chronicle of court survival

The moment Yan Mu saw that face, his face turned pale, and he didn't dare to sit down anymore.With the whip in his hand retracted behind his back, he stood up and hurriedly knelt down: "I have seen Your Majesty."

Majesty, Your Majesty?

The maid, who was already on the verge of falling, was as thin as a piece of paper at this moment, her eyes were terrified, and she prostrated herself on the ground, not daring to get up at all.

Lou Guanxue smiled, "Shizi Yan hasn't answered Gu's words yet."

Yan Mu gritted his teeth, with deep fear in his eyes. He has been in the capital for so long, but even with the backing of the queen mother and king regent, he still dare not provoke Lou Guanxue.Because Lou Guanxue wants to kill someone, no one can stop her.This lunatic is moody, violent and sinister, and the means of torturing people are even more frightening.

Yan Mu bit his lip, suppressed his viciousness, and lowered his head to explain to himself: "Your Majesty, the East China Sea shark pearl is a treasure that the Yan family obtained in the battle of Tongtianzhihai in the Divine Palace. It is extremely precious. This maid is The minister who is most suspected of stealing the pearl is not willing to let her go."

Xia Qing awkwardly withdrew her hand and touched the cold relic. Hearing Yan Mu's words, she was shocked and speechless for a moment—is it so precious that you just gave it to a woman? !

Lou Guanxue nodded, her tone was lazy: "Is it something from the shrine? It is indeed precious."

Yan Mu looked at Xia Qing viciously again: "As for this young man, I suspect that he and this maidservant are in the same group."

Xia Qing: "?"

Yan Mu said: "He was brought by Wei Liuguang. Wei Liuguang has always been at odds with me! I suspect that he is deliberately helping this maid!"

Xia Qing: "..."

Lou Guanxue didn't feel any emotion after hearing these words, she tilted her head, and her smile deepened: "Are you from Wei Liuguang?"

Xia Qing held back for a long time, and said stiffly, "No."

Lou Guanxue's peach blossom eyes always look at people with a hint of tenderness when she smiles: "Then why did you come here?" It's just that although he smiled, his eyes fell on Xia Qing's face, but they were as cold as a thin knife against the skin .

The questions asked are equally critical.

Xia Qing knew it would be no good to come in and run into him.

He is not by nature a person who likes to hide his words vaguely. He shrank his hands into his sleeves and said in silence for a moment: "I rescued a young man outside and was asked by him to come in to find his grandfather. Wei Liuguang met him by the way, so so."

"En." Lou Guanxue nodded,

Yan Mu knelt on the ground and everyone was stunned.

Although he has been walking around Lou Guanxue and hasn't come into contact with her a few times, no one in the entire Chu Kingdom knows the character of His Majesty.Apart from killing people, when would Lou Guanxue talk to an outsider like this?

There was a stalemate inside the house, and there was a sudden noise outside.

Screams and howls stained the decadent Fengyue with panic.

"My Xuanjia! My Xuanjia!" It was the madam who was crying out of breath, her voice was hoarse, as if she would die in the next second.

The singing stopped, and the noise suddenly broke out.

"Dead, dead!"

"What happened?"

Guinu ran downstairs with a torch in his hands, and the girls also came out holding pipas and konghou to look down.

The sound of rain was pattering, accompanied by Wei Liuguang's exasperated voice: "Who did it!"

Xia Qing was stunned, something happened to Xuanjia?

Yan Mu didn't care about Xuanjia in his heart now, he was afraid that Lou Guanxue, the evil god, would suddenly go crazy, and he noticed that Lou Guanxue's attitude towards the young man was unusual, so he immediately begged for mercy and said, "Of course, it's also... possible I made a mistake, the Shark Pearl was not given to Xuanjia, but to someone else. I should go back and think about it."

Lou Guanxue looked down at him for a while, then smiled lazily: "Then you really have to think about it."

Yan Mu couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind, he was flustered and flustered.

Fortunately, this unpredictable emperor didn't pay him too much attention. He turned his head and said to the gray-robed boy next to him, "Gu will take you to the theater."

Xia Qing: "???"

I really like watching movies that much?

Xia Qing had had enough of him.

He didn't respond, bent down to help the old man up, and said to the maid: "Go, take me to the doctor in the building."

The maid did not dare to raise her head without the emperor's order.

Xia Qing squatted, staring at her quietly for a long time, seeing her trembling and tearing, she lowered her head, sighed inwardly, and looked up at Lou Guanxue.

Lou Guanxue received his gloomy gaze, smiled slightly, and said in a good mood, "Get up."

Yan Mu was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, his legs became numb after kneeling for a while, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The maid then wiped her tears and hurried to help the old man.

After all, she is a woman, with a thin body and insufficient strength.

Xia Qing helped her.

"Thank you benefactor." The girl's eyes were almost swollen like walnuts tonight.

There is a dedicated doctor in Fengyue Tower, which is in a remote wing in the backyard.

When Xia Qing went downstairs, he happened to catch a glimpse of Wei Liuguang standing in the heavy rain, gnashing his teeth and furiously, obviously very angry.Wu Yangyang stood next to a group of people, holding torches and whispering to each other.

The old man's drowsy cough brought Xia Qing back to his senses. His fingers subconsciously touched the middle of the old man's body, as if he was about to breathe in the next second, but after he finished his movements, he stayed where he was in a daze.

What is he doing?

Xia Qing shook his head and retracted his hand, helping the maid to bring the old man to the doctor's residence.

Before leaving, Xia Qing said to her: "After the treatment, go with your grandfather. Your brother is waiting for you outside."

"Yes." The maid said with tears rolling down her cheeks, "Thank you benefactor."

She took out the gold leaves accumulated over the years from her sleeve and wanted to give it to Xia Qing, but Xia Qing refused.

Xia Qing came out of the doctor's residence.

The number of people in the courtyard of Fengyue Building did not decrease but increased.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it seems that it will not stop until dawn.

Xia Qing walked upstairs, and when his eyes fell on the corpse in the center of the crowd, his eyes were confused and dazed.

So is Xuanjia dead?

The corpse was perfunctorily covered with a white cloth and carried out of the dilapidated woodshed. The exposed arms were covered with old brown spots, and the long black hair was pale and gray.

The old bustard cried heart-rendingly.

After yelling, Wei Liuguang calmed down, fanned his anger with a folding fan, and coldly questioned everyone present, when he suddenly thought of something, he gritted his teeth: "Yes! Yan Mu! Tell Yan Mu to get out! Xuan Jia's death must be related to him. Auntie can't get rid of the relationship!"

Gui Nu got his order, hurried upstairs, and carefully conveyed the message to Yan Mu.

In normal times, how could Yan Mu be ordered by Wei Liuguang, but he doesn't want to stay with Lou Guanxue for a second now!Asked Lou Guanxue for instructions, and after getting permission, Yan Mu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, took the whip and went out with Gui Nu, and then his face turned pale when he got off the building.

Now only Xia Qing and Lou Guanxue were left in the corridor on the top floor.

The lights are dim and the rain is hazy.

When Lou Guanxue saw him coming up, she waved to him and pursed her lips: "Come here."

Xia Qing pursed her lips: "I don't like to watch the excitement."

Lou Guanxue smiled: "Okay, we don't watch the excitement."

Xia Qing walked over, lowered her eyes, and looked at the people with different expressions surrounding the corpse.

Lou Guanxue stood leaning against the railing, her clothes fluttered in the wind, and the hand protruding from the black robe was as white as a piece of jade, and said lightly, "Did that old man die just now?"

Xia Qing gave him a strange look: "It's definitely not dead. Why do you ask this?"

"If he dies, will you kill Yan Mu?" Lou Guanxue's eyes were as deep as the ocean in the light of the drizzle, and she looked over with a smile: "Now that you have a body, you can use your own way to replace the sky... Do the right thing, punish evil and eradicate adultery."

Xia Qing was stunned, frowned, and complained for a long time: "The biggest evil is you."

Lou Guanxue turned her head away, laughed muffled a few times, and tapped her finger on the railing twice.

"Xia Qing, how does it feel to see Xuanjia's corpse?"

Xia Qing held the railing with his fingers, his eyelashes drooping quietly.

The loud sound of the rain dispersed the discussions. He looked through the crowd and passed through the corpse, and saw a thin rose flower growing obliquely in the corner of the wall.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out what Lou Guanxue meant by asking this.

"How did she die?"

Xia Qing changed the subject.

Lou Guanxue: "I don't know, she didn't have much time left, she may have died of natural causes."

Xia Qing thought of an answer almost in his heart, and asked in disbelief: "Are you thinking that she will die tonight, and you came here just for her?!"

Lou Guanxue read those strange books with strange writing all day long, and they were casually a formation to recruit ghosts. Xia Qing could no longer treat him as a simple puppet tyrant.

Lou Guanxue looked at him upon hearing this, and smiled: "Didn't I come to accompany you to find excitement?"

Xia Qing: "..."

Find a fart to stimulate!

"Xia Qing." When Lou Guanxue spoke softly, he always gave people an extraordinarily gentle feeling, but the content was very perverted: "I kind of want to know what it would be like if you were really angry and sad?"

Depend on!

The sentence "Are you sick?" Xia Qing almost blurted out, but he held back because he didn't want to repeat the same sentence a third time.

This man is sick!The whole world knows that there is a disease!

Lou Guanxue analyzed slowly: "You are not a person who hates evil like hatred - you will save a boy and come in to help him find his grandfather. But if his grandfather really dies inside, you will not be too angry and sad, maybe just Like now, after being surprised, there is a little pity and sadness, and there is no extra feeling."

Xia Qing: "..."

Lou Guanxue smiled and said, "It's really interesting, are you kind or indifferent, affectionate or ruthless?"

Xia Qing breathed out quietly, and asked calmly and seriously: "Lou Guanxue, is it because you are a pervert that everyone is surprised?"

Lou Guanxue said: "The only person I have observed carefully is you."

Xia Qing said with a sullen face, "It's a great honor."

Next, Wei Liuguang and Yan Mu started arguing again.

After a while, people from the government rushed over, but the one who died was only a mermaid and a firework girl, no one paid attention to it at all, and it might not even be considered a murder case in the end.

When the incident reached its climax, it was Duke Wei who heard the news and came over aggressively and killed him.

"Wei Liuguang! Did you ignore your father's words?!"

Even when Wei Guogong got old, his prestige was still undiminished, and his voice was like a bell. He came before people arrived, and the sound frightened Wei Liuguang half to death before he entered the door.

Mr. Wei Liu, who was still blushing and arguing, was like a mouse whose tail was trampled on.

"Why is my father here!"

He ran upstairs with his ass on fire, thinking of hiding for a while.

Many officials in the crowd heard Wei Guogong's voice, and their faces became flustered and scattered.

Just kidding, it's not a good thing if you get caught.

"Where is Wei Liuguang!"

"Get that brat out!"

Wei Guogong held a stick in his hand, and his irritable temper was no less than when he was young, and his beard trembled with anger.

"..."

The old bustard was stunned—she had just lost her cash cow, and now she was still crying in her throat, so she was almost blinded by this scene and fainted on the spot.

Make Tai Sui!This is really too old!

Yan Mu stood in the courtyard with a gloomy face. He had just been frightened by Lou Guanxue, and was bullied by Wei Liuguang for a long time. Now his stomach full of depression and anger had nowhere to vent, his eyes were dark and vicious, and he turned his head to Xuan Jia's body.

He wiped his face, and ordered in a cold voice, "Remove the white cloth for me."

The old bustard has already hurriedly went to appease Wei Guogong.

The remaining Gui Nu guards looked at each other in blank dismay, they had no backbone, so they could only lift the white cloth under the pressure of majesty.

The white cloth was lifted, revealing a face that had withered like an old woman.

The beauties were late and her face was getting old, which made Yan Mu lose even the last trace of pity and pity.

His eyes were red, and his heart was full of anger and hatred.

It's all this bitch!It's all this bitch!

As a result, he not only bumped into the Wei family, but was also scolded by his aunt until now.

Pulling out the whip in his hand, disregarding the astonishment of others, Yan Mu's face was ferocious like a ghost, and with a swipe of the whip, it hit the corpse!

"He—!" Xia Qing was still dealing with Lou Guanxue, but when he heard the sound of the whip, he was startled, and when he turned around, he saw a scene that stunned him.

What is Yan Mu doing?

Whip corpse?

I rely on me rely on me.

He was speechless, turned around in a hurry, but he didn't want to sit and watch this kind of thing, so he threw himself downstairs to watch the snow, turned around and ran inside to see if there were any suitable weapons.

At last a set of bows and arrows was brought from the wall.

"He's out of his mind!" Xia Qing complained.He has no experience in using a bow at all, and he is in a hurry when shooting arrows, but he has great strength, and his five senses seem to be born from heaven and earth, and his senses of sight and hearing are particularly keen.

The first arrow directly slanted past Yan Mu's hand holding the whip.

Wipe out a bloodstain.

"Who?!" Yan Mu's face was pale, and he raised his head suddenly, but the rain was getting heavier and heavier, blurring his vision, and the corridor on the fourth floor was crowded with theatergoers.He can't find anyone who shoots arrows at all.

Yan Mu became even more angry, his face sank like water: "Who is it, get out!"

I'm even so talented at archery?

Before Xia Qing was shocked, seeing Yan Mu's unrepentant expression, she twitched the corner of her mouth.

He continued to shoot the arrow, but Xia Qing's movements were not standard in the first place, he became unsteady, and the arrow fell to the ground, almost hurting himself.

"?"

Xia Qing bent over to pick it up.

Seeing this, Lou Guanxue curled the corner of her lower lip almost invisible, stretched out her cold hand to take the bow and arrow from Xia Qing's hand, and said calmly, "Let me do it."

Xia Qing froze, "Can you do it?" stuck in her throat, but then thought of the three arrows in the inner building of the Star Picking Tower to watch the snow.

Seeing his expression, Lou Guanxue could guess what he wanted to say, and said calmly, "Don't worry, I've been shooting every arrow since I was six years old."

Xia Qing: "..." Oh.

Sure enough, Lou Guanxue was much more proficient in drawing the bow and arrow than him.

Black sleeves fell down.

The cold arrow pointed at Yan Mu.

He squinted his eyes, and in the next second, the long arrow pierced the air and shredded the rain curtain, and pierced straight into the violent and vicious Yan Mu, who was standing in the courtyard looking around——

eye.

suddenly.

The long arrow crossed the eyeball, and blood sprayed everywhere.

Before everyone could react, there were screams in the courtyard, the pain was extremely painful, and the long night was broken.

"Ahhhh-!"

"Your Highness!" "His Royal Highness!"

The face of the awakened person turned pale in an instant, and rushed over in a hurry.

And Yan Mu was twisted and crouched on the ground because of the pain, his face was covered with blood, and a broken scream came from his throat.

Xia Qing was also dumbfounded.

At the same time, Wei Liuguang ran up in a hurry. He wanted to pull Xia Qing to block the gun and let him play another play with him, so as to perfunctory Wei Guogong.In the end, he saw a person standing next to Xia Qing. The angle was wrong. He didn't see his face clearly. He only saw that person's luxurious clothes and outstanding temperament, so he thought it was a child of some aristocratic family.

Wei Liuguang was immediately dissatisfied, and raised his voice to ask: "Who are you?! Didn't know he was from my Wei Liu?!"

Xia Qing was still in a daze, but Wei Liuguang brought him back to his senses.

What the hell.

Before Lou Guanxue said anything human, Xia Qing said, "Don't ask me, I don't know him."

Wei Liuguang: "???"

Wei Liuguang: "Xia Qing! Are you turning your face and denying anyone? Didn't you come in with me?"

Xia Qing was cold: "No, I came in alone to find excitement."

Lou Guanxue couldn't hold back, and let out a low laugh.

Wei Liuguang was about to speak when he heard that familiar voice that made the scalp tingle.

He was stunned for a moment, his head was a little sober with all kinds of things piled together, his eyes widened, and he finally saw clearly the face of the slender figure next to Xia Qing, his legs almost went limp when he saw it clearly.

My head exploded, and I raised my voice.

Wei Liuguang: "Your Majesty?!"

It was so loud that it could be heard upstairs and downstairs.

In an instant, the world was silent.

"Stinky boy!! I finally found you!"

Fengyue Tower was very lively tonight.The lower part revolves around Yan Mu, and the upper part revolves around Wei Guogong.

The old bustard spoke earnestly, for fear that Wei Guogong would be upset and steal her information, and a group of people around him rushed to turn off the fire for him.

It's just that all the noise was paused at this moment.

Silent.

For those two words.

--His Majesty.

There is only one His Majesty in Lingguang City.

The old bustard was hit one after another today, first the oiran disappeared and died tragically, then two dandies bumped into each other, and then Duke Wei came to kill him, now after seeing the person at the end of the corridor, his legs softened and his eyes rolled, and he really passed out.

The maid in the back immediately shouted: "Mom!"

Duke Wei's anger was also stuck in his throat, and he became shocked, but after all, he was an old bone who had lived for so long, so he reacted quickly, and first dragged his disappointing sixth son to kneel down and salute.

Then he tentatively asked: "Your Majesty...how did Your Majesty appear here tonight?"

Faced with a group of people who were fainting, terrified, and desperate.

Lou Guanxue smiled softly, and suddenly stretched out her hand ambiguously to lift a strand of black hair around Xia Qing's face, and did not flinch after receiving the cold and undisguised dissatisfaction of the young man. She lowered her eyes and said with a lazy smile, "Are you alone? Come for excitement."

Duke Wei: "..."

Wei Liuguang: "..."

Everyone present: "..."

Xia Qing: Looking for your father.

The old bustard in the back was unconscious, and Yan Mu was soon carried to the doctor.

Duke Wei dragged his distraught son to find an excuse and left quickly.

All the officials and sons who are looking for flowers and willows are trembling, and they are not in the mood to listen to ditties and watch songs and dances.The singer put back the strings, the dancer took off her red gauze, and the sky was clear and quiet for a moment, only the sound of rain became louder.

Xia Qing was already numb: "You really want to drag me to ruin my reputation, don't you?"

Lou Guanxue smiled: "Thanks to you, I didn't have a good reputation when that guard was sent to my bed."

Xia Qing: "??? You thought you had a good reputation before that happened?"

Xia Qing held her breath: "Why?"

He didn't think Lou Guanxue would do something aimlessly.

Lou Guanxue lowered her eyes and replied truthfully: "You are a human being now, since you choose not to leave, you need an identity to stay by my side."

Xia Qing: "What?"

Lou Guanxue: "It just so happens that Yan Lanyu is always afraid that I will not be able to leave a child if I am pure-hearted, so I am always ready to make trouble with some heretics. Now that you are by my side, I can confuse her first."

Xia Qing: "???"

Xia Qing couldn't believe it, pointing at herself: "So what is my identity by your side now?"

Lou Guanxue laughed, and said softly, "Any identity is fine. Does the queen want it?"

Xia Qing: "..."

Knowing that he was joking, Xia Qing still couldn't bear it anymore: "Get lost."

Lou Guanxue nodded, accepted his answer calmly, and asked again: "Did you find someone you like in this kind of place?"

Xia Qing finally remembered the beginning of this night, it was all about that bullshit concubine selection, he bit his bullet: "Oh, it's not too late yet."

Lou Guanxue slowly raised a smile: "Then let's take a good look at it now."

So after a night of chaos, Xia Qing returned to her original intention...

looking for excitement...

shit.

Seeing that several dancers almost broke their waists and sprained their ankles.

Xia Qing covered her face: "Forget it, listen to the music, listen to the music."

Lou Guanxue waved, and a group of people retreated.

After a while, Pingping Tingting, a singing girl holding a pipa, stood behind the red tent.

She was called over suddenly, and she didn't know the identity of the person inside, so she asked in a gentle voice.

"What does the guest officer want to hear from the slave?"

"You can do whatever you want." Xia Qing was weak.

The singer saluted again, plucked the strings a few times, and after a pause, she began to sing softly.

Her voice is mellow and gentle, crisp and light, passing by her ears like a feather in her heart.

This place is near the window, and there is heavy rain outside, and the cool rain blows in, hitting Xia Qing's face.

He was so suffocated that he poked his head out to get some air.

He didn't understand the rhythm, so the singer's babbling singing had only a hypnotic effect.

Xia Qing looked at the place in the courtyard where Xuan Jia's body was originally placed, and saw that the remaining blood was washed away by the rain little by little, broken into white foam, and splashed in the air.

Dazed like floating flowers and waves.

Xia Qing was in a daze for a while, but after a long time, he became a little sleepy, and his eyelids clenched.

The singer sang the bright song "Gold Thread Clothes", and one of the guest officials seemed a little tired.

Immediately comprehending the tune, he would gently pick it up and slowly twist it, slowing down the tune, and replaced it with the sad and melodious "Poppy".

Xia Qing finally fell asleep in the lyrics of "Sorrows and joys are always merciless".

On the second day, the streets and alleys were talking about what happened to Fengyue Tower yesterday.

Although they lamented Xuanjia's death, the common people were more interested in the boy who suddenly appeared beside His Majesty.After all, this is the only person who has been close to His Majesty for so many years, and to make "Ling Guang Zhu Yu" who has never been close to women fall in love with her, I don't know what kind of beauty it will be.

But above the court, this kind of gossip is completely gone.

The arrow went straight through the eyeball.

Yan Mu is blind, life and death are uncertain.

There are so many people in Fengyuelou, whoever shoots the arrow will always be known, and that person has his own way, so he didn't intend to hide it.

The already turbulent relationship between the new emperor and the empress dowager is now only the last layer of thin paper.