Chapter 16: Confusion
In the Council Chamber of the Lorraine Palace, an oval table is placed in the center of the chamber, with Queen Rhodia sitting in the main seat, and next to her sit Lindsay, Modi, and then the ministers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoEvery day when the sun rises, they all come here to discuss things. From national wars, peace negotiations between allies, to trade in surrounding cities, and so on.
Guards stood on either side of the conference hall door, and such meetings usually ended at noon. Today, Rodia is in a good mood, and she is very relieved to see her daughter beside her. even affirmed Ling Baiyi's ability!
Looking at the time, it was already the end of the meeting. Rodia ordered the ministers to leave...... Only then did Rodia hold Lindsay's hand and ask with concern: "Lindsay, how is it feeling, how is your body recovering?" ”
Lindsay nodded: "Thanks to Her Majesty the Queen, Ling Baiyi cured my illness, and there is no major problem!" ”
"Sure enough~ It's really right to listen to you. Ling Baiyi's ability should not be underestimated! This time you were tossed by this disease, and look, everyone has lost weight. Dine with us in the palace in the evening. ”
Lindsay nodded, did not refuse, and Rodia said with satisfaction: "Okay, this king will ask the imperial chef to cook more of your favorite food." Remember to go back to the palace at night~" Rodia finished his instructions and left the council room.
Seeing the queen leave, Lindsay also got up. Modi, who had been silent beside her, hurriedly stopped her: "Sister Wang, stay." ”
Lindsay looked back at Modi: "What? ”
"Sister Wang...... Please go see Edith......" Modi frowned slightly, his eyes full of worry.
Edith? Lindsey realized that it was too unusual for the Duke of Edith to be absent from the meeting just now.
"Did something happen to Edith?" Lindsay sat back in his seat and asked Modi.
"I went to him two days ago, and it turned out to... As a result, I saw that Duke Edith was drinking heavily every day, and people were also full of nonsense. Her Majesty will surely be to blame if this continues. He's been away for the past few days, and I've been making excuses for him. I can't hide it anymore......"
"Drinking is such a gaffe? …… Well, I'll go to the Duke's Palace right now. Lindsey frowned, for a woman's bastard!
Lindsay rushed to the Duke's Mansion non-stop, and the guard at the door hurriedly knelt down when he saw this: "I've seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" Lindsay waved his whip and turned over and dismounted: "Where's the duke?" ”
The guards looked at each other and didn't know how to answer, and Lindsay patiently asked again, "Where is it?" ”
"This ......" the guards gritted their teeth and fell to the ground in unison: "Lord Duke is now in his bedroom......"
A guard led Lindsay all the way to the Duke's mansion: "Your Royal Highness, Eldest Princess...... Duke he...... If there is anything disrespectful to you, please forgive me......"
Lindsay didn't understand why the guard would say such a thing, and just as she was about to ask, a crisp sound came from inside the room. Suddenly, she already understood what the guard meant: "Got it, you step down!" ”
"Princess, you'd better not go in." Just in time, Dick appeared behind Lindsay. He looked at Edith's closed bedroom door and felt that the situation inside was not optimistic.
Lindsay shook her head: "The matter started because of me." Edith is in such pain now, it has a lot to do with me, if I hadn't used Edith to keep Ling Baiyi, he would still be that proud and stubborn guy now...... Don't worry about Dick, Edith is still very sensible~ I believe he won't do anything to me, step down. ”
Without waiting for Dick to respond, Lindsay stepped forward and pushed the closed door. didn't push it open, Lindsay slapped his luck with his right hand to the door panel, and with a snap, the locked door was opened by Lindsay. Before he could walk in the door, a smell of wine rushed towards him, and the smoked Lindsey stumbled a few steps, and his head throbbed a few times.
She hurriedly covered her nose with her sleeve, and when she saw the mess in Edith's room, the corners of Lindsay's mouth twitched indecently. The ground was littered with fragments of the jar, and there was not even a place to put your feet.
Looking at Edith, he usually pays the most attention to his image, but now he is sloppy and not good. Not to mention the messy hair, the clothes haven't been changed for days, and the crumpled sticking to the body, not to mention the smell. There was still vomit on the placket of his clothes, and Edith held the jar and poured it, the uneaten liquor dripping down the corners of his mouth, wetting the placket of his garment.
Looking at Edith like this, Lindsay felt very guilty in her heart, she hurriedly walked to Edith and pressed his hand holding the wine jar, and snatched the jar of wine.
Edith glared at the man with bloodshot red eyes, and he couldn't tell the difference between friend and foe when he was drunk, and slapped Lindsay with a palm.
Lindsay didn't dodge, the palm had no strength at all, and spread it out on the table in a half circle in front of her. What shocked Lindsay the most was Edith's face, full of stubble, not to mention how embarrassed it was.
Lindsay gritted her teeth: "Dick! Water! ”
A short time later, Dick walked into Edith's bedroom with a bucket of water, and when he saw Edith's appearance, he couldn't help but be a little worried. After handing the bucket to Lindsay, he exited the door and waited...... He didn't dare to relax for a minute, for fear that the drunken Edith would be rude to Lindsay.
A bucket of water was poured on Edith without wasting a drop, and the cold water made Edith sit up with a Soul Bullet.
Edith wiped his wet face indiscriminately, and the person suddenly came to his senses. Before he could see who was so rude, he blurted out angrily: "Damn, who is so bold, I'm not afraid that Duke Ben will cut you!" ”
When he saw the person clearly, Edith froze in place. Lindsey...... It's Lindsay, and only Lindsay can do this kind of thing to him in all of Lorraine. She looked at herself helplessly with a bucket in one hand and a waist crossed in the other.
"Even this princess dares to cut it, it seems that you are already drunk to death. It seems that a bucket of water is not enough~Dick~~ is carrying a bucket~~"
"Wait, who said I was drunk. I'm going to freeze to death if I'm pouring it! Lindsay, did you come to see my jokes?? Edith asked with a grim face, and Lindsay frowned: "Look at your jokes?" I didn't mean that. Lindsey shrugged as she tossed the barrel in her hand.
"I'm worried about you, so I'll come and have a look. Because of my sake, you are suffering now...... So ......"
"So, you're here to pity me? Get out, get out of here, your self-inflicted mercy makes me sick! Edith flipped the table over, and the glass and flask shattered.
Dick outside the door burst into the room and pulled Lindsay away. Seeing this, Edith was even more angry: "You don't have enough jokes to see me alone, and bring one!" Get out of here!! ”
"Stand down, you are not allowed to come in Dick without my orders."
"But ......" Dick struggled, and now Edith was quite manic, and he was really worried.
"Dick, don't let Princess Ben repeat it."
As a last resort, Dick was ordered to leave.
"Edith, you're too unreasonable. Take other people's sincerity as a fake, are you drinking and drinking your brain stupid!! Is it worth it for you to be a woman? ”
"You pushed this woman to me, didn't you!? Use me to keep Ling Baiyi, for the sake of Luo Lan, I did this, I flattered her, treated her gently, tried to take her to heart, but what was the result? She's gone, leaving me here alone, for people to see the joke, Lindsay, isn't it funny to crush my pride? Your Royal Highness the princess, is it interesting to play with me, the little duke? Edith let out his resentment as he took a few deep breaths and tried to calm his emotions.
Speechless by Edith's words, facts are facts...... She was the one who took advantage of Edith first......
Lindsay sighed and said to Edith, "You hate me so much, and you deserve it. Go ahead...... How do I make up for ......?"
"I want to see her!"
Lindsay looked Edith up and down, all like this, and wanted to see Ling Baiyi...... Edith was so affectionate that Lindsay admired him. Anyway, Lindsay took out the yellow charm and took a quill pen and wrote quickly on it: Edith wants to see you.
Put down the pen and take the flint and steel to burn the rune paper dots. I thought they would wait for a long time, but they didn't expect that after the rune paper burned to ashes, a white light flashed in front of them. A paper crane made of yellow rune paper appeared in front of them, and from the paper crane came the voice of Ling Baiyi.
"Lindsay~ The deity said that if there is a plague in Luolan, the flood or something is using yellow charms. Is it worth wasting a yellow charm for Edith's guy who can't see the facts? However, it is rare for the deity to be in a good mood, and the Holy Snow Mountain is really a good place to cultivate. You will accept this paper crane later, and it will be used in the same way as the yellow symbol. The deity only gives you this one chance, and if there is a natural disaster in Luo Lan, don't blame the deity for not fulfilling his duties. The paper crane rose and fell with Ling Baiyi's voice, exuding a strong and weak light.
Ling Baiyi's voice was silent for a while and continued: "Lindsay~ told Edith that he didn't want to pull me, and told him hundreds of times to see his heart clearly, so as not to regret it in the future~ The deity will never come to see him specially, let alone disturb my time to eat crane meat, that's all." ”
The white light of the paper crane dissipated, lost its floating power, and slowly landed, and Lindsay broke out in a cold sweat. This Ling Baiyi is too ruthless to speak...... Think about it, she refused to see Edith because she wanted to eat crane meat?
Picking up the paper crane, the paper crane instantly turned into an ordinary yellow talisman. Lindsay then looked at Edith with a cloudy face and didn't know how to speak. Edith took a few deep breaths, his body trembling with rage.
"Ling Baiyi, you are so good! What is it that I can't see my heart clearly, just because I don't understand, I want to ask you clearly! You did that to me!! Edith picked up the candlestick beside him and threw it out without looking, and he couldn't find a way to vent his anger. But it was this action that almost scared him out of his mind.
The candlestick was thrown by Edith and hit the wall, and the candle detached from the menorh. No one expected the candlestick to bounce back. After a few quick circles in the air, neither of the two people present noticed the direction of the candlestick. Lindsay looked at the painful Edith and had to let him vent his anger, suddenly she heard a sound, and when she looked back and saw that the candlestick had reached her, she quickly shook her head to dodge, and the sharp candlestick slashed half of Lindsay's cheek and then fell to the ground and spun around a few times before stopping.
Lindsay felt a chill on her face, and the warm liquid rushed out. Lindsay himself was not scared, but it was Edith who was scared, and he exhaled in a cold sweat: "Lindsay!" ”
Edith hurriedly stepped forward to hold Lindsay's face, his eyes full of pity: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I didn't mean to. Does it hurt?! Edith pulled a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped the blood from Lindsay's face.
Hearing Edith's shout, Dick, who was standing in the doorway, hurriedly entered the room, and when he saw that the left side of Lindsay's face was covered with blood, his body tensed. Staring fiercely at Edith, one of his hands already gripping the short blade on one side.
"I'm fine. The Duke is unintentional! Lindsay's eyes were sharp, and she immediately noticed Dick's movements and hurriedly explained.
"Dick, go and get the Imperial Doctor!!" Edith didn't notice Dick's movements, and her heart was on Lindsay's face. Carefully wiping the blood for Lindsay, Dick gritted his teeth, and saw the sadness on Lindsay's face throbbing fiercely, only to see that his figure flashed and disappeared in front of the two.
At this moment, Edith's heart has been tugging, and it hurts indescribably. This stroke was not light, and his entire handkerchief was stained red with blood. Self-blame, but more of an unspeakable feeling.
The door was rudely pushed open, and it was Hovis and Dick. The two men standing in the doorway stared blankly at the two people standing in the room, and similarly, they looked at each other.
The first to come back to his senses was Hovis, who walked quickly into the room, walked up to Lindsay, helped the fallen table to the ground, and pressed Lindsay to the chair. opened the medicine box without saying a word, rummaging through the bottles and cans inside.
When a cold ointment was applied to her face, Lindsay's expression stretched out from the tangled. The pain is gone...... I thought Hovis would fix her again, but it seemed that she could breathe a sigh of relief.
"Imperial Doctor, does it matter if the princess's face is left, will it leave a scar?" Dick and Edith watched quietly as Hovis treated Lindsay's wounds, and then Dick still asked uneasily.
Hovis shook his head: "No. After packing up the medicine box, he looked at Lindsay: "Don't get your face wet." He handed Dick the vial he had used before: "Three times a day." ”
Dick carefully took it and put it away, "Excuse me, Imperial Doctor." ”
"No trouble...... But Dick, I hope you don't rush in in the future while I'm in the shower, I'll be grateful to you. Hovis glared at Dick with an embarrassed face, and then he said to Edith: "The wine hurts your body, Lord Duke, please take care of your body, and if you feel unwell, please let me know as soon as possible." ”
Edith, who had never made a sound on the side, waved his hand: "Duke Ben is in good health, so there is no need to bother the imperial doctor." ”
"Well, Hovis quits." Hovis picked up the medicine box and turned to leave.
"What's wrong with this guy? Got the wrong medicine? Lindsey couldn't help but say as she looked at Hovis, who had become more and more eccentric.
Dick smiled: "Your Highness Princess, do you miss those bitter decoctions?" ”
"Dick, you don't talk to no one when you're dumb! Alright, Edith. It seems that you are fine, and I am going back to the palace. ”
“…… Well. "It's come to this, and it's not interesting to keep making trouble. After Edith ordered Lindsay to be escorted out of the mansion, she threw herself into bed. Thoughts, very chaotic...... He needs to think about it...... What is that sentence to see your own heart clearly?