Chapter 37 The Present Is Not What It Used To Be

In the midst of the staggering, the palace banquet set up by Luan Ying to welcome the princess of the Western Regions was dispersed, and in this turbulent palace banquet, some people were happy, and naturally some people were slightly angry and depressed.

Emperor Daqian and King Rong were happy, and Emperor Daqian saw that Lin Mo was so energetic talking to the princess of the Western Regions, and thought that the day when Lin Mo conquered the princess of the Western Regions was not far off, and he would receive the powerful assistance of the Western Regions at that time.

King Rong saw that Lin Mo was so fond of Liu Ruoshui, first pointed his sword at the courtiers, to warn and show his ownership of Liu Ruoshui, and then held her in his arms, all kinds of intimacy.

Empress Dowager Xuanshu was depressed, because she lifted a stone and shot herself in the foot, so that Lin Mo had an intimate opportunity to the princess of the Western Regions, and failed to control the situation in her own hands.

The palace banquet was dispersed, and Lin Mo did not go out of the palace directly like other courtiers, but said goodbye to King Rong and Xuanyuan, and led Liu Ruoshui and Xifeng and Qiu Yun to Jinsu Palace.

Liu Ruoshui and Lin Mo walked side by side, walking on the road and zigzag corridor leading to Jinsu Palace, and everyone passing by, especially the group of palace laves, cast envious and jealous eyes, and they were even more discussed.

"Isn't that the original Liu Ruoshui in my inner palace, a person from the Liu Palace? How did she become so beautiful and moving now, and she also has a rich and noble temperament, which is really better than many mothers!"

"What kind of Liugong person, she is now our big cadre Lin Shangqing's person, I heard that she has shared a room with Lord Lin Shangqing not long ago, she is almost no longer a slave, she is about to get rid of this slave word, and she is happy!"

"I also heard that it seems that Lin Shangqing is about to accept her as his wife, and he doesn't have to do any work in the house, he only needs to serve Lin Shangqing alone. ”

"Alas, I'm so envious, this kind of good thing can be my turn, if I am also taken by Lin Shangqing, then I can lie in wealth and spend my life in the future!"

"Come on, although you also have a bit of a look, but compared to Liu Ruoshui, how do you say that, one in the sky, one on the ground, there is no comparison, don't be delusional!"

Listening to the discussion of the palace eaves, Liu Ruoshui was so red that he didn't dare to raise his head, but buried it, as if he had done something unseemly and wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Seeing Liu Ruoshui like this, Lin Mo put his arm around her slender waist, lifted her buried head, and said domineeringly, "Ruoshui raised his head, you didn't do anything unseemly, why should you care about other people's discussions!"

"Raise your head, raise your chest, and tell those who envy you that you are my Lin Ziyong's woman, your identity is different, you are different from them!"

Feeling Lin Mo's tough words and listening to her voices, Liu Ruoshui's thoughts struggled violently, trying to adapt to her special identity.

After a while, as if she had made a feeling, Liu Ruoshui suddenly stood on tiptoe slightly, and kissed Lin Mo lightly on the cheek in front of a group of palace ladies and eunuchs.

Lin Mo smiled knowingly, reached out and touched Liu Ruoshui's jade cheeks, held her head, kissed her affectionately on her forehead, and then took Liu Ruoshui's jade hand and walked towards Jinsu Palace.

When he came to Sujin Palace, he didn't want those palace ladies and eunuchs to pass the word, let Xifeng and Qiu Yun stay at the palace gate, and took Liu Ruoshui's hand and pushed the door directly and walked in.

Entering the hall, I took a look, there was no figure of Xiao Shuya, and when I walked into the inner room, I found that Xiao Shuya was supporting her head with one hand, lying on the couch chair on her side, her eyes closed, but she was pretending to sleep, with a faint displeasure on her face.

Lin Mo, who saw that Xiao Shuya was pretending to sleep, walked to the couch, and slowly slid his fingers from Xiao Shuya's feet along the curve of the side lying on his side to his jade cheeks, and said with concern: "Xiao Da Meiren, who made you angry today?"

Xiao Shuya grabbed the hand that was caressing her cheek, and said in a somewhat teasing tone: "Lin Shangqing didn't tease the princess of the Western Regions, how could he have time to run to my deserted Jinsu Palace?"

"Where did Shu Ya say, when did I tease the princess of the Western Regions!" Lin Mo, whose hand was caught, gently held Xiao Shuya's jade hand with a slight force.

"You didn't?" Xiao Shuya sat up suddenly, glaring at Lin Mo with beautiful eyes slightly angry: "In the palace just now, the princess of the Western Regions who was born with the beauty of the country showed you so much, can you bear it?"

Lin Mo suddenly smiled, gently picked up Xiao Shuya's chin, and quipped: "Why, my Xiao Da Beauty, are you jealous when you see me like other women?"

"I'm jealous? Lin Shangqing isn't joking!" Xiao Shuya said with a slightly cold face: "Why am I jealous, what qualifications do I have to be jealous, what is our relationship?"

"What's the matter? Xiao Da Mei is so jealous!" Lin Mo suddenly smiled, looking at her with a rather rippling gaze, as if he was thinking of some bad idea.

"Lin Ziyong, what are you doing...... ......Seeing Lin Mo's ill-intentioned gaze, Xiao Shuya suddenly felt bad, and she wanted to run when she got up, but as soon as she made a move, she was tattooed by Lin Mo's lips and couldn't speak.

Xiao Shuya suddenly trembled, when she saw Liu Ruoshui behind Lin Mo, her face was slightly red and looking at the two of her, Xiao Shuya's cheeks flushed with drunkenness, and in the next moment, she took the initiative and kissed Lin Mo passionately.

About a quarter of an hour later.

"What!Ziyong, you said that the princess of the Western Regions deliberately approached you and wanted to plot something?" Xiao Shuya was like a well-behaved meow pillowed in Lin Mo's arms, with a little red afterglow on her face.

For women to be jealous, Lin Mo already has a perfect countermeasure, and there is only one way to treat Xiao Shuya's deliberate jealousy to herself, that is, to be tired of her, she is satisfied, and the resentment caused by jealousy in her heart will naturally dissipate.

Lin Mo affectionately held Xiao Shuya's three thousand green silk in his arms, nodded and smiled: "Yes, she is the princess of the Western Regions, if she doesn't have a plan, how can she get close to me plainly!"

Although Lin Mo is confident that he is very handsome, he is still modest in his heart, he is not confident that he is handsome enough to conquer the princess of the Western Regions, which makes her fascinated and rushes to be a concubine for herself.

"Then what is the princess of the Western Regions trying to do with you?" Xiao Shuya was a little puzzled: "Could it be the identity of your Mo sect master?

"Perhaps, she just fell in love with adults at first sight, and she didn't have to say it was necessarily!" Liu Ruoshui, who was kneeling on the recliner and pinching Lin Mo's shoulders, suddenly said.

"Flutter-"

Hearing Liu Ruoshui's words, Xiao Shuya couldn't help but laugh: "Ruoshui, you are really confident in your family, do you think your family has the kind of point where the princess of the Western Regions who is famous for her beauty falls in love at first sight?"

"Why not!" Liu Ruoshui retorted, suddenly wrapped his arms around Lin Mo's neck from behind, and said proudly: "My family is the most amazing man, and naturally has the ability to make the princess of the Western Regions fall in love at first sight!"

Xiao Shuya smiled: "It seems that Ruoshui, you are really fascinated by the adults of your family, you look at you, you are also a senior spy, and now you are so strong to find a reason!"

Listening to the words of the two women's bickering, Lin Mo's face was filled with a warm smile, but he didn't speak, his thoughts flew in his head, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he secretly said in his heart: "Finally let me know your plan!"

Seeing Lin Mo's sudden brightness, Xiao Shuya knew that he already knew about the plot of the princess of the Western Regions, and hurriedly asked, "Ziyong, what do you think?"

"Can't tell you yet?" Lin Mowan smiled and said: "What about you, it's better to wait obediently until after the Great Dynasty Meeting, you still follow the plan arranged for you by the Empress Dowager Xuanshu, go to Pingzhou, and master the Xiao family!"

"What, Ziyong, you don't believe me?" Xiao Shuya said with some dissatisfaction.

"Believe! Why don't I believe it!" Lin Mo shook his head: "It's just that you woman, your ambition is too big, I'm afraid to tell you, you are starting to think about the thing that the princess of the Western Regions is planning again!"

As he spoke, Lin Mo stroked Xiao Shuya's nose and said with an evil smile: "If you make that beauty trick on me, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist you!"

"I hate it!" Xiao Shuya, who was angry in an instant, patted Lin Mo's hand stroking her Yao nose, and said coquettishly: "Your things are not mine yet, why do you have to tell me so clearly!"

"You chick is very good at abacus!" Lin Mo held Xiao Shuya's jade hand and said quite domineeringly: "But you are wrong, it is your things that are mine, not mine!"

"It's so stingy!" Xiao Shuya said coquettishly: "It's true, it's so clear with your own people! You gave it to me, I'm yours, that thing isn't yours yet!"

"Are you mine?When did it happen?Why don't I remember?I remember that day, Shu Ya, you rejected me!" Lin Mo deliberately looked puzzled.

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Shuya's coquettish expression on her jade face suddenly stopped, and was replaced by a slight sadness, which looked very distressing, and she wanted to spoil her.

With that faint sadness, Xiao Shuya was extremely gentle and serious: "Ziyong, it's not that Shuya didn't want to accompany you that day, but that I was thirty years old, and I was afraid that I would covet your gentleness from now on, so I didn't want to go back to Pingzhou and help you succeed!"

"You care so much about the age gap between you and me?" Lin Mo also comforted him extremely gently and seriously: "Fool, thirty is the best time in your life, why be so sad." ”

"Yes, Sister Shuya, you look like you are twenty-five years old at most, and you have qualities that I and several ladies don't have, and adults like you very much!" Liu Ruoshui also comforted.

Listening to the comforting words of the two, and relieving for a while, the sorrow on Xiao Shuya's eyebrows faded a little, but her heart was still at her own age.

Yes, Xiao Shuya is seven years different from Lin Mo, how can Xiao Shuya care, for a while, let her cross this hurdle in her heart, maybe?

Seeing Xiao Shuya's concern in her heart, Lin Mo suddenly whispered something in Xiao Shuya's ear, which instantly made Xiao Shuya's face turn red, and she said happily: "Really, Ziyong, are you not lying to me?"

"I, Lin Ziyong, never tell lies to my own women!" When he said this, Lin Mo's eyes were very clear, but he was full of perseverance and sincerity.

Listening to Lin Mo's sincere and very reassuring, Xiao Shuya said with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely cooperate with the arrangement of the Empress Dowager Xuanshu to leave the palace, and then return to Pingzhou and take the Xiao family in my hands!"

Half an hour later, after a while with Xiao Shuya, and after a short rest, Lin Mo led Liu Ruoshui and Xifeng Qiuyun to leave Jinsu Palace.

At this moment, the wind was blowing coldly with the snow, which made Lin Mo shiver and sigh at the changeable weather of this winter.

There was only snow just now, but now it's a mixture of wind and snow!

Lin Mo was about to lead Liu Ruoshui and the three of them out of the palace and return to the house, but as soon as he stepped out of the gate of Jinsu Palace, he saw some elderly Gao Yue standing at the door waiting for him, and the whole person looked a little small and lonely in the wind and snow.

Seeing Lin Mo come out, Gao Yue hurriedly greeted him, bowed and said, "Lin Shangqing, Your Majesty asked the old slave to invite you to Dongnuan Pavilion, and I have something important to discuss with you!"

Lin Mo returned the salute, and saw that Gao Yue didn't even wear a cloak, so he took off the cloak on his body, draped it on Gao Yue, and said with concern: "Grandpa Gao, it's cold in winter, why don't you put on a cloak, what should I do if my body is cold!"

Lin Mo's sudden behavior made Gao Yue stunned for a moment, and then listening to Lin Mo's sincere and warm words, a teardrop suddenly rolled out of the corner of his eye, Gao Yue wiped his tears with his hand, and his heart was moved.

Gao Yue was also wearing a cloak, but on the way to Jinsu Palace, he was blown into the icy water by a gust of wind, and even Gao Yue was unstable and fell by the strong wind.

At this moment, Gao Yue's heart felt warm, as if there was a warm current surging in his body, but Gao Yue also understood his own, so he hurriedly untied his cloak and said: "Lin Shangqing, how can this be done, I am not a minion, how can I bear your cloak." ”

"Look at what you always said!" Lin Mo hurriedly stopped Gao Yue's action of untying his cloak: "What kind of slave is not a slave, you are a kind old man in my heart, you were forced to take this road, you were always shirked!"

Listening to Lin Mo's words, Gao Yue suddenly sighed with emotion: Yes, if it weren't for the poverty of his family when he was a child and forced by the clouds of war, how could he have entered this palace!

Feeling Lin Mo's sincerity, Gao Yue didn't shirk it anymore, but asked, "But this day is bitterly cold, you gave the cloak to the old slave, what should you do?"

"That's easy to do!" Lin Mo smiled slightly, signaling Liu Ruoshui to his back, Liu Ruoshui understood, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he fell on Lin Mo's back.

Carrying Liu Ruoshui on his back, Lin Mo said: "Father-in-law Gao, you always look at it, I don't keep warm like this, but I can also enhance the relationship between me and Ruoshui, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

Seeing that Lin Mo was so fond of Liu Ruoshui, Gao Yue was stunned at first, and then smiled kindly: "Lin Shangqing's method is really ah, the old slave thanked Lin Shangqing for your care, please come with the old slave!"

After that, Gao Yue was in front, leading Lin Mo and his party to the Dongnuan Pavilion where Emperor Daqian was at the moment, and Xi Feng and Qiu Yun followed behind Lin Mo not far away

Looking at the jade cheeks that were carried by Lin Mo on his back, and the jade cheeks with a thick happy smile were attached to Liu Ruoshui on Lin Mo's back, Xi Feng smiled faintly and said: "How about it, Qiu Yun, now that the sect master is more and more fond of Ruoshui girl, she will definitely become one of the ladies in the future, that gamble, you want it."

"Xifeng, don't be too happy!" When he spoke, Qiu Yun seemed a little lacking in confidence, but argued strongly: "As long as Miss Ruoshui doesn't become a lady for a day, you can't win." ”

"Madame, that's just a name, with the degree of the sect master's favor for Ruoshui girl, as long as Ruoshui girl speaks, the sect master will definitely accept the house and become one of the ladies!"

As he spoke, Xi Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong, and suddenly thought of something: "I said Qiu Yun, it won't be that you can't afford to lose, right?

"In the future, all your wine money in the future will be enough, and I won't repay the debt!" Qiu Yun said very generously: "Don't worry, as long as the sect master accepts Ruoshui girl as his wife, I will not break my promise!"

"Well, I'll wait!"

When he came to the East Warm Pavilion, Gao Yue took off the snow cloak and handed it back to Lin Mo, Lin Mo put Liu Ruoshui on the porch, took the snow cloak, and smiled.

"Thank you, Lord Shangqing, for your cloak, today's grace, the old slave will remember it in my heart!" After speaking, Gao Yue turned around and knocked on the door of the Winter Warm Pavilion: "Your Majesty, Lin Shangqing's old slave brought it to you!"

"Come in!" There was silence for a moment inside, and then the voice of Emperor Daqian came out!

"Please Lord Shangqing and the old slave come!" As he spoke, Gao Yue guided Lin Mo to march to the East Warm Pavilion.

Lin Mo took Liu Ruoshui's hand and followed Gao Yue into the Dongnuan Pavilion, but found that Liu Ruoshui had not moved his steps, and asked, "Ruoshui, what's wrong, follow me in!"

"My lord, no, I'm a slave, how can I enter the Dongnuan Pavilion with you and meet His Majesty the Emperor!" Liu Ruoshui shook her head and said, she never thought that she would be able to face this Great Emperor one day, and she was worried in her heart!

Seeing that Liu Ruoshui was still a little inferior to her identity, Lin Mo picked up Liu Ruoshui's head, let her look directly into her eyes, and asked, "Ruoshui, you are not only my maidservant, but also my woman, do you know who I am?"

"I know, you're an adult!" Liu Ruoshui didn't understand why Lin Mo suddenly asked the question "Do you know who I am", so he subconsciously answered.

Lin Mo said seriously and boldly: "Ruoshui, you are my Lin Ziyong's woman, my Lin Ziyong is the sect master of the Mo Sect, one of the three peak sects, a first-class doctor of Daqian, and even more of Daqian's concubine, do you understand?"

As he spoke, Lin Mo kissed Liu Ruoshui on the forehead: "Fool, your current identity is no longer a slave, but a woman who will become Mrs. Lin Ziyong, you have to clearly understand the dignity of your current identity, do you know?"

Listening to Lin Mo's words, Liu Ruoshui suddenly realized the change in his identity: Yes, I now respect Lin Ziyong's woman.

Although it is only false, it is only done for outsiders to see, and it is also the house that has not been received, but the identity has long been different, why should I have inferiority complex.

Liu Ruoshui, who understood it, immediately cheered up, with a confident smile on his jade face, and followed Lin Mo into the Dongnuan Pavilion, and marched into the palace belonging to the emperor with a different identity from the previous palace people.

Following Gao Yue into the Dongnuan Pavilion, Lin Mo saw two people inside, Emperor Daqian and Empress Daqian, and motioned for Liu Ruoshui to salute with him.

"See His Majesty the Emperor, see the Empress!"

"Ziyong doesn't have to be polite!" Empress Daqian took the lead in opening her mouth, and then turned her eyes to Liu Ruoshui: "Ziyong, which of your ladies is this, why does this palace seem to have seen it?"

Without waiting for Lin Mo to speak, Liu Ruoshui held his heart, and after giving a salute, he said respectfully: "Back to the queen's mother, the slave maid is Liu Ruoshui, who used to serve the virtuous concubine, and was later rewarded by the queen mother to the adult, and the adult loves Ruoshui again, and accepts Ruoshui as a personal maid!"

"Liu Ruoshui!" When Empress Daqian heard this name, she suddenly remembered that she had seen Liu Ruoshui from Concubine Liu Xian, and Liu Ruoshui was the sixth-class maidservant who assisted Concubine Liu Xian in managing the Jinhua Palace, a palace person.

After looking at Liu Ruoshui's graceful and luxurious dress, it really compared most of the ladies and concubines of the family, and Queen Daqian was curious: "Personal maid, you ......"

Now Liu Ruoshui is still like a slave, if she is the county lord of that vassal country, the people will believe it 100% and have no doubts.

Knowing what Empress Daqian was going to ask Liu Ruoshui, Lin Mo grabbed Liu Ruoshui's waist and interrupted Empress Daqian's words: "Queen Mother, Ruoshui is no longer my personal maid!"

In such a scene, Emperor Daqian suddenly realized, looked at Liu Ruoshui and said: "I see, it seems that Ruoshui is not a shallow blessing, you can get such a favor from Ziyong!"

Liu Ruoshui said with a big red face, and Empress Daqian looked at Lin Mo again and asked, "Ziyong has already taken her into the house?" I don't know how many ladies are in the first room? Is it the fifth room, or is it ......?"

"Okay, Lan'er, I called Ziyong, but it's not for you to gossip!" Lin Mo was about to speak, when Emperor Daqian interrupted Empress Daqian's words.

Holding Empress Daqian's body back to her original position, Emperor Daqian looked at Empress Daqian dotingly, and said, "Lan'er, let's get down to business first!"