Chapter 80: The Storm
The once lively inner chamber was once again silent, and a slight laughter that began out of nowhere could be heard from time to time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWith the laughter, a strange atmosphere gradually flowed through the room. There is a slight sneer in it, as if the invisible voice and gaze have a temperature that can burn people and sting people's skin.
Li Jin can be said to have resentment at this time, why should he suffer such unfair treatment? He has not taken the initiative to hurt anyone.
It's just that there is no clear direction to such emotions. The only thing that has evidence to follow is only his identity as an official family, but he is only one of thousands of such people.
closed his eyes slightly, the dull atmosphere made Li Jin breathless, and the self-blaming and painful eyes of his mother beside him made Li Jin's spirit almost on the verge of collapse.
The calmness that could have been done has long since turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated.
Li Jin stood up, with a sharp smile on the corner of his lips that had never been shown before, and said softly: "Li Jin has the courage to take advantage of the princess's banquet to announce a matter and occupy a little time. ”
Li Jin barely gave anyone time to interject, and after his smile gradually expanded, he said happily.
"I'm afraid that there are still people in the crowd who don't know, but recently there has been a notice in the city that a waiter in Beijing wants to marry the counselor of Saibei as his wife, and the ceremony will be held in Beijing within the year. And the bride is Li Jin. The reason for this decision is simply because I have heard that the soldiers of the Saibei Beixue are hungry and cold, and even some young officers have never had a family or a house, so they sacrificed their lives for the country in the border areas. Li Jin is a small woman, with no power to bind the chicken, and there is no tens of millions of family assets behind her. But he also wants to use his small identity as an example to encourage the frontier soldiers to stick to the city gate and refuse the enemy's country, as long as the country is there, there will be a home. Although at this moment, it seems arrogant and rude for me to say it. If everyone here, if they can donate every bit of their playthings under the emperor's invitation, I am afraid that even the frontier soldiers can also get a few full meals or things to protect from the cold. I hope you will think twice. ”
The words were originally completely unprepared, and Li Jin was momentarily angry because of the reins, but it could be regarded as an endless gussing, declaring the unhappiness in his chest. It's just that this idea has already taken shape in Li Jin's mind. Li Jin, who has never been interested in national affairs on weekdays, only seriously thought about these problems after suffering from the pond fish this time, and these thoughts have been lingering in Li Jin's mind for a long time when he can't sleep at night.
Perhaps sometimes, an unresponsive response is more indicative of a person's shock at being stimulated than a reaction.
At this time, the hall could be regarded as a pin drop, and Li Jin had never seen a silence, and even the sound of breathing disappeared cleanly and completely. There is no other reason, consternation and disbelief, and maybe a trace of annoyance and anger, the only thing that is not is shame. But everyone's reaction was not in the result Li Jin wanted, no matter what kind of reaction everyone present made, it didn't matter to her.
The only thing Li Jin didn't want to see was those silent sarcasm, mixed with sympathy and happiness, focused on himself and his mother. At this time, even if the eyes of anger and hatred fell on him, Li Jin felt that it was ten million times better than before.
After a brief silence, the crowd seemed to have finally regained their ability to react. Li Jin's words deeply pierced their nerves for some people, and the expression on their faces after a moment of surprise rarely leaked the true hatred after faking their smiles.
What Li Jin didn't expect was that the person who should be most angry and express his indignation against Li Jin at this banquet was the most breezy in the entire hall at this time. The owner, who had just been praising the food and how it should be crafted to satisfy his mouth, was the only one who did not show an aggressive expression.
Li Jin looked deeply at those calm eyes, and was very sure that this calm expression was not a disguise, but indeed the real mood of the old princess at this time. Li Jin didn't understand that what he had just said could be regarded as an accusation and condemnation to everyone present, even more so to the host of the banquet, and at this time, the person who was the biggest 'victim' accepted this accusation so calmly.
Everyone hesitated for a while because the old princess did not speak. Most people don't know whether they should express generosity, not theorize with a yellow-mouthed child like Li Jin, or 'fight for reason' to maintain the face of the banquet host.
Who knew that the old princess suddenly smiled very gently and said to everyone: "Although we are women and children, we are also people who have read the books of sages and sages, are literate and know etiquette, and do not ask about the life and death of the country, and avoid it because of interests." 'It's the first time I've heard of the emperor's fundraising, and although I don't have a giant arm, I can do my best. ”
This passage shocked everyone, but they didn't dare to show it too obviously, some people who are not deep in skill showed more or less incomprehensible expressions in their expressions, looking at the old princess at the top, standing in place.
Everyone didn't understand how the old princess, who was the daughter of everyone and the mother of a thousand fiefdoms, could swallow this breath for such an 'insult' against the nobles. and actually listened to the words of this yellow-haired girl, and decided to support the emperor because of this.
But even if they didn't understand, no one in the crowd dared to stand up against what the old princess said.
Therefore, there was silence for a while, just like Li Jin's reaction when he just finished speaking. For a while, some people secretly thought in their hearts that the old princess was afraid that she was suppressed by what Li Jin said, and she didn't want to lose everyone's demeanor, so she had this scene. And more people feel in their hearts that they are really from a family and have experienced the ups and downs of the changes in the imperial court for several years, and the city government is really very incomparable.
Li Jin couldn't take away the pair of smart eyes that he was looking at, there were many unclear emotions in them, but Li Jin clearly recognized one there, a sincere heart that stirred patriotic feelings.
Just when everyone felt that this scene had changed drastically, the curtain was about to be drawn at this time. When he was thinking about what the next topic would be, and how he could win the initiative and provoke a word that was enough to attract the attention of the old princess. The next moment, the old princess beckoned her henchman Zirui to step forward and ordered: "Go, bring me the brocade box that was rewarded by the emperor when I was young, and the foreign tribute." ”
After that, he turned his head to the people around him: "If you want to donate something, just put it inside, it doesn't matter if you don't let it go, just wait for a while, Zirui will walk around, and then seal this brocade box and send it directly to Your Majesty, which is considered a modest contribution to the country by those of us in the boudoir." ”
At this time, when I heard the old princess say this, everyone who was shocked again and almost dropped their jaws, which one dared to hesitate, and took out their purses or the jewelry in their hands and heads.
For a while, there was a ding-dong in the room, and the sound of ring-beating was endless.