Chapter 60: Stormy
Chapter 60: Stormy
On the same night, deep inside the Imperial City of the Divine Capital.
The moonlight is beautiful tonight. After finishing her official business, the queen felt like taking a walk for the first time in a long time. She wanted to relax and recuperate so that the endless busy affairs of the world would not weigh down her seemingly frail shoulders.
His Majesty the Emperor was not present, so the only people behind her were the eunuchs.
Eunuch Cao heard the news and whispered, "The Third Prince also went to the banquet tonight."
The queen thought about it for a moment and remembered what the banquet was. She said calmly, "Lang Xing has always disliked me because of his mother's matter. I went to the banquet tonight just to pick up the clothes."
No one dared to respond rashly to this statement, because it involved an old story that no one dared to talk about.
——That is why Bai Langxing suddenly left the capital five years ago, leaving behind all the fine clothes, delicious food, glory and wealth, and went to the snowy wilderness under an assumed name to fight with foreigners in order to train his mind and hone his realm.
Ordinary people only thought that this prince had great ambitions, but only a very few people knew that it was because he had great dissatisfaction with the increasingly favored queen that he decided to stay away from the capital.
That lady is of course the lady who is about to become the queen.
The Empress never showed any displeasure about this matter, and many people in the palace thought that she was extremely cunning.
Only a handful of people knew that she didn't care at all.
"With Miss Lin's current state, I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to cope with it tonight..."
Eunuch Cao was a little worried. After hesitating for a moment, Xiaoyi asked, "Do you need me to do anything?"
"It was just a minor fight between young people."
The corners of the queen's mouth curled up slightly, with a faint smile on her face, and she said casually: "She is my daughter. If she can't even handle such a small matter, she might as well go back to Wangjing and get married and have children."
Eunuch Cao didn't dare to say anything more.
He suddenly felt a chill in his heart, thinking that if you had not been scolded directly on the day when the bloody incident on Chang Street happened, would you have treated it as nothing happened?
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The past can be known but cannot be controlled, while the future can be controlled but cannot be known.
Almost all of the young geniuses sitting by the White Horse Lake thought that the turmoil tonight would fall on Gu Zhuo, so no one thought that it would be Lin Wanyi who would end up in such a situation.
There was silence in the room.
Song Jinglun came to his senses and quickly looked at his peers who stood up. He finally couldn't keep his composure anymore. He thought to himself, these people are hard for me to deal with, how could Lin Wanyi possibly win over them?
More importantly, these people clearly knew that Lin Wanyi's identity was unusual, but they still stood up so resolutely, which means that there must be a powerful force supporting them behind the scenes.
Just think about who is qualified to do this here...the answer is self-evident.
Even Song Jinglun could guess the answer, so naturally many people present could guess it as well. As a result, the atmosphere by the lake became more silent and weird.
However, there are still some people present who don't care about that power.
The Immortal Monk frowned and said, "This is too strange."
"How can there be such a challenge?"
The little monk glanced at the dozen people, sighed, and said meaningfully: "It's a good thing, but it's like I got up early to go to the market. It's really weird."
The sarcasm in this remark is very direct, and it can be said that it is pointing fingers at this group of people, saying that they are rushing to serve as dogs for some powerful person.
Hearing these words, the expressions of several people suddenly changed and became very ugly.
If someone else had spoken, they would have certainly challenged him, but the person who spoke was the monk Wuque, a Zen treasure hailed as a contemporary Buddhist, so these people could only pretend they heard nothing.
Just then, a soft and musical voice sounded.
"Everyone has a curious heart. Little monk, you were given the name Wugui by a great Zen master, but the purpose of practicing in the secular world is to cleanse yourself from the mundane world. Words like this are still too otherworldly."
No one expected that the Taoist goddess who had always been quiet would suddenly speak up at this moment and confront the Immaculate Monk.
The Immortal Monk looked slightly gloomy and said, "I have a name."
He never liked being called a little monk because he was not very tall. Shen Jingtian smiled and looked at him and said, "It's not easy to say two Wugui in a row, so I'll call you a little monk."
The Immaculate Monk frowned.
Shen Jingtiannu turned a blind eye to this, and said in a calm tone with pride: "Besides, I am much taller than you. With your current height, it is only reasonable for me to call you a little monk."
The monk Wuque lowered his eyelids slightly and chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice.
Everyone knew that although he seemed calm and unmoved, he was actually angry.
No one expected that the scene would become so tense shortly after the banquet officially began tonight.
Bai Langxing put down the empty cup in his hand, looked at Lin Wanyi quietly, and wondered how long will you remain silent?
Is it too foolish and cowardly to try to avoid the current situation by keeping silent?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown, feeling that Lin Wanyi really didn't look like that woman's biological child. Then he revealed a self-deprecating smile, thinking that not everyone is qualified to be compared with that extremely cruel woman.
What's more, Lin Wanyi is just an uneducated girl.
When thinking this, Bai Langxing never considered that he was not much older - five years of wind, rain, frost and snow had made his appearance much rougher, and even after returning to the divine city and recuperating for quite some time, the roughness had still not been washed away.
In fact, he had no intention of letting these roughness be washed away, because he clearly remembered how his father restored the empire, and he wanted his father, who was above all others, to see these hardships, and then begin to consider letting him sit on the long-vacant throne of the crown prince of the Qin Empire and enter the East Palace.
Bai Langxing took one last look at Lin Wanyi, then calmly withdrew his gaze and finalized his thoughts.
He would not go too far tonight, because he was too proud to do so, and because he was too timid to do so. Lin Wanyi was not worthy of him doing so.
Thoughts are but a moment.
During the banquet, more and more people turned their eyes to Lin Wanyi. Looking at the silent girl, their eyes gradually showed more pity and reluctance. They thought that your identity and background might be powerful, but how could it compare with the real royal nobles?
No one can stop this from happening.
The dozen or so geniuses who stood up at the beginning stared into Lin Wanyi's eyes and asked for advice again.
The lakeside was quiet.
"Feel sorry."
Lin Wanyi sighed.
Everyone was stunned and puzzled when they heard this, wondering what are you apologizing for again?
People only saw Lin Wanyi turning her head to look at Gu Zhuo with a helpless look on her face, but then she started laughing.
The girl has shallow dimples, and the moonlight lingers in them, unwilling to leave.
Gu Zhuo said: "Don't apologize."
"That's still necessary."
Lin Wanyi smiled and said in a playful voice, "According to what you said before, these people are obviously your opponents, but now I have snatched them away for no reason. You must feel a little embarrassed."
Gu Zhuo said: "Then I should be the one to say thank you to you."
"Right."
Lin Wanyi thought this made a lot of sense.
As she spoke, the girl stood up and her smile disappeared.
She looked at the group of challengers, looked at Bai Langxing, and said proudly: "Who's coming?"
There was silence.
Everyone can hear the strong confidence revealed in this conversation, so no one can understand where this confidence comes from.
Because the ranking of the Sky Patrol Department is extremely authoritative and has never been messed up, it is extremely difficult for the underdog to defeat the powerful in a short period of time... Many people thought of this and subconsciously looked at Gu Zhuo, their faces suddenly becoming strange.
Bai Langxing hadn't thought about these things.
After he and Lin Wanyi looked at each other for a moment, they laughed happily, thinking that tonight was finally interesting.
(End of this chapter)