Chapter 418 Queen, Feng Lin
Xiling, the imperial capital is safe.
A banquet was held in the imperial garden of the palace.
The Queen of Xiling wore a pearl and jade crown and a bright yellow robe embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, and sat upright in the Qianqiu Pavilion.
Her dark eyebrows are slanted, and her red lips are painted red.
A pair of extremely beautiful peach blossom eyes, but they don't make people feel frivolous, and their gaze is dignified without anger.
She is over forty years old, but she does not look tired like a woman of her age. Her every move is full of dignity and grace, which is the result of time and is inviolable.
A green jade tea set is placed on the stone table in the pavilion, and the tea is filled with elegant fragrance. Seasonal fresh fruits and palace snacks are prepared on the silver plate.
The empress took a sip of tea from her delicate hands and raised her eyes to gaze calmly outside the pavilion. "Every March and April, the Imperial Garden is at its most beautiful, with a profusion of flowers and a hundred kinds of fragrance competing for splendor. But Your Highness, you still have to travel thousands of miles to come here every year. Don't you find it annoying?"
The King of Mobei laughed and said, "Beixiang and Xiling are in different regions, and the scenery of the Imperial Garden is also very different. How can I get tired of seeing it only once a year?"
I watched the woman put down the teacup, with half of the tea left in it.
He picked up the jade teapot and poured a little more water into her tea. "But things are a little different this year. I'm not here to enjoy the scenery so much as to find some peace and quiet. Dongpu has been in constant turmoil this year, and Beixiang is adjacent to Dongpu. The other nations are constantly coming to me, asking me to seek justice. I really don't want to get involved in those matters. Xiling is the only nation on the continent that doesn't participate in the disputes. After all, you're the most peaceful place."
The Queen looked back, the corners of her lips raised in a smile, but she remained noncommittal. "You, the King of Mobei, want peace and quiet. Who dares to disturb you?"
"There are many brave people. If Mo Liren was really afraid of me on the Shu Road last year, he would not have deliberately let Su Jiuni and others go twice."
"Oh? Is that true?"
The King of Mobei glared at the indifferent woman in front of him, and after a moment he said, "Feng Lin, why are you helping them?"
The woman placed her jade fingers lightly on the stone table and looked up at him intently. Her eyes cooled slightly, then revealed a fierce look. "Are you questioning this emperor?"
There was another moment of silence, and the man pushed her favorite snack in front of her. "The matter has passed. If I wanted to investigate, I wouldn't have waited until today to ask you, and I wouldn't have let Mo Liren off then. It's just a casual question between old friends. If you don't want to answer, then don't answer. Don't be angry. You like the lotus pastry from the Beixiang Imperial Kitchen? I brought it here specially. Want to try it?"
He took a step back, and the silent and stagnant atmosphere in the pavilion eased again.
The Queen really liked to eat lotus cakes. She would only take one or two bites of other fruit snacks on the table, but she ate two whole pieces of lotus cakes.
"The King of Mobei is kind enough to allow you to stay in Xiling for two more days to get some peace and quiet."
Wen Renjing laughed upon hearing this, "In that case, I thank the Emperor."
After a pause, he said, "I will go to the palace to play chess with you tomorrow."
"The spring scenery around Du'an is beautiful. Your Highness can enjoy it everywhere. There is no need to accommodate me."
"Well, Your Majesty is very busy, so please take good care of yourself and don't overwork yourself. I'll come back to say goodbye before I return."
After the small banquet, the empress asked the palace maids to see the guests off and then returned to Liuyun Palace.
After returning to the palace, the empress dismissed the waiting maids on both sides, took off her floor-length spring robe and threw it on the screen that separated the inner hall. She then lay down on the imperial concubine couch by the window. "Order someone to secretly monitor Wenren Jing. If he makes any unusual movements in Xiling, report it immediately."
Nanny Jin responded, "Your Majesty, the King of Mobei is accompanied by experts, and he himself is also a master of martial arts. It would be difficult for someone to hide from him if they were following him."
"It doesn't matter. He knows that I will have people monitor him."
"I'll do it right away."
"Wait, is there any new news from Mo Liren?"
Nanny Jin, who was about to go out to do something, stopped and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing yet."
The queen turned over and looked out the window, then waved her hand gently, and Nanny Jin retreated.
The hall was completely quiet, and the palace maids guarding outside carefully sealed the door.
The empress lay down for a while before getting up and walking to the other side of the desk where she reviewed memorials and took out a small wooden box from the drawer below.
When the lid was opened, the box was filled with portraits.
A thick stack.
The portraits are all painted on fine rice paper. The paper at the bottom has turned yellow. As the pictures go up, the one on top is the newest one, delivered a year ago.
Unfolding the portraits one by one, the Queen fixed her gaze intently on the people in the paintings, from a baby in swaddling clothes, to a toddler learning to speak, to a young child... In the last one, a handsome young man sat sideways in an armchair, his posture lazy and unruly.
Her long eyebrows were slanted, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes were slightly narrowed, as if she was looking at the person who was peeping at the painting, with a sharp and arrogant look.
He was so arrogant and evil that he almost jumped out of the paper.
The empress looked at the man in the painting, her jade-like fingertips gently stroking the young man's face, finally pausing at his peach blossom eyes that looked exactly like hers. She parted her red lips and whispered, "You've grown so big..."
…
Bai Yu suddenly opened his eyes, and heard a string of wild laughter in his ears.
"Bai Yu, were you a thief last night? You came to my house to sleep on such a beautiful day?"
A green grass leaf tickled the tip of his nose, and Su An's big face flashed above his sight. "Hurry up, it's time to plant rice!"
Bai Yu stayed motionless on the bench in the Su family's main hall. "I like to sit on the edge of the field and watch you planting rice. Can you move me and the bench over there?"
Su An's lips curled up diagonally, "Brother can't cure you? Tianbao——"
Bai Yu quickly covered the young man's mouth and jumped onto his back like a monkey. "Tianbao, here I come! It's just rice planting. I'll do your work today. You take a break!"
"Get down, you little bastard! Don't you know how much you weigh?"
"Brother, that's not right. I'm waiting for you to heal me. I'll wait on your back so you don't have to come looking for me."
"I still have to go pick rice seedlings!"
"Pick me too."
Su An backhanded the young man as he walked over, "Did you just have a nightmare?"
Bai Yu jumped to the ground and kicked the man in front of him in revenge, "Young Master has only dreamed since he was a child, and all his dreams can come true!"
"Virtue." Su An had already walked to the door and casually picked up the shoulder pole leaning against the thorn wall and threw it over, "Work!"
The others had already gone to the fields.
There were piles of tied seedlings at the gate of the Su family's courtyard. Bai Yu quickly picked up two baskets and carried them towards the village entrance. The shoulder pole was bent at both ends by the baskets, but he still walked briskly.
The sun was still shining brightly in the afternoon of March, and the wind blew gently, carrying the faint fragrance of wheat from afar.
Bai Yu raised his head slightly and looked at the clear sky, his eyes dark.
The dream just now was not very beautiful. I dreamed of a pair of eyes that looked just like his, filled with tears, with a look of reluctance and sadness.
Tsk, it’s a nightmare.
Shaking those eyes out of his head, Bai Yu quickened his pace and came to the village entrance. He saw a girl bending over in the fields planting rice from afar, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Tianbao, I just had a nightmare. I was scared to death!"
Walking in front, Su An, who had just put down his carrying pole, turned around and said, "..."
Otherwise, he would put all the blame on the thief?
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