Drunk Bamboo

"Okay, okay, of course." The emperor agreed immediately.

"Your Majesty, could King Feng please lend a helping hand and dance with me with the sword?" Xiao Bingxin glanced at Hua Qinfeng out of the corner of her eyes.

Hua Qinfeng stopped drinking and frowned.

"The sword dance between the two people is magnificent. What do you think, King Feng?" The emperor naturally had no reason to disagree, but he still symbolically asked Hua Qinfeng for his opinion.

"I..." Of course I didn't want to.

Xie Yuzhu pulled his sleeve and whispered to stop him:

"Your Majesty is in high spirits, Your Majesty, please don't ruin the atmosphere."

He had to swallow the words that came to his lips, and stood up and bowed: "Your son is willing."

Xiao Bingxin had a smile on her face, and her lowered eyes revealed pride and joy of the success of her plan.

"Your Majesty, the dress I am wearing is too formal. Could you please allow me to change into something lighter?"

"allow."

"Your Highness, come along too. Your clothes are dark in color. You should change into something brighter so that you can look better when you dance with the sword." Xiao Bingxin smiled with her beautiful eyes, looking very charming. She then looked at Xie Yuzhu, "Does Princess Sister-in-law mind?"

Xie Yuzhu felt a little uneasy, but didn't know what was wrong.

The emperor is here, and General Xiao is here too. I don't think Xiao Bingxin can come up with any tricks.

He glanced at Hua Qinfeng and said, "Go ahead, Your Majesty."

After leaving the hall, Hua Qinfeng asked:

"Fourth girl, what are you doing? What on earth are you up to?"

Xiao Bingxin smiled sweetly: "I just want to perform sword dance with Brother Feng, Brother Feng is unwilling?"

He didn't believe it.

"Why are you suddenly performing a sword dance?"

"I just want to make His Majesty happy. What else could I think of? Brother Feng, I won't harm you. Last time, you and sister-in-law chanted poems and danced with swords, and the emperor was very pleased. Today, I also want to use this opportunity to make His Majesty happy. If His Majesty is happy, Dad can also return to the West without any worries."

As she spoke, she blinked at Hua Qinfeng, innocently and aggrievedly, as if Hua Qinfeng had wronged her.

Hua Qinfeng still didn't believe it.

The voice was delicate: "If Brother Feng doesn't cooperate with me in sword dancing, His Majesty will be angry, and Daddy will also be unhappy. Daddy has always been very good to Brother Feng, Brother Feng won't have the heart to do that, right?"

Hua Qinfeng just said: "You'd better not play tricks on me."

He just danced with the sword. For the sake of his father, Lao Xiao, and Xie Yuzhu, he would endure it.

Hua Qinfeng changed into a moon-white gown, the same color as Xie Yuzhu's coat today.

When Xiao Bingxin, who had changed her clothes a little later, saw his clothes, she sighed sincerely: "Brother Feng's clothes are really nice, and they make Brother Feng look majestic and much more handsome than when he was in the West."

She never tries to please anyone unless she needs something.

Hua Qinfeng still didn't buy her account: "What exactly do you want to say?"

Xiao Bingxin smiled beautifully:

"Or is it because Zhongdu is a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, or because of the careful care of the princess and sister-in-law, that Brother Feng has changed?"

The more Hua Qinfeng listened, the less he understood.

What did she mean?

Her delicate voice was filled with envy: "Brother Feng is so lucky. He has his father's love in the West, and his sister-in-law loves him in the Central Plains. Both his father and sister-in-law protect Brother Feng very well, which makes me very envious, even jealous."

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes.

So I can only use you.

Hua Qinfeng was slightly stunned: "They protect me?"

"Brother Feng, you are alone now. Can they still protect you?" Xiao Bingxin still had a beautiful smile on her face, but every word she spoke was filled with sinisterness.

"Can you beat me?" Hua Qinfeng asked.

Xiao Bingxin laughed secretly in her heart.

This is your innocence.

This is your innocent heart that is protected by others.

"Of course I can't beat him, I just want to ask Brother Feng for a favor." In the blink of an eye, Chuchu said pitifully, "I want to meet King Wen alone."

Hua Qinfeng stared in astonishment: "You are crazy! Father has already arranged a marriage for my fifth brother. The wife is Luo Qi, the daughter of Master Luo, a scholar of the Imperial Academy. You are also engaged. This is the Imperial Palace. How can you meet alone?"

"I will leave Zhongdu with my father tomorrow. I just want to see him for the last time, thank him for saving my life, and put an end to it. I know that except tonight, I will not have the chance to see him again." He looked at Hua Qinfeng with pleading eyes.

"So you've already thought about it. You didn't do the sword dance to please His Majesty at all. You just wanted to pull me out and tell me all this?!"

"No one can help me except Brother Feng!"

He refused coldly, "I won't agree to it. Just pretend I didn't hear it, and I won't tell anyone."

"Brother Feng, if you don't help me, I won't go back to the West with Daddy. You know, Daddy can't hold me back if I want to."

Soft tactics didn't work, hard tactics didn't work, so she could only rely on threats: "Even if you tie me up and take me back to Xilin, I can still escape. Even if you tie me up and put me in a sedan chair, I can still escape the marriage."

"Even if I can't escape, I can kill someone or commit suicide."

"You..." Hua Qinfeng didn't expect that she would threaten him with her own death.

"Brother Feng, you should know that I always keep my word." She had a beautiful face but said these chilling words.

"Xiao Bingxin, you're really crazy!" Hua Qinfeng took two steps back, his surprised eyes filled with disgust.

Xiao Bingxin smiled: "I am crazy, you have driven me crazy. If you don't let me see King Wen alone, you can wait to see my corpse."

He whispered fiercely, "Daddy loves you so much, and Third Brother treats you like a real brother. Tell me, if my only daughter and sister are gone, it's all because you were unwilling to help me with a small favor."

"Brother Feng, tell me, will they resent you? Will Daddy still love you? Will Third Brother still treat you as a brother?"

"Do you still have the nerve to go back to the West?"

Hua Qinfeng reminded again: "There is no possibility for you and the fifth brother, Xiao Bingxin, don't be stubborn."

"Stubborn? Pursuing your own happiness is stubborn?"

With a pair of bright eyes, he asked curiously.

Hua Qinfeng said in a low voice: "The Central Plains is not as simple as you think, nor as beautiful as you think. Xilin has your father and your three brothers. If you really don't like the young master of the Zheng family, your father won't force you. Why do you have to do this?"

She said sincerely, "Brother Feng, I just want to meet King Wen and tell him what's in my heart. After that, I've given up."

The Huaqin wind seemed to be moving.

Xiao Bingxin nodded: "Really, I just want to have a beginning and an end. I don't want to end it unclearly without even a formal farewell."

"Brother Feng, please help me."

"I will be good and go back to Xilin with Daddy. Really, I will be good."

Hua Qinfeng couldn't let her really commit suicide: "Just meet once?"

Nodding desperately: "Yes, yes! Let's meet once!"