"Sister Zhao!" Yuan Xiang was a little annoyed.

Zhao Qingqing turned his head and ignored it.

But Yuan Xiang softened first, she took Zhao Qingqing's hand and said coquettishly: "I know you're worried about me, but now that it's over, can't we think on the bright side?"

Seeing her like this, Zhao Qingqing's face softened slightly, but the words he said were still ruthless, "Will things in this world get better because people think about the good side?" Xiang'er, now that you are not married, we still have a chance to change the result, don't we?"

Hearing Zhao Qingqing's shocking remarks, Yuan Xiang was stunned, "Could it be that I can still regret the marriage between His Majesty and Niangniang?"

No matter what others think, at least she and I here are willing to help you. Zhao Qingqing raised his chin and pointed at He Linwan and said.

Yuan Xiang looked at He Linwan in a daze, and Zhao Qingqing also looked at He Linwan.

He Lin bowed his head and said to Yuan Xiang: "Sister Yuan, as long as you are in need, I will do my best to help you." ”

Yuan Xiang was a little moved when she heard this, but she still shook her head, "I know that you treat me sincerely, but things haven't reached the worst yet, I have seen the fourth prince himself, although he doesn't talk much, but he doesn't look like a bad person." I...... I'm still going to take a gamble. ”

When Zhao Qingqing saw her like this, she finally sighed and stopped persuading.

"Well, I won't mention it. Let's have dinner in my teahouse today, I'll go to the kitchen and give an order. After Zhao Qingqing finished speaking, he got up and left.

Yuan Xiang looked at the back of Zhao Qingqing leaving, and also sighed.

"Sister Zhao must have been angry with me. ”

He Linwan comforted her and said: "Sister Zhao is straight, and her temper comes and goes quickly, so she won't really be angry with you." ”

"I know. Yuan Xiang smiled helplessly, paused and said, "Actually, when Your Majesty gave me a marriage, my father refused at first. ”

"Oh?" He Linwan looked at Yuan Xiang.

"Aside from the four princes, my father cares about the relationship between the four princes' mother, Concubine Hui and Concubine De, and he is afraid of getting involved in the dispute for the throne of several princes, so when His Majesty invited my father to inquire before the decree, my father found an excuse to shirk. At that time, although His Majesty's face was a little bad, he did not blame my father for this, but he did not expect that the next day Concubine De Niangniang announced my grandmother into the palace, first reprimanded my grandmother in front of everyone for no reason, and then told a story. ”

"What's the story?"

Yuan Xiang got up and walked slowly to the window, she leaned against the window and looked at the pedestrians downstairs for a while before she said: "It's about the beginning of the founding of my dynasty, the Cui family in Hedong was beheaded by the first emperor, and the matter of the three clans was punished." ”

Yuan Xiang tugged at the corners of his mouth, "The reason why the Cui family angered the first emperor was that they disregarded their will, refused to send their daughter to the palace, and secretly criticized the first emperor." Concubine De also asked my grandmother with a smile if she looked down on the Li family like those families with eyes above the top. ”

When He Linwan heard this, she didn't understand that the Yuan family was threatened, and her face turned cold.

"My father doesn't know if this is Concubine De's own meaning, or His Majesty is beating our Yuan family through the mouth of Concubine De, and the next day he entered the palace to face the saint and agreed to the marriage. My grandmother, father and mother don't love me, but our Yuan family is not my Yuan Xiang alone. ”

"Sister Yuan, I'm sorry. If it weren't for me......" He Linwan said with some sourness.

Yuan Xiang seemed to know what He Linwan wanted to say, and hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt: "It has nothing to do with you." My father said that the reason why Concubine De wanted to promote this family affair was to pull my Yuan family into her camp, my father had been in the military department for many years, and my grandfather also had a lot of old relationships in the army. In fact, it was not only Concubine De's idea to beat my Yuan family, but even Concubine Xian's mother...... Someone told my eldest brother about a family affair before, and that girl was actually the maiden family of Concubine Xian, but later this family affair was disturbed by my eldest brother. So if it weren't for me this time, it might be my eldest brother or second brother's turn. In this way, I hope it is me. I don't have anyone I like, and it's the same to marry anyone, so that my two brothers still have the opportunity to join hands with the person they like for a lifetime. So, Ah Wan, don't feel guilty, I'm not implicated by you, I just want to protect my family selfishly. ”

When He Linwan heard this, he was a little stunned.

Yuan Xiang still smiled and said: "By the way, don't tell Sister Zhao these words, she has always lived a wanton life." If she knew what I thought, she would have called me stupid. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the street outside the window, Yuan Xiang turned his head and glanced at it casually, and let out a "huh".

He Lin saw Yuan Xiang looking out of the window in a daze, and faintly heard the noise on the street, so he also got up and walked to Yuan Xiang's side to look downstairs.

I saw a caravan of horses coming from the other side of the street at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, and at this time it was almost past the teahouse. The horses in the caravan were tall and sturdy compared to the horses pulling carts that could be seen everywhere on the streets, and the clothes of the people on the horses were clearly different from those of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Are you from the Great Ji Kingdom?" He Linwan frowned.

"I heard my father mention before that Daji Kingdom will send envoys to Beijing in the near future, and these people should be them. Yuan Xiang said softly.

He Linwan was about to answer, but saw that Yuan Xiang's gaze had stayed somewhere and did not retract, she followed Yuan Xiang's gaze, and saw a young man wearing the costume of an official of the Great Zhou Dynasty Rites Department, riding a horse to accompany the envoys of the Great Ji Kingdom.

The man looked a little thin and pale, and although his facial features were quite handsome, he had a hooked nose, which made his appearance look a little mean at first glance.

As if sensing the gaze here, the man looked up and glanced over here, and He Linwan happened to meet those somewhat cold eyes.

The man's gaze only stopped on He Linwan for a moment, and then turned to Yuan Xiang, who was standing beside He Linwan, Yuan Xiang didn't seem to expect him to suddenly look over, and immediately turned his back and hid to the side as if he was startled.

He Linwan felt a little strange, so he looked back at the man again, but the man had already withdrawn his gaze and rode by.

Yuan Xiang stiffened his face and asked in a low voice, "Have they passed?"

He Linwan nodded and simply closed the window.

"It's gone. ”

Yuan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the table and sat down, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

He Linwan looked at her thoughtfully and asked, "Did you see anyone?"

Yuan Xiang licked the water stains on his lips and was silent for a moment before saying, "The person in the official uniform who just rode over is the fourth prince. ”