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There is a word "Hong" engraved on it.
It really is this flute!
He had seen it at the bonfire party.
His heart trembled, and before he knew it, he clenched his palms. Great, it's you.
Qiaochu, it turns out to be you!
What is your relationship with Shangguan Jingcong!
You rejected me that day, but got involved with my ninth brother
After the battle at the narrow road, he was even calmer than usual. At this moment, he was furious. Seeing Wang Mang and others approaching, he looked suspicious. He patted Wang Mang and said, "You and A Jing stay here and carefully check the situation of King Rui and Xixia. I will leave first."
Wang Mang was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement. However, Shen Qingling next to him looked a little pale. His heart moved slightly, and he followed her gaze, but saw that her eyes were fixed on Shangguan Jinghong far away in front of her. His heart sank, but his face remained expressionless. He called her lightly, and Shen Qingling was slightly startled, then looked at him with a smile.
He did not say anything, but just said: "You and Wang Mang watch carefully here."
Shen Qingling agreed, and he immediately looked at Cao Zhaonan, "Follow me."
It was still the window on the side. When he walked to the window, he suddenly saw Shangguan Jinghong staring at him indifferently. He raised his eyebrows and smiled, threw the thing in his hand, and led Cao Zhaonan to jump out of the window.
"Prince Rui, how are you?" Chun Feng glanced at the man in front of him and smiled softly, but there was a lot of hostility in his eyes.
Shangguan Jinghong smiled, "The prince is thoughtful."
The fifth brother came just in time, stood beside him, and gently wrote the words "Prince of Western Xia" on his spine from behind.
Among the five people in front, the older woman looked at him indifferently, with a hint of interest in her eyes. He was just startled when he saw the prince who had been hiding behind the crowd jump out of the window. Something slipped from his hand. He hesitated for a moment, and without looking back at the woman, he said to Jing Qing beside him, "Go and pick up the thing under the window."
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Chunfeng sneered and changed the subject, what an arrogant King Rui is!
If this man had not suddenly arrived, he would have definitely gone after those two people, the proud and unruly man, and the veiled woman.
He can only like what he doesn't want, but he can't let others do it so recklessly!
The first-rank military officer Bi Xiang, who was the old man who had just rescued Yin Ping with Chunfeng, looked at the civil officials Qian Zhong and Cai Ning. Bi Xiang had led troops to attack eastward on behalf of Western Xia that day, and had suffered losses at the hands of Shangguan Jinghong. He was extremely wary of Shangguan Jinghong, but he also had a sense of admiration for him in his heart. He was in mixed feelings and didn't say much.
But Qianzhong and Caining were smiling a lot. They brought Yinping and greeted Prince Ning and others. Caining smiled and said, "If I hadn't met Prince Rui by chance and Prince Rui introduced me, I wouldn't have known the Fifth Prince."
Since they knew that someone from Xixia was coming, they knew who they were when they were hunting in the enclosure. They also heard them address each other in the restaurant, so they knew their identities. On the contrary, Prince Rui had lost his memory. Although he had met Chunfeng, Caining and others on the battlefield, he could not recognize them. Prince Ning smiled in his heart, but he was polite on the surface. He bowed and said, "Why don't the princess and the prince stay at the embassy and ask the officials in the embassy to report to the court so that the court can send someone to pick them up?"
Qian Zhong said: "We all wanted to see your people's life. Today, it seems that it is indeed very exciting."
King Ning sneered secretly, wonderful? Bullying the people of Dongling at will is wonderful! If it weren't for the need to investigate the crown prince and see what he wanted to do, even if I knew your identity, I would definitely intervene to control you.
But why did the ninth brother come here? It is very likely that his marriage with Xixia is known to everyone in the court, but today, although he came here, he seemed to be unaware of the identities of Chunfeng and others, and later he had a conflict with Yinping for the veiled woman.
Although this was a coincidence, it was not surprising that he clashed with Chunfeng and others without knowing their identities. Originally, if Shen Qingling had not informed us, we would not have known that the Xixia envoy had arrived secretly. After all, Chunfeng and others did not go directly to the embassy and changed into Dongling clothing. Now it is different from before the eighth brother lost his memory. With the caution of Shangguan Jinghong, he must have everything ready. Like the prince, he had already found out the news of the Xixia envoy.
What was strange was that even though the ninth brother did not know the true identities of these three people, from the previous encounter, with his keen eyesight, he should have known that the other party was of noble status, but he fought for the veiled woman.
Who is that veiled woman
With Ninth Brother's temperament and status, he was not afraid of these three people, but why did he take the woman away in such a hurry? It seemed as if he was avoiding something!
Clearly, when we met in the enclosure that day, Ninth Brother seemed to have feelings for Qiaochu. And it was not just an ordinary feeling.
Why did the prince leave suddenly
He didn't even have a formal meeting with Chunfeng and others.
At this time, apart from Yinping who was still looking at the belt in her hand with a slightly frowned brow, he saw a hint of sneer on Chunfeng's mouth. While Caining was talking to him, she was measuring Shangguan Jinghong thoughtfully.
After Shangguan Jinghong greeted the people from Western Xia, he had a modest smile on his lips, but his eyes were fixed on Jing Qing who was returning from the window. When Jing Qing walked back quickly, he touched something in Jing Qing's hand, and his eyes changed color. King Ning and everyone else were surprised, but they saw it was a jade flute.
Cai Ning and the others were fine, but King Ning and his group, as well as Shangguan Jinghong's friends, Fang Ming and Jing Ping, had already recognized that this was the flute Shangguan Jinghong usually used. He had already snatched the flute from Jing Qing's hand, "Qiaochu was here, did the prince embarrass her?"
He stared at Prince Ning and the others with his sharp eyes, and there was a hint of fierceness in them.
Pei Lan was the first to shake her head. "Eighth Master, if we talk about acquaintances, besides the Crown Prince, my Ninth Brother has also been here, but he came and left in a hurry. He had already left when you came in. As for Sister Qiao, we have definitely never seen her."
"No," Shangguan Jinghong's smile disappeared, "I gave the flute to Qiaochu. Since she never came, how could the flute be in the prince's hands?"
In the doctor's room, before the two of them reconciled, she slept in the inner room and he slept outside. Fearing that she would be bored in the room, he would sit on the doorstep and play the flute for her every day.
Until one day when they lived together, she said, Shangguan Jinghong, your flute is really beautiful. He listened, feeling happy, and said, Chuchu, I will teach you. But she laughed and said, Foolish, you were like this before you lost your memory, and you are still like this after you lost your memory. As she said this, she took his flute, put it in her purse, and said lightly, give this flute to me. I will keep it, so that I can always have a memory in the future...
What was she thinking about? At that time, she stopped talking and he didn't know. Now thinking back, he had a clue. It was... thinking.
She had been unwilling to be with him.
Even, I want to leave him.
He sneered slightly, but still stared at everyone. No matter how angry he was with her and how much he bullied her, he would never allow others to bully her.
The Ning Wang and his men looked at each other in surprise. How could such a precious thing end up in the hands of the Crown Prince? Yet, this thing was indeed thrown out by the Crown Prince...
Qin Dongning frowned, as if thinking about something, and suddenly cried out in a low voice, "Brother Jinghong, I remember how he got this flute. He stole it from the young man just now, no, from the veiled girl. I am very sensitive to such things, and I took a second look at it at that time."
As soon as she said this, Shangguan Jinghong and Jing Ping, who had arrived late, were slightly startled, but Prince Ning, Zong Pu and Pei Lan immediately realized what was happening. Shangguan Jinghong observed their expressions and saw that although it was only a moment, everyone's expressions had changed drastically. His heart sank. Since Prince Ning was the elder brother, he reached out and grabbed Zong Pu, "Tell me, where is Qiaochu!"
In the midst of the chaos, Prince Ning smiled bitterly, gritted his teeth, and said, "Eighth brother, if you want to see Concubine Qiao, come with me."
Shangguan Jinghong did not say anything, but nodded slightly to Chunfeng and Caining, "Jinghong is busy, and I am not entertaining you for violating etiquette today. We will meet again at the palace banquet tomorrow, and Jinghong will drink three cups of wine as apology."
Seeing him being so humble, Chunfeng was afraid in his heart but he still returned the greeting. Cai Ning frowned slightly, took a step forward and said "Prince Rui", but saw Shangguan Jinghong had already lifted up his clothes and immediately took Prince Ning out of the restaurant.
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The midday sun was surprisingly cold.
At the corner of the street, Qin Dongning watched Shangguan Jinghong, the people from Prince Rui's Mansion, Prince Ning, and Pei Lan disappear at the entrance of another alley, and then looked back at a pair of people hugging each other in the depths of the alley on the side.
The alley was very deep, and the man standing with his back to her was tall and slender, blocking the view of the person he was hugging. She was also blocking the view in front of a stall selling rouge and powder at the entrance of the alley, pretending to watch. Wang Mang just passed by, glanced at her and left in a hurry. He was probably looking for Fang Jing who had just "closely followed" Prince Rui and others, and he didn't know that Fang Jing was actually nearby, in Zong Pu's arms.
She looked down at her embroidered shoes.
But she had the urge to run away since then, but she could not ignore the overall situation and let Wang Mang or anyone else know the relationship between Shen Qingling and the Rui Palace and the Ning Palace. Ning Wang was her brother, and Rui Wang Shangguan Jinghong was her most beloved brother.
She is the youngest daughter of the Qin family. Her mother is the daughter of a minor official. She became her father's concubine because of her beautiful appearance.
Her father had many wives and concubines, and although he had few children, she had several brothers and an older sister, Qiuyu, who was born to his first wife. Therefore, she was not favored and had a withdrawn personality when she was young.
She is the mother of the Ning Wang. Concubine Li is the sister of her father's wife and is related to the Qin family by marriage. The Ning Wang has known all his brothers and sisters since he was a child. Logically, the Ning Wang was closest to Qiuyu, but his father was determined to marry his sister to the Ning Wang to make her the main wife of the Ning Wang Mansion, so as to strengthen the relationship. His sister also wanted this. However, although the Ning Wang had a concubine, after meeting Peilan, he only had Peilan in his heart and did not agree to this marriage. He was unwilling to let Peilan be wronged and give up the position of the main wife. His father had no choice but to let Qiuyu be a concubine, but Qiuyu was unwilling and embarrassed Peilan in private. The Ning Wang was furious when he learned about it and rejected his father explicitly. Whether as a wife or a concubine, he did not want Qin Qiuyu.
Prince Ning had been closer to her since childhood, and long before their marriage, Prince Ning had said that Qin Qiuyu had a too big heart.
Because of Prince Ning, she met Prince Rui.
I knew King Rui when I was young.
King Ning said, Xiaoyao, my eighth brother’s sister is no longer with us. His sister is a lifelong regret in his heart, so you just need to be his sister.
Prince Ning and Prince Rui had a very deep friendship. To outsiders, Prince Rui had only cured the illness of Prince Ning's uncle, Prince Ning's mother, and the brother of Concubine Li. Although the two had some friendship, it was just a brief one.
In fact, the mother of King Rui, Concubine Chang, and Concubine Li had a life-and-death relationship.
Concubine Li and Prince Ning had suffered from a serious disease similar to leprosy which was contagious. Although the emperor loved Concubine Li very much, he loved her far less than he loved Fang Fei, so he would not make great efforts for her. The imperial physician said that the disease could not be cured, so he isolated Concubine Li and Prince Ning in the cold palace and sent people to serve them, but he intended to let the mother and son live and die on their own.
When Concubine Chang first entered the palace, she was treated kindly by the peaceful Concubine Li. At that time, she could not bear it, so she went into the cold palace to treat Concubine Li for 30 consecutive days and nights, regardless of the risk of infection. With the skills of a national expert, she finally brought Concubine Li back to life. Concubine Li was grateful, but Concubine Chang told her not to thank her or be kind to her, because the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.
Concubine Li knew very well that Concubine Chang acted like this because the emperor and Concubine Chang had a huge conflict over a dou of pearls at that time, and Concubine Chang did not want to ruin her and Prince Ning's future because of herself.
Thus, the mystery of Concubine Li and Prince Ning's illness and recovery became a secret in the palace.
The director of the Imperial Hospital said that there was a thousand-year-old ginseng growing by the ancient well in the cold palace, and the ginseng had miraculous effects. Concubine Li and her son often drank the well water soaked with ginseng, and their illness was cured. In fact, no matter where you are, everyone has a jealous heart. If you find someone with better medical skills than yourself, even if you don't know who it is, the director will cover it up if he can.
Concubine Chang and Concubine Li just laughed it off.
Later, Concubine Chang was placed under house arrest by the emperor. Concubine Li privately begged the emperor for help, but to no avail, until Concubine Chang died tragically. Concubine Li wanted to raise Prince Rui herself, but the emperor gave Prince Rui to Concubine Zhuang to raise. Concubine Li has been feeling deeply guilty ever since.
Soon Prince Rui left the palace to build his own residence. When Prince Ning was a little older and reached the age to leave the palace and build his own residence, Concubine Li asked Prince Ning to keep in touch with Prince Rui in secret.
However, when Prince Hou Rui was fifteen or sixteen years old, he encountered danger again. Lao Tie suffered severe internal injuries from practicing martial arts and fell into a nightmare. Facing a life-or-death situation, he needed a very precious elixir in the palace to save him. The emperor resented that before Concubine Chang entered the palace, Lao Tie was always by his side, and they were very close, so he refused to use the elixir.
Concubine Li happened to be mourning her grandfather, so she took Prince Ning away from Chaoge to her hometown to offer sacrifices. She could not help him openly or secretly. Xia Haibing also went out for trouble.