1st Round: Three Thousand Favors (4)
Fourth, people's hearts are unpredictable
The surroundings were foggy, and Xiangbao stood blankly, not knowing where he was.
"Sister." Someone called her.
"Weiqin? Weiqin, is that you? Xiangbao turned around and saw Wei Qin, dressed in red, standing in a fog, unable to see it really.
"Sister......" he stood at a distance, calling her softly. The voice was very soft, but Xiangbao could hear it clearly, so clear that even her heart was shaken and hurt slightly.
The fog seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, overwhelming, Wei Qin's figure was gradually covered by the fog, Xiangbao wanted to step forward to pull him, but found that he couldn't move an inch. She could only stand there and watch Wei Qin smile in the mist, such a gentle smile. He was obviously smiling, but Xiangbao seemed to see a small child crying lonely in his eyes.
The lonely child likes to wear red, because red is the most lively color.
"I like you." He looked at her and said suddenly.
Xiangbao's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but raise her hand and clench her arms, feeling chills all over her body. No, no, no...... I'm your sister, I'm your own sister!
Suddenly, a pair of warm arms embraced her and brought her into his arms. Who is it? Who is it? Xiangbao trembled slightly, such a warm embrace, could it be......
"Beauty......" Suddenly, he lowered his head and licked her earlobe, and the haunting voice completely dispelled Xiangbao's illusions. Slender fingers gently picked open her clothes, Xiangbao only felt a slight coolness on her shoulders, and slowly turned around, and saw his magnified face pressing towards her......
Xiangbao was startled and opened her eyes suddenly.
Is it a dream?
"Get up! Get up! As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Si Xiang standing in front of her couch, holding the futon in her hand, with an angry look. Feeling the coldness on his body, Xiangbao lowered his head, only to find that his bedding had been ripped away by the little guy.
Just that ...... It's a dream!
Xiangbao lowered his head slightly and began to self-examine, actually having that kind of dream...... Is it a spring dream? And the object is actually ...... It's actually ......
If that guy knows......
Xiangbao began to lose face, began to tremble, and then despised herself.
"Still not up? When is it? Yun Ji and the others are already at the gate of the palace! Si Xiang couldn't stand Xiangbao's sluggish appearance, and shouted loudly.
Xiangbao looked up and saw that his little face was flushed with anger, and he looked like he hated iron but not steel, and couldn't help but smile, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch his face that was obviously very cute but liked to pretend to be mature.
"Hurry up!" Seeing her like this, Si Xiang turned her head a little awkwardly and muttered unnaturally.
Xiangbao smiled and got up to put on his robe.
Ziruo didn't know when she had come in, holding a basin of water and toiletries in her hands, standing aside with her head down, trembling and trembling, just like the usual two.
"Hurry up and help you change your clothes and comb your hair! What are you doing standing there? Si Xiang turned around and shouted dissatisfiedly, "Hmm...... Wear narrow sleeves for easy riding, and keep your hair accessories simple so as not to get in the way...... Well, that's it, hurry up! He frowned cutely and thought for a moment, then added.
"Yes." Ziruo hurriedly agreed, and stepped forward to help Xiangbao make up.
Seeing Xiangbao changing clothes, Si Xiang turned his back with both hands, looking like a little adult, Xiangbao couldn't help snickering, compared to his bad father, Si Xiang's children are much more well-behaved.
Under Si Xiang's repeated urging, Xiangbao finally arrived at the palace gate in time.
"Madame, it's long overdue." Fu Cha smiled, a bright yellow robe was extremely dazzling in the morning sun, long hair was tied high, and long strands of hair flew wildly in the wind.
Xiangbao hurriedly bowed his head to say goodbye, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart, this dress, is he going to hunt, or is he going to compare beauty? Imagine the king standing in the middle of a bunch of peacocks with the screen open...... Xiangbao couldn't help but laugh snickeringly.
Snickering, Xiangbao couldn't help but raise his eyes to peek at him, but he was unexpectedly caught by his smiling eyes. Xiangbao hurriedly lowered his head, but he couldn't help but think of the scene in the dream, alas, if that dream was known by this guy, he would definitely be laughed to death!
"Mrs. Xi Shi has such a big shelf, she actually let the king wait." Coldly, a voice sounded suddenly, and without looking up, Xiangbao knew that it was Yun Ji.
It's just that...... Mrs. Shih Tzu?
Xiangbao slowly raised her head and looked at Yun Ji, since she had "amnesia", then her identity was naturally determined by them, and now the identity they gave her was still Xi Shi?
Yun Ji was dressed in a white palace dress, and Xiangbao looked at the several women behind her, Hua Mei and Zheng Dan were there. Hua Mei was looking at her with some concern, Zheng Dan's expression was still cold, among the women who entered Wu, the two of them had the best appearance, and it seemed that the husband's vision was not bad. Look at everyone in palace clothes, except Xiangbao...... Because of Si Xiang's suggestion, the light blue narrow-sleeved skirt she wore looked a little abrupt.
"Madame is so dressed like this, it's really surprising to the widow." Fucha's voice sounded neither high nor low, "What kind of horse do you like, Madame can escape the election by herself." He pointed to the horse led by a few waiters.
Xiangbao looked at his hand, they were all horses, how did she know if it was bad. It's just that there is one of them, with four hooves stepping on the snow, which is very beautiful. Xiangbao felt that the horse was a little familiar, and couldn't help but step forward and gently stroke its ears. I saw that it shook its head slightly, its ears moved, and Xiang Bao happily pulled the reins from the hand of the boy and led it out.
"Uh......" The boy looked a little embarrassed.
Xiangbao turned around in confusion and saw that the husband was nodding slightly, and the little boy completely let go of the reins and let Xiangbao lead him.
"Madame, what a visionary." Fucha laughed.
Seeing him laughing, Xiangbao couldn't help but stand on end, and was so frightened that she almost wanted to drop the reins, and ran away, because every time this guy smiled at her, it would be fine.
"This horse is the king's war horse." A voice suddenly sounded, Xiangbao was startled, and when he looked back, it was him! It's really a narrow road, and the guard standing on the left side behind the husband turned out to be Wu Feng, who was entangled with Yun Ji by her in the garden that day!
Xiangbao sighed secretly, she didn't make a mistake with people surnamed Wu, Wu Zixu recognized her as a disaster, and wanted to put her to death several times, and now he provoked his son Wu Feng......
At this time, Wu Feng was looking at her with a deep warning in his eyes.
After being surprised, Xiangbao couldn't help but bend his lips, looking at the slightly panicked look in the depths of his eyes, thinking that he must have been startled when he saw her for the first time. Will you regret that you didn't kill her with a sword in the first place? He shouldn't have thought that she was the Xi Shi who was rumored to be in the palace.
If...... He knew she wasn't mute...... Xiangbao frowned, and sighed in his heart, it would be better to take a detour when he saw this person in the future. Retracting his gaze on him, Xiangbao looked back at the horse, it turned out to be Fucha's war horse, and when he encountered robbers with Fucha at the foot of Fujiao Mountain that day, he was riding this horse, no wonder it was a little familiar.
"The King." It's a somewhat familiar voice.
Is it Goujian?
Xiangbao turned around, and sure enough, Gou Jian, who was dressed in coarse cloth, was kneeling in front of his husband. Beside him, there were Shi Lian and Fan Li, and both of them knelt down. Xiangbao tilted his head, a little unbearable. The king has knelt, how can the minister not kneel? Even if they were as proud as Shi Lian and Fan Li, they had to bend their knees to King Wu at this time.
"Huh? What happened to King Yue? Fucha raised his eyebrows and smiled.
A "Yue Wang" was extremely humiliating. The king of Yue, the king of Yue, the king of Yue, now also knelt down before him.
"The minister heard that the king was going out hunting, because the minister has always been grateful for the king's great kindness to his subordinates, and thought about the report day and night, and begged the king to allow his subordinates to lead the horse for the king, in order to repay the ......" Gou Jian bowed for a long time, and said.
"King Yue really has a heart, so tired." Fucha looked down at Gou Jian, who had a humble face at this time, his thin lips opened lightly, and he pointed to Xiangbao Dao, "In this way, help Mrs. get on the horse." ”
Xiangbao was stunned.
Gou Jian walked up to Xiangbao with a calm expression and landed on one knee. Xiangbao looked down at him stunned, he always kept his head down, and he couldn't see what expression he had on his face at this time. After a long time, he raised his head: "Please get on the horse." Looking at Xiangbao, he said, with a respectful attitude.
"The day the country is restored, it is the time for the widow to welcome you back." Xiangbao's ears suddenly sounded the words of his oath that day.
Xiangbao was frightened, if he hadn't heard him say something like that before, how could he have imagined that he had such ambition under such a humble attitude. With the hope of recovering the country, he endured what ordinary people couldn't bear, and he ...... It's horrible.
"Get on the horse." Whispering, he spoke again, in a voice that only Xiangbao and himself could hear.
The palm holding the horse's reins was slightly sweaty, and Xiangbao stepped on his back and turned over on the horse. The horse suddenly went berserk, and raised its hooves suddenly, and Xiangbao's eyes widened in horror as he looked at Gou Jian, who was now prostrate under the horse.
"Ahh Xiangbao couldn't help but scream, closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at it again.
Shi Lian's figure on the side just moved, but he was pulled by Fan Li.
At the last moment, the husband raised his lips, jumped on the horse, sat behind Xiangbao, and held Xiangbao's hand holding the reins of the horse: "Don't be afraid, the widow is here." He reined in the horse's reins, and the horse fell silent. Gou Jian was knocked out, fell forward violently, and fell to the ground hard, his face covered with dust, but there was no big problem.
Xiangbao was very afraid of death and shrank in her husband's arms for a long time before she slowly opened her eyes in shock.
"Hahaha......" Fucha couldn't help laughing, and he was in a very happy mood.
Shi Lian looked at Fan Li, his heart palpitated, this is King Wu's temptation, if he had just taken the liberty to save the Lord, he was afraid that he would harm the king's life at this time, this moody King Wu should not be underestimated.
Fan Li's eyes had been quietly staring at the frightened woman in Fucha's arms, and the hand hanging by his side slowly clenched into a fist.
Shi Lian frowned slightly, and stepped forward to help Gou Jian, who was lying on the ground, but was pushed away by Gou Jian without a trace. He slowly got up on his own in some embarrassment, his face was covered with dust, and there was a shallow scar on the left cheek, and small beads of blood oozed out.
Without teasing Gou Jian any more, the husband raised his lips and slashed his whip, and the horse immediately raised its hooves and rushed out like an arrow, his broad-sleeved robe and high-stranded hair fluttering in the wind, full of spirit, insolent and dazzling.
Wu Feng glanced back at the embarrassed King Yue: "You guys follow later." Then he raised his whip and chased after his husband.
Xiangbao sat silently in front of his husband, he knew that no one could control this war horse except him, but he still asked Gou Jian to help her get on the horse. Gou Jian has Gou Jian's ambition, and his husband has the ability of his husband, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, but why do they use her as a grinding heart?
"Is it cold?" Feeling that Xiangbao was trembling slightly, the husband looked down at her.
Hearing his voice, Xiangbao subconsciously stiffened. The husband did not speak again, but raised his cloak to wrap Xiangbao.
After a while, they came to a dense forest. Wu Feng waved his hand to signal everyone to stop.
"Set up camp here, rest for a while, and then go hunting in the forest after lunch!" Wu Feng raised his voice, and then took the lead in turning over and dismounting, kneeling on one knee, "Please dismount the king." ”
Gou Jian, who came later, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down on his knees, and prostrated in front of his husband's horse: "Please dismount the king." ”
"There is King Laoyue." Fucha raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his foot and stepped on Gou Jian's back. This foot was obviously not lightly stepped on, and Xiangbao saw sweat oozing from Gou Jian's forehead. Stepping on the backbone of King Yue and dismounting, the husband turned to look at Xiangbao with a swagger: "Madam, the widow helped you get off the horse?" He smiled and raised his arms, as if waiting for her to pounce into his arms.
Suddenly, she felt a few murderous resentful glances behind her, and the corners of Xiangbao's mouth couldn't help but twitch faintly, if the eyes could kill a person, then she thought she should have died no less than ten times by now, this guy, does she have to make her the target of public criticism?
Suddenly felt a familiar gaze, Xiangbao tilted his head slightly, is it Fan Li? His eyes were full of forbearance pain, so bitter that even Xiangbao's heart was slightly sour.
"Ma'am?" The husband raised his voice and urged.
Xiangbao sighed lightly in his heart, knowing that he would not give up if he did not achieve his goal, so he had to turn around and dismount, and was embraced by him.
Lunch was a dry food brought out of the palace, and after hastily using it, everyone began to prepare for the afternoon hunt. Xiangbao didn't have any appetite at all, just sat in a daze.
"Madame, is it hard to swallow lunch?" The husband walked up behind Xiangbao and hugged her into his arms.
Xiangbao tilted his head slightly, knowing that the struggle was futile, so he didn't push him away.
Sometimes, she really didn't know what the king was thinking. At the foot of Fujiao Mountain, she had seen him kill people, with a cruel beauty, as if painting between heaven and earth with blood; When he was in Wu Ying, he was the son of Ji, and she classified him as a friend of trouble, forgetting his poignancy when he killed people at the foot of Fujiao Mountain, and even used his sword...... Grilled fish.
However, when I saw him again, he was Wu Wangfucha. After that, it was his strange condition, he actually took "marrying Fan Li's beloved person into Wu as a concubine" as a condition for surrendering.
After the chaos, she became Xi Shi, Fan Li's beloved Xi Shi...... She carried the name of Xi Shi into Wu and came to his side.
So he...... What exactly was he thinking? Is it because of love and talent, do you want to use her to win over Fan Li?
"Lunch is a little rough, and the widow must come to shoot a deer for his wife in the afternoon." Seeing that Xiangbao didn't answer for a long time, the husband put his cheek to her ear and rubbed it gently, and said slowly.
is so gentle and considerate, what a terrible guy, if she was before, she must have fallen into it early. Such cruel gentleness......
She is no longer the Xiangbao she used to be, she has seen the cruelty behind gentleness, and her scattered heart can no longer withstand any bit of destruction. Such unforgettable pain, if she experienced it again, she was afraid that she would be wiped out, and there would not be even a little scum left.
The hunt soon began, and Wu Feng and the young generals were fully armed and ready.
"General Fan and General Shi, are you willing to go together?" The husband sat on his horse and invited.
"I am a subordinate under the king, and I dare not go with the king." Fan Li bowed his head slightly and said.
Shi Lian also bowed his head.
With narrow eyes narrowing slightly, the husband took the bow and arrow from Gou Jian's hand, turned his head and raised his lips at Xiangbao and said, "Madam, wait for the widow to shoot you a deer!" After speaking, the husband took the lead in riding into the forest, and everyone followed.
"Mrs. Xi Shi is really favored by the king." Seeing her husband sent into the forest, Yun Ji walked to Xiangbao's side with a smile, followed by several palace concubines, and surrounded Xiangbao.
Xiangbao had a headache, and saw that the rest of the people sat down to rest and rectify, holding water and collecting firewood, preparing for the barbecue at night, so he found an excuse to stay away.