Zhu Yi hesitated for a moment, the distance between the two was a little close, but there was no one else here, so she could only ask Xie Shao to help her see. After all, they are eyes, so they should not be ignored.
Xie Shao looked closely at Zhu Yi's red eyes, then looked at the inkstone beside him, and sneered slightly. Zhu Yi was an ordinary little girl, and she probably thought that there were only the two of them in this hall, but he had already noticed that there was another person hiding behind the west fan.
The other party held back his breath as much as possible, but Xie Shao used to stay in Junyi's inner guard all year round, and he used to do secret spying. Hiding his body shape and aura is a compulsory course. If he didn't misread the passing shadow before, the other party It should be Pu Hai, the eunuch next to the emperor, who practiced the femininity of Changchun Kung Fu.
"It's nothing serious." Xie Shao said: "Princess rubbed something dirty into her eyes, don't rub it again, I will find water to help her wash it. Princess wait here for a while."
Zhu Yi nodded, holding back his discomfort and putting down his hands.
Xie Shao came out of the Qinxian Hall, turned around the corner, and stopped a dodging maid. When the other party came to fetch a basin of clean water, he stretched out his fingers to soak the water and sniffed it, then took out his own cotton handkerchief and twisted it.
Xie Shao said: "The princess poured water to wash."
After Zhu Yi scooped up two handfuls of water and finished rinsing, Xie Shao handed her the twisted cotton handkerchief. After wiping her eyes, Zhu Yi remembered that Shao Congyi had been so careful in the past. As expected, he had not changed, so he smiled again Said: "Thank you."
Xie Shao said no.
The emperor appeared at the door at this time, saw the maid holding water, and asked what was going on, after Zhu Yi said, the emperor told Zhu Yi to go back to the palace. Zhu Yi couldn't wait, so he hurried out.
After the emperor finished talking with Xie Shao and ordered Xie Shao to retreat, Pu Hai reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, according to the old slave's observation, Xie Shao should be interested in the princess. The old slave made the princess fall, and Xie Shao did not avoid suspicion." So I supported the princess. The princess's eyes were smoked by the red cotton oil, and Xie Shao also stepped forward to care immediately."
The emperor nodded: "Where is the princess? What is your reaction to Xie Shao?"
Pu Haidao: "Although the princess does not admire Xie Shao as much as she does Xie Ying, she does not refuse Xie Shao's concern. Presumably it is because of her habit of being interested in Shao Congyi."
The emperor expressed his awareness and ordered Pu Hai to retreat.
Zhu Yi went back to Yonglian Hall and didn't go anywhere all afternoon. A little girl, after giving her body and mind to a man, naturally has a different mentality from before. Today, she always wonders if Xie Ying will come to see her tonight. At night, Xie Ying really came. Zhu Yi immediately greeted her sweetly.
Xie Ying took Zhu Yi's hand and sat on the chair, saying, "Is the princess feeling better?"
Zhu Yi was afraid that he would give him medicine again, so he hurriedly said.
"That's good." Xie Ying asked directly: "Princess, the emperor summoned you to the Qinxian Hall and Xie Shao?"
Zhu Yi was slightly taken aback, and nodded.
Xie Ying said softly: "It's the second time. Why didn't you tell me the first time?"
Unexpectedly, the emperor had Xie Ying's eyeliner beside her. She planned to observe the emperor's next move before she said, "I don't think it's a big deal."
"Is it an important matter, the princess still doesn't know? I thought the prince should be a warning to the princess."
"But Xie Shao is not like the prince, he is..." Zhu Yi almost missed a few words about Shao Congyi. She thought that Xie Ying was very concerned about Shao Congyi before, so she said, "He is your elder brother."
Xie Ying looked at Zhu Yi, but didn't speak.
Xie Ying's eyes made Zhu Yi feel a little uneasy. She couldn't figure out what Xie Ying was thinking, so she asked casually: "Xie Ying, how is your relationship with Xie Shao?" Great question.
"What does the princess ask this for?"
Zhu Yi said, "I'm just asking casually."
Xie Ying replied: "General."
Just two words? Sure enough, it's not very good, Zhu Yi groaned, and was thinking of something to say, the next moment, Xie Ying had already embraced her in his arms, so tight that she felt a little pain in her body. But Xie Ying's strength made the corners of Zhu Yi's lips curl up inexplicably.
After a while, Xie Ying let go of Zhu Yi and said, "Princess, the relationship between the two of us is different from the past. I hope you can take the initiative to tell me about your affairs. Concubine Tong has a servant named Fu Xiaoche, and the princess will definitely recognize her. If you want to find me, or tell me something, just tell him. Remember?"
Zhu Yi was slightly taken aback, Fu Xiaoche was from Xie Ying? Said: "Remember."
The emperor's birthday followed.
This year's Longevity Festival, the birthday banquet is held in the Cunqiu Garden, with separate seats for men and women, singing, dancing and music, and eight precious jade food, as grand as ever. The princes and ministers in Beijing, as well as all the wives from the eldest princess to Mrs. Shangshu, all wore court clothes and entered the palace to celebrate.
Naturally, Zhu Ning also returned to the palace, and the three sisters got together again.
Today, there are so many foreign men, the princess and the ladies can't move around, and they didn't attend the banquet of the married woman. Instead, they were arranged by the queen in the Guancheng Building next to the Cunqiu Garden, a little far away from the center of the banquet.
The princess, the clan, and the noble ladies of the royal family are on the third floor, and the second floor is the lady of the prince's family. The first floor is full of various autumn chrysanthemums, but because the center of Guanchengzhai is empty, the movement of the upper and lower can be heard from each other .
Yan Yu'er asked Zhu Dai curiously: "A Dai, what have you been watching that girl in yellow clothes downstairs do? Who is that?"
Zhu Dai said quickly, "Zhen Xi is the daughter of Zhen Xian'an, Minister of Rites. Do you think she looks good?"
Yan Yu'er looked at the girl named Zhen Xi again, with a light cloud and willow-like figure, exquisite beauty, and extremely attractive color, Yan Yu'er felt that she was not much inferior to Zhu Yi, so she commented pertinently: "A rare beauty."
Zhu Dai straightened her face and said, "I heard from my mother that she is going to be my cousin's side concubine."
Who doesn't know that Zhu Dai's cousin who is the only concubine is the son of Prince Wei Ning? Everyone upstairs and downstairs heard Zhu Dai's words, and that Zhen Xi immediately became the center of attention of all the girls, feeling sorry for a beautiful woman who was originally generous, and immediately felt embarrassed.
Zhu Yi also turned her head slowly, and together with Yan Yuer, looked at Zhen Xi from head to toe several times, until Zhu Ning asked her to help her with her hair, Zhu Yi didn't look again.
Yan Yu'er also looked away and looked out of the window. After a while, she suddenly couldn't even roll her eyes. The chirping of all the ladies facing the window disappeared, and it was eerily quiet for an instant.
Zhu Yi noticed something strange, and after helping Zhu Ning tidy her hair, she followed Yan Yuer from a distance, and was stunned for a moment.
Even though she secretly had such an intimate relationship with Xie Ying, Xie Ying at this moment only made her feel very far away and strange.
It was the first time for Zhu Yi to see Xie Ying wearing the crown of the prince's son, the eighth crown, and the black clothes. The white jade bead on the man's forehead swayed with his steps, making it difficult for her to calm down.
Xie Ying walked quietly behind the prince, not showing a trace of arrogance on his face, but there was an aura that made people feel that they needed to look up, as towering as a mountain, and as bright as the sky - he was more like a son of heaven than the previous prince. But of course no one dared to say this.
According to the regulations, the prince's son wears a black black robe with three chapters of fire pattern on the shoulders, and his lower body is a red lower garment with four chapters, four-color ribbon, and a gold hook and jade pendant. Pressed over, but this outfit made Xie Ying's tall and perfect figure look even more upright, her whole person was noble and proud, and her radiance surpassed the world.
All the young ladies felt flushed and heartbeat just looking at it, and even panting became difficult. Men are born like this, it is God intentionally created to harm women.
At this moment, Yan Yu'er had an inconceivable idea in her heart. With Xie Ying like this, she was even reluctant to let him submit to others, and she didn't want to see him bow and kneel before any man. If he wants... as long as he wants...she is willing Help him ascend to the throne instead of helping his father and brother, and then, be his queen.
In fact, not only women, men's eyes are mostly on Xie Ying. Without him, Xie Ying is too young and has a lot of power. After a few years, Xie Ying's power will continue to grow, and no one knows what it will bring to this dynasty. What kind of change, the men have their own thoughts on Xie Ying, of course, most of them are planning to curry favor secretly.
Xie Shao's eyes stayed on the side of Xie Ying's face, and suddenly called out: "A Ying, this way."
Xie Ying didn't plan to sit next to Xie Shao so soon, but he didn't want outsiders to put his brother's discord on the face. He looked at Xie Shao, and left the prince and walked over.
Xie Ying never smiles in places where there are many women, and he never glances around. He is afraid that he will meet someone who thinks he is passionate and will cause him to be bored by rotten peach blossoms, so naturally he will not go to the place where the noble lady is. Cheng Zhai took a look in the direction.
Such a dignified Xie Ying reminded Zhu Yi of the Xie Ying she saw in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for the first time, and she couldn't connect with the man who liked to play hooligans and make fun of her when he met her in private recently. .
After all the monarchs and ministers in front took their seats, the serving lady also invited all the princesses and ladies to sit down for the banquet.
Immediately, Zhen Xi once again became the focus of attention of all the ladies.