Jiang Qing

Just as the first snow fell in winter, the envoys of Liang Guo and Jiang Guo entered the capital early and moved into the post house.

Looking at the list in his hand, Bai Bingchen sighed softly.

Li An was also on the list of Jiang Guo's envoys to Lebanon this time, while Zhao Yuansheng was in Pingdu at this time.

It's just a regular envoy's visit, and there is no need for Bai Bingchen to receive it in person, but Li An is now a prince in Jiang Guo, and Li Guo must have someone with a similar status to receive him. Zhao Zhen will conflict, and he will definitely not let Zhao Yuansheng receive the envoy. Chen, this task fell to Bai Bingchen.

However, in just one year, Li An lost a lot of weight, and his demeanor changed drastically, becoming fierce and sharp.But during the conversation, he always inquired about Zhao Yuansheng's recent situation casually, and only at this time Bai Bingchen could get a little glimpse of his former appearance.

The envoys received Zhao Yuansheng and Li An could not bump into each other, but tonight's palace banquet, according to their ranks, it is difficult not to meet each other.

Bai Bingchen had a headache staring at the seating position of the dinner in his hand.

Within a year after Li An returned to Jiang Country, he first married Jiang Country Yu Liang, married Yu Yan as his wife, and gained a firm foothold in Jiang Country.Later, Li Xunwen, the third prince of the Jiang Kingdom, was accidentally killed by a deer during the autumn hunt this year. Afterwards, Li Chengji made a detailed investigation and found that it was the eldest prince Li Xunshi who tampered with the horse that was given to the third child, and Li Xunwen unfortunately died during the hunt.

Li Chengji was furious when he heard the words, and detained the eldest prince Li Xunshi. He could allow his three sons to compete for the position of crown prince, but he could not accept the act of killing brothers among them.For a time, Jiang Guo lost two powerful princes in the court, leaving only the second prince, Li Xunshu, to lead the way. Just when everyone thought that the position of crown prince must belong to him, Li Xunshu was sick in the palace due to excessive grief. Did not go to court for two months.

In this regard, Li Chengji had no special purpose. He neither convicted Li Xunshi, nor made Li Xunshu the crown prince, and even sent Li An to Li as an envoy before the new year.

Li Chengji's thoughts are unclear to Bai Bingchen, but what he finds troublesome at the moment is that the humiliation suffered by Prince Qin Chengtao of Liang State in Li State last year has not been forgotten. .

Hearing Bai Bingchen sighed several times, Mei Shao leaned over and glanced at his hand, wondering, "Is there any problem with the palace banquet tonight?"

He caught a glimpse of an invitation card under Bai Bingchen's hand, leaned over and pulled it out, and said in surprise, "No way, it's already this time, and you haven't sent someone to deliver the invitation card from Prince Sheng's Palace?"

Bai Bingchen clicked on the two opposite seats on the location map in his hand, raised his head and asked, "Do you think there will be no problem if Li An and Zhao Yuansheng are arranged so close to each other at this time?"

Mei Shao glanced at the two positions pointed by his fingertips, they happened to be facing each other, and frowned and said: "You mean, you don't want to invite Prince Cheng?"

Bai Bingchen didn't speak. After returning from Han Que Pass, Zhao Yuansheng really didn't deal with political affairs. He didn't even show up for such a sensational event as Zhang Jiudai's demise.If it wasn't for Zhao Zhen's invitation, Bai Bingchen reckoned that Zhao Yuansheng, who stayed in the mansion all day long, would not know about Li An's mission.

It's just that Zhao Zhen has already issued the invitation, and Bai Bingchen has no right to hide it, he just hesitated a little.

"Forget it." Bai Bingchen chuckled, as if blaming himself for being nosy, and said to himself, "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about anything, so what do I want to do so much?"

He picked up the invitation, called the servant to come in, and asked him to take it to Prince Sheng's residence.

"Whether to go or not, let him decide for himself."

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The plum fragrance is like a stamp, leaving a few petals and a faint fragrance on the guests.

The brazier in the hall was fully ignited, and after a while, the clear plum fragrance was slightly heated by transpiration, and appeared in front of Zhao Yuansheng's eyes.

In the hall, there were a lot of cups and cups, Zhao Zhen and the envoys of the two countries were talking casually, but Zhao Yuansheng didn't even have the intention of exchanging greetings. He picked up the wine glass, and caught a glimpse of a burning gaze on the opposite side following his actions.

Zhao Yuansheng felt more and more irritable. He raised his neck and drank another cup, his wrists gradually started to itch.

"My lord..." A hand gently tugged at him from behind, his voice lowered, seeing Zhao Yuansheng turning his head, the man seemed to be afraid that he would hate him, so he let go of his hand quickly, offering two small black pills.

He quickly glanced at the little red dot protruding from Zhao Yuansheng's neck, and said in a low voice, "This is our Buna's special anti-alcoholic medicine. The prince will feel better after taking it."

Najin looked at him eagerly, his pure eyes were full of expectation.

Zhao Yuansheng was in a daze for a moment, as if he saw through it that there used to be such a pair of clear eyes, chasing after him all day long.

As a little prince of the Buna tribe in southern Xinjiang, Najin's family would not reveal his eating habits to him, and he was able to discover that he had a slight alcohol allergy, most of which he secretly observed.He didn't directly persuade Zhao Yuansheng not to drink, but tried his best to make him more comfortable.

Zhao Yuansheng sighed softly, reached out to take the pills, and Najin immediately handed over his own cup—his cup was full of white water, just enough to take the medicine, but soon he realized that the cup was drunk by himself, so he stretched out half of his hand Shrunk back again.

"My lord...I..." When he got nervous, he couldn't even speak the Central Plains coherently.

"It's okay." Zhao Yuansheng patted his head reassuringly, took his cup, and swallowed the medicine.

Zhao Yuansheng glanced at the untouched dishes on his table and asked, "Is it because the dishes in the palace are not to your liking?"

Natsu lowered his head and eagerly argued, "No, it's..."

"What did the emperor say to Najin? Even King Xiang called the emperor several times, but the emperor didn't hear him." After Zhao Zhen said this, Zhao Yuansheng realized that Li An was still staring at him belatedly.

He turned his head and met Li An's deep and hazy eyes, his heart trembled.

This was the first time that Zhao Yuansheng looked at him squarely after he took his seat. The undisguised aggression in his eyes made Zhao Yuansheng amused.It's because I didn't know his nature all the time, and I still thought that he was a pure and kind person. Even when I was talking to Najin just now, I was inadvertently recalling Li An's appearance when he first came to Li country, and he was always uneasy like Najin.

It's a pity that such a memory is already blurred, and he can't find it.

"It's nothing, the minister is too weak to drink, and I want Najin to accompany the minister to change clothes." Zhao Yuansheng stood up unsteadily, and Najin hurriedly stood up to support him.

All eyes stared at them from all directions, and there were even whispers.

Zhao Yuansheng finally knew why Najin couldn't eat. He was cowardly, and he really felt uncomfortable being stared at by so many eyes in a foreign country.

Zhao Yuansheng greeted Zhao Zhen and left with the people.

After leaving the gate of the palace, the cold wind blew, Zhao Yuansheng woke up a little bit, he supported the pillar for a while, raised his head and met the concerned eyes, wet, like some kind of weak animal.He bravely held Zhao Yuansheng's hand, and seeing that he didn't shake it off, he exerted a little force and pressed the acupuncture points on his hand for him.

"My lord, it will hurt a little at first, but it will feel better after a while."

Feeling the soreness in the palm of his hand slowly turning into warmth, Zhao Yuansheng moved his hand slightly, motioning him to stop.

Najin immediately withdrew his hand. It was not the first time that he acted cautiously to please him. Zhao Yuansheng patted his head and said gently: "In private, you don't need to call me prince, call me..."

Before the words fell, a familiar voice sounded behind him, Zhao Yuansheng froze, and said to him: "The person I brought is at the West Corner Gate, and there is food in the carriage, you go to fill your stomach first, and there will be more food for this dinner." a little while."

He turned around, glanced at Li An lightly, called the little eunuch who had been following behind, and said, "Send the prince well."

Najin glanced at Li An, pursed his lips, and followed the little eunuch.

Zhao Yuansheng unconsciously stared at the back of Najin walking away, and really didn't want to turn to look at Li An, but this situation fell into Li An's eyes, but it was Zhao Yuansheng's ulterior motives for that fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

When he was in the palace, he already sensed that something was wrong between Zhao Yuansheng and Na Jin, so he chased them out, but he happened to bump into the two very close to each other, Na Jin was holding Zhao Yuansheng's hand, and Zhao Yuansheng didn't resist at all. look.

His slightly stretched brows, smiling eyes, and gentle speaking, and the slender hand that touched Najin.The whole picture was split into different parts by Ang Lee, and all the expressions and movements that he was so familiar with and relied on were all given to another person.

Li An felt the pain of being robbed of a part of his heart.

Zhao Yuansheng finally turned around, and when he faced him, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

Li An had never seen such a cold look in Zhao Yuansheng's eyes, or Zhao Yuansheng had never treated him with such indifference.

"His Royal Highness, what's the matter?" Zhao Yuansheng said in a flat voice, but his feet slipped and he staggered.

Li An hurried forward to support him, but before his hands touched his sleeves, Zhao Yuansheng subconsciously refused, and leaned against the pillar to stabilize his figure.

With this subconscious push, Li An's heart went cold, his nose felt sour, and his outstretched hand just stopped in midair.

When he was most willful, when he ran away to Hancheng without any news for six years under the pretense of belonging to Mei Shao without saying goodbye, Zhao Yuansheng never rejected him so resolutely.

After six years, they were still able to talk and laugh as before, without half a gap, but in this short period of one year, everything changed.

For the first time, Li An felt so strongly that Zhao Yuansheng really didn't want to forgive him.

"Brother Yi..." Li An called him softly with a sour nose.

With shaking hands, he carefully grabbed the corner of Zhao Yuansheng's clothes, as if testing Zhao Yuansheng's attitude.

Zhao Yuansheng glanced down at the hand reaching out to him, and avoided it calmly.

"His Royal Highness Xiang, don't shout, this king has never had any brothers." Zhao Yuansheng paused, with a hint of sarcasm, "What's more, he is from a foreign country, His Royal Highness, it's better to avoid suspicion."

Li An's heart suddenly became empty, and his thin and sharp face, set off by his helpless eyes, became so helpless and pitiful.

He imagined the scene after their reunion countless times. Zhao Yuansheng would hate himself, scold himself, and even want to kill himself. He looked at him coldly, like a stranger.

This year, Jiang Guogong's exhaustion from calculating suddenly surged up, almost drowning Li An.

Over the past year, he has endured humiliation, suffered humiliation and pain, stained blood to do things against his will, and for revenge, he is willing to use any means, any tricks.He is in his home country, but his life in Li country is far inferior.

It was only then that Li An realized how well he was protected by Zhao Yuansheng in Li Country, and almost no wind and rain could fall on him.

Whenever he dreamed back at midnight, Li An could only rely on the memory of Li Guo and Zhao Yuansheng to support him. He became dark and eccentric, and could only survive night after night with that little temperature.

He missed Zhao Yuansheng very much, really missed him.

"Brother Yi..." Li An called him stubbornly, "I miss you..."