The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 21 Falling red flakes are like fog (3)
Although Zhongli's New Year's Eve dinner is different from the folk customs of Qingyue, it is equally grand and grand, with dancing and music, and a feast of gluttonous feasts.

The [-]-year-old Zhongli Monarch Murongdu treated Su Li and Jinse graciously, but Jinse wasn't thinking about the dinner at all, only thinking about who to ask about the "beauty".

Even though she knew Murong Jing well, but if she inquired rashly like this, it would definitely be a waste.However, if it were someone else, I'm afraid it would be even more difficult to speak.

On one side of her, she was thinking and worrying, on the other side, Su Li, who was having a drink with Murong Du, suddenly pushed her gently.

Jinse raised her head impressively, and when she looked at him, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure walking out of the hall, and hurriedly turned her head to see that it was Murong Jinghao.

Is Su Li reminding her?Jinse glanced at him gratefully, got up and saluted Murong Du, and walked out of the hall.

She asked the night guard guards all the way where Jing Hao was, and when she finally found a hot spring in the imperial garden, she happened to hear Jing Hao talking to her maidservant.

"Mo Yan, what do you think of that King Ning?"

"Prince Ning? Didn't the Empress say yesterday that Qingyue meant that she wanted the princess to marry her and make her the concubine of the second prince Su Mo?"

Jinse didn't want to eavesdrop, but she couldn't go out when they were talking, so she still hid behind the rockery and listened quietly.

"Prince Qin." Jinghao sighed slightly, "I heard that the prince is a romantic and dissolute man who has no intention of governing the people, but is only in love with sensuality. Tell me, am I willing to marry such a person?"

"But King Ning already has a wife, not to mention that he brought his own concubine this time, the princess—"

"Do you know what I think?" Jing Hao suddenly chuckled, noble and calm, "Even if I marry King Ning as a side concubine, I don't want to marry that King Qin."

Mo Yan suddenly took a breath: "Princess, how is this possible? The emperor and empress will never agree to it no matter what!"

"This is exactly what troubles me, but what should I do?"

Behind the rockery, Jinse listened in silence for a long time, and suddenly couldn't help laughing—these words seemed to be deliberately said to her.

After a little thought, she finally stopped hiding, and slowly walked out from behind the rockery, looking at the figure sitting by the hot spring: "Princess."

Jing Hao turned around and saw her, but she was not surprised at all, she just smiled slightly: "It turns out that the princess is also here, please sit down."

Seeing her sitting by the hot spring, but her feet were washed in the water, Jinse also followed her example, took off her shoes and socks, put her feet in the hot spring, and exhaled slightly: "Zhongli is really a good place, we Such a person who is afraid of the cold would be fine if he was born here."

"Really?" Jinghao tilted her head slightly and said, "But I yearn for the prosperity and folk customs of Qingyue."

Jinse turned her eyes to look at her, just happened to be looking at her, and they both looked at each other and smiled.

After a moment of silence, Jinse suddenly said again: "Speaking of which, there is something I have always wanted to ask the princess. I am born with a lot of curiosity, and I have always heard that the Zhongli royal family has hidden a strange poison in the world, called' Hongyan', I have been curious in my heart, where is this poison?"

Hearing this, Jinghao lowered her head and smiled slightly: "Although this poison is known as the world, it is not a good thing after all. If the princess wants to ask me where it is, I can't answer it. However, although it is a secret poison, It used to flow out."

Jinse suddenly pricked up her ears: "Ever leaked out?"

Jinghao seemed to recall what she said, she gently covered her lips with the silk, and said with a smile: "This is not a big deal at first, it's really not for outsiders, and the princess doesn't need to know."

Jinse lowered her eyes and smiled, then fell silent, Jinghao didn't speak any more, just lowered her head to fiddle with the water under her feet, looking very interested.

Jinse quietly listened to the sound of water under her feet, and suddenly thought about what Jing Hao said to her maid Mo Yan earlier, and then said: "I heard that Qingyue and Zhongli intend to marry each other this time, I don't know Which princess in your country is waiting to be married?"

Jing Hao smiled slightly, but did not answer. Instead, Mo Yan who was at the side said: "Princess Wang, although I, Zhongli, have five princesses, but they are about to get married, but my princess is the only one."

Jin Se nodded and said: "So, Princess Jinghao is going to marry the King of Qin. As a princess, now it seems that only the King of Qin's concubine can afford it."

"With the status of a princess, the position of concubine is naturally not a problem." Mo Yan said, "It's just that the King of Qin can't stand up to it, so it's another matter."

"Mo Yan, don't be rude!" Jing Hao frowned slightly, and scolded in a low voice.

Mo Yan hurriedly lowered his head and retreated to the side. Seeing this, Jinse smiled: "I can't blame her. In fact, I also feel sorry for the princess in my heart. The king of Qin is known to be romantic. Who would not feel wronged when he marries him? Yi In my opinion, King Ning and the princess are more suitable."

Jinghao suddenly covered her lips and gave a low cough, blushing slightly, and said, "As a princess, how can you say such a thing?"

Jinse shrugged helplessly: "To tell you the truth, I was forced to marry him by my father's order. I was really helpless. Now I see such a wonderful person as the princess, but because of my status, I want to rub against him. However, I do feel sorry for it.”

"Maybe it's destiny?" Although Jinghao's words were polite, she did not deny her thoughts for Su Li at all, "God's will is inevitable, what can we mere mortals do?"

Jinse raised her smiling face: "Princess, I don't know that sometimes, people can overcome the sky."

Jinghao finally turned her head to look at her. After a long time, she chuckled again: "It's boring to keep talking about this. Why don't you just talk about 'beauties'. Didn't the princess want to know about 'beauties' leaking out? Speaking of which, It has something to do with what we just said. At the beginning, my third brother made friends with others, and even gave away the "beautiful face" without authorization. This was originally the poison hidden by Zhongli's royal family, but he gave it away. In anger, he was severely punished, and since then, 'Beautiful Beauty' has never leaked out."

"Could it be that the person His Highness gave the 'beautiful face' to is related to Qingyue?" Jinse couldn't help but feel anxious, and asked inquiringly.

"But it has a lot to do with it." Jing laughed and said, "Isn't it the King of Qin?"

Leaving Zhongli Palace and on the way back to the post house, Su Li finally said the first sentence of the day to Jinse: "Did I find out what you wanted to know?"

Hearing this, Jinse recovered from her trance, looked up at him, and shook her head slightly: "Princess Jinghao said, 'Beautiful Beauty' is a strange poison in the world, it never leaves the palace, let alone... Flow to Qingyue."

"Then your sister has been to Zhongli before?"

Jinse shook her head: "No."

Seeing her appearance, Su Li seemed to be unable to bear it, and said lightly: "After all, it has been three years, you really don't need to waste your energy."

"I'm not reconciled." Jinse said in a low voice, "I'm not reconciled if I can't find out the cause of my sister's death. I'm also not reconciled if I can find out the cause of my sister's death but can't avenge her."

Seeing this, Su Li's face darkened slightly, and he didn't say any more.

Jin Se suddenly raised her head to look at him again: "My lord, when shall we go back?"

"There will be a delay of about two days." Su Li said lightly, then looked out the window.

Just at this time, a gorgeous and eye-catching firework suddenly bloomed in the sky, followed by two, three, and more and more. The beautiful flowers were in full bloom, illuminating the sky as bright as day.

Jinse was sitting on the other side of the carriage, unable to see the fireworks, Su Li suddenly stretched out his hand to her: "Come here."

Jinse looked at his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down.

At this moment, the sky is the busiest moment. Jinse looked up for a long time, and finally a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "It's so beautiful."

His sight was suddenly covered by his side face, Jin Se was startled, but saw that Su Li had been looking at her.

She froze and leaned back involuntarily, but unexpectedly, she only leaned on his arm and was wrapped in his arms instead.

The colorful lights from the fireworks in the sky penetrated through the window and reflected on his face, giving him a strange beauty.But Jinse saw that beauty getting closer and closer to her, but she turned her face away and lowered her head suddenly.

The body in her arms was as stiff as a sculpture, after all, Su Li didn't do anything, but slowly let her go.

Jinse pursed her lips, got up and returned to her previous position, and remained silent all the way.

In the next two days, Jinse's spirit was not very good, and she was distracted from time to time, and she looked more haggard than when she was sick.Especially she has always loved to eat, but now she can't lift her spirits when faced with a table full of delicious dishes.

On the morning of leaving Zhongli, Jinse and Su Li sat together for breakfast, and it was still the same.

Seeing her put down the bowl after taking two mouthfuls of porridge, Su Li's eyes were slightly cold: "Are you full?"

After hearing this, Jinse glanced at him, then lowered her head a little awkwardly and continued to eat.

Su Li looked at the bruises in her eyes, and continued to eat calmly. After putting down his chopsticks, he said: "Some things, it's good if you can't find any information. Why should you be so disappointed?"

Jin Se was stunned for a moment before saying, "I'm not disappointed, but I'm a little... at a loss."

After hearing this, Su Li seemed to want to say something, but his lips moved, but he still didn't speak.

Before leaving, the two saw Jinghao again.

Jing Hao came in a hurry and saw that the carriages and horses were still parked at the gate of the post house, and Su Li and Jinse hadn't boarded the carriages yet, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a gentle smile: "I just got this information from my father early this morning. Knowing that the prince is going to leave, he thought that he would not be able to see him off in time. It's only been three days, why did the prince leave in such a hurry?"

The expression on Su Li's face was still very indifferent: "If I have free time, I will definitely stay for two more days, but I will be away from home for a few days. My princess misses her home very much, so she dare not stay for a long time."

"En." Jinghao heard the words, and couldn't help but look at Jinse enviously, "The prince is so considerate and meticulous, the princess is really lucky."

Jinse's spirit is still not very good. Hearing this, she cheered up and smiled: "The prince has always treated people very well. If the princess gets acquainted with the prince in the future, she will definitely understand."

Jinghao nodded and smiled, but Su Li stared at Jinse.

"It's getting late, why don't you get in the carriage?" He stretched out his hand to give her a hand, and pushed her onto the carriage.

Jinse was pushed into the carriage by him, and she still didn't forget to turn her head and say goodbye to Jinghao: "Princess, we will see you someday."

Jinghao still smiled decently: "Definitely." After finishing speaking, her eyes turned to Su Li's back, but suddenly became lingering: "My lord, take care all the way."

"Princess Lao will send you off, take your leave, and take care." Su Li replied, got on his horse, and left without looking back.

The group of people gradually went away until they disappeared, but Wei Jinghao still stood in the distance, looking at each other silently.

(End of this chapter)