Chapter 197: Dissuasion Fails
This matter naturally reached Chi Wan's ears, after all, in the eyes of others, she is still a member of the Chi family, and many young grandmothers who came to shop in the store told Chi Wan one after another: "Shopkeeper, I remember if you have a sister named Chi Xia?" ”
"yes." Chi Wan just wanted to say that I had nothing to do with her in the next second, but she heard the young grandmother say: "Hey, your sister is amazing now, it is said that the prince has taken a fancy to her." ”
"What, Prince?" Chi Wan was puzzled, but instantly reacted again, guessing that he might want to use Chi Xia to do so.
"You don't know? This matter has been spread all over the place, and now Miss Nachi walks with her head held high, and she still looks like she doesn't look at others. ”
The young grandmother complained to Chi Wan a few more words and left, and it was obvious outside the store that she had gone to talk to another person about it.
Chi Wan sighed, Chi Xia was really sad, carried away by the sweetness of the moment, and really thought that she could fly on the branches and become a phoenix overnight?
Recalling that the experience of the prince showing that he liked him at the banquet and being poisoned by the queen is still vivid, Chi Wan is upright, she suddenly stood up and clenched her fists, thinking: No, you must not just watch her fall into danger like this for no reason.
This was the first time that Chi Wan had gone back since she had been away from the house for so long, and she didn't want to take half a step, so she asked the maid to call Chi Xia out and say a few words to her.
When Chi Xia heard that Chi Wan was coming, she still came to find herself, and she was eager for the peacock to open the screen and hurry up to show off in front of her, but who knew that she would send it to the door first, which was exactly what she wanted.
Chi Wan didn't wait too long, and saw Chi Xia walking towards her with a spring breeze on her face. With her steps, there was a pleasant sound of Ding Lingdang on her body, and Chi Wan could see that many of the ornaments were gorgeous and not like what Chi Fangrui could afford, and this thing should only be in the palace.
"What's the matter with me?" Chi Xia pretended to stretch out her hand to fiddle with her fingernails, but in fact, she showed the pair of good-looking mutton fat jade bracelets on her wrists to Chi Wan.
"Chi Xia, I heard...... You have a close relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”
"I didn't expect you to be well-informed," Chi Xia looked at Chi Wan proudly, and said with his head held high, "That's right, His Royal Highness and I are in love with each other, and one day I will become the crown princess." ”
Chi Wan sighed and said, "Chi Xia, listen to me, the prince is not a simple and easy person to deal with, have you forgotten what happened at the palace banquet that day?" The prince showed his affection for me at the palace banquet, and then my tea was poisoned. ”
Chi Xia's face turned cold, and she said, "That's just the prince's plan, the prince just wants to deal with you." ”
"It's not so simple Chi Xia, it wasn't the prince who did it, it's the queen." Chi Wan didn't know how to explain this matter to Chi Xia for a while, so she had to tell her the cruel truth in righteous words, "Chi Xia, you must know that with the status of the Chi family, you are not qualified to be the crown princess. ”
Chi Xia's pupils contracted violently, and her face suddenly turned gloomy, and she scolded angrily: "Hmph, I think you are jealous to say these words to deliberately anger me!" The ones at the banquet were just arranged by him to deal with you, don't talk about them. ”
"Hmph, the prince and I are more affectionate than Zhijian, you just continue to talk about yourself there, I won't listen to you anyway."
The second daughter was deadlocked, only to see a person coming from afar, he walked to the door of the Chi Mansion and looked at the second daughter at a loss, but still gave Chi Xia a respectful salute and said, "See Miss Chi, the slave came to pick up today's letter." ”
Chi Xia took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to him, and said to Chi Wan: "See, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I will write to each other every day, and I know much more than you what he thinks in his heart." ”
"Don't get obsessed, Chi Xia!" Chi Wan was in a hurry, so she snatched the letter straightforwardly, tore it to pieces in three or five strokes, and in Chi Xia's screams, the fragments fell to the ground.
"I'm doing this for your own good, Chi Xia, you'll understand then."
"Get out! Get out of here! Seeing that his spiritual sustenance was ruined, Chi Xia almost jumped up and beat people angrily. She is now panicking like a mother who has lost her child.
She was at a loss, her voice trembled a little, and she said to the messenger who was also confused: "Don't go, wait for me to write another letter immediately, and you must not let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not receive the letter." ”
With that, she ran back like crazy, and as soon as she entered her room, she began to write.
After a period of time, Chi Wan tried various methods to prevent Chi Xia from contacting the crown prince.
Either send someone to intercept the letters, or transfer the letters, or in the name of the crown prince, fake some letters written about severing the relationship between the two. But in the end, they were all discovered by Chi Xia, and every time they came to Fenghetang to scold Chi Wan angrily, no matter how they persuaded him, he didn't listen.
It stands to reason that Chi Wan doesn't need to care about those things, but she just doesn't want to see the prince's treacherous plan succeed, watching her nominal sister fall into the other party's trap alive, she wants to do her best to save Chi Xia.
Ji Wan's original intention was kind, but in the eyes of others, it was not like this.
When Chi Xia came to Fenghetang to make trouble, many people saw it, and she would say bad things about Chi Wan to others everywhere in private, so everyone thought that Chi Wan also liked the prince and was fighting with Chi Xia maliciously.
In the neighborhood, Chi Wan's reputation gradually deteriorated, and it was easy to say that Chi Wan and Chi Xia competed fairly; The ugly thing to say is that Chi Wan can't see her sisters better; What's more serious is that Chi Wan is distracted and delusional, and wants to be the crown princess and the like.
These gossips Chi Wan can hold up, as long as Chi Xia can be saved, then it will all be worth it. But Chi Xia couldn't bear it anymore, and she had sent a good letter because Chi Wan was making trouble, which made the favorability between her and the prince decrease a lot.
Seeing that the two seemed to be in a cold period, Chi Xia panicked now. In addition, the two have been in contact for a while, and it stands to reason that they can already prepare to discuss marriage, but the prince seems to have been avoiding this issue.
She was very impatient, she just wanted to be the crown princess quickly, and then deal with Ji Wan, this is the best solution, isn't it?
The way of sending the letter is far from satisfying Ji Wan, and if you want the relationship between the two to go further, you need to meet, but this seems to be too slow.
Chi Xia thought about it, and a bad idea suddenly popped up in his mind, if he could use some means to make the prince have to marry him, wouldn't his goal be achieved? Favorability or something, you can also cultivate it the day after tomorrow.
As she said, Chi Wan immediately wrote an invitation letter and sent it over, and in the East Palace, the prince received this letter, which read: "Tonight, the little girl sincerely invites the prince to talk about it at sunset today, hoping that the prince can come in person." ”
After the letter was delivered, Chi Xia was happy and excited, but she still had something to do. She went to the most famous Qinglou on the street of Beijing and bought a pair of potions from the old bustard there.
The old bustard happily counted the money while introducing the skirt to Chi Xia: "This is the most effective medicine we have here, and it is guaranteed to be effective after taking it." ”
Chi Xia nodded with satisfaction, success or failure is here, she can only succeed and not fail. She clenched the powder in her hand, and ran back to dress up without stopping.
At sunset, the prince sitting in the carriage had a sad face, he didn't want to go to the appointment, he wanted to find an excuse to excuse himself, but the escort and the prince, who had been in charge of writing letters with Chi Xia, explained: "Your Highness, if you still want to keep Miss Chi fresh and let her listen to you in everything, you must go once tonight." ”
"After all, the letter has been written for a long time, and it can give Miss Chi Xia a beautiful fantasy, but it is not down-to-earth after all. She hasn't been able to see you, the prince, so this dream will wake up after all. Therefore, if His Royal Highness meets her appropriately, he will naturally be able to tie her up firmly. ”
For this reason, the prince thought of the use value of Chi Xia, and finally sighed and agreed.
The carriage moved forward in an orderly manner, looking out the window as the twilight was dark, lanterns were hung in many places on the street, and a noise belonging to the night was stirring up on the long street. The air is filled with the smell of rouge from a woman, the smell of all kinds of delicacies, and the desires and desires of a person's heart.
After arriving at the Baiwei Restaurant, the shopkeeper came out to greet him and said, "Miss Chi has been waiting for a long time, please go this way." ”
The prince followed the shopkeeper to a remote but gorgeous wing, where the red candles were faintly rippling, making people's hearts feel the slightest warmth.
"This is it, Your Royal Highness the Prince, Miss Chi instructed the little one to tell you, you should drink tea and rest here first, and she will come back as soon as she has something to do."
After the shopkeeper finished the news, he left, leaving the prince alone at the door of the wing.
Pushing open the door, you can see that there is a strong fragrance burning inside, like a floral fragrance but not like it, but smelling and smelling makes people can't help but be impatient, and feel that something in the body is mobilized by this strange fragrance.
This room is also fully equipped with tables, chairs, bookshelves, and even a bed. There were some cold dishes and two cups of herbal tea on the table, and the prince felt very hot after sitting down. He took off his coat and still felt his mouth dry, so he lowered his eyes and looked at the cup in his hand, and subconsciously picked it up and drank it all.
The person who fell into waiting was bored, thinking that herbal tea could relieve his physical discomfort, but who knew that the trapping had the opposite effect, only to feel that his body had become hotter, and even fine sweat was oozing from his back.
The prince's good-looking brows furrowed, and the sound of heavier breathing was particularly clear in the chamber. He then pulled back the white brocade robe on his body, revealing a large white and strong chest, but it didn't seem to have much effect.