"Ying Qiong, hurry up! Sister Yao is still waiting for me! The delicate girl lifted the hem of her skirt and walked through the flower path like a fluttering butterfly, heading to the lake pavilion in the distance, and did not forget to turn around and call her personal maid as she ran, "Hurry up!" I'm not waiting for you—ahhh ”

Before she could finish speaking, she just turned around when she crashed into the arms of a warm and generous man, and couldn't help but exclaim.

The maid named Ying Qiong who was following her heard her master's exclamation, and her heart was shocked, and she hurriedly ran forward in a panic: "County Lord! ”

And the county lord in her mouth is maintaining the posture of crashing into someone's arms, raising her head slightly, staring at someone's face without taking her eyes off it.

This man...... looks really good-looking - "Raise your eyes and look at the blue sky, as bright as a jade tree in front of the wind", it is probably such a man.

Meng Liran stared at him tightly, although the other party had a somewhat overwhelmed look on his face, he still gently held her steady, and did not touch her body directly with great politeness.

At the same time, Ying Qiong also ran to the two of them, and saw that the man was only slightly red, smiling slightly and not speaking, and before she could speak, she took the initiative to keep some distance from her own county lord.

"It's Ling Ze's rudeness." The man coughed lightly, causing Meng Liran to come back to his senses suddenly, and saluted slightly, "Lord Liran is fine." ”

"Are you ......" Meng Liran blinked, wanting to ask, "How do you know it's me", but she felt a little too stupid, and changed her words to a sentence, "Are you His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Shen Chu?" ”

This question is very straightforward, but it is actually very rude, and it will give people a feeling of "oh, so you are who you are", which is a bit contemptuous.

But Meng Liran's girl's voice was crisp, and she raised a harmless smile on her face, she looked very heartless, and no one would think that she was deliberately finding fault and would believe that she was just an innocent girl.

In fact, it is.

Chu Lingze looked at her pure and clear eyes without a trace of disguise, and the softest place in his heart seemed to move slightly.

"I just asked Princess Zhenli to send some things to His Majesty Tianqi on my behalf, and I heard the princess say this." Chu Lingze bowed slightly, kept a polite distance between men and women from her, said goodbye to her gently and elegantly, and reminded her by the way, "The princess is still waiting for the county lord in the lake pavilion in front, and Ling Ze left first." ”

"Oh......" Meng Liran was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he still didn't say anything to stay, and also bowed to him slightly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walks slowly." ”

Having said that, Meng Liran's gaze remained glued to Chu Lingze's body, and he was reluctant to retract it until his figure had disappeared into the distance.

"The county lord..

Ying Qiong really couldn't stand it, and gently reminded her, "Princess Zhenli is still waiting for you." ”

"Ahh Ying Qiong, am I ashamed? ”

Ying Qiong: "......"

didn't get a response from the personal maid, Meng Liran was even more annoyed, quickly rubbed his head, and said to himself while walking towards the lake pavilion in front of him: "It's over, how can I say that?" Definitely hated......"

Luo Liyao found her figure from afar, but she didn't see her coming, and just came to look for her, so she happened to hear her words, and immediately asked funny: "Who would hate our Liran County Lord?" ”

"Sister Yao!" As soon as Meng Liran heard her voice, she seemed to have been savior, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her, "Just now, just now, I seem to have said the wrong thing......

"To Prince Shen Chu?" Luo Liyao smiled slightly, and lightly nodded the girl's smooth forehead, "What are you afraid of?" Prince Shen Chu's personality is good, and he won't take it to heart. ”

"But I think I'm ...... That's an exaggeration. Meng Liran's face turned red inexplicably, and she stuck out her tongue, "Usually my father and mother and my brothers and sisters spoil me, and I am a little speechless for a while." ”

"It's not a big deal if you can realize the mistake yourself." Obviously, Luo Liyao didn't take this matter to heart, and comforted her, "If you don't worry, wouldn't it be good to go to someone else and apologize sincerely?" ”

"Me?" Meng Liran's eyes widened, a little surprised, "Shall I apologize?" ”

Because she is a daughter's family, Meng Liran has been pampered since she was a child, how can anyone dare to give her grievances? How can anyone make her bow her head and admit her mistakes?

But this kind of pampering and protection is not pampered, coupled with the innocence and kindness of Meng Liran's nature, she has no arrogance and willfulness of those young ladies.

Therefore, as soon as Luo Liyao's words came out, she only felt novel, and even a little faintly excited - what's the big deal to apologize, and to see him again, this time will definitely leave a good impression on him!

"Then I'll go!" Meng Liran thought of it and was going to do it, and immediately said goodbye to Luo Liyao and went to Chu Lingze's Huatai Palace, "The Huatai Hall is over there, right?" I'm going—"

"What's the panic?" When Luo Liyao heard this, the smile on her face deepened, and she grabbed Meng Liran, who wanted to rush out, and pulled her towards the lake pavilion, "I came to you today to tell you about business, and it's not too late to go after talking first." ”

"Huh?" Meng Liran let out a surprised sound, and let her drag herself to the lake pavilion in a daze.

Her mother is Princess Huijia, so she naturally belongs to the royal family

Qi, the number of times he has been in the palace since he was a child is simply too many to count, and the relationship with several cousins and cousins in the palace is not bad.

Among them, her favorite is Luo Liyao, who is beautiful and smart, and the best is empathetic, and there is a maid in the palace who can cook a lot of delicacies, so she also likes to often enter the palace to play with Luo Liyao - it's really just playing, just eating, drinking, embroidering, singing, dancing, and talking.

So when she heard Luo Liyao invite her into the palace, she subconsciously thought that Luo Liyao was too bored in the deep palace, and invited her to come in and talk to relieve her boredom.

After all, the palace is not as good as the house, and you can sneak out to see the lanterns and visit the temple fair.

But Luo Liyao said today that she came to her for the right thing - this really made her a little confused.

She is just a small county lord who has no quarrel with the world, she is either eating, drinking, playing or playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every day, although because of her parents' background, everyone says that she is "as noble as a princess", but she is still incomparable in essence with a princess born in the royal family like Luo Liyao - Luo Liyao can directly participate in court politics, but she can't, unless she passes the spring or autumn examination every three years and gets a formal position.

So...... What serious thing can it be to attract Luo Liyao to personally summon her into the palace to discuss?

The witty Meng Liran suddenly thought of a possibility.

Yesterday, I went to my mother with a newly embroidered sachet, but I accidentally heard my father's conversation in the house-

"Shen Chu is not richer than our Tianqi, and the road is far, last time it was Princess Tang Jue, I don't know whose turn it will be this time......"

"It doesn't matter whose turn it is, as long as it's not our Li Ran."

“...... I heard Xiao Yan say it before, Your Majesty's meaning seems to be staring at us Li Ran. ”

"How's that going to work? Don't you always say that the daughters of the Meng family are rare? is not even allowed to enter the palace as a concubine, how can he marry far away to Shen Chu?! ”

"Madam, don't get excited, Your Majesty is still recuperating from his injuries these days, and he should still have no time to take care of these things, let's think of a way......"

"Alas......"

The mother's sigh seemed to be still in her ears, but Meng Liran's heart suddenly became a little panicked, raised her hand to take the cup of tea handed by Luo Liyao, looked at her expression, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

Luo Liyao noticed her gaze, silently took a sip of tea, raised her eyes and said, "Don't stare at me, you should have heard more or less about the intention of Prince Shenchu, right?" ”

Meng Liran blinked, and his heart was really about this, could it really be as his father and mother said, is His Majesty interested in him? Then his father and mother must be a million disagree, and they will shirk it in various ways, so Sister Yao plans to start directly from herself?

"Don't guess." Luo Liyao feigned anger

glared at her, his eyes drooped slightly, "Without you, I would have lost much fun in the deep palace." ”

"Sister Yao, are you praising me or mocking me......" Meng Liran pursed her lips, she was not in the mood to drink tea at all, and muttered, "Then what are you looking for me for?" ”

Luo Liyao snorted lightly, and asked directly, "If you can only go, are you willing?" ”

"That's definitely unwilling!" Meng Liran didn't think about it, so he replied directly, "What is the great prince of Shenchu, I haven't seen it before, if it's ugly to death, won't I have no place to cry?" ”

Luo Liyao heard her words, almost laughed, and hurriedly put down the teacup, half-covered her face with her wide sleeves, and swallowed the tea in her mouth with some difficulty: "Didn't you see Prince Shenchu just now?" The eldest prince of Shenchu is the elder brother of the family, and he will never be far behind. ”

"That'...... I don't care. Hearing her mention Chu Lingze, Meng Liran's face flushed slightly, "Anyway, I haven't seen it, so I won't count it - even if he looks better than Prince Shen Chu, what if he has a bad personality and has three wives and four concubines?" Or is it a pure reckless man who makes me angry every day? It's so desperate to think about it......"

"Looks like you're thinking a lot." Luo Liyao reached out and took the handkerchief handed by Bang Hua, and elegantly wiped the non-existent water at the corner of her mouth, "I knew that you would say that, then I would be relieved." ”

"Rest assured?" Meng Liran took her hand and said coquettishly, "Sister...... You know me, don't let me marry someone I don't like! ”

"If you don't say it, I know." Luo Liyao smiled lightly, and said with some dissatisfaction, "I don't know what the monarch of Shenchu thinks, let the prince of a country come to ask for relatives on behalf of others, it seems that the days of the prince of Shenchu are ...... It's not easy at all. ”

Meng Liran was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Really? ”

(End of chapter)