I was forced to marry

This season the pear blossoms are very good, the peach groves are easy to find, but the pear blossom bushes are rare. The hill is connected to a stream, and the stream is full of pure white pear blossoms.

The music of the hole flute has always been very gentle, but tonight I don't know whether it is for the night or for the person playing the flute, it has a bit of a sad meaning, and the listeners feel melancholy and unspeakable.

Bai Xiyu stood under the pear tree on a small hill, his white clothes were blown by the evening wind, and the flute sounded continuously.

After the song was over, he gently retracted the flute, and said without looking sideways, "I often think, if the prince hadn't rescued me from the small watchtower when I was a child, we would not have met without conspiracy, and without those What will happen to me and him in the peaceful years?"

"Are you regretting it?" Luo Shaojin held a sword and stood beside him in a green dress. Many white pear blossom petals fell on his shoulders, smudged the cold white of his body.

Bai Xiyu turned his head to look at this young man who was slightly superior to him, raised the corners of his mouth rarely, but said: "You don't want to face General Luo, do you regret it?"

Luo Shaojin looked at the endless mountain in front of him, with a look of loneliness on his handsome moon face, "If what my father did was right, I would obey, but...but, I will not let my father be blamed, If there is any guilt, I will bear it myself."

"You are a good son, but since ancient times, loyalty, filial piety, and love have been difficult to have both."

"My mother left early, and I only have my father as a blood relative. It's hard to have both, but it doesn't mean you can't have both." Luo Shaojin said quietly.

Bai Xiyu smiled indifferently, "Yes, but there are always some things that can't be both." After speaking, Luo Shaojin frowned and looked at him, but he heard him say: "Speaking of this matter, your father is not entirely wrong, it's just the prince. ...However, I can see that Xiao Yue cares about you as a subordinate very much."

Luo Shaojin pursed his thin lips, thinking of something, and there was warmth in his gloomy eyes, "Your Highness is naturally good, but such a Highness may really not be able to make decisive decisions and unify the world, but..."

But what, Luo Shaojin didn't say, both he and Bai Xiyu understood.

Moreover, Luo Shaojin felt that in his 14 years of life, only the time spent with Xiao Yue was worthwhile.Especially, he likes it very much, the way Xiao Yue holds his arms with both hands, smiling.

At the end, Luo Shaojin withdrew his mind and asked Bai Xiyu: "Is Li Yuanjing really the emperor's son?"

Bai Xiyu stroked the flute and said, "Don't you know tomorrow, the human skin on the prince's back has fallen into your father's hands, and you even confessed to him with a drop of blood."

"We don't know the contents of that human skin until now. When you showed it to us, didn't you show it to father's eyeliner on purpose?" Luo Shaojin said, with some anger in his eyes, but Bai Xiyu still used green onion His fingers lightly caressed the hole flute in his arms.

"Xiyu, when the sect master found out Li Yuanjing's identity, you deliberately spread the news that he was Su Jie's son to confuse the public, right. You didn't want the sect master and me to know about Li Yuanjing's true identity, right? You said that on purpose, and you want to show my father's doubts, so that you can solve it, right?"

Luo Shaojin's questioning words still didn't make Bai Xiyu have any unnecessary expressions, he just said: "Shaojin, do you know why I chose Xiao Yue?"

Luo Shaojin was puzzled, turned his head to look at him, but heard him say: "Xiao Yue said that he doesn't like fighting, and he doesn't want to unify the world. In fact, such a world is so good. The countries have nothing to do with each other. Why must they be unified? Isn’t it good to have traveled all over the world.”

Luo Shaojin was a little surprised by these words.In my impression, Bai Xiyu almost never spoke in such a sad tone.

"Great Zhou was the overlord of the world hundreds of years ago, and the only country in the Central Plains. After the world was divided, it was as if a curse had been injected into the blood of the subjects of Da Zhou, and they vowed to complete the unification of the world. Maybe your father felt that at the time. It is difficult for Xiao Yue to take on the big job, so he thought about pushing the prince to the throne."

Luo Shaojin's complexion was not very good, and his handsome face was sullen, "You have gone around so many circles and done so many things, but you still can't stop Li Yuanjing. Li Yuanjing's ambition is not limited to Nanchu, just like I have never been able It's like stopping my father, my father told me since I was a child, Da Zhou will definitely unify the world again and shock the world."

Bai Xiyu looked at him, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, his voice was unusually soft, "You are still young, and you have already made such a plan, when you grow up, there are few people in this world who can match you .”

"Whether Li Yuanjing is the emperor's child or not, if we really want to unify, I only hope that person is His Highness." Luo Shaojin looked ahead, his voice neither soft nor heavy.

Bai Xiyu glanced at him, but said nothing, the emotion in his eyes was incomprehensible to anyone.He only looked up at the night sky, but saw a few white pigeons flying in the sky, so he said calmly: "It's started, no, it's about to end."

******

The next day, Xiao Yue woke up in this dilapidated room in the cold palace, touched Yuan Bei's forehead, and checked his injuries by the way, but fortunately there was no fever, and the wound was not infected.

"This news has to be told to Mu Sheng, so that he can let go of the hatred that you almost killed him in the desert that night." Xiao Yue half-squatting and looking at Yuan Bei who has woken up, tilted his head and smiled.

"Hmph, I'm blind!" Yuan Bei still responded harshly.

If he hadn't saved himself, Xiao Yue would have thought that he was still the prince who almost put himself in a boiling water pot in Beiliu.

"Why, changed sex?" Xiao Yue asked, although Yuan Bei saved him, he should be grateful, but he had to figure out why, no matter what, Yuan Bei was still his number one public enemy a few days ago.

Yuan Bei turned his head and said unwillingly: "I came to Jing'an to look for you this time, just to tell you about the conspiracy of Li Yuanjing and Luo Hong. When I was in Nanchu, I knew that the emperor of Nanchu died suddenly. According to the news, it was Li Yuanjing who did it, and the Southern Chu court has completely surrendered to him, and they came prepared to pay their respects to the Great Zhou this time."

"If Li Yuanjing gains a firm foothold in the Great Zhou and becomes the emperor of the Great Zhou in the future, I, Beiliu, must be the first target he wants to attack. Last time Luo Hong used you to severely injure me, Beiliu, and now Beiliu can't stand the torment. And, if it were you, in my father's eyes, you are much easier to deal with than Li Yuanjing."

Speaking of this, Yuan Bei's eyes were dim, and his fists were tightly clenched.Xiao Yue could tell that he still cared about Bei Liu, otherwise, he wouldn't have let go of his hatred for him just like that, but this last sentence still didn't forget to hurt himself.

"I'm worried that your bet will be wrong. My father's wish is to rule the world, and Li Yuanjing can quickly do it for him. If they lose a letter, your plan will also fail." Xiao Yue said embarrassingly.

Yuan Bei spat, and said angrily, "Fart, when I was in Beiliu, my father said that Dongyu would never surrender to Dazhou. Dongyu and Western Jin are relatives by marriage. The two countries are self-contained, and they are no different from Southern Chu." It's unity in terrain."

"Why doesn't Dong Yu submit to Da Zhou?"

Yuan Bei rolled his eyes at Xiao Yue, "How can there be such a stupid person like you. As the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, don't you know that decades ago, when Dongyu's secret operations were rampant, all countries were disturbed. You almost took advantage of the gap to become the lord of the world. It was your ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty who broke their dreams, which caused Dongyu to be so depressed and weak. Surrender?"

Xiao Yue closed his eyes, the world is too chaotic, and he has learned too little.

"Forget it, let's talk about it after today, no matter what, thank you very much." After speaking, Xiao Yue stroked Fu Yuanbei's shoulder, and then got up.

"Where are you going?" Yuan Bei propped himself up and asked.

Xiao Yue turned his head and smiled, then looked at Qian Yugu who was waiting outside the house holding a folding fan, and then said: "Go to court."

The crown prince hadn't appeared in front of the officials since the birthday banquet, and there were all kinds of speculations in the civil and military affairs of the court. Now that Xiao Yue was standing in the hall with no missing arms or legs, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Come to think of it, compared to Li Yuanjing, a violent man who came out of thin air, the courtiers still liked him, the gentle little prince who was born and bred.

When Emperor Jingwen saw Xiao Yue, he didn't hesitate too much, and even couldn't help showing some concern in his eyes.

Looking around the entire court, everyone was present, including Luo Hong, but Li Yuanjing was the only one missing.

"Prince, why are you here?" Emperor Jing Wen leaned on the dragon chair and squinted at him.

When Xiao Yue heard about it, he knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Jingwen again.After kowtowing, he straightened his back.When looking at Emperor Jingwen, there were tears in his eyes, "Father, what crime did the mother commit?"

Emperor Jingwen frowned, his expression suddenly severe, "What nonsense?"

"I went to the palace to visit my mother last night, and saw that the Duanfeng Palace was very depressed, and there was no one around my mother to serve me, so I dared to disobey my father's will and come to ask." Xiao Yue kowtowed again, There was a hint of sob in his voice.The message to Emperor Jingwen is, I think about my father so much, how can you be so cruel to my mother.

After saying that, the civil and military discussions of the Manchu Dynasty were full of controversy. After a while, I don't know who started it. I think it was suppressed for a long time. Finally, for the first time, he began to openly tell Emperor Jingwen how bad his behavior has been these days. OK.

As soon as one person starts, seconders follow one after another.

And Luo Hong didn't know why, he didn't make a sound all the time, standing on the head of the generals like a god statue.

The whole hall is full of people, except for himself, no one knows what Luo Hong has done.How could this man be the father of such a beautiful and caring subordinate of mine?

"Enough!" Emperor Jingwen finally couldn't help shouting, because someone in the crowd was muttering in a loud voice: It's hard to say whether Li Yuanjing is the emperor's son, and the evidence is only a few. The woman's statement has no physical evidence at all.

There is also the ancient method of recognizing relatives with a drop of blood, and it is even more difficult to determine whether it is effective or not.What's more, an ancient book once said that although there are many people in this world, there are only a few types of blood.People with the same blood type can fuse even if they are not close relatives.

Xiao Yue looked at Emperor Jingwen's face, thinking about these words, he heard them extremely harshly.But I have to say that this person is quite right.

Xiao Yue's focus was on Luo Hong, and Luo Hong's face was still solemn and majestic, as if he was not affected by the words in the hall at all.

It was only after everyone had quarreled for a while that Luo Hong finally said, "Your Majesty!"

His voice is very special, like a big bell ringing on the top of a mountain, upright and straight, it doesn't seem like... well, seeing is not believing.

Luo Hong made a sound, and everyone looked at him with breathless concentration.After he came out of the queue, he bowed his hands to Emperor Jingwen, and then said: "I have a letter here, which was taken from Li Yuanjing's back. I only learned of such a thing recently, so I got it too late."

Emperor Jingwen got up suddenly, pointed at Luo Hong and said, "Is this written in the long-lost ink of Dongyu?" Staring at the thin human skin spread out in Luo Hong's hand, Emperor Jingwen had already walked a few steps away. down.

"Father, this thing was originally taken down by Xi Yu. It is said that Li Yuanjing is the son of Su Jie, who was dropped by Mrs. Su with the former Concubine Yi. It is a pity that Su Jie returned to Linchuan, otherwise he could be taken away." If you call me, I will confess my relatives with a drop of blood."

Xiao Yue stared at the human skin with a sudden and unexpected look.

Luo Hong didn't say anything, he just acted indifferently that I only do things for the emperor and don't care about anything else.

There were chattering voices in the middle of the court again, Xiao Yue looked at Emperor Jingwen's expression and knew that he didn't know about such a thing.Neither Luo Hong nor Feng Wei told him.

"How can I see the characters on it?" Emperor Jingwen took the things in Luo Hong's hand and asked in a low voice.

"Go back to the emperor, just put it on the mahogany."

Xiao Yue watched along with the trend, his palms were gradually sweating, how could it easily fall into Luo Hong's hands because Xi Yu was so fancy about this thing?How did Luo Hong know this thing?And what is written on it, Luo Hong dared to show it in front of Emperor Jingwen, could it be that Li Yuanjing is really Emperor Jingwen's child?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yue also looked at the mahogany table brought in, watching Emperor Jingwen gently put the human skin down.

When I had this human skin in my hand, I didn't have time to look at it because I didn't have a mahogany thing beside me. Now, I'm interested.

It's just that when everyone in the hall held their breath and stared at the human skin, a gust of wind rose up in the hall, blowing up the light thing that just fell on the table.

Xiao Yue saw that the wind was so magical that he actually floated the human skin to the candle that was lit at the corner of the hall.

"Quick!" Emperor Jingwen yelled, Luo Hong raised his hand to grab it, but Xiao Yue was faster than them, but he was still a step behind, and the human skin slapped and burned wildly on the candle.

The thing thinner than rice paper turned into fly ash in the blink of an eye.But under the light of the candlelight for a moment, Xiao Yue saw a few large characters displayed above.

Before everyone had time to digest the sudden change, they saw a cold and colorless young man in white clothes standing in the hall at some point holding a flute.

The author has something to say: Actually, I have been thinking about how thin the wings are.