[Red Chamber] I am Lin Daiyu and her uncle

The day of the celebration banquet.

Because Lin Qing lived in the same yard as Li Yifang, he was assigned to the same carriage.

Lin Qingzheng was angry with Li Yifang for what had happened recently, and he didn't speak to Li Yifang all the way, nor gave him a good face.

Li Yifang was used to being thick-skinned anyway, sitting on the carriage as if nothing had happened, shaking her head and humming the erotic ditties he used to listen to in the land of fireworks.

Although Lin Qing hadn't heard it, but seeing Li Yifang's full face, she also knew that it was not a serious song, and it was even more shameless to him.

After arriving at the palace gate, you have to walk.

Lin Qing and Li Yifang followed behind the eunuch who specially led the way, and there were ordinary scenes along the way, so there was nothing to say, except that they bumped into a group of people when they passed Shaohuating.

The court ladies and eunuchs surrounded a person in the middle who was dressed in a white gauze dress and the same type of gauze hat. He looked like a man, with a slender and tall figure, and he was probably still young.

At first, Lin Qing thought that this man would be Queen Mother Lan's male favourite, after all, surrounded by so many people, and dressed so... er, fairy-like.

But he also caught a glimpse of a black sword pinned to the man's waist. With the decoration of the sword, the man added a little bit of heroism in the wind of Yushu.

Lin Qing didn't know whether the sword was a decoration or not. If it was a decoration, there was nothing to say. If it wasn't... this is Ouchi!Apart from the imperial guards, ordinary people can still wear weapons?

The leading eunuch consciously took Lin Qing and Li Yifang aside to make way for the group opposite.

Just when the man in light gauze passed Lin Qing and the others, a gust of wind blew in untimely, lifting the light gauze from the man's bamboo hat.

Lin Qing has been silently observing the movement on the other side, so he saw the man's face very sharply.

I don't know if I don't look at it, Lin Qing's soul will be scared away at the first sight!

Why do you think Lin Qing is so frightened?

Yuan is the young man's appearance, which is almost the same as his father-in-law's!Shen Gui and Shen Jiao's brothers and sisters are not like that man and Shen Fang.

The only difference is probably that the man from Qingsha looks younger than Shen Fang, and he doesn't have the evil spirit that Shen Fang came out of from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood.

But it is exactly the same elegant and refined.

Lin Qing has always been very talented in gossip, has a sensitivity that is difficult for ordinary people to match, and has a big brain, so he quickly made up a romantic affair with his father-in-law. Could it be Shen Fang? And Empress Dowager Lan...

Once the new door was opened, it could never be closed again. Lin Qing's thoughts drifted farther and farther, and more and more deviated from the track. He felt that there must be some tricks between Shen Fang and Queen Mother Lan.

Lin Qing instinctively wanted to gossip with Li Yifang, but in the blink of an eye, she saw Li Yifang was also looking at the man with a familiar expression?

why? !

Isn't this, isn't it shocking that the similarity is so high?

Ming An Palace.

Lin Qing and Li Yifang arrived on time, and then took their seats in sequence. After a busy schedule at the guest table, the eunuch was ordered to shout: "General Zhengyuan is here! Princess Yaohua is here!"

Following the high-pitched voice of the messenger eunuch, a middle-aged man dressed in a lion-painted scarlet robe, with a big arm and a round waist, upright and majestic, and a bearded face walked in. Not someone who is waiting for you, it must be General Pan Shixiong, the protagonist of this banquet.

really.

Behind General Zhengyuan was Pan Xin'er, who was dressed gorgeously and well-dressed!

Pan Xin'er was followed by an acquaintance, the young general who connected Lin Qing's dislocated arm that night.

Tsk tsk...it's not that friends don't get together.

But having said that, it is really puzzling that such a reckless man like Pan Shixiong can give birth to such a soft and charming daughter who is as beautiful as a fairy.

In fact, Pan Shixiong is not ugly, on the contrary, his facial features are quite masculine, but... Such facial features are definitely not suitable for a woman's face, especially Pan Xin'er's beauty is first-class and peerless!So it looks like Pan Shixiong is not like father and daughter.

Lin Qing has also stayed in modern and ancient times for so many years, and she has seen countless beauties. The most beautiful one is Empress Shen. That is the real "one look at the city, and then look at the country", and Pan Xin'er is only so much worse than Queen Shen. A little lost, visible and beautiful.

So Lin Qing was somewhat skeptical about the authenticity of the relationship between Pan Shixiong and Pan Xiner's father and daughter. If they were real father and daughter... then what a god Pan Xiner's mother must be!Can Pan Shixiong's masculine genes be reversed to give birth to such a beautiful and feminine daughter?

Lin Qing took a closer look at Pan Shixiong and Pan Xiner's father and daughter again. His eyes were blurred before he finally found their similarity, that is, the brows were also filled with a heroic spirit, which made Pan Xiner different from ordinary beauties. There is a kind of heroic and valiant chic, which makes people inexplicably have a desire to conquer.

Lin Qing quietly glanced at Li Yifang who was sitting next to him, and said, is she really not tempted at all with such a beauty and such infatuation?

As soon as Pan Shixiong arrived at the scene, all the dignitaries and dignitaries present in Huang Liangguo surrounded him and began to compliment him. They poured their lives on him as if they didn't need money, and even brought his only daughter Yaohua Princess to the nine heavens. , What are "a tiger father has no dog girl", "a heroine in a female school" and so on.

Pan Shixiong responded one by one out of politeness, and only when he heard others praise his daughter did his eyes soften, and a smile from the heart appeared on his face.

Of course, not everyone is flattering Pan Shixiong. For example, our Prince Duan doesn't care about him at all. He just sits on the sidelines, drinking wine with a blank expression, without even looking at Pan Shixiong.

Lin Qing had a panoramic view of this interesting scene, with a sense of playfulness of watching a good show.

In the past few days, he had a general understanding of the character and style of this Prince Duan, and he knew that this Prince Duan was a rare good man in the royal family who cared about the people and loved them like a son.

And Pan Shixiong's battle was also very interesting.

It turned out that after Queen Mother Lan came to power, some areas of Huang Liangguo went out independently without accepting her authority, and mixed with some nomadic tribes in remote areas to form a small country that could compete with Huang Liangguo, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Empress Dowager Lan fought against Nanke Kingdom as soon as she came to power. Although she won, her vitality was also seriously injured, so she didn't have time to subdue the independent forces.In addition, Nanke Kingdom has been secretly supporting them to check and balance Huang Liangguo. If they really want to fight, unless Huang Liangguo uses the power of the whole country to attack, they will definitely not win. But if they really mobilize the whole country, it is very likely that Nanke Kingdom will take advantage of it .

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Queen Mother Lan finally decided to let them mess around.In the final analysis, they are born of the same root. If there is a fight, the domestic public opinion may not be entirely on her side. After all, they are only against her Queen Mother Lan, not against the royal family of Huang Liangguo. There are many people in the royal family who dislike her.

Well, why did you suddenly want to beat them again?

Isn't this because Huang Liangguo is short of food recently?The part of the forces that happened to be independent, with the support of Nanke Kingdom, has made agriculture flourish, and their daily life is much better than that of the people of Huangliang Country, and a large number of people will not starve to death at every turn, and the people will basically not starve abdomen.

So Queen Mother Lan came up with their idea.

Huang Liangguo was waiting for food to save the emergency, so he had to use the fierce general Pan Shixiong to fight quickly. Pan Shixiong lived up to everyone's expectations and quickly beat them down.

Ordinarily, Prince Duan should be happy to conquer the previously lost land, but the fact is that although Pan Shixiong is very good at fighting and is an excellent general, his behavior is extremely cruel!Killing is commonplace, and the most heinous thing is that he has a hobby of making human/leather toys!

Every time a battle is won, Pan Shixiong always pulls young women and children out of the prisoners of war, and then carefully selects a group of people with the tenderest skin, and peels off their skins alive to make lanterns and drawing paper , making drums...

It is very strange that Pan Shixiong only asked his subordinates to complete all the skinning procedures, because he felt that skinning other people was cruel, so he never visited the site, and only waited for the craftsmen to hand over the beautiful human/leather toys to him hand, and then he played with it carefully.

Hypocritical and perverted!

So you understand why Prince Duan has such an attitude?

They were born from the same root, so why rush each other...

After a while, Queen Mother Lan and the emperor arrived.

As the king of a country, the emperor first expressed his high affirmation of the results of this battle in front of everyone, and then he highly and comprehensively praised Pan Shixiong himself. An emperor even boasted a rainbow fart to a courtier. The scene is really funny enough.

Of course, Pan Shixiong himself still respected the emperor, and accepted the emperor's praise with "sincerity and sincerity", so a good story about the harmony between the monarch and his ministers was happily recorded in the annals of history by the historian.

After the generous speeches, the banquet officially began.

Empress Dowager Lan smiled and called Pan Xin'er to her side, and then pulled her to sit on her phoenix chair together.

The amiable expression, the pampering expression on her face, the caring and caring, and the love that is about to overflow her eyes are really amazing, and she may not have such a good attitude towards her own son.

Pan Xin'er also showed her innocent side in front of Queen Mother Lan, and even had a little waywardness.

The two women chatted happily. Suddenly, with a smirk, Pan Xin'er leaned towards Empress Dowager Lan and whispered something into Empress Dowager Lan's ear.

Empress Dowager Lan frowned slightly, obviously not agreeing.

But under Pan Xin'er's sugar-coated cannonballs and coquetry, she still nodded helplessly.

"You dear friends, our Princess Yaohua..." Empress Dowager Lan put her arms around Pan Xin'er, lowered her head and gave her a doting smile, "Just now I made a request to Ai's family, saying that I want to perform a sword dance for everyone Active atmosphere."

The people below naturally followed the trend and Queen Mother Lan said, "The Princess is a fairy from the Nine Heavens, with a noble status and beauty like a fairy. It is a blessing from their previous life to see the Princess performing for them with their own eyes" and so on.

Empress Dowager Lan was very satisfied with everyone's flattery, singing and dancing were all removed, just to make room for Pan Xin'er.

Pan Xin'er came to the center of the hall, took the sword presented by the palace servants and weighed it a few times, then suddenly smiled, raised her head and said to the Empress Dowager Lan who was sitting on the throne: "Your Majesty, it's boring for me to dance alone, I want to accompany me alone Let's dance together!"

When Lin Qing heard this, she immediately understood Pan Xin'er's little plan, so she turned her head and looked at Li Yifang next to her with a smirk.

You boy, fell into the hands of others again.

really--

"Yes." Queen Mother Lan nodded, "Then who does Yaohua want to dance with?"

Pan Xin'er cupped her hands in thanks and said, "I want Nanke's envoy Li Yifang, General Li, to dance with me."

Empress Dowager Lan turned her head to look at the seat where the Nanke envoys were sitting, "Who is General Li?"

Pan Xin'er almost referred to her by name, she couldn't hide, so Li Yifang stood up generously, went out, came to the center of the hall, and then bowed and saluted, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, this humble minister is Li Yifang."

Queen Mother Lan squinted her eyes and looked at Li Yifang carefully, and said meaningfully: "The little general is really chic and suave. If that's the case, you can dance with the princess."

Li Yifang declined a few words out of courtesy, but Queen Mother Lan rejected them one by one.

Seeing the sword offered by the palace man, Li Yifang took it lightly, but faced Pan Xin'er with an expressionless face.

A hot face and a cold butt didn't affect Pan Xin'er's good mood at all. After giving Li Yifang a smug smile, she took the lead in dancing, and Li Yifang had to keep up with her rhythm.

It was fine at the beginning, it was all dances for viewing, you come and go, and the aesthetics are the main thing, but I don't know where to start, things have become a little bit wrong.Pan Xin'er's sword gradually became aggressive towards Li Yifang, but Li Yifang had no choice but to back down.

But Pan Xin'er didn't let it go, and pressed Li Yifang even more, several times he would hurt Li Yifang's vitals.

However, Li Yifang's swordsmanship was obviously superior. Even if Pan Xin'er didn't give him any room, he still kept the whole sword dance within an appropriate range and didn't give her a chance to make too outrageous moves.

Pan Xin'er was so annoyed, seeing that the sword dance was about to end, her heart froze, and she stabbed at Li Yifang with all her strength.

Now, no matter the insider or the layman, they can see the unusualness inside, and the atmosphere at the scene is very weird.

Do you want to assassinate me?

Behind Pan Shixiong, Deputy General Zhang looked at everything that happened in the center of the stage with a cold face. He was already ready to finish off for his princess.

Pan Shixiong himself wasn't nervous or worried at all. While looking at the two sword dancers in the center of the stage, he didn't forget to sip the wine leisurely. His relaxed posture seemed to be really just enjoying a high-level sword dance.

Lin Qing also looked terrified. Any injury to these two people would be a serious diplomatic accident. It might cause the two countries to start a war. How will it end then?

But they were clearly overthinking.

At the critical moment, Li Yifang directly used a beautiful sword flower to knock Pan Xin'er's sword flying, and then quickly grabbed the flying sword, handed both swords to the hands of the palace servants, and then cupped her hands to Pan Xin'er: "Princess , Accepted!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Empress Dowager Lan took the lead in clapping. Everyone was stunned, but seeing their master clapping, everyone followed suit.

"Sure enough, a hero is born as a boy. General Li is very heroic and martial arts. I don't know if he was married?"

It was obvious that she wanted to propose a kiss to Li Yifang. As for the object of the kiss... Lin Qing glanced at Pan Xin'er, who was looking at Li Yifang with a face full of spring, and she was almost inseparable.

Li Yifang bowed to the Empress Dowager Lan: "Your Majesty, I have had two wives, both of whom died of various reasons. The fortune teller said that I was born to restrain my wife's life, and wives who marry before the age of 40 will have a short life. Wei Chen is only in his early thirties, if he gets married now, it will only delay the girl from a good family."

The Empress Dowager Lan just said this because she couldn't resist Pan Xin'er's plea, and she actually didn't agree with their marriage in her heart. When Li Yifang gave such a very reasonable reason, she hurriedly followed his excuse.

"If that's the case, then that's all. Aijia wishes you the best of luck in finding a man you want to spend the rest of your life with when you're 40 years old."

Li Yifang breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for your kind words, Empress Dowager."

Everyone was very happy that the matter could be resolved in such a proper way, except Pan Xin'er, who did not hide her lonely expression at all, and looked unwillingly at Li Yifang who was relieved beside her.

The mission here is almost done, Lin Qing and his group are packing their luggage and preparing to leave for Nanke, Pan Xiner has never looked for Li Yifang since she was dismissed at the banquet. Qing also had a rare quiet day.

But just the day before leaving for the trip back, there was another oral order from the palace, this time they were not invited to the banquet, but the Empress Dowager Lan wanted to summon Lin Qing.

Lin Qing felt baffled, and repeatedly asked the eunuch who passed the decree, whether he remembered it wrong, why he was the only one called?But the eunuch Chuanzhi had a good temper and repeatedly ensured that he remembered correctly, false Chuanyizhi would be beheaded!

Although he believed the eunuch's words in the end, Lin Qing was still puzzled.He is not the first envoy, nor is he related to the Queen Mother Lan, he is just a little-known official. How can the Queen Mother Lan, as the actual controller of the empire, only summon him?

Lin Qing was full of doubts, but still obeyed the order and entered the palace to meet the Queen Mother Lan.

Cisheng Palace.

Lin Qing followed the leading eunuch to the outer hall of the Cisheng Palace, and the eunuch asked Lin Qing to wait for a while.

Lin Qing observed the decorations in the hall while waiting, um...it is indeed very magnificent, especially Lin Qing recognized some of the decorations are products of the unique customs and customs of the capital of Nanke Kingdom, it seems that the Queen Mother Lan There is still some homesickness to some extent.

Not long after, a man in white veil slowly exited from the inner hall.

Lin Qing looked up.

Isn't this the man who looks exactly like Shen Fang that I ran into at Shaohua Pavilion that day!

This time he didn't wear a bamboo hat. Lin Qing took a closer look at his face. The more he looked, the more he looked like Shen Fang. How could there be such a similar person in the world?

Perhaps Lin Qing was watching too intently. The man sensed that someone was looking at him, so he turned his head and met Lin Qing's probing gaze.

Lin Qing was caught by someone, and she laughed a few times awkwardly and was about to turn her head away, but the man actually smiled at Lin Qing.

The meaning of a smile is rich and mysterious.

So mysterious that Lin Qing remembered the smile of Mona Lisa through the constraints of time and space.

The eunuch who went in to complain finally came out, interrupting the silent eye contact between the two.

"My lord, please." The eunuch bowed his waist, holding the fairy duster in his left hand, and stretched his right hand towards the hall, smiling broadly.

Lin Qing nodded, took one last look at the man, and then walked towards the inner hall.

In the hall, Empress Dowager Lan sat on a phoenix chair, graceful and luxurious, with a myriad of manners.

"The humble official Lin Qing kowtowed to the empress dowager, the empress dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"Get up." Queen Mother Lan slightly raised her hand.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!"

Lin Qing finally got a close-up view of Empress Dowager Lan's appearance. It was hard to believe that an old woman in her sixties could be described by the word milf.The Empress Dowager Lan has actually shown her age, her hair is a little gray, and the corners of her eyes are also slightly wrinkled, but how should I put it, her facial features are still bright, and she can vaguely see the peerless elegance of her youth.The years only left traces on her face, but unintentionally added to her the charm of the years, making her more attractive.

"You are Liang Gong's son-in-law?"

Shen Fang, whose name is Liang Gong.

Lin Qing nodded and cupped his hands: "Yes."

Queen Mother Lan received an affirmative reply, her eyes looked softer at Lin Qing, and her words were full of nostalgia.

"Your father-in-law and I are old friends when we were young, is he... all right?"

Up to this point, Lin Qing has been 100% sure that there is definitely an extraordinary relationship between Shen Fang and Queen Mother Lan. It may not be mutual love, but Queen Mother Lan is definitely interested in his father-in-law!

Lin Qing respectfully replied: "Going back to the Empress Dowager, my father-in-law is all well, and my body is as healthy as ever, free from illness and disaster."

Empress Dowager Lan didn't make a sound. After a while, Lin Qing heard a barely audible sigh.

Lin Qing looked up, and saw Queen Mother Lan tilting her head slightly, and shifted her gaze to the bright yellow crutches placed on the side, her eyes were deep and nostalgic...

Lin Qing followed her gaze, and at the top of the column cap inlaid with colorful gemstones, it turned out to be just a wooden statue of a nine-headed bird?

However, although the texture is wood, the carving work is really good. Each of the bird's nine heads has a different expression and is all lifelike, which can be called a superb work of art.In particular, the two eyes of each head are embellished with rubies, and the birds seem to be alive and vivid.

But Lin Qing only felt that the red eyes of the nine-headed bird looked weird, and some inexplicable resistance arose in his heart.