Lan Ling realized that she was late, she took a look, the seat next to the emperor was empty, it should be reserved for herself.
Mingguang Hall was full of voices, but no one paid attention to her.
She stretched her waist, just about to sneak past from behind.
"The empress is here!" Yang Shu sang in a full voice.
Except for the emperor, everyone stood up and saluted, "Blessed be the empress!"
At this moment, all eyes are on her.
Lan Ling bent over and fixed there, suddenly realized that they seemed to be saluting me!
For a long time, she tried to hide herself in public as if she didn't exist. She doesn't want to be noticed.
She didn't come late on purpose today. She got up late in the first place, and struggled with whether to come or not for a long time, and these days, she obviously felt that she was very lazy.
More importantly, she forgot that she is now the queen. She thought she was still the humble concubine Ling who came in secretly, and no one would pay attention to her.
Lan Ling blushed, it was too embarrassing, would Ling Chen scold him
She stood up slowly.
His eyes looked at everyone in astonishment like a deer.
Ling Chen sat there, tilting his head to look at her, seeing her froze in panic, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she was still so worthless!
"Empress, why don't you let everyone lie down? Come and sit down!"
Ling Chen couldn't bear it anymore, so he called her.
When Lan Ling saw Ling Chen, she quickly calmed down. She was Lan Ling after all, so she reacted quickly. She immediately put on an elegant and noble smile. , slowly walked to Ling Chen and sat down.
Ling Chen stretched out his hand to hold her hand, helped her to sit up, and straightened her crooked hairpin.
With a smile on Wen Heng's face, his hands were tightly clenched, his nails almost snapped off.
Lan Ling, as long as you are here, how can I be happy
Ling Chen looked at Lan Ling and said in a low voice: "Sit down for a while, if you feel uncomfortable, tell me."
He remembered that when Wen Heng was pregnant, he couldn't smell any strange smell.
"Well, it's okay, I'll just say I don't feel well." Lan Ling said as he scanned the tables below a few times, and indeed saw some strangers.
"Your Majesty, who is Dou Erqin?" Lan Ling asked Ling Chen softly.
"The first person at the main table on the left is his younger sister, Dou Wan'er." Ling Chen said in a low voice.
Lan Ling saw that the man was tall and tall, with single eyelids, a high nose bridge, and a simple and honest face. Although his appearance was not as handsome as Jiang Rui's, he was still considered a talent.
The woman next to her has thick eyebrows and deep eye sockets, she is very pretty.
Lan Ling saw Ling Shuang sitting there, eating the dishes in front of her with her head down, with an indifferent expression on her face.
In the past few days, she wanted to find a chance to ask Jiang Rui what he meant, but she never saw him.
Ling Chen was talking and laughing happily, he was discussing the wonders of the world with the ministers and Dou Erqin. At this time, Ling Chen was very much like Lan Ling when he first met him, with a smile on his face, talking loudly, and looking chic and unrestrained.
At this moment, Dou Erqin stood up suddenly and walked to Ling Shuang, holding a white jade bottle in his hand, "Beautiful princess, this is the holy water and spar from Moon Lake in the Great Moon Kingdom, for the princess."
Ling Shuang froze for a moment.
Dou Erqin had been to Daxing before. At that time, Ling Shuang was seven or eight years old. She had heard that Moon Lake in Dayue Kingdom was their holy water. This is their custom.
Ling Shuang pretended not to understand, reached out to take the white jade bottle and looked at it, "Well, Your Highness, I also have this bottle, it was given to me by my sweetheart."
Dou Erqin's expression froze.
Ling Chen suppressed the smile on his face: "That person is already dead, Seventh Princess doesn't need to mention it anymore."
Ling Shuang's expression changed.
What she said just now was nonsense, but did Brother Huang threaten her by saying this? If she doesn't agree to the marriage, will the emperor kill Jiang Rui
Holding the holy water in her hand, Ling Shuang stared at Ling Chen with a look of horror.
Dou Erdun didn't expect that the holy water he sent would frighten Princess Lingshuang so much.
Ling Shuang raised his hand and returned the white bottle to him, and Dou Erdun held it in his hand, in a dilemma.
At this moment, Dou Wan'er stood up and reached out to take the bottle from Dou Erqin's hand, "Princess Lingshuang, you clearly know that my elder brother gave you this holy water to express his heart to you, if you don't want to just say it directly, don't you think Daxing?" Are all the women in the world so awkward?"
"Yes, I don't want to. I have someone in mind!" Ling Shuang looked up at her.
Dou Wan'er put the bottle into her pocket, "Brother, since she doesn't want to, why do you force it! This holy water just happens to be lent to my sister!"
Dou Erqin smiled heartily, turned around and returned to his seat.
Dou Wan'er bowed to Ling Chen and saluted: "Your Majesty, this princess came to Daxing Kingdom with my eldest brother this time, and they were originally married. Now it seems that Her Royal Highness in Daxing has no such intentions. It seems that the mission entrusted to us by the emperor this time It can't be done."
Ling Chen looked at her, and then at King Rui, "Daxing sincerely makes good friends with Dayue Kingdom, princess, please stay calm and don't be impatient."
Dou Wan'er walked up to Ling Chen and handed the holy water: "Your Majesty, this princess will give you this holy water!"
Lan Ling's expression changed instantly.
Ling Chen paused, raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to take it over and said with a smile: "There are many good men in Daxing, I will keep this holy water for you, and when I find a suitable princess, I will give the holy water to him!"
Ling Chen knew what Dou Wan'er meant.
He saw that Dou Wan'er helped his elder brother out of the siege, she was smart and forthright, and dared to speak and act, quite like a blue spirit.
But he didn't want to marry her. Lan Ling frowned worriedly, which made him worry.
He really wanted to marry Dou Wan'er to King Rui, but he didn't know what King Rui was thinking, so he wanted to ask King Rui before making any plans.
Lan Ling felt that this matter could not just end like this. After all, Ling Shuang prevented the prince of Dayue Kingdom from stepping down in front of so many people, and Dou Wan'er also gave her holy water to the emperor in front of so many people.
Really uneasy.
After the banquet, Ling Chen did not go to her Wangyou Palace.
Ling Shuang didn't come over either, and later Xiao Guizi said that Ling Shuang was confined by the emperor in his own palace, and no one was allowed to see her.
Lan Ling sighed, she secretly went to Shufang Palace, and saw that the gate was heavily guarded, it seemed that Ling Chen was really angry.
She thought of Ling Chen's troubles. In the past, she would definitely blame Ling Chen and trade the princess' happiness for her own stability, but now she doesn't think so.
Personal happiness is negligible compared to the disasters brought to everyone by the war between the two countries.
Jiang Rui is an orphan, with no background other than being a member of Tsing Yi Tang. As the emperor Ling Chen, how could he let the princess marry him.
What's more, Lan Ling didn't know whether Jiang Rui liked the princess. She wanted to help Ling Shuang, but she couldn't hurt Jiang Rui.
The princess had already rejected Dou Erqin in front of so many people. Although Dou Erqin was not angry at the time, how many men could accept being rejected in public? What's more, he is the prince.
Ling Shuang is indeed capricious.
Ling Chen has not come over these days. He didn't even go back to the harem.
In the afternoon of this day, Lan Ling saw Xiao Guizi coming back from the outside, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Seeing Lan Ling, he froze for a moment.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Lan Ling asked.
"Young lady, I heard that the emperor is going to marry the princess of the Great Moon Kingdom..."
"Who did you hear that from?" Lan Ling didn't believe it.
"Everyone is spreading rumors that because the princesses don't want to get married with their princes, and their princesses have taken a fancy to the emperor, they have been pestering the emperor for the past few days..."
Lan Ling didn't believe it. But I also feel that this is true.
At the banquet that day, although Ling Chen rejected Dou Wan'er, Lan Ling felt that the way the princess looked at the emperor was abnormal.