sbdcsierra Chapter 122 Acting
Chapter 122 Acting
Qian Yue was still nowhere to be seen until the end of the banquet. Although Yi Shan and Zheng Nan laughed at Lord Qian's declining alcohol tolerance along with King Xian, they were secretly envious and jealous. Although they also had beauties to accompany them, they could only watch in front of King Xian at the banquet.
It was almost 3 p.m. when the banquet ended. Butler Hua Lan once again led the servants and dancers to send the drunk Yi Shan and Zheng Nan away. At the same time, he secretly gave the servant of the Qian family a bag of silver and told him to go back by himself, saying that Master Qian was drunk and would stay in the palace tonight. The servant of the Qian family knew what the master was like when he saw the beautiful dancers in front of him. So he drove away without saying anything.
The carriages left one after another, and the Prince Xian's Palace, which had been noisy for a while, returned to peace.
But at the hour of You, when it was dark, the lights were lit in the palace, and the sounds of singing and music could be heard again. The dancers were still dancing in the empty hall. To those outside the wall, the palace sounded like a scene of lascivious dance and decadent music.
Li Xu came to a side courtyard and saw from afar that the lights in Qian Yue's room were not on, so he asked the housekeeper Hua Lan who was following behind him:
"County Magistrate Qian hasn't gotten up yet?"
"No." Hua Lan replied respectfully.
"Call the dancer out, otherwise, Lord Qian might not be able to get up tomorrow morning." Li Xu sneered and gave the order lightly.
After Hua Lan responded, he went straight into the dark room. Not long after, the room was lit by candlelight, the doors and windows were wide open, and a dishevelled dancer walked out of the room. When she saw the noble Li Xu in the courtyard, she was a little panicked. After bowing, she hurried away.
The room suddenly became bright, and Qian Yue, still exhausted, had to open his eyes. He discovered that the beauty beside him had disappeared, and when he looked up curiously, he saw King Xian, Li Xu, who had slowly walked into the room.
"Oh, my humble servant is rude, please don't blame me, Your Majesty." Qian Yue, who was already lying naked on the bed, was shocked to see King Xian. He hurriedly wrapped his thin body with bedding, and then saw his clothes scattered all over the floor. He felt ashamed and wanted to move but didn't dare to. How embarrassing it would be to go down to pick up clothes in front of King Xian!
Qian Yue glanced at the King Xian and saw that he sat down at the table indifferently, facing him on the bed. He was speechless again: What does the King Xian mean? Is he trying to embarrass me?
Li Xu waited until Hua Lan opened the window and door to dispel the foul smell in the room before entering. Seeing that County Magistrate Qian was still lying naked on the bed, he did not care. After all, he was not embarrassed. He sat down slowly and pretended to be joking, "Li Xu didn't know that Lord Qian favored the dancer in my house so much."
"No wonder King Xian never even looked at the girls from my Fengling City. It turns out there are so many beauties hidden in this mansion." Qian Yue simply wrapped himself in bedding and sat cross-legged on the bed, facing Li Xu with a fake smile.
Now that Qian Yue had calmed down and thought about it, he felt more and more that he was clearly being framed by King Xian. Why did he act as if he had caught someone in bed with an adulterer?
"If Lord Qian likes it, Li Xu will be generous enough to see him off." Li Xu smiled sincerely without taking it seriously.
"If you have something to say, please just say it, King Xian." However, Li Xu's sincere smile concealed a mystery in the eyes of Qian Yue, who was full of thoughts at the moment.
"There were many people at the banquet during the day, and Li Xu had some things in his heart that he couldn't say. Now there is no one at night, and Mr. Qian happens to be in front of him, so Li Xu also wants to talk."
"I am honored to be trusted by King Xian." Qian Yue said modestly, but he couldn't help complaining in his heart: What a coincidence! I didn't expect King Xian to be such a shameless person.
"Lord Qian, do you still remember that you once used the words of the ancient sages to lament the current court of Lang Kingdom?" Li Xu sighed softly, slowly stood up and walked to the window, looking at the night outside the window and asked softly.
Qian Yue couldn't see what the king meant for a moment, so he didn't dare to speak easily, but just stared at the figure in front of the window thoughtfully.
"The phoenix is crouching and fleeing, the owl is soaring, the villains are honored and prominent, the slanderers are successful, the virtuous and saints are dragged down, and the upright are upside down." Seeing that the other party did not say anything, Li Xu once again recited the words of the sages that Qian Yue had quoted, with a hint of sadness in his words.
"It seems that King Xian has found his ambition again." Hearing the sadness in King Xian's tone, the doubts on Qian Yue's face instantly dissipated and he smiled happily.
"My great Lang Kingdom has a vast territory, strong soldiers and horses. Li Xu really can't bear to see my licentious and immoral brother destroy Lang Kingdom. Instead of waiting for other countries to take the opportunity to divide up Lang Kingdom, it is better to let Li Xu be the sinner and consolidate the kingdom!" Li Xu's eyes were as firm as a rock. He clenched his fists with his hands behind his back, still looking out the window and vowing.
"Woooooooo..."
Li Xu had just finished speaking when he heard Qian Yue's sorrowful cry behind him. He was startled and turned around in a hurry to comfort Qian Yue but heard Qian Yue continuing to cry, "King Xian's ambition of "if I don't go to hell, who will?" makes Qian Yue admire him very much. Langguo is lucky to have King Xian!" If Qian Yue had not been naked and had no difficulty in moving, he would have been able to display his superb acting skills to better effect.
"Mr. Qian, you are too kind. How dare I compare myself with Ksitigarbha, who sacrificed himself for the sake of all living beings? Li Xu just doesn't want to see my father's hard work go to waste." Qian Yue's voice was in tears, but Li Xu took it seriously. Since he had found out the other party's attitude, he continued to ask without hesitation: "But Li Xu is alone and weak now, can you help me, Mr. Qian?"
"From now on, Qian Yue is willing to follow King Xian until his death and never leave him!" Qian Yue couldn't help it, he jumped off the bed wrapped in a quilt, knelt down in front of Li Xu and shouted.
Li Xu was so moved that he began to cry. He silently helped Qian Yue up and then left the room, giving Qian Yue time to put on his clothes.
In the meeting hall of the Xuan'an City Palace, Ning Xi looked at the news sent by the spies stationed in Fengling City, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction and nodded frequently.
"What good news has the emperor got?" Seeing the emperor so happy, the general Lu Shi at the side also showed a flattering look on his face and asked with a smile.
"Hahaha, my nosy brother finally got it. It seems that it was the right decision to let him raise horses." Ning Xi handed the letter in her hand to Lu Shi and smiled happily.
"The always chaste Prince Xian finally couldn't stand the loneliness and kept a dancer in his house. He also reveled with the officials of Fengling City every night. Interesting." Lu Shi also smiled slyly as he looked at the memorial in his hand. If the civil and military officials knew that the virtuous Prince was addicted to wine and sex, wouldn't they be so angry that they would vomit blood? It seems that no one dares to flatter the Prince Xian in front of the emperor anymore.