Chapter 15: Out of the limelight
When Xia Nanyue retreated, she didn't forget to make eye contact with Mingmei beside her, which made Mingmei feel a little uneasy, and the confident feeling was obviously prepared, but Xia Nanyue had already asked for help: "Then please let the emperor allow me to prepare the things I need, and help place a few large and small drums." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Well, go down and prepare."
Xia Nanyue's figure just flashed out of the main hall door, she waited for her for a day yesterday, and went back to the general's mansion in the evening to find her pothos and magnolia.
"Miss, don't be nervous for a while, you will definitely be amazed by everyone." Yulan rubbed her hands nervously, and she trembled a little when she spoke, you must know that if you don't dance well, you will be a bully.
"Madame is here." Luluo patted Xia Nanyue's arm excitedly, looked at the nervous Magnolia, and said with a smile: "You tell Miss not to be nervous, look at your nervous appearance." ”
"Yue'er, my mother helped you think of a way."
Gu Yue told Xia Nanyue the method and left, she sneaked out by herself, she couldn't leave for too long, she would attract the attention of others.
The moment Xia Nanyue stepped into the main hall, everyone's eyes were focused on this woman in a light blue dress, her white hand was dragging a three-meter cyan silk, her long black hair poured on the dress like a waterfall, and the confidence in her eyes was indifferent to Princess Gu Yue.
The entire noisy hall was silent for a moment, that kind of self-confidence, strolling in the courtyard, but it was radiant, Queen Lin Minzhi sighed, there was another opponent, King Li's heart began to be jealous of King Chen, and he wanted to destroy King Chen in one fell swoop.
Xia Nanyue bowed her head and stood on a big drum surrounded by small drums, took a deep breath, danced the long silk in her hand, every time the long silk was beaten on the drum, the hall would echo with the rumbling drums, the green silk fluttered, beautiful and powerful dance, Nanyue will dance, martial arts, the beauty of the green silk, the thick of the drum into one, every jump, every hanging eyes and light smile are flickering under the cover of the green silk.
Mingyi, who was flirting with Lin Mengmei, also began to bite his fingers and leaned in front of Mingshu: "Brother, she seems to be three months older than you, right?" Hey~ After your ceremony, it's good to be able to marry a woman like this and go home, and I'll be good if I can marry a woman like Lin Meng. ”
Mingshu couldn't smile bitterly when Mingyi said: "Lin Meng? You little brat, didn't you still talk about the girl in the Qingshui Pavilion a few days ago, and now you have been captured by Lin Meng's song? Isn't the relationship quite rich, but Lin Meng is probably about the same age as Sister Mingmei, nearly five years older than you, right? ”
Mingyi glanced at Mingshu and pouted: "You're not big, okay, besides, I'm ten months younger than you, don't you also like beauties and good wine?" ”
"I've learned to talk back to my brother." Although Mingshu and Mingyi quarreled, their eyes couldn't leave Xia Nanyue who was dancing for a moment.
"It's over, it's over." Ming Yi quickly escaped, this brother is easy to be mad about beauties, hey~ the same as himself.
"Sure enough, there is the momentum of many soldiers." Emperor Jing Xiao Huan admired from the bottom of his heart.
Princess Yining and Mingmei made a wedding dress for Xia Nanyue instead of making a plan, it was really bitter and unspeakable, and the resentment against Xia Nanyue in my heart began to grow exponentially, although the prince Xiao Zihui was the prince, he had no sense of politics, he only liked to make some poems, listen to small songs, watch dances, and saw the dance of beauty and strength for the first time, he was naturally in high spirits, and said in passing: "Brother Chen can have such a princess, and this prince is a little envious." ”
And the former king Xiao Zimin heard the praise of the prince's brother after the incompetence of the feeling of adding a point, the desire for power made Xiao Zimin almost crazy, and came up with the idea of assassinating his own brother, he wanted to use his father's hand to set up another prince, but it seems that he has to wait a few more years, his father's body is not as good as day by day, Xiao Zimin, who is afraid of losing the opportunity, wants to speed up his pace, Xiao Zimin's increasingly inflated ambition has been pressed fast, and he can't help but do it.
Xia Nanyue was a little disappointed, in fact, she just wanted the emperor to pay more attention to the connotation of her dance, the hardships of the soldiers, the hardships and hardships of life on the frontier, the fierce battles on the battlefield, the carnival after the victory, and finally the peace of the truce, but she could only hide her true emotions, and said with some duplicity: "Emperor Xie praises." "I don't have a little bit of a good impression of this palace in my heart, the emperor, the ninety-five honor, is surrounded by the praise of everyone, living in this prosperous capital, how can I understand the bitter cold place, how can I understand the suffering of the soldiers. Hehe, it's ridiculous that the king of a country is so superficial that he takes this peace for granted, the misfortune of the country, the misfortune of the country!!
Xia Nanyue would not have thought that there were two men in this hall who understood and understood the dance she performed with all her strength.
The queen looked at Xiao Han, who was also surprised, and said, "The prince is right, even the palace is a little envious, and wants to let Nanyue come to the palace every day to dance such a song for the palace." ”
The concubine on the side couldn't help but join the battle, you must know that Emperor Jing Xiao Huan only had three women in his life, and only two in the palace, and competing for favor with the queen was something that would be done every day: "The queen is really joking, Nanyue is the princess of King Chen, how can she exhaust her physical strength to do these things for the queen every day." ”
"Bengong is just an analogy, Bengong just likes Nanyue's child."
Xiao Han interrupted the argument between the two: "The queen's mother, the concubine's mother, and the princess's deep love are the blessings of the minister, don't argue about this matter anymore, I don't think the princess wants to see this happen, right?" ”
Xia Nanyue had no choice but to take the hot taro: "Yes, it's just a dance, and the little girl is not talented, she has been practicing this dance for several years, it's really because of me, it will make me panic." ”
Xiao Yining originally wanted Xia Nanyue to make a fool of herself, but she didn't succeed, but instead provoked the queen mother and her mother to argue, and her self-esteem was frustrated: "Xia Nanyue, don't be pretending!" Father, what did you say about promising your daughter, your daughter doesn't want Xia Changyu now!! “
"Yi Ning!!" Concubine Ming was helpless, and even more helpless Emperor Jing Xiao Huan frowned and whispered: "You are the princess of Beijing Kingdom, your words and deeds are not the same as a princess, do you still take me in your eyes?" Do you still take this imperial power in your eyes?! ”
After that, he brushed his sleeves away, and Emperor Jing Xiao Huan could only end up like this, he didn't know if he would force himself into a situation where he could not retreat if he continued like this.
"Father!!" Seeing this, Princess Yining lifted her skirt and wanted to keep Xiao Huan, but the concubine Niang Mingzhu explained a few words to Aunt Gui and followed Xiao Huan.
The ministers in the main hall just reacted to Emperor Jing's sudden departure, and knelt on the ground: "Congratulations to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Congratulations to the queen mother, the queen mother thousand years old thousand years old thousand years old. Congratulations to the prince, the concubine. ”
It wasn't until the queen left that everyone got up. Aunt Gui stopped Princess Yining and brought the crying Princess Yining back to the harem.
Xia Nanyue ran to Xia Changyu's side: "Brother, are you okay?" ”
Xiao Han also stepped forward to ask, but it was Xia Nanyue who asked: "Princess, won't you go back to the house with this king today?" ”
Xia Nanyue didn't reply, and replied softly: "En~ back, I'll let my brother send me later, you can go back first." ”
Xiao Zimin sneered twice, walked to Mingmei's side, and looked into the distance without focus: "Look, their backs are so matched." After that, he leaned over and put it to Mingmei's ear, "It's so fragrant, Xiao Han has Xia Nanyue as the princess, but you have become a lady, you might as well follow this king as a princess, this king will definitely cherish you and treat you well." ”
Mingmei dodged two steps in disgust: "Please respect yourself, isn't the prince afraid that Mrs. Lin will know?" ”
Looking at the back of Mingmei following Xiao Han away, Xiao Zimin put away the face that made anyone hate it just now, and his eyes overflowed with a trace of fragility. Glory and wealth are not worthy of the smile of Mingmei alluring the country and the city, but her heart is on that Xiao Han, but Xiao Han still obeyed the will of his dead father and left Mingmei to marry Xia Nanyue, is Mingmei's heart as sad as me.
Lin Ge seemed to have guessed King Li's thoughts, she knew that she had always been a lady because King Li had a woman in his heart who couldn't get it-Mingmei. Although she has followed King Li for many years, King Li is also very kind to her, but she can only occupy a small part of King Li's heart, and King Li's hatred for King Chen is because of Mingmei.
"Let's go."
Xiao Zimin felt that someone behind him had put on a cloak for himself, and turned around and smiled: "En." ”
Xia Nanyue and Xia Changyu took a carriage, Gu Yue and Xia Zhongnan sat in a carriage this time, on the way, Xia Changyu frowned and asked, "Why do you want to go back?" ”
"Then if I don't go back, can I still live in the General's Mansion? You live in the General's Mansion, it stands to reason that the princess should live in the General's Mansion with you, because you were too accommodating to her before. ”
As soon as Xia Changyu heard the princess, his mood sank into a trough: "I know, I won't go back to the princess's mansion again." ”
"Brother, do you know Xihuaguo?"
"What are you asking for?"
Xia Nanyue decided to just probe the tone: "Oh, I heard King Chen talk about Xihua Kingdom, and I'm a little curious. ”
Xia Changyu didn't know that Gu Moyan went to Xihua, and he didn't think much about it, so he told Xia Nanyue everything he knew: "Xihua is also a big country, Dongxiang Country is a small country between Xihua Kingdom and Beijing Kingdom, our mother knows a lot about Xihua Kingdom, I heard that the most powerful thing in Xihua Kingdom is the Jianghu force, and even the royal family has to be afraid of three points, but this Jianghu force is very mysterious, and no one knows who is controlling Xihua Country with the royal family." Beijing and Xihua also fought, but they were both defeated, and the border was very difficult to attack. ”
Xia Nanyue listened very attentively, she wanted to know more about Gu Moyan's life, as if she could get closer to him in this way: "Why fight?" ”
"I don't know about this, but when attacking Xihua, my mother was strongly opposed, and was ignored by the current emperor, and let my mother and father be transferred from the border defense line of Xihua to southern Xinjiang, at that time you were still young, and the emperor had just ascended the throne, so I wanted to do a career."
"Oh~"
"Miss, it's time to King Chen's Mansion." The carriage stopped, and when Xia Nanyue got out of the carriage, Xia Changyu did not forget to hand her the cloak he brought: "I won't send you, lest I get angry for a while and do something out of the ordinary, the weather is cold, pay attention to your body, and go back to the general's mansion if you have nothing to do." ”
Xia Nanyue took the cloak, didn't say a word, turned around and got out of the car, and told the coachman: "It's dark, be careful on the road." ”
"Miss, let's go in." Xia Nanyue stood at the gate of King Chen's Mansion and watched the carriage go away, until she turned the corner of the street and could no longer see it.
As soon as he turned around and was about to go back to the house, he saw Xiao Han behind him, and his salute seemed to have become commonplace, and his tone was solemn: "Lord Wang, it's so late, you haven't slept yet?" ”
Xiao Han didn't seem to mind, but instead laughed and said, "The princess didn't come back, how can this king sleep peacefully?" ”
Xia Nanyue looked up at Xiao Han, there was indifference in her eyes that couldn't be hidden, and said, "Now that I'm back, the prince should go and rest." After speaking, he wanted to walk past Xiao Han, but was caught by Xiao Han and moved his steps together: "The princess is in such a hurry to go home?" ”
"The prince really doesn't change his face and his heart doesn't beat when he speaks, I really admire this kind of ability, and I have to learn from the prince in the future, and in fact, I don't want to go back to the palace of Chen at all, but, I still have to give in under the obscenity, I'm tired, go back to the room first." After speaking, he broke free of Xiao Han's hand and walked away.