The days when I was imprisoned in the harem by the enemy monarch

The afternoon sun was just right, and a rocking chair was placed under a tree in the garden.

Lin Jian was lying on a chair basking in the sun, with a white cat coiled on his lap.

There was a small table next to the rocking chair, and a young man in black with his face covered was squatting halfway beside the table peeling grapefruits, carefully peeling off the skin one by one, and putting them on the plate in Lin Jian's hand.

Lin Jian glanced at the crystal clear grapefruit flesh on the plate, and then at the boy in black who was carefully peeling the skin.

Lin Jian stretched out his hand and said to the boy in black, "Let me do it myself."

"No." The black-clothed boy hurriedly moved the grapefruit he was peeling away from Lin Jian's hand, and said seriously, "Your Majesty said that you can't do it even if you are tired, or you will cut me off. "

This black-clothed boy is Su Xing, Luan Yunye's most trusted secret guard that Bai Yixiao mentioned before.Moreover, when Luan Yunye was imprisoning him in the Hengwu Hall, he had squatted on the beams of the Hengwu Hall, and he and Lin Jian were not strangers.

Because he was worried about the safety of Lin Jian running around in the palace alone last night, Luan Yunye deliberately let Su Xing follow him today.Unexpectedly, Su Xing is not only responsible for security, but also does the work of maids and servants.

Lin Jian held his forehead and said, "Peeling a grapefruit won't be tiring."

"You can't say for sure." Su Xing said while peeling the grapefruit, "Even His Majesty usually does this, and our secret guards can't be lazy when doing tasks."

Lin Jian blushed slightly, and asked, "How do you know what His Majesty usually does?"

"Everyone in our Dark Pavilion knows about it." Su Xing said while putting a piece of peeled pomelo on the plate, "Your Majesty dresses the empress every day, combs her hair, eats and peels the fruit, eats with her, and feeds her medicine. Tired to hug, frown to coax..."

Lin Jian raised his hand to cover his hot face, and said, "It's done."

Su Xing stopped his mouth very understandingly, and concluded: "So, if you are sent to the empress's side, these are the necessary skills that must be followed without mistakes. Before I came, I practiced them all. "

Lin Jian covered his face and sighed, feeling that he hadn't seen anyone in Shang Kingdom.

"Young lady, why is your face so red?!" Su Xing quickly jumped up and asked, "Young lady, do you feel uncomfortable? Do you feel dizzy or sick? Do you have a fever? Are you happy? Do you want to tell the imperial physician..."

Lin Jian: "...I'm fine, you go down."

"Are you really okay?" Su Xing looked at Lin Jian with some concern, and pushed the plate containing the grapefruit towards Lin Jian, "Madam, the grapefruit has been peeled, you can eat it quickly."

"Ah, such a good grapefruit."

Bai Yixiao's voice came from above his head, Lin Jian looked up, and saw Bai Yixiao reaching out to pick up the grapefruit on the plate, but was stopped by Su Xing.

Bai Yixiao angrily said to Su Xing: "Do all your dark guards look at your faces like this? Two days ago, you were asked to go up a tree and pick one for me. You refused, and turned your head to show courtesy in front of the beauty. You not only picked grapefruits, but also peeled them."

Su Xing protected the pomelo, and stuffed the whole plate into Lin Jian's arms.

Lin Jian picked up a piece of grapefruit and smiled at Bai Yixiao, and ate it in front of Bai Yixiao.

Su Xing finished the task of peeling grapefruits, so he continued to be his secret guard, and stepped aside at Lin Jian's words, hiding his figure.

Bai Yixiao moved a stool and sat beside Lin Jian.

Lin Jian asked, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be discussing with His Majesty?"

"Ouch? I changed my name to Your Majesty behind my back, isn't it Luan Yunye? What did the eldest cousin buy you?" Bai Yixiao reached for the grapefruit in Lin Jian's arms, and said while eating, "They are discussing military affairs. I can't mix it up, so I just came to see you."

"So fast?" Lin Jian asked after eating the grapefruit, "Is it to discuss Beidi's affairs?"

"Yes, this group of barbarians moved faster than expected." Bai Yixiao said, "And the menacing attack, Chen Bing spread his teeth and claws at the border, knocking on the border every day without saying anything, and still burning, killing and looting outside the border, making people panic."

"But the big cousin's many confidantes—" Bai Yixiao glanced at Lin Jian, and said helplessly, "There is only one sentence left in the history books."

Lin Jian looked up with a grapefruit in his mouth: "?"

Bai Yixiao looked at Lin Jian and said, "He has more than seventy well-known and well-known generals who have experienced hundreds of battles under his command. All of them were unfavorable when they dispatched troops three months ago. Only the historian wrote, 'Beheaded by Lin Jian's sword. Down'."

"Cough." Hearing Bai Yixiao's words, Lin Jian choked on the grapefruit he was eating.

"In the past few years, the national power has become stronger and stronger, and dealing with the barbarians should not be a worry. What my cousin is thinking about now is how to minimize the loss."

Bai Yixiao looked at it and said: "You also know that when this battle is fought, money is like water. The consequence of the war is that the wolf in front is killed, and a tiger may emerge from behind at any time."

"But there is a saying that 'a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find'. Now, although the eldest cousin can say that he has many soldiers and generals, there are not many who can make him very satisfied. Just want to send He always feels that whoever goes out to meet the enemy is not going well."

Lin Jian ate the grapefruit and nodded silently.

"Of course, you can't blame Lin Jian for this." Bai Yixiao said, "After all, everyone is their own master. The eldest cousin himself went there with the ambition of destroying the country. If it wasn't for Lin Jian, Lin Muchen might be at this moment Already knelt down in front of my eldest cousin and begged for mercy?...Anyway, there is a price for everything, and there is no other way when things have come to this point."

Lin Jian put down the grapefruit in his hand, looked at Bai Yixiao and asked, "Should Luan Yunye hate Lin Jian to the bone?"

Bai Yixiao stared at Lin Jian, remained silent for a moment, and replied, "Maybe, maybe not, depending on where you stand. But the eldest cousin still cherishes his talents, otherwise he wouldn't have been full of enthusiasm at the beginning." Chao Wenwu and so many people are begging him to kill Lin Jian every day, and they are going to persuade him to surrender."

Lin Jian sighed softly.

Bai Yixiao asked, "Then what do you think Lin Jian thinks of his eldest cousin?"

Lin Jian raised his head, looked at the dappled sunlight penetrating through the branches of flowers and trees, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "It should be, I just want to have a clear conscience."

Bai Yixiao nodded and commented: "This mentality is quite good."

"By the way, Bai Yixiao." Lin Jian rubbed Dabai in his arms, looked at Bai Yixiao and asked, "I remember that when you traveled around, you should have passed through many countries. You can speak Turkic and Tibetan languages ?"

"Yes, I know a little bit, communication is fine." Bai Yixiao asked, "Why are you asking me this?"

"I suddenly thought of something." Lin Jian sat up from the chair, pulled up Bai Yixiao's sleeve and said, "Let's go, Bai Yixiao. Prepare the car and go to the posthouse."

"My car is parked outside the palace gate." Bai Yixiao got up and asked, "But what are you going to do?"

Lin Jian blinked and said, "Here for your eldest cousin, save money."

Bai Yixiao: "... What's your idea?"

Lin Jian smiled and said, "I'll tell you on the way."

"Your Majesty! Is Your Majesty going out?" Su Xing jumped down from the tree and stopped him, "But Your Majesty ordered that you can't do it even if you're tired."

Lin Jian asked, "Did Your Majesty say that I'm not allowed to leave the palace?"

Su Xing shook his head: "No."

"Since that's the case, you shouldn't stop me." Lin Jian said, "If you don't feel at ease, just follow along."

Su Xing answered "Yes" and cautiously followed.

Lin Jian went to change her clothes, followed Bai Yixiao outside the palace gate, and got into Bai Yixiao's car.Su Xing followed the servant outside the car without leaving the car.

"Lin..." Bai Yixiao suddenly remembered that Su Xing was walking by, and it was inconvenient to call Lin Jian's name, and asked, "You want to go with me to the posthouse to meet the Turkic and Tubo envoys?"

Lin Jian nodded.

Bai Yixiao covered her face and said, "It's already audacious enough for me to kidnap the queen and leave the palace, and I even took the queen to private meetings with foreign envoys. If my eldest cousin finds out, I might lose my salary for three years. By then I can only drink the northwest wind and starve to death on the streets..."

Lin Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it alone."

When the carriage reached the street, Lin Jian opened the curtains and looked out.This was the first time Lin Jian had seen the market in the Shang Kingdom, and he couldn't help looking forward to it, and asked, "Bai Yixiao, what's delicious in the capital?"

"Then you're asking the right person." Bai Yi Xiaoben was lazily leaning on the carriage, and when he heard Lin Jian's question, he immediately gained strength, sat up and said, "There are 33 squares and 72 lanes in the capital, and none of them are I haven't eaten it. You see that this is Qinghefang, and all the restaurants here have their own flavors, and you can't eat it for seven days and seven nights... Do you want to get out of the car and try it?"

Lin Jian silently swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "I'll go as soon as I get back."

Bai Yixiao's carriage drove into the post house.

·

After more than an hour, Bai Yixiao's carriage left the post house and headed for Qinghefang.

On the carriage, Lin Jian had an extra document in his hand, which he carefully folded in his hand.

"I said you are really daring." Bai Yixiao said, "Falsely preaching the emperor's order to become such a big master without authorization, if this big cousin is to blame..."

"He's only allowed to go up to the house and pull the ladder, and I'm not allowed to cut it first and then play it?" Lin Jian put the document in his sleeve, and said calmly, "I said, if he wants to blame, I will bear it alone. You just pretend that you never came .”

"Forget it, I also risked my life to accompany a gentleman." Bai Yixiao raised an eyebrow at Lin Jian, and said, "As I said just now, go to Qinghefang to have a big meal, do you want to go? I invite you."

"In case a big cousin wants to be punished tomorrow, this will be the last meal."

It was rare for Lin Jian to get out of the palace gate once, and without Luan Yunye's supervision, he nodded and said, "Naturally."

The bed curtain of the carriage was lifted suddenly, revealing a sullen face: "Mother (mother)..."

Sensing Lin Jian's reminding gaze, Su Xing only said "Mother" and whispered, "Lin Pingzhang, Your Majesty has ordered you to pay attention to your health and not to eat too much."

Bai Yixiao laughed and said, "Since when did he become your mother? Who is your father?"

Su Xing glared at Bai Yixiao, blushing, and quickly put down the curtains.

The carriage turned into Qinghefang and stopped in front of a restaurant.

Lin Jian raised his head, and saw a golden plaque in front of the building, with the words "between mountains and rivers" capitalized in ink.

Lin Jian followed Bai Yixiao into the restaurant and asked, "Why is the restaurant called such a name?"

Bai Yixiao looked at Lin Jian and said, "Because 'drunkards don't want to drink.'"

Lin Jian usually doesn't like to read ancient Chinese, and based on the impression of being chased by the Tai Tuo with a ruler to endorse, he asked, "'Do you care about the mountains and rivers'?"

"No." Bai Yixiao raised her eyebrows and said, "Today, my focus is on beauties."

Lin Jian: "..."

Bai Yixiao took Lin Jian up to the private seat on the second floor, first handed the menu to Lin Jian, and recommended: "This restaurant has shrimps and horseshoes, fried three-color fish with lychees, crab roe crystal tofu, fresh milk Yurui soup, snow mountain plum, The golden silk ruyi roll and the chrysanthemum bergamot cake are both good, you should like them."

The shop clerk stood aside and said with a smile: "Young master Bai is a regular customer of our place and knows us best. The name of our shop was also given by Mr. Bai. The dishes recommended by Mr. Bai are right."

Lin Jian handed the menu to Bai Yixiao: "I'm not familiar with it, so if you order something, I'll eat it."

Bai Yixiao took the menu, pointed at the menu and said to the waiter: "What you said just now, plus this, this, and this, and another pot of wine..."

Lin Jian pushed open the window and looked outside.Downstairs, there is a lot of people coming and going, and there are row upon row of high-rise buildings, wine shops and painting buildings, bathed in the light golden sunlight in the evening, a scene of prosperity and peace.

Thinking of the desolation of the frontier fortress, the corpses strewn across the battlefield, and the cold sword edge dripping with blood, Lin gradually raised his hand subconsciously, touched the document in his sleeve, and confirmed that it was still there.

If he hadn't seen the blood flow into the river where the horse's hooves stepped, and the sound of wailing moved the ground, who would know how precious and hard-won this peaceful and prosperous scene before him is.

"What kind of wine do you want?" Bai Yixiao raised her head, looked at Lin Jian and asked.

Lin Jian stared out the window without answering.

Bai Yixiao raised her voice and asked, "What are you drinking? Yue'er?"

Hearing Bai Yixiao calling him, Lin Jian gave a "hmm", still staring out of the window, and replied absent-mindedly, "Anything is fine."

"Hey hey." The shop clerk laughed, "Mr. Bai has always been most afraid of beauties saying 'anything is fine'. This is asking Mr. Bai to guess his mind."

Seeing that Lin Jian was paying attention elsewhere, Bai Yixiao pointed to the menu and said to the waiter, "Then let's say 'beauty drunk', it fits the mood of today."

The waiter nodded in agreement repeatedly, and went down with the menu in his arms.

Su Xing stood aside with his sword in his arms the whole time, his eyes fixed on Lin Jian.

"Go and have a meal by yourself, he has me here, why are you standing here watching him?" Bai Yixiao raised an eyebrow at Su Xing, "Why don't you have a drink too?"

"I have a mission." Su Xing said seriously, "You can't drink alcohol."

"Your task is to stand here and watch him?" Bai Yixiao glanced at Lin Jian.

The golden sunset reflected that face that was as gorgeous as jade, which was really pleasing to the eye.

Everyone can't help but stare and hide a few times.

If he said that he was doing it for his mission rather than selfishness, only ghosts would believe it.

Bai Yixiao smiled at Su Xing: "Your Majesty didn't ask you to stare at him like that, did you? If you stare so straight, Your Majesty will dig out your eyeballs if he knows."

Su Xing quickly looked away from Lin Jian.

Bai Yixiao said: "By the way, I suddenly remembered that your mother came out with me, and there was no medicine for dinner. Would you like to go back to the palace?"

Drinking medicine is a major event, and His Majesty has specially ordered it not to be delayed.Su Xing gave Lin Jian a worried look, but turned around and rushed out.

The shop waiter first served wine and a few appetizers, Bai Yixiao poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Lin Jian, and said, "Hongjian, come back to your senses."

Lin Jian turned his head, smiled, took the wine glass and said, "Sorry."

"Come and taste this wine, it's my favorite, and you're sure to like it too." Bai Yixiao said, "But you can only drink this small glass, you will get drunk."

When he was in Liang Guo, Bai Yixiao often took Lin Jian to visit restaurants, and he knew what he liked to eat and how much he drank.

Lin Jian drank the wine that Bai Yixiao handed over, and his nostrils were filled with a faint aroma of flowers and fruit wine. The mouthfeel was mellow and sweet, but without losing the unique refreshing taste of wine.

"Eat this for an appetizer." Bai Yixiao scooped up a bowl of soup, put it in front of Lin Jian, and warned, "But drink less and save your stomach for other delicious food. Our main show is not over yet." up."

After all, the taste of the soup in the market was different from that in the palace. Lin Jian took a sip of the soup and liked it so much that his eyes lit up a little.

"Let me just say that what I take you to eat is definitely the best food, right?" Bai Yixiao said with a smile, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Bai Yixiao has always been good at eating, drinking and having fun. When he was in Liang Guo, he was more familiar with the restaurants and restaurants in Kyoto than Lin Jian. He often took Lin Jian to eat everywhere. Lin Jian must be very satisfied with whatever food he finds.

Lin Jian nodded, he liked it so much that he didn't have time to talk to Bai Yixiao, and he ate two more snacks.

"Girl, who are you looking for..." There were bursts of crisp ringtones outside the private room, and the panicked voice of the waiter, "There are all distinguished guests upstairs...or tell me his name, and I'll find you one." ..."

A woman's voice replied in non-standard broken Mandarin: "...surnamed Lin."

Lin Jianzheng's hand froze when he scooped up a spoonful of crab roe tofu.

Before he had time to react, a clear ringing of bells was approaching, and a foreign woman wearing a gold-rimmed cap and narrow-sleeved red-gold robe rushed up to Lin Jian.

Lin Jian smiled awkwardly but politely, and put down the spoon in his hand.

The foreign woman looked at Lin Jian frankly, and said in broken Mandarin, "I said I like you and want to marry you."

This woman is a Turkic envoy. When Lin Jian was discussing with the Turkic just now, he heard that this is the daughter of a Turkic nobleman named Ashina Yisha. Because of the pride of heaven, she was exceptionally talented and was appointed by the Turkic King. , This time it is on behalf of the Turkic envoy.

The barbarian girl was unrestrained and unrestrained. Lin Jian noticed that she was always staring at him in the inn at that time.

"I said girl." Bai Yixiao took a sip of wine, then smiled at Ashina Yisha, "You only look at him a few times, and you like him and want to marry him?"

Ashina Yisha's official speech was unfavorable, and she said intermittently: "I have always sworn that I will marry the best man in the world..."

"You..." Ashina Yisha pointed at Lin Jian and said, "You can defeat Xiqiang and Dashang. You are good-looking...I just like you...Only you are worthy of me .”

Bai Yixiao said: "Girl, I'm afraid he won't be able to marry you."

Ashina Yisha asked, "Why?"

Bai Yixiao took a sip of her wine and said with a smile, "He doesn't like women."

Lin Jian was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak. After hearing Bai Yixiao's explanation, he smiled awkwardly.

"I don't believe it! Don't tell me! Let him tell me himself!" Ashina Yisha looked at Lin Jian and asked, "Don't you like women?"

Lin Jian's slender fingers picked the cup on the table awkwardly, and nodded.

"Okay, I'll believe what you say." Ashina Yisha was not the one to be stubborn, so she poured a glass of wine and handed it to Lin Jian, and said, "After drinking this glass, let's make friends, okay?"

Lin Jian raised his hand to catch the wine glass, but he didn't dare to touch Ashina Yisha's hand. The wine glass slipped in his hand and spilled on his lap.

"Oops!" Ashina Yisha yelled, and quickly wiped Lin Jian with a handkerchief, when she bumped into something, her hands froze.

Lin Jian's face flushed red to the neck.

·

The next day, Hanyuan Hall

On this day, the envoys of various countries bid farewell and returned to the country in the court hall. All the officials were present, and a Xiqiang envoy suddenly came out and said: "I heard a piece of news by chance yesterday, and I want to ask if Your Majesty knows about it?"

Luan Yunye asked: "What's the matter?"

"We heard people say that in His Majesty's court, there were women disguised as men to deceive the king." The Xiqiang envoy pointed to Lin Jian and said in non-standard official language, "They said that Lin Pingzhang, His Majesty, was disguised as a woman. The real Lin Jian is already dead. This woman has deceived the emperor and the emperor, and deceived His Majesty."

Luan Yunye frowned and said: "Where did you hear the slanderous words and framed my ministers?"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is not groundless." Xu Taishi winked, and immediately a minister of the Shang Dynasty in a blue official uniform came out and said, "Since some people suspected that they even stabbed foreign envoys in front of them, it must be flat. Your Excellency does have some doubts. Why not try it?"

"After all, whether Lord Pingzhang is real or not, whether he is a man or a woman, whether he has deceived the emperor, is related to the stability of the country, and His Majesty's majesty, it is indeed very important."

"Ridiculous!" Prime Minister Lu came out and said, "There is no reason why the court should have a dignified body check!"

"My lord, some people say that Lin Pingzhang committed crimes by disguising himself as a man. Even foreign envoys are suspicious. If it's true, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty is not in their sights?" said the minister in blue official uniform, "This kind of serious crime is no small matter. Just feel wronged by Mr. Pingzhang, and it’s good to have a test to prove your innocence.”

Prime Minister Lu argued loudly: "What a shame!"

"If you find it inconvenient, just ask a court lady to go to the back hall to have a look. Just check to see if Lin Pingzhang is cheating on you." The minister in blue official uniform glanced at Lin Jian and said, "Lin Pingzhang You won't be afraid, will you?"

"Whether he dares or not, what does it have to do with you?" Bai Yixiao looked at the blue-clothed minister, and said angrily, "Why don't I say that you Wang Xueshi is also a woman disguised as a man, and I will test the authenticity?"

Wang Xueshi blushed, and said: "Now someone is suing Master Pingzhang, not the lower official! Why should Hou drag the lower official into the water!"

As for Lin Jian himself, who was pushed to the cusp of the storm, he stood like a jade plant in the court, and he never said a word, only clenched his hands under his long sleeves secretly.

He Fang kept on arguing, among the envoys from various countries, a woman's voice suddenly came out, saying: "He is indeed a man!"

Everyone looked up and saw a Turkic woman in red.

Ashina Yisha walked up the hall, looked at Luan Yunye and said, "Your Majesty, your Lord Pingzhang is indeed a man."

There was silence all around.

Wang Xueshi asked: "How do you know that Lord Pingzhang is a man?"

Ashina Yisha was a little embarrassed, and said, "I just know."

"Oh, I can't tell, Lin Pingzhang is quite good at buying people." Wang Xueshi sneered, "This is groundless, your envoy said he is a man, is he a man?!"

A minister echoed, "Yes...do you have any proof that he is a man..."

"He really is a man!!! Because last night—" Ashina Yisha choked up, glanced at Lin Jian's crotch, and blushed, "I touched it..."

Lin Jian, who had remained calm no matter how much he was framed just now, blushed completely.

There were whispers and discussions among the crowd.

Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian, almost piercing him. He slapped the armrest of the Dragon Seat and said sharply, "Enough!"