Chapter 43: Birthday Greetings (3)
When the man heard this, his eyes were sharp, and he exuded a murderous aura from his body.
Xia Li was full of vigilance, this was the breath she often encountered every time she met her opponent, this person said that he turned his face and turned his face, did he still have to do it with her.
Was it wrong for her to just say that he would do martial arts? Oh! By the way, maybe this person doesn't want people to know that he knows martial arts.
After Xia Li, he realized that he secretly said, this person didn't say it, how did she know! The man stared at her and she also looked back, and the two kept staring at each other for half an hour before they heard the man opposite say, "It seems that your martial arts are not bad?" ”
"It's okay" Xia Li said flatly, this person was moved by murderous intentions, but how could she be afraid, after all, killing people was too common for her.
However, she is the principle of keeping the enemy immovable and I not moving, and if she can, she will not fight, after all, this place is not outside.
Both of them were looking at each other provocatively at this time, and the murderous aura on the man's body also restrained a little bit, in that way:
"You can eat indiscriminately, but don't talk nonsense, I'm just an ordinary person, so what do I know about martial arts?"
"Hiding clumsy" Xia Xuan said secretly, "Why does this person want to hide his martial arts skills, is it like himself?"
looked at the man and said: "I don't like trouble, what do I have to do with other people's business" To put it bluntly, whether you have martial arts or not has nothing to do with me?
The man's tense whole body suddenly relaxed again, and he said, "That's the best."
The two play dumb riddles with each other, but secretly they both know it.
The pavilion was quiet again, save for the distant laughter and the sound of talking getting closer.
It didn't take long for her to hear the little guy outside say to Chu Han: "Don't lead your young lady to leave quickly, if you don't leave, you'll get into trouble, the people over there are coming."
Chu Han also heard the voices of approaching people outside, and hurriedly ran in and said, "Miss, let's go!" Somebody's coming over there."
Xia Li glanced at the man who was still looking down and flipping through the book, "Why don't you go, I want to stay here"
The man looked up, "Let's go, can you get there?" ”
Xia Li thought about it, even if she went out from this side, maybe someone on that side could see it, it was better to sit here generously, what if someone came, this pavilion is not only for one person to sit, what does it matter if you sit
Besides, she led the maid openly, and she didn't know the person in front of her, so why did she leave.
Thinking of this, she didn't leave, but turned her body to the side of the river flower pond, asked Chu Han to sit down together, and looked at the half-bloomed lotus flowers in the river.
Time passed in a flicker when the two were silent, and when Xia Li heard the voice of the small servant outside meeting the eldest prince, she knew that those people were really coming here.
She looked through the pavilion with a slight gaze, and with a single sweep, she could see everyone who came clearly.
Walking in front is a man wearing a dark purple silk veil with a straight back, with a fair face, skin like cream, and picturesque eyebrows. This must be the great prince who is famous for his appearance! Xia Li had heard of this prince before, but he had never seen him, and it was no wonder that with this kind of appearance, it was indeed very good-looking to make the young ladies chase two streets, but she felt that it was okay for a man to look like this, but it was not appropriate to look closely.
At this time, all the male guests stood on both sides, and the girls followed closely behind the eldest prince, and there was a row of escorted royal guards on the left and right.
Xia Li had to get up and go out, and Yu Guang saw that the man opposite also put down the book in his hand. When she saw that the eldest prince came, no one was spared from kneeling, and she regretted that she didn't leave early, if this was the case, she would have slipped away a long time ago and waited until now to kneel for others.
But there was no way, she had to walk out of the pavilion with a smooth eyebrow, and she felt that everyone's strange eyes were shooting at her, Xia Li's face still changed and there was no extra expression to come closer, and she bowed and said:
"The courtiers meet the prince"
Xia Yue, who was next to the eldest son, tightened her eyes when she saw Xia Li, she just didn't ask Xia Ling to keep an eye on this girl, but she didn't expect to run to the front to show it without seeing it, thinking that with a beautiful face, she could get the emperor's attention? She dreamed.
Although he thought so, he looked at the face of the eldest prince with fear and courage in his heart, and saw that this person looked at Xia Li's eyes without any unnecessary changes, so he relieved his heart.
However, when she turned her head to look at Nanming Gongzi, who was next to the eldest prince, her face sank.
Nanming's son was so angry that he was about to beat someone because he didn't find Xia Li, and the little girl Ah San told the truth when he saw that he was going to be beaten no matter what, saying that this girl was the one who stopped the carriage in front of the scientific expedition last time and refused to give way, that is, Xia Fei's cousin, Xia Ye's own sister.
The little girl closed his eyes and finished speaking, waiting for the slap from the son, but he waited for half a time and didn't wait to say it, and heard the son's extraordinary laughter, laughed for a while and said excitedly; "Okay, good, great, Natsuba's sister, I know"
Only then did he know that his son-in-law had taken a fancy to someone else.
At this time, Nan Ming had forgotten when and where he had long been looking, and had been looking at Xia Li seriously, feeling in his mind that he should be destined to meet her.
Xia Li knew everyone's careful thoughts, and she wanted to deal with the situation in front of her.
The eldest prince said there: "Whose young lady is this, why is she here?" ”
As soon as these words fell, Xia Li heard the man in the pavilion come out.
This person didn't kneel or worship, he stood straight and clenched his fists and said, "Meet the eldest prince"
As soon as the words fell, I heard Xia Fei on the other side say: "Hey! Who should I be? It turns out that you, the commoner prince, are here! But then again, what are you doing in the pavilion with my cousin? ”
The voice was followed by the unstoppable laughter of men and women.
Nanminggongzi's face stiffened when he heard this, and he said, "Xia Fei stop, how can you say this about your cousin!" Miss Xia just passed by here, thinking that there was no one in the pavilion, so she went, isn't it, Miss Xia?"
Xia Li listened for a long time before he knew that this boy was talking to her, and thought about it: "I did think that there were no people in the pavilion, but it was interesting to see this son reading there and sat in it for a while."
She was telling the truth and felt there was no need to hide it.
"Interesting?" The eldest prince suddenly spit out these two words in his mouth, "What an interesting method, please ask the girl to tell His Royal Highness"
The air that was originally lively was stagnant because of the words of the eldest prince, Xia Li heard the nervous breathing of everyone, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her words! How do you feel that this great prince is unhappy! After thinking about it, in that way:
"This prince looks a little special, so the courtiers think he is interesting" There should be no problem with this!
"Special? How about that compared to His Highness! ”
"Your Highness is the dragon and phoenix of people, how can you compare with this commoner son! Courtiers can't compare."
"Hahaha, you girl is very interesting, don't you say?" When the eldest prince heard this, he laughed happily again, and his beautiful face and smile became more colorful, attracting the girls behind him to look straight.
Nan Ming Gongzi frowned and said, "Miss Xia, do you know who the son behind you is?" ”
Xia Li shook her head, she had met this person a total of three times, but she never knew who this person's surname was.
The eldest prince said there at this time: "Second brother, you still haven't introduced who you are to that girl?" lest no one knows."
Second brother? This eldest prince actually called this man's second brother? Xia Li suddenly realized, she guessed who the man behind her was.
In her early years, she heard that the Chu Emperor had a second son, who was kicked out of the palace because of his mother's mistake, although he retained the status of the prince, but there was no doubt about the poor, and this move of the Chu Emperor at that time caused a sensation in the entire capital.
It turned out that it was not by chance that she fled to the second prince's house that night to escape the secret guards of the Xia Mansion, but because of the identity of this person, even if she was kicked out of the palace, she was still the emperor's son, so all the courtiers in Beijing would give her a thin face, just like today's Sima Mansion also invited the poor prince to come over.
After a short time, I saw the man behind him come over with a pale face and said, "In Xia Chu Night"
She replied with a superfluous expression behind her: "The folk girl Xia Li." A few simple and clear words, no one has anything superfluous to say, there is no excessive flattery or deliberate flattery.
Everyone is like the eldest prince, and they are all interested in seeing how the two should be introduced, but they didn't think it would be over like this.
Nanming's face darkened a little, but he still smiled:
"The eldest prince, the birthday banquet of Sima Mansion is about to start, I heard that the chef this time is different from the past!"
"Oh well! The main hall will taste the birthday banquet of Sima Mansion before leaving, but ......" The eldest prince glanced at Xia Li and Chu Ye on the other side and said: "Since you have met the imperial brother and Miss Xia here, let's go together!" After all, we haven't seen each other for a long time, so it's time to catch up! Also, it's just that Miss Xia doesn't know my royal brother, but even if she knows each other from now on, I don't know if the girl is with the second prince or with the main hall."
Xia Li was stunned, why did the eldest prince ask her again, why did she become the target of everyone between these two princes! Is it good for her to meet the second prince by chance, but she really doesn't want to let her be with this eldest prince, although this is good-looking, but her temperament is uncertain, and this person can't say how he died in one place, and although this second prince has just met, she has met a few times, and if she chooses, she still chooses the latter.
After thinking about it, she said: "The courtier's steps are slow or ......" However, she didn't finish speaking, and the Nan Ming on the other side said:
"Your Highness, just let Miss Xia follow behind all the girls, you can't leave her alone."
The eldest prince looked at Nan Mingyi, who was in a voice, and said with a sigh: "Why are you talking so much today, does Nan Mingzi know this Xia girl?" ”
Nan Ming nodded, "Miss Xia and I have known each other for a long time."
Xia Li frowned when he heard Nan Mingyi's name, it turned out that this person was going to kill Nan Mingyi, the nephew of his own Nan Ming General! She hasn't settled accounts with him yet! It's ridiculous to be embarrassed to say that I know myself.