Lord, your mask fell off

Chapter 12

In the warm spring of March, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the wind is gentle.

More than a dozen fine horses galloped along the official road.

Immediately everyone was wearing black tall hats with wide brims.

And at the front of the line is a tall and straight man in a long black robe with a silver mask under the hood. Through the thin silk hanging from the eaves, one can see a pair of black eyes that seem to be filled with black clouds, which cannot be melted away. The haze in the air, and the lips are pursed, giving people the illusion of being cold and handsome.

Huo Ling beside him was reporting the secret reports of the past few days, and every time he finished speaking, his eyes became more gloomy.

"My lord, the capital has been eagerly discussing your engagement with the Chu family these past few days. The news of the marriage may have spread throughout Xixuan."

"The empress is very angry, and she sent three secret orders to let you quickly enter the palace to have an audience."

"Recently, His Majesty seems to be in a very happy mood, and has rewarded many precious treasures from our palace."

"The Supreme Emperor has left the capital yesterday, and his whereabouts are unknown again, and Shui Ling can't find him."

There is no doubt that this masked and cold man with a gloomy expression that drips water is the cold-faced Yan Luoying Prince Chu Qingyan said, Xiao Xu, the eldest son of His Majesty and Empress Liang.

Xiao Xu smiled coldly, "It seems that there are so many surprises waiting for the king this time when the class teacher returns to court!"

Huo Ling had anger on his face, "My lord, we were supposed to return to the court a few days ago, but His Majesty suddenly ordered us to suppress the bandits, so that you missed the best time to ask the Supreme Emperor for mercy. Now that the whole of Xixuan knows that you are going to marry the daughter of the downcast Chu family, those people in the palace must be watching your jokes!"

Why is Xiao Xu not clear about this? It is precisely because he is so clear that he is in such a bad mood.

A group of people have arrived in Kyoto.

Huo Ling looked at the cold-faced master, and couldn't help asking, "My lord, should we go to the palace first, maybe you can plead with your majesty to dissolve the engagement."

Xiao Xu glanced at him and said, "Do you think this can be resolved by pleading?"

Huo Ling was stunned for a moment, and when he thought of His Majesty's attitude towards his master, his heart turned cold. Seeing his master dismounting from his horse and walking towards Yingchun courtyard, Huo Ling immediately asked, "Then master, you don't want to enter the palace either. Have you seen the Empress?"

"No, first conceal the whereabouts of the king's return, and don't let anyone know."

"Yes!" Huo Ling responded.

Entering the Yingchun Courtyard through the back door, unlike the Yingying Yanyan in the front yard, the backyard is cold and silent, and as soon as Xiao Xu appeared, two men in black appeared at the stairway, bowing and standing, one of them said, "Master, my subordinates." I have notified Lord Shui Ling, she is waiting for you in the room right now."

Xiao Xu nodded and went up the stairs, while Huo Ling and the others followed quickly. This was one of their secret strongholds, which was very obscure and no one knew about it.

As soon as the door was opened, it was different from the fragrance of makeup and powder in other rooms, this room was simple and elegant, with a hint of extravagance.

A beauty in red stood in the middle of the room with a slight smile, her natural charming eyes made people feel heartbroken, but when the beauty in red saw someone, the charming smile on her face was immediately wiped away, and her seductive look had been wiped away. Instead of seriousness and seriousness, the frivolous smile turned into a respectful one. After standing up straight, he bowed his head and knelt down, "Shui Ling sees the prince."

"Get up." Xiao Xu said in a low voice, he had already turned around and sat down in the main seat in the room.

Hearing his lord's tone in a flat tone, but after following him for many years, he knew that his master's expressionless cold mask seemed to be a little colder. Shui Ling couldn't help but look at Huo Ling who was standing beside her, and met her eyes. Huo Ling shrugged her shoulders, and Shui Ling guessed that the prince's bad mood had nothing to do with the marriage granted by His Majesty the Chu family. She began to hesitate whether to tell him the information she had just collected, and she knew that the prince would definitely And the one who was furious, because the news he just learned seemed to be not very optimistic.

But even if Shui Ling didn't say anything, Xiao Xu would still ask.

"Shui Ling, what's the matter with this marriage?" Xiao Xu asked coldly.Just after recovering the lost land, the class teacher returned to the court. He thought he could be quiet for a few days, but what he didn't want to wait for him turned out to be an inexplicable marriage contract. Even though he seldom gets angry easily, he couldn't help but feel the rage in his heart.

Listening to their lord's plain words, Huo Ling and Shui Ling unconsciously trembled slightly, and they have been with the lord for many years. Although they couldn't understand their lord's mind, they understood very well that when the master's tone became deeper and calmer, , it means that the worse his mood is, no one dares to stand up and be cannon fodder.

It's just that Shui Ling, who was unfortunately named, had to take a step forward, while Huo Ling on the side grinned at her, pursing his lips and smiling to add insult to injury.Shui Ling gave him a blank look, then quickly went through the news in his mind, and then reported rigorously, "Return to the prince, last month the Supreme Emperor appeared and returned to the palace, and told His Majesty that you are almost twenty years old. It's time to start a family and start a business. If you don't marry a wife, no one will want it. Then, under His Majesty's inquiry, the Supreme Emperor made a quick calculation. There is a girl in the Chu family who is smart and well-behaved, and she is worthy of being a princess, so His Majesty decided to draft the marriage on the same day. One of the imperial edicts was promulgated in the Chu family last month, and the other will be promulgated after your teacher returns to court."

After finishing speaking, Shui Ling subconsciously glanced at the prince in front of him, it seemed that the silver mask on the prince's face was a little colder.

no one wants?Do the math?Xiao Xu twitched the corner of his mouth, did Grandpa Huang learn some messy fortune-telling again, it's good to cheat those ignorant people, but this time he even cheated his own grandson!

It's just that when Shui Ling mentioned that Emperor Xixuan issued an imperial edict to the Chu family that day, her lips tightened.

"The Chu family?" Xiao Xu whispered, if the Chu family hadn't given the marriage this time, he might have forgotten it long ago.

The family that was once well-known in the Xixuan country fell in the great war ten years ago.

"My lord—" Shui Ling didn't know whether to bring it up, but as a conscientious subordinate, Shui Ling felt that it was very necessary for her to report the news she had just received to her lord.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Xu glanced at her.

"My lord, the Chu family not only failed to thank you for the marriage offer from His Majesty, but also fainted on the spot before picking up Mrs. Chu." Shui Ling's tone was filled with resentment. Nobility, in their hearts is a god-like existence, but being so disgusted by others, flames ignited in Shui Ling's eyes.

When Shui Ling mentioned this topic, Xiao Xu just frowned slightly. He didn't know that his reputation in the capital was vicious, ugly, and there were rumors of his wife's restraint, so he was not surprised by the Chu family's attitude. In the entire capital, no, even in the entire Xixuan, no one would dare to marry his daughter to such a notorious man as him.

Seeing that her prince's expression remained unchanged, and thinking of the information she had just read on the letter paper, Shui Ling felt that she was not worthy for her master, so she continued.

"The Chu family didn't know what to do and let it go. They actually ignored the already mature girl in the family, but took that Miss Ninth, who appeared out of nowhere and was less than twenty-six years old, as the object of His Majesty's marriage. It is simply too deceitful!"

Xiao Xu frowned, and his tone sank, "It's less than twenty-six?"

(End of this chapter)