Chapter Twenty-Seven: Princess Heqin
Soon the banquet dispersed, Tan Xiangxue put away the portrait of Nangong Lichuan that she had painted, asked the maid to put it away, and was about to step forward in the direction of Nangong Lichuan, but was blocked by Qi Guifei's personal maid.
"Miss Tan, my mother is invited."
"Well, you lead the way."
Although Tan Xiangxue was unhappy, she was not angry when she learned that Qi Guifei had sent someone to find her, and she was thinking about how to get along with Nangong Lichuan next time they met.
As soon as they arrived at the door of the room, they heard the conversation between Qi Guifei and Nangong Lichuan in the house, and the leading maid opened the bead chain and put it down, and the crisp sound of the string of glass beads colliding.
"Xiangxue is here, come in quickly." Qi Guifei sat on the cushion with a smile and gently summoned Tan Xiangxue, who had just started.
"Xiangxue has seen Niangniang and Wangye."
"Hmm." Nangong Li Chuan glanced at Tan Xiangxue and snorted lightly.
"Come and sit next to the main palace."
"Hmm." Tan Xiangxue came to Qi Guifei's side obediently, and her obedient appearance made Qi Guifei even more satisfied.
"Chuan'er, you see how good a girl Xiangxue is, you will send her back later."
"Mother, I still have something to do in a while."
"Things, if there is something that this palace will not know, anyway, it will be by the way, don't think about prevarication."
"Niangniang, maybe the prince is really in trouble, Xiangxue can go back by herself." Tan Xiangxue saw that the atmosphere between the two was deadlocked, and hurriedly reconciled, although she was very eager for Nangong Lichuan to accompany her for a while, but then her dignified image would be ruined, and she would not allow it.
"Good boy, don't mention him, this palace knows him, there is nothing to do today, don't call me a mother, call me the mother of this palace, I have already chosen a good day with you, and the wedding will be held in a few days."
Qi Guifei smiled, held Tan Xiangxue and patted it.
"Yes, Concubine." Tan Xiangxue called shyly.
"Mother, if there is nothing to do, the minister will leave first." Nangong Lichuan saw that the two were talking harmoniously, and interrupted.
"Hmm. Okay, you should go back too, don't delay the two of you, leave some time for you to go out and take a walk. β
Tan Xiangxue got up and left.
"That Xiangxue retired first."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the question, and quickly followed the pace of Nangong Li Chuan.
"Lord Wang, wait for Xiangxue."
"This princess is decent, and her temperament is also good." The grandmother beside her looked at the back of the two of them leaving together and said with relief.
"yes, I hope they can live well."
On the other side, inside the palace of the Queen Mother.
"What do you really say?" The Queen Mother asked.
"Yes, it's true, the Xingyue Kingdom came this time to let our princess go to get married, and the emperor is discussing with the old minister in the imperial study."
The principal replied respectfully.
"What can I do about this, Grandma Huang, I don't want to be close, I don't want to go to Xingyue Country, you can help Qin'er think of a way." The woman shouted anxiously, this person is the princess Nangong Ruoqin, she happens to be in the Empress Dowager's palace without being sick at all, and that is just an excuse to excuse herself from attending the banquet to meet the people of Xingyue Kingdom.
The Queen Mother looked at Nangong Ruoqin, who was crying pear blossoms and raining, her heart softened, and she stroked Nangong Ruoqin's head with her hand and comforted: "Okay, let the imperial grandmother think about it, don't make trouble, your head is two big." β
After finishing speaking, the crying was heard all of a sudden, and Nangong Ruoqin raised her teary eyes and asked, as if she wanted to find some hope from the Queen Mother.
"Really?"
"I lied to you when I was mourning, silly girl."
"Thank you, Grandma."
"Well, I believe that the emperor will come to discuss such a big matter with his relatives at night."
In the imperial study, the atmosphere was dull at this time.
The emperor looked at the ministers discussed below, and said: "The marriage of the two countries is self-evident for the benefits of the country, but the princess is my only daughter, and I can't bear it." β
"Your Majesty, if the minister has a daughter, the minister is willing to let his daughter marry instead, but the minister has several generations of men, and he can't help him."
"How is this good?"
"In addition to the princess, there is also the county lord who can represent the Nanli Kingdom, and the status is not low." One of the ministers said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, do you think the county lord is suitable?"
"That's a pretty good one... I went to the Queen Mother today to ask. There is finally a way out for today's affairs, so you should step back first. β
A carriage had just slowly galloped out of the imperial city, and in the carriage sat Nangong Li Chuan and Tan Xiangxue.
"Lord Wang, this is a sachet made of Xiangxue, which has the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep, please accept it." Tan Xiangxue took out a black brocade sachet from her sleeve, and saw that it was embroidered with a fire cloud pattern embroidered with gold wire, which was very chic.
"This king is allergic to spices." I saw that Nangong Lichuan didn't answer, and said coldly.
"It's Xiangxue who is abrupt, don't blame the prince." Tan Xiangxue was so embarrassed that she put away the sachet in her hand, her face couldn't help but be hot, her eyes were fluttering, and she reached out to open the curtain to breathe.
At this moment, Nangong Li Chuan, who was opposite, suddenly saw a familiar figure through the open window, and saw your shadow enter the Tianxia Tower.
"Stop." I saw Nangong Lichuan shouting, Tan Xiangxue beside him could hear the excitement and anxiety in Nangong Lichuan's shouting, he really liked Luo Wushuang, who was even deeper than she imagined.
Tan Xiangxue hurriedly got out of the carriage and followed the footsteps of Nangong Lichuan into the Tianxia Tower.
Luo Wushuang and Chen Yuxi went up to the second floor to sit down, and Luo Wushuang shouted at Xiao Er who came as soon as he sat down.
"Little Er, it's the same as before."
"Alright, guest officer."
Nangong Li Chuan also followed up to the second floor, and saw Luo Wushuang sitting next to the window, he stepped forward and said: "Wushuang, what a coincidence, is it a matter of eating here, this king happens to be too, let's go together." β
Before Luo Wushuang could reply, he saw that Nangong Lichuan had already sat down.
"Uh." Chen Yuxi was speechless on the side, this second prince came so uninvited, and sat down so generously, isn't he afraid that someone will sit?
"Second prince, my choice of this place is a bit small, do you want to take a look at other locations." Luo Wushuang said coldly.
"No, the king likes it."
At this time, Tan Xiangxue had already appeared in front of several people, and she greeted generously: "Coincidentally, you are also here." "It's like they're really good.
"Hmm." Chen Yuxi hummed lightly without any emotion, distant and indifferent.
Tan Xiangxue sat down after speaking.
After a while, Xiao'er came up, holding braised fish, spicy tenderloin, sauce-flavored pork ribs, stir-fried green beans, spicy chicken nuggets... Seeing that each dish was basically spicy, Tan Xiangxue had an ominous premonition.
Luo Wushuang saw the look on Tan Xiangxue's face, and probably knew that a lady like Tan Xiangxue must be a very picky eater, let alone like this kind of "exciting" food.
"Oh, I'm sorry, it's all the two of us who love to eat, I didn't know you would come, I didn't take it into account, I believe the prince won't blame us." Luo Wushuang pretended to be sorry and said.
Let Tan Xiangxue on the side grit her teeth, damn woman.
"No problem."
"Well, there are still a lot of Lord Wang, but I don't know if I will be wronged Miss Tan, if it really doesn't work, Miss Tan will go to the next table, and the dishes we ordered are already very full." Chen Yuxi said with a mending knife, and his cunning appearance was very playful.
"No, I don't have to." Tan Xiangxue said weakly, although it was all this time, everyone's aura was still full of beauty.
"Well, let's eat, then." Luo Wushuang took the chopsticks and grabbed a piece of chicken and ate it.
Chen Yuxi also picked up the chopsticks and ate them, they sometimes make an appointment to eat together, and they often go downstairs on this day, since the few times she ate spicy dishes with Luo Wushuang, she also accepted it, and she also liked this taste, but she felt that it was not spicy or happy. In the past, it was at most meatless and unhappy.
"Well, it's delicious." Luo Wushuang sandwiched the spicy tenderloin and said to Chen Yuxi.
"Well, really, it's so tender." Chen Yuxi finished eating and commented.
Tan Xiangxue looked at the two of them eating with relish, and she also sandwiched a piece of sauce-flavored pork ribs, handed it to her mouth and ate it, the slightly spicy feeling filled her mouth, and slowly became more and more spicy.
"It's spicy." Tan Xiangxue put down the finished pork ribs, picked up the tea next to her, and drank it quickly.
She didn't notice the sudden cold air flow around Nangong Lichuan beside her, and this woman actually drank his tea.
"If you can't eat it, don't eat it." Nangong Li Chuan was staring at Tan Xiangxue's face and said.
Tan Xiangxue suddenly found that Nangong Lichuan was looking at her and saying such things to her, did he care about her? Tan Xiangxue didn't know that Nangong Lichuan was actually staring at the teacup from which she was drinking, and the unmixed words in that tone were actually filtered out of emotions by herself.
Should I call her stupid?
After Nangong Lichuan finished speaking, he turned his head to eat the dishes in the rice bowl and no longer paid attention to Tan Xiangxue.
Tan Xiangxue didn't eat the spicy dishes anymore, but obediently ate the dry fried green beans and some other green vegetables. Tan Xiangxue felt that this meal was undoubtedly the most torturous and long in her life, and the only thing that made her happy was to eat with Nangong Lichuan.
Half an hour passed, Luo Wushuang was already super full, and the two rested for a while and prepared to leave.
The four of them went down to the first floor together, and Luo Wushuang was about to settle the bill, when he heard Nangong Lichuan stop him and said, "This meal should be treated as a treat for this king." β
Luo Wushuang stopped, looked at Nangong Lichuan who was blocking in front of her, and expressed puzzlement, Nangong Lichuan saw Luo Wushuang's expression, and said with a smile: "If Wushuang doesn't mind, how about returning to this king next time?"
"Oh, please get back to you? The second prince is not afraid that there will be something spicier waiting for you. Just after eating, looking at Nangong Lichuan's reaction, Luo Wushuang knew that Nangong Lichuan was eating such a spicy dish for the first time.
"I can eat with you, it doesn't matter if it's spicy or not, it doesn't matter how spicy it is, the day after tomorrow, I don't know if Wushuang would like to have a meal together?"
Chen Yuxi was thundered by Nangong Lichuan's words, these two princes were so fierce to Wushuang.
Tan Xiangxue clenched her fists, and under the pressure of her long nails, she actually fell into her palm without knowing it. She wanted to vent her anger in her heart, as Nangong Lichuan's fiancΓ©e, she didn't get Nangong Lichuan's attention, and Nangong Lichuan also invited Luo Wushuang to dinner in person.
Luo Wushuang, what's so good about her? Damn woman. Obviously, she is the protagonist, the princess of Nangong Lichuan, she Luo Wushuang is just the princess of the fifth prince, and her status is lower than her in terms of seniority.