Chapter 172: Reality and Fiction (2)
The birthday of the Son of Heaven should be celebrated by the whole world; The emperor's relatives should be the chief in the court. Accompanied by the dance music, everyone present was silent. Because of the emperor's birthday, several princes and princesses rarely gathered together, if it weren't for the presence of outsiders, it would really have a little family banquet style. Except for the eldest princess, the rest of the princes and princesses have not yet married. On the day of the birthday banquet, the emperor began to think about the major events of his children.
"Shen Fan? Say, which of my sons is the best? ”
Shen Fan stood aside and said, "Your Majesty's sons and daughters should be the best in the world. ”
The emperor looked at the children at the banquet and said to Shen Fan in an old father's tone: "You said that now that it looks like this, there is really a family atmosphere? I just don't know which one is really for me. ”
"Your Majesty, you're just thinking too much. Ladies and gentlemen, which one is not doing your best for Your Majesty? You see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he has been helping you deal with government affairs, His Royal Highness the King of Nanyang is also doing his best in the house, and His Royal Highness the King of Shuyang is also proficient in martial arts riding and archery. The same is naturally true of the remaining two princesses, what else do you have to worry about, Your Majesty? ”
"Hahaha, you're the best at talking!" The emperor's smile was very sincere, "However, they are also not small, shouldn't they also consider their marriage?" ”
"Your Majesty, what are your plans?"
"The crown princess, the princess of Nanyang, it's time to prepare, and Su An, who has long passed the age of getting married. Yun Jue, this child is still young, so he is not in a hurry. ”
"Then what does Your Majesty have for the princess?"
"I think..."The emperor thought for a moment and suddenly changed his words and asked, "What do you think?" ”
Shen Fan smiled: "What can the old slave think, Your Majesty, you have started to make fun of the slave again." ”
"Hahaha, you old thing!" The emperor picked up the cup in front of him, and Shen Fan immediately poured wine into the cup on the side, "Let's talk about this matter later, and I'm not in a hurry at this time." ”
"Yes." Shen Fan put his mind at ease, "Your Majesty, your birthday, your happiness is the most important thing." ”
The people above joked, but they couldn't stop the people below from getting stronger. Xiao Yuhuan, as the crown prince, is naturally a person closer to the above, Xiao Shuyu originally wanted to sit and eat quietly, but he was also provoked by Xiao Yuhuan.
"King Nanyang?" Xiao Yuhuan raised his glass to Xiao Shuyu and said, "This king toasts you." Xiao Shuyu didn't say much, and raised his glass in return.
Seeing that Xiao Shuyu ignored him, Xiao Yuhuan continued: "Brother Huang, why is he a little sluggish recently? ”
"There are some things in the house, I haven't gone to bed early for many days, and I'm a little tired."
"Oh." Xiao Yuhuan smiled, "What's the matter?" ”
"It's all some miscellaneous matters in the house, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to worry about it."
Xiao Yuhuan glanced at Su An on the other side, and then turned to Xiao Shuyu and said, "The prince has been in contact with my sister recently?" ”
"When I came to the palace to give a birthday gift before, the people in the house should have seen Su An, is there anything wrong with His Royal Highness the Prince?"
"Nope!" Xiao Yuhuan poured a glass of wine with a smile, "It's my sister, she is very withdrawn, and she doesn't want to give anyone face." If the prince is dismissed from my sister, you can tell me. When I came forward, she didn't dare to be presumptuous. ”
"No, Princess Su'an has always been gentle to this king, and please don't worry about His Royal Highness the Prince."
Xiao Yuhuan drank the wine and sneered: "That's good, that's good." Xiao Yunjue, who was on the side, listened to the two elder brothers talking, but felt that it was in the clouds, so she simply stopped listening and concentrated on eating her own things. And the eldest princess sitting opposite, I don't know if she discussed with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or on a whim, she actually made trouble for Su An.
"Su'an? Come, sister, toast you. The eldest princess raised her glass and handed it to Su An, and Su An also raised her glass in return and drank it all.
"Yo~ My sister has a lot of alcohol."
"Thanks to the praise of the eldest princess, it is not enough to worry about it."
"What eldest princess is not the eldest princess, they are all sisters, what are you polite?"
"The etiquette must not be forgotten, although the eldest princess is an older sister, she is also the eldest princess."
"Heh~ If you want to call it that, just call it that." The eldest princess seemed to be a different person, "Xiao Yunyi, are you still helping King Nanyang now?" ”
"There's nothing to help, it's just that if the king of Nanyang encounters something that needs my help, I will definitely help."
"Humph! It is said that your princess Su'an is a person who knows the times, but in my opinion, it is nothing more than that. ”
"Su An is naturally not as good as the eldest princess, and what knowledge of current affairs is a one-sided statement by some people. The eldest princess should not listen to such demagogic words. ”
"Xiao Yunyi, I don't need others to say that I know that you are a smart person. But why do smart people always want to do a loss-making business? ”
"It's just a bet, who loses and who wins is not yet known, whether to lose or not, how can the eldest princess know?"
"Xiao Shuyu, a powerless and powerless person, what big waves can he set off? Do you expect him to turn over and give you glory and wealth one day? ”
"Eldest Princess." Su An suddenly turned around and looked at Princess Ayazhi Xiao Chuyi and said, "As a child of the royal family, what is the glory and wealth?" Like a businessman, I look at the prospect of the goods, not the quality of the goods. Good goods naturally have great prospects, but if the prospects do not need such goods, what is the use of good ones? Su An personally poured a glass of wine for the eldest princess, deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Just like Xiao Yuhuan, even if he is the crown prince, what the common people need is the emperor!" ”
"You're disobedient!" The eldest princess was about to stand up as she spoke, but Su An held her hand and pulled her back to her eyes, "Xiao Yunyi!" What do you want! This is my father's birthday banquet! I'm the eldest princess! ”
"Don't worry, I know you're the eldest princess, you don't have to repeat it to me." Su An was still holding Xiao Chuyi's hand, "Ayazhi, don't think that you can do whatever I want if you are the eldest princess." My Su'an's name has long been spread outside, don't you know who my Xiao Yunyi is? Whether I am willing to give you this face or not is my business, not your business, don't you know? ”
"Xiao Yunyi, let me tell you, it's not your turn to go wild in front of me now!" The eldest princess looked at Princess Su'an viciously.
"Xiao Chuyi, I also tell you, I, Xiao Yunyi, don't even pay attention to Xiao Yuhuan, let alone you?" Princess Su'an took out a letter from her arms with her other hand and put it next to the eldest princess's pressed hand, and whispered, "Look, is it familiar?" ”
The eldest princess looked carefully at the envelope, and there was a mark on the back of the envelope, which was unique to the eldest princess's mansion. The eldest princess almost frantically wanted to snatch the envelope with her other hand, but Princess Su'an took the lead and put it back into her arms. The eldest princess looked at her empty hand, and then twitched the suppressed hand again, and found that it was unshakable. She raised her head and looked at Su An looking at herself with a smile on her face, her eyes looked at Princess Su An as if she was about to release a sword to kill the person in front of her, and lowered her voice and said, "What do you want to do?" ”
"It depends on what the eldest princess wants to do."
"How did you get that letter?!"
"It's just by chance, I happened to know the secret of the eldest princess. Su An dared to ask the eldest princess, do you want to kill your father? Hearing such a sentence, the eldest princess couldn't sit still anymore, she stared at Princess Su'an and said word by word: "Xiao Yunyi, if you dare to leak this matter, I will definitely let you go around without eating!" ”
"Sister, why don't you understand?" Princess Su'an pretended to be weak and said, "Now that the evidence is in my hands, you still threaten me?" Do you really think that I dare not hand things over to my father? As she spoke, her hand holding the eldest princess suddenly loosened, as if she was going to leave to do something. The eldest princess panicked for a moment, pressed Princess Su'an's hand, and almost pleaded: "Su'an, sister is sorry for you, sister confessed her mistake to you." Whatever you want, my sister can give it to you, as long as you don't pass things on, I will give you what you want. ”
"What? The eldest princess who is high up on the top is now going to be wronged? ”
"No, if you think we have a deep sisterhood, how can I really hurt you?" The eldest princess felt hypocritical when she said this, but Su An felt even more like a joke when she heard it, so she smiled.
"Eldest princess, don't be nervous, I won't do anything." She sat down peacefully again, and did not press the eldest princess's hand anymore, "I was still puzzled about my father's illness, thinking that it was Shen Fan or Xiao Yuhuan who was a ghost, but I couldn't find any evidence. What's more, they are also inconvenient in the palace, and now I understand. She patted her chest with her hand, which happened to be the place where the envelope was placed, "It turns out that this prescription was sent to the East Palace by the sister outside the palace under the pretense of sending pastries and other things." My sister really cares about her father's body! My sister and I'm ashamed of myself. The eldest princess was already soaked in cold sweat when she heard Su An say these words. Su An didn't say anything more about the letter, just patted the eldest princess's hand with her hand and said, "My sister is a smart person, I know what kind of person I Xiao Yunyi is, and I can avoid it in the future." The sword has no eyes, sister, I hurt my sister unintentionally, sister, don't blame me. ”
"Naturally... Naturally..."The eldest princess sat up straight and looked up at Xiao Yuhuan opposite, but when she saw that he and the King of Nanyang had the intention of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, she also lowered her head and only cared about the dish in front of her.
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Shang Ling squatted in the courtyard and deliberately waited for Mo Ziwen to appear, and after waiting for a while, he finally waited for Mo Ziwen who was holding a flower pot. Shang Ling rushed up to stop Mo Ziwen with an arrow step, Mo Ziwen looked up and glanced at him and wanted to walk over to the side, but Shang Ling jumped to the side to stop him. The two of them came and went, jumping sideways from side to side, like two gorillas dancing in the eyes of others. After a while, maybe Mo Ziwen's hand holding the flower pot was sore, or Shang Ling was tired of jumping around. The two of them stopped moving at the same time and sat on the ground.
"Hey! What the hell are you going to do? Mo Ziwen placed the flower pot in his hand in front of him, which happened to be the midline of the distance between him and Shang Ling.
"No, I'm just asking you something."
"What do you mean? If you don't speak, what are you dancing? My hands are sore when I jump! ”
"But you didn't say a word, I thought you wanted to jump?"
"You're the one who asks questions, shouldn't you ask first? If you don't ask, what will I answer? ”
Shang Ling thought about it for a while, Mo Zi asked if this thinking was correct, so why did he jump around just now? Mo Zi asked Shang Ling to stop talking again, and reached out to pat him: "Hey! You ask? What are you doing? ”
"Hmm...," Shang Ling pouted, "Have you confirmed our identities with Princess Su'an?" ”
Mo Ziwen snorted disdainfully: "Ang! ”
"Then we can leave the palace, right?"
Mo Ziwen snorted reluctantly again: "Hmm! ”
"That's it!" Shang Ling turned around and stood up, "Tomorrow, we'll leave." ”
"Leaving tomorrow?" Mo Ziwen also hurriedly stood up, "What do you have to do?" ”
"Something important."
"Do you have to leave tomorrow?"
Shang Ling smiled: "Originally, we could have left a long time ago, but it was you who doubted us that we continued to stay for a little longer." I also know that you followed the gift-giving convoy into the palace that day. ”
Mo Ziwen suddenly felt a little nostalgic, and said to himself: "Then you leave, I will have to solve many matters in this mansion alone." ”
"What? Not willing to give up on us? ”
"Shh Mo Ziwen listened to Shang Ling's words and remembered the scene of being teased on the first day of meeting, "Hurry up, the palace will be quiet when you leave!" ”
"Hey~ I learned to hide my thoughts at a young age." He reached out and touched Mo Ziwen's hair, "Don't worry, we will come back to see you." ”
"Humph!" Mo Zi asked to knock Shang Ling's hand down, "Who wants you to come and see!" Pack your things and go. Later, the prince will come back, and if you want to say today, you will get up tomorrow morning, and I will not see you again. With that, he stooped down and picked up the pot, and ran away like a smoke.
"Hey~" Shang Ling smiled regretfully, watching Mo Ziwen drift away, "It's still a child after all!" He knew in his heart that although Mo Ziwen was doing things for the King of Nanyang and dealing with everything he was mature and steady, his mind was indeed a child. Mo Zi asked himself and knew that although he was working in Nanyang Palace, for the world and for the common people, he was indeed a little lonely. Until he saw Shang Ling, wearing an adult's hat, but still doing things like a child. "Haha!" He couldn't help laughing, recalling the short years together, he hugged the flower pot in his hand tighter, "Thank you!" ”