A tyrant develops a daily life
Chapter 84
Chapter 84
The moment he came in, the whole room fell silent.
The person is still the same person, but not the young and handsome appearance in memory, the wind and sand at the border sharpened his edges and corners, his brows and eyes became more stern, his temperament became colder, and his long and narrow phoenix eyes were so deep that even the sunlight could not penetrate them. He stood there steadfastly, with a coercion that seemed to emanate from his bones, that only an emperor could have.
Everyone held their breath.
Lin Miaomiao covered her chest, which began to heave violently, and the circles of her eyes turned red little by little.
Jing Xi looked at her with a glance, as if it had been a lifetime away.
Pei Bing stared blankly at the man who interrupted her. For a moment, she not only forgot to breathe, but even her heart seemed to stop beating.
One sentence is running through my mind: How can there be such a good-looking man in the world?
Her face suddenly turned red!
Afterwards, the man who made her blush walked towards her step by step, and her whole world became silent, only the sound of her heart beating like a drum was left.
Just when she thought the man was going to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with her, the man suddenly pulled Lin Miaomiao into his arms!
Pei Bingru was struck by lightning!
Jing Xi put his arms around Lin Miaomiao's pink shoulders, and looked over at Pei Bing lightly. Pei Bing was blushing and heartbeating, and said with a nympho: "Mr...Mr...."
Jing Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, Pei Bing was so startled that his words stuck in his throat, Jing Xi tapped Lin Miaomiao's shoulder twice with his slender fingers like jade, and with his thin lips slightly parted, he said indifferently: "Take you Say what she said just now, and say it again in front of this son."
"Your Majesty?" Pei Bing looked at Jingxi and then at Lin Miaomiao, realizing who the other party was, and the blood color faded from his blushing face in an instant!
Jingxi looked at her indifferently: "What? Don't dare to say it? Wasn't it quite arrogant just now? I thought it was very courageous."
No matter how domineering Pei Bing is, she is just a boudoir girl, while Jing Xi crawled out from the dead. He has killed [-] enemies if not [-]. His whole body is full of bloodthirsty anger. Pei Bing's legs began to tremble. .
Jing Xi sneered: "Listen to my son, this son's woman doesn't need to please anyone, your elder brother has always been pestering her with shameless face, sensible, I advise your elder brother to stay away from her! As for the broken shoes, you go The capital asks, who is the broken shoe that was thrown away by Princess Rong!"
His voice was not loud, but every sentence pierced Pei Lang's spine, and the faces of all the Pei family members began to turn blue and red.
Jing Xi said casually: "Although you offended my son, you are very lucky, my son does not hit women."
The big stone in Pei Bing's heart suddenly fell!
The next moment, he suddenly heard him say: "Director Zhao, come here."
Pei Bing suddenly changed color!
Manager Zhao walked in with a smile. In the past three years, Jingxi has changed astonishingly, but he seems to have stopped growing, without any sign of aging.He stood beside Pei Bing and rolled up his sleeves: "Miss Pei, please?"
Pei Bing was terrified by the gloomy eyes, and screamed: "Mother—brother—help me!"
In such a situation, Mrs. Pei can't intervene at all. Pei Lang is a number one scholar after all, and he is highly valued by the emperor and elders. Thinking about it, he can barely negotiate with the crown prince.
Pei Lang walked up to his sister, stopped her behind, and cupped his hands at Jing Xi: "Jing Shizi."
Jing Xi didn't even give him a straight look: "Your account will be settled with you later, get out of the way."
Pei Lang frowned unconsciously: "Jing Shizi, my sister is young and ignorant, if she says something wrong, I will discipline her well."
"Me?" Jing Xi elongated his tone arrogantly.
Pei Lang glanced at Lin Miaomiao from the corner of his eye, and Jing Xi deliberately made things difficult, almost slapping Lin Miaomiao resoundingly in front of Lin Miaomiao's face, and he blushed, "My humble minister."
At the family banquet, it's okay if you don't subdivide your identities, but once you show the difference between monarch and minister, Pei Lang will undoubtedly be severely shorter than Jingxi. Pei Lang, who has always been tall by the Lin family, at this moment, The whole arrogance went down.
Jing Xi raised the corners of his lips faintly: "Pei Zhuangyuan, this eldest son has worked hard all night, so he doesn't even have to drink his saliva?"
The old lady hurriedly waved to Dongmei, Dongmei came over with tea, Jingxi swung the knife over, Dongmei's footsteps were nailed.
Pei Lang clenched his fists, his eyelids twitched a few times, poured himself a cup of tea, and presented it to Jing Xi with both hands: "My lord, please use tea."
Pei Bing watched in disbelief that his god-like elder brother was being ordered around by Jing Xi, and he immediately felt ashamed.
Mrs. Pei tucked her tail, not daring to let out a breath.
The atmosphere in the room was extremely weird. Lin Miaomiao was held in Jingxi's arms vigorously, and she could feel everyone's embarrassment with her toes. She was also so embarrassed that she pushed Jingxi's arm and slipped out of his embrace. .
Jingxi's eyes followed her, and when he saw her little face so red that it was almost dripping blood, he slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and soon regained his usual coldness: "Drag Miss Pei down, teach me a lesson. She never says the wrong thing again."
"Yes!" Director Zhao grabbed Pei Bing.
Pei Lang turned pale in shock: "My lord!"
Jing Xi raised his fingers, Manager Zhao stopped, and Jing Xi looked at Pei Lang leisurely.
Pei Lang endured it and came to Pei Bing's body, and slapped him down!
Pei Bing turned pale: "Brother!"
"Ah—" Mrs. Pei covered her mouth.
The old lady was also stunned. She would never have imagined that the gentle and refined Pei Lang would have such a ruthless side. Of course, this ruthlessness was most likely forced out by Jing Xi... At this moment, she didn't know how to feel sorry for Pei Lang. If it gets deeper, Jingxi's methods are more ruthless.
Pei Lang took a deep breath, suppressed the trembling all over his body, and said: "You are the daughter of the Pei family, but you are full of foul language, it really embarrasses the Pei family! Why don't you admit your mistake to Miss Lin? Please forgive me? "
Pei Bing covered her red and swollen face. Pei Lang's slap just now did not mix any water, and it landed on her delicate skin. It was a scorching pain. She held back her tears in aggrieved way: "Brother..."
"Apologize to Miss Lin! Did you hear that?!" Pei Lang shouted sharply.
Pei Bing bit her lips, teardrops fell down, turned to Lin Miaomiao, bowed her head deeply: "I'm sorry...Miss Lin...I was wrong...I...I shouldn't say that about you ...please...please forgive me..."
Jing Xi gave Lin Miaomiao a bad breath, and Lin Miaomiao felt much more at ease, seeing that Pei Bing was no longer an eyesore, she said, "Okay, get up."
She didn't say whether to forgive or not. She has a good temper and doesn't hold grudges easily, but once she remembers, she will never want to be friends in this life.It was obvious that Pei Bing's broken shoes had touched her scales hard, and she no longer wanted to have anything to do with Pei Bing.
Pei Bing was helped down by the maid with tears all over her face.
Jing Xi's cold eyes turned to Mrs. Pei again, and Mrs. Pei shuddered!
"I just heard from Miss Pei that Mrs. Pei came here to propose marriage to Miss Lin, right?" Jing Xi asked with a sinister smile.
Mrs. Pei wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and said tremblingly: "My son... I must have heard it wrong, no, no, no, it's not that my son heard it wrong, it's my girl who said it wrong!"
Jing Xi put his hands behind his back, raised his brows, and slightly pursed his lips and said, "So, Mrs. Pei didn't come to propose marriage?"
Yes or no, look at how protective you are, who would dare to rob someone from you?Do you want to die?Mrs. Pei wanted to cry without tears, and smiled stiffly: "I came here specially to celebrate the old lady's birthday! Brother Lang has lived in Lin's family for many years, and was nurtured by the old lady before he was admitted to the first prize. No, I am grateful The old lady is here!"
Jingxi seemed to be quite satisfied, hummed, and said meaningfully: "It's been a long time since I lived here, so there's really nothing else to do besides birthday celebrations?"
"No, no more."
"Madam Pei think about it again?" Jing Xi's eyes swept across Pei Lang, Pei Lang realized something, and just about to stop her, Madam Pei was already frightened by Jing Xi and said, "Ah, there is one thing Son! I was so busy chatting with the old lady that I forgot about it!"
The old lady rubbed her forehead, settled her mind and asked, "What's the matter?"
Mrs. Pei's smile is uglier than crying: "Didn't I tell you earlier that the Zhuangyuan Mansion has been repaired properly? Originally, brother Lang was studying in the capital, and his father and I were not around, so he had to live in the Lin family. Now we are here It's gone, and the family is gone, it's time to take Brother Lang back home."
Pei Lang's complexion changed suddenly: "Mother!"
Mrs. Pei is really broken, this son is not her own, so it is not easy to offend, but there is the son of the royal family, so I can't afford to offend him!
"Is this... a little too urgent?" The old lady pretended not to see that Mrs. Pei was being forced.
Mrs. Pei laughed again and again: "How could that be? Isn't it just moving with so many people here? Everything has been arranged. After the banquet is over, I will move Brother Lang's things over. I have disturbed you all these years." , those..." The dowry, Mrs. Pei gritted her teeth in pain, "Thank you, the Pei family should repay you for your kindness in nurturing."
The betrothal gift can be taken back to her husband's house, but the thank you gift is never returned. Mrs. Pei's heart began to bleed...
A "farce" ended with Pei Lang being "driven out" of the Lin family.
Jingxi's thoughts on Lin Miaomiao were clearly revealed, and the people did not dare to stay in the house any longer, lest this fierce prince accidentally turn his anger on those people who had been close friends with Pei Lang, then they would not be able to eat I walked away.
The old lady took everyone to the banquet yard, and when she called Gu Qingluan, Gu Qingluan was staring at Jingxi, and the old lady whispered: "Miss Gu, Miss Gu, the banquet is about to begin."
"Oh, I see." Gu Qingluan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and left the Zhihui Courtyard step by step. When he stepped through the courtyard gate, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Hiss—" Jingxi's heart shrank suddenly.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Miaomiao asked.
"It's okay." Jing Xi rubbed his heart, the pain was gone, but he always felt weird, as if something was pulling him.It must be that I haven't seen Xiao Aifei for a long time, and my heart hurts thinking about it.He collected himself and looked at Lin Miaomiao, but Lin Miaomiao quickly turned her back!
After going away for three years, I didn't write a single letter to her!When he came back, without saying a word, he belittled her in front of so many people!Do you think that if you vent your anger on her, the three-year debt will be written off?
impossible!
Jing Xi walked slowly behind her, opened his arms, hugged her lightly, and whispered in her ear: "Are you still angry with me? I'm already back."
Can you be forgiven when you come back?
I also ignored you for three years, see if you are angry? !
Lin Miaomiao went to take his arm away with a stinking face, but he hugged him even tighter. Lin Miaomiao was in a hurry, and her elbow bumped into his stomach. He let go of Lin Miaomiao, covering the body that was poked. In the middle of the place, slowly curled up on the ground.
Lin Miaomiao thought he was acting, cleared her throat and said, "Stop pretending! I won't be fooled!"
After waiting for a long time, before Jingxi could respond, she blinked, turned around, and saw Jingxi clutching her left abdomen, the pain made her face lose all color.
"I... I don't have that much strength, do I? Did you get hurt in a single blow? Or were you injured in the first place?" Lin Miaomiao was terrified, she knelt down and pulled his clothes.
He clasped her wrist and smiled weakly: "Why? Do you want to molest me?"
"Who would have thought that..."
"That's right."
"Huh?" Lin Miaomiao was taken aback.
Jing Xi moved his body and rested his head on her lap: "Yes, Lin Miaomiao, don't renege on your debt."
I really want to drag this guy out and beat him up!
(End of this chapter)
The moment he came in, the whole room fell silent.
The person is still the same person, but not the young and handsome appearance in memory, the wind and sand at the border sharpened his edges and corners, his brows and eyes became more stern, his temperament became colder, and his long and narrow phoenix eyes were so deep that even the sunlight could not penetrate them. He stood there steadfastly, with a coercion that seemed to emanate from his bones, that only an emperor could have.
Everyone held their breath.
Lin Miaomiao covered her chest, which began to heave violently, and the circles of her eyes turned red little by little.
Jing Xi looked at her with a glance, as if it had been a lifetime away.
Pei Bing stared blankly at the man who interrupted her. For a moment, she not only forgot to breathe, but even her heart seemed to stop beating.
One sentence is running through my mind: How can there be such a good-looking man in the world?
Her face suddenly turned red!
Afterwards, the man who made her blush walked towards her step by step, and her whole world became silent, only the sound of her heart beating like a drum was left.
Just when she thought the man was going to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with her, the man suddenly pulled Lin Miaomiao into his arms!
Pei Bingru was struck by lightning!
Jing Xi put his arms around Lin Miaomiao's pink shoulders, and looked over at Pei Bing lightly. Pei Bing was blushing and heartbeating, and said with a nympho: "Mr...Mr...."
Jing Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, Pei Bing was so startled that his words stuck in his throat, Jing Xi tapped Lin Miaomiao's shoulder twice with his slender fingers like jade, and with his thin lips slightly parted, he said indifferently: "Take you Say what she said just now, and say it again in front of this son."
"Your Majesty?" Pei Bing looked at Jingxi and then at Lin Miaomiao, realizing who the other party was, and the blood color faded from his blushing face in an instant!
Jingxi looked at her indifferently: "What? Don't dare to say it? Wasn't it quite arrogant just now? I thought it was very courageous."
No matter how domineering Pei Bing is, she is just a boudoir girl, while Jing Xi crawled out from the dead. He has killed [-] enemies if not [-]. His whole body is full of bloodthirsty anger. Pei Bing's legs began to tremble. .
Jing Xi sneered: "Listen to my son, this son's woman doesn't need to please anyone, your elder brother has always been pestering her with shameless face, sensible, I advise your elder brother to stay away from her! As for the broken shoes, you go The capital asks, who is the broken shoe that was thrown away by Princess Rong!"
His voice was not loud, but every sentence pierced Pei Lang's spine, and the faces of all the Pei family members began to turn blue and red.
Jing Xi said casually: "Although you offended my son, you are very lucky, my son does not hit women."
The big stone in Pei Bing's heart suddenly fell!
The next moment, he suddenly heard him say: "Director Zhao, come here."
Pei Bing suddenly changed color!
Manager Zhao walked in with a smile. In the past three years, Jingxi has changed astonishingly, but he seems to have stopped growing, without any sign of aging.He stood beside Pei Bing and rolled up his sleeves: "Miss Pei, please?"
Pei Bing was terrified by the gloomy eyes, and screamed: "Mother—brother—help me!"
In such a situation, Mrs. Pei can't intervene at all. Pei Lang is a number one scholar after all, and he is highly valued by the emperor and elders. Thinking about it, he can barely negotiate with the crown prince.
Pei Lang walked up to his sister, stopped her behind, and cupped his hands at Jing Xi: "Jing Shizi."
Jing Xi didn't even give him a straight look: "Your account will be settled with you later, get out of the way."
Pei Lang frowned unconsciously: "Jing Shizi, my sister is young and ignorant, if she says something wrong, I will discipline her well."
"Me?" Jing Xi elongated his tone arrogantly.
Pei Lang glanced at Lin Miaomiao from the corner of his eye, and Jing Xi deliberately made things difficult, almost slapping Lin Miaomiao resoundingly in front of Lin Miaomiao's face, and he blushed, "My humble minister."
At the family banquet, it's okay if you don't subdivide your identities, but once you show the difference between monarch and minister, Pei Lang will undoubtedly be severely shorter than Jingxi. Pei Lang, who has always been tall by the Lin family, at this moment, The whole arrogance went down.
Jing Xi raised the corners of his lips faintly: "Pei Zhuangyuan, this eldest son has worked hard all night, so he doesn't even have to drink his saliva?"
The old lady hurriedly waved to Dongmei, Dongmei came over with tea, Jingxi swung the knife over, Dongmei's footsteps were nailed.
Pei Lang clenched his fists, his eyelids twitched a few times, poured himself a cup of tea, and presented it to Jing Xi with both hands: "My lord, please use tea."
Pei Bing watched in disbelief that his god-like elder brother was being ordered around by Jing Xi, and he immediately felt ashamed.
Mrs. Pei tucked her tail, not daring to let out a breath.
The atmosphere in the room was extremely weird. Lin Miaomiao was held in Jingxi's arms vigorously, and she could feel everyone's embarrassment with her toes. She was also so embarrassed that she pushed Jingxi's arm and slipped out of his embrace. .
Jingxi's eyes followed her, and when he saw her little face so red that it was almost dripping blood, he slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and soon regained his usual coldness: "Drag Miss Pei down, teach me a lesson. She never says the wrong thing again."
"Yes!" Director Zhao grabbed Pei Bing.
Pei Lang turned pale in shock: "My lord!"
Jing Xi raised his fingers, Manager Zhao stopped, and Jing Xi looked at Pei Lang leisurely.
Pei Lang endured it and came to Pei Bing's body, and slapped him down!
Pei Bing turned pale: "Brother!"
"Ah—" Mrs. Pei covered her mouth.
The old lady was also stunned. She would never have imagined that the gentle and refined Pei Lang would have such a ruthless side. Of course, this ruthlessness was most likely forced out by Jing Xi... At this moment, she didn't know how to feel sorry for Pei Lang. If it gets deeper, Jingxi's methods are more ruthless.
Pei Lang took a deep breath, suppressed the trembling all over his body, and said: "You are the daughter of the Pei family, but you are full of foul language, it really embarrasses the Pei family! Why don't you admit your mistake to Miss Lin? Please forgive me? "
Pei Bing covered her red and swollen face. Pei Lang's slap just now did not mix any water, and it landed on her delicate skin. It was a scorching pain. She held back her tears in aggrieved way: "Brother..."
"Apologize to Miss Lin! Did you hear that?!" Pei Lang shouted sharply.
Pei Bing bit her lips, teardrops fell down, turned to Lin Miaomiao, bowed her head deeply: "I'm sorry...Miss Lin...I was wrong...I...I shouldn't say that about you ...please...please forgive me..."
Jing Xi gave Lin Miaomiao a bad breath, and Lin Miaomiao felt much more at ease, seeing that Pei Bing was no longer an eyesore, she said, "Okay, get up."
She didn't say whether to forgive or not. She has a good temper and doesn't hold grudges easily, but once she remembers, she will never want to be friends in this life.It was obvious that Pei Bing's broken shoes had touched her scales hard, and she no longer wanted to have anything to do with Pei Bing.
Pei Bing was helped down by the maid with tears all over her face.
Jing Xi's cold eyes turned to Mrs. Pei again, and Mrs. Pei shuddered!
"I just heard from Miss Pei that Mrs. Pei came here to propose marriage to Miss Lin, right?" Jing Xi asked with a sinister smile.
Mrs. Pei wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and said tremblingly: "My son... I must have heard it wrong, no, no, no, it's not that my son heard it wrong, it's my girl who said it wrong!"
Jing Xi put his hands behind his back, raised his brows, and slightly pursed his lips and said, "So, Mrs. Pei didn't come to propose marriage?"
Yes or no, look at how protective you are, who would dare to rob someone from you?Do you want to die?Mrs. Pei wanted to cry without tears, and smiled stiffly: "I came here specially to celebrate the old lady's birthday! Brother Lang has lived in Lin's family for many years, and was nurtured by the old lady before he was admitted to the first prize. No, I am grateful The old lady is here!"
Jingxi seemed to be quite satisfied, hummed, and said meaningfully: "It's been a long time since I lived here, so there's really nothing else to do besides birthday celebrations?"
"No, no more."
"Madam Pei think about it again?" Jing Xi's eyes swept across Pei Lang, Pei Lang realized something, and just about to stop her, Madam Pei was already frightened by Jing Xi and said, "Ah, there is one thing Son! I was so busy chatting with the old lady that I forgot about it!"
The old lady rubbed her forehead, settled her mind and asked, "What's the matter?"
Mrs. Pei's smile is uglier than crying: "Didn't I tell you earlier that the Zhuangyuan Mansion has been repaired properly? Originally, brother Lang was studying in the capital, and his father and I were not around, so he had to live in the Lin family. Now we are here It's gone, and the family is gone, it's time to take Brother Lang back home."
Pei Lang's complexion changed suddenly: "Mother!"
Mrs. Pei is really broken, this son is not her own, so it is not easy to offend, but there is the son of the royal family, so I can't afford to offend him!
"Is this... a little too urgent?" The old lady pretended not to see that Mrs. Pei was being forced.
Mrs. Pei laughed again and again: "How could that be? Isn't it just moving with so many people here? Everything has been arranged. After the banquet is over, I will move Brother Lang's things over. I have disturbed you all these years." , those..." The dowry, Mrs. Pei gritted her teeth in pain, "Thank you, the Pei family should repay you for your kindness in nurturing."
The betrothal gift can be taken back to her husband's house, but the thank you gift is never returned. Mrs. Pei's heart began to bleed...
A "farce" ended with Pei Lang being "driven out" of the Lin family.
Jingxi's thoughts on Lin Miaomiao were clearly revealed, and the people did not dare to stay in the house any longer, lest this fierce prince accidentally turn his anger on those people who had been close friends with Pei Lang, then they would not be able to eat I walked away.
The old lady took everyone to the banquet yard, and when she called Gu Qingluan, Gu Qingluan was staring at Jingxi, and the old lady whispered: "Miss Gu, Miss Gu, the banquet is about to begin."
"Oh, I see." Gu Qingluan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and left the Zhihui Courtyard step by step. When he stepped through the courtyard gate, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Hiss—" Jingxi's heart shrank suddenly.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Miaomiao asked.
"It's okay." Jing Xi rubbed his heart, the pain was gone, but he always felt weird, as if something was pulling him.It must be that I haven't seen Xiao Aifei for a long time, and my heart hurts thinking about it.He collected himself and looked at Lin Miaomiao, but Lin Miaomiao quickly turned her back!
After going away for three years, I didn't write a single letter to her!When he came back, without saying a word, he belittled her in front of so many people!Do you think that if you vent your anger on her, the three-year debt will be written off?
impossible!
Jing Xi walked slowly behind her, opened his arms, hugged her lightly, and whispered in her ear: "Are you still angry with me? I'm already back."
Can you be forgiven when you come back?
I also ignored you for three years, see if you are angry? !
Lin Miaomiao went to take his arm away with a stinking face, but he hugged him even tighter. Lin Miaomiao was in a hurry, and her elbow bumped into his stomach. He let go of Lin Miaomiao, covering the body that was poked. In the middle of the place, slowly curled up on the ground.
Lin Miaomiao thought he was acting, cleared her throat and said, "Stop pretending! I won't be fooled!"
After waiting for a long time, before Jingxi could respond, she blinked, turned around, and saw Jingxi clutching her left abdomen, the pain made her face lose all color.
"I... I don't have that much strength, do I? Did you get hurt in a single blow? Or were you injured in the first place?" Lin Miaomiao was terrified, she knelt down and pulled his clothes.
He clasped her wrist and smiled weakly: "Why? Do you want to molest me?"
"Who would have thought that..."
"That's right."
"Huh?" Lin Miaomiao was taken aback.
Jing Xi moved his body and rested his head on her lap: "Yes, Lin Miaomiao, don't renege on your debt."
I really want to drag this guy out and beat him up!
(End of this chapter)
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