Chapter 270: Gentle and Lingering Friendship Ruffian Prince + Insidious Prince(1/2)
Lin Ruoxi just smiled faintly, and did not feel a little nervous because of King Li Mumu's questioning and suspicion: "Cousin Mu, what are you talking about? Why didn't I understand a single word?"
Li Mu glanced at Mo Xueyuan who was standing behind Lin Ruoxi, and looked at her slender fingers, but there were thick calluses on her fingers. An ordinary woman should have a soft finger as soft as mutton fat. How could she have such a thick calluse? This made him guess that Mo Xueyuan, a girl, should be a master of martial arts.
He said lazily: "You just keep pretending not to know. Anyway, I don't plan to fight with you, but..." His clear eyes flashed, retracting his previous laziness and becoming three-pointed stern: "I'm ugly, but I'm just talking about it. As long as you don't have any harm to the Situ family, I will naturally not be as knowledgeable as you. If you threaten the entire Situ family, I will definitely not let you go."
Lin Ruoxi knew that the King Mu in front of him was not a playboy who looked as lazy and gangster-like as he seemed. He was a man of both civil and military affairs. But he didn't want to show these sharp points in front of others and cause unnecessary trouble, so he always maintained this kind of playboy-free image in front of others, but this did not mean that he was a weak and incompetent prince.
What he wanted was nothing more than to ensure that the Situ family was safe and not to be in danger, so Lin Ruoxi did not think that he was a very big obstacle to him, so he didn't care much about his words.
She gently brushed towards His Highness Mu, polite and demeanor: "His Highness Mu, please forgive Ruoxi for being unwell and want to go back to the boudoir to rest!"
Li Mu raised his eyebrows, but smiled clearly: "What's wrong with my cousin? Didn't you do it just now? I feel uncomfortable again at this moment. Let me take you back to the boudoir courtyard!"
Lin Ruoxi gave Mo Xueyuan a wink, and Mo Xueyuan stopped Mu Wang's move to approach her again: "Your Highness Mu Wang, please let me accompany the lady back. You are a big man, it is not convenient for you to enter and exit the woman's boudoir."
Wang Mu shook his head and smiled: "What you said is not unreasonable, then you can take care of your lady and never let her go."
Mo Xueyuan nodded respectfully: "Yes!"
"Cousin, Ruoxi takes his leave first!"
"Go slowly!"
King Mu watched Lin Ruoxi leave, and as his slender figure drifted away from him, he lowered his eyes and sighed: "Brother Xia, if you knew that Miss Lin's fourth lady came to the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom, would you give up everything, come to her, and spend the rest of your life with her?"
Lin Ruoxi returned to the boudoir and sat under the peach tree for a long time, but she didn't expect to see Li Mu where she had seen him. Could it be that the prince told him about her life experience? But the prince is from the Wu family, Li Mu is the adopted son of Concubine Situ Hui. The two children of the Shui/Huoburong family should not have any intersection.
Mo Xueyuan reminded: "Master, this King Mu may not have seen you in Dali Kingdom. Maybe he heard someone telling you something about you, so he doubted you."
"But I don't believe that Your Highness Mu would believe what the Wu family said."
"Maybe it's not the Wu family? It's not necessarily your enemy, your master, or your old friend!"
Lin Ruoxi suddenly felt shocked, old friend? Where would she have any old friend miss her? In addition to Aunt Liu and the old lady of Prime Minister Lin’s mansion, Leng Xin and Qiu Yan, the two girls who can be her closest people, who cares about her identity, and who cares about her life and death like this?
After all, Mo Xueyuan came to Prime Minister Lin's mansion later, so she knew that her master Lin Ruoxi didn't know much, but this disease does not mean that this possibility is not ruled out.
Lin Ruoxi thought hard but still couldn't guess, so she simply stopped guessing. She returned to the house and lay comfortably on the bed. She slept for an afternoon, and asked Mo Xueyuan to guard against anyone to disturb her rest.
Until the sun sets, the family in the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion gathers in the old lady's yard and has dinner together.
After dinner, King Li Maomao smiled warmly, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and two shallow dimples beside his lips. When he walked over, he was as vigorous as a spring breeze.
As soon as he arrived, the old lady was even more delighted. She asked someone to add a chair and stool, and arranged for him to walk beside her, chatting with him while talking and laughing.
Lin Ruoxi could see that when Li Mu saw the old lady like Li Mao very much, he couldn't help but lower his beautiful eyes when he saw them chatting and laughing. He knew that Li Mu must be very jealous of the old lady's kindness to Li Mao, and he was afraid that he would surpass the old lady's kindness to him, so he lowered his eyes to hide his depression in his heart.
Concubine Situ Hui did not notice Li Mu's abnormality, but stretched out her hand and gently pushed his arm, and said with a smile: "It happened that your sixth brother is here. Do you want to perform a sword dance with your sixth brother to make the old lady happy?" She looked at Lin Ruoxi intentionally: "I heard that your cousin is superb in piano skills, so let her play the piano. How about you perform a sword dance with Maoer?"
This was Situ Huifei's proposal, and Li Mu naturally would not refuse. He stood up and smiled lazyly: "Sixth Brother, let's dance the sword together and let Ruoxi play it for us, how about?"
Lin Ruoxi didn't want to participate, but Li Mu soon saw it, blocked her mouth, and asked Lin Ruoxi directly: "My sixth brother and I want to make the old lady happy. Ruoxi cousin, you must also hope that the old lady is happy in your heart, right?"
Li Mu said that this is to make the old lady happy. How could she, as a junior, have a reason to reject the old lady’s expectations and wishes?
Pingyang Hou Situ Yu and Mrs. Situ looked at each other without a smile on their faces, but they felt tacitly that this was what Situ Huifei said on purpose, in order to let their daughter choose one among her sons so that they can get married in the future.
The old lady obviously didn't see what Situ Huifei meant. She was just curious about what the combination of playing the piano and sword dance would have.
She clapped her hands and said, "Everyone says Ruoxi's piano skills are superb, but I haven't seen it yet. Ruoxi, just show off your skills and let me, the old man, take a look. It's a great experience."
After hearing the old lady say with anticipation, Lin Ruoxi got up and nodded in agreement.
She ordered Mo Xueyuan to bring the Fengwu Cangqiongqiong placed in her yard, sit down on a jade stool prepared in the yard, place the Fengwu Cangqiongqiongqiongqiongqiong. After her slender fingers gently touched the strings, she raised her beautiful eyes and looked at the two princes Li Mao and Li Mu who were holding the long sword in her hand, and smiled and said, "Two cousins, if you are ready, Ruoxi will play it."
Li Mao and Li Mu brothers looked at each other and nodded with a smile.
Li Mao said, "Ruoxi, it's OK!"
Lin Ruoxi smiled gently, and her slender fingers gently plucked the strings made of ice cicada silk, making a crisp sound. Then the song she played was like a breeze blowing, blowing down the peach blossom tree. The elegant and beautiful tune made people imagine.
At this time, Li Mao and Li Mu had already started dancing swords. Li Mao's sword skills were as elegant as clouds, sometimes like a dragon, swam between the world with agility and domineering spirit.
Li Mu's sword technique is casual and agile, with all kinds of tricks, which makes people suddenly illuminate and feel extremely novel and fresh.
Lin Ruoxi knew that these two men were both princes, both civil and military, and that they were expecting that such outstanding swordsmanship was.
Lin Ruoxi smiled secretly in her heart, and her fingers quickly plucked the strings of the piano. The sound of the phoenix dance in the sky made was like millions of soldiers attacking the enemy. It was majestic and heart-stirring, making people fall into such a grand scene.
Li Mao and Li Mu suddenly intersected their swords, collided with weapons, attacked and defended each other, just like in this magnificent war, soldiers from the two countries were fighting and fighting. Such a shocking scene was enough to immerse both Li Mao and Li Mu.
The Situ family members can see that when they come out of Pingyang Hou Situ Yu and his youngest son Situ Bin, they are afraid that no one can see that the song Lin Ruoxi plays at this moment is a magic song. This kind of magic song has the function of controlling people's hearts, so the people in the Situ family who are watching will be attracted by this majestic song. It is not obvious that Lin Ruoxi is grasping the hearts of every listener here.
Situ Yu suddenly hit the teacup in his hand and smashed it to pieces. After hearing the sound of the teacup falling to the ground, Lin Ruoxi hurriedly stopped her hand. She didn't expect that her heart would be so evil, and she would be led by the phoenix sky zither, and she could not even control her consciousness. Fortunately, Situ Yu discovered it in time and woke her up from the magic sound.
The two brothers Li Mao and Li Mu looked pale, and they were shocked at first sight; but the people in the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion did not feel this way at all. They only felt that the song played by Lin Ruoxi was so wonderful, and Li Mao and Li Mu's sword skills were also first-class, which opened their eyes.
Lin Ruoxi just stood up, but suddenly felt stuffy on her chest, and a fishy smell spread in her mouth. She realized that the magic of the Fengwu Cangqiong Qin was really too great. Even her, the owner of the Fengwu Cangqiong Qin, could not control its spiritual power.
Situ Yu slowly walked off the bench, came to Lin Ruoxi's ear, and asked softly: "Ruoxi, how are you doing? Do you know that the magic sound you played is too powerful, so you can't control this power. I advise you not to contact you in the future."
Lin Ruoxi nodded slightly and replied softly: "My father taught me a lesson in time, Ruoxi knew that he was wrong!" 13acv.
Seeing that Lin Ruoxi had already understood his words, Situ Yu frowned again, and thoughtfully in her ears, and continued, "Empress Wu's daughter, Princess Lingyun, had already committed suicide by hanging herself in the early morning. His Royal Highness came to me alone and told me that his death of the emperor must be related to you, and he will not let the entire Situ family go."
Lin Ruoxi had already resisted the blood that was about to be spit out. After hearing Situ Yu's words, her chest became even more dull. Finally, the blood was pouring into her mouth and slid out the corners of her lips.
Lin Ruoxi hurriedly wiped the blood from the corner of her lips with a veil, and her beautiful eyes were spinning. She thought, how could Princess Lingyun die willingly? Even though her consciousness was no longer sober, she bit her when she saw someone, and spent every day in fear, but she still had her desire for survival and could not choose to commit suicide, unless Queen Wu personally sent her life... But Queen Wu loved her daughter like this, how could she bear to kill her with her own hands?
Finally, Lin Ruoxi had to believe it. Empress Wu knew that Lin Ruoxi left Princess Lingyun to live in fear and did not kill her with her own hands. It was just to torture Queen Wu's heart bit by bit, and wanted her to watch Princess Lingyun live crazy for the rest of her life, making her sit in the back seat and live in pain. This was the same as Empress Wu's behavior of making Xiao Jinghua become like a small livestock, biting people when she sees people, and the way to torture Lin Ruoxi's heart is exactly the same.
But Queen Wu was calm and ruthless after all. In order not to let herself live in guilt and pain, she chose to kill Princess Lingyun with her own hands.
At this moment, the two princes Li Mao and Li Mu put away their long swords. The people of the Situ family were very eye-opening this time. Unexpectedly, the sword techniques of King Mao and King Mu each have their own advantages. Especially with Lin Ruoxi's majestic piano sound, the sword technique that danced makes people feel amazing.
The old lady was the first to puff up her palm: "Ruoxi's superb piano skills, and the sword skills of His Highness Mao and His Highness Mu are even more amazing. It really opened my eyes, the old woman."
The people in the Situ family value love and righteousness, and are very filial. Seeing the old lady smiled so satisfied, the people in the Situ family were in a tight mood. They did not applaud Li Mao and Li Mu's performances, and the praise continued.
After all, Li Mao was humble. He looked at Li Mu and smiled as warm as the sun: "My brother Mu's swordsmanship is unique and full of ways, which really makes me feel ashamed of myself, and I should learn more swordsmanship from Mr. Mu."
If Li Mu heard that others flatter him on weekdays, he would definitely smile lazy and modestly and say that his sword skills were not as mediocre as others. However, this time Li Mu was not modest, but patted his chest confidently and said: "In front of the old lady and mother, I naturally have to perform better, so that they can know that Mu'er is also a very hardworking and diligent man!" Li Mu's eyes were almost narrowed, and she looked very cute.
When the old lady and Situ Huifei saw Li Mu pleasing them, they couldn't help but laugh at his misty appearance.
Lin Ruoxi was not interested in the secret fight between Li Mao and Li Mu. She was thinking about the cruel methods of Queen Wu, which really made her admire her... She could make up her mind to kill the enemy, but if she killed her closest relatives, she must have never had the courage to do it in her life.
Mo Xueyuan saw Lin Ruoxi shaking slightly when she stood up. She stood behind Lin Ruoxi and hurriedly supported Lin Ruoxi. Lin Ruoxi nodded to her. Mo Xueyuan knew what her master was thinking, so she helped Lin Ruoxi to the old lady. Lin Ruoxi brushed towards the old lady and Situ Huifei with a quiet smile: "Old lady, Situ Huifei, please give up Ruoxi to leave first."
The old lady frowned and asked worriedly: "Ruoxi, why are you feeling uncomfortable? Should you ask a doctor to take a look for you?"
Lin Ruoxi shook her head and said, "It's not important for the old lady. I'm afraid she's playing too much just now. After playing it, she felt that she was too tired, so she wanted to rest."
When Situ Huifei heard Ruoxi say this, she was afraid that the old lady would worry about Lin Ruoxi's body, so she stretched out her hand and gently held the old lady's hand and comforted her: "Mother, you don't have to worry about Ruoxi anymore. Ruoxi is afraid that she will get better just by resting for a while..." She smiled and said to Lin Ruoxi: "Ruoxi, go and rest earlier. If you are still uncomfortable, let the servants around you go to see the doctor. Don't delay it."
"Thank you for your concern, Ruoxi will say goodbye now." Lin Ruoxi brushed towards the old lady and Concubine Situ Hui again, then turned around and left with the help of Mo Xueyuan.
Concubine Situ Hui did not forget to make friends with Li Mao and Li Mu, and said, "You two brothers, who would like to give away Ruoxi's cousin? I don't know how to take the initiative?"
Li Mao took the initiative and stood up: "Mother, let me go. Brother Mu will continue to tell jokes here to make everyone happy. I can't tell any jokes, so it's more suitable to give me cousin Ruoxi."
Seeing that Li Mao had said this, Li Mu knew that he had no chance again, but he was unhappy but could not say it. Finally, when he saw Concubine Situ Hui nodding, Li Mao sent Lin Ruoxi back to the boudoir courtyard.
If I only got it, when I arrived at Lin Ruoxi's boudoir, Lin Ruoxi wanted Mo Xueyuan to invite him away, but Li Mao had no intention of leaving. He sat on the chair and stool in the hall in her room, and said with a thoughtful look: "Princess Lingyun had committed suicide early, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me and my uncle to give us an explanation, saying that this matter is related to Ruoxi, you, and my uncle and I opposed him in person. As a result, he swears in front of us that the Situ family must regret what they did today.
Lin Ruoxi smiled slightly and asked tentatively: "So cousin Mao, are you suspicious of Ruoxi, do you suspect that Princess Lingyun's death is related to me?"
"Yes, I doubt you very much..." Li Mao answered so hard, but he lowered his beautiful eyes like black pearls and sighed: "But now it's not just you and Your Highness the Prince have grudges, but the entire Situ family has grudges and connections with Your Highness the Prince, so I can't stand by. We must prevent Your Highness the Prince from taking action against the entire Situ family in advance."
Lin Ruoxi's face was a little pale, slightly because the sound of Fengwu Cangqin's magic sound disturbed her mind just now, and she felt a little bit damaging to her whole body, so she could not bear the pain on her body. If Mo Xueyuan hadn't helped her, she would have fallen to the ground.
Seeing her master's expression in pain, Mo Xueyuan hurriedly said to Li Mao: "Your Highness Mao, the lady is really uncomfortable. Please move and let the lady take a good rest."
Li Mao then woke up from his thoughts. Seeing Lin Ruoxi's face pale, he hurriedly reached out and touched her forehead. He found that her forehead was very hot. He immediately stopped his hand and said nervously: "Ruoxi, are you infected with wind and cold? Why is your forehead so hot?"
Lin Ruoxi smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, cousin Maowang, Ruoxi just needs to rest for a moment, you'd better leave!"
Even though King Mao wanted to stay and take care of Lin Ruoxi, she had already issued an order to expel guests, and he had no choice but to move away from Lin Ruoxi's yard.
At this time, the sky was getting darker and a crescent moon had already hung on the ink blue sky. Even though Lin Ruoxi was burning and hot, she insisted on sitting under the peach blossom tree in the yard, blowing the cool night breeze, and missing the man who had not appeared for several days.
Mo Xueyuan brought the cloak, put it on Lin Ruoxi, and advised: "Master, it's getting late, you have a high fever again, but you still have to blow the night wind in the yard. I'm afraid it's bad for your health, so you'd better go back to the house to rest?"
Lin Ruoxi shook her head stubbornly: "I want to sit here for a while, you don't have to worry about me!"
Mo Xueyuan sighed softly, knowing that her master's stubborn nature was not going to comfort her, but stayed by her side, looking at the secret door not far away at the courtyard wall. Has anyone opened it?
Waiting and waiting, Lin Ruoxi fell asleep on the stone table because of her discomfort and being too tired. Mo Xueyuan sighed and bent down and wanted to help Lin Ruoxi up and send it back to the house to rest.
At this moment, a man in a green robe walked out of the dense door passage on the high wall, rushed over in a hurry, and whispered to Mo Xueyuan: "I'll let me do it again!"
Mo Xueyuan didn't stop him and stepped aside. Seeing Tuoba Tian picking Lin Ruoxi up from the ground, gently hugging him into his arms, carrying Lin Ruoxi into the room, gently putting it on the bed, and pulling her a quilt.
Just as his thin lips kissed Lin Ruoxi's forehead, he felt the hot temperature on her forehead. His expression changed and he hurriedly ordered Mo Xueyuan to say, "Go and prepare a basin of cold water and a cotton towel!"
Mo Xueyuan brought a basin of cold water as Tuoba Tian ordered, wet the cotton towel in the cold water, and wrung it dry. Tuoba Tian took the cold cotton towel, gently put it on Lin Ruoxi's forehead, and sighed: "Little fool, he is so sick, he is still blowing cold wind at night. Are you afraid of getting worse?"
Seeing this, Mo Xueyuan withdrew from the room, leaving room for Lin Ruoxi and Tuoba Tian.
Tuoba Tian smiled bitterly: "Ruoxi, do you know why I didn't see you these few ris? It was because my mother in Mo's house forced me to marry the Wang family's lady. I disagreed, so they trapped me. As a result, I didn't eat or drink for three consecutive days, and they realized my determination and did not force me to marry the Miss Wang as his wife. Do you know if I do this, will I be moved by my true heart?"
Tuoba Tian murmured to himself. As the candlelight swayed, it can be seen that Tuoba Tian’s handsome cheeks had become much thinner and his face turned slightly yellow. I also knew what kind of hardships he had experienced before, and what kind of determination and sacrifice he made in order not to marry Miss Wang as his wife.
Tuoba Tian reached out and touched the cotton towel on Lin Ruoxi's forehead. He gradually became hot and hot because of the hot temperature on Lin Ruoxi's forehead. He hurriedly took off the cotton towel on Lin Ruoxi's forehead and wet it in cold water. After wringing it out, he placed it on her forehead.
To be continued...