Chapter 5: The Princess and Shein
As the chief eunuch sang and harmonized, everyone in the hall got up to greet the visitor.
The middle-aged but still majestic emperor, the handsome and graceful monarch of the Star Kingdom, the beautiful and elegant Princess Shanruo, and the high-spirited Prince Mingze strode into the main hall.
Because the princess couldn't see, she was supported into the hall by the personal female officials Qiu Yu, the palace maids Shuang'er and Xue'er.
After several nobles sat down, Xia Qingning's eyes fell on Princess Shanruo. I saw that this princess was elegant and vulgar, her skin was delicate and delicate, her eyes were like a clear spring, and she had a light and noble temperament when she was looking forward to it, which made people ashamed of themselves at a glance. She was wearing a rose-red palace dress and a white gauze coat, which outlined her beautiful figure in layers of veil and mist. The long hair over the waist is scattered behind him, and in addition to a white jade hairpin on his head, there is only a sterling silver forehead ornament inlaid with pink crystals, which shines slightly, lining the skin more and more crystal clear, like a fairy who has been mortal for nine days.
He was horrified, "What the hell is going on? Both of them seem to be her, but they don't seem to be her!"
"Your Majesty Wan'an!" The Manchu Dynasty civil and military knelt on the ground and made a big salute.
The people of the immortal cultivation realm bowed and bowed.
The emperor was in a good mood and raised his hand and said, "Today is the day when Princess Shanruo concludes a good relationship. I specially invited my Great Xia magnates and immortal monarchs of the Immortal Cultivation Realm to testify and marry the princess to the Heavenly Star Kingdom. I hope that my Great Xia and Tianxing will cultivate together for a hundred years!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" the ministers shouted, and then got up in the Emperor's humble support, and returned to everyone.
After taking his seat, Xu Fei, who was wearing a dark blue embroidered crane pattern, looked back and forth between Chu Xiyin and Princess Shanruo. Thinking of the bewitching and beautiful woman I saw when I fell into the demon world a few months ago, and the days I had been obsessed with her, I couldn't help but have some knots in my mind. What the hell is going on? How can three people look exactly the same?
Also preoccupied with him are Chu Zezheng and Chu Mingdao, they are both immortal cultivators, so they naturally know that this kind of thing cannot be a coincidence. If they are the same age, they are probably suspected of having twins, but the difference between these two is at least a few years old. The princess is blind and speechless, and this thing is strange everywhere.
"Xiyin, look, you and the princess really look exactly the same!" Yunmeng, who was fast-talking, softly transmitted to Chu Xiyin.
There was no need for her to remind her, Chu Xiyin also saw it, her mind was in chaos, her chest didn't know why it was hot, and she felt very aggrieved and wanted to cry: Strange, why do I think Princess Shanruo is so kind, and there is a feeling of flesh and blood?
During the banquet, Chu Xiyin's eyes never left Princess Shanruo, and of course, the few people sitting on the top also noticed Chu Xiyin, and everyone looked stunned.
Qiu Yu told Princess Shanruo what she saw 1510, and Princess Shanruo was also curious about Chu Xiyin after hearing it.
While the people in the hall were enjoying the singing and dancing, Princess Shanruo instructed Xue'er to summon Chu Xiyin, and then went to the side hall under the pretext of changing clothes.
As soon as Chu Xiyin entered the side hall, a young man with a ruined appearance and a heroic guard greeted him. "Princess!"
Chu Xiyin was startled by Xue Yan's face, took two steps back, and then realized his faux pas, patted his chest and stopped moving.
Seeing their well-behaved manners, Xue'er couldn't help but snort and was happy, "Qiushan, Xue Yan, you recognize the wrong person, this is the young lady of the Chu family!"
Both of them were a little confused, obviously the face was right! But on closer inspection, they found that this girl was obviously younger than the princess, and she was lively and agile, not as quiet as their princess. Looking at it again, even the clothes are different, and it suddenly dawns on me that they really recognize the wrong person.
"This ......" both were shocked.
"Is she here?" Princess Shanruo entered the side hall with the support of autumn rain and frost.
The corners of Xue Yan's lips rose slightly, and the restraint on his face was finally betrayed by those eyes full of infatuation. It's a pity that the people in this hall either don't have their hearts on him, or they don't think about it at all.
Here, Chu Xiyin's eyes stared at Princess Shanruo without blinking, and her brain was short-circuited.
"She's right in front of you!" Shuang'er grabbed the words, you touched it, and while she spoke, she had already held Princess Shanruo's hand and touched Chu Xiyin, touching that extremely familiar face, Princess Shanruo was surprised for a while, "It really looks like touching my own face!"
Chu Xiyin stretched out his hand and gestured, "Isn't the princess visible?"
The little palace maids were stunned for a while, and they couldn't understand it at all, Qiu Yu was shocked, "The girl can't speak?"
Chu Xiyin nodded.
The hall is full of sighs, what a beautiful two women, why can't one speak, the other can't see!
I don't know why, Princess Shanruo felt distressed for a while, held Chu Xiyin's hand and told her with a smile, "We are similar, one is blind and the other is dumb!"
Chu Xiyin took out the blank talisman, bit his finger and drew a few strokes on it, and then gently pushed it into Princess Shanruo's body. "It's called the Spirit Talisman, and I realized it a few days ago, and with it you can hear what I'm talking about. ”
Although the other party gestured for a while, Princess Shanruo couldn't see it, and the others couldn't understand it, but with the talisman, Princess Shanruo still heard the voice in Chu Xiyin's heart. The corners of her lips rose slightly, "I heard you speak, this talisman is so good!"
Under the service of Qiu Yu, Princess Shanruo pulled Chu Xiyin to sit down, Shuang'er was busy making tea, and Xue'er stood to the side and waited for orders.
"Let me take the liberty of asking, how old are you, Miss Chu?" Princess Shanruo's gentle and gentle voice sounded, warming people's hearts like a spring breeze.
Chu Xiyin's heart moved, and Princess Shanruo received her answer, "Fifteen!" The voice was crisp, like a yellow warbler out of the valley.
Princess Shanruo smiled slightly, "I'm 18 years old this year, three years older than you!"
Then Frost returned, filled them with tea, and then stood quietly watching them.
Xue Yan looked at these two identical women with thoughts in his mind. He didn't believe that there were people like this in the world, and that both of them were flawed. Thinking of this, he tugged on Akiyama's arm and pulled him out of the side hall.
The two walked to the bottom of the porch, and Xue Yan confirmed that there were no others around before he spoke, "Qiu Shan, didn't you say that you would take me to the palace library before leaving?"
"Why are you still thinking about this?" Akiyama was a little impatient and a little speechless at the same time.
"Okay Akiyama, you can take me to see it, okay?" Xue Yan put his elbow on Akiyama's shoulder, playing a scoundrel for the first time. Coupled with his ruined appearance, how funny and cute he looks.
"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you!" Akiyama couldn't help but soften when he saw the other party's disfigured appearance, and led the way directly, and someone got his wish, and followed behind.
The library in the palace was tightly guarded, and as soon as they arrived, they were reprimanded by the guards, "Who is it?"
"I am the personal guard of Her Royal Highness Princess Akiyama, the princess is about to marry away tomorrow, I want to take a few books with me, and relieve my boredom on the way. ”
"Oh, let's get in, then!" the guard moved out of the way.
Akiyama lied to the guards seriously, "Xue Yan, come in!" We are illiterate, you can show the princess what stories she likes to hear, and go back to tell her highness the princess." ”
"Okay!" Xue Yan couldn't help but laugh and strode into the library with Akiyama in a grand manner.
Entering the library pavilion, Akiyama rested under the pillar on the side, "Hurry up, I'll rest for a while!"
Xue Yan also knew that he had to hurry up, so he followed the names of the books written on the bookshelf and began to look for the books he needed. But after looking for a long time and still finding nothing, he frowned and sighed in his heart, "It seems that the princess's matter can't be solved, so you can only take care of yourself first." ”
He was a monk, and if he hadn't been victimized by an adulterer, he wouldn't have disfigured his face. Now, in addition to wanting to hold grace and stay by Princess Shanruo's side, all he has left is revenge. As long as the princess marries the Celestial Star Kingdom, everything is safe, he will leave. But before leaving, he had to find a way to improve his cultivation so that he could seek revenge on that man. That person's cultivation is profound, and if he practices step by step, he may never be able to defeat that person, but if he takes a shortcut, he believes that he still has a chance.
He had heard that there were a lot of secret forbidden books in the library in the palace, and this was his chance.
After looking around for a while, he was suddenly attracted by a "Ghost Dao Technique". I remember that five years ago, he accidentally touched this book in the study at home, and his mother was angry and not only punished him for kneeling all night, but also burned the book in front of him.
Her mother once said, "The ghost path spell can improve people's cultivation the most quickly, but it is also the most vulnerable to backlash, and the slightest mistake will end up in a state of annihilation." Mu Han, the ancestor of the Mu family who founded this work, ended up dead without a corpse. Yan'er, although this strange book was written by the ancestor of our Mu family, it has always been regarded as a taboo in the family, do you understand?"
A sarcastic smile overflowed from the corners of his lips, and he went around and around, and he actually got this book again. It's really fate, maybe everything is destined by God!
Xue Yan took the book out of the wooden box, and the thin silk scroll was stuffed into his arms and placed close to him. Then he turned back to the shelves of books on folk legends and customs, and randomly pulled out a few books and walked to Akiyama.
Here, after the palace banquet ended, Chu Xiyin and the others walked out of the palace gate and went straight to the inn. Xia Qingning relied on his cultivation in his infancy to secretly follow the Chu family all the way into the inn and hide around them.
Since leaving the palace, Chu Xiyin has been depressed, and his heart has turned a thousand times.
He summoned his own sword Hanlu, and wanted to kill Chu Xiyin, but seeing Chu Xiyin's slightly sad appearance, he couldn't do it anyway. He closed his eyes, turned around and disappeared into the inn, and when he reappeared, he had already arrived at Princess Shanruo's bedchamber.
Princess Shanruo wore her hair loose and had a faint moisture on her body, and she was dressed in a snow-white bedrobe and the palace maids wrung out her ink-like wet hair with a handkerchief.
"Princess, we have to hurry tomorrow, you better rest early!"
Princess Shanruo sighed, her eyes full of sorrow, "I can't come back after I leave!"
"Do you regret going to kiss?" Qiu Yu held her hand and lay on her knee, her eyes full of distress and helplessness. It's pitiful enough that their princess can't look at them, but they still have to go and kiss, alas!
Princess Shanruo smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I can help Ming Ze sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince and avoid the suffering of war between the people of the two countries, and I, a blind man, can be regarded as a good life." ”