddenly knelt on the ground with a thud, "My lord, please save Yunxi. As long as you promise to marry me, Father and Emperor will definitely agree. My mother and concubine It's the Zhong family, I know a big secret of the Zhong family, as long as you... "
"I have a sweetheart," Shen Lou interrupted lightly, and helped the princess up with the scabbard, "Lou will never marry someone else."
Full of hope but in vain, Princess Yunxi covered her face, weeping uncontrollably, "I don't know which beauty is so lucky."
Shen Lou shook his head, "It's my luck to have him treat me like this."
Taking advantage of Shen Lou's absence, Lin Xin drank happily, planning to arrest Shen Shizi to sleep in the Hou's mansion at night, and use the strength of alcohol to do some unruly things.
He waited and waited, but Shen Lou did not come back. Lin Xin was already full of wine, and felt a little urgent to urinate. He didn't even say hello to the emperor, and got up staggeringly to pee.
Emperor Yuan Shuo smiled helplessly and left him alone.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, the cold wind was blowing, and the cicadas were already stiff, leaving only the sound of swaying plants and trees.
The latrines are located in the side hall of the Hall of Harmony for the use of people at the banquet, so a few more barrels were placed and separated by wooden boards. Lin Xin was pouring water in front of the bucket, and when he heard a sound from the next door, he stretched his head out of curiosity to have a look.
Seeing this, I almost held back my urine.
Standing next door was the dancer wearing a gauze skirt, bloomers and a veil. At this moment, she was in the same position as him, standing and pouring water.
"..." Suddenly, he regretted the action of touching his hand just now.
"My lord's eyes are deep and blue, like the sea soul stone in the depths of Qu Hai." The dancer said, it was a man's voice, it wasn't unpleasant, but it wasn't pleasant either. Low and hoarse, slow, like a wizard chanting spells.
Lin Xin frowned, feeling that the dancer's words were quite meaningful, "The Persian dancer is a man, I don't know if the emperor knows."
The man smiled strangely, and suddenly leaned in front of Lin Xin, staring at him with those blue eyes, "Didn't Lord Hou ever wonder why his eyes are blue?"
Most people in the Central Plains have black pupils, but Lin Xin's pupils are dark blue. He once asked Zhu Xingli curiously, and the answer he got was "you were frozen when you were young". He did almost freeze to death when he was five years old, and he believed what Master said made sense.
"Why?" Lin Xin asked subconsciously, then suddenly drew his sword and retreated quickly. Years of experience in licking blood with the tip of a knife made him instinctively feel the danger.
There was no one outside the latrine, the little eunuch who followed Lin Xin and the guards in the corridor were all gone. Several red silk threads came towards him, tightly entangled the swallow hook machete.
The red thread was as tough as dark iron, and the knife kept cutting. Lin Xin gritted his teeth and was about to throw away the knife and draw his sword. Unexpectedly, the thread seemed to be alive. It climbed up Lin Xin's wrist and pierced his palm in an instant.
"Ah..." The severe pain in his palm caused Lin Xin to cry out in pain. Regardless of the doctor's advice, he was about to use his spiritual power, but found that he couldn't use it, as if something had slipped into his spiritual veins. middle!
What kind of sorcery is this
The blood quickly gathered into the dancer's hand along the silk thread, forming a small blood bag. With the loss of blood, the body's spiritual power and vitality also weakened. Lin Xin gritted his teeth and had no choice but to use his trump card, took a deep breath and shouted: "Shen Lou, help!"
As soon as the words fell, a beam of sword light that was as bright as the scorching sun broke through the air.
"Boom—" The glazed tile and the beauty were split in half, and the red silk thread suddenly broke. The man turned around and wanted to escape, but was blocked by Shen Lou's sword energy, so he had to draw his sword to fight him.
"Get out of the way!" Shen Lou let go of the Lingjian, and the hilt of the sword pushed back Lin Xin's Yanggu who had just been unsheathed, preventing him from using his spiritual power. Then Yu Yuan fought back instantly, cutting off the dancer's veil with a sword.
The beaded veil fell to the ground, revealing an unattractive man's face. This person looks very ordinary, but he has a pair of soul-stirring eyes, deep blue and deep, reflecting the moonlight as if there are fine silver lights flickering.
"Great witch!" Shen Lou was startled, no wonder he looked familiar when he danced earlier, this man was standing next to Wu Luolan He Ruo Khan, that barbarian great witch who covered his eyes with a black cloth.
The surrounding guards rushed over upon hearing the sound, but the man was not afraid at all. He glanced at Lin Xin who was panting against the pillar, and showed a sly smile.
Shen Lou drew his sword and blocked Lin Xin behind him. Suddenly, there was a bright light over there, and an old parchment instantly burned in the palm of the big witch. The surrounding wind twisted for a moment, Shen Lou immediately turned around, and hugged Lin Xin tightly into his arms.
Sure enough, there was a suction force appearing beside Lin Xin, but it was only for a very short moment. Looking back, the man in the colorful skirt had disappeared in place, leaving only a pinch of burnt soot.
"What is that?" Lin Xin held his right hand that had been pierced through the sieve, and said in horror. This is a legend that only exists in ancient books. If a barbarian has this spell, wouldn't the attendant be able to take his life!
"It should be a talisman scroll left by the ancients." Shen Lou hugged him tightly, feeling a little scared. This kind of ancient talisman is extremely rare, and every family has one or two that are the treasures of the town house, and they will never be used until the family is alive or dead. I didn't expect that the barbarian witch would spend so much blood to catch Lin Xin. What exactly are they trying to do
The dancer presented by the barbarians turned out to be a man, and a barbarian witch who knew sorcery! Everyone in the hall was stunned, including the two barbarian nobles.
"The dancer is a great witch? That's impossible! I even talked to her when I entered the palace, she's obviously a woman!" the deputy barbarian screamed strangely.
Zhengshi looked upright, "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains, please believe that we don't know about this, there must be some misunderstanding. Please allow me to send a letter to ask Khan."
"Enough!" Emperor Yuan Shuo slapped the table, shaking the sandalwood carved table to pieces, "The peace talks are false, but the assassination is true. If the Marquis of the Lulu hadn't discovered it in time, wouldn't this dancer want to Assassinated me? Take it!"
The Jinwu Guard immediately stepped forward and pushed the two barbarians to the ground.
The two barbarian nobles who came to greet the relatives according to Khan's instructions were imprisoned just like that, and there was no need to talk about the marriage.
Lin Xin, who was wounded and sick, was allowed to recuperate for a few days, lying on the big kang by the window in the Hou Mansion, and asked Feng Zhong to peel chestnuts for him to eat.
"Xinxin, do you really think I can be a good emperor?" Feng Zhong finally asked the question that he had held back for a long time. When the master told him Lin Xin's decision, he was a little at a loss. From the moment he entered the capital, Lin Xin let him show off, and later he even took over the position of Marquis of the Deer to pave the way for him. Everything was too abrupt, unless the senior brother believed that he would be a master of the world.
"I don't think so." Lin Xin bit the chestnut, puffed up his mouth and began to chew.
"..." His blood was poured into the mud, Feng Chong put away the chestnuts and refused to give them to him.
Lin Xin glanced at him sideways, "If you want to be a good emperor, you are still young. But if you don't become an emperor, both of us and the Zhu family will be ruined."
Sealing the throne, the first thing is to kill Zhu Yangai to grab the mine veins, and the second thing is to kill this unsightly younger brother.
"Master Hou, the young lady of the Shen family is here to visit." A servant announced from outside the door.
"Who?" Lin Xin thought he had misheard.
"Miss Qiuting from the Shen family." The servant repeated it again.
Now that Shen Qiuting has not been crowned princess, others can only address her as the young lady of the Shen family and the girl of the Shen family. Elder brother is away, she is in charge of escorting the Sui Gong except Lu Li, and has been living in Princess Yunxi's palace for the past few days.
It is somewhat inappropriate for a woman who has not left the cabinet to come to the Hou's mansion who has not yet married a wife as a guest. But the immortal cultivators didn't pay that much attention, so they let her in.
Shen Yingying rushed in like a cannonball, "A Xin, my brother asked the emperor to ask you to go back to the Northern Territory with us!"
The deer glass in the Northern Territory has not yet been inspected, and Lin Xin has to go there before the New Year. It just so happens that Shen Lou is going home for the New Year, so he wants to take Lin Xin back with him.
It's not a good thing for the Marquis to go to the house to inspect the deer glass. Why are the two brothers and sisters more active than the other, as if they can't wait to let him go to blackmail him.
"Oh, by the way, Princess Yunxi asked me to thank you for her." Shen Yingying sat on the kang, grabbed a chestnut from the paper bag in Feng Zhong's hand, and ate it.
"Thank you for what, I didn't mean to help her." Lin Xin didn't intend to take the credit, and looked at the blood holes in his palm rather depressed. It was clearly just a small hole, but it hurt terribly. Shen Lou slept with him last night, but didn't take advantage of anything, and slept all night with his hands raised.
Shen Yingying choked for a moment, and changed the subject abruptly, "The princess cried all night yesterday, and I thought she was happy, but guess what? She actually said that my brother has a sweetheart, hahahahaha!" , reaching for the chestnuts again. The oil-paper bag suddenly moved away, leaving her with nothing to grab.
Feng Zhong squeezed a chestnut for himself to eat, "What sweetheart?"
"It is said that my brother admitted it himself, and Zhong Youyu said the same thing!"
Until the two chestnut snatchers left, Lin Xin still hadn't recovered. Shen Qingque, do you have a sweetheart? who is it
Screen the people who have been in contact with Shen Lou over the years one by one, guess and guess, worrying about gains and losses. For a while, I feel that Shen Lou is not very close to anyone now, and if I want to like him, I can only like myself; for a while, I feel that I am delusional, and the things of the previous life are still between the two of them. Even if Shen Lou treats him well, he should not be "sweetheart" this point.
Maybe someone he knew after his death
"Open your mouth." Shen Lou put a piece of fish meat to Lin Xin's mouth, and called back the running god, Chiluhou.
His right hand was injured, and Lin Xin couldn't hold chopsticks, so he took the initiative to feed Shen Shizi, who was waiting for the Marquis of the Lulu to go home together for the New Year. The fish meat was shaved and melted in the mouth, Shen Lou actually dipped it in the soup carefully.
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