Since the return of Suoyu City, Xiao Lianxu has been hiding from Xia Taozhi, and it is difficult to see a trace. Xia Taozhi secretly looked for him several times, but there was no news. She was anxious to ask Xiao Lianxu to draw the pattern on the jade pendant, so that she could hand it over to Prince Tsundere and ask him to check the details of Xuanyuan Geng. At that time, they were hiding in Xiangyu's room, and she only glanced at it at a moment's notice when the situation was critical, and she didn't see it clearly at all, otherwise she would have drawn it by herself.

In fact, it can't be regarded as Xiao Lianxu avoiding her, Xiao Lianxu is now so busy every day that his feet don't touch the ground, and he can't even spare a moment.

Speaking of which, it's all about someone's "support".

At present, among the sons of Chu Jing's family, the one who is in the limelight is Xiao Lianxu, the eldest son of Xiao. His Royal Highness King Ling returned from the triumphant expedition to the west, and when he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, he praised Xiao Lianxu, the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Ningguo, saying that he was young and promising, cared about his family and country, and voluntarily asked for orders to follow the army to kill the enemy, brave and fearless, and was a model of today's sons of the family, and was a rare talent in Dachu.

After hearing this, Emperor Chu was overjoyed, and agreed to King Ling's request on the spot to include Xiao Lianxu under his command, so Xiao Dagongzi turned into a hot upstart today, Xiao Xiaowei.

Now, His Royal Highness the King of Tomb is turning stones into gold, which is why the magnates of Chu Jing have sharpened their heads in recent days and want to squeeze into the Mansion of King Ling.

Everyone envied Captain Xiao who won the jackpot, but Captain Xiao himself had no joy at all, not only that, but he also had a gloomy face all day long, as if someone owed him money and stole him.

Also unhappy is the old Marquis Xiao, who is so angry that he is smoking. He categorically didn't expect that his grandson, who he valued the least, didn't interact with anyone except the kid from the Xue family on weekdays, and he would take refuge in King Ling without a sound. It's really infuriating to him! Who doesn't know that the Xiao family supported the former prince in the past, and the former prince and His Royal Highness the King of Tomb have too many new and old hatreds to count, and he Xiao Lianxu is really a good son and grandson of the Xiao family, and the Xiao family has fallen into an extremely embarrassing situation. Old Marquis Xiao pointed at Xiao Lianxu's nose and scolded him for being a white-eyed wolf, saying that even if he was not beneficial to the family, he couldn't do anything to harm the family! In this way, Xiao Lianxu's life in the Xiao family is not very easy.

Fortunately, Xiao Lianxu is not too free to go back now, although he is a captain, he doesn't know anything when he first joins the army, and he has not led troops and has no real power for the time being. In fact, all the trivial chores were done, and they were even fully arranged, and they were so busy every day that they didn't touch the ground, and basically even moved directly to the barracks for eating, drinking, and Lazar.

It can be seen that Xiao Lianxu, who is in the limelight on the surface, is secretly living a very difficult life.

"Your Highness, although Captain Xiao said that he was not suitable in many places when he first joined the army, he was still diligent, and he was not perfunctory in his work, and his talent was acceptable, and he would definitely become a rare general over time. In this way, His Highness was really discerning at the beginning. ”

The wind in early summer gently blew into the study of the Lingwang Mansion, and it also brought a slight coolness, blowing the clothes of the people who were practicing calligraphy in front of the desk, fluttering. He stopped his pen and looked up, looked at the blue sky outside the window, and then looked at Gu Ziyi, who had just finished reporting Xiao Lianxu's recent situation one by one at the table, and smiled lightly, that smile was undisguised with pleasure.

"Really? is such a good talent, this king really wants to let him experience it well. According to the king's mouth, from tomorrow onwards, the affairs that Captain Xiao will be responsible for will remain unchanged, and on this basis, he will be added to the daily recruit training to quickly familiarize him with the military camp. In addition, the king will secretly send people to keep an eye on him, and if there is any laziness or slackness, he will be severely punished according to the military regulations, and there must be no mistakes! ”

Gu Ziyi: "......"

How did this eldest prince Xiao offend His Royal Highness and end up like this. Most of it is related to Niangniang...... He wanted to help a group of Xiao Lianxu but couldn't do anything, so he had to give up his hand and say, "Yes, Your Highness." "Hey, Master Xiao...... Ask for your own blessings......

Song Yuanxi hooked the corners of his lips slightly, he was in a good mood, picked up the pen and began to practice calligraphy on the paper again.

Xiao Lianxu, you are still tender when you fight with Lao Tzu! This time, for the sake of Little Peach, I will teach you a lesson, so that you know what happens when you know what happens when you "know you can't do it"......

Gu Ziyi looked at Song Yuanxi, who raised his eyebrows lightly and looked obviously very happy, full of helplessness, His Royal Highness is really getting more and more naïve now......

Xia Taozhi didn't know anything about all this, and was still racking her brains about how to meet Xiao Lianxu, she couldn't think of a feasible way after thinking about it, and she was very discouraged. She couldn't go to Xue Cheng for help, and Xue Cheng was also a chicken feather on his side.

But God help her too! A few days later, she really waited for an opportunity - a palace banquet.

When the tsundere prince came to tell her the news, and asked her to join him in the palace for a banquet tomorrow, she was overjoyed. Since it is a palace banquet, Xiao Lianxu will definitely attend, and when the time comes, it shouldn't be difficult to let her paint a picture for herself, right? After all, they have been through hardships together...... She thought to herself with joy, and the face of the tsundere prince on the side became darker and darker. This woman, as soon as she heard that she was going to enter the palace for a banquet, was she so happy to be like this, so eager to see someone? Hmph, don't think he doesn't know that she's secretly looking for someone so many times!

"Little Peach, you're very happy......"

The gloomy voice sounded in her ears, she was stunned, immediately came back to her senses, squeezed out a smile that she thought was very flattering, and said: "Of course I'm happy to be able to enter the palace with you for a banquet, and I also want to feel the feeling of being held by the stars......"

Someone sneered at her obvious nonsense, and although he didn't say anything more, he secretly regretted in his heart that he had agreed to take her to the palace for a banquet.

On the second day, Chu Palace.

It's still the Yaohua Palace, it's still the silver lantern, and the vocal music is singing in unison.

The difference is that His Royal Highness the Prince of Ling, the popular candidate for the prince now, seems to be attracting attention. Emperor Chu seemed to be more and more unwilling to hide his idea that he wanted His Royal Highness King Ling to succeed him as the prince, and directly let His Royal Highness King Ling sit on the seat where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used to sit.

The hearts of the princes and ministers are like mirrors, and it seems that the position of the prince belongs to His Royal Highness the King of Ling.

King Chuping did not have many heirs, and there were only three princes in total. After the fall of the former crown prince Song Yuansheng, the highest voice was originally His Royal Highness King Rui Song Yuanmin. After all, everyone's eyes are not blind, and they know that Emperor Chu has never been waiting to see His Royal Highness the King of Ling, and it will not be his turn to take the position of the prince. Unexpectedly, overnight, His Royal Highness King Ling Xianyu turned over, and directly counterattacked and became the treasure on the tip of Emperor Chu's heart, which is not counting, and led the troops to the west and made war exploits, which made everyone directly dumbfounded.

But dumbfounded is dumbfounded, the loyalty of the table, and the flattery of the offering are indispensable.

In the trance, people frequently toasted Song Yuanxi. He responded one by one with a light smile, and his gestures were gentle, showing grace and grace in his words and deeds. But Xia Taozhi's attention was not on this at all, her gaze kept wandering back and forth between Xiao Lianxu and Xue Cheng.

I haven't seen Xue Cheng for a long time, and there is a bit of an old look on his face. He already knew that Gu Sheng was the princess of Ling, but he didn't show much surprise, and became extremely calm. Come to think of it, as the head of a clan, especially a patriarch who cleans up the mess, there must be many hardships that are not enough for outsiders. Fortunately, Xue Cheng was a young man with a good character and did not have much resentment because of family affairs, but when he looked at her again, there was also a trace of indifference and detachment in his eyes, which intersected with the eyebrows and eyes of the smiling young man who remained in her heart, making her slightly distracted.

However, people always have to grow.

Xiao Lianxu still had that gloomy face, the expression on his face was ignorant, and when others toasted him, he directly treated him as if he didn't see it, and only drank it by himself. It's embarrassing for people, so that no one is bored anymore. The only difference is that Xiao Lianxu's complexion seems to be much darker, which makes him look far from that "Xiaoxiao girl", and he has also lost a lot of weight, so he looks a little more manly.

Xiao Lianxu turned a blind eye to Xia Taozhi, no matter how Xia Taozhi squeezed his eyebrows at him, he was expressionless, all as if she was air. Xia Taozhi was half angry, and couldn't stop cursing in her heart, damn Xiao Lianxu, look at it! Hurry up and take a look! Don't you see me eye-to-eye with you? You don't look at me, how do you know what I'm trying to express? Uncle's! Look here!

Her thigh hurt, and the person next to her pinched her without a trace, and warned her with a black face and her eyes not to look around. She had no choice but to give up.

Suddenly, Xiao Lianxu took advantage of no one's attention, got up and quietly retreated.

Xia Taozhi said in her heart, eh? Doesn't this understand her punctuality? also pretended not to understand, causing her to waste half a day's energy! She hurriedly stood up as well, ready to quietly withdraw.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she moved, the corners of her clothes were pulled up, and she almost stumbled and was firmly held by a pair of hands.

Someone's obvious displeasure rang in his ears: "Where are you going?"

It's not good, it was discovered by the tsundere prince!

She immediately said, "...... It's so stuffy here, I want to go out and take some breath. ”

Someone's tone was cold and hard, as if he was angry, and said in a cold voice, "Don't go."

Her: "......" How is this good? Xiao Lianxu was about to walk out of the main hall. Chu Palace is so big, where is she looking for him?

She struggled hard, and said confidently: "But people have three urgency!" I want to go to the toilet! ”

As soon as the strength of her hand loosened, someone let go of her, turning her face away, obviously angry. She was inexplicable, and said to herself, what did she say wrong? Going to the toilet to get angry?

Before she had time to think about it, she quickly stood up and waved at Peony who was standing behind her, and the two quietly slipped out of the hall.