Chapter 97: Not Worth It
The one who came to deliver the holy decree was still the most favored Gonggong Li by His Majesty's side.
He was followed by four little eunuchs, all of whom knelt on the ground to listen to the order.
The little eunuch presented the holy decree with both hands, and after taking it, Gonggong Li cleared his throat and read: "Pass on the holy decree of Your Majesty, the fifth prince Shen Yu ......"
Shen Yu was named the king of Yuqing by the emperor, stayed in the capital to serve, and also rewarded the palace and some silver and white things.
Shen Yu knelt on the ground, he didn't expect his father to leave him in the capital, and there must have been a queen mother who made peace with him.
"The son accepts the order, thank the father for the emperor's reward."
After he received the holy decree, Gonggong Li smiled and said, "Your Majesty still loves the prince and has rewarded a lot of good things."
The emperor gave him a job, but Yu Lu was much higher, although he could not come in person, every reward on this holy decree was carefully planned for Shen Yu.
Shen Yu replied, "Since my father-in-law is here, let's stay and drink a cup of wine before returning to the palace."
Gonggong Li excused himself and said, "It's so good, it's just that the affairs in this palace are busy, let's go early and return early, and congratulate the prince first."
After a few simple polite sentences, Gonggong Li went back.
Seeing off Gonggong Li, Shen Yu walked to Luo Wanwan's side, he slowly stretched out his hand to hold Luo Wanwan, her hand shrunk, and she clasped his hand softly.
The two of them finished their final salute.
Xi Po said, "Licheng-"
Shen Yu whispered in her ear, "Heart ......."
Luo Wanwan stiffened, lowered her head slightly, and covered her inner uneasiness with a red hijab.
He changed his words and said, "It's time to call the lady, you go back and wait for me first, and I'll look for you when the guests disperse."
"Hmm." She nodded and agreed, and was helped by a few subordinates to walk into the house.
After the ceremony, the queen also returned to the palace, and the atmosphere at the wine table was much more relaxed.
Lin Yanxi and Shen Muzhou sat at the same table, and Shen Yu kept toasting back and forth.
"Oh, Xiao Jiu, I'm happy today, have another drink." It was only a moment after that, and he pulled Shen Muzhou to drink three glasses of liquor.
Xiao Liu stood behind Shen Muzhou and looked at his prince worriedly.
Shen Muzhou's physical condition can no longer drink such strong wine, today is Shen Yu's happy day, he doesn't want to spoil the fun, he drinks another glass with a faint expression, and always has a smile on his face.
was worried that Shen Yu would be estranged from him because of Luo Jingxin's affairs, but now that Shen Yu can accept Luo Wanwan, it makes him feel a lot more relieved.
After Shen Yu left, Lin Yanxi put a small piece of suckling pigeon on his plate, and whispered, "Eat something and drink."
Shen Muzhou always had no expression in the past, but at this time, he looked at the pigeon on the plate, and then lifted his eyes to look at the little girl in front of him, and he showed a rare smile.
When he smiled at her, his eyebrows and eyes were exceptionally bright and clean, which was extremely incompatible with the estranged and cold temperament before.
It turns out that he looks so good when he laughs.
The tips of Lin Yanxi's ears were a little red, and he staggered his eyes to look at the plate in front of him, his heart beating fast.
After slowly eating the things on the plate, he couldn't eat anything else, and Shen Muzhou was pulled to drink several glasses of wine and began to feel a little uncomfortable.
Exuding a cold feeling from the bottom of his heart, he said to Lin Yanxi, "I'll go out and go around and sober up."
Lin Yanxi said, "I'll go with you."
Shen Muzhou frowned, looked at the small wooden box she placed on the table and said, "Don't you still have something to give to Luo Wanwan?"
Lin Yanxi got up from the table, held the small wooden box in his arms, and said with a smile: "Yes, then I won't accompany you, I'm going to find Wanwan."
After speaking, he took the small box and left from the banquet, seeing that she was gone, Xiao Liu hurriedly stepped forward to hug Shen Muzhou, he endured the discomfort and left the banquet slowly step by step.
Lin Yanxi walked around the prince's mansion, Shen Yu's mansion was not as big as the Muwang's mansion, but it was very vibrant.
The eyes are full of flowers and grass, and there are several bird cages hanging in the corridor, in which all kinds of parrots are raised
Parrots and rare birds that don't get their names right.
There is even a special place for raising crickets.
She soon found a room with the word "Joy" on it, the door was closed, and two maidservants stood outside.
"Miss, stay." Two maidservants blocked Lin Yanxi's way.
Lin Yanxi said: "I am Miss Taifu Fuyan, and your wife is a close friend in the boudoir, so I have prepared a congratulatory gift and want to give it to her alone."
The maidservant was embarrassed outside the house: "Miss, forgive me, but according to the rules, Mrs. has not lifted her hijab, and she cannot see outsiders."
"Why don't you come back another day, or I'll help Miss bring it in for Mrs. Fang."
The small box contained the deeds of the two shops, and Luo Wanwan said that he wanted to open a shop.
"Oh, I see." Lin Yanxi was a little disappointed, and then said, "Then I'll come back another day."
She left with the small box, it was still early, and she wanted to come to the banquet yet, and she was bored when she went back, so she wanted to walk around the garden.
Although Shen Yu ignored the affairs of the court, the decoration in this mansion was extraordinarily exquisite.
She walked a few steps casually, and came to a remote place, and when she wanted to leave and walk back, a familiar figure appeared in her sight.
"Poof-" Shen Muzhou held his hand against the wall before he barely stood there, and a mouthful of blood could no longer be suppressed.
Xiao Liu stood next to him and hurriedly took a handkerchief to help him wipe the blood from his mouth, but before he could wipe it off, another mouthful of blood gushed out.
He was so anxious that he was a little at a loss and said, "Lord, what can I do about this, I'll call the imperial doctor."
Shen Muzhou grabbed Xiao Liu's sleeve and shook his head gently, "The imperial doctor can't see my illness well."
"Then I'll call the second lady, she can use spells to cure your cold."
Shen Muzhou's voice was weak, but with a hint of anger, he said, "I said it, don't tell her."
"Give me the pill of the afterlife."
Xiao Liu was stunned, he couldn't control his emotions anymore, and his voice was dyed with crying, "Lord Wang, you can't eat the Death Pill anymore!"
Shen Muzhou's cold gaze swept towards him, repeating it: "Give me the Death Pill."
Xiao Liu sighed helplessly, took out the jade box from his sleeve, and when the jade box was opened, there was a black pill inside.
Shen Muzhou didn't hesitate, picked up the black pill and was about to put it in his mouth, when a small pebble suddenly hit his hand, and the pill fell to the ground.
He looked in the direction where the stones were thrown, and Lin Yanxi was standing in the corner of the wall, looking at him with a small face.
The two looked at each other for a while, and Lin Yanxi asked first, "What are you eating?"
Shen Muzhou said, "The pill can relieve the cold disease."
Lin Yanxi said angrily, "You liar."
When she is angry, her brows are tightly twisted together, and her voice is so cold that there is no trace of warmth.
"Little Liu, you say, what the hell is this?"
Xiao Liu stood there in embarrassment, Shen Muzhou's eyes were slightly cold, and he motioned to Xiao Liu not to talk nonsense.
But he really couldn't bear to watch the prince go on like this, he knelt on the ground and cried: "The Pill of the Afterlife, the person who is dying can take the Pill of the Death for a while, as if he is returning to the light for a while, his complexion is ruddy, and he is full of energy, but in fact, he is ......."
"Little Six!" Shen Muzhou stopped talking.
Lin Yanxi glared at him, looked at Xiao Liu with displeasure, and said, "You say, I see who dares to embarrass you."
This little girl is not afraid of him at all now, and knows that she can't hide this matter today.
Xiao Liu continued: "But in fact, this is a chronic poison, it will slowly hollow out the human body, even if the original illness is cured, the body will be weak."
"Weak...... she didn't expect it to be like this.
The little girl's eyes turned red in an instant, and she walked up to him and cried.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why lie to me, why hide it from me?"
She was in the Shepherd's Mansion every day, how could she not know anything.
Thaniin
Would you rather take the pill of the afterlife, or tell her the truth?
Shen Muzhou's hand was so weak that he grabbed her clenched little fist, his hand was frighteningly cold, and the deep and calm peach blossom eyes in the past were full of helplessness and sadness.
"It's okay, I've paved the way for you."
He spoke in a calm tone, and the sad light in those peach blossom eyes was deeply seared on her heart, burning her heart and wanting to shed tears.
No more sharpness of the past.
The little girl shook off his hand, sneered with red eyes, and said, "Do you think I will thank you for doing this? Great? Who is rare?"
"Who do you show as a good person? You and I are in a relationship of helping each other, and you will give me a good life until you help me achieve my wishes."
Her words slashed at people's hearts like sharp knives, but he was not angry, clenched her palms tightly, and then smiled weakly at her.
He never wanted anyone to remember his kindness.
Lin Yanxi took two steps back, turned around and ran away.
"Wang ...... Lord, damn the little one." Xiaoliu knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up.
He looked at the figure of the little girl running away, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
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Shepherd's House.
"Master, master." Lin Yanxi ran into Jiang Mingsheng's courtyard and began to shout to find a master.
Jiang Mingsheng was lying in the yard and was sleeping soundly, and was dragged up by force.
He was about to mumble his dissatisfaction and lose his temper when he saw his precious apprentice crying with tears on his face.
"Oh, what's this?"
Lin Yanxi snorted and said, "Shen Muzhou, he is going to die, he took the pill of the afterlife."
Jiang Mingsheng has been locked up for decades, how can he hear about the past raw pills.
She explained, "It's just that he can't live after eating the pills, and Xiaoliu said that he has no skills to return to heaven. Master, master, help me, save him."
Originally, she wanted to wait to find a safer way, but the moment she learned that he was going to die, she saw him vomiting blood all over the ground, and the sadness in his eyes was helpless.
She couldn't wait any longer.
Jiang Mingsheng patted his sleeve, rubbed it against her little white face, and wiped the tears on her face a few times.
"Blood Talisman...... Have you really figured it out?"
Lin Yanxi nodded.
Jiang Mingsheng's face rarely showed such a serious expression, and he dismissed the people who were waiting outside the courtyard, "Let's go, go to the house."
He took out a piece of paper with black characters on a yellow background, and looked at the rune paper and his eyes darkened twice.
At this moment, Shen Muzhou hurried back from outside the mansion, and when Xiao Liu appeared in Jiang Mingsheng's courtyard with his arms, Lin Yanxi looked at him.
With her fingertips condensing the charm, she pointed to the open door, and a sigil immediately hung from the wooden door frame.
Shen Muzhou was blocked out by the sigil, "Don't, Yan Xi."
She didn't say much, just smiled at him.
Jiang Mingsheng put the black talisman in a copper basin, held the sharp blade in his hand and asked, "Disciple, are you really sure?"
Lin Yanxi looked at Jiang Mingsheng and said, "Master, what if...... Help me take care of the Taifu Mansion and the Jiang family."
Jiang Mingsheng said unhappily: "My old man doesn't care about this, if he wants to take care of you, he will come by himself."
This was obviously said to Jiang Mingsheng, but it was actually said to Shen Muzhou.
Shen Muzhou saw her pick up the short blade, and desperately wanted to break into the house to break through the seal, but was counterattacked by the rune, and was bounced away at once.
"Lord Wang." Xiao Liu exclaimed.
He fell to the ground, clutching his chest, his mouth full of rust, a mouthful of blood snaking down the corners of his mouth.
"Yan Xi, don't do this, it's not worth it."