marriage alliance
A few days after marrying Di Shaoze, Lin Huai'en suddenly understood why he kept a canary. The imperial palace was the perfect place to raise such a delicate canary. It had good food and exquisite servants, but it lacked freedom.
The palace was like a prison. Looking up, there was only the square sky; looking around, there were only walls.
Lin Huai'en was like a new bird brought into the palace. Because he wasn't yet tamed, Emperor Shaoze restrained his heels until he was completely numb and obedient. Only then would he remove the restraints.
Ringing——
The shackles and chains gradually made a sound as they rubbed against each other. Lin Huai'en had begun to get used to the weight on his feet, and even tried hard to learn how to live with shackles in order to please Di Shaoze.
But he still didn't know how to be well-behaved and harmless, how to regain his previous freedom, and how to completely remove the thorn in Di Shaoze's heart.
Whether handling government affairs or managing the harem, he had tried his best. But no matter how well he did, Emperor Shaoze never even smiled. As time went on, Lin Huai'en couldn't help but feel lost and discouraged, as if no matter what he did, it would be useless, and no amount of compensation could ever make up for the wound.
at night.
After the envoys from the seven great powers arrived, the dynasty accepted their gifts and naturally entertained them accordingly. However, no matter how much interaction and entertainment there was, there was always a psychological barrier between the defeated and victorious nations.
At the banquet, more than ten glasses of wine were drunk. Although thousands of calculations came to their minds, they still pretended to be peaceful and respectful.
Lin Huai'en had been prime minister for many years, so he was adept at handling such situations. He raised his wine cup, exchanged a few pleasantries, and displayed the dynasty's majesty while also giving respect to the seven great nations. He drank the wine quickly and cleanly.
The music stopped, and two rows of beauties slowly retreated, carrying their pipa instruments.
Zi Wuye stood up straight, put his right hand on his shoulder, and asked for instructions: "At the state banquet, each country should present its national treasures. Why not let Loulan take the lead and present our Fire Fox Dance."
The Great Yuezhi envoy smiled heartily and continued, "Then everyone present will be in for a treat. The Loulan Kingdom's Fire Fox Dance is only performed during the spring hunt, just once a year."
The sound of drums echoed, accompanied by the melodious tinkle of bells. Two teams of beautiful women in blue gauze floated out from either side, twisting their waists and dancing gracefully like alluring blue foxes. Suddenly, the central ball of fire exploded, revealing a sinister and alluring fire fox.
All I could see was the fire fox beauty covered in red gauze, with her eyes fluttering and her slender waist swaying left and right to the rhythm, with the arc just right, swaying like a flame being blown.
A breeze blew past, lifting the red gauze scarf on the beauty's face.
In an instant, the eyes of everyone present widened - not only because of the outstanding beauty of this face, but also because this face really looked like a person, the queen of the current dynasty, Lin Huai'en.
This face is 80% similar to Lin Huai'en, but the corners of the eyes are slightly upturned, subtly between almond eyes and fox eyes. It is less elegant than Lin Huai'en, but more charming.
Now, when the men continued to watch the dance, they had new feelings.
First of all, men naturally love to watch stunning beauties dance, especially when they dance so seductively and coquettishly. Not to mention, this beauty looks like a queen. It's like watching the usually cool and elegant Lin Huai'en dance with flames. This contrast makes their lower abdomen ache!
Lin Huai'en began to lose his grip on the wine cup. The men around him, filled with fanciful eyes, circled around him, making him feel nauseous. If he hadn't been so well-mannered, he would have thrown his cup and walked away.
The Firefox beauty was accustomed to the men's explicit looks and ignored them. She just turned her eyes into hooks that could seduce people and hooked Di Shaoze whenever she had the chance.
After the dance ended, Zi Wuye stood up and said, "This dancer, named Fox Princess, is a twin, only sixteen years old. Her mother's family is from a branch of the Loulan royal family. Three years ago, my father adopted her as his son, and she is considered the little prince of Loulan. She came with me this time because she wants to propose marriage to the Emperor. I wonder if the Emperor is interested?"
Marriage... with whom? This sensitive and thorny question instantly aroused the nerves of the envoys from various countries, and they all turned their eyes to Di Shaoze.
Lin Huai'en held the cup tightly in his hand, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his palms.
Di Shaoze touched the cup and said, "The King of Zhenbei has not yet married..."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Fox Princess immediately lowered her face, as if she was about to cry out of pity. "Fox Princess is from a side branch, and her bloodline is not high. She knows she is not worthy of being the prince's wife. Your Majesty, please do not show favor to Fox Princess."
At this point, Fox Princess bit her lower lip again and cast a bold and passionate look at Di Shaoze, "Fox Princess has admired Your Majesty since childhood. If I am lucky enough to enter Your Majesty's palace, even if it is just to serve as the lowest servant, Fox Princess will be willing..."
Hearing this, Lin Huai'en's brows furrowed tightly. His mother had once told him that after marriage, the most important thing to be wary of is this kind of vixen who uses her pitiful appearance to poke a man's heart.
There is such a one right in front of me.
Emperor Shaoze pondered and said, "In that case, you will enter the harem and I will make you a beauty."
Hearing this, Lin Huai'en suddenly felt his face burning, as if someone had slapped him in the face. He had suffered countless humiliations, and his heart was almost suffocating.
Di Shaoze actually accepted this beauty on the spot.
The Wusun envoy, his eyes drenched, echoed, "Speaking of twins, what man doesn't dream of them? If Your Majesty were to place the Queen and Fox Concubine in bed together, that would be truly..."
Hearing such obscene words, Lin Huai'en could no longer hold back. He tried to maintain his politeness and manners, just made up an excuse, and turned around and left the banquet. He was already on the verge of anger and didn't even bother to hide his emotions.
Not long after Lin Huai'en left, Zi Wuye's voice came from behind.
Lin Huai'en was filled with anger at the moment, and he spoke even more fiercely to the instigator, demanding, "Are you humiliating me?"
"I'm not humiliating you. I know he's not worthy of being compared to you!" Seeing Lin Huai'en angry, Zi Wuye coaxed him anxiously, "It's just that the custom in my Loulan country is to barter. I just want to exchange his fake for your real thing."
Lin Huai'en got angry and said, "What's the difference between genuine and fake? Everyone is unique! Are you all in love with my face? I've got an identical skin, and you want to take it into your room?!"
Lin Huai'en was like a barrel of molten iron, burning anyone who came up to him. But Zi Wuye wasn't afraid of anything at the moment. He only wanted to calm Lin Huai'en down, clinging to him like a sticky candy, regardless of anything.
"Huai En..." Zi Wuye grabbed Lin Huai En's sleeve, "No matter when, you still have me. I said eight years ago that I wanted to marry you, and this sentence will count no matter how long it has been."
"Zi Wuye, I have said long ago that I will not give him to you. Have you not given up yet?" From the depths of the night, Di Shaoze walked towards the two of them with his hands behind his back.
Zi Wuye froze as he was holding Lin Huaien's hand.
Di Shaoze's expression was calm, but as he approached, he was like a wild wolf on the hunt, its eyes flashing with animalistic light. Zi Wuye retreated inch by inch like a purple fox caught in the wolf's gaze, knowing he couldn't resist and could only find a chance to slip away.
Lin Huai'en bit his lower lip very hard, trying his best to suppress his sadness and grievance, so as not to lose his composure and act like an 'abandoned, hysterical, divorced husband' in front of Di Shaoze.
Di Shaoze gazed at Zi Wuye's back with his long eyes and asked calmly, "How many lovers has he been to you?"
Lin Huai'en said in a thorny tone: "Your Majesty, isn't it clear how charming I am?"
Over the years, Di Shaoze had killed hundreds, if not thousands, of his rivals. If the names of these rivals were revealed, it would be enough to unleash a bloodbath in the capital. I'm afraid all the unmarried women in the capital, including Shuang'er, would regard Lin Huai'en as their public enemy.
In the entire capital, when it comes to which man best understands Lin Huai'en's charm and is most deeply attracted to it, Di Shaoze is naturally the first one.
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