Charming beauty

Chapter 54

After a few days of rain, the weather became clear again, and the city was filled with the sweet fragrance of peach blossoms.

In a jade shop on the street, the counter is lined with all kinds of jade pendants. In front of the counter, two slender figures stand, one blue and one white, one with a thin fan in hand and the other with a flute at his waist. excellence.

The slender fingers pick up one of the white jade pendants, the shape of the pendant is like a crescent moon, the face is cut into the Guanghan Moon Palace, and the pendant of blue fringe falls, the green is lined with white, elegant and chic.Nalan Mei looked over and over several times, then asked the young man in blue beside him, "No injury, how about this one?"

"Not bad." Yu Wushang shook his fan, smiling, with a gentle temperament, and Zhu Dan's eyes still bright at the corners of his eyes, "The color is very suitable." But the quality of jade is not as good.

Nalan Mei smiled slightly, put it down gently, and turned her eyes to others.They passed by this jade shop. He originally wanted to match the flute around his waist with a pendant, but he spent half an hour choosing it. Either the color didn't match, the style was indecent, and the quality of the jade didn't match.

"What about this one?" Yu Wushang put away his fan and picked out one, the light-colored half-moon with white catkins falling, just like Nalan Meisi's gentleness, with a few strands of fairy air floating in it, "I think it's quite suitable." Half-moon, with the moon , the national defender's court dress pattern, I guess he will like it.

Nalan Mei took it, and was interrupted by the owner of the store before he could say anything: "Young master, can you show the things you want to match?"

The owner of the store saw that they had been picking for a long time but didn't like it. Looking at their persistent attitude, he knew that they really wanted to find a suitable jade pendant, but they were not satisfied with the pendant on the counter. It was nothing more than the color. Style, or jade product.Seeing their embarrassment, the store also wants to do their best for them, choosing jade of the same grade according to the grade they want to match.

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Nalan Mei handed out the flute at his waist, but the shopkeeper let out a snort after taking it, sounding a bit surprised. Before Nalan Mei and Yu Wushang could ask, he turned around and walked in. After leaving the back hall, when he came out again, he had a ruby ​​pendant in his hand.

"My lord, what do you think of this one?" The shopkeeper carefully placed the pendant in his hand on the fluff on the counter.Seeing him so cautious, Nalan Mei and Yu Wushang couldn't help but move their gazes over curiously. The jade pendant on the plate is hollowed out, shaped like a branch of a flower, with round petals and leaves, and its color is like blood. On the white brocade, it looks like a pool of blood, bright and beautiful. glaring.

Yu Wushang knew that the flower was a poppy, and only poppies in the world could be so enchanting. Before he could speak, Nalan Mei who was beside him had already picked it up with a smile on his face, "Shopkeeper, that's all."

After paying the money, the two walked out of the shop one after the other.

The air is filled with a faint peach blossom fragrance.

Nalan Mei was twirling the jade Xiao in his hand, and the jade pendant that had just been buckled on Yu Xiao's tail also jumped up and down with his movements, looking from a distance, it looked like a blood-colored elf dancing nimbly.

Looking at the young man in white who was in a good mood beside him, Yu Wushang opened his fan to cover up the helplessness in the corners of his mouth.A small piece of jade actually asked for 5000 taels, and what was even more surprising was that this person just smiled and took out 5000 taels without any intention of counter-offering. Thinking about it, he suddenly sighed softly, the guardian of the country is the guardian of the country after all. A teacher can be as rich as the emperor.

Hearing his sigh, Nalan Mei smiled like Lan Chu, "Wu Shang, you also know that the flute is made of unicorn jade, and this qilin jade is an imperial jade, and only imperial jade can match it." Jade." Stretching out his hand to hold the poppy jade pendant, rubbing the delicate lines with his fingertips, he continued, "And this blood jade is the phoenix blood jade, a tribute jade given by the Lan Mi Kingdom."

"Phoenix Blood Jade?" Yu Wushang shifted his eyes to the Blood Jade in his hand, his eyes flickered, and then he smiled gently, "No wonder you were so straightforward just now, if it is really Phoenix Blood Jade, the 5000 taels is quite worth it, but ..." The tone changed, "However, you can conclude that this jade is really Phoenix Blood Jade?" Such a small store has Phoenix Blood Jade, and the possibility of imitation is very high.

Nalan Mei's attitude was the same, "The color of the Phoenix Blood Jade is like blood, and it blooms everywhere with the Lanmi Kingdom. The color of the poppy flower, which is called the national flower of the Lanmi Kingdom, is the same. After it was discovered, it was listed as an imperial treasure by the Lanmi Kingdom because it has the same color. , so the phoenix blood jade has always been carved into the shape of poppies, which is why I bought it today.” Moreover, he saw it once in the palace a few years ago, and he was impressed only once, the phoenix blood jade , like a phoenix, like blood, like a poppy.

"It seems that I am ignorant." Yu Wushang smiled humbly.

"No wounds and modesty." Nalan Mei smiled while stroking the jade Xiao in his hand, "I'm the one showing off."

Yu Wushang wanted to say something at first, but the two of them looked at each other and smiled. They also felt that they couldn't continue, so they changed the subject. They chatted for a while, and somehow they brought up the imperial court, "Nalan, what are you talking about?" What does the imperial court think of this situation?"

Nalan Mei pondered, "It can be said to be stable for the time being, but it is not a long-term solution. I think the top priority is to stabilize the position of the crown prince. After all, if the crown prince's hope of establishing a family is constantly vacillating, it will inevitably affect the hearts of the people and the army. , It will even shake the foundation of the country." But he believed in Yuedutou, and believed that Yuedutou would complete all these perfectly.

"Stabilizing the crown prince is nothing more than force, political achievements, and connections..." Yu Wushang said, the thin fan swayed gently, bringing up a few strands of black hair, "Force and political achievements, the crown prince is barely justified, but they are not the most powerful backing. The only thing left is contacts..." After a pause, he said with a smile, "It's hard to guess..."

Of these, obviously Nalan Mei also knows that the most common way for the crown prince to win contacts is to accept the daughters of some powerful people as concubines, but now Yuedutou only has Wu'er, even though Wu'er is behind him, Yuedutou is also You can't just rely on him, or you will become his puppet. If so, then Yue Dutou is not qualified to be an emperor.

His head started to hurt, Nalan Mei narrowed his eyes and raised his head to look at Yu Wushang, his expression had returned to An Tian, ​​he smiled quietly, "Then how does Wushang think the crown prince will stabilize his position?"

"Martial strength, political achievements, connections, it all depends on how the prince chooses." Yu Wushang looked at him with a smile, opened his fan, and Zhu Dan was like blood, "However, I am optimistic that the prince will accept the side concubine, after all, apart from the connections needed , the royal bloodline still needs to be continued." The crown princess is a man and cannot bear children, so there is no way to continue the royal incense.

Nalan Mei smiled softly, but her eyes were dark, "This is just a guess."

Yu Wushang glanced at him thoughtfully, and then said with a smile, "How can us ordinary people know what the royal family is thinking? What I said is just the greatest possibility, according to the crown prince's favor. From the level of the Crown Princess, the Crown Prince must have other plans."

Nalan Mei smiled softly, but didn't say anything, she just said, "It's been a while since we came out, let's go back." After speaking, he stepped forward, his white clothes were better than snow, not sticky to the fine dust.Yu Wushang took steps to follow, Qingyang cast shadows behind them.

On the second floor of the inn by the window, a bright red shadow reflects the red spring sun.

Murong You was leaning against the window lattice, with his arms folded, his expression was lazy, his clothes were glowing with blood in the sun, he looked sideways at the blue and white figure who was slowly walking back from the street downstairs, and suddenly narrowed his eyes. Eyes, dark and unpredictable.

"My lord..." Mo Lian glanced at the room.There were other people in the room, and the person who was speaking also stopped, and they all looked at the person standing by the window, not for other reasons, but because the person who played the decisive role in the room ran away at this time.

Murong You glanced back, her brows were frivolous and evil, but there was a trace of coldness, "Have you been told to stop?"

It turned out to be listening.Everyone was stunned, and then someone went on to say, "Leader, after summarizing all the possibilities you just said, everyone feels that Immortal Lake is the weakest at the moment, as long as..."

"I really want to die..." Murongyou said coldly, the people in the room were stunned, and then saw Murongyou turned his head sideways, and confessed in a low voice: "I'm not talking about you, you continue."

"Yes, leader... Everyone thinks that the Immortal Lake is the weakest at this moment. As long as we take advantage of this time to subdue the Immortal Lake, we can use this to cut off the back road of the Eastern Protector. We can also..." the man continued.

"Don't forget, the master of the Immortal Pool has always been named Murong." Murong You glanced at him, his tone lazy, but his smile revealed frivolity and beauty, "Besides, tell me, the Immortal Pool is not necessary." , you don’t need to worry about it, this deity... won’t go back.”

"But the lord, it might not be good to stay." The nameless Zixiao who had been silent in the corner also opened his mouth, his calm face covered with a layer of thought, "now the whole world knows that the lord is about to appear in Wuliang Mountain, so it must be Dong The Dharma protector already knows that if he is as cunning as he is, he will definitely take this opportunity to be buried in the hands of Wuliang Mountain, and the leader's safety will be at stake."

"If you are afraid, I will not force you to follow." Murong You said lightly.

"Leader, that's not what I meant..." The people in the room stood up and hurriedly argued for themselves, and also admitted that they would swear to follow them to the death, the chaotic voices stopped in Murong You's slightly raised movements.

"Shut up." Murong You sneered coldly, bloodthirsty and enchanting, "If you want to go, you have to think about it before deciding, go out first."

"Yes." Several people in the room hesitated for a moment and then slowly walked out of the room.

Mo Lian was the only one left in the room. His dark clothes added a bit of chill to the room. He turned his gaze to the figure by the window.He knew why the young master stayed despite the danger, because the young master once said that he wanted to help the Shenmiao family, but he didn't know the reason for helping the Xiangshenmiao family. Perhaps, the young master also had his own thoughts.

"Mo Lian." Murong You by the window suddenly said.

Mo Lian walked over, "Master?"

"Find out his identity." Murongyou said.

Mo Lian looked down, and saw two figures in the street, one blue and one white, walking together talking and laughing. Looking at the situation, Mo Lian didn't need to think about it. The person next to Nalan Mei was dressed in blue and had bloody birthmarks under the corners of his eyes.

At the same time, Mo Lian had another idea.

Perhaps, the young master decided to help Shenmiaomen because of Nalan Mei.

Just thinking about it, Murong You beside him suddenly smiled, and said lazily: "I should have seen enough, do I need to invite you out?"

Before Mo Lian could react, a slender figure leaped out of the window on the other side of the room, with a silver robe, flowing sleeves, slender eyebrows with willow leaves, and charming phoenix eyes, with pink beads on the tip of the eyebrows.

"Alliance..."

"You are well informed..."

……

(PS: A few days of travel, a few days of grace.)