Chapter 295: Boating on Jasper Lake
It's not the emotional wait-and-see that is infected after listening to the piano, but the cold scrutiny of me? God, Yingzheng "enemy" looks, Lin Jixiang has another point of view, and the princesses think that the eyes of the two of them are on me and have other thoughts about me, how miserable I am!
Saddening alone, I sighed and calmly looked away from Ying Zheng.
The reason why I am calm is that I have a clear conscience but have been repeatedly misunderstood and condemned to an invisible crime, could it be that I have been wronged and hated at every turn, which is the purpose of my coming to the Warring States?
No, I don't want to be so cringe-grinched, even if there is an unchangeable need to be pressured to bear, I have to ignore it, as if this qiΔ has never been the same calm as I have ever encountered.
It is better to deceive oneself than to be angry.
"Very good!"
Ying Zheng yelled after the performance, and the whole hall walked out of the meandering realm, and I was also shocked and sobered up a lot.
"Praise from King Xie Qin!"
Lin Jixiang stretched out his arm to invite Zi Yao's arm, and after Zi Yao got up and walked to his side, he pulled her over and thanked Yingzheng together.
While everyone was waiting for Yingzheng to approve the next instructions after Lin Jixiang and the others, Zi Yao suddenly raised his eyebrows boldly and smiled coquettishly.
"Qi Qi King Qin, since the slave family drifted with Xianggong, they have been practicing their piano skills for several months, in order to be so willing to be so happy with King Qin. At this time, the slave family is fortunate to see that the King of Qin appreciates the music created by Xianggong so much, and the slave family suddenly feels that the hard work is not in vain. And thenβ"
She smiled thickly, her beautiful eyes turned, and she said with a smile: "The slave family is a rough and contemptible woman, it is rare to come to the palace of King Qin with her husband, I am afraid that I will only be poor once in my life." The king will make his son happy, the slave family is courageous, and there is a reluctant request, and he hopes that the king of Qin will not blame. β
Zi Yao said in a pleading tone, and the expression of longing desire was also quite well expressed.
Ying Zheng smiled when he heard this.
"What is the wish of the purple taro girl? Even though it is. β
He was in a good mood, and not only was he not disgusted by Zi Yao's painstaking request, but he also had a hint of listening.
Ying Zheng spoke, and Zi Yao had a chance to continue. It was not hypocritical immediately, and said it bluntly.
"The day before yesterday, when Mrs. Xi issued an edict and ordered the slave family and the Xianggong to enter the palace to meet her, she passed by Jasper Lake, and she couldn't move her footsteps. The jasper lake scenery is like its name, the green waves are like jade, the beauty is breathtaking, the slave family who sees it is not like, the slave family has no other wish, just want to take a boat trip to the lake, elegant once. β
Zi Yao's words of pretending to be confused and selling coquettishness caused the well-behaved Yingzheng to laugh heartily.
"Hahaha." Feng Ya once went', the purple taro girl is really funny. You don't raft, that's the daughter of grace. β
Ying Zheng joked with great interest, and even if he was in a good mood, he responded with a mouthful, and said more to increase the hospitality.
"Tianxi and purple taro grow up in similar areas. They are also getting acquainted with each other, so there will be Tianxi to accompany the purple taro girl on a trip. β
He made the final decision, and didn't even give me a chance to dismiss it.
I didn't expect that Ying Zheng not only granted Zi Yao's request to swim in the lake in the palace, but also personally named me as a companion, in my thoughts, he should be wary of not wanting me to have too much contact with Lin Jixiang.
I pondered and soon had a flash of inspiration:
That's right. Ying Zheng can be so gracious to the purple taro of unknown origin, it must be because the purple taro is Lin Jixiang's red face (this is not nonsense), because the purple taro is not light in Lin Jixiang's mind, so for me, that layer of weight is far away from the size of my and Lin Jixiang's "Qin Se confidant".
The "enemy" who pulls away the "enemy" is the friend. For Ying Zheng, the purple taro that can reduce the heart-to-heart entanglement between me and Lin Jixiang is a "friend" who agrees with his heart.
Thinking about it this way, Yingzheng asked me to have more contact with Zi Yao, in order to make me more and more estranged from Lin Jixiang, right?!
"Tianxi's piano skills are the best in the palace. After defeating all the violinists in the palace, at this time of the banquet, how much should Concubine Xi Ai play after Lin Qingong and the purple taro girl who came from afar? β
Ying Zheng looked at me nonchalantly and asked what I meant.
I know that although he is asking, he generally means giving orders.
With ulterior motives, he pushed me to the position of accompanying Zi Yao to the lake, looked at me coolly when Lin Jixiang and the two were affectionate, and now he wants me to add color to his home field of Mengtan by his side - Yingzheng is really bothering about me.
"Back to the king, the slave concubine is unwell, and she doesn't dare to lose her honor in front of the distinguished guests."
I refused, categorically.
Ying Zheng was not surprised, as if he expected me to be in a bad mood, looking at my originally loveless eyes turned into a few smiles.
My heart was upset, and I was about to get drunk while the song and dance music was playing, but I heard Luo Onion whispering to me quietly by pouring wine.
"It's okay for the lord to ask the lady in a secret voice."
Luo Cong's words woke me up in my dull mind: Yes, thousands of miles away, Lin Jixiang can be quickly interrogated, and under the strict investigation of everyone, he can also let Luo Cong communicate with others, so he must have a way to talk to Luo Cong.
"Sue the Prime Minister, no matter what he wants to do when he comes to the Qin Palace this time, don't act rashly, especially today's banquet."
I don't care, as long as Yingzheng and Qi Guo are fine, it doesn't matter what I do.
Luo Cong listened, poured a glass of wine and got up, and passed the news to Lin Jixiang.
I looked at Lin Jixiang and nodded slightly, knowing that he had received the message, and drank the wine with his glass.
The cup is empty, and Luo Onion will immediately understand.
"The prime minister said that there is no movement today."
Luo Onion's words soothed my heart as he leaned down again.
I let out a long breath, and finally calmed down my most pressing anxieties.
Zi Yao soon found me, and softly asked me to take her to Jasper Lake for boating, and there was a great deal of peace of mind if she didn't realize her wish to swim in the lake. Because it was Yingzheng's order to accompany her, I didn't dare to slack off, so I immediately put on my cloak and walked over.
"The autumn breeze is slow, the boat is rippling, does Mrs. Xi feel elegant?"
Zi Yao got his wish, looking at the lake boat on the shore of the lake and was excited, and he couldn't help but be eager to try.
I coped with a chuckle and didn't say much.
Zi Yao couldn't hear my response, and looked curiously, seeing that my reaction was flat, and his smile dropped sharply.
"Mrs. Xi doesn't want to accompany the slave family to the lake?" She asked.
I laughed again. "Get on board." I say.
If I had considered the question of my reluctance, then my false evasion when she raised it in front of Lin Jixiang was so obvious, if it was not difficult for others, she should not have agreed to accompany me when Yingzheng proposed yì;
Now that this is the case, the jasper lake has arrived, and the boat is ready, what is the point of saying what I want to say?
Pursing the corners of her mouth, Zi Yao was not sorry or sad for my acquiescence.
"If Mrs. Xi is unwilling, it is okay if the slave family does not go up." She looked around, looked at a pavilion by the lake, and said, "Let's sit on the pavilion?" β
Zi Yao didn't seem to have to get on the boat, looking at her expression at this moment, it was as easy as getting what she wanted.
Could it be that her wish is not to swim in the lake, but to be alone with me?
I raised my eyebrows, examined her carefully, and saw that she was looking at me with a light smile, without saying much, so I smiled lightly.
"It's all here, let's get on board."
If there is something to say to me, then it is much more convenient for us to talk to each other in the lake than in the pavilion, and I can also listen to her intentions in finding me with more peace of mind.
Seeing that I finished speaking, I first took Luo Onion's hand and got on the boat by myself, Zi Yao knew that I had made up my mind, so she didn't persuade me more, and followed the board of the boat in.
The scenery of Jasper Lake is really beautiful, and the coolness of the boat gliding slowly and moving, if it weren't for Zi Yao watching me all the time, I would really try to compose poetry and be elegant.
I didn't ask, Zi Yao just looked at me straight; Boat in the middle of the lake, I didn't ask, and I didn't mean to open my mouth to ask, Zi Yao couldn't sit still, and she worked hard to make full use of the scene that she had worked so hard to pave the way for.
"Does Mrs. Xi know why the slave family came to Xianyang City?"
I looked back into her gaze and shook my head at her to indicate that I wasn't completely transparent.
I don't understand, purple taro is naturally for me to understand.
"It was Xianggong who said that the King of Qin seems to be wary of the relationship between you and the appearance of Yiqin Gong, so he wants to pull the slave family to show up and dispel the vigilance of the King of Qin."
I thought in my heart that the reason why Lin Jixiang had the purpose of purple taro should be the same, so I was not surprised by her confession, listened quietly, and did not talk.
Seeing that I was silent, the purple taro who was riding the wind on the boat also fell silent, but she drifted with the wind, and her face became more and more bitter.
"I heard that Mrs. Xi, you were forced to enter the Qin Palace, and you have not been summoned by the King of Qin for the first six or seven years, so you must want to return to the Qi Kingdom in your heart, right?"
In the end, there was no success in silence, and Zi Yao was full of worries, not vomiting and unhappy.
I don't know what purple taro means, so I briefly stated what I thought.
"This palace is the princess of Qin, so naturally she has to stay in the Qin country, although the country of Qi is the mother country, there is no reason to go back."
In ancient times, when a woman married her husband, if she went back, she would either be divorced or ashamed, logically speaking, I said this, no matter what Zi Yao wanted to do, I couldn't find a mistake.
Because I can't find a mistake, I can't find my words, so Zi Yao blatantly asked her what she wanted.
"Do you have no reason not to go back, or do you not want to go back because you don't want to?"
She stared at me with wide eyes, eager to know what I was thinking.
Although Zi Yao's position and I are from the same country and the same family, we know very little about each other after all, and we are in an awkward situation, if I know everything about her for no reason, I really can't do it.
"Purple Taro girl, you don't need to know this."
I grimaced, accentuating my tone.