"The time has come, please take a seat as a princess and a minister!"

A tall civil official with an elegant temperament preached loudly.

This civil official Li Ran knows, and among the second-class officials of the imperial court, the only one who has a good relationship with their family is his father's former top boss, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Zhirong.

However, at present, I have only seen the domineering second princess Xiao Qingxue, and the other eldest ladies have not seen anyone at all.

He was muttering in his heart, the cheers of the people in the square reached a climax, and under the umbrella, more than 30 would-be monarchs and servants also poked their heads out, revealing a look of amazement and longing.

Li Ran followed, and sure enough, at the palace gate, two gorgeous and noble honor guards walked out, all of which were composed of beautiful female officials, and Xiao Qingxue's cavalry guards were not the same style of painting at all.

On the jade chariot at the front, there is a woman wearing a red robe, but seeing her picturesque eyebrows, white skin is better than snow, the temperament of the whole person, gentle and dusty, but she does not lose her aura at all, and the current Xuanyue Empress is quite similar, looking from afar, like a fairy walking out of the picture scroll.

"Eldest Princess Xiao Lingqiu?" Li Ran frowned, and immediately recognized the identity of the other party.

Of course, he could determine the identity of the other party, not because of Xiao Lingqiu herself, but because of the person next to her.

A tall old man wearing a dark python robe with a majestic bearing was standing beside him, discussing with her enthusiastically what was the head of the Great Xuan civil official, the host of this "worship to the gods", Prime Minister Zhang Ningfu!

"Obediently, the second princess Xiao Qingxue is surrounded by military attaches who have returned from the Eastern Expedition, and this eldest princess, as the legend says, is deeply supported by the civil officials headed by Zhang Ningfu, and now the position of the crown prince is undecided, and the two major factions of the imperial court will make something happen sooner or later. 」

Li Ran sighed in his heart, and suddenly, he didn't hate this dog system so much.

Indeed, even though the fourth princess Xiao Wan'er is not good in a thousand ways, she has one of the biggest advantages, which Li Ran admires very much.

That is, this girl, like him, is also a salted fish with no ambitions.

Such a person is also destined to live a nourishing and long life in the surging court party struggle in the following turmoil.

The reason is simple.

Everyone is busy fighting for power and profit, calling the king and the marquis, who has time to care about a salted fish with zero threat?

Li Ran thinks that although he has a heart to make trouble, after all, he was in a peaceful country in his previous life, and he was used to being comfortable, he was really afraid of death......

Not to mention the history of Huaguo in the previous life, think about how did the current Xuanyue Empress get the throne? At that time, Emperor Murong Yu staged a coup d'état and killed many people?

It's so bloody that it doesn't fit the core values at all!

Well, Fourth Princess, I love you.

Recalling the coup d'état that he told from his father, Li Ran couldn't help but confess secretly.

"Huh...... Where's my fourth princess?

Li Ran cast his gaze out, only to see that behind Xiao Lingqiu, there was also a luxurious jade chariot, but compared to the former battle of the officials holding the moon, it walked alone behind, and it seemed a little lonely.

The girl above is about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a beautiful appearance, wearing a decent royal costume, with a friendly smile on the corner of her mouth, quite a little bit of a small jasper.

"Xiao Wan'er?" Li Ran frowned: "No, this is definitely not Xiao Wan'er." ”

My princess Wan'er, such a domineering and mighty existence, how can it be such a gentle little sheep painting style?

Therefore, there is only one possibility for her identity.

Three princesses, Xiao Yanshuang!

If the eldest princess and the second princess are well-known virtuous and capable, and the fourth princess is the ultimate invincible-stirring stick famous in the universe, then this third princess is indeed ....... a little mediocre.

Of course, this is just from the perspective of the Xiao family's royal family.

In all fairness, if it is placed in any famous family on the rivers and lakes, Xiao Yanshuang's martial arts talent can definitely be regarded as a leader, but unfortunately, she is in the royal family, and there are a lot of county lords and princes like her, she is the princess with the lowest popularity among the people and the most nonexistent.

Li Ran withdrew his gaze and continued to look for his "beloved" fourth princess, he was clear in his heart, the matter had come to this, no matter how perverted the latter was, it was destined to be his thighs in the future.

At this time, all the teenagers around him were already whispering about the princesses they served, some were elated, some were amazed, and some even couldn't help but start "tactical pressure guns".

In addition, among this group of gentlemen and servants, there are some marginal people, they have a face all the way, as if others owe them a lot of money, these people are undoubtedly all the same as Li Ran, who won the fourth princess......

In front of the Shenwu Gate, a high platform has already been erected, and both sides are full of servants and priests who are responsible for ceremonial music and sacrifices, and then the eldest princess Xiao Lingqiu took the lead on the high platform, followed by the third princess Xiao Yanshuang, Prime Minister Zhang Ningfu and other officials.

Xiao Qingxue, who was dressed in a military uniform, walked at the end unhurriedly, as if she deliberately staggered with her sister.

Li Ran saw everything in his eyes, and suddenly "chuckled" in his heart: "It seems that the dispute between the eldest princess and the second princess for the crown prince has intensified to the table, and it is difficult to even cover it up." ”

He was thinking about it, and sure enough, Xiao Lingqiu was the first to sit down, and those sitting on both sides of her were Zhang Ningfu and the third princess Xiao Yanshuang, as for Xiao Qingxue, she stood aside, talking and laughing with the military generals and subordinates on the side, without the slightest intention of sitting down.

"Princess Bingda, there are a total of thirty-seven quasi-monarchs and servants, all of whom have arrived. ”

An official from Taichang Temple reported.

"Lord Lu, this time to worship the gods, I and the imperial daughter, just came to watch the ceremony, you should report to Zhang Xiang for specific matters. ”

Xiao Lingqiu said with a smile.

The official immediately replied and reported to Zhang Ningfu again.

"So, let's get started, go and ask for the "Holy Stone"!"

Zhang Ning Fu said.

"Wait. ”

Xiao Lingqiu's beautiful eyes glanced around coldly: "Where is my fourth sister?"

An official of Taichang Temple knelt up: "Princess Bingda, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess...... It's gone. ”

"Gone?"

Xiao Lingqiu's face sank: "What a good person, how could he suddenly disappear?" If you don't send someone to find it quickly, if the mother emperor learns about this, you will definitely be furious, and all of you Taichang Temple will have your heads on the ground!"

"Back to ...... Hui Bing, the entire Fourth Princess's Mansion, the minions have been searched, and now they have been quickly reported to the East Factory, and the whole imperial city is searching, I believe it...... I believe it will be found soon!" said the inner official in a trembling voice.

"This ghost girl, it's really getting more and more nonsense!"

Xiao Lingqiu looked annoyed, and said: "This girl is going crazy, the Imperial City alone is not enough, you should quickly inform the Wei Governor of the Rainbow Shadow Workshop, and ask him to dispatch all the "Rainbow Shadow Envoys" out of the city to search, just say that it is my meaning!"

"Yes!" the officer took the order.

"Sister, don't be angry, maybe ...... The fourth sister is playful for a while, where is she hiding, and she will pop out after a while, such a thing, hasn't it happened before, don't worry. ”

Xiao Yanshuang on the side comforted softly.

"Hehe, in my opinion, the fourth sister is spoiled by some people, and I can't blame anyone. Xiao Qingxue leaned on a pillar and said leisurely.

"Second sister, listen to what you mean, Wan'er is my sister alone, and her discipline has nothing to do with you, right?

Xiao Lingqiu looked coldly at his sister in military uniform in front of him.

"You don't use the mother emperor to press me, I didn't say that. ”

Xiao Qingxue played with the long sword in her hand: "In the past two years, I have been busy assisting the Governor's Mansion and sweeping away the remnants of the barbarians in Nanshawang, so I have no time to take care of others, and some people, who live deep in the palace and are pampered, in the end, even my sister can't take good care of it." ”

Seeing that the two princesses began to argue again, all the officials around them were silent, and no one dared to say a word, even Xiao Yanshuang could only look at Zhang Ningfu on the side with a helpless expression.

At this moment, only this head of a hundred officials can control the situation.

I only heard Zhang Ningfu cough lightly, and said: "Your Royal Highnesses the two princesses, for the time being, let go of your anger, according to the old minister, worshipping the gods is a major event of the royal family, if you miss the hour, it will be very bad, why don't we wait for the news of the four princesses while we carry it out, what do the two highnesses think?"

In fact, Zhang Ningfu, as the leader of this sacrifice, did not need to ask anyone at all, and the reason why he said this was to ease the atmosphere.

"I'm okay with that. Xiao Qingxue said casually.

"Well, what Zhang Xiang said is very true, let's start now. Xiao Lingqiu also regained her previous soft expression.

"Thank you, Your Highness. Zhang Ningfu bowed slightly, shook his python robe, and said loudly:

"Holy Stone, please!"

Under the infusion of internal force, his voice continued to superimpose, gradually spreading to the entire Shenwumen Square, clearly reaching the ears of the thousands of subjects present.

A second later, the audience was boiling!

Few people know that this first civil servant of the dynasty was also born in a famous martial arts family in the south, and his internal strength cultivation was above the fourth grade, and he could be regarded as a second- and third-tier master in the imperial court.

As soon as he heard the "Holy Pattern Stone", in the center of the square, under the huge parasol, more than 30 gentlemen stood up one after another, looking at the palace gate with a solemn face, and even Ma Wenjie wiped the saliva on the side of his mouth and stood up straight.

"What kind of plane, it's so serious. ”

Li Ran didn't care at all, and yawned lazily.

The last thing that allowed him to concentrate and let go of all his thoughts was the flag-raising ceremony at the elementary school.

Half an hour later, at the palace gate, a convoy of more than a dozen priests drove out, and behind the carriage, a huge object covered with a golden robe was carried.

"This is the Holy Pattern Stone?" Li Ran looked at curiously.