Chapter Seventy-Eight: Marriage Proposal
Early the next morning, in the study of King Yu's Mansion, Su Ziyu didn't sleep all night, and was sitting at the table looking at the envelope in his hand.
Su Ziyu looked at the words on the paper expressionlessly, suddenly raised his hand, smashed the inkstone on the ground, and sat on the stool weakly.
Why? It's obviously planned, why does her mother still want to meddle in this matter, she can do it well, why do she have to reach any agreement with the second prince of Chu State, does she think that the second prince of Chu State is a good thing? Maybe it will get worse and worse.
But what can I do but be obedient, stop myself from talking about her!
Nanzhi slept until the afternoon and woke up, tossing too late yesterday, and when he woke up, he was scared by himself, and he didn't get up until this time.
"Mulberry, Mulberry."
Nanzhi habitually shouted Sang Yu's name, and waited for a long time to find that no one responded, and then remembered that Sang Yu was no longer by his side, Nanzhi suddenly came to his senses, rolled over from the bed, and shouted outside the door, "Someone!" ”
Soon someone came in, "Princess, the water has been beaten, and the slave maid has come to dress you." ”
Nanzhi nodded, stretched out her hand and waited, the maid seemed to be a newcomer, her hands were very clumsy, her clothes couldn't be tied for a long time, and her hands were shaking badly.
Namzhi thought that he was so terrible? "You're new here?"
The man was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, "The princess spares her life, the little one is indeed new, please forgive the princess." ”
"Why are you new to me on an errand, and what about the old men who serve me?"
"Back to the princess, we were recruited by the housekeeper only three months ago, and all the previous subordinates have been replaced, and the house is full of newcomers."
"Swapped out, why?"
"The emperor ordered the execution of all the subordinates in the palace, leaving only the housekeeper alone, because they did not take good care of the princess."
Nanzhi's eyes widened in disbelief, it turned out that there was still such a thing in the middle, and he unexpectedly caused them all to die! How could my father do this? It's obviously not their fault.
Nanzhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a little dizzy, didn't the father who thought he was benevolent expect to have such a ruthless side? Also, the person who becomes the emperor is not a ruthless character.
"You get up first, hurry up and help me get dressed, you can take your time, don't be nervous, I'm different from my father, I won't take your life casually."
"Thank you, princess!" The maidservant got up from the ground with tears in her eyes and continued to change her clothes for Namji.
"From now on, your name will be Fleur, and you will be my personal maid."
"Yes, thank you princess for the name." The maid was obviously not so nervous at first, and her clothes were quickly put on.
Fleur stood aside and waited for Nanzhi to wash her face, peeking at Nanzhi with a faint smile on her face. The housekeeper has long told that the princess is approachable, as long as she serves well, it is indispensable, but she didn't expect that she was still scared, but the princess didn't blame herself and gave herself a name, it seems that the princess is not only beautiful like a fairy, but also has a good heart, compared with those royal relatives, her princess is the real noble!
As soon as Nanzhi finished washing, someone came to the palace, and it turned out that Nanzhi was asked to enter the palace to participate in the banquet. Nanzhi responded, and originally wanted to go into the palace to see his father and mother, but he happened to be by the way.
Nanzhi sat in the carriage and found out that he was wearing palace clothes, and when he asked, he realized that it was someone from the palace who had come in the morning, and when he saw that he was still sleeping, he notified the housekeeper.
"What about Chu Xun?"
"Back to the master, the prince of Chu State entered the palace first when he saw that the master had not gotten up yet."
"What about Jinfeng? Have you ever seen one? ”
"What did the master say about the son he brought back?"
"yes." Nanzhi didn't expect this girl to be quite clever.
"Back to the master, in the morning, I saw that the son seemed to be walking in the yard, as if his clothes were very distressed."
Nanzhi thought about it, it shouldn't be very adaptable, I didn't want to arrange him when I brought him in the first place, it seems that I will have to talk to him when I go back.
Fleur walked briskly beside the carriage, breathing a little unsteadily, and gasping for breath when she spoke.
Seeing her like this, Nanzhi couldn't bear it, so she asked her to sit next to the coachman.
Flattered, Fleur hurriedly waved her hand to refuse, but Nanzhi insisted and carefully got into the carriage.
As soon as I walked to the gate of the palace, I saw Xuan He waiting not far away, as well as his three elder brothers.
Nanzhi was dressed in a luxurious long skirt and wore exquisite hair accessories on her head, looking very princess-like, but when she saw that she was about to lift her skirt and jump out of the carriage, she suddenly felt shocked.
Xuan He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Nanzhi's hand, "Don't lift your skirt, help my hand down!" ”
Nanzhi pursed his lips and reluctantly put his arm on it, he didn't always get off the carriage like this before, why did he have to be so troublesome today.
"There are a lot of envoys from the Chu State outside, as well as their teams, so let's restrain today." Xuan He whispered to her.
Nanzhi quickly became dignified, how could he let these people see his jokes.
The three princes also stepped forward, looked at Nanzhi holding Xuan He's hand, and said jokingly, "My sister is so beautiful today, it's a perfect match for Xuan He!" ”
"That's it!"
Nanzhi turned his head to look at Xuan He in surprise, could it be that Xuan He told them something?
Xuan He smiled and shook his head, and whispered, "I didn't dare to say anything to them?" That is to say, the eyes of the masses are bright, and they all think that we are a natural pair! ”
Nanzhi snorted with a wrinkled nose and turned his head, "Brother, let's go in quickly, otherwise my father will blame you for disrespecting the VIPs again." ”
"How can it, my father just wants us to wait here for them to come, no, you are the last one."
"Yes, the prince's brother is greeting the prince of Chu State, it's your senior brother, right?"
As soon as Nanzhi heard that his prince brother was staying with Chu Xun, he immediately became interested, his own brother knew that he was a black-bellied master, and Chu Xun was a cheeky person, so he didn't know what kind of flowers they could talk about.
"Where are they?" Nanzhi asked excitedly, he definitely wanted to observe this kind of scene.
"Now, I guess I'm already sitting in the main hall!"
Nanzhi was deflated, it was really boring, in fact, Nanzhi came too late, and the banquet was about to start, so Nanzhi had to follow his brothers to the main hall.
After seeing Nanzhi in the noisy hall, Nanzhi was suddenly silent, and a pair of eyes looked at Nanzhi in unison.
Chu Xun put down the wine glass in his hand, his face was full of surprise, it was the first time he had seen this girl wearing palace clothes, but he didn't expect it to be very good-looking.
Su Ziyu, who was sitting on the other side of the department, also heard the sound and looked over, his eyes were full of tenderness, but he was lonely for a moment. Seeing his brother like this, Su Ziye also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he really couldn't figure out why his brother tortured himself like this.
Nanzhi and Xuanhe and the three princes walked to the center of the hall, bowed to the emperor and took their seats, Nanzhi sat next to the prince's seat, and Chu Xun happened to be opposite.
Chu Xun picked up the wine glass and raised it to Nanzhi, who glared at him and ignored him. Chu Xun didn't care, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
"Now that everyone is here, the banquet has officially begun, the prince of Chu has come from afar, today is the reception banquet of the prince of Chu, and it is also the reception banquet of my son Princess Nanzhi, let's have a drink together!"
Nanzhi is not strong enough to drink, and the emperor naturally knows it, so what she has in her cup is just ordinary tea.
Nan Zhi felt that there was a gaze under the seat watching him, and suddenly looked at Su Ziyu's eyes, Nan Zhi's heart jumped, and he immediately looked away.
Su Ziyu saw her avoiding her gaze like this, and sneered for a moment.
Chu Xun saw the strange atmosphere between Nanzhi and Su Ziyu, and raised his eyebrows interestingly.
The more Nanzhi drank, the more he felt that the tea in his hand was bitter, so he simply put it aside and ate the dish, but accidentally ate the chili pepper, and his spicy tears flowed, so he picked up the tea and took a sip.
After the banquet was over, Chu Xun suddenly stood up and smiled at Nanzhi, and suddenly raised his glass to the emperor, "Actually, this prince has another purpose for coming this time, and I hope that the emperor can fulfill it." “
"Oh? Prince, please speak. The emperor put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Chu Xun, in fact, the emperor admired Chu Xun a lot, just because he was the first apprentice accepted by Master Xuanci, the other emperors had already automatically filtered it out.
"Prince Ben came this time, in fact, to ask to marry Princess Nanzhi!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes all looked at Chu Xun, but Chu Xun still looked at Nanzhi with a smile.
Nanzhi drank water and suddenly dropped the cup in his hand to the ground.
Everyone was frightened, and they all turned their eyes to Nanzhi, and even the dancing singer stopped and knelt on the ground in horror.
Nanzhi spread his hands indifferently, "I'm sorry, my hand slipped, what did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just say?" ”
"Ah Zhi didn't hear clearly, then I'll say it again, I said that I came to propose to Ah Zhi, and we are willing to exchange ten cities for this family business."
Nanzhi looked at the newly brought glass cup on the table, and played with it in his hand.
"Ten cities? The prince is really generous! Nan Zhi looked at Chu Xun coldly, what the hell is this guy doing, and he still has the courage to make such a request in front of him.
Xuan He on the table frowned and looked at Chu Xun, his eyes were very unhappy, his hands were clenched, and he broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect him to propose to Nanzhi.
Su Ziyu's eyes were cold for a moment, he raised his eyes to look at Nanzhi, and remembered the letter in the morning, and had a plan in his heart.
"I'm so embarrassed! The prince seemed to be a step too late. Nan Zhi suddenly threw this glass cup in front of Chu Xun and stood up, "Ten cities can't get into my eyes, as long as I want it, the entire Chu country is not a problem." ”
"Hehe," Chu Xun smiled, "As long as you marry me, I am yours, and the entire Chu State can of course be yours." ”
Nan Zhi sneered for a moment, "That's not what I said, senior brother, let's think about it before talking, otherwise I'm afraid you won't even be able to go back to the Chu State." ”