Li Ce asked a few people but no one knew, he stood up suddenly, turned his head and looked around. He was the only one standing tall in the huge hall except for the servant dancer, and he immediately attracted everyone's attention. Countless pairs of eyes looked over in puzzlement, wondering what this man was doing again.
Zhao Che and Zhao Song were also surprised, for fear that he would do something amazing again.
There are more than a hundred seats in the entire Fanggui Hall, and the four side halls outside are even more crowded. Li Ce looked around, but he didn't see the person he was looking for. The young Prince Li frowned tightly, as if he was thinking about something important. Suddenly, Prince Li moved his dantian, opened his mouth and shouted: "Qiao Qiao!"
The sound was so deafening that it immediately covered up the music. The musicians turned pale with fright, and even forgot to continue to play in the astonishment, the music stopped, and the whole hall was even more quiet, and a needle could be heard. Everyone looked at Li Ce in horror, his expression was weirder than seeing a pig sitting on the throne.
There was a chuckle suddenly, Chu Qiao turned her head to look, and saw Zhuge Yue looking at her provocatively, as if she was very happy to see her make a fool of herself.
"Qiao Qiao, where are you?" The crazy Prince Bian Tang still roared loudly, as if he was the only one in the whole hall, and he didn't care about other people's eyes at all.
"Joe..."
"Okay, stop screaming, I'm here." The girl stood up with a cold face. The girl who has been in the tiger and wolf's lair for many years has already trained a body of steel and iron, showing a trace of depression and embarrassment rarely, standing On the side hall of the second pavilion, said in a clear voice.
"Haha, I knew you were here." Li Ce clapped his hands and laughed, then turned his head and said to the others, "Go ahead, don't worry about me, where is the musician? Keep playing!"
Prince Li Ce straddled the seats, didn't care about the hem of his clothes dragging the wine glass, just ran across the hall.
At this time, the many daughters of the second pavilion focused their eyes on Chu Qiao one after another, full of surprise and uncertainty.
"Qiao Qiao, are you drinking? It's even more worrying to use wine to drown your sorrows!"
Chu Qiao sat back in her seat, her brows furrowed tightly. Such a ostentatious way of attracting attention is definitely not good for tonight's actions. Now is the critical moment, so there is no time to deal with him. The girl's face was cold, and she said in a deep voice: "Prince Li has a noble status, he really shouldn't be so disregarding etiquette, please go back."
"Qiao Qiao, I'm so touched, you're always thinking of me." Li Ce said with a smile, his eyes narrowed into slits, like a fox, he wanted to sit next to Chu Qiao, but he didn't even think about it when he saw the girl sitting in the middle. He wanted to give up the place, so he touched his nose and walked to the next seat, and said to the Qianjin lady who didn't know whose family it was with a smile on his face, "This beauty, can you give me a seat?"
The girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she didn't know whose daughter it was. She had never seen such a flirtatious battle before, and she stood up in a daze.
Li Ce said his thanks and sat down happily, causing the palace people in charge of the etiquette system of the hall to rush over to Li Ce's high-quality gold cup and tableware, and they got into a mess.
Chu Qiao sighed helplessly, now the side hall of the second pavilion is even more lively than the main hall of Fanggui. After following Li Ce, everyone in the main hall was surprised to find that Zhuge Yue was sitting beside him, and all kinds of speculative words immediately echoed on the high roof.
"Fourth Young Master Zhuge, you and I are discerning people, come, cheers, and celebrate the wedding of Prince Yan at last." Li Ce raised his head to toast Zhuge Yue from a distance across Chu Qiao, and said enthusiastically.
Zhuge Yue smiled faintly, raised his glass lightly as a signal, and actually drank his toasted wine without saying a word.
At this moment, a drum horn sounded suddenly in front of the hall. Everyone raised their heads and saw Emperor Daxia walking out slowly in a golden robe from the majestic golden palace. Chu Qiao followed the crowd to kneel down and bowed. When she looked up, she could see Emperor Xia's thin outline, with a patch of gray between his temples. His head was slightly lowered, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
Li Ce stood aside, he is the envoy of another country, and he is also the prince's honor, so he doesn't need to bow down. The man whispered when Manchu civil and military shouted long live: "Don't be afraid of him, the old man is the same as my family, he is pretending."
If possible, Chu Qiao really wanted to punch him again, but unfortunately this thought can only be passed through her mind once. After the etiquette is complete, everyone returns to the table. Xia Huang said a few opening remarks, then pointed the finger at the second pavilion, and said with a smile: "Why did Prince Li sit there? Don't you like the seat I arranged for you?"
"Don't dare," Li Ce said with a haha, "It's cool here, I can sit comfortably."
Emperor Xia nodded and said, "Zhuge Yue, then you should stay with Prince Li well."
In a word, Zhuge's family was honored, Zhuge Yue didn't look at Zhuge Muqing's face in the hall, and replied in a deep voice: "I obey the order."
"Did Yan Shizi's carriage enter the inner city?"
An official came out and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, we have not received any report from the guards at the city gate."
Emperor Xia frowned slightly.
Chu Qiao's heart suddenly hung high, only to hear Emperor Xia nodded and said: "Today is not only my birthday, but also the day of marrying my daughter. I watched Yan Xun grow up since I was a child, and I married my daughter to you. He, I am very relieved. You are the backbone of the country. Although the Yanbei lineage rebelled at the beginning, I have always liked this child. After today, Yanbei will usher in a new King Yan. I hope that all of you are of one mind De, let’s build up our Great Xia prestige together.”
"Yes, yes, the son of Yanbei is amazingly talented, and he must be a generation of virtuous kings."
"Your Majesty is merciful, and the past is not to be blamed. Prince Yan will definitely be grateful to His Majesty and swear to serve him to the death."
"Princess Chun is virtuous and beautiful. Prince Yan has received the blessings of heaven and the great favor of His Majesty. He will definitely serve the country well."
"With Emperor Ren like this, my Great Xia will definitely usher in the greatest revival in thousands of years."
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Wearing thousands of clothes, flattering but not wearing clothes, a series of voices of praise suddenly sounded, and everyone praised them. Chu Qiao looked around the hall, and sure enough, she did not see anyone from the Batuha family, but what was strange was that even the eldest princess of Huai Song was not there, which caught her off guard for a while.
At this time, a bodyguard in blue walked into the side hall of the second pavilion with a cat waist, came behind Chu Qiao, whispered something in her ear, Chu Qiao nodded, and the man retreated.
When Li Ce saw him, he immediately poked his head over and asked in a low voice like a very old friend: "Qiao Qiao, who is that man? What did he tell you?"
Chu Qiao frowned and looked at him, wanting to say something, but felt that what she said was nonsense, so she simply turned her head and ignored it. Li Ce continued to poke his head relentlessly, and said to Zhuge Yue through Chu Qiao: "Brother Zhuge, do you know?"
Zhuge Yue said lightly: "The crown prince doesn't even know, how could I know?"
Li Ce nodded, "You are right."
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the hall. It seemed that a woman was crying loudly, and everyone in the hall turned their heads to look out. Emperor Xia raised his eyebrows, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is outside?"
A guard wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, ran in and knelt down and replied, "Return to Your Majesty, it is... Princess Chun."
Everyone was taken aback when they heard this. Chu Qiao vaguely guessed the clue from the subordinate who had just left. Xia Huang frowned and said, "Chun'er? What is she doing here?"
"The princess said, the princess said that she has something urgent to see her majesty."
"Today is her big wedding day. What is she going here regardless of etiquette? Take her back and say that Prince Yan is about to enter the city." Sitting beside the emperor, Concubine Shu Gui's expression turned cold, Said crisply.
"Chun'er must be anxious to wait," Concubine Xuan covered her mouth and smiled lightly, raised her head to look at Emperor Xia with watery eyes, and said with a light smile, "Chun'er is only sixteen years old after all, maybe she is a little scared. .”
"As a royal princess, how can you be so disrespectful? Come on, take the princess down, and severely punish the servants who are in charge of guarding the princess!"
Concubine Xuan burst into tears when she heard the words, and she said tenderly: "Empress Mu He just passed away, and Sister Shu treats the Queen's daughter like this. Doesn't Sister Shu feel ashamed of being a sister?"
"Father! Chun'er has something to say!"
A shout suddenly sounded outside the door, and everyone in the hall looked out in amazement and inexplicably, everyone's expressions were strange, and their hearts were turned. Emperor Xia pondered for a while, and finally said in a deep voice: "Let her in."
A long wind blew from outside the door, Zhao Chun'er was dressed in a gorgeous scarlet gown, her bun was a bit messy because of running all the way, the delicate girl was pale, and walked into the hall under everyone's gaze. The night wind blew her wedding robes, like butterflies weeping blood, with a broken and messy beauty.
"Father!" The girl stood with her head held high in the hall, then suddenly knelt on the ground with a plop, knocked her head heavily, and said loudly, "Please take back your life, Chun'er doesn't want to marry!"
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked!
For a moment, the entire Fanggui Hall was silent, and everyone was silent for a while, and then, there was a huge noise, like a turbulent sea wave, rolling up the sky with mist, and immediately drowned Zhao Chun'er's thin figure.
"Nonsense!" Concubine Shu Gui snorted coldly, her pretty face frosty.
Empress Mu He is dead, and she took care of all the affairs of Zhao Chun'er's marriage this time. Now hearing the little princess blatantly say such outrageous words, she is extremely angry.
Zhao Chun'er knelt on the ground, raised her head, her eyes were red, her face was pale, she pursed her lips, kowtowed again, and still said: "Father, please take back your life, Chun'er doesn't want to marry."
Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows, and said in a cold voice: "The wedding team of Prince Yanbei has arrived outside the city gate. Your marriage was announced to the world a month ago, but now you say you are not married in front of envoys from various countries? Mu He Is that what your sister taught you?"
"The old friend is gone, sister Shu, don't disturb the undead anymore." Zhuge Lanxuan's phoenix eyes were long and narrow, his face was like a spring peach, his fair neck slowly raised up, and he smiled softly at Zhao Chun'er, "Chun'er, you can't bear to see your father." Emperor, be obedient, even if you are married, you can often go home to visit the emperor."
"Concubine Xuan, Chun'er doesn't, Chun'er just doesn't want to marry anymore, please help me beg my father to take back my life."
Zhao Chun'er knelt on the ground, slowly raised her head, her eyes were misty, but her expression was rare and firm.
"Come here, take the princess down, dress up well, and wait for Yanbei's limousine." Emperor Xia didn't look down at her. Under the bright lights, the emperor's face flickered, making it impossible to look directly at him. His voice was very flat, as if he didn't hear what Zhao Chun'er said just now. The palace maids outside the door walked into the hall in small steps, and were about to pull Zhao Chun'er's arm.