Chapter 378: What Qingmei relied on
Ying Ying smiled lightly, the skinny Tingting Qianying gently walked into the hall with a mature woman's arm, and blessed her body in front of the emperor, and the voice of the pearl and jade fell crisply, "The courtiers knock on your majesty, knock on the mother." ”
"Okay," Emperor Chu praised repeatedly, then waved his hand, looked at Zhang Gongyu, and said loudly, "Ling Qianjin's appearance and bearing are indeed extraordinary." ”
Zhang Gongyu lowered his head slightly and said respectfully, "Your Majesty Xie praises." ”
Although his demeanor was humble, there was a hint of pride and pride in his tone. Mu Xiaofeng stared at the girl who came with a light smile, this girl's eye-catching thing was not her beautiful appearance, nor her slender figure, nor her valuable makeup.
Rather, her smiling eyes that sparkled with confidence like ink.
The smiling eyes were slightly curved, like a new crescent moon, but full of freshness and confidence. It is this kind of rare self-confidence that adds a thousand-fold grace to her already excellent moon flower appearance, which is a thousand times better than that of ordinary people.
Mu Xiaofeng was unexpectedly stunned, but then raised his eyebrows with interest.
Such a girl who is slightly heroic and full of confidence but has a calm bearing, will never make people feel aggressive, not to mention that Emperor Chu will think a little highly.
It's that she, as a person of the same sex, sees such a wonderful person, and she also has a good feeling and appreciation from the bottom of her heart.
I don't know what kind of mentality, after Mu Xiaofeng glanced at the daughter of the Zhang family appreciatively, he silently turned his eyes to Chu Lige.
Then, he turned his head to look at Xia Xingshen.
Chu Lige seemed to be consumed like the wine glass in his hand today, his thick long eyelashes were hanging down, and the cold and indifferent eyes staring at the wine glass seemed to have never intended to move away.
And Xia Xingshen, when Mu Xiaofeng turned his eyes to look over, seemed to just retract his gaze from the daughter of the Zhang family, and seemed to just turn those beautiful and charming eyes at random, and at this time, he happened to bump into Mu Xiaofeng's line of sight, and actually raised the cup in his hand and handed it to her.
Mu Xiaofeng pursed the corners of his mouth secretly, and lowered his eyes a little stupidly to stare at the teacup in front of him.
Well, these people are all extremely intelligent and elite-level people, and all of them wear several layers of masks, and with her fleshy eyes, it is really difficult to tell what is ugly from their appearance.
After the daughter of the Zhang family sat down, Emperor Chu glanced at the people in the hall, and after taking in the different expressions of everyone, he looked at Zhang Gongyu with no meaning, and said slowly, "General Zhang, it is said that Ling Qianjin is not only good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also not inferior to men in arranging troops, and even learning extraordinary martial arts, these are true?" ”
"Your Majesty's praise," Zhang Gongyu's tone was still humble, but he couldn't hide the pride and pride in his expression, "It's not proficient, but the little girl has a wide range of interests since she was a child, and she does dabble in all aspects of skills." ”
This is said modestly, but everyone looks at his expression, and then thinks about Emperor Chu's high-profile praise, they already have a bottom in their hearts.
But at the same time, everyone was even more confused, what did their majesty want to do with General Zhang's daughter so high?
Mu Xiaofeng also had the same confusion in his heart, this approach in front of him was really too inconsistent with Emperor Chu's unfathomable imperial image.
To give marriage to someone?
Mu Xiaofeng glanced at the adult princes present today with some suspicion, except for the prince, who is as stable as a rock, and there is a concubine at the moment, the rest of the adult princes have not yet married.
Marriage to the crown prince?
Mu Xiaofeng shook his head secretly, this is not very likely. The queen's mother's family is already powerful, and what Emperor Chu wants to do most is to weaken the power of the queen's own family, which is a big relative, how could he personally push the neutral Zhang family to the queen's camp.
But the rest of the adult princes?
She looked around silently, and secretly went through the information she collected on weekdays, but found that Emperor Chu did not favor that prince at all.
In other words, it is unlikely that Emperor Chu will stake the power of the Zhang family on one of them.
His own power is too weak, even if the Zhang family helps, he is not an opponent of the queen's faction, how can Emperor Chu do this kind of loss-making business.
If it is said that, in addition to the crown prince, Emperor Chu most wants to find one of these adult princes to stand up and fight with the queen, unless this person is .......
Thinking of this, her heart suddenly jumped a little sullenly.
It is no secret that Chu Lige stood up to defend Mufu with a clear banner, no wonder Emperor Chu looked at her again and again just now.
Mu Xiaofeng's thoughts were surging, and he heard Emperor Chu's low and domineering voice slowly sounding, "General Zhang, I heard that Ling Qianjin is actually not your own blood, but is there such a thing?" ”
As soon as these words fell, everyone suddenly felt their scalps explode.
They all looked at Emperor Chu a little dazed and a little nervous, and their majesty came out one after another today, which was too much to guess.
Mu Xiaofeng's eyes widened in astonishment, and a thought suddenly flashed in his heart, and then he blinked with some surprise and understanding.
Such a secret was exposed by Emperor Chu in public, Zhang Gongyu was not only embarrassed and embarrassed at all, but his resolute eyebrows still showed a faint confidence and pride.
He rolled his eyes, as if he had pointed out something, and glanced around the people in the main hall, and seemed to be just contemplative.
After a while, he nodded affirmatively, and said loudly, "Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case." ”
"The real name of the little girl is Jun Mo asked, when she was a child, she accidentally got acquainted with my wife, when she was suffering from the loss of her daughter, and after asking her for consent, she was accepted as a righteous daughter. Now it has officially changed its name to Zhang Mowen, and she is the daughter of the minister Zhang Gongyu on the family tree. ”
After listening to Zhang Gongyu's brief but like a few treasures, everyone explained the origin of the girl who had been praised by their majesty in public just now, and they were stunned for a while.
Mu Xiaofeng glanced thoughtfully at the girl who was sitting among the men of the Zhang family like stars holding the moon, and muttered in a low voice, "Jun Mo asked? ”
Heroes don't ask where they come from?
Could it be that the girl's parents knew that their daughter would become a heroine one day?
Wait, she recognized herself as a righteous daughter under the Zhang family when she was a child, does this mean that this girl lost her parents when she was young?
Before Mu Xiaofeng had time to sympathize with this girl, a faint weirdness and uneasiness immediately appeared in his heart.
Emperor Chu made this girl's life experience clear in public, and he would never be untargeted.
Emperor Chu glanced at everyone again, and still said quietly, "I heard that Ling Qianjin is not married yet?" ”
Zhang Gongyu raised the corner of his eyes slightly and glanced at Emperor Chu, his expression seemed to be a little hesitant, "Your Majesty, this ...... The minister couldn't say clearly for a while. ”
Emperor Chu raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and took advantage of the situation to ask, "Oh? Can't tell? ”
Glancing at it, his tone seemed to suddenly condense a little, "General Zhang's father is not competent enough. ”
Zhang Gongyu's face seemed to change slightly, "Your Majesty, this matter really has a lot to do with the little girl's parents, I implore Your Majesty to let the little girl explain this matter by herself." ”
Emperor Chu's deep eyes condensed on his face, and after a while, he spit out the words lightly and heavily, "Accurate." ”
It's so short and powerful that others may not be able to hear it. But Mu Xiaofeng felt his heart skip a beat, Emperor Chu first punished Mu Yunzhao in the form of a gift at today's banquet, proving to everyone that the majesty of the emperor cannot be questioned and provoked.
Now, he is singing and harmonizing with General Zhang Gongyu and Zhang, and Jun Mo is asking and talking about this secret.
Emperor Chu, what is the theme of today?
Out of the corner of Mu Xiaofeng's eyes, she saw that the confident and heroic girl had already stood up generously, and she knew that she had a lot of doubts in her heart, and someone would soon solve her doubts.
His eyes moved, and he was not in a hurry for a while, but he patiently suppressed the impetuosity in his heart quietly, and then lowered his eyes and waited quietly for Jun Mo to ask the key to it.
Jun Mowen stood up, bowed to Emperor Chu first, and then said slowly with a smile, "Your Majesty knows that the reason why my father said that the marriage of his courtiers is difficult to explain is because my father personally entrusted his courtiers to one person before he died. ”
Emperor Chu showed a look of astonishment, and then asked, "Then where is the person entrusted by that day now?" ”
Mu Xiaofeng's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously raised his eyes and quietly swept towards Chu Lige. But he saw that the man was a distant and untouchable iceberg, and he sat in it with an immovable posture and great grace, as if all the disturbances in the hall had nothing to do with him.
Retracted his gaze, and the doubts in his heart increased by two points.
Jun Mowen didn't answer directly, but looked at Chu Lige pointedly, and then lowered his eyes slightly, and said very slowly but very clearly, "Your Majesty, the person entrusted that day is now in this hall. ”
Emperor Chu frowned, squinting at her with incomparably majestic eyes, "Huh? ”
"That person," Jun Mowen turned his eyes that were slightly bent like a crescent moon, but suddenly raised his hand and pointed to His Royal Highness Liwang, who was in the middle of the hall, "It's him." ”
Almost everyone was stunned and stunned, and her voice sounded crisply again, "He used to worship under the courtier's father, and he was the senior brother of the courtier's daughter, and the courtier's father was alone with him when he was dying, and he also promised to take care of the courtier's daughter for the rest of his life. ”
Mu Xiaofeng's face turned slightly pale, and Xia Xingshen's beautiful eyes turned stunned and shallowly happy, but the person concerned, Chu Lige, was completely like a wooden person, and he didn't react to Jun Mo's words that were shocking enough.
"Now, time flies, and now it has been more than ten years since the death of the deceased father, although the courtiers were less than six years old in the past, but the former father's deathbed trust, the courtiers dare not forget or forget." Speaking of this, Jun Mo asked Jiaojiao Ruyue's face inevitably with a bit of sadness.
When she looked at Chu Lige, even her eyes were red, and even her voice gradually took on a faint choked meaning, "But after a long time, he promised his father's dying trust at that time, but he seemed to have completely forgotten his courtiers." ”
Jun Mowen turned his head and indifferently met Emperor Chu's gaze, "If it weren't for the courtier's daughter who has returned from her studies now, I don't know if there will be a chance to meet the former senior brother of the same sect." ”
As soon as her voice fell, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Jun Mo asked a question, which was tantamount to directly accusing Chu Lige of treachery in person.
However, when everyone quietly turned their eyes to Chu Lige with disdain and fear, they found that His Royal Highness Liwang, who they called "ghost sorrow", didn't seem to have heard the accusation that Jun Mowen had just asked.
With a face that was beautiful but completely devoid of emotion, he stared at the wine glass in the most elegant and straight posture.
From his thrush-like eyes, not to mention the slightest hint of weakness or anger, there is not even a trace of normal human emotions.
That face is extremely beautiful and picturesque, but it is precisely because of the picturesqueness that people can't see the slightest emotional fluctuation when they open their eyes again and again.
Emperor Chu's brows seemed to be knotted instantly, he squinted his eyes and looked at Jun Mo with great majesty, looking at this frank and confident and generous girl, the emperor was domineering and silent, but he saw that the girl was still calm and calm without fear under his heavy pressure.
I couldn't help but secretly appreciate it in my heart, but there was a cold and scary look on my face, and I said coldly, "Miss Zhang, do you dare to use the head of Xiang Shang's head as a guarantee to ensure that what you said just now is true?" ”
When everyone heard this, their hearts were shocked again, and then their faces were full of confusion.
What does their majesty want to do?
Others may not understand Emperor Chu's intentions, but Mu Xiaofeng, who has been praised by several people, has already guessed it.
It was precisely because she guessed seven or eight points that she felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably.
Especially when she quietly glanced at Chu Lige, she saw that the guy didn't have the slightest mood swing except for giving people distant icebergs and jade trees that could only be looked up to and not approached, and her heart gradually became a little annoyed.
Jun Mowen calmly endured the imperial pressure that Emperor Chu deliberately released towards her, Zixiu stood straight, his eyes were open to Emperor Chu, and he nodded without hesitation, "Your Majesty, the courtiers are willing to use the head of the Xiang as a guarantee, and what the courtiers said just now is true." ”
Emperor Chu was silent, his eyes blazing at the confident and calm girl, and his eyes turned with a hint of surprise and doubt.
After a while, he turned his gaze to Chu Lige.
"Liwang, what do you have to say about what Miss Zhang said just now?"
Chu Lige put down the cup and slowly stood up, although he only stood quietly, he instantly attracted the eyes of the whole hall to him.
Jun Mowen saw his outstanding clear figure, and his eyes that were curved like a crescent moon suddenly lit up.
The heavy imperial coercion that Emperor Chu had deliberately exerted on Jun Mowen's body before had now been quietly transferred to Chu Lige as his gaze swept away.
However, Chu Lige has long practiced the ability to collapse in front of Mount Tai without changing his face, so this pressure is really nothing to him.
Although he stood up, he was still silent for a long time, intentionally or unintentionally resisting the coercion and domineering exerted by Emperor Chu, until Emperor Chu's eyebrows faintly overflowed with impatience and anger.
He lowered his eyes, and said unhurriedly with a cold and straight line without emotion, "Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth or lie?" ”
Looking at the entire Southern Chu, I am afraid that His Royal Highness Liwang, who is also known as "ghost sorrow", has the courage to dare to ask Emperor Chu in public whether he wants to hear the truth or a lie.
Even Mu Xiaofeng, who was inexplicably full of feelings in his heart, couldn't help but laugh secretly when he heard these rebellious words.
This guy often says that she is bold, and I don't know who often makes a blockbuster.
Emperor Chu's cold face quickly darkened, and his brows twisted, as if it was more distorted than the twisted twist.
But it was hard for him to flatten the knotted brows in an instant, and then he looked unfathomable, except for the majesty of the emperor, he couldn't hear the joy and anger at all, "How is the truth?" What about lies? ”
Chu Lige's graceful iceberg face and ability to hide emotions are definitely better than those of Emperor Chu.
"Truth?" His Royal Highness Li Wang didn't even move his brows, and said in a cold and indifferent voice, "The minister doesn't know what Miss Zhang was talking about just now. ”
The hall immediately let out an extremely piercing roar, and of course, along with this roaring sound, there were also suppressed gasps one after another.
The corners of Mu Xiaofeng's lips were almost invisibly bent, this guy either didn't open his mouth, and a mouth could definitely hit people without the power to fight back.
Looking at Jun Mowen's shocked and shaky appearance, she couldn't help but secretly worry about the girl.
Emperor Chu's eyes jumped, and the brows that he had just stretched out were immediately wrinkled again.
"What about lies?"
"Lies?" Chu Lige seemed to raise his eyes and looked at Jun Mowen, but it seemed that his eyes were just moving lightly, but no one looked into his eyes, "Chen heard what Miss Zhang said just now, but he couldn't understand what she said at all." ”
Mu Xiaofeng was stunned, what kind of tongue is this guy around. Isn't that what he meant to be true to a lie?
Quietly raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Chu, and saw that Emperor Chu's face really took a big step towards ink.
She secretly felt pity in her heart, with such a son, it is estimated that it is really difficult to live as old as Emperor Chu without a strong and healthy heart.
Because of leaving His Royal Highness, either he will be half angry if he doesn't open his mouth; Or as soon as he opened his mouth, he would directly anger the person to death.
Emperor Chu secretly clenched his fists, and his eyes were forbearant a few times before he suppressed the anger in his heart under his eyes.
He decided to find a breakthrough from the cute little girl of the Zhang family, and talk to this kid who doesn't eat oil and salt, he will be angry to death sooner or later.
Mu Xiaofeng saw that Emperor Chu turned his gaze to Jun Mowen, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice for him, poor Your Majesty, fortunately, you still have self-knowledge.
Putting aside all the things between her and Chu Lige, at the moment she is also very curious about what the relationship between this Jun Mo asked the girl and the "ghost sorrow" that everyone is afraid of.
Who knew that His Royal Highness Liwang, who seemed to be invisible to anyone, saw the girl's eyes shining with hidden curiosity. Deng Shi frowned unhappily, and his cold eyes added a little chill, and immediately flew towards Mu Xiaofeng's pretty face.
The girl suddenly felt an inexplicable chill on her back, her heart trembled, and she subconsciously shrank, and when she realized the source of the coldness, she rolled her eyes a little unhappily.
What kind of cold air to stare at?
Is your heart empty?
Fortunately, Mu Xiaofeng didn't look at Chu Lige right now, otherwise His Royal Highness Liwang, who was extremely wise, would definitely be able to see what she was thinking from her slightly changing eyes.
If His Royal Highness Liwang, who was lonely and indifferent, understood what she was thinking at the moment, I was afraid that what would fall on her would not be so easy with two simple cold eyes.
Although Emperor Chu turned his gaze to Jun Mowen, he still saw the private eyebrows and eyes of these two people clearly.
While the anger in his heart grew, he quietly glanced at Jun Mo and asked, and asked slowly, "Miss Zhang, you said that you broke the oath of the year when you left the king; He thinks you're talking nonsense, so how do you prove to him that you're right? ”