The eldest prince Cheng Yuan went out of the cabinet after the weak crown ceremony, was named King Qing, and stayed in the capital, Cheng Xi usually can't see him in the palace, and he can only meet when Emperor Xiaowu summons him.

Cheng Yuan is not smiling, old-fashioned, Cheng Xi has never been close to him, but because of his feelings, he still has to call him big brother.

"You actually started to work in the palace, what kind of system did you become!" Cheng Yuan approached quickly and reprimanded.

When the third prince saw him, it was like a mouse seeing a cat, and the arrogance just now immediately put out the fire, and he only rubbed his arm with a sad face, and turned his head to glare at Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi saw that the third prince secretly pointed the finger at him, and felt that he was becoming more and more shameless, and when he was in trouble, he punched hard, and when he asked for the crime on the spot, he was only resigned.

Sure enough, Cheng Yuan looked at Cheng Xi, sank his face and said: "Fighting in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, people who don't know the truth are still in disharmony with the prince and daughter of Dayue, and what kind of words are spread out." ”

Although it was indeed a lack of consideration to take revenge on the three princes in public, Cheng Yuan just caught her, and a lesson indiscriminately made people see jokes for no reason, especially in front of Shen Rang, which made Cheng Xi's face unbearable.

She put away the soft whip and said coldly: "The eldest brother didn't even ask, he knew that I was the one who caused the trouble first, it was really a wise decision, if you want me to see it, I'm afraid that it is because the third brother and the eldest brother have the same mother, and they are partial to him, right?" ”

Cheng Xi's words were obviously mocking the eldest prince for not distinguishing between right and wrong, and after hearing this, Hongye and Shui Yue both gasped.

Who doesn't know that the eldest prince is now a popular person in the court, maybe he will still be the prince in the future, many people want to tie up with him and ask for some benefits from it, even if the princess has the support of the queen mother and the emperor, she shouldn't directly conflict with him, Hongye whispered behind Cheng Xi, wanting her to say less.

"This king has always been on the matter, if you blame Sister Mingruo, I will definitely apologize to you."

Cheng Yuan knew that Cheng Xi had never taken the children of their concubines seriously, but his attitude was still restrained before, but now his true form has been revealed, and his impression of her is even worse.

Cheng Xi heard this and smiled: "My sister doesn't dare to accept the apology of the eldest brother, if it is spread, not only will it say that I am not old or young, but also that my brother and sister are out of harmony, which goes against my wish to have harmony between brothers and sisters." ”

Cheng Yuan is a smart person, after listening to Cheng Xi, he glanced at the third prince lightly, but his tone was very stern: "Still staying here and embarrassing?" I'll clean you up when the king returns! ”

The three princes trembled, they all shrank into a turtle, and walked away in a gray manner, and the four princes and the four princesses also left in advance when they saw that the situation was not good.

Shen Rang snorted coldly at Cheng Xi: "Princess Mingruo, she can't even listen to King Qing's words, and she still says that she doesn't dare?" ”

"Young Marquis Shen, do you want to be the princess's concubine so much?" Facing Shen Rang's puzzled gaze, Cheng Xi said with a smile, "This princess hasn't married into your Shen family yet, so you are so anxious to help your brother-in-law speak, why doesn't this princess know that you like me so much?" ”

"Who likes you!"

Shen Rang saw Cheng Xi's cheekiness, he was the worst at dealing with such a person, so he could only deny it weakly.

"What, doesn't Xiao Marquis Shen look down on Princess Mingruo?" A solemn voice interjected.

They turned their heads to see that the Queen Mother, who should not have been here, was sitting on the sedan chair and was walking towards them, and the three of them saluted in unison and did not say anything more.

The Empress Dowager beckoned Cheng Xi to come closer, and said with a smile: "I heard that the palace heard that Jean'er was the head of the martial arts, but I didn't expect that on the way to Yinghui Tower, I saw you two people arguing. ”

Cheng Xi smiled awkwardly and glanced at Shen Rang, the two could only tacitly make a temporary truce, and then accompanied the Queen Mother to Yinghui Tower.

Not far away, Ji Chengjin, who was invited to the banquet by Emperor Xiaowu, watched them leave, and whispered beside him: "Childe, I heard that Princess Mingruo and the third prince fought just now, and the three princes were beaten all over the place, the princess is really getting more and more terrifying, let's be careful." ”

Ji Chengjin was noncommittal, and also walked towards Yinghui Building.

At the banquet, Emperor Xiaowu delivered a welcome speech, which was nothing more than the fact that Dayue was full of talents, and praised Shen Rang, Cheng Xi looked around boredly, and never thought that he saw Ji Chengjin at the end of the banquet, he was sitting in a white brocade robe, and when he saw himself, he also glanced over.

After Emperor Xiaowu finished speaking, the banquet officially began, Cheng Xi was watching the group of singers and dancers in the center of the hall performing, and was recruited by the queen mother, and Shen Rang was also there.

"Shen Xiaohou Ye won the head of Wu Kui today, he is really a pillar of the great Yue, the Shen family has been loyal and good for generations, I can also settle down if I hand over Princess Mingruo to you." Emperor Xiaowu looked at Cheng Xi and Shen Rang and said with relief.

Shen Rang didn't say anything, but solemnly made a courtesy.

Cheng Xi knew that Shen Rang was aggrieved and she was not comfortable, but the Queen Mother was particularly keen to match her and Shen Rang, as a grandchild, she definitely couldn't save the old lady's face.

Cheng Xi blessed his body and smiled shyly: "Erchen thanked the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, but today is a celebration banquet for Shen Xiaohouye, and Erchen doesn't want to steal the limelight of the protagonist." ”

"Look, I'm helping my own colt so soon." The Empress Dowager looked at Emperor Xiaowu with a smile, "When the period of filial piety of the young Marquis Shen expires, the palace will make the decision to let the two of them get married, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

Emperor Xiaowu naturally agreed.

The old Marquis Shen passed away a year ago, according to the customs of the Yue Dynasty, filial piety comes first, and everyone in the Shen family must keep filial piety for three years, during which they cannot be married and married, Cheng Xi calculated that there are still two years before the expiration of filial piety.

Secretly glanced at Shen Rang, he had already blackened his face the whole time, but he could only endure it in front of the Son of Heaven, Cheng Xi sighed secretly and helped him out of the siege and said: "Father, you see that so many people want to congratulate Shen Xiaohou, is it a bit long for us to occupy his time?" ”

Emperor Xiaowu looked at the palace, and sure enough, there were already many people gathered around Shen Rang's table, waiting for him to sit down, so he explained a few more words before letting him leave, and before Shen Rang turned around, he glanced at Cheng Xi for some reason.

Waiting for Shen Rang to leave, Cheng Xi also retreated, she first found Prime Minister Jiang and apologized for Jiang Jingxian's grounding for a month, Prime Minister Jiang was surprised and frightened, Fang was still in front of the palace gate and the third prince who fought hard, and now he would apologize in person for his rival in love, he guessed what the princess meant, so he had to be careful and accept politely.

Cheng Xi didn't like a thoughtful middle-aged uncle like Prime Minister Jiang, and when he was talking casually, he caught a glimpse of Ji Chengjin sitting there alone, looking a little bored, and wanted to tease him.

As soon as Shen Rang, who was holding the moon by the stars, Shen Rang pulled away from the crowd, blocked her way, and said in an unhappy tone: "I didn't know that Princess Mingruo and the prime minister also had something to talk about. ”

Cheng Xi sighed in his heart, but he just said a few words, and he felt distressed, for fear that he would bully the Jiang family, which is called living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

She glanced at the good deeds behind Shen Rang, took out the princess's bearing, and smiled: "It doesn't matter if you don't know, Shen Xiaohou and this princess have been here for a long time, and they will slowly understand each other in the future." ”

Shen Rang's face changed, he took a step closer to Cheng Xi, and was about to speak, when Cheng Yuan came to the two of them, he patted Shen Rang's shoulder with a smile, looked at Cheng Xi and said, "Sister Mingruo, Shen Xiaohou is simple-minded, you two are considerate, wait for the banquet to end and say it slowly, how about it?" ”

"What the eldest brother said is that my sister and Shen Xiaohou have decades to say, and they shouldn't be in a hurry at this time."

Cheng Xi also replied with a smile, she saw the current situation very clearly, Prime Minister Jiang Cheng is Cheng Yuan's uncle, and he is naturally the most powerful supporter of King Qing's party, and Shen Rang likes Jiang Jingxian, he has long been silently on King Qing's side, through the small details seen today, Cheng Yuan and Shen Rang have a close relationship, obviously treating them as their own people.

She has always adhered to the belief of Mingzhe to protect herself, does not stand in line, has no intention of entanglement with Shen Rang, and does not want to conflict with the party, so she tries her best to show the arrogant and willful side.

Cheng Yuan heard that Cheng Xi had something to say, but she smiled politely and politely, not stubborn, but looked very charming, which made people unbearable to blame.

Since nothing happened, the people watching the excitement surrounded Shen Rang again and said goodbye, Cheng Xi couldn't help but take a few steps back, turned around and continued to walk towards the end of the banquet, but she didn't expect Cheng Yuan to go to Ji Chengjin's table before her.

Ji Chengjin and Cheng Yuan have never intersected, and they don't know what Cheng Yuan is looking for him, Cheng Xi walked over quickly, and happened to see Cheng Yuan's attendant pouring wine for Ji Chengjin.

"Ji Gongzi, the third brother was reckless a few days ago and stabbed you at the martial arts conference, today I take this opportunity to apologize to you on behalf of the third brother, I hope that Ji Gongzi will ignore the past suspicions."

After Cheng Yuan finished speaking, he raised the wine glass in his hand, raised his head and drank the wine, and pointed the empty glass to Ji Chengjin, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Ji Chengjin's injury has not healed yet, and he is extremely cautious when participating in the banquet, he wanted to sit in a corner where no one is paying attention, waiting for the banquet to end, but he didn't expect King Qing to toast him.

Streamer watched Ji Chengjin take the wine glass worriedly, and was anxious on the side, the identity of the son was there, and he couldn't refuse King Qing's kindness, but he reluctantly drank it, but he was afraid that the wound would have to recover for a long time.

Cheng Yuan saw that Ji Chengjin only looked at the wine glass, but did not move, so he asked: "Ji Gongzi, you refuse to drink, presumably because you are unwilling to forgive the third brother?" ”

As soon as the words fell, he only heard a crisp and beautiful voice, with an undoubted voice coming into his ears: "Ji Gongzi is inconvenient to drink, this princess drinks for him." ”

Cheng Xi walked up to Ji Chengjin, took the wine glass from his hand without saying a word, and drank it all.

Then, she turned to Cheng Yuan and smiled: "Big brother, Ji Gongzi is injured and can't drink, since he is my person, he should be done by me, big brother won't blame, right?" ”

"It's because this king didn't think it through, and I ask Gongzi Ji to forgive me."

Cheng Yuan put down the wine glass, and said politely, but in his heart, he thought of the rumors he had heard these days, and a glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of the two of them.