Chapter 17: What is Choice?

(Reorganizing thoughts)

"The fourth emperor brother wants to ask my sister about my Northern Proud Country?" After Sima Jingling knew the intention of Prince Chu, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and there was a hint of surprise on her face.

Before she came to this banquet, she thought that someone would ask her about the trip to Beiaoguo, but after waiting for a long time, no one came, and she couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Unexpectedly, the last person to ask her turned out to be Prince Chu, the fourth emperor brother who had nothing to do with this matter.

"Yes, your fourth emperor brother and I have long been yearning for the North Proud Country, but I have always been stumped by some worldly steps, this time because of some accidents, and I couldn't step into the North Proud Country half a step, it's really a pity.

Now that there is war in the territory of the Northern Proud Country, the situation is critical, and this king is the prince of the Southern Imperial Kingdom, and then going to the Northern Proud Country at this time, even if the king himself has no meaning, but it is not suitable after all.

In case it is known by others, it is a small matter for this king to encounter danger himself, and if it causes trouble to our southern imperial country, it will be a big matter.

Therefore, I heard that my sister you went to Beiao Country, and I can only relieve my hunger from my sister's mouth. ”

Prince Chu's face was full of regret and helplessness, and he looked really pitiful.

However, Prince Chu's words are right.

Sima Jingling returned to the capital, although she has not yet fully integrated the events that happened in the capital in the middle of the year, but she still remembered some things, including the anecdotes of her fourth brother.

The rumored Prince of Chu will leave a relationship every time he goes to a place, and everyone knows that this relationship with Prince Chu will not lead to anything.

But even so, there are still many people who come to Prince Chu one after another, even if there is no result, they still want to have this dewy relationship with Prince Chu.

And Prince Chu did have plans to go to Beiao, but on the way, he was stumped by this dewy edge again.

Sima Jingling listened to what Prince Chu said, and combined with the facts she had learned, she believed that Prince Chu really had some regrets.

Although the points that Prince Chu really regrets may be a little different from what Sima Jingling imagined, but that is nothing, anyway, Sima Jingling is also used to picking those points that Prince Chu is interested in and giving Prince Chu a story.

So, while waiting for Si Tianjian to calculate the auspicious days for Princess Xifan and Prince Han, Sima Jingling told Prince Chu about the customs of the Northern Proud Country, of course, focusing on the human feelings of the Northern Proud Country.

"The girls of the Northern Proud Country, as rumored, are indeed as rumored, enthusiastic and straightforward, and if they fancy it, they will directly show their hearts to that person, and they will never twist and pinch it, nor will they use any means in secret.

If the two of them communicate with each other, then they will directly understand their parents, and they can directly choose a day to get married, if the man they like is not interesting to themselves, then the girl will not be entangled, but leave generously, waiting for a man who can agree with him. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Jingling noticed the sudden brilliance on Prince Chu's face and the eyes that were full of relish and interest.

When she said this, she knew what Prince Chu was thinking, but unfortunately, although Sima Jingling was kind enough to tell Prince Chu these things he cared about, she was actually trying to trick Prince Chu.

So Sima Jingling changed her words and directly hit Prince Chu and said:

"The women of Beiaoguo are really good, but if the fourth brother wants to have a dewy relationship in Beiaoguo, it will not be a simple matter. The woman of Beiaoguo is very sincere and stubborn about marriage and affection.

For them, there is only a problem of affection, but there is no problem of irresponsibility. Their attitude towards feelings and marriage is extremely lofty, but if there is a little stain, they will hunt this person to the ends of the earth, well, even the men of the whole country will stand with these women, and they are bound to find out who the irresponsible man is.

However, if you want to challenge it, it's okay. Anyway, the worst result is nothing more than staying in Beiao and becoming the husband of a certain woman in Beiao. ”

Prince Chu's eyes gradually changed from being interested to being frightened and avoiding.

He shook his hand at Sima Jingling again and again, as if to indicate that he absolutely did not mean this.

He knew that Sima Jingling was deliberately playing tricks on him in what she said, but Prince Chu also knew that what Sima Jingling said was absolutely true.

He wanted to see what a passionate, straightforward, and hot woman was like, but this premise had to be based on the condition that he was still absolutely free.

Therefore, Sima Jingling's words directly dispersed the interest in Prince Chu's heart, and he didn't have any thoughts about the girls of the Northern Proud Kingdom at all.

In his eyes, he couldn't help but show regret.

Sima Jingling smiled slightly, for such a result, there was no regret at all.

She also wanted to continue to ask Prince Chu if he had anything else to know about the customs and customs of the Northern Proud Country, but she saw that Si Tianjian had already hurriedly walked in and handed Sima Zhan the auspicious day and auspicious time he had calculated.

Sima Zhan nodded after seeing it, and then handed the fold in his hand to Sima Jingling, Sima Jingling didn't feel any problem after reading it, so she nodded and returned it to Sima Zhan.

Seeing this, Sima Zhan said to Princess Xifan and Prince Han, as well as to everyone present: "In this case, I will immediately repair a letter and inform the Xifan Kingdom of this matter." If there is no objection from the Western Fan Kingdom, then the marriage between the princess of the Western Fan Kingdom and the Prince Han of my Southern Imperial Kingdom will be scheduled for the middle of next month. ”

Everyone bowed down and saluted, saying hello to Prince Han and Princess Xifan.

Princess Luo Lingyi of Xifan had always been nothing, but at this moment, she suddenly blushed, showing the posture of her little daughter, hiding behind Prince Han, half refusing to see anyone.

Sima Jingling smiled at Prince Han, and then left the banquet with Prince Chu, handing over all the time the two of them spent alone to Prince Han and Princess Luo Lingyi of Xifan.

The reception feast ended in an unexpected but generally peaceful situation.

Although there was nothing at the banquet that made Sima Jingling waste her energy, after leaving the door of Jianzhang Palace, Sima Jingling still looked lazy and couldn't keep her spirits.

She leaned on Ah Pu's body so softly, sitting in a sedan chair and drowsy, as if she was not the same as Princess Jinning, who had just had clear eyes and joked with Prince Chu and Prince Han.

Ah Pu stretched out his hand and took Sima Jingling in his arms, so that she could rely on herself to be more stable, so that she could rest for a while on this long palace road, but although Sima Jingling looked extremely tired, she couldn't sleep in the end.

She nestled in Apu's arms with peace of mind and asked Apo a question,

"Ah Pu, do you think the fifth brother and five sisters-in-law will live better in the future?"

Ah Pu didn't think there was anything wrong with Sima Jingling's words at first, so he asked softly: "Your Highness doesn't want Prince Han and Princess Xifan to accompany you in the capital?" ”

Sima Jingling smiled slightly, suddenly opened her eyes, and put a hand on Apu's face and carefully rubbed it, as if it aroused the itch in Apu's heart.

"Of course the palace can't let the fifth brother and the fifth sister-in-law stay in the capital, if the two of them are allowed to accompany the palace, then what will the palace do? According to the temperament of the palace, you can't stay by the side of the palace all the time, but you can't die of vinegar? ”

When Sima Jingling said this, her voice was extremely soft, and there were some unclear breath sounds at the end of each sentence, coupled with the deliberate sentence breaks and wheezing when she spoke, so that every word that Sima Jingling said now seemed to have a hook, hanging the heart in Apu's chest all the time, letting it beat violently, and having to endure the itch that seemed to be scratched by a hook.

Ah Pu's face couldn't help but turn red again.

Sima Jingling couldn't help but feel a little funny, I don't know why the two of them, who are about to become old husbands and wives after nearly a year of getting along, still see Ah Pu who is at a loss from time to time.

Although Ah Pu's throat rolls at such a time, it is very charming.

Ah Pu calmed down from Sima Jingling's cunning gaze, and then suddenly grabbed Sima Jingling's restless hand and said to her: "Ah Ling, I took what I said. You have to be careful, at that time, Ah Pu must be by Ah Ling's side all the time, you don't want to get rid of Ah Pu. ”

"Heh, he's not very old, but his ambition is not small." Sima Jingling listened to Ah Pu's words, and did not withdraw her hand, but continued to look at Ah Pu with bright eyes, looking eager to try and wait and see.

Ah Pu couldn't stand Sima Jingling's appearance the most, so he couldn't care about anything else, so he was bold and reckless, so he pressed down directly towards Sima Jingling, blocking Sima Jingling's little mouth that made Ah Ling love and hate.

"Hmm......" Sima Jingling was defenseless, but she didn't plan to push away Apu.

So the two were like this again, intimate all the way.

When Chun Tao helped Sima Jingling get off the sedan chair, he lowered his head and smiled secretly, which can be regarded as knowing what Sima Jingling and Ah Pu have done.

Sima Jingling and Ah Pu were waited for to change into regular clothes, and then Sima Jingling seemed to remember something, and asked Chuntao: "By the way, why don't you see those in Linhua Palace?" Although the main palace doesn't need them to accompany it, but when the main palace comes back from outside, they should also greet it, right?

Besides, it seems that there are still two people who want to serve Ah Pu, right? ”

Hearing Sima Jingling ask about this, the smile on Chun Tao's face faded a little, and a little sadness rose in her eyes.

"Back to Your Highness, a few people over there in Linhua Hall have something wrong."

"Well, what's going on?"

Sima Jingling had just taken off her heavy costume when she heard the words.

She turned to look at Chun Tao, as if asking what could happen in the Linhua Palace, and then she heard Chun Tao say:

"The Huang Ying of the Linhua Hall didn't know what disease he had, he had been bedridden, groggy all day, awake for a while and confused for a while, and it was useless to ask the imperial doctor to come. Du Juan and Xue Hua were worried about the yellow warbler, so they kept taking care of it.

And the sycamore, it ...... I heard that it was crazy. ”

"Huh, crazy?" Sima Jingling changed into a light regular clothes, and snorted lightly after listening to Chun Tao's words, obviously feeling that there was something wrong with this,

"The disease that hasn't been cured for so long doesn't seem to be a disease, otherwise the imperial doctor in our palace should be pulled out and beheaded, anyway, they are all nameless.

As for the crazy one, heh, it's so funny. There is nothing in this palace, and it is very safe, how can you go crazy for no reason? After leaving, there is nothing to do, and the palace will go to see what is going on with this crazy man.

By the way, let's see what kind of illness the yellow warbler who is serving our Apo Gongzi is. ”

After listening to this, Ah Pu remembered who Chun Tao was talking about,

He suddenly remembered that before he left the Southern Imperial Kingdom, he had been to the Linhua Hall and said a few words to an old acquaintance there. Could it be that because of these few words, he went crazy?

Ah Pu also felt that there was something strange about this, so he decided to follow Sima Jingling to see what was going on.

If it's really crazy, then that's it, anyway, it's always the devil in the heart, and it can be regarded as a punishment if it passes like this.

But if you pretend to be crazy......

Apo smiled slightly, and there was a coolness in his eyes that could not be ignored.

If he pretends to be crazy, then he hides it, but he doesn't mind letting him really go crazy.

In an instant, Ah Pu put on a worried look, followed Sima Jingling and his party, and went to Linhua Palace.

Du Juan and Xue Hua received the news that Sima Jingling was coming, so they hurriedly came out of Huang Ying's room to greet Sima Jingling and the others.

Sima Jingling and Ah Pu behind her looked at these two people, and found that these two people had indeed changed a lot, especially the haggard color, which could not be hidden at all.

Ah Pu's brows furrowed slightly, and he followed Sima Jingling directly into Huang Ying's house, and then saw Huang Ying with a pale little face, lying there quietly, like a corpse that couldn't breathe.

Compared with Huang Ying's lively and agile appearance in the past, it is really embarrassing.

Sima Jingling didn't expect Huang Ying's situation to be so serious, and when she was about to step forward to investigate, she was stopped by Ah Pu.

Ah Pu took a step forward, carefully observed Huang Ying's face, and said with certainty: "This is not a disease, this is poison." ”

Sima Jingling immediately looked at Apu, and found that Apu's eyes flashed with pain, followed by coldness.

She squinted her eyes slightly, feeling that this matter was not ordinary, so she asked Du Juan and Xue Hua, "When did this happen to Huang Ying?" ”

Du Juan and Xue Hua were so shocked by Ah Xuan's extremely sure poisoning that they couldn't speak, and they were even more stunned for a moment when they heard the words, and then as if they remembered something, they replied to Sima Jingling:

"Back to His Royal Highness, just one month after you and Gongzi Apu left the palace, Huang Ying had a problem with him."