Chapter 5: Hidden Eyebrows: Xie Bo and Gina
The only real occupants of the Wave-Riding Lion are Crown Prince Morris' family.
Hidden Eyebrows hadn't seen Remassa much since she was mentioned to the Temple at the Top of the Storm by the Emissary of the Gods. He was never on the ship during the day, only in the middle of the night, he would come to the room to see her, and according to Xie Bo, who never slept at night, Remassa always appeared at two or three o'clock in the morning, mostly standing at the door for a while and leaving, and occasionally he would come in and sit by her bed.
"Idile, the Duke of Gonledi has fallen in love with you. Gina said with a smile. She was a slave bought by the Aaron family and given to the Morris family, and has always lived in Red Palm Bay, never setting foot in the territory of the Morris city-state. Hidden Eyebrows discovers that people living in Red Palm Bay like to call Remassa Duke, while the Aarons and the rest of the city-states like to call him Crown Prince Morris.
Gina tells Hidden Eyebrows that when she and Remassa are officially married, Gina will be able to live in the city-state of Morris with Hidden Eyebrows as a dowry maid.
Every time Gina said this, no one agreed with her, because Xie Bo never took the initiative to talk to Yin Xinmei about men and women, and Yin Xinmei was very disgusted with marrying a strange crown prince who was eight years younger than herself. But she was very careful to hide her emotions, firstly because this was the territory of the Morris family, and secondly, she was really grateful to Remassa, and she did not want him to feel ungrateful.
However, Xie Bo discovered her thoughts, and she looked inquiringly at the hidden face, "Idile, don't you like Crown Prince Morris?"
"Of course not. I think he's a hero by nature, but," replied helplessly, and now she was sitting in a rocking chair in every possible way, playing with a fan embroidered with swallow bones, and picking off the gold thread rose buds on it, "It's just that he's much younger than me, and I'm really not familiar with him at all, and I haven't spoken a few words to him at all." ”
"Don't tell anyone else this," Xie Bo looked around alarmingly, "Idile, you don't know, it's an insult to you to mention his age to a Morris man. ”
"I thought it would be insulting to only mention her age to the lady. Yin Xinmei said in surprise.
"The people of Morris, or most of the men of the Free City-States, are convinced that their prowess will not diminish in the slightest by their youth or old age," said Scipo, smiling as if he said, "Idilai would be regarded as a curse by them if he said so. ”
"What a strange Morris, but," Hidden Eyebrow felt tight, reaching for her corset, "I do hear that Remassa has been married for several years. ”
"Crown Prince Morris is already the father of a two-year-old child, and he already has three concubines. ”
"I can't believe it!" Hidden Eyebrows let out a low exclamation, "Are the three women in pink petticoats I saw on deck yesterday his concubines?"
"You're right. Xie Bo noticed that Yin Xinmei's face was flushed, "Idile, are you out of breath, let me help you untie your corset...... Ah, Gina tied your rope too tightly!"
"Xie Bo, I want to wear a cuirass or chain mail, and trousers," Yin Xin looked at the heavy blue velvet embroidered dress on her body in disgust, and the huge skirt that made her walk like a penguin, "I don't like this dress, it's too uncomfortable to wear." Not to mention that the neckline was so low, and the corset made me want to vomit. ”
"You can't wear armor or anything like that on the Wave Treading Lion, but," Xie Bo took out a lady's jacket from the carved crimson wardrobe and handed it to Yin Xinmei, "if you really feel uncomfortable, wear this jacket." ”
Yin Xinmei took a look at it, it was a cat's eye green plain velvet jacket arranged in a spiral pattern, the dress was well-made, but she still thought the glittering style and the large amount of gold and silver thread sewn on the collar and cuffs, and the hem decorated with gold lace looked a little tacky.
But this one is much better than the other jackets in the wardrobe embroidered with flowers, birds and plants, studded with diamonds and enamel. She didn't want to be embarrassed, so she put it on without saying a word.
"Idile is really perfect for these neat short jackets that frame the line, and I think that's why Crown Prince Morris was attracted to you. Xie Bo's eyes sincerely admired the waist and leg lines of the hidden eyebrows.
"What do you think?" Yin Xinmei snuggled the thread on her body listlessly, feeling that her tone of voice today was particularly similar to Gina, "I am willing to change with you at any time, I am not ready to get married at all, I thought that I would not end my life." ”
"Not every woman is as deserving of a husband as you are," Hidden Eyebrow noticed that Xie Bo's face was flushed, "He is so in awe of the Eternal King, so his wedding night with Idrilai must have been a great one." ”
Yin Xinmei was drinking black tea, and when she heard this, she almost squirted, and she found that Xie Bo's face was as red as a sunset, which she had never seen in the past few days.
"She doesn't like Remassa, does she?" Hidden Eyebrow was shocked by this discovery, so she asked tentatively, "If you were asked to marry her, would you be willing?"
"No, Crown Prince Morris is the husband that the Eternal King has prepared for Idrilei," said Xie Bo with a blushing face, his tone firm, "and if anyone else dares to be his wife, he will be damned." ”
"What if you become a concubine?"
The daughters of the house of Aaron were not to be concubines, or they would be taken outside the temple and stoned to death. Xie Bo's eyes flashed with steely determination.
This topic made her unhappy, so she didn't ask anymore, she had no feelings for Remassa, but she could understand this lack of feelings.
"It's like I miss hey, and I know that it misses me, and I know where it is. But we will never see each other again in this life. ”
We can't ask too much of a twenty-four-year-old woman who hasn't been in a relationship yet, but luckily Yin Xinmei uses unrequited love as a metaphor for missing mounts, and only she knows about it, otherwise we think that she should be the one who was thrown a stone.
Every evening, Sheppo returns to the temple at the top of the storm to attend the evening burnt offerings, a custom she says the Yarons have practiced for thousands of years.
"I am a Hidden Lotus, of course I should also go to offer burnt offerings, I will go with you. Yin Xinmei stood up and wanted to go with her.
Xie Bo was surprised by her sudden request, and then smiled approvingly, "That's right, of course Idrilai will attend the burnt offering and sin offering to the Eternal King. But you have to tell Crown Prince Morris first, and with his permission I can take you there. ”
"Well, if he comes tonight, I'll ask him. ”