Chapter 1: Marriage
In the glorious hall of gold and jade, singing and dancing are leveling, and the gorgeous singers are dressed in Luo skirts and black clothes, dancing with long sleeves, and standing in the center of the hall with a bewitching posture, like a feast of flowers.
"His Royal Highness Emperor Qin." The envoy sitting on the seat of foreign guests swept his gaze over the gorgeous dancers, and fell directly on the man on the main seat, the man was dressed in a noble dress, his eyebrows were high, and his eyes were indifferent, he seemed to have heard the messenger's call, his eyebrows were raised, and he looked at the messenger who was seated down, and asked silently.
The stared envoy hurriedly got up, his eyes drooped slightly, he bowed, and said in a humble manner: "Your Highness, this time, I believe that the country entered the 'Manjiang' country as a gift, in fact, my king came to give a gift to the Qin Emperor's Palace. ”
"Oh? What gift? The man seated on the throne looked at the messenger languidly, like a sunburned leopard looking at his own people.
The envoy bowed slightly and continued, "My king knows that His Highness has been looking for a prescription for 'eternal youth' recently." The envoy's words instantly attracted the attention of Emperor Qin, his dim eyes narrowed slightly, although he did not ask out loud, but his expression was already telling the envoy in the audience that he was very interested in this topic.
"Not long ago, my king caught a merman in the South China Sea, and there was an ancient record that 'there are mermaids outside the South China Sea, and the water dwells like fish, and they do not waste weaving. Its eyes can cry out of pearls, and its heart is a medicine, which can make people immortal and stay young forever'. With the messenger's words, the originally closed door of the hall was slowly pushed open, and a group of men dressed in black and white slowly pushed a water cage into everyone's sight.
It was a large water cage, and the outermost layer of the water cage was a layer of frosted glass, although it was a little blurry, but you could also see the scene inside the water cage.
The four corners of the cage are pulled by chains, and in the center of the cage is a woman, the woman's upper body is a human body, the lower body is a fishtail, and her long chestnut hair is scattered in the water cage, like a blooming jellyfish, and the woman's lips are blocked with a white silk to make it silent.
The woman's eyes were tightly closed, and her long pointed ears were constantly reminding those present that this was a merman, not a human.
"What is this?" The man on the throne asked very seriously with his eyes fixed on the water cage. At this time, when the envoy saw the man's reaction, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips, and said very happily: "Back to Your Highness, this is the South China Sea merman, as long as you take his heart, and then boil it in water, you can stay young forever." ”
"It's just that a heart can't be eaten in half, it must be taken in full." The messenger lowered his arms and added leisurely.
At this time, Emperor Qin's eyes swept over the water cage in front of him with burning and domineering, just when he looked at the water cage merman, the merman who had closed his eyes suddenly opened his eyes, his beautiful face, black pupils, and charming posture made the dancers beside him instantly lose color, and the female merman saw Qin Huang at a glance, she stared at him deadly, with indescribable hatred in her eyes, even if she was locked in the water cage, she could hear the sound outside.
Sharks are inherently different, their voices have a bewitching charm, their tears can be transformed into pearls, and their ears can hear sounds from miles away.
It can be said that they are the pride of God.
"Good, good." Emperor Qin had already felt the hatred from the female mermaid before, and he said several 'good words' nonchalantly, he paused, waved his hand, and motioned to the guards next to him to take over the gift.
After the envoy watched the gift being brought down, he heard Emperor Qin's voice, his voice was mellow and low, and he said, "Say, you must have sent such a valuable gift, you must need to do something, right?" ”
"Emperor Qin's words are serious." In the face of these words, the foreign envoy did not panic, nor did he deny it, he still made a full gesture, and said cautiously: "Recently, my king learned that the Qin Emperor has unified the nomadic tribes in the north and his power has expanded greatly, and my king intends to make friends with the Qin Emperor, so he wants to ...... Marriage. ”
The envoy noticed that when he talked about 'marriage' again, the originally lazy Qin Emperor's face changed slightly, and when he came here earlier, the envoy had heard someone say that the Qin Emperor had searched for the method of 'eternal youth' in recent years was not for himself, but for a woman.
It is rumored that it was the favorite woman of Emperor Qin.
The messenger had scoffed at such rumors, but now it seemed to be true.
The envoy of Xinguo was a young man in his early twenties, and he saw that Emperor Qin had not reacted for a long time, so he quietly motioned to the others to bring the scroll of Xinguo's marriage to the princess, and then took the scroll and said: "His Royal Highness Emperor Qin, this is the portrait of the princess of our country, and please ask His Royal Highness Emperor Qin to take a look." ”
Emperor Qin ordered someone to take over the scroll, he gently opened the scroll, the woman in the scroll was wearing a blue emerald cigarette shirt, a hollow golden hairpin was obliquely inserted between the long hair as black as a spring, the eyebrows were not described, the skin was like clotted fat, the woman in the scroll turned her head slightly, and the small hand held a feather fan, and the atmosphere of the small jasper was not lost.
"I remember that King Xin only had one daughter, named 'Fei'." Emperor Qin's words came slowly, and when the envoy of Xinguo heard King Qin say this, he immediately whispered: "Yes, this marriage is the only princess in my country, Princess Xinfei." ”
Emperor Qin's pupils shrank slightly after hearing this, he put the scroll aside, and then said in a slightly pointed tone: "King Xin is really generous. Whether it is a married princess or a merman, this marriage can be said to have no reason for him to refuse.
After all, this merman's heart, he is bound to win.
"Emperor Qin praised it." The envoy quietly bowed his head, waiting for Emperor Qin's next words.
"You go back and tell your king of faith, just say that this marriage, Lone has agreed, and Lone will send someone to the country of faith to discuss the specific details." When Emperor Qin finished saying this, the ambassador of Xinguo exhaled slowly, and after bowing his head and saying "Thank you Emperor Qin", he retreated to the back row and continued to enjoy the food, as if the episode had not happened.
Emperor Qin, who was sitting on the throne, tapped his index finger on the chair, and the dancers who had been left hanging aside re-entered the center of the hall and continued the dance they had not finished before.
Sheng's singing and dancing, delicious food, the original night, the good days of wine and beauty, but it was ruined by the people in this big palace.
The dance continued, with a ghost in mind.
At midnight, the curtain swayed, the summer breeze passed slowly, with the fragrance of flowers, exuding an indescribable sweet and greasy taste, Qin Luo walked into the dormitory lightly.
If the big dormitory was quiet, and the table on the delicate table was cleaned up quietly, he took off his coat and directly opened the tent hook on the bed, and what caught his eye was an old woman, the woman's face was wrinkled, and her gray hair showed that her life posture was not so good.
"You're here." As if hearing the sound, the woman opened her eyes slightly, and saw Qin Luo at a glance, she moved her arms slightly, and tried hard to support her body, Qin Luo saw the woman's action, and hurriedly went over to help her, he said while holding on: "What are you doing when you get up?" Is it uncomfortable to lie down? ”
"I think about chatting, it seems like we haven't had a good conversation in a long time." The woman was supported by Qin Luo on the side of the bed, her eyes were cold, there was no vicissitudes of a normal old man, and the woman's dress was also light, and she was very delicate, not at all like the clothes that an old man would wear.
"I'm sorry, I've been too busy lately." Qin Luo sat on the bed and looked at the woman carefully, even though the woman in front of him looked very vicissitudes and aging, she was the woman he loved the most.
Probably no one would have thought that Emperor Qin, who had laid down half of the country and had superior methods and strategies, loved a woman who was not a gorgeous beauty, nor a woman with both talents and appearances, but a dying old man.
When the woman heard his words, she gently squeezed his hand, then shook her head slightly, as if she was coquettish: "Don't say that, national affairs and the country are more important after all." ”
Qin Luo frowned slightly when he heard the woman's words, although he knew that the woman was telling the truth, many times he often didn't take care of her because of handling state affairs, but when she pointed it out like this, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
"Not happy?" The woman blinked and smiled slightly.
Qin Luo's expression darkened slightly, and he nodded again and said, "A little." ”
"Poof, you're the emperor, why are you so careful." The woman teased gently, Qin Huang looked at the woman in front of him, just at that moment, he seemed to see the appearance of the woman in a young state from her, her face in a young state is very good-looking, delicate and good-looking, although her voice is soft and glutinous, in fact, many times, she belongs to a very rigid woman.
"Jiang Ning." He snorted.
"Huh?" The woman who was called 'Jiang Ning' turned her head slightly, blinked and looked at Qin Luo, who at this time clenched her hand slightly hard, and then said, "Your poison has been cured." ”
"......" Jiang Ning paused suddenly, she took a deep breath, and then asked, "Are you sure?" In fact, since her poisoning began to aggravate aging, she has tried large and small drugs in the past few years, but it is basically useless, at most it is to delay the onset of toxicity and delay aging.
Qin Luo faced her culture, and only paused for a few seconds before nodding and saying, "This medicine is hard to find, it should be cured." In fact, he is not sure, in the past few years, he knows how many drugs he has collected to delay aging and maintain eternal youth, but the effect is not too ideal.
Jiang Ning listened to Qin Luo's words, his eyes darkened slightly, even though Qin Luo's words said that they could be cured, Jiang Ning still heard a trace of uncertainty.
Jiang Ning also knew his condition in his heart, so he didn't ask any more.
In an instant, silence swirled between the two of them, and it wasn't until a few seconds later that Qin Luo gasped slightly, he glanced at Jiang Ning in front of him, and then paused: "It's not early, you better rest for a while, I'll have to go to the morning court later." ”
"Hmm......" Jiang Ning lowered his head slightly, and just as Qin Luo was about to approach and gently grab her and put her down to rest, Jiang Ning spoke, she said, "Qin Luo, do you remember what happened when we were children?" ”
"Why do you ask?" Qin Luo asked softly, and carefully put Jiang Ning back on the bed with his hand, Jiang Ning was like an old man at this moment, and his whole body was full of aging.
Jiang Ning raised his eyes, looked at him and said, "Actually, I had a dream before you came today, and I dreamed about what happened when we were children. ”
"What did you dream about when you were a child?" Qin Luo's eyes fixed on Jiang Ning, wrapped her around her with one hand, and asked softly, Jiang Ning, who was encircled, raised his neck like a dry orange peel, and said with a slight brightness in his eyes: "Do you remember when we were children picking cherries together?" At that time, you were greedy, crying and eating cherries, so I hid from my mother and took you to climb the cherry tree. ”
"Yes." He leaned on the woman, rubbed his belly lightly against her eyebrows, and said softly: "At that time, you filled your pocket full of cherries, but when you finished the book, in order to protect the cherries in your arms, you fell and broke one of your arms. Qin Luo said softly, with a smile in his eyebrows.
"Poof, yes, I was scolded by Eniang while I was sick." Jiang Ning moved his head slightly, and said very nostalgically: "Thinking about it now, I really think it's better when I was a child." Her words made Qin Luo frown slightly, Qin Luo paused for more than ten seconds before raising his hand and rubbing Jiang Ning's eyebrows, and said: "Don't think about it so much, you have a good rest now, tomorrow I will order someone to make the medicine and feed it to you, no matter when you are a child or when you grow up, your position in my heart will not change." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Ning leaned on Qin Luo's arm, and only then did she say for a while, but she just had an indescribable sense of tiredness, she gently closed her eyes, leaned on the crook of his arm, and fell asleep unconsciously and steadily.
Qin Luo, who said that he was leaving, hugged Jiang Ning like this, until the person in his arms made an even breathing sound, and Qin Luo carefully dragged out his arm and settled her on the ceramic pillow.
After settling everything, Qin Luo leaned over slightly, and then he approached Jiang Ning, kissed Jiang Ning's forehead gently, and then left.
Although he also knew that Jiang Ning, whom he loved, was no longer beautiful, he didn't mind at all, even if she was disfigured, this woman was irreplaceable in his heart, but now what he cared about was not her appearance, but her precarious body, seriously, Qin Luo was afraid that Jiang Ning would die when he didn't know it, which he would never allow!
Qin Luo took a deep breath, and then walked out of the dormitory in a deep step.
Now it is rumored every day outside that the Northeast Qin State, a emperor and Qin Luo, is obsessed with immortality, eternal youth, drunk and dreaming of death, pity, pity.
The foolish people outside thought that his prescription for eternal youth was to create a map for his immortality, but he didn't have that ambition, he did all this with all his painstaking efforts, just to poison the aging Jiang Ning, just so that she could save this life!
When Qin Luo came out of the room, it was already more than half of the hour, he looked at the night sky, and finally clenched his fists and walked towards the study.