The family banquet in the palace was set on the day of Gu Yu, and the spring rain outside the palace was continuous, blowing a humid warm wind. The main hall of the North Palace is full of singing and dancing, and the dancing sleeves are like clouds. Qin Zheng ensemble, Qin Se and Ming.

The queen mother and the emperor sat on the jade platform of the main hall on the left and right, and there were some delicacies and palace delicacies on the table.

Because it was a family banquet, only a few people close to the royal family were invited, the Chu family Zhenguo and his wife, and the younger generations of the Chu royal family who had established meritorious deeds on the day the palace was broken. The queen mother's nephew came with his wife and daughter, plus the second lady of the Wei family and the eldest son of the Wei family that Chen Xiang must meet.

The queen mother hasn't seen Cheng Yong for a long time, and her previous impression of this child was not bad, he was a well-read son, but his background was too low to be worthy of the princess. However, later I heard that the first emperor said that he wanted to open Enke for this person, and said that this person had good learning, and if he was appreciated by Rong Zhan, he would definitely be able to go to high school. Therefore, the Queen Mother accepted Cheng Yong's marriage to Princess Chenxiang calmly.

Yuan Xi sat next to Rong Zhan, because she was pregnant, she couldn't drink alcohol, and she could only use red date tea instead.

The emperor seems to be very happy today, and has rewarded several juniors of the Chu royal family, and they have all been appointed as festival envoys in various states. This moved the old man Chu to tears.

I haven't had a lively gathering with my family for a long time, and the Queen Mother is also happy in her heart, raised her glass, and said with a smile: "Today is a festive family banquet, you don't have to be restrained, you drink happily, the more lively the better,"

When everyone saw the Queen Mother say this, they all smiled and raised their wine glasses.

Chen Xiang secretly glanced at Cheng Yong with a jade cup, he was wearing a set of jade-colored clothes, and he was wearing a piece of pandan warm jade. Princess Chenxiang pouted, a little displeased in her heart.

Taking advantage of the Queen Mother's time to watch the singing and dancing, Chen Xiang quietly slipped out and hid in an empty hall where no one was around.

"Bao Xi, you go in and spread the word and ask the son of the Wei family to come out. ”

Bao Xi went for a while and came back alone: "Princess, the eldest young master said that today's queen mother's family banquet, it is not good to be absent as a minister, he refused to come out, and asked the princess to return the banquet quickly." ”

"What?" "Chen Xiang stared at a pair of round eyes: "I called him, and he didn't dare to come out?"

"This ......," Bao Xi was speechless for a moment.

Chen Xiang raised his hand and pointed to the palace: "You go and tell him that this princess has something to ask him, if he knows each other, he will come out immediately, if he pushes again, this princess will go in and ask him face to face, I am afraid it will be even more ugly at that time." ”

Bao Xi responded, this time he called Cheng Yong out, but it was also through the reluctance of the boss.

"Students, see Her Royal Highness the Princess. Cheng Yong said, bowed to the ground, and kowtowed heavily.

Chen Xiang hissed, aggrieved again, and with a little anger: "Wei Chengyong, what do you mean by this? Kneel back and forth, Chengxin makes this princess unhappy, isn't it? You will be a colt soon, you don't have to be so polite." ”

Cheng Yong still knelt and said: "If you go back to the princess, if the emperor has not given marriage for a day, the student will not be a colt for a day." Even if the emperor gives marriage in the future, Wei Chengyong is also the princess's subordinate, and he can't be disrespectful to the princess, and the bow is indispensable. ”

"You ......" Chen Xiang pointed at him, her angry little face turned white, and her fingertips trembled: "Who wants you to kneel there!

"Yes, Student Princess Xie. Cheng Yong slowly stood up, still hanging his hands and standing aside with his head down.

Chen Xiang didn't want to continue to entangle with him, so she stepped forward and pulled out Cheng Yong's clothes, and said, "Why are you wearing this? Why don't you wear it?"

Cheng Yong took a step back, pulled back his clothes, and said indifferently: "If you go back to the princess, it is the princess's reward, and the students dare not wear it without permission." He has already burned incense and prayed at home and offered it to the Bodhisattva. The princess is kind-hearted, and the Bodhisattva will be able to bless the princess with a long life. ”

"Offered?" Chenxiang's eyes widened: "Are you a dead brain? You are the princess's concubine, and the wife makes a dress for her husband, do you want you to worship it every day? Besides, I hid a letter in the package skin, that is, asking you to wear that dress to the palace banquet, can you see it? You only know that you must respect the princess's reward, why don't you know that you must respect the princess's words?"

"Letter?" Cheng Yong paused for a moment, and then said indifferently: "Back to the princess, the student didn't see any letter?"

"Didn't you see it?" Chen Xiang hesitated for a moment, Wei Chengyong was a dead brain, if he didn't see the letter, so he didn't dare to wear the princess's reward, it would be understandable. Chen Xiang flattened his mouth: "That's it, I guess I was accidentally lost by Shi Yushui." ”

The princess comforted herself and smiled: "That's it, those who don't know are not guilty, since you haven't seen this princess's letter, this princess will forgive you once." However, you have to promise me that the next time we meet, you will wear it for me. ”

Cheng Yong lowered his head, his face turned red, and as the princess stretched out his hand, Cheng Yong unconsciously took two steps back and hung the princess's hand in the air.

"If you go back to the princess, the master's reward should be carefully collected, and it should not be taken out to show off the market, otherwise it will be a great disrespect to the master. Although Wei Chengyong was born in a family of businessmen, he still knows the rules and etiquette, and he never dares to do things that are out of line. Cheng Yong lowered his head and arched his hand and said, "Forgive Cheng Yong for being difficult to obey." ”

"You?!" Chen Xiang glared at him, her eyes full of tears, "What do you call me?"

"Princess. ”

"Whose reward did you just say?"

"Master. Cheng Yong said, lifted the front swing again, and knelt down.

"I'm your future wife!" said this softly, two tears of anger slid down her cheeks.

Cheng Yong saw her crying, so he hurriedly bowed down and kowtowed: "The student is a capital crime." ”

"Eldest young master, why are you so suffering? The princess is sincere to you, and you are also a scholar, you should know that sincerity is rare and you can't live up to it?" Bao Xi said, taking out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe her tears.

Sincerity? Sincerity is indeed hard to find, and a true heart that he has loved with all his heart has been crushed into dust by the first emperor. is the word sincerity, the most painful, every time I hear these two words, Cheng Yong's heart hurts like a knife.

How many sincere hearts can a person bear in his life? The princess's heart is sincere, isn't Lan Yu's heart sincere? The princess's heart may not be more precious than Lan Yu's heart, and Lan Yu's heart may not be more humble than the princess's heart.

Cheng Yong hung his head, suddenly remembering that year, when he was fiddling with the incalculable bad accounts in the counter, a pretty red came into view, like a little fox on the top of a snowy mountain, with light snowflakes sticking to his hair and shawl.

Lan Yu hooked the corners of his lips at him, and his heart melted.

That's also a heart, what a rare heart.

Later, his heart was lost......

Cheng Yong raised his head, the princess had already cried and put on makeup, and the tear stains on her face washed away the fat powder, revealing a deep and shallow complexion.

"Wei Chengyong, what does it mean that you keep wearing this piece of pandan warm jade? Did you have a sweetheart? It was given to you by your sweetheart?"

Cheng Yong knelt, not affirming, nor denying. Seeing him like this, Chen Xiang understood a little in his heart.

Her body trembled, like a kite with a broken string: "That's why you don't accept me? You've always hated me, haven't you? You hate me for stealing your beloved woman's place, because I'm about to replace her and become your wife?"

Cheng Yong pursed his lips and didn't say a word.

Chen Xiang suddenly broke free of Bao Xi's hand, pounced on Cheng Yong, and grabbed him by the collar: "Wei Chengyong, you bastard! What do you say?

Cheng Yong knelt and let his clothes be pulled by her. The princess was a little stronger, Cheng Yong leaned over, and stood up on her own. Miyaka raised her hand and slapped him hard.

"Why, you say!?"

Seeing that Cheng Yong had been silent, Chen Xiang no longer had the patience to continue to ask questions, so he took the opportunity to tear off the pandan warm jade from his waist and put it aside.

Although jade is harder than glass, where can it afford such a heavy fall?

Cheng Yong pounced violently, but he couldn't intercept it, and the jade hit the bluestone ground, cracking into a few small fragments. is like the broken heart in Chengyong's chest.

"You!" Cheng Yong stood up suddenly, looked at Chen Xiang hatefully, and held the broken jade tightly in his palm, the hole on the edge of the jade was a little sharp, cutting the flesh of his palm, and the red blood fell on the blue-black ground drop by drop.

"Don't you just want to hear an answer? Okay, I'll tell you. Cheng Yong gritted his teeth hatefully: "Princess, Wei Chengyong has never loved you, and Cheng Yong doesn't know what is good about him, and he has won the favor of the princess." Cheng Yong is really flattered. ”

He slowly raised his hand and clenched the piece of pandan warm jade.

"Didn't the princess ask Cheng Yong if he had a sweetheart? Let me tell you, I, Wei Chengyong, have only really loved one woman in my life, and that is Lan Chengjie's daughter who was robbed of her home, Lan Yu. Pandan Nuanyu is not a token given by her, but her name. ”

"Name?" Chen Xiang was startled by his blood-red eyes, but she still couldn't help but ask, "What about Lanyu?"

"She's dead, dead in the prison of Dali Temple!" Cheng Yong's muscles twitched violently: "Princess, don't you knowingly ask if it's okay? Isn't all this due to the first emperor? The first emperor killed Cheng Yong's beloved woman, but forced Cheng Yong to marry his daughter, isn't this the most ridiculous and ironic joke in the world?!"

Chenxiang bit her lip, her body trembled, and Bao Xi hugged her tightly before she could barely stand up straight.

"So, so you hate me and want to take revenge on me? Again and again, you trampled my kindness to you and your feelings under your feet, didn't you?" Chen Xiang stubbornly wiped her tears and shouted hysterically: "Wei Chengyong, you are such a bastard! I don't know, I don't know if you have someone you like! If I knew, I would never ask the rich father to marry me to you!"