Chapter Ninety-Six: A Gentleman's Covenant Between Men

In the early morning, the warm sunlight poured into the hall, sprinkled on the red curtain, Ling Ruoyi's eyelashes blinked slightly, and as soon as she opened her eyes, a magnified handsome and unwavering face came into view.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Xia Liyan asked with a smile.

"Very good, it's just that you slept on the ground."

"It's okay, I'm a man and a martial arts practitioner, it's nothing." After finishing speaking, Xia Liyan looked out the window, a light smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and then he took out the bedside sword and made a cut on his left index finger, and smeared blood on the white Xipa on the sheets.

"What are you?"

"It's okay, don't talk for a while."

"Yes. But why did you just scratch your hand and wipe the blood on that white brocade? As soon as the words came out, Ling Ruoyi wanted to slap herself, this ancient wedding night put a white hippa on the bed to verify that the woman is a virgin, how many times have you watched it on TV, how can you still ask such an idiotic question.

Xia Liyan just smiled and didn't say anything, looking at Ling Ruoyi's pretty face with two red glows, she understood what it meant, why was she stupid just now?

Ling Ruoyi sat in front of the dresser, gently combing her long hair, Xia Liyan was wearing a middle coat, and the neckline was slightly open, revealing the man's strong muscles. He opened the door with both hands and said lightly, "Come in." ”

The palace maids rushed in, some with water basins, some with gargles, and Mu'er and the other three also followed. A woman dressed in a pale pink palace maid's dress was about to step forward to groom Ling Ruoxuan, but Mu Er stepped forward and said lightly: "This sister, I will serve my young lady, for so many years, the young lady only likes a few of us to serve." ”

The palace maid in pink clothes didn't say anything, handed the wooden comb to Mu'er, and went to clean up the bed with another palace maid, when they saw the red plums on the white Xipa on the bed, they looked at each other and smiled, put the Xipa on the tray, covered it with a layer of red satin, put it on the tray, and knelt down in unison: "Congratulations to the prince and the princess on their new marriage." ”

"Get up, the newlywed in this palace, all the palace people in the Tianci Palace will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

"Slaves and slaves, slaves thank the prince and the princess for their rewards."

"Well, you will have to serve the crown princess well in the future, do you know? Mu'er, Mengchun, and Bingyu are the princess's dowry girls, and the princess has them in close proximity, you and the three of them live in harmony, and you must not have xenophobic thoughts, otherwise the palace will not be spared. ”

"Yes, the slaves and slaves know."

"Okay, go down and prepare some breakfast, and the palace and the crown princess will use it in the room."

"Yes."

Mu'er took a wooden comb and gently combed Ling Ruoxi's long hair, while Mengchun took out the pale white palace clothes from the wardrobe, Ling Ruohui wore it on her body, but she had a little more dusty temperament in the light and elegant place. The wide skirt is elegant and luxurious. The black jade-like green silk is simply rolled into a flying fairy bun, and a few full and round pearls are embellished in the hair at will, making the cloud-like hair more soft and moisturized. The beautiful eyes are full of brilliance, and there is a light smile between the red lips.

Suddenly looking back, he saw Xia Liyan writing something in front of the table, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Prince, are you practicing calligraphy?" ”

"No, just a letter." After finishing speaking, he folded the written letter and put it in the envelope, called Chen Fei outside the door, whispered a few words in his ear, and Chen Fei went out with the letter.

"Miss, it's good to dress up like this, do you want to bring a phoenix tail to shake again." Mu Er looked at Ling Ruoxuan in the bronze mirror and said lightly.

"I think it's nice to have that little to carry." Ling Ruoyi said lightly.

"Miss is already a country and a city, and Miss is now the crown princess, with a noble status, and the slave just feels that she is a little plain dressed like this."

"Then help me bring me a tourmaline carved hairpin."

"Okay." Mu Er skillfully took out the tourmaline carved hairpin from the jewelry box and gently inserted it into Ling Ruoyi's bun, adding a bit of beauty to her already beautiful face.

Suddenly, the palace maids entered the front hall with exquisite meals, "Yi'er, come over for breakfast." ”

Hearing this, Ling Ruolian moved lightly, slowly walked to the table and sat down, she didn't expect that Lixia Kingdom's breakfast was so delicate, there were seven or eight kinds of pastries alone, as well as corn, small flower rolls, spring rolls, and so on.

Ling Ruoyi picked up a piece of hibiscus cake on the table and put it into Xia Liyan's bowl, Xia Liyan frowned slightly, the palace people on the side were scared into a cold sweat, the prince didn't like to eat hibiscus cake the most, every time it was put on the table, it was withdrawn intact, the princess didn't know, there were so many pastries, none of them were clipped, but this was just clipped.

"What? Don't you like hibiscus cake? ”

"Oh, no, I like it, you clip it to me, I'll eat it." With that, he frowned and took a big gulp. The palace people on the side of the watch secretly beat drums in their hearts, and when they turned around, they must tell the princess that the prince does not eat hibiscus cakes, God, you have to bless us, don't let the prince be angry with us.

Looking at Xia Liyan's unpalatable expression, Ling Ruoyi secretly laughed in her heart, it turned out that this guy didn't eat hibiscus cakes, but he didn't expect to give me face like this, and he ate it if he didn't like it.

"Okay, spit it out, you must not like to eat hibiscus cake the most, and those who don't like to eat tell me, don't let me clip it to you that you don't like to eat."

"Who said I love to eat."

"Okay, I know you're good to me, so let the palace people not serve hibiscus cakes in the future."

"Yes, good. Listen to you. Everyone watched the prince put down the hibiscus cake, and their hanging hearts finally let go, thanking God and the princess.

After breakfast, Xia Liyan and Ling Ruohui went hand in hand to greet the emperor and empress, and met Chen Fei who came back from delivering a letter on the way. And not far from here, King Qi, Ling Yunfei and others also looked at this side from a distance.

"Lord, why is Prince Xia writing to you this time?" Ling Yunfei asked.

"I don't know." Immediately opened the letter, Xu Yu read the content of the letter, and slowly spoke, "Prince Xia is a gentleman. ”

"What?" Ling Yunfei was puzzled. Immediately took the letter handed over by King Qi, read it carefully, it turned out that Xia Liyan told King Qi about his one-year appointment with Ling Ruohui, the letter mentioned that if he really loves Ling Ruohui, what if he waits for a year, and in this year, he will only be a nominal husband and wife with Ling Ruohui, and a year later, if Ling Ruohui has him in his heart, then King Qi will withdraw, don't worry about this feeling.

"Lord, that ......"

"Yunfei, Xia Li'er is also testing my relationship with Yi'er again, I firmly believe that Yi'er will not change her mind."

"I know my sister's feelings for you, but who knows what means this Prince Xia will use to deceive my sister."

"I'm sure he's a gentleman, and he's not going to do that. And this is a war between our two men. Okay, let's go to meet the emperor and queen, and tomorrow we will leave for China. ”

"Okay."

The group met at the gate of the emperor's Yuyang Palace, "His Royal Highness King Qi is well." Xia Liyan was the first to say hello.

"Prince Xia Tong'an." King Qi said with a smile.

"His Royal Highness King Qi slept well last night?" A joking male voice sounded not far away, and when he turned around, he couldn't be the annoying King Ning.

"This king slept very well, thank you for your concern." King Qi raised his eyebrows and said coldly.

"Oh? The king was also worried that His Royal Highness King Qi couldn't sleep all night last night, but he didn't expect to sleep well, so the king was relieved. ”

King Ning's words were thorny, and it was clear that he wanted to instigate King Qi to have a dispute with Xia Li, who couldn't see this little trick, Ling Ruoyi smiled lightly, and said lightly: "This palace thanks the prince for his concern for his family." ”

"Family?" King Ning raised his eyebrows and said.

"Naturally, this palace is the princess of Xingguo who is personally crowned by the Empress Dowager Yunshang, Yun Fei is the younger brother of the palace, the marquis of Xiahou is the cousin of the palace, and the prince is the royal brother of the palace, so he is naturally the family of the palace."

"But as far as the younger brother knows, the imperial sister-in-law and His Royal Highness King Qi are not brothers and sisters, you are a good story in Yunshang Country, and the younger brother is worried that your remaining love is over, and I don't know when I will give the crown prince and the royal brother a green hat." King Ning said with a wicked smile.

"His Royal Highness King Ning, this palace has no dealings with you, why do you want to impose this crime of destruction on the head of this palace, this palace is married and married, for the sake of the two countries to be reconciled for all generations, and the frontier will be fixed forever, His Royal Highness King Ning intends to cause war between the two countries, and you want to reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

"Hehehe, the imperial sister-in-law laughed, the younger brother naturally hopes that the two countries will be reconciled and the frontier will be fixed forever. The younger brother is just worried about the imperial sister-in-law. ”

"Naturally, the prince is in charge of the affairs of this palace, so I won't bother His Royal Highness King Laoning."

"Hehehe, that's fine, the younger brother will go to his father to say goodbye first, and the younger brother will often visit the imperial sister-in-law when he is free." After finishing speaking, King Ning flicked his sleeves and walked towards the Yuyang Palace.

"Miss, this King Ning is really not a good person, you have to be careful." Mu'er said softly.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we respond to all changes with the same and ignore him, and see what he can do."

King Qi looked at Ling Ruohui worriedly and said lightly: "Yi'er, you have to be more careful of this King Ning, he can be known for his calligraphy and painting in the Four Kingdoms, you know that he is not an ordinary person, and he is a smiling tiger, you must know that dogs that can bite people do not bark." ”

"Smiling tiger? If he dares to provoke this girl, I will clean him up as a crying cat. ”

"King Qi rest assured, I will protect Yi'er well, with me, King Ning will not dare to do anything."

"Well, then there is His Royal Highness Prince Lao." King Qi arched his hand.

"Okay, let's hurry in, my father will set up a banquet for you today, and see you off."

"Okay."

"Please ......"

"Please ......"

Several men got along very well, and Ling Ruoyi was also very strange, how could Yuqi's face suddenly become so friendly? Could it be that Yuqi wants to alienate me because I am already married to Xia Liyan? But he didn't know that I had a one-year appointment with Xia Liyan. Are we destined to pass by in this life?

Thinking about this, a familiar arm tightly held Ling Ruoyi's hand, "Yi'er, I know that there is a one-year covenant between you, as a man, it is a gentleman's covenant between me and Xia Liyan, I want to prove it to him and show you, my love for you is unswerving." Tomorrow I will stay at the border and remember the agreement between us......"

"The crown prince, the crown princess, the distinguished guests of Yunshang Country, the emperor invites you in."

"Okay." Several people walked into the main hall......