Chapter 42: Keep a low profile
"Slave maid, see Aunt Lian." Seeing Lian Qianxi coming over, several people quickly stopped playing and saluted her.
Lian Qianxi motioned for them to get up, "It's the first assessment in two days, why don't you go to practice and gather here to frolic?" ”
When a few people heard this, they hurriedly walked back obediently, "Yes, aunt." ”
"Wait, Li Anyue stays." Before Li Anyue could take a step, he was left behind by Lian Qianxi.
"What's the matter with Auntie?" Li Anyue secretly complained, she had just dealt with an Aunt Wan before, and now there was an Aunt Lian, what kind of luck was she taking today!
"I don't like to beat around the bush, this time I came to ask if the relationship between you and the prince is really as rumored?" Even Millennium waited for everyone else to leave before looking at Li Anyue and asked.
Li Anyue was stunned, this is really direct, but it is much more comfortable than Wan Xiu in front of her, but it won't even be that even this aunt wants to talk in front of the prince, right? "As my aunt said, it's just a rumor, the slave and the prince are not familiar with each other, and the reason why there are such rumors is only because of some coincidence."
Lian Qianxi stared at her to see if she was lying, but she looked at the ground with her head slightly lowered, but her tone was very firm, "I don't know who you are, so it's inconvenient to comment on you, and I don't want to care about these things, after all, this is your private matter, but hearing your words when I came over just now made me think more." ”
"Huh?" Li Anyue looked at her in surprise when she heard it, she originally thought that she and Wan Xiu were the same person, because she heard that she knew the prince and came to look for her, but now it doesn't sound like this.
"Since you can say such things, you must be an open-minded person." Even Millennium felt very comfortable looking at her shining eyes, and her tone couldn't help but soften a little.
Li Anyue met her eyes and only lowered her head slightly, "The slave maid didn't think about whether she was a frank person, she was just used to doing things by her own temperament, and she was only willing to care about those who she felt was important, and the rest of the people didn't want to care about what they said and did, and they couldn't care about it." ”
Even Millennium was a little surprised that she would say such a thing, obviously just a teenager, but she looked at things so lightly, but she felt that it seemed natural for her to say such a thing, and her face moved and returned to the same as before, "I just remind you by the way, here, when you don't have enough ability to protect yourself, never put yourself on the cusp of the storm, the edge is too exposed, and you will only incur disaster for yourself." ”
Li Anyue was shocked when she heard this, she was originally just worried that these rumors would bring her verbal disputes, at most she was not popular, but she didn't think about it at a deeper level, after all, she was just a small waiter now, and she wouldn't pose much of a threat to others, but now Lian Qianxi's words made her understand that she might just be a small person, but once she hindered the interests of some people, then she might be easily removed as a stumbling block. So until you don't have enough ability to resist, keeping a low profile is the best way to protect yourself.
"Thank you aunt for your advice, slave maid and maid follow aunt's teachings." At this time, Li Anyue looked at Lian Qianxi, and her eyes were genuinely respectful and grateful. After all, even Millennial didn't have the responsibility to admonish herself, but she did.
"Okay, that's all I have to say, whether you can stay in the palace or not depends on your own creation, I believe the assessment in two days will not be a difficult thing for you, you can give me some peace, don't cause some unnecessary incidents." When Lian Qianxi saw her appearance, she couldn't help but feel fond, although she said it ruthlessly, her tone was much closer than at the beginning.
"If you stay after this assessment, you can ask me if you don't understand anything." When he was about to leave, Lian Millennium stopped and added.
Li Anyue was stunned for a while and understood what she meant, and smiled happily at the moment, her eyes about to turn into a pool of spring water. "Yes, thank you, auntie!"
Lian Qianxi heard the sweet aunt behind her, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, revealing a gentle smile, the days in this palace are always a little fun.
Seeing Lian Qianxi leave, Li Anyue thought about what she said, and couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed, so she turned around and walked in the direction where Ke'er and the others left, but she didn't expect that there was a roadblock.
"What? Scolded by my aunt? Yuwen Jiaojiao hugged her arms and looked at her as if she was watching a show.
Li Anyue did not answer her words, but asked another question. "You passed those words?"
Yuwen Jiaojiao snorted coldly, "Although Miss Ben doesn't like you, she doesn't bother to spread such rumors to ruin my prince's brother's reputation. ”
"yes, got it." Li Anyue nodded and left.
"Hey! You ......" Yuwen Jiaojiao felt very strange about her reaction, and wanted to ask her, but she didn't know how to ask, so she could only look at Li Anyue's departing back, stomped a few feet unwillingly, and walked away depressedly.
Li Anyue walked around the corner and was pulled over by Ke'er and them, it turned out that they saw Li Anyue being left alone and worried that she would be punished by her aunt, so they shrank aside worriedly and peeked, but because they were too far away, they didn't hear anything.
"Are you alright? Is my aunt going to punish you? Kerr asked her worriedly.
"No, don't worry."
"Miss An Yue, have you really seen the prince? I've heard people say that the prince ...... ...... very handsome" Zhang Lian'er asked her with a red face and twisted, she is really an innocent girl.
Li Anyue smiled slightly, and glanced at Shen Yueyin meaningfully, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looks like a handsome and dashing, graceful and graceful person, and his smile is enough to melt the ice and snow in winter, I believe that all women will want to marry him, right, Yueyin?" ”
Shen Yueyin was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "If the prince is really as good as Miss An Yue said, then it is naturally like this." ”
"I heard from Miss Yuwen last night that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has married the crown princess and the left concubine, and there is a position of the right concubine, presumably many women are longing for that position." Zhang Lian'er looked at Li Anyue with envy.
Li Anyue waved her hand to interrupt her fantasy, "Don't look at me like this, I don't dare to have this kind of thought, just look at my treatment today." "What's more, there are still two lions on it to watch the house, no matter how much she adapts to the ancient life, she can't accept this ancient two maids and a husband, let alone three women, this family can get together a table of mahjong." Moreover, aren't you all going to the palace to be elected as concubines to become the emperor's concubines? ”
"There are many beauties in the emperor's harem, and there are so many candidates for this selection, most of them enter the palace just to have a chance to stay in the palace, to be the best by the emperor, and to be the best by the emperor, and to be able to meet the prince or the son of a powerful person if they can't be favored by the emperor." Shen Yueyin said helplessly.
"That's right, I heard that the princes in this palace have inherited the emperor's handsomeness, and each prince is handsome!" Ke'er also reported her gossip these days.
"Yes, except for the four princes." Zhang Lian'er also agreed.
"The Four Princes? King of Qingning? Isn't he good-looking? Li Anyue remembered that her mother-in-law had said about King Qingning before, and couldn't help but prick up her ears.
"I heard that the fourth prince was also very likable when he was a child, but he was ruined by a fire, so he has been wearing a mask since then, and his personality has become very arrogant." Zhang Lian'er lamented with a look of regret.
"Wearing a mask? The Four Princes...... Entered the palace yesterday? Li Anyue had a bad premonition in her heart.
"Yes, Miss An Yue, how do you know? I heard that the four princes and the second prince came back from the expedition to Vasi yesterday, to say that these four princes are not as good as other princes, and their personalities are a little cold, but they are a war wizard, I heard that the palace people said that the four princes put down the rebellion of the Vasi country without spending troops, and the emperor was also very happy, but I heard that he was injured and shed a lot of blood, thinking that the four princes are really heroic, but I heard that the four princes are very manly, I don't know if it's true, and the second prince, I heard that the two princes also went out this time......" Zhang Lian'er poured out all the gossip she heard from He Yuying and the others for them to hear.
Li Anyue listened to the cold in her heart, it turned out that the masked person she offended yesterday was the fourth prince of Tianyang Kingdom, and she stepped on him...... He's hurt? That kick shouldn't be serious, right? Although the tone of his speech is not very good, he ......
"Miss, Miss? What are you thinking? "As long as there are no outsiders, Ke'er is still used to calling Li Anyue Miss, no matter how you say it, you can't change it.
"Well, I was thinking, I don't seem to have had a lot of luck lately." Li Anyue came back to her senses, grinned and made a wry smile, and walked to the room by herself, she needed to calm down alone.
Last night, Shenyue Haoqing sent Black Eagle to find Li Anyue's traces by all means, although Black Eagle was indifferent, but he also knew and respected his master very well, since he was thirteen years old and followed his master, he had never seen his master so attentive to a woman, and he also understood the importance of Li Anyue to his master. That night, according to what the master said, he did everything he could to find it. First of all, the people near Li Anyue's courtyard, whether they were beggars or ordinary people, used various methods to ask Li Anyue where they went, and after learning that only an old man and a man went out of the city, and the two women went to the palace to be elected as servants, they hurried back to the house to report.
Entering the palace? Shenyue Haoqing has never heard Li Anyue mention what she came to the capital for, nor has she ever heard her say that she wants to enter the palace, does she want to enter the palace to be a concubine for the emperor?
"She dares!" Thinking of this, the teacup in Shenyue Haoqing's hand was pinched into pieces, and he didn't care if his hand was stabbed by the fragments, "Black Eagle, go check the list of people who have entered the palace, find her out for me, this king wants to see what she wants to do!"