Ling Xi stood by the lake in the backyard of Cao Mo's house, she quietly looked at the ladies on the other side of the lake, today is the day when the third son of the Cao family marries his wife, originally she would not participate in this kind of banquet, but Ling Man wants to come to participate in this wedding banquet that is impossible to show off, so she also came to see what is interesting about this Cao family's wedding banquet.

Ling Xi stood quietly by the lake, a gust of wind blew, the white veil on her face swayed gently, and no one cared what her face under the white veil looked like, because everyone was already convinced of the rumors.

"You shouldn't have come, you should have gone out of town that day." At some point, Ling Zhu had already walked to Ling Xi's side.

"Brother, you shouldn't have joined the army, you have more on your back than I do. The battlefield is so dangerous that you can't risk it. ”

"What about Muzhi?" Ling Zhu looked at Ling Xi and asked, his eyes full of regret.

Ling Xi turned around and faced Ling Zhu, there was no trace of anger on her indifferent face, and of course there was no sadness.

"Did my brother hear about it? The daughter-in-law of the Cao family was originally going to marry today was the second daughter of the right prime minister's family, but some time ago, I don't know why, the Wang family withdrew, and the Cao family hurriedly married Miss Liu. Brother, you said, what is the reason why the Wang family is in such a hurry to withdraw from their relatives? ”

"Are you saying that the daughter of the Wang family who has withdrawn from her family is going to enter the palace?"

"I heard that the daughter of the right prime minister married into Liu Sheng's family, and the youngest daughter is a concubine, and this second daughter is not only beautiful, but also a young lady, the Wang family is so troublesome, and temporarily withdraws from the family before marriage, I'm afraid it's not as simple as entering the palace."

"The Wang family wants to send the second daughter to the throne of the queen?"

"Brother thinks that His Majesty chose the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion as the new queen house, is it because my reputation is bad enough? Or Tu Lingman's glamorous face? Your Majesty hasn't seen Ling Man, so you can ignore her status as a concubine and have to raise her as a new queen? ”

Ling Xi's words seemed to wake up Ling Zhu a little, and he also looked at the ladies in the distance and thought about it in his heart.

"Dr. Yan once said that His Majesty is extremely wise and will be a wise man. The Queen Mother is also very knowledgeable, has been in power for many years, and is a virtuous queen. Ling Zhu said faintly.

"Your Majesty is not the only one in Dongyu Country who has the final say, there is also the Queen Mother, it is difficult to say whether the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion can produce a queen. The wrestling between His Majesty and the Queen Mother, maybe we can take advantage of it, if we are lucky, we will not be able to enter the palace, although the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion has no great future, but it is the best for us. ”

Ling Zhu looked at Ling Xi, Ling Xi was stronger and more resolute than he imagined, no matter when, she would never give up, he envied Ling Xi's persistence. That's something he can't do.

"What do you want to do?"

"We just need to prevent Ling Man from becoming a concubine, and the Queen Mother will naturally handle the rest. The Ling family can have no queen, but there must be no flat wife, from childhood to adulthood, Yilan Courtyard has never stopped, A-Niang endured and endured, my brother hid out of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, and I didn't get any understanding from my father, we can't retreat, and I don't want to retreat anymore. Ling Xi said firmly.

"You're gambling with fate, what if you lose?"

"If you win, everyone will be happy, and if you lose, let me pay for it with the rest of my life in the inner courtyard of the deep palace."

Ling Xi let out a long sigh, she looked into the distance, Ling Man was quietly leaving the table, and she deliberately avoided the maid and walked slowly towards the garden.

"Brother, don't you think it's strange? How could Ling Man come to such a wedding banquet, I heard that the third son of the Cao family and King Duan are close friends, and King Duan is afraid that he will come today. ”

"Duanwang is indeed here, and now he is enjoying the flowers in the garden."

"It seems that Ling Man is here to see King Duan, let's go and see what our good sister is planning."

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Xiang Hongxi waited for a long time in the back garden of Caofu, and just sent a message to a maid in the front hall, saying that the third lady of the Pingyuan Marquis family wanted to see him, and he suddenly became interested.

Suddenly, a figure entered the back garden, and looked at Hongxi from afar, a slender woman in a pink Luo skirt was walking slowly towards him,

"King Duan is polite." Ling Man walked into Xiang Hongxi slowly, and just stopped at a distance not far away, she gave Xiang Hongxi a blessing slightly, and said softly.

Xiang Hongxi carefully looked at Ling Man in front of him, Ling Man's melon-seed-sized face was white and flawless, with a pair of bright Danfeng eyes, always full of affection, coupled with her small and towering pen tip and red cherry mouth, it was indeed extremely beautiful. Xiang Hongxi, who could see God for a while, stared at Ling Man for a long time, and could no longer remove his eyes that seemed to be able to light.

After Ling Man coughed lightly, he deliberately avoided Xiang Hongxi's shining eyes. Xiang Hongxi also recovered from the gaffe just now, and he couldn't help but smile when he looked at Ling Man's pleasing appearance.

"I don't know what the third lady is asking Xiao Wang about?"

"I heard that King Duan and His Majesty have a deep relationship, can you ask King Duan to bring something into the palace for the little girl to present to Your Majesty." Saying that, Ling Man slowly took out a painting from behind his back, Ling Man took a few steps closer to Xiang Hongxi with a light posture, and handed the painting in his hand to Xiang Hongxi.

Maybe Xiang Hongxi was already in his heart, maybe Ling Man was really fragrant step by step, Xiang Hongxi vaguely felt that there was a fragrance on Ling Man's body rushing towards him. Xiang Hongxi took the painting in Ling Man's hand, and just wanted to get closer to Ling Man, but Ling Man turned around and opened up some distance between her and Xiang Hongxi.

Ling Man's face began to smile smugly, it was obvious that Xiang Hongxi had been impressed by her beauty, it was estimated that this time it would still be in the rain and fog, she would agree to anything Xiang Hongxi, since the matter had been done, then she had to leave the back garden quickly, in case she was seen, it would be too bad.

"Lord Wang, the little girl still has something to do, so she will retire first." After saying that, Ling Man walked towards the garden gate. Halfway through, Ling Man suddenly stopped, looked back and smiled at Xiang Hongxi, then turned around and left quickly.

Xiang Hongxi's heart was beating wildly. Originally, he also planned to have a good chat with Ling Man in this garden, to be able to have such a quiet distance contact with such a beautiful young lady, and also to have a beautiful scenery of a talented woman, but unfortunately after all, it was in the back garden of others, Xiang Hongxi, a prodigal prince with no reputation, he didn't care, but suddenly thought of Ling Man's flower and moon appearance, if he was affected because of this matter, it would not be good. Xiang Hongxi couldn't help but smile, he has been in and out of the land of fireworks all year round, and he thinks that he has seen a lot of beauties, but when he saw Ling Man today, he knew what it meant to be full of joy.

He slowly opened the scroll in his hand, it turned out to be a self-portrait of Ling Man, and suddenly his heart, which was still restless just now, suddenly seemed to have fallen into the abyss, and the fall was not light, and it hurt faintly. He actually forgot that the glamorous girl just now was the woman who was about to enter the palace to become Empress Xiang Hongxuan, a woman he would never be able to get, Xiang Hongxi's eyes were deep, and he remembered the instructions that Concubine Pingshu had given him before she died, and he couldn't even look at anything that Xiang Hongxuan had, whether it was the throne or a woman.

Xiang Hongxi looked at the painting in his hand lonely, and before he knew it, Ling Zhu had already walked towards him,

"Lord Wang, why are you hiding in the garden, those sons are looking for you to drink just now." Ling Zhu looked at the scroll in Xiang Hongxi's hand, and Xiang Hongxi quickly put away Ling Man's portrait.

"I really can't drink, and I'm not the groom's official, so why come to me to beg for wine." Xiang Hongxi's face immediately leaked a smile again, covering the loneliness just now, as if his face had changed.

"Lord Wang, you are a big celebrity, who doesn't know that you are the most valued brother of His Majesty, and you will have to rely on the prince in the future. When the prince came to the mansion that day, he didn't get together with the prince, or the prince would go to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion another day, and we would have a few drinks. ”

"Brother Ling Zhu is polite, the future of the Pingyuan Hou Mansion will be great in the future, and Xiao Wang will have to rely on the Hou Mansion to support him."

Xiang Hongxi looked at Ling Zhu, don't look at Ling Zhu is now a concubine, but if Ling Man becomes the queen, her eldest brother is a well-deserved uncle, with Ling Man's appearance, it is a matter of time before he favors the harem, and Ling Zhu, the eldest brother-in-law, will also have smooth sailing in the previous dynasty in the future, and he, the idle prince, really has to rely on Ling Zhu, the uncle, to be promoted.

"The prince is a young talent in Dongyu Kingdom, if he can be in-law with the prince, it will be really a blessing for the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion."

Xiang Hongxi was a little stunned when he heard Ling Zhu's words, becoming the son-in-law of the Marquis of Pingyuan? Wasn't he having this sweet dream just now? He unconsciously clenched the portrait in his hand again, but unfortunately Ling Zhu couldn't be the master, and the Marquis of Pingyuan couldn't be the master, and no one could take what Xiang Hongxuan wanted. Xiang Hongxi's face was a little disappointed again.

"Xiao Wang doesn't have that blessing, the ladies of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion are all noble lives, and Brother Ling Zhu will have a bright future in the future."

"I really hated seeing the prince late, but it's a pity that my two younger sisters are now going to participate in the election of the queen concubine, otherwise I really want to marry a younger sister to the prince."

Saying that, Ling Zhu gently slapped a hand on the picture scroll in Xiang Hongxi's hand, Xiang Hongxi smiled bitterly, and it happened that the son of the Cao family also came to the garden, after a few of them exchanged a few words, maybe it was Ling Zhu's words that stung Xiang Hongxi's infinite reverie, maybe he was playing with Ling Man's charm, Xiang Hongxi found a reason to say goodbye to the son of the Cao family and left the Cao Mansion.

Ling Zhu slowly walked to a corner of the garden, Ling Xi was standing in the depths of the flowers, she looked at Ling Zhu and asked eagerly, "Brother, see clearly what King Duan is holding in his hand?" ”

"It's a portrait of the third sister, you guessed it, Aunt Leng is afraid that she is in a hurry."

"Seeing that Uncle Tai is about to come to the Hou Mansion, and my uncle will also come to visit, Aunt Leng must be worried that things will change in her flat wife, so she wants Your Majesty to come forward to protect her identity, and the beauty of the third sister just becomes a trump card in Aunt Leng's hand, if Your Majesty misses the third sister, who would dare to prevent her from becoming a flat wife."

"Are you sure it would be useful for me to say something like that to King Duan?"

"You didn't see the look of King Duan looking at the third sister, you can almost release the light, as long as King Duan has a thought about the third sister, the portrait of the third sister will not reach His Majesty."