Chapter 57: The Merchant's Swan Song (5)
"Yan Yu thanked His Highness for his kindness, and he was so excited that he was talking nonsense for a while, and asked His Highness to forgive him." Yanyu Pavilion's mother walked up to Li Congqian and explained, she glanced at Liu Yanyu in the center of the stage at the same time and said, "Yanyu, why are you still stupid?" Why don't you make amends to His Royal Highness the Nine Kings? β
Liu Yanyu forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart and stepped forward, curtsy and said, "No matter who wins the championship tonight, even if it is a beggar on the street, I will treat each other with courtesy, but you can't." β
Li Congqian was furious when he heard this, and he pushed the mother of Yanyu Pavilion to the ground, "Bold, you actually compare this kind of person with this king?" β
"Your Royal Highness is naturally noble, but the Buddhist family wrote: All living beings are equal, why can't I say this?"
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Buddhism was generally hindered by the turbulent political situation during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. However, compared with the war-torn north, the south was relatively peaceful and stable, and many emperors were enthusiastic about apologizing the religion, so the cause of Buddhism in the south was thriving. Among them, the Buddha fate of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is the most eye-catching.
Li Yu not only called himself "Lianfeng Layman", but also said, "I like to study Buddhism in my life, and its taste is as good as in the world." On the one hand, this is naturally due to his family tradition, on the other hand, he himself is weak by nature, he likes to abstain from killing, and he is born with a bodhisattva's heart.
After doing Buddhism himself, he recited Buddhist scriptures and knelt down to worship Buddha statues, almost obsessed. Even when the state affairs were in a ruin, after a hundred catastrophes, and when the country was destroyed, he still begged for blessings from the Buddha, hoping to save the declining situation.
The emperor's elder brother is like this, not to mention Li Congqian, who is the younger brother? So much so that he would be speechless in the face of Liu Yanyu's answer. At this time, he didn't want to entangle with Liu Yanyu in such a trivial matter, he just wanted to give her a little color to see, so that she would know what kind of punishment she would receive if she contradicted herself.
"Come on, drag this slut out of me and scold him to death." Li Congqian ordered to the guards on both sides.
"Your Highness, stop the anger, stop the angerγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" The mother of the Yanyu Pavilion hugged Li Congqian's leg and begged for mercy.
"Momγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" Liu Yanyu exclaimed, she looked at Li Congqian resentfully, but her expression was extremely calm, as if she had already put life and death out of the way.
Li Congqian pushed away the mother of the Yanyu Pavilion with one foot, and glared at Liu Yanyu with sharp eyes. After a while, he watched the soldiers pull Liu Yanyu off the stage, but his face showed regret, such a beautiful woman was really going to be executed, and he couldn't bear it anymore.
When he was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, Xiao Sheng suddenly knelt down in front of him and begged, "Your Highness is angry, and please let Your Highness let Liu Yanyu go?" β
At this time, someone came out to plead, Li Congqian felt very good, but he couldn't say that he would let it go without a suitable reason, and it would be a shame to hide his face by doing so. He thought for a moment and then said, "Let her go?" Then you'll have to give me a reason. β
"Why?" Xiao Sheng thought about it carefully and then said, "Miss Liu is not afraid of the might of His Royal Highness, and she is outspoken, this is her true temperament. In the face of life and death, there is Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without being surprised, which can be described as a woman who does not let her eyebrows go. β
"Let her go." Li Congqian commanded, he walked up to Liu Yanyu, looked at her and continued, "Miss Liu just said that except for this king, everyone can spend the Spring Festival with her?" β
Although Liu Yanyu resented the Li family, she still did not forget the etiquette, and curtsied and said, "Yes, Your Highness." β
"Shall I transfer my head to the general?" Li Congqian pointed at Xiao Sheng and said.
"If it weren't for the general's rescue, the slave family might have been in a different place tonight. The slave family has not yet thanked the general for his kindness, so why should His Highness's words be? β
"Xiao Sheng, I'll be cheaper for you tonight." Li Congqian helped Xiao Sheng up and whispered in his ear.
"Your Highness, by all means." Xiao Sheng tried his best to refuse.
"Why not?" Li Congqian pondered for a moment and then smiled evilly, "This is the king's order, do you dare to disobey?" β
"The last general will not dare."
"That's good." After saying that, Li Congqian laughed and left.
Not long after Li Congqian left, everyone was unwilling to leave one after another, and the mother of Yanyu Pavilion and some staff members also left with interest. At that time, only Xiao Sheng and Liu Yanyu were left in the huge Smoke and Rain Pavilion.
Xiao Sheng turned his back to Liu Yanyu, and the atmosphere at this time was extremely embarrassing.
"General, it's cold at night, please come with me into the room to rest." Liu Yanyu looked at Xiao Sheng's back and was the first to break the silence.
"Miss Laoliu bothered."
"General, please come here."
Liu Yanyu led the way in front, and Xiao Sheng followed behind her with great embarrassment. If it weren't for Li Congqian's order, he would never have done this. And Li Congqian also knew what he was, so he said such things.
In Liu Yanyu's boudoir, the fragrance of peony flowers came to her face, and Xiao Sheng sat squirming and squeezing at the table. Liu Yanyu poured a glass of water and handed it to him, but when he reached out to take it, he accidentally touched her hand.
They looked at each other affectionately, and time seemed to stop, and the picture was frozen here.
Xiao Yan suddenly interrupted Liu Yanyu's story, and he asked embarrassedly in a whisper, "Then were we γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» last night?"
"General, what do you think of the slave family as." Liu Yanyu lowered her head shyly.
Xiao Yan also has some expectations in the face of the beautiful Liu Yanyu, and after such a picture appears in the TV series, the development of the story is often an affectionate kiss between the hero and heroine, and it is not unreasonable γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»to ask him in the end. However, he also knew that there was a difference between the courtesans and the present-day courtesans in ancient times. Although they also survive by selling their hues, they have a high level of artistic accomplishment and attainment, and they are free to study art and writing, and they are not only beautiful but also intelligent.
They pay attention to manners, shapes, forms, words and deeds, and are all good at singing and dancing, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and some are even at the master level. Of course, there are those who are uneducated, but there are very few of them.
Like Liu Yanyu, he is naturally a performer and not a person, and the so-called Spring Festival together is just to accompany the guests to drink and have fun, chant poems, and play the piano and chess.
Liu Yanyu saw Xiao Yan's expression a little disappointed and continued, "After the general came in last night, he drank alone until he was unconscious. The slave family then put you to bed. β
"Why didn't I have any impact on what happened last night? Did I just cross in the morning? Xiao Yan muttered quietly.
"General, what are you talking about?"
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"What sound?" Xiao Yan asked, he suddenly felt his body fluttering like air, and at the same time, his mind was blank, and when he saw the things in front of him again, he found that he had been lying on the sofa.
The ringing just now is the alarm clock he set in his mobile phone in order to go to work. He grabbed his hair and muttered to himself, "I've been dreaming." β
He turned off his phone after a glass of water, closed the curtains, and the room was dark like night. He lay on the sofa and tried to fall asleep, wanting to continue to talk about Liu Yanyu's dream and sit down, but no matter how he slept or counted the sheep, he couldn't fall asleep.