Chapter 7: Goodbye King Yuan
"King Yuan, eldest princess. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Su Qingluan and the others greeted Yuan Junyao and Princess Nanchen and sat down together, with the tea and snacks just delivered by the next person.
Princess Nanchen smiled when she saw Su Qingluan being so polite, "You and I are both princesses of the same country, just call me Snow Lotus." ”
Su Qingluan heard her say this, and smiled, "Eldest princess, my Dajing is a state of etiquette, you are the eldest princess of Nanchen, and your status is noble, so naturally I shouldn't call you by your name directly." ”
Gong Xuelian listened to Su Qingluan's words, her expression remained unchanged, and she was dissatisfied with Su Qingluan in her heart, but her face did not show half a point, "What the eldest princess said is that I didn't think it through." "If you call me by my name, it is not polite, so if I take the initiative to ask you, isn't it even more rude?
And here, the prince and others also greeted Yuan Junyao: "Is King Yuan still used to living these days in Dajing? If there is something that the subordinates do not take care of, they must say it to me, and they must not indulge those minions." ”
Yuan Junyao said politely, "Thank you prince, everything is fine with this king." Prince Lao is worried. ”
The prince saw that only Gong Xuelian brought a maidservant girl with Yuan Junyao and Gong Xuelian by his side, and there was no one else, obviously knowing that they were here and came on purpose. On his face, he deliberately pretended to be puzzled and asked, "How could King Yuan and the eldest princess come to this courtyard?"
"The weather is fine today, presumably King Yuan also came out to play and enjoy the scenery, right?" Su Qingyuan on the side had already gone to the side to be served and cleaned up by his subordinates, and at this time he came over and asked with a smile, "I don't know how King Yuan is to the scenery of our Dajing compared to Northern Qi?" It's just that the smile on his face is indescribably false, and he clearly told others that he didn't even bother to pretend.
In fact, Su Qingyuan's words are quite ironic, but it is no wonder that he is under the jurisdiction of the royal palace within a radius of dozens of miles, and you are a prince and princess, how can you come here by chance to enjoy the wind and scenery! If you don't say that there are ghosts, no one will believe it.
Su Qingyu on the side has been looking at him coldly since Yuan Junyao arrived, this old man has been looking at the imperial sister very uncomfortable since the banquet of the prince's wedding that day. The person who looked at the royal sister like this before, but in the end he hurt her. Ever since he rescued the royal sister who had been chasing after that bastard but was injured and miscarried and fell into a coma that night, he swore that he would never let anyone hurt her again in his life. He has inquired in the past few days, he has been married in Northern Qi, but his wife died two years after marriage, leaving a son who is now three years old, how can such a man be worthy of the emperor's sister.
Yuan Junyao naturally also saw Su Qingyu who had always been defensive of himself on the side, he replied with a smile, his eyes were undisguised serious, yes, he seemed to like her, at the moment when she was heartbroken in the moonlight that night. He didn't care that she had ever been married, and he didn't care that there was another person living in her heart, he could wait, and wait until he used time and affection to completely erase that person's figure. Wait, she fell in love with him.
Yuan Junyao was still smiling in the face of the intentional or unintentional inquiries of the crown prince and the five princes, and a trace of cunning flashed in his eyes: "This king was wandering around the city today, and happened to meet the palace master, the eldest princess said that she had lived in the palace for a long time and wanted to come out to breathe, and I heard that you were playing in the suburbs, and if there were any guards around, I asked this king to send her over." After speaking, he glanced at Su Qingyuan again, "As for the scenery of Dajing, the two countries have different terroirs and different climates."
Yuan Junyao's words suddenly pointed the finger at Gong Xuelian, Gong Xuelian was angry and annoyed after listening to King Yuan's words, how could this King Yuan cross the river and tear down the bridge?
That's right, it was her idea to come to the other courtyard, but King Yuan clearly intended to encourage her, otherwise she wouldn't have met in the city by chance, and it means that the prince and others are gathering here. She came to Dajing this time because of the order of the emperor, and she made friends with various countries, and it was best to promote the marriage between Nanchen and Dajing or Western Qin and Northern Qi. The mother emperor is only thirty-six years old this year, and she can still govern for at least 20 years, and the mother emperor already has a desired successor in her heart. Therefore, if she can marry the emperor of a country, it will be possible for her son to become the emperor in the future, and then she will win Nanchen in one fell swoop, then she will be able to dominate the world! The best choice now is Dajing, the Dajing Emperor is not yet 40 years old, and he is very handsome, although he has become a crown prince, but it is not known who will be the emperor in the end.
The second is the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Qi Emperor is the elder brother of the Yuan King, young and promising, but the Empress of the Northern Qi is the princess of the Western Qin Emperor, who is strong and ruthless, and it is not easy to get along. Nan Chen's women are respected, and their military strength is not as good as that of the other three countries, so now Nan Chen is facing Dajing and Northern Qi with a slightly lower attitude.
"Oh?" Su Qingluan looked at Gong Xuelian with some curiosity, "I don't know what the eldest princess is looking for us?"
Gong Xuelian knew that Su Qingluan had a very high status in Emperor Dajing's heart, and she was also a princess, so why did she put her posture so high, so she no longer looked weak, "I heard that the eldest princess has excellent horse skills, and Xuelian also learned to ride a horse in Nanchen, I wonder if the eldest princess can learn a thing or two with Xuelian?"
Su Qingluan raised her eyebrows, "The princess wants to race horses with this palace?" Su Qingluan had already heard the queen mention last night that Nan Chen came to make Dajing seem to want to marry Dajing, if there is no accident, it is this palace Xuelian who married her father as a concubine.
But she looks at this palace Snow Lotus is not like an ordinary woman, she has a city in her heart, and the queen mother's temperament is invincible to her, and she refuses directly, but she is afraid of hurting the face of the two countries. Therefore, the best way is to let her retreat in the face of difficulties, so that it will not hurt the face of the two countries, nor will it embarrass the queen mother! Thinking of this, he gladly accepted, "Okay, there has never been that girl in Dajing who dares to race horses with this palace, which makes this palace really lonely." Today, I will ask the princess for advice. ”
"Don't dare, Xuelian's horse skills are average, and she can't give teaching" Gong Xuelian sneered in her heart, she saw the situation of the horse race just now, and the five princes' people who rode a horse as if they were rolling in the mud could win her, not to mention themselves? Today, I will suppress the arrogance of this eldest princess of Dajing!
Su Qingluan couldn't see Gong Xuelianzhi's complacent appearance, but he didn't say much, knowing that "come here, take the princess to choose a horse." ”
Since someone took Gong Xuelian to choose a horse, Su Qingluan turned his face to look at Yuan Junyao, "There is still half a month before the New Year, does King Yuan intend to celebrate the New Year in Dajing?"
Su Qingluan's question was a bit straightforward, but no one present raised any objections, they all looked at Yuan Junyao, Yuan Junyao was not annoyed, with a consistent smile, "This king has been traveling to various countries, and has also spent the New Year in many countries, and I have always heard that the people of Dajing are hospitable, and I don't mind that this king is here for the New Year this year." ”
Su Qingyuan, who heard this, rolled his eyes in the chair without figuring it, you said so, who would refuse you?
The prince smiled, "Yes, the people of Dajing are indeed hospitable, and King Yuan can experience one or two this year." ”
A few people here were greeting each other, and Gong Xuelian had already chosen a horse over there, and Su Qingluan also asked people to bring her white horse over. Gong Xuelian chose a pure black horse that was very imposing, and the two of them got on the horse at the starting point of the competition between Su Qingluan and the prince and others just now.
Su Qingluan turned his head to look at Gong Xuelian, "If it would be too much time and too boring to run to the top of the mountain and come back like I did with my younger brothers just now, why don't you put some obstacles on this grass, whoever crosses the obstacle first to reach the end of the other end will win, how about it?"
Gong Xuelian also felt that it was boring to run like they did just now, and immediately agreed with Su Qingluan's decision, "Okay, that's fun." But when the people brought up the so-called obstacles, she was dumbfounded.
Originally, she thought that Su Qingluan's so-called obstacles were just some straw stacks and beams and the like, but she didn't expect these to be these. I saw two rows of identical things on the grass, filling the distance of less than two miles. First of all, there are horizontal wooden shelves of different heights, and there are more than a dozen of them. The tallest is nearly a foot tall, and the shortest is half a man tall. Behind the timber frame was a seven-foot-high single-plank bridge, and behind the bridge was a four-foot-high cross-plank bridge not far from the finish line.
From the beginning to the end of the road, there are small flags planted on the ground, and even the obstacles are tied with strips of cloth.
Gong Xuelian looked at this battle, although she was a little timid in her heart, she didn't dare to show it, but she just asked puzzledly, "Eldest princess, what kind of play is this?"
Su Qingluan smiled when he heard this, "The ground and wood are covered with small flags, and the one who has obtained the most flags while passing through these obstacles will win." ”
Gong Xuelian listened to this, and secretly scolded Su Qingluan in her heart, but there was a curious expression on her face, "Is it just the number of flags?"
"Yes, it doesn't matter how long it takes. After Su Qingluan finished speaking, he suddenly approached her, "Eldest princess, there are some things you can think about, but you can't do them, and there are some things that you can't even think about! Northern Qi and Western Qin are mostly good men, why bother thinking about marrying someone who can be your father?"
Gong Xuelian was startled by her sudden approach, and was shocked by what she said, carefully savoring what she said, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, could she see something? Impossible, she has always hidden it very well, even the queen mother who gets along day and night has never seen it, and she is a princess of Dajing who is only a few sides of the relationship will definitely not see anything.
Gong Xuelian hid the horror in her heart very well, and pretended to be puzzled and said, "Eldest princess, Xuelian doesn't know what you're talking about." ”
Su Qingluan knew that she was pretending to be stupid, and she didn't break it, her eyes were far-reaching, and she said sarcastically, "It's good to be ambitious, but it's not advisable to be ambitious. ”
Gong Xuelian became more and more sure in her heart, Su Qingluan seemed to see through her thoughts, although she didn't know how someone who had only seen her a few times did something that she didn't even find out about a character like the mother emperor, but she saw through it, but her face couldn't show it.
She raised her hand to hold the broken hair in her ear, and smiled gently and generously, "Whether life is thinner than paper depends on the final result, not the eldest princess's mouth." ”
Su Qingluan heard Gong Xuelian say this, and couldn't help but confirm the conjecture in her heart. Yes, she did feel that Gong Xuelian was very ambitious, so she blindly tried it, but now she doesn't know what she wants to do. In short, you can't let Gong Xuelian stay in Dajing, if she knows the difficulty and retreats, if not, don't blame yourself for being ruthless.
Gong Xuelian seemed to feel something about the flash of murderous aura on Su Qingluan's body, and glanced at Su Qingluan beside her, but she didn't find anything abnormal, so she had to give up.
At this time, Li Yi, who was acting as a referee again, came over to inform the two to get ready, and saw Su Qingluan and Gong Xuelian turn over and get on the horse, and when everything was ready, he waved the flag in his hand. At the same time as he waved the flag, Su Qingluan and Gong Xuelian rushed out like arrows from the string!