Chapter 62 Qujiang Flower Exploration Banquet
When Wen Renzhuo saw her, his eyes instantly became indifferent.
He walked in and sat down and poured himself a glass of warm water.
"I'm back, so go back to your room and rest."
But Qin Dai stepped forward and closed the door with a backhand.
"Your Highness the Seventh, now that King Ling has returned to Beijing, your mission has been completed. I don't know when we will leave Beijing, so my subordinates should prepare early."
Wen Renzhuo put down the tea pot, turned his head and said solemnly to Qin Dai: "You don't have to come every day to urge me to leave, you have been in correspondence with the queen mother during this time, don't think that I really don't know anything, as long as I leave Beijing, someone will tie me up and return to Dun Li, do you just say yes or no?"
Qin Dai was exposed, but she didn't panic.
"Since the Seventh Highness knows everything, he should understand the queen's good intentions. The king is old, and the other highnesses are eyeing the throne, and the queen has only one son, you, and all her hopes are pinned on you!"
When Wen Renzhuo heard this, he couldn't help but think of all kinds of ups and downs in the Dunli Palace.
"That's enough!"
"Your Highness the Seven!" Qin Dai knelt down in front of Wen Renzhuo, "Your subordinates know that you don't want to fight, but the queen is now alone, and His Royal Highness has plotted to usurp the throne, if the queen is held hostage, Dunli will fall into boundless darkness!" His Royal Highness loves peace, so how can he bear to watch the people of Dunli fall into war?"
Wen Renzhuo frowned, as if there were countless messes in his heart.
Finally, it should be his responsibility, and he can't escape.
He let out a sigh of relief, and his tone softened, "Qin Dai, give me some more time so that I can say goodbye to her, okay?"
Seeing that he was shaken, Qin Dai also gently persuaded him: "The subordinates know that the Seventh Highness has fallen in love with that Central Plains woman, but she is not the same as the Seventh Highness after all. The Seventh Highness should get out of the whirlpool as soon as possible, and his subordinates should go and pack their luggage first, and the Seventh Highness should sleep peacefully early."
In the room, only Wen Renzhuo was left.
Qin Dai's footsteps faded away, but his heart could not be calm.
Late at night, Zhan Xinglan returned to Wangshu Pavilion.
For more than two months, Zhan Xinglan has been ordering Li Qingchen to search for evidence of King Qi's crimes.
After Li Qingchen sneaked into the Qi Wangfu several times, he finally found the list of the little girls forcibly bought and abducted by the Qi Wangfu in the secret compartment of the Qi Wangfu's study, as well as their deed of sale.
With these evidences, it will be difficult for King Qi to turn over.
Zhan Xinglan closed the list.
It's time for some ugly things to be put in front of the world.
The next day, the royal garden of the capital Qujiang held a banquet.
This banquet is called Qujiang Tanhua Banquet, which is specially set up for the Langjun with the title of the gold list.
In addition to Emperor Jing and Empress Yue, concubines, princesses, courtiers and family members can also be present.
To put it bluntly, this is a good opportunity for Lang Jun to make friends with powerful people, and officials can also take the opportunity to see their sons-in-law for their daughters who have not yet left the cabinet.
The spring is infinite, and the apricot blossoms are full of gardens.
On the Qujiang River, a gold bottle is placed on a gold plate, flowing with the water.
Where the golden bottle stopped, Lang Jun, who was sitting there, would drink all the wine and compose another poem.
Zhan Xinglan sat under the pavilion corridor, leaning on the red pillar, his legs swaying lightly, drinking the peach blossom brew, his expression was so unrestrained.
"So it's funny."
This peach blossom brew is fragrant and sweet, and it is a fine wine brewed by the palace food bureau, which is many times better than the peach blossom brew in the market.
Zhan Xinglan took two gulps, and the cup was empty.
She just wanted to get up and go to pour it again, but she didn't want to step on the air and hit her ankle.
"Although the osmanthus brew is sweet, the wine is strong, and it is better for Zhan San Niangzi to drink less."
The magnetic voice swayed up and down vigorously in the Adam's apple, and with the warm breeze came into Zhan Xinglan's ears.
Zhan Xinglan half-squatted and rubbed his ankles, raised his eyes to look at Fu Xuanlin, and said angrily: "Although the courtier's drink is poor, she only drank a glass, and she didn't hurt her feet because of the strength of the wine."
Fu Xuanlin
chuckled, and stretched out his hand to help Zhan Xinglan.
Unexpectedly, a man dressed as a scholar came from a distance, looking at Zhan Xinglan very nervously.
"Zhan San Niang is fine."
Zhan Xinglan looked at it, she didn't seem to know this person.
Yuan Shuyi stretched out his hand to support Zhan Xinglan, but fortunately, Fu Xuanlin took Zhan Xinglan one step ahead of him and sat back on the chair on the corridor.
"She's okay, she has Lao Yuan Erlangjun's care."
Yuan Shuyi found out that Fu Xuanlin was also here.
"The lower officials don't know that His Royal Highness King Ling is also here, it's rude."
Zhan Xinglan frowned and blinked.
Yuan Shuyi?
Isn't this Yuan Mingzhe's second brother?
He calls himself a subordinate official, and it seems that he is also the one who is on the list.
Fu Xuanlin took in Yuan Shuyi's idiot expression when he looked at Zhan Xinglan, and suddenly felt a little unhappy in his heart.
"Yuan Erlangjun is exempt from courtesy, I just saw Wang Niangzi looking for you everywhere, I think there is something important, Yuan Erlangjun might as well go and take a look."
When Yuan Shuyi heard that his aunt was looking for him, his face immediately froze.
"In this way, the lower official will retire first."
When he left, he deliberately nodded slightly to Zhan Xinglan.
After Yuan Shuyi left, Fu Xuanlin turned around and sat beside Zhan Xinglan.
Zhan Xinglan's feet hung in the air, but Fu Xuanlin's feet reached the ground directly.
"Why is the third lady of Zhan drinking here alone, and how many ladies are good friends with you in Su Ri?"
Zhan Xinglan looked up at the sky and felt the spring breeze.
"Now that Sister Ye is the eldest brother's wife, she naturally wants to be paired with the eldest brother. Xi Chen and the second brother are also hot, and I can't disturb them. As for Chu Yan, she was a little frightened a while ago and didn't want to go out."
Fu Xuanlin thought that Zhan Xinglan would be a little lonely, but he didn't want her eyes to be sad.
It's like you're used to being alone and don't need to be accompanied.
For a moment, Fu Xuanlin could even see his own appearance on Zhan Xinglan's body.
"I heard that many high-ranking nobles have come to the door to ask for marriage recently, can Zhan San Niang have someone she likes?"
"Marriage?"
Zhan Xinglan's face was full of doubts, why didn't she know about this.
"Seeing that Zhan Sanniang is like this, she doesn't seem to know about it, and I think it was Ming Guogong who rejected it one by one."
"My father treats me like a jewel, so naturally he doesn't look down on mediocre people."
"Duke Ming Guo has probably already chosen your husband in his heart, which is why he refused so simply."
After Fu Xuanlin returned to Beijing, he asked Bailimo to inquire about all the things about the Zhan family, and he also learned that Zhan Bofeng was interested in hearing someone as his son-in-law.
This news was learned from the servants of the Zhan family, and it was also eighty or ninety percent reliable.
"What even the courtiers don't know, the prince knows very clearly."
Zhan Xinglan looked at him playfully, a pair of apricot eyes were slightly drunk and hazy, and under the curled eyelashes were smart eyes.
Fu Xuanlin looked at her eyes and was stunned for a while.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhan Xinglan moved his ass and got closer.
"Lord Wang, you shouldn't be secretly paying attention to your courtiers."
The face like snow and jade can be broken by blowing, the tip of the round nose is slightly red, the red lips are moving, and the exhalation is like an orchid.
Fu Xuanlin only felt a tightness in his chest, and his body was tense and he couldn't move.
"I ......"
"Xinglan, I didn't expect you to be here."
Fu Tingxuan broke in, breaking the ambiguous atmosphere between the two.
Zhan Xinglan sat up straight, and lost interest in an instant.
She jumped down and saluted Fu Tingxuan, "His Royal Highness the Prince."
Fu Xuanlin was still worried about her just now, and hurriedly stood up and hugged her.
"Be careful."
Fu Tingxuan saw that the two of them were so intimate, and then looked at Zhan Xinglan's estrangement from him, and felt ten thousand unhappy in his heart
。
But he still has to pretend to be gentle and elegant on his face.
"Pingshen, you and I don't need to be like this, I think you called Brother Bengong Xuan at the beginning." Fu Tingxuan glanced at Fu Xuanlin provocatively when he said this, and then said to Zhan Xinglan gently, "Xinglan, I have something to say to you, why don't we go to the edge of the Qujiang River?"
Zhan Xinglan obviously felt the strength of Fu Xuanlin's hand increase, she straightened her waist and said politely to Fu Tingxuan:
"His Royal Highness the Prince, in the past, the courtiers did not know how to count etiquette, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive me if there are many offenses. The courtiers were drunk, and they were afraid that they would fall into the river if they couldn't stand on their feet, and it would be bad to make jokes at that time. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has anything to say, why don't you say it right here." Z.br>
Fu Tingxuan was slapped in the face again, but he was already ready to be cheeky.
He simply said, "In this case, this palace said, don't mind the eleventh brother."
Fu Xuanlin looked at Fu Tingxuan with a smile, "Third brother, please speak."
"This palace intends to ask His Majesty for marriage, you and I have a good relationship, and the career of Zhan Da Langjun will be bright in the future."
As soon as Fu Tingxuan's words came out, Zhan Xinglan and Fu Xuanlin were shocked.
Zhan Xinglan was about to scold Fu Tingxuan with the strength of wine, but heard someone shouting, "There are assassins!"
I saw several black-clothed masked assassins suddenly fly out of the Qu River.
They stabbed at the crowd with sharp blades in their hands.
Then there was the sound of feet on the tiles in the pavilion where they were.
The three of them immediately left the pavilion.
Two Assassins jumped down from the pavilion.
They had a clear goal and headed straight towards Fu Tingxuan and Fu Xuanlin.
At this moment, Zhan Xinglan's wine strength was all gone, and she hurriedly flew up and kicked off the long sword that was stabbing at Fu Xuanlin.
Before the assassin could compose, Zhan Xinglan shook his fist at the assassin's cheek.
The Assassin was wounded in the face and staggered.
Zhan Xinglan took advantage of the situation to hold Fu Xuanlin's hand and shouted, "Run!"
On the other side, although Fu Tingxuan had some three-legged cat kung fu, he really couldn't beat the assassin who came prepared.
Suddenly, Kou Huai appeared in time with a group of guards, and captured all the Assassins in three strokes and five by two.
Thankfully, all but a few who were too flustered and hurt themselves were unharmed.
And all of this was seen by Emperor Jing standing in the attic of Ziyun Tower.
All the assassins were escorted down by the guards, and Kou Huai ordered the guards to check inside and out, and after confirming that there were no more assassins hiding, he announced that the banquet would continue.
At noon, a banquet was set up in front of the Ziyun Tower.
Everyone sat down one after another, waiting for Emperor Jing and Empress Yue.
Zhan Xinglan sat bored, so he looked to the other side.
Sitting in the first place was Concubine Xian, who was a princess of a foreign country and a princess, born with a plump body and a beautiful appearance. And she gave birth to the seventh princess Fu Yuexin, who not only inherited her beauty perfectly, but also inherited her fate of marrying far away and kissing.
Sitting on the right hand of Concubine Xian is Sheng Zhaoyi, the mother of King Zhuang, she is old and decrepit, frail and sickly, and her whole spirit is also sorrowful.
Sitting behind Concubine Xian is Hu Jieyu, she came from a humble background, if she hadn't given birth to two princes, King Qi and King Jian, she wouldn't have been worthy of sitting here.
Zhan Xinglan glanced at the prince, and his eyes fell on the tenth princess Fu Luoxiang behind King Ling.
Fu Luoxiang's biological mother was originally a maid in the palace, but she was fortunate to have her by Emperor Jing by chance.
Her biological mother died in childbirth, and Emperor Jing handed her over to Mengmei to raise.
Kemeng Beauty already has her own daughter, so she has always been mean to Fu Luoxiang.
Zhan Xinglan couldn't help but admire, Fu Luoxiang deserved to be the most beautiful of the princesses, but it was a pity that he came from a humble background, and later ended up alone.
Fu Luoxiang seemed to be aware of Zhan Xinglan's gaze, so he also looked at Zhan Xinglan.
The two bowed slightly towards each other, as if they had a tacit understanding.
At this time, Emperor Jing and Empress Yue were there
Surrounded by a group, he slowly walked out of the Ziyun Tower.
"Your Majesty has arrived! Her Royal Highness has arrived!"
The crowd stood up and saluted.
Emperor Jing said: "All the ministers are flat! Take a seat!"
After that, Emperor Jing sat down first, and everyone sat down one after another.
Zhan Xinglan knew that this was the next high-sounding words.
But what Emperor Jing said next shocked everyone present.
"I heard that the Ming Guo Mansion held a big wedding for the new Tanhua yesterday, and the Ming Guo Gong did his best for the country, and he was born Lang Jun and was so outstanding, he is really a pillar of the country. Today, I will make the good things of the Zhan family come together, and I am here to marry King Ling and Zhan Xinglan, the third lady of Zhan!"