Pulling her to his side, Qin Yan looked as usual, poured her a cup of warm tea without any haste, and said in a clear voice, "This wine is strong, if you like it, I'll ask someone to bring a pot of sake."
Liu Yin: "..."
Seeing the tea poured for her by the other party condescendingly, she immediately took it over flattered, and immediately shook her head, "No... no need, I don't like drinking much either."
At any rate, with so many people around, she naturally had to maintain her image. In the future, if the reputation of the princess as a drunkard spread, where would her father's old face go
Hearing this, Qin Yan didn't say another word, but at this moment a tall and straight man suddenly came in from outside the painting boat. He was dressed in a dark blue brocade robe, tall and tall, and there was a slight smile on his clear face. The boy next to Qin Yan was obviously taken aback, and then the smile on the corner of his mouth widened even further.
"I have seen His Highness." He cupped his hands and nodded.
Your Highness? !
The dancers and maidservants in the painting boat were startled, and they couldn't help but secretly raised their eyes to look at the man with extraordinary bearing, especially Zhang's mother in the corner, who was even more shocked. No wonder so many high-ranking officials and nobles Respectful, but I don't know which prince it is, or...
Glancing at the group of dancers, Xia Yi immediately waved his hands, "Let's all step back."
In an instant, everyone retreated quickly, even Zhang's mother didn't dare to stay longer, and the whole painting boat was instantly quiet.
"Your Majesty has been in the capital for a few days, and you are also very lonely and forgetful. You have not been taken around for a while." Qin Yan said warmly.
Hearing this, He Ji immediately lowered his head, "Your Highness is busy with business, how dare I delay your time any longer, it's not bad to wander around by yourself. I was just brought here by Mrs. Li's second son, and I heard that Bachelor Xia is also here. I wanted to come to pay a visit, but I never thought His Highness would be here."
Liu Yin lowered her head and was idly biting the pastry. These men all talked nicely, but in fact they came here to have fun, but they all had to find excuses.
After saying that, Qin Yan just smiled in his eyes, and said calmly: "Today's Lantern Festival, the Crown Princess wants to go out of the palace to have a look, so Gu can only bring her out."
Liu Yin's eyes widened instantly, and he glared at the man beside him with resentment, is there such a thing as throwing blame? ! Shameless!
Seeing this, He Ji just smiled faintly, and didn't step over to the other side to sit down until the person above shouted "Give me a seat".
At this time, a son of a clan's family couldn't help but smiled and said: "I thought the son didn't like to come to this kind of place. If I knew it, I should have taken you out a few days ago."
"Yes, the scenery around Luoxi Lake is really good, and the beauties are also top-notch, so you don't have to go south and west." The other person also laughed.
For a while, He Ji just took a sip of his wine, with a faint smile on his brows, "I haven't married a wife yet, so I have to go out for a walk, otherwise I'm afraid I'll have to sneak around in the future."
After the words fell, everyone laughed, but what they said was the truth. If you marry a regular wife, if you come to this kind of romantic land again, you will definitely be targeted by those old-fashioned old censors, and you will be detained again. The wind of corruption will be a lot of trouble at that time.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but secretly glanced at the Crown Princess in front of them, and their eyes instantly turned subtle. For some reason, they always felt that the words of the Prince of Zhennan seemed to have some deep meaning.
Liu Yin was a little embarrassed sitting there, always felt that she was just a light bulb, these men came to have fun, why did she appear here.
"There are also many women with outstanding moral character in the capital. I can let the queen mother look for the son for the son, and the son will be satisfied." Qin Yan suddenly said.
After finishing speaking, Xia Yi from below also said: "Yes, I think Princess Mingyue is not bad, just right for a son."
Hearing this, the others looked at each other and held back their smiles. No one knew that Princess Mingyue had been chasing after the prince these past few days. Wouldn't it be a crime to marry and go home
Hearing Xia Yi's words, Liu Yin's eyebrows twitched slightly, this is poisonous, whoever marries that dominatrix and goes home, will have a peaceful life in the future.
"Xia Xueshi said carefully, Qingyu, a woman, must never be joking, and such things must not be mentioned again." He Ji frowned solemnly.
Everyone else smiled and raised their glasses, "Come and drink."
In an instant, there was chatter and laughter in the painting boat again, Liu Yin propped her chin and continued to bite her pastry, she was just a superfluous existence.
"I heard that civil strife has recently occurred in the Eastern Kingdom. Several princes were assassinated. It was actually the Elder Prince who did it. The emperor of the Eastern Kingdom has become ill with anger, and even the border has been under martial law. It can be seen that it is really going to die."
Following one person's voice, the others followed suit, "For the emperor's birthday banquet, the Eastern Kingdom will definitely send envoys to come. I think it is possible to bring the one in the palace back."
"That's right, that's right, I also think it's possible, but I'm afraid that protonic temper will be taken care of long ago. Even if I go back, how can I fight against the other brothers?"
Everyone talked to each other, but Liu Yin thought about it for a while, and felt that they seemed to be talking about Ji Lin, so she said that there is no unparalleled road, and she will definitely be able to go back.
"In this way, I remember that there have been a lot of turmoil in the Turkic side this year, and a profuse khan died. I heard that the new profuse khan is very young, and I don't know if he will live in other nomads."
Speaking of this, Xia Yi chuckled lightly, "Wouldn't it be better? In the past, the group of Turks always attacked the border and robbed food. Now that they are in chaos, they can't have other thoughts."
"According to me, we should teach them a hard lesson, so that they can remember our godly power, what do you think, Your Highness?" A person looked respectfully at the person above him.
Liu Yin curled her lips, this group of people can only talk on paper, and everyone knows how to make sarcastic remarks without even being on the battlefield.
Hearing this, Qin Yan just sipped his wine without changing his face, "The Turkic territory is vast and unsuitable for control. There are endless nomads, and it takes a lot of troops to suppress it. It's not worth it for a resource-poor area."
After the words fell, the others also thought deeply and echoed: "Your Highness is right, and such a poor place really shouldn't waste too many troops."
Squeezing a grape and putting it in his mouth, Liu Yin really wanted to laugh, these people are still far behind him in flattering, no wonder he is so attentive, the prince still doesn't have a good face, he has already gotten used to it.
Only He Ji was drinking there alone with his head down, making it hard for people to see what he was thinking clearly.
At this moment, bursts of screams suddenly came from outside the painting boat, and the noise continued one after another. Liu Yin suddenly became nervous. Could there really be an assassin
The others also showed doubts, and immediately asked people to go out to have a look. At this time, the imperial guards outside also immediately guarded the surroundings, as if they were afraid of something happening.
Seeing that the man next to him was still drinking wine calmly, Liu Yin didn't have the strength to concentrate, so she quickly sat down, clutching the man's sleeves tightly with both hands, and lowered her voice with lingering fear, "If there is any danger later, Brother Prince, you must not just ignore death, otherwise my aunt will definitely miss me."
She was afraid that the prince would sit idly by and let her be clicked by the assassin, and then no one would pester him anymore, it was perfect.
Hearing that uneasy voice, Qin Yan glanced at her, with a slight arc on the corner of his mouth, "I can only do my best."
Liu Yin: "..."
A one-night couple with a hundred days of grace, even though they didn't have a relationship, they have been worshiped anyway, must they be so unfeeling? !
The noise outside continued, and it seemed to be coming from the east. Not long after, the general from before suddenly walked in, the sword in his hand was still bloody, which shocked a group of people.
"His Royal Highness, none of them ran away." He respectfully said.
Liu Yin blinked in confusion, what does this mean
On the other hand, the man next to him suddenly got up, and then walked out without any fluctuations in his expression. Liu Yin hurriedly followed, and so did the others.
When I came outside, I saw that the imperial guards were guarding the painting boats around, the boat on the east side was the worst, and those young masters who were looking for fun did not know where they were going. The Luoxi Lake, which was still drunk with money, was instantly solemn and the atmosphere was oppressive. It's uncomfortable.
Liu Yin hurriedly followed behind Qin Yan, until the boat approached the ship in the east, a strong smell of blood rushed to his face, and there were even a few corpses on the deck, it was the first time he saw such a bloody scene, She could only take a deep breath to calm herself down.
The man in front suddenly stopped, looked at the young man with a bad face behind him, immediately stretched out his hand to pull him over, and suddenly covered her eyes with his big hand.
"Clean that up."
A deep male voice sounded beside her ear, Liu Yin stood there dumbfounded, her vision was pitch black, and she could only faintly hear the sound of falling water.
Including Xia Yi, the expressions of all the people following behind changed slightly. They all looked at this scene with rather complicated eyes, and were somewhat incredulous and shocked. It seemed that the rumors were just rumors after all.
And He Ji looked away with such a deep gaze, rather than being surprised, he was more curious about what kind of person this princess is and what those rumors are all about.
Until the light came back in front of her eyes, she saw that the corpses on the deck had disappeared, and even the blood had faded a lot. She blinked and glanced at the people next to her, she couldn't help but blush, "Thank you, Brother Prince."
Looking at her, Qin Yan went straight up to the painting boat, and Liu Yin who was behind hurriedly took him by the hand and crossed over, but the smell of blood was indeed very pungent, so she could only go in holding her nose.
No matter inside or outside, there are many imperial guards guarding, and a fly can't fly out. This is the scene. When you enter inside, you can see a large group of men and women squatting on the ground, and there are many bloodstains spreading.
Taking a closer look, Liu Yin could see a few familiar people, then... isn't that an official from the court
When they saw the person coming, the people squatting on the ground were even more heartbroken, and they knelt down on the ground with ashen faces, trembling uncontrollably.
There were several large boxes inside, all of which were opened at this time, and they were all boxes of gold bars, which seemed to be worth several million taels.
After sweeping through the boxes, Qin Yan stepped in front of them, glanced at everyone condescendingly, "Master Liu, what do you mean?"
The gentle male voice was like a reminder, and one by one knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Highness, forgive me! The humble ministers are all infatuated for a while, please forgive me, Your Highness!"
"forgive?"
Qin Yan's eyes turned cold, "Will those people who work hard and pay taxes forgive you?"
"Your Highness, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life! It was Wang Dafa and the others who seduced the humble minister, and the humble minister was only temporarily obsessed to let go of such a serious crime!" A trembling official suddenly crawled over on his knees.
But before he approached, the imperial guards on the side immediately took him down, but those merchants who sold private salt were also kneeling there with pale faces, and they were all in charge, otherwise they would not have acted recklessly for so many years , but did not expect to be given a pot by the prince!
The people who came behind all shut up knowingly, but the eyes of the man became more and more awed. No wonder His Highness the Crown Prince came to such a place for the first time today. It turned out that he had been prepared for a long time, and he was afraid that there would be another chaos in the court tomorrow. .
But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, and a middle-aged man in court uniform hurried in, and when he saw the man, he quickly knelt down and saluted, "My minister kowtowed to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" !"
Liu Yin's gaze paused, this... Isn't this her cousin
Glancing at his eyes, Qin Yan said in a low voice, "Lord Liu came just in time."
After this kind of thing happened, none of Jing Zhaoyin's people showed up, which inevitably made people suspicious, and everyone unconsciously turned their attention to the princess, and suddenly wondered how His Highness would deal with the people of Liu's family.
"Your Highness, forgive me, I rushed over as soon as I received the news, I didn't expect that I was a step late, which surprised Your Highness, I deserve death!" Liu Lixing kowtowed profusely.
Liu Yin's expression was a bit complicated, no wonder her father told her to inform her, but she couldn't leave at all, and this kind of thing was very likely to be discovered.
After a while, she suddenly looked at the man next to him with a slightly cold expression and said timidly: "I... my cousin has asthma, so he must have been asleep by now, so... he came late."
She remembered that her mother seemed to have mentioned that the other party must have asthma.
Hearing his niece's words, Lu Lixing's eyes lit up immediately, "Yes, yes, this old problem of Weichen has been going on for many years, and I never thought that I would delay the important matter. I really deserve to die!"
The others sneered in their hearts, and this kind of excuse was only for three-year-old children. There was no one patrolling around Luoxi Lake. It was absolutely impossible to say that Jing Zhaoyin had nothing to do with this matter.
The two sang together, and Qin Yan stared at the woman next to him quietly, without saying a word.
Looking at each other, Liu Yin looked away erratically, thinking of something, suddenly grabbed the other party's sleeve, and said solemnly: "It's so late at night, cousin, let's go back to the palace, and leave these to other people to deal with." Well, you have to go to court tomorrow, if you delay your rest, the queen mother will definitely blame the concubine for not taking good care of you."