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Chapter 30
Yue Hui suppressed his voice and asked, "What does General Xi mean?"
"What can I mean? That's what I just said. It's just that General Yue's reaction is interesting. I don't want Princess Qing. I would rather let the princess marry far away in the Western Regions than me. Why?"
What Xi An said was neither cold nor indifferent, but those sharp eyes were looking at Yue Hui, sizing up and down Yue Hui's reaction.
Yue Hui's hands were clenched into fists, and there was imperceptible anger between his brows and eyes.
Xi An looked at him for a while, then suddenly smiled again.
He straightened up, his smiling eyes were crooked, the provocation and deliberation just now were completely gone, only the innocence in his eyes remained, and he said, "I'm just joking, General Yue, don't take it seriously."
"...."
Xi An smiled, and said relaxedly: "I don't like women who think about other men in their hearts, besides, there are so many daughters of princes and nobles in the capital, why should I marry a princess, there are so many rules, it is overwhelmingCan't breathe."
Yue Hui was silent for a while, then said coldly: "I still look forward to General Xi, respect yourself."
After finishing speaking, Yue Hui strode forward. Xi An squinted his eyes lightly, but there was no smile in them, and looked at Yue Hui's back coldly.
It wasn't until Yue Hui walked away that his figure disappeared from Xi An's sight, Xi An lowered his head and sneered and said, "How did this kind of elm head get in the court?"
On the second day of court, the envoys from the Western Regions also came to the main hall.
The emperor announced in front of all civil and military officials in the court hall that Princess Qing had agreed to go to the Western Regions for marriage, and the official time to go to the Western Regions was set on the eighth day of the next month.
At that time, officials from the Western Regions will greet them with a grand guard of honor to show the might of the Fu Dynasty.
The Minister of Rites stood in the hall, holding a long album in his hand, and asked the emperor and envoys one by one for each procedure to be prepared.
Occasionally, some of the ministers participated in the discussion and raised innocuous opinions.
Yue Hui still stood in the hall without saying a word.
The day of the marriage is approaching, and the palace is happily preparing for Princess Qing's wedding.
On the other hand, Yuehui and Xi'an were arranged by the emperor to investigate the affairs of Cangmen secretly in the eastern and western suburbs respectively, so as to ensure that the marriage ceremony can be held smoothly.
On this day, Lin Qingbai was summoned by the emperor to enter the palace to discuss Princess Qing's marriage.
with some other royal officials in the temple.
Princess Qing sat beside the queen.
She was wearing a blue dress, and her face changed from a pure smile to a cold one, and she didn't say a word from the beginning to the end of the things discussed by the people around her.
In the past, Princess Qing was like a flower bud that was about to bloom, but now it has begun to wither and decay before the flower bud blooms.
Lin Qingbai sighed in his heart, and couldn't bear to see a young girl in such a state.
After this discussion was over, the queen left beforehand, and the emperor left a few officials behind to discuss other matters.
Lin Qingbai went out to the imperial study with Princess Qing.
The two walked on the small path in the imperial garden, and the servants followed behind.
Although Lin Qingbai is Princess Qing's uncle, the relationship between the uncle and nephew is not really close, and the relationship between them is just a nodding acquaintance and a few polite words on weekdays.
But now Princess Qing has also become taciturn, and she is no longer as innocent as she used to be.
The two walked to the fork in the road without embarrassment. Princess Qing turned around, bowed to Lin Qingbai with lowered eyes and said, "Uncle Emperor, Qing'er will leave first."
Lin Qingbai suddenly called out to her: "Princess Qing."
Princess Qing paused, turned around and looked at Lin Qingbai without saying a word, waiting for Lin Qingbai's remaining words.
There were ten steps between Lin Qingbai and Princess Qing. He looked at Princess Qing silently, as if he was thinking about whether to say or not to say the rest.
He has always been cold-tempered and doesn't like to meddle in these nosy matters.
It’s just that today don’t know why, maybe he still can’t bear to see a girl at Princess Qing’s age being dominated by a paper marriage contract, leaving regrets for the rest of her life, a rare thought.
I need to say a few more words.
Lin Qingbai sighed softly, and said: "Princess Qing, our Fu Dynasty and Manchu Dynasty are full of good men in civil and military affairs. If the princess does not want to get married, she will naturally find someone she likes, so you don't have to wrong yourself."
When Princess Qing heard Lin Qingbai's words, she was taken aback for a moment. She looked at this uncle who was not familiar with her, and her eyes gradually turned red.
She opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly bit her lower lip, as if she was trying her best to endure the grievance and sadness she had suffered for many days.
Until now, Princess Qing had the lifelike appearance of a sixteen-year-old girl again.
But in the end Princess Qing still didn't express her grievances.
She raised her fingertips to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Lin Qingbai with a smile and said, "Uncle Xie Huang cares, but if you can't marry the one you love, it doesn't matter who you marry.Princess of one country, if my marriage can bring peace to the people of the two countries, then it will be worth it."
Princess Qing saluted Lin Qingbai again, turned around, and walked to the other side of the road.
Lin Qingbai stood there for a long time, until a gust of wind blew, and suddenly some flower petals fell.
Lin Qingbai raised his head and looked in the direction of the petals.
It was a new peach blossom in the garden, and the pink petals were in full bloom.
The peach blossoms in the palace use high-quality land and fertilizers, which are much more beautiful than the wild peach blossoms outside the palace.
But if no one in the palace is willing to appreciate it, no matter how beautiful the peach blossom is, it is just a waste, it is better to let the petals float far away.
On the day when Princess Qing got married, all civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty went to watch the ceremony.
Wearing a bright red wedding dress and holding a palace fan to partially cover her face, the princess came out of the Mingyue Hall, and under the salutes of thousands of courtiers, she stepped onto the wedding sedan chair in the Western Regions at the gate of the palace step by step.
Both Xi An and Yue Hui needed to bow down to salute, while Lin Qingbai, as an elder, stood behind the emperor and empress and watched from afar.
Princess Qing's wedding dress is very beautiful, the only one in Fu Dynasty.
The bright red fabric that Xixi wears is the finest brocade silk fabric shipped from the south of the Yangtze River.
It was embroidered with exquisite gold silk patterns, which were continuously embroidered by hundreds of skilled craftsmen day and night. The skirt of Xifu was so wide that it took four maids to lift it up.
And Princess Qing combed the golden crown hair accessories, wearing that wedding dress, the beauty is like a blooming delicate flower, which makes people unable to move their eyes away.
All the women in the Fu Dynasty envied Princess Qing for having such a precious and beautiful wedding dress.
Even the young princesses in the palace whispered that if they could have such beautiful wedding clothes when they got married, it would be fine even if they married a beggar on the side of the road.
Princess Qing didn't show any expression, she was like a puppet, walking on the red carpet, passing through thousands of ministers, and also passing in front of Yue Hui, her steps didn't stop at all.
Lin Qingbai didn't pay much attention to anything else, except that Yue Hui's eyes were fixed on Princess Qing's back.
General Yue has been as cold as an ice cube since he was a child. Even if he treats General Chu who brought him up, he is more respectful than friendly.
But have never seen a person so focused.
This grand ceremony lasted for three hours, until Princess Qing stepped onto the wedding sedan chair, and with the sound of suona and drums shaking the sky, the princess was sent out of the capital.
When the main hall dispersed, the civil and military ministers walked towards the palace talking and laughing.
At noon today, the emperor held a grand luncheon in the palace and invited all the ministers.
It's just that after standing in the cold wind for so long, Lin Qingbai had stretched to the limit, and his body was so sore everywhere, so he ordered Hongyue to ask the emperor for leave and return home first.
After Hongyue received the order, she went to find the prince.
Lin Qingbai couldn't stand anymore, and was helped into the carriage by the servant girl.
The wind outside the carriage was a bit strong, and the curtains of the carriage were blown open a crack from time to time.
Lin Qingbai raised his hand to push the car curtain tighter, but suddenly saw a figure in the distance along the gap.
Lin Qingbai's fingertips hung in the air, and finally landed on the car curtain slowly, pulling the car curtain open.
The location where the carriage stopped happened to be on the shore of Yuanzhong Lake.
The noon sun shone on the lake, and the lake was sparkling, making it hard to keep your eyes open.
Xi An was standing far away under a willow tree on the bank, fiddling with a few willow branches, as if weaving a wreath. A girl in a yellow and white dress was talking to him on her toes.
Xi An also responded with a smile.
I don't know what to say, the woman covered her mouth and laughed, she shook her body gently, the yellow skirt was like a gorgeous blooming winter jasmine, shining brightly in the sun.
Lin Qingbai's heart tightened suddenly, and he couldn't help pinching the car curtain tightly with his fingers.
At this time, Hongyue happened to be walking along that road. Xi'an saw her, and the two exchanged a few words.
Hongyue pointed in the direction of Lin Qing's white carriage, and Xi An followed her finger and pointed towards her.
Lin Qingbai met Xi An's gaze unexpectedly, his gaze paused, and he let go of the car curtain with his fingertips.
The cyan embroidered car curtain blocked Xi An's gaze, Lin Qingbai leaned on the carriage, clenched his fingers into fists, and slowly closed his eyes.
Sure enough, Xi An ran over after a while.
He was very strong, and when he stepped on the carriage, he stepped on the wooden plank with a bang, opened the curtain of the carriage, and rushed to Lin Qingbai.
"Master, what's wrong with you? What's wrong?"
Xi An squatted in front of Lin Qingbai, grasping the hands on Lin Qingbai's knees.
Lin Qingbai's hand was very cold, like two ice cubes, Xi An held his hand in his palm, rubbing it and warming it.
Lin Qingbai still closed his eyes and did not answer his words.
Xi An raised his hand to touch the temperature of Lin Qingbai's forehead, but before touching Lin Qingbai's cheek, Lin Qingbai turned his head to avoid it.
Lin Qingbai's black hair hung down her shoulders, and her profile was beautiful.
He slowly opened his eyes, his slender eyelashes fluttered, and said in a hoarse voice: "Aren't you afraid that the princess will blame you for leaving the princess alone like this?"
Xi'an said: "Hongyue just told me that Master is unwell and needs to go back to the residence first, how can I care about other things?"
Xi An raised his hand to stroke Lin Qingbai's hair that was hanging on the side of his face, and the back of his hand directly touched Lin Qingbai's forehead.
Xi An's hand was slightly cold, and he touched Lin Qingbai's forehead, causing Lin Qingbai's eyelashes to tremble again.
This time Lin Qingbai did not avoid Xi An's hand, but still turned his face sideways, blinking with sparkling eyes.
After a while, he closed his eyes and said: "You are not as good as before. I am not feeling well and tell your majesty that I can go back and rest. But you are a general, and everyone will stare at you at the feast of the country. There is no suitable reason."It is naturally inappropriate to be absent rashly."
Where did Xi An listen to these great principles, he withdrew his hand from supporting Lin Qingbai's forehead, and said softly: "My master is ill, that's the reason."
Lin Qingbai didn't have any temper.
He glanced at Xi An reproachfully, then closed his eyes and did not speak.
Lin Qingbai stood in the cold wind for several hours, his whole body felt like it was about to fall apart. After walking a certain distance in the carriage, he also felt dizzy and dizzy due to the bumps.
Suddenly the carriage bumped, Lin Qingbai immediately covered his mouth, and grabbed Xi An's sleeve with his other hand.
Xi An froze, and immediately handed the spit pot in the corner to Lin Qingbai's mouth.
Lin Qingbai didn't eat anything in the morning, and it was very difficult to vomit.
Lin Qingbai vomited out the things that tossed him in his stomach after being slapped by Xi An indifferently a few times.
He was so uncomfortable that he didn't know what to do. After vomiting, he lay down and panted heavily.
Xi An immediately brought water, rinsed Lin Qingbai's mouth, and then carefully supported Lin Qingbai's body, making him lean against the parking space.
"Master, are you feeling better?"
Xi An leaned weakly on the seat, closed his eyes and couldn't speak a word, his body was uncomfortable, his stomach was cold and swollen, he opened his mouth as if he was going to vomit again, and his lower abdomen felt uncomfortable.
Xi An wanted to ask a few more questions, but raised his eyes to see his master's eyes were red, his mouth was tightly pursed, and he was as pale as jade.
His fingers pressed tightly against his stomach.
Xi An felt that he didn't need to ask anymore, he stood up and sat beside Lin Qingbai, and put his arms around Lin Qingbai's shoulders.
He covered Lin Qingbai's swollen and cold stomach with his big hand, and rubbed it twice with moderate strength, Lin Qingbai pulled his hand down without any effort, and let Xi An rub it for him.
Xi An smelled the bamboo-like fragrance from Lin Qingbai's neck again.
His eyes dimmed, and the strength of his hands holding Lin Qingbai became stronger.
Lin Qingbai didn't resist, just leaned on Xi An's body without saying a word.
Sometimes Xi An feels that Lin Qingbai is a different person when he is sick and when he is not.
When he is not sick, he is like a straight tree, sitting and standing straight, but when he is sick, he has no mind to care about anything with Xi An.
Xi An embraced him, and he leaned on Xi An's body softly, as soft as water.
Xi An comforted and massaged his sore spot, he let go of his hand and let Xi An rub it.
In this way, he went all the way back to the palace, back to the dormitory.
Lin Qingbai was sitting on the couch, and Xi An was squatting in front of him, changing his boots and socks, but he accidentally touched Lin Qingbai's feet, which was so cold to the bone.
Lin Qingbai's feet were very sensitive, he trembled on his toes, and immediately raised his legs and tucked his feet into the quilt without saying a word.
Xi An said: "Master, wait for me."
Not long after, Xi'an brought a wooden barrel with unknown Chinese medicine in it, and white smoke was rising from a basin of water.
"Master, soak your feet."
Lin Qingbai didn't make a sound, he looked at Xi'an, hesitated for a while, and then slowly poked his feet out of the bed.
When Xi An's hands were about to touch his ankles, he shrank his feet subconsciously and said, "I'll do it myself."
As soon as the words fell, Xi An directly grabbed Lin Qingbai's delicate ankle, and soaked his foot into the wooden barrel.
The water in the wooden bucket was a little hot, Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes, a trace of red crept up his earlobe along his neck.
Lin Qingbai's feet were beautiful, with delicate skin, round and neat toenails, glowing pale pink, as delicate as plum petals.
He watched his feet being held in Xi'an's palm, and felt the roughness of calluses between Xi'an's fingers, as if scratching his heart again and again, causing his waist to feel weak.
The hall was silent, Lin Qingbai's cheeks were hot and his head was dizzy. He asked, "Which princess are you chatting with today?"
Xi An responded with a smile: "Why doesn't Master even remember his niece? It's the Fourth Princess, Princess Min."
Lin Qingbai gripped the bed sheet tightly with her fingers, staring down at Xi An's sharp side face.
Lin Qingbai has always been estranged, so he has never bothered to pay attention to other people.
In fact, he still wanted to ask what Xi An and the princess said by the river today?
How can we have such a happy chat.
But Lin Qingbai did not ask in the end.
Maybe the two are just friends, Xi An is already eighteen years old, he can't interfere with everything just because he is his master.
That would make you look petty.
After Lin Qingbai soaked his feet, his whole body became much warmer, but Xi An was still afraid that he would be uncomfortable at night, so he lay beside Lin Qingbai as before, taking care of him.
In the middle of the night, it was supposed to rain, and there was a muffled thunder in the sky.
Lin Qingbai woke up from the dream.
The room was dim, with only one candle flickering, and the wind-blown doors and windows creaked, but the place around him was empty.
Lin Qingbai sat up with her hands propped up, her heart tightening with the sound of the wind.
Looking at the cold bed beside him, he was stunned for a long time, and after thinking for a long time, he finally confirmed that Xi An was indeed lying beside him before going to bed at night.
"Come here." Lin Qingbai called out.
Hongyue outside the door immediately opened the door and walked in: "My lord."
Lin Qingbai raised his eyes and asked, "Where's Xi An?"
"Back to the lord, Master Xi'an must be in a hurry, half an hour ago he was in a hurry
gone."
"He left the house?"
"Yes, my lord."
Hongyue saw Lin Qingbai's tense shoulders loosen suddenly, he lowered his eyes, and slowly leaned against the head of the bed, neither lying down nor speaking.
After a while, Lin Qingbai said in a tired voice, "Back off."
In the next few days, Xi An did not return to the palace once.
Every time Lin Qingbai wanted to send someone to look for him, he suppressed the thought again.
After Princess Qing got married, the Cangmen case was brought to the court again.
If Cangmen is not eliminated, the entire Fu Dynasty will not be stable.
Too many things are on Xi An's shoulders, he is not like Lin Qingbai, what he does is an idle job.
On the fourth day, when Lin Qingbai went to court, he finally saw Xi An in the court hall.
He stood in the opposite team, dressed in a black python suit, as imposing as ever.
Lin Qingbai was still thinking, Xi An was in the military camp these few days, and the food in the military camp was not good, so he finally returned to the mansion, so he asked the cooks in the palace to prepare more good dishes.
However, after the emperor finished speaking and was about to leave the court, Xi An suddenly walked out of the team, cupped his hands and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do."
The emperor asked, "What's the matter with General Xi?"
"Your Majesty, I won the first place in the bow that day. Your Majesty once promised me a wish. I wonder if it can be fulfilled today?"
The emperor became interested when he heard this, and said, "That's natural. What's General Xi's wish?"
"I have been in love with Princess Min for a long time, and I hope His Majesty will fulfill it."
Xi An's words were thrown like a firecracker, and exploded with a bang.
Everyone looked at Xi An, and then at Lin Qingbai.
Some ministers even whispered that Xi An's proposal for marriage must have been guided by Prince Yun, and he made a good move.
Miaozai, Miaozai.
Lin Qingbai stood in the hall in a daze, his face was pale, as if someone had punched him hard in the heart, and he couldn't hear the discussions erupting around him at all.
Ke Lin Qingbai didn't know anything.
He didn't know when Xi An met Princess Min.
He didn't know when the two of them fell in love.
He doesn't know....he doesn't know anything.
When he found out again, it was actually his little apprentice who went up to the court to ask His Majesty to marry him, without asking him a word from the beginning to the end.
Lin Qingbai turned around slowly and looked at Xi An.
Xi An didn't look at him.
Xi An knelt straight, his eyes were sharp as usual, his face was serious, and he didn't mean to be half joking.
The emperor was also stunned, and he asked again in disbelief: "...what do you want?"
Xi An knelt on the ground and repeated clearly: "I have long admired Princess Min, and I hope Your Majesty will make it come true!"
Lin Qingbai didn't say a word to Xi'an that day, he obviously didn't do anything wrong, but he got into the carriage as if he was running away.
All the way back to the mansion.
At lunch, Hongyue spread a large bowl full of vegetables for him.
Red, green, looks like a good appetite.
But he was sitting in front of the table, holding chopsticks, and couldn't even swallow a single vegetable.
"My lord, why didn't Young Master Xi'an come back with you today?" Hong Yue asked.
Lin Qingbai didn't respond for a while, but put down the bowl and chopsticks, stood up and walked out of the dining hall without saying a word.
Naturally, Xi An couldn't come back with Lin Qingbai.
He is already the son-in-law.
Today, Xi An's words in the court hall, which were neither high nor low, stirred up thousands of waves with one stone, and the courtiers were about to explode their discussions. As for Your Majesty...
His Majesty is naturally delighted.
Before, the emperor was worried that Xi An and Yue Hui were too powerful, and wanted to use Princess Qing to marry Yue Hui and win Yue Hui over.
However, Yue Hui is a soft and hard wood. This time, Xi An's
The invitation to marry happened to reach the heart of the emperor.
Today in the court hall, he immediately ordered a marriage, and asked for Xi'an's birthday, and asked Si Tianjian to count an auspicious day.
Xi An was left in the palace to deal with such important matters.
He is either busy going to the military camp every day, or busy with his own marriage, how can he go back to the palace.
Within two days, the news of Xi'an's engagement with the princess spread throughout the capital, and everyone in the palace naturally knew about it.
That day Lin Qingbai was sitting in the courtyard admiring the flowers.
Winter is coming to an end, and the jasmine flowers in the courtyard are blooming.
He was looking at the bouquet of flowers in a daze, when he suddenly saw a maidservant not far away, her face was pale, she fell for no reason while walking, and the people beside her quickly helped her up.
Lin Qingbai took a second look and felt that the maid looked very familiar.
He asked, "Hongyue, what's the name of that maid?"
Hongyue took a look, walked over and said, "My lord, that maid is Yinliu."
"Yin Liu..."
Lin Qingbai thought for a moment, and finally found the name of this person in his mind.
In the past few years when Xi An went to fight in Qianzhou, he hadn't seen this maid for a long time, and now he saw it for the first time, but he couldn't remember it.
"She is still in the mansion now?" Lin Qingbai asked.
"It's the prince. Young Master Xi'an arranged her to wash clothes before going out to serve as a servant girl."
Lin Qingbai nodded, and slowly said: "You tell me, even a rough servant girl should not be too tired, I just saw her fainting."
"My lord, it's not that I'm too tired. You don't know that since Yinliu knew that Master Xi'an had a marriage contract, she couldn't eat every day. She didn't do much work, but she became like this."
Lin Qingbai was silent for a long time after hearing what Hongyue said.
He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, suddenly felt that today's tea was extremely bitter, he frowned and asked Hongyue: "Why is today's tea so bitter?"
When Hongyue heard this, she quickly dipped some tea and tasted it: "It's not harsh, my lord, it's always the same tea."
Lin Qingbai was stunned.
It took him a long time to recover, looked at the teacup in his hand and smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "If the heart is bitter, even the tea you taste is bitter, how can you eat it..."
Hongyue let out an ah, opened her big eyes, and didn't hear what Lin Qingbai said clearly.
Lin Qingbai suddenly felt very tired, and the flowers in the courtyard could no longer catch his eyes.
He put the teacup in his hand on the stone table, got up and was about to leave, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Xi An walking into the courtyard gate.
The eyes of the two collided unexpectedly.
Xi An suddenly stopped in his footsteps, Lin Qingbai also froze for a moment, and slowly stood up straight.
The two looked at each other from a distance, and no one moved first.
There was clearly only a few steps between them.
At this moment, Lin Qingbai suddenly felt that the distance between them was very, very far.
Obviously, it was only a week since the last meeting.
They hadn't seen each other for four years, and they were even stranger than the one they hadn't seen this week.
Lin Qingbai was so unfamiliar that he didn't even know how to talk to his little apprentice.
In the end, Xi An stepped forward, took off his cloak as usual, put it on Lin Qingbai's shoulders, and said, "Master, it's cold outside, I'll help you back to your room."
When the two returned to the room, Lin Qingbai sat in front of the table, took Xi An and poured him a cup of hot tea.
He looked at the light-colored cup of tea, lowered his eyes for a while, and then whispered: "... If you want to get married, you should move out."
Xi An paused his tea making hand, and asked in a low voice, "Master, are you driving me away?"
Lin Qingbai suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his heart, he wanted to raise his hand to cover his heart in pain, but he stopped the movement, and said in a hoarse voice: "You have grown up, you should have your own general mansion,It should also be..."
Speaking of this, Lin Qingbai's voice suddenly choked, and he clasped his palms tightly under his sleeves, and continued: "It should be
I have my own wife and children..."
Xi An watched Lin Qingbai for a long time, and saw that the charcoal fire burning in the furnace made the back of his hand red, swollen and purple, and a layer of skin was burned off, but he didn't notice it.
It was only for a while, but it seemed like a long, long time before Xi An whispered: "...I know Master, and I will move out on the day I get married."
Lin Qingbai closed his eyes.
Lin Qingbai is actually very clear...... He has always been very clear......
Xi An is not him, he will not have lived for thousands of years like him, he has long seen through the mortal world, he is still alone in his early thirties, does not marry a wife or have children, but enjoys leisure and freedom.
Xi'an is eighteen now, he should marry a beautiful and generous woman like a normal man, and then give birth to an heir.
This is the right way.
But Lin Qingbai just felt so distressed that he was going to die, and his distress couldn't be worse.
Today, as a master, he doesn't even have the courage to ask Xi An when he fell in love with Princess Min and how much he likes it.
Because...... He was tempted.
After so long, what Lin Qingbai has been unwilling to admit, is finally admitted now.
He didn't know when his heart was moved first.
It's because he's tempted for nothing.
How ridiculous, he, Lin Qingbai, has lived two lifetimes and has been lonely for thousands of years. In the fairy world, he has never seen any kind of immortal. He is so beautiful and powerful. Those people like him, admire him, and respect himGod, but dare not even speak out his love.
But he just fell in love with a mortal who was ten years younger than him.
mortal.......
But a mortal....
So what if Xi An is in a high position now?
Even if he is young, strong, handsome, and powerful in martial arts, so what?!
Left and right can't escape the word mortal.
His lifespan was but a flick of a finger, and then turned into dust. In Lin Qingbai's long and endless career, he was just like a short-lived epiphyllum, and he only accompanied Lin Qingbai for that moment.
After all, he was not a good match for Lin Qingbai.
But Lin Qingbai couldn't help being moved!
What's even more ridiculous is that that person has been by his side for twelve years, but he fell in love with someone else, and he didn't even have him in his eyes.
He likes Xi'an.
like very much.
But it can only be liked so much.
The emperor's action was very fast, and it didn't take long to summon all the officials to the inner hall to discuss the marriage between Xi'an and Princess Min.
That day, Princess Rimin and her concubine Lifei also came to the inner hall.
In a large inner hall, it is rare that when so many people come here to discuss important matters, it seems crowded instead.
Si Tianjian stood next to the emperor and announced the results of Princess Min and Xi An's horoscope.
He said impassionedly that Xi'an and Princess Min's horoscope is a match made in heaven, and the best time to get married is in October. Getting married at this time is conducive to the stability of the imperial power and the prosperity of the country.
Very good!
The emperor knew the result a long time ago, but after hearing this again, he still smiled happily.
He called Xi An and Princess Min out.
"General Xi, Min'er, are you willing to set the wedding date in October?"
Xi An cupped his hands and said, "I will obey His Majesty's will in everything."
Princess Min turned to look at Xi An, her eyes were full of joy.
She was originally an unknown little princess in the palace. Her mother's family was ordinary, and her status was not as noble as that of Princess Qing. She thought that she would just find an official to marry for the rest of her life, but she never expected that she would be able to marry one person.General Xi Da, who is above ten thousand people.
Now that she is about to marry General Xi, she was put in the eyes of the emperor.
Princess Min lowered her head, and said according to Xi An's words: "I obey my father's will in everything."
Xi An and Princess Min knelt in the hall.
One of them was wearing a light blue robe and the other was wearing a dark blue dress. They were handsome and beautiful, and they looked like a match made in heaven.
The emperor laughed happily, and immediately called out the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, announcing that the wedding date of Xi'an and Princess Min was set on the tenth day of October.
All the ministers knelt down one after another: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations to General Xi, Congratulations to Princess Min."
In an instant, the sound of congratulations was deafening, resounding through the entire hall.
Standing in front of the main hall, Lin Qingbai felt that those voices were so ear-piercing, as if a sharp needle had pierced his temple, making him have a splitting headache.
He vaguely heard that the emperor handed over the post of commander of the patrol battalion to Xi An.
The ministers present looked at each other and looked at each other, but none of them dared to speak more.
In the end, His Majesty left Xi'an, Princess Min, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites to discuss the matters of the wedding ceremony, and the rest of the people withdrew.
Lin Qingbai turned around and retreated with the ministers.
As soon as he stepped out of the hall, he suddenly felt that the sunlight outside the hall was so glaring, it made his mind dizzy, and he was so uncomfortable that he couldn't stand up.
He quickly put his hands on the door frame, and several ministers sighed softly in his ears.
"General Xi, at such a young age, it's amazing."
"In the future... General Xi is afraid that he will cover the sky with one hand."
"Hush! Don't dare to talk nonsense."
…
Lin Qingbai unsteadily let go of the hand holding the door frame.
Today is to discuss the engagement between Xi An and Princess Min, surrounded by high-ranking officials and ministers, everyone is happy for Xi An and Princess Min.
He didn't want to refute everyone's interest.
Lin Qingbai wanted to stabilize his body and continue walking forward, but his body was still not up to snuff. A black flash flashed in front of his eyes, and he staggered back two steps.
"Lord Yun!"
"Cloud King!"
The yelling sound came, but Lin Qingbai didn't hear it so clearly, it seemed to be floating from a far, far away place.
Lin Qingbai wanted to catch those voices, but in the end he failed.
His body went limp, he closed his eyes heavily, and passed out.