Chapter 11: Identity Exposed
Praruolang followed Xiang Shaoqing to almost all corners of the palace, only to know that the palace banquet only started in the evening, and Xiang Shaoqing was all in charge of this banquet, so he inspected all departments in the morning, and he didn't eat when he stopped.
Since entering the palace, Xiang Shaoqing has never spoken to Praruolang, but Praruolang is happy, but he is just worried about whether he will meet someone from Yunuma Country at any time.
Finally, Pranya Lang couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Lord, I heard that the princess of the Yu Swamp Kingdom and your relatives is gone, so who will the Yu Swamp Kingdom send to Dali to meet this time?" β
Xiang Shaoqing's eyes darkened after hearing this, and he hooked the corners of his mouth sarcastically: "Langlang has the heart to care about others." β
Pra Ruolang choked, feeling a little confused, how did he feel that his next sentence was about to say, "It's better for you to care about yourself first."
"Am I not concerned about the whereabouts of your fiancΓ©e......"
"Lang Lang don't worry, she will definitely live...... Very good. The last two words Xiang Shaoqing almost finished through gritted teeth.
Praruo Lang felt that there was an unkind gaze on him, and he "chuckled" in his heart, it shouldn't be that he met the envoy of Yu Marsh Country.
"Uncle Huang, I'm so interested, I've only heard that you like to linger in the place of fireworks, but it's the first time I've seen you bring a woman into the palace."
Xiang Shaoqing watched Xiang Linyuan walk towards him, and Li Yunxiang quietly followed him.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled." Xiang Shaoqing smiled disrespectfully.
At this time, Praruo Lang realized that the unkind gaze came from the eyes of the woman next to the prince, seeing that she was dressed in a luxurious manner, and holding the woman's bun, she must be the crown princess.
"The prince laughed, how could Uncle Wang casually bring some miscellaneous people into the palace on such an important occasion, presumably this is just a slave in Uncle Wang's mansion." Li Yunxiang moved his gaze to Xiang Shaoqing and said with a smile.
After hearing this, the prince's face immediately sank, he knew that Li Yunxiang had probably not pretended to be him all along, and he was only forced by her father to marry him, and others didn't know about it, so in the past few years, Li Yunxiang didn't say anything on the surface, but she always competed with him in private, resenting him for forcing her father to marry Li Yunxiang to him.
Xiang Shaoqing's heart also sank, and he felt uncomfortable when he heard others belittle Pan Ruolang, so he opened his mouth and said coldly: "It's not bothering the princess, you still care more about the prince." β
After saying that, Li Yunxiang bit her lower lip and said unwillingly: "Does Uncle Huang care so much about a slave, why is he so ......?"
"Enough! Crown Princess, you have said too much today. Li Linyuan gritted his teeth and said, panicking in his heart, why has she been married to her for three years but still doesn't have herself in her heart, is she so inferior to King Chen?
Li Yunxiang also had a trace of persistence and unwillingness in his eyes, but he could only hook his lips bitterly: "It's Xiang'er who lost his words today, and the emperor is not to blame."
Xiang Shaoqing nodded to her lightly, without a trace of ripples in his eyes, and turned around and left without hesitation.
Li Yunxiang watched his back go farther and farther, clenched the fist in his sleeve, and felt bitter in his heart, obviously the person he really loved was him, didn't he have a little friendship for himself.
"Regrets." Xiang Linyuan said lightly, seeing that no one answered, he hooked his lips again and said, "But I can't go back." β
"Don't worry about the prince." Li Yunxiang said word by word.
At the dinner, the Dali Emperor sat in a high position, the right side sat the queen of the dynasty, the left side sat the jade concubine of the dynasty, the first row of the lower left sat the king of Chen, the first row on the right sat the prince and the princess, the following are the other princes and concubines, and then the envoys of various countries are seated, and the end of the banquet is the ministers of the Dali court.
Exquisite food and wine were presented one after another, and the piano and song were leisurely above the main hall, staggered and joyful.
Praruo Lang stood behind Xiang Shaoqing and kept his head down, but fortunately he was far away from the envoy's seat, and the envoy of Yu Nuan couldn't see her clearly.
"Your Majesty, the concubine and her sister chatted about a lot of northern customs yesterday, and they were very nostalgic for the dance of my northern daughter, I wanted to present a paragraph to the emperor today, but unfortunately the concubine was pregnant......" The jade concubine suddenly coquettished to the emperor, and it is generally inappropriate for the concubine to dance on this occasion, but because she is a northern woman, everyone also knows that the northern people have always been informal, and they don't feel inappropriate.
The emperor touched Concubine Yu's hand comfortingly, and smiled dotingly: "Isn't Sister Aifei also above the palace, why don't you let Princess Ya help out for a while, what do you think?" "Princess Ya is the little princess of the northern kingdom, the sister of the jade concubine.
"The concubine thinks it's very feasible, Yazhu, are you willing to dance a northern dance for everyone to cheer up?" The flowers and branches of the jade concubine's smile trembled, and it was extremely bright.
"If the courtier's sister is willing, then Yazhu will be ugly." With the sound of silver bells, a girl in a dark blue gold moire dressing pleated skirt came like a gust of wind, wearing beads of five colors on her head, and a pendant of light feathers, and a jade bell on her ankle, which rang softly with her steps.
Yazhusheng's beauty is not like the gentle face of a Dali woman, with a deep outline unique to the northerners, red lips and white teeth, with a heroic spirit, but it is more special among the female dependents, which makes people yearn for it.
As if they were ready, a light musical chorus sounded.
Yazhu dances to the music, spins, spreads her arms, and bows her waist. Slowly, the people present were stupid, she was like a bird soaring in the hall, light with rigidity, rigidity and softness, it was really amazing.
Taking advantage of everyone's attention to focus on Yazhu's body, Pranya Lang quickly swept around the envoys of various countries, just in time to see Ban Chenyang and Ban Daoguang watching the dance in the hall.
Pranyalang's heart sank, and he only hoped that they hadn't found out.
Xiang Shaoqing only glanced at Yazhu's dancing, and then continued to taste the wine in his hand, silently feeling the every move of Pan Ruolang behind him.
Yazhu kept glancing at Xiang Shaoqing intentionally or unintentionally, but found that she had never looked at herself at all, and she was slightly sad.
After finishing the song, Yazhu bowed deeply to the high-ranking emperor.
After a pause of two seconds, the audience erupted in fierce applause and applause, and Ren felt unfinished.
"Yaya dance is so beautiful, I haven't seen it for three years, I didn't expect it to be a big girl." Concubine Yu looked at Yazhu in the main hall with a smile.
"Yazhu hasn't seen her sister for three years, she misses her sister very much, and she must stay with her sister for a few more days at this Dali State Banquet." Yazhu said to Concubine Yu, she looked really cute.
"Yazhu is also over sixteen, why don't you choose a husband to marry in Dali, and often enter the palace to accompany your sister, do you think?" Concubine Yu quipped.
Yazhuqiao's face was slightly red, and she squinted her eyes and secretly looked at Xiang Shaoqing: "But it's up to my sister to decide......"
"Hahahaha, this princess Ya is very delicate, but now the princes of our dynasty are still young except for the crown prince, and the vassal kings are married, this ......" the emperor said embarrassedly.
"Your Majesty, isn't King Chen still married, and now Princess Yunuma is nowhere to be found, so it's always bad to drag King Chen's marriage like this, don't wronged the royal brother because Princess Dali is missing." The jade concubine was half coquettish.
"This ......" The emperor actually thought in his heart that Princess Yunuma was probably already fierce and unlucky, and it was not impossible to be close to the north, but at this juncture, I am afraid that all countries will have objections to the marriage with the north, and the country of Yunuma will definitely have complaints.
"Your Majesty! This is absolutely unacceptable! Pan Daoguang stood up suddenly, and the people in the hall already knew that this was the prince of Yunuma Country, and it was very likely that he would inherit the throne of Yunuma Country in the future.
"Why not? Your sister has disappeared, do you want His Royal Highness King Chen to wait for her for the rest of his life! Concubine Yu's tone was mixed with displeasure.
Pan Daoguang frowned, then stepped forward to bow slightly to the emperor, and said: "Since the emperor has promised to make peace with my Dali, how can it be easily invalidated, although the princess of my country Lang has disappeared, but today my father has sent another princess of my country Chenyang to come, presumably it is not impossible to change someone and relatives?" After saying it in one breath, Pan Daoguang was uneasy in his heart, this matter can only depend on how Emperor Dali chooses, after all, everyone wants to marry Dali.
Xiang Shaoqing evoked an inexplicable smile, as if the things discussed by the people present had nothing to do with him.
Pra Ruolang frowned, I didn't expect that Yu Nu Guo was still not dead, and wanted to send Ban Chenyang to make peace, it was really to prepare for the nest with Dali and Princess Yu Nuan.
Pan Daoguang had already pulled Ban Chenyang to stand on top of the main hall, and Ban Chenyang was twisting, obviously reluctant.
"Your Majesty, this is Chenyang, the second princess of Yunuma Kingdom, not inferior to Princess Lang by half a point." Pan Daoguang gave Ban Chenyang a warning look.
"Chenyang has seen the emperor." Ban Chenyang reluctantly saluted Emperor Dali.
Ban Chenyang and Yazhu stood side by side in the hall, each with its own merits, a princess of the northern kingdom and a princess of Yunuma.
"I see that the two princesses are dignified, gentle and generous, how can this be good?" The emperor looked at a few people in the palace.
"Father, the son thinks that he needs to ask the emperor's uncle for his opinion at this time." Li Yunxiang opened his mouth and slightly covered the complicated look in his eyes.
Xiang Linyuan's eyes were covered with black clouds, and he glanced at Li Yunxiang warningly.
Empress Dali finally spoke up at this time, and said in a serious tone: "I also have to ask King Chen's opinion on this matter. β
The emperor nodded and moved his gaze to Xiang Shaoqing: "King Chen, what do you think about this matter?"
Everyone present looked at Xiang Shaoqing, waiting for his next reaction.
Pranya buried his head lower in fright, feeling uneasy.
"Brother Chen thinks that this matter can only be done by asking Princess Yu Nuanlang." The corners of Xiang Shaoqing's mouth hooked an inexplicable smile, and a sly flash flashed in his eyes.
Everyone is blinded, where is the princess of Yu Nuan Lang going to find it, didn't he say that he was assassinated, maybe he would have died a long time ago, how to ask.
Xiang Shaoqing leaned over casually and supported his head with his right hand, exposing Praruo Lang in front of people, not waiting for Pra Ruolang to bury his head lower, and said leisurely: "Lang Lang, help this king pour wine." β
Everyone's eyes suddenly moved to the maid next to Xiang Shaoqing, with inquiry in their eyes, and the eyes of Daoguang and Chenyang gradually became full of enthusiasm, and they couldn't wait to step forward and raise the maid's head.
Pra Ruolang knew in his heart that if there was no drama singing now, he would definitely be recognized by Ban Chenyang. looked sideways at Xiang Shaoqing again, and saw a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, combined with his strange behavior in the past few days, he still had to let himself enter the palace, it seemed that he probably already knew his identity.
Sighing, Pra Ruolang raised his head with a smile, poured a glass of wine for Xiang Shaoqing, and said leisurely: "Shaoqing can't drink too much, beware of getting drunk for a while." β
Everyone saw that the maid named Langlang had a beautiful face, and they didn't know why, but they opened their eyes wide in the morning sun, and blurted out inadvertently: "Imperial sister! β
"Lang'er!" This voice was called out by the Daoguang. Everyone present exploded the pot with a "bang", and the eyes that looked at Pan Ruolang gradually became clear.
Pranyo Lang sighed, calmly walked to the main hall, performed a standard Yu Marsh etiquette to the emperor, and said leisurely: "The princess of Yu Marsh has seen the Emperor of Dali, long live the emperor." β
At this time, if anyone doesn't know the identity of Praruolang, they are fools, but they didn't expect the missing Princess Yunuma to appear with King Chen, it seems that this matter is not simple.