Mu Cang was really confused and nodded: "That's right! That's right! That Lin Xie is His Majesty's favorite, how could he let him find the right wife! I am the one who is confused!"
Seeing Mu Cang and Niansheng arguing, Hua Jue said, "Okay, okay, stop arguing about me. I have to go to Yuqian Palace as soon as possible, otherwise your Majesty will punish me again if I'm late!"
After Hua Jue finished speaking, he quickly followed the palace attendants and left.
Looking at Hua Jue's leaving figure, Mu Cang felt like the world was spinning. He kicked the snow on the ground angrily, clenched his fist and said angrily: "Is Your Majesty sick and confused? You let such a good girl like Hua Jue confront the eunuch. Eat! It’s so abominable!”
Nian Sheng was so frightened that he hurriedly covered his mouth and said, "Please, please keep your voice down, this will cause you to lose your head!"
Mu Cang suddenly felt that he was powerless and watched the girl he liked become someone else's wife. He felt extremely painful in his heart. He asked Nian Sheng, "Nian Sheng, is there any way you can make His Majesty take back his life?"
Nian Sheng said aggrievedly: "What can I, a little eunuch, do? Your Majesty's words are imperial edicts. Who in the entire Zhuilan Palace dares not to listen? Hua Jue's life is so hard! We slaves are all in this way, and we can't help ourselves. What can be done about this? If the master wants us to die, we can’t live, let alone being a wife who eats food!"
Hua Jue followed the palace servants to Yuqian Palace. She came to Lan Lin in a panic, knelt down and saluted: "Slave...Slave Hua Jue is here to see your majesty!"
Lan Lin was sitting on the desk reading a book. He put down the book in his hand and looked at Hua Jue and said, "Hua Jue, I want to give you to Lin Xie as my wife. Are you willing?"
Hua Jue was so frightened that he raised his head and opened his mouth to look at Lan Lin, unable to speak for a long time.
Hua Jue thought to himself, is your majesty showing off? Why would you let me be Lin Xie's wife? What on earth was he thinking?
Hua Jue never dreamed that the person he was going to quarrel with would be Lin Xie, a popular man in the palace and a guy who had an affair with His Majesty. Not only was he neither old nor ugly, he was also extremely handsome and suave, but it was a pity that he was a eunuch.
Hua Jue wanted to say he didn't want to, but when he thought of Niansheng's words before, he was so scared that he retracted his head.
Seeing that Hua Jue didn't speak for a long time, Lan Lin seemed to have confirmed his guess. Could it be that what Chang Si said was true? Did Lin Xie really take advantage of his serious illness to go to Chenxi Palace to have a private meeting with Hua Jue? In fact, there was an adultery between them, but I still saw them by mistake that day...
That day, Queen Ye Nong caught the two of them having a private meeting in the Royal Garden. At that time, she thought that Queen Ye Nong framed the situation. It seemed that the relationship between the two was really not simple!
Lan Lin smiled on the surface, but inside he was in great pain, even panicked. All the signs were developing in the direction he least wanted.
The person he pretended to be in his heart actually fell in love with someone else behind his back. It was really unreasonable! It’s a shame that I value him so much!
He said coldly: "Since you don't speak, you have agreed. Then you can get married next spring!"
Hua Jue came back from Yuqian Palace in a daze and sat down on the round stool in the room, as dumb as a chicken.
Qingyi was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "Hua Jue, how are you? Have you seen His Majesty? What did he say?"
Hua Jue's eyes were dull, as if she was possessed by something evil. Qingyi pushed her again, and then she came back to her senses and looked at Qingyi with dull eyes.
Qingyi asked: "Who will your Majesty give you as food?"
"Lin...father-in-law..."
Qingyi was startled, not understanding, and asked again: "Eunuch Lin? Which Eunuch Lin?"
Hua Jue said blankly: "Lin Xie, Eunuch Lin..."
"Ah--" Qingyi was so frightened that she covered her mouth with her hands and sat down on the stool.
She never dreamed that Lan Lin would give Hua Jue to Lin Xie as a counter food. She felt confused inside and almost fainted on the spot.
"Ms. Qingyi, what's wrong with you?"
Hua Jue didn't know Qingyi's true thoughts, and thought she was feeling sad about her upcoming marriage to an eunuch, so he reluctantly said, "Ms. Qingyi, this may be our fate as slaves! As Nian Sheng said, We can only accept our fate, and please ask Qingyi not to feel sad for this slave, lest she become so angry that her body will be damaged..."
Qingyi was so confused at the moment, she didn't know what to do. The one she loved was about to marry someone else, how could she not be worried.
She asked Hua Jue: "Are you willing to marry Lin Xie?"
Hua Jue shook his head and said: "Hua Jue originally wanted to serve the Queen Qingyi all his life, but he never thought about his life-long events. Even if Hua Jue reaches his age in the future and can no longer stay in the palace to serve the Queen, he still wants to retire and return to his hometown. I never thought about staying in the palace and marrying a eunuch as my wife. For us palace ladies, marrying a eunuch as our wife is tantamount to our punishment... I don’t think there is a woman in the world who is willing to marry an eunuch as his wife. Come on! Empress..."
After Hua Jue finished speaking, she lay aggrievedly on Qing Yi's lap and cried bitterly. Qing Yi stretched out her hand and caressed Hua Jue's trembling back. She felt lost in her heart and stared blankly at the falling snowflakes outside the window.
She thought to herself that it was God's will. Even if Lin Xie became an eunuch, she would like to marry him. However, as she is the princess of Li Kingdom and the concubine of King Zhuilan, she is destined to never have such a day. What an idiot! What an idiot! If only I were Hua Jue, I could get rid of all the tricks of fate and marry Lin Xie upright.
Qingyi couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of this. The tears were silent and sad but had no end.
Lin Xie knew that someone was already spying on him, so he did not dare to go to Chenxi Palace to find Hua Jue in the next few days. However, everything seemed to be peaceful at Lan Lin's side, and no trouble could be seen.
He focused more on shipbuilding, hoping to complete these warships as soon as possible in the spring.
Changsi still traveled back and forth between the shipyard and Zhuilan Palace, and got close to Lanlin by telling Lanlin about shipbuilding. After going back and forth, Changsi also became a frequent visitor to Yuqian Palace.
Before he revealed his scheming to Lan Lin, neither Lan Lin nor Lin Xie could guess his true thoughts. Because Lan Lin felt guilty about his brother Chang Ting, he treated him as a relative and treated him very badly. Great care.
In addition, he also handled the matter of entering the palace at Tianyan Temple very appropriately, and naturally made him the deputy commander-in-chief of the imperial court. However, in Chang Si's mind, he mistakenly thought that this was a sign that Lan Lin had begun to have feelings for Lin Xie. After all, during this period of time, due to his own instigation, Lan Lin seemed to have begun to deliberately alienate Lin Xie.
Lin Xie also failed to live up to his expectations. He could rely on his own face to make a living, but he had to have too many crooked thoughts. This gave him an opportunity. He began to have misconceptions about Lan Lin, mistakenly thinking that Lan Lin had started. Falling in love with myself.
Chang Si was happy in his heart and secretly thinking about everything. When Lin Xie takes his wife, Lan Lin will completely give up on her. From then on, the famous man in Zhui Lan Palace will change hands.
It was no longer his high and mighty Eunuch Lin, but his deputy commander Chang Si.
Before the storm was about to come, everything seemed calm, but Lin Xie was still walking on thin ice and did not dare to neglect. Once he relaxed his vigilance and really thought that Lan Lin would let him go, he would be totally wrong.
However, ever since Lan Lin gave Hua Jue to him as his wife, his relationship with him seemed to have become estranged. From time to time, he would see him and Chang Si together, either discussing the shipyard or playing chess and making tea. This inevitably made Lin Xie start to wonder, what exactly is Lan Lin going to do?
Lin Xie carefully planned a fireworks show according to Lan Lin's previous request. The fireworks show that had been prepared for three days on this day was held as scheduled on the frozen lake.
Lin Xie had already ordered people to set up a high platform and banquet on the lake. It was surrounded by ice sculptures that had been prepared three days ago. There were all kinds of flowers, birds, fish and insects, and there was even a group of lifelike fairies, which looked pleasing to the eye.
On the day of the fireworks display, the surroundings were covered with colorful lanterns and transplanted flowers. When people walked in and took a look, they felt like they were in a wonderful world where flowers and ice and snow blended together. People couldn't help but feel happy inside.
Lan Lin was sitting on the throne, surrounded by his concubines. This was a family banquet. Therefore, he did not invite the palace ministers to the banquet. Perhaps Lan Lin wanted to use this to eliminate the dissatisfaction of the concubines in the harem against him for many years, and did not want to see the next Yan Fei appear.
He attended the event wearing a blue dragon robe, a white fox fur, and a golden crown. He changed his past decadence and looked energetic, and he was once again that unattainable noble king.
Queen Ye Nong also rarely changed into a blue and white dress that matched Lan Lin to suit the occasion. The elegant blue dress, charming white gauze, and pink makeup made the queen look particularly beautiful.
The concubines and the young princes sat on both sides, watching the singing and dancing performances of the palace maids with relish.
Lin Xie searched for Qingyi among the crowd, but could not find the person he was longing for. He couldn't help but feel disappointed. Later, he learned from Niansheng that Qingyi did not come because he was ill. join.
Lin Xie felt lost and melancholy in his heart. After the palace maid finished singing and dancing, he stepped forward and said to Lan Lin: "Your Majesty, for this fireworks display, I have specially invited a folk juggling troupe to come and cheer for your Majesty!"
Lan Lin smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Okay, I'm tired of watching the singing and dancing in this palace. It's good to feel the excitement of human fireworks occasionally, so please invite them out!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Lin Xie invited the juggling troupe to come, and the juggling troupe began to perform various hard-working performances, including eye-catching ancient color tricks and funny juggling performances. From time to time, everyone would exclaim and laugh. The atmosphere of the entire fireworks display was very high. .
Under this illusion of harmony, it would really make people think that the Zuilan Palace has always been so prosperous and harmonious, and there is no hint of intrigue or overt fighting between the palaces.
Then the climax of the fireworks display was the fireworks display. Everyone walked down the high platform one by one, admiring the fireworks above the ice and snow, as well as the fireworks exploding all over the sky.
