Princess Chaoyang's meaning is very clear, whether the engagement banquet continues or not depends on the Lao family's father and son, not her. www.biquge.info The emperor's gaze naturally followed Princess Chaoyang to look at the father and son of the Lao family, Uncle Lao lowered his head and pondered, and seemed to be hesitating, but Lao Keqin's face was clearly a little insistent, and it seemed that he was bound to marry Princess Chaoyang.

But at this time, the emperor had begun to hesitate about Princess Chaoyang's marriage to the Lao family, and if he really let this happen, it would really promote the connection between the Lao family and the three princes, and the result would be tantamount to shooting himself in the foot. However, the decree has already been issued, and it is not appropriate to withdraw the decree at this time.

Seeing that the emperor didn't speak to his father, Lao Keqin suddenly felt a little impatient. He has been looking forward to marrying Princess Chaoyang for a long time, although he doesn't like Princess Chaoyang much, but her identity is there, and it is a real golden branch and jade leaf. Although their Lao family has been in the name of the national uncle's mansion over the years, but the father's national uncle is really far-fetched, to put it bluntly, the Lao family and the royal family are not real relatives, who is not rare to have such an identity as the emperor's relatives? The most important thing is that he is a member of the Lao family, although he has a part of the military power in his hands, but there is no real official in the court except for the name of a national uncle, in case one day Uncle Lao is gone, everything in the national uncle's mansion will be Lao Liqin's sooner or later, after all, the princess is the princess herself, and I am afraid that I will not be able to get anything at that time. But once he marries Princess Chaoyang, it will be different, in case that day really comes, he will at least have chips in his hand to fight.

Therefore, for Lao Keqin, Princess Chaoyang is the most important opportunity for him at the moment, and he must not allow anyone or anything to destroy this matter.

So, Lao Keqin stepped forward and knelt in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, the engagement between Weichen and Princess Chaoyang was selected after the calculation of the Qin Tianjian exercise, and it is a matter of royal face, so I am afraid it will not be appropriate to cancel it rashly." Besides, almost all the guests outside have arrived, the royal relatives and nobles in the capital have also arrived, if it is canceled at this time, Weichen doesn't care, I'm just afraid that the princess's reputation will be suspicious......" He paused and continued, "The emperor cares about the brotherhood of the three princes, and Weichen empathizes, but the news of the injury of the three princes needs to be blocked, and the guests outside should not be allowed to know." Otherwise, we have no clue now, and we can't even give them a reasonable explanation, which will inevitably cause them to speculate wildly, and damage the reputation of the royal family. Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, we can only find a safe place for the three princes to recuperate, and declare to the outside world that the three princes have traveled a long distance and are tired and urgently need to rest, and the engagement banquet should be held as usual, so it is expedient. ”

His words made it impossible to refuse, and everyone was silent, waiting for the emperor's decision.

Finally, the emperor sighed and said in a deep voice, "Okay, in this case, the third brother will rest here first, the imperial doctor will stay, and the rest of the people will go out with me to meet the guests outside." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he took a step and walked outside, at this moment he was repeatedly considering the possible consequences of today's decision, regretting and comforting himself, fortunately, it was only an engagement banquet, not a real marriage, and there was still a lot of circumstance. But he ignored one thing, that is, to ask Lao Keqin to get up.

Just after everyone drove out of the door, Lao Keqin slowly raised his head and prepared to get up. Unexpectedly, at this time, he saw a hand stretched out in front of him, and Lao Keqin looked up along his arm, it was actually Qi Yu.

Facing Qi Yu's outstretched hand, Lao Keqin wanted to refuse, but the angle he stretched out was unacceptable, because Lao Keqin either opened his hand, but he still had some scruples about hitting Qi Yu's face directly, especially on a happy day like today. But if he didn't open his hand, Lao Keqin had to tilt his body to the side a lot if he wanted to, that look was too ugly, and he couldn't do it. In desperation, Lao Keqin could only put his hand in Qi Yu's hand and let him pull himself up.

Without waiting for Lao Keqin to stand firmly, Qi Yu lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "The last time I participated in my matter, I knew it had something to do with you, although I didn't plan to care, but I want to know why you are doing this to me, after all, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, and I have not offended you in any way. ”

Lao Keqin looked at Qi Yu with wide eyes, this matter was indeed arranged by him step by step, from doing tricks on the books, to the disappearance of key witnesses to finding someone to impeach, it stands to reason that the excerpt is a secret performance, Qi Yu himself can't know who did it, unless the emperor tells him, it is impossible for him to know that this matter is related to him! No wonder my father has always said that Qi Yu is not a simple person, and the emperor's trust in him is not much less than that of their Lao family, it seems that this is the case!

Now that Qi Yu took the initiative to talk to himself about this, it seems that he doesn't want to be his enemy, so what should he do?

"Lord Lao, oh no, in fact, once today, it's not an exaggeration to call you a concubine, we are not strangers between the two of us, who am I, you know what you take the initiative to provoke right and wrong, I never do it, these days I have an attitude towards the Lao family, you also see it, when am I not always taking the initiative to avoid? But in spite of this you have stumbled me, do you think I should know why you are doing this? At least if I change it in the future, I should know what to change, right? It is said that one more friend is better than one more enemy, is this the reason? Qi Yu was still smiling all over his face, trying to show goodwill.

Lao Keqin thought about it, this time he was already very carefully arranged, or did Qi Yu hide unconsciously, not to mention whether he really didn't care, just his ability to easily break this game should not be underestimated. Qi Yu is a person who is left and right, and he is tactful, but he is not a master who is easy to offend.

So Lao Keqin clasped his hands into fists and said with an apologetic smile, "Lord Qi is aware that I did this matter, but I don't really want to be an enemy of Lord Qi, just a sister...... Alas, I'll tell you the truth, because Lord Qi helped Xi Cui a few times in front of her sister, her sister has some grudges, and the girls have some eldest sisters' tempers, which you also know. I didn't want to do this at first, but I couldn't bear my little sister to mess with me, so I had to make a play to coax her, and I regretted it afterwards, fortunately Master Qi was fine, otherwise I would ......"

Maybe what he said was true, but Qi Yu just smiled and said a few words of greeting, and he didn't take it seriously. It is impossible to gain the trust of Lao Keqin, but it is very simple to arouse his suspicion, and he and the emperor are really like a pair of brothers in this regard. Anyway, what he wanted was Lao Keqin's suspicion.

The two of them cleared up the previous misunderstanding, and chased after the crowd one after the other.

The words were divided into two sides, and Xi Cui's side had already packed up, waiting for Princess Li to come and pick up people.

While he was anxiously waiting, Duan San returned.

As soon as he saw Duan San, Xi Cui was surprised and delighted. After looking up and down for a long time, he was relieved to make sure that he was safe and sound. Duan San saw that she was dressed up and knew that she was going to the princess's mansion, so he made a long story short and briefly told him what he had done these days.

It turned out that after Duan San followed Nangong Yufeng out of the twilight moon and returned, he followed Nangong Yufeng's instructions to find Qian Chuanzi. This Qian Chuanzi has always wanted to connect with the imperial court, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity, and now he heard Duan San say that what he wanted to do was ordered by Nangong Yufeng and followed without saying a word. By the way, he also brought a few brothers who followed him on weekdays, and a few people were led by Nangong Yufeng to the mountain to meet the three princes quietly, and after some discussion, they killed a few personal attendants around the three princes that night. This gratifying person said that it was to protect the three princes, but in fact, it was the eyeliner that the Lao family planted beside the three princes. According to the orders of the three princes, they left a leader to contact Uncle Lao Guo when they started, but made sure that he was under the control of their own people. After arranging the things on the mountain, Yu Feng, Duan San, and Qian Chuanzi left there with the three princes and returned to the capital early. Several of them had been in Nangong Yufeng's barracks for two days. Just separated today, the three princes cut their arms, and were about to go to the princess's mansion to perform a bitter trick, Yu Feng went back to the palace to change clothes, and Duan San came back.

In other words, Nangong Yufeng was not injured either? Xi Cui breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly called Duan San to rest, and then looked at the time, no wonder Princess Li hadn't seen her at this time, it turned out that Yu Feng had returned...... I wonder if he will come with the princess later?

Xi Cui was thinking about it when she heard Yingxiang outside spread the word that Princess Li's car had arrived.

Xi Cui hurriedly dressed up and walked towards the door with Yingxiang Lixiang.

Princess Li's car was indeed guarding outside, but she didn't see the sedan curtain open until Xi Cui walked to her, and it stands to reason that when she heard a sound outside, the princess should at least open the curtain to see. Isn't that happening again?

With apprehension, Xi Cui approached the car and gently knocked on the sedan chair, "Princess......"

There was no sound inside, Xi Cui was a little panicked, and the sedan driver who was driving was not there. Something can't really happen, right? But as soon as Yingxiang reported it, she hurriedly came out, and there should be some movement even if something happened in such a short time.

Calming down, Xi Cui knocked again.

Still no one answered, Xi Cui really panicked now. took a few steps back and grabbed Yingxiang, "You saw who was inside when you saw the car coming?" Aren't you a kung fu person? Did you hear any movement outside? Why didn't anyone answer? ”

Seeing her like this, Yingxiang was also a little anxious. The rod asked Lixiang to help her, took a few steps forward in person, lifted the sedan curtain and looked inside. After deciding on it, Yingxiang turned around and returned to Xi Cui's side, and said with a smile, "Girl, Yinu maid sees nothing wrong, it's better for the girl to go into the sedan chair and wait, let's take a look around." ”

Xi Cui looked at Yingxiang's smiling face, full of suspicion, she could still laugh at this time, what did she see in the sedan chair just now?

So Xi Cui ignored Yingxiang, ran to the sedan chair in person, and opened the sedan curtain.

When she saw the evil smiling face of the person inside, she was immediately furious. didn't need to be supported by Yingxiang Lixiang, she directly supported the wheel with both hands, and jumped onto the sedan chair one by one. Opened the curtain and got in, and after a while, a few people outside heard Xi Cui's roar in the sedan chair, "Why don't you make a noise in the sedan chair?" Still laughing, still laughing! I was scared in a cold sweat, do you know? Don't laugh! ”

"Hehehe, okay, okay, I won't laugh, I won't laugh anymore......" Nangong Yufeng explained with a smile, "You can't blame me for this, the first time you called the princess, how can I promise you if I am not the princess?" The second time you didn't say anything, and of course I didn't say anything...... However, it's really rare for you to look so panicked...... Haha......"

"Still laughing!"

"Hahaha, don't laugh, don't laugh......"

"What about the princess? Why are you alone? I thought something had happened to the princess......"

"When the concubine went out, she said that she remembered something that had not been done yet, and asked me to come first, let's wait for her at the intersection of East Street."

"The driver is gone, how can you drive? Don't bother with the idea of welcoming Xiang Lixiang, no matter how they are, they are all girls' families, and I won't let them do this kind of rough work! ”

"Don't worry, we have a coachman!" Nangong Yufeng got up and lifted the sedan curtain as he spoke, only to see a familiar figure already appearing on the car, which was Duan San.

Xi Cui was immediately unhappy when she saw that it was Duan San, and she came out and looked at Duan San, "Third brother, you just came back, aren't you tired?" Didn't I tell you to get some rest? ”

Duan San smiled, "I didn't do any hard work, why are you tired?" We're not some delicate people! As he spoke, he motioned for Yingxiang Lixiang to get into the car, and left with a whip.

Xi Cui and Nangong Yufeng sat together, Yingxiang Lixiang sat opposite them, the carriage was upside down, Xi Cui's body swayed left and right, leaning on Nangong Yufeng from time to time. Yingxiang Lixiang watched Xi Cui's face become redder and redder, so she put her eyes on the left and right, trying not to look at them.

Xi Cui was even more embarrassed when she saw them like this, and hurriedly held the bench under her hard, trying to stabilize her body. But the bench was very thick, and her hand was too small to hold it, so she bumped into Nangong Yufeng again. And this time, Nangong Yufeng actually deliberately made it bad, and when he leaned back, Xi Cui fell into his arms in a daze.

Xi Cui hurriedly struggled to get up, who knew that the car that Duan San didn't know how to drive was suddenly bumped at this time, and Xi Cui's forehead stabbed into Nangong Yufeng's chin. The two of them screamed at the same time, and Yingxiang Lixiang had no choice but to reach out and help Xi Cui up.

Nangong Yufeng rubbed his chin with one hand, stabilized Xi Cui's body with the other to prevent her from continuing to fall, and shouted at Duan San outside, "Duan San, it's almost done!" If you keep going, if you can't get to the princess's mansion, your girl will be disfigured! ”

Duan San didn't respond, but the car finally calmed down at this moment. Xi Cui couldn't help but slander, this damn Duan San, he was still worried about his body just now, but he didn't expect this guy to be taught by him just a few days after following Nangong Yufeng, and he actually helped him fix himself!

Xi Cui finally sat down, glanced at Nangong Yufeng, and rubbed his forehead to himself, but he didn't know that Nangong Yufeng would be wronged, only to see him press his chin and say, "You're too favorite, aren't you?" Duan San went out to run errands, and I also went out to run errands, and after Duan San came back, I was idle, but I was still busy day and night. You know if you care about Duan San if you're tired, but you don't know how to ask me if my fiancé wants to rest! Now it's even more excessive! It's all hurt me, or don't you care! My face is very delicate, and it hurts a little bit......"

"Who are you with these days? It can't be the girls from Ruyi Pavilion, right? Why did you teach you to be flamboyant in just a few days! Speak not seriously! Xi Cui looked at his chin, but it was a little red, but when he touched his forehead, it was probably swollen. This guy still says something like that!

"Really? Am I so easily influenced by the Three Princes? It shouldn't be! I've always looked down on that guy the most! Nangong Yufeng also sensed something, and the tone of his voice seemed to be really strange! He instinctively blamed the third prince for this change, and he talked about the current situation with him a lot in the past few days, talking about Xi Cui, but somehow he was affected by him! However, seeing Xi Cui's red face and counting down, he felt good.

It's just that the redness and swelling on her forehead are too obvious, and it seems that she still needs to cover it up, otherwise, she may be counted down when she sees her mother.

Seeing that he had arrived at the intersection of East Street, Duan San slowly slowed down and shouted on the other side, "I didn't see the car of the palace!" Looks like we'll have to wait a little longer, princess......"

Nangong Yufeng answered, got up and lifted the sedan curtain, looked outside, and happened to see a jewelry store across the road. So he got out of the car, explained that Duan San was waiting here, and stepped into the shop in three or two steps.

Xi Cui watched him get out of the car and enter the jewelry store, a little surprised. Do you want to prepare a gift for the princess? But at this time, I'm afraid it's too late, right?

After a while, Nangong Yufeng walked out with a box in his hand.

Yingxiang Lixiang didn't wait for him to get in the car and took the initiative to go down, and when Nangong Yufeng came in, there was only Xi Cui inside. At this time, Xi Cui was still rubbing his forehead, and when he came out, he didn't bring a powder box, and he couldn't cover it with thick powder fat. I'm thinking about whether to ask Yingxiang Lixiang to find out if there is a fat powder shop nearby, and buy some.

Nangong Yufeng took her hand away, shook the box in her hand with a smile, "You just rubbed your hand off, this hurt the princess's mansion and can't go down, even if the pimple goes down, the bruise is still there, such a big piece, the fat powder can't cover it." Good thing I have a solution! As he spoke, he opened the box in his hand and took out a pair of eyebrows from it. The hollowed-out gold leaf shape, inlaid with a few red jadeite, just covered the wound on the forehead after wearing it. The color matches the ruby gold hairpin she wore when she went out today, and she never knew that Nangong Yufeng still had such a careful side.

After helping her put it on, there were two jadeites intertwined under the leaves, and Nangong Yufeng carefully separated them and smoothed them out. His hand has been roaming between Xi Cui's forehead, Xi Cui can feel the warmth brought by his hand, for some reason his heart began to beat faster, a little nervous, and even a little scared, but he didn't want his hand to leave.

After getting it done, Nangong Yufeng stared at Xi Cui's face quietly, and said with a smile, "It's really strange, why does your face change every few days, it seems that every time I don't see you every other three or five days, when I see you again, I always feel that you have changed a lot, especially this face......"

"Has it changed a lot?" Xi Cui's face was already hot, and he just found a reason to touch his face, and by the way, he removed it from Nangong Yufeng's sight.

"Well, at first glance it's very different, but on closer inspection, it's still you...... It's strange, anyway, I look beautiful and feel beautiful......" Nangong Yufeng seemed to be very satisfied with Xi Cui's small appearance with a red face, and deliberately said the word beautiful loudly, and then looked at Xi Cui and couldn't wait to hide his entire face with his two hands...... (To be continued.) )