Quick Travel: Passing Through the Bloody World

"Flower viewing banquet?"

Pei Yu leaned lazily on the beauty couch, and when he heard the words, he lowered his eyes to look at the maid kneeling on the ground.

Maid: "Reporting to the Queen, Concubine Li felt that the sun was just right today, so she invited the ladies of the other palaces to go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers."

Pei Yu nodded slightly: "Go tell your master that I will be there shortly."

Maid: "Yes."

Seeing the maid leave, Pei Yu slowly sat up straight with a deep look in his eyes.

System [This Concubine Li is up to no good.]

Pei Yu said calmly: "I am looking forward to what kind of medicine she sells."

"What does this mean, Master Xue?"

A man in a black robe looked at Xue Shenyi with frowns and angry eyes. He had handsome features and a straight face. There was a scar on his left cheek that extended from the peak of his brow to his chin. He looked quite murderous.

Xue Shenyi stood to one side, slightly closing his eyes and saying, "General Li usually only likes to wield swords and guns, how come he is in the mood to accompany Your Majesty to appreciate the flowers today?"

Li Guiyi snorted when he heard this: "Does this general need to report to a eunuch like you for anything he does?"

"That's not what I meant. General Li, you're joking." Xue Shenyi opened his slightly closed eyelids, his dark pupils were calm.

He fiddled with the ring on his thumb with his thin white fingers, and said in an ambiguous voice: "I just think that General Li should not be dazzled by the flowers."

"..."

—

In the pavilion built by the water in the Imperial Garden, women in colorful dresses gathered together to chat and drink tea. The air was filled with elegant fragrance, and in the sea of ​​flowers, the women were more beautiful than the flowers.

Concubine Li was wearing a pink gauze dress with a blooming peony embroidered on the chest, looking dazzling and beautiful.

She touched her temples, somewhat displeased: "Why hasn't the Queen come yet?"

Although it is a pavilion next to the water, it is still hot and uncomfortable.

In order to outshine the queen today, she wore a gauze dress with layers of layers that looked like piled up flower petals. After staying there for a long time, she felt a little dizzy due to the heat.

The maid replied cautiously: "When I went there, the Queen told me to tell you that she would be here soon."

Concubine Li bit her lip, her beautiful eyes filled with anger.

Concubine Zhang leaned over to Liu Qinyue's ear and whispered, "Aren't you afraid that Concubine Li will be angry if you do this, Queen?"

"So what if she's angry? Concubine Li can't do anything to the Queen."

"But Concubine Li's brother is the great general Li Guiyi, the daughter of a general, while the Empress is only the daughter of a fifth-rank official. She entered the palace for no apparent reason, and the Emperor has never even summoned her."

Liu Qinyue put down a chess piece between her fingertips and said calmly: "So this is what the Queen cannot afford to offend."

"Ah?" Concubine Zhang was puzzled.

Liu Qinyue glanced at her and said, "Besides, is it a good thing to sleep with someone in bed nowadays?"

Concubine Zhang was stunned for a moment, and her pretty face turned pale.

The emperor peeled off the skins of three beauties in one month. Everyone in the harem was terrified. How could anyone dare to sleep with him?

What they feared most every day was the emperor's turning over of the cards. They were afraid that they would be the one to sleep with the emperor tonight, and then they would offend the emperor in some way and be thrown to the emperor's seal-holder eunuch Xue Shenyi to be skinned and have their tendons pulled out.

Only the fool Concubine Li is fearless because she relies on her brother being a general who protects the country and having a prominent family background.

The eunuch's voice came from a distance. Liu Qinyue stopped her hand on the table and put down the chess piece.

"Forget it, there's no point in going downhill any further. The Queen just happened to be here." Liu Qinyue stood up.

Different from the concubines in the harem who were competing for beauty, Pei Yu only put on a little makeup, and the white dress made her look fresh and refined under the scorching sun.

Although he was dressed in a non-competitive manner, the moment he appeared, no one could take their attention away from him.

"I'm sorry, I'm new to the palace and don't know the roads. I've kept you waiting for so long."

Concubine Li was irritated by the heat, but she suppressed her irritability and said, "No, it's my elder sister who was inconsiderate and didn't send anyone to welcome me."

"The elder sister treats the younger sister very well."

Concubine Li pulled Pei Yu aside and asked her about her health, then pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, look at your memory. I heard that you were a famous talented woman in the capital before you entered the palace. Today is the right time, why don't you play a song "Lovesickness" to liven up the atmosphere?"

A hint of surprise welled up on Liu Qinyue's originally calm face. She eagerly shifted her gaze to Pei Yu, but unfortunately Pei Yu had his back to her, so she couldn't see his expression.

"OK."

Liu Qinyue watched Pei Yu get up to get the guqin, but was stopped by Concubine Zhang just as she was about to get up.

Concubine Zhang shook her head at her: "Don't go."

"..."

Liu Qinyue clenched her fists, with a look of reluctance on her face: "Concubine Li did it on purpose."

This song "Lovesickness" was the specialty of Concubine Xiang in those days. It is said that Concubine Xiang won the favor of the emperor because of this song, and she continued to enjoy the emperor's favor from then on.

But ever since the incident with Concubine Xiang, this has become a taboo in the palace and no one dares to speak out.

Liu Qinyue couldn't help but sigh with regret. She had thought that the Queen was a person with her own ideas in mind, but she didn't expect that she would be easily fooled by Concubine Li.

Pei Yu sat aside holding the zither.

The system was surprised [Are you really going to play this? This is the song that Concubine Xiang played when she was alive. It’s obvious that they are trying to trick you.]

Pei Yu raised his eyebrows [Who said I was going to play "Lovesickness"? ]

The smooth sound flows out from the guqin, like the crisp and pleasant sound of a mountain spring. The melody is light and gentle, as charming and charming as a shy and timid girl.

Pei Yu plucked the strings lightly with his fingertips, and the guqin seemed to merge into one with it, indistinguishable from the other.

Concubine Li watched Pei Yu's actions with satisfaction, a hint of malice lingering on her smiling face.

"what sound?"

The old emperor opened his cloudy eyes and stopped the palace maid.

Xue Shenyi frowned as he listened to the music. Li Guiyi listened for a while and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, isn't this "Lovesickness"? I haven't heard it for a long time!"

"How dare you! Who plays such a piece of music in the palace?"

The old emperor's face suddenly darkened. He raised his hand and threw the bracelet on the ground, shouting: "Come here, bring the person playing the piano to me!"

Before he finished speaking, the tune suddenly changed from brisk to urgent, as if thousands of troops were passing through, making the listeners' blood boil.

This time, it seemed as if the sound of the piano contained not only the love of a young girl, but also the passion of a heroic woman who joined the army for her father, and her loyalty to the emperor and her patriotism.

A hint of a smile spread across Xue Shenyi's eyes. The little queen is quite smart.

Li Guiyi's expression suddenly changed.

The old emperor raised his hand to stop the eunuchs' actions and listened to the music with a puzzled expression.

After a long while, he suddenly laughed and said, "I never thought there is such a talented woman in my palace. Go and invite her to me. I want to see who she is!"

After a while, the eunuch led Pei Yu to the old emperor.

Pei Yu bowed and said, "I am Pei Binghe, your Highness."

"You are the daughter of the Pei family?" The old emperor stared at her for a while and nodded with satisfaction: "You are indeed an extraordinary person."

"Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

"The piece you just played is very good, but I have never heard it before. What is the name of the piece?"

"Your Majesty, Concubine Li said that the name of this song is "Lovesickness"."

Upon hearing this, the old emperor shifted his gaze to Li Guiyi and snorted with a laugh: "General Li, you really have a good sister."

Li Guiyi knelt on the ground with a plop: "Your Majesty, I have no idea where my sister got the southern barbarian song! Your Majesty, please understand!"

"How can I understand? A woman who has been in the palace for a long time has a score of southern barbarians. General Li, how can I understand?"

"..."

The old emperor raised his hand to signal Xue Shenyi, and said: "Xue Zhangyin, what do you think about this matter?"

"I think that Concubine Li may not really know that the music she played for the Empress is a Southern Barbarian piece."

Li Guiyi nodded hurriedly, but Xue Shenyi's next words made his expression stiffen instantly: "From what I think, the most important thing is to ask Concubine Li where she got the music from.

After all, as Your Majesty said, Concubine Li has lived in the palace for a long time, but she has been able to obtain the southern barbarian music scores. We cannot rule out the possibility that the southern barbarians have infiltrated the palace."

Li Guiyi: "..."

What the hell are these barbarians!

That was him who put it there, how could he not know?

But Li Guiyi didn't dare to say it.

This piece of music was originally mixed in with the Music Bureau, waiting to be played at the palace banquet a few days later. By then, he could use his duty as a general to investigate why there was a southern barbarian music score in the palace, and then search Xue Shenyi's Treasury Department to bring him down.

Who would have thought that this song would appear earlier, and in the hands of his sister, Concubine Li.

He failed to put the blame on Xue Shenyi and ended up getting himself into trouble.

What's the difference between this and having a rotten egg in your hands?

The old emperor: "What do you think, General Li?"

Li Guiyi took a deep breath and said, "I will obey your majesty's order."

Concubine Li was originally waiting for the news that the queen had been deposed, but she didn't expect that she was captured by a group of guards and taken before the emperor before she could get the news.

She was confused for a moment, and then she heard Xue Shenyi arranging to send her to the Baochao Division for interrogation.

Concubine Li: "..." Why are you interrogating her? Why are you interrogating her?

Concubine Li was frightened and cried: "Your Majesty, why are you interrogating me?"

"You have the music of the Southern Barbarians in your palace, don't you know it?"

"Southern Barbarian Music Score?" Concubine Li was stunned and her face turned pale with fright.

After all, she was just a scheming woman in the palace, her mind full of jealousy among women. Now that it had escalated to the level of treason, she told Pei Yu everything she wanted to put the blame on.

Concubine Li: "I really just want the Queen to play "Lovesickness"! I really don't know anything else! I don't know where this southern barbarian music score came from!"

Pei Yu also wiped her tears with her handkerchief: "Why did Sister Li Fei treat me like this? I thought you liked to listen to me play music."

As he spoke, two lines of tears slid down his cheeks. His tall, thin and slender figure looked frail and shaky, which made people feel pity for him.

Concubine Li: "..."

The old emperor got even angrier when he heard this: "Okay, okay! Concubine Li, you still have this trick? This will make me guess what I am thinking! Someone, take off Concubine Li's concubine's clothes! I don't want to see her again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old emperor was so angry that he suffocated and a group of palace servants surrounded him in a panic.

Xue Shenyi and Pei Yu looked at each other from a distance across the crowd.

Pei Yu put down his hand and gave Xue Shenyi a faint smile.

Xue Shenyi: "..."

—

System [You really think this is a wishing tree, don’t you?]

Originally, I thought Pei Yu would have some superb palace fighting skills, but it turned out that he just used props to swap the music score of "Lovesickness" with the Nanman music score of the Jiaofangsi.

It's really like exchanging words across space.

The system saw that the music score in Pei Yu's hand had changed, and it was overwhelmed.

If it remembered correctly, what Pei Yu was holding was a blind bag, right? Not telekinesis, right?

How does he manage to get whatever he wants and get whatever he wants?

The European Emperor is no more than this.

Pei Yu: "It's just a coincidence."

System [...] These are all lies from you European emperors.

Late at night, the candles in the palace went out quietly. Pei Yu suddenly opened his eyes. Under the moonlight, the candle that had just been extinguished at the bedside was still smoking.

Pei Yu just stood up when a dark shadow flashed in front of him and a cool hand grabbed his neck.

Pei Yu said calmly: "Master Xue, why are you looking for me so late at night?"

The man was stunned: "You know it's me?"

"The incense on Xue Zhangyin's body is very special."

Pei Yu felt his neck loosen, the candlelight flickered in front of his eyes, and Xue Shenyi's face appeared in the candlelight.

Xue Shenyi was much taller than the younger and malnourished Yuan. When he was standing, Pei Yu had to look up to see his eyes. At this moment, Pei Yu felt a little sore in his neck as he sat on the bed and looked up at Xue Shenyi.

Pei Yu: "..."

The last time I experienced this perspective was when I was a child in my previous life.

Xue Shenyi noticed Pei Yu's discomfort, so he pulled out a chair and sat face to face with Pei Yu.

"Thanks."

Pei Yu was amused: "Why would Master Xue thank me for anything?"

"You should replace the Nanman music score in advance to save me the trouble."

Xue Shenyi was not a fool. How could a palace concubine have the ability to obtain the unique music scores of the Southern Barbarian royal family?

This thing was obviously what Li Guiyi prepared for him.

As for how Pei Yu knew...

Xue Shenyi looked at the clear and calm eyes of the person in front of him and felt that he would not be able to ask anything.

This little queen is much more powerful than he thought.

"You are not Pei Binghe."

Xue Shenyi's voice affirmed.

Pei Yu was not panicked: "Master Xue, you are joking. Who else could I be if not Pei Binghe?"

"I have seen the real Pei Binghe."

"..."

Pei Yu's eyes turned: "You..."

"But I won't tell anyone. It doesn't matter to me who you are."

Xue Shenyi shrugged and said.

Pei Yu was happy: "If you don't want to do anything to me, why did you pinch my neck just now?"

Pei Yu leaned his face forward. Under the candlelight, the red spot on his neck was particularly conspicuous.

Xue Shenyi: "...I didn't use any strength."

He was just afraid that Pei Yu would scream, so he used this method to scare him in advance. However, he didn't know that Pei Yu's skin was so delicate that it would turn red if pinched.

The red palm print on the white skin was extremely obvious, forming a sharp color contrast with the delicate face, making it look like someone had been severely bullied.

The white underwear for sleeping in summer is thin and close-fitting. I didn’t notice it just now, but now the large area of ​​exposed white skin along the line of the neck is dazzling.

...Well, it's just a little flat.

Xue Shenyi's Adam's apple rolled twice, and he forced himself to get out of sight.

He looked at Pei Yu's face: "The Queen wears makeup even when she sleeps?"

Pei Yu: "..."

"Master Seal-holder, do you still care about this?" Pei Yu's voice was full of sarcasm.

Xue Shenyi looked away uncomfortably: "No."

He told the purpose of his visit: "There will be a palace banquet in a few days. As far as I know, the real Pei Binghe had a close relationship with Yang Shaoqing's son Yang Wen three years ago. You should pay attention that day."

Pei Yu's eyes flickered: "Thank you for the seal, but I haven't contacted Master Yang for a long time."

Xue Shenyi stared at his face, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Little liar.