Chapter 22: The Langya King (1)
"Don't pull the ......" By the hazy moonlight, the man pulled by the guards in front of everyone had a spring on his face, very handsome, and immediately someone recognized him as Wang Mi's son Wang Qian in the waiting, only to see him with a face of shame, hiding his face and kneeling, and said: "Please spare your life." ”
And the woman stood in the shadows, and the crowd could not see it. Her face was shy, her eyes were very misty, and her body seemed to have no bones to stand at all, so she could only lean on one of the nurseries.
King Langya stood at the front, and soon saw her face clearly, and his heart was relieved that this girl was not his concubine. He instantly stood on the stage of watching the play, and asked in a serious manner, "What are you two doing here?" ”
The woman did not answer, as if she did not see the person in front of her, she was beautiful and contented, and there was no shyness.
Wang Qian kowtowed again and again, but did not say a word.
King Langya frowned, and was about to force a few more words.
But when he heard everyone screaming one after another, when King Langya looked back, he saw Xie An falling in Xie Yan's arms and had already fainted.
Xie family.
When Xie Ying woke up, she only felt a splitting headache, and all the strength in her body seemed to be drained.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw her mother Liu sitting on the edge of the bed, her eyes red and swollen from crying.
What happened?
Xie Ying stretched out her hand suspiciously, wanting to comfort her mother.
Liu cried even harder.
"Mother, please don't cry, tell your son if there is any difficulty, and your son will be able to share her mother's worries."
Liu ignored her at all, just cried.
"Luo'er, Luo'er." Xie Ying called her personal maid and wanted to ask what was going on.
"Luo'er was killed by the old man's staff last night." Xie Ying's other maid, Wen'er, entered the house in response, replied weakly, and called the little girl outside the house, asking her to invite the second son, only to say, "The girl is awake."
Xie Ying was startled and looked at her mother blankly.
Xie Yan came quickly, he first hugged Liu's shoulder, and then softly soothed him, Liu nodded and walked out, took away all the maids, and closed the door closely.
Xie Ying didn't know why, and her face was confused.
As if she was afraid of scaring her, Xie Yan asked cautiously and softly, "Ying'er, do you remember what happened in the palace yesterday?" ”
Xie Ying said without thinking: "Of course I remember, how can I not remember yesterday's incident, why did my mother cry?" Brother, what's wrong? ”
Xie Ying frowned, feeling a little pain in her head.
Xie An Xie Yan didn't believe that Xie Ying would do anything privately, this Wang Qiang, Xie Ying had never seen it before, not to mention that Xie Ying's fearless and dazed look at that time was the same as the expression of eating cold food.
One night, I knocked Luoer unconscious and woke up several times, but the words that came out were still the same:
"The slave maid was indeed ordered by the girl to see the prince."
The concubine of the Xie family openly invited a man to a private meeting in the Langya Palace, and was seen by so many pairs of eyes, and Xie Ying knew that she could still live.
Xie Ying's head hurt more and more, and she really couldn't think of this person.
But she thought of the gossip she heard yesterday, and she asked angrily: "Brother, you have someone you like, why didn't you tell your sister." ”
Xie Yan didn't know why.
Xie Ying said: "Yesterday, Princess Poyang said that she knew why you didn't get married, it was because you fell in love with a poor woman, and then she also said......" She couldn't speak anymore all of a sudden, and a severe headache hit one after another.
Xie Yan couldn't sympathize with her, he grabbed his sister's shoulder and shook it twice: "What did she say?" Kindness? Think again. ”
Xie Ying's tears flowed down, just now, she just subconsciously didn't want to remember what happened last night, and now she completely remembered what happened last night.
"Brother, it's Wang Qian, he lied to me." Xie Ying hurriedly organized the language: "Princess Poyang said that she listened to Wang Qiang, so I asked Luo'er to go to him and ask for clarification." Then he tricked me into going to the rockery in the west temple, and I passed out. ”
"Brother, it must be Wang Qian who is bad, you have to help me teach him a lesson."
Xie Yan looked at her sadly: "Last night, Wang Mi came to propose marriage overnight, and my father has agreed." ”
"What! How can that work! I don't want to marry him, he's a bastard! "Xie Ying is going crazy.
Xie Yan comforted her: "Don't worry, I know you have been deceived, do you think there are other clues?" For example, how could Princess Poyang tell you about me? ”
"She didn't tell me, they were chatting in the Little Flower Hall, and my mother and I happened to go in and hear it...... Princess Poyang said that you like others, and Princess Wuchang even fought with her......"
It seems that the people of the Sima family can't get out of it, but his father thinks that it was not King Langya who did it.
Xie Yan coaxed Xie Ying to sleep and went to the study to find his father.
Outside the study, Xie An's two little servants looked like each other, they saluted Xie Yan respectfully, Xie Yan walked to the door and only heard Liu's crying and scolding inside: "That Sima old dog...... Scourge our daughters...... Master, you have to find a way, you can't let Ying'er marry that beast who is not as good as a beast."
Xie An's always elegant expression rarely showed a hint of anger, and he tried to hold himself and said: "Don't make another mistake, as the head mother of the Xie clan of Chenjun, even if you can't change everywhere, at least you must always maintain a dignified and dignified demeanor, and set an example for the women of the clan in the world." After a pause, he instructed: "All you can do now is to help Ying'er prepare the dowry as soon as possible." ”
Liu's eyes were so angry that she almost fainted, she stroked her heart, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she was brewing the next wave of offensive.
Xie Yan hurriedly went in, pretending to smile lightly and persuaded: "Mother, go and rest, my father and I have our own ideas on this matter." ”
Liu saw that her son had come to take over her shift, wiped her tears, and went to Xie Ying's room.
Xie An sighed, unable to hide the tiredness between his eyebrows, he waved his hand so that Xie Yan did not have to salute, and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”
Xie Yan said: "Ying'er's marriage is probably inescapable, unless there is any accident, Ying'er must be married." ”
Xie An nodded, sat down dejectedly, and sighed softly: "That's true." ”
Xie Yan then analyzed: "I'm just worried about what the Wang family and the Sima family are plotting. Although the intentions of the Wang family can be understood, it is to marry our family's descendants, but this way of marriage is completely unnecessary, they just come to the door to ask for marriage, and we may not refuse; The strangest thing is that the Sima family didn't get any benefits at all in this matter, on the contrary, their family probably also had the intention of asking to marry Ying'er, I really don't understand their purpose in doing this. ”
Xie An said appreciatively: "I think so too, Sima Daozi's tone and expression at that time didn't seem to know in advance, if he knew, he would definitely not ask in front of everyone, tearing his face with our family is harmful to the Sima family." If I hadn't fainted and distracted them, I don't really know how it would have ended if I continued to ask. “
Both were silent, lost in thought.
Xie Yan said: "Abnormality is a demon, could there be someone else behind this matter?" ”
Xie An thought about the scene of the day and felt that there were no obvious signs.
Xie An said, "Let me think again. He said resolutely: "Wang Qiang, you prepare first." ”
Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and saw the determination in Xie An's eyes.