Xia Qian bit her thin lip tightly and didn't make a sound.

The word "phoenix" on this is not a trivial matter. If you don't tell the source clearly, the emperor will blame it, and your big disrespect will be lost! Su Lianyi followed Huo Zun's words and asked.

Jing Qianxi followed the former's words and said three points explicitly: "My sister was born as a singer, and it is a great disrespect to carry such a valuable thing on her head and be sued in front of the emperor." If you pick it up and hide it in the palace, you will also be killed! ”

"Yes! Is it a pick-up? Is it stealing? Is it a scam? Is it a robbery? You have to give a word, otherwise you will be sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, and you will have to suffer a lot! Su Lianyi pressed forward step by step.

This Su Lianyi hated Qin Xinyue to death, Xia Qian refused to help her, so naturally Xia Qian was also included in the enemy, in addition to calculating Xia Qian's treatment of Qin Xinyue, he also took humiliating and retaliating against Xia Qian as a pastime.

The jade flute in front of him, in front of hundreds of people, no matter how Xia Qian explained, it was impossible to escape the crime of disrespect.

Su Lianyi and Jing Qianxi, who knew this well, naturally refused to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The two of them said one sentence after another, forcing Xia Qian to be short of words for a while, so she could only focus on Huo Zun and see his reaction.

Huo Zun pinched the jade flute, the dark clouds rolled on his face, and after thinking for a long time, his thoughts fell on Emperor Du Ji of Kangguo.

Na Du Ji is in his early thirties, with a sweet tongue and a sword, and he is the best at pleasing girls with his rhetoric on weekdays.

Situ Jun once said that before Xia Qian came to Yiguo, he had the opportunity to embark on the phoenix road.

He found out from Le Yi Mansion that Xia Qian's true identity was the righteous daughter of the former head of Le Yi Mansion. If it wasn't dedicated to Yiguo, it would have been given to Emperor Kangguo.

Could it be that she stayed in the country of Yi with the courage to betray him and use him just for that man, King Kang!

Huo Zun's fingers pinching the flute tightened suddenly, as if the crisp sound of "bang" could explode in his ears at any time, and the scene of jade chips splashing could unfold in his eyes at any time.

"I stole it, you're satisfied!" Xia Qian stared at his tightening knuckles, said angrily, and turned to leave.

Su Lianyi was startled by her suddenly raised voice, looked at her departing back with a surprised face, and said disdainfully: "Such a valuable thing, needless to say, you know that it was stolen." Why is it so loud, isn't it shameful enough? ”

There was chaos during the banquet, and everyone speculated about this jade flute, but more of it was shocked by Xia Qian's theft of the royal jade.

Stealing the royal family's belongings is undoubtedly a capital offense, but it was the young lady of the General's Mansion who stole it, and no one here was shocked.

This feast can be eaten out of a shocking case, and this group of people must have encountered it for the first time.

"You don't have to talk about it, this flute is the trophy I captured from Nankang, and the emperor gave it to me along with two jewels. I just forgot about it, and that's when I reacted. I didn't keep it properly and stole it from her! ”

Huo Zun said coldly and sealed everyone's mouths.

In order to convince everyone thoroughly, he handed over the flute to everyone to see, and when he saw the world, he could see at a glance that the craftsmanship of the flute was the style of Nankang.

"Yes, this is indeed Nankang's thing, and it should be some years old, in my opinion, at least more than twenty years!" Said a guest who loves collecting.

Hearing it for more than twenty years, Huo Zun's cold eyes instantly lit up, and just now in his anger, he didn't even notice that this thing was so old.

"Shou noodles are here!"

With the housekeeper's shout, the second maid walked up, one carefully placed the shou noodles in front of Qin Xinyue, and the other explained with a smile, saying that Huo Zun specially invited the pastry master in the Liuyun Pavilion for this bowl of shou noodles.

The noodles were served in a gold-inlaid red jade bowl, also a trophy he had captured from Nankang.

The acacia flower jade bowl that he customized last year, he found it this morning, and when he looked at it, he was inexplicably a little blocked, and his fingers slipped, and the bowl fell to the ground - broken.

After looking for a long time, I found that there were a pair of small bowls of gold silk and red jade in the two boxes of treasures randomly rewarded by the emperor, so I took them and handed them to the housekeeper.

"Brother Ji Teng, what's wrong with you, aren't you happy?"

Qin Xinyue picked up the chopsticks, scooped up a few shou noodles and was about to send them to her mouth, when she saw the gloomy and scary look on Huo Zun's face, she couldn't help but feel nervous, turned her head and asked softly.

Huo Zun's cold and angry gaze fell on the butler, and the frightened butler was confused.

Suddenly, the butler slapped his head and explained: "The general is angry, I was confused, and I cooked a bowl of shou noodles, so I ordered the kitchen to do it!" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly ran into the kitchen, complaining in his mind as he went, thinking that although their young master was cold-faced, he was not so scary in the first place, and he had been haunted by evil spirits in the past few months.

Thinking about it again, no one else is to blame for this matter, the pair of golden silk red jade bowls, Huo Zun gave him a pair in the morning.

Today, Mrs. Qin is not the only one who celebrates her birthday, he is negligent.

"Hey, it's really useless when people are old!" The head of the family sighed.

When the second bowl of Shou Mian was served, Huo Zun squinted in the direction of the West Courtyard, and the two maids quickly disappeared in front of everyone with Shou Mian.

Only then did a small number of people understand that today is also Xia Qian's birthday.

Most of the rest of the people either remembered before they entered the North Courtyard, or they remembered soon after sitting down.

On this day last year, Huo Zun made Qinglong City earth-shattering in order to celebrate Xia Qian's birthday, and there were a lot of people with heads and faces, and several of them were particularly noble, even Huo Zun himself might not be able to invite them.

Compared with last year, today's pomp and guests are simply not worth mentioning!

Huo Zun's temperament was originally cold, but now that the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, these people are all watching silently, pretending not to know.

Qin Xinyue sat stiffly on the chair, although there was a charming smile on her face, her heart twisted.

She suddenly had some illusions that she had been a supporting role from beginning to end at today's birthday banquet.

The two maids who went to deliver the longevity noodles soon came back, saying that Xia Qian was not in the West Courtyard.

Suddenly, a government soldier hurried over.

The ambush soldier held the ice silk Caixia cloak in his hand, and said that Xia Qian left half an hour ago, because the new soldiers didn't know her, and they didn't stop her as the singer invited by Huo Zun.

The maid with the longevity mask was at a loss for a while, and asked cautiously: "That...... What to do with this bowl of shou mein? ”

"Take it and feed it to the dogs!" Huo Zun said angrily.

As soon as the words fell, a thunderbolt exploded overhead, and the table in front of him was split in half, and the dishes on the table were all knocked to the ground along with the longevity noodles that Qin Xinyue had not yet eaten.

The screams of three women exploded in his ears, and chestnut-sized hailstones fell from the sky and smashed on the tables, chairs, and dishes with a "crackling" sound.

The hail was getting louder and louder, and the deafening thunder exploded overhead, leaving the guests in the courtyard dumbfounded.

When he reacted, he hurriedly hid under the eaves with his head in his arms.

Qin Xinyue was quickly helped into the house by the maids, and the other two women also rushed into the bedroom with their pale little faces, leaving Huo Zun with one or two pestles in the courtyard, staring blankly at the dozens of tables that were messed up by the weather.

When his eyes fell on the three flower bowls on the stage, his pupils suddenly constricted.

Bowl!

Late!

Finish!

"After this dance, you and I are clear, and we don't owe each other!"

Xia Qian's words echoed in his ears, and he finally determined where she had changed.

When watching the scenery at the south gate that day, her indifference was because she put him down, and when she served tea and danced at today's birthday banquet, her detachment was free and easy, because she didn't love him completely.

In contrast, he once again felt that her previous feelings for her were real.

- at least when he didn't know that he was using her as a substitute for Xiaoyue;

When she told him the story of Qianshan and Mu Xue, it was;

When he insisted on going to the battlefield to attack Nankang, yes.

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