260. 260. Birthday Banquet
Emperor Huiwen has a decree that officials above the fifth grade can bring their families to participate in the birthday banquet, so the ministers took their families to the imperial garden early, and gathered together in twos and threes to whisper about the civil strife some time ago, the replacement of nearly one-third of the officials in the court, as well as the scandal of the eldest prince of Lin and what happened to the Lin family in the past half a month, with caution or schadenfreude in his tone.
Lin Bingquan didn't care about everyone's discussions, but sat next to him the most disgusting grandson, which made him have indescribable complex feelings surging in his heart.
originally thought that this low-born gentleman grandson had lost the face of the Lin family, but he never thought that he would fall into the eyes of the ninth princess, and was promoted to the purple-clothed guard deacon from the third rank overnight, and his official position was higher than that of his son Jinpeng, which was really unexpected by him.
Now that Tao'er is dead, Hai'er is crippled again, and Jinpeng is also mediocre and inactive, it seems that there are some things that he has to think about again.
As if he didn't see the faint eyes cast by the so-called grandfather, Lin Han drank the best wine, and the corner of his eye glanced at Zhilan beside Concubine Yu from time to time.
A slightly thin but still beautiful face with a shallow and decent smile, a white flower pinned to her hair, a plain dress lined the whole person with a clear and gentle color, and there was a faint color of depression between the eyebrows, obviously not letting go of the pain caused by the sudden death of the horse.
Lin Han's eyes couldn't help but darken, and something in his eyes was fleeting.
Even if she couldn't hear what everyone was talking about, she could see the different eyes that everyone swept towards her father intentionally or unintentionally, and the concubine also knew that the scandal of the Lin family had spread to everyone, and she was very angry and angry, but she couldn't attack in public, but under the cover of her long sleeves, her hands on her knees were clenched into fists.
Glancing at Lin Bingquan opposite, Sima Yue pursed his lips and whispered to Sima Qi next to him: "That old fox is still in the mood to participate in my father's birthday today, it's really unexpected." "The Lin family has had accidents one after another, and the old fox is afraid that he is in a hurry, right?
"If those little things crushed him, how could he be in power for so many years?" Sima Qi said lazily: "What's more, this is my father's birthday, how dare he not participate?" ”
"Isn't that all our efforts in vain?" Sima Yuejian frowned.
Sima Qi smiled evilly: "Who said that our efforts were in vain? Now that the old fox is busy dealing with the affairs of the Lin family, he has no heart to hurt Jiu'er, and Jiu'er has fully stabilized and controlled the situation of the government and the opposition, and with the full assistance of the Ziyi Guard, even the old fox who is cunning and cunning can't easily hurt Jiu'er, isn't this our original purpose? ”
"That's right." Sima Yue nodded: "There is the support of my father and us in the court, there are purple guards and secret guards outside the court, and Jiu'er is so ice and snow smart, if the old fox dares to hurt Jiu'er, he will kill himself!" ”
Sima Rui, at the next table, was quietly drinking wine alone, seemingly deaf to the whispered conversation of his younger brothers.
Looking sideways at Sima Rui, whose eyes were as silent as the sea, Xu Kexin felt a trace of sadness in her heart, but she still softly persuaded him to drink too much.
Hearing this, Sima Rui put down the wine glass in his hand, gently held Xu Kexin's delicate and soft twing, and looked at her eyes flashing with apology and warmth.
"Lord Wang......" Xu Kexin looked slightly stunned, and a thought suddenly flashed in her mind that even she thought was impossible.
"Liangsu." Looking at Xu Kexin's puzzled face, Sima Rui said softly: "I have a good word. ”
Xu Kexin had tears in her eyes: "Wang ...... Liangsu! ”
"Marry me, I wronged you." Sima Rui's slightly calloused hand gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Xu Kexin's eyes.
"It's my blessing to be able to marry Liangsu, and I'm not wronged."
sighed silently, and Sima Rui's stiff tone revealed a shallow softness: "If you don't live up, I will live up to you in this life!" ”
Jiu'er has found happiness that belongs to her, and it is time for him to try to let go, Xu Kexin is a good woman and extremely innocent, and she depends on her happiness, he can't live up to it, as for his happiness, it doesn't matter.
"Life and death go hand in hand, never give up!" Xu Kexin made a loud noise, a smile of joy and relief appeared on her soft face, she finally kept the clouds open and saw the moon!
Contemplating the long eyelashes with crystal tears, as clear as a hibiscus out of the water, Sima Rui still held her hand lightly, her always cold face slightly relaxed the cold and hard lines, and her heart was like a stone thrown into a quiet lake, with a slight ripple.
Life and death go hand in hand, never give up! It turned out that Xu Kexin was so affectionate to him!
That's it, in this life, you can't die with Jiu'ersheng, and it's enough to be able to guard Xu Kexin's ordinary life.
Thinking of this, Sima Rui looked at Xu Kexin's eyes becoming softer and softer.
Looking back at Sima Rui's soft eyes, the smile on Xu Kexin's face became more and more joyful and bright, even though Liangsu still loved Jiu'er in his heart, but he could say such things, it was enough to show that he already had traces of her in his heart, and that was enough.
The words and deeds of the two were extremely secretive, and even Sima Qi and Sima Yue next to them were unaware, and the others naturally didn't notice it.
However, Zhang Lianwu, who was sitting opposite and paying attention to the two of them all the time, saw that although he couldn't hear the conversation between the two, he could see Sima Rui looking at Xu Kexin with soft eyes that only the ninth princess would have, and Xu Kexin smiled happily and brightly, and suddenly his face was slightly gloomy, and a trace of unknown light crossed his eyes.
"What about you?"
Feeling that Zhang Lianwu's aura beside him had changed slightly, Sima Chun turned his head to glance at her, and then followed her gaze, and saw that although Sima Rui and Xu Kexin did not have any intimate behavior, they gave people a sense of warmth and beauty, and couldn't help but flash their eyes, turned to look at Zhang Lianwu, and a touch of intriguing smile rose at the corner of his lips: "What?" What about jealousy? ”
Zhang Lianwu stiffened when she heard this, and then lowered her voice and mocked: "This is my business, don't bother the prince, the prince still has to find a way to recapture the ninth princess, otherwise the ninth princess will be thrown into the arms of others." ”
"You ......"
Sima Chun's complexion changed, and he glared at Zhang Lianwu's eyes and wanted to eat her alive, and in a blink of an eye, he said with an ambiguous expression: "The relationship between Jiu'er and this king for more than ten years is not something that anyone can easily destroy, but you, don't forget your identity, even if this king doesn't love you, in this life, you are born as the king's person, and death is the king's ghost, don't want to escape from the king's palm!" Nian has the heir of this king, and the taste is good, this king will definitely treat you well! ”
After speaking, he smacked his lips as if he was reminiscing about something, and he looked like he was still unsatisfied.
Seeing Sima Chun's appearance and thinking of his madness that day, Zhang Lianwu's face turned slightly pale, lowered his head to hide the resentment and anger in his eyes, and drew blood marks on the palms of his hands clenched into fists.
The conversation between the two entered Lin Yiwei's ears word for word, and a secret smile crossed her face, and finally condensed into two scorching sparks in her eyes, and disappeared into the depths of her eyes in an instant.
"Prime Minister arrives ......"
As the eunuch shouted, everyone who had been talking in a low voice turned their eyes to the place where they came.
Although Han Mingji has only been the prime minister for a short time, his resolute and resolute handling methods, meticulous and unpredictable mental strategy, especially the iron-faced and selfless personality, all make the ministers awe and convinced, and the genius prodigy is really worthy of his name, no wonder the emperor will directly canonize him as prime minister despite public opinion.
Soon, a light blue figure came into everyone's eyes, the face was absolutely beautiful and dusty, the eyebrows and eyes seemed to be a combination of fairy and demonic energy, elegant and noble with the charm of the bones, the corners of the lips rose slightly, and the deep starry eyes as ink gently swept the audience, and everyone lost their souls, and they all stood stunned on the spot, almost forgetting to breathe.
Looking at such an outstanding son, Han Jingwen was comforted, and Mrs. Han had a loving smile on her face, but there was a trace of bitterness and guilt in her heart.
If it weren't for her, her son wouldn't have been born frail and sickly, and he wouldn't even live to be twenty-five years old, and even the old man Tianji would be helpless.
Fortunately, her son found the love of his life, and he had nine children to accompany his son for a short time, and his son had no regrets for life, and she was blind to death.
"I can't get used to his arrogant look." Staring at Mo Xuan, who was striding over, Sima Yue pouted and said, "I really don't know how Jiu'er could fall in love with him?" ”
"He naturally has arrogant capital!" Sima Rui's face was silent.
With an otherworldly appearance, extraordinary medical and poison skills, amazing martial arts, and a strange and unpredictable mind, looking at today, how many people can compare with it? Only he is worthy of Jiu'er, right?
"The third brother is right." Sima Qi said: "He is the only one who is arrogant in the world, but unfortunately he may not be able to get what he wants in the end, after all, the father and the sixth brother are not having a good time." ”
Hearing this, Sima Yue changed his anger just now and said mysteriously: "Jiu'er is our treasure, how can we let him snatch it easily?" ”
"Are you trying to upset Jiu'er?" Sima Qi glanced at Sima Yue, and Sima Yue was immediately deflated.
On the way back to Beijing from Jiuyuan County, he knew Jiu'er's feelings for Mo Xuan best, and he also knew Mo Xuan's methods, not to mention whether he could trick Mo Xuan, if he made Jiu'er unhappy, he would regret it.
And Zhang Lianwu stared straight at Mo Xuan's eyes, always feeling as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Smiling at his father and mother, Mo Xuan strode to the position closest to the main seat and sat down, looking at the empty dragon chair, his eyes were bottomless.
"The emperor has arrived...... The Nine Princesses drove to ......"
As Leng Yi's high-pitched voice sounded, Emperor Huiwen, who was wearing a Ming Yellow Dragon robe, took Qingyun's hand and walked slowly.
Everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live!" Nine princesses Chitose Chitose! ”
"No courtesy."
"Emperor Xie!"
Emperor Huiwen and Qingyun walked to the dragon chair and sat down, then glanced at Leng Yi, and Leng Yi immediately said in a loud voice: "The envoys of the Xuan countries are here!" ”
Soon, Chu Yunyi took the lead and walked in.