Chapter 15: The Story Continues
Mu Yan sat in the sedan chair, covering her slightly hot little face with her hands, and her head was a little dazed.
Delusion! It must be an illusion! Otherwise, it would be the moon! How could the man who rejoiced with other women in front of her on the wedding night be so dazzling?
The sedan chair on the return trip swayed, and Mu Yan's thoughts were also in a trance. Until the sedan chair stopped outside the palace, as soon as her feet landed, she didn't care about any dignity and etiquette, and ran to her residence with her skirt, and never dared to look at Shen Li again.
Shen Li looked at her fleeing back, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose.
What a different person......
I used to always love to stick to him, especially when I could be alone like this, I couldn't shake off my arms while holding him. It's good now, look at that panicked look, is it possible that he finally realized that he was a demon, so he avoided it like a snake and scorpion and fled far away?
Syllable!
Mu Yan rushed into the room and closed the door, panting with his back against the door frame. Hongluan ran over and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?
Waving his hand a little embarrassed, Mu Yan walked to the table and sat down, poured a glass of water and drank a few sips. Under Hongluan's puzzled expression, he pursed his lips and frowned.
"Hongluan, what do you think...... Is Shen Lichang good-looking?"
"Third Prince?" Hongluan blinked his bright eyes, "Then do you still need to ask? Of course it's good-looking! The Third Prince, but he is the best-looking man in the entire Daming Kingdom!"
Mu Yan sounded a little unhappy, "Isn't that kid Shen Yan also very good-looking!Where is it worse than him?"
"Hmm...... Well...... this."
Hongluan touched his ears and thought for a moment. "The Seventh Prince is also good-looking! The mothers of the two of them are famous beauties in the Snow Country and the Night Country, so they are both good-looking!"
"Snow Country and Night Country?"
Mu Yan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, I had heard that the Queen of Summer was a night country, why did a snow country emerge at this time?
"Well, miss, don't you know? It's no wonder that your whole mind is on the third prince, and you never care about the major affairs of the court. ”
It's not a glorious thing to be counted down by your own maid, but since she looked at the little girl's look of "I know a lot", Mu Yan rolled her eyes, and then asked down: "Yes, I don't know much about the major affairs of the imperial court." How? You know?"
"Of course I do!"
Hongluan patted his chest with a smug expression. "At the beginning, I often went into the palace with the young lady to go to the head of the house. The head of the house is very fond of you, and he is afraid that you will be bored and bored, so he often tells you stories. At first, I thought it was just a story, but when I thought about it, I realized that it was talking about the current situation in various countries. As a high priest, the head of the family has the ability to foresee the future. He must have calculated something and it was hard to say, so he would tell it as a story to you, Miss. It's a pity, Miss, your mind is all on the third prince, and you didn't listen to it at all. ”
"Oh, what story did he tell?" Mu Yan was interested, thinking to himself, why did he tell so many stories today?
Hongluan's originally excited little face instantly dimmed, and after a long silence, he muttered, "Miss, do you really want to hear it?" Actually, I originally planned to keep it a secret all the time. ”
Mu Yan didn't know what was wrong with Hongluan suddenly, but she was full of curiosity, how could she tolerate not listening to the story halfway? So, she tugged on Hongluan's sleeve, half encouraging and half flattering: "If you want to listen, you have to listen! Between the two sisters, what else can't be said? Besides, that's what grandpa told me, I just forgot." ”
"Hmm!"
Fortunately, the little girl didn't insist much, and when she heard Mu Yan say this, she nodded and said, "In a prediction a long time ago, the head of the family calculated that there would be a catastrophe in the Ming country. This calamity was born because of a woman. Her appearance may lead to the fall of the Ming Kingdom. ”
When Mu Yan heard this, his heart jumped subconsciously. Just as I wanted to say that this woman couldn't be her, right? I heard that the little girl had already solved her confusion.
"This woman is the Queen of Summer!"
“...... Huh?"
Hongluan ignored Mu Yan's surprised expression, and continued: "At that time, not long after the Empress Xia entered the palace, the mother of the third prince was sick and weak in bed, dying. The concubines in the harem have sorrows and joys, all holding the posture of watching the play. In fact, the Empress Xia has never competed for favor, and His Majesty has never given up on the mother of the third prince. He came to the head of the house and asked him if he had a cure. The head of the house said that if he wanted to save her, he couldn't stay after Xia. That was the first lie the head of the family told in his life, and he did it just for the sake of Damin's future. Thinking about it now, he later made up a story about this incident and told it to the young lady, most of which was probably not good in his heart. ”
Mu Yan was stunned, he didn't expect there to be such a story in the harem.
"As a result, you must already know, Miss. Of course, His Majesty didn't want to, and then it didn't take long for the mother of the third prince to die of illness, and she gave birth to the seventh prince in October after Xia, favored the harem, and sat on the throne of the queen. The head of the family has tried to dissuade him many times, but to no avail. The matter has come to this point, and the head of the family is helpless. Although the Ming Kingdom dominates the Three Kingdoms, the Snow Country has been coveting the territory of the Ming Kingdom for many years. The mother of the third prince is the princess of the Snow Country, and after this incident, the Snow Country completely broke with the Ming Kingdom and was ready to attack in the vast snow-capped mountains. ”
"They want to rebel?" Mu Yan was surprised.
"Hmm!" Hongluan nodded indifferently. "I've always had ambitions, but this time it's just a complete showdown with the matter of the three princesses and concubines. ”
Mu Yan was a little stunned, "Then, is that going to be a war?"
Hongluan burst out laughing. After all, the Ming country has a century-old foundation, and the number of people in the snow country is small, and the war is not just ambitious. It is estimated that it will not be able to fight for a while. But...... I'm afraid that in the end, it can't be avoided. ”
Mu Yan lay on the table in a daze, she really hadn't experienced war. But it's not a good thing to think about, so it's better not to happen in her lifetime!
"Ah!" As if remembering something, Mu Yan said again: "You just said that grandpa predicted that the summer queen would bring disaster to the Ming Kingdom, and it was because of her appearance that the third princess and concubine died of illness?"
Hongluan shook her head, "Not only that, but the Queen of Summer is the princess of the Night Kingdom. The Night Kingdom is the weakest of the Three Kingdoms, and it is also the most indisputable country. It is because of this that we can protect ourselves and no one will crusade. But ......"
Hongluan wanted to speak and stopped, as if he was thinking about whether to say this. Mu Yan didn't have such a good patience, and kept urging. In the end, Hongluan was troubled, so he gritted his teeth and said: "But the head of the family once calculated that everything happened because of the summer queen." The death of the third princess and concubine is inevitable, this is understandable. Snow Country has been ambitious for many years, but it does not dare to send troops to rebel easily, because no one has the courage......! The head of the family calculated that a man would appear, because of hatred, because after the summer, he would rush out of the vast snow-capped mountains with thousands of troops and horses, and everywhere he went, blood flowed like rivers. ”
With a pause, Mu Yan stood up suddenly. Because of the suddenness of the action, he accidentally knocked over the teacup on the table, and the tea dripped along the edge of the table, ticking and hitting the ground, and also knocking on Mu Yan's heart.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Hongluan asked stunned when she saw Mu Yan's appearance.
A man......
Mu Yan was extremely flustered, because she knew that Hongluan's words were not nonsense, these stories were really not just stories!
And the story that Xia Hou told her at noon turned out to be true......! The story of the summer queen is only the first half. If it weren't for Hongluan's words, she would have thought that the story of the summer queen would have ended. Thinking about it now, I'm afraid that even Xia Hou herself doesn't know her own story, so there is a follow-up, right?