At the queen's birthday banquet, Yi Chenjing gave Bai Qige a problem, but it was not Bai Qige who was really embarrassed, but Su Yan.

Yi Chenjing only allowed Bai Qige, who was a married princess, to wear a maidservant dress, which undoubtedly humiliated Bai Qige and also made De Chenxuan's face gloomy, Su Yan was worried but didn't dare to ask, she really couldn't figure out the meaning of such a self-destructive approach. Due to the restrictions, Su Yan had no choice but to secretly invite the master of the Siyi Warehouse to use high-quality silk and satin to hastily make a maidservant's dress, but no matter how good the fabric is, it is an inferior style after all.

Bai Qige didn't care about this, on the day of the birthday banquet, she wore a maidservant's dress, her long hair was lightly pulled, her face was facing the sky, and the simple clothes that were far from the maids could not hide her elegance, and her indifferent eyes after the ugly scar were also unbearable to look at and mock, so she walked into the Imperial Garden with her head held high and followed the Seven Princes of Yaoguo into the Imperial Garden.

Except for the few princes and Jin Zhaoyi who had met before, basically no one knew Bai Qige, although everyone was curious about how there would be a maidservant girl entering the birthday banquet, but seeing the seven princes walking in front with a calm face, no matter how many questions they had, they could only hold back and put them in their stomachs.

After greeting Emperor Yao and the Empress for his birthday, Yi Chenjing sat down near the door, the last of the princes - this is how the status of Jichen Xuan in the palace of Yaoguo is like this.

Concubine Jing was sick, and she had already said that Emperor Yao could not come, only Su Yan Surao accompanied Yi Chenjing, and during the banquet, Yi Chenjing stopped the two concubines from serving the dishes, raised her chin, and faced Bai Qige as cold as ice: "Pour wine." ”

Pouring wine was originally a subordinate thing, and it did not match Bai Qige, who was the master, but Bai Qige didn't care, and naturally calmly went around the table and tilted the jade pot, and the crystal clear jade dew elixir was poured into the wine glass.

Others see her as a married princess with a noble status, and think that it is a good thing for her to pour the wine, but Bai Qige herself understands that her status in Jichen Xuan is not as good as that of a maid under the lower ranks, and it is natural to do something to serve people. It's extremely hard to survive, so why do you care about all these vanities?

Yi Chenjing's voice was slightly loud and alarmed Emperor Yao, his majestic gaze swept over, and then turned into doubt: "Today is the queen's birthday banquet, and all the servants are arranged by the queen, why do the seven princes still bring their maids?" ”

"Father doesn't know that this woman is not the maid of the seventh brother." The Nine Emperor Princes, who had seen Bai Qige before, laughed loudly, "Although her face is a little difficult to see, but she is indeed the princess of Zhaoguo Qi'an, and the amount of wine is very good. ”

The Nine Emperors were young and reckless, and they spoke straight without thinking, but they didn't know that this seemingly innocuous joke sounded in the ears of Emperor Yao, no less than a boulder falling into the water, and Kuanhe's eyes suddenly lost their temperature.

"Jing'er, since she is Princess Qi'an, why did she dress up like this? You, you have not grown up after leading troops to fight for so many years, and you still don't change your youthful temperament, do you still judge people because of women's appearance? ”

"The son knows his mistake." Emperor Yao is also a generation of Ming monarchs, and he has always hated judging people by their appearance, Yi Chenjing heard the slight dissatisfaction in Emperor Yao's words, and hurriedly stood up from his seat and bowed down to apologize, "It's just that taking into account that Zhaoguo has been a Dayao vassal for me, the princess of the vassal country is naturally not as noble as the daughter of the Dayao royal family, and it is inevitable to insult all the ladies by dressing and sitting together." ”

"Marrying into my Da Yao has nothing to do with Zhaoguo, why do you have to make things difficult and harsh everywhere?" Emperor Yao summoned the maids waiting outside and waved his hand impatiently, "Go, take Princess Qi'an to change into suitable clothes, and add a seat at the end of the table to sit with the other female relatives." ”

Chrysostom said that it cannot be disobeyed, Yi Chenjing made a cold face, and Bai Qige thanked Queen Yao for leaving with the maid. The Nine Emperor Princes knew that they had lost their words and punished a glass of wine, and suddenly the cooling atmosphere gradually became lively again.

"The Seven Princes want to show their military exploits by belittling Zhaoguo, right? Those who grew up outside are brainless, and they are so humiliated by the marriage princess, and they don't know how much resentment they will attract when it reaches Zhaoguo. It is said that the Seven Princes claim to be outstanding in war and arrogant in everything, and I saw him today, which really feels appropriate. The eunuch behind the five princes bowed their heads and whispered, and the mockery and sarcasm in their tone were undisguised.

"Don't judge the rights and wrongs of others." Yi Chenxuan put down the wine glass, looked at Bai Qige's departure direction with a complicated expression, "Go back and get two sets of clothes, let Qi'er find the best one, and send them directly to the maid's room." ”

After a simple order, the fifth prince Yi Chenxuan stood up with a wine glass and smiled like a spring breeze: "If there is something in the palace of the sons, you need to leave for a while, this glass of wine will be regarded as self-punishment, and you will come back later and drink with your father, queen and brothers." ”

"Since you have something to do, let's go first, and come back early after dealing with it."

Emperor Yao did not doubt him, nodded casually, and continued to feast and talk with other people, while Yi Chenjing poured wine quietly, staring at the departure of the five princes with unkind eyes.

Out of the birthday banquet, Bai Qige was relieved, and her footsteps were brisk, and after arriving at the preparation room, the maid told her not to walk around and then looked for a change of clothes, leaving Bai Qige to wait alone in the room. Or because it was suddenly too late to arrange, the person who had been secretly monitoring him recently did not follow, so even if he was not allowed to move around at will in the confined room, the feeling of freedom still made Bai Qige feel relaxed.

There was a soft knock on the door, and Bai Qige turned around, suddenly stunned in place and at a loss.

The person who came was not a maid who delivered clothes, her long figure was erect, her gentle eyes were as good as she first saw them, and a faint smile hung on the corner of her lips.

"I've got two clothes for you to try." Turning around and closing the door, Yi Chenxuan walked to Bai Qige's side very naturally, and handed the neatly stacked clothes to the slender hand, "You change it first, and if it doesn't fit, I'll ask someone to find it." Call me for anything, and I'll wait outside the door. ”

"Thank you, Fifth Prince." With a stunned expression, Bai Qige nodded lightly, his eyes were not as vigilant as he looked at Yi Chenjing.

Yi Chenxuan wanted to speak and stopped, and chuckled helplessly for a while: "Don't call me the fifth prince, just call me Chenxuan, otherwise I always feel that I am deliberately alienating." ”

Bai Qige is indeed deliberately estranged, the identity is very different, and too deep contact is harmful and useless. Although she likes the feeling of coexisting with Yi Chenxuan, Bai Qige understands very well that the princes with various forces and endless battles have their own positions, and at the moment Yi Chenjing regards her as a thorn in the flesh and secretly sends people to monitor her, every word she says and everything she does may become the source of the incident caused by others who provoke Yi Chenjing.

I don't want to affect Yi Chenxuan, even if I can only take a breath by his side, and I can feel a little stable.

Neatly changed his clothes and reorganized his temples, and when the thin figure opened the door and reappeared, Yi Chenxuan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but smile with appreciation: "Who said that you are not good-looking?" It's just that this scar makes them look down on people, and if they stand with other women, they will be three points more beautiful. ”

"What about beauty and ugliness? Most of the disasters in the country are the beauties of the world, and only those who are ugly and not sought after can save their lives. Bai Qige lowered his head and sighed softly, "No matter whether they are beautiful or ugly, right or wrong, don't women have to be blamed?" It's better to have an ugly face and live in seclusion, not scaring others and not suffering yourself. ”

Although the tone is a joke, only I know the sourness in it.

Su Yanmei, from a humble background, can only be mixed as a concubine, but at least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and there is a sister and Concubine Jing to protect her; The third lady of the Bai family sounds unattainable, and in the end, she can't escape the disgust and resentment of the person she loves, even as a substitute princess, she is tortured.

There is no certainty in fate, whether it is a beautiful country or an ugly village girl, no one can grasp the future.

"What are you thinking?" With a slight heat in his ears, Bai Qige raised his head and met his gentle eyes. Picking up a strand of miscellaneous hair and stuffing it behind his ear, Yi Chenxuan looked at it seriously for a long time, and his fingertips lingered on Bai Qige's face and he was reluctant to put it down: "Actually-"

"It's not too early, and I have to rush back to the birthday banquet." Quietly dodging the warm palm, Bai Qige took a half step back.

For people who don't know well, no matter how good they are, they can't be gullible, the ubiquitous sense of crisis has taken away Bai Qige's right to accept gentleness calmly, be careful, be more careful, not be careful with Yi Chenxuan, but hide behind her and want to give her the most painful blow at all times, Yi Chenjing.

However, Yi Chenxuan's persistence exceeded Bai Qige's expectations.

The moment he turned around, there was a huge pull from his wrist, and his strong arms tightly encircled Bai Qige, unable to escape.

The back rests on the warm chest, and the breathing in the ears is clear and real. Such an abrupt behavior should have been condemned, but Bai Qige couldn't speak, her voice was choked in her throat and she couldn't say anything, inexplicably, since that day of rebirth, countless pains and grievances suddenly came to her heart, and she had an urge to say it to the man behind her.

In the remote palace where it is difficult to walk step by step, he is the only one who dares to face Yi Chenjing's difficulties to protect her, although he has been repeatedly rejected.

"I know, I know you're the seventh brother's woman, but I can't sit idly by just watching him treat you like that. Believe it or not, the first time I saw you dying in the heavy rain, I was moved, I wanted to protect you and take care of you, but you never gave me a chance. Qige, I don't believe that you will harm others, let alone that you will betray the country for glory, and now God has let you go through hardships to come to Yaoguo just so that I can see you, do you still have to endure and escape? ”

In addition to the excitement of confiding, there was silence around him, Bai Qige stiffened and did not dare to move, for fear that if he moved, many things would be disillusioned.

No, perhaps, something has disappeared into the twilight without a sound.

After taking a deep breath and forcing his mind to settle down, Bai Qige tried to push the arm that was circled around his body: "Can the fifth prince finish speaking?" When I'm done, let it go, I will hear and hear all I hear and hear today is drunk talk, and I also ask the fifth prince to forget those thoughts that shouldn't be......"

"You don't believe me?" Letting go of his arm, Yi Chenxuan's voice was full of loss, and his palm was still tightly clasped around Bai Qige's wrist, "Qige, what do you have to do to believe in my affection for you?" If you're willing—as long as you're willing, I'll go and ask my father tomorrow to let the seventh brother break the marriage contract and give you freedom, okay?" ”

"No, I don't."

There is a huge gap between the cold and hard answer and the previous contradiction, and even Yi Chenxuan can hear that Bai Qige is really angry.