After five days and five nights of tiring travel, Lan Meng and the others finally came to the capital of the Purple Leaf Country. When the carriage entered the city, Xiao Ya was like a child, feeling new and curious about everything in the city, and kept shouting excitedly on the carriage.

Lan Meng looked at Xiao Ya, who was slightly exaggerated because of her happy behavior, and said funny: "Don't jump around, be careful that the carriage will jump away for you." ”

"Meng'er, I'll tell you honestly, this is the first time I've gone out since I was a child. Don't look at me as a rich lady who usually doesn't lack anything, in fact, in life, few people really regard me as a friend. In the past, I didn't go out because I didn't have friends, but now it's different, I have you, and I can go out with my good friends like others. Meng'er, I love you so much! After Xiao Ya finished speaking, she pouted and rushed towards Lan Meng, ready to hug and kiss.

Xiao Yaai's confession frightened Lan Meng and hurriedly pushed her away, and said with a dry smile: "Let's go to the inn first, put the salute and then go out for a walk." ”

"Good! Then let's go find the inn. Xiao Ya already had an impulse to wait for a while to visit this lively Beijing street.

Lan Meng and Xiao Ya found an inn that looked relatively clean, and asked the shopkeeper for two first-class rooms. During the ceremony, they also deliberately freshened themselves. When everything was done, they happily walked out into the street, holding hands and happily.

Xiao Ya looked at the streets that were more prosperous than the Ice and Snow City, and the buildings that were more luxurious than the Ice and Snow City, and excitedly pulled Lan Meng around, which was full of energy.

"Meng'er, do you think it's strange, why are there so few people on the streets in such a big capital?" Xiao Ya was picking out hairpins in the jewelry store and asked Lan Meng curiously.

After Xiao Ya said this, Lan Meng also felt that something was wrong. There were shops one after another on the spacious street, but there were not many people walking on the street, and she looked at Xiao Ya puzzled: "It's a little strange." ”

"Girls, you must have just come to the capital with your accent, right?" The jewelry owner asked with a smile.

The jewelry owner of the store is a middle-aged woman in her forties, who may know how to maintain and dress up, and her appearance looks younger than that of ordinary women of the same age.

"Wow, the boss is really good eyesight!" Xiao Ya praised the jewelry boss fiercely.

"Hehe, the girl has won the prize." The jewelry boss smiled happily when he heard Xiao Ya's compliment.

"Is there something going on in the capital?" Lan Meng couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Girl, you don't know anything. Every year, we hold a selection competition for talented women in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the woman who wins the first place will get the title of "talented girl" from the emperor himself. Today is the first day of the competition, and the competition is about playing the piano. However, there is a special feature this year, I heard that this time the prince will come to watch in person, and I also heard that this year's talented girl may become the crown princess. Look at the two of you who look slim, or you can try it too, maybe you will have a chance to become the crown princess. If one of you becomes a crown princess, remember to come often. The jewelry boss said with a smile as he spoke.

"Meng'er, let's go and take a look. It's good to see what the prince looks like today. Xiao Ya suddenly put down the jewelry in her hand and looked at Lan Meng expectantly.

Lan Meng was silent for a moment and nodded. In fact, she was also curious about what kind of character the prince of the Purple Leaf Country was.

"Great! Boss, you'll come back to buy your jewelry after we watch the game. Xiao Ya said happily.

"Remember, if you have the opportunity to become a crown princess, you should come often." The jewelry boss shouted loudly to Lan Meng, who had already walked away.

"Definitely." Xiao Ya politely turned her head and waved her hand.

Lan Meng asked passers-by as they walked, and finally came to the location of the competition. Looking at the heads of people next to each other, densely packed, I couldn't see the corner of the stage in front of me at all, let alone go to see His Royal Highness the Prince.

All they could hear was the melodious sound of the piano and the exclamations of women shouting how handsome. Lan Meng turned around and glanced at Xiao Ya, and said helplessly: "Forget it!" ”

Xiao Ya glanced at the impenetrable crowd fixedly, and suddenly there was a cunning light in his eyes, and he looked at Lan Mengthief and smiled: "I have a way." As soon as she finished speaking, she took out a stack of banknotes from her bosom, threw them into the air with neat movements, and shouted loudly: "Come on, everyone, you have money to pick up." ”

The banknotes fell from the air like a rain of flowers, and the crowd in front heard Xiao Ya's shout, and rushed to them frantically, snatching the fallen banknotes.

"Isn't that enough?" Xiao Ya winked at Lan Meng proudly and pulled her towards the stage.

Lan Meng looked at the free and easy Xiao Ya, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's really capricious to be rich.

Thanks to Xiao Ya's boldness, they came to the stage smoothly. Before Lan Meng's eyes began to turn to the VIP seat, he heard Xiao Ya's happy exclamation: "It's Brother Lie!" ”

Lan Meng followed Xiao Ya's exclamation, and his eyes turned to the VIP seat. And she was noticed by the man in the apricot yellow brocade robe on the VIP seat, and when she fixed her eyes and took a closer look, her heart couldn't help jumping wildly, and her eyes couldn't help but widen: It was Ye Ling.

Lan Meng didn't expect that they would meet Ye Ling as soon as they came to the capital, and there were still Rin Lie and a woman sitting on the seat next to him. The face of the woman on the table always made Lan Meng feel familiar, but she couldn't remember it in her mind for a while. After some thought, she finally remembered who this woman was. This woman was the one she had seen last time in Zili Country Cloth Village, that is, what Ye Ling said, his sister.

Xiao Ya looked at the woman sitting next to Rin Lie, and shouted with jealousy: "Who is she, why are you sitting next to Rin Lie." ”

"You're not, you don't even know Princess Ye Shuang, you're really lonely." A man beside Xiao Ya looked at her and said sarcastically.

Lan Meng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, princess? Isn't that Ye Ling...... She tried her best to suppress her trembling heart, and politely asked the man beside Xiao Ya: "May I ask Childe, who is the man in yellow above?" ”

"You're not, you don't even know the current prince of my country." The man looked at Lan Meng in disbelief and said.

"Prince? Meng'er, your ......" Xiao Ya looked at the pale blue dream beside her, she was so frightened by what the man said that she couldn't speak.

Lan Meng looked at Ye Ling in the VIP seat with an almost fainting body, and his mind went blank for an instant.

With the host's voice: "Is there any other woman who came up to compete?" The question pulled the lost soul of Lan Meng back.

Lan Meng looked at Ye Ling in the VIP seat affectionately, and echoed loudly: "I'm coming!" ”

Lan Meng's voice attracted the attention of the audience, and suddenly all kinds of discussions rang out in the audience.

And Xiao Ya, who was standing on the side, couldn't imagine that Lan Meng, who was usually virtuous and quiet, would have such courage, she looked at Lan Meng with admiration.

And Ye Ling in the VIP seat, when he saw Lan Meng in the audience, his body suddenly stiffened, and he had an urge to escape from the scene in his heart. His eyes looking at Lan Meng were full of mixed emotions, and he was more afraid.

And the moment Rin Lie saw Lan Meng, his eyes looked at Ye Ling worriedly, and he was shouting in his heart: This is miserable.

The talent competition, which was originally full of atmosphere, froze at this moment, as if the space here only existed for these few people with their own thoughts.