Abandoned woman's glory

Chapter 219
As soon as he let me go and took a step back, I realized that I was holding him tightly, but at this moment, there was no time to hold on to anything, and he had already broken away from my fingertips.

My hands froze in the air.

I don't know why, I thought it was funny, and I suddenly laughed, while Ling Si and Ling Shiyi were standing at the door, and when they saw our appearance, they immediately wanted to turn around and retreat, I already said slowly: "No need."

The two of them stared blankly at us.

I was silent for a long time, gathered all the strength in my body, slowly raised my head, pointed at the door: "Go out."

He looked at me: "Xingsi..."

"go out."

"..."

"go out!"

I myself felt that my eardrums were hurting, and there was a crack on his face, and he turned around silently, pinned the torch in a bamboo tube on the wall, and left.

The last roar exhausted all my strength, and when his back disappeared into the flames, I finally couldn't hold it anymore, and I squatted down slowly, feeling that the next moment all the bones in my body would fall apart, The blood would dry, I hugged my knees and curled up on the ground regardless of my posture, just heard a slap, tears dripped on my clothes, and was immediately annihilated.

There was a sound of light footsteps coming.

Ling Si walked in front of me, she was dressed in black, only her pale, delicate face gave people a warm and gentle feeling.

I already felt that I had nowhere to go, so I could only slowly lean into her arms.

"emperor……"

She was still a little cautious, but when she felt a burst of wetness soaking her chest, she completely gave up those restraints, put her arms around me, and gently stroked my shoulder: "It's okay, Huang...it's okay .”

Her reassurance seemed clumsy, and she was obviously not a suitable person to talk to, and I didn't need someone to listen to me. At this time, I just wanted to find a hug for me to rely on. I don't want it either.

After being silent for a long time, Ling Si was somewhat surprised, but said softly: "Your Majesty, after this incident in southern Xinjiang, this subordinate would like to ask the Emperor one thing."

She didn't comfort me, I didn't think anything was wrong, but I didn't expect that she would ask me for something at this time.

I asked, "What?"

"Subordinate, I want to ask the emperor for permission to marry Shi Yi."

"..."

I was slightly startled, hurriedly wiped away the tears on my face, and raised my head to look at her.

Under the reflection of the firelight, her face finally revealed a bit of the blush that a woman should have, but it added a little coquettishness to her who was used to being cold and rigid on weekdays. She said softly: "Please allow me, Your Majesty."

"you--"

"Eleventh, he proposed marriage to his subordinates, after returning from the White Tiger Kingdom."

I didn't know how to react for a while, I just looked at her blankly, and Ling Si said again: "Subordinate, I want to thank the emperor."

"no need thank me."

"Thank you for what the Emperor said to Eleven after leaving Fengxiang."

"..."

What did I say to Ling Shiyi?

At this moment, I slowly remembered that after I left Fengxiang City, I once asked Ling Shiyi if he liked Ling Si, and that man who was always careless was embarrassed for the first time, but I clearly remember him Looking back at Ling Si, at that moment, the admiration and attachment in his eyes were so familiar.

Once upon a time, or rather, I have seen it all the time.

By the way, I said to him——

"If you like her, you should tell her and let her know. At least, you should give her a chance to choose. Even if she rejects you, at least it will be clear. One will not be unconscious, and the other will be heartbroken."

One is unconscious, the other is heartbroken...

I sat there in a daze, looking at Ling Si's gentle eyes, I seemed to understand why she said those words to me so abruptly, I smiled softly, and said softly: "I really envy you. Anyway, Eleventh, he finally spoke to you."

"Your Majesty," Ling Si said shyly, "The one who speaks is the subordinate."

"what?"

"Actually, the subordinate heard what the emperor said to Eleven that day, but the subordinate knows that if I don't speak, he won't speak."

"Why won't he speak?"

There was a bit of bitterness in Ling Si's smile: "Eleventh, he always felt that he was not worthy of his subordinates, so he couldn't say this."

I got it all at once.

Eighteen shadow guards from Ling Yi to Ling Shiba, their names represent their ranking, and Ling Si, as the only woman among the shadow guards, can be ranked fourth, which shows that his strength is extraordinary, but Ling Shiyi is better than her. It's seven places lower, so it's no wonder he can't speak this way.

"In the past, my subordinates also blamed him, and it was fine if they couldn't beat me. They were so timid, and it was so difficult to speak a word, so the subordinates always refused to talk to him, but—after hearing what the emperor said back then, The subordinate still understands," she said softly: "He is not timid, he is just afraid that he is not good enough for me, he thinks that I should meet better ones, he is afraid that he will not be able to give me too much, but myself You know, I really don’t want much, just one person.”

Only one person?

I recited these five words silently in my heart, only feeling bitter on the tip of my tongue.

There is only one person, Ling Si and Ling Shiyi, they are undoubtedly the other person.

But what about me and him?After going through so much and enduring so much, will he and I still be the same person?

In the past, I have always been able to rest well, maybe because this manor was built for me, and everything fits me so well. After a night of rest, I woke up the next morning and saw The sun shining into the room outside the window made me feel suddenly better for some reason.

When Ling Si was helping me wash and wash, he looked at my bright eyes in the bronze mirror, hesitated to speak several times, and finally said: "Your Majesty, you seem to be in a good mood today?"

I smiled and said, "Today is the New Year in the southern border calendar. Of course, those who celebrate the New Year should be in a good mood."

Ling Si's expression made me secretly laugh.

I know she must be Monk Zhang Er who is confused. Now that we are going deep into Sanqiu, the hinterland of Suzaku, the country of Qujin is only across the river from us. I don't know what the situation is like there, and I don't know what Nangong Yu and the others will set up. It is really not the time to say that you are in a good mood at this time.

When she tied my long hair back, revealing the soft curves of the sideburns and smooth forehead, I changed into a water red riding outfit and went out with her.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw two men standing downstairs, looking at us.

When I met those eyes, my heart moved slightly.

Ling Shiyi already knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty."

"Eleven," I walked slowly down the small building, walked up to them, and looked down at him: "This time, if you can serve me in the Suzaku Kingdom, after you go back, I will give you the most you want." for you."

Ling Shiyi froze for a moment, then immediately raised his head to look at me, his eyes filled with surprise: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

I smiled lightly, turned my head to look at the cold mask, and he also looked at me silently.

"You too."

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After leaving Xingjisi, we found a bamboo raft, launched it from Sangqiu, and walked slowly along the meandering river.

At this time, Zhaoye has already had a cold wind passing through the country, and the weather is icy cold, but in southern Xinjiang, the climate is still warm and humid, only the morning dew brings a little bit of coolness, and the bamboo rafts are slowly moving forward in the river. Slowly moving back, countless green bamboo leaves are reflected in the water, the waves are rippling, and the air is full of the fragrance of flowers and plants.

Standing on the bamboo raft and looking at such a scenery, it doesn't seem like you are here to do something, but rather like you are here to visit the mountains and rivers.

After walking for a long time, the sun slanted to the west and sprinkled the fiery red afterglow on the river. I looked down at the river, and there was a reflection of me and a pair of eyes, looking at me silently behind me.

I smiled into the eyes in the river, and clearly felt the person behind me breathe heavily.

At this moment, a melodious folk song came from the front——

Dress up while you have floral clothes,
You Fang took advantage of his friends.

Don't wait until later,
sister married
brother married a wife,
We are like the sticks that stand by the river,

When the flood comes, everything goes.

……

"When the flood comes, all things?" I read the lyrics silently. The people of Suzaku Kingdom still retain many habits of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, including these folk songs. Although the lyrics are straightforward and vulgar, there is a saying The undisturbed taste is like an olive that weighs a thousand catties. It must be it, and it will be tasteless without it.

As soon as I looked up, I saw that on the river bank ahead, many people were gathering there, singing and dancing.

Arrived.

Qujin is ahead, and the bamboo raft is getting closer and closer. You can see those people wearing colorful short jackets, men wearing half-length trousers with bare feet, and women wearing short skirts with bare breasts, necks, wrists, and ankles. They all wear silver and bright jewelry, and they jingle when they dance, which is very lively.

This is their custom of keeping the year old during the Lunar New Year.

I said to Ling Shishi who was supporting the bamboo pole: "Go to the shore."

Eleven was still more cautious, and took another look: "Your Majesty, I still don't know what's going on in Qujinbao. The three elders still have..."

I smiled lightly: "I've already come here, so don't worry about it so much."

He glanced at me, then looked back at that person, and silently supported the bamboo raft towards the opposite bank.

As soon as those people saw our bamboo raft approaching, they danced and sang and surrounded them, and the river bank was cleared by them. As soon as we landed, someone came up to us and bowed to us: "Your Majesty! Guests, please enter the castle."

"Who asked you to pick us up?"

"Naturally, he is the most honorable person in our Suzaku Kingdom."

I raised my eyebrows, and followed him forward without saying anything. The people on both sides of the road were still singing and dancing to the beat. Walking forward slowly, after a while, I came to Qujin Fort.

The gate of the fort suddenly opened wide, and I saw the flames bursting into the sky inside. Countless beauties stood at the door, holding wine bowls in their hands, and greeted them one after another. A burst of clear wine rushed into the nose. A smoky intoxication.

"This is--"

I asked suspiciously, and the person who greeted us smiled and said: "This is the custom of our Suzaku country. When distinguished guests come, they must drink this wine, especially the two young masters. If you don't drink it, you are right." Biggest humiliation for girls."

As soon as his words fell, those girls really rushed up, and countless wine bowls came in front of the man and Ling Shiyi.

In fact, he was fine, wearing a cold mask, he had a feeling of refusal to be thousands of miles away, but Ling Shiyuan had a baby face with peach blossom eyes, and a smiley demeanor. Surrounded by those girls, he respectfully took the wine bowl and drank several bowls, but one of the girls had the courage to stand on tiptoe, kissed him on the cheek, then ran away giggling.

When the surrounding women saw this scene, they even laughed and made noises. Countless hands stretched out and pulled again. Ling Shiyi's clothes were almost torn apart, and Ling Si's face immediately turned blue. .

"What are you doing!"

She rushed in front of Ling Shiyi to stop the girls. Seeing her like this, the girls choked up a few words, then ignored them, and turned to the man behind me.

Seeing this formation, he was also stunned, and immediately turned his head to look at me.

I look at him too.

"Row--"

Before he finished speaking, it was already too late, he was immediately surrounded by the group of women, countless hands were pulling his clothes, drinks were toasted in front of his eyes, some people even touched his mask curiously, watching Seeing him in a mess, he looked at me several times, as if he wanted to ask for help, but was interrupted by others. I was in a good mood, and slowly walked over to him, spreading my hands to stop him.

"Okay, don't make trouble."

Those girls looked at me, then at Ling Si, and said angrily, "What's going on!"

"What does our toast have to do with you?"

Ling Si was still angry because of the scene just now: "He is mine, what do you say has anything to do with me!"

Those women looked at me again: "What about you?"

I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't know how to answer. I subconsciously looked back at him, and he also looked at me in a daze. Both of them blushed a little at this moment.

"he--"

Before I could speak, at this moment, a clear voice came from the front——

"Girls, get out of the way, don't scare away the distinguished guests."

We looked up and saw a high platform at the end of the sea of ​​people in front of us. On the hundreds of long steps, a man was standing on it, looking down at us with his hands behind his back. A round table was set on the high platform, surrounded by The burning brazier, the fire shining on her beautiful face, and the fiery red clothes, are glamorous and incomparable.

Mu quicksand!
For some reason, the moment I saw her, I suddenly felt a strange sense of unease.

Before entering Suzaku, or seeing Xing and thinking, I have been estimating the situation of Suzaku, Nangong Yu, the three elders, and the 56 cave masters, what is their trend, but I also know, as long as Mu Liusha If it is still there, it will never really let the situation fall into a situation of irreparable doom.

But now, when I saw her, she was standing in front of us, but instead, a dangerous emotion came to my heart.

Before we had time to think about it, we had already reached the high platform, Mu Liusha was standing there, a red dress fluttering high in the wind, like a burning flame, her figure was not tall, but when she stood there , but there is a feeling of resoluteness.

Waiting for me to approach slowly, she glanced at me, and then at the person behind me, a faint smile appeared on that beautiful face.

"You are here."

I looked around and saw a round table on the high platform, which was filled with delicacies. I smiled slightly and looked at Mu Liusha: "It seems that the princess is not surprised by our visit." .”

She invited us to sit down, but Ling Si and Ling Shiyi didn't dare to sit down after all, and stood behind me and him respectively.

Mu Liusha looked at us and said, "Things have changed in the world. Unexpectedly, after Sangqiu said goodbye, Princess Ruyi and Empress Dowager Yongjia, who was ashamed and ashamed, have now ascended the throne and become the overlord of the east."

I smiled and said, "This is what people in the world often say about God's will."

"Indeed," Mu Liusha nodded, then looked at the man next to me, and said, "This is—"

Obviously, he can sit beside me, and his status is already different from Ling Si and the others, so Mu Liusha asked. I glanced at him, but seeing his eyes lowered faintly, I replied instead of him: "This He is the disciple of Mr. Guigu."

As soon as Mr. Guigu was mentioned, Mu Liusha's eyes seemed to flash a light.

"I heard that when Emperor Qinglong ascended the throne, there was a drastic change in the palace. There was a person who followed you all the time, through life and death, and made countless achievements in battle. However, he was the only one in the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty who had never been promoted to rank or even given any rewards. Now Qinglong The emperor went south to Suzaku, didn't that person follow him?"

I froze for a moment, I didn't expect her to ask this suddenly, but looking at the swaying flames in her eyes, it seemed that something was flickering.

"The princess is asking—him?"

"..." Mu Liusha remained silent.

"I originally wanted him to follow me, but he didn't want to set foot in the southern border. I didn't want to force others into difficulties, so I had to give up." I said calmly, looking up at Mu Liusha: "Princess, do you want to see him?"

"..."

Mu Liusha was silent for a long time, reached out to pick up the jug on the table, poured wine into the glasses in front of each of us, and said silently while pouring: "Differences do not conspire."

Different road non-phase plan?
I watched her drooping eyelashes tremble slightly, and seemed to feel something for a moment.

But before I had time to say more, Mu Liusha looked at me again: "He's not here, how dare Azure Dragon Emperor enter Suzaku by himself like this?"

"You must come."

"Okay, what a guts."

Mu Liusha raised his glass to us: "I toast you."

I raised my head and took a sip. The wine in southern Xinjiang is indeed different from the countries in the Central Plains. The wine in the Central Plains is sweet and clear, but the wine in Southern Xinjiang is like a ball of fire. After drinking it, it burns all the way to people's hearts. The feeling that went straight into my heart and lungs, I couldn't help coughing, my face was flushed from coughing.

"Be careful." The people around said softly: "Don't drink."

"fine."

I smiled and looked up at him. Mu Liusha also looked at us with thoughtful eyes. After a moment of silence, he raised his glass again: "This is the second cup, I will respect you again."

"why?"

"The Emperor Qinglong traveled thousands of miles to go south to Suzaku regardless of the exhaustion of boats and vehicles. We should have met each other backwards. However, there are so many things going on in the royal family that we couldn't come to discuss all of them with Emperor Qinglong. I couldn't help myself. I hope you will forgive me."

"Oh……"

I glanced at her, didn't say anything, raised my head and took another sip of the wine, feeling much better this time.

Mu Liusha raised his glass again: "This third glass of wine—"

Before she could finish her sentence, she heard a loud voice from behind: "This glass of wine, I will respect you."

As soon as I heard this voice, I immediately turned around and saw two tall middle-aged men slowly walking up the platform. These two men were about forty years old, with thick beards and hair, as strong as an iron tower, with bare chests and backs. Their thick chests and arms are covered with hideous totems and patterns, and there are even tattoos on their faces; both of them hold weird wooden staffs, one carved with golden crows and the other with stars.

As soon as Mu Liusha saw them, the expression on his face immediately became complicated, and I also got up: "The two are—"

The person who spoke turned his head at me, "It's swallowing the sun, this is the star devourer."

"So it's the two elders of Suzaku Kingdom," I nodded at them, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

The two of them held a golden cup in their hands, which was filled with amber wine, looked me up and down, and said: "I have heard that Princess Ruyi is the first of the four beauties in the Central Plains, and she has won the praise of Mr. Guigu. Now she is even more beautiful. It is the monarch who has become the largest country in the East, and she is indeed a heroine among women, her reputation is well-deserved, I will offer you a toast."

"The two elders are Miao Yu."

I also raised my glass to them and drank the wine, but I saw those two people looking behind me. They looked at each other, as if secretly conveying something, then raised their heads and said to Mu Liusha: "Your Highness, Zi Shi will Now, preparations have already been made after the main hall, and the servants of Suzaku Kingdom are waiting for you to participate in the ancestor sacrifice."

I've heard that in Suzaku's country, there is still a great hall for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth in the past, but the rules of this kind of ancestor worship hall are very strict, and it is said that the blood of living people is used to thank the gods, because it is too cruel, and has been abandoned several times. But I didn't expect them to start again this year.

Mu Liusha's complexion darkened, he stood up and said to me: "Several distinguished guests should be accompanying you, but outsiders in our sacrificial hall are not allowed to peep, so I invite you to have a drink here, and when the ceremony is over, this princess will come to meet you again." Let's have a drink."

"Princess, please help yourself."

I smiled slightly, and Mu Liusha walked towards the high platform. The two elders glanced at us, saluted us, turned and left.

The four of us were left sitting on the top, only to find that the people singing and dancing below had gradually dispersed, and all the people were heading in one direction. Ling Shiyi took a few glances from afar, then turned around and said, "What are they going to do? "

I smiled and didn't speak, turned around and was about to go back to sit, when Jiu Jin suddenly rushed up, my feet staggered, almost fell to the ground, the hands next to me stretched out again, and caught me firmly, I Crashing into the familiar chest, the person was still a little dazed, and looked up at him: "Huh?"

He looked down at my blushing face, and said in a deep voice, "Drunk?"

"No."

"That's drunk."

For some reason, I laughed out loud.

He was a little cramped, but he didn't seem to know what to do. He looked around and saw an open hall behind the high platform. Inside was a firepit and a couch, which seemed to be for hospitality, so he said yes I said, "Go and take a rest?"

My mind was getting more and more dizzy, and I didn't know anything, so I could only nod, and he supported me and walked slowly towards that side.

The aftertaste of Suzaku Kingdom is really strong, my steps gradually became disobedient, and I staggered several times. If I didn't have his support, I would have fallen down. Seeing that I almost fell down again, he sighed, and suddenly stretched out his hand. I hugged him horizontally, and I was stunned for a moment. I looked up at him, but my eyes were blurred. I could only see the silver mask, but I couldn't see clearly what kind of expression was in those eyes looking straight ahead. .

(End of this chapter)