Chapter 146: Intrigues
That cold gaze made people feel like a thorn, and I couldn't help but turn my head slightly, only to see that it was Shen Xinglin sitting in the banquet.
With Shen Xinglin's status, it is natural to sit in this position that is extremely close to this Helian Grand Prince.
She sat in the middle of the table, and it was so conspicuous because of the red robe on her body.
It was a robe that I can't describe how glamorous, with wide robes and large sleeves, surrounded by a gold-threaded vermilion bird, supplemented by entwined lotus, rich but not vulgar. People rely on clothes, and when they wear this shirt, even if they are three points in color, they can appear to be five points.
At least, I think Shen Xinglin is beautiful today.
However, her cold gaze made my heart heavy.
Things have developed so far, if I don't know what is going on with Shen Xinglin, then I am also an idiot.
Sitting in this banquet so gorgeously, the purpose is only one, the eldest prince of Helian.
I believe that she likes Shen Jingyun, which is why I saw her excited and melancholy expression that afternoon, as if she was making a difficult choice. But in the end, the decision made should still be to catch this eldest prince of Helian, after all, Shen Jingyun not to mention that he has no intention of her, and he is also a declining genius.
In this powerful village, Shen Xinglin could not be a person who did not know how to weigh the pros and cons.
I don't know how she communicated with the eldest prince of Helian, but what bothered me was that the eldest prince of Helian said a few more words to me, a stingy person like Shen Xinglin didn't know what he was calculating in his heart?
At this point, I felt a sense of no worries, and I comforted myself that the worst outcome was to decide to escape from this village, no matter how likely it was, but I was at ease.
"What are you thinking?" Just as I withdrew my gaze at Shen Xinglin, the voice of the eldest prince of Helian rang out again.
As he spoke, he got up from the case and walked towards me.
At this time, it is no longer that I can solve the problem by being silent, I can only force a smile and give a salute to the eldest prince of Helian, and I have just learned the ancient ancient etiquette, I am not very familiar with it, so I simply took advantage of the chaos and pretended to fall.
A very indecent "dog eats", which provoked a burst of ridicule.
In the midst of the ridicule, I hurriedly got up again, pretending to apologize to the eldest prince of Helian, but I looked panicked, and stepped on the skirts of three or four people around me one after another, causing those girls to stagger, pushing and shouting, I followed this force, pretended to be unstable again, and pounced on the desk next to me, regardless of the pain, and pretended to be unsteady again, with a wave of my hand, a pot of wine on the desk flew out.
It just happened that it was not good, and the wine jug flew towards the eldest prince of Helian, who avoided the jug, but a piece of wine slurry was splashed on his white body.
It seems that he is a person with a habit of cleanliness, and when he glanced at the wine on his body, there was a trace of anger in his eyes. I didn't care about this, so I hurriedly turned around and stood up, and stumbled towards the eldest prince of Helian: "I'm sorry, I'll wipe it for you." ”
As I spoke, I stretched out my sleeves, and my steps were panicked with nervousness, as if I was drunk.
I threw myself at the eldest prince of Helian again, but was grabbed by a more clever clan elder next to me and yelled at me: "Enough! Still not going back? ”
I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and quickly stepped aside.
I thought it would not be difficult to arouse the disgust of the Grand Duke of Nahelian, and I did so. This is the wisest path I can choose, neither will I go against my will to serve the eldest prince of Nahelian, nor will I cause Shen Xinglin's hatred more.
In any case, this clumsy farce still made some of the cultivators sitting in the inner hall blush, and it was obviously very hard to endure the laughter. It's just that on such a solemn occasion, it's not good to have a seizure.
It should be rare to see a clumsy girl like me, like a "second fool".
"Hehe, I thought that Patriarch Shen was polite to me, saying that in this countryside, there is nothing that can open people's eyes, except that the girl is pure and lovely. I think, this should be Patriarch Shen's modesty, where is the girl here just pure and lovely, she is simply simple and moving, she just came back from the field. ”
The words of the eldest prince of Helian were quite unkind, and I stood aside with my head bowed, my body trembling a little, and I looked very scared. In fact, I felt a heavy burden in my heart, because escaping was just the next step, and if possible, I still wanted to live here and wait until Shen Jingyun came back.
The clan must be angry with me, but clumsiness and ignorance of such things are not enough to make them angry enough to want to kill me, and at most it may only be a punishment. Besides, they still have a contract with me, so they must save my life, and as long as I can live, even if I stay in this village and be punished, I can bear it.
And I intuitively felt that under this deliberately clumsy acting, Shen Xinglin would be less hostile to me, after all, what woman would be deeply jealous of a "simple and moving" field girl?
As long as Shen Xinglin can relax a little torture with me in the future, my life will not be very sad. As for the village saying that if I failed to please Helian Dashao, I would be imprisoned for the rest of my life, I took it seriously before, but then I was thinking, since I can choose to run away and take refuge in Zuo Qiu, can I let Zuo Qiu and Shen Jingyun come forward and intercede with me at that time? Presumably they don't care too much about an ordinary person.
If it doesn't work anymore, there is Helian Cheng, I always think that he has something to do with this Helian eldest son. I guess it's a big shot, right? Although he doesn't feel like it.
With this step-by-step approach, I just need to continue to be scared. Over there, the face of the eldest prince of Helian was extremely ugly, and he said in the inner hall with his own care: "Looking at the appearance of Patriarch Shen, do you want to explain to me?" But I don't think there is any need to explain, I, Helianguang, sincerely came to seek the cooperation of the Shen family, but I don't want to, you treat me like this, and you will look down on me in the end. ”
"Hehe, in the end, I'm just the eldest son of Lord Helian's family, how can I compare to my younger brother? Even if my younger brother doesn't look down on the status of the nobility of the Gu Xiu family, he likes to pretend to be a country boy and cause trouble everywhere, and he doesn't have the demeanor that the Gu Xiu family should have, but everyone thinks he's not? They all spoil him and indulge him, as if he is a pearl and treasure. The other children are all filthy grass and rotten dogs, and your Shen surname Pang must also see it clearly, so you treat me like this, right? ”
In the end, the eldest prince's voice became more and more excited, and his face became more and more hideous, where is there still the scholarly and elegant temperament before?
I shrank in the corner and thought to myself, what a grudge against a wealthy family! This eldest prince is afraid that he has lost his mind, and in front of a group of outsiders, he can still talk about these things in his family.
From another point of view, it can be seen how much he cares about this kind of thing in his heart, so that he is extremely sensitive and angry regardless of the occasion.
Under the aggressive words of the eldest prince of Helian, the patriarch couldn't hold his face, he hurriedly stepped forward, hugged the eldest prince of Helian, and said solemnly: "Grand prince Helian, we are just a small side of the Shen family. How dare you get involved in the family affairs of the head of the Helian family? We can only recognize one truth in the countryside, that is, the status of the eldest son of Helian is noble. When you come, we have to entertain us well, and do our best to do our best, where do we dare to snub the eldest prince of Helian? Taking a step back, even if we are unwilling to participate in the affairs of the Helian family, we can only passively accept the cooperation of the eldest prince of Helian. Tied to the ship of the Grand Duke of Helian, he must not resist, this is the fate of our side family.
"It's like the Shen family, there are more than 20 of them, and our clan is dead, and they may not necessarily stand up for us. Because the descendants of this main family don't know how many people there are, who cares about the life or death of our side clansmen? Especially when it comes to other masters. Therefore, Grand Prince Helian, my above words have already made my heart clear, whether we want to or not, actively or passively, from the moment you came to our side, we are all people in the same boat. ”
The patriarch's words were quite wise, and he secretly tied the Shen clan to the warship of the eldest prince of Helian, and he didn't even ask a word about the cooperation, so he borrowed my ugly thing to show his heart.
I have to admire his wisdom, and only by showing his heart in this situation will he appear loyal and reliable, and when he talks about the conditions, no matter how he expresses his heart, maybe the eldest prince will doubt it.
I don't want to get too clear about those "rich family grievances", but I understand how much difference there is between a partner who has a new appointment and a partner who has not been hired. Unexpectedly, my pretentiousness gave the Shen clan patriarch an opportunity.
Sure enough, under the patriarch's confession, the face of the eldest prince of Helian changed, the previous anger disappeared, and he turned into a calm and breezy appearance again, and said to the patriarch: "You are also a character. Without asking me what I was working with, he jumped onto my boat. Your ambition is also undisguised, and your words are all dissatisfied with the status of the Shen family's side now. Well, I like people who are heartfelt and ambitious, and I accept this feeling. ”
The patriarch smiled slightly, suddenly his face changed, and roared: "In that case, the clumsy girl who made the eldest prince Helian unhappy just now, stand up for me!" Don't wait until I find someone myself. I promise the consequences will be dire. ”