Chapter 73: What the Princess Said (Gaga)
In fact, according to the rules of Beijing, generally speaking, in this kind of elegant place, the people inside do not take the initiative to go out to say hello, but they are unwilling to meet, which is not rude.
Just like meeting an acquaintance on the road, as long as you gently cover your face with the fan in your hand, others will know that you are inconvenient or do not want to say hello today, and they will not come to ask for disgust, which is a kind of interpersonal communication between nobles.
Because of this, Yuan Xiang saw that He Linwan didn't go out with Mu Wanping, she thought that she didn't know the princess well, and she didn't have any intention of befriending her, so it was better to have more than one thing, and she didn't move.
He Linwan didn't have Yuan Xiang's anxiety in her heart, and she didn't notice Yuan Xiang's uneasiness, He Linwan was thinking about things in her heart at the moment.
Princess Chunyang is also an old acquaintance for her, this princess has never been unapologetic to her, as soon as they meet, they like to make things difficult in every way, once when she participated in the palace banquet, the queen ordered her to play a song, she just got up and was splashed by a palace maid with a body of wine, Princess Chunyang kindly said that her body is similar to her, you can borrow her clothes to change, she did not refuse in front of everyone, thank Chunyang.
However, He Linwan is a very cautious person, she didn't wear the clothes that Chunyang asked people to send, but asked people to hurry up and get the spare set she had prepared, and when she wore her own clothes and went out, Chunyang's face sank when she looked at the clothes on her body.
After the palace banquet was over, He Linwan asked people to carefully inspect the dress that Chunyang had prepared for her, and found that the needle and thread on it had been moved, and as long as it was pulled slightly, the piece of fabric on her chest would open a big opening. As you can imagine, if she hadn't been cautious at the time. So that what will be the consequences of making a fool of yourself in public.
Since then, He Linwan has retreated when he encounters occasions with Chunyang.
At first, He Linwan didn't know the reason why Chunyang targeted her like this, until Fan Lanruo said to her coldly: "They all say that you are smarter than your third brother, but I think you are a stupid person! Everyone else has deceived you, and you don't know why." You might as well ask your fiancΓ© who is more beautiful than Pan An and see if he knows!"
The world thinks that Yang Weizhen, the third lady of the Yang family, and Fan Lanruo, the granddaughter of Fan Gelao, are a pair of affectionate handkerchiefs. In fact, only those close to you know. Fan Lanruo hates Yang Weizhen, and Yang Weizhen doesn't like Fan Lanruo either. As soon as the two met, they were constantly fighting openly and secretly.
Third Brother Yang once joked with a smile: "Seeing the two of you, I can understand the allusion of 'both Shengyu and He Shengliang'." β
He Linwan was silent at the time. Where can men understand the women's minds? The dispute between her and Fan Lanruo has never been a dispute between "Liang Yu", but it is a pity that her third brother is such a transparent person, but he can't understand it. And He Linwan didn't bother to be kind enough to break it.
At that time, He Linwan heard Fan Lanruo say that, where did he not understand, the reason why the princess Chunyang, whose eyes were above the top, would target her everywhere. I'm afraid it's because of Xue Zixu, but at that time, He Linwan didn't take people like Princess Chunyang in her eyes at all, because she understood better than anyone else that a man like Xue Zixu was. It's impossible to marry a princess.
He Linwan smiled at Fan Lanruo and said, "No matter how stupid I am, Xue Zixu is also my fiancΓ©, and she has nothing to do with Princess Chunyang." But you are as smart as Miss Fan, and your cleverness is not used to compete with me. It's better to use it on the right person. Do you think that if you hold me for him, he will be grateful?"
Fan Lanruo's face changed at that time. Go off in a huff.
He Linwan couldn't help but sigh a little when he thought of Fan Lanruo, a person he hated so much at the beginning, but he was a little worried about not seeing her for so long, and he didn't know if she was okay now.
He Linwan was immersed in his own thoughts, and did not notice the conversation of the people outside.
Hearing Princess Chunyang ask about the people in the private room, Mu Wanping said casually: "It's the girls of the He family and the Yuan family, Zhizhen and King Kangjun are also there, but the princess wants to see them?"
Princess Chunyang waved her hand with interest when she heard this: "No need. β
Yuan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.
Aunt Lan saw that there were a lot of eyes around her who looked over here, so she whispered, "Princess, why don't you go into the private room and take a seat?"
Mu Wanping smiled and said, "Princess, please." β
Princess Chunyang nodded reservedly, and was about to enter the private room, but heard someone downstairs say loudly: "Mr. Qiu is here!"
Someone else was surprised: "Huh, the one who came with Mr. Qiu is Xue Gongzi?"
Princess Chunyang's eyes lit up, and she immediately wanted to go downstairs, but was stopped by Aunt Lan, and persuaded in a low voice: "Princess, don't you, have you forgotten what Concubine De explained before leaving the palace?"
Princess Chunyang frowned when she heard this, but she still stopped, but she refused to take any further steps towards the private room, just stood there, her eyes fixed on the staircase.
Seeing this, Mu Wanping pulled the corners of her mouth mockingly, and touched her hair bun: "I'm a woman's family, it's really rude to block the way here, so I went in first." β
Aunt Lan heard that she was afraid that Princess Chunyang would not look good here by herself, but she also knew that it was impossible to persuade the princess to leave now, so Aunt Lan wanted Mu Wanping to stay with the princess, at least not as conspicuous as the princess herself standing here, but Mu Wanping didn't even look at her, so she went into the original private room by herself.
Aunt Lan looked at Mu Wanping's back and frowned, feeling that this Mrs. Shizi's score was too big, and she must sue her in front of her mother after returning to the palace.
Mu Wanping returned to her original seat and sat down, and Yuan Xiang asked in a low voice, "Is it really Mr. Qiu that they are here?"
Mu Wanping nodded, and then looked out through the bead curtain with a smile, as if waiting to see some joke.
Mr. Qiu and his entourage soon came up, Qiu Yu was an old man over fifty years old, wearing an ordinary cloth coat that could not be more ordinary, and his appearance was also mediocre, but he was born with crane hair and a ruddy complexion, if you don't look at his full head of silver hair, he looks like a middle-aged man.
Next to Mr. Qiu was a man dressed in black, although this man was dressed in black, he was handsome and elegant, his eyebrows were picturesque, even when he was talking to Mr. Qiu, his face was indifferent, like the most untouchable cloud above the nine heavens, and his eyes were not stained with half of the dust of this world.
As soon as Princess Chunyang saw this man, she couldn't take her eyes off it anymore, and only stood there in a daze and looked at him.
The man noticed Princess Chunyang's gaze, and when he looked over, Chunyang just wanted to show a smile that he thought was the most perfect smile that he had practiced countless times in the mirror, but the man turned his eyes away as if nothing was and continued to say something to Mr. Qiu.
The smile on Princess Chunyang's face couldn't help but freeze, and she was a little helpless when she stood there.
Aunt Lan couldn't look at it from the side, so she coughed, and reminded the two people who came over with a blank face: "Princess Chunyang is here." β
Mr. Qiu frowned when the conversation was interrupted, looked up at this side, and then bowed indifferently, Xue Xingyi also bowed to Princess Chunyang, and Princess Chunyang immediately smiled: "No need to be polite." β
But after Mr. Qiu and Xue Xingyi saluted, they didn't even say half a word of greeting, so they walked past Princess Chunyang, and Mr. Qiu continued the topic that had just been interrupted by Aunt Lan: "Have you ever proved the measures you just said?"
Xue Xingyi said lightly: "No, after a while, I will ask the Holy Lord to release me, these measures can be implemented in a middle and lower county in the south first, and if it is confirmed to be feasible, it can be extended to multiple states and counties." β
Hearing this, Mr. Qiu glanced at Xue Xingyi in surprise: "You plan to ask for an external release? You are the Tanhualang of Jinke, shouldn't you be admitted to the Hanlin Academy?"
Xue Xingyi said lightly: "No one can walk the road under my feet for me." β
Mr. Qiu smiled and glanced at Xue Xingyi again: "Although I don't like you very much either, there are some things that you kid deserve praise for, which is different from your father." β
Hearing Mr. Qiu bluntly say that he didn't like him, if others would have been shocked, Xue Xingyi was indifferent.
Princess Chunyang over there was shocked when she heard this conversation, forgot Aunt Lan's explanation, chased after her in three or two steps, and grabbed Xue Xingyi's sleeve in a hurry: "Zixu, you want to leave Beijing?
Mr. Qiu glanced at Princess Chunyang in surprise, then at Xue Xingyi, who was pulled by her sleeves, and shook his head: "The old man went in first." With that, he left Xue Xingyi and walked away.
In the private room here, Mu Wanping, who was listening to the lively laughter, laughed sarcastically, and whispered: "This princess must have never been to a place like Taibai Building, thinking that she was still in an empty palace, but I don't know how many people are watching the play behind the bead curtain." β
Looking at Mu Wanping's look of good play, He Linwan smiled and looked down at his hands, not knowing what he was thinking.
Outside, Xue Xingyi's eyelashes drooped slightly, and he raised his hand to gently brush away Princess Chunyang's hand that was pulling his sleeve, although he didn't see how hard he worked, Princess Chunyang couldn't help but take a step back, almost not standing firmly.
Xue Xingyi's voice sounded very gentle and soft: "Is there something wrong with the princess?"
Princess Chunyang looked at his jade face in front of her in a daze, but for some reason her words were not very clear: "Zi, Zixu, you, you are the only son of Xue Ge Lao, and you are famous, and your father still values you very much, why do you want to release it? β
Xue Xingyi brushed his sleeves, lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Princess, what you said is very true." β
After saying this, Xue Zixu left without looking back.
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The post was posted later than expected, sorry o(n_n)o......
Well, there is a male character who has appeared~ Guess how many men it is?.
I forgot to ask for a ticket today, so there are fewer tickets...... t-tβ¦β¦
(To be continued)
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