In the long river, the ice and stones stand in all directions, blocking the heat from the outside.
A heavy curtain hangs down the room, and the iceberg in the basin occasionally sheds a drop of sweat and rolls into the water, making a crisp sound.
Meng Qiqi took a lychee and asked the palace maid Yansha beside her vaguely: "Who are you going to enter the palace just now, and what are you holding?"
Yan Sha is packing Meng Eqi's luggage for returning to the mansion. She has lived in the palace for many days. If she doesn't return to the mansion, Mrs. Meng will talk about it again.
"The princess doesn't remember? It's the only son of the old general Sheng who you used to bully, Sheng Shishi." Yan Sha shook the clothes in her hands and folded them neatly: "But sister can't play tricks anymore, he is now in his identity. Special, the emperor does not know where to send him."
As soon as he heard that it was this stone, Meng Eqi was too lazy to pay attention to it. She remembered that he was chubby, and his brains were not very bright. When he was five years old, he couldn't even speak, so Meng Eqi suffered a lot for this.
"Why is his identity so special?" Meng Eqi asked casually, overflowing the juice from the lychee in his mouth.
It's not Sheng Jiayan, and she doesn't care.
Yan Sha looked around and said in a low voice: "Princess forgot? A while ago, General Sheng was jointly sued by several ministers in the court. It was General Sheng who supported his troops in Tongyun Pass and stood up on his own. He even made the dragon robe. The emperor sent troops over, and the two armies faced each other for a long time. In the end, General Sheng died, and that son Sheng was the only one who was sent back. Now that he belongs to a sinner, I don't know how His Majesty will arrange him. But I heard that when His Majesty was young I have a very good relationship with General Sheng, and I will definitely have a side."
After eating and drinking, Meng Eqi dipped his hands into the porcelain basin with the iceberg on the side, and stirred with two fingers before saying, "I don't really care about him, if it's not important in the future, don't tell me. Did you trust the person I asked you to help me search for last time?"
Yan Sha put the clothes down heavily and sighed: "Princess, it's not your servant girl. There are so many people with the surname Sheng, how can the servant girl find you a young master who is about your age, handsome, and gifted so quickly. Woolen cloth?"
Meng Eqi frowned and sighed.
Sheng Jiayan, Sheng Jiayan, where are you
"Forget it," she waved her hand: "Remember to keep an eye on me, and let me know as soon as there is news. I will see him no matter if he is in the south or the north!"
Yan Sha took Meng Qiqi's hand out of the ice basin and wiped her a little with a handkerchief: "Princess, instead of thinking about that illusory person, it is better to think about what to do if you are blind. Tomorrow, His Majesty invites Bei Envoy Yan, you must also appear at that time, if the envoy really takes a fancy to you and goes back to Beiyan to praise you so much for their prince, what should you do?"
Meng Eqi agreed: "You are not bad! So do I want to be a little more rude? Uncle is not too happy about the rough things I did last time."
"Then what is the princess going to do this time?"
Meng Eqi held her cheeks and thought for a long time, and finally smiled, and Yan Sha, who was looking straight at it, shivered.
Early the next morning, Meng Eqi was dragged up, and a few maids were going to scribble and paint on her face. Meng Qiqi closed her eyes and let them toss, and when she was almost done, she opened her eyes and saw that the beauty in the mirror had fair skin and red lips just right. Meng Qiqi waved her hand: "No, I need more rouge, and my eyebrows are too delicate! How can I show the majesty of this princess?"
Several maids looked at each other, and finally, under the command of Meng Eqi, painted her two faces bright red. Meng Eqi looked in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.
Meng Qiqi usually loves beauty, and there are many palace maids who hold hairpins for her, and many of them are skillful. This time, Meng Eqi watched them tossing about her hair, she chose a few pure gold hairpins, and two jasper hair accessories.
In the mirror, his face was even brighter than the morning glow, and he wore a tuft of gold and a tuft of green hair accessories on his head. Meng Eqi felt that something was missing.
In the end, she replaced the white and red Luo skirt on her body, put on a thin skirt with red and willow green, and did not forget to wear a purple drapery.
Looking at her vulgar self in the mirror, Meng Eqi finally set foot on the sedan chair and set off slowly towards the banquet venue.
When the eunuch at the door shouted, "Princess Laiyi is here!", the noisy hall suddenly became quiet.
She stood contentedly at the door and was baptized by the public's gaze. She felt that she was very wise at this moment. If she hadn't painted a thick black shadow around her eyes before leaving, she would not have been able to look at everyone so recklessly.
Meng Qiqi stepped into the hall slowly, and on his left was the envoy from Beiyan. The envoy himself was plain and unremarkable, but the attendant behind him had a very handsome face, his eyes twitched on Meng Qiqi's body, and the blue veins on his forehead twitched slightly.
Meng Eqi thought that today's dress was unappetizing enough. Who knew that when the eunuch reported, "Princess Yongning is here!", Meng Eqi knew that she was incomparable to Xie Yaohua in terms of tackiness.
Xie Yaohua was covered in gold and silver, and the hairpins on her head were as many as peacocks. She raised her head proudly and walked in with the hand of her maid. When he passed by Meng Eqi, he snorted provocatively.
Xie Yaohua has always liked to compare with her, but Meng Qiqi just didn't expect Xie Yaohua's brain to be so insane, and she has to compete even in today's clothes.
Xie Yaohua stood beside her, with red lips and very green clothes, she looked at Meng Qiqi proudly, as if saying: You lost.
Meng Eqi was willing to bow down and stepped back, trying not to stand in line with her.
Emperor Chu, who was sitting at the top, didn't look very good.
This time, for the banquet for the envoys of Beiyan, he only invited the two most beloved princesses to come. When he saw Meng Eqi and Xie Yaohua dressed like this, he almost slapped the table.
What is this red and green dress! It really ruined my Chao Chu Feng.
But this was the end, so they had to sit down first.
"The two princesses have unique tastes, which really opened the eyes of the minister." The envoy smiled dryly.
Emperor Chu also laughed dryly, and then said: "I am not disapproving of what you mentioned just now, but although the Sheng family betrayed me online, they also had great military exploits before their death, if I would have given his orphans like this People, I am afraid that I will become the butt of the next person."
Beiyan Shichen stood up and cupped his hands in the direction of Emperor Chu: "Don't hide it from your majesty, it's just that our prince heard that the son of the Sheng family is very talented. Although he was young, he was very talented, so he was very curious. This should not have influenced your majesty's choice. But I think that His Majesty has already decided to open up, otherwise, he will not keep Young Master Sheng back to Beijing. Since His Majesty does not know how to arrange such a person, it is better to leave it to us. At that time, there is no need to come to Princess Yi to marry, and the diplomatic relations between the two countries will be stabilized. "
Emperor Chu Xie Chongming pondered for a moment and looked somewhere in the hall: "It's about your freedom to come and go, what do you think?"
Meng Eqi followed his eyes and looked over, and the whole person was stunned there.
In the far corner of the hall, sat a boy with low eyelashes. He looked no more than twelve or three years old, and he sat there quietly, like a pool of still water. At this time, when he heard Emperor Chu call him, he raised his head, revealing a pair of extremely handsome eyes.
As his eyes flowed, he seemed to inject a bit of vigor into the dark bottom of his eyes, but this vitality was like a drop of water pouring into the sea, and it was swallowed up in an instant, leaving only a pair of deep and quiet eyes.
These familiar eyebrows made Meng Qiqi's heart palpitate for a while.
Sheng Jiayan…
So you are here!
Just seeing him stand up, there was no panic in the eyes of the public, and a calm voice entered Meng Qiqi's ears.
"By His Majesty's forgiveness, Jiayan does not dare to disobey, and obey His Majesty's will."
Seeing that his attitude was still kind, Emperor Chu nodded: "If that's the case, then you should go back to Beiyan with them for a while. Always remember, don't follow your father's old path, you are now a commoner, so If you go to Beiyan, you must not make mistakes."
The emperor's words were very unsympathetic, and Sheng Jiayan responded calmly.
Meng Eqi's eyes widened, she couldn't bear it any longer. In order for Sheng Jiayan to be treated by the emperor as an item to trade with neighboring countries in the public eye, and he did not forget to step on him when he just lost his relatives, Meng Qiqi could not see Sheng Jiayan suffer such grievances.
So she didn't even think about it, and immediately took the case.
"No!" She turned to the emperor sitting at the head: "Uncle, he can't go."
Meng Eqi refuted his face in public two times in a row, and Emperor Chu's expression was not good: "Laiyi, don't be presumptuous."
Xie Yaohua, who was sitting on the side, could not help but tug at Meng Qiqi's sleeve and said, "Sit down, he is a commoner now, you can control him!"
Meng Eqi looked back at Sheng Jiayan, who was also looking at her. There was a dead silence in those cold eyes. Even if Meng Eqi stood up for him, his eyes never wavered.
"Uncle, since he is only a commoner of the Li people, why can't he come to Yi and ask for it?" After that, she looked at Beiyan's envoy angrily: "Beiyan is a dignified country, but willing to work so hard for the orphan of the Sheng family. , presumably the abacus is not as simple as it says!"
"Presumptuous!" Xie Chongming threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground: "come here, Princess Yi will press down in the future, and you will not be allowed to step into the hall without my orders!"
Seeing this, Meng Qiqi knew that Sheng Jiayan would really be sent away if he didn't act harder.
So she was heartbroken and shouted: "If my uncle doesn't agree to Laiyi, Laiyi might as well end herself today!"
After all, she rushed to the red pillar on the side when everyone was unprepared.
When they bumped into it, Meng Eqi really wanted to scold her father and mother in pain.
But before she could make any sound, she fainted.
Before she fainted, she looked hard in the direction of Sheng Jiayan, who was still standing quietly, and did not respond to Meng Qiqi's collision. On the contrary, the surrounding palace servants ran to her in shock, and the Chu Emperor, who was sitting in the upper position, was also panicked.
Everyone panicked, except for him.
Sheng Jiayan, shouldn't you drink Meng Po soup...