Chapter 90: Princess Ilan
When the king returned to the banquet hall, everyone took turns to come forward to celebrate his birthday, and in the middle of the lawn, a beautiful girl was dancing. I saw her shake her shoulders to the beat of the music, slowly lower her waist, and make an elegant finishing move.
"Queen Mother, Yilan wishes you happiness like a vast grassland and a long life like a galaxy!" Just listen to Princess Elan's silver bell-like voice, floating in the end of the music.
The king who had just finished his passion with a little girl couldn't help but be deeply attracted by this alien princess, and his eyes followed her, refusing to leave for a moment.
This time, three princes and one princess came to the four parts of Warat. Princess Yilan is the pearl of his father's palm, and she was reluctant to come all the way to see her, but she couldn't resist Yilan's coquettish idiocy and insisted on coming, so her father had to pick three warriors with strong martial arts in the tribe and accompany the princess to the Heavenly Empire.
"Princess Ilan, Prince Urumu, Prince Valeda, Prince Ilgen, I thank you for your sincerity, and I and the Queen Mother and the concubine are very happy to see the matter of harmony mentioned in your letter to the kingdom. Today, the noble sons and daughters of the capital are gathered together, and you have made many friends, and I wish you all to find a good match. The emperor said with a smile.
Princess Xu smiled and said, "This princess will introduce you to a few royal relatives first. This is the third prince Duanwang. ”
King Duan stood up and saluted the princes and princesses in the middle of the audience with his fists. When Princess Yilan saw him, her eyes lit up, and she looked at King Duan with big eyes expectantly, but King Duan threw off his robe and sat down, but he didn't see it.
"This is the fourth prince Xianwang, the fifth prince King Kang, the prince of De, and the prince of Xiang Rong. Over there, it was Princess Xuan, Princess Zhao, and Prince Yao of De. ”
Everyone took turns to salute.
King Xian stepped forward and said with a smile: "Just now I was fortunate to see Princess Yilan dancing, and Rui Qi was shocked. I don't know what kind of man can be a good match for a princess in the princess's heart? ”
Unexpectedly, Princess Yilan pointed at the king and said crisply: "He! He's the one I'm going to choose! ”
Everyone was stunned, this princess has sharp eyes, and she is a handsome prince who has not yet married a concubine!
Duan Wang said that something was wrong, and when he looked up and saw the emperor looking at him with a smile, he quickly stood up and saluted the emperor, and said loudly: "Father, my son is unwilling." ”
"Why not?" Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Princess Yilan looked at King Duan with wide eyes and asked, "You have obviously promised to marry me, why do you say you don't want to now?" ”
Now everyone was stunned: the news of the explosion, it turned out that the sanctimonious King Duan actually had a personal affair with Princess Yilan, and now he still wants to abandon it!
Begonia was also taken aback, and clutched her skirt under the table with both hands. Xie Ruizhu never mentioned Princess Yilan to her? Why is it still privately decided for life?
Zhao Muzhe's gossip heart suddenly danced with his eyebrows, and he stabbed Shen Congxi next to him with his elbow, Shen Congxi moved away a little, too lazy to pay attention to this one who didn't think much of a thing, and just waited and watched.
Xie Yuanyu was a little unkind and gloating, he immediately glanced at Haitang, only to see her sitting upright, her eyes staring at Xie Ruijiao, and the nervousness was overflowing, and the blind could see it.
Xie Yuanyu's heart was sour, I wish Princess Yilan would come up with some ironclad evidence that can't be denied, and it would be best to let the emperor point out the marriage on the spot!
Xie Ruijiao screamed in his heart: When did I promise to marry you? How did I not know about it myself? His first reaction was to go to see Begonia, and saw that she was looking at him with a solemn expression, as if waiting for himself to give an answer.
He settled down, looked at the emperor frankly and said:
"The son did know Princess Ilan, but the son never gave her any promises. Half a year ago, his son was ordered by his father to go to Jiuzhen to comfort the army. On the way back from Gansu Town, we were attacked by Wara, and when my son and his guards were scattered, they captured us in the barracks.
It was in the Warat barracks that the son met Princess Ilan. The princess was kind and righteous, and released her son, so that he could join the guards who came to rob the camp and retreat.
Because the whole incident only happened in just three days, and the son did not suffer any harm because of it, although it was an afterthought, he was still afraid that the father would take care of the child, and speaking out would only increase his worry, so he did not report it. ”
As soon as Cheng Haitang heard it, he knew that Xie Ruijiao was explaining everything to himself. couldn't help but bow his head slightly, revealing a faint smile.
The emperor turned his head and asked Yilan: "Is this true?" Elan nodded.
"If that's the case, how can you say that he promised to marry you?" The emperor turned his face and asked Yilan again.
"That time, I went out hunting with the seventh and ninth brothers, and we walked along the border for two days. The brothers stumbled upon a caravan of horses coming from afar, so they set up an ambush and prepared to rob them. Saying that, she paused, and looked at the emperor with some embarrassment: "We won't hurt people when we rob, Your Majesty~"
Seeing that the emperor nodded, she continued: "The horse team is here, and there are more than 20 people, all of whom are heroic men of the Celestial Dynasty. The one who ran at the front, wearing a net hat and silver light armor, although they were all wearing sand scarves, I just knew that he must be very handsome! ”
As soon as he heard this, some people in the banquet below laughed softly.
"Unexpectedly, Princess Elan is still a clairvoyant!" Zhao Xiaohou Ye also grinned, he glanced at Duanwang and said, "Why don't I think he is handsome?" ”
Princess Ilan continued: "When the two brothers in front of them ran over, they pulled the ropes of their horses, and the group of people behind them turned on their backs and could not keep up. He and his guards were about to turn back, but my brother, while they were looking at their companions, rushed forward and put a noose around their horses' necks, and a group of warriors rushed up and captured them.
Later, he said that he was the prince, and his brother let those guards go back to Guanzhen to transfer grain and grass in exchange. Then we took him back to camp one by one. ”
Yilan turned around, looked at Xie Ruijiao enthusiastically, and said: "His sand sand towel has been pulled off, he is more handsome than I imagined, and his voice is very good, not as rough as the men on our grassland, with a kind of ...... Steadfastness and tenacity I've never seen before.
I sneaked into the tent to see him, and he smiled at me and said I was beautiful, and he asked me to let him go. I said, I can let him go, but he wants to marry me. But what did he say, he already had a sweetheart! Of course I don't care, men always have to marry a lot of women, my father is like this, the emperor, aren't you like this? ”
The emperor looked at Yilan, who was looking at him, nodded and said, "Not bad." ”
"He never spoke, nor did he eat the food I gave him. I'm not afraid, my father said that no matter how stubborn a person is, it's good to starve him for a few days! Princess Ilan said seriously. No one laughed down there anymore.
"But on the night of the third day, suddenly someone outside set fire to the camp, and there was a sound of fighting outside the tent, and I was afraid that he would be burned to death, so I ran to the tent where he was locked up and let him go." Yilan blinked and said, "Your Majesty, you said that if I cut the rope and he will leave, isn't it a default that he will marry me?" If he didn't want to marry me, even if I let him go, he shouldn't have left! ”
The emperor smiled awkwardly, and thought, my son is not a fool, why don't you go and wait for you to catch him back? Looking at it this way, the third child really didn't promise to marry the princess, and he couldn't turn his elbow out, for the sake of an outsider, he wronged him in vain.
The emperor had no choice but to say vaguely:
"This ...... You have to ask him this question in person, I can't be his master. ”