Silent Lover 2 (Tanhua) - Chap 35
Chapter 35 Whitewashing the Peace
On the day of Longevity Day, Song Liqing stood outside Xingle Zhai, waiting for two hours in the autumn wind, before Jun Qiyu walked out of it, yawning profusely.
Jun Qiyu finally did not forget his father’s birthday, and changed into the crown prince’s dragon-pattern robe, gold silk headdress, and auspicious cloud brocade boots, which was quite grand.
Song Liqing approached and straightened his Futou.
Jun Qiyu is naturally noble, and this body looks even more like an emperor.
“Your Highness, I have prepared two gifts, one is the red coral from the East China Sea, and the other is the glazed cup from the Western Regions, is that okay?” Song Liqing asked.
“Father, what strange treasures have you never seen? Hu Nuer has already prepared them for me.”
Jun Qiyu gave him a food box.
“You dedicate this to him.” Jun Qiyu thought for a while and said, “Just say that I made it with my own hands, and the heart is the most important. He must be happy.”
Song Liqing opened it and took a look. It was a delicate box of birthday peaches with a strong fragrance, so he didn’t say anything.
“Let’s go.”
The two got into the carriage together, Jun Qiyu sat down first, but saw that Song Liqing did not sit next to him, but went to the opposite side, he pushed aside the curtain, and kept looking out of the carriage, his side face was thin and delicate, his eyes Eyes slightly condensed.
Song Liqing only wore a slightly formal official uniform, a green robe with a round collar, and powder-soled soap boots.
He did have a bit of the handsome appearance he had on the day when he was ranked on the list, but the smugness was gone.
Jun Qiyu noticed the yellow concentric knot necklace he was wearing.
“Are you still wearing this tassel?” Jun Qiyu asked.
Song Liqing turned around and looked down.
“Um.”
“There is no jade in the Qilin Manor for you to wear? Today is an important day, don’t be so…shabby.” Jun Qiyu clicked her tongue and said, “If you let your father see it, you will think someone has treated you badly.”
Song Liqing stroked the tassels, for some reason, he had kept the tassels for more than ten years without fading, but these days the color faded very fast, and it was almost white.
“good.”
Song Liqing reluctantly took it off and put it in his bosom.
“I won’t wear it anymore.”
Jun Qiyu was just looking for something to say, and thought that Song Liqing would still insist on wearing this thing, but she didn’t expect to agree so simply this time.
Emperor Xuan’s forty-sixth birthday was not a big birthday, so he didn’t mobilize the crowd. It was said to be a family banquet, but it involved a lot. His blood relatives, trusted ministers, and envoys from neighboring countries to celebrate his birthday totaled one or two hundred people. , there are more court ladies and eunuchs serving, so today’s Hall of Supreme Harmony is extremely crowded and lively.
Golden cups of sake, delicious delicacies on jade plates, singing and dancing. “Tao-zi-huang-le”
Song Liqing was able to accompany Jun Qiyu to sit on Emperor Xuan’s side seat, and his father Song Qing, as a general and a relative of the emperor, sat in the front seat, only two feet away from Song Liqing, and he kept looking at him with concern.
Song Liqing did not dare to communicate with Song Qing.
He is thin and sickly now, and his eyes are dull. If you look closely, you can definitely see the clues.
Fortunately, Song Liqing asked Xiaodi to put on some powder for him, so his face looked more rosy than normal, and he was not so pale. But the sores on his fingers hadn’t healed, so he hid his hands under the table and didn’t take the chopsticks.
At this time, another voice sounded.
“The princess has lost weight.”
It was Pei Xingxu who was sitting opposite Song Qing.
As soon as Song Liqing arrived, Pei Xingxu’s eyes never left him.
A person’s skin color may be covered with powder, but the spirit cannot.
Pei Xingxu knew that he was having a bad time in Qilin Mansion.
After the serious illness, not only did Jun Qiyu fail to take good care of him, it seemed that Song Liqing was much more depressed!
Song Liqing suddenly became nervous. He hadn’t seen Pei Xingxu for a while, and Pei Xingxu had also changed. He was less unrestrained and more melancholy.
Jun Qiyu immediately became hostile, but it didn’t happen right away.
“Brother Pei’s eyesight is dull, is it possible that my Qilin Manor will be short of food and clothing?”
Pei Xingxu said intentionally: “Oh, is the princess tired from managing such a big mansion, or is she sick… sick?”
Jun Qiyu deliberately concealed Song Liqing’s serious illness, but Pei Xingxu persisted. How could he not be angry?
“Today is my father’s longevity. Brother Pei didn’t congratulate my father, but he cared about my princess? If he is sick or thin, what does it have to do with you? Are you still coveting Liqing and not giving up?”
Pei Xingxu said in a joking tone: “No, I’m just surprised that the newlyweds are so affectionate, the prince just kept talking with everyone, but left the princess aside the whole time, and didn’t even look at it… Is it because the relationship is not good after three months of marriage? Your Highness, you are too fond of the new and dislike the old.”
“Pei Xingxu!”
Jun Qiyu was furious and wanted to stand up, but Song Liqing secretly grabbed his sleeve.
Song Liqing took a piece of squid and handed it to Jun Qiyu’s lips with a smile on his eyes.
“Qiyu, don’t get angry on a good day, try this.”
Jun Qiyu swallowed it, chewed it a few times, and forced a doting smile on him.
Song Liqing said again: “I’m mentally sluggish, it’s just that I’ve been feeling the cold in autumn recently, thank you Prince Loulan for caring, Qiyu and I…have a deep relationship and love, thank you Prince Loulan for caring.”
Seeing their actions, Pei Xingxu felt heartbroken even though he pretended to be affectionate.
Pei Xingxu looked at Song Liqing and said: “Love to support people, but hate to hurt others…Prince Princess, it’s not just self-knowledge.”
Song Liqing said anxiously: “My private affairs with Qiyu… don’t worry about it!”
“outsider……”
After Pei Xingxu read these two words, his heart broke.
So what if he admires again? He’s just an outsider with no name or status, and even if Jun Qiyu is a bastard, he’s still Song Liqing’s husband.
“I was talking too much.”
Pei Xingxu drank a glass of strong wine with his head raised, his face gloomy.
He doesn’t blame Song Liqing.
He just felt distressed, even though Song Liqing had been tortured into this appearance, he still swallowed all the hardships and wanted to whitewash the peace in front of everyone!
Emperor Xuan didn’t know what happened in Qilin’s mansion, he only thought that Jun Qiyu was jealous, so he opened his mouth to smooth things over.
“Liqing, you haven’t been back to the General’s Mansion for some time, father and son want to talk about it, and go to toast your father at the bar. I know the heart of being a father, and how much you care about your child.”
Song Liqing couldn’t refuse, so he took the order. He took a glass of wine and walked up to Song Qing. This relative who had no blood but saved him from the sea of ​​suffering and raised him may not have a day of filial piety.
Song Liqing couldn’t help crying, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to cover it up.
“Father, I…”
Song Liqing thought he had a lot to say goodbye to, but he choked up after calling out to his father.
Song Qing left the table and helped him up.
Being disturbed by Pei Xingxu, Song Qing already had doubts.
“You are in Qilin Mansion… are you okay?” Song Qing asked with concern.
“I’m… very good, Qiyu is very good to me.”
Song Liqing turned his head away, the grievance and reluctance in his heart could no longer be contained, tears streaming down his face.
My father shouldn’t blame him, maybe it was the last time, he was still lying.
