Chapter 82 Meeting with King Lanling
It was already evening when we returned to the Xiao Mansion in Jianxi Hutong. It was the night of the full moon. A silver disk hung in the night sky, the boundless clear light fell, and the small courtyard was as deep as a cage of Chinese gauze.
Xiao Jinyu, Xiao Xian, and Fenghuang got off the carriage together. Just as they were about to be admitted to the hospital, Fenghuang suddenly shouted: "Who?"
Then I saw a figure suddenly jump out of the darkness of the trees, shouting: "Little lady, it's me, me, me, me!"
Xiao Jinyu looked through the moonlight and saw that the person coming was the guard beside King Lanling again.
"Little lady, my real name is Lu Yu. You can just call me A Yu from now on. I am here on behalf of my master, Prince Lanling. My master wants to see you, can you?"
The little guard's eyes were wide open and he looked at her with a look of admiration, looking very sincere.
"No, it's so late. What does your master want to do with my brother Qing?"
Fenghuang was not happy because he hated the Gao family and had no good impression of King Lanling.
"Phoenix——"
At this time, Xiao Jinyu reached out to stop him, looked at Lu Yu and said, "Okay, where is he?"
Lu Yu felt happy, and a smile immediately broke out on his face.
"He is nearby, I will take the little lady there right now!"
Just as he was about to leave, Fenghuang grabbed Xiao Jinyu.
"Brother Qing——"
"It's okay, Phoenix, you have forgotten that he is our benefactor. With His Royal Highness Prince Lanling's character, I believe he will not harm me."
"Let her go! I am also willing to believe in the character of Prince Lanling!"
Xiao Xian also said at this time.
After a while, Phoenix lowered his voice and said:
"Okay."
Although he agreed, Xiao Xian could clearly feel the boy's depression and loss. .
After Xiao Jinyu left with Lu Yu, Fenghuang did not go to the hospital. Instead, he climbed up the eaves and quickly followed.
…
Lu Yu didn't take Xiao Jinyu very far. He walked through a tree-lined path and soon saw a strange spring pool. Beside the pool, albizia flowers were connected end to end like butterflies. They were slowly falling in the night wind. It flapped its wings and flew away again.
Prince Lanling was standing by the pool of water at this moment. Under the moonlight, the down of pink albizia flowers fell all over him like red cherry blossoms.
At this time, he no longer wore a hat, and his face, which could compete with the sun and the moon, had an indescribable charm in the quiet moonlight, especially his expression was still so calm, with a hint of something. No smile.
Xiao Jinyu felt her heart beating faster again. This emotion, which was filled with gratitude, mixed with a trace of guilt or a trace of regret, made her unable to control herself for a moment.
She knew that this was the original owner's instinctive reaction affecting her again.
Secretly stroking her chest, trying her best to suppress the overwhelming emotions, Xiao Jinyu raised her head and looked at him.
"His Royal Highness Prince Lanling is here because of today's painting?" she asked.
Gao Changgong was slightly stunned, then nodded with a smile: "Yes, I came here just for this painting." He walked slowly and said, "The first time I saw a girl painting, it was a spring painting in Ascott. It was for this painting. The handwriting of Lu Sheng and others was left on the painting as evidence, and today I saw the girl painting, it was a picture of a night banquet in the East Palace, and it also warned the world with the words "Business girls don't know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but they still sing the flowers in the backyard across the river".
Every time the girl paints, she hides a deep meaning, which also makes Chang Gong amazed! "
As he spoke, he gradually walked up to her, and the smile on his lips became deeper and deeper.
Then, he looked at her and asked calmly: "I wonder if the lady would like to tell you what the meaning of today's picture of the East Palace Night Banquet is? Is the lady's painting really touching? Do you understand human nature?"
Xiao Jinyu then smiled and said: "The prince will think of asking me, what should he have guessed?"
Gao Changgong laughed again when he heard this.
"The girl is so smart that she can't hide it at all." After a pause, he looked at her and continued, "Yes, from your paintings, I can see the greed and jealousy of King Shiheung and the scribes of the Eastern Palace. Hypocrisy and suspicion, the intrigues and calculations of Zhou’s envoys, the clear-mindedness of your cousin Xiao Xianlang, and your majesty’s calmness and suspicion..."
After saying that, he looked at her intently, as if waiting for the answer he wanted.
"The prince is a person who understands painting, and he can see it very well. That's true!" Xiao Jinyu said with a smile.
Prince Lanling also smiled, and he took another step towards her, until Xiao Jinyu felt the strong aura coming from his slender and majestic body. "So, how did you manage to read the thoughts of everyone here in such a short period of time?"
The tone of his questions was not threatening, but rather gentle and careful due to the pleasant tone of his voice.
Xiao Jinyu had to admit that under the attack of such a man whose voice and appearance were unparalleled, it was difficult for her to refuse to answer his questions.
"The prince knows that sometimes it is not the eyes that are used to identify people, but the heart. And for the same thing, everyone has different perceptions and thoughts. For example, the prince can see many people from Ayu's paintings. Face, but others may not..."
Having said this, Xiao Jinyu also raised his eyes to look at King Lanling and said seriously:
"Ayu just made a bold guess. If a person with the status of King Lanling unfortunately dies in the Chen Kingdom, it will inevitably lead to a war between the two countries, right?"
When she asked, Lu Yu, who was standing nearby, was frightened.
"Little lady, what are you talking about?" Lu Yu almost ran over and covered her mouth.
Prince Lanling was not too surprised, but stopped Lu Yu and looked into Xiao Jinyu's eyes for a moment.
Although her disguised face at the moment was extremely ordinary because it looked haggard, her eyes were black and white, like ink jade, so clear, so swaying and quiet, like a ray of moonlight shining directly into people's hearts.
"Your identity I am talking about does not mean your identity as a county king. Even if one of your county kings dies, the monarch of your Qi State may not care at all. And the identity I am referring to is just because you are King Lanling, a King of Lanling who enjoys prestige in the military for protecting the country and the people."
After a moment of pause, she said with angry eyes:
"So, Gao Changgong, no matter whether my guess is correct or not, I hope you can live well!"
"If you need anything in the future, you can come to me at any time!"
After she finished speaking, she bowed and left!
But King Lanling was stunned on the spot. After a while, he suddenly woke up amidst Lu Yu's low murmur of surprise and joy.
"Your Majesty, what did that little lady say? She said that if you need anything from now on, you can come to her at any time! Your Majesty, you can come to her openly from now on, and you don't have to send people secretly!"
Gao Changgong pursed his lips, and after a while, he suddenly sighed: "It turns out that she painted this painting to remind me of this incident!"
"What did the prince say?"
Lu Yu seemed puzzled.
Gao Changgong shook his head: "Nothing, go back! During this period, strengthen the defense to prevent enemy attacks!"
…
There were phantoms in the night. As soon as Prince Lanling left, Xiao Jinyu felt the dangerous aura hidden under the night. It seemed that someone was approaching her, and just when she was about to turn around and aim at the person with a silver needle in hand, Phoenix suddenly descended from the sky and kicked the two men in black to the ground.
"Who sent you here?"
Phoenix asked sternly as he pulled the cloth from the face of one of the men in black.
The man was so frightened that he quickly got up. He was a young man with fair skin, and the expression on his face was both panic and shy.
"Young Master, we are not evil people, we are just curious about what the little lady looks like? That's why we came here secretly to take a look."
"You don't even believe what you're saying, do you?" Phoenix reprimanded coldly, pressing the man's neck with a dagger at the same time, "Honestly, who sent you here, otherwise I won't be merciful!"
"Okay, I'll say it!" The young man quickly surrendered, "It's His Royal Highness King Shiheung who wants the young lady to visit the palace..."
There was a "pop", and before he finished speaking, his face was already burning with pain.
Phoenix raised his foot again and stepped on the man's face, saying coldly: "Go back and tell your prince, if there is a next time, I will carry your head to the prince's palace to see you!"
"Yes!"
The two men rolled and crawled away.
"Brother Qing, this King Shixing..."
Fenghuang was very angry, but Xiao Jinyu interrupted: "They were not sent by him. Although these two people spoke Jiankang dialect, it could still be heard that their accents were not pure. Moreover, although they were dressed as Han Chinese, they were not sent here. Clearly has Xianbei characteristics.”
He paused for a moment and then said, "It should be sent by the envoy of Zhou State."
(End of chapter)