Chapter 049: Suspicion and Hypocrisy (1st Update)
The red dress of the morning and evening is as bright as yesterday, but the black hair of the waterfall is scattered and not pulled up, she stands lazily under the eaves, the black hair hangs down from the shoulders, and the more lined with a small face as white as snow, she has not applied powder today, the whole person looks haggard a lot, but the corners of her lips are smiling, and her eyes fall on Bai Yue softly, and Bai Yue, the king of all beasts who was full of anger a moment ago, is obedient like a little domestic pet crawling at the feet of Chaoxi at this moment, it is humming while playing with the skirt of Chaoxi with its paws, and rubbing the calves of Chaoxi with its head, familiar, surrendered, and very closeγ
Wang Qing looked at this scene blankly, and thought for a long time before remembering that Lan Xin clearly said that this white tiger is Shang Jue's pet, he has served in the royal family for many years, and there are not a few rare birds and beasts he has seen, but if Bai Yue is so huge, it is the first time to see it and describe it as handsome and vigorous, if it weren't for Lan Xin saying that this is a white tiger, he wouldn't dare to make a conclusion lightly, Shang Jue is from Yan Country, Yan Country is in the far north, where there is the Vermilion Bird Mountains, and it is rumored that there are countless treasures among them, and it is very credible to say that Shang Jue brought it.
But since it is Shang Jue's pet, why is he so close to him day and night?
There are five people standing in the courtyard, in addition to Shang Jue and Chaoxi, there is also a boy in a red shirt, who is very handsome, but he looks like he is leaning on the stone bench casually and does not seem to have woken up, and there is a young man who looks very restrained, holding a few pieces of paper in his hand and comparing something, and there are words in his mouth, he doesn't care about outsiders, and there is a young man who looks much younger, standing next to the boy in red with full reluctance written on his face, and I don't know what is awkward.
Wang Qing's eyes swept around very quickly, and he lowered his head again, "The slave visits Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the Princess, the slave came to visit Her Royal Highness the Princess on the orders of the king, I wonder if Her Royal Highness the Princess's jade body is okay? The king is very worried." β
Wang Qing bowed his head and knelt on the ground, and made a big salute, as soon as he spoke, everyone looked at it, but they only glanced at it and moved away, and they also raised their eyes to look at it, and raised their chins slightly, "Get up......"
Wang Qing got up respectfully, and behind him, the servants walked in one after another with neatly packed gift boxes, and looked at it and didn't know where it was, but it was Fulan who raised his hand, "Put it here, let me see what good things are." β
Fu Lan was careless, but he wanted to open the reward of the King of Shu, Wang Qing was about to speak as soon as the corners of his lips moved, it can be seen that Chao Xi didn't say anything and immediately shut up with interest, Chao Xi and Shang Jue were standing in this courtyard, but this person was also so casual and uninhibited in front of these two people, and at a glance he knew that his identity was extraordinary, Wang Qing looked at Fu Lan twice, and the servants saw that the two masters and Wang Qing didn't say anything, so they sent all the gift boxes very respectfully.
The stone table was full of gift boxes, Fu Lan snorted, and the corners of his lips curved slightly, "There are good things." β
He pointed casually, and Luo Yuqiang, who was standing beside him, pouted, walked over and opened the gift box he pointed to.
As soon as the lid of the box was lifted, a quiet medicinal fragrance immediately diffused out, and the entire courtyard was infected by the medicinal fragrance in an instant, Tang Shu was close, he didn't care about what rewards others had, and he couldn't help but lean over when he smelled such a strong medicinal fragrance, and then smiled, "Fulan Gongzi has a good nose, this ginseng is two hundred years old, it is really a good thing, if it is used in medicine, it will be good for the princess's body." β
After Tang Shu finished speaking, Fu Lan smiled proudly, "Since it was delivered, let's use it!"
Wang Qing was surprised to listen to it, there are not ten ginseng in the palace in the past two hundred years, this time the king of Shu is considered to have made a lot of money, such precious medicinal materials are generally used to continue his life when he is critically ill, but these two people said that they will use it for Chaoxi now, Wang Qing looked at Chaoxi's heart sank, could it be that Chaoxi suffered from any disease? Could it be that he was poisoned last night?
Wang Qing stood in place with a smile and watched Fu Lan and Tang Shu take out the ginseng to study, and his eyes fell on Shang Jue's body again, standing at the steps under the eaves, but Shang Jue was standing at the door behind her, and the whole courtyard was probably not looking at Shang Jue, so Shang Jue unscrupulously fell on the back of Chaoxi.
Wang Qing has been waiting in the palace for many years, and he has long practiced a delicate mind, even if Shang Jue hides it deeply, his demeanor still shows a bit of sincerity when no one notices it, Shang Jue looks at the starlight that flashes in his eyes, Wang Qing instantly understands that no matter how many rumors in the outside world are unrelated, Shang Jue is sincere to Chaoxi.
Wang Qing lowered his head, glad that the king of Shu had sent him this errand.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and the white moon is sticking to you more and more. β
Shang Jue said with a smile, and turned around to look at him, Wang Qing hurriedly raised his head, and sure enough, when he saw Shang Jue's expression changed again, Chao Xi also bent his lips when he heard the words, and simply lowered his head to touch the back of Bai Yue's neck, Bai Yue let out two low screams comfortably, "If you don't mind, you can also let Bai Yue stay in the princess's mansion." β
Shang Jue stepped forward, "This is naturally good." β
Fu Lan shook his head helplessly when he heard this, "Bai Yue doesn't stick to anyone except you, why do you like Xiaolu?"
Tang Shu was repacking the ginseng, and when he heard this, he raised his head and said a little shyly, "It's probably the owner of the thing." β
Fu Lan raised his eyebrows, Shang Jue smiled, no one refuted this, but Chaoxi only cared about teasing Bai Yue as if he had never heard it, Wang Qing stood quietly, no one asked him, he didn't dare to interject, Shang Jue seemed to have noticed him at this moment, and he looked over, "What is the King of Shu doing at this time?" I left alone early last night, but I don't know what happened next?"
Sure enough, he wanted to ask, Wang Qing thought about it, and said busily, "The king was furious when he saw the princess last night, and he has ordered someone to go down to investigate since this morning, but he doesn't have a lot of clues for the time being, but no matter what, it is already a big crime for the brothel to help the people behind the scenes hide the princess, and the king intends to seal the brothel, but it's just ......"
Wang Qing hesitated a little, and his eyes swept around the courtyard.
Shang Jue shook his head, "Those who are here are all credible people, just say it." β
The servants in the palace have already withdrawn, and at this moment the courtyard door has been closed by Lan Xin, even she is guarding outside, there are indeed no outsiders, Wang Qing hesitated for a moment and continued, "It's just that the brothel was originally the Duan family's family business, and as soon as Admiral Wang said this this morning, many people immediately came out to help the Duan family, and the king has been annoyed for a long time, and he has not slept peacefully since last night, but the king has made up his mind this time, and he must give the princess an explanation." β
Shang Jue's expression was a little stunned, "What do you mean that there are many people helping the Duan clan?"
Wang Qing's face was embarrassed when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer, Shang Jue said suspiciously, "You mean, someone is helping the Duan clan to speak and opposing the decision of the King of Shu?
Shang Jue's tone was calm, but that faint question was not easy for him, indicating that he was very surprised by this, which couldn't help but make Wang Qing a little embarrassed, he gritted his teeth and nodded, "What Your Highness said is good." β
Shang Jue's brows furrowed, "This is really unreasonable, the decision made by the King of Shu is reasonable, where does the opposition of the courtiers come from? Not to mention that the King of Shu is the master of the Shu Kingdom, so he can't even seal up a few brothels?"
Wang Qing's expression was even more ugly, but he could only nod his head.
"Your Highness doesn't know that this clan is not an ordinary clan......"
Shang Jue's eyes suddenly showed two points, and then he sighed softly, and his expression became a little solemn, "You say this, but you understand, the Duan family of Shu Kingdom has a great cause and holds military power, and it is still a descendant, and there are six sons in the court, it is indeed not an ordinary clan, which makes Gu think of an old incident in Yan Kingdom......
Shang Jue's expression had already made Wang Qing tremble, and his heart hung even higher when he heard him say this.
"Your Highness said...... yes, what's the old thing?"
Shang Jue narrowed his eyes, and his tone was rarely solemn, "The Yan Kingdom has been the same as Da Yin for the same time, and it was among the five major marquis states at first, but a hundred years ago, the Yan Kingdom once lost the position of the five major marquis, and the reason was the old incident that I wanted to talk about next." β
"A hundred years ago, the king of Yan Jin was in power, when the Yan country and the Shu country were the same old clans, the descendants were a family of people with the surname of the king, the clan surnamed Wang was the first clan of the Yan country, and there were countless guests holding military power, the queen at that time came from this clan, and the eldest son was born to the queen, and the entire court and the opposition were monopolized by the clan surnamed Wang, and the king of Yan Jin found that the situation was not right, so he did not want to set up the eldest son for the son of the world and set up others, the clan surnamed Wang should have followed the royal order, but in order to make the Yan country their own, they launched a coup d'Γ©tat. β
Wang Qing shook when he heard this, his eyelids couldn't help jumping, Shang Jue paused for a moment and continued, " King Yan Jin was killed, the son of the world at that time was also killed, the Wang surname clan used the military power in their hands to suppress the royal family soldiers, controlled the entire Yan capital, and later the son of the son of the self-proclaimed king is the king of Yan Lin, although the king of Yan Lin ascended the throne although the name is not right, but in the end it is still the royal bloodline, but he ascended the throne for only two years The ruler of the Wang surname clan suspected that he was disobedient and wanted to replace him, and then the king of Yan Lin died unexpectedly, so far I don't know the reason, the Wang surname clan and wantonly slaughtered the royal bloodline, and then the son of the Wang family ascended the throne on the grounds that there was no one in the Shang family, and then the Wang family controlled the Yan country for ten years, if it were not for the rebellion of the king of Yan Sheng after that, the national surname of the Yan country is still the surname of the kingγ β
Wang Qing is a member of the royal family in the end, and he has some understanding of the history of other countries, Shang Jue's King Yan Sheng is one of the most outstanding kings in the history of Yan Kingdom, and his first achievement is that he cleared the dynasty, but his understanding of this history has only heard of the name of King Yan Sheng, but he doesn't know that there is such a cause and effect in front of him, Wang Qing's heart is more and more hanging, and his forehead is sweaty.
The courtyard was quiet because Shang Jue was talking about the old things, Fu Lan simply closed his eyes with a smile on the corner of his lips, and looked like he had been listening to the story for a long time, Tang Shu didn't care about these old things in the court, he only wrote the prescription quietly, but Luo Yuqiang was stunned, King Yanlin in this story killed his father and brother to ascend the throne, this is simply ......
"This matter is a matter of Yan Kingdom, but it was thought of by chance. Shang Jue's tone was more relaxed, as if to appease Wang Qing, "After all, Shu is different from Yan, and Shu is also different from Yan Jin, so my father-in-law doesn't have to take it to heart." β
How could it not be taken to heart?! Wang Qing raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his face, "Yes, slave understands, thank you, Your Highness." β
After a slight pause, Wang Qing somehow wanted to leave this quiet and elegant courtyard quickly, "The princess looks very haggard, please take care of it these days, every day the palace will send someone to visit, if there is a need, the princess must say, the king's heart of the old slave has been brought, dare not disturb His Royal Highness the prince and the princess, the old slave will return to the palace to resume his life." β
Naturally, he wouldn't keep him, and he nodded his head.
Shang Jue also smiled, "Father-in-law walks slowly, waiting for the good news of the King of Shu." β
Wang Qing immediately responded "yes", and after bowing respectfully, he turned around and walked out of the courtyard, listening to the footsteps outside and gradually walking away, Fu Lan, who had been closing his eyes as if he was asleep, suddenly sneered, "What a suspicious and hypocritical, I'm afraid that the King of Shu won't be able to sleep even more tonight, looking at the appearance of the father-in-law, I'm afraid that I have thought of the Duan family as the clan surnamed Wang." β
Shang Jue walked slowly to Chaoxi's side to watch her caress Bai Yue, and said casually, "It's better to treat the Duan family as a clan surnamed Wang now than to realize it later, in addition, the story of Yan Guo is true, this is not a suspicion." β
Fu Lan raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed suddenly, looking at Shang Jue's indifferent appearance, he wanted to say something, but seeing so many people standing in this courtyard, he swallowed the words on his lips again, he chuckled, "Okay, in short, you can be reasonable." β
Chaoxi looked up at Shang Jue at this moment, "The Duan clan is powerful, but you still don't dare to rebel." β
The corners of Shang Jue's lips curled, and he looked at her softly, "Listen to me." β
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