OFFERING CONCUBINES
EPISODE 18 IN THE KING'S ARMS

"You've met him?" his Majesty's eyes widened uncertainly, his head thrust forward, the wine cup he had in his grasp, he simply returned it to the table.

"She's fine Your Majesty" Xiao Yi reiterated in a slower voice.

"Jiu Jiu's? You met Jiu Jiu?"

"If the Jiu Jiu that His Majesty refers to is a monk who has a coat hanger with a silk jade tassel like the one in his noble possession, then I have met him" xiao Yi replied with a little caution.

"Yes! Jiu Jiu has it! He still keeps it? this xieyi rope?" His Majesty raised the jade in his hand so that the tassel almost touched Xiao Yi's nose.

"Yes, I saw it on the waist of a monk, exactly the same as His Majesty had" Xiao Yi replied as he pulled his face slightly back.

His Majesty turned his face away, those sharp eyes were so contrasted with the fog that formed the glass there.

He was a king who ruled a country as big as Yanzhi, with a territory so vast and large but it was sad to see how love had made him so weak and helpless.

"He even asked His Majesty" Xiao Yi said slowly, but the sentence was able to make the king turn his body even more.

His Majesty silently stared, turning his back on Xiao Yi who had gone awry. He wasn't sure if he had made a mistake with what he had said.

Wasn't his majesty eager to know the monk's state? why is he acting like this now?

The atmosphere became silent, there was no more noise between the two of them.

Only His Majesty's breath was descending, disorganized, breaking the silence of the night.

Suddenly Xiao Yi came to a realization, His Majesty only wanted to hide his sorrow from the presence of Xiao Yi.

"I last saw Jiu Jiu in the spring, exactly nine years ago." His Majesty's voice sounded hoarse.

"She decided to leave me, right on my eighteenth birthday.it was the fourth month, when the flowers of Ying hua were blooming in the garden of shenhua, the color was like Jiu Jiu's cheeks. a few days after I was crowned king of Yanzhi."

slowly His Eminence Yan Yue turned her body back. Now that the face was hardened, the fog that had appeared in his eyes, was gone, but his jet eyelashes were dewy.

"When I found out, he had already gone to Sunyen temple. I followed him there, hoping he would change his mind. Even if she can't be empress, at least I'll beg her to be a concubine. I just wish I could see it every day"

His Majesty sighed for a moment.

"But do you know what I met in Sunyen?" asked His Majesty, while sipping the wine that he had not had time to drink.

Xiao Yi was silent, waiting for the connection of the sentence His Majesty said. He knew very well, His Majesty did not expect any answer from his mouth, but only wanted him to listen.

"His long black hair like Hei yu's jade had disappeared unceasingly, leaving behind a slippery shell that I couldn't even see" His Highness Yan Yue pushed the cup in his hand, Xiao Yi immediately poured it over.

"Since then, I couldn't see his face...! I couldn't see him staring at me in a blurry cloth, silent like a helpless statue. All I remember is that she was a girl whose hands were so agile as to play the sword and was as firm as a rock"

His Eminence sipped his drink, until his head was turned to face the ceiling.

Never had Xiao Yi seen such a deep expression of grief possessed by anyone who had ever met him.

"Chenxing, is being a king not to love someone and have them?" his eyes reddened, staring intently at Xiao Yi, as if looking for an answer from the girl.

"I.m.I don't know Your Majesty..." Xiao yi answered.

His Majesty laughed loudly, a strange laugh. Like a wounded wolf.

Xiao Yi was simply stunned, staring at His Majesty unmoved from his seat. He really did not know what to answer, his head felt heavy. Qian Ren's smiling face was dancing there.

"Falling in love is beautiful, Chenxing...! Absolutely lovely! You can't close your eyes without looking at her. There is no place more beautiful in the world than the place where your loved ones are. You will be willing to die for the one you love, if you want it" His Holiness said later. He drank some more wine in his cup and Xiao Yi swiftly poured it again.

"But that love will turn around killing you when you can't have it. You may still be breathing but your soul has been killed. You live but die!" His Majesty chuckled, two clear feathers fell at the corner of his eyes.

A king who was so mighty, who had won the war somehow tens of times, in his hands had probably lost hundreds of lives, on his sword probably had many liters of blood spilled.

But tonight, Xiao Yi saw the tears of a king fall without him being able to hide. Just out of love, the great king was like a lion that lost its claws, curled up wounded.

Xiao yi loved Qian Ren with all his soul, he was the first man to give her a Xiang Nang, a bag of silk fragrances hidden in a pile of peonies. The man hung it on a willow tree, in order to be found by Xiao Yi.

Every day, during that spring, Xiao Yi found a peony basket with Xiang nang among the piles of flowers. Dozens of bags of fragrances from multicolored silk with various embroidered motifs became a collection that Xiao Yi loved very much.

After that, Xiao Yi could not close his eyes, otherwise look at that Xiang Nang while imagining Qian Ren's face.

Is the love that His Majesty is referring to such a love? But why could Xiao Yi not compare the sadness felt by His Highness Yan Yue with the grief experienced by him.

The farewell that Xiao Yi endured did not make Xiao Yi suffer as deeply as His Majesty's suffering.

His Majesty gulped down his wine again and again, until the urn in Xiao Yi's hand became empty. Xiao Yi had poured two urns full of wine for His Majesty to drink.

His majesty thrust her cup again but Xiao Yi did not budge.

"Pour the wine again!"

Xiao Yi shook his head slightly, refusing His Majesty's request.

"Jiu Jiu, why are you doing this to me" His Majesty shifted the table before them violently, his hand gripping Xiao Yi's arm.

"Jiu Jiu!" his Majesty's eyes were burning like fire.

"Your Majesty, you drink too much" Xiao Yi said without trying to take off His Majesty's grip.

"Jiu Jiu.. Do you know, I miss you so much? I barely recognized when it was day and night because everything was always dark" His Majesty hugged Xiao Yi.

"I'm not Jiu Jiu Your Majesty, I'm not Jiu Jiu!"

"I miss you so much, Jiu Jiu" His Majesty's embrace felt very tight. His Majesty's burly body pressed down on Xiao Yi's slender body until the girl could barely breathe.

"I'm not Jiu Jiu..."

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