Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 202: Half a sentence

On the avenue of Emerald City, Thales rode on a horse and followed indifferently beside the carriage that Xilai was riding.

They are surrounded by the heavy protection of the Star Lake Guards. The knights of the Emerald Legion are at the outer periphery, and the outermost are the guards who have been assigned to duty. They are trying to maintain the cordon, roaring and throwing up batons, shields and even swords. Stop the citizens who are on both sides of the street vying to see the faces of nobles, or pointing to Thales and talking about them.

Well, despite all the buzz about Caquere's eucalyptus, at least he wasn't thrown an egg.

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After a few seconds, Thales took a deep breath and turned to the window:

"Why, Xilai? Just now, is that really necessary?"

"That way you can listen to me," a white arm was propped up by the window, but the silk gloves above the wrist were somewhat redundant, "and, no thanks, unless you'd rather talk to Captain Seychelles. Staying for one day, Qingqing, my love and love are miserable and miserable."

"But what you just said about us in the room...people, people will get it wrong!"

"Oh, you mean the contraceptive part?" A round face appeared over his arm at the right time, with a mocking smile, "Don't worry, my brother is too busy to take care of himself and has no time to trouble you."

"That's not what I'm worried about! I'm worried about the fear of people, your reputation, the damage you'll get, and what people say you'll be..."

Tales couldn't continue, so he sighed and smoothed Jenny's mane

The Kevin Deere girl lay on her back by the car window, her make-up complete, she blinked and looked at him intriguingly.

"Strange, Thales, why are you always so worried about me?"

Tales frowned:

"I'm serious, Xi Lai, it's not some flirting joke between men and women..."

"It's not really," Xilai's expression suddenly changed, and his words were stern, "I'm saying, you, Prince Thales, and maybe my brother and others, why are you always so confident, so sure, Think you are more qualified to worry about her than the client?"

Tales paused for a while.

"You know, you're not king—not yet."

Xilei tilted his head and repeated his words:

"Why don't you worry about yourself, fear of being feared, worry about your reputation, worry about how you will be passed on?"

After being stunned for a while, Thales hesitated for a moment and sighed.

"Because, because I'm male."

Xilei raised his eyebrows and was about to open his mouth to question, but was interrupted by Thales raising his hand.

"I know it doesn't sound fair, Xilai, but to many people in the world, an affair is just a badge on my chest, a soldier's scar, and the more the merits, the better," Thales tried to find Appropriate metaphor, "but it is a noose around your neck, a festering abscess, slow and vicious, and deadly in one shot."

Xilei was silent for a while, then sneered.

"A man's medal, isn't it? Even the aphrodisiac and your 'no' part?"

Aphrodisiac...

Tales only felt a pain in his heart.

"Well, you might hurt the self-esteem of men -- some men -- by saying this," the prince persuaded bitterly, healing himself by the way, "but in the other's way, to be precise. , at the cost of your reputation and even your life, just to hurt me, Xilai, is it worth it?"

"So are you hurt?"

"No! Because that's not true!" Thales opened his hands in loud denial.

Feeling the master's inappropriateness, Jenny, the war horse, perked up her ears vigilantly and let out an uneasy low cry, ready to raise her hoofs at any time to speed up her escape.

Xilai raised the corners of her mouth and narrowed her eyes, revealing a hint of mockery and triumph.

Tales immediately realized that his volume was too high, and while he comforted Jenny, he looked back nervously:

Fortunately, everyone in the Star Lake Guard is at least five meters away from him, and everyone walks steadily, seriously, not looking sideways, not listening - especially D.D, you probably won't be able to live in this guy's life Find a more dedicated and loving moment than this.

"Okay, I can't be exempt, it's a bit of an influence," Thales withdrew his hands, "but to be honest, this kind of use is based on some primitive, narrow and boring standard. It's really, really, really stupid for a man to flaunt his values, build self-esteem, and pretend he's afraid of being told you can't do it anyway!"

Xilai tutted and shook his head: "It may be more convincing to say this after you are forty years old."

Tales choked up and decided to return to the topic just now:

"Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that what you just did was pretty unwise, and it's not good for you—"

"If I am as you say, Your Royal Highness," Xilai interrupted him coldly, "if I care about being fearful, about my 'reputation,' and about being known as What kind of thing, what kind of damage does it matter, then I have been hanged by a noose long ago, and there is only a walking corpse left - the one who has been guided by dances, parties, banquets, peers' eyes, ladies and ladies for many years, of course And the vicious noose woven together by the vicious whispers and little notes of the Karabyan sisters."

Tales was silent when he heard the words, and said weakly:

"Celebrity..."

"As you say, that kind of 'primitive, narrow and boring' thing will only be your medal if you cater to the values ​​others have advertised for you and acknowledge the self-esteem that others have built for you. Like the proud plumage of a male peacock."

Xilei hummed lightly:

"Similarly, if I don't care and don't follow such rules, this noose won't hang me."

Okay.

Tales sighed.

"The reason why a rule is a rule is not only that some people are willing to abide by it," he sighed slightly as he looked at the sky dome covered with dark clouds and gradually gloomy, "but also that it will pass through the former and be imposed on those who are unwilling to abide by it. , and punish offenders.”

And the price is heavy.

Xilei was silent for a while.

"Indeed, so I've also been forced to sterilize my flesh and remove abscesses in the hope of being clean and pure - at least until my father died and no one could control me."

She raised her gloved hand with a sarcastic expression:

"Look what I got."

Tales sighed helplessly.

"Sometimes I really wonder if you're Jenn's sister, Kevin Deere," the prince shook his head, "or jumped out of some rock, waving a big stick and making a fuss. The wild monkeys of the kingdom of God."

"The female monkey also has a big stick?"

Tales' face changed:

"This is not a **** joke!"

The atmosphere eased a bit, Xilai shook her head with a tut, and pointed to the distance:

"So, if you want to be neither harmed nor punished, in addition to not caring about non-compliance, you must also know how to use and use those who care about and abide by the rules."

"What?"

"A minute ago, the knights of Seychelles held up the banner of Duke Iris to intercept your team, consciously giving orders to the world, and even the royal family did not dare to obey," Xilai raised the corners of his mouth, "but now, as a A master of extreme realm, he is respectful and trembling, and consciously avoids a street away, lest I say even one more word, why?"

Tales frowned.

Xilei stared at him for a moment, smiling slightly.

"Because people like Seychelles, who enjoy majesty and are obsessed with power, really believe too much in a certain 'primitive, narrow and boring' standard, and care too much about this rule of valuing others to build self-esteem ," Xilai looked sharply into the distance, "he was afraid of being fearful, afraid that if I said too much, it would not only affect me, but also affect Kevin Dier's reputation, for fear that he would face the face alone after returning to Kongming Palace. When Zhan Enshi, he will leave a bad impression on the furious master of 'ineffectiveness and bad reputation', which will affect his future military career and career."

He looked at Thales, and the conversation changed:

"Of course the Seychelles may - not much, but more or less - still be afraid, after he publicly presses the fact that you're 'no' in bed..."

"It's not true." Thales added with a sullen face.

"...will be permanently hated by the second prince and future king for 'what men care about most', and will be retaliated against in the future."

Tales frowned and turned his head gently:

In front of the Emerald Legion's queue, the Seychelles knight felt Thales' gaze, he quickly turned his head, and sat upright on the horse, solemn and majestic.

As if it's always been that way.

"And don't forget, between this set of rules for men and women, there is another set of rules that can be used by me." Xilai said quietly.

"Another set?" Thales asked.

Speaking of this, Cecilia smiled mysteriously. She leaned on the car window and stuck her head out to face Thales on the horse.

"I am the daughter of the former South Bank Guardian Duke Leinster Kelvindir, the sister of the current Duke Jenn Kelvindir, a noble iris blood descendant, a unique Emerald City princess, The property I can inherit and use is enough to buy a city, the family tree I can touch and connect covers the entire kingdom, and the value and significance of my political marriage far exceeds that of anyone from eight to eighty years old west of the Blood Gate Fortress. A woman."

She has deep eyes and a playful expression, making Thales a little embarrassed:

"So, yes, even if I had slept with a hundred men before marriage, even if I had miscarried fifty children in the delivery bed, even if I was naked and dancing on the highest wall of the Emerald City every day Yan Wu, even if I swagger through the market with a sign of 'one copper coin once' hanging on my butt, as long as I'm still Cecilia Cavendell, then when I get married, I'm destined to be pure and flawless and beautiful. The virtuous, Shuhui, and IKEA are worthy of the historian's biography."

Her words made Thales frown.

"And if I'm just a deformed girl born to a poor farmer," Hope Lai looked at his gloves, his eyes dazzled, "even if I started to recite the sunset scriptures from my mother's womb, serve the sunset goddess, and wear chastity all my life. Locks are also destined to be dirty, depraved, vile, neglected, and despised."

"So, why should I care?"

Thiers couldn't bear to see her like this, but he finally held back the thought of speaking out.

He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a smile:

"Okay, my doubts resolved."

Xila raised his head and saw Thales tutted and shook his head, feeling helpless:

"You're indeed Jenn's sister, no, you're probably more 'Kevin Deere' than him in some parts."

"The stick-wielding part?"

"No—can't you be careful with your words?"

"This is not a **** joke, don't think about it."

"Don't talk like me!"

After a confrontation, the two were silent for a while, thinking about each other in the rhythm of the team's march.

A few minutes later, Xilai glanced at Thales tentatively:

"So... we're reconciled?"

Is he coaxed?

"No!"

Tales' expression changed when he heard the words:

"No, um, no, I mean, we didn't say 'quarrel' and 'reconciliation' in the first place, we just, just..."

"Then you're finally willing to talk to me properly?" Xilai looked at him with sparkling eyes.

Finally, Thales sighed helplessly.

"Okay, I, um... I just..."

"I'm sorry." Xilai's mood changed.

Tales' expression moved, slightly surprised.

She...apologised?

She actually apologized?

Did I hear it wrong? Or is the world set up wrong?

"I...I'm sorry, I know that yesterday's events put a lot of pressure on you, especially..." Xilai's voice trembled slightly, but she still tried to keep looking at Thales, "You have Avoid me for every reason."

Tales felt the contradiction in the other party's heart, and he subconsciously denied:

"No, I'm not avoiding, I'm just..."

Tales did not say the next words.

It just takes time to get ready to face you.

And your chaotic, unruly 'friend' who, if he finds a weakness, can launch a brutal attack, until a living person is torn apart from the inside out, from soul to bone.

Thelma and Coria's faces flashed through his mind one after another, causing him to subconsciously tug at his neckline to breathe easier.

"In contrast, after facing the soul bone Jacques, you are still able to stay sane and speak rationally and calmly, which amazes me even more." Xilai said in a low voice.

Hearing that name, Thales felt an uncomfortable feeling again.

"What about you? How long has it been? How did you meet it? How did you deal with it..."

Tales looked at Xilai's expression and understood something.

"You won't answer me, will you?"

"I will, I promise," Xilai took a deep breath and looked into Thales' eyes seriously, "when the time comes."

Tales looked back at her quietly for three seconds.

"Of course." Thales came back to his senses and looked forward.

The time has come.

"But it is your last resort? Because the consequences of summoning it are quite serious and uncontrollable, like drinking poison to quench thirst?"

"Almost." Xilai retracted into the shadow of the carriage.

Tales was silent for a few seconds.

"I understand," the teenager rubbed the scar on the palm of his left hand, "I know that feeling."

"Yeah, I'm skeptical." She chuckled, indifferent.

"Does your brother know about this?"

Xilai was silent, and after a while, her voice came out from the carriage:

"Can you keep it a secret?"

Tales looked at the dark carriage and hesitated for a long time.

The matter of Xilai... Can it be used as a bargaining chip to blackmail Jenn?

For example, "Miss Kevin Deere resorts to evil and hooks the devil"?

Forcing him to step back and accept his terms?

After all, Jen is the most precious of his own sister, isn't she?

Then maybe, before the Secret Division really starts, he has one last chance to enter the game and interfere with the situation in the Emerald City?

Tales took a deep breath.

He looked at Xilai's carriage.

After a few seconds, he finally sighed.

No.

Tales shook his head in denial in his heart:

Such an effort, he has already tried.

Kevin Deere will not be defeated by the enemy - his confrontation with Jenn this morning has confirmed that the Duke of South Bank is not willing to eat hard.

What's more, the one who threatened him was Jenn's most untouchable baby sister.

Yes, it was years ago: Jenn didn't even bother to destroy his alliance with the Corleones and the Night Realm, but also to get rid of himself, just because...

Bullshit.

A voice came from the bottom of his heart, mocking him mercilessly: It's just you making excuses for your weakness, Thales Shinsing.

Just kidding myself.

Tales trembled slightly.

There's only one reason why you don't want to do this, and you don't want to use her as a bargaining chip:

You can't bear it.

You can't bear to see that girl's life shattered again.

I couldn't bear to see the shock in her eyes when she was betrayed.

Tales closed his eyes.

Like those people who have been shattered countless times because of your actions.

The voice in his heart was naked and cold, making him unable to refute.

Coria, Selma, Naki and Nai in the Prison of Bones... Countless figures flashed before his eyes at that moment.

And because of your weakness this time, this time you can't bear it, maybe, more people's lives will be broken for it?

Have you forgotten what you are here for?

Remember, the feng shui turns, Karma is a bitch, you are here to depose the duke and destroy Zhan...

My thoughts turned, and Thales opened his eyes!

"Of course, I'll keep it a secret," he forced a smile, facing the dark carriage. "We all have our own secrets."

Several seconds later, Xilai's voice came out from the carriage, with complicated emotions:

"Thank you."

There is an embarrassing silence between the two.

Tales took a deep breath and turned to the back: Cassien, who was scruffy and was described as embarrassed, was walking on the road with his head down, inconspicuous.

"What about the uncle who uses the sword?"

"After what happened yesterday, I decided to find a bodyguard." Xilai raised his voice and slowly adjusted his mood. "It will prevent me from being chased and killed in the streets."

"He can make Seychelles jealous. Shouldn't he be an unknown person, I guess he's also from Emerald City, a subordinate of Jen?"

Tales unconsciously estimated Jenn's strength in the Emerald City, and estimated how to protect himself if he made up his mind to eliminate himself...

"Once he was, or was, a famous knight in the Emerald City," Xi said, "but he resigned and retired years ago. Don't look at what he looks like now, and he still has the title land of the family. I'm worried about food and clothing."

"Since you don't have to worry about food and clothing, then there's no need to be a mercenary for a young lady who doesn't come home often?"

"Unfortunately, Cassien owes me something."

"What kind of favor?"

"Are you going to marry me?"

"Oh, that's it—what?" Thales, who was immersed in complicated emotions, was surprised.

When he looked up, he suddenly found the young lady's face reappearing by the window, smiling.

"Since you're not going to marry me," Xilai smiled with a hint of sarcasm, he should have seen that he was distracted, "then why do you ask me about my debts?"

"You- when I didn't say it." Thales said angrily.

Damn.

He is even thinking about how to use the other party and betray the other party, but why is this little girl just like this...

"Don't worry, before my mother died, I once left a will to Jenn. As Kevin Dill's daughter, I can inherit it, even if it's only my mother's dowry... Well, I have more money than you anyway. Money." When Xi said this, he looked up at the sky with his cheeks on his back, shaking his head.

"Will you marry me?"

"What? You little—" Xilai was stunned, then looked angry

But she reacted within a second and sneered:

"Oh, I see, not bad, Thales Shinsing, not bad, good fight back."

"Yes, since you're not going to marry me," Thales raised the corners of his mouth, sarcastically, "Why are you showing off your dowry in front of me?"

The two old rivals looked at each other, one sneered and the other disdain, like comparing swords in the air, refusing to give in to each other.

But only Thales knew that his heart was extremely heavy.

The carriage is moving, and the flow of people is increasing.

"You know the news this morning, right? Your local tour guide..." Xilai hesitated.

"Of course, the Caquere police officer was beheaded and publicly displayed, and another life was killed in politics," Thales sighed deeply, "and then there were rumors that I did it."

"That's right, I have a bad premonition, we should get nervous and act," Xilai said with a rare worry, "The big wave in the Emerald City is coming, and the tide is about to rise, and no one can be alone."

"Yes, that's what I thought too, and I'm trying to turn the tide." Thales shook his head, irritated and at the same time just wanted to blame others, "But a certain big man, I don't know, maybe he still wants to meet the difficulties Go surfing and get the tide, maybe?"

"You mean my brother?" Xilai rolled her eyes, "Well, what happened to you and Jenn this morning?"

"Ask him to go, you are his good sister."

"Yes, I asked, and he asked me to ask you!" Xilai sarcastically said, "The words are even more vicious than yours: 'Ask him, anyway, you are his little girlfriend?'".

"What? Wow, Jenn is like this, ahem..."

Tales couldn't help but want to laugh. Halfway through his expression, he quickly restrained himself and said awe-inspiringly, "Uh, it's so vicious."

Xilai's eyes are sharp:

"I saw you giggling."

"I, I don't."

"Are you proud?"

"No!"

Bang!

Xilei slapped the carriage with a slap, causing Thales outside the window to be shocked!

"You and him, what did you say this morning?" Xi Lai paused for each word, her eyes clouded.

"I—"

"If you play stupid to me again, I swear, no matter how many people are watching around me, I'll tm-"

The familiar sentence pattern made Thales tremble, with a bad premonition!

"Jane saw through my identity because of what happened yesterday."

Without waiting for the other party's threat to finish, Thales will not attack himself. He will be concise and straight to the point:

"We couldn't reach an agreement and we broke up, so from now on, we'll go our separate ways and use our abilities, that's all."

Xilei was stunned.

Phew - Thales let out a sigh of relief, well, at least she didn't get "aphrodisiac" again.

But he miraculously found that after such an interruption, his mood improved a lot.

"Nonsense," Xi Lai looked at the dark corner of the carriage, thinking, "It's not about yesterday at all."

"I didn't lie to you, if you don't believe..."

"It's all about it!"

Tales was stunned.

I saw Xilai turn her head with a serious expression:

"You and him, since you came to the Emerald City, no, maybe since you were born, you have distrusted each other in everything. You enter the chessboard as rivals, and naturally you can only decide the winner before you go. Get out."

She thumped the carriage angrily:

"Damn, I should have understood, it's only a matter of time before you talk about breaking up - I overestimated you, whether it's Jenn's vision or your measure."

Um...

Tales had a weird expression, and he didn't know whether to echo the former or seriously protest the latter.

"It makes sense," the prince determined to skip the topic, "so, the Emerald City is in danger now, but there's nothing we can do..."

"Forget it, turn the page!" Xilai shook his head and interrupted him resolutely, "Now, tell me, Thales Jinxing, do you still want to complete the mission in the Emerald City?"

Translation?

Tales looked at her suspiciously.

The other party's eyes were burning, half expectant, half... threatening.

"Not in His Majesty's way, not in rivers of blood and casualties, but in your way," Xilai said decisively and continued to ask, "our way."

Our way?

Tales sighed deeply.

Fortunately, the other party can't read minds, otherwise I was just thinking about how to use her to threaten to break the game...

"Xilei, it's not a question of whether I want to or not now," Thales shook his head and denied, "Jane and I have had a complete showdown. He has seen through my disguise, so he won't back down or trust me anymore. ."

Ha, as if he believed me.

"But I'm not asking him, I'm asking you," Xilai said with serious eyes, "please, Thales, Xiaohuahua is short-sighted and ignorant, but you are the second prince and Duke of Xinghu, you should be better than Is he more sensible?"

Little flowers?

Tales looked strange, but he immediately reacted: How does this make him answer?

Oops.

How does it feel to fall into this little girl's trap again?

"Wait, I played this trick a long time ago... You shouldn't have said or planned to say the same to Jenn just now," Thales looked suspicious, "like 'please, Jenn, The little boy is narrow and ignorant, but you are the Emerald City Lord and the Duke of South Bank, you should be more rational than him, right?"

Xilei's expression froze.

"Of course not!" She was righteous and full of grievance, "You take me for someone!"

Yeah, she didn't say "little brat" again.

Tales was a little uncomfortable with her righteous gaze, he avoided the other party's gaze:

"No, you don't understand, your brother is the Emerald City Lord, and the one who takes the initiative. If he doesn't 'die by the enemy' and goes all the way to the dark, then it's useless for others to worry. The catastrophe of the Emerald City is destined, the general trend, all we can do is to stop the loss and clean up the mess.”

"But the one who doesn't understand is you," Xilai denied, "Is the Emerald City not saved? Don't forget, Your Majesty has given you the power of discretion and discretion, accept it, and make good use of it! Destined, even if the general trend!"

Discretionary, impromptu decision...

Thiers thought of Kessel V, and his shoulders became more and more heavy.

How to decide? How to decide?

Tales shook his head and said, "Don't be naive, Xilai, in my experience, politics cannot be reversed with just one or two slogans..."

"Then only half a sentence."

Tales's words were stagnant.

I saw Xilai take a deep breath, stick his face out of the car window, and look at him very seriously:

"Do you know the famous clan language of your Jinxing royal family?"

"Yes?"

"I've been told: it's never the second half of the sentence that really matters."

Tales was startled when he heard the words.

The second half of the sentence? That is...

"So, Thales, don't give up, try again, 'discretion' and 'immediate decision'," Xilai stared at him, leaving him nowhere to run, "When it is fated, Discretion is valuable, and it only makes sense to adapt to the situation when the general trend is in place.”

Tales looked at Xilai with a frown.

"Don't forget, you are the famous North Star, a teenage hero who has dueled with King Nuen or King Chaman, and you can turn the tide in the savage and dangerous Exeter!"

Xilai's eyes are firm.

Please.

Don't just listen to official propaganda.

Tales sighed:

"First of all, I've never had a duel with them, on the contrary, most of the time in the Northland, I was **** by those two unscrupulous **** to cry, beat the **** out of me, and play around... …”

"Like yesterday?"

Tales raised his eyes and found that Xilai had a smile at the corner of his mouth and his eyes were interesting.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that the eldest lady in front of him was serious.

She won't allow herself to say no.

"Yes," Thales couldn't help laughing. He shook his head helplessly, "It's like yesterday."

The two smiled at each other.

The pace of the team's progress gradually slowed down.

The venue of the election meeting, or, in other words, the cage-like competition venue, appeared in the field of vision of the two of them.

"Okay, listen to you, try again, I'll go talk to Jenn again," Thales put away his smile, "but I state in advance, this is the last time, once he..."

"Thank you, Thales," Xilai's eyes lit up, and he interrupted him quickly, grateful while avoiding the other party's repentance condition, "As for Jenn and Emerald City, leave it to me."

For some reason, Thales seemed to have gone back to the past, but it was not because of Lausanne II's ability, nor because of the spirit bone Jacques' trick.

"To you?" Thales couldn't help laughing, "Who do you think you are?"

Xilei also laughed.

"I'm Cecilia Cavendell," she said, smiling introspectively and brightly, "Savior of the Emerald City."

Tales trembled slightly.

At that moment, he didn't look like he was in the misty and turbulent Emerald City, but it was more like the Longxiao City that was in danger and the situation was over.

He looked at Xilai, whose eyes were bright, as if he saw another self.

Tales was silent for a while.

"No, you are not."

Xilai's eyes moved.

“Cecilia Kevin Dill, she is just a young lady with political marriage significance, even if there is no one to the west of the blood gate fortress,” Thales sighed, “but you, you are Xi Come."

Xilei was startled.

Tales looked at the setting sun that was gradually setting in the sky, and said with emotion:

"The Unexpected Great Magician - Shirai Waiana."

Xilei's face changed: "What's this name?"

"How do I know, you took it!"

But Thales soon learned ~IndoMTL.com~ that he was happy.

Because after they arrived at the venue and saw Lord Duke Jann with a scowling face (because Thales and Xilai were together), Miss Cecilia's first sentence made her brother stunned. discoloration.

"Listen to Zhan, I know, you've turned the Emerald City into a **** now, so, what the little brat and I are going to say next, listen carefully, don't interrupt, don't refute, and don't leave ..."

In front of everyone, Xilai, who was dressed up, jumped up in a lively way and grabbed his brother's arm, just like every lovely little sister in the world's ideals, and uttered the most touching words in the gentlest voice: /

"And if you dare to show the old lady's face again, even if it's only a little bit, I swear, no matter how many people are looking at it, I will immediately take off this dress, and only carry a three-color iris badge. Rush into the center of the election venue..."

Under the unbelievably frightened eyes of Thales and Jenn, Xilai's rare smile was sweet and gentle:

"Dancing."