Chapter I: Preamble
This is not a chaotic era, not to talk about the peace of the country and the people, but also not the flames of war. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Yiguo, Bac Ninh, Nanyi, and East Thursday compete for power.
The country of Yi stands proudly in it, and the four major families of Lin, Li, Fan and Liang control the government and cannot be shaken.
When Li Zhixing, the ruler of the dynasty, was good at playing with power, won the trust of the emperor, and became the first king with a different surname in Yiguo; Lin Mingyuan, the richest man in Jiangzhou, abandoned his business in his early years and became rich enough to rival the country; Wen Cheng Liang Siyun is resourceful, but he never participates in the court dispute; Dongbo Hou Fan Gurui has both talent and appearance, and is famous. It seems to be a united country, but there is a turbulent undercurrent inside.
They used to be the most harmonious brothers, friends, but they parted ways for a woman with a peerless look.
And this woman is none other than their former closest childhood playmate, their fellow sister, Fan Xiyao, the first beauty in Yiguo.
She already belonged to her, but she became a victim of this battle for hegemony and was forced to marry Shang Yichen, the king of Bac Ninh.
And a glass of poisoned wine and a fire ended Shang Yichen's life, and also ended the Beining Empire he ruled, and Fan Xiyao disappeared from then on.
Now they are smiling at each other with knives hidden.
What kind of grievances and grievances have brought them to this point.
More than ten years have passed, and the peerless red face has come to Iraq again, and Iraq has once again set off a storm.
Lin Moxin, she was originally just a simple and kind boudoir to be married,
But it gradually fell into the battle between the court, the battle between the two countries,
staged a love-hate entanglement with the seven sons of Jingchuan,
Gorgeous transforms into a scheming vengeful red face.
Look at how the world's face turns all beings upside down,
The dark fragrance floats...
"It's a real headache, I only had a fight yesterday, and here I come again." For the third day in a row, the guards at the gate of the palace had seen the female beggar holding the child.
"What's wrong? What's going on? The little third son, who happened to go out to buy some things, saw this scene at the door, and immediately asked.
"This madman always told me that she wanted to see the prince, isn't she dreaming? Can anyone see the prince? The guards had disdain and contempt on their faces.
Lin Xiyu originally lived in Jingchuan, the capital of Yiguo, for a long time, and since ten years ago, Fan Xiyao, the first beauty of Yiguo, married Beining and moved to Jiangzhou. In Jingchuan City, Lin Dashao's love for Fan Xiyao, the second lady of Fan Mansion, is a well-known secret, and everyone said that Lin Dashao was disheartened and didn't want to live so sadly for a long time, so he left.
In this Jiangzhou, Lin Xiyu's Jing Wangye's Mansion is the most luxurious, on the one hand, because Lin Xiyu is the cousin of the saint today, his identity is already noble, and with the grace of the saint, he has received a lot of rewards; On the other hand, it is because Lin Mingyuan has a good set of business by himself, and he has not been in Jiangzhou from Jingchuan for a few years, but he has become a wealthy businessman. In the eyes of this guard, this person must have come to this tall mansion again, hoping to cheat some money called Hanako.
Although the woman had some dirt marks on her face, the ordinary wooden hairpin on her head, and her simple clothes, anyone who observed carefully could still see that she was beautiful. Those bright eyes are unforgettable, as if they can leach out water, but they are lifeless. It was only when she looked at the child in her arms that she had a glimmer of emotion.
She took difficult steps and moved to the gate of the palace.
Seeing that the woman was still holding a thin child, the little third son couldn't bear it, so he walked forward despite the handyman's stop.
"Are you okay?" The little third son slowly approached and asked tentatively.
As if sensing a hint of kindness, the woman slowly turned her cheek and tried her best, but her voice was still very subtle, as if she was extremely tired. "I want to see the prince."
The moment he saw those eyes, Xiao Sanzi was stunned, they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen, although they were unkempt, they still couldn't hide her elegance. looked at the child in her arms again, it was very white, it seemed that she cherished her child very much, even if she was dirty, she had to take good care of the child.
The woman saw that Xiao Sanzi was a little stunned, so she took out a butterfly hosta with transparent material from her arms and handed it to Xiao Sanzi's hand without speaking.
Xiao Sanzi saw at a glance that this hosta was not an ordinary ornament, and thought if she was bribing herself, so she put it away. I couldn't bear it, but I couldn't think of a way to let this girl see the prince for a while.
I thought that I was a little familiar with the prince's personal maid Biqiu, and Miss Biqiu was notoriously good, so I wanted to ask her for help.
So he said hello to the people next to him and said that he would help take care of the mother and son, and walked into Su Yunxuan, where the prince lived. I asked the slave who was picking up flowers and plants, and I learned that Biqiu was distributing vegetables to the prince, and she was a little anxious, but it was not easy to ask Biqiu to come out.
After waiting at the door for less than half an hour, I saw Biqiu walking out.
"Sister Biqiu, you're out."
Bi Qiu looked at the little third son, "What's the matter, I just finished serving the prince, and I heard Dongmei say that you are waiting for me outside." Is there something urgent? ”
The third son immediately apologized, pulled Biqiu aside, and said, "Sister Biqiu, when I just went out, I saw a woman holding a child at the door, saying that she wanted to see the prince. I heard from the handyman that he had been here for several days and had been beaten, and I looked very pitiful. Everyone in this house said that Sister Biqiu was a living Bodhisattva, and the third son was brave, so he came to beg Sister Biqiu to see if her sister could help. ”
As soon as she heard this, Bi Qiu felt a little strange, looked at the little third son up and down, and said: "Little third son, you have always been a clever and clever person, how can you make such a mistake now, is the prince a foolish woman in the market who can see it if she wants to?" ”
Seeing that the little third son looked frightened, he glared at him and said, "Isn't it, what benefits have you received from others, so you dare to be so presumptuous!" ”
"What's the noise? As soon as I finished eating, I heard a commotion outside, and I couldn't stop it. A clear male voice came through the room, and after a while, he came out of the inner room. Bi Qiu and Xiao Sanzi hurriedly knelt down, and everyone around them also knelt down.
The person who came was handsome and dusty, wearing an ink-colored robe, a jade jasper belt, black hair like silk, sword eyebrows into the sideburns, a pair of narrow Danfeng eyes, flashing in the air with shining colors, a tall nose bridge, thin lips, and the whole face was full of sculptural sense like a knife carving.
Biqiu saw that the prince was in a bad mood, and was afraid that the matter of the little third son would implicate him, so he immediately spoke: "Lord, are they all slaves and maids, just now the little third son made a mistake, and the slave and maid taught him two sentences, but he didn't expect to disturb the prince, the slave and maid really deserve death." ”
"Making a mistake? What did this minion do wrong? Let your good-natured one start a fire too. "This Biqiu has served Lin Mingyuan for four years, and she has always been considerate and considerate, and she is kind to people, but she didn't expect to start a fire like this.
Bi Qiu immediately bowed down and replied: "The slave and maid dare not hide the prince, the slave and maid have always hated the people under them to give and accept each other privately and help others. The third son has always been safe, but he didn't expect to come to ask the slave and maid today to help introduce a woman to the prince, and the slave and maid were so angry. ”
When Lin Xiyu heard this, he asked in a deep voice, "Little third son, is this matter serious?" ”
The third son was already in a cold sweat at this time, trembling, and regretted his meddling in his heart, but now there was no way out. "The slave is wronged, Lord Wang, it's all the slave's clumsy mouth, and he didn't say it thoroughly, so Sister Biqiu misunderstood."
Seeing Lin Xiyu looking at it coldly, waiting for his explanation, the little third son immediately continued: "The slave just went out to prepare for some things, and saw a poor woman sitting at the door, still holding a child in her arms, and she couldn't bear it, so she stepped forward to ask. The woman only said, 'I want to see the king.' The slave didn't want to pay attention to it, but seeing that the woman didn't look like an ordinary beggar, she then took out a hosta and gave it to the slave, and the slave felt that this hosta was not something that ordinary people could use. But the slave didn't dare to disturb the prince, so he had to discuss it with Sister Biqiu first. ”
As he spoke, the little third son immediately took out the butterfly hosta from his arms and raised his hand to hand it over.
The moment Lin Xiyu saw the hosta, he was shocked, and immediately stepped forward and grabbed the hosta.
"Xi Yao, I don't have the ability to keep you, this hosta was left to me by my mother, she asked me to give it to the person I love the most in my life, although the person I love doesn't love me, and now I have to marry someone else. But I don't regret it, just let this hosta accompany you. ”
Lin Xiyu will never forget that moment, Fan Xiyao was wearing a bright red wedding dress, dazzling, she leaned into his ear and said, "Perhaps, in this Yi country, only you treat me well and don't ask for anything in return." In this life, Xi Yao can't love you and marry you, but I hope that there will be an afterlife, and Xi Yao will definitely repay you. With tears in her eyes and a hint of despair, she turned away and looked no longer at anyone around her.
Xi Yao, are you back?
"What about people? Where are the people? Lin Xiyu held the hosta tightly, his face was solemn, and he let out a low roar.
The people around them all lowered their bodies and didn't dare to speak, only Xiao Sanzi was clever, and immediately stood up and replied, "At the door, the slave let the guards at the door take care of it." ”
Lin Xiyu ran towards the gate of the mansion like a wind, and everyone was stunned, when did the prince, who has always been steady, be so anxious. So they all hurried after him.
As soon as I arrived at the door, sure enough, a weakened background came into view, and the clothes were shabby.
She looked so fragile, as if the wind was blowing and she was about to fall. He couldn't believe that Fan Xiyao, the first beauty of the country of Iraq, who had galloped on the grassland with their brothers in the past, would become like this, and he couldn't accept it.
His voice was a little choked, and he asked tentatively, "Xi Yao, is it you?" ”
The back seemed to be shocked, and he slowly turned around and looked at Lin Xiyu: "Xiyu." ”
When Lin Xiyu saw those bright eyes, he was convinced that it was her who came back, and his Xiyao finally came back.
Seeing that the other party was holding the child and crumbling, he immediately stepped forward and hugged her.
Perhaps, she had waited for this moment for too long, she had been supporting her tired body, and it was not until the moment she saw him that she dared to fall down with confidence.
Lin Xiyu carefully hugged Fan Xiyao and the child, raised his head and shouted loudly: "Go and call the doctor." ”
Biqiu immediately stepped forward with a look in her eyes, ready to pick up the child in Fan Xiyao's hand, but no matter how she hugged her, she couldn't hold it.
Seeing this, Lin Xiyu knew that this child meant a lot to her, so she said in a deep voice: "I'll come by myself, you all go and ask me for a doctor, and invite all the doctors within a radius of hundreds of miles in Jiangzhou, if she has any mistakes, I want you all to bury her!" ”
The surrounding slaves were very frightened, and they all hurriedly ran to find the doctor, for fear that their lives would be in danger and their heads would be moved.
He picked up Fan Xiyao horizontally, and the child was also very stable in Fan Xiyao's arms, and directly hugged the two into his bedroom. After putting her on the bed, her hands did not relax.
Lin Xiyu attached to her ear and said softly: "Xiyao, with me, don't worry." ”
At this time, Fan Xiyao's hand was released, and Lin Xiyu carefully picked up the child and put it beside her. At this time, Dongmei and Biqiu had already made a basin of hot water, washed towels, and prepared to clean the unknown girl. As soon as he walked to the bedside, he heard Lin Xiyu's cold voice: "Give it to me." ”
Lin Xiyu gently wiped her face, as if she was cleaning some rare treasure, carefully, for fear of alarming her.
Lying on the comfortable big bed, Lin Xiyu wiped the dust and blood stains off her face with a handkerchief, and her white jade-like face was revealed, as pure and beautiful as a newborn crescent moon, with thin eyebrows like willows, a nose and a little vermilion cherry lips, which can be so beautiful only in sleep, it is an elegant beauty, blessed with it.
Even Dongmei Biqiu, who was accustomed to seeing beauties on the side, couldn't help but widen their eyes, covered their mouths and exclaimed, they couldn't believe that such a beauty could be hidden under the dirt.
After the doctor's diagnosis, he said that the girl was just too tired and needed to recuperate, and left after prescribing a few doses of medicine. Lin Xiyu's heart hanging in mid-air was put down.
She slept hard, and even in her sleep, her brow furrowed.
After a while, she woke up, and the first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to look for the child, and when she saw the child smiling and holding her little hand by her side safe and sound, she smiled heartily.
Seeing this, Lin Xiyu immediately stepped forward and grabbed Fan Xiyao's hand: "Xiyao, are you okay?" ”
A tired smile appeared on Fan Xiyao's face: "Have I slept for a long time?" ”
She didn't seem to have slept so deeply in a long time, since when? It was the day he left the country of Yi, or the day that Emperor Shang Yichen of Bac Ninh died in front of her.
She will never forget that scene, he slowly weakened in her arms, his handsome face still revealed doting love, he gently wiped away the tears on her face: "Yao'er, don't cry, let me remember your most beautiful appearance." In this life, I Shang Yichen is so fortunate to be able to marry you Fan Xiyao. I don't regret it, I don't regret using this Nanning, exchanging everything I have for you, this is my choice. ”
He endured the severe pain and said to her: "Xi Yao, I have arranged the road I want to go, Yebo will protect you thoroughly, don't go back to Yiguo, Huangfu Tianhua will not let you go." Ahem. ”
Even at the last moment, he didn't forget to protect her, and it was at that moment that Fan Xiyao deeply felt what was the most important thing in her heart. It's not the glory of Yiguo, nor is it Liang Siyun, but the Nanning monarch Shang Yichen in front of her, whom she once thought she would never fall in love with. It's just that by then, it's already too late, and the dead are gone.
Lin Xiyu shook his head gently, with a look of pampering and pity, he couldn't imagine what kind of torture this jade beauty had suffered, so she could sleep so unsteadily, he gently stroked her smooth jade forehead: "The doctor said that you should have a good rest, sleep in peace for a while, I will guard you by the side." And the children, I will find someone to take care of them. ”
That day, Fan Xiyao didn't say much, just nodded and fell asleep.
These days, King Jing's Mansion is a little unstable, I heard that there is a new beautiful woman in the house, and Prince Jing is even more undressed to take care of it personally, and he does not allow others to get close to Tingyu Pavilion for a step. The wives and concubines of the prince in the palace couldn't help but be a little surprised, and the complaints continued, and everyone in Jiangzhou was speculating what kind of woman made this always cold prince so attentive, and rumors spread everywhere.
In the end, in order to dispel the rumors, Lin Xiyu severely punished all the slaves in the house, and even his wives and concubines were punished accordingly, so that no one in Jiangzhou dared to mention the matter later.
Time flies, Fan Xiyao has been recuperating in this Jingwang Mansion for several months, except for Lin Xiyu, she has never spoken to outsiders. Listening to the slaves and maids serving in the Rain Pavilion, they could see that this woman was very important to their masters, and they served with their hearts, and they did not dare to speak to her.
On this day, as soon as Lin Xiyu entered the Listening Rain Pavilion, he saw Fan Xiyao sitting alone in the courtyard.
She was dressed in a moon-white light gauze dress, with a little white apricot blossom falling on the skirt, which was natural. Gently picked up the white apricot that fell on the stone table with his hand, and stared carefully, all that came to his mind was Shang Yichen's smile.
"Xi Yao, what do you want?" Lin Xiyu walked forward and sat on the stone bench next to him, smiling.
Fan Xiyao came back to her senses, turned her face and saw Lin Xiyu, with a smile on her face, but she was speechless.
Lin Xiyu saw a hint of sadness in her smile, and felt a little bitter in her heart, thought about it, and still said, "Xiyao, is that child his?" ”
Fan Xiyao was stunned, then nodded. She knew that what Lin Xiyu was talking about was Shang Yichen.
Although he had already guessed it, when Lin Xiyu really got this answer, he was still heartbroken. The world is unpredictable, why is Fan Xiyao's fate so tortuous. Seeing that she loves that child so much, you can see how much she loves Shang Yichen.
"Since Shang Yichen's death, all these years, the whole country of Yi has been looking for you, as well as Liang Siyun." Seeing Fan Xiyao's body stiffen when she heard Liang Siyun's name, Lin Xiyu paused, and then said, "Where have you been all these years?" ”
Fan Xiyao knew that Lin Xiyu would ask sooner or later, and it was not easy to wait until now, "He had already arranged a way out for me, so that Yebo would protect me well, and I only knew after I left the palace that I already had his child, and it was this child who supported me to live to this day." She spoke calmly, as if she were talking about someone else's business.
He didn't ask her why she had come to him, he just felt glad that she had found him at this moment.
The butler hurriedly ran in, looking anxious, but hesitating to step forward to disturb the fairy couple.
Lin Xiyu inadvertently saw the figure of the housekeeper, and his face was slightly cold, so he called him forward to ask.
"Lord Wang, Li Xiang is here and says he wants to see you."
Hearing this, Lin Xiyu's face turned pale: "Li Zhixing? What is he doing here? ”
The housekeeper shook his head a little embarrassed, looking at the prince's face, and he didn't dare to come out.
The corners of Fan Xiyao's mouth hooked up a smile: "It came later than I thought." She knew that a shrewd person like Li Zhixing must have arranged a detailed work in Jiangzhou and even in this Jingwang Mansion. Even if it was a guess, he would come to her to honor Huangfu Tianhua.
Seeing the irony in Fan Xiyao's words, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although I was on Yunluan Mountain back then, he had always been a person who was greedy for power, at that time, he just thought that people had their own ambitions, and they didn't have much to do with him." It's just that the current Li Zhixing is already lustful for profit, and his heart is getting darker, and he wants to please Emperor Yi, but he doesn't know that the more he is like this, the more Huangfu Tianhua looks down on him. ”
Then he turned to the butler and said, "Let him go, I don't see him." ”
The housekeeper looked embarrassed, and when he saw that Lin Xiyu had not changed his mind at all, he retreated.
"Xiyu, I want to meet the master." Fan Xiyao suddenly turned around and said to Lin Xiyu.
Lin Xiyu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Then I'll go and order someone to prepare, and I'll set off in two days." ”
really wanted to leave, Lin Xiyu turned around and asked, "That Moxin?" ”
Mo Xin was the child's name, Fan Xiyao didn't look back, just replied lightly: "No matter where I go, I will take her with me." ”