Chapter 12: Rivalry

Nangong Liuxi looked at Nangong Nuo'er for a while, as if she wanted to see through whether she was serious. Although Lin Yixiang is not bad, Nangong Liuxi does not think that he can be worthy of Nuo'er.

Nangong Nuo'er's persistent and firm eyes made Nangong Liuxi a little helpless. With so many ministers here now, it wouldn't be good if she said more. Nangong Liuxi glanced at Lin Yixiang on the side again, nodded with a smile, and said to Nangong Nuo'er: "Since you have thought about Nuo'er, then this palace can only nod." ”

As soon as Nangong Liuxi's words fell, all the ministers immediately got up one after another and congratulated Lin Yixiang and Nangong Nuo'er. Nangong Nuo'er stood there with a smile, then slowly turned around, and looked in the direction of Lin Yinan and Lu Zhiyao with a faint gaze. Her movements were obvious, and she didn't intend to hide it, everyone looked at it in their eyes, and they all pretended not to see it, not knowing what the eldest lady of the Nangong family wanted to do.

Lu Zhiyao met Nangong Nuo'er's provocative gaze, and then looked at her disdainful expression when she looked at Lin Yinan, and was slightly angry. What does she mean? Do you want to be in front of so many people, is it difficult for the two of them to raise Lin Yixiang?

As it turned out, Lu Zhiyao's guess was correct. When she heard Nangong Nuo'er's smile, she heard that the eldest lady of the Lu family was an out-and-out talented girl and wanted to invite herself to play a song with her to cheer up the feast, Lu Zhiyao almost couldn't help laughing.

Talented? As we all know, her reputation outside the country is very bad. What talent does she have? Climb into a man's bed?

Lu Zhiyao sat beside Lin Yinan with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and Lin Yinan didn't seem to intend to say anything to help her, so he leisurely poured a glass of wine in front of everyone and drank it alone.

Lu Yuanzheng was also present, and she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable when she saw Nangong Nuo'er deliberately embarrassing Lu Zhiyao. After all, if Lu Zhiyao also made a fool of himself, then his two daughters were planted in the hands of Nangong Nuo'er, that is to say, the two daughters of his Lu family together are not as good as one Nangong Nuo'er. Although Nangong's family is quite powerful, he is also the prime minister above 10,000 people under one person, how can she be forced to such a situation with a female baby?

Lu Zhiyao was stared at for a moment, she glanced at Lin Yinan, who had nothing to do with herself, pursed her lips and smiled, and opened her mouth softly to Shangnangong Nuo'er's eyes.

"Everyone knows that there are two people in the capital who are very good at playing the piano. One is Xia Yao, the eldest lady of the former Xia Mansion, and the other is none other than Nangong Nuo'er, the daughter of the Nangong family. Now that Xia Yao is gone, who would dare to play the piano with Nangong Nuo'er? ”

Lu Zhiyao slowly said Xia Yao's name, which made many people's faces change suddenly, and they marveled at her boldness in their hearts. And when Nangong Nuo'er heard the words Xia Yao, she also frowned, staring at Lu Zhiyao with gloomy eyes, waiting to hear her next words.

"I really can't play the piano, so I won't spoil everyone's interest. Anyway, everyone who comes here today is the same, even if they listen to the piano, they don't want to hear me play. Otherwise, I am afraid that everyone's ears will be sinned. ”

"Won't?" Nangong Nuo'er raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Zhiyao suspiciously. Most of the people here today are from the prince's faction, so Nangong Nuo'er's every move is nothing to restrict. In addition, the queen is her aunt, and she didn't say anything at this time, so she wanted to be more comfortable to satirize Lin Yinan and Lu Zhiyao, who had never met before. "Then what will you do to make the Eighth Prince marry you?"

Nangong Nuo'er's words were too sharp and obvious, and she intended to target Lu Zhiyao and Lin Yinan, which made many people secretly laugh in their hearts. Lin Yinan was a little surprised, he originally thought that Lu Zhiyao would choose to stand up at this time, and really responded to Nangong Nuo'er's request to play the same song with her, which also put out the arrogance of the Nangong family, even if it would bring a little inconvenience to himself, at least he could breathe a sigh of relief. But he didn't want to, Lu Zhiyao actually swallowed this breath, and after Nangong Nuo'er asked again, he just smiled lightly and said, "Who can have the good fortune of Prince Luo." ”

Lu Zhiyao's words with unknown meaning made Nangong Nuo'er's eyes tremble. looked at Lu Zhiyao coldly for a long time, and when Nangong Nuo'er heard the queen open her mouth, she said, "Nuo'er, you are messing around again." At that time, she turned around and smiled, and said to Nangong Liuxi: "Nuo'er is just joking with the Eighth Imperial Concubine, the queen should not be partial, Nuo'er will play a song for everyone, and I don't dare to make trouble anymore." ”

After Lu Zhiyao turned around and walked away from Nangong Nuo'er, under Lin Yinan's surprised gaze, he drank the wine that had not been touched in his hand. Sideways eyes smiled at Lin Yinan's gaze, and Lu Zhiyao was silent, so that Lin Yinan couldn't guess her mind for a while.

The sound of the piano over there had already come slowly, and Lu Zhiyao quietly stared at Nangong Nuo'er's every move, and did not plan to make any small moves at this time. Although Lu Zhiyao now wants to use some means to break the strings of the piano and make Nangong Nuo'er a little ugly, Lu Zhiyao also knows that it is not a good thing to come out so quickly. Nangong Nuo'er is a very temperamental person, and she really can't get off the stage in front of so many people today, then she will definitely suspect Lin Yinan's side, and in the past few days, the Eight Emperors Mansion is estimated to not stop.

After playing the song, everyone applauded, and Lu Zhiyao and Lin Yinan were no exception. finally survived until the queen left, and it was very late. Lu Zhiyao stood up with Lin Yinan's movements and wanted to go back. But after leaving the main hall, Lin Yixiang, who was on a narrow road, and Lin Yixiang, who also wanted to leave, collided.

Lin Yixiang's side was Lu Zhiqing, who had always had a bad face, and the four of them stood opposite each other, and before they could say anything, they heard Nangong Nuo'er's voice again.

Lu Zhiyao turned his head to look at the haunted person and sighed secretly.

"Isn't this the Eighth Prince and the Eighth Imperial Princess? It's a coincidence, I just have something I want to say to the Seven Princes. Nangong Nuo'er calmly stood in front of Lu Zhiqing, blocked her behind her, then looked at Lin Yinan, then looked at Lin Yixiang next to him, and said with a smile: "The luck of the Eighth Prince is really not as good as that of the Seventh Prince." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Lin Yinan opened his mouth softly, and a calm smile had faintly appeared in his eyes.

"I thought that the person chosen by the Eighth Prince must be a beautiful woman who has fallen into the city and the country, no matter how bad it is, she must be a talented woman who knows a little about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. But who knows......" Nangong Nuo'er swallowed back the words and didn't say anything, but the meaning of her words also made several people understand. In addition, she deliberately turned her attention to Lu Zhiyao, which made Lu Zhiyao feel her irony.

In front of everyone, Lu Zhiyao is not good at going against her too much, but that doesn't mean that in the back of people, Nangong Nuo'er will also step on the heads of the two of them again and again. What Nangong Nuo'er said about herself, Lu Zhiyao didn't care very much. But if she had to compare Lin Yinan with Lin Yixiang, Lu Zhiyao would have an opinion.

"The seventh prince is no longer a prince now, and the luck of the eighth prince is not as good as Prince Luo, didn't I just say it, who can have the good fortune of Prince Luo?" Lu Zhiyao took Nangong Nuo'er's words, she knew too well how to make Nangong Nuo'er feel uncomfortable. "Prince Luo, the beautiful son of the city and the country, has also gotten it, and the 'talented girl' who knows a little about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Prince Luo is about to marry. It seems that after the Luo Wangfu, it will definitely be lively. ”

"Who do you say knows a little about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?!" Nangong Nuo'er looked at Lu Zhiyao sharply, she didn't expect that she, the little Eighth Emperor Concubine, would have such courage to talk to herself like this.

"That's enough." Lin Yixiang didn't want to listen to the two of them anymore, so he opened his mouth in a low voice, stopping Nangong Nuo'er from arguing with Lu Zhiyao. "Eighth brother, it's not too early, you guys go back first."

Lin Yinan glanced at Lu Zhiyao with some unfinished eyes, took Lu Zhiyao's hand under the gaze of several people, and walked in the direction of the outside of the palace. Nangong Nuo'er looked at the backs of the two, snorted coldly, and after they walked away, she turned to look at Lin Yixiang and Lu Zhiqing, and said coldly: "Why stop me?" I just want to rub their sharpness, and save Lin Yinan thinking that he can get something with the support of Prince Mu. ”

Lin Yixiang listened to Nangong Nuo'er's words with a calm expression, and did not continue to talk to her about this topic, but asked, "What else do you have to say to me?" ”

"My dad will be back in half a month, my wedding must be different, and I don't do partial housing." Nangong Nuo'er looked at Lu Zhiqing when she said this, "It's so ugly and brought out, you are not afraid of losing face." ”

Lu Zhiqing's body was stunned suddenly, originally just now, when Nangong Nuo'er and Lu Zhiyao were competing against each other, she was still entangled in her heart, and she hoped that who could have the upper hand. But now, she can't wait for these two to die right away and never appear in front of her again!

"Then I'll go back." Lin Yixiang saw that Nangong Nuo'er had finished everything he wanted to say, so he left with Lu Zhiqing.

Nangong Nuo'er looked at Lu Zhiqing with both hands and arms, and the more she looked at it, the more awkward she felt. After muttering a sentence of "ugly eight monsters", Nangong Nuo'er pursed her lips, thinking that the two daughters of the Prime Minister's Mansion were really "different" enough.

Lu Zhiyao was silent all the time on the way back, as if he was unhappy, and as if he wasn't. Lin Yinan chose to walk back with her, and he didn't bring extra minions with him. So after staying away from the palace, he whispered to ask Lu Zhiyao. "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about what you're doing, as if you don't care about what others say. Wouldn't you be angry? ”

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