Chapter Twenty-Seven: Red Lotus
Hanwang Palace.
As one of the seven overlords of today, the palace is not much weaker than other countries in terms of floor area and luxury, after all, once upon a time, it was also generous, especially during the period when Shen Bu harmed the law, South Korea's national strength reached its peak, and the crossbows and swords created were feared by all countries.
At that time, there was even a saying that "the sword of the world is Han for the public", and "the world's strong bows and crossbows are all from Han".
It can be said that South Korea at that time even arrogantly believed that it could touch any powerful country in the world, and then annexed Chen and Song one after another, which was extremely public, and even had the title of "little overlord".
However, South Korea has the strongest man in the world next to him, Boss Wei, how can it watch South Korea's little brother become bigger and stronger, plus South Korea provoked it, not to mention the Xinzheng War, which directly crushed South Korea's dream of hegemony after four months.
The family foundation accumulated for more than ten years is a one-time *** sparse.
At that time, Sun Bin of Qi was also a sixth old, he was staring at Pang Juan of Wei, South Korea directly became a bait, and when the two countries were exhausted, he launched the battle of Malingdao, and used a classic strategy to encircle Wei to save Han, and the tens of thousands of troops of Wei were wiped out, and Wei Wushu of Wei was directly destroyed.
South Korea has directly changed from a little bully to a weak brother.
The strongest man in the world of Wei fell from the altar and became the target of all countries, and he survived until he was destroyed by Qin.
Perhaps the awkward position of the two countries has long been doomed to their end.
Now.
Zhao Jia stepped into this palace with Han Fei, and the history of these two Zhao compatriots came to mind inadvertently, to be honest, the three brothers of the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei are worthy of the same mother, and they all like to be public, and when they are advantageous, they are even more profligate, unlike the low-key accumulation of Qin State, when they can be angry, it is not an ordinary Douse.
It's like a young man who has just stepped out of society, until he was pulled a *** pocket.
"Childe, how is the royal palace in Korea compared to Zhao and Qin?"
Han Fei seemed to notice Zhao Jia's gaze at the palace, and asked.
"It's a little more elegant, full of traces of time."
Zhao Jia thought about it and gave an answer, if it is really about the degree of newness and oldness, the palace of Han is naturally not as good as the palaces of Zhao and Qin, but the style of the building is still very good, perhaps it has something to do with the inheritance of Zheng Guo's "legacy", after all, this place was Zheng Guo's palace many years ago, and naturally retains some traces of it.
Come to think of it.
He looked at Han Fei and asked softly, "It is rumored that the Han Palace" was built on the palace of Zheng Guo, I wonder if there are still traces of the old site?" β
"Naturally, but after so many years, there are not many traces left, if the prince really wants to see the old site of King Zheng's palace, you can go to the cold palace to have a look."
Han Fei was obviously very familiar with the Han Palace, so he opened his mouth and said.
"So where do we go next?"
Zhao Jia looked at Han Fei and asked.
Han Fei groaned for a while, laughed dryly, approached Zhao Jia's side, and said in a similar voice: "Childe, I won't hide it from you, my father's intention is to let you meet with Honglian once to see if they have eye contact with each other, as for the rest, we will talk about it later." β
That's embarrassing~
Zhao Jia had a touch of playfulness in his eyes, he probably understood what Han Fei meant, Han Wangan was going to arrange for them to go on a blind date.
In this era, there is naturally a blind date, especially these princes and noble sons.
Just like Ying Zheng marrying a wife, both Chu and Qi sent their own princesses to Qin, and let Ying Zheng choose, and those who have eyes can stay, and even if they are trying to win over Qi, both of them will marry.
It seems to be similar at the moment, but Zhao Jia doesn't have Zhao Wangyan's help, he can only rely on himself, and now Han Wangan doesn't seem to have any intention of marrying Princess Honglian to him, so he used this method, if the two of them don't see each other, there is no need to make trouble in the court, so that both sides don't look good.
"Okay."
Zhao Jia nodded and answered.
"Also, my sister is a little willful, if I offend Childe in any way, I will apologize to Childe in advance."
Han Fei looked at Zhao Jia's somewhat handsome face, pursed his lips, and reminded.
"Don't worry, Ninth Prince, I won't bother with Princess Red Lotus."
Zhao Jia smiled and said indifferently, for the little red flower of the red lotus, how could he not know that a naΓ―ve and romantic, lively and willful girl, the other party is not more than fourteen years old this year, according to modern terms, he is still a junior high school student, but Qin Shi's water and soil are indeed a bit nourishing, and this delicate flower is extremely moist.
When Han Fei heard this, his heart settled a little, and he immediately stopped talking nonsense and took Zhao Jia to the Red Lotus's dormitory.
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In a dormitory.
Princess Honglian, dressed in a pink and white palace dress, was sitting at the table, pouting her moist cherry lips angrily, like an abandoned cutie.
She blinked her bright and translucent peach blossom eyes, her long and curled eyelashes were filled with tears, her eyes were red, her head was tilted with displeasure, and she had an expression that no one wanted to care, she already felt abandoned at this moment, and no one wanted her anymore.
My brother didn't use it, and her father forced her to see that son, and everyone stopped looking at her, and that feeling made her feel good and feel like she had lost everything.
At this moment, a soft-looking woman was standing beside the red lotus, her beautiful eyes looked at the red lotus a little helplessly, and persuaded her softly: "Red lotus, what your father means is just to let you go and meet, if you don't like it, you can discuss it again then, we women are going to marry after all." β
Speaking of this, Hu Meiren's eyes showed a trace of sadness, but this sadness only lasted for a moment, as a woman in the palace, she was already much better than the world.
At least there is no need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and there is no need to be afraid of someone coveting her beauty.
The only thing to lose, perhaps, is freedom.
"I want to marry you, but I won't marry."
Honglian retorted with a crying voice, the words obviously didn't go through her head, at this moment she hated her brother to death, and what she promised her before was all bullshit.
As for Hu Meiren's comfort, she didn't listen either.
She still doesn't know about her father, if she really doesn't want her to marry, why let her go to see the son of Zhao Guo, it is said that he is still a down-and-out son who was sent to Qin State as a hostage.
Hu Meiren was laughed at angrily, she is the woman of the king of the father of the red lotus, even if she is only a beauty at the moment, she is also the woman's woman, and the red lotus said this, if she said this to other women in the palace, she would inevitably let the other party know what cruelty is, really when she, the beauty second only to Mrs. Mingzhu, is a vegetarian?
"You~"
Hu Meiren shook her head helplessly, and wanted to persuade something, but the voice of the maid came from the palace gate.
"Your Highness, Hu Meiren, the Ninth Prince and the Prince of Zhao have arrived."
The voice fell.
Honglian blinked, and then the red peach blossom eyes looked out of the hall, and the angry cheeks were visibly bulging, and she couldn't wait to rush out and bite Han Fei to death, the bullshit brother actually brought someone in person, you see that after today's incident, she can't smash his wine.
will drink!
Now I don't even want my own sister!
Thinking of this, tears were about to fall from Honglian's aggrieved eyes.
"Red Lotus!"
Seeing this scene, Hu Meiren frowned slightly, and reminded that the princess of a country, crying to see the prince of another country, this matter is not very good for Honglian's reputation.
Honglian sniffed, stubbornly swallowed back her tears, and said fiercely: "I'm fine!" β
"Childe, please!"
At this moment, Han Fei's figure appeared in front of Honglian's eyes, and he saw that he, the stinky brother he missed so much in the past, was leading the way for someone like a "leper dog" at the moment.
Soon, another figure also walked into the palace.
The man is very young, about twenty, with a slender figure, a pair of black and white Danfeng eyes, delicate eyebrows, fair and delicate complexion, thin lips, straight nose, long black hair tied behind his head by a hosta, wearing a luxurious robe, the whole is black, with gold wire edges at the edges, with an indescribable extravagance.
The first time she saw the other party, Honglian also blinked, she didn't expect the other party to be so good-looking, and for a while, the resistance in her heart seemed to have disappeared a lot.
"This is the eldest son of Zhao Guo, he is really a talent, and his bearing is extraordinary."
The moment Hu Meiren saw Zhao Jia, she greeted her with a smile, as a woman in the palace, this kind of communication has long been familiar with it.
Zhao Jia naturally also saw Hu Meiren, and recognized the identity of the other party at a glance, because Hu Meiren and Mrs. Hu are sisters, although they are several years apart, their appearance is still somewhat similar, but their temperament is different, compared to Mrs. Hu's restrained softness, Hu Meiren is more dazzling, charming and moving, like a jar of freshly brewed wine, rippling with fragrance, exuding an attractive atmosphere.
"Han Fei has seen Hu Meiren!"
Han Fei bowed his hand to Hu Meiren and said softly, while looking at the red lotus behind him and blinking.
Red Lotus glared at Han Fei fiercely, if it weren't for Zhao Jia and Hu Meiren being present, she would definitely pounce on Han Fei and teach Han Fei a lesson, hateful brother!
"Zhao Jia has seen Hu Meiren, and has seen... Princess Red Lotus! β
Zhao Jia saluted Hu Meiren, and then looked at the red lotus, smiling, and politely saluted.
Hu Meiren raised her hand to support her, then swept her eyes to Red Lotus, and said helplessly: "Childe doesn't need to be polite, Red Lotus, since the guests have arrived, are you still sitting?" β
Honglian hesitated, reluctantly got up, walked slowly to Hu Meiren's side, and bowed to Zhao Jia: "Honglian has seen Gongzi." β
"Red Lotus, the first time the prince came to the palace, you take him outside for a walk."
Hu Meiren saw Honglian's little arrogance, covered her mouth and chuckled, and said softly.
Honglian glanced at Zhao Jia's prosperous beauty, pursed her lips, did not refuse, nodded, turned around and walked towards the outside of the palace.
Zhao Jia bowed slightly to Han Fei and Hu Meiren, then turned around and followed the red lotus.
Wait for the two to leave.
Han Fei thanked Hu Meiren: "Red Lotus is willful, Hu Meiren has worked hard these days." β
"Princess Red Lotus's personality is innocent and romantic, and the concubine body is also very fond of it, so the ninth prince doesn't need to be like this."
Hu Meiren smiled and said softly.
Don't wait for Han Fei to say anything.
She continued: "Your father is still waiting for news from me, and this will be handed over to the Ninth Prince. β
Han Fei nodded.
Hu Meiren didn't say anything more, and walked towards the outside of the hall with her maid.
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Honglian took Zhao Jia out of the palace and walked along the wide passage towards the front, and after a while, she was the first to break the calm, and the bright peach blossom eyes looked at Zhao Jia, and asked, "Where do you want to go?" β
"It's my first time here, and I'm not familiar with the Han Palace, where does His Highness like to play on weekdays, so you might as well take me to see it."
Zhao Jia looked at this little delicate flower, thought for a while, and said softly.
"Oh."
Honglian answered, and led the way.
Sure enough, it's still a girl who is easy to deceive...... Zhao Jia saw this scene and smiled in his heart, when he met this kind of innocent and flawless girl, a handsome person can really do whatever he wants, in the final analysis, whether it is a man or a woman, they are visual creatures, especially when they are teenagers, who can resist beautiful women and handsome guys.
A person's first impression matters.
He looked at Honglian, looked at her red eyes, groaned a little, took out a handkerchief from his cuff and handed it over, "Your Highness cried just now?" β
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Honglian looked at the handkerchief handed over, paused, and then stared at Zhao Jia fiercely, and snorted softly: "It has nothing to do with you!" β
After speaking, he didn't take the handkerchief handed over by Zhao Jia, and strode forward, and even sped up a few points, which didn't seem like Zhao Jia would see his embarrassed appearance.
"If Your Highness resists this marriage, you can act as if this incident never happened."
Zhao Jia followed the red lotus unhurriedly, looked at the red lotus with gentle eyes, and said gently, the soft tone was like a spring breeze.
"What? You hate me?! β
Honglian simply stopped, staring at Zhao Jia with peach blossom eyes, and asked, she felt that Zhao Jia saw her shameful side and disliked her.
Zhao Jia shook his head with a smile, and asked instead of answering: "With the appearance of a princess, will there be men in the world who dislike it?" β
"You're pretty good at talking."
When Honglian heard this, the corners of her mouth showed a slight proud smile, like a proud little phoenix, tilting her chin slightly, and humming softly.
"Let's just tell the truth."
Zhao Jia knows very well how to deal with a girl like Honglian, such a girl only needs to be smoothed and coaxed.
"Give me the handkerchief."
Red Lotus pursed her lips and raised her hand to ask.
Zhao Jia handed it over.
"Thank you."
Honglian took it and wiped the corners of her eyes, she didn't want to be so embarrassed to see the guests, but who let Han Wangan and her brother go so far, they didn't ask her opinion, and they locked her in the palace for the past two days, not letting her go out, and she was not a bird in a cage.
"There's one more thing here, I'll help you."
Zhao Jia suddenly reached out and held Honglian's soft little hand, and in Honglian's stunned gaze, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a serious and gentle expression.
Honglian looked at the gentle and handsome big brother in front of her, and was stunned for a while.