Chapter 117
Shen Huaishi and others arrived at the general's mansion and happened to see a sedan chair landing in front of the door. They didn't know which official in the court had the same idea as them and came to visit General Gu on the anniversary of his death.
A middle-aged man with a big belly walked out of the sedan chair, wearing the official uniform of a third-rank civil servant. Wu Zhan and Duke Wu stayed in the capital all year round, but had never seen this person. Li Chan introduced them: "This man is the governor of Liangzhou, Qian Xiyuan. He was ordered by the Prime Minister to come to the capital to report on his work. He has just arrived in the capital for two days."
When Qian Xiyuan saw them, he smiled and said, "It's Lord Li and the generals. Are you here to pay your respects to the Prime Minister as well?"
As the few people were chatting, Shen Huaishi was stunned when he saw a tall, tough-looking man following Qian Xiyuan. No one else seemed to notice the man. Soon, Yuan Yin got Lin Qingyu's consent and invited several people including Qian Xiyuan into the mansion.
The man wanted to follow Qian Xiyuan into the palace, but was stopped by Yuan Yin: "The Prime Minister has only invited a few adults, the rest of you, please wait outside the palace."
Qian Xiyuan hurried forward and whispered a few words in Yuan Yin's ear. Yuan Yin's expression froze, and he looked at Qian Xiyuan with more pity: "Master Qian, wait a moment, I will send someone to report to the Prime Minister."
Wu Zhan noticed the man's face and exclaimed, "Doesn't this man... look a bit like a general?"
Qian Xiyuan smiled and laughed: "Coincidence, coincidence."
Wu Zhan circled around the man and said, "They really do look a bit alike, but their temperaments are so different."
Wu Zhan couldn't figure out Qian Xiyuan's intention, but Li Chan knew it very well and his expression changed slightly. When the servants from the general's mansion came back to say that the prime minister allowed men to enter, Li Chan could no longer bear it and whispered, "Absurd."
It was common for officials in Dayu to give one or two beauties as gifts in order to please their superiors. I didn't expect Qian Xiyuan to be so bold as to offer such a person to Prime Minister Lin. I don't know whether to say that he is ingenious or that he is courting death.
Wu Zhan asked: "Master Li, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Huaishi explained: "Master Qian specifically found a man who looks somewhat similar to the general, and wanted to offer him to Prime Minister Lin as a male concubine."
Li Chan said angrily: "How can such a person be worthy of Prime Minister Lin. Even if he becomes a male lover to Prime Minister Lin, it would be an insult to Prime Minister Lin."
Wu Zhan never thought before speaking: "Who is worthy of her?"
Li Chan froze for a long time before he said, "No one... no one is worthy of him." He smiled bitterly and his voice gradually became smaller. "The one who can stand beside Prime Minister Lin, even if he is not as good as General Gu, at least he can't... can't be worse than me."
To him, Lin Qingyu was like the snow-capped peak of a mountain. He knew that he was not worthy of walking side by side with Lin Qingyu, and he only hoped that the person by Lin Qingyu's side could convince him. Otherwise, how could he be willing?
Wu Zhan didn't hear the bitterness in Li Chan's words, and said, "Master Li, what you said is true. Looking at the capital, how many people can compare to you?"
As soon as the words fell, a voice sounded behind them:
"What are you talking about, my dear ministers?" The young emperor said with a smile on his face, "Let me listen too?"
No one expected that the emperor would be in the general's mansion at this time. After being surprised, several people knelt down together and said, "Your Majesty, we pay our respects to you."
Li Chan lowered his eyes, and the dark hem of his dress came into view. It was embroidered with dragon patterns in extremely fine gold thread, which looked exquisite and noble.
"Stand up."
Li Chan stood up and saw Lin Qingyu standing behind the emperor. One is radiant and bright, the other is pure and otherworldly. The impact of these two people's beauty is so great that the picture of them standing together makes Li Chan a little dazed.
——Golden wind and jade dew, nothing more than that.
Jiang Xing glanced at the people one by one and said, "Qian Xiyuan."
Qian Xiyuan quickly stepped out and said, "I am here."
"I heard that you prepared a good gift for Minister Lin?"
Qian Xiyuan glanced at Lin Qingyu quickly, as if hoping that he could say a few good words for him: "Your humble servant..."
Jiang Xing said with great interest: "I'm quite curious, let me have a look."
Qian Xiyuan knelt down with a plop, cold sweat pouring down his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "I just don't want to see the Prime Minister become sick with longing and depressed, so I dared to find someone to comfort the Prime Minister without authorization..."
"Someone to comfort you." Jiang Xing laughed, but there was no smile on his face. "Prime Minister, do you need someone to comfort you?"
Li Chan suddenly realized that since some time ago, the emperor's childishness had been decreasing little by little, and his words and actions were becoming more and more close to his real age. The emperor is no longer a mentally retarded teenager. He is an adult man and the true ruler. At this moment, the emperor seemed to be in a bad mood, and the coldness emanating from him made him dare not look directly at his face.
But Lin Qingyu was not afraid of him. Lin Qingyu said to the man brought by Qian Xiyuan: "Look up."
The man raised his head in fear. In Lin Qingyu's opinion, there was no trace of Gu Fuzhou on his face. Lin Qingyu said again: "Smile."
The man was just a butcher. He was chosen by Qian Xiyuan because he looked a bit like Gu Fuzhou. He came to Shangjing City from Liangzhou and had never seen such a world. He forced a smile, revealing a row of white teeth.
Lin Qingyu only took a glance and then looked away: "What did you do before?"
"I am a pig killer."
"Master Qian is very thoughtful." Lin Qingyu sneered, "Yuan Yin, ask the kitchen if they need someone to butcher a pig."
Jiang Xing raised his eyebrows.
Wu Zhan grinned and remembered the business: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, we are here to visit the patient. Isn't the Prime Minister sick in bed? How come he looks fine?"
Lin Qingyu said: "My illness is almost cured."
"With me accompanying the Prime Minister, he will naturally get better." Jiang Xing said, "But you guys have nothing to do? The military camp and the Ministry of War are both very idle?"
Several people looked at each other and said in unison: "I will take my leave."
When he was about to turn the corridor, Li Chan couldn't help but look back - the emperor and the prime minister were still standing together. The emperor said something that made Prime Minister Lin smile. This smile was gentle and affectionate, with a charm and grace that he had never seen before. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as radiant.
Li Chan woke up as if from a dream.
In this whole world, the only person who is worthy of Lin Qingyu, besides Lu Wancheng and Gu Fuzhou, is probably... the emperor.
Lin Qingyu didn't know that his smile was "gentle and affectionate" in Li Chan's eyes. He felt that he was sneering: "What's that expression on your face?"
Jiang Xing was unhappy and justified: "Why did you keep that person?"
Lin Qingyu said calmly: "I am investigating Qian Xiyuan's suspected corruption case. This person may be a clue."
"Come on." Jiang Xing pretended to be resentful, "Are you missing Gu Fuzhou's face?"
"I said before, I have no feelings for Gu Fuzhou's face. It is because you are in that body that I love him and his family."
Jiang Xing asked again: "If we don't talk about the inside, what kind of face do you prefer?"
Lin Qingyu picked up what Jiang Xing wanted to hear and said, "I prefer someone like Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Xing was satisfied: "You are really good at talking. Just for what the Prime Minister said, I will turn over the Prime Minister's sign tonight."
That night, Jiang Xing stayed at the general's mansion, and under the cover of Xiao Songzi, he sneaked into Lin Qingyu's bedroom while it was dark and windy. He hugged her across the quilt: "Qingyu, are you having an affair?"
Lin Qingyu was lying on the bed, holding a medical book and reading it, absentmindedly: "Wait until I finish reading before stealing."
"Okay, you go in." Jiang Xing usually doesn't disturb Lin Qingyu when he is reading. He sat down at the table, took out a pen and paper, and found something to do.
Lin Qingyu finished reading the medical book and saw Jiang Xing drawing something. When he walked over and took a look, he saw that they were two rings, somewhat similar to the ones Gu Fuzhou had given him before, but with some more patterns on the inside. One of the rings is engraved with a phoenix tail feather, and the other one echoes it with a sleeping dragon.
Jiang Xing asked: "Does it look good?"
Lin Qingyu nodded: "It looks good."
Jiang Xing smiled and said, "Then I'll use this as an engagement ring, is that okay?"
Lin Qingyu remembered that giving a ring as a token of love was a tradition in Jiang Xing's hometown. "Sure." He said, "When can it be cast?"
"It will probably take half a month." Jiang Xing yawned, "Let's go to sleep."
Jiang Xing once slept on this bed with Lin Qingyu in Gu Fuzhou's body for half a year. Except for the last step, they did everything on this bed. Lying here with my body again, next to a beautiful widow who had been widowed for a year, it would be a shame not to do something.
Jiang Xing felt hotter and hotter as he thought about it. He licked the corner of his mouth and asked, "Qingyu, do you still remember what you and Gu Fuzhou did on this bed?"
Lin Qingyu smiled gently: "I have done a lot."
"Then... have you ever done this before?" "Yes."
"How about this?"
Lin Qingyu's voice trembled: "...Yes."
Jiang Xing let out a comfortable sigh: "Like this?"
"No, I, I can't stand it."
Jiang Xing raised his eyebrows and deliberately said, "You can stand Gu Fuzhou's, why can't you stand mine?"
Lin Qingyu said without hesitation: "I haven't been hurt by him."
Jiang Xing was touched by Lin Qingyu's cute reaction. He looked at him for a while, then laughed out loud and collapsed on Lin Qingyu.
Lin Qingyu: “……?”
Jiang Xing seemed to have his funny bone poked, and he couldn't stop laughing: "Sorry, sorry, I burst out laughing."
Lin Qingyu pushed him away expressionlessly: "It's just right, today is your death anniversary, go to bed early."
Jiang Xing stood up again, hugged Lin Qingyu's waist, pulled her towards him, and said with a smile: "That won't work."
Lin Qingyu no longer had the energy to think about Gu Fuzhou's death anniversary, and even woke up later than Jiang Xing the next day. Jiang Xing finished dressing and sat on the bed, feeling extremely sleepy: "Baby, I have to go back to the palace to prepare for court."
Lin Qingyu uttered "hmm" weakly.
"This is for you, thank you for marrying me." Lin Qingyu felt something cold slipping between her fingers. Jiang Xing kissed his forehead and said, "I love you. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he seemed to feel that it was not enough, so he kissed her cheeks and lips twice more before he opened the bed curtain and strode out.
Run away after sleeping - haha, scumbag.
Lin Qingyu raised his hand and saw something on his left ring finger. It was the ring that Jiang Xing had drawn for him yesterday.
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