Xie Ying snorted lightly, but didn't answer.
"Sir, please sit down." Yan Yu'er hinted slightly, and there was only one middle-aged man left beside her, and everyone else went out.
"I serve tea to the prince, and the prince probably won't drink it, so why don't we just save it." Yan Yu'er sat down next to Xie Ying, and said straight to the point: "In the previous letters, I have already stated my father's intentions. Clear. Now that the prince is here, is he agreeing to form an alliance with Jingzhou?" Yan Yuer observed Xie Ying.
Xie Ying said, "Exactly."
Yan Yu'er smiled and said: "That's good. Afterwards, there will be a bounty gift from Jingzhou to the prince, so that you can see our sincerity." Yan Yuer knew that Xie Ying could not catch other things, and he had the most gold, silver and war horses , only grain and grass. If you want to fight a war, the more grain you store, the better.
Xie Ying didn't refuse either, and pulled the corners of her lips slightly: "Then I will be disrespectful, and the county magistrate would like to thank the prince for his kindness."
Yan Yu'er looked at Xie Ying's light smile obsessively, and suddenly said: "Husband, a girl like Zhu Yi raised in a deep palace is not suitable for you, you really don't want to continue your relationship with me?"
Xie Ying smiled without a trace, and her voice was piercingly low: "Yan Yu'er, try calling again."
"You're so stingy, I can't even yell? Zhu Yi can't hear you." Yan Yu'er snorted, but quickly changed her words to the main topic: "Then the prince thinks, who should we push to be the first one?"
The first one here, of course, is to find the first scapegoat among the feudal lords to stand on their own power, so that they can take the opportunity to disrupt the government and the opposition. The ambitions of the kings have long been inflated. If the world does not move, the court will be besieged on all sides.
Xie Ying said slowly: "Why bother to look far away, there is not one in Beijing." He knew that Yan Yu'er asked this question on purpose, but they were actually thinking of the same person.
Yan Yu'er really laughed, and said clearly: "But his position as the crown prince is safe. If the emperor goes away and his succession is justified, he won't be so stupid and commit treasonous things. Besides, the crown prince has no soldiers , How big a storm he can set off."
"Then the magistrate needs to 'borrow' soldiers for him."
Yan Yu'er clicked her tongue and said: "Your Majesty, you are really ruthless." That was the person the Xie family had supported for many years, and he gave up as soon as he said it. Apart from the crown prince himself, Xie Ying was also suspicious of Xie Ying, and Zhu Yi must have had a lot of reasons.
Xie Ying was noncommittal, and said: "However, everything will have to wait until the feudal lords meet in court."
Yan Yu'er nodded: "Father also said the same." After all the vassals returned to their fiefs after the court meeting, they would not move again, so as not to turn Jingzhou and Weizhou into praying mantises catching cicadas and let others take advantage of it. And when all the vassals meet at court, they don't know what will happen.
Having said that, Xie Ying was about to leave, and Yan Yuer also got up to see him off. Xie Ying's black eyes suddenly fixed on Yan Yu'er, making her heart flutter.
He said: "Master, don't touch Zhu Yi, otherwise, you won't be able to afford the price." He used to think that this girl was just a charming lady, and left it to Zhu Yi to deal with it, but now he had to warn him.
Yan Yu'er clenched her fists and said: "Don't worry, my son, since my father ordered me to be in charge in the capital, I will not delay the overall situation because of personal affairs."
Xie Ying didn't speak any more, and walked away.
The middle-aged man on the side said: "The county lord, the lord said that if the emperor gives another marriage to the eldest son, the county lord will marry Xie Shao, the eldest son of the Xie family." The man hesitated and said: "It is said that Xie Shao is also a handsome man He is outstanding, and his ability is not inferior to the eldest son. From now on, whether the Xie family belongs to Xie Ying or Xie Shao, I am afraid it is still uncertain."
Yan Yu'er sneered, and said slowly, "Really? But I just fell in love with Xie Ying, what do you think?" As for Zhu Yi, Xie Ying would have to spend about a year or so before getting tired of her color. Just treat him as the concubine who warmed his bed before getting married. When the father enters the Dragon Court, are you afraid that Xie Ying will escape her palm
The middle-aged man shut his mouth and stopped talking. This county lord has been more favored by King Jinghai since he was a child. Easy calculation and Xiao thought.
But after Xie Ying stopped Zhu Yi, Shen Xingliu sent Zhu Chuo back to the living room. After sitting there for a while, without Zhu Yi watching, she wanted to do something she had wanted to do for a long time with the help of alcohol.
Zhu Chuo, carrying a white porcelain pot with round melons painted on the Cangjiang River under the moon, quietly came to the front hall where the male guests were. He poured all the water in the pot onto his back. Fortunately, the weather was cold, and the water in the pot was only lukewarm, not hot. The clothes on the man's back were soaked instantly.
It was quiet all around.
Seeing Han Yunrong's indifferent face, Zhu Chuo raised his eyebrows and smiled happily, but his words were still clumsy: "Master Han, your hands are slippery, yes, I can't stop."
Rong Ting immediately asked someone to help the dizzy Zhu Chuo down, and tried to smooth things over: "Princess Rongyu drank too much, so don't take it to heart if she misses for a while. I am similar in stature to you, and I happen to have two sets of new clothes." The clothes haven't been worn yet, why don't Lord Han change them?"
Han Yunrong didn't look annoyed, changed clothes with the person arranged by Rong Ting and came back, glanced at the female guests, but didn't see Zhu Chuo, and went to the courtyard again.
Zhu Chuo was leaning against a tree, when Jiang Yanghou's eldest son Qi Chen graciously handed her a bunch of roasted bananas, Zhu Chuo took them and bit them.
Han Yunrong's gaze sank, he took two steps back, turned around and walked towards Zhu Chuo again. He stood in front of Zhu Chuo, his tall body covered most of Zhu Chuo's light, Zhu Chuo raised his head in a daze, and heard him say: "Princess, Princess Xizhen asked me to invite you to the front."
Hearing Zhu Yi called her, Zhu Chuo stood up, but she drank too much and staggered a little, Han Yunrong supported Zhu Chuo before Qi Chen reached out. Qi Chen wanted to go with him, Han Yunrong glanced at him and said, "I only invited the princess."
Han Yunrong's methods are strict, and all the cases are handled impeccably. People in the court either win him over or keep him at a respectful distance. Qi Chen was slightly taken aback, and actually asked the other party to take Zhu Chuo away alone.
Zhu Chuo couldn't stop struggling after being pushed into the wing room: "Han, you are so bold! What's the matter? This princess splashed water on you, and you still want to get revenge?"
Han Yunrong didn't answer her words, but only said: "Where is your maid? The princess is so drunk, and she is grilling food with a man outside, what does it look like?"
It was because Zhu Chuo was not in a good mood seeing Han Yunrong that he left the palace servants and went outside alone to enjoy the breeze, and it was Qi Chen who came here by himself. When she saw the culprit, she suddenly became angry, and she stopped talking: "It's none of your business, let me go. Then I'm still alone in the room with you, aren't you a man?"
Zhu Chuo was about to rush out the door, but Han Yunrong pushed him lightly, and Zhu Chuo backed away. Zhu Chuo stepped forward again, but Han Yunrong grabbed his wrist.
"Let go! Do you want to let go?" Zhu Chuo has never tolerated this word in his actions. When he saw a man who would not let go, he lowered his head and bit his wrist. After biting for a while, Zhu Chuo raised his eyes and saw the deep tooth marks and slightly soaked blood, he was frightened again, and hurriedly went to see Han Yunrong.
The man stared at her with deep phoenix eyes and asked, "Has the princess relieved her hatred at all?"
Zhu Chuo was startled, and said: "Relieve the hatred, let me go quickly."
Han Yunrong didn't stop Zhu Chuo anymore, and ran out as if she let her escape.
Not long after Xie Ying left, Zhu Yi also woke up. It turned out that Rong Xiao hadn't seen Zhu Yi for a long time, and went looking for her everywhere. Seeing Wen Yan guarding the door of a wing room, Rong Xiao thought it was Xie Ying who was trapping Zhu Yi in the room. Immediately, he was furious. He could see clearly this afternoon that the princess didn't want to talk to Xie Ying at all.
Rong Xiao immediately stepped forward to question as the princess' guard, but woke up Zhu Yi in the room.
Zhu Yi followed Rong Xiao back to the front hall. She didn't see Xie Ying, but Zhu Chuo suddenly appeared and threw himself into her arms, hugging her tightly and saying, "Yiyi."
Zhu Yi's heart skipped a beat, he pushed Zhu Chuo away to look at him, and said slightly annoyed, "Did Han Yunrong bully you again just now?"
Zhu Chuo didn't expect Zhu Yi to guess who it was related to, she quickly shook her head, she thought for a while and said, "Third brother, let's go shopping, I haven't been out of the palace for a long time."
Both Zhu Chuo and Zhu Ning clamored to go out, but Rong Ting had no choice but to send Rong Xiaoduo and some guards to follow. As the host, he had to stay at home.
Near the Princess Mansion is the busiest night market in Qingxiu Pond. This is the first time for Zhu Yi, Zhu Ning, and Zhu Chuo to visit the night market together. They are all very happy. They feel that even the moon above their heads is brighter than usual, and even the illuminated long street is more beautiful than before.
Zhu Chuo said: "I really hope that I will be with the boss and the third child forever!" Zhu Yi stroked Zhu Chuo's head, and knew that this was only a dream. Maybe within half a year, the two of them who grew up together would be separated from each other. .
The three sisters gathered around a peddler who painted sugar figurines. Zhu Yi remembered that when Xie Ying gave her a rabbit lantern before Qixi Festival, the other party jokingly said: "Princess, I think this rabbit looks a bit like you." He clicked twice, but thinking of Xie Ying, she still asked to draw a sugar rabbit.
Zhu Yi took it and licked it twice, and bit off the rabbit ears in a few bites. She slowly raised her head, always feeling that someone was watching her from somewhere, which was different from the short-lived amazement of the people around her. Follow her, cling to her.
She turned around and saw a silhouette in the crowd, who then turned his back and disappeared. Zhu Yi was startled, the figure of that person made her feel very familiar.
... Shao Congyi. The name popped into Zhu Yi's mind at once. But she smiled and shook her head again, there are too many people with similar appearance and body shape in this world. How could it be Shao Congyi, the dead Shao Congyi
She froze for a moment, feeling that she was really thinking too much.
On the fourth floor of the Tonight Pavilion, one can have a panoramic view of the entire Qingxiu Pond.
A middle-aged man by the window looked at the young man opposite him with some trepidation. The other man had been looking out the window for a long time, and it was hard to guess what he was thinking. He speculated along the other side of the other party's line of sight: "My lord, those are the three princesses. The one in purple is Princess Yong'an, the one in blue is Princess Xizhen, and the one in red is Princess Rongyu."