The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 38 Shura Field (Part 2)

"Mulberry branches are leafless and the soil is smoking. There is a severe drought in Longyou, and the people are suffering from famine." King Xuan glanced at him sideways, with a cold and sharp arc at the end of his eyes, as if he was looking at a disgusting corpse.

King Wei's heart tightened.

The memory of fear, fear and hatred of King Xuan, which had been firmly engraved in his bones since childhood, was suddenly aroused again.

What does the drought in Longyou have to do with me?

King Wei wanted to say this.

But when the words came to his lips, he stopped them in time.

King Xuan's next sentence was to ask him: "Why? Didn't your father's order to cut expenses in the palace for one month fall on your desk?"

In fact, the drought in Longyou really didn't affect King Wei's smashing jade or throwing silver.

But King Xuan's words were immediately connected with the will of the emperor.

If King Wei really dared to say "It has nothing to do with me", he would be sued before the emperor.

The King of Wei suddenly smiled: "I was reckless, someone will pick it up in a while." He changed his tone: "Brother has been in the army for many years, and his temperament has become more severe. I wonder if you will say the same thing to the concubine when she enters the mansion and accidentally breaks something precious?"

The King of Xuan still spoke in a calm tone and asked him: "Are you the same in front of the emperor?"

The King of Wei choked and dared not ask the King of Xuan again.

He sat down helplessly and said to Xue Qingyin: "Is he scared you? His Royal Highness Xuan has always been like this. Once, the fourth princess was almost scared to death by him."

The fourth princess wanted to say something but stopped.

It's not a good feeling to be exposed in public.

Xue Qingyin looked innocent: "I don't think His Royal Highness Xuan is scary."

The King of Wei paused.

Xue Qingyin whispered: "What he said makes sense."

The King of Wei was slightly annoyed. Does that mean I am unreasonable?

King Wei couldn't help but say sarcastically: "Really? Miss Xue is really brave. However, most of you only know that my brother has made great military achievements, but do you know how he conquered Beidi?"

While King Wei was talking, he couldn't help but glance at King Xuan's face quietly.

King Xuan sat upright, holding the teacup in his hand and playing leisurely, and he didn't mean to interrupt him at all.

It seemed that he wanted to see what he could say today.

King Wei couldn't stand King Xuan's attitude.

It was as if he was the only one in the world who was calm and unmoved.

King Wei immediately said: "He slaughtered all the royal courts of Beidi."

Xue Qingyin said to herself, I know this.

I've read one or two sentences in the book!

"He cut off the heads of the royal family and piled them into a tower. Each head still had its eyes wide open, and blood was flowing down, almost forming a river. So when my brother returned to the court later, all the civil servants in the court saw him and felt that he still had a strong smell of blood..."

"Ah." Qiu Xin couldn't help but exclaimed softly and shrank back.

Xue Qinghe's face was also a little pale.

The King of Wei was very satisfied with this scene.

But when he set his eyes on Xue Qingyin's face... Not afraid? She was still not afraid?

When King Xuan returned to the court, King Wei met him and couldn't help but tremble in his heart and took two steps back.

Xue Qingyin listened with great interest and asked, "What else?"

In the original book, King Xuan mostly focused on the major events that happened to him. There were no other details.

Xue Qingyin was just like listening to a story, just to fill in the details that she hadn't seen at the time.

King Wei: "..."

Haven't heard enough?

But the story had already started, and King Xuan did not say anything to stop him, so King Wei could not hold back and continued, saying: "Two years ago, Meng Mao in Lingnan rebelled, and after King Xuan took him down..."

"Okay." Princess Jinque suddenly interrupted.

She stared at King Wei coldly and said: "What's the fun in talking about this?"

King Wei sighed: "I just feel that my brother lives in the army all the time, and he doesn't treat us with any affection, he is very cold, and he never changes."

Xue Qingyin took a sip of tea and pointed at him seriously: "Have you ever thought that it might be your problem?"

King Wei:?

His expression was dull.

His problem?

Princess Jinque almost laughed out loud.

King Wei relied on his father's favor, and had Concubine Wan and others to rely on behind him. He also recruited scholars from all over the world and acted like a good and wise king.

Who would dare to accuse him of wrongdoing in person?

Princess Goldfinch cleared her throat and prepared to speak up for Xue Qingyin, so as not to be hated by the King of Wei.

Xue Qingyin was not afraid at all.

Not only was she not afraid, she continued to try to give the King of Wei random advice: "Look, if you give the box of jadeite that was originally intended for me to the King of Xuan, can it make up for your brotherly friendship?"

The King of Wei's mouth twitched.

Send something to the King of Xuan?

Unless he is crazy.

"As a younger brother, you should respect your elder brother. Isn't that the truth?" Xue Qingyin smacked her lips, looking at a loss, "I read that in the book."

The King of Wei met her eyes.

Clear and clean, innocent and lively.

The anger in the King of Wei's heart disappeared immediately.

What does she know?

Maybe she really thinks that the King is worried about the lack of harmony between brothers.

She is sincerely giving advice to the King and thinking about the King.

The more the King of Wei thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

All the concubines in his room said what he said.

As the saying goes, honest advice is unpleasant to the ear.

Perhaps only someone as straightforward as Xue Ning's sister would dare to say such a thing.

The King of Wei had a stiff face, but he finally smiled a little and said, "Well, what Miss Xue said makes sense."

Anyway, just coax Xue Qingyin.

Xue Qingyin smiled when she heard it.

The King of Wei felt relieved.

Gold, silver and jewelry can't please her, but this can coax her. It's amazing!

The King of Wei felt more and more novel.

Princess Jinque also felt more novel.

She now felt that if Xue Qingyin married the King of Wei, it might be quite interesting.

"Go back." The voice of the King of Xuan sounded again.

"Go back?" The King of Wei replied, "Brother, we just reached the center of the lake."

"Cruising the lake is boring." The King of Xuan said indifferently.

The King of Wei thought that this was the case for the King of Xuan.

The King of Xuan didn't like anything about cruising the lake, watching the moon and writing poems.

Most of the noble ladies in the capital only loved his military exploits. In terms of literary talent, this king is still better.

King Wei smiled: "Okay, then let's go back as you said!"

He wanted to be alone with Xue Qingyin as soon as possible.

The pleasure boat docked again.

King Xuan glanced at Xue Qingyin: "Golden Sparrow, send Miss Xue back."

Princess Golden Sparrow was treated like a maid, but she didn't complain and responded obediently.

Xue Qingyin was a little confused.

Send me back now?

She sniffed, don't say it, it's really a bit cold.

King Wei's face changed slightly: "Miss Xue is leaving now?"

King Xuan looked at him: "Why does King Wei want to keep her?"

King Wei was unsure of King Xuan's meaning, and hesitated: "...I was just thinking about it, and I haven't said a few words yet."

King Xuan stared at him: "I've said enough today."

King Wei's heart trembled.

King Xuan really still holds a grudge!

What cloudless and light wind, it's all a false appearance!

King Wei still remembers that when he was young, he competed with King Xuan in riding and shooting.

He secretly drugged King Xuan's horse.

The horse was dragged to death.

The next day, he was pushed into the water by King Xuan and almost drowned. After being rescued, he fell seriously ill.

He was not as important as a horse?

He said that King Xuan had no blood relationship in his heart, which was true.

It was a pity that he was interrupted by Princess Jinque just now, so he could not talk to Xue Qingyin in detail.

Xue Qingyin had been sent to the carriage by Princess Jinque.

Princess Jinque stuffed a ball into her palm and said with a smile: "Are you still cold?"

Xue Qingyin couldn't help sniffing again, and the tip of her nose turned slightly red: "I underestimated the wind on the lake."

Princess Jinque laughed: "Maybe King Xuan saw that you were cold, so he asked King Wei to drive the boat back."

"Really?" Xue Qingyin didn't take it to heart.

Maybe.

That's called non-existent.

Princess Jinque stared at her face and thought to herself that I felt pity for you when I saw you like this. I wonder what King Xuan would think?

Princess Jinque has no imagination.

King Wei wanted to chase Xue Qingyin's carriage.

King Xuan looked at him and said, "Take your time to pick it up."

Are you really going to let him go back to pick up jade?

"Brother, don't go too far!" King Wei shouted angrily.

King Xuan said, "Miss Xue is right. There is a hierarchy between the old and the young. As a younger brother, I should obey my elder brother."

After that, he turned and left.

King Xuan's men jumped on the boat, smiled, and directly replaced the boatman, turned around and drove King Wei back to the center of the lake.

King Wei was so angry that he cursed a hundred times in his heart.

After King Xuan left, he went to the palace to pay his respects to the emperor.

Emperor Liang De was very happy to see him and asked, "Have you seen the daughter of Lu and Qiao?"

"No."

"No?" Emperor Liang De sat up straight, "Didn't you go boating on the lake with Jinque?"

"The wind is strong on the lake." The wind was so strong that the nose of Miss Xue was frozen red.

The snow in spring has not melted completely.

If she gets sick from the wind, I'm afraid she will be like a crumpled flower, leaning there pitifully.

"Then let's do it another day..."

"No need to do it another day. I don't like the daughter of Lu and the daughter of Qiao."

"You haven't even seen them..." Seeing his cold expression, Emperor Liang De suddenly relaxed his tone and said, "Then which one do you like?"

What kind do you like?

The image of Xue Qingyin holding her chin and listening to the story of King Wei telling him today suddenly appeared in King Xuan's mind.