A traitor

On the second day, the carriage of Mr. Xiang's Mansion stopped at the door of Shang Shu's Mansion.

At that time, Su Qinglang was busy screening the roster for the crown prince, upon hearing the news, he immediately went outside to meet Qin Huan walking towards the backyard.

He stood with folded arms, and half jokingly said: "I said I would play chess with you in a few days, but you came today. Mr. Qin is too early to guard at this time, right?"

Qin Huan smiled slightly and walked towards him: "I haven't seen you for many days, and I miss you so much that I can't wait for a moment, how many more days do you want me to wait?"

Su Qinglang pursed his lips, full of disgust: "When Mr. Qin went out, didn't he meet Huang Oriole, put honey on his mouth, and speak so nastyly, that he is not afraid of hurting other people's teeth?"

Qin Huan came to him, stretched out his hand to caress his side face, tucked a strand of hair from his sideburn behind his ear, and replied: "If you don't believe me, if you don't believe me Dig it out and show it to you."

Su Qinglang knew that he was joking, so he said: "Okay, then I'll ask someone to bring a knife, and then don't cry out that it hurts..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that Qin Huan grabbed his arm and pulled it forward forcefully. Su Qinglang lost his footing and fell directly into his arms.

Hearing Qin Huan's thumping heartbeat in his ears, and the smell of red sandalwood on his nose, Su Qinglang was startled, and was about to break free when Qin Huan pressed him into his arms again, and said in a low and soft voice: "Listen! Is it here, my sincerity..."

Fortunately, he sent all his subordinates away, otherwise, if people saw such a scene, they would not be able to clean up by jumping into the Yellow River.

Su Qinglang quickly pushed Qin Huan away, avoiding his gaze, turned around and said, "You...you can mess around..." As he spoke, anxious and annoyed, he walked away as if to escape.

Seeing his panicked reaction, Qin Huan smiled and followed behind him. Seeing Su Qinglang bypassing the study and heading elsewhere, he couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Since we're playing chess, why aren't we in the study?"

Su Qinglang stopped in his tracks. The matter of choosing a concubine for the crown prince obviously cannot be let to the people in the prime minister's mansion, so even in the palace, he tried to get the emperor to agree to it, and let him do it secretly, just to provide an alternative The list of candidates, the real candidate still has to be determined by the emperor himself.

Now in the study room, there are rosters and portraits of the daughters of various families. How can Qin Huan see such things?

He was dumb for a moment, and then said: "The begonias in my courtyard are blooming, playing chess in the study will be boring, how about we play chess and enjoy the flowers at the same time?"

"It's good that you have such interest..."

Qin Huan really didn't suspect anything, he just smiled and said: "However, don't ask me to let you go today."

The two of them sat down in the gazebo, outside the pavilion, the crabapple flowers were blooming, and the crimson flowers stood tall and graceful, looking very gratifying.

As it was approaching winter and the weather was cold, Qin Huan took off his outer robe, and let Su Qinglang sit on the stone bench.

A servant brought the chessboard, played for a while, felt that the pavilion was ventilated, took advantage of the time when the chess was placed, took Su Qinglang's hand and touched it, it was really cold, he turned his head to Xiaoxi and said: "Go and get your son Bring me your cloak."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang sighed: "It's only been a few months now, and I need to use a cloak. When it really comes winter, don't you want me to wrap myself in a quilt?"

Qin Huan rolled his eyes at him, and said: "Don't be stubborn with me, you have to listen to me about this matter, if you don't want to listen, you can take care of your body before we talk about it."

As he said that, he turned his head, but seeing Xiao Xi still standing there blankly, he couldn't help frowning: "Are you still going?"

Xiao Xi came back to her senses immediately, heyed, and hurried down.

Looking at the back of Xiao Xi leaving, Qin Huan shook his head: "This child has been like this for many years, but he is still so dumb, it's hard for you to keep him now."

Su Qinglang smiled softly: "After a long time, feelings will inevitably develop. You know, I am a nostalgic person. Besides, he is not bad."

Qin Huan also smiled. Regarding Su Qinglang's words, he could have said, you say you are a nostalgic person, do you also miss the past so much that you can't forget Xie Yu?

He can also say, you said that after a long time, feelings will inevitably develop, so in these years, have you ever had half of my place in your heart?

However, he didn't say anything, since he already knew the answer, why bother to make himself sad and embarrass him?

While playing chess, I heard Su Qinglang say: "Thank you for what happened yesterday..."

Qin Huan hummed, and said lightly, "Where are you thanking you?"

Facing Su Qinglang's surprised expression, he continued: "I helped you, but not for nothing. If you want to thank me, you have to show sincerity."

Su Qinglang sighed pretentiously, propping his chin with one hand: "Okay, then tell me, what do you want?"

Qin Huan's eyes lingered on him intentionally for a moment, until Su Qinglang saw that he was guilty and sat up straight to prevent him from saying something he should not say, then he restrained his expression, looked away and said: "I see you The begonias in the courtyard are blooming really well, when you leave later, give me a begonia."

As he said that, he specially reminded: "Remember, Master Su has to fold it himself, I don't want others to pick it."

Su Qinglang smiled again, and said compromised: "Okay, you have helped me a lot, not to mention a crabapple, even if you want me to cut down the tree for you."

Seeing him laugh, Qin Huan laughed too, at this moment Xiao Xi came back with the cloak and presented it to Su Qinglang, Su Qinglang stood up, picked up Qin Huan's outer robe and handed it to him, but Qin Huan said: "Your cloak Come on, this stool is still quite cold, I'm fine, I'm just afraid of you... If you are sick, it will be more tormented than if I am sick."

Knowing that Qin Huan would not want it, and that the robe was full of creases for him, Su Qinglang didn't have the nerve to insist on it.

Back on the mat again, sat down awkwardly, and suddenly heard Qin Huan say: "I heard that yesterday, the emperor asked you to enter the palace?"

Su Qinglang hummed, and said: "The emperor intends to choose a son-in-law for the princess on this birthday."

He also heard Qin Huan say calmly: "It's good if you get married, so you don't have to worry about getting into trouble everywhere."

After a pause, he asked again, "Is there anyone to choose now?"

Knowing that Qin Huan was just asking casually and gossiping with him, Su Qinglang didn't intend to inquire about something, Su Qinglang smiled: "The royal family will settle their own affairs, why should I intervene? This matter should be taken care of by King Changshan .”

King Chang Shan had an audience with Su Qinglang yesterday, of course Qin Huan knew about it, so he didn't have much doubts.

Hearing Su Qinglang sigh again: "I'm afraid the emperor and King Changshan don't know about that matter, whether this marriage will be successful or not is still unknown."

He said this, naturally, to let Qin Huan and Qin Jian behind him put down their fears, and also to increase the odds of winning the princess' marriage.

After all, Ping'er was dead, and he secretly changed the maids in the princess' palace. Without internal response and token, he didn't believe that Li Huiyuan could grow wings.

However, on the day of the emperor's birthday banquet, his good princess who had always been "innocent" not only made a fuss, but almost killed the emperor on the spot.

Faced with envoys from various countries proposing marriage, Li Huiyuan immediately jumped out and refused, crying and shouting to the emperor not to marry her. Not only that, but also put on airs of the princess of the Shang Kingdom, humiliating the envoys who proposed to be a toad who wanted to eat swan meat , Let people go back and take a mirror to look at themselves, such a small place, how can they marry her.

After her making such a fuss, the originally good banquet turned into a mess in the middle of it.

Su Qinglang had previously welcomed the envoys and prepared the banquet for the emperor's birthday. He was exhausted from all the affairs. Then he saw Li Huiyuan crying and making noises, surrounded by maids and servants and leaving, and the envoys from various countries were furious. Next, the scene of going away one by one, my mind was dizzy, my eyes went dark, and I almost didn't stop.

Someone supported him behind him, he turned his head to look, and met Shangmei Liusheng's eyebrows.

After leaving Qinzhou, although he and Mei Liusheng didn't see each other, they lost the intimacy they used to have.

Before he came back to his senses, Mei Liusheng let go of his hand and asked him to stand still: "Lord Su, are you alright?"

Su Qinglang hummed vaguely, then saw him looking at Li Huiyuan in the distance, and said, "Princess, this time, it's really outrageous."

This sentence comes from the heart. Given the current situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the emperor’s birthday, it would be good if the former allies would come to congratulate her. At the end of the war, she is riddled with holes. What capital is there for her to put on the airs of the princess of the Shang Kingdom? ?

If the marriage is settled today, he still needs to think about how to deal with the reinforcements from the allies when he thinks about it in the future.

It's good now, after such a disturbance, even if they are crying and shouting, they will not send another soldier.

Seeing Li Huiyuan being dragged away by Li Saisai, Su Qinglang became even more annoyed, and directly looked away.

Seeing the emperor standing above, he drew out a guard's sword, and was about to chase out and chop Li Huiyuan, but was stopped by Changshan Wang and his son.

He was in a mess, he thought for a while, hesitated for a moment, and said to Mei Liusheng: "Brother Mei, I have something I want to entrust to you."

Seeing that Mei Liusheng nodded, he said again: "There is a man named Chen Yulang in the juggling class on Chang'an East Street, you send someone to take him away, the farther the better, be careful when you go out of the city, you must avoid the patrols and guards." , don't be seen."

Mei Liusheng showed a surprised look, and Su Qinglang didn't care so much, so he could only pat him on the arm and said: "This matter is extremely complicated, I can't explain it clearly in a while, and I will explain it to you when I go back."

Seeing that the emperor was taken away by King Changshan and the others, he also hurriedly followed, just as his grandson Zhong also came to look for him.

Sun Zizhong frowned, very anxious: "Qinglang, the emperor asked you to meet him in the imperial study."

Su Qinglang nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

Just as he was about to leave, he was pulled back by Sun Zizhong, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't bear to remind him: "The emperor is getting angry right now, you...be careful..."

Su Qinglang smiled and comforted him, "I'm fine."