Yiwang Mansion
On the large nanmu chair, carved dragons and painted phoenixes, wearing black clothes with golden trimmed shirts, wearing a face as delicate as carvings, indescribably handsome, the same black black dragon crown, reflecting the deep and dark eyes Dark, that kind of ink color is extremely deep pure black, no trace of luster can be seen from it, and it is so deep that you can't see the bottom.
In the slender hand, there was a gorgeous invitation card, and the rubies on the card were randomly smashed into pieces.
The corners of the thinned lips evoked a cold and treacherous smile: "Is this an invitation from the palace?"
"Yes, it was sent from the palace just now, and I said it was delivered before. I was afraid that you would forget, my lord, so I specially sent it again." The prince responded cautiously, the master's appearance did not seem to be happy.
That extremely handsome face often shows this expression, which means that the master is in a bad mood. If you dare to provoke the master to be in a bad mood, the prince can only let them ask for their own blessings.
"If you don't go, just say that the king is sick!" Ao Chenyi rolled his bottomless eyes, hooked the corners of his handsome lips, and tossed the invitation in his hand. The palace is getting more and more boring now. I'm looking for some young girls to talk about enjoying the flowers, and I'm looking for the princes and princes of the royal family, and I do this at this time of year.
The invitation card fell heavily on the ground, and the precious rubies on it were all shaken off, and a few of them were shattered into dust before they hit the ground. The prince swallowed subconsciously, this master is really impatient thing.
"My lord, there must be a mistress in this mansion!" Although he was afraid, the prince still had to mention that Prince Yi is not young anymore, and if he doesn't find a mistress for the mansion, the problem of heirs will be even more difficult to solve. , in the current situation, having a legal heir would benefit the prince too much.
"Mistress?" The corners of Ao Chenyi's handsome lips curled up, his handsome eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on the corners of his lips seemed as cold as if stained with dark blood.
"That's right, my lord, if you marry a decent mistress, the palace can't always talk about it, and when you can't talk about it, they will point to someone you don't like." Immediately continued to persuade.
He watched Ao Chenyi grow up, and sincerely hoped that he could marry a concubine he liked and have several heirs!
Ever since Ao Chenyi rejected the emperor's marriage proposal, the palace often appointed him to participate in such banquets. Although he often refused to refute things, he always fell into disrepute. If he could marry a princess in one fell swoop, it would be This kind of troublesome matter can't be bothered by the prince in the palace, and it won't leave hidden dangers.
The last time the refusal was in the emperor's study room, Ao Chenyi said it tactfully, but if it is really in front of the ministers and the emperor speaks well, this marriage is not Ao Chenyi's decision.
Ao Chenyi also knew this, the blackness in his eyes was even worse, his eyes swept across the ruby-studded invitation on the ground, the corners of his thin lips were raised, extremely handsome but also extremely austere.
It seems that his mansion really needs a mistress. Outside, he never worried about how the emperor will deal with it, but the inner courtyard is really a weak point. Although he doesn't care about this weak point, some things in the backyard , there is no way to deal with it, they are all dealt with by Jin Yiwei, but they always fall into the mouth!
Banquets like today's will not be bothered to appear!
Now he and the emperor are working hard to maintain the superficial peace, but no one knows when it will explode. Of course he knows how jealous the emperor is of him!
The cold smile turned into a malicious sarcasm. The emperor wanted to get rid of his status as the emperor's younger brother and let his son inherit it, but he was also afraid that he would be scolded by the historians for not respecting the teachings of his ancestors in the future, and he would be infamous forever.
He stood up, pushed the table away, and walked down the stairs with his hands behind his back: "Tell the people in the palace that this king will never forget."
Since the emperor took the trouble to play this kind of game with him, he just wanted to accompany him!
The road leading to the plum garden in the palace is very long. Fortunately, Heng Yuqing accompanied me all the way, but I didn't feel it. Turning the corner, I saw a corner of a huge palace. It is beautiful, although the surrounding palaces are also tall and beautiful, but compared with this, it is always a little less.
"Is this the queen's palace?" Ning Xueyan asked curiously, the palace room is too obvious, but the location is not on the central axis of the palace.
"Over there, no." Heng Yuqing followed her eyes and opened her eyes, then looked around, then lowered her voice and said: "This is Concubine Xia's place, and it is Concubine Xia who lives inside."
Concubine Xia? Ning Xueyan had never heard of it before, and this title was not like the high-grade title of Concubine Shu, but looking at this palace, it was clearly a main palace.
"The emperor's favorite concubine Xia lives here, but it is said that no one has ever seen this concubine Xia. It is said that she is extremely beautiful, but has a peaceful nature, so she has never appeared in front of people. It is very mysterious. Some people say This concubine Xia is a concubine from the previous dynasty, I don't know if it is true."
Heng Yuqing lowered her voice even lower.
The former concubine? Ning Xueyan couldn't help being dumbfounded. It's amazing that a concubine from the former court can get such great favor.
"She never attends any banquet?" Inexplicably curious about this mysterious Concubine Xia.
"No, never, whether it's the queen mother's birthday, or the emperor, the queen's happy day, Concubine Xia has never appeared. I asked many daughters of aristocratic families, and they all said that they had never seen it, but the palace said it was absolutely true. There is such an imperial concubine." Heng Yuqing was actually very curious, and asked many people specifically for this, but the result was that there must be such a person, but few people had seen her All of them, and they are all from this palace.
What a strange concubine!
Being able to be the emperor's favorite concubine, under one person or over ten thousand people, who would not come out to show off, but this one has been so unknown. If Heng Yuqing hadn't mentioned it today, Ning Xueyan really didn't know that there were still such concubines in the palace. A concubine who does not appear in front of others.
While talking, the two of them had already walked through this section of the palace road, and saw a corner of the palace wall in Meiyuan before their eyes, but the courtyard gate was not opened here, so they had to walk along the palace wall all the way.
Although he hadn't entered the door yet, several plum blossoms had already protruded from the courtyard. Kazuki's plum blossoms were in full bloom, white as snow and red as fire, extremely beautiful.
Many girls stopped watching, and among a group of people far away, they saw Ning Qingshan standing there, stopping to look at her, smiling coquettishly, no matter from which direction she looked, she was a beautiful lady with such orchid.
Ning Xueyan also slowed down her pace and turned her head to the side. Sure enough, she saw a few handsome young masters approaching on the opposite road. The first two were the third prince Ao Mingyu and the fourth prince Ao Mingwan!
"Hey, didn't they walk very fast just now, why did they stop now?" Heng Yuqing asked, pointing to Ning Qingfan before seeing Ao Mingyu and others coming from the side.
"Maybe I have to wait for someone!" Ning Xueyan pointedly said, Ning Qingshan really didn't miss any chance to get close to the third prince.
"Who is it?" Heng Yuqing looked around, and immediately saw the third prince and others, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, pointing to the conspicuous Ning Qingfan in the crowd in front of him and asked, "This seems to be your guardian." The third girl from the Marquis' Mansion, I haven't seen her for three years, and she still looks like this hypocritical!"
"Oh, Yuqing knows about my third sister?" Ning Xueyan didn't want to bump into the third prince and the others, so she slowed down, waiting for the two couples in front to reunite and follow them.
"Of course I know. People all over the capital don't know the third girl from Huguohou's Mansion. They all say that she is unparalleled in filial piety and that she has the demeanor of a lady from a family. In my opinion, she is just pretending, the best at pretending! Three years ago At that time, she was in Concubine Ya's palace, I went to visit Concubine Ya's empress, and had a conversation with her in the side hall, she accidentally smashed Concubine Ya's porcelain, but blamed it on me instead."
Heng Yuqing said angrily.
"She directly said that you broke it?" Ning Xueyan couldn't help but asked curiously, such an obvious thing should be done by Ning Yuling.
"She didn't. She kept saying that she was wrong. She didn't take a good look at it. She took the responsibility on herself and knelt down to beg for me." Thinking of the original scene, Heng Yuqing was very angry. At that time, if Ning Qingfan hadn't kept doing this, she would have been scolded by her mother without even having a chance to defend herself. In the end, it was Concubine Yagui who persuaded her mother that it was just a child playing around and it was nothing serious.
And Heng Yuqing, who had been wanting to explain, didn't find a chance to speak, and finally took the blame. Thinking of this incident, Heng Yuqing was very angry.
Ning Xueyan burst into laughter, this kind of thing really is something that Ning Qingshan can do, it makes you a dumb loser, and you can't say it, when the time comes, others will only praise her, and the mistakes are all done by others.
The two couples in front finally reunited. The young girls saw so many young princes appearing in front of them. Moreover, there were also the distinguished third prince, fourth prince, and several other noble princes, one by one. Blushing with excitement, she greeted them delicately.
There may be their brothers here, and the two couples immediately merged into a pair and headed for the Plum Garden mightily.
However, the number of people is too large, and maids, eunuchs, and maids are also added, and Ning Xueyan and Heng Yuqing will be encountered in the latter part.
Ning Xueyan took Laheng Yuqing's hand and stopped on the side of the road, wanting to wait for them to pass before leaving!
"Hey, who is this, why haven't I seen it before?"
"I've never seen it before, which girl is this?"
"This seems to be the fifth girl from the Huguohou Mansion!"
"No, didn't it mean that she looks ugly, has low self-esteem and is timid, and has been hiding in the mansion without seeing anyone outside the mansion?" Several young masters who walked past them saw Ning Xueyan standing outside the tree fence, Their eyes lit up, and one or two of them had even glanced at Ning Xueyan from a distance in Hanshan Temple.
However, at that time, she was still haggard, but the cultivation during this period has allowed her to recover, plus today's a little dressing up, it immediately amazed everyone.