Chapter Forty-Eight: The Palace Banquet: Hades' Request
"Huamo, you are so bold, you dare to kill people in the palace!" the eunuch who had been holding the basin of water shouted at Huamo.
Hua Mo suddenly killed someone, and put the murder weapon in front of him, even the Xi Gonggong, who had been following the emperor and seen a lot of the world, was so frightened that he lost his proportion, and the water basin in his hand and the dagger that had just been returned by Hua Mo fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
"Father-in-law, don't be kidding, I'm very timid. Hua Mo seemed to be taken aback by her father-in-law, and hurriedly said: "I just saw that Chunmei couldn't bear to do it, so I helped her." ”
"Sophistry! Who would let someone else help kill him?"
Hua Mo blinked, stretched out his finger and pointed at Chunmei's corpse, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
"You!" Father-in-law Xi pointed to the end of the flower, and couldn't say a word angrily, this third lady of the Hua family is so bold and brazen!
"Alright!" Emperor Chu said to stop.
He looked at the end of the flower, his eyes full of doubt and inquiry.
"This maid is dead, and your Hua family's dignity is preserved, right?" the emperor said pointedly.
The Ninety-Five Emperor of the Chu State has experienced the battle for succession, how can a person who sits in this position be an incompetent person. Hua Mo lowered her head and waved towards Emperor Chu, and she replied softly: "Yes." ”
'The dignity of the Hua family' certainly refers not only to the dignity of Hua Mo herself, but also to the face of the entire Hua family. Hua Qihan may be the person behind Chunmei, even if a shrewd person sees this, it is only a suspicion, and there is no evidence. But if Chunmei is the hall to offer Hua Qihan, then the matter is far more than that. After the cultivators experienced the ghost war, each family was greatly damaged, and in order to protect their own families, they settled in various countries one after another, showing a harmonious and united appearance to the outside world.
But if Hua Qihan's murder of Hua Mo is confirmed, at worst, it is said that the Hua family is not good at cultivating, and it is a shame to engage in some conspiracies and cannibalism all day long. To put it mildly, although the Hua family has declined, there are still many people who want the formation left by the evil flowers, and the magic weapon of training spirits. Now that the Hua family is so disunited, isn't it the best time to install a traitor and provoke inseparability?
Of course Emperor Chu knew this, he didn't want to help the Hua family anything. He was the one who was going to capture Chunmei alive and let Chunmei tell the truth, but he didn't expect this flower to be so fast and bold. Was this flower on the spur of the moment, or did it have already thought of this, if it was the latter... Such a thoughtful person is in the Hua family, which is naturally something that Emperor Chu does not want to appear.
"Hua Mo, are you guilty?" said Emperor Chu towards Hua Mo.
Hua Mo raised his head and glanced at Emperor Chu twice: "Back to the emperor, I don't know." ”
"Bold!" Now the Emperor of Chu is really angry, is Hua Mo contemptuous of imperial power in public?
"Hanasue, kneel!" Hanasa said to Hanasue from the side. Hua Mo turned his head to look at Hua Zuo, his eyes were full of regret, Hua Zuo was a little weak by this look, but he immediately reacted, why did he feel empty?
"Your Majesty, Hua Mo is stupid, I don't know what the crime is?" Hua Mo directly ignored Hua Zuo.
"What kind of place should you be, that you dare to commit murder in the temple. ”
This is going to give her a disrespectful charge, Hua Mo squinted. For Emperor Chu, it is rare that something happened to the Hua family, and it would be a pity if he turned the page like this. Even if she is not punished, no matter what, the marriage contract between the royal family and the relatives of the Hua family must be destroyed.
"Your Majesty, the little girl has asked for your and the family's consent. ”
"When did I agree?" Emperor Chu did not agree to Hua Mo's request.
Give me this trick, Hua Mo smiled, and looked at Emperor Chu's eyes with an innocent face: "I thought the emperor didn't speak, but he acquiesced." ”
Swear black is white.. This is the thinking of many people present.
Sima Ling was still drinking the wine in the cup and watching the play. Jiang Huai couldn't sit down anymore, he stood up, walked to Hua Mo's side, waved towards the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, Hua Mo is impulsive, and it is understandable. ”
Pardonable?
Have I done anything that I need to forgive the emperor in front of me?
Hua Mo looked up at Jiang Huai, this man was still as self-righteous as ever, he thought he was good for her, he thought he apologized for her, and he thought he decided for her. It's just that Jiang Huai is indeed standing up for her now, and Hua Mo suppressed what she wanted to say and was silent.
"Extenuating circumstances? ”
The man chuckled, and a cold aura instantly covered the entire hall. His voice was soft, but it was like thunder, which made the hearts of everyone present tremble. Hades King Yan Dongjun, although he has not spoken, how could he have forgotten this great god.
Although Hades has participated in banquets in many countries, he rarely speaks at banquets, let alone mixing in the affairs of other countries.
Emperor Chu hurriedly continued: "What the Hades King said is right, Hua Mo killed people in public and disturbed the Hades King, and the crime is unforgivable. "Great! If Hades has an opinion about this flower, maybe he can directly execute the flower.
The scene was very quiet, and most people felt that the Hades King was unhappy, and Hua Mo killed people in public, which was bold and rude. This flower may be about to offend the king of Hades......
Jiang Huai looked at Yan Dongjun, the king of the underworld, with some displeasure, and was silent.
Only Hua Mo, she understood what Yan Dongjun meant.
She didn't say anything, Yan Dongjun said it for her.
"I don't know what you've done that needs to be forgiven. Yan Dongjun was still sitting in his place, with a pair of starry eyes like a puddle of lake water, looking at the flowers calmly and deeply. Hua Mo also looked at Yan Dongjun, who had always been calm and indifferent, and she couldn't help but feel a tightness in her heart.
Sure enough, this person still resembles his brother in a certain way.
Now everyone present reacted, this Hades is speaking for Hua Mo again.
"Jianghuai, do you tell this king, has this woman done anything that needs to be forgiven?"
"It's a gaffe. In order to maintain the dignity of the Hua family, Miss Hua did not do anything that needed to be forgiven. Jiang Huai naturally continued Yan Dongjun's words, and as he spoke, he looked up at Emperor Chu. "The emperor is just joking with Miss Hua San, after all, this is in the main hall, and there are many female dependents who have no spiritual power. ”
Jiang Huai's explanation was very far-fetched, so far-fetched that no one present believed it at all, but even so, Emperor Chu still walked down the steps given by Jiang Huai. All this is just because of Yan Dongjun's strength and the strength of the Southern Underworld.
Emperor Chu had no spiritual power, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat under Yan Dongjun's spiritual power and aura. It's just that I heard that this Hua Mo and Yan Dongjun may know each other, but I didn't expect that it would be so familiar that a person of Yan Dongjun's temperament would personally help Hua Mo speak. If you knew this, you should have made good use of the flowers.
Emperor Chu sent someone to clean up Chunmei's body, and Hua Zuo, Hua Qihan and the crown prince also returned to their seats one after another. It's just that after experiencing this, most people don't have much heart to drink and eat, and just hope that the palace banquet will end soon.
But Huamo, after she returned to her position, it was like nothing had happened, she should eat and drink, as if her appetite was better than just now.
Of course, Emperor Chu couldn't let the banquet end like this, he was so easy to sit with Sima Ling and Yan Dongjun. It's strange to say, this Yan Dongjun has always shown his face and left when he participated in palace banquets, but this time he stayed for so long.
Emperor Chu picked up his wine glass and saluted in the direction of Yan Dongjun: "The Southern Underworld is famous, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary. ”
Yan Dongjun turned his head to look at Emperor Chu, silently raised his wine glass, and drank with Emperor Chu, although he didn't speak, he couldn't be rude.
Several ministers also followed the pace of Emperor Chu, raised their wine glasses and toasted to the Hades King, saying polite words.
Seeing that it was almost time, the queen stood up: "Wei'er come here." ”
The woman was dressed in a pink gorgeous Luo skirt, she lowered her head and obediently walked to the queen's side, Mingwei is Mingzhu's sister and the queen's youngest daughter. But her personality is completely different from Mingzhu, she has always been well-behaved and obedient.
Concubine Jing sat seemingly calmly on the side, but her hands were clenched tightly into her fists, and her nails were deeply embedded in her flesh. Originally, at this time, she should have spoken! Originally, Mingzhu should have appeared here! Sure enough, it was made by the queen! Mingzhu is now missing, so naturally she can't enter the Hades Palace. But the fact that the emperor will give the princess to Hades has been spread, and Hades has also acquiesced in this matter, and now, there must be a princess who can replace Mingzhu. If Ming Wei enters the Hades Palace, the future development of Chu Feng will be the icing on the cake, and it is impossible for the queen to give up this opportunity.
"His Royal Highness the Hades King, this is the little girl Mingwei. She has admired His Royal Highness the Hades since she was a child, and often said to the palace that if she is lucky enough to meet His Royal Highness once, she will definitely accompany and serve His Highness, so as to live up to this life. ”
Mingwei stood beside the queen, her head bowed nervously.
I don't even dare to look at it, what kind of worship and service do I say? Emperor Chu is preparing to let this Mingwei replace Mingzhu, Hua Mo has one eye closed, one eye is open, and she sits lazily in her place, she holds a wine glass in one hand and an apricot blossom cake in the other, with a posture of watching a play. Sure enough, she prefers to be an audience rather than acting on stage.
It's just that...... Why is this Hades still looking at her?
No, isn't he looking at the queen and Mingwei now? Could it be because he is wearing a mask, I am wrong? Hua Mo hurriedly turned her head and pretended that she didn't exist, why did she have a bad premonition.
"This time, the king only took Hua Mo back to Nanming alone. ”
The sip of wine that Hua Mo had just swallowed almost spurted out, what kind of mess did this great god add to here! Do you think she hasn't experienced enough things today? Do you have to push her to the forefront again? Hua Mo just wants to swear now.
The scene was even more riotous, even more commotion than when Chunmei questioned the end of the flower just now. This is His Royal Highness the Hades! The Hades actually said that he would take Hua Mo back to the South Hades! You must know that although there are many women in the Hades Palace, none of them were asked by the Hades on their own initiative, all of them were stuffed by other countries, and even the Hades did not even agree, so everyone took him by acquiescence and sent women to his mansion.
Now he actually took the initiative to say that he wanted Hua Mo to go back to Nanming with him? Could this kind of relationship between these two people be? Just a mere Hua Mo? Impossible!
"What are you kidding?!" Hanamu immediately stood up in disagreement. What are you kidding, even if you are beautiful, you can't talk nonsense, she doesn't want to be eye-catching anymore!
"Have you forgotten what the king said. Yan Dongjun looked at the end of the flower and slowly spoke.
Hua Mo instantly thought of the gambling contract in the gambling stone field, Yan Dongjun once said in the small courtyard of the Hua family, 'She will naturally know in two days'. What Yan Dongjun wanted Hua Mo to do, was it to follow him back to the Southern Underworld? Why......?
Wait, that doesn't seem like a bad thing. Originally, she was going to go to the Southern Underworld, so that she didn't have to find a reason to run away secretly, besides, Yan Dongjun knew that Hua Mo was going to find the demon general, if she could hear the news of other people from him on the way, it would be great.
"Naturally, I dare not forget. Hua Mo changed his tone and replied.
Yan Dongjun nodded and continued to drink.
"This ...... What's going on?" Hua Zuo rushed to Hua Mo's side, wanting to shout twice, but because Yan Dongjun was there, he really didn't dare to be presumptuous before he figured out the relationship between Hua Mo and Yan Dongjun.
Emperor Chu also looked at Hua Mo in surprise, wanting to get an answer from Hua Mo's mouth, if he had known that Hua Mo was Yan Dongjun's woman, he would not dare to move Hua Mo if he gave him two dares.
Hua Mo blinked, how should she answer? Lover? Forget it, she is afraid of being beaten to death by Yan Dongjun, master and apprentice? Who is who? Absolutely not! I can't tell the truth, saying that I know the formation, understand the medical skills, and have the ink-blooded lion Mo Lan by her side, so Yan Dongjun is interested in her.
"You said that the master who helped you lead the spirit into the dantian, with a mask on his face and dressed in black, is indeed His Royal Highness the Hades. Hua Zuo suddenly realized that he had found a reason for himself. Without waiting for Hua Mo to answer, Hua Zuo seemed to have received a great honor, and bowed to the Hades King: "Thank you, Your Highness the Hades King, for helping the little girl practice." ”
"Sure enough......" Hua Qichen also seconded on the side, Hua Qihan's face was still dark, staring at Hua Mo fiercely, and Hua Xie Fei also looked at Hua Mo in surprise.
Yan Dongjun drank a glass of wine, but did not admit or deny it. Hanaza and everyone else acquiesced to him.
Looking at the wine glass in Yan Dongjun's hand, Hua Mo had a flash of inspiration.
"This time, His Royal Highness the Hades King wants to take the little girl back to the South Hades, I don't know ......" Hua Zuo was very excited in his heart, this Hua Mo can actually have a relationship with the Hades King! The Hades King also helps Hua Mo practice, maybe he will help Hua Mo enter the academy, if Hua Mo can work hard and get the favor of His Royal Highness the Hades King, maybe Hua Qichen and Hua Qihan can have a chance to enter the Heavenly Spirit Sect!
"It's sake brewing!" Hanamo quickly interrupted Hanasa, don't let her be noticeable again. She looked at the wine glass in her hand, how could she forget that she still had this craft!
"Winemaking?"