Chapter 184: Stealing the limelight
The palace banquet to welcome Prince Zhou of the Southern Kingdom was even more grand than Ye Nianchen thought.
The intrigues between the royal family are always no better than ordinary people, even if they are pitfalls, but there are too many secrets that cannot be known.
Prince Zhou's dignity is only his identity, and the current Southern Emperor's attention to this imperial brother, even if the person himself has nothing to say, and even can use the word "unbearable" to describe it without pressure, but people only need to have this gorgeous skin, which is enough to stand in a pivotal place in the diplomatic venues of the two countries.
Ye Nianchen didn't deliberately dress up today, he was dressed in decent palace clothes and decent makeup, and he sat with Ye Ruxue in an inconspicuous place behind Princess Zhaohua.
But I have to say that the phrase "people rely on clothes" is not completely right on her body, and the brilliant costumes and makeup can indeed make her more amazing, but the ordinary dress can't hide the beauty of the natural beauty, as well as the natural elegance of the atmosphere in the bones.
In addition, today's Ye Nianchen is no longer the unknown unknown person he was when he just returned to Beijing, how can a person who can disturb Princess Zhaohua unpeacefully, how can he not attract everyone's attention?
Fortunately, this kind of attention did not last long, because there are indeed many people here today, and there are many people who are enough to attract everyone's attention.
After a while, most people's attention had turned to the other characters who were arriving one after another. The arrival of the second prince, Gu Guoshi, and the crown prince made the eyes of the men and women who participated in the palace banquet brighten up from time to time.
And the Prince Zhou of the southern kingdom has not yet appeared here. Looking at it like that, Ye Nianchen estimated that he should be treated specially, but he was afraid that he would come with the emperor and his party in a while.
I heard that in the past few days, Prince Zhou has directly entered the palace from the official post gang to live, and the standard treatment he has received is the highest, and this person has unexpectedly won the favor of the Great Wei Emperor in just two days.
As for whether the means can flow or not, that is secondary. A gentleman has a gentleman's way. The villain has the skill of the villain, if he only talks about the result and does not look at the process, does not care about the good and evil of character, etc., this prince does have some unique skills of his own, otherwise it is impossible to get the attention of the emperor of the southern kingdom for no reason.
Ye Nianchen silently analyzed Prince Zhou, who had never met before, in his heart. So calculated. I am afraid that this person's marriage is not as simple and absurd as it seems on the surface.
"My good sister. You're really amazing, look at this deliberately shrunk behind my mother and try to avoid it, but the eyes that look at you from time to time are one after another. I can't be jealous of my sister! ”
Ye Ruxue on the side smiled weirdly: "Today is a good day for your peerless county lord who is like a sister, sister must be careful, don't steal all the limelight from others, it won't be good." ”
"My sister has a heart, but she doesn't have to worry about me." Ye Nianfa smiled indifferently, and said indifferently: "It's my sister's national beauty, and she really has to be careful to steal the limelight of the unequaled county lord." ”
"It's rare for you to praise me for being a sister once, it's a pity...... It's late! Ye Ruxue rolled her eyes arrogantly at Ye Nianchen.
Fortunately, there are still some benefits to being good after all, except for the annoyance, even rolling your eyes doesn't look a little ugly.
Ye Nianchen secretly muttered in his heart, if he was in a good mood, he naturally wouldn't bother with Ye Ruxue about those verbal disputes, and he sat silently and didn't take it back, which was not the same thing.
Ye Ruxue saw that people ignored her at all, and she was angry, and she wanted to say something, but when she saw her mother in front of her, she suddenly glared at her sideways, so she had to close her mouth and didn't continue.
At the same time, the Wushuang County Lord was sitting in a conspicuous place in the front row with a blank face, looking preoccupied.
The people around naturally knew what today's palace banquet was mainly for, so there was no one who was not interested, only Princess Chun occasionally whispered a word or two to her, obviously looking like she was coaxing and caressing.
The thoughts of the unequaled county lord are very clear to everyone sitting here, and there has been a lot of uproar these days. If it weren't for Prince Chun's grounding order to take care of him back and forth, I'm afraid he wouldn't know where to find this little county lord.
As a bystander, the vast majority of people at this palace banquet did not have the so-called heart-to-heart comparison, on the contrary, the idea of watching the excitement and not thinking that there were many big things accounted for the vast majority.
The ugliness of the human heart often does not have to be a great evil, some people no matter what kind of identity and status they get, as long as they see that the people around them are better than themselves, they will feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, if they see someone worse than themselves, they are unreasonably happy and excited.
Ye Nianchen's gaze swept over the person who was already seated at the palace banquet, looking at the almost similar faces under the fresh masks, but finally withdrew his gaze.
It wasn't until the emperor arrived with the prince of that Zhou that Ye Nianchen maintained the same gaze as everyone and cast his attention again.
Not far away, not close, she really saw this Prince Zhou who she had heard for a long time but had never seen before.
Looking in his forties, he is a little younger than he imagined, his appearance is not ugly, his body is normal, he can be tall or short, but his eyes are really a little small, and he always feels like he hasn't woken up and opened his eyes from a distance.
No matter how you look at it, it looks a little obscene, and it really can't match the bearing of a prince of a country.
Ye Nianchen quietly looked at Ye Ruxue on the side, and sure enough, he found that Ye Ruxue was also disdainful and disdainful after seeing Prince Zhou, and even had an inexplicable pride. It's just that this kind of emotion was quickly concealed, just like the vast majority of people at this banquet.
Ye Nianchen also saw Qin Haocheng, as a person in front of the emperor, he naturally followed the emperor to serve at such a palace banquet.
Qin Haocheng's gaze quickly swept over the women's area below, and after a while, it would lock on to Ye Nianchen, obviously a little excited.
It's just that at such a time, I can't go down to say hello, so I have to look at it.
Ye Nianchen smiled back, and then didn't look at Qin Haocheng more, she didn't want to make herself look abnormal and dazzled at such a time.
Soon after, Prince Zhou, who was already ripe, finally stopped delaying, and personally stood up and said to the Emperor of Great Wei in public: "Dear Holy Emperor of Great Wei, this king has traveled thousands of miles for the marriage of the two countries this time, and he has been treated favorably by the emperor, and he is very grateful. This king heard that the unparalleled county lord of your country is unparalleled in beauty and intelligence, and I wonder if there is such an honor today, to be able to stare at the appearance of the county lord with his own eyes? (To be continued......)