Chapter 257: Despair and Sadness
Hearing this news, Sihan knew it in his heart.
It seems that at this moment, people from all countries are beginning to send troops out of the palace, and they are undoubtedly leaving their own hands, but I don't know whether this Hongmen banquet of the King of Chu is the king of Chu catching turtles in the urn of the people of all countries, wantonly suppressing and suppressing, or the rest of the countries are watching the Great Chu and Donglin compete against each other, so as to reap the benefits.
After lunch, Sihan began to take a nap.
After a short rest, she bathed, then changed into a brocade dress, and then sat down in front of the dressing table, allowing the servants to groom her and paint her eyebrows.
At present, several countries naturally cannot afford to lose their appearance. On this trip, Sihan undoubtedly had exquisite makeup and high sideburns, but after all, he did not carry valuable jewelry on this trip, seeing that there was no gold on Sihan's sideburns, Shan Zhongze frowned, and was slightly anxious to send someone out to buy it urgently, Sihan had his pupils shrunk, his eyes were deep, and he said in a low voice: "No need." ”
As soon as these words fell, Shan Zhongze subconsciously looked at her in amazement.
Sihan's face is far away, his pupils are extremely deep, and when the back lip flap opens, the words blurted out are complex and heavy.
"Didn't the old woman of the bamboo courtyard give the palace a phoenix crown and jade bracelet last time, and when I travel today, I will wear the phoenix crown and jade bracelet in the palace."
Her voice was very low, deep, complex and heavy.
Shan Zhongze was stunned, and his brows furrowed, "Eldest princess, those things are unknown......
"Do as Hongu says."
Before Shan Zhongze finished speaking, Sihan had already interrupted.
Shan Zhongze's words were all choked in his throat, and the whole person froze on the spot, and after thinking for a long time, he finally suppressed all the worries and grievances in his heart, and said no more.
When it was approaching dusk, the originally clean palace was noisy.
The chariots and horses sent by the king of Chu to greet them were all waiting outside the palace.
People from all over the world in the palace also began to travel outside the palace in an endless stream, and they all sat in the carriage outside the palace.
Sihan stood by the window, glanced at the sky, and did not delay much, only supported by Shan Zhongze, and walked out of the gate of the Surabaya Palace full of luxury and nobility. Along the way, there were a lot of people who met by chance, but just when they were about to arrive at the gate of the palace, a voice suddenly came from behind him, "Sihan." ”
The short word is slightly stiff, and the tone seems to be mixed with too much complexity and heaviness, but it seems to have been broken alive, and it is extremely rare to look helpless and expectant.
When these words came into her ears, Sihan frowned, but she didn't look back, and she knew who the person who called her from the back was.
Her face was gloomy, and she ignored it, but a repeated call came from behind her.
After all, she still stopped slightly, looked back, swept her eyes on the face of the person who ushered in her, and then sneered, and only said: "The prince of Tanglin is dressed up like this, but it is really an imperial demeanor. If you want to come to the king of Chu today, you may be compared to your nobility and majesty. ”
Her tone was cold and calm, but it was also joking and teasing.
Dongfang Yan didn't take her words too seriously, only frowned slightly, and after a while, he was all relieved. He didn't speak immediately, and when he led a group of people to stop in front of Si Han, his pupils swept Si Han from top to bottom a few times, and then said: "Today's birthday banquet of the King of Chu is dangerous, Si Han must be careful." If you can, you'd better not go to the banquet and stay in the palace to rest, so that after I enter the palace of the king of Chu, I will explain a few words to you. ”
The soft words were mixed with a little undisguised concern.
Sihan swept him coldly, and the sarcastic smile on his face was still strong.
"Since it was an invitation from the king of Chu, the palace naturally did not have an absent ceremony. Yes, thank you for the prince's kindness, today's birthday banquet of the king of Chu, this palace, you must go. It was only a moment before Sihan replied in a low and indifferent voice.
As soon as these words fell, her eyes drooped, and she swept his legs unintentionally, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has legs and feet, but it's all right?" ”
Dongfang Yan really didn't expect Sihan to suddenly ask like this, and his frowning brows suddenly relaxed. He looked at Sihan with a little relief, and his handsome face also added a little undisguised ease and a light smile, "It's just a flesh injury, although it's not very good, but it's okay to walk." ”
As he spoke, his voice was raised, he hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Sihan is worried about me?" ”
He asked with some caution.
Sihan couldn't help but want to sneer.
Now, she really doesn't know why this Dongfang Martyr still pretends to be affectionate in front of her so insistently! This man's subordinates killed her father and brother, and even this man personally led thousands of troops and horses into her Tanglin Kyoto, and she even broke with him that day and jumped down from the city wall, and now, this person can still call her name affectionately in front of her as if nothing had happened, and even ask her if she is worried about him!
Speaking of which, I have met people with thick faces in this life, but those people are still not as thick as this Dongfang Yan in the end. Obviously, the two of them have broken up, and they have already fought hard, and now, this person still has to disguise and put on an affectionate appearance, which is really contemptible, and even gritted his teeth with hatred.
The heart is cold and disgusted. For a while, Sihan didn't want to look at him at all, she just forcibly pressed her heart, pretended to look away naturally, and then said in a distant voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too worried, this palace is just a casual greeting to you according to the etiquette, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not think too much." Now, the car sent by the King of Chu to greet him was outside the palace, and the time was short, and the palace did not talk much with His Royal Highness the Prince, and said goodbye. ”
As soon as these words fell, ignoring Dongfang's reaction, Sihan pulled his dress slightly, and then walked forward slowly.
Behind him, after all, Dongfang's voice was not raised, and the atmosphere sank for no reason, slightly depressed.
After walking to a carriage, Shan Zhongze immediately helped her into the car, and when Sihan sat firmly in the car, he was silent for a moment, his slender fingertips moved slightly, and when he opened the curtain on one side, he saw that Dongfang Yan and the person behind him were still standing in place, motionless.
The man's reaction was unexpected.
It's just that his mood is disturbed by him after all, and he really can't let go and open up. Every time I see the Dongfang Death, I will think of the blood feud all over my body, and every time I see her, the blood all over my body will uncontrollably begin to boil and fluctuate, and it is difficult to calm down.
She and Dongfang Yan can't go back to the beginning after all, and now they are opposed, and she can no longer be blinded by his disguised affection.
The love is deep and long, and the affection is not long.
The relationship between her and Dongfang Yan has long come to an end.
Thoughts are meandering and noisy, up and down the body, inexplicably cold and thin.
Soon, there was a lot of noise outside the car again, and the sound of footsteps was one after another, Sihan opened the curtain again to watch, and saw that the east Lincang and the attendant went out of the palace gate.
Xu was aware of Sihan's waiting, but the guy swept his gaze and swept towards Sihan with great precision.
Instantly, the eyes of the two touched, Si Han was caught off guard, and the man hooked his lips and smiled, soft and elegant, and then without waiting for Si Han to react, he turned around and walked towards the carriage behind.
Sihan frowned slightly, spurned slightly in his heart, and was about to put down the curtain, but unexpectedly, at the gate of the palace, a large number of people slowly came out again.
And the one who walked in the front was a woman in a phoenix robe. That person, about forty years old, has a noble face, but the slender Danfeng eyes are inexplicably rolled up a little sharp and terrifying. On her sideburns, there are golden phoenixes swaying and moving, and those golden steps are also swaying back and forth with her walking, her slender hands are carefully supported by the servants, and the whole person moves forward, swaying slowly, revealing a little indescribable nobility all over her body.
Sihan's pupils shrank, and the hand that was about to put down the curtain immediately stopped.
This person, dressed in a phoenix robe and wearing a phoenix crown, doesn't have to think much about it this time, and knows that this person must be the queen of Great Chu.
Her pupils shrank slightly, her eyes wandered around the woman a few times again, and then she lowered her eyes, and was about to lower the curtain, but at this moment, a waiter suddenly shouted hurriedly behind the gate of the palace, "Queen Mother, Queen Mother." ”
As soon as these words came out, the woman immediately paused and subconsciously looked back.
In just a moment, a servant ran out of the palace gate, knelt in front of the woman in a panic, and said tremblingly: "The queen mother, the second prince, he ......."
As soon as she heard that it was the second prince, the woman's face suddenly became nervous, and she immediately reprimanded: "What's wrong with the second prince?" The palace has just left, isn't the second prince reading a book? ”
The majestic voice, anxious and cold, frightened the trembling servant more and more.
The slave trembled violently and choked a few words, but was too nervous to speak.
The woman's patience ran out, her face became more and more nervous, and she couldn't help but raise her foot and kick at the servant, "Rubbish! What happened to the second prince? ”
The servant was kicked badly, and the whole person rolled on the ground, and when he came back to his senses, he struggled to kneel up again with weak limbs, and said intermittently: "Emperor, queen mother, second, second prince he, he, he died." ”
In the last three words, the slave's inexplicable bite is clear.
The woman's face suddenly turned white, and her feet immediately softened, and the whole person immediately fell to the ground.
"Queen Mother!"
Instantly, the surrounding servants were panicked, and immediately held her up, but the queen's face was pale, the whole person was already unstable, she was trembling all over, her eyes and hands were shaking badly, and the whole person, as if she had lost her mind, trembled and couldn't stop calling: "No, no, don't take my emperor!" No, no, Lou'er, my Lou'er, Lou'er......"
Before all her voices fell, she seemed to be choked by something, her eyes suddenly rolled white, and her whole body trembled and twitched.
Seeing that the momentum was not right, a servant hurriedly said: "Hurry up and help Niangniang to go back to the palace to rest, pass the imperial doctor, and quickly pass the imperial doctor." ”
The people present panicked, and immediately helped the woman to turn around and return to the gate of the palace.
Because of this incident, there was also a lot of discussion among the cars and horses present, which was long and noisy, but it was messy.
When the Empress of Da Chu and a group of servants completely disappeared into the distance in the palace, Sihan came back to his senses a little, and his heart was already complicated and undulating, and he was cold.
That Xiao Lou actually died, and he died so suddenly.
Today, the Queen of Da Chu can go out of the palace so gracefully and gorgeously, thinking that Xiao Lou has recovered very well, why is it that all of a sudden, Xiao Lou died? Even according to the words of Empress Da Chu, wasn't Xiao Lou reading a book, why did he suddenly die like this?
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the situation was strange and serious.
After staying for a long time, she lowered the curtain slightly, leaned against the wall of the car, her eyes closed slightly as if she was tired, but in her head, she unconsciously remembered Lan Yeyu's words of disdain for Xiao Lou, somehow.
When Lan Yeyu said those words at that time, she inexplicably felt that Lan Yeyu was extremely resistant to Xiao Lou, and even seemed to have the intention to teach Xiao Lou a lesson, and now, Lan Yeyu disappeared, and Xiao Lou died so suddenly, all of this seemed to be shrouded in a huge conspiracy, which was incomprehensible, but terrifying.
The more I think about it, the heavier my mind becomes.
Sihan took a few deep breaths and forcibly pressed his mind, but he didn't dare to worry about it anymore.
Soon after, the carriage gradually began to sway, and the long and complicated sound of wheels began to be heard endlessly, but before he had gone far, he heard a short distance outside the carriage, crying and shouting, and the death knell sounded.
She suddenly felt cold, her brows were tightly locked, her whole person was completely tense, and her thoughts were inexplicably flipping and swaying, and even suddenly, she clearly remembered that when she returned to the palace from Daoxing Mountain, the heavy rain was pouring down, and the wind was fierce.
That was the moment when she was most desperate and sad, and the whole person was like a lost dog trampled into the mud by fate, hideous. She still remembered that she didn't cry or annoyed at that time, but the despair in her heart was too thick and intense, and it had already made her whole body numb and unable to react.
She still has to be strong, she must be strong, looking at the timid and frightened eyes of her young emperor, she still has to forcibly calm down and forcibly calm down, so that she can be strong and support her young emperor with her own hands.
She thought that time had passed, everything that should have passed, everything that should have changed, and even Yan Sihan herself had already become strong and independent, and she was not shocked by honor and disgrace, but she still didn't expect that such a bell would come together, and memories would come back, and it turned out that it was just a sound, and it could hurt her again.
At this point, the sadness and melancholy in my heart are too heavy to be repeated.
Sihan forcibly collected her nerves, forcibly stabilized her emotions, and when the carriage was far away and the bell stopped, her mood finally calmed down a little.
She breathed a sigh of relief, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that her palms were already in a cold sweat.
She straightened her dress slightly, sat upright, and her eyes fell quietly towards the curtain in front of her, silently.
Soon, the swaying carriage came to a halt.
In just a moment, Shan Zhongze's respectful voice came from outside the car, "Eldest princess, the palace of Chu has arrived." Compared with the exquisite elegance of the Tanglin Palace, this Chu Palace is more luxurious and magnificent.
Everywhere you look, all are the corridor waist mangyback, the eaves are high peck, everywhere, the pavilions and pavilions are all standing, the rockery landscape pavilion surrounds, the flowers and trees around the road, are also ingenious to make a variety of shapes, peculiar and exquisite, it is the palace maids who pass by around, and they are all beautiful faces, the number of etiquette is appropriate, every person you see will be respectfully greeted with a pleasant face.
Along the way, the people of the rest of the countries also sighed slightly about this Chu Palace, only that the carved jade pillar is the most gorgeous palace, and it is also like this Chu Palace.
But in addition to admiration, there are still people who speak out with disdain, only that the rest of the people in the rest of Chu are not happy, have no clothes, and eat to fill their stomachs, but this Chu palace is so luxurious, there is no doubt that one person is full, but regardless of the frozen bones on the side of the road, the king of Chu is so hedonistic, it is undoubtedly mediocre, and he is cold and ruthless.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and everywhere around, there were palace slaves who lit the palace lamp.
In the light and shadow, Sihan and his entourage followed the palace slave to lead the way, and when they finally arrived outside the palace hall, they heard the silk and bamboo and the sheng flute lively, although they had not yet entered the door of the palace, but they could already smell the noise and laughter of the road.
Her expression moved slightly, and her face was cold and indifferent.
Then when the group finally entered the hall door, the laughter in the hall stopped abruptly, and the people present and sitting all turned their eyes to look at the temple door, and carefully measured the people who entered the hall one by one.
Sihan casually swept towards those present, only to see that most of those people were dressed in official robes, and there were women and children sitting next to the low table.
There is a palace slave personally led Sihan into the palace to sit, after sitting down, Shan Zhongze followed behind, Sihan raised his eyes slightly, and saw that the person next to him on the right was actually sitting upright Dongfang Yan, and on the left, it was the Great Qi Na Wenchen.
Xu was aware of Si Han's scrutiny, and the Great Qi Wenchen looked at Si Han with a slight restraint and smiled politely. Sihan's pupils shrank, and he was about to return the salute, but before he could move, there was a person standing in front of the low table of the big Qi Wenchen.
"I don't know, can Lord Wen change seats with you?"
A soft voice, elegant and appropriate.
Sihan choked when he reached his mouth, and then subconsciously raised his eyes to look, and saw Donglin Cangzheng standing in front of the low table of Daqi Wenchen with a smile, the whole person was gentle and soft, and the style was outstanding.
It's just that this time the king of Chu congratulates his birthday, this Dong Lincang is still not too decorated, the body is still a snow-white brocade robe, and the ink hair is also pulled at will, but it seems that it is not carefully enough, the long hairpin on the head has been crooked, and the ink hair tied up is also crumbling, and the whole person, although the temperament is elegant and gentle, but it is really a little raunchy.
After all, it is also the birthday of the king of Chu, looking at the people present, no one has ever come over wearing such a white robe, which conflicts with the so-called birthday celebration. It's good now, this guy is still wearing a white robe, if it weren't for the fact that he was born in the British family and has a distinguished identity, if not, with the scheming nature of the King of Chu, maybe he would have to be punished for his white robe.
"But, yes, Donglin Gongzi, please." At this moment, the great Qi Wenchen smiled and responded to the east of Lincang, his tone was calm and appropriate, but it was not difficult to hear a little respect mixed in his voice.
Before the end of the note fell, Daqi Wenchen had already gotten up and given way, and then led the entourage behind him forward, and sat down at a low table opposite.
The corners of Sihan's eyes were slightly raised, and he looked indifferently towards the east.