I was Idle and Cool Chapter 84: Interrogation

The whole process of reading and writing was extremely smooth.

When Zhou Dequan's last words fell, most of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty had smiles on their faces.

"Please accept the Xiongnu envoy to receive the peace book."

After reading the peace book, Zhou Dequan hung up with that smile, folded his hands together, gathered up Daxia's peace book, held it high, walked down, and presented it to the Xiongnu envoy who was standing below Johnson Holden.

Holden's thick eyebrows fell as his head drooped.

He raised his head high with both hands, and shouted "God bless my country, God bless the great summer" in the words of the Xiongnu before he respectfully accepted the book.

The two countries have negotiated peace, and at this point, they have been initially completed.

The solemn and onerous ceremony followed.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple came up with various tributes of three animals and six animals and presented them to the incense table. Xiao Che led the civil and military officials to sacrifice to the sky. Then, holding a red pen, he placed a stroke on the jade bi that symbolized peace, and gave the jade bi to the Xiongnu.

The whole ceremony is completely over.

All officials in the DPRK chanted "Long Live the Emperor" in unison at this moment, and bowed down again.

Lu Jin had no choice but to kneel. Although he didn't want to kneel, he could only kneel at this time. It's just that she didn't know if it was an illusion. The moment she raised her head, she felt that there seemed to be a line of sight coming from Dan Chi's height, staring at her.

But when she raised her eyes to look, she only saw Xiao Che, Emperor Qing'an, who was sitting back on the throne, and the ceremonial official who was retreating from above.

Those officials were either from the Ministry of Rites or from Honglu Temple, and Lu Jinxi didn't recognize either of them.

But after seeing Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an and asking everyone to be pacified, he already went to talk to the Huns' envoy named Holden with a friendly expression on his face, and asked him to sit in his own seat. The location around you, life is about to have a feast.

It seems that the line of sight just now did not come from him.

Lu Jinxi's brows suddenly wrinkled quietly.

She is quite sensitive to the gaze of others. It's just that this feeling often comes very quickly, and it is difficult to confirm because the peripheral vision is too blurry.

So, a lot of times, maybe it's an illusion.

Is she delusional because her nerves are tense?

Lu Jinxi took a look, and finally withdrew her gaze. She was not going to investigate the matter, but for some reason, she felt an uneasy feeling in her heart, which distracted her.

Even when Princess Yongning spoke to her next to her, she almost didn't respond.

“…Auntie?”

"What's wrong with you? All of a sudden you're out of your mind."

The whole grand and tedious peace negotiation ceremony has ended. Empress Dowager Ji is not interested in the rest, so she drives back to the palace directly; the queen has to rush to the Rouyi Hall to host the palace banquet, so she also hurriedly left go.

Only Princess Yongning and Lu Jinxi are left here.

But seeing Lu Jinxi's dazed appearance just now, Princess Yongning frowned slightly, and her majestic phoenix eyes were a little bit more surprised: "But where is the discomfort? It's heavy. If you can't hold it, you'll be charged with a crime, and it's okay to go home directly."

Her complexion is indeed not very good, and it is normal for Princess Yongning to mistakenly think that she can't hold up this heavy ceremony.

Only after Lu Jinxi reacted, she couldn't help breaking a cold sweat for herself.

Facing Princess Yongning's concern, she put a smile on her face again, and only replied: "It's okay, there's nothing serious. It's just that I didn't rest well last night, and I woke up early today, feeling a little dazed. Now, I hope my aunt is not to blame."

"You're just a body made of paper. Although the weather is getting warmer, it's better to be more careful."

In recent days, she has taken care of the entire general's mansion in a proper manner, and she thinks that she has spent a lot of effort. Princess Yongning is sincerely admonishing her.

"The ceremony is over, and you have to go to the Rouyi Hall in a while. There are women from inside and outside, and there are a few who are worried. If you can't stand it, don't pay any attention to them. After all, there is this palace. Support you in the back."

Ignore it at all...

After all, there is Ben Gong to support you...

Hearing this, Lu Jinxi raised her head, only to see the indifferent expression on the face of this high-ranking aunt, as if what she said was just an ordinary sentence.

Only the subtleties stained with noble eyebrows can detect that bit of arrogance and domineering.

Should she be flattered or flattered?

Lu Jinxi couldn't help laughing in her heart, and she accepted the blessing of this aunt gratefully, and bowed: "My niece can still hold it, if she can't hold it, she will think of her aunt's blessing. order."

"It's good to know what you have in mind."

Princess Yongning nodded and said nothing more.

With her current status, she naturally doesn't need to go to the banquet in the harem. On the contrary, Xiao Che has reserved a place for her next to her.

So she waved her hand and entered the main seat with her guard of honor.

Lu Jinxi bent over to send her off, and when she saw that Princess Yongning was already seated, she walked down the long steps beside the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the guidance of the palace servants, walked around half a circle, and entered the first-level palace gate.

On both sides are vermilion palace walls, standing tall.

The palace road sandwiched between them is quite wide, and it can only pass a carriage.

At this time, the ceremony has just ended.

Many palace maids and eunuchs bowed their heads and walked hurriedly on the palace road, holding a ritual utensil used in the ceremony just now, appearing to be orderly.

There are also some officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple in official uniforms, holding books in their hands, walking in front of the palace maids and eunuchs.

Apparently, this was something that was withdrawn after the ceremony.

Naturally it's not that you throw it away after you've used it, it all has to be re-collected into the treasury, which is why it looks so busy.

Although Lu Jinxi, who was leading the way, walked in the road, he glanced at it and knew what was going on. He didn't have much curiosity in his heart, and just watched casually as he walked.

Rouyi Hall is located in the northwest of Taihe Hall, and there are three palace gates in the middle.

When I passed through the second palace gate and turned the direction, there were already fewer palace people walking on the palace road to store the utensils. In addition, the sun had not yet risen to the center, and the palace wall cast a heavy shadow on the ground. , so it looked a bit quiet and dark.

"You go this way, and you will see Rouyi Hall not far ahead."

The palace servant in charge of leading the way spoke softly. Although his footsteps were ahead of Lu Jinxi, he was only three steps ahead from beginning to end, a lot of steps, not a few steps.

"The Queen's concubine just drove over, the palace banquet should be held in a moment, and it should be in time."

This maid is very attentive.

Lu Jinxi listened and nodded, but did not answer, just began to try to describe the legendary concubine Weiyi in her mind.

But before she could recall what she knew, she suddenly heard a sudden sound——

"Lady stay!"

Don't say it was Lu Jinxi, even the palace servant who led the way was startled.

Although this place is still above the palace road, why is it also in the palace ban, who dares to be so presumptuous and make a loud noise?

The palace servant who led the way stopped.

Lu Jinxi felt that the voice was unfamiliar, and the sense of unease that had disappeared before appeared again. She frowned secretly, stopped and looked back.

At that moment, it was right.

Is one of several officials who had previously stood on Dan Chi in charge of the ceremony.

The stature is not burly and tall, but rather thin.

Wearing the white pheasant suit of a fifth-grade civil official on his body, it gives a feeling that it does not fit well and is too loose. The face is handsome, the facial features are clean and elegant, and the eyes that look at people reveal a kind of natural softness. It can be seen that he is not someone with deep scheming or a strong personality.

He also holds a book with cinnabar hooked in his hand, which appears to be an official of the Ministry of Rites.

Just now, he suddenly made a sound and stopped Lu Jinxi.

At this moment, I took a few steps quickly before panting slightly and stopped in front of her about two feet away to look at her. In those clear and moist eyes, there is a bit of real joy, overflowing with fullness of friendship, almost tears...

It's a bitterness that contains thousands of words, but can't utter a single word.

At this moment, Lu Jinxi realized something was wrong almost instantly.

But it's too late.

She had never seen the man in front of her, and she never expected to see him in such a situation. Everything was unexpected!

Even the highest pretender can't make an effective response in such a short moment.

The unfamiliarity and dazedness subconsciously revealed at the moment of seeing each other had completely betrayed her. If you change the situation and change the person, she may be able to make up for it seamlessly.

But at this moment, she is facing a man who grew up with the Lu family and loves her deeply.

Everything is in vain.

The eyes of the man standing in front of her, looking at her, finally changed slowly.

Lu Jinxi could clearly see that the joy and bitterness in his eyes slowly disappeared like a low tide, but what gradually appeared was endless cold and despair.

It seems that he had doubts about her identity for a long time, but he didn't expect it, and he confirmed it at a glance.

Although she had already heard the unusual rumors of the General's Mansion and had doubts, that letter, written in the same handwriting as usual, dispelled her suspicions.

He thought, even if she rejected him, as long as she had a good time.

He learned that she was also going to the palace banquet today. Although he tried his best to control it, he couldn't hide his joy. For this reason, he even asked Ping to be transferred to the Ministry of Rites and became the chief minister of the Qing officials, just to see her at this moment.

But this is the side...

Smashed the little bit of hope that existed before, all self-deceiving fantasies.

The woman standing in front of him had the same facial features as the Lu Jinxi he knew well.

But there has never been a feeling so piercing, so clear-

Not her.

The book for the ritual vessel that was attached to his hand almost fell to the ground. Song Zhiyan had to use all his strength to hold it firmly and stop the trembling.

That question was almost squeezed out of the gap between the teeth, with a kind of oppression!

"You—to, in the end, who, who?!"