Chapter Twenty-Three: Langxi Escapes from Marriage
"What do you mean by that?" Lin Zaifeng looked at Jin Chen in surprise: "Who sent you?"
"No one," the latter smiled: "Lord Wang, you need contemptible people, and contemptible people will come." β
"You ......"
"I guess what the prince wants to know most is not where they are now, but who Nie Xiuhe is. β
"He's a slave bought by his father," Lin Zaifeng sighed, "Isn't this matter obvious?"
"Oh?" Jin Chen lowered his voice, "Then why did Zeng Yiren say it so unclearly?"
"What do you know?"
"Lord Wang, have you heard that you also have a younger brother named Lin Siche?" Jin Chen patted Lin Zaifeng's shoulder: "Lord Wang, he is not dead, Bao and Wang let him grow up safely by your side." β
"What!"
"The one who died in his place was the younger brother of Lord Zeng. β
Lin Zaifeng hid Jin Chen in the palace, in fact, he didn't think about it...... How could his father hand over Lin Siche so easily.
If what Jin Chen said is true...... He knew what Nie Xiuhe wanted to do, but he couldn't stop it.
Su Zili listened to the words of the head of the Yuqian Dao and went to Qianyu Town near Nanxi alone; In the Longhu Tavern in Qianyu Town, she finally found Nie Xiuhe, who she hadn't seen for a long time.
Or rather, it's Lin Siche.
Lin Siche had already changed out of the coarse cloth clothes that only slaves worn, and he had freshened up cleanly, and now his appearance was somewhat similar to Lin Zaifeng.
"This son," I don't know when, Su Zili had already walked to Nie Xiuhe's side, holding back the tears in her eyes: "Do you know a person named Nie Xiuhe?"
Nie Xiuhe turned his head in surprise when he heard this, met Su Zili's tearful eyes, and trembled excitedly: "Zili! It's you! You're still alive!"
β...... Xiuhe!" Su Zili cried aggrievedly, and Nie Xiuhe on the side hurriedly hugged her.
"Great...... Are you okay......" Nie Xiuhe choked up: "Are you okay......"
"Xiuhe......" Su Zili looked at Nie Xiuhe with tears in her eyes: "Can I stay by your side?"
"This ......" Nie Xiuhe hesitated and said, "However, the Zeng Yi people have been looking for my handle recently, and I haven't been able to protect your ......."
"I know......" Su Zili wiped her tears: "But then what should I do? Liuli Pavilion can't go back......
"It's better to ......" Nie Xiuhe thought for a while: "You go to Shen Langxi, Shen Langxi is friendly with the prince, Meng Xiu and others, and he will definitely protect you." β
β...... Good...... However, I am afraid of bringing danger to Sister Shen. Su Zili said hesitantly.
"That's the prince's monk," Nie Xiuhe patted Su Zili's shoulder and comforted, "It's okay." β
Su Zili nodded, and reluctantly prepared to leave: "Okay." β
Nie Xiuhe watched Su Zili leave, and not long after, a person walked out of the room not far away......
"She agreed?" Zeng Yiren, who had just appeared, interrupted Nie Xiuhe's thoughts: "Lin Siche?"
"Huh?" Nie Xiuhe reacted: "Hmm...... She promised to go and meet Shen Langxi. β
"Not bad," Zeng Yiren smiled: "You did a good job, Lin Siche, you will succeed." β
Shen Langxi and Lin Zaifeng sent people to investigate Su Zili's whereabouts, but to no avail.
Until one day, Su Zili appeared outside Linlang Pavilion with a peach heart.
"Zili!" Shen Langxi cried with joy, and hurriedly welcomed Su Zili into his pavilion.
"Sister Shen," Su Zili hugged Shen Langxi tightly, and the moment she saw Shen Langxi, the hardships and hardships of the past few days turned into peace of mind.
"Where have you been recently?" Shen Langxi took Su Zili's hand and sat on the bed, looking at her distressedly: "You have lost weight." β
"Sister......" Su Zili looked at Shen Langxi like this, and became sad for a while: "I went to see the Taoist chief of Yuqian and lived in the Taoist temple......
"The Taoist temple is bitter," Shen Langxi sighed: "Something like this happened suddenly, and I couldn't find you again, and I died in a hurry...... Thank you too much. β
"It's not hard," Su Zili hurriedly smiled: "It's just...... I'm afraid I'm going to trouble my sister for a while. β
"What's this," Shen Langxi said embarrassedly, "It's just...... Would you like to stay with King Anping?"
"This ...... Sister, what's the difficulty?" Su Zili wondered.
"In a few days, I'll be married. β
"What? This man is ...... Lord Meng?"
"No," Shen Langxi smiled helplessly: "It's Lord An Zhongning." β
In the few months that Su Zili left, the capital was not peaceful. First, Li De'an was poisoned and died, and then the new champion Meng Lang was killed and died tragically...... Meng Lang was Meng Xiu's cousin, and as soon as this incident came out, the emperor was furious.
But whether it is Xu Yingke or An Zhongning, they have never had a clue. In the end, Xu Yingke directly called himself sick, and all the burden fell on An Zhongning's head......
It was at this time that the county lord of Tingxue asked Shen Langxi to agree to An Zhongning's marriage contract.
Shen Langxi had no choice but to tearfully agree......
"How can this be?" Su Zili was both surprised and angry: "Could it be that she can decide a person's life at will?"
"What can I ......" Shen Langxi smiled bitterly: "My life was originally given by King Anping, and I should obey the words of the county lord." β
"But ......"
"Besides, he doesn't love me......" Shen Langxi looked at Su Zili's eyes and said word by word: "Besides, he doesn't love me, Zili." β
Sometimes I envy you......
Su Zili looked blankly at Shen Langxi to try out the wedding dress, and knew it for the first time...... It turns out that some people's lives are really predestined.
The freedom that you disdain the most is not shared by everyone.
On the day An Zhongning and Shen Langxi got married, Meng Xiu looked blankly at the purse that Shen Langxi gave him...... He couldn't bear to open it.
When he saw Shen Langxi being carried into Anfu, Meng Xiu opened it tremblinglyβinside was a poem:
"Half a paper is free of tears, and a lifetime is like a jade face;
Ask you what you have to do, and you have the old popularity. β
A sudden and violent pain in my heart......
"Meng Xiu, do you have any wishes?"
"There are only two long-cherished wishes in my life," the young man at that time was full of spirit: "One is to be able to return to his hometown, and the other is to be able to cry freely!"
At that time, Meng Xiu saw a small figure behind the screen eavesdropping, got up to look, and saw a girl with a beautiful face leaving shyly......
It was the palace of King Wurong at that time......
"Is it you?" Meng Xiu suddenly became deeply sad, and rushed to An Zhongning's face: "Shen Langxi, let me see her!"
"What kind of nerves are you!" An Zhongning pushed Meng Xiu away in annoyance: "It's not that she didn't ask you, it was you who pushed her away with your own hands!"
"That's not the case," Meng Xiu said in a panic, "It's her, she's her! she knows everything......"
"Oh no, my lord," the attendant suddenly ran out: "Miss Shen Langxi is missing, and in the sedan chair is a maid who has been knocked unconscious!"