Chapter Ninety-One: Temptation
The lid of the tea lightly crossed the mouth of the teacup, making a faint sound, and the sounds around seemed to have receded, and the wind was quiet, except for this slight sound.
The ladies hung their heads and stared at the ground under their toes, silent.
I just felt that the tea lid in Rong Xi's hand seemed to be gently scraping the tip of his heart, and after a while, his voice was slight but with unknown pain and hidden danger.
The crowd gradually held their breath.
Li Haijiang also felt an indescribable sense of oppression, and a look of panic slowly appeared on his face, what was wrong with that cup of tea? He didn't know the bottom of his heart, and a thin layer of sweat gradually formed in his palms.
Whether it is the previous dispute between the prince and the current infighting in the palace, he is a little uncomfortable, he thought that the open and secret battles between himself and his junior brother were intolerable conspiracy methods, and now he and his own personal experience of the matter, it is just a small thing.
And the princess in front of him is beyond his basic understanding of women, she is young and beautiful, but she is well-informed, and even ruthless but at the same time approachable.
It's such a strange feeling.
"What's your name?" Rong Xi finally opened his mouth and asked the refreshing young man who said he was making tea just now.
"Back to the princess, the villain's name is Ning An." Ning An replied.
"Ning'an?" Rong Xi raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Leng Yixiu, then turned his head to look at him.
"He was born to a family, so he gave him the surname Ning." Leng Yixiu replied to her gaze, thinking that it seemed necessary for him to explain some things in the mansion to Rong Xi.
"What about you?" Rong Xi's gaze suddenly turned, staring at the person who had secretly breathed a sigh of relief before.
"Back to the princess," the man was stared at by Rong Xi, his eyes seemed to be pricked by a needle, and he immediately lowered his head when he looked at Rong Xi, "The villain has been boiling other medicines for Mr. Li just now, and he really hasn't touched the casserole for making tea." ”
There was a slight eagerness in his voice, and the expression on his face was sincere and extremely moving.
Rong Xi smiled faintly, and the corners of his raised eyes shot out of brilliance, "This princess is asking you, who is your surname." ”
“…… The villain's name is Hu Bin," the expression on Hu Bin's face changed, and his head hung lower, as if trying to hide his eagerness just now.
"You didn't get close to the casserole?" Rong Xi put down the teacup in his hand, and put his fingers on the stone table next to him, next to Leng Yixiu's cup of tea.
"No," Hu Bin looked up and pursed his lips with a determined expression.
Rong Xi's fingers gently caressed the cup of tea, the snow-white fingertips were like onion tubes, and the nails were glowing with a faint pink luster, "Oh? Well, since you haven't touched it, it may be that the princess has misjudged, and this tea should be fine. ”
After she finished speaking, she didn't look at those people, didn't pay attention to their respective expressions, but continued in a light tone: "In this case, in order to calm this turmoil, I will reward each of you with a cup of such medicinal tea," she paused, and looked at Hu Bin, like the sunlight passing through the clouds, and the bright people almost burst into tears in an instant, "Hu Bin, this cup of the prince will be rewarded to you." ”
Hu Bin's nostrils instantly dilated, and he gasped for a long time, he could even hear the sound of the breath passing through his throat, his fingers clenched tightly, and he released it after a while, and his fingertips were a little white, "Princess...... Minions don't dare. ”
"Why don't you dare?" Leng Yixiu said, he leaned on the table, the hair behind him poured down, the prince who was usually as cold as an iceberg, actually had such a stunning and demonic side, he bent his eyes and smiled, the brilliance of his eyes flashed like a gem, "The princess rewarded you, this king also agrees, take it and drink it." ”
The other people stood in place, some of them were envious in their eyes, some were jealous, they were all slaves of the same house, all of them were nothing more than these two feelings, Rong Xi noticed that Ning An's eyes were calm and waveless, just hanging his head slightly, Rong Xi's eyes slipped with appreciation, and he had an idea in his heart.
In contrast to Ning An's expression, Hu Bin's face became more and more ugly, he did not refuse, but let Leng Yixiu also open his mouth, and his forehead was slightly sweaty.
"Minions...... Don't dare, this is the prince's tea, the slave ......" Hu Bin's chest rose and fell slightly, and his words were a little unclear.
"It doesn't matter, since this king has agreed, what do you have to scruple about? It's just a cup of tea! Although Leng Yixiu was still smiling, his tone was slightly cold, and the corners of his mouth were also sharp.
Hu Bin opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to say anything, he hesitated to take a step forward, as if that step had crossed the chasm, separated by the gap between life and death.
Leng Yixiu waved his hand and asked the others to retreat, there were only four people left in the courtyard, and the three of them looked at Hu Bin, his fingers trembled slightly, and he reached for the cup of tea on the table.
Rong Xi and Leng Yixiu sat on the chair and looked at him, one gaze was dull and the other was dull, this ruthless but swarthy hole was like a dark hole, and the ignorant murder in it made Hu Bin's heart almost jump out, and his fingers touched the cup of tea.
The delicate cup body is thin and brittle, and the wonderful work of the kiln master is smooth and smooth...... The woman's skin was like tallow, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and with a grunt, he startled himself, and the warmth of his tentacles was like a red-hot soldering iron, burning his whole body.
Scalding is second, if possible, he would like to be really just hot, the terrible thing is the things in the cup, the things he put down with his own hands, the tips of his heart are trembling, the sweat on the corners of his forehead is more fine, like the heat in the cup to the face, dense droplets.
"Hu Bin, did the main finger who poisoned this tea tell you that the things in it can't kill people, at most it just makes the prince can't help but want to love people?" Rong Chang looked at his trembling fingers, and suddenly threw out a sentence, like a drop of cold water falling into the hot oil pot with a "p-la".
Hu Bin's hand that had just picked up the teacup suddenly trembled, as if he had been bitten by a snake, and with a "bang", the cup fell to the ground and fell apart, splashing the water inside, stirring up a few splashes, and then quickly seeping into the ground and disappearing, leaving only a water stain.
Hu Bin's legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop", the corners of his clothes were stained with water and smeared with a piece of mud, he raised his head, his face was pale, "Lord Wang...... Rajah...... Spare your life......"
Leng Yixiu didn't know when he had sat upright, he looked at Hu Bin, squinted his eyes slightly, the eagle-like sharp light locked Hu Bin tightly, as if staring at his prey, he didn't speak, just looked, his lips pursed, like a sharp and invisible knife.
"Snake venom is generally the same as killing the prince." Rong Xi came to a conclusion, her eyes were clear, against the warm sun, but the bottom of her eyes was like a frozen lake, cold, however, what she said made Hu Bin even lose the strength to kneel upright.
His body went limp, and his hands that were holding on to the ground suddenly loosened, "Slave...... I really don't know ......."
"Of course you don't know," Rong Xi smiled sneeringly, "I'm afraid even Su Ting doesn't know!" Her voice suddenly became sharp, like thunder behind the clouds, rolling in.
Hu Bin looked at her with wide eyes, opened his mouth and stammered, unable to say a word, just gasping for breath, sweat on his forehead like rain, like a frog panting with a wide mouth, almost on the verge of death.
He looked at Rong Xi who was sitting there, the sun was spread on her body, a faint layer of golden light slowly spread out on her body, like gold, like light, her eyebrows were picturesque, those eyebrows flew away, there was an indescribable heroic awe, those eyes were black and white, and even the surrounding wind seemed to be a little stronger between turns.
She sat there, bowing her head slightly, and her eyes looked faint, and she had a kind of bearing that looked at the world, which made people feel awe.
Hu Bin suddenly wanted to laugh at himself from the bottom of his heart, if he saw such a Rong Xi as soon as possible, how could he believe Su Ting's words? How could it be believed that she would overthrow Rong Xi and become the princess one day?
It's just that it's too late to regret it.
He leaned on the ground weakly, sweating and wetting, and his voice came in a muffled voice: "Prince, princess, slave...... Taohong by the side of Concubine Su is a fellow villager, and we ...... a year ago Mutual affection, Concubine Su promised us ......"
"Tell me what Princess Ben knows." Rong Xi interrupted him, for this kind of nonsense that he already knew, it was really not worth wasting time, let alone ...... This kind of bitter drama really makes people have little interest.
There are many things that have to be done, but there are not so many things that need to harm others in exchange for their own interests, and there is never only one choice.
Hu Bin's body stiffened, he paused, his face was hidden underneath, and he couldn't see any expression, just for a moment, only to hear him continue: "Later, I don't know why, someone directly found the slave and said that it was ...... Concubine Su was assigned, and the minions had also met with Taohong before, so ......"
Hu Bin didn't look up, Rong Xi and Leng Yixiu didn't react, he just felt that the four eyes staring at his back were even colder, and his legs began to go numb, but he didn't dare to move a single bit.
The man said, "It's just ...... Let the prince show affection to Concubine Su, so as to assist her in ascending to the throne, but ...... The minion never thought that this thing was actually poisonous! Even if the slave has 10,000 guts, he doesn't dare to harm the prince......" Hu Bin said, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and kneel forward for two steps, kowtowing vigorously, "Lord, spare the villain......"
Rong Xi couldn't help but sneer, didn't he think that the current one was "harmful"? Isn't it harmful to let Leng Yixiu be controlled by Gu and laugh countless times with a woman he doesn't like? So what is this? Something inconsequential?
She narrowed her eyes slightly, like a cunning fox, her eyes flashed with a cold light, like the tip of a spear suddenly stabbed out from under the ice, cold and sharp, and suddenly forced into front of people's eyes.