Chapter 93 Are you afraid that I will hurt you?
"No!" Jiang Xu was annoyed.
She really didn't pay attention to him, and she lied to him! He had been sitting alone in the corner and had never approached Lin Baoyue.
"I was wrong," Fang Qianxue said, "You don't have to be so angry. Why are you running to the back hills instead of sitting at the banquet?"
Jiang Xu was silent for a moment, quietly looking at her beautiful eyes: "That banquet was boring, I was bored, so I came out for a walk. There is a small cave next to the waterfall, it is my paradise."
He had often been in and out of the palace since he was young and was familiar with everything in the palace.
"A blessed place?" Fang Qianxue smiled. "What is that place?"
"I hid something there when I was a kid," Jiang Xu said with a red face, "The gravel road over there is slippery and few people go there, so it's safe to hide something there."
"Secret stuff?"
"It's my secret."
Fang Qianxue suppressed her smile, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one was around: "Don't leave important things lying around, otherwise it will not only harm you, but also the Marquis' Mansion behind you."
"It's not the secret you think it is." Seeing that she cared about him, Jiang Xu felt warm in his heart. "Come with me, I will take you to see the 'Dongtianfudi'."
Fang Qianxue followed him for a while and found that Qilin had also jumped out of the pond and was following them.
There is a shallow beach under the waterfall, with a stone paved road in the middle, but the stones are covered with moss, making it easy to slip when walking on them.
Fang Qianxue walked very carefully, but Qilin couldn't follow her at all. It was aware of its own weight, and the path would be ruined if it stepped on it, so it simply lay on the shore and waited.
"Be careful." When Fang Qianxue was walking across the last few stone slabs, she slipped and nearly fell. Jiang Xu happened to turn around and supported her, saying hoarsely, "I'll help you over."
After finally crossing the shallows, Fang Qianxue discovered that there was a bamboo forest here. After walking a few more steps, she found a cave behind the bamboo forest.
As the sky gradually darkened, she stopped cautiously and let go of his hand: "I'd better not go over there."
"Are you afraid that I will hurt you?" Jiang Xu was a little annoyed, pointing at the Qilin who was staring at him eagerly, "With it watching over there, how dare I?"
"That's not what I meant," Fang Qianxue had no choice but to agree, "Then let's go."
She felt that Jiang Xu still had a childish mentality and collected some good things and wanted others to appreciate them.
Young people are fragile in nature and always hope to be praised for what they do, otherwise they will feel that they are not worthy. Now that they have come this far and the cave is within reach, they might as well go and take a look and praise him.
The two entered the cave and were greeted by a fresh scent of wood.
Jiang Xu felt around on the stone wall and took out an oil lamp and a tinderbox.
The light in the cave brightened, and Fang Qianxue discovered that there were quite a few wooden carvings in the cave, some big, some small, in strange shapes, representing all kinds of things.
"You can also carve wood? That's great." Fang Qianxue didn't know what to say. Anyway, it was always right to praise him.
Jiang Xu's handsome face suddenly felt like it was on fire. He quickly turned his back and took out a wooden hairpin from a wooden box: "This is carved from golden nanmu wood. I give it to you."
"Give it to me?" Fang Qianxue looked at the hairpin in his hand in surprise. She saw that it was made of the finest golden nanmu wood and carved into the shape of a peony. The petals were painstakingly carved layer by layer. The patterns were intricate and delicate. It was obvious that a lot of time had been spent on it.
"You are the first one to come to the 'Dongtian Fudi', so I have to give you a gift." Seeing that she did not reach out to take it, Jiang Xu inserted the hairpin into her head without saying anything. After succeeding, the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.
Fang Qianxue was stunned for a moment and said, "Thank you."
After thinking for a while, he glanced at the various small ornaments in the cave and praised: "Did you carve all these? You are steady and you will achieve great things in the future."
Jiang Xu felt sweet after hearing this: "I'll tell you a secret. My father wants me to go back to the southern border and inherit the title in the future."
Fang Qianxue frowned and suddenly remembered something.
When the Guiluo Kingdom was still in existence, it sent its eldest son to Shangjing as a hostage for many years. Later, the king of the Guiluo Kingdom summoned the eldest son back to the country on the grounds that he was seriously ill. Emperor Ming agreed without hesitation, but on the day the hostage left Beijing, he sent someone to give him a cup of poisoned wine.
Because of this incident, Guiluo Kingdom and Dayong fought for three years. In the end, Guiluo Kingdom was destroyed and Dayong was seriously damaged.
"It is better to be cautious about this matter. My Lord, have you asked the Emperor for his opinion?" She wanted to remind Jiang Xu that it was a big taboo for a hostage to leave the capital.
"I know what you are worried about," Jiang Xu said with a light smile, "Don't worry, the emperor will still rely on our Liaoyuan Marquisate for the war in the southern border, and the Marquisate will send a new hostage, who is the youngest son that father loves the most, and is much more valuable than me, the eldest son."
"I see," Fang Qianxue breathed a sigh of relief and felt happy for him. "Then congratulations, you can finally leave Shangjing. It's getting late, let's go back."
Jiang Xu extinguished the lamp and the two left the cave.
When walking on the cobblestone road, Jiang Xu still held her hand. Fang Qianxue suddenly realized that although Jiang Xu was young, his steps were steady and powerful, and he seemed very reliable.
"Lord Fang, will you leave Shangjing in the future?" Jiang Xu suddenly asked.
"Maybe," Fang Qianxue smiled, "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? But I did think about taking my mother and two children to a place where no one knows us..."
Jiang Xu held her hand tightly and his heart beat faster.
***
At the banquet.
Yang Shijun soon heard that the concubine was driven away by King Beining. He stood up, walked to the seat of Emperor Ming, bowed and whispered a few words to him.
The old emperor frowned and looked at King Beining with suspicion.
"Nineteenth brother, a few days ago, my mother told me that you are not young anymore and it is time for you to get married, so today we specially held this spring banquet and invited so many girls from the palace and outside the palace. Why are you drinking alone today without caring about anything?"
"I'm sorry to laugh at you, my emperor. I'm not 'alone', but with Yi'an and Xingchen." Xiao Mingzhe stood up and bowed to Emperor Ming.
"Hey, how are they the same?" Emperor Ming insisted, "There are so many girls, don't you have any that you like?"
"Brother, have you forgotten? I have already married, but I met the wrong person." Xiao Mingzhe sighed, "The princess died early."
Everyone began to whisper.
"I heard that the Princess of Beining was a female assassin from the Western Regions. She was killed on the night of her wedding. Of course, she died early."
"Poor thing, the King of Beining is also pitiful. I heard that since then..."
"Hush! Don't say that casually. The Queen Mother hates it the most!"
Xiao Mingzhe continued, "Brother, I have been much more cautious since then. I think it is better to be single than to marry someone who is not compatible with you. Otherwise, it will be like last time. It will be a sin to marry someone who is not compatible with you."
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