47. Marriage
"What a beauty!" Huanlin was overjoyed and almost immediately pounced.
But in an instant she came to her senses again, and her joy turned to horror, and she took seven or eight steps back in a row, and the smile of joy on her face became a little sneering.
"That'...... What, so you're fine? She tentatively greeted the great beauty.
The other party didn't appreciate it, opened his mouth and let out an angry roar, and the whole ghost quickly floated towards her.
"Wow-" Huanlin let out a wail, holding his head in his hands and running wildly.
While running, he slandered madly: Sure enough, you can't be too kind to be a demon! How can you think that the other party will treat you as your own demon for a few days, is it impossible! A ghost is a ghost, she will only find ways to eat you, kill you, and scare you to death......
The more he thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his legs were weak, and he was intercepted without much effort.
There was nothing new at all, she was hung on the branch again, her hands and feet were entangled in her clothes and she couldn't move, and the whole person swayed like a debt moth hanging on the tree.
The big beauty circled around her very slowly, slowly, so the temperature around the forest really dropped.
"Don't turn around, it's winter again......" Huanlin did his best to make the most aggrieved look, and begged pitifully.
But the great beauty was never moved.
Huan Lin can clearly feel that this time the big beauty's attitude towards her has changed.
In the past, the reason why she dared to be a little presumptuous was because she knew that the great beauty had a little closeness to her for no reason, as if it was unlikely to kill her.
But today, that closeness is gone. Huan Lin Qing clearly knew that once she had a little dissatisfaction with this great beauty, today might be her death.
But she didn't want to die! Although the parents and sisters and brothers are dead, in fact, the natural lifespan of the sparrow is almost ten years, even if it has already become a grandmother, the family is still a baby......
Huan Lin screamed frantically in his heart, and tears fell down his eyes.
The great beauty was unmoved, a face that was alluring the country and the city stared at her coldly, and the blood mark on her neck was terrifying.
"You didn't kill the one surnamed Shen," the eerie ghost whispered in Huan Lin's ears, "You groveled before that old thief, and you saved his son." β
Huan Lin was speechless, and inexplicably felt that his face was hot.
Strange, she obviously doesn't owe this great beauty, why should she be ashamed that she didn't listen to her?
The big beauty didn't know Huan Lin's heart, so she just vented her anger: "You are still a little low in front of his son, and serve him as a slave...... When did our Chu family come out with such a useless thing as you! β
Aha? The Chu family? "Our Chu family"?
Huan Lin's eyes widened in shock.
The next moment, it was hurriedly closed. Because, at this moment, the face of the big beauty has become very hideous, and it is not beautiful at all.
What a big beauty, she's a ghost! The devil is going crazy! Huan Lin continued to scream wildly in his heart.
Sure enough, the next moment, the big beauty's hands grabbed her face, and ten nails more than three inches long were like knives, sharp and piercing.
This is really going to eat sparrow brains!!
The strength of Huan Lin's whole body was concentrated in his chest, and then he scrambled out of his throat, and the screams were deafening.
It's useless.
As a little demon who doesn't know any magic at all, she is a sparrow egg that crushes when she is pinched in front of the ghost.
When those nails scratched his face, Huan Lin rolled his eyes and fainted quietly, and a wild scream that had not yet been shouted stopped abruptly.
The voice of the female ghost could still be heard in my ears, faint and cold: "Bao'er, you have disappointed me too much!" β
So Huan Lin was very glad that he had fainted.
But what she didn't expect was that the follow-up of fainting was not a silent farewell to the world, let alone a dream of Hei Tian, but a sharp pain that tugged at her heart-
It's like every piece of flesh, every bone, and every trace of soul on the body being pulled by a sharp blade at the same time, and it hurts to hang on the blade.
It's better to die like this, hey! Is there any kind passing fairy who will send me on my way?
Huan Lin collapsed and yelled in his sleep, puzzled by the difference between being in such a coma and being awake.
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At the same time, in the golden hall of Qixiang Palace, Shen Yuli knelt on the ground, his head hanging very low.
This time, the emperor did not have that group of golden concubines around him, and even there were only two eunuchs, but the atmosphere was not at all more relaxed than when there were many people.
"You're quibbling." The Emperor's voice was sombre, like the thunder that sounded at the lowest pressure in the summer afternoon.
Shen Yuli didn't tremble. He clenched his hands into fists and propped them on the ground, lowered his head and said word by word: "Erchen doesn't dare." β
"You don't dare," the Emperor snorted coldly, "that little minion is very daring!" He has made trouble in Qixiang Palace several times, and he has forced several of my concubines to death, what else would he not dare! β
Shen Yuli tried to lower his head and carefully defended: "That slave is just a little wild, and Erchen has been teaching hard recently. If there is anything wrong with him, his father will kill him, but he deserves it, but ...... There are some great sins that he will never dare to commit. β
"Humph!" The emperor sneered, his face was very unkind: "The whole palace knows about it, you are still quibbling!" Well, since you said 'no grudge to death', then drag that dog slave to death immediately! β
Shen Yuli knelt on the ground for a long time and did not answer.
The emperor wants to kill a minion, and there is no need for any reason. In the past two years, there have been too many minions in the palace to die for no reason, and it is certainly nothing to die another one around the forest.
"Erchen obeys the holy commandment," Shen Yuli said when he heard his own voice, "that slave has made his father angry, and he really deserves to die." β
The emperor was reluctantly satisfied with this reply, snorted coldly, and waved his hand to the little eunuch: "Go and give the order!" β
In the palace, the inner servants were arrested and killed with a rod.
Shen Yuli bowed seriously and retreated, watching the guards lead the way past him, with no expression on his face.
Shen Qin ran up to meet him, his round fat face trembled, and his little eyes were full of worry: "How is it?" Did the father get angry? Did it hit you? What are the guards going to do? The matter of the two of you...... Did you admit it to your father? β
"Admit what?" Shen Yuli paused at his feet and looked at him with a gloomy face.
Shen Qin trembled with fright, and hurriedly put on a smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing, I don't believe a word of those nonsense!" β¦β¦ So you also denied it in front of your father? Did your father believe in you? β
Shen Yuli retracted his anger, stomped his feet heavily, shook his sleeves and left: "Father's thoughts, which of us can guess through them?" Not only us, I'm afraid no one in the whole world will guess through it! β
This is also true.
Everyone in the world knows that the current emperor is a reckless man, moody, and cannot be measured by common sense.
It is precisely because of this that few people in the court and the palace dare to speculate on the emperor's intentions.
Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, the bold rich and noble seek in danger, and the timid shrink their necks and stay away, that's all.
At this moment, Shen Qin didn't dare to guess, so he had to change his questioning method and be more careful: "So my father didn't get angry?" What are the guards doing? β
"Not angry." Shen Yuli replied with a straight look, "Those guards were ordered by my father to arrest Lin Gui and be killed with a cane." β
"Shhh
Shen Yuli stretched out his hand to help him, frowning and silent.
Shen Qin finally stood firm, and was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Father wants to kill that kid?" Why aren't you in a hurry? It's going to kill you! β
As they spoke, the two of them had already walked into a garden, Shen Yuli casually found a stone bench to lie down, and said coldly with his arm on his pillow: "My father's holy decree wants to kill, what's the use of me being busy?" What's more, that minion is really not like words, if he doesn't die, I don't know what trouble will cause me in the future! β
Shen Qin was frightened by his cold tone, and stood for a while before carefully sitting down on the side, but this time he didn't even dare to ask.
Ask him if he feels sorry for the little eunuch?
As soon as these words came out, not to mention whether Shen Yuli was angry or not, the answer was completely predictable: he would definitely say, "What is there to feel sorry for?" βγ
However, Shen Qin thought with a look of embarrassment, how could he not feel distressed?
If you really don't feel distressed, it's easy to meet in the morning, why do you deliberately take the popularity away...... This was clearly expected to be in trouble, so he drove the little eunuch and fled for his life!
I don't know if the little eunuch can understand his good intentions. Shen Qin secretly observed Shen Yuli's face, and felt that he was really heartbroken as a brother.
It's a pity that this matter can't be solved by worrying about it! Shen Qin sighed.
I really don't understand how good things have become like this, the little eunuch is just a little smarter, a little more reckless, a little more delicate, and a more sharp voice...... How did it come to be like that?
That kind of rumor is not good for anyone to put on, let alone a heavenly nobleman. In fact, if you think about it this way, it would be better to kill that minion earlier, and now that the rumors have not spread to the world, it is a wise choice to cut through the mess quickly.
Otherwise, after many years, if the fourth brother, who is only one step away from that position, is mentioned again, or even criticized by the world for this matter, it will be sad.
The road to the emperor has never been easy to walk, sacrificing one...... The hearty little eunuch is really nothing.
Shen Qin's heart quickly turned hundreds of thoughts, and finally he couldn't hold back and opened his mouth timidly: "That...... Don't be too sad, Huan Lin's temperament is really not suitable for being in the palace...... Phew, I mean, it's not your fault either, he's a minion...... When the time comes, you will collect his body and bury it decently, which will be considered your dedication. β
"Hmm!" Shen Yuli replied irritably and stood up with a bang.
Shen Qin was startled, and hurriedly stood up, panicking: "Fourth brother, fourth brother!" You...... Don't collide with the guards, your father's face is not easy to sweep! β
Shen Yuli didn't plan to do anything, but when he heard this, he just agreed indiscriminately, and his heart was doubly irritable, and he couldn't wait to find something to stuff Shen Qin's mouth.
However, things did not go according to people's wishes, Shen Qin's mouth was not blocked, but the little Changzi beside the emperor came running up again, with a happy face: "Ouch, my fourth highness, the slave can be regarded as looking for you!" β
"Grandpa Chang," Shen Yuli turned around and said softly, "Why are you here?" Is there anything else my father commands? β
"My Fourth Highness!" Xiao Changzi's voice was so tired that it seemed to be able to pinch out oil, and the facial features on his face were completely crowded together, and his whole face looked like a steamed steamed bun, but he was obviously laughing: "Your Royal Highness is overjoyed, overjoyed!" β
Shen Yuli tried to draw a smile on the corner of his lips, but he muttered in his heart, he really couldn't think of anything to be "happy".
I saw Xiao Changzi straighten his waist very magnificently, coughed, unfolded a scroll, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an edict, and the fourth prince Shen Yulin knelt down to receive itββ"
Shen Yuli had no choice but to kneel.
I only heard Xiao Changzi read in a high-pitched voice like a singing opera: "The edict of the Holy Son of Heaven: Seal the fourth prince Shen Yulin as the king of Qing, and give a mansion in Cheng'en Lane!" Give Prime Minister Chen Wenqi's young daughter Ling Wan as the princess of Qing, and get married after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qin this! β
Shen Yulin didn't answer the order, he was already stunned.
Shen Qin next to him suddenly slapped him on the shoulder, and screamed: "Aha! Marriage! You're getting married! β
Shen Yuli suddenly came back to his senses, immediately gritted his teeth and squeezed out a smile, and leaned over to receive the order: "Son, Emperor Xie, long live, long live." β
Xiao Changzi handed the holy decree to him with a happy face, and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth: "Fourth Highness, oh no, it's time to call you His Royal Highness King Qing!" You are the first of His Majesty's eight princes to be crowned king, and the rest of His Highnesses have not been crowned! This is the honor of the top, the honor of the top! β
"Thank you," Shen Yuli looked at him sincerely, "Thank you for your hard work." It's a pity that I'm poor and sour, and I have nothing to give you. β
"Ouch!" Xiao Changzi was busy and saluted, "Your Highness, don't say this, Your Majesty asked the slave to preach this decree, this is the blessing of the slave!" If Your Highness really wants to thank the slave, and reward the slave with a glass of wine when he gets married, the slave's lifelong fortune will be considered stable! β
Shen Yuli said "definitely", and the smile on his face was a little reluctant.
Seeing this, Xiao Changzi hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and smiled: "That young lady of the Chen family, Your Highness hasn't seen it, right?" The slave was fortunate enough to see it in the palace of the pioneer Chu Guifei Niangniang, it was really a snow-skinned beauty, and there was a rare unparalleled beauty in the sky and underground! I heard that it was a knowledgeable and gifteous show, and the people who asked for marriage in the early years broke through the threshold! I heard that she is two years older than His Royal Highness, Your Highness, don't mind this, the girl who is two years older is more gentle and considerate, and others can't ask for it! β
"I know," Shen Yuli curled the corners of his lips and deepened his smile, "What my father arranged is naturally the best." β
Xiao Changzi was very satisfied with his reaction, and said a lot of auspicious words, and then he took the little eunuch back to make a mistake.
Before Shen Yuli could catch his breath, Shen Qin stepped forward with a laugh, stroked his palms and smiled: "Is this a blessing in disguise?" The third brother is useless, but there is still the eldest brother and the second brother in front of you! I really didn't expect that in just one or two months, you would become the first in the eyes of my father! King Qing, King Qing, ha! This title is good, fourth brother, your future is unspeakably expensive! β
"Don't be funny." Shen Yuli lowered his face and looked at the bush of peonies in front of him: "Who knows if it's a blessing or a curse!" β
"Of course it's a blessing!" Shen Qin didn't hesitate at all, "Isn't it a good thing to be crowned a king and give marriage?" Besides, your father-in-law is a man of his word in the court, and if his little daughter on the tip of his heart marries you, you are equivalent to marrying half of the court! Fourth brother, you ......"
"Say no more!" Shen Yuli interrupted his chatter irritably, "I'm in a panic, you let me be quiet for a while!" β
Shen Qin saw that his face was really unkind, so he had to stop his mouth, but he was a little unwilling, and muttered in a low voice: "Why are you still unhappy?" The prime minister's youngest daughter is very good! It's two years older, and seventeen years old is not old...... People don't think you're small! I don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings, you don't want to marry me! β
Shen Yuli listened to his muttering word for word, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it.
He didn't know if the prime minister's daughter was good. He only knew that no matter how good he was, he couldn't be better than the little girl who chased him out of the palace gate to give him medicine.
The title of king and the gift of marriage were all things he had eagerly awaited in the past, and he had thought that it would take a long time of hard work and a very arduous process to get them.
I didn't expect it to be so easy, and I didn't expect that when he got these honors, he didn't even have half a bit of joy in his heart.
At this moment, he only wanted to know, had the little eunuch fallen into the hands of the guards, and had he really been killed by the rod?
It was inconvenient for him to inquire about this matter, so he could only let those worries grow and spread, pressing on his heart like a boulder, and lingering.
Shen Yuli sat down irritably, casually broke off a flower branch that came in, and clutched it so that his hands were full of juice.
Shen Qin had the courage to sit down next to him and cautiously comforted: "Fourth brother, you have to think about the benefits: if you seal the king and go out of the palace to build a mansion, then you will officially start a family!" At that time, you can make your own decisions about many things, and it is always better to keep such and such rules in the palace, and you have to be restrained everywhere, and you are harmed by people everywhere......"
Shen Yuli finally raised his head and glanced at him.
Shen Qin was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly added: "The lovely little eunuch will have it in the future, and when the time comes, it will be raised in your own mansion, who else can control it?" Fourth brother, people always have to look forward, and if you want to blame it, blame the wrong timing for appearing around the forest! β
Shen Yuli threw the flower branch in his hand and sighed: "So you think today's decree is really good?" β
"Of course!" Shen Qin didn't hesitate at all, "Others can't ask for it!" β
He paused, and seeing that Shen Yu didn't answer, he hurriedly continued: "And Chen Xiang has a very good reputation among the people, you are his son-in-law, and there may be less gossip behind your back, at least no one should talk about you anymore...... Say you have that sleeve-breaking fetish or something......"