At this time, Chu Yujin only wanted to find Qingxuan as soon as possible and then marry her, and had no interest in marrying Princess Beilin.
He snorted coldly: "Tell King Beilin, since we have agreed to a three-year truce, I will naturally abide by the agreement, so King Beilin doesn't have to worry too much!"
North of Fengyi Palace
In the afternoon, the golden glazed tiles of Fengyi Palace shone dazzlingly in the sun. Queen Ling, who was dressed in a bird-like robe facing the phoenix, was sitting on a phoenix throne with two phoenixes chasing flowers, and was carefully checking the reports from each palace.
Princess Yonghe, dressed in pearls and emeralds, almost ran into Fengyi Palace. As soon as she saw Queen Ling, she immediately said excitedly: "Mother, have you heard? That Qingcheng was rejected by Dongyi Crown Prince Chu Yujin. I'm afraid It was the Prince of Dongyi who also found out that Qingcheng had no talent, no virtue, and a bad mind, so he was so decisive and refused the marriage directly."
Queen Ling couldn't help frowning when she saw her daughter behaving like this. This Yonghe was really spoiled. She had obviously taught her so many times what it meant to be indifferent to emotions and anger, and what it meant to be dignified and dignified as a legitimate princess, but she didn't do any of it. learn.
So she said to her coldly: "Qingcheng is your sister, and she was rejected by others. Why are you so happy? If someone sees her and spreads it to your father, what will your father think of you?"
Seeing that his mother was angry, Yonghe naturally did not dare to be presumptuous anymore. He immediately put away the smile on his face and said coquettishly: "Mother, my daughter knows she is wrong. She really shouldn't rejoice in others' misfortune!"
But she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes. She thought to herself, I must go see my good sister soon and tell her this great news.
North of Changping Palace
From the beginning of this morning, Princess Qingcheng felt that everyone in the Changping Palace was weird, always whispering behind her back, but when she saw her, she tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened. When she asked, Even if you tell her something, do you think she is so easy to fool? She just lost her memory, not stupid, these people really are.
Seeing Qingcheng's unhappy look, Hongyu quickly suggested going to the garden to catch butterflies.
As soon as the group of them arrived in the back garden, before Qingcheng had time to appreciate the colorful flowers in the garden, they met her number one rival in the palace, Princess Yonghe.
Princess Yonghe seemed to be in a good mood today, with a smile on her face that Zang Du couldn't hide.
Qingcheng originally ignored her and walked straight to the other side. Unexpectedly, Yonghe turned out to be very enthusiastic today. He stopped her with a smile and said, "Sister Qingcheng, are you going to fight the butterflies?"
After Qingcheng returned to the palace, Yonghe had been targeting her many times, both overtly and covertly. The two of them often faced each other tit for tat. They both knew each other's temperament very well. Today, Yonghe suddenly called her so affectionately. Qingcheng felt that something was wrong, so she He didn't intend to waste any more words with her. He just nodded to her slightly and said impatiently: "Yes!"
Yonghe was angry when he saw that she was still pretending. She smiled sweetly and said: "Qingcheng, Yonghe really admires your magnanimity. Now you are still in the mood to flutter butterflies."
Qingcheng was puzzled when he heard this, and said to her angrily: "Whatever you want to say, just say it directly. My father is not here at the moment, so why are you beating around the bush like this?"
Yonghe didn't expect that after not seeing each other for a few days, she would become stuttering and smart. He didn't know how to respond to her for a moment. He was about to have a fit, but then he started to giggle again.
"If a girl like this is rejected in public, she will be so ashamed that she won't be able to live any longer. It's better for you, Qingcheng, not to take it to heart at all. Yonghe really admires her, I admire her!"
"What rejection of marriage? Who was rejected?"
Qingcheng's face was full of doubts.
"Don't you know? Prince Chu Yujin of Dongyi has openly refused to marry you. Now everyone in Zhongzhou knows it, but you don't know it."
Yonghe clicked his tongue in surprise.
Hearing this, Qingcheng remembered that her father had told her a few days ago that he had found the best consort in the world for her, saying that she would marry Dongyi and become the queen of Dongyi in the future. Although she did not want to leave her father, her daughter was older. She had to get married, and her father had found such a good consort for her. Naturally, she had nothing to be picky about, but she didn't expect that if she didn't pick on others, others would pick on her.
Everyone in the world knew about her refusal to marry. Qingcheng was a little confused. She turned to look at the palace maids and eunuchs serving beside her. They all lowered their heads and dared not look at her at this moment. It seemed that it was all true. Then they had spent the whole morning The muttering must be about this.
Qingcheng suddenly felt like she had been humiliated in public, but seeing Yonghe's gloating expression at this moment, she didn't want to fall short in front of her.
She pretended not to care and said: "Oh, you tell me this, I didn't want to marry so far away, so I just refused to marry. It's just what I want. Thank you Yonghe for coming all the way to tell me, thank you for your hard work! "
Seeing that she spoke so lightly, Yonghe couldn't decide for a moment whether she really thought so or was just pretending. When he thought that if she didn't marry to Dongyi, he would have to face her every day in the future, he suddenly became confused. A little irritable.
She said harshly: "Oh, really? Qingcheng, you are twenty this year, right. If you are not married at this age, you will be regarded as an old girl among your people. But now that the Prince of Dongyi has refused your marriage, I am afraid that No young master from a well-known family will marry you in the future, so will you marry a trafficker and a pawn in the future?"
Hearing this, Qingcheng snorted coldly and said to her: "I am my father's most beloved daughter. My future consort will only be the best man in the world. You don't need to worry about my marriage. Take care of yourself first." !”
After saying that, she walked away without even looking at her.
Yonghe sneered behind her, and suddenly she shouted at her: "The best man? You are really dreaming!"
Qingcheng suddenly became angry. She suppressed the anger in her heart, secretly reached into her sleeve and took out a flying needle, and swung it back hard, causing Yonghe to howl immediately.
"Ah... what?"
"Princess, what are you doing?"
The maid next to Princess Yonghe asked her quickly.
"Something bit my back, it hurts so much!"
"Where is it? Look, slave!"
"Ah... you damn girl, it hurts so much!"
Qingcheng pretended to be concerned: "Yonghe, did you say you were bitten by something? Show me quickly?"
Yonghe was shocked: "Don't come over!"
"Yonghe, you don't know, there are killer bees in my yard. If you are bitten by it, your whole body will fester and die!" Qingcheng pretended to be scared.
"Ah, then was I bitten by a killer bee?" Yonghe immediately started crying.
"Don't be afraid, sister is here to show you, right?"
After saying that, Qingcheng walked up behind her, tore a big hole in her shirt from the collar, quickly pulled out her flying needle, and then pressed hard on her wound with his hand.
Yonghe suddenly screamed again.
"Oh, that doesn't seem to be the case. I got stung by something. It's okay. Yonghe, you can't die. Don't be afraid!"
Qingcheng said with a smile.
Her movements were too fast just now, and everyone was frightened by her "killer bee" words. They didn't react for a moment. When they heard her say no, they realized that Princess Yonghe was naked at this time, and her maid hurriedly stepped forward to block the princess. , telling others to back off.
Yonghe had just been frightened, and now he was disheveled in front of so many people. After all, his daughter was only fifteen years old. He immediately burst into tears in anger.
Qingcheng looked at her and smiled secretly in her heart, "I'll let you be arrogant."
After Yonghe made such a fuss, Qingcheng didn't want to go to Butterfly anymore. Thinking of her rejection of marriage, she stayed in the palace for the whole afternoon.
Near dinner time, King Beilin suddenly summoned her. Hongyu was extremely anxious and said to Qingcheng: "Princess, I'm afraid Princess Yonghe will go to the king to file a complaint against you. What should I do?"
"What should I do? I tore her clothes to pieces as a last resort to show her the killer bee's injuries. How could my father blame me for such a trivial matter?"
Qingcheng said with great disapproval.
When they arrived at King Beilin's majestic Taihe Palace, Qingcheng saw King Beilin sitting upright with an angry look on his face.
She was a little scared immediately. She knew that her father was really angry this time, so she immediately squeezed out tears and cried: "Father, Yonghe said that my engagement was canceled by Prince Dongyi, is it true?"
When King Beilin heard what she said, he immediately understood that there was a reason for it. He saw her crying so hard that he quickly comforted her and said, "Father, I don't want you to marry so far away. It doesn't matter if you retreat. Don't be sad. In the future, my father will Wang will help you find a better one."
"But... can it be done? Yonghe said... now the whole world... knows that I... have been annulled, and from now on... even the better... young masters from aristocratic families... are not willing to marry me!" Qingcheng was already crying out of breath. Out of breath.
King Beilin was heartbroken: "How could this happen? Yonghe is just a child. How can she know anything? Don't worry, my father will definitely find you the best consort in the world. He must not only have a noble status, but also be single-minded. good for you."
After all, King Beilin still felt guilty about Qingcheng.
Qingcheng held back her tears after hearing this and said: "From now on, the daughter will choose her own consort. If the daughter disagrees, the father cannot force her."
"That's natural. How could my father be willing to force you?"
King Beilin patted his daughter's back to comfort her.
"My father is the best to Qingcheng!"
Upon hearing this, Qingcheng immediately burst into laughter.
"How old are you? You're still crying. You haven't eaten yet. Come and have dinner with your father!"
King Beilin's face was full of doting, as if he were a loving father.
"Okay, my daughter happens to be hungry!" Qingcheng said charmingly.
After Queen Ling's personal maid reported to Queen Ling in detail the news she had learned from the Taihe Palace, Queen Ling let out a long sigh: "It seems that I underestimated this mentally retarded Princess Qingcheng before! You will be optimistic about Yonghe in the future. , tell her not to provoke her again."
Ever since King Beilin promised Qingcheng that he could choose his favorite consort, Qingcheng asked his personal maids Hongyu and Lvzhu to go around and find out which young men from aristocratic families were good-looking, unmarried, and gentle in character in the entire Beilin Kingdom. , and without any bad deeds, she didn’t believe that she couldn’t find anyone in the entire Beilin Kingdom who was better than Chu Yujin, the crown prince of Dongyi.