Chapter 227: A Down and Out Phoenix Is Not as Good as a Chicken
"so so."
Hua Jin told the truth, her appearance in this life is the same as her appearance in the apocalypse. Of course some people in the apocalypse said she was pretty.
But the end of the world is a place where strength is the most important thing, so what if you look good? It will not help, and it will even bring her a lot of trouble.
Hard fist is the way to go!
Over time, under the influence of this mentality, Hua Jin felt troubled when she saw a woman who looked more upright, and she gradually lost her ability to distinguish between beauty and ugliness.
When she came here, she knew that many people said that she was beautiful. She thought that it was mostly because they were complimenting her because she was Princess Xiao Li.
Looking at Li Yunqing's understanding look, she asked blankly:
"What's wrong? What's the problem? Does this problem have something to do with you and me?"
"nature."
Li Yunqing laughed. He pulled Hua Jin to the couch and sat down, playing with her fingers.
"You, like me, have no idea of the beauty and ugliness of women."
This discovery made Li Yunqing very interesting, and he learned a little more about his princess.
"You don't think that your beauty is any different from the 'beauty' praised by everyone, but Jin'er, you are different. You are the only beauty in this world."
Li Yunqing praised her sincerely, because her perception was biased, so she was afraid that Li Yunqing would dislike her.
But she should have such confidence. She is fully capable of this, and Li Yunqing was fascinated by it.
Hua Jin looked at Li Yunqing, trying to see some perfunctoriness and hypocrisy in his expression.
But no, he was very sincere, so sincere that Hua Jin had to believe that he was really beautiful and different, not weird and different.
"Then I believe you for now."
Hua Jin took her hand out of Li Yunqing's, picked up the tassel on her skirt, slapped Li Yunqing in a petulant manner, sat aside, and looked at herself in the bronze mirror.
With her gray hair, she really didn't see how beautiful she was.
The person on the side breathed a sigh of relief. It was great. The master and the prince finally stopped making trouble. She quickly stepped forward and asked:
"Master, do you want to pass on the food?"
Li Yunqing raised his eyes and looked,
"Still called 'Master'?"
What would you call me if you don't call me master? I'm a little confused. She always calls me master, master?
Xiaoxiao also seemed a little at a loss. She had a vague and bold guess in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it out.
Outside, Lian'er could be heard shouting:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Li Yunqing and Hua Jin could say anything, Lian'er rushed into the king's tent with Yue'er.
One child and one child fell to their knees in front of Hua Jin's knees with red eyes and burst into tears.
"Empress, you are leaving, why don't you take Lian'er with you? Who will give you clothes? Who will tell you jokes? What kind of life have you been living along the way?"
Lian'er cried and hugged Hua Jin's knees, crying so hard that the whole world was shaken.
Yue'er also cried, complaining and complaining at the same time,
"Empress, you are so cruel, don't you want Lian'er anymore? Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."
She is a little older now, and Yue'er has been by Hua Jin's side since she was very young.
It can be said that in Yue'er's mind, Huajin is her heaven, her earth, and her whole world.
So Hua Jin ran away, and Yue'er was like a child abandoned by her parents, crying all day or making noises to find her empress.
In the king's tent, Lian'er and Yue'er burst into tears. Outside the tent, two dogs raised their voices and shouted,
"The little man joins Prince Li and his wife, Princess Li, to welcome the queen back to her throne."
All the generals of the four armies who had worked hard to cooperate with the performance so far, including General Gu Zun of the City Guard Army, General Zhou Ya of the King of Qi Army, Wu Tian, the palace guard, etc., also shouted together,
"Congratulations to the Queen on your return!!!"
Looking at the big and small, they were so frightened that they knelt down. Really, she was really the little Princess Li.
What kind of luck did they have?
The man who instigated them to find their master said that as long as they served their master well, there would be endless wealth and honor waiting for them in the future.
At that time, they thought that wealth in this world meant nothing more than having enough food to eat, warm clothes, or lots and lots of money.
They never thought that the mistress they were serving was the famous Princess Li.
Hua Jin sat next to Li Yunqing and turned to look at Li Yunqing amidst the roar of the mountain.
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised,
"This kind of honor is still suitable for you."
Yes, he didn't like to see Hua Jin nesting in the small yard, grinding the iron in his hands every day.
he does not like.
He didn't like that she obviously had the talent to govern, but she put away her edges and ambitions, hid behind Yao Jun, and fiddled with such a small market town.
She doesn't like it.
He has seen how she governs the North, and he understands all her ambitions. She needs a bigger stage to display herself.
She deserves the support and respect of more people.
She deserves it.
Hua Jin's lips moved, the curtain of the king's tent was blown by the wind, and the sun shone on the bronze mirror, reflecting a golden light that fell on Hua Jin's silver hair.
It also fell between Li Yunqing's eyebrows.
His usually cold eyebrows revealed a touch of deep emotion.
Li Yunqing has never been a patient person.
But for Hua Jin, he was willing to reduce himself to a little husband, pretending to be wronged, cowardly, and incompetent all the way.
Finally, Huangtian paid off and found his princess back.
In this way, everything he did was worth it.
Hua Jin's heart moved slightly. She tilted her head and looked at Li Yunqing. Amidst the roar of the mountain, her inner emotions were like the whistling wind, covering her whole heart.
For the first time, she felt that she seemed to prefer being a princess to being a village girl.
Be Li Yunqing’s little Princess Li.
Indeed, as Li Yunqing said, this situation is suitable for her.
"Follow me and go out to meet them."
Li Yunqing stood up and said the courtesy. The soldiers showed such high courtesy to his princess. It would be inappropriate for the princess not to show up and say a few words.
Hua Jin immediately turned around, looking for the black veil that covered her face.
However, Li Yunqing took the black veil first.
He raised his hand, and the black veil fell towards the corner of the king's tent.
"Jin'er, you don't need this."
"In this world, you only need to care about the preferences of one person, and that is your husband-in-law. Since I am so happy with your extraordinary appearance, what can I do to you with the gossips of others?"
His eyes were encouraging and he stretched out a hand to Hua Jin.
Hua Jin stretched out her hand to hold it. What she wanted to say was that she actually didn't care about other people's opinions. She didn't care at all if they said she was the goddess of the Nine Heavens or that she was a white-haired monster.
She just didn't want to make Li Yunqing a source of curiosity for others because of her.
Others will say, what the hell is King Xiao Li’s princess? Her hair is so white.
Others will also say that they have never seen any princess with weird white hair, only Princess Xiao Li has this...
But Li Yunqing said that he didn't care.
He was even full of joy and surprise.
Shouldn't Hua Jin be braver and have more confidence in Li Yunqing?
She looked at Li Yunqing's tall body leading the way, and his generous palm held her hand tightly.
The curtains of the royal tent were opened from both sides by people kneeling on the ground, large and small, and golden sunlight poured down on the heads of Li Yunqing and Hua Jin.
The cries of the generals of the four armies became more and more excited and loud.
They seemed not to notice Hua Jin's silver hair, holding a weapon, and constantly tapping his breast shield.
Bang, bang, bang, the sound connected into a sea, lifting Hua Jin and Li Yunqing high.
King Xiao Li and Princess Xiao Li are the gods above their heads.
After a long time, Li Yunqing raised his hand, and the generals of the four armies below slowly became quiet.
They knew that King Xiao Li had something to say.
Li Yunqing looked at Hua Jin and asked her to speak.
Hua Jin stared and asked him in a low voice,
"What do you want me to say? I don't know how to say it."
"Whatever, they will carry out every word you say with their lives."
These words put a lot of pressure on Hua Jin.
She gave Li Yunqing an angry look, put on her little Princess Li's appearance, and looked at a large group of generals of the four armies who were looking at her eagerly.
"Sun Guogong is dead, and we may be in a lot of trouble next. There is suspicion from the imperial capital, and there is also pressure on people's livelihood from the Hushan Army!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the soldiers shouted in unison,
"We are honored to die fighting for the prince and fighting for the princess!"
They are not afraid at all, they will attack whoever messes with Prince Li's Mansion.
If you don’t believe it, come and try it.
"But before these troubles come, I want to recover three people, because they almost caused your backup transit town to fall into the hands of Sun Guogong. No one in this world can play tricks on me like this."
Hua Jin's voice became colder and harsher, and she truly regained her status as a high-ranking person.
Silver hair mixed with golden light, she pointed in the direction of Quanshui County,
"Go find them, the county master Hou Pan, the mother-in-law of Prince Hou, and the actor Liu Sheng. It's best to bring them back alive. If there is resistance, they will be killed without mercy!"
"Follow your orders!"
All the soldiers shouted in unison, with murderous intent in their determined eyes.
At this moment, no one would doubt that the death of Hou Pan, Yagyu and the three others was imminent.
At this time, Liu Sheng had already led Hou Pan through Hushan County and returned to Quanshui County.
Because of Sun Guogong's death, the soldiers along the way were scattered and fleeing, as well as poor people kneeling on the roadside selling their sons and daughters with straw signs on their heads.
But Hou Pan successfully returned to the capital of Quanshui County and arrived at Prince Hou's Mansion.
She looked at the once unparalleled Prince Hou's Mansion, and tears fell down her cheeks.
The mother on the side was also filled with emotion, lowered her head and shed tears.
"Is this our palace? Here..."
This place has been looted time and time again by brutal government soldiers and desperate refugees.
The huge palace of Prince Hou was empty and messy, with nothing in it.
Things have changed, but the peach blossoms remain the same. The familiar faces have withered in the turbulent times of war.
What a tragedy, what a pain.
Hou Pan turned around, hugged his mother's head and cried.
After crying, Hou Pan wiped his eyes and looked at Liu Sheng who was walking into the gate of Prince Hou's Mansion.
"Liu Lang, where are we going next? But to the Imperial Capital?"
This Quanshui County has become uninhabitable, and it was not always the plan before. After going to the imperial capital to report to the clan mansion, buy a house and find a few shops to settle down?
Why did Yagyu bring their master and servant back to Quanshui County?
Liu Sheng looked at Hou Pan, showing his usual thoughtful expression along the way.
"I've thought about it carefully. You are the county head of Quanshui County. No matter where you go to the imperial capital, this Quanshui County is the fiefdom of Prince Hou's Mansion, isn't it?"
He paused, then smiled again:
"I have been asking about this along the way. After Prince Hou passed away, the imperial capital sent a famous county governor to Quanshui County. He has arrived in the imperial capital recently. I have handed him a message. Today the county master will go to see this county.
Be the governor."
Hou Pan looked at Liu Sheng in disbelief,
"Liu Lang, why should I go to see the prefect?"
Strictly speaking, the prefect of this county is an official sent by the imperial capital to help the owner of the fiefdom manage the fiefdom.
Most of them only have official positions but no real power.
Only when the owner of the fiefdom has left and the fiefdom is left unmanaged and unsustainable can the prefect of the county have this real power.
But in fact, the prefect of the county was still subordinate to the prince. No matter who the prefect of Quanshui County was, he had to show courtesy to people from the prince's palace.
"According to the regulations, when the county lord of Prince Hou's Mansion comes back, it is the prefect of this county who should come to see our county lord, not our county lord to meet him."
Mother stood up and reminded Yagyu Sheng at the right time.
He is just an actor and does not understand these etiquette. Now my mother is teaching him.
But he saw Yagyu spitting rather vulgarly and looking at his mother with disdain.
"The down-and-out phoenix is not as good as a chicken. Why are you putting on the airs of the Prince's Palace now? The prefect of this county is someone sent by the imperial capital. It is said that he is trying to seize the official of Quanshui County and let you go to see him. You can dress up and go to the toilet.
Yes, I have my own ideas for everything."
This look really scared Hou Pan.
She shrank, feeling uncomfortable inside.
Dress up more beautifully? What does this mean for her as the noble princess of the county?
Seeing that Liu Sheng's face changed again, he came forward gently and freely, holding her hand with one hand and coaxing:
"County Lord, think about it, we went to the Imperial Capital like this, that is, we went to the Imperial Capital to live a small life. Such a life in a place as prosperous as the Imperial Capital can only be regarded as lower class people, but if we stay in Quanshui
County, you are still the county head of Prince Hou's Mansion. We have such a large fiefdom, and we can have a scenery that is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people."
"As long as you coax the county governor, what do you want that we don't have?"
The rebellious Sun Guogong is dead, and now the world is at peace. Although Liu Sheng has lost one of his hands, he still has hope.
Hou Pan has royal blood, and she also carries a small baby in her belly, which is much more valuable than some gold and silver coins.
Otherwise, why would Liu Sheng bring Hou Pan with him all the way?
The purpose is to use her royal bloodline to climb up the ladder step by step.
Hou Pan was extremely reluctant, but along the way, Liu Sheng had not given her a good look for many days, and now he was willing to speak to her in such a soft voice. Even if she was unwilling, she could only nod and agree.