Half-life immortal

Chapter 139 I want to take her away

Thinking of this, he couldn't help shaking his head, wondering when he became so preoccupied, it was just a title, it couldn't mean anything.Especially today is the day of marrying Xue Qinglan, it is really unreasonable to think of someone else.Now he should treat Xue Qinglan wholeheartedly, what else is he thinking about?
He stretched out his hand to Xue Qinglan, and said, "Xiaoxue, let's go, everyone else is waiting for us."

"En." Xue Qinglan nodded, took his hand, and the two of them walked out the door holding hands intimately, envious of others.

It has been several days since I came to the palace, and Xue Qinglan has also visited here several times, and I am familiar with it long ago.But for some reason, she never planned to live here permanently in her heart. In her heart, she still thought that she should belong to a wider world, not a luxurious courtyard.So whether it's envy or liking, it can't give her a sense of belonging that she wants to stay here, at most it's just admiration.

But since she has promised Xu Shili to act in this play, since she has promised Xu Shili to act in this play, she will definitely perform it to the end, not to mention taking so many "gifts" from others, this relative must be successful of!

After arriving in the palace hall, Xue Qinglan finally saw the scale of the royal banquet!It was different from the three or five people she had imagined. Looking around, there were at least hundreds of thousands of people in a huge hall, which seemed extremely crowded. Only the bright red carpet in the middle was a little more spacious than no one dared to set foot on.

Only newcomers can step on this red carpet. If other guests walk on it, it is disrespectful to the host, and today the host is not an ordinary family, but the royal family of Da Luo. It is a felony to despise the royal family. Almost all dignitaries.Their status and reputation have determined that they cannot disobey the royal family.

This kind of scene didn't make Xue Qinglan feel nervous, but she was still a little surprised, collected herself, and prepared to pretend to be a lady.In the eyes of so many people, if her behavior was even slightly inappropriate, many faults would be picked out afterwards.Even if she doesn't care much about it herself, she still needs to take it seriously in order to make the other party who hired her to act feel "worth the money".

In the past few days, she has also been taught many rules by the people in the palace. Although she herself scoffs at these rules, it is not difficult to practice them.It's nothing more than: don't take big strides when you walk, don't talk too loudly, don't look too flamboyant... just put a smiling expression on your face, and just be a wooden man who doesn't speak as much as possible!

"His Royal Highness, congratulations!"

"Congratulations to Your Royal Highness, the upcoming wedding!"

"Congratulations……"

As soon as Xue Qinglan and Xu Shili walked out, a large group of people came up to congratulate them. Xu Shili politely returned the salute to everyone, while Xue Qinglan obediently followed Xu Shili to salute, appearing extremely quiet and completely It can't be seen that it's the savage lady who just made a big fuss in the backyard.

With a clever mind, she quickly noticed that Xu Shili had become acquainted with these ministers and wealthy officials.Before that, Xu Shili lived in Taiqing Mountain for a long time, rarely went back to the palace, and even less saw these pillars of the court, and whether the ministers would remember his existence was still unknown.But through this engagement, all the forces who are optimistic about him or want to curry favor with him gather together, which greatly increases his prestige.

Xue Qinglan couldn't help thinking: Could there be other considerations in the reason why the emperor wanted him to get married at this time?Could it be that the emperor is optimistic about him and wants him to establish his own power in advance?Or is it that the emperor wants a balance between the three princes, and fair competition to reveal their respective means, so that he can carefully consider who to pass the throne to?
She also remembered the emperor's evaluation of Xu Shili in the Yuquan Pavilion that day, saying that his chess style was a little less decisive, but he said it was very good. Does this mean that although he is not suitable to be the general who founded the country, he is suitable to be a general? What about the king of success?Thinking about it, the first prince is narrow-minded, the second prince has no brains, and Xu Shili may have some unsatisfactory aspects, but in general he is a rare talent. The emperor's range of choices is so wide, it is impossible Would you give up such an excellent son?

Thinking about it, she suddenly realized that she was bored. These are things the emperor needs to consider, so what does it have to do with her?Why is she thinking about this?She just needs to finish the fake engagement well, and don't need to think about other things for the time being.

She looked at Xu Shili as if he was going to chat with these people for a long time, and felt a little boring.Theoretically getting married is a matter between two people, she is one of the protagonists today, but in fact, who would really care about her, an unknown girl like her, it's just a cutscene to curry favor, and the main focus is on Xu Shili body, so that she soon began to feel empty and bored.

"Little Snow."

Suddenly Xu Shili called her softly, probably because few people called her that, so she didn't react immediately.

Xu Shili also noticed this, and simply took her hand directly.She turned her head in a daze, only then did she realize that he was calling her, she blushed and said, "Well...Shi...Shili, what's the matter?"

Xue Qinglan also thought about the question of address that he disliked just now, and felt that if he called her so kind, but she called him senior brother, it would be too cold and she would be criticized.The most important thing is that if she calls her senior brother, her real identity will be leaked from another aspect, which is inconsistent with her original plan.

Xu Shili smiled happily, probably because he was happy to hear that she finally changed her tune. Although her tone of voice was still a bit jerky, he believed that she would gradually get better in the future.Finally, the first step has been taken between him and her, and everything is going well.As long as people have hope, they will have infinite motivation, and now Xu Shili feels that the future is extremely bright and beautiful.

He whispered softly, "Do you still remember Da Luo's engagement ceremony?"

The Daluo Dynasty regarded marriage as an extremely important link in life, so it stipulated six cumbersome rituals. Among them, there were corresponding etiquettes in the link of marriage engagement, which was mainly to advertise to relatives and friends.But Xue Qinglan felt that it was not so much a ceremony of announcing as it was a process of showing love.

He took Xue Qinglan's hand and walked up to the most eye-catching red carpet in the main hall, and the people around him also fell silent in time, exuding a noble and serious atmosphere.With thousands of gazes focused on her body, Xue Qinglan was a little uncomfortable. She had never been stared at by so many big people. In the past, she had to look up to any of these people. Suddenly she became the protagonist today. And these people have become passers-by who can't even be called supporting roles. The feeling is very complicated.

The two of them held hands, walked along the red carpet to the top of the palace hall, and soon reached the end of the red carpet.

Xu Shili smiled at her softly, then turned around to face the many guests of His Highness, and said, "Everyone, today is the engagement day for me, Xu Yan and Xiaoxue—"

He stopped in the middle of his words. It wasn't because he didn't think of a good word, but because he saw a man in black who came late and stepped into the hall, standing on the red carpet that no one dared to approach. , facing him and Xue Qinglan far away.

Because of the arrival of this uninvited guest, the eyes of all the guests turned to this person, and the discussion came from it.The vast majority of people here don't know who the black-clothed boy who suddenly appeared is, but this does not prevent them from making guesses.

Xue Qinglan also saw the person coming at the first time, and couldn't help exclaiming from the bottom of her heart: "Feng Yutian?! How could he come?"

In her heart, she faintly felt that Feng Yutian was here to disturb the scene. He was late and did not say anything, and he was still standing on the red carpet that everyone avoided. If he didn't know the rules, then he came with bad intentions. When people see this scene, they always think of the second possibility, especially when everyone sees his face that is sinking like water, they will naturally stop making optimistic guesses.

But what she couldn't figure out was why Feng Yutian would come.

She looked at Xu Shili suspiciously, with a questioning look in her eyes.Xu Shili also looked at her as if he had a premonition, because some words were not convenient to say clearly, he shook his head as a signal.

Both of them are smart people, so they naturally know the meaning in their eyes.Xue Qinglan was asking him if he had informed Feng Yutian of the matter, because they talked too sloppily that day, and then they were busy with the engagement and didn't pay attention to it for a while.And Xu Shili deliberately ignored Feng Yutian, because he vaguely felt that if he told Feng Yutian, things would not go so smoothly, and with Feng Yutian's disposition not caring about world affairs, the engagement between the two of them It was done in a hurry, and by the time Feng Yutian learned about it, the rice had already been cooked.

Yet he miscalculated, or let his calculations fail by accident.He would never have thought that Feng Yutian, who had been ignoring others for more than three months, suddenly started looking for Xue Qinglan today, and was finally informed by the rare insider Yulian.

If he had found him sooner, Xu Shili and Xue Qinglan could still explain the truth to him, but if he had found him later, there would be no need to explain, or even if they said something, they wouldn't be as embarrassing as they are now.But Feng Yutian didn't come sooner or later, and he came under the watchful eyes of the most terrible people, which made things more complicated.

Obviously, Xue Qinglan couldn't guess that things would be so perfect, all she knew was that Feng Yutian thought they were really going to get married.But he chose this time to show up. Did he not find them at other times, or did he come here specially to disrupt the situation?
She agreed with the second idea without any basis, because she subconsciously didn't think there would be such a coincidence, so she habitually believed that Feng Yutian was here to disrupt the situation maliciously.

But her thoughts changed the moment she saw Feng Yutian's eyes, or rather, it wasn't the eyes, but the kind of aura emanating from him. Even more low, so deep that people can't breathe.

Feng Yutian is not the kind of person who likes to disrupt the situation deliberately.

She suddenly remembered this point, aside from his peculiar physique, his character itself is an out-and-out gentleman, even this kind of integrity and sense of responsibility is even better than Xu Shili's.His life is very monotonous, so he seems to be more and more strict, not to mention malicious disruptions, and he has never even seen the occasional joke.Didn't Xue Qinglan have a disagreement precisely because she had completely opposite temperaments with him?

Feng Yutian deliberately suppressed his anger. If he hadn't deliberately suppressed it, more than half of the people present would have collapsed to the ground in fright in an instant. However, he was not prepared to do that because of his generous nature. He has already noticed his peculiar state and restrained himself.

He took a heavy step forward, with such force that he even made a footprint on the red carpet, but this was already the result of him suppressing his breath as much as possible.

Xue Qinglan's eyes moved back and forth between him and Xu Shili, her ominous premonition grew stronger, she finally sighed softly and wanted to step forward, but Xu Shili stopped her in time.

At this moment, Xue Qinglan was his unmarried wife, and he would not allow her to be wronged in the slightest, especially in front of everyone.Moreover, seeing Feng Yutian's unfriendly expression at this time, he wondered what he would do in a while, and how dare he let Xue Qinglan approach easily?
From the moment Feng Yutian stepped into the hall, Xue Qinglan was the only one in his eyes, so he naturally saw the small movements between the two of them.Before Xue Qinglan made a move, he could still keep calm and walk forward step by step, but Xue Qinglan made a slight move, as if he was instantly ignited, his speed suddenly accelerated, and he rushed to the front of the hall in a blink of an eye, and climbed the steps , wanting to grab Xue Qinglan's arm.

Xu Shili was faster than him, and he pulled Xue Qinglan behind him one step ahead, blocked Xue Qinglan's sight with his body, and confronted Feng Yutian: "Junior Brother Feng, today is my engagement with Xiaoxue On that day, I would like to thank you for coming here. I know that you and Xiaoxue have always been friends, and today I welcome you on behalf of Xiaoxue."

He said a lot of scenes, but in the process of speaking, he found that Feng Yutian didn't pay attention to his words at all, and he didn't even look at him directly, and kept staring at Xue Qinglan behind him.

Xue Qinglan is usually good at speaking, but this time the situation is special, not when she speaks freely, every word she speaks will be recorded by everyone here.It may even be her inappropriate expression or look, which will have a great impact on Xu Shili's reputation in the future.Leaving aside whether the emperor will pass on the throne to him, or whether he will participate in the contest for the throne, let's just say that Xue Qinglan has a good impression of him, and he must avoid behaviors that make him lose face.

and so……

She doesn't know what to do now, she really hopes that Feng Yutian will leave quickly!

Feng Yutian's attitude was as simple and straightforward as ever, he completely ignored Xu Shili's existence, stretched out his hand to Xue Qinglan, and said only three words:
"Come with me."

These three simple words surprised Xue Qinglan, because she was familiar with Feng Yutian's temperament and knew that it was absolutely impossible to hear such proactive words from him.Although they had a good impression of each other before, one of the reasons why the relationship between the two parties could not have a substantial development was because Feng Yutian was always such a silent and passive person.His passivity caused him to miss countless excellent opportunities, and even almost lost Xue Qinglan.

However, she was surprised, and before she could sort out her thoughts, Xu Shili responded, "Junior Brother Feng, if you want to catch up with Xiaoxue, you can wait for a while until the engagement ceremony is over—"

Feng Yutian finally looked at him this time, or just glanced at him, and said in a warning tone: "I want to take her away."

If the three words he just said had the meaning of asking, then the five words Xu Shili said were an undisputed decision. Obviously, if anyone dared to question his determination to take Xue Qinglan away, what would he do? Dare to do it.

He no longer cared about Da Luo or the prince here, nor did he care about the background behind the thousands of people here, how many unrivaled masters were hidden around him... He didn't care about all of these, he only knew that he was She couldn't stand Xue Qinglan marrying someone else, for this reason, she would not hesitate to make an enemy of the whole world.

Xue Qinglan also saw his determination, and couldn't help complaining: Why does this guy always want to make things more and more complicated?why are you showing upDon't you know that it's useless for you to come here at this moment, and it will embarrass me and Xu Shili instead?Have you ever thought about others?And you plan to make a bigger fuss?Bah bah bah!I, Xue Qinglan, have already decided not to care about your life or death. It is none of my business that you are willing to seek death, but why do you insist on coming to me to seek death?

She knew that only she herself could turn the situation around, so she ignored Xu Shili's obstruction and said, "Feng Yutian, stop making trouble for no reason. Today is the day of my engagement with Shili. If you want to come to congratulate us, welcome, if you have a grudge, please go back."

Her rhetoric has fully taken into account Xu Shili and her role, and her attitude is also very clear, that is, to drive out the troublemakers, and then let the engagement process proceed as originally planned.

Feng Yutian looked at her deeply, making her feel a little nervous, but she had to look directly into his eyes, which was extremely difficult.

Xu Shili also cooperated with Xue Qinglan's words and said: "Junior Brother Feng, please go back. Xiaoxue and I will visit the house in person some other day."

He actually had something to tell the truth, but Feng Yutian's remaining rationality can only be used to understand Xue Qinglan's words, so how could he hear Xu Shili's implicit subtext?The most terrible thing is that Feng Yutian couldn't hear it, and Xu Shili and Xue Qinglan couldn't speak more clearly, should the two of them say that all this is a trick set up by the emperor?What is the face of the emperor?I'm afraid that as soon as they say such things, the two of them will be sentenced to death next.

Feng Yutian still ignored him, just stared at Xue Qinglan, and asked seriously: "You, really want to marry him?"

Xue Qinglan was stunned. At this moment, she only needs to answer a simple "yes" to end this embarrassing situation, but can she answer like that?
(End of this chapter)