Chapter 2 Ancient and Modern People
The next morning, the weather was excellent. The sun is warm, the spring breeze is warm, and there is a little bit of early spring cold, it is a good time to go out to enjoy the spring, but it is a long time to be greeted into the palace by the people sent by Emperor Lin in the morning.
The palace of Lintian Kingdom is resplendent and magnificent, and the atmosphere is magnificent, which is better than the palace of Qiyun Kingdom, and I can't help but secretly admire it in my heart every time I pass by.
Under the leadership of the commander of the guards, she entered the Qiankun Palace, through the bead curtain, and saw from a distance that above the high position, a man dressed in a dragon robe with cold eyebrows, his facial features were as sharp as a knife, looking at her with a sharp look of insight into people's hearts, obviously there was no expression in those eyes, but she clearly felt an invisible pressure, which made her involuntarily feel a little nervous, which was the majesty of the emperor that she had not felt in the past three years in this different time and space. Her imperial brother, Emperor Qiyun, was very gentle, at least in front of her.
Taking a deep breath and collecting her thoughts, she slowly entered the hall, and the civil and military officials in the hall were separated on both sides, and they all turned around to look at her.
I saw her wearing a phoenix crown, a bead curtain covering her face, wearing a brocade red robe embroidered with a colorful phoenix pattern, her slender waist was tied, the more she looked ungraspable, the long tail of the robe was spread on the white floor tiles behind her, and the soft red arc slowly moved forward with her elegant steps, like a flowing colored ink painting painted by a famous artist, which was injected with infinite life, and looked extremely pleasing to the eye.
Emperor Lin sat up straight, his eyes moved slightly, although he couldn't see her face, but just the calmness of his demeanor, and the elegant temperament revealed in his bones, which was incomparable. Such a woman doesn't look like the rumored ugly-faced, brutal and willful Princess Rongle!
He walked to the center of the hall and bowed slightly. "Rong Le greets His Majesty the Emperor of Lintian!" The voice is clear and ethereal, and the tone is neither humble nor arrogant.
Emperor Lin raised his hand and said calmly: "The princess is exempt from courtesy!" ”
After getting up, she felt a burning gaze coming straight from the left, she glanced at it lightly, and saw a man wearing the prince's court clothes, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, it was the Nine Emperor Princes who had a relationship yesterday, and when he saw her look over, he winked at her, with an expression of waiting to watch the play.
She frowned slightly, and quickly glanced around, only to see a man in front of the Nine Emperor Princes looking at her with mockery and disdain. The vermilion silk robe, the double dragon playing with pearls and the white jade crown, should be the prince of the Lintian Kingdom. With such a mocking and disdainful expression, she naturally understood what the reason was. With a faint smile, she withdrew her gaze absently and said to the man behind her: "Xiao Xu, present the gift prepared by the imperial brother to His Majesty the Emperor Lintian." ”
Xiao Xu stepped forward with a delicate gift box in response, and said casually: "Your Majesty, my imperial brother is grateful for the generous gift given by His Majesty, and I will return it with this treasure, please accept it with a smile!" ”
The inner supervisor took the gift box and carefully opened it before sending it to the imperial case. I saw a pair of delicate and small white jade cups on the orange-yellow brocade in the box, the base of the jade cup was long and the dragon was lying down, the cup was engraved with the phoenix dance picture, the carving was fine, the jade was crystal clear, the streamer was overflowing, and it was a rare treasure in the world at a glance.
Emperor Lin picked up the jade cup and looked at it carefully, his eyes moved, "White jade glass cup!" ”
When a well-informed minister saw it, he exclaimed: "I heard that the white jade glass cup was circulated a hundred years ago, and it is the only pair in the world, and its value cannot be estimated. This cup is used to make tea, the tea fragrance is refreshing, if you drink water in this cup in summer, you can quench your thirst, you can make people feel refreshed, the whole body is comfortable, and the wonder is endless! ”
The ministers were in an uproar, and Emperor Lin nodded with a smile, his brows furrowed. "Emperor Qiyun gave me such a precious treasure, Yang Aiqing, thank you for me."
Xiao Xiao knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "Your Majesty the Emperor Lintian, before I leave for Princess Feng, my emperor has a few words, and I order the humble post to convey to Your Majesty." ”
Emperor Lin said: "Please speak!" ”
Xiao Xu raised his eyes and looked directly at Emperor Lin, with no fear in his eyes, and said word by word: "My emperor has a saying, the white jade glass cup is indeed a rare treasure, but if it is compared to the position of Princess Rongle in my emperor's heart, it is less than one ten-thousandth. I hope that your country can treat the princess of our dynasty well, so that the two countries can conclude a century-old peace treaty. ”
Emperor Lin smiled after hearing this, but the smile only stopped at his lips, "This is natural, the princess is the peace messenger of Lintian and Qiyun, even if she marries my emperor, she is still a guest of honor of our country, and there is no reason to be lazy!" After that, he paused, and then said: "As for yesterday's incident, when I leave the king's court, I will definitely give the princess an explanation." ”
Man Yao smiled faintly and said politely: "Your Majesty is serious!" ”
Emperor Lin looked at her appreciatively, behaved calmly, spoke decently, and was worthy of being the Fengyi of a princess of a country. At this moment, a palace guard hurriedly entered the palace, knelt on the ground, and reported with a worried face: "Your Majesty, leave the king, leave His Royal Highness, he ...... him"
Emperor Lin frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong with him?" Let you summon him to the palace, it's been more than an hour, why haven't you seen him enter the palace yet? ”
The janissary lowered his head tightly, his voice trembled, and replied, "The people who left the palace said...... He said that the king was resting and could not go to court...... "His voice grew deeper and lower, so low that it was almost inaudible, like a mosquito and a fly. But every word still fell into everyone's ears clearly, setting off turbulent waves in everyone's hearts.
Civil and military officials, princes and princes, their faces are different. dared to resist the decree so directly, King Liwang was definitely the only one in the dynasty, and he didn't even bother to find an excuse, and he was still in front of the princess of Qiyun Kingdom.
To offend the supreme dignity of the emperor is to lose the face of the kingdom of heaven, what a serious crime!
In the solemn hall, there was a sudden silence, and everyone was worried and held their breath, for fear that if they were not careful, they would be killed and become the emperor's punching bag. In particular, several ministers who tried their best to promote the marriage, their clenched palms were full of wet stickiness, and there was a violent factor in the air condensed in mid-air, forming a suppressed sense of fear, hovering over their heads, slowly seeping into the blood in their bodies through the pores of their skin, and then rapidly expanding and spreading, like a poisonous vine.
Cold sweat dripped on the white floor tiles, and the sound of crackling was so clear in my ears that the kneeling guard kept his head down, and he couldn't wait to hide in the cracks in the ground.
Such a depressing and tense atmosphere made even Manxiao unconsciously hang. It was as if there was a huge balloon next to her, and someone was desperately pumping into it, and seeing that the balloon was getting bigger and bigger, and getting bigger and bigger, she didn't know when the balloon would suddenly explode.
In this way, half an hour passed, in this extremely oppressive atmosphere, it was absolutely a test of a person's inner endurance, however, the expected explosion did not come, and she saw Emperor Lin's eyes full of anger, but there was a trace of helplessness hidden in the bottom of his eyes.
Emperor Lin's face was as deep as the sea, and he suddenly turned to the Nine Emperor Sons on the side, the Nine Emperor Princes' bodies stiffened, and he hurriedly lowered his head, secretly screaming in his heart that it was not good, and he was targeted by his father! Sure enough, before he could start worrying, the low and majestic voice of the Emperor Lin came from above, "Lao Jiu, you and Commander Xiang go to leave the palace to summon him, no matter what method you use, you must take him to the palace!" If I do this, I will be rewarded. If you can't do it, you don't have to go to court again. ”
The Nine Emperors' eyes lit up when he heard this, however, the next sentence made his smile freeze on his lips. Emperor Lin said: "You will go to the western suburbs to guard the imperial tomb for the rest of your life." ”
He opened his mouth wide in shock, although he was the only one who entered the palace without needing to be informed, but if he annoyed the seventh brother because of this, he would not have a good life in the future, and the miserable days of guarding the imperial tomb were not lived by people, if he wanted to stay there for the rest of his life, it would be better to cut him with a knife! I couldn't help blurting out: "Huh? Father ......" Before he could speak, he was blocked by Emperor Lin's sharp gaze like a blade, he reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, hung his head helplessly, and reluctantly said: "The son obeys the order." ”
After receiving the order, his heart was bitter, he turned around with a sad brow, and the moment he passed by, he saw her standing calmly, her eyes behind the bead curtain were clear and quiet, it seemed that big things could not set off a trace of waves, he couldn't help but feel bored, glared at her fiercely, and said secretly, this woman made him in a dilemma, but she was still like a person who had nothing to do, it was really hateful. Princess Rongle, this Liangzi is settled!
Manyao received his gaze and only smiled casually. The people who watched the play finally saw themselves in.
Only then did the ministers breathe a sigh of relief, the Nine Emperors had always had a close relationship with the king, and it was probably no problem to have him go. Or Your Majesty is clever!
Emperor Lin's face was much more relaxed, so he chatted with Manyao, asked some about the customs of Qiyun Kingdom, and Manyao answered them one by one, neither reluctantly perfunctory, nor endlessly boastful, the balance between words was very good, and Emperor Lin nodded with a satisfied smile.
In this way, half an hour passed unconsciously. Outside the main hall, there was a sudden sound of footsteps, it must be that the king with a huge shelf has arrived!
Man Xiao didn't look back, but he felt that Emperor Lin's face changed suddenly, and the corners of his mouth that were still smiling just now twitched obviously, and the originally deep face turned angry, and the harmonious atmosphere of the entire hall suddenly dropped to the freezing point.
The fine dust in the breeze seemed to come from the underworld and hell, and the feeling of coldness filled the hall in an instant, exuding a strange aura, penetrating into the depths of people's hearts, making people shudder.
There was a gasping sound in her ears, and she saw that the expressions on the faces of the ministers of civil and military affairs and the princes were constantly changing, which was extremely colorful. Whether it's big eyes or small eyes, whether they're handsome or ugly, in short, they all have wide eyes, and their eyeballs are about to fall to the ground, and the look in their eyes is shock? Is it anger? Is it horror? Unbelievable? There is also a part of admiration that is not afraid of death!
She couldn't help but wonder what kind of scene could make the emperor and a group of courtiers of the Heavenly Kingdom have so many expressions in an instant? She couldn't help but look back, first saw the Nine Emperor Princes who walked into the hall, his handsome face with a stiff smile, that smile seemed to be pulled by the corners of his mouth, his eyes flickered, as if he was avoiding the emperor who did not dare to look at the high position, but he just stubbornly advanced at an extremely slow degree, just like a fish on a chopping board, obviously looking at the knife in front of him raised above his head, but he had to jump forward, because behind him was a hot pot with boiling oil.
Her gaze crossed over to him, at the legendary man of unparalleled wisdom and arrogance, and her eyes widened in astonishment, just like those ministers.
This is leaving the king - Zongzheng is worry-free?!
He is here, but those who dare to go to court in this way like him are definitely ancient and modern, and can be called a person in ancient and modern times!