Chapter 140: Interests come first
Lin Yingxue didn't expect that the emperor, who once hated to hold the stars in his hand to make Murong Yue happy, would one day become estranged from his own daughter.
Maybe people are born to be selfish, and even more so as an emperor.
Thinking that the emperor should not know that Murong Yue took in and let go of Forgetyu without permission, otherwise it would be impossible for the emperor's character to be indifferent to this, but despite this, because Murong Yue invited Forgetyu into the palace that day, the emperor was still wary of his own daughter, and Murong Yue also felt guilty about this and collapsed.
However, Lin Yingxue felt that maybe Murong Yue's malaise was more because of that person's identity.
She must still be thinking about that person, but with their identity, they are destined not to be together in this life.
"Who?" Just as Lin Yingxue was about to speak again to comfort Murong Yue, the afterglow at the end of her eyes inadvertently swept a black shadow.
Before the red lotus came, all the palace people stood in the distance and waited, it stands to reason that no one should be so indifferent at this time. Lin Yingxue's eyes froze, and she stood up almost immediately.
"Don't panic, girl." As soon as Lin Yingxue's words fell, a figure turned out of the shadows, "I just passed by here by chance, and I didn't intend to disturb the girl's conversation, and I asked the girl to forgive me." ”
What appeared in front of Lin Yingxue at this time was a young man about twenty years old, with a delicate appearance and politeness, but he was a little strange to Lin Yingxue, at least in Lin Yingxue's memory, there was no existence of this person, but anyone who could enter the palace would not be too simple to identify.
While Lin Yingxue was writing and thinking, she cast a puzzled look at Honglian on the side - Honglian is from the palace, and she must know more people than her, but what Lin Yingxue didn't expect was that Honglian actually shook her head, saying that she didn't know this person.
"Who are you?" Seeing that Honglian didn't know this person, Lin Yingxue couldn't help but take a step forward and quietly protected Murong Yue behind her.
The young man took Lin Yingxue's small movements into his eyes, and replied with some embarrassment: "I am the entourage of the prince of Xiangguo, and I feel that the banquet is too boring, so I went out for a walk alone, I didn't expect to bump into the two girls, and I hope the girls don't take it to heart." ”
"Xiangguo?" Lin Yingxue was slightly taken aback when she heard this, "Have the envoys of the Xiang Kingdom already entered the palace?" ”
As soon as Lin Yingxue's words fell, a eunuch suddenly trotted over not far away, "Princess, Fifth Miss, the Prince of Xiangguo and the envoys have arrived, and the emperor invited the princess and the fifth Miss to go over together to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the visiting envoys." ”
Lin Yingxue didn't expect that she was also invited, and she was a little surprised for a while, but the man on the side immediately answered: "It's been a while since I came out, so I'll go back to the table first, and the fifth lady and the princess will see you later." ”
After that, the man didn't wait for Lin Yingxue to speak again and retreated.
Lin Yingxue stared at the back of the man leaving for a long time, and always felt that this person gave her a feeling of discomfort.
When Lin Yingxue and Murong Yue returned to the palace, Murong Jun had already gone to the banquet first, while Murong Yue and Murong Xing were changing clothes and makeup again under the service of the palace maids, as for Lin Yingxue, she was just the daughter of an ordinary courtier, and she didn't need to dress too much. So, she just waited outside for the two princesses to come out.
After sitting outside for a cup of tea, Murong Yue cleaned up again. Lin Yingxue looked up and saw that Murong Yue under the costume looked even more bright and moving, but anyone with a clear eye could see that Murong Yue's state was not right.
Lin Yingxue frowned slightly, thought about it before turning her head and asking the palace people on the side, "Has the eldest princess cleaned up over there?" ”
"Back to Miss Five, I'm afraid it will take a while." The palace people were afraid that Lin Yingxue had waited for a long time to ask this question, so they hurriedly answered.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yingxue said: "Then you go outside and wait, and after the eldest princess finishes cleaning up, the fourth princess will go over with the eldest princess." ”
Lin Yingxue is not the master of the palace in the end, after the order falls, all the palace people, you look at me, I look at you, but no one moved, and in the end, it was Honglian who took out the power of the palace maid and brought everyone down.
Soon only Lin Yingxue and Murong Yue were left in the room. Lin Yingxue glanced at Murong Yue, who was in a trance, and said in a serious tone: "Fourth princess, what you want to see today is the crown prince of Xiang Kingdom, and the princess of the emperor and Xiang Kingdom must also know a thing or two." If the princess really feels that she doesn't care about anything, then the princess will keep her current appearance and let the emperor arrange it. ”
"But if the princess doesn't want to leave her homeland and marry away from another country, if she doesn't want to live with someone she doesn't love for the rest of her life, the princess should cheer up now and think about how to deal with the next scene."
Lin Yingxue was affectionate because of the mistake in her last life, and finally ended up with a miserable end of one corpse and two lives. She didn't want to watch Murong Yue jump into the fire pit like her, although as Murong Yue, marrying Xiang Guo would not necessarily treat Murong Yue badly, but if there was any dispute between the two countries in the future, Murong Yue would definitely be the first cannon fodder to sacrifice.
Instead of marrying far away from another country and entrusting life and death in the hands of others, it is better to find someone to marry in your own country, at least in the territory of Rong Guo, no one dares to do anything to Murong Yue. Besides, if Murong Yue really doesn't have anyone who can get into the eye again, it will be enough to recruit a sick man and a horse, and when the time comes, Murong Yue will be the same as Murong Xing, alone, without worrying, if you really feel that life is lonely, it is not a big deal to have a few male pets by your side......
In short, all of these things converge into one purpose - that is, it is much better to stay in Rongguo than to marry in another foreign land.
Lin Yingxue didn't know if Murong Yue had listened to her advice in her heart, because at this time, Murong Xing had already packed up and sent someone to urge.
After arriving at the banquet, Lin Yingxue found that there were quite a few people coming to the banquet, in addition to the royal people, some important ministers were also present. Lin Yingxue's eyes swept around and saw many familiar faces from her previous life, but her eyes still focused on the young man sitting next to the prince of Xiangguo.
When he met the man in the Imperial Garden, the man had said that he was the attendant of the prince of Xiang, but at this time, the man was sitting quietly beside the prince of Xiangguo, and even the envoys sent by Xiangguo could only line up behind him, and it was obvious that the identity of this man was not as simple as he said.
"Yue'er, Prince Yin has come from afar, you can pay tribute to Prince Yin on behalf of me." The sudden sound interrupted Lin Yingxue's thoughts. She raised her head to look at the emperor sitting above, and saw that the emperor was looking at Murong Yue with a loving face, just like in the past.
Of course, that's just for people who don't know the inside story, Lin Yingxue lowered her head to hide the sneer at the corner of her mouth.
Murong Yue hesitated for a moment when she heard this, and then picked up the wine glass in front of her expressionlessly, "Murong Yue toasts Prince Yin with a glass." ”
"The princess is kind." Yin Ze hurriedly picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Murong Yueyao, and the two raised their heads and drank the wine in the glass, and the scene seemed to be harmonious.
The emperor was also very satisfied with the current situation, and after pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the emperor's interest grew, and he suddenly thought: "Yue'er, my father may not have heard you play the piano for a long time, so why don't you play a song today, so that everyone can feast their ears." ”
Having said that, the emperor's mind is simply Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it.
And Murong Yue, who was sitting next to Lin Yingxue, had a pale face - she was a princess of a country, so what was the matter with playing the piano for everyone like a geisha? Even if the person sitting at the top was in a hurry to push her out, he didn't have to be so ugly, right?
Seeing that Murong Yue didn't answer for a long time, the smile on the emperor's face couldn't help but fade.
"Someone, go get the piano." Under such circumstances, how could the emperor allow others to challenge his dignity? When he commanded the palace people, there was already a faint hint of anger in his voice.
After this little episode, the atmosphere suddenly became subtle.
It didn't take long for the worried palace people to fetch the qin according to the emperor's instructions, but Murong Yue, who was sitting next to Lin Yingxue, didn't even make a move.
Lin Yingxue frowned, just as she was about to stand up and help Murong Yue out of the siege, Murong Yue pulled her sleeve and took the initiative to stand up.
Lin Yingxue raised her head, only to see Murong Yue get up expressionlessly and walk to the piano and sit down, raise her hand, and the music started...... Looking at Murong Yue's appearance of playing with her eyebrows lowered, Lin Yingxue only felt an indescribable emotion surging in her heart, she silently drank a glass of wine and swallowed it, only to feel that the taste was extremely bitter.
"I didn't expect the princess to play the piano so well......"
"Yes, yes, usually the fourth princess is inconspicuous, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful!"
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As the sound of the piano sounded, it seemed to show Murong Yue's compromise, so the atmosphere that was still a little tense gradually became relaxed again, but this relaxed atmosphere quickly dissipated with the sound of the piano that was gradually out of tune.
- At the beginning, the sound of the piano played by Murong Yue was indeed particularly beautiful, but gradually there began to be one or two mistones, because this kind of mistake was not obvious, if it wasn't for people who knew music, they couldn't hear it at all, but gradually, somehow, there were more and more mistunes, and the original beautiful song finally gradually became harsh.
If Murong Yue showed that he was not good at the piano at the beginning, everyone would not feel that there was anything, but at the beginning, everyone heard that Murong Yue's piano skills were superb, so the later piece of music that was out of tune was obviously intentional by Murong Yue.
Didn't Murong Yue make it clear that she was slapping the emperor's face? Everyone thought so in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show that they were wrong.
"Enough!" As the atmosphere in the hall became more and more sluggish, the emperor sitting at the top finally couldn't help but roar.
Everyone felt the anger emanating from the emperor, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to let out one of them, but Murong Yue still got up expressionlessly like a nobody, and said, "I'm not good at learning art, and I'm ugly." With that, he got up and returned to his place.
From beginning to end, Murong Yue did not express her dissatisfaction with the emperor openly, but her every word and every action expressed this subtle dissatisfaction to an extreme.