A traitor

Not long after Mei Liusheng ascended the throne, he announced to the world that Pei Ying was his queen, and the two got married soon.

Since the Southern Tang had just experienced a catastrophe and everything was waiting to be done, their wedding was held in a hurry, and even the ceremony and banquet seemed very perfunctory.

People who don't know the inside story, still think that the new emperor is caring for the people and doesn't like extravagance, but those who know some reasons can easily see that Mei Liusheng has no expectations for this marriage, and is not even happy .

At the wedding, rituals and music are strictly prohibited. In the huge palace, there is not even a red silk wedding invitation. This is the first time that such a deserted wedding has been held in the royal family.

Pei Yan's complexion was very ugly, and Pei Ying also kept a cold face the whole time, obviously dissatisfied with Mei Liusheng's arrangement.

After saluting, the two returned to the bedroom. Pei Ying first asked, "Why not?"

Mei Liusheng looked indifferent: "Nothing?"

Pei Ying knocked off the phoenix crown on her head, stood up, and looked at Mei Liusheng with a sharp expression: "According to the regulations of the Southern Tang Dynasty, 24 golden bells have to be rung when accepting the empress's seal. At the wedding, it's fine if there are no rituals and music." Why is there no golden bell?"

She thought Mei Liusheng was angry, so she intentionally humiliated her and the Pei family, but Mei Liusheng looked at her for a while before saying, "Liyue, Zhongsheng, and Qinglang live in the palace, do you think I will let him Hearing this, let him know that I have accepted you as queen?"

Pei Ying's eyes widened in disbelief: "You..."

He also heard Mei Liusheng say: "Today, that Mr. Pei joined the courtiers to make a concert, asking me to kill Qinglang. Miss Pei, when will you do what you promised me?"

Pei Ying was angered by him, and said angrily: "I am the queen now, so what if I don't do that?"

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng's eyebrows frowned, and after a while, he calmed down: "Empress, if I can do it right away, I can destroy it immediately. As for not doing it, what do you think I can do?"

Hearing what he said, Pei Ying became completely furious: "You...how could you be like this..."

She pointed at Mei Liusheng, tears welled up in her eyes: "Our Pei family has been doing our best to help you, how many things have we done for you, how can you treat me like this?"

Mei Liusheng turned a blind eye to her anger and grievances, and just said calmly: "You said that you only need to be a queen, and I have already given you what you want, and I have already fulfilled what your Pei family wants." , or, what have you been thinking about so far? Everyone in the world is greedy, and they want to pluck the sun in the sky when they have candlelight. But, Miss Pei, don't forget one thing..."

"I have persuaded you and rejected you before. It was you who insisted on squeezing into the palace. I am not clear, I will pity you, and I don't have the kindness to be responsible for your choice. If Miss Pei thinks that marrying me, you will be married If my queen can get anything else, that would be a big mistake."

He paused, and said slowly, almost cruelly: "I can tell you right now that everything here is all I can give you. You can guard the position of queen and do anything here that does not violate court laws." It is a matter of palace regulations, but this place, I will never step in again in this life."

Pei Ying originally thought that exchanging such conditions with Mei Liusheng was just a stopgap measure, as long as she held the position of queen in her hands, there would be opportunities to cultivate feelings with him in the future, and there would also be opportunities to make him gradually forget and tire of Su Qinglang.But unexpectedly, Mei Liusheng spoke so heartlessly.

Moreover, it was the day of their wedding.

She burst into tears, looking at Mei Liusheng with angry hatred: "You will regret it!"

Mei Liusheng smiled lightly, dismissing her threats, leaned towards Pei Ying, and said in a slightly threatening tone: "Miss Pei, the reason I married you is to protect Qingming, and I don't want to take him for granted." Therefore, for the sake of your empress position, you'd better beg Qinglang to live a long life."

"As for the others..." As he spoke, a sarcastic smile appeared on his handsome face: "I don't care."

He turned and left without any hesitation, leaving Pei Yingru stumbling to the ground after being hit by a huge blow.

Coming out of the bedroom, Mei Liusheng went back to his residence, changed the clothes on his body, and changed into an ordinary outfit before going to Su Qinglang.

At that time, Su Qinglang was sitting in the pavilion in a daze, Mei Liusheng walked behind him, and heard Su Qinglang cough weakly a few times.

So he took off his robe and put it on Su Qinglang's body, and said softly: "It's been windy outside for the past two days, why did you come out again?"

Because he married Pei Ying today, something happened to Su Qinglang, so today, he sent someone to follow Su Qinglang and keep an eye on his whereabouts.

The people around saw that he actually took off the yellow robe embroidered with golden dragons, and put it on Su Qinglang without any hesitation, all of them looked strange, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Su Qinglang replied lightly: "It's too stuffy in the room, come out to relax."

Looking sideways at the dragon robe she was wearing, she paused for a moment, then quickly tore it off and stood up, looking as if she was still in shock.

Fortunately, the dragon robe fell on his seat, and it didn't fall on the ground, nor was it dirty.

Mei Liusheng knew what was on his mind and didn't make it difficult for him, so she walked over, took his arm and walked into the house, while waving his hand to let someone pick up his clothes.

Walking into the room, Su Qinglang said: "Why did you come at this hour?"

After what happened last time, his attitude towards Mei Liusheng was much better. Although he was still indifferent, he was not too conflicted.

After all, the lives of the prince and princess are still in his hands.

Mei Liusheng said, "I came here because I missed you."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang was startled, turned to look at him, with some unsureness in his eyes, and after a while, lowered his head again.

Question: "You arranged those people, or they should all be removed. Anyway, I'm here, and I can't escape."

Although the purpose of arranging those people was mainly to monitor Su Qinglang, Mei Liusheng still said without changing his face: "The palace has just gone through a huge change, and the situation is still unstable. With them protecting you, I can rest assured."

Su Qinglang didn't intend to argue with him, but he really didn't like the feeling of being followed, so he sat down by the bed and sighed: "I'm fine."

Mei Liusheng also sat down beside him, stretching out his hand to touch his body: "Qinglang, do you know that I am not afraid of anything now, except your safety, in case something goes wrong..."

I've never felt this way before, caring so much about a person, too hard, afraid of crushing, too light, afraid of him flying away.

Su Qinglang is him, he is Su Qinglang, two people, one life, if something happens to Su Qinglang, he will die too.

This feeling made him terrified, as if his fatal weakness was caught by someone, and he desperately wanted to hold on to it. Although his heart was tired, he was happy with it.

Originally at the banquet, Mei Liusheng drank a lot of wine, although he was not drunk, it was enough to make him lose his mind.

Seeing Su Qinglang sitting next to him, he couldn't help but his heart fluttered, and the throbbing in his heart was a little more violent than before.

In fact, today should be his bridal chamber...

No matter what, she pulled Su Qinglang down and kissed him, pushed him down on the bed, and did what she hadn't done last time.

Su Qinglang struggled desperately, but was easily restrained by Mei Liusheng, even so, he still wanted to push him away without giving up.

Amidst his refusal, Mei Liusheng gradually regained consciousness, most of the eagerness in her heart faded away, she still pressed Su Qinglang, with a sharp pain in her throat, before saying after a while: "Su Qinglang, you gave your heart to Xie Yu and your body Qin Huan, but, what did you give me?"

Su Qinglang opened his mouth, and was about to say something, but finally swallowed it, and met Mei Liusheng's gaze, feeling ashamed in his heart.

Lying on the bed, he saw Mei Liusheng get up, turn around and walk towards the door, after that, there was no more sound.

After a long time, tears flowed down the corners of his eyes and fell on the soft pillow. He murmured, "What did I give him... what do you... want..."

In the palace, the sound of the copper leak echoed. He lay quietly, turned over again, and buried his face in the brocade quilt.

Mei Liusheng hurriedly walked to the outside of the palace with anger, and just after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and stood on the white jade steps in front of the palace, holding his fingers tightly, watching the sunset in the distance, Hanging on the corner of the palace, it looks lonely and desolate.

He vaguely remembered that one evening many years ago, he was sitting in front of the palace gate of his mother and concubine, while her concubine locked herself in the room, and his father did not see anyone.

The people in front of him came and went in a hurry, occasionally a few came to talk to him, and wanted to bring him into the house, but he still refused, and he never saw his parents.

They quarreled again.

I don't know how many evenings like this, let him sum up this answer.

The memories about his mother and concubine, about his childhood, were always too painful, so he didn't want to think about them, and he didn't want to touch them.

The slap in the tent many years ago, although the wound was not serious.However, what fell on his heart was a deep, deep wound that was difficult to heal.

But now, things backfired, and he happened to find someone who was very similar to her.

He once said that he hoped that Su Qinglang would confirm the marriage in the future because he liked it rather than being suitable, but he himself did not even achieve the minimum suitableness.

This kind of sacrifice was for someone who didn't care about him at all.

The relationship between him and Su Qinglang is nothing more than two shrewd people getting together, holding the capital in their own pockets and not wanting to pay, but thinking about what the other party has in their hands.

Back and forth, no difference, but they always forget one thing. For them, the most important thing is not the thing, but the person holding the thing.

Mei Liusheng raised his head, his expression was full of sadness, and after a while, he said slowly: "Father, I have thought that I must never be like you in this life..."

"But now..."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and smiled wryly at himself: "Finally, I made the same mistake as you did."