Chapter 610: Paying Tribute to the Dead

"Yo, you said you, why are you so willing to show your true face? At first, didn't you keep fooling me with that human skin? Xiao Shengxia suddenly entangled in this topic, if he didn't say it, I really couldn't remember that I had taken off my mask. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Speak, don't put on a face for me, pretend to be the deceased!" Xiao Shengxia was making a sound, clamping my palm, and gradually began to exert force. I clearly felt the hatred hidden in his fingers on my cheeks, but on my bitter countenance, I insisted on maintaining that rare indifference.

"Well, I'll be honest with you, the reason I took off my human skin mask was because I really didn't want to play the role of someone else. I'm really tired and annoyed......" I said the words from the bottom of my heart, and Xiao Shengxia also followed closely with his own question.

"Really? Are you really just tired and bored? I nodded, shook my head again, and finally put my thoughts into words.

"Well, that's just one of the reasons, and of course, as someone who used to treat people with a false attitude, can't you feel the hopelessness of wearing a mask and sometimes even forgetting who you are?"

As I finished speaking, I felt my eyes tighten, and I felt the urge to cry in my brown eyes. "Oh~ I finally said my psychological words, so you still remember that I used to deceive you?" Xiao Shengxia's face showed a look of triumph, but I refuted his words in my heart.

"Heh, a little deception, this is really a big deal. How can he Xiao Shengxia's deception of me be summed up in a "small" word? I thought indignantly, but my mouth again spoke against my will.

"No, no, no, how can it be, the past is gone, and I always remember how tired I am. I, Lu Nanyi, have never been a person who likes to hold grudges, (but once I decide that I want to seek revenge, I will definitely engrave it in my heart) How can I still care about these things with Qiyan? ”

Xiao Shengxia listened to it and looked at me suspiciously, for the credibility of my words, it can be regarded as good if he can uphold half of it.

I took his gaze and heard his words slowly open his lips.

"Well, if you don't want to wear this mask so much, then I will force you to wear this mask every day. After all, as long as it's you, no matter which face it is, it's still disgusting in my eyes. ”

Xiao Shengxia said, and I was stunned in place. I really didn't expect that his Xiao Shengxia's poisonous tongue ability would have reached such a peak level.

And this kind of level of hurtful words, I'm afraid that only Xiao Shengxia is alone, and he can burst out of his mouth a few words anytime and anywhere.

"Okay, got it, what you asked, I'll continue to wear this face. But I still want to ask, why are you here all this time? The words were poured out from the mouth, and Xiao Sheng's answer was conveyed immediately.

"I will give you an answer to this question, and I have come today to take you along with the act of filial piety. When the emperor died, he should have mourned for seven days, and I privately decided to change his time limit to three days, and you must abide by his etiquette with me on these three days. ”

Xiao Shengxia said it seriously, and I listened attentively, because the various laws that followed were really not something I could remember by listening to them casually.

"First, the clothes need to be plain. Second, they must fast for three days, third, they must not speak excessively during the period of bowing, and fourth, the concubines and officials must agree on a person to guard the imperial tomb during the end of the three-day period. After Xiao Shengxia finished speaking, I was slightly stunned for a moment, I can understand the rest, but this is guarding the imperial mausoleum?

"Just ask whatever you want." Xiao Shengxia threw out the olive branch of the words, and I didn't give up the opportunity, and I asked again and again what I had gained. "Didn't the Holy Body of the First Emperor stay in our house? So? Why do you have to garrison the imperial mausoleum, and what is this guard? ”

When I asked this, I suddenly felt a heavy sigh of relief in my heart, and sure enough, some things should be released.

Xiao Shengxia's eyes showed a little hesitation, and finally he said to me: "It is true that this first emperor was placed in the Seven Princes' Mansion, but this matter of guarding the emperor's mausoleum is a procedure inherited over the years. ”

"Could it be that everyone will abandon the system that has been handed down for so many years because the Holy Body of the First Emperor has not arrived at the Imperial Tomb?" Xiao Shengxia asked me rhetorically, and the words were even more overwhelming. I swallowed, swallowing the choked words back into my stomach again.

This kind of non-verbal response may be called a compromise. My thoughts flowed, and my ears filled with his words once more.

"By the way, did that girl Jing tell you all the words she heard?" Xiao Shengxia suddenly changed the topic and threw the question back to me again. I shook my head and replied with some sincerity, "Uh...... No, she's not as good at sound transmission as you, so most of the conversations between the two of us are guesswork. ”

Xiao Shengxia raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and an unbelievable cold light came in all directions. "Huh? She really didn't tell you something, like my choice of queen? Xiao Shengxia asked, and finally came the key words. And I really don't know anything about what he is talking about.

When he first came to court, I was indeed deaf, and of course I was unable to listen to his advice and instructions. "Uh, I don't understand what you're saying, and what does your choice of queen have to do with me?"

I said it bluntly, but I didn't pay much attention to the humility of my words, and Xiao Shengxia's reaction after hearing this was obviously unexpected by me.

I saw that he suddenly clenched his fists tightly, and the fire of the thunder was also poured out with a fierce tone. "Heh, what the hell does it mean that it has nothing to do with you? Don't forget, if it were according to your original position as princess, this queen would have been inherited from you. Now that you've lost the position that rightfully belonged to you, wouldn't you be curious about who you might choose? ”

Xiao Shengxia suddenly found fault, and the thing he was thinking about was for such an inconsequential matter. What would I care about? Curious about those? He Xiao Shengxia really can't see through me.

I thought about it, but verbally gave him a different answer. "Huh? A change of position? What does this mean, perhaps, you have reduced me to a palace maid? I pretended to be stupid and said, completely missing his words.

If I really reacted to what he said, then it would be equivalent to saying that I had clearly heard Jing Huan's secret words before. "You want to be a palace maid? Well, I'll give you this chance when the time is right. ”

"But now, you give me a good concubine, and you have to do what I want you to do!" Xiao Shengxia suddenly ordered sharply, and he didn't know why the fire was so hot. But not arguing, not easily refusing, this has now become a compulsory course for me as a pretender.

I soothed the temper on the tip of my heart, and then followed his wishes: "Okay, I know, I will do my best to cooperate with you." Xiao Shengxia listened, but still couldn't give me a good face.

He turned his back slightly, and then threw me a plain white shirt. "Hey, what does this mean, can't I have this body on me?" I asked him in surprise, but it was his poisonous tongue that I suffered.

"Oh, a man like you, even if he wears a garment a day, must be unclean. So in order to prevent you from staining other people's eyes, it is better to change your shirt. ”

Hearing his words, my first reaction was to scold him as "relatives and friends" in my heart. But at this time, swearing is swearing, I still chose not to fight, honestly pushed him to the door, and then changed his clothes by himself.

Gradually, everything was ready, and he took off the mask of human skin and put it on his face again. At this moment, I inevitably sighed, after all, I was about to change into someone else's role again, and I would have to live under the skin of others.

I was surrounded by melancholy in my heart, but my body still embarked on the journey to the main hall with Xiao Shengxia. He could have ridden the dragon chariot that only those with imperial power are qualified to control, but he insisted on walking with me. Oh, this thing is really a blessed person who doesn't know how to enjoy it.

I despised him in my heart, but I found that our steps had gradually reached the great hall. "What are you thinking? Why don't you hurry up? Xiao Shengxia asked urgingly, and then I realized that I had unconsciously paused my pace.

"Well, I didn't really think about anything important, if I really wanted to say something, I might be thinking, that door, the door of the Chi Yu Palace." I replied casually, not expecting Xiao Shengxia's answer at all.

"Oh? Are you wondering why the door can be pushed open from the outside, but it really can't be opened from the inside? Xiao Shengxia clearly saw the confusion in my heart, and I was easily thought about by him, so I had to nod in agreement.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to be so brainless, and I never guessed the reason for such a simple reason." Xiao Shengxia first habitually sneered at me a few times, and then slowly explained the reason.

"Actually, the reason is obvious, because I once cast a spell on that door for an appropriate period of time, and its time limit is one day, so during this period, anyone who touches it from the outside will be sticked."

"And as long as the time limit of one day passes, then it will naturally transform back into a prosaic ordinary door." As I listened carefully, I realized that I had roughly guessed some of the principles. But then the words passed through his lips and tongue, and I still couldn't control the shocked expression of my expression.

It turned out that he not only expected my idea of escape, but also invisibly controlled my behavior in his own way. The fear of him slowly rose in my heart, but the stronger he became, the more excited my fighting spirit became.

"Okay, I've answered all the questions you raised, and now, you can finally raise your noble feet and go to the main hall with me." Xiao Shengxia said, with a slight helplessness in his tone, and I was no better, scratched his head, and walked towards the main hall with a little embarrassment.

By the time I entered, it had already changed into two completely different styles from before. And his Xiao Shengxia's move is really bold, isn't he afraid that his rebellious situation will attract the suspicion and jealousy of others?

I thought about it, and suddenly I wanted to know him better, but I found that the more I moved forward, the more blurry the "picture" I saw. I closed my eyes and silently settled my heart. It wasn't until he repositioned his gaze that he saw the officials and concubines who came one after another, dressed uniformly but of different status.

It turned out that this was his Xiao Shengxia's intention. The plain white on the main hall and the silk white gauze hanging on the beams are only for a more situational rendering of a sad atmosphere.

He, Xiao Shengxia is really a person who has been in control of everything from beginning to end. Emperor Xiao's handling of the aftermath, he did it so properly, he must be able to establish a more reliable image among the officials and ministers. I secretly admired, and then my sensitive ears were suddenly startled by a hurried word without warning.

"During the reign of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu made great achievements and fought fruitfully. And its people respect it, and the officials admire it, and now God intends to recruit talents, and he actually recruits the first emperor back to heaven and takes on other positions. We are powerless to change the result, so we can only hang the curtain and sigh in our hearts. ”

Among the ministers, an old minister was elected, and as a representative of the words, he spoke impassionedly about the concluding eulogy. His deep, yet muffled voice is recognizable. And in an instant, it stretched throughout the temple.

"Woo, Emperor Xian, how are you ...... "......Yes, the first emperor was still elegant and elegant a few days ago!" The words overlapped and overlapped around his ears, but Xiao Shengxia did not stop him.

Regardless of the truth or falsehood of these words, since they are all said to the deceased, what qualifications do you have to meddle? Xiao Shengxia listened quietly and distinguished, and I also accompanied and examined the faces of these people.

Yes, among them, there are indeed people who treat the emperor with true affection. But beautiful true feelings are always scarce, and there are more officials who are those who fish in troubled waters.