Chapter 43: The Palace Banquet

When night falls, Kyoto in Qinglan Country is brightly lit, so it is not lively, because in a few days, it will be the Triennial Hundred Hallows of Qinglan Kingdom, and even those vendors are in full swing to prepare.

The reason why Qinglan Kingdom has such a festival also stems from the fact that sixteen years ago, when the Ningfeng County Lord of Yong'an Mansion was born, a hundred flowers bloomed overnight, and a hundred birds sang together, and it was also in that year that Emperor Qinglan officially ascended the throne.

At that time, Xuanyuan Che was just a four or five-year-old child, and he was tied up by a woman he had never met at such a young age, so he didn't have a good impression of Yan Ningluo, even if the other party was a genius girl with beauty and strength.

Fate is so wonderful.

For example, this time when people from Linyuan Kingdom came, Xuanyuan Che and Yan Ningluo, the fiancΓ©e, naturally got together, and even when they entered the palace, Xuanyuan Che personally went to Yong'an Mansion to pick them up.

Qingbei rarely changed into a more formal royal blue brocade robe, the black hair was tied up with a jade crown, the young man's warm and jade-like temperament and that elegant and handsome face, with this outfit, the noble elegance of the son of the family is undoubtedly revealed, and going out is also enough to fascinate thousands of beautiful men.

But when he opened the door, when he saw that Qing Yu was still wearing the same simple white dress during the day, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Sister, don't you change your clothes?" ”

The girl over there was still lying on the collapse and bullying the poor little snow toad, her fingers poked at its soft belly, and her voice was lazy, "I didn't want to go to that kind of boring banquet, why do I have to dress up to attend, and I didn't go to steal the limelight." ”

Qingbei nodded, feeling very reasonable, my sister was originally beautiful enough, if she dressed up again, it was estimated that she would get into trouble by then.

"It's you, which girl from a good family do you want to hook up with, huh?" Qing Yu smiled and teased, "I just found out today, my little Beisheng is really good, usually so low-key, this change of clothes can simply throw off those princes and nobles a few streets." ”

Qing Yu, "......" he should not accept this kind of insincere praise.

Sedan chairs and carriages were not allowed in the palace, so everyone who came to the banquet went down and walked in directly from the place near the palace.

"You two...... Is it the one who brought me to relieve my boredom? ”

Finally couldn't stand the quiet and weird atmosphere, Mu Chi said quietly, looking at Xuanyuan Che and Yan Ningluo, who were sitting opposite each other, one eye looked outside the carriage, and the other closed his eyes and recuperated, with an indifferent expression.

Mu Chi didn't want to set foot in the palace again, there were too many memories he didn't want to remember, but he came here because he was too curious about the rumored man.

He glanced at the two people with a puzzled expression, did these two people make some secret deal in private, so they coexisted peacefully?

But is it really good to hang him like this?

Mu Chi sighed helplessly, knowing that he wouldn't come with them.

"Your Highness, the palace has arrived." The guard driving outside the door whispered.

Xuanyuan Che opened his eyes, and a light flashed quickly at the bottom of his eyes, which was fleeting.

Mu Chi saw it clearly, he was really a martial idiot, he was even cultivating when he closed his eyes, and it was estimated that he would only be masochistic in the future.

Yan Ningluo also retracted her gaze from the window, and inadvertently met Xuanyuan Che's ink-stained eyes, but the latter had already gotten out of the carriage first, and then stretched out his hand to her, and the posture seemed to help her get out of the carriage.

Yan Ningluo was obviously a little surprised, but he didn't hesitate for long, handed his hand up, and let Xuanyuan Che help him get out of the carriage.

This is probably the only physical intimacy between the two in so many years.

"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Ning Feng, the two of them are really a good match!"

At this time, the sons and ladies of various noble families also came one after another, and when they saw them walking out of the carriage together, they all let out envious exclamations.

Xuanyuan Che was dressed in a light golden palace dress, embroidered with a lifelike four-clawed golden dragon, with a slender and straight figure, and the noble and domineering spirit of the prince of a country was undoubtedly revealed by the man of Zhilan Yushu at this moment, so although he was already a beautiful woman, he still attracted many boudoir women to love him very much.

"Let's go." Xuanyuan Che didn't notice these strange eyes, and said lightly to Yan Ningluo, and then the two entered from the palace gate one after the other.

Inside the palace

Yue Xinyan has been cleaned up, she loves blue, so the clothes are always blue, but this color is really suitable for her, playful and agile like an elf.

"Ah Jin, where is my brother at night?" Yue Xinyan looked at the young man standing outside the door and asked.

Ah Jin smiled gently, "The prince is waiting for you." ”

Yue Xinyan showed a sweet smile when she heard this, and when she walked out, she saw a person standing there with her hands in her hands, wearing a dark red brocade robe lined with silver threads, which had an indescribable beauty.

There are many cherry blossom trees planted in the palace, which is a sight that cannot be seen in the province of Rinbuchi, and this plant cannot grow in the province of Rinbuchi, where the climate changes greatly.

The wind blew, rolled up the man's long silver hair and wide sleeved robe, and also swept countless petals and sprinkled down one after another, falling on his hair and clothes, he raised his head gently, and a petal fell on the red lip, which was so beautiful that people couldn't breathe for a moment.

Yue Xinyan and Ah Jin behind him were dumbfounded.

Since Qing Yeli appeared in the Linyuan Kingdom, he was wearing a mask, and no one had ever seen his appearance, but this elegant and noble temperament and mysterious cultivation must not be an ordinary face.

Rumors say that he has a hateful face, so he doesn't dare to expose himself to people.

But that's because no one has ever really touched him.

There is a kind of person who can make you ignore all external factors and only be deeply shocked by him as a person.

And Qing Yeli, speechless is such a person.

No one knows his heart, so there is always a kind of loneliness and gloom in his body, as if he is isolated from people and thousands of miles away.

Every time I see him like this, I always feel sorry for this powerful but lonely man.

Yue Xinyan's eyes were inexplicably astringent, and she couldn't help but open her mouth to interrupt the somewhat sad atmosphere, "Brother Yeli, let's go!" ”

Qing Yeli turned around and looked at her with dark green eyes, "Hmm." ”

Yue Xinyan then followed quickly, and after hesitating for a long time, she cautiously spoke, "Brother Yeli, you ...... Don't be too sad, I'm sure I'll find that sister. ”

She thought that she must have left her brother at night because she had not found the woman in the portrait, and she was sad.

Qing Yeli just glanced down at the girl who was only up to her chest, then hooked her lips and reached out to pat her head, "What are you thinking?" ”

Yue Xinyan was a little stunned when she was hit in the head, "Brother Yeli is not here because he didn't find that sister, so he ...... Not happy? ”

Qing Yeli chuckled lightly and didn't explain again.

Wei Qi and a few people accompanying Lin Yuan were already waiting outside the palace, and when they saw them come out, they all bowed and saluted, "Lord, Ninth Princess." ”

Qing Yeli responded lightly, and walked in front, wearing a red robe, three thousand silver filaments flying, the wolf-shaped mask on his face was evil and mysterious, and the temperament of the whole person was extremely evil.

Yue Xinyan spontaneously stood next to him, and the rest of the people followed behind him in turn, as if the group had become a foil in an instant.

The palace is only a dozen steps away from the main hall of the palace, and the banquet is about to begin, and it is just right to go at this time, Qing Yeli has never liked to wait for people, so he became the one who was waiting.

At this time, the palace hall was full of people, men and women sat at separate tables, this is naturally according to the dignity and humility of the seats, the emperor on the dragon chair looks very young, a righteous spirit between the eyebrows, not angry and self-prestigious, under the left is the seat of Yong'an Wang Yansu and Prince Xuanyuan Che, on the right is the left prime minister Yu Chenghai and Mo Yuanwei, the general who has served several generations of kings.

Then sat several teenage princes and princesses, as well as some princes and ministers who had prestige positions in the court.

Finally, there are the families of those nobles.

On the first day, the talented girl Yan Ningluo naturally sat in the first place, and next to her sat Yu Xiaoning, the young lady of Prime Minister Zuo's family, and there were some uninvited daughters around her.

Yan Ningluo's expression was cold, but his eyes were scanning the hall, hadn't he come yet?

Yes, he is such a noble status, it is understandable to come later, I will always see him.

Thinking of this, the tight strings in my heart were also slightly relaxed.

Over there, Qing Yeli and his party had already entered the palace, and when they passed the pavilion in the imperial garden, there was a sudden sound of someone talking.

At this time, all the guests should have come, and those palace maids and attendants have gone to the main hall to serve, so there shouldn't be anyone here.

Qing Yeli ignored it, and continued to walk forward.

And just as they were walking away, two figures suddenly flashed out of the shadows.

One of them was wrapped in a wide cloak, and the pale chin was faintly visible, eerily oozing.

The face of a man next to him was also pale and pale, and his godless eyes were like puppets being manipulated, and he opened his lips and said word by word, "It seems that someone has discovered us just now." ”

"Hehe, there are really a lot of characters in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon here." The man in the cloak scoffed, "Don't worry about this person yet...... Didn't you say that you felt the breath of the person who hurt me and kept looking. ”

"Yes."

"The King of the Sea of Linyuan Kingdom, the Ninth Princess has arrived!"

A high-pitched voice came from outside the door, echoing in the huge palace, and the sound of chatting and laughing stopped almost instantly.

Emperor Qinglan on the main throne also turned pale, staring straight at the door with his eyes.

Only a few people present have seen the King of Canghai, most of them have heard how divine it is from others, but they have never seen the main master, and at this moment they can finally see this rumored mythical figure, and everyone is extremely excited and shocked.