Chapter 71: The Fog (2)

The banquet of the crown prince of His Royal Highness King Anyang was held as scheduled, but what confused and embarrassed Xuan Zhuyi and the others was that this banquet was all royal relatives except for them. There are not many people invited to the banquet of the crown prince of King Anyang, but there are some people who ordinary people can't invite. Xiao Shuyu, the king of Nanyang, Xiao Chuyi, the eldest princess, Xiao Yunyi, the princess of Su'an, Xiao Yunjue, the king of Shuyang, the eunuch Shen Fan, and then Xuan Zhuyi.

"Senior brother, this situation is not right! In what capacity are we sitting here? Ouyang Ruolin and Xuan Zhuyi sat at the same table, she sat next to Xuan Zhuyi, and asked Xuan Zhuyi in a low voice.

"...... Take the Lingsenkaku ...... Emissary...... Identity? Xuan Zhuyi also responded to Ouyang Ruolin without confidence.

Xuan Zhuyi and Ouyang Ruolin sat at the table closest to His Royal Highness the Prince, and Shen Fan sat opposite them at this table.

Xuan Zhuyi whispered to Ouyang Ruolin: "We are sitting opposite Shen Fan next to the emperor, right?"

Ouyang Ruolin took a closer look and gave Xuan Zhuyi a very affirmative look.

"How can a eunuch sit in the closest place to the crown prince? Could it be that he represents the emperor? ”

"Now that this meeting is almost a family banquet, why does the emperor send a eunuch to attend the banquet instead of himself?"

"Hey~" Xuan Zhuyi raised his forehead and said, "The relationship and things in the palace are really troublesome." Anyway, I can't see any intentions of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now, so I have to take one step at a time. ”

"Hmm." Ouyang Ruolin had to respond carefully.

Sitting at a table next to Shen Fan is Princess Ling Zhi, that is, the eldest princess Xiao Chuyi, next to Xiao Chuyi is the former prince, the current King of Nanyang, Xiao Shuyu, then Princess Xiao Yunyi, Princess Su'an, and finally Xiao Yunjue, the king of Shuyang. Looking at Xuan Zhuyi's side again, Ouyang Ruolin sat on the left side of Xuan Zhuyi, and the table next to the two was Shang Ling, followed by Yu Cihe, then Mu Zhixi, and finally Mu Jinggong. Yu Tzu Hyuk sat at the table without saying a word, and at the same time constantly observed the attitudes, expressions and movements of Xiao Shuyu, the king of Nanyang, Xiao Yunyi, the princess of Su'an, and Shen Fan on the opposite side. When observing Shen Fan, Yu Cihe inadvertently found that Shang Ling's eyes were very unnatural when he looked at Shen Fan. Shen Fan didn't react, he saw Shang Ling here a few times, and his eyes were just swept away, and he didn't take Shang Ling to heart at all, but Shang Ling was like thunder all over his body, his eyes were fluttering, and his hands and feet began to become unnatural, looking like he was afraid of something, and he seemed to be avoiding something.

"Shang Ling." Yu Ci Hyuk called out to him softly, and Shang Ling immediately turned his head and asked Yu Ci Hyuk with a nonchalant expression, "What's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong with you?" Yu Cihe still asked expressionlessly, and Shang Ling replied as if nothing happened, "It's okay, what's wrong?" ”

"Are you avoiding Shen Fan's gaze? Or are you afraid of something? ”

Shang Ling seemed to be a little nervous about this, but he still smiled and said, "It's okay, he has nothing to dodge, I don't know him."

"You really don't know him?"

"I don't know him." Shang Ling hesitated for a moment and then said, "Maybe the position he is sitting in is too conspicuous." ”

Yu Tzu He raised his eyes and looked at Shen Fan's position and said, "What does it have to do with you where he sits?"

"That's it...... It's just too conspicuous. ”

"Huh?" Yu Tzu-hyuk was still confused.

Shang Ling said coldly: "Hey...... A eunuch sits in the closest place to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what is that identity? Shen Fan attended the prince's banquet this time, was he in his personal capacity or on behalf of the emperor? If it were his personal identity, how could he sit here? It is still the closest position to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Look at the princess, the order of the highnesses is arranged according to the dignity of the eldest and the youngest. But now, Shen Fan can sit in front of the eldest princess, so what is his identity in this banquet? ”

"Probably...... Is it to replace the emperor? ”

"Your Majesty? But why didn't the emperor come? Or find a eunuch to replace yourself? The emperor is the Ninety-Five, how can he be so casual? Even if he is a popular and favored person around him, the emperor at least wants to save face, right? ”

“…… I didn't expect you to sit here and think about it so much? ”

"Hehe" Shang Ling broke the gong in a second, and said with a smile, "Didn't you say that it was a good danger?" I don't need to do any prep work, do I? ”

"And in what capacity is he sitting here, have you figured it out?"

"This ......" Shang Ling stretched out a finger and tapped his face, "He should be the representative of the two sides......

"What do you mean?"

“…… This is not the place to talk, and I will explain to you when the banquet is over. ”

"Okay, be careful."

"Got it, don't worry."

At the beginning of the banquet, His Royal Highness the new crown prince sat on top and looked at these people at the banquet with a happy face.

"This king ...... today Oh no," he sneered and added, "Ben...... Prince, I have held this banquet today, and I invite you to come. First, everyone is the children and cronies of the emperor, and on the day of this banquet, we can also get close, and secondly, I don't want to be too public, so I only invited the big disciples and a group of people from this Lingxian Pavilion to the outside world. This Yunshang restaurant is one of the best restaurants in the capital, and the dishes and wine are also excellent. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince picked up the wine glass and said, "Come and enjoy today's pleasures!" ”

Everyone raised their glasses and said, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on his honorable position." Drink it all in one go. The prince clapped his hands and said, "Recently, I have found a good musician, and I invite you to come today to enjoy it with everyone." Come! Musicians please! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a man wearing a tiger head mask and dressed in black walk in from outside, holding a gonghou in his hand, and bowed slightly to the prince.

"Musician! Show your hand to everyone in the room. ”

The man did not speak, but went into the tent, sat down, adjusted his position, stroked the strings, and a melodious sound came from the tent. The music has a wide range, soft and clear timbre, like the water flow is gentle and soft, like the wind is full of flowers, like a peak towering and majestic, like the eyes are warm and moist like jade. Everyone listened as if they were in a dream, vague, vague, looming. But the more he listened, the more Yu Cihe felt that something was wrong. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she opened her eyes suddenly, reached out and grabbed Shang Ling's arm, Shang Ling was excited, opened her eyes and looked at Yu Cihe. Looking at Mu Jinggong again, she had already taken out her needle and pricked it a few times on some acupuncture point on her body, and when she saw Yu Cihe and Shang Ling looking at her, she frowned like a look in her eyes, and then reached out to wake up Mu Zhixi. Shang Ling turned around and stretched out his hand towards Ouyang Ruolin and Xuan Zhuyi, but was shocked by a sudden burst of strong music. The few people who had just woken up immediately fell into chaos again. Yu Tzu Hyuk only felt a splitting headache, and reluctantly opened his eyes slightly, only to feel that there were countless figures dangling in front of his eyes. At this moment, everyone's minds only felt a whirlwind in their minds, and their stomachs seemed to be overturned. It was impossible to sit up straight, so I had to lie on the ground and suffer the sudden dizziness, nausea and endless confusion.

Shang Ling frantically pressed his temples, trying to alleviate the pain, but in the darkness he caused his eyes to open, and this opening was as if he saw a person standing in front of him. Shang Ling frowned, narrowing his eyes, wanting to see clearly who the person standing in front of him was, but he saw Shen Fan's meaningful eyes. The eyes were clearly looking at him, both pity and ridicule, both pity and disdain.

"What the hell!" Shang Ling silently cursed in his heart, "What is this feeling?!" But he didn't have time to think too much, and he lost consciousness. A rhythmic sound of tapping on the ground suddenly sounded, and in Yu Tzu-hyuk's chaotic world, the sound became clearer and clearer, as if it was right in her ears.

"Heh~ What the hell is a human being, and I still can't stand this music." It's just a soft word, but it's unusually loud in Yu Tzu-hyuk's world. As soon as the speaker's hand touched Yu Cihyuk's arm, he was grabbed by Yu Cihyuk's other hand subconsciously.

"Yo~ Still conscious?"

Yu Cihyuk endured the dizziness and opened his eyes slightly, but only saw a very vague figure standing in front of him, being grabbed by his own hands.

"Who...... Who! She said the word intermittently as if she had tried her best.

"Who? Oh~ You're asking who I am, right? Hum! You can't even hear my voice? ”

Yu Cihe frowned, his consciousness became more and more blurred, but he still didn't dare to let go of his hand at all, still clutching the man's sleeve.

"Hey! You can't even speak, and you still hold me so tightly? ”

"You...... Dry...... What ......"

"What am I doing? Me! Come and take a person. ”

"Human ......" she gasped, and finally tried to open her eyes and see the person in front of her clearly, but then she lost her strength, closed her eyes again, and lost consciousness after saying only "white ......", and her hand was suddenly released, and she fell to the ground as if she was dead.

"Tut~" The man couldn't help but sigh and said, "You still know me!" Okay, then I'll take you away. Hehe~" After that, he stretched out his hand and hugged Yu Cihe and left the banquet openly, and walked out of Yunshang Restaurant. Everyone at the banquet was lying on the ground crookedly at the moment, and Shen Fan, who was closest to the prince, was lying on the table and falling asleep, but he smiled lightly when the man left with Yu Cihe. The musician with the mask behind the curtain still kept playing the gonghou in his hand, obviously alone, but he was alive with a dead appearance. On the surface, the mask is cold, but the face behind the mask is the musician's original face, so what does that original face look like?