King's Landing GL

Chapter 43 is as close as a business

After the army started, Murong Bai was finally not as busy as before. At least she was free to have lunch with me.I was afraid that she would be tired, so I moved back to the main hall from the side hall. On the day I went back, Murong Bai's eyes were shining, and the corners of his mouth were full of smiles, so I didn't know what to say for a while.

This year is the tenth year of Murong Bai's succession to the throne, so her 26th birthday was celebrated with great grandeur, as early as January, the Ministry of Rituals had begun preparations.

On March 71th, her birthday, I got up early in the morning and went to the imperial dining room to make a bowl of longevity noodles for her.At the end, she looked at the noodles on the table, then at me, pointed to the bowl bigger than [-]'s head and said to me in a muffled voice:

"Eat all?"

I nod:

"Eat it all."

She looked at me seriously for a long time, and finally picked up the chopsticks and ate resignedly. Maybe she was too full, and she didn't take a few bites at the banquet at night.The mother-in-law sat on the side and asked her:

"Wang'er has a bad appetite?"

Murong Bai smiled faintly:

"My mother is thinking about it, the baby is fine."

While talking, I had already picked up a large bowl of food and handed it to her, signaling her to finish eating. In front of the mother-in-law and all the officials, she couldn't refuse clearly, so she had to take it with a smile, but secretly stared fiercely. glanced at me.

Oh, I think this person is really good if he looks good. Look at her staring at me, oh, I am so excited.It's also staring at people, why do I want to strangle him so much every time 71 stares back at me?

... Amitabha, Haoxi 71 is also my junior brother, I can't treat him like this.

Because it's her birthday, I'm going to talk about it, but she didn't keep that straight face today, and even put on a little smile, which made those ministers smile on their faces one by one as if they had been injected with chicken blood. The folds are opened.One after another came to toast her, I squinted at the dead woman holding the wine glass, and came one by one, thinking that if this woman was drunk, wouldn't she mess with me tonight?But within a moment, this thought was driven out of my mind. Could it be that I am still afraid of her being a drunk person?Besides, looking at the calm and calm look of this dead woman, I once thought that what she was drinking was water, not wine, and it seemed that she would not be able to get drunk.So I picked up the meal with peace of mind, and I was eating happily, only to hear my mother-in-law coughing twice, I looked up, the mother-in-law looked at me, and then at Murong Bai.I turned my head to look at Murong Bai, it didn't look good but it almost scared me to tears, the drunken look in this woman's eyes made me wonder if I would be crushed by her tonight.

I quickly stepped forward to support her, and the mother-in-law smiled kindly and politely said to the ministers that the king is too strong to drink and so on.I put my arms around her waist and coaxed her softly:

"Let's go back?"

Her black eyes are silent and shining, and the clear light in them makes my heart flutter uncontrollably. Her voice is soft and waxy, not as calm as in the past, and she still has the mood of a little girl:

"Do you hug me?"

I thought to myself that she must have been drunk, otherwise she wouldn't be able to talk like that if she strangled me.But I was very happy in my heart, knowing that she can talk to me like a child is more unusual than the sun coming out of the north.If I had known that she would be so cute when she drank, it would be strange if I didn't let her drink every day!

She blinked her eyes, smiled and said with a smile on her face, curled up in my arms and said with a smile:

"You hug me and I'll go back."

Why is she so cute!I roared in my heart, if it weren't for this many people, I'd have to clean her up...cough cough.

The mother-in-law looked at us, probably couldn't bear it anymore, coughed twice, I immediately raised my arms and hugged Murong Bai horizontally, and said to the mother-in-law:

"Empress, son-in-law will leave first."

The mother-in-law waved her hand, motioning for us to leave quickly.

I carried her back to the Hall of Eternal Life, her body was light and limp in my arms, her slender and white fingers were pulling my collar, her eyes were shining and she was talking drunk.The palace people followed, I was afraid that she would lose face if she continued like this and she would strangle me to death if she came in the morning, so I asked the palace people to retreat.

I carried her in my arms and walked back to the bedroom. She, who had always been reticent, became talkative after drinking too much, and asked me like a child:

"Why are you hugging me?"

I coaxed her funny:

"I like you, so I hug you."

Her voice is soft:

"I know you like it."

After a pause, she tilted her head and asked me with clear eyes:

"Why don't you give me... a congratulatory gift?"

I deliberately want to tease such a childish her, laughing:

"I don't have any money left, and they gave better gifts than me."

She blinked blankly, and after a while she seemed to react and tugged at my collar, her tone a little resentful:

"I...I support you...you said you have no money..."

"But you didn't put money on the bedside table every time." Yes, I still remember the fact that she pressed me but didn't put money on the bedside table.

Her beautiful eyes like black pearls rolled in their sockets, and said:

"Then...then...I will...remember next time."

I smiled and nodded.

Seeing me laughing, she said in a muffled voice:

"Their gifts...don't. You...you don't send me..."

Oh, so this narrow-minded woman still remembers that I didn't give her a present.

I bowed my head and kissed her forehead, and coaxed her:

"I brewed an altar of wine and buried it in the backyard of the Hall of Eternal Life. I will give it to you on the day you come to the world."

"Will you drink with me?"

"Accompany, of course I want to accompany you." I said tenderly, "Hey, sleep for a while, and I will call you when I arrive at the Hall of Eternal Life."

Hearing this, she lightly closed her eyes, with a smile on her lips, and commented:

"Good wife."

"..."

I looked at the woman sleeping peacefully in my arms, dumbfounded, would she take advantage of me verbally even when she was drunk?But my heart seemed to drink honey, sweet and full of smiles.

I walked on the road with her in my arms, so light but so heavy, how I wish I could keep walking like this.

When I arrived at the Hall of Eternal Life, I withdrew the palace attendants, and the person in my arms woke up just after entering the bed.She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, confusedly said:

"Is it there?"

I saw that she was awake, so I put her on the bed, turned around and poured her a glass of water, and fed her to drink.

"Don't drink so much next time, it will hurt your health." I said softly.

She nodded obediently.

I stood up and walked to the table to put the teacup away, suddenly my waist tightened, and the woman ran behind me restlessly and hugged me.

"What's wrong?" I asked her, tilting my head.

"What a beautiful moonlight." She murmured.

Hearing this, I looked up at the sky outside the window, and it was indeed a big full moon.The plain white moonlight shines through the window and falls on the wooden floor, like a layer of fine mats.

Behind me she asked me:

"Can you play an instrument?"

"Only playing the flute."

She let go of her hand and took two steps back. I was afraid that she would fall and reached out to help her, but she avoided it.

"Sisi, you play the flute and listen to me, how about I dance for you?"

Dance?My heart skipped a beat, I never thought she would dance for me.

"Okay." I nodded.

Taking the flute, I stood by the window and played it softly.She changed into a plain white robe, with her rolled up blue hair loose, her face was calm and breezy with a gentleness I had never seen before, with a slight smile on her brows, and her tall body stood tall.Facing the moonlight and printing the candlelight, she slowly raised her dance steps, and danced a startling dance for me. ——That is the best dance I have ever seen, and it is also the most beautiful moonlight.I remember a poem:

There are beautiful women in the north

peerless and independent

Alluring City

Look at the country again

Ning does not know the allure of the city and the allure of the country

beauty is rare

Murong Bai, you are so beautiful.

After dancing, she looked at me with a smile and said:

"looks good?"

"It's beautiful." I put down the flute, walked forward to embrace her, and murmured, "This is the most beautiful dance I've ever seen."

She leaned on my shoulder and smiled happily, and I whispered to her the love words I never told her, and she also smiled and told me about our first time.

She said that when she saw me for the first time, she wondered how capable such a young person would be to be protected by Guiguzi.

I said apart from this, is there nothing else?

She smiled and kissed my side face and said, I feel very happy when you smile at me.

——How happy are you?

- as happy as now.

——Oh, it must be very happy.

She closed her eyes lightly, her body tall and straight.

"Think you won't kiss me?"

"Okay, I'll kiss you."

It was late at night, and the two of them hugged each other tightly under the moon, and the two hearts were beating at the same frequency. That was the closest distance between us. After that, we couldn't get close like a businessman.

At noon the next day, I was feeding the fish leisurely in the imperial garden, because of being close to Murong Bai yesterday, I was in a very good mood.I also turned my head sideways to talk to the palace people behind me, talking and laughing.

71 rushed over from a distance, I saw the anxious look on his face, and thought to myself that he was dumped and came to me to cry, right?The more I thought about it, the more I felt it was possible. Based on the principle of keeping my family's ugliness in the air, I asked the palace people to step down.

71 walked up to me and said:

"Brother, something happened."

I let out an "oh", fed the fish casually, and said casually:

"What happened?"

I have already figured out how to comfort this lovelorn in the future.

"Chen Guo sent someone to make a marriage."

"Marriage?" I asked strangely, "Didn't you just get married the year before last? There is no princess in Qin Kingdom to get married."

Although I asked Su Yu to save Murong Siyin back then, but in fact, the civet cat was replaced by the prince, and Si Yin's close friend was dressed as the eldest princess of Qin, and went to the country of Chen to get married.Now I am not surprised that Chen Guo sent someone to make a kiss. After all, Qin and Chu went to war, and they captured a city in Chu a few days ago.

Alas, it is the soldiers who rule the world, and the kings who win the world. The poor people between countries are just those members of the royal family.What princess, what prince... Tsk tsk.

71 hesitated for a moment, then carefully said:

"The son of Chen Guo came to...and..."

"With what, with?"

"With my sister-in-law...and kiss..."

I took a bite of the fish food in my hand, sprinkled it on the ground, and turned around suddenly:

"What did you say!"

71 gritted his teeth and said:

"Chen Guoshi's son Xie Changjun came to make peace with the King of Qin, and he is on his way now, and the King...has agreed."

I smiled, my heart was beating wildly, but I said kindly on my face:

"You're bluffing me."

I don't dare to think about the truth of this matter at all, how is it possible?She was still in love with me yesterday, dancing for me under the moonlight.Why is she going to marry someone else early this morning?About the harem matter, I had a hard time convincing myself. I think since Na's harem is in name only, then forget it... But if it's a marriage with Chen Guo, it's a national marriage.

National marriage, you can't help yourself.

71 looked at me and said nothing.

I laughed and laughed and couldn't laugh anymore, I dropped the things in my hands and rushed to the imperial study.

Imperial study room

I pushed the door open and walked in.Murong Bai was discussing matters with the ministers, and they all looked at me after hearing the voice.

"Retire first." Murong Bai said to the ministers.

"promise."

After everyone left, she got up and walked in front of me, and said lightly:

"What are you doing in such a hurry?"

I opened my mouth, wanting to say something but afraid of confirming my thoughts.

She saw my tangled appearance, her face was still calm:

"what you want to say?"

"I..." I was silent for a while, and hesitated, "I heard...you want to make peace with Chen Guo?"

She nodded and said casually:

"What do you want for lunch?"

I looked at her and took a deep breath:

"Aren't you going to say something?"

She was stunned for a moment, puzzled and said:

"say what?"

I looked at her fixedly and sneered:

"So, I will go back first."

After finishing speaking, I turned around and left. After walking two steps, my sleeves tightened. She held me back, and I looked back at her.

There was some tension in her eyes, she opened her mouth, and it took a long time before she spoke:

"Are you going to ignore me again?"

"..."

She sighed and said helplessly:

"you listen to me."

I turned around and looked at her blankly without speaking.

"I have accepted the matter of Chen Guohe's marriage." She said, "I have no way to refuse..."

I nodded. I knew that if she didn't go down, the relationship between Chen Guo and Qin would deteriorate. If Qin Gang went to war, if he was an enemy with Chen... Even so, I was still upset.

I want a promise from her.

No one wants to share their love with others.

"But I'm still me," she squeezed my sleeves tightly, "thinking..."

I suddenly remembered that dream, but seeing her serious expression, I felt a little hesitant.

She looked at me with bright eyes.

After a long silence, I sighed, reached out and hugged her, and said softly:

"I believe you."

Murong Bai, as long as you say, I will believe it.I believe in your involuntary actions, in your insincere words, all of them.

She also hugged me back and hugged me tightly.

I think my long wait has finally come to an end, I finally got her.She is holding me now, so close to me.

I believe her.

But what I didn't know was that she lied to me.

She lied to me, she clearly told me that she and Chen He couldn't help themselves, she was still her.However, at Xuanwu Gate that day, she told me with her actions how stupid I was and how miserably I was deceived by her.

I will remember that day all my life, and clearly remember everything that happened that day, because that day was the beginning of my nightmare and the beginning of my death.

That day was the sixth day of April in the tenth year of Qin Wangbai, and the spring flowers gradually woke up in the morning light.Murong Bai stood side by side with me, with all the officials behind him.We stood in front of Xuanwu Gate, facing Chen Guohe's team.

From a distance, I saw the wedding procession, and I couldn't help feeling uneasy. The procession was getting closer, and my palms were sweating.Murong Bai gently held my hand and gave me a look that made me feel relieved.I exhaled foul air, with a decent smile on my face.

The line finally gets close, then stops.Murong Bai and I saluted first, followed by all the officials bowing to each other.

Official Chen Guoli came forward to hand over the peace letter to Murong Bai, Murong Bai took it, looked at it carefully, and then asked someone to bring the national seal and stamp it on.

The ceremony official of Qin State stepped forward and exchanged tokens of marriage with the other party's ceremony official.Then I saw a man in a light blue gown, more than eight feet tall, wearing a purple gold and jade crown, getting out of the car from the marriage team.

He slowly walked out of the line, and I looked at this man carefully: he has very beautiful eyes, his pupils are as dark as ink, but they don't look dull at all, but gentle and modest, with a slender and straight bridge of nose, and thin lips Squeezed lightly, the lines of the face are clean and well-proportioned, the figure is slightly thinner, the shoulders are narrow and the legs are long.

On the contrary, he has a good skin that looks like Pan An.

He walked to the front of the line and stopped only three feet away from us. He quietly looked at the people beside me without blinking.

I suddenly shuddered, and then slowly turned my head to look at the person standing beside me, Murong Bai.In my eyes, she let go of my hand and looked at the man who made me uneasy.

Xie Changjun slowly opened his hands and made a gesture of hugging.Murong Bai's body trembled suddenly, and then trembled. Slowly, I saw her walking towards Xie Changjun.I panicked, reached out and grabbed her hand, opened my mouth, trying to tell her not to leave.I don't know why, but I feel that if she leaves, she will never come back.

She turned sideways, but didn't look at me, her eyes fell on me holding her hand, then she broke free from my hand, turned around, and walked towards the man step by step.

He walked so cleanly and decisively that he never thought of turning back.

I feel that my heart is being lingered, it hurts so much.

I heard Xie Changjun say to her:

"Gladly, I'm back."

Xinran, he called her Xinran!

He actually knew her words!

I flickered, staring at Murong Bai, I told myself over and over in my heart, I want to trust Murong Bai.The bits and pieces of her being with me in the past are constantly replaying in my mind. My hand that was loosened by her is still hanging in the air. I think of what she said to me in the imperial study that day. She told me that no matter what , she is still her and will not change.

But the next moment, I saw Murong Bai reaching out to hug Xie Changjun.She hugged him, just like she hugged me that day, she hugged him hard.

She was trembling in his arms, and I could still feel the ups and downs of her emotions from such a distance, as if she had found a beloved treasure, which had been lost, and now came back.

She was rejoicing, rejoicing for Xie Changjun's arrival.

The officials behind me bowed and saluted:

"Welcome Master Shi to Qin."

I was the only one standing there motionless, straight and stiff.The bright spring sun is so warm, but I am shivering.I was ridiculed by everyone there like a complete joke, so stupid, so stupid, at that moment I suddenly realized that this affectionate scene... was the only one who entered the scene, and has always been the only one I am alone.I quietly looked at their embracing figures, I couldn't fool myself anymore, I couldn't fool myself anymore.She really didn't care about me.

She never cared about me, if she had me in her heart, how could she treat me like this?

That's right, she is Murong Bai, the king of Daqin, she can't love, she can't help herself-I believe her, everyone believes her.But why, she would be like this...

Walking towards him so happily, she hugged him.

She cared about him more than anything she had.

including me.

I couldn't bear to watch anymore, turned around, and left slowly, leaving Murong Bai's world.

I don't know how I walked back, from Xuanwumen to Changshengdian, such a long way, I walked alone.I don't think anyone will walk with me again, no... no one has ever walked with me.

I'm still thinking about the two people behind me embracing each other, they hugged so tightly and tightly, the team members looked like they had never been separated, and I was a joke from the beginning to the end.

Murong Bai, you lied to me.

You lied to me......

(End of this chapter)