Chapter 41: Sister and Brother
"Yes! The concubine is retired! Concubine Yu lowered her eyes and bit her lip. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info then bowed down and exited Kunning Palace.
Soon, another palace maid came to report: "Queen Qiyu, Marquis Xun asks to see." ”
Empress Xun immediately came to her senses and said with a smile: "Please." ”
Xun Ce came in, wearing a dark cyan pattern wide-sleeved robe, which set off his long face more and more iron-blue.
"Queen Mother......" Xun Ce only bowed slightly, and then saluted.
"It's all my own sister and brother, don't be so polite," Queen Xun was still very kind to this younger brother who had high hopes for her, and she pointed to her seat as she spoke, "Come, be a sister here." ”
"Sister Xie sit down." Xun Ce sat opposite Queen Xun as he spoke, with a small square table in between.
There were palace maids serving refreshments, and palace maids standing on standby, Queen Xun ordered them all to retreat, and if there was something to order, the palace maids went in response.
"My brother doesn't look very good, and his mood is also low, what's the matter? Tell my sister about it. Empress Xun smiled slightly.
"What else can there be," Xun Ce said with a bit of resentment, "Somehow, Your Majesty has been getting more and more reluctant to see me recently, and I don't know what I did wrong." ”
Hearing this, Queen Xun's smile stiffened, and a haze appeared in her narrow phoenix eyes, and she tried to pretend to be indifferent and comforted:
"Your Majesty is also busy, so don't be displeased."
"How dare the minister be displeased, but he can't figure it out, so he came to talk to his sister," Xun Ce muttered a little bored, "The situation of the celebration banquet that day, sister, you have also experienced it, and my brother will not repeat it," Recalling all the things at that time, the indignation on Xun Ce's face was even worse, and he looked at Queen Xun after a moment's relief, "But this time my sister set up a banquet, my brother just heard about it, and His Majesty actually treated my sister like this, it is unbearable." ”
"Your Majesty didn't do anything to the palace," although Empress Xun was full of resentment, she didn't want to show it in front of her younger brother, "It's all to blame for our carelessness last time, which touched the thorn that has been deposited in Your Majesty's heart for many years, so that Li Wei died in vain, my younger brother should be glad that Your Majesty didn't anger us, as for this banquet, I only blame those Yue barbarians for being too stupid, and they actually died like this, which really lost the face of the Yue royal family." ”
Regarding the first half of Queen Xun's sentence, Xun Ce sneered disapprovingly, but the second half of the sentence made him vigilant:
"This is exactly why my younger brother came to find my sister today," Xun Ce's gray eyes were a black mist, and he said gloomily, "If Louvre is really so confused, he is afraid that he will die early, how can he come to a foreign country to die?!" ”
Empress Xun sat up straight, leaned forward, approached Xun Ce and said, "Brother is saying that this Yue envoy died a strange death?" ”
"It's not just strange," Xun Ce replied calmly, but what he said was inflammatory, "It's just a coincidence, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't say it." ”
"Could it be that it has something to do with the Murong brothers and sisters?" Empress Xun remembered Concubine Yu's words and said casually.
Xun Ce, who was lowering his head and meditating, suddenly raised his head and looked at Queen Xun in shock: "Why did my sister say this?" ”
Queen Xun told Xun Ce about the information provided by Concubine Yu before, and Xun Ce was stunned for a while.
"Let me think about this matter carefully," Xun Ce did not have the excitement that Queen Xun expected, and the case that was worried, but he was unusually calm, "The lesson of the last celebration banquet cannot be repeated, but the information provided by my sister is also very important, younger brother, I will pay more attention to these two brothers and sisters in the future, whether they are really on the same page, or are they plotting something in the 'secret crossing Chen Cang'." ”
Queen Xun's eyes were full of gloom, she pulled her lips lightly, and before she could say a word of encouragement, Xun Ce poured a basin of cold water:
"Since my sister reminded my younger brother, then my younger brother also kindly reminded my sister," Xun Ce said thoughtfully, "The prince doesn't seem to be very close to his sister recently, which is not a good sign, he is the prince of the Qi Kingdom." ”
Queen Xun was drunk as a stick, and her blood dropped to the freezing point, seeing her sister's instantaneous change in expression, Xun Ce knew which pot he was not opening and which pot he was not mentioning, but since he realized it, he had to explain the powerful relationship between it, because it was no secret that the prince and his biological mother Queen Xun were inseparable, which was also Xun Ce's "heart disease." ”
"Sometimes I really wonder if Hong'er is born in this palace," Queen Xun pretended to be strong, and said indifferently, "It's okay when I was a child, I was very obedient and cute, and I was also close to your uncle, somehow the bigger it is, the more difficult it is to raise, and now I don't even step into Kunning Palace half a step in addition to greeting every day, and I didn't even say a word for you at the last banquet, which really made this palace angry," he said and cast an apologetic glance at Xun Ce, "Brother don't blame him, Hong'er is still young, and he doesn't know many things." ”
Xun Ce's mind immediately surfaced a scene of shame at the celebration banquet, his face was a little ugly, but he quickly returned to nature.
"Where did my sister go," Xun Ce reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Since my younger brother kindly reminded my sister, it is naturally for the sake of the queen and the crown prince, and I hope you are well, how can you be resentful?" My brother just doesn't want to watch the prince who has been cultivated by my sister for many years make wedding ......dresses for others when the time comes," Xun Ce knocked on the side, intentionally or unintentionally.
Sure enough, Queen Xun raised her eyebrows and said sensitively: "What do you mean?" ”
Xun Ce really smiled this time: "Haven't you heard of it, sister?" The prince wants to worship under Jin Xi and learn the art of war and martial arts. ”
"Ridiculous!" Queen Xun was shocked and angry, and she didn't even care about the hot stinging pain in her palm, "Whose idea is this?" "The voice of questioning is very likely to unload the person who made the idea.
This is exactly the reaction Xun Ce wanted to see, but he said without showing it on his face: "Sister, don't be angry, as far as my brother knows, this is the prince's own request and there is no instigation from others, and there is no intention of apprenticeship, just follow Jin Xi-"
"That's not going to happen! What can you learn with a captive! Queen Xun roared out in a hurry, "When the palace bumps into it, you have to ask clearly." ”
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One day a few days later, Ji Zhai. In a small bamboo forest in the outer courtyard, Ji Xuan was lying leisurely on the bench covered with thin futon, closing his eyes and recuperating, and there were two beautiful little slaves and maids sitting on the ground, serving him up and down, one feeding him some fruit or snacks or something, and the other massaging his thighs, looking at Ji Xuan's smiling handsome face, and the "um" coming out of his mouth...... Well......" can tell that he still enjoys this "service".
The only thing that made a few slaves sigh secretly was that although this season's talented man boasted of being beautiful and beautiful, he never loved the flowers, and he moved into the Ji Mansion for several days, and he didn't look at them with his eyes, only when he served tea and water, he would only think of it, but the Murong Shu, who loved to laugh and make trouble, was often fortunate to be with him, and the two talked and laughed from time to time, envying others.
"Hey, Brother Ji, there are guests today, can you be serious." Murong Shu came out of nowhere, crossed her hands on her hips, and stared at Ji Xuandao with a pair of watery eyes.