Chapter 164: Rivalry
Shen Xianhe raised his head to look at him without humility or arrogance, and smiled slightly.
"It's the people's daughter, Your Majesty is busy with the government all day long, and she can still remember the people's daughter, which really flatters the people's daughter, but the people's girl has never returned to the Huai'an Hou Mansion, and she appears here today because she received an invitation from Mrs. Huai'an Hou, and please don't misunderstand."
Who wouldn't say it? Who can't act in a bright play?
After Chu Xi glanced at her meaningfully, he turned to look at Huai'anhou and Mrs. Huai'anhou who were following behind him, and said with a smile.
"It turned out that I misunderstood, Xianhe used to be my cousin, and the relationship with me is not bad, although there is no chance to be brother and sister, but the affection between each other still exists, but you can't be guilty because of some external factors, if there is nothing to do in the future, you have to come to the palace often to visit me, I miss the past with my cousin very much."
"What Your Majesty said is that since the people's daughter is clear about her own life experience, she doesn't dare to get His Majesty's mercy in her cheekiness, she was just young and ignorant, and please don't mind Your Majesty, as for entering the palace to visit Your Majesty, how can the people's daughter be virtuous, but it's all borrowed time, and please forget about it."
The two of them were playing wittily in and out of their words, although they still looked smiling on their faces, and they were just saying some ordinary words, but the families present were not fools who could stand tall in this bloody capital, and in addition, the obscurity between the two of them, everyone knew it, and now listening to their conversation, although they still kept a smile on their faces, they were already pondering the deep meaning of these words behind the two of them.
Hearing Shen Xianhe's reply, the smile in Chu Xi's eyes was even worse, but it was all a playful laugh.
Once his "cousin" was under the protection of the eldest princess and the queen mother, it was called an arrogant and domineering person, and he yelled at him, there were no rules at all, and even sometimes, he didn't put him in his eyes, when he thought of those aggrieved days, and saw Shen Xianhe who has now become submissive, the joy in his heart is incomprehensible.
"Hey, looking at my cousin who used to be so radiant and now so deferential, I'm really a little unaccustomed to it, but this kind of cousin is more cute, since my cousin is not very willing, then forget it, I don't force it, I can meet here today, it can be regarded as fate, if my cousin needs anything in the future, you can come to me at any time, as long as it is not an excessive request, I can meet it."
Listening to Chu Xi's left "cousin" and right "cousin", Shen Xianhe was stung by this sarcastic word, and his heart couldn't help but be angry, and the hand that was covered by his sleeves hanging down his side was even clenched into a fist, but his face was still light and light.
"Thank you Your Majesty for your love, it's just that the folk girl should have no need, but I still thank Your Majesty for your grace, and besides, the folk girl is no longer Your Majesty's cousin."
Chu Xi deliberately called it wrong, so after hearing Shen Xianhe's correction, he pretended to have just remembered.
"Look at me, when I see you, I always think of the past when I grew up together, and I forget that you are no longer my cousin."
Looking at Chu Xi's pretending appearance, Shen Xianhe tried his best to calm himself down, although he didn't know why Chu Xi suddenly appeared in the Huai'an Hou Mansion today, although she didn't expect it, but no matter what purpose he came for, or came at her, the purpose was just for the power left to her by the eldest princess.
"Your Majesty......."
"Your Majesty, are you still participating in the flower party?"
Before Shen Xianhe finished speaking, Huo Biao, who appeared with Chu Xi, clasped his hands impatiently and shouted.
Shen Xianhe followed Chu Xi and looked at Huo Biao, who was a ruffian behind him, his face was full of impatience and his unruly appearance was very unruly.
But Chu Xi didn't get angry, but laughed out loud and talked to himself, as if he was talking to someone.
"You bastard boy, you are the only one in the world who dares to urge me like this, I haven't seen my old friend for a long time, it's rare to see it, and if you delay a little time, you still have to see your face?"
"No, Your Majesty, why can't you talk about the past, do you want to stand here and let so many people listen to you? What should you do if you accidentally overhear some sensitive topic that you are talking about? It can't all die together, besides, the minister will be annoyed when he sees her, and you can catch up with the old days, but Rong Chen will go to the flower meeting first. ”
Chu Xi saw that his face was full of impatience, and his eyes didn't dare to look at Shen Xianhe, knowing that he didn't dare to face it in his heart because he lost a bet with Shen Xianhe last time, so he interrupted him impatiently.
"It's just that I love to talk nonsense, since that's the case, then I won't waste time, let's go, don't disturb everyone's interest."
With that, he strode forward.
Shen Xianhe saluted and sent them first.
When Huo Biao passed by Shen Xianhe, he glanced at her meaningfully.
As soon as the emperor moved, the people who followed behind naturally followed suit, and Huai'an Hou walked up to Shen Xianhe, looked at her worriedly and asked.
"Xianhe, are you alright?"
Shen Xianhe raised his eyes and glanced at him sarcastically, turned around without saying a word, and followed everyone towards the flower club.
When she was blatantly embarrassed by Chu Xi just now, no one stood up to help her out of the siege, let alone Huai'an Hou, who kept saying that she couldn't help herself, if it weren't for Huo Biao, who cooperated with her in private, deliberately helped her out of the siege, maybe, with her understanding of Chu Xi's flaws and retribution, she would definitely be humiliated even more in the future.
When the matter was over, Huai'an Hou appeared to ask her if she was okay? Don't you think it's ironic? He was the author of these tragedies, not only did he not repent, but he also pretended that he had no choice, that he had never fulfilled his responsibilities as a father before, and that now, she had grown up to the point where she didn't need anyone's protection, and she didn't expect anything he could do for her, she just felt that his behavior disgusted her.
Shen Xianhe took the bell girl and followed the pace of everyone to the gate of the courtyard where the girl was staying, and saw Gu Junhe waiting there with a worried face, and when he saw her coming, he hurriedly greeted her.
"Are you alright? I've heard about that...... I wasn't there...... My mother asked me to prepare for His Majesty's arrival at the Flower Society, and I just got the news...... You....... ”
Listening to his incoherent explanations, Shen Xianhe couldn't help laughing, the haze just now also dissipated, and a place in his heart began to become warm.
"I'm fine, don't worry, don't worry, I'm not too fragile to listen to those words, I understand what you mean, okay, hurry up and get busy with you, as the prince of the Huai'an Houfu, it will be rude if you don't follow the driver."
"It's okay if you're okay, then I'll go over first, what's the matter, send someone to call me."
Seeing that she was fine, Gu Junhe was obviously relieved to see that he might be busy with something over there, and after hearing her, he hurriedly pulled over to see her.
Looking at his figure in a hurry, Shen Xianhe felt very relieved, it was also a heartwarming thing to have someone who was really worried like this.
After entering the garden, when Shen Xianhe came to the previous position and was about to sit down, Mrs. Huai'anhou, who had arranged all the ladies, walked up to her enthusiastically, looked at her with a smile on her face and asked.
"Miss Shen, don't sit here, go and sit in front with me, many ladies and young ladies want to chat with you."
Seeing that the Lin family was so attentive, Shen Xianhe didn't like to deal with these ladies the most, so he politely refused.
"Madame doesn't have to be polite, Xianhe can sit here, as for the other ladies, Xianhe is not good at talking to people, so he won't go up to offer ugliness, and please don't be surprised by Madame."
After being politely rejected by her, Lin Shi was not angry, and even his face did not change at all, as if he had known that she would definitely refuse.
"Okay, if there's anything you can't take care of, please forgive me."
"Madame, don't be polite, you go and greet the other guests first, don't care about me."
As soon as Mrs. Huai'an Hou walked away, Gu Rongrong walked over with a group of noble girls.
"Miss Shen, it's boring for you to sit here alone, we're going to go to the spacious place over there to throw pots and play, can you go with us?" It's fun when everyone is together. ”