I rely on the collapse of people to set my life in the hands of the male protagonist

Chapter 193

On the afternoon of the Qixi Festival, Lin Qingyang talked with the county magistrate for a while to make sure that she was in a stable mood for the time being, and then went to the palace with Chu Lishu in a carriage.

Many carriages and horses have already gathered on the same road. Any family with a rank of three or above in the capital or a family with a title, as long as there are young people who are not engaged in the family, can come to this Qixi Festival banquet, which is like a large-scale blind date meeting.

In the past few years, because the fortunes of the country have just turned, and the princes are not very old, the Qixi Banquet has become the home of the courtiers, and the royal family joins in the fun

But this time the Tanabata Banquet was particularly grand, and its main purpose was naturally to choose concubines for the princes.The noble daughters of each family put all their energy into the palace to perform, even if the princes don't like it, as long as their mothers like it, they can succeed.

Originally, the Tanabata banquet was supposed to be held by the empress, but due to the embarrassing situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were people who had objections to choosing the Empress Cheng or the Imperial Concubine.

However, with the support of the Queen Mother, Queen Cheng organized it every time, but this time it was the imperial concubine.

Everyone thinks that the crown prince was punished before, which made Queen Cheng overwhelmed by the imperial concubine, so this time the imperial concubine took away the power that should have belonged to the empress of the palace, and finally held a Tanabata banquet and let out a sigh of relief.

For the Qixi Festival banquet, the imperial concubine and the Wang family prepared for a whole month, taking this opportunity to establish prestige for the imperial concubine in the harem, and also wanted to choose the best few among the noble ladies to marry the eldest prince.

To say that among the women of the right age, the most outstanding girls are Cao Wanying and Pei Qianyu, and Pei Qianyu is from the Pei family, so she is not as lovable as Cao Wanying to a certain extent.

Cao Wanying, as the granddaughter of Cao Lao, a famous scholar, is not only famous for her talents, but also has amazing beauty and profound upbringing. She is the envy of every family.It is estimated that many people's attention will be on Cao Wanying at this Qixi Festival banquet.

The carriages lined up to enter the imperial city, and they had to get off the carriages for inspection when they arrived at the gate.

After Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang came down, they hurriedly lined up. They planned to meet Yuechen first, so they didn't pay attention to the women's line.

"Are those two young masters acquaintances with Ying'er?" Jing Rouyin asked.

Cao Wanying withdrew her gaze and introduced the identities of the two with a smile.

"It turns out that they are two young talents who have become famous recently. It's really extraordinary to meet them today." Jing Rouyin smiled and carefully looked at Cao Wanying's expression, "Does Ying'er like one of them?"

Cao Wanying suddenly lost her posture, and said in shock: "What did sister say?"

Jing Rouyin smiled, she clearly saw that Cao Wanying looked at one of them differently, and said: "You are luckier than other women, you are loved by your grandfather, and you can freely choose your own future. If you have someone you like, you should seize the opportunity and try to You can hint to the other party to propose marriage as soon as possible, so that after the Qixi Festival is over, some empress will fall in love with you and ask the emperor's imperial decree, but you can't help yourself."

Cao Wanying's expression changed, showing a little resistance, obviously she didn't want to be manipulated by others, "Sister, it's better to be cautious in words and deeds in the palace, if people listen to it, it will be troublesome."

Not long after, Lin Qingyang and Chu Lishu came to Pingle Garden, only to find that Wang Tongen, Pei Jin and Xu Wenze were all here.

As Yuechen's half-students, it was justifiable for them to come to visit Yuechen. After all, it was no secret that Yuechen was recuperating in the palace, but the other two were not allowed to see outsiders, so they stayed in Pingle Garden all the time. Yuechen saw them also in the outer hall.

Naturally, Wang Tongen and Pei Jin came to test them out. Originally, Yue Chen could not see them, but in order to see Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang, they could only treat them equally.

"I came in in a coma, so I don't know. It's all Huo Luo's doing." Facing all the temptations, Yue Chen directly blamed him, acting as if he didn't know anything.

Over time, knowing that there was nothing more to ask from Yuechen's side, and no other abnormalities were seen, Wang Tongen and Pei Jin had no choice but to leave.

Xu Wenze was genuinely worried about Yuechen, and asked him and Huo Luo about their health, and tried to avoid asking about going south, so he was very tactful.

Yue Chen made fun of Xu Wenze, and asked if there was anyone he wanted to share the river lantern with at the Qixi Festival tonight, and Xu Wenze blushed when asked.

"Brother Yue likes to joke. Forget it. I think you are really okay. I have delivered Huo Xiaomei safely and left it to you." Xu Wenze stood up after speaking, and said to Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang: "I Let's go see my sister first, and see you at the Qixi Festival banquet later."

Xu Wenze left after speaking.

Lin Qingyang didn't know if it was his own illusion, but he always felt that Xu Wenze was deliberately keeping a certain distance from them now, as if he knew that they must have something to say, but he needed to avoid him, so he was taking the initiative to back down.

"Little sister Huo?" Lin Qingyang asked curiously.

"The younger sister that Huo Luo always talks about, she is now accompanying Ms. Mo at the back, it's Huo Luo's mother's idea, otherwise, younger sister Huo is not old enough to participate in the Qixi Festival banquet." Yuechen said lightly.

Chu Lishu didn't care about other people's affairs, and quickly analyzed the current situation and future development with Yuechen.

Lin Qingyang is very curious about this little sister Huo, the future heroine. I heard that she is born with infinite strength. A women's battalion under her has created a precedent for women to serve as soldiers on the battlefield. In the future, she will make a lot of contributions to Yuan Ran. She To the outside world, Huo Luo and Huo Luo are brothers and sisters of death. The original text describes them as guarding the southern border and never married.

And that Miss Mo, no accident, is the future Mrs. Huo. The small official Lin Tangping of the Ministry of Industry who was rescued with Miss Mo seems to have become the Minister of the Ministry of Industry after this incident, and was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry soon after. , because of Huo Luo and Yuechen's life-saving grace, so in the future he will become a person who will be reused by Yuan Ran.

Lin Qingyang was thinking wildly, and then he heard them talking about Manager Ning.

"Did he doubt it? He really is keen." Chu Lishu said coldly.

"His intuition has always been very accurate. He doesn't need evidence. He is so accurate. We can't let him continue to speculate, which is not good for us." Yuechen said seriously, since he is already an enemy, he must not show mercy.

Chu Lishu nodded in response.

Lin Qingyang was slightly taken aback. He remembered that in the plot line of the Qixi Banquet in the original text, Chu Lishu also did something against Director Ning, which was quite dangerous, because of this incident, and... Lin Qingyang's face changed strangely After a while, he quickly shook his head not to think about it.

"What's wrong?" Chu Lishu noticed Lin Qingyang's strange behavior and asked.

Lin Qingyang suddenly didn't dare to look at Chu Lishu.

Just at this time, Huo Xiaomei rushed in, holding a newly caught beetle to ask Yuechen.

"Brother Yue, what kind of breed do you think this is? My sister also said that she doesn't know." Huo Xiaomei was stunned as soon as she came in, staring at Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang.

"It's so dirty just now, come here and wipe your face." Yuechen said helplessly, and then introduced it to everyone.

Huo Xiaomei leaned closer to Yuechen's ear and whispered: "Brother Yue, this is the first time I see a brother who is prettier than you and Brother Xu! Just like the fairy in the painting."

Everyone heard it, and they all knew who Huo Xiaomei was talking about.

Chu Lishu didn't respond, Yuechen quickly covered Huo Xiaomei's mouth, and taught, "A man can't be described as a fairy, who taught you how to read!"

"Isn't a fairy the best-looking person?" Huo Xiaomei wondered: "There is a saying that beauty is indistinguishable from male and female."

"Huh? Where do you get your vocabulary from, little girl?" Yue Chen pinched Huo Xiaomei's cheek.

Lin Qingyang couldn't help but chuckled, and gave a thumbs up, "Brother Yue, don't talk about her, Xiaomei Huo has a straightforward personality and unique vision, and what she said makes sense."

"Really?" Chu Lishu didn't care about the child, he cared about Lin Qingyang, squinted his eyes, leaned closer, half of his body crossed the armrest of the chair, threatening.

Lin Qingyang quickly apologized, "It's a compliment, really a compliment."

Huo Xiaomei looked at the two of them, stared blankly for a moment for no reason, then blushed, and ran out happily.

"This girl, said that the wind is the rain." Yuechen shook his head helplessly.

Lin Qingyang and Chu Lishu didn't stay any longer, they had to go to the Qixi Festival banquet.

Lin Qingyang couldn't help gossiping on the way: "It seems that the Huo family has already recognized Miss Mo, and they have sent a sister-in-law to take care of them. This is the rhythm of happy events."

"Probably not." Chu Lishu said calmly.

Lin Qingyang froze for a moment, "Huh?"

"Didn't you see it?" Chu Lishu was also a little surprised, because if Lin Qingyang had a broken sleeve, he should be more sensitive to the changes in the friendship between men, but in the end he could see it, but Lin Qingyang didn't look It looks like you understand.

"See what?" Lin Qingyang asked puzzled.

"Yuechen and Huo Luo are a couple, but they should be testing each other and not showing their intentions." Chu Lishu actually doesn't like to talk about these gossips, but when talking about it with Lin Qingyang, it's like a gossiping parent. , quite interesting, especially seeing Lin Qingyang's stupid look, it's even more interesting.

"You... what did you say? Did you make a mistake? How is it possible?!"

Huo Luo and Yue Chen?Isn't it brotherhood?In Huo Luo's original text, he married a wife and had children, how could it be possible...

Isn't this a world dominated by straight men?The ones with broken sleeves are basically his original cannon fodder, harmless characters!As a member of the protagonist group, how could he bend so well?

"You really didn't feel it?" Chu Lishu said with a smile: "The atmosphere between them is already obvious."

No wonder this idiot can't see that he likes him, it turns out he's so insensitive.

"I think they were indeed brothers in the first place, at least Huo Luo was right with Yue Chen, but didn't they meet in Duke Wei's mansion that time..." Chu Lishu reminded.

"Brother Huo saved someone from being poisoned?" Lin Qingyang widened his eyes and said, "It couldn't be that Yuechen detoxified him!"

"It shouldn't be that thorough, I guess... good brothers help each other." Chu Lishu looked at Lin Qingyang at this point, both of them thought of their own experience that time, Lin Qingyang was embarrassed Wangtian.

"Ahem, it should be that Yuechen faced his own feelings after that, and Huo Luo gradually became enlightened." Chu Lishu finished his analysis.

"Is it... okay?" Lin Qingyang was almost shattered.

Chu Lishu asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

Lin Qingyang couldn't say anything, so he could only shake his head with a bitter face. In other words, Huo Luo and Yuechen in the original text didn't encounter that accident. Huan found out but didn't bother, Miss Mo showed up early, so the two of them didn't go on the road of breaking their sleeves at all.

So this is the reason why Yue Chen never married?

Then the change in their relationship line in this life is because...he caused Huo Luo to encounter an unexpected plot?In other words, it's his fault?

Lin Qingyang didn't know if he was causing trouble for them, but for that Miss Mo, why did he have a feeling of ruining their original marriage.In short, I feel extremely complicated.

It has to be said that the relationship between Yuechen and Huo Luo shocked Lin Qingyang greatly, and felt that something was wrong in this world.

When she sat down at the banquet, she was a little absent-minded. From time to time, she couldn't help but glance at Chu Lishu. As the two most important subordinates of Chu Lishu, Chu Lishu didn't seem to care that the two of them were together. I even hope that the two will have a result. Is this still a homophobic tyrant in the future?It's totally two people.

If I am not homophobic, I don't know if I can accept it...

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a eunuch called from outside, and it was people from the royal family who had come.

Everyone in the banquet venue fell silent and knelt down to salute.

Following the eunuch's singing, several important characters finally appeared on the stage, and for Lin Qingyang, this was the first time he saw them.

Although they have been studying with them in the palace, except for the fourth prince's biological mother Concubine Mei and Xu Guiren, it is difficult for them to see other concubines in the harem. The imperial concubine and concubine Pei only met occasionally. To avoid suspicion, non-essential situations are not seen.

So up to now, the Queen Mother and Queen Cheng have not had the chance to see each other.

What Lin Qingyang was most curious about was of course Empress Cheng, Yuan Ran's biological mother, who suffered the most inhumane treatment after Yuan Ran succeeded to the throne.

To what extent does a son have to be crazy and hate to do such a thing to his own mother.

But after seeing what she did, Lin Qingyang felt that it wasn't too surprising for Yuan Ran, who had turned into a lunatic.

Lin Qingyang secretly raised his head, and when Empress Cheng passed by, he took a closer look. Apart from the graceful and luxurious clothes, his appearance was astonishing from a closer look.It's just that her beauty, which can almost ignore her age, makes Lin Qingyang uncomfortable. I don't know if she has her own filter. Anyway, Lin Qingyang's first impression is that she doesn't like it.

I can imagine a biological mother who asked her if she wanted to light a requiem lamp to pray for blessings after her son died, and she said, "Don't do troublesome things. If you die, you will die. What if the spirit comes back and harms me? That kid has been scary since he was a kid and I don't want to see anything about him."

This is what happened when Chu Lishu wandered back to the hinterland of the Great Zhou Dynasty and was about to find out what happened when the Cheng family in Taiyuan was investigating the truth. , he wanted to investigate clearly, but he ran into Empress Cheng who came back to her hometown to worship her ancestors. He was full of doubts about his biological mother and wanted to find out.

After all, on the surface, when his accident happened, this biological mother didn't want to prove to him, nor did she want to find him. Instead, she stood by and watched the death of her husband and sister, and turned her head to support her youngest son as the prince. She felt at ease. Sitting on the false queen's seat, there is no sign of grief.

Cheng's side also took the lead in slandering him everywhere, strictly forbidding others to discuss him, and also declared that he was taken away and taught by the former empress since childhood, and what he did had nothing to do with the current empress Cheng, as if he wanted to clear the relationship.As the two women supported by the Cheng family, the eldest miss of the Cheng family died, but the second miss of the Cheng family enjoyed everything.This has actually explained a lot.

Yuan Ran also didn't want to guess that her biological mother was indifferent to her unjust death. Maybe she was just a weak woman. At that time, she had no choice but to follow the trend to keep her and Yuan Ye. Bondage, involuntary.And how do you know if your biological mother is sad?

For Yuan Ran, who has been betrayed, no one can trust him, and has nowhere to go, the meaning of his biological mother is slightly different. He wanted to see his biological mother and ask what happened in the palace, so he risked his life to find out what happened in the palace. Danger sneaked in, but overheard the conversation between Queen Cheng and others.

The slightest illusion was shattered in an instant.Although he had known for a long time that his mother loved Yuan Ye who was raised by his side more, he didn't want her to hate him so much.

That night, he was almost caught, and escaped from Cheng's pursuit with serious injuries. He hid in the dilapidated house on a cold winter night, and healed his wounds alone. His face and heart were cold.

As far as Chu Lishu was concerned at this time, the hatred hadn't reached that level, because now he doesn't know all the truth, but he won't have the slightest nostalgia anymore, and will only regard this biological mother as a key to success. Stepping stones.

Everyone was flat, and when Lin Qingyang looked at Chu Lishu, Chu Lishu looked at Empress Cheng without the slightest nostalgia in his eyes, only endless ridicule, and leaned into Lin Qingyang's ear and said, "Look, the play has already begun. gone."

Lin Qingyang turned his head to look over, and sure enough, he saw Empress Cheng began to cough, covering her forehead with one hand and her chest with the other, pretending to be uncomfortable.

[Ding, the second set of tasks, task 12: Help the hero complete the witchcraft plan. 】