Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 21
It was almost Youshi, and the sky gradually darkened.

After the grand banquet is over, there is the ensuing loneliness.On the side of Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion, the guests who participated in the wedding banquet had dispersed in twos and threes, the bustle of the day was no longer there, and even the chirping magpies disappeared.

The red candles in Shaomingxuan were brightly lit, and rich sachets were hung on the four corners of the bed tent. The celadon-glazed lotus incense burner on the table was blowing out smoke rings. It must be the incense that increases the mood, and the smell makes people feel warm.

Huo Qinglan covered her head with a red hipa, sitting upright on the side of the bed, with her hands tightly folded, her palms already sweating slightly.

After all, Yuan Shao was the person she cared about the most. Perhaps it was the incense that reminded her of the madness that night at the Qiu Ju Banquet. At night, the humiliation of receiving a bride and visiting the church during the day gradually faded away, replaced by the newlywed's shyness and fear of the bridal chamber. The anticipation of the night.

With a "squeak", Yuan Shao pushed open the door and came in. The strong smell of alcohol on his body almost overshadowed the incense in the room. But listening to this steady pace, he should be still sober.

He bypassed the Hexin wine on the table, walked straight to the bed, and opened the wedding dress with his hands.The handkerchief fell to the ground lightly, and soon became stained and crumpled into a ball, looking a little pitiful.

Huo Qinglan felt someone lift the ribbon and looked up expectantly.After all, this was the first time she was actually in the same room with Yuan Shao.It has been her long-cherished wish to become Yuan Shao's pillow.

But as soon as she raised her head, her round pupils bumped into a sinister face.

Yuan Shao stared at her, as if sizing up some prey.Compared with the gentleness in front of outsiders during the day, Huo Qinglan's heart pounded in fright at the gloomy eyes at this moment, it was Yuan Shao she had never seen before.

Yuan Shao slowly sat on the edge of the bed, his face was a little foolish, and the very first words he spoke were extremely humiliating: "Do you admire me?"

Although he had a few connections with Huo Qinglan, he used to focus entirely on Huo Qi and never paid attention to Huo Qi, his honest and responsible cousin.

Huo Qinglan caught his eyes for the first time in the neon dress dance at the Qiuju Banquet. He thought this woman was interesting and different from Huo Qi, but he didn't want to count him as a trick.

Huo Qinglan may have been overwhelmed by such a close contact. It seemed that he did not hear the sarcasm in his tone, and expressed his thoughts like pouring beans into a bamboo tube:
"My husband, you know that this is the first time you came to Ningguo Duke's mansion as a guest. I have already made a promise to you when I watched from a distance. In my heart, my husband is as noble and handsome as the moon in the sky. He is the best man in the capital."

Yuan Shao sneered nonchalantly: "So, you used some cunning means to plot against me?"

A bucket of cold water was poured down, and Huo Qinglan's face suddenly turned pale. She stood up and knelt beside the bed, and said pitifully: "What do you mean, husband? How can I plot against my husband?"

In her eyes, all the events at the Qiuju Banquet were initiated by Yuan Shao himself, and it was Yuan Shao who invited her to the small building, and she was just adding fuel to the flames.

But her heart is empty.

If we take it seriously, I am not an aboveboard person in this marriage.After all, if one relies on the advice of parents and matchmakers, there are so many famous girls in the capital, even without Huo Qi, it is not necessarily her turn to stand by Yuan Shao's side.So she deliberately made the matter a big deal and forced Yuan Shao to marry her.

"Huo Qi taught you to do all the things at the Qiuju Banquet, right?" Seeing the woman in front of her acting like an actress, Yuan Shao lost patience, pinched her chin in disgust, and then shook her hard.

Huo Qinglan was a little shocked when she heard the man in front of her mention Huo Qi.

Huo Qi taught her to do this?

Was Huo Qi responsible for everything at the Qiu Ju Banquet?
Huo Qinglan's expression was dark and gloomy, recalling all kinds of events at the Qiuju Banquet.When she arrived at Yuhuayuan Xiaozhu, Yuan Shao was obviously not sober.Now that I think about it, I am afraid that Huo Qi led the two of them there that night.

A chill ran across my back, and it was too late to think about Huo Qi's intentions.

Huo Qinglan pretended to be ignorant: "What does this matter have to do with big sister? On the night of the Qiuju banquet, a young maid handed me a note, saying that my husband wanted to see me. I went, but I didn’t see my eldest sister.”

"You said you received a note that day?" Yuan Shao immediately caught the key point and said slowly.

Huo Qinglan nodded as if she was pounding garlic, and began to pretend to be panicked: "What do you mean, husband, is the note on my hand given by my eldest sister? Now that I think about it, the words on the note It looks a bit like Big Sister’s handwriting. What’s the purpose of Big Sister doing this!”

She wished she could pretend to be an innocent little white rabbit in Yuan Shao's heart. As for what Huo Qi's characters looked like, she really didn't pay attention. As long as she could pour dirty water on Huo Qi's head, she would feel comfortable, anyway. This matter has nothing to do with Huo Qi.

Yuan Shao saw that the woman's expression did not seem to be fake, and then thought of the way Huo Qi looked at him in Changle Palace.

It was a look of deep disgust.

He had known that Qiu Ju's plan at the banquet was closely related to Huo Qi, but in the end it was just his intuition and there was no direct evidence.Now after listening to Huo Qinglan's words, I am more and more sure of what he is thinking.

This scandal was all planned by Huo Qi behind his back. She relied on his thoughts towards her and Huo Qinglan's unflattering affection to scheme against him mercilessly.

The anger in Yuan Shao's heart grew stronger and stronger like a nascent fire. He wished he could go to Duke Ning's mansion and strangle Huo Qi to death so that she could know the consequences of angering him.

But now he couldn't. The anger that had nowhere to put was naturally transferred to Huo Qinglan.

He looked down at Huo Qinglan and asked conspiratorially: "You mean, this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Huo Qinglan swallowed her saliva, and didn't dare to say anything more, just bowed her head nonuo: "I don't have any intentions."

The woman in front of her has a pair of innocent eyes, which are completely different from Huo Qi's.

Huo Qi's eyes are full of arrogance, she never shows a helpless look, even if she dies, she will not bow her head, but it makes people feel soft-hearted.

Huo Qinglan's eyes are full of tenderness and sweetness, I feel pity for it, but it is like a sharp knife cutting people's hearts, making people feel a bit of abusive pleasure.

Yuan Shao's hand gently touched Huo Qinglan's face. His fingertips slid down the face and rested on the woman's slender neck. His finger joints slowly tightened.

"Whether it's intentional or unintentional. You force this prince to marry you, but you don't even think about whether you are destined to be the prince's concubine?" He said in a low voice.

As he said that, the strength in his hands became stronger and stronger, obviously not to scare people, but he really had the intention to kill.

After a while, Huo Qinglan's face turned liver-colored, his limbs gradually became cold, and he could only survive for a few seconds by breathing heavily through his mouth.Her hand tightly held Yuan Shao's iron arm, but she couldn't shake it a little bit.

In the blink of an eye, Huo Qi's words came out from the depths of her memory:
What Prince Yuan cared about the most was the fifth prince in the palace.

The moment she was about to die, she immediately understood the intention of Huo Qi's words.As long as the fifth prince threatens Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will definitely not dare to act rashly.

"Aren't you afraid of implicating the Fifth Prince by doing this?" Huo Qinglan's round eyes fixed on Yuan Shao, holding on to his last breath, and forced out a sentence from his throat.

Yuan Shao went back to the basket rationally, let go of his hand suddenly, and threw the woman out.

He looked down at the woman on the ground, like looking down at an ant: "You surprised me. It seems that you are not completely unprepared if you dare to enter the door of my Yuan family."

He knew that this woman was not as harmless as she seemed. As for what happened at Qiu Ju's banquet, without her as a chess piece, Huo Qi would not have been able to plot against him so easily.In his eyes, Huo Qinglan and Huo Qi both deserve to die.

Huo Qinglan's body went limp, and she lay on the ground coughing uncontrollably, as if she wanted to spit out her own heart.She breathed heavily until the soul re-burrowed into the body.

After returning from the hell gate, she seemed to be willing to give up: "Husband, this marriage is granted by Your Majesty. I have only one life, and I will die if I die. However, if I die in Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, Your Majesty is afraid Suspicion, your Yuan family is dissatisfied with the marriage given by him. With the same spirit, you will naturally suspect whether the fifth prince has resentment."

"Are you threatening me?" Yuan Shao said in a low voice.

"How dare I threaten my husband? I just want to stay with my husband, and I have no other wish."

Huo Qinglan was betting with her life.If she loses, she will be strangled to death by Yuan Shao tonight and become the unjust ghost of Zhenyuan Hou Mansion.If she wins, she can secure her position as the Princess of Zhenyuan.Over time, she believed that she could warm Yuan Shao's heart.

As he spoke, Huo Qinglan crawled forward a few steps. His green onion-like fingers first rested on Yuan Shao's knees, and then tremblingly touched them forward, like a meandering water snake. The teasing meaning was self-evident.She seemed to think that this would calm the man in front of her.

Yuan Shao took a look, and a strange smile appeared on his face: "I want my son to sleep with you, right?"

"Want to be the woman of this world, and don't weigh your own weight?" He seemed to feel that it was not enjoyable enough.

A sense of shame swept through Huo Qinglan's body. Her eyes were empty and she didn't speak. She just wrapped herself around Yuan Shao.

"What? Pretending to be dumb? If you want to be a veritable concubine, you have to show some sincerity."

Huo Qinglan looked up blankly.

Yuan Shao grabbed her by the collar, leaned closer and said, "I want Huo Qi to die without anyone noticing, if you can do it, please come and please me."

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shao chuckled, shook off Huo Qinglan's hand, and slammed the door out.

At that moment, Huo Qinglan knew that she had won the bet.

Her body trembled violently, as if she was having a convulsion.

His originally distracted eyes slowly focused on the word "囍" on the door, and he chuckled.Two lines of clear tears fell from her eyes, and her originally pretty face looked a little strange under the swaying candlelight.

　The ex-husband has a good temper on the surface, but he is actually a pervert (^^)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)