Chapter Seventy-Five: The Dream Princess
After writing quietly for a while, stopping his pen and moving his sore wrist, Ji Qingchen walked out of the study and came to the small courtyard of Mingyan.
He came to see Princess Dream.
Last night, he blatantly arrested, raided, and sealed the building, just to attract the enemy's attention to himself. It is to create conditions for Zhang Rang and Guo Quan to act secretly, so that the two can calmly bring Princess Dream from the small courtyard where Jiang Rou lives to the palace.
As for Princess Meng's residence in Jiang Rou in Jiang Kwai Fang, this was what he guessed at once when he thought of Jiang Kwai Fong.
It was because when he met Tie Jian outside King's Landing, he asked Tie Jian to let Beirong, Xishu, Donghuang and Lingnan participate together just to kill him, Tie Jian said that in addition to these four countries, there are also northern departures, he thought that this incident was more related to Jiang Rou, and then thought that Jiang Kwai Fong was the property of the Changle Gang, and Jiang Rou lived in Jiang Kwai Fong inexplicably, so he guessed that Princess Dream was very likely to be in Jiang Rou's residence in Jiang Kwai Fang, so he had the move of repairing the plank road and secretly Chen Cang last night.
Last night, Zhang Rang and Guo persuaded the two to take Princess Dream to the palace and handed her over to Mingyan to take care of.
The reason why Ji Qingchen wanted to go to Mingyan's courtyard last night was to go to see Princess Meng, but when he went to Mingyan's courtyard last night, he found that as long as Mingyan was playing the piano alone, he knew that Princess Dream might have been overworked and had rested, so he didn't meet this Lingnan princess, just quietly listened to the sound of Mingyan's piano for a while and left.
And this morning, Emperor Yan had already ordered Princess Dream to live in his palace, so he naturally wanted to come and see Princess Dream and tell her the news.
When he arrived at the Mingyan courtyard, he saw two girls talking in a low voice in the pavilion.
In addition to Mingyan in a light green Luo skirt, there was also a girl wearing a light Luo skirt, he guessed that it was Princess Meng, but Princess Lingnan changed into a Luo skirt worn by ordinary girls in Dayan, which made him a little surprised.
"See Your Highness!" Mingyan first found Ji Qingchen who was walking, and immediately got up to salute.
Princess Dream turned her back to Ji Qingchen, saw Mingyan suddenly get up, and when she heard Mingyan's words again, she knew who was coming, so she got up, turned around again, and saluted Ji Qingchen and said, "Bai Meng'er, see His Royal Highness the King of Northern Liao!" ”
I saw the girl in front of me who was about sixteen years old in a big swallow costume, bright and bright, quiet and symbolic. Ji Qingchen just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly to the two of them.
"My father said that the pavilion is not safe, and it is inconvenient to live in the palace, so I will let you live in the house first, and you may need to live for a while. Ji Qingchen said thoughtfully, his eyes moved to Princess Dream's face intentionally or unintentionally, and found that the other party heard his words, his face was calm and calm.
"Thank you, Your Highness, it's just that Meng'er and Sister Mingyan hit it off at first sight, and I want to live with her to learn the piano, and I ask Your Highness to fulfill it." Princess Dream suddenly bowed and said.
Bai Meng'er's words made Ji Qingchen slightly surprised, the two had known each other for less than a day, why did they call Mingyan her sister? Do you want to learn the piano from Mingyan? A Lingnan princess who wants to learn Dayan's guzheng? And she's a princess who hasn't heard much of piano music. However, these are the secrets between the little girls, and he is embarrassed to ask, so he can only move his eyes to Mingyan and ask what Mingyan means. Mingyan naturally understood the meaning in Ji Qingchen's eyes, so she leaned over and said that she was willing to let Princess Dream live with her and take care of Princess Meng, so Ji Qingchen nodded slightly, which was regarded as agreeing to Princess Dream's request.
He glanced at the relaxed Dream Princess, then walked straight to the pavilion and sat down, and said to Mingyan, "This king wants to listen to the tune, you can play it!" ”
"I wonder what famous song Your Highness thinks of today?" Mingyan asked, and had slowly stepped forward and knelt in front of the zither.
"Just play the song "Looks Together"!" Ji Qingchen said softly, his voice was far away, and his eyes were looking at the western sky.
Mingyan was stunned, this was the first time she heard the name of the song played by His Royal Highness after entering the palace, and guessed in her heart Ji Qingchen's intention to order this tune, but her hands were still unaffected, Zheng! With a sound, the sound of the piano sounded slightly, just like the fragrance of flowers in the mountains, and the pleasant sound of the piano immediately spread to the surroundings, shrouding the secluded small courtyard.
"There are geese in the North Ridge, and the feathers are like snow. The wind mourns, and the wings fly south. Suddenly, Ji Qingchen whispered, "The wings are broken and the rain is broken, and there is nothing to do." The wind is dignified, and it will never leave. ”
His voice seemed desolate and distant, and it seemed to be lovesick and melancholy, coupled with the lingering compassion of the song "Keeping the Looks", which made Princess Dream stupid, and Mingyan herself was unconsciously full of tears! Mingyan didn't know what she was crying for, and she didn't know what she was crying about, but she knew that she couldn't control her sadness.
The singing stopped, the sound of the piano fell to the ground, and Ji Qingchen, who looked as usual, stood up and was about to leave, but heard Princess Meng speak, "Your Highness, Meng'er understands what you mean, please rest assured, Meng'er should know what to do." However, Meng'er still wants to thank Xie Lu Xie Dian for saving him this time! ”
"No need! Thank you for your open-mindedness! Ji Qingchen said lightly, he didn't look back, and the person had already left the courtyard.
Princess Dream stared at Ji Qingchen's departing figure in a daze, and Mingyan looked at Princess Dream with a puzzled expression, puzzled and seemed to understand. The two were silent for a long time before Mingyan said, "He's gone!" ”
"I know it." Princess Dream whispered.
"I heard that he had a good relationship with the little princess who left the country when he was hostage." Mingyan said faintly.
"Yes!" Princess Dream bowed her head and whispered in agreement.
"I also heard that he made a promise to the princess who left the country to go north to the capital and marry her back to King's Landing." Mingyan continued. This time, Princess Dream didn't speak, Mingyan just saw her shoulders tremble slightly, and then saw two lines of tears cut through her delicate cheeks.
"Why are you in trouble?" Mingyan sighed, as if talking to herself.
"You don't understand!" Princess Dream said in a low voice, pausing for a long time, and then she continued, "Actually, from the moment I was born in the patriarch's family of the Baiyan clan in Lingnan, I was destined that my marriage would only become a bargaining chip in the negotiation of my father's power. So this time, when my father wanted to make peace with Dayan, he sent me to Dayan and asked me to marry the prince of Dayan, I was not sad at all, because I had already accepted my fate. ”
After a long time, Princess Dream spoke, "Do you know the Tao? What's the use of me resigning myself? I didn't have the right to choose what I liked, I didn't have the right to choose the marriage I wanted. ”
"Yes!" Mingyan said in a low voice.
"So, this time, when I heard that there were ten princes under His Majesty Emperor Dayan, my heart moved, and I said to myself, since I don't have the right to choose marriage, do I have the right to choose to marry a prince I like?" Princess Dream lowered her head, tears already filling her eyes, "I fell in love with him when I first saw him outside King's Landing. At that time, he was wearing a black python robe, riding on a horse with great energy, confident and calm in the face of a thousand soldiers, and looking at the world when facing Uncle Wang's ridicule. At that moment, I suddenly thought that if I married him, I would be very satisfied in my life. It was at that moment that I suddenly realized that I was about to fall in love with him, and that in this life and in this life, no man would ever be able to break into my heart and drive him away. ”
"But he has someone in his heart, and with his personality, he won't like others anymore." Mingyan said in a low voice.
"I know that he just asked you to play that tune, and the song he sang, just to tell me what he meant." Princess Dream choked up.
"Hey!" Mingyan sighed and didn't say anything more, only a faint pain in her heart, as if she had just cried inexplicably.
"You like him too, don't you?" Halfway through, Princess Dream suddenly raised her head, looked at Mingyan and asked.
"Ahh
"You like her, I can tell it!" Princess Dream said to herself, "Tell me, how did you know her?" ”
"Yes!" Mingyan nodded slightly, "Okay!" ”
Leaving the small courtyard of Mingyan, he walked to the small school field of the palace and saw Huang Taiji training hand-to-hand combat skills with the elite soldiers of the 400 white cavalry battalion. Seeing Ji Qingchen, Beirong, who had already learned a few words of Dayan, immediately bowed down and saluted him solemnly, "See Your Highness!" ”
"If you practice yours, this king will take a look!" Ji Qingchen waved his hand and said.
Huang Taiji received the order and continued to order the training of the soldiers of the White Cavalry Battalion.
Seeing the hand-to-hand fighting of the Beirong people for a long time, and seeing the scene of two Beirong soldiers fighting with their lives, I felt that it was not an exaggeration to call the Beirong people barbarians, and ordinary training had to fight with their lives, no wonder they would be so strong on the battlefield, like a wounded tiger.
"Ten rewards!" After watching a fight, Ji Qingchen threw down this sentence and left the schoolyard.
There are only two days left before the competition with Xu Zhen, and in the remaining two days, he is basically reading books, practicing calligraphy or playing polo with Bai Xiangcheng and others in the study, because Emperor Yan has canceled his investigation of the poisoning case and the princess kidnapping case, and he is happy to be idle.
Before I knew it, two days had passed!
On this day, it was time to meet Xu Zhen for a competition.
In the early morning, Ji Qingchen, who was having breakfast, did not wear armor, only wore a black samurai uniform, and gathered Zhang Rang and Guo Quan, as well as Huang Taiji and the white cavalry camp, and rode out of the palace and galloped towards the school field of Yulin Riding.