Autumn is in full swing, and in a blink of an eye, it will be the birthday of the Empress Dowager.
After more than two months, Nalan Xue, the crown prince of the Xuangu Kingdom, and Yu Wenquan, the prime minister of the Split Zhang Kingdom, were about to arrive in Anning City. During this period, the entire palace became busy.
Bai Qiqian and Xiliang bought a house on Dongfu Street in Anning City. They bought many slaves and lived a stable and leisurely life.
Of course, this kind of leisure is only superficial leisure.
The opportunity that Bai Qiqian is waiting for will soon come, and when the time comes, she will return to the palace again.
Recalling that day, Ye Ruochen said to her: "Fuyao, if one day I climb the nine-layer pagoda, will you be with me?" If she is willing to be by his side, he promises her and will pamper her alone.
one person.
Bai Qiqian looked at Ye Ruochen with cold eyes and a sarcastic smile on her lips: "Ruochen, you want the country and the beauty, but you are too greedy."
Ye Ruochen ignored the sarcasm in her words and continued to ask: "Fuyao, if Ye Liyuan gets this world, will you stay by his side?" His eyes were full of seriousness.
Bai Qiqian was stunned for a long time. After a long time, she sighed and whispered: "Actually, I don't know either."
She never knew what she could do for Ye Liyuan.
She agreed that she would no longer love him. However, every time in the dead of night, his peerless face would always appear in her mind, as well as the sadness and loneliness he concealed under that peerless appearance.
Bai Qiqian didn't understand why Ye Liyuan had so many emotions. Those emotions made her hurt.
She would rather he be as cruel and cold as before.
At least, her love for him would be exhausted in that kind of cruelty. However, when she recalled the days she spent with him, her heart was filled with warmth.
Sometimes, Bai Qiqian couldn't help but sigh, half regretful and half unwilling. It would be better if he believed in her.
His distrust was like a sharp blade, reminding him of all the harm he had done to her.
Love and hate mixed together, and it was unspeakable. In the end, Bai Qiqian spent all her thoughts on the song, preparing to stun the audience on the Empress Dowager's birthday.
Xiliang couldn't bear Bai Qiqian being bored in the house all day, so he took her for a walk outside the house.
In order to avoid being recognized and causing unnecessary trouble, Bai Qiqian deliberately covered her face with a veil.
At the same time, a gorgeous carriage was walking slowly on the road. Behind the carriage, two teams of about forty people were slowly following. Outside the carriage, the groom in charge of driving the carriage looked sleepy.
His eyes were shining, and he carefully looked at the people around him.
In the gorgeous carriage, there are two romantic and handsome men playing chess.
The man in white clothes dropped the white piece in his hand and said to the man in purple shirt beside him: "Liu Guang, this chess piece is a good one. With Zhao Yun as a chess piece, I want to leave the Jinhui Dynasty, which is already half successful."
Zhao Yun is the general in charge of customs clearance. If he holds the customs clearance token in his hand, it will be easy to leave when the time comes.
The streamer calmly dropped a sunspot, then raised his eyes.
The man in white met his gaze and smiled: "Liu Guang, am I right?"
Liu Guang did not answer his words, but said: "How did you persuade Zhao Yun? As far as I know, Zhao Yun has always been fair and impartial, and he is an extremely proud person. He will definitely not give you customs clearance documents easily."
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The corners of the man's mouth in white clothes raised slightly: "A gentleman hides his weapon in his body and waits until the time comes. For a proud person like Zhao Yun, only by defeating him can you be qualified to speak to him."
Liu Guang said with some interest: "Did you defeat him with force?"
The man in white smiled and said: "If Zhao Yun doesn't know what kind of person the person who defeated him is, of course he will not be willing to do so. If he wants to win the game, he must fight me again."
Liu Guang picked up the white jade cup beside him: "Yes, you have done a good job. With Zhao Yun's help in the future, you will be able to leave the Jinhui Dynasty easily. Of course, when you live in the palace, you must be more careful.
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Thinking of the life he was about to face, the man in white frowned slightly.
He opened the curtain and took a look at the scenery outside the carriage. Although this place was prosperous, it was not his hometown after all.
Finally, he raised his eyes, looked at Liu Guang who had followed him all the way, and asked: "Liu Guang, I am the crown prince of Xuan Gu Kingdom, why did my father choose me to be a hostage?"
Why was it him? In fact, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time. Among the three princes, the emperor singled him out. From then on, he carried the illusory title of prince and lived a humble life.
Life.
When Liu Guang heard Nalan Xue ask him, his expression was slightly startled. He glanced at Nalan Xue lightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was indescribably sad: "Your father, besides being the king of Xuangu Kingdom,
Still a father."
Nalan Xue's body shook involuntarily.
Liu Guang continued: "Master Xue, do you know that the emperor gave birth to thirteen princes, but in the end there were only three left?"
Nalan Xue nodded: "Of course I know that the queen is controlling everything behind the scenes."
Liu Guang opened the curtain and turned his sight to the scenery outside: "The emperor is the king of Xuangu Kingdom and your father. As the king, he wants to choose a suitable heir for the great country."
Nalan Xue lowered her eyes: "Third brother and fifth brother are both very suitable."
Liu Guang did not refute Nalan Xue's words: "The third prince and the fifth prince are both suitable candidates. They are more ruthless, more decisive, and more capable than you. However, the emperor has only a few heirs, and he does not want to see you commit suicide."
Killing each other, he wants to see you live a stable life."
Nalan Xue held up the white piece in her hand and dropped the next piece: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill them in the future?"
Liu Guang showed a smile: "Master Xue, only if you succeed to the throne will you not put them to death. What's more, you can use the two of them to maintain the balance of the court."
Nalan Xue sighed: "This is why my father sent me, the Jinhui Dynasty, as a hostage, right?"
With the honorific title of Prince, he stayed in the Jinhui Dynasty and became a hostage.
In the future, after he returns to China, he will be able to succeed to the throne in a legitimate manner. However, his third brother and fifth brother will still maintain a relatively stable situation. All of this is exactly as the emperor expected.
Liu Guang dropped a sunspot in his hand and said calmly: "This is the best situation, a draw."
It's just that the emperor of Xuangu Kingdom didn't expect that no one would be willing to be a pawn.
Near noon, the carriage finally stopped. Nalan Xue and Liu Guang walked into a restaurant, Tianxiang Restaurant.
What makes Tianxiang Restaurant different from other restaurants is that it is very lively.
As soon as Nalan Xue walked in, she saw a scholar holding a portrait in his hand, and said proudly: "Everyone, I have the authentic work of Master Xue in my hand. Look, this picture of 'Wolf Walking in the Desert' is from
His handiwork."
Looking up, in the pure white scroll, a lone wolf was slowly walking alone in the desolate desert.
The setting sun lengthens the shadow of the wolf, making it even more lonely and tragic.
The wolf's eyes were so unruly, his steps were slow and calm, and he walked unswervingly forward.
Everyone stepped forward one after another, and among them several young masters and young masters dressed in luxurious clothes hurriedly squeezed in and asked the scholar to take the scroll in his hand and show it to them for appreciation.
Nalan Xue's eyes were a little cold, and he said displeasedly: "I never expected that there would be such a mercenary person in the world."
Liu Guang sighed and said: "Such scoundrels are simply insulting the teachings of the saints."
At this time, the waiter came up attentively and asked enthusiastically: "Two guests, do you need anything?"
Nalan Xue's frowned brows straightened out: "Waiter, give us a first-class private room and bring us all the special dishes in your shop."
The waiter happily led Nalan Xue and Liu Guang into the private room on the second floor.
In the private room, you can still see clearly what happened in the hall through the window lattice. Nalan Xue whispered to Liu Guang: "Liu Guang, we will buy that painting later."
Liu Guang chuckled: "I had known this before, why did I do it in the first place?"
In fact, the portrait in the scholar's hand was gifted to him by Nalan Xue. A few days ago, Liu Guang rescued a scholar on the bank of the river. The scholar was unrecognized for his talent and felt depressed, so he wanted to commit suicide.
Afterwards, Nalan Xue talked with him for a long time. The scholar said that the person he respected the most was Mr. Xue, because Mr. Xue's attainments in painting were simply superb and no one could control him.
When the two of them separated, Nalan Xue gave the scholar a painting, which was exactly the picture of "Wolf Walking in the Desert".
At the same time, Nalan Xue heard a woman's voice coming from outside: "Dad, look at that painting, it's a masterpiece."
The man's voice said: "I never expected that in the Jinhui Dynasty, the authentic portrait of Mr. Xue would appear."
The woman asked curiously: "Dad, who is this Mr. Xue, and why is he so famous?"
The man smiled and said: "Master Xue is a famous painter today, but he is aloof and has very few calligraphy treasures handed down to the world. The current emperor regards Master Xue's paintings as treasures."
The woman's eyes stared at the portrait, and there was a flash of light in her eyes.
Canglang is really a name worth remembering. She has gone through many storms with this name.
The person sitting outside the private room on the second floor is none other than Bai Qiqian. And Cang Lang was her code name when she was a killer.
The scholar had already opened his mouth to bid, and his ears were filled with the sound of sighs from the crowd.
Bai Qiqian said softly: "Mr.
Perhaps it reflects Master Xue’s mood.”
"Qianqian, since you like it so much, why don't we buy this painting?"