flstandardbreds Chapter 125 Hai Lanshan
Chapter 125 Hai Lanshan
The Shenwu Emperor lifted Lan Qingwu's snow-white chin with his fingertips and said, "Let me see, what's wrong?"
Lan Qingwu didn't look at the Emperor Shenwu: "Your Majesty, ordinary couples all have the seven-year itch. I just think that instead of going to the point where you hate each other, it would be better for each of you to take a step back, live in peace, and not disturb each other!"
At least before she left, Lan Qingwu didn't want there to be any special person between her and Emperor Shenwu.
The Emperor Shenwu finally looked at Lan Qingwu seriously. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Wei Ruo, I will never get tired of you, nor will I let you leave me. Is it because I'm too busy lately and don't have time to accompany you, that you start to have wild thoughts in your little head!"
Lan Qingwu pursed his lips slightly: "Even if Ruo Ruo doesn't accompany Your Majesty, there will be someone else to accompany Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Really, if one day, Brother Heng, you find someone you like more, then let Ruo Ruo go!"
Emperor Shenwu quickly hugged Lan Qingwu tightly: "No! There won't be that day! There won't be that person!"
Ruo Ruo, you are the crescent moon in my heart!
Emperor Shenwu embraced Lan Qingwu and fell into the mandarin duck quilt. "It's my fault. After some time, I will take time to accompany Ruo Ruo and make it up to him!"
Early the next morning, Emperor Shenwu went to the front hall to handle government affairs. Lan Qingwu became interested and asked Ruhan to pick flower petals and prepare some fruits from the seaside to make a delicious and refreshing fruit ice bowl.
Of course, Lan Qingwu himself didn't dare to eat too much, and just took two bites.
At lunchtime, Emperor Shenwu returned to Liuyun Palace to have lunch with Lan Qingwu.
After the meal, Emperor Shenwu took Lan Qingwu to the pavilion to cool off.
Ruhan respectfully presented the bowl of fruit ice and left.
Emperor Shenwu looked at the transparent ice bowl that looked like flower petals and asked, "What are you doing?"
"It's fruit ice. Your Majesty, you can try it. Your Majesty...are you not busy now?"
"If I keep busy, I'll start to have wild thoughts again."
Emperor Shenwu embraced Lan Qingwu and held her horizontally on his lap: "I will accompany you for a nap first, and I will be busy later."
Lan Qingwu leaned into the arms of the Divine Martial Emperor and whispered, "I'm not imagining things."
After a while, Lan Qingwu, who had closed his eyes to rest, gradually felt dizzy and could no longer open his eyelids.
A gentle smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Shenwu's mouth, and his eyes stared at Lan Qingwu without blinking.
Not far away, the heroic Hai Lanshan broke away from the guards who were blocking her and walked towards the pavilion.
Emperor Shenwu had sharp facial features. When he heard footsteps coming from a place that should have been quiet, he couldn't help but frown. He raised his head slightly and saw Hai Lanshan, who shouldn't have been here. His eyes turned cold.
When Hai Lanshan saw Emperor Shenwu and was about to speak, her eyes met his emotionless and indifferent gaze, and she was stunned.
Li Xiang and Ruhan, who were standing in the distance, finally reacted and looked at each other.
Li Xiang walked lightly to Hai Lanshan, without saying a word, just bowed and extended his arm to ask Hai Lanshan to leave.
Hai Lanshan's face turned ugly. Her gaze turned to the woman in the emperor's arms, and her expression was even more displeased. She suppressed her emotions, saluted Emperor Shenwu, and then turned and left.
Ruhan looked at the scene in front of him, feeling a little depressed.
Emperor Shenwu looked at Lan Qingwu who was sleeping unconscious, picked her up and walked towards the dormitory.
Hai Lanshan returned to the prefectural residence with an unhappy look on her face and went straight into Hai Lansheng's study. Hai Lansheng was sorting through the shipbuilding blueprints. He looked up at Hai Lanshan and asked, "What's wrong? Where have you been? Why do you look so unhappy?"
Hai Lanshan said directly, "I went to Liuyun Palace. Didn't His Majesty invite you to the barracks to watch them practice yesterday? Who knew His Majesty didn't even summon me? He clearly didn't refuse yesterday! So I went to Liuyun Palace to find His Majesty."
Hai Lansheng's brow furrowed involuntarily. He put down the blueprint in his hand and said solemnly, "Ashan, you want to influence His Majesty's will? What is your identity when you come to His Majesty privately? As His Majesty's subject? Or... as a woman?"
Hai Lanshan's heart was filled with anxiety: "What difference does this make? Brother, why are you telling me this?"
"Ashan, it's time to set your marriage. You didn't expressly object to your marriage with Zuo Xiaohu a while ago. Let's choose a good day and set it up."
Hai Lanshan blurted out subconsciously: "No..."
Hai Lansheng's eyes became increasingly gloomy.
Hai Lanshan quickly continued, "I didn't agree to it clearly some time ago, and besides..."
What's more, she met His Majesty again, the noble and heroic young man Yun Heng that Hai Lanshan had met when she was young.
Hai Lansheng's voice also turned cold. "What's more? What's more, you have met His Majesty? Ah Shan, we are children of the sea, and also subjects of His Majesty. With your temper, how could you tolerate your future husband having three wives and four concubines? More importantly, does His Majesty like you?"
Hai Lanshan no longer tried to hide her feelings and simply said, "Don't like me? How could that be? I, Hai Lanshan, am different from other cookie-cutter women. My excellence and achievements are no less than any man's! Yun Heng—His Majesty admires me! Don't like me? Could it be that he likes that delicate, ice-cold porcelain figure who came to our Floating Cloud City?"
That porcelain figurine that would break if she pinched it? That snowman that would melt in the seaside sun? I'm afraid the seaside wind would blow that delicate concubine away!
Hai Lansheng said directly, "You're right. All men like women like this! What else? Do they like women who are blown by the sea breeze and exposed to the sun every day, and whose behavior is carefree?"
Hai Lanshan looked at her brother unconvincedly: "I can feel that His Majesty has a good impression of me!"
Hai Lansheng shook his head. "Let's not even mention that Your Majesty admires the abilities of his subjects. Just to talk about Your Majesty, how dare you so easily trust the emperor's goodwill? Okay, let me ask you, did you know that Your Majesty has three palaces and six courtyards? Did you know that Your Majesty already has several princes and princesses? Did you know that Your Majesty has never intended to appoint a queen for many years since he ascended the throne? All the women in the harem are concubines?"
Hai Lanshan opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to refute her brother. After all, these were all facts, and she herself didn't know what to do. But in the end, she still couldn't accept it. How could she accept meeting such a brilliant person in her prime? How could she give up so easily?
In the following days, Emperor Shenwu spent more and more time with Lan Qingwu.
That day, the Emperor Shenwu discovered another letter from Lan Shuren in his inner chambers. He picked it up with his fingertips and said, "Why? Your cousin writes to you quite frequently!"
Lan Qingwu was flipping through a book. She casually replied, "Well, I'm just asking some questions from the book."
Seeing Lan Qingwu studying diligently, Emperor Shenwu reached out and took an older scroll. He was a little surprised when he opened it: "Is this the Imperial Scroll?"
Lan Qingwu paused for a moment and said, "Weiweiwei just found it interesting."
Emperor Shenwu flipped through a few pages and put down the Royal Scroll: "Come, I will accompany you to the pavilion."