At that moment, all the dryness in Lin Qingbai's heart subsided suddenly, as if seeing the sun through the clouds, there was no more discomfort, only joy and emotion in his heart.

Lin Qingbai's fingertips trembled slightly in the air like the tender tips of daffodils.

He felt that he should talk about this child, there are no rules and no rules, no apprentice would hug his master as soon as he saw him...  

If this is seen by others, what a shame.

Before those hard-spoken and soft-hearted words were spoken, Xi An pressed his cheek to Lin Qingbai's ear, rubbed it restlessly, and asked again: "Master, do you miss me..."

Lin Qingbai's heart suddenly softened.

That's all.

This child has been like this since he was a child.

The only one to blame is myself for pampering him, since she had masturbated him so many times back then, now it is not bad this time.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingbai hugged Xi An's back unconsciously with both hands, closed his eyes with trembling eyelashes, and said, "Think."

Without saying a word, Xi An hugged Lin Qingbai even tighter.

It was still too cold for the two of them to stand at the door like this. Even though Xi An's body was scorching hot and kept warming Lin Qingbai, after a while Lin Qingbai still couldn't stop coughing.

Only then did Xi An quickly let go of Lin Qingbai's hand, and pulled him into the hall.

Xi An was still as caring as before, as soon as he entered the room, he poured a cup of hot tea for Lin Qingbai, and asked Lin Qingbai to hold it in his hands to warm his hands.

Sitting opposite Lin Qingbai, Xi An asked, "Master, are you happy that I'm back?"

The room was silent except for a dim candle burning.

The light from the fire was reflected on Xi An's handsome face, and when the wind blew, the candlelight flickered, making Xi An's eyebrows and eyes even more profound.

Lin Qingbai looked at him and replied truthfully: "Naturally I am happy."

"But when I watched Master's dinner today, I didn't seem to be so happy."

After four years of separation, Xi An still knows Lin Qingbai very well. Even though Lin Qingbai has disguised himself very well today, Xi An can easily see Lin Qingbai's thoughts.

It seemed that he was not that happy.

Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes, avoiding Xi An's staring gaze, and explained: "It's a good thing that you have grown up. It's just that you're not used to being a teacher. It's not a matter of joy or dislike, it's just that you're not used to it."

Lin Qingbai repeated his unaccustomed twice, trying to cover up his loss today.

"Master, don't feel unaccustomed, I..." Xi An was about to say something, when he suddenly glanced at the letter on the case table, and gave a sudden pause.

Lin Qingbai followed his gaze, only to realize that he hastily put down the teacup in his hand, folded the letter again and put it away, pretending to be indifferent and said: "I was a little bored just now, so I took it out and read it.".”

A smile suddenly appeared on Xi'an's face and said, "Has Master collected all my letters?"

Lin Qingbai held up his face and said: "Aunt Lian took care of it, and I didn't pay attention."

Xi An lowered his eyes and smiled, and said in a low voice, "But during the four years I have been on the battlefield, I have been thinking about Master all the time."

"...."

Lin Qingbai tightened his hand holding the teacup, only to hear Xi An continue in a calm voice: "The armor my master gave me is very good, I wear it every day, and it has blocked dozens of times for me.The sword has saved my life dozens of times, and every time this happens, I always think that Master must be by my side, if not for Master, I am afraid that I would have died on the battlefield long ago, and I would not live today."

Lin Qingbai's eyes were reddened, his voice seemed to be choked, and he still didn't answer.

Xi An smiled and said to ease the atmosphere: "Master, I brought you a gift, do you want to know what it is?"

Lin Qingbai said with a slightly hoarse voice: "You have already given me a gift."

"What?"

Lin Qingbai glanced aside and said, "Shawl."

Xi An paused, then smiled again.

He saw that the shawl he gave Lin Qingbai was hung on it by Lin Qingbai.

on the wardrobe next to the bed.

The shawl has been fighting with Xi An for many years, and it has long been wrinkled, but it was ironed and smoothed in the short half day he gave it to Lin Qingbai, and it was hung in the bedroom as if it were new.

"One is not enough, I have prepared other gifts for Master." After Xi An finished speaking, he turned and left the door, and he walked in with a small wooden box after a while.

"What is this?" Lin Qingbai asked.

Xi An smiled without saying a word, he put the wooden box on the table, and opened the wooden box under his master's curious eyes.

Inside were more than a dozen finely carved wooden figures. Lin Qingbai went up to take a look, and found that every one of them was carved by him.

Some are sitting and playing the piano, some are reading books, some are drinking tea with eyes downcast, some are writing with pens...

Lin Qingbai was completely stunned as he looked at the wooden carvings. He raised his fingers and stroked the wooden figurines.

Those wooden figurines, from their clothes, to their demeanor, and even their hanging hair, are all very detailed, which is enough to see how hard the sculptors put their minds into it.

"Master, some of them were sculpted by me at the beginning. My skills are unfamiliar and the carvings are not good-looking. I didn't want to show my shame to Master, but I wanted Master to know how much I miss these years, so I took them all over."

Speaking of this, Xi An pointed to the wooden carving of Lin Qingbai playing the qin, and said: "This is one day in Moshan, I heard the Chiyu prisoners of war playing their qin, and the soldiers around said they were playing the qin.It sounds good, but I feel that their playing is not half as good as Master playing the piano, so I miss the sound of Master's piano more and more, so I carved the appearance of Master playing the piano."

"This is the raw flower tea from Qianzhou that day. It tastes sour and sweet. I thought Master would like it. Then I missed the quiet appearance of Master when tasting tea, so I carved it down."

 …

In this way, Xi An told about all the carved wooden figures, and Lin Qingbai's fingertips followed each wooden figure.

Xi An looked at his master's dazed expression, his eyes were full of smiles and said: "The life of marching is boring and difficult, but I have carved the appearance of master, and I take it out to look at it from time to time, and feel that I have never been separated from master."

Lin Qingbai stared at those little wooden figures, his eyes were shining, but he couldn't tell whether it was the flicker of the candle or the water in his eyes.

Although they were small things, Lin Qingbai stroked every villain repeatedly.

Suddenly his stroking fingers paused, and he saw a few splashes of red behind a small wooden figure.

Although the few drops of crimson were covered by the paint, Lin Qingbai still sensitively sensed that it was blood, the sprayed blood.

Lin Qingbai asked Xi An: "Whose blood is this?"

Xi An took a closer look and said with a smile, "I accidentally cut my hand with a carving knife."

Lin Qingbai stared at him motionlessly, and his eyes gradually turned red: "The blood from cutting a finger with a carving knife will not spurt like this. You are deceiving me that I have never been on the battlefield, and I don't understand these things......"

Xi An withdrew his smile little by little from this gaze, and told the truth in a calm voice: "Master, do you know the prefect Qi of Qianzhou?"

Although Lin Qingbai has been in the capital all the time, he is very concerned about the battle situation in Qianzhou, so he naturally knows it.

He turned his face away and didn't speak.

Xi'an continued: "Qi prefect of Qianzhou has been secretly dealing with the red scorpion for many years, resisting the attack of the red scorpion, so that Qianzhou has been oppressed by the red scorpion for many years. At that time, I noticed something different.It took a long time to find the prefect of Qi, but the prefect of Qi received the letter in advance, and wanted to lead troops to defect to Chifeng, but if they wanted to surrender to Chifeng, the condition that the king of Chifeng offered was to bring my head."

Lin Qingbai's pupils suddenly constricted, and he looked at Xi'an.

Xi An's expression remained the same, and he continued: "I was carving this wooden figure that day, and fell asleep while carving.They tried to cut off my head with a knife."

Lin Qingbai frowned, and his heart rose: "And then?"

"That assassin was an idiot. He cut it off and was killed by me." When Xi An said these words, his tone was relaxed, and his fingertips were still there.

Playing with the little wooden man, it seemed that what he had experienced was not enough for him to say a few more words.

Lin Qingbai was concerned, he raised his hand, touched Xi An's neck with his fingertips and asked, "Where is the injury?"

"Master."

"Let me take a look."

"It's just a small injury, nothing to see."

Lin Qingbai stopped talking and just looked at Xi An stubbornly.

Xi An couldn't resist Lin Qingbai, so he had no choice but to raise his hand and unbutton the top collar of his clothes, exposing his neck.

Lin Qingbai got closer and saw that there was indeed a knife mark above Xi An's collarbone.

The knife mark was very deep, leaving a scar. Although it would not cut the lifeblood, it was really only a little bit short.

These are all places that can be seen, as for the others, Lin Qingbai dare not think how many scars there are on Xi An's body.

As long as every scar is just a little bit cut, it is enough to kill Xi An.

Although it is very rare for Xi An to survive this battle, but Lin Qingbai couldn't help but think that when his little apprentice went out, he was all glamorous, but when he came back, he was covered in blood.scars.

Lin Qingbai's fingertips caressed Xi'an's shoulders, and they gradually tightened. He lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and tried his best to restrain the soreness in his eyes.

Today he has restrained many times.

It's late at night now, he doesn't want to lose his composure in front of Xi An.

Unexpectedly, this child, Xi An, has never had any good intentions. He looked at Lin Qingbai biting his lower lip tightly, with the red corners of his eyes showing patience, and his eyes darkened.

Suddenly he got closer and said to Lin Qingbai: "Master, I still have many injuries on my body, do you want to see it?"

Lin Qingbai took it seriously.

Tears fell from his eyes as soon as he blinked, but he didn't care about it anymore, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where are all the injuries? Show me."

As Lin Qingbai put his hand on Xi An's collar, Xi An pressed his wrist: "Master, I'm just kidding you, I'm not hurt."

Lin Qingbai was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly pushed Xi'an's shoulder and said, "Get out!"

Xi An grabbed Lin Qingbai's hand tightly, put his palm on his cheek, coaxed Lin Qingbai and said: "Master, I just haven't seen you for a long time, and I want you to love me dearly."

Lin Qingbai looked at Xi An's confession, and he didn't even care about it.

Xi An's appearance is still the same as when he was a child. After angering his master, he clings to Lin Qingbai like a little rascal. He can't be beaten or reprimanded.Stop being angry.

After this commotion, the unfamiliarity that the two hadn't seen for many years completely disappeared.

Lin Qingbai sat there without speaking for a while, but his eyes were still red with tears on his eyelashes, as if he was angry with someone.

Xi An just tilted his head and looked at him, with a faint smile in his eyes.

Lin Qingbai's cheeks became hot when he looked at him. He was afraid that if he didn't speak again, this child could see a flower on his face, so he casually found a topic and asked: "Then what happened to the prefect Qi?"dead?"

At that time, Lin Qingbai learned in the battle report that the prefect Qi died after the Dongchuang incident. He only knew that the prefect Qi died on the way to seek refuge with the Chixu tribe. There was no detailed record of how the prefect Qi died.It is not known who killed him.

As soon as Xi An's eyes were mentioned, his gaze became much colder, and he still smiled and said: "Since he wants to cut off my head, I will naturally cut off his head."

Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes when he heard the words, and did not speak.

Xi An looked at Lin Qingbai and asked softly, "Does Master think I'm going too far?"

"It's not too much, you are a general, you should be tolerant when you treat the people, and you should be decisive when you treat the sycophants. You have done a good job." Lin Qingbai put down the teacup and said, "It's the prefect of Qi.Going to unite with the red scorpion clan to rebel, this kind of rebellious officials and thieves should be punished, and death is not a pity."

Lin Qingbai praised Xi An, Xi An should be very happy in the past.

But this time Xi An was silent, his face flickered under the candlelight, his eyebrows flickered.

His eyes were heavy and he seemed to be thinking, and after a while he asked: "Master, is it true that as long as you rebel, you will be punished, and death is not a pity?"

Lin Qingbai said: "Naturally."

Xi'an's Adam's apple rolled, and he looked at Lin Qingbai firmly and continued: "Master, the prefect of Qi actually had an only son who served as a soldier in the military camp in his early years, but died for no reason. Some people rumored that he was a general in the military camp.He didn't like the prefect of Qi, and tortured his son to death, but because the general was a distant relative of the royal family, the prefect of Qi had no way to appeal many times, so he hated and dissatisfied with the current dynasty, so he united with the Chiyan tribe to rebel, even so,Does Master also feel that Qi Taishou's death is not a pity?"

It was the first time for Lin Qingbai to hear about this matter. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "If the prefect Qi really has such grievances, when he appeals layer by layer, there will be a day when justice will be done.Even if he really hates to the bone and wants revenge, but the people are innocent, who will pay back the life and death debts he owes? Even if he has hatred, this is not an excuse for him to collude with the enemy and rebel."

"...Then if it was Master who found out about other reasons for Qi Taishou's rebellion, would you have killed him?"

Lin Qingbai answered firmly this time: "Yes."

Xi An didn't seem to have guessed Lin Qingbai's answer. He was stunned for a while, his dark eyes reflected the flickering candlelight, and after a while he whispered: "I thought Master was kind, and he would be miserable in his house.Let him go..."

"Mercy is only for the man who can be forgiven, he cannot be forgiven."

Xi An stared fixedly at Lin Qingbai, then he lowered his head for a while, his face was buried in the darkness and he couldn't see clearly anymore, he could only hear him chuckle and say: "Master is right, he is unforgivable...."

Xi An and Lin Qingbai chatted a lot that day, from the cloud flowers on the top of Moshan to the newly opened mulberries in the palace city.Lin Qingbai came out of the bedroom.

The night was dark, and the entire palace had already fallen into silence.

Suddenly a flying bird passed by quickly in the air, leaving behind a black shadow, Xi'an suddenly stopped in his tracks, and stood on the spot.

After a while, the flying bird circled rapidly in the air several times, and landed firmly on Xi An's shoulder.

It was a falcon eagle with a pure white body, but it was large in size, ferocious in appearance, with sharp claws, and it was impossible for ordinary people to get close to it.

Xi An raised his hand and grabbed the falcon's neck, his movements were not gentle, but the falcon didn't even resist at all, as docile as a house sparrow.

Xi An fumbled twice between its feathers, pulled out a note, and spread his fingers.

There are only two words "equal rights" on the note.

Looking at the words on the note, Xi An's eyes were gloomy, and he sneered suddenly, and squeezed the note fiercely in his hand, it was broken into confetti in a blink of an eye.

On the second day after Xi An returned to the capital, another major event happened in the capital.

There is an alley village in the eastern outskirts of the capital, most of the people living in it are refugees, and refugees often steal food and money from nearby farmers.

Refugees often make riots, but in the past two days, those refugees were so bold that they took advantage of the dark night and high wind to steal into a gunpowder depot in the eastern suburbs.

A powder magazine full of gunpowder, forty loads of gunpowder, was looted overnight.

On the second day, when the changing guards saw the empty gunpowder magazine, they were in chaos, and the leader of the foreman even fainted.

The emperor was furious in the hall, and put all the guards on duty that night into prison. The remaining problem was to track down the whereabouts of the gunpowder.

But obviously, this time is different from the usual fuss of refugees. This is because the refugees can find out the guard deployment and rotation time of the gunpowder depot, and they can remove the gunpowder in the warehouse in just two hours.Unconscious transfer, it shows that these people are not just refugees, there must be an organized and premeditated crime behind it.

As soon as a large amount of gunpowder was lost, the entire capital was in an uncontrollable crisis.

After getting angry, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, pondered for a few seconds, and said: "General Yue has been leading the army in the capital for a long time, and he is in charge of investigating this incident of gunpowder loss.

All the soldiers are practicing inseparable, so they ordered General Yue to mobilize the Yunnan Army. What do you think?"

And the other ministers looked at me and you one after another, and finally looked at the figure of Xi An standing in front of the team.

The emperor asked in a calm voice: "Is there anyone who disagrees with my decision?"

Now that the emperor was in a fit of anger, and no one dared to say a word, the court immediately settled down again, and no one spoke again.

Even if this matter is settled.

In the afternoon, Xi An went to the military camp, and Lin Qingbai was in the study looking at the military deployment map of the court.

Hongyue came in and announced, "My lord, Liu Shangshu is here."

Lin Qingbai nodded.

Not long after, Liu Shangshu came in. He walked to the desk and saluted Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qingbai didn't take his eyes away from the defense map, but said to Liu Shangshu: "Liu Shangshu doesn't need to be polite, just sit down."

Liu Shangshu sat opposite Lin Qingbai, followed Lin Qingbai to look at the defense map, sighed for a while and said: "My lord, today His Majesty ordered Yuehui to investigate the case. From your point of view, it is the so-calledwhat for?"

Hearing this, Lin Qingbai slowly retracted his gaze from the deployment map, sat down on his seat, and said in a low voice: "An'er spent four years quelling the rebellion, but now it's only been four days since he returned to court.Brother Huang is going up and down in the court hall, just to divide An'er's troops."

Liu Shangshu lowered his eyes, shook his head and sighed.

The Yunnan Army is the army that Xi An brought back from Qianzhou. Every soldier in it is experienced in hundreds of battles. One person can equal the strength of three ordinary soldiers, and they directly obey Xi An's orders.

Since General Xi returned to the court, the emperor issued an order to reward Xi'an in front of the people, gave Xi'an the title, and gave Xi'an the management of the Nanying. Everyone praised the emperor for using talents.

But today the emperor accepted Yue Hui's order to investigate the case, and gave Yue Hui 5,000 troops from the Yunnan Army, which is to carve up the troops in Xi'an's hands.

Anyone with a discerning eye can understand the emperor's mind. Xi'an has made military exploits, but his prestige in the army is too high, and the voice of the people is too loud in the hearts of the people.

The emperor will never allow Xi An's meritorious service to surpass the Lord, only by distributing the military power in Xi An's hands to Yue Hui, so as to form a state of two-legged confrontation again.

"Then based on what the prince has seen, what is the matter?" Liu Shangshu asked.

"Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by the wind in the forest." Lin Qingbai turned over a page of the defense map, and said in a low voice, "Let's do that first."

"But General Yue's side is probably not good for the prince and General Xi." Liu Shangshu pleaded: "When General Chu was around, he was at odds with the prince, and Yue Hui grew up with him without father or mother.Shen, now that General Xi is returning to the court with great glory, there are still a small number of people in Beijing who say that General Xi has equaled General Chu's military exploits, and General Yue is probably holding grudges..."

Liu Shangshu didn't say anything here, but just looked at Lin Qingbai at the right time.

Lin Qingbai tightened his grip on the drawing, and said after a while: "You are right, send Fang Cheng over."

The loss of gunpowder is also very strange. Yue Hui led his troops to investigate for a while, and finally found a large amount of gunpowder in a wild mountain cave in the eastern suburbs.

All the gunpowder was piled there, already soaked by the snow in the cave, and could not be used.

The emperor said in the court that Yue Hui should continue to investigate the real culprit.

But in the hearts of everyone, the case has long been determined.

It was nothing more than the fact that the refugees were dissatisfied with the imperial court and wanted to provoke trouble. Now that the gunpowder was also found, the refugees could not make any big moves. The emperor handed over the remaining discarded gunpowder to Yuehui, so let's forget about it.

Although the culprit was not caught, the gunpowder was found intact, which undoubtedly solved the knife hanging around everyone's neck.

The emperor was in a great mood, and it coincided with the 60th birthday of the Supreme Emperor, so the Emperor decided to hold a palace banquet on New Year's Eve, and invited all the ministers to celebrate the birthday of the Supreme Emperor in the palace.

The Supreme Emperor loves to be lively, and this time the Ministry of Rituals arranged the excitement. All the princes and ministers came to the palace early in the morning to celebrate the Supreme Emperor's birthday. After lunch, the bow match began in the palace.

Now Lin Qingbai and Xi An are both important ministers in the court, and they are also divided into civil servants and military officials, so they cannot be the same as before.

Enter the palace together.

As the son of the Supreme Emperor, Lin Qingbai had to enter the palace earlier to celebrate his father's birthday.

Although the Supreme Emperor is sixty this year, he can't tell how old he is between his brows. He wears a dark red imperial robe and has gray hair.Congratulations from a child.

At that time, the Supreme Emperor was devastated by the death of the empress, and he had no intention of governing the country, so he passed on the throne to the current emperor.

Afterwards, he lived alone in the royal garden, not asking about government affairs, and even few people could see him, only showing up on important days.

The Supreme Emperor loves the queen, so naturally he favors the two children born to the queen even more.

Even when the ministers celebrated their birthdays, the emperor and Lin Qingbai sat on the upper seats on both sides of the steps, and all the princes and ministers stood under the steps.

After all the ministers celebrated their birthdays, the Supreme Emperor didn't know where his thoughts came from, and asked Lin Qingbai: "Xiao Shi, I heard that you taught an apprentice who was very brilliant and made great contributions on the Qianzhou battlefield.Can you come today?"

Lin Qingbai nodded with a faint smile, "Go back to Emperor Father, here we come."

"Okay, let me see the hero."

Xi An then stood up, knelt down in the middle of the hall on one knee, lowered his eyes and cupped his hands in salute: "Minister Xi An, I greet the Supreme Emperor."

The Supreme Emperor looked at Xi An for a moment, and said, "Raise your head."

Xi An raised his head according to his words.

Although the Supreme Emperor seldom appears in the court today, he was also a decisive and ruthless person when he was the emperor in the early years, and many officials in the court were very afraid of him.

However, Xi An was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, and looked at the lord with a pair of stern eyes, but narrowed his eyes at the sight of the Supreme Emperor.

He and Xi An looked at each other for a moment, and the minister standing in the court hall didn't even dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

Lin Qingbai also felt that the atmosphere was a bit inappropriate, and he said from the side: "Father, Xi An followed me when he was young, and he has a pure heart, which is very good."

Only then did the Supreme Emperor look back, nodded, and said with a gracious voice: "I look at this child well, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, fierce aura, and he must be powerful on the battlefield. Xiao Shi wants to say that you are too."He has trained a general for our Fu Dynasty."

Only then did Lin Qingbai heave a sigh of relief, and saluted: "Father, the emperor has won the award."

At noon, everyone finished their lunch and went to the killing field together.

Compared with the morning shooting competition, the shooting competition is much more free, and ministers can bring their families to watch the competition.

The arena is full of young women in bright colored skirts, which makes the palace that has been lifeless in the past a little more angry.

This afternoon, the East Day Camp led by Yuehui, and the Beida Camp led by Xi An are facing each other, which is the highlight of this afternoon's game.

No one in the court knows that now Xi An and Yue Hui are about the same age, opposing camps, and the military power in the court is divided equally, just like the tip of a needle.

The courtiers even made a private bet on who would win today's killing contest.

Lin Qingbai never liked to join in the fun. Today's sunshine was good, and it was warm on his body. The players on the field were wearing single clothes, and some even rolled up their sleeves.

But it was winter after all, Lin Qingbai was afraid of the cold, still wearing a cloak over his shoulders, and holding a gold wire heater in his arms, he sat far away, looking at the contestants who were preparing for the competition.

The killing field is very large, and the viewing platform is a stepped seat. The seats are arranged according to the size of the official position and the title. Lin Qingbai naturally sits under the steps next to the emperor and the supreme emperor. The view is very good, and the entire shooting field can be seen.Looking down into the eyes.

There were two colored teams in the audience, Yue Hui led the team in dark red clothes, and Xi An led the team in black clothes.

Two teams are checking horses and clubs, making final preparations.

At this time, a servant girl suddenly walked up to Lin Qingbai, bowed her body and said to Lin Qingbai: "Prince Yun, Concubine Ming please go over and talk."

Lin Qingbai turned her head and saw Concubine Ming sitting not far from the upper steps.

Concubine Ming also looked at him and nodded, Lin Qingbai stood up with the support of his servants, and walked to Concubine Ming's side.

"Aunt Ming." Lin Qingbai bowed to Concubine Ming.

Concubine Ming was not so polite, she pulled Lin Qingbai's wrist and made him sit down, and the first sentence she said was: "Xiao Shi, your father and I are both anxious about your important affairs, today'sThe shooting match is specially organized for you, you should take a look."

Lin Qingbai frowned and said, "Aunt Ming, I don't quite understand."

Concubine Ming glanced at him and said, "Aren't you pretending to be confused with Auntie?"

Lin Qingbai smiled and stopped talking.

Concubine Ming was married into the palace with the first empress back then. Although most of the concubines in the palace were intrigues, the concubine Ming and the first empress had always been brothers and sisters.

Later, the former empress passed away, and the Ming concubine had only one daughter, so she took care of Lin Qingbai and the emperor as her own children.

Until the Supreme Emperor abdicated and lived far away in the royal garden, Ming Taifei also went to serve the Supreme Emperor.

Now in the whole world, only Concubine Ming is still thinking about Lin Qingbai's marriage.

Seeing that Lin Qingbai remained silent for a long time, Concubine Ming sighed from the side, and persuaded: "I have lived in the garden for many years, and I never see you twice a year. Every time I mention this to you, you either just shirk it,Or don't talk, look at your brother, he is only a few years older than you, now that the eldest princess has reached the age to be married, and you have someone you like, you can't marry the eldest princess and you are still aloneBar."

Lin Qingbai heard Concubine Ming say this, and followed Concubine Ming's gaze to look not far away.

Princess Qing was wearing a long pale pink dress, and was sitting in front of the queen, looking at Yuehui in the shooting field with shining eyes.

On the shooting field, the battle between Yue Hui and Xi An was exciting.

Yuehui leaned over and snatched the wooden ball from Xi'an's hands, the wooden ball soared into the air, Yuehui flew up from the horse, hit the wooden ball with the stick in the air, and the wooden ball circled fastThe gongs and drums flying to the distance.

Only a crisp sound was heard.

The wooden ball hits the heart.

Red team gets one point.

This was a beautiful score, and the people in the audience applauded one after another, and Princess Qing kept applauding excitedly, her little face flushed with excitement.

She turned her head and said to the queen: "Emperor Niang, have you seen it! Brother Yuehui scored a goal! He is so good."

The queen nodded with a smile, and said, "Yuehui is powerful, but you are a princess, so be more reserved and don't stare at Yuehui all the time."

Princess Qing didn't seem to hear what the queen said, she stood up abruptly and said: "My queen, there are too many people blocking the field, I want to go to the front to see!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the queen to respond, she ran down the steps with her skirt in her hand.

The girl's smile was like a flower, and she ran down the steps in three steps and two steps, her skirt fluttered like waves in the sun.

How could Lin Qingbai compare to the fiery and explicit love of youth.

Lin Qingbai smiled self-deprecatingly, and said to Concubine Ming: "General Yue saved Princess Qing's life when he was young. The two grew up together, and their friendship is still there. They are childhood sweethearts. Besides, General Yue is outstanding in appearance., is also loved by the emperor and empress, no matter in terms of relationship or status, the two of them are perfectly suitable."

Concubine Ming looked at Lin Qingbai, and suddenly asked, "What about you?"

Lin Qingbai paused, but was speechless.

Concubine Ming sighed, and said: "You, you are so good at weighing the pros and cons, and you can see other people's marriages thoroughly, why don't you look at yourself? Even if you don't have feelings for other women, then you can also analyze the power position, or even the appearance, to see who is a good match for you."

"..."

"You are Lord Yun, the younger brother of the current emperor. As long as you open your mouth, not to mention the capital city, but the entire Fu Dynasty, there is no girl from any family who doesn't have a broken head and wants to be your Fujin."

Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes and said, "Aunt Ming, I have no intention of doing this."

"No matter how unintentionally, you are also the heir of the royal family. If you want to marry and inherit the family, you are now in your thirties. Is it possible that you really plan to hand over your rights and status to a foreign minister in the future?"

Lin Qingbai's hands gripped his sleeves tightly.

Concubine Ming looked at Xi An who was on the shooting field, and said slowly: "That child

It is true that you are fighting for spirit, but after all, there is no royal blood. The last time I mentioned the important matter of marriage to you, you said that the chaos in Qianzhou was not settled and you didn’t care about it.Worrying, what else do you have to worry about?"

"...Aunt Ming, I just don't want to spend my days with someone I don't like, and it's also delaying his girl."

"Emotions can be cultivated. If you don't like it at first, you will like it when you live together slowly." Concubine Ming comforted her, but her eyes kept looking at Lin Qingbai's face. After a while, she paused and asked:"Xiao Shi, don't you already have someone you love?"

The strength in Lin Qingbai's hands became stronger, his knuckles turned white, his sleeves were pinched into layers of folds, his Adam's apple rolled, and he said, "Nothing."

Concubine Ming smiled and said: "If you don't have one, then I can't wait for you. Why don't I point you to a suitable one now, and you wait and see, it's better than your father directly pointing out the marriage for you at that time.".”

Concubine Ming summoned the servants behind her, casually pointed to the distance, and the servants took orders and passed.

Lin Qingbai looked in the direction where the servants were walking, and saw that Concubine Ming ordered a woman in a blue dress, with apricot face and big eyes, with a frown and a smile, she was both elegant and quiet, and she was also generous.The minister's family is indeed the most outstanding.

"That is the daughter of the Minister of the Household Department, named Zhou Fuzhao. She is sixteen years old this year. She is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. My aunt is Qiao Guifei, who is the most favored nowadays. I have already asked people to ask her. She is a virtuous and virtuous woman.Good girl...."

Although Lin Qingbai didn't have such thoughts, he could only listen to Concubine Ming's words without saying a word.

While talking, the woman was brought over, first to greet Concubine Ming, and then she glanced at Lin Qingbai, blushed immediately, bowed and said in a slightly softer voice: "The daughter of the people has seen Lord Yun."

The kick-jutting match here was at the end of a match, and the Nanying team led by Xi An narrowly beat Yuehui's Dongying team by two goals.

When Xi An walked off the stage, countless people rushed over immediately.

Surprised and flattering sounds from the surrounding women, and praise and compliments from the ministers poured in continuously like a tide.

Xi An didn't answer a word, but looked up at Lin Qingbai's position.

Everyone on the court was watching him and praising him, but Lin Qingbai didn't even look at him.

Lin Qingbai sat beside Concubine Ming, and a beautiful girl stood in front of her.

I don't know what Concubine Ming said with a smile, the woman gave Lin Qingbai a shy look, and immediately lowered her head and said nothing.

Lin Qingbai looked at the girl with a faint smile on his face.

Xi An's eyes instantly sank.

He tightened his fingers, turned his face and glanced at a servant standing in the distance.

The servant was very ordinary-looking, wearing gray cotton and linen clothes, with a darker complexion, hidden in the crowd like dust, inconspicuous, saw him bowing his body and walking in front of Xi An.

"What are you doing over there?" Xi An lowered his voice and looked towards Lin Qingbai.

"Concubine Ming is proposing marriage to Prince Yun."

Xi An's gaze paused suddenly, and he turned his head slowly, looking at the servant, his black and silent eyes glowed fiercely.

With a low voice, he gritted his teeth and asked word by word: "Finger, marriage?"

"Yes, General." Facing Xi An's arresting gaze, the servant answered without changing his expression.

Xi An looked at him for a while, then suddenly lowered his head and burst out laughing.

At this time, only a muffled bang was heard.

The cowhide water bag in Xi An's hand was crushed by him, and the hot water rolled down his fingertips and dripped on the ground.