Chapter 21: The Thirteen Princes

The envoy of Qi didn't know what to do, wiped the sweat from his forehead, got up tremblingly, and said, "This... It's a misunderstanding. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

The emperor didn't have too much emotion, and asked in a very casual voice: "Then you say, is this person the thirteenth prince of your Qi country?" Whether you say yes or no, I believe in you. ”

Saying no, it is difficult to guarantee that they killed the prince with a sword, but it can be said that the questions that followed, how could he resist?

The man suddenly said, "I'm not." ”

King Shun unexpectedly had some good feelings for him, but he was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, waved his hand, and said, "Since it's not, such an unknown person should pull it out and cut it down." ”

The envoy of the Qi State was so frightened that he suddenly rushed to the throne and knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Yes, yes, it is the thirteenth prince of my Qi State." ”

"Since you are the prince of Qi Kingdom, you should explain it from the beginning?" The emperor stood up suddenly, slowly walked down the steps, and said when he was done: "Why bother to break the face of your Qi country, and also let the thirteen princes suffer this humiliation?" ”

The envoy of Qi State knelt on the ground, not even daring to raise his head, he didn't know if the moody emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty would attack Qi State in a fit of anger, Qi State had experienced a great drought, it was the moment when the people were weakened, where could they resist the rich and powerful Southern Song Dynasty?

Seeing that the envoy did not move, the thirteenth prince had no choice but to grit his teeth and said: "In this case, I have nothing to say, but this matter has nothing to do with my father and my Qi country, it is my personal behavior, I hope not..."

The emperor waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "The thirteen princes behave frankly, and it is understandable to go to the palace alone to play, if I am too harsh and unkind, the thirteen princes might as well stay in the Southern Song Dynasty for a while." ”

The envoy of the Qi State suddenly raised his head and looked at him in disbelief, and the emperor walked up to him and said in a voice that was not too small and just happened to be heard by the two of them: "Three million gold is needed to pay tribute this year. ”

Sure enough, he fell to the side all at once, using his arms to support the weight of his whole body.

It's too heavy, it's too heavy, how can he hold it?

"Come on, loosen the ties of the thirteen princes, take them to the Qinlin Palace to bathe, and then invite the princes to attend." The Emperor walked back to the dragon chair, looked at the ugly faces of the monarchs of various countries with great interest, and sat down lazily after saying this.

The envoys of the Qi State knelt on the ground, their faces were pale, and three million gold, for their Qi State, they had already exhausted everything, but the meaning of the Southern Song Dynasty King was clearly to leave the thirteen princes here as a proton.

This trip, originally the thirteen princes came without the King of Qi, and when he went back to resume his life, he didn't know what the King of Qi would do with him? It seems that something that has nothing to do with him, but in fact, where can he get out of it?

The emperor pretended to be puzzled and said, "Why are the envoys still kneeling?" Hurry up. ”

The envoy of the Qi State got up suddenly, thanked him, and sat back in his seat, looking at the person sitting on the throne blankly, a trace of viciousness flashed in his mind, and he was quickly pressed down.

The thirteen princes didn't come to the banquet, King Shun was really a little curious about him, so he went to Qinlin Palace by the way, saying that the road was not by the way, although it was in the same direction as the palace gate, but after all, it still had to turn a few corners.

As he walked, he faintly felt that someone was following him, and when he looked back, it was Princess Yongming, thinking that she was speaking for herself at the banquet today, and his disgust for her became a little less.

So he stopped, and when she approached, he said softly, "The princess will go back to the house by herself, I still have some things to deal with." ”

"Is Your Highness going to Qinlin Palace? It just so happens that it's a way, why don't you move forward together? Yongming looked up and smiled friendly.

King Shun thought that if she said it euphemistically, she would have self-knowledge and no longer follow, but she still didn't give up, thinking that her father was very likely to marry her to herself, she was a little impatient, and said in a suppressed voice: "What is the princess going to Qinlin Palace for?" Is it possible to go to see the thirteen princes of Qi State? These thirteen princes are not a rare thing, what is visible? ”

Yongming was stunned, not understanding why he suddenly changed his attitude, and laughed twice unmindfully, "It's really not a rare thing, it's just that I knew him when I was a child, so..."

King Shun originally thought that she was here to pester him, but he didn't think about it wrong, and said with a white face: "Isn't the princess afraid of rumors?" ”

Yongming looked at him puzzled, and he snorted coldly: "Aren't you afraid that others will say that Qi and Lu have colluded and intend to be unfavorable to my Southern Song Dynasty?" ”

"No, who would think that, I'm just going to see him..."Yongming laughed.

King Shun suddenly approached her, Yongming was startled and hurriedly took two steps back, his voice was cold and penetrating: "Here, everyone will think so, since you are in the Southern Song Dynasty and you are in the palace, you must understand that people's words are terrifying." ”

The originally smiling face finally tightened, the person in front of her looked very terrible, after a few days of getting along, she could be regarded as having seen all kinds of his joys and sorrows, this person never seemed to hide the expression on his face, but why, such a frightening and angry expression always appeared in front of her.

Yongming cautiously avoided his gaze and said obediently: "I remember, I'll go back to the house first." ”

King Shun saw that she walked away in a panic, thinking that her innocent face was stained with a thick layer of grievances, and suddenly felt a little self-blame, in fact, he was not such a cold and pretending to be a person, but she should not be delusional to become her own princess, she could only tell her to die early.

After a pause, he turned around and walked towards the palace gate.

King Shun thought that someone had deliberately led him to chase the Thirteen Princes, his eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes fell far away on a young man standing next to the carriage outside the palace gate, he turned his back to the palace gate motionlessly, without any movement, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"Let's talk about getting in the car." When King Shun came to him, he had already turned around, but without giving him half a look, he stepped into the carriage.

The word His Royal Highness in Chu Shenxia's throat rolled back into his throat deeply, and he climbed into the carriage a little inexplicably.

I was about to ask something, but I saw that he closed his eyes and recuperated, and the tiredness on his face was obvious, so he had to give up.

The carriage staggered for a distance and began to jolt violently, and the drowsy King Shun opened his eyes suddenly, Chu Shenxia finally couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what's wrong with today?" ”

King Shun did not answer, but asked, "When did you come?" ”

"Not long after I arrived, I heard that something had happened to the palace, so I rushed over." Chu Shenxia looked at him a little stunned.

"What's the matter?" King Shun's gaze flickered and drifted away from his face, and a hint of mockery appeared on his face.

Chu Shenxia's eyebrows moved, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Your Highness doesn't tell me, how do I know what's going on?" ”

King Shun's tone suddenly became a little harsh, and he said very quickly: "You don't know? You don't know, how can you lead me to catch the Thirteen Princes? I didn't even know he was lurking in the palace at the time! ”

"Your Highness is talking about the thirteen princes of the Qi Kingdom?" Chu Shenxia pondered slightly, and when he saw King Shun looking at him suspiciously, he knew that he must have misunderstood, and said helplessly: "I really don't know, Your Highness." ”

"It's not you, who is that?" King Shun said, the moment he said it, he suddenly realized the real problem, he always thought that person was Chu Shenxia at first, and felt that he had always had reservations, so he was angry with him.

But the problem now is that if this person is not Chu Shenxia, the nature of the whole thing will be different. What was his purpose in doing this?

Chu Shenxia saw that his face sank, and hurriedly asked what had happened, and after listening to him, his face became gloomy.

King Shun doesn't know, doesn't he know yet? The case of breaking the palm was planned by the abolished prince, and the person on the roof and the person who led the king must have been working for the abolished prince, and they were the same person.

Chu Shenxia just didn't understand a little, why did he give this opportunity to be in the limelight to King Shun, King Shun is his biggest obstacle now, how could it...?

Isn't this a showmanship but a trap? No matter how you think about it, you can't think of what is wrong, and you frowned and fell into deep thought, and you didn't even hear King Shun speak, until the carriage came to a sudden stop before she was pulled back to reality by her uncontrollable leaning forward.

Seeing that he was a little confused, King Shun asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Chu Shenxia nodded solemnly, but his tone was very relaxed, "It's just a little strange, what is the purpose of the person who led His Highness forward, is it possible or the enemy of the Thirteen Princes?" Ha ha. ”

King Shun sneered, turned his head, and the eyes of the two suddenly stayed on Wang Ruoyu in the distance at the same time.

As usual, a gloomy face, the only difference is that today is extraordinarily gloomy......

Wang Ruoyu looked directly at the two of them, and the wind mixed with the extremely fast walking made a few strands of hair beside her face float in the air, and the murderous aura around her body made it impossible to look at it directly.

Before he could get to the two of them, a strong bloody aura came to him, King Shun frowned and was hesitating to say something, Chu Shenxia had already asked: "Ruoyu girl, are you injured?" ”

"I've never been hurt." A few words faintly, but full of anger, seeing that her face was normal and the breath was not abnormal, this made people have to believe it.

She stood in the light, and the light hit her black robe, and the patches that had been stained with blood and were slightly darker were very obvious, and if it were in the dark or in a place with bad light, it would not be obvious if you didn't look closely.

This is also their common habit of being a killer, dressed in black, even if they are injured, they will not let the opponent see it, and only they know how many injuries they have suffered.

King Shun endured it for a long time, but still asked the doubts in his heart: "What are you going to do?" ”

First, Wang Ruoyu has a strange personality, you don't tell her if you don't ask, and second, he didn't send her to do anything, which is really surprising.

"There's a gentleman who wants to pester me to compete with me, and I accidentally get heavier." Wang Ruoyu's expressionless face suddenly flashed with shame very quickly, it was only a momentary thing, but it was still captured by them.

"Whose son? Did you break your leg or hand? Chu Shenxia laughed with some ill intentions.

"General Zhennan's only son, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand up again."

"What?!" King Shun was surprised.