Chapter 246: Choosing a Concubine

Nie Qingwan saw that he was not very interested, so he didn't mention it much, anyway, when the day of the flower viewing banquet arrived, he would have to go, and whether he was happy or not, he would have to participate in it.

And when that day comes, he should be very happy when the girls come.

After all, he is sixteen years old, and he already knows how to appreciate the girls' appearance.

Although Nie Qingwan doesn't understand love, and he doesn't know what kind of girls boys like Yin Xuan's age, but when he is sixteen years old, he must have some admiration and thoughts for the opposite sex in his heart, but because he has been fighting outside before, he didn't give him a chance to contact, and he didn't show it, so his feelings are almost blank, but after the flower-viewing banquet, everything should be different.

Nie Qingwan felt that there were many young and beautiful women on the day of the flower appreciation conference, and there must be one or two who could enter Yin Xuan's eyes, and when the time came, they would be picked out and ranked according to their status.

The crown princess and the crown princess will not change, whether Yin Xuan likes it or not, she has set it for him.

The prince of a country, the future emperor, has never been able to marry his beloved woman as the queen, for the latter, he must be from a famous family, have the demeanor of everyone, and have a solid family background.

Nie Qingwan's favorite princess is Huo Chunxiao, but she should not mention it in front of Yin Xuan now, for fear that he will be disgusted.

After she passed the meeting before, Huo Chunxiao often followed Mrs. Huo into the palace to find Tuoba Mingyan to teach him the art of making incense, Yin Xuan also saw Huo Chunxiao a few times, but it seemed that he had no reaction.

However, at that time, he was still young, and perhaps his feelings had not yet been enlightened.

Tomorrow, when he sees Huo Chunxiao, he may have a good impression.

Although Huo Chunxiao was not mentioned, Nie Qingwan was still very curious about what kind of girl Yin Xuan liked, so she paused and asked more.

Purely out of curiosity, she actually didn't expect Yin Xuan to answer anything.

In fact, Yin Xuan did not answer.

He just glanced up at her, hung his head again, and continued to eat the rice in his bowl as if he hadn't heard her question.

After eating, he didn't stay long, and just quit and left.

Nie Qingwan: "......"

When the child grows up, it is really difficult to guess, and his temperament is not good.

Nie Qingwan shook her head and pulled Ren Ji to take a walk.

Yin Xuan walked alone on the way back to the East Palace, and he paused as he walked, he stood there, looking at the entire palace under the night of the bright lights, thinking about what she had just asked him-

"What kind of girl do you like, can you tell me?"

Can you tell us about it?

No.

What kind of girls do you like?

Like you.

You don't know, except for you in my eyes, I can no longer see other girls, and I can no longer pretend to be any red face, who else can compare to you in this world.

Not a single one.

You are the brightest color in the world, and the only color in my heart.

Wanwan, why are you the Queen Mother?

Yin Xuan slowly lowered his eyes, clenched the hands on both sides, and sighed in his heart, but if she was not the queen mother, how could he and her meet like this, how could he coexist like this, without her queen mother's body, there would be no his Yin Xuan's now, let alone his and her's now.

Her identity as the queen mother is the beginning of his love, and it is also the place where he is difficult to return.

Yin Xuan didn't know what to do for a while, and stood in place for a long time in a daze, and then returned to the East Palace Imperial Garden in a low mood.

Suihai and Cuiyu were waiting for him, and when they saw him returning, they both greeted him.

Yin Xuan was not in a good mood, so he didn't pay attention to anyone and walked directly to the dormitory.

Suihai and Cuiyu were very eye-catching, and seeing that the prince seemed to have something on their minds, the two glanced at each other, not daring to follow, but they didn't leave, and the two were waiting outside.

Yin Xuan returned to the bedroom, stood silently in front of the screen and undressed, and sighed again as he took it off.

She was back, and he was really happy.

He was also very sweet to be able to eat with her.

But this joy and sweetness are now mixed up by her identity, and they have all become sorrow.

A kind of sorrow that seeps into love.

Yin Xuan has never loved anyone, this is the first time, but the first time he loves someone, but he is such a person who can't be loved, he is really a little helpless.

Fortunately, his mind is not deep now, he is fascinated by her, and when he thinks of seeing her again tomorrow, he will immediately be alive again.

He sent out with the sea, and let him come into the house to serve.

Suihai immediately sighed, pushed the door and went in, and when the washing was done, Yin Xuan rested, Suihai also retreated, and then waved his hand at Cuiyu, and went out together.

Nie Qingwan went back to sleep after walking, and Ren Ji served her.

Ren Ji didn't treat himself as a man, and when he served Nie Qingwan, he was no different from Nie Yin, but Nie Yin would give Nie Qingwan a bath, but Ren Ji wouldn't, and the bathing was still done by the palace maids.

In the past, Nie Yin was there, and Ren Ji basically didn't enter when Nie Qingwan was resting, but now he has been following.

When the palace maids changed Nie Qingwan's clothes, he stayed outside the screen, and when Nie Qingwan was lying on the phoenix bed, the palace maids retreated, and Ren Ji stepped forward to serve.

Ren Ji asked, "Do you still burn Anxiang at night?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "It's not burning today." ”

Xi'an incense is a gift from Tuoba Mingyan to Nie Qingwan at Nie Qingwan's fifteen-year-old and banquet, but Nie Qingwan is useless, because she can't use it at that time, just recently, she always has nightmares and can't sleep well at night.

After using it for a few days, the effect was good, so she didn't let Ren Ji take back the incense.

But she didn't use it all the time, because she was afraid that she would become dependent on the incense.

Unless she has a headache during the day, or when she is depressed and depressed, she will let Ren Ji light this incense when she sleeps at night, and at other times, she can sleep normally, and she doesn't need this incense.

When she came back from Nie's Mansion today, she was in a good mood, so she naturally didn't need to order.

Ren Ji heard her say that he would not burn the incense, so he did not take it, but stayed at the head of the bed and told her a story, until he fell asleep, he slowly retreated, blew out the candle, and quietly went out.

The next day, Nie Qingwan woke up and sent Yin Xuan to have breakfast, and no longer mentioned the flower-viewing banquet four days later.

If she didn't mention it, it was impossible for Yin Xuan to take the initiative to mention it.

The two sat together to eat as usual, and after eating, Yin Xuan went to the imperial study again.

After four days of peace and quiet, in April, when spring and summer alternate, it is the season when all kinds of flowers and plants bloom one after another, and the day of the flower feast in the palace is also coming.

Early in the morning, Tuoba Ming got up, packed up and went to the Purple Palace.

Tuoba Mingyan lives in Fuguan Palace, Fuguan Palace is not far from Zijin Palace, but not close, her identity is more special, usually the palace maids or eunuchs in the palace are not very close to her, but there are still people who serve her, but she is also a very shrewd person, in her own palace, she will occasionally pass the palace maids to serve, but as soon as she leaves the palace gate, she never takes the palace maids.

She felt that the Queen Mother didn't give her any identity, and taking her in to live in the palace was nothing more than being a subordinate.

Since she is a subordinate, how dare she let people serve her?

Moreover, she is not from the Great Yin Empire, and she can't afford to be served by the palace maids in the palace of the Great Yin Empire.

In your own palace, you have to use people occasionally, and it's okay to use them.

But out of that door, she wouldn't use anyone anymore.

She is not really a golden branch when she is young, many things are done by herself, and there is nothing she can't do by herself.

Tuoba Mingyan is alone every time he goes back to the Purple Palace, and this time is the same.

Today is the day of the flower viewing banquet in the palace, and she plans to go to the Zijin Palace to greet the Queen Mother first, and then go to the imperial garden where the flower viewing banquet is held, and then inspect it inside and out.

In fact, she took a look at the imperial garden yesterday, which was very proper, but this was the first time that the Queen Mother had told her to do things since she entered the palace of the Great Yin Empire with the Queen Mother, of course she was cautious and cautious, careful and careful, and she must not make any mistakes, so she wanted to take a look again.

Tuoba Mingyan went to the Zijin Palace after breakfast, and only to find that Yin Xuan was also there.

Yin Xuan came to the Zijin Palace to accompany Nie Qingwan for breakfast after getting off the court in the morning, and then was left by Nie Qingwan.

Being able to sit here with her, Yin Xuan was of course happy.

But Yin Xuan also knew what day it was, so he didn't want to sit at all.

She asked him to stay, just to take him to the flower feast for a while and meet the ladies of the family.

But he didn't want to see it.

Yin Xuan immediately got up and left on the grounds that there were still many things to deal with, and went to the imperial study, but Nie Qingwan said: "State affairs are every day, and you can't deal with them every day, the banquet is only for today, and it is also for you, if you don't go, what are the interests of the girls?" ”

This was said clearly, Yin Xuan no longer pretended to be confused, he frowned and said, "Do it for me?" Are you trying to use this banquet to pick a concubine for me? ”

Nie Qingwan said, "Hmm. ”

Yin Xuan said: "I'm still young now, and I'm not suitable for a wife. ”

Nie Qingwan smiled and said, "Sixteen years old, not young. ”

Yin Xuan said: "You think it's not small, but I feel small, I don't want to marry a wife so early, and I'm not in the mood now, I just came back from the outside war, and I haven't been familiar with the court, and I haven't been familiar with how to be a good prince and what concubine to marry, I'll talk about this later." ”

Nie Qingwan paused: "You still don't want to marry a wife?" ”

Yin Xuan looked at her, and said in his heart If it were you, of course I would like to marry, but not you, I don't want to marry anyone, he nodded and hummed lightly.

Nie Qingwan said: "Then it's okay later, but you still have to go to today's banquet, Tuoba Mingyan has been preparing for a long time, and all the posts have been sent out, today the women of the Zhongding family will come, you just don't want to marry, go over and take a look, if you have a fancy to it, you can set it first, and when you are twenty years old and crowned, you will marry a wife first, and then ascend the throne, and when the time comes, one of my hearts can really be put down." ”

Yin Xuan indifferently leaned his back into the back of the chair and reached out to Sui Hai to ask for tea.

Suihai hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.

Yin Xuan drank with a teacup, lowered his eyes, and ignored Nie Qingwan.

He avoided her words by drinking tea.

He is sixteen years old now, and there are four years to be twenty, and in four years, maybe he will change, maybe she will change, maybe when he is twenty, he will really like someone else, or he may not.

If he likes someone else, he doesn't mind marrying him back.

But if he didn't like someone else, but loved her more and more, then he would never marry.

So, how did he respond to something that even he wasn't sure about.

Yin Xuan kept his head down, sitting there and drinking tea slowly.

Nie Qingwan saw that he ignored her, but she didn't leave, so she didn't care about him anymore, and asked him about some recent state affairs.

When it comes to state affairs, Yin Xuan is very energetic.

He put down his teacup and chatted with her.

The two were chatting, and the eunuch outside the door spread the word that Tuoba Mingyan was coming.

Nie Qingwan said: "Biography." ”

The eunuch brought in Tuoba Mingyan.

Tuoba Mingyan came in, and at a glance saw Yin Xuan, who was wearing the prince's robe, sitting there, she first greeted Nie Qingwan, and then bowed her knees to Yin Xuan.

Yin Xuan glanced up at her, picked up the teacup in silence, sat there and drank tea quietly, ignoring her.

Tuoba Mingyan has been in the palace for many years, but she has not been dealing with Yin Xuan for a long time, but even if it is not long, she also knows the temperament of this young prince, she is extremely cold, and she is extremely handsome, but the anger on her body is extremely heavy, when she looks up at you, it is tepid or hot, but it also makes people's scalp numb, and she can't resist the danger.

Tuoba Mingyan had seen with his own eyes how this prince killed people, even though many years had passed since that incident, but that scene was engraved into his mind and lingered.

And at the same time, there is also his shocking face.

Sixteen-year-old Yin Xuan, who is already half of his body, holds authority, and is handsome out of the sky, in this palace, the women who have seen him are probably not moved.

Tuoba Mingyan is no exception.

But Tuoba Mingyan knows her identity very well, although she admires him, she doesn't dare to be delusional.

Tuoba Mingyan rushed to Yin Xuan after seeing the salute, and walked towards Nie Qingwan, she said to Nie Qingwan that she would go to the Imperial Garden first, maybe there were already women from the family coming.

Nie Qingwan nodded in agreement, and then Tuoba Mingyan left.

The banquet was held in the palace, from morning to afternoon, it was the time of the day, and at noon there was a luncheon in the palace, where the women would have lunch.

Of course, the lunch session was also specially arranged by Nie Qingwan.

At lunchtime, Nie Qingwan planned to call Huo Chunxiao to come with Wen Tianxi and Han Xuan, of course, so that Yin Xuan could take a look at them more.

Nie Qingwan didn't say this to Yin Xuan, and Yin Xuan didn't know either.

Yin Xuan sat in the Zijin Palace to accompany Nie Qingwan, and when the hour was almost up, she might feel that the girls from the major families should have come, so Nie Qingwan got up and said to Yin Xuan: "The Imperial Garden must be lively at this time, let's go quickly." ”

When she said this, her little face showed a very excited look, almost a little impatient, and people who didn't know thought that she was going to choose a concubine.

Yin Xuan pouted and stood up.

Nie Qingwan was followed by Ren Ji, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs.

Yin Xuan was followed by Sui Hai and Cuiyu, as well as palace maids and eunuchs.

As soon as the two of them went out, they were mighty people.

When you go out, there is a phoenix to prepare.

Yin Xuan walks in the palace, never takes a carriage, nor does he sit in the imperial chariot, he is young, he is strong, most of the time he doesn't like to follow the sea and jade, he is alone, sometimes he walks on foot, sometimes he walks with light skills, he feels quite comfortable.

But every time I am with Nie Qingwan, it is either a carriage or a phoenix, in short, the sedan chair is expensive.

Yin Xuan was reluctant to sit on the phoenix chariot, but seeing that Nie Qingwan was helped up by Ren Ji, he didn't think about it, and directly mentioned the prince's robe and followed up.

After the two of them sat down, Feng Yuan went to the Imperial Garden, and Ren Ji, Suihai and Cuiyu followed outside.

After about half an hour of walking, Feng Yuan stopped outside the Imperial Garden.

Nie Qingwan got up and stepped down, and without waiting for Ren Ji to help, Yin Xuan had already taken the first step to hold her hand, quietly clasped her little hand in the palm of her hand, held her arm, and helped her down.

The moment the soft little hand was embedded in the palm of his hand, Yin Xuan's face, which had been sinking like water, finally showed a smile, and the corners of his lips also raised.

It's just that sweet moments are always short-lived, especially between her and him, and there is no way to maintain them.

The smile on Yin Xuan's face had not yet penetrated into his heart, and his hand suddenly emptied.

After getting off the ground, Nie Qingwan withdrew her hand, then turned around and walked towards the Imperial Garden.

Ren Ji and a large number of palace maids and eunuchs followed.

It's April now, it's lukewarm, and there's no need to cover an umbrella, but as soon as she gets off the phoenix, the queen mother's honor team is revealed, and she is surrounded and quickly invisible.

Yin Xuan lowered his head and glanced at his hand, it seemed that the residual warmth was still there, but the beauty was gradually drifting away.

This feeling suddenly made Yin Xuan very uncomfortable.

He clenched his hand gently, trying to hold her fragrance, and the feeling of holding her hand in the palm of his hand, but the more he shook it, the emptier it became.

At this time, Yin Xuan looked up into the distance, looked up at the sky, and showed a trace of confusion in his eyes.

What is love to him?

Is it the quicksand that can't be grasped, or the ethereal that can't be grasped.

Yin Xuan slowly withdrew his hand, pursed his thin lips, his eyes sank, and he followed.

As soon as I entered, I heard the sound of commotion.

The laughter of the girls filled the entire imperial garden, Yin Xuan's footsteps couldn't help but pause, and the breath in his body was inexplicably colder, but soon, he stepped up again, because Nie Qingwan was waving at him.

When Yin Xuan came to the front and back, Nie Qingwan took him towards the main place of the banquet.

All the girls of school age from famous families in Huaicheng, the capital of Emperor Dayin, came, all of these girls are grandchildren, noble status, strict education in childhood, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, whether it is talent or appearance, all of them are first-class.

There are a lot of people, some are clustered together, laughing and talking, some are clustered together, admiring flowers and writing poems, some are sitting under the tea hall, drinking tea and playing the piano, some are chatting, and some are comparing whose dancing posture is good-looking, in short, the atmosphere here exudes a strong youthful vitality and the fragrance of beautiful women.

After Nie Qingwan and Yin Xuan came in, Ren Ji raised his voice and shouted: "The queen mother has arrived, the prince has arrived." ”

As soon as his voice fell, the entire noisy imperial garden fell silent, and then there were hurried footsteps rushing over, and then Yin Xuan clearly saw the girls dressed up and showing off their flowers.

The girls rushed over in unison, kneeling down one by one to see An, and said the words "See the Queen Mother, See the Prince".

Nie Qingwan was very happy and said to them, "Hurry up." ”