Chapter Eighty-Three: Meeting

"Princess." Xiao Xuan, who was dressed up by the Zhao family, walked out of the Zhao family's room, and Lu Lin, who was being lectured by Xiao Jun, turned his head and saw her, as if he had seen a savior, and immediately ran over.

"What's the use of you taking someone with this reckless girl." Xiao Jun followed and said to Xiao Xuan. "Dan Tangerine, why didn't she leave the palace with you?"

"Dan Tang was beaten by the mother concubine and couldn't get up." Speaking of dantang, Xiao Xuan's eyes darkened.

Dan Tang and Lu Lin have been with Xiao Xuan for many years, and the three of them have a deep relationship with each other, and now Dan Tang has suffered such an unwarranted disaster because of his own sake, Xiao Xuan is naturally uncomfortable.

"What?! The mother concubine actually let people beat Dantang. Xiao Jun listened to Xiao Xuan's words and was surprised.

Under the rule of Emperor Liu, the concubine is lenient, as long as the palace people in Yihua Palace do not make the big mistake of stealing and betraying the master, they will not let people play the board.

"Your Highness, don't talk about homely things." Seeing that Xiao Xuan's expression was different, Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to interrupt. "It's not too early, it's time to set off with Xuan'er."

The carriage had already been prepared and parked in front of the mansion, and seeing Xiao Jun leading Xiao Xuan out, the coachman took out a low stool and put it in front of the car.

"Let's go up." Xiao Jun walked to the front of the car and stopped, and stretched out his right hand to Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan obediently put his hand on Xiao Jun's palm, and he helped him step on the low stool to board the carriage.

Xiao Xuan sat down slowly after entering the carriage, thinking that he was about to see Duan Shaolan, and his heart was inexplicably a little excited.

"What's that look like?" After Xiao Jun got into the car and sat down opposite Xiao Xuan, she looked at Xiao Xuan's flushed cheeks and couldn't help but joke. "When you asked me to ask him out, I didn't see you embarrassed."

"I haven't seen him for a long time, and you didn't mention me when you asked him out, did you?" Seeing Xiao Jun nodding, Xiao Xuan felt a little uneasy and apprehensive in his heart. "When the time comes, he suddenly sees me, will he ......?"

"Don't worry, Xuan'er." Xiao Jun put away the playful look on her face, and instead comforted her sister. "Actually, if you think about it carefully, it is a major event in your life, and you have in your heart that he is unwilling to marry Cousin Yu. No matter where your marriage ends up, it's good to meet him. No matter how it ends, seeing each other will make you have no regrets. ”

Ivy Pavilion is one of the most prestigious restaurants in the imperial capital, because of the exquisite dishes, rare materials, and the exclusive ivy brew is a must, so the imperial capital magnates like to come here.

Xiao Jun likes the dishes here, and has booked a private room here all year round.

Xiao Jun got out of the carriage and showed up in front of the Ivy Pavilion, and the shopkeeper who was guarding the door naturally recognized him as a regular visitor with such a prominent status, and immediately notified the steward of the Ivy Pavilion to come out.

The steward personally welcomed Xiao Jun into the Ivy Spring Pavilion.

"You sit here and wait." After letting Lu Lin accompany Xiao Xuan into the private room, Xiao Jun stood outside the door and said. "Duan Shaolan still has some errands to do in the morning, he will come a little late, I will wait for him at the door."

After that, Xiao Jun closed the door of the private room and turned around and went downstairs.

Lu Lin held Xiao Xuan's arm and waited for her to sit down in a seat near the window.

"Princess, the slave and maid looked at the tea and snacks on the table." When serving Xiao Xuan alone, Lu Lin was obedient and cautious.

As soon as he entered the private room and helped Xiao Xuan in, Lu Lin couldn't help but carefully look at everything in the private room.

It seems that Xiao Jun, as a frequent customer, sent someone to book this private room in advance. Ivy Pavilion is considerate and has prepared tea and snacks in the private room in advance, so that guests can have something to kill time while waiting for the food to be served.

"Princess, you didn't use anything last night, and you didn't eat anything this morning." Green Forest said. The slave stretched out her hand just now and tried it, and the snacks and tea seemed to have just been prepared, and they were still warm, just enough to eat. The imperial doctor explained that the princess had a weak spleen and stomach, so she had to eat on time. ”

"I don't have an appetite to eat right now, just pour some tea." Seeing that Duan Shaolan was about to arrive, Xiao Xuan didn't have any thoughts about eating.

Duan Shaolan was busy all morning before handing over all the errands at hand, and only then did he remember that the time was almost time for him to make an appointment with Xiao Jun to meet.

Only then did he order someone to lead the horse out, and then he returned to the horse and galloped to the Changchun Pavilion.

From a distance, he saw Xiao Jun standing in front of the Ivy Pavilion.

"What is Your Highness waiting here for?" Duan Shaolanle stopped his horse, turned over and got off the horse, and immediately someone stepped forward to lead his horse down.

"I arrived early today, and I was so bored in the private room that I was so panicked that I was waiting for you at the door." Xiao Jun stepped forward with a smile and patted him. "I've ordered the food and wine, so let's go upstairs."

The shopkeeper who led the way had Xiao Jun's orders in advance, and after sending the two distinguished guests to the third floor, he quietly retreated.

Duan Shaolan walked ahead, and when he arrived at the door of the private room, he stretched out his hand to push open the hidden door.

"Wait a minute." When his hand was about to touch the door panel, Xiao Jun, who was walking behind him, suddenly stepped forward quickly and pressed his hand, and said solemnly. "I invited you out to meet today, because I was entrusted by someone, and someone wants to see you and get a word from you."

"What?" Duan Shaolan withdrew his hand and turned to Xiao Jun suspiciously and asked. "Who wants to see me, and has to invite me out of His Royal Highness the Sixth Labor?"

"The people who want to see you are already waiting in the private room." Xiao Jun avoided answering Duan Shaolan's inquiry. "Go in, I'll wait outside the door for you to finish."

In the end, it was arranged by Xiao Jun, Duan Shaolan saw that he didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask again. He and Xiao Jun have known each other for many years, and they are still very relieved about his personality. Knowing that he would not harm himself, he chose to push the door open without doubt.

At this time, the figures of two young girls came into view, one of them was sitting in a delicately dressed position near the window with her head bowed, the sun outside was fierce, and he couldn't see her appearance clearly.

But the one standing, Duan Shaolan recognized it at a glance. Although he couldn't name her, he knew that she was a palace maid who was waiting by Princess Zhaoyue's side.

Now that she is recognized, the identity of the girl who can't see her face is revealed.

"The minister has seen Princess Zhaoyue." Duan Shaolan really didn't expect that the person who invited him to see him through Xiao Jun turned out to be her, but he subconsciously bowed over and saluted her.

"No need to be polite, you get up." Xiao Xuan heard the movement at the door, turned around, and saw Duan Shaolan wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife at his waist, and said in a dumb voice. "I have something I want to tell you today, so I asked Sixth Brother to invite you here for me."

"I wonder if the princess has anything important to order?" The last time Duan Shaolan saw Xiao Xuan was at her grand ceremony, as a pennant guard, he was responsible for leading people to protect those noble ladies in the infield.

On that day, Xiao Xuan dressed up to attend, and her appearance was as bright and moving as a blooming hibiscus.

While he was doing his errand wholeheartedly, he couldn't help but be distracted from looking at the beautiful girl on the stage.

When I first met him, she was just a girl. After meeting each other intermittently over the years, time flies, and she gradually sheds her childishness and becomes Princess Zhaoyue with a noble temperament.

"I don't have something for you to do." Xiao Xuan got up, hesitated and took two steps closer in his direction, and spoke. "It's just that there are some things that have to be said to your face."

"Princess, please speak." Xiao Xuan approached, but Duan Shaolan unconsciously took a step back.

"I'm fifteen years old, and my father says I'm old enough to look for a horse." The flickering light in Xiao Xuan's eyes couldn't help but dim when he saw Duan Shaolan retreating. "I told my father that I had a favorite candidate, do you know who that person is?"

"I don't know." Duan Shaolan looked at Xiao Xuan, who was slim in front of him, wearing a blue and white flower dress, with a slender figure like a new lotus, and lowered his head after a while and said.

"That person is you." Xiao Xuan said.

When Duan Shaolan heard this, he stood on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning, and his right hand, which was originally holding the embroidered spring knife, involuntarily loosened and fell down.

"Princess, don't be kidding." Duan Shaolan was stunned for a long time before he barely calmed down and spoke.

"I'm not joking, it's just that when my father asks about me, the person I subconsciously think of is you." Xiao Xuan saw his face full of disbelief and explained. "We've seen each other very little over the years, and I don't know why I thought of you at that time."

"The princess is still young, and I don't know how important the selection of the concubine is to the princess's life." Duan Shaolan didn't have the slightest ripple on his face, and his inner mood was like a monstrous wave, and he said calmly. "The minister's life is flawless, and he can't match the princess."

"What you said about having a flawed life experience just means that you were originally a concubine, and the things that were recorded on your mother's knees." Xiao Xuan's eyes heated slightly, and he said in a trembling voice. "But I don't care, I'm from a heavenly family, as a princess, and whoever I marry is a low marriage. Speaking of which, my mother is the imperial concubine, and I am just a child of my father's concubine, what is the difference between me and you? ”

"The princess is the blood of the heavenly family, and the concubine of Emperor Liu is the eldest princess of eternal life, and the youngest daughter also has the blood of the heavenly family. The princess is naturally noble, where can she be compared to the minister. ”

"After all, do you already have a heart in your heart and don't like me at all, right?" Xiao Xuan's eyes became more and more sour, and she almost couldn't hold back her tears.

"The princess is very good, but the minister is not worthy of the princess."

"Is this what you mean?" Xiao Xuan took a few steps back, stumbling and about to fall backwards, but fortunately, Lu Lin supported her in time.

Xiao Xuan didn't rest well last night, and she didn't eat much in the morning. Now that I heard Duan Shaolan's words again, I felt that the world was spinning in front of me, and I was dizzy.

Her body couldn't stop falling, and Guanglvlin couldn't support her at all.

Duan Shaolan couldn't sit idly by, and immediately stepped forward to support her.

"Princess, be careful." Duan Shaolan carefully kept his distance from Xiao Xuan, supported her arm, and helped her sit down with Lu Lin.