When Xiao Ting returned to the Tongtian Terrace of Heart Lake, the banquet had already started, the sound of silk music was endless, and the dancers were dancing on the heart lake, under the reflection of the moonlight, they looked like a group of erratic fairies.
Each has elegant long sleeves and is unparalleled in beauty.
Warm wind, mellow wine, open-minded and reckless, on the high platform, three heavyweights are watching the dance steps not far away with great interest.
A school of monarchs and ministers rejoicing together.
"Sister, where did you go just now? The imperial concubine sent someone to look for you." As soon as Xiao Ting sat down, Xiao Xin tugged at her sleeve and looked at her worriedly.
Xiao Ting pinched his nose, and said: "Children's family, but also take care of adults' affairs, eh? Sit down and eat something."
Xiao Xin shook her head to shake off Xiao Ting's clutches, and murmured in a low voice, "Sister, how is she an adult! Also, the emperor just asked why you didn't come, it was Xiao Yun who covered it up for you."
Chu Yun snorted softly, "If it weren't for the reputation of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, this son would have lied and dreamed for her."
"Your Majesty, the old man sits so high, and there are so many people here, how could he ask me?" Xiao Ting was surprised, although she was close to the high platform, she was not so lucky, right
"You also said that the people sitting here are all descendants of the imperial family of the empire, and there are only our two children here in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, and the emperor's uncle is not blind, so he can't see it?" When mentioning this, Chu Yun became annoyed.
Father doesn't know where to go, it doesn't matter, this woman who is always causing trouble, didn't she mean to go to the imperial concubine or empress
It is simply unreasonable to leave their two children here.
"Eh..." Xiao Ting looked around, it seems that this is the reason.
On the left is the family members of Prince Rui's residence, there are dozens of men and women, one of them caught her attention.
It was Princess Rui Shi who had a relationship with the Ninth Prince in the palace that day, and who was extremely white lotus.
What was it called, she forgot.
And on the right is the third prince who is now in great favor, a beautiful woman, and a child, presumably the legendary concubine and little grandson who are extremely virtuous.
On the opposite side, a very eager gaze attracted her, Xiao Ting looked up, but saw the Fifth Young Master sitting opposite them, not at the top, but at the side, obviously he is not the protagonist.
No, none of this is important. What is important is that this place is almost always occupied by the children of the royal family. What is his identity
Grandma, is she being lied to
Seeing him smiling brightly, Xiao Ting glared at him viciously, and then stopped looking at him.
"By the way, where is your royal father?"
Well, it doesn't matter if she's not here, who has been busy in the palace all day, where is her cheap husband
Chu Yun was a little disappointed, "I don't know."
Xiao Ting was about to say something when a person squeezed in from behind, "Ting'er, where have you been, I've been looking for you for a long time."
It was Princess Zhaohua. After seeing Xiao Ting, she squeezed through the crowd and came to her.
"Sit over there." Xiao Ting instructed Chu Yun and Xiao Xin to move their buttocks, and then asked Zhao Hua to sit down first.
Everyone was in front of the low table, it was too eye-catching for her to stand like this.
"I went to find my aunt. I didn't expect to miss her. What's wrong?"
Zhaohua whispered to Xiao Ting angrily, "Have you seen the woman behind the emperor's grandmother?"
Xiao Ting looked over, and was surprised to find that that ghost princess, Zhuoyue, was actually sitting behind the empress dowager.
Even though he got a seat, what he did was to serve the empress dowager, but not everyone was lucky enough to be able to sit on that high platform.
Even Zhaohua, who is so favored by the empress dowager, has never had this honor.
"The Princess of Prince Rui's Mansion, Ji Yue."
Zhaohua gritted his teeth, "That's right, it's her. I've heard that this girl is capable of writing and martial arts. This is the first time we meet. I didn't expect that the emperor's grandmother would be bought by her."
Xiao Ting said that some people fell in love with each other at first sight, maybe they were talking about the empress dowager and Yuyue, but some people hated each other, which meant she and the empress dowager!
"You're really shameless, you'll make the emperor's grandmother happy." After all, Zhaohua is a child of the royal family, and although he dislikes Moyue, he can't say anything nasty.
But Xiao Ting was different, she just said, "All bitches are like this."
"Yes, that's a bitch."
Xiao Xin was at the side, blinking at the two of them from time to time, and finally said: "Sister, we are still young, we can't teach bad children."
Chu Yun continued to snort coldly, "I am not afraid, don't spoil my cousin."
Zhaohua blushed and walked over laughing.
"Huh? Ting'er, why does the young master of Jiangnan Palace always look at you, do you know him?"
Zhaohua glanced around, and suddenly caught a line of sight.
Xiao Ting had already lowered her head and started to eat, and said without raising her head when she heard the words, "Which one is the young master of Jiangnan Prince's Mansion? I don't know you!"
"No way, then why is he still smiling at you?" Zhao Hua poked Xiao Ting with his arm.
Only then did Xiao Ting raise her head, followed her gaze displeasedly, and instantly became angry.
"You said he is the son of King Jiangnan!" Xiao Ting asked, pointing at the Fifth Young Master.
Zhaohua smiled and nodded, "That's right, the one sitting in front is the prince of Jiangnan, and the one next to him is the fifth son, a frail scholar, and a playboy."
Zhaohua explained with her absolutely wrong information, Xiao Ting was speechless, the fifth son is a frail scholar
Then who was it that led her to use lightness kung fu to climb over the wall of the brothel
There are playboys and so on, well, this may be in line, but what about the shy man who dared not change his clothes in front of her
Oops, a lot of brain cells died again, forget it, don't think about such a difficult problem.
"Oh, the prince invited him to stay in the mansion for a few days before."
Zhaohua was even more surprised now, "Uncle Jiu Wang invited the son of Jiangnan King to live in the palace?"
Xiao Ting was speechless, "Is it that scary?"
"It's not only scary, but if you didn't say it yourself, I wouldn't believe it even if I was beaten to death. You know, even this princess has never spent the night in the Ninth Prince's Mansion. The last time I was drunk, I thought I could make an exception, but in the end, I was thrown into the palace by the Ninth Prince's Uncle."
"The Ninth Prince's Mansion never takes in outsiders overnight."
Finally, Zhaohua gave this summary.
Xiao Ting blinked, is there such a strange person
Chu Yun stared at Xiao Ting with a look of hatred for iron and steel, and said, "Now you know how pampering your father is to a woman like you?"
"Hmph, first I picked up a badly injured girl, and then I picked up... two days ago, I brought back a man. Even if he is Uncle Wang's son, he is also a man. Do you know how to write the word "avoid suspicion?" Chu Yun also realized that he had made a few mistakes, because at this moment, Xiao Xin was staring at her with wide eyes, a little aggrieved.
Xiao Xin was also brought into the palace by Xiao Ting.
"The palace is so big, it's not too big for a few more people to live in. Besides, I didn't pick up Xiaoshi to accompany you. Children have no conscience. If this concubine is not afraid that you will lack calcium and grow up lacking in love, how could Xiaoshi come to live with others at a young age."
Xiao Ting bickered with Chu Yun in a mixture of truth and falsehood, and in the end, it was naturally Chu Yun who lost.
And Xiao Xin was also amused by her sister's words.
Over there, the Fifth Young Master saw that Xiao Ting just gave him a glare, and then stopped looking at him, as if he had forgotten about him, a little discouraged.
Prince Jiangnan's eyes drifted away from him and Xiao Ting, and suddenly asked: "These two days, have you been with Uncle Jiu Wang?"
The fifth young master returned to his splendid flowery appearance, tilted his body to drink, and said, "That's right, I was hunted down and it was the Ninth Princess who saved me."
Prince Jiangnan narrowed his eyes slightly, but said nothing.
The Fifth Young Master suddenly leaned over, leaned his head on his shoulder, and said, "Brother, who do you think is going to kill me?"
Prince Jiangnan's body froze, "If they want to kill, they will kill me, and they won't attack you."
"Yes." The fifth young master took another sip of wine, and the wine slid down the corner of his mouth onto Prince Jiangnan's shoulders. The slightly cold feeling made him frown, and he pushed his head away, saying, "Drink less."
"Don't worry, I won't get drunk." The fifth son fell down again like brown sugar, "Father asked Cheng Yunyi to follow, is it because you are not at ease?"
Prince Jiangnan snorted softly, and said coldly, "I don't care what they want."
"You don't care, and I don't care." The Fifth Young Master whispered this sentence, but the Jiangnan Wang Shizi didn't hear it clearly, and asked him again, and the Fifth Young Master shook his head repeatedly.
"Why did you tell me this?" He didn't know that Cheng Yunyi had come to the capital.
The fifth young master smiled brightly, and his clear voice was very pleasant. In addition, he was a little hoarse after being slightly drunk, which gave him a mellow feeling.
"Because you are my brother!"
Prince Jiangnan's brows were full of coldness. After pushing him away, he sat a little further away, "I'm not your brother."
"Hehehe..."
"Look, Concubine Xiao is here."
Above the heart lake, the group of warblers and swallows has long since receded, and only the stage with the color of the lake is shining in the rippling water.
The night is light and hazy, the moonlight is clear, and a water curtain in the center of the stage slowly rises and falls, and finally rises upright.
Concubine Xiao danced in a crescent white flowing fairy dress, with long sleeves waving to both sides, and a light posture of holding her feet and raising her head, which attracted everyone's attention.
Stunning allure, independent from the world!
After another turn, all the guests on the Tongtian Terrace quieted down and looked in one direction quietly, as if there was only a touch of moonlight left in this world.
The sound of ding dong sounded like a clear spring flowing through people's hearts, making people feel refreshed.
Concubine Xiao's dancing posture is undoubtedly beautiful. Looking from a distance, she looks like an elf in the night, turning, jumping, and looking back, every movement is full of temptation.
This is a very contradictory feeling.
It has the condensation of a fairy and the charm of a witch.
Competing with the usual her.
The sound of the soundtrack is like a ghost in the empty valley, mysterious but sincere.
"well… "
With the sound of applause, Concubine Xiao suppressed all her temperament, and returned to the slightly delicate but extremely charming imperial concubine in the past.
She folded her hands together in front of her, and was just about to say something, when suddenly there was chaos on the Tongtian Platform, and the energy of the swords collided, resounding in everyone's ears.
"Protect the emperor." Xu Wei, the commander of the imperial guards, was the first to rush forward, but was stopped by those people.
(end of this chapter)