Chapter 25: The Devil's Incarnation
The white buds of the Yulan vine have bloomed one after another, decorating the underwater palace like a dreamlike snowscape.
As soon as the emperor returned from enjoying the flowers in Bibo Garden, the maid stepped forward and said, "Your Highness has been waiting for the lady in the Juhui Hall for a long time. ”
Haoye, who was waiting in the palace, saw that the emperor had returned, and was busy stepping forward to meet the queen mother, Zhang Xingliang walked straight past him with his head held high, and only said softly: "Get up." ”
Since sending Yan Leyao away that day, Zhang Xingliang has not been to the Yeheng Hall for a long time, and he has not even seen Haoye come to say goodbye in the past few days.
A few days ago, I heard that Prime Minister Yan Cheng personally went to ask Emperor Hai to withdraw from the marriage, and the most surprising thing was that the emperor actually agreed! Anyway, she seems to be an ornament as an empress! Has anyone asked her opinion?
Haoye said: "Queen Mother, how are the flowers of Bibo Garden?"
Zhang Xingliang sat down leisurely, took a sip of tea and said, "Excellent." ”
Haoye took out a white box with a transparent luster from his arms, handed it to the queen mother with both hands, and said, "Queen mother, the son has something, your father must like it very much." ”
Zhang Xingliang glanced at the jade box, and when he heard that the emperor would like it, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Nianqin stepped forward to open the box for her, only to see a dazzling light shooting out of the box, "Emperor, it's a necklace, so beautiful!"
Zhang Xingliang took it to his hand and looked at it, and a strange fragrance came to his nose, and it was indeed a string of crystal clear necklaces.
The large and plump beads lying in the box are purple, but they gradually change color when they are in their hands, and they have emitted a light blue light at this moment, and the color is still slowly changing, and Qi said: "Ye'er, what is this made of?"
"Queen Mother, this is made of thorns covering the tide!" said Haoye.
"What!" Zhang Xingliang jumped up from his seat, and immediately got up and pulled Haoye to look left and right, "How can you go and get this?
Haoye held the hand of the queen mother and said: "No, the son is very good, besides, the queen mother, you don't know, the queen mother recognizes me." ”
"Even if the cover is close to you, it is a fierce beast after all, can it obediently let you pull out its thorns?" Zhang Xingliang continued,
"You kid is too willful, if you get injured for this broken necklace, how can I rest assured? Someone will smash this chain for me!" Zhang Xingliang became more and more angry the more he thought about it.
"Queen Mother, if you are not sure, your sons will not do it, if you pity your sons and daughters who have worked so hard to do this chain, you will stay. ”
Haoye stepped forward, picked up the necklace, and couldn't help but press the queen mother back to her seat and said, "Come, queen mother, the son will bring it to you." ”
Then he helped her to the mirror.
Zhang Xingliang looked at herself in the mirror, the flickering light set off her beautiful face, how could she discard her son's hard work at will?
"You kid!" Zhang Xingliang took Haoye's hand and said helplessly: "Forget it this time, but you have to promise me that you will not do anything wrong, otherwise the queen mother will never spare you!"
Haoye stood behind the queen mother, looked at the mirror with her, and said with a smile: "Erchen is not a reckless person, although the queen mother can rest assured." ”
The mother and son with blue eyes in the mirror looked at each other and smiled.
Zhang Xingliang turned around and walked to the couch with Haoye:
"The queen mother knows your thoughts, and now even your father has allowed you to withdraw from the marriage, how can the queen mother be angry with you? It's just that Le Yao, this child, really likes you, every time the monarch and ministers feast, you haven't paid attention, the queen mother can see it in her eyes, and her eyes have been following you. Said that she couldn't get married because of illness, I think now that she has withdrawn from marriage, she is really sick, a few days ago the queen mother went to see her, what kind of emaciation has become, lying in bed all day in a trance, the bell must be tied to the bell, you find a time to visit the prime minister's house, by the way to see her. ”
"Well, Erchen knows. Haoye replied with a smile.
"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, today is just right, you can go. It's also a good thing. Zhang Xingliang urged, this kid is busy all day long, maybe he will forget it.
"Well, the minister will go and see. ”
The daughter of Prime Minister Yan was ill and asked the emperor to withdraw from the marriage, and it was reasonable for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit Prime Minister Yan, so naturally he could not go privately, and a group of people entered the Prime Minister's Mansion in a mighty manner.
Prime Minister Yan naturally came forward to greet him, but together with Prime Minister Yan Cheng, Leng Xiaoyan and Leng Xuan came to greet the prince.
It turned out that Leng Xiaoyan had a very good relationship with Prime Minister Yan Cheng's family, and when he heard that Yan Leyao was sick, he also came to visit.
Everyone was greeting a few official words in the living room, and a maid ran over and said, "Miss heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down, and I asked to see you in the side hall." ”
Leng Xiaoyan went to see Yan Leyao just now, obviously lying on the bed and seemed to have no strength, but now when he heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had come down, he actually got up? Sure enough, this lovesickness can't be cured with medicine!
"Well, this king wants to meet her. Hao Ye said, originally this trip was also to see her.
Haoye instructed Mianxing: "You don't have to come with me." "The crowd said yes.
Only a maid led the way in front and led the night through the garden of the front garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Your Highness, stay!" Haoye turned around, but saw Leng Xuan following behind.
Haoye turned his head and instructed the maid: "You go to the front and wait." The maid took the order and went away.
"Your Highness, what Leng Xuan said may be excessive, so I ask Your Highness for forgiveness first. Leng Xuan knelt down and said.
"Second brother, last time I was punished, the third brother really did something inappropriate, and I ask the second brother to forgive me, now there is no one else, why should you and my brother be so formal. Haoye helped Leng Xuan up.
"His Royal Highness should be punished, Leng Xuan was convinced. Leng Xuan bowed his head and replied.
"The second brother has something to say, without you and the eldest brother, the third brother and I would have been dead thousands of times, haven't we been drinking together recently, and the second brother can't blame me?" Haoye said with a smile.
"Yes, Your Highness. After Leng Xuan finished speaking, he lowered his head and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't say a word.
"Second brother has something to say quickly, Miss Yan is in a hurry. Hao Ye smiled, seeing that Leng Xuan seemed to be unable to speak, but said, "What the second brother said, could it be related to Miss Yan?"
A few days ago, I came to see Miss Yan with my father, and Miss Yan's words seemed to have a sense of misanthropy, she was weak and could not bear any stimulation...... Therefore....... ”
"It turns out that the second brother is worried that I will stimulate her, but the second brother is interested in Miss Yan?" Haoye suddenly asked.
"Ah, I ....." Leng Xuan didn't expect Haoye to go straight into it so single-handedly, blushing and speechless.
"In this case, the third brother knows what to do. ”
"Your Highness! Miss Yan is strong by nature, and she is by no means a person who easily changes her mind! Your Highness may not know that Miss Yan has admired His Highness since she was a child, and often inquired about His Highness's news. Although she hadn't passed the door, she had already identified His Highness as a person. What's more, what a glory it was for the emperor to give her marriage! Miss Yan is also a high-minded and arrogant person, and now that a woman of the same age has already married, she waits and waits...... , how could Leng Xuan have any thoughts, I just hope that His Royal Highness can give her some hope and not let her heart die, otherwise she may ......"
"Second brother, don't worry, I promise she doesn't want to die!" Haoye said, turning around and leaving.
Leng Xuan looked at Haoye's distant back, worried, he also knew Haoye's temperament, and now he let His Highness easily guess his thoughts, but he was afraid that he had made things self-defeating.
Haoye arrived at the side hall, Yan Leyao had already dressed up and waited there, she stepped forward to still salute the prince, Haoye waved her hand and let her sit aside.
"Miss Yan wants to see me?" said Haoye.
"Yes. Yan Leyao looked up, only to see that her teary eyes were slightly swollen and her face was thin, but her hair bun and clothes were carefully dressed, and her beautiful big eyes seemed to have no fear of Haoye, and gave birth to a resolute and resolute look.
She looked at this man who had thought that she would be with him for the rest of her life, and his beautiful silhouette had been engraved in her heart countless times, and each time it made her heart flutter, thinking that no matter how much he ignored it, fate would eventually send her to his side.
He is the prince, and even the real king of the Sea Empire, she has long recognized that he may have many concubines, she doesn't care, as long as she can stay by his side, even if she looks at it.
"Your Highness, Le Yao just wants to ask you, if Le Yao is willing to be a concubine, are you willing to ask for it?" Yan Leyao walked up to Hao Ye, looked at him with her head held high and her eyes wide and fearless, and let the tears fall silently from her big eyes.
She didn't wipe it, because she didn't want to cry, but the tears couldn't hold back, and her heart trembled in her cold chest waiting for his answer.
"Don't!" Haoye's resolute tone didn't hesitate at all.
This answer completely crushed Le Yao, her heart contracted violently, and she fell to the ground, tears gushing out.
"This king knows that what you asked today may seem to you to be the last question in the world, but I tell you, if this king doesn't let you die, you don't want to die!" Haoye stood there and said coldly.
"If you die, this king will kill everyone in the prime minister's mansion! You disobey the emperor's order! It is even more impossible to preserve your dignity after death! This king will order someone to strip your body naked and hang it on the head of the city! Look at your face as the daughter of the prime minister's mansion?"
"Ahh Yan Leyao screamed in disbelief.
"Yes, I'm the devil. It's your luck not to marry me, this demon!. Haoye lowered his head and leaned close to Le Yao on the ground, with a cold look in his eyes.
"You should know about the ogre in the abyss, right? If you throw your body to the ogre within three days after you die, your soul will be imprisoned in the ogre's body, and you will coexist with it, and when you have had enough of being seen by everyone, I will take your corpse and feed it to the ogre, so that your body will be gnawed by the ogre little by little, and your soul will be imprisoned in it! Let you watch these people who have died for you, but you can't do anything!"
"No, I don't believe it, how can the emperor and queen allow you to come so nonsense!" Yan Leyao heard this, and was frightened, and cried out loud.
"Hmph, then you can try! If you commit suicide because of the divorce and cause the emperor's family to lose face, will she still protect you? Since you call me a demon, I will naturally do what a demon should do, and I will tell you that after you go back this time, I will ask my father to marry you again, and you can wait at home to marry Leng Xuan." ”
"What! I won't marry him!" Le Yao screamed.
"Leng Xuan's family background, background, and character are all the best choices, he is already lucky if he doesn't dislike you, do you dare to say that you won't marry? According to this king, from now on, you have to raise your body well, so that you can barely be worthy of him. At the beginning, your marriage was given by the emperor, Leng Xuan and this king are sworn brothers, for the sake of the second brother's face, this king will give you the same glory! Don't let this king hear any bad news again, otherwise this king will let you know what it is to regret it!"
"No, I'm not married!"
"Do you say again that you won't marry?" Haoye suddenly approached, reaching out to grab her chin, and a pillar of ice rose from the palm of her other hand.
Seeing that this ice prism gradually approached one of Le Yao's fingers, Le Yao was so frightened that she retreated, and a stream of water instantly locked her, unable to move.
When the ice prism completely enveloped one of Le Yao's little fingers, a piercing pain made her scream uncontrollably.
"Miss, Miss!" the maid outside the door heard the terrible cry and hurried over.
I saw a stream of water rushing to the door, and the door was sealed in an instant, no matter how the maid patted it, it couldn't be opened.
The ice prism had turned into a Xiaoice crystal in an instant, and it had drilled into the veins of Le Yao's fingers.
"Does it hurt? This is much easier than death! Aren't you not even afraid of death? This ice crystal has penetrated into your body, and it will make you suffer the pain of separation before you die, and all you have just tasted is a little punishment. ”
Haoye sneered and let go of Le Yao's fingers.
Le Yao looked down and saw that her fingers seemed to be intact, but the piercing pain was unforgettable, yes, she wanted to die, but she had never experienced such pain!
Haoye's words and the pain of this personal experience made her afraid! Let her sober up! Let her, the eldest lady who has been pampered since childhood, lose the courage to die in an instant!
Because Miss Yan's screams were too terrible, at this moment, a large number of people rushed over.
Leng Xuan rushed to the front.
The water blocking the door was long gone, the door was wide open, and everyone came in to see Miss Yan sitting upright in her seat, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was drinking tea as if nothing had happened.
"What are you doing here?" Haoye took a leisurely sip of tea.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Wei Chen heard the little girl's voice, so come and take a look?" Prime Minister Yan and Leng Xiaoyan looked at each other, full of suspicion.
Leng Xuan had already quietly retreated from the front position to the most inconspicuous corner.
"Miss Yan, did you shout, why didn't this king hear me?" asked Haoye.
"Father, Yao'er sat here and didn't make a sound, you must have heard it wrong. Yan Leyao was frightened by this, her brain was also clear, and her speech was also sharp.
"In this case, this king is also going back to the palace, Miss Yan remember to take care of her body, and don't forget the words of this king. ”
"Did you hear that?" Seeing that Yan Leyao didn't speak, Hao Yejun raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Yes, Your Highness. Le Yao was frightened by Haoye's voice, and hurriedly replied.