A Thousand Faces of Grace

Chapter 41
A month later...

The Xiao family's wedding team was killed by bandits in the Yaoer Valley. The life and death of the third lady of the Xiao family was unknown. After there was no news, there was a rumor in the Lantian Kingdom that the king had killed twelve wives and was doomed to be lonely forever. It's getting worse and worse.

It is said that the king is the reincarnation of the evil god, and he came after many calamities; some people say that the king has committed too many crimes in the previous life, and he will be repaid in this life.

Some people also said that some people whose political views were different from those of the emperor used this method to demonstrate against him.

In short, opinions vary.

And when Shashen got angry, it was really extraordinary.

The prince was heartbroken over the disappearance of his concubine, and ordered to wipe out the bandits in Yaoergu, leaving no one behind.

In just one day, all the indestructible bandits were wiped out, except for the cunning leader who was wounded and escaped.

The king hung their bodies at the gate of the city for seven days and seven nights, letting the wind and rain blow, to pay homage to his princess who was no longer heard from.

At the same time, rumors of the King's deep love for the princess and his thunderbolt method to suppress the bandits spread along with the rumors that he suppressed his wife and son.

There were rumors and rumors outside, but the King's Mansion was not affected by these rumors at all, but something unexpected happened.

Because after so many days, Lan Junque did not cut up the parrot Cai'er into pieces as everyone thought, boiled it and fed it to the dogs.

Instead, he left it in the study and got along with it day and night. Some careful people found that the strap tied to the parrot's leg was missing.

Of course, this careful person is naturally Yang Jingfeng who spends the most time with the lord.

"Isn't the lord mad by that silly lady? It's really surprising that he didn't kill the parrot. It's not like the lord's usual behavior. How could this be? It's so unusual... "

Yang Jingfeng said this every time he saw the prince and Cai'er appearing at the same time.

A look of fear that others would not know.

However, once, he accidentally saw the prince holding a girdle in his hand, with a terrifying expression on his face, as if talking and laughing could turn everything into dust, which made him shiver and almost died. Stand still and fall to the ground.

While still in shock, he still didn't forget to take a peek, only to find that it was the one tied to Cai'er's leg. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Lord Jun raised his head and saw him, and smiled at him.

Yang Jingfeng was so frightened that he turned his head and ran away. After that, no one heard him say that sentence again.

Today, Lan Junque was handling government affairs in the study, and Yang Jingfeng was by his side. This was Lan Junque's request, and he wanted him to learn more.

This made it easier for him to get in touch with Cai'er.

For some reason, Yang Jingfeng liked Cai'er very much, and often teased it to talk, so he didn't concentrate on his studies. Of course, he didn't like these things in the first place.

"Cai'er, come on, let's have fun singing a little song." Yang Jingfeng teased Cai'er with a nut in his hand.Lan Junque, who was originally concentrating on handling government affairs, couldn't help but frowned when he saw this, and felt a group of crows "quack" flying over his head.

He is a majestic king, how could there be such a...

Hey!
Lan Junque couldn't help sighing, there was really nothing he could do about Yang Jingfeng.

Ever since Lao Lu, who recovered his life from the ghost gate, heard that Cai'er used to sing in a sedan chair, pretending to be the third miss of the Xiao family, and successfully confuse the send-off team with falsehoods, Yang Jingfeng never stopped, and tried every means to lure Cai'er to sing.

However, Cai'er always dismissed him arrogantly every time. Yang Jingfeng fought and failed repeatedly, and he showed amazing perseverance in this regard.

He was thinking about how to attract Yang Jingfeng's attention to the business, but he heard the housekeeper Lan Lu report outside the door: "My lord, General Xiao is visiting."

Lan Junque put down the brush in his hand, and evoked a wicked smile:

"The old fox is here at last."

"Take the old general to the hall to rest for a while, and this king will pass right away."

Lan Lu promised to leave, Yang Jingfeng finally recovered from the parrot teasing after hearing this, leaned in front of Lan Junque, and said cautiously:

"My lord, from my humble opinion, the people from the Xiao family are not kind. People in the world are spreading rumors that the lord killed the young lady of the Xiao family. Did the Patriarch of the Xiao family hear something and come to Xingshi to inquire about the crime?"

"I thought you only cared about whether that parrot can sing?"

Lan Junque said with a smile on his face.

This expression gave Yang Jingfeng a chill, why are these words so ambiguous?
Everyone in the world said that the king's anger is not to be feared, but his smile is the scariest thing.

This kind of smile is full of meaning, and among these smiles, the brilliant smile is the most terrifying, because as long as he smiles like that at someone, then you will never be able to escape from the palm of the king.

As for the prince, he has smiled at him more than once. If he hadn't known the friendship between the prince and the saint, he would have doubted whether the prince is, is it...

(End of this chapter)