In the evening of that day, the two reached an agreement, and Huayan fulfilled it immediately, and sat at the table to accompany Yun Chi to eat something intentionally.
After dinner, Yun Chi said to Hua Yan, "The day after tomorrow is Zhao Zaifu's birthday party, you should rest well tomorrow."
Huayan yawned, "As long as your family members don't come again, I can rest well."
Yun Chi laughed, "Don't worry, the emperor's grandmother and father have come. If other people come, I will tell the butler that the East Palace will not entertain guests tomorrow, so just push them away."
Huayan nodded and waved to him.
Yun Chi stood up, walked slowly to the door, suddenly remembered something, turned back to her and said, "Because of what you said to the Seventh Princess, An Guogong almost broke Lu Zhiling's leg, this is something that would hurt others , you should do less in the future, if you want to harm, I will let you harm as you like."
Huayan yawned halfway, and rolled her eyes instead, "His Royal Highness has a tendency to be abused, so, for more than a year, no matter how much I have caused you to be hurt, you think that I have not hurt you enough, the more you like it, so, so, Life and death constrained me not to cancel the engagement"
Yun Chi laughed angrily, "I don't have the tendency to be victimized, but I just feel that if I recognize you, it's you. I'm used to you making trouble and hurting me, so I don't want to change to someone else."
Huayan snorted coldly, took a hard look at Yun Chi, and suddenly smiled, "Shizi Lu is very fond of me, if he could be broken by An Guogong, he would have been broken long ago, he wouldn't be alive and kicking now Don't worry, His Royal Highness, the man I fancy is very strong."
Yun Chi's brows were clouded with blue mist, he stared at her smiling face for a moment, and asked lightly, "You said that Lu Zhiling is very suitable for you, so what about Su Zizhan?"
Hua Yan's heart tightened, she smiled at Yan Yan calmly, and said with a flowery smile, "Mr. How long you can live is naturally not as good as Lu Zhiling."
"Oh yeah?" Yun Chi narrowed his eyes.
Huayan nodded, "Su Zizhan is cold-hearted and ruthless. Although his drunken beauty is indeed delicious, compared to Lu Zhiling, Lu Zhiling's chic, romantic, and humorous are better. After all, getting along with others is a must. It's fun, and if you get along with wine, you will become a drunkard."
Yun Chi smiled coolly, "You're very apt, but he's afraid he'll disappoint you, Lu Zhiling isn't that promising." After finishing speaking, he turned and walked out the door.
As he left, the bead curtain shook and crackled with an extremely pleasant sound.
Huayan cursed secretly.
On the second day, as expected, according to Yun Chi's order, Donggong thanked the guests behind closed doors, and Huayan spent a day comfortably and obediently in Phoenix West Garden.
It is quieter than the East Palace, but it is not the case outside.
Due to the incident of the fateful marriage lottery in Qingshui Temple, the trend has not subsided outside, and the people in Beijing are still talking about it. Most people thought that the marriage between the crown prince and Lin'an Huayan might be cancelled. Since ancient times, not only the royal family would not allow matchmakers with incompatible marriages, even ordinary people's families are very taboo about it.
So, they were all talking and watching, some felt sorry for the beauty of Lin'an, thinking how lucky she was to be chosen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as a concubine more than a year ago, but she was not a lucky person, she was not married yet , Then something like this happened. Some people think that it is a great thing that this happened. The crown prince broke the engagement with Linan Huayan, so they must re-select the crown princess. Wouldn't they have a chance
Today's concubine will be the mother of a country in the future, and the queen of the world, who is not envious
Especially before the Crown Prince Jianguo was regent, the emperor threw out a sentence, "If I abdicate, Yun Chi will definitely ascend the throne. Apart from him, the Southern Chu Jiangshan Emperor will not be the second choice."
Therefore, the prince's throne is firmly established.
In the past few years, the emperor did not go to court for more than half a year, and all court affairs were delegated to the prince with full power to oversee the country. Under the governance of the prince, no one was unconvinced and dared to make trouble.
There are fifteen princes in the emperor, the eldest prince is five years older than the crown prince, the second prince is three years older than the prince, the third prince is two years older than the prince, and the prince ranks fourth. Secondly, His Highness the fifth prince, the young prince, is two years old, and the sixth prince, the young prince, is five years old. The rest of the seven princes, eight princes, nine princes, ten princes and fifteen princes are each one or half a year old.
These princes, whether they are older than His Highness the Crown Prince, or younger than His Highness the Crown Prince. So far, no one has held an important position in the court, and no one has been released from Beijing. The older ones hold idle positions and have little rights, and the younger ones study their homework every day, and they have no sense of rights.
Any one of them taken out, or taken together, could not resist His Royal Highness waving his sleeves.
Therefore, even though these princes are all living well and none of them are disabled, the future world of Southern Chu will belong to Prince Yunchi. This is also the result of the emperor's love and respect for the crown prince, and since he was born and established as the crown prince, he deliberately contributed to this. And the prince lived up to expectations, supporting the Southern Chu Jiangshan.
Therefore, some people have already made preparations in secret, as soon as the emperor issued an order to cancel the engagement, or the queen mother withdrew the imperial order, or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself did something about the marriage, then the marriage would be put into operation immediately.
But after waiting for a day, there was no news of the cancellation of the engagement from the palace or the East Palace.
The empress dowager and the emperor each visited the East Palace, but they didn't say anything after returning to the palace.
The next day, it was Zhao Zaifu's birthday banquet.
This year's Zhao Zaifu's birthday banquet, because the emperor announced that he would go to Zhao's mansion to have fun with his monarchs and ministers, Zhao Zaifu's mansion was organized early.
With the help of Zhao Qingxi, Mrs. Zhao organized and invited theatrical troupe and juggling troupe, and arranged venues for flower viewing, scenery viewing, poetry fighting, pot throwing, etc., for the guests to have fun in the Zhao residence for a day after celebrating their birthdays.
Zhao's posts covered almost the entire residence of nobles in the capital. Because Zhao Zaifu was kind to others and had been an official for many years, although he was the prime minister, he never did evil to others. Therefore, all the residences that received the post were naturally very respectful.
However, because Huayan came to Beijing, she first made her gambling skills known to the world at the Shunfang Casino, and then made a terrible marriage lottery, so recently, the conversations of the government and the opposition, the market, the market, and the alleys have all revolved around her. On the contrary, Zhao Zaifu's upcoming birthday was drowned out.
But even so, everyone still remembered this day, and they all rode horses and drove to Zhao Mansion early.
Everyone in the Zhao residence changed into new clothes, and they were beaming.
Zhao Zaifu wore the birthday star's gown with the characters "Fushou" and looked radiant. Mrs. Zhao followed suit in an auspicious printed gown with a spirited look on her face. Zhao Qingxi wore a lotus-colored lotus skirt, dignified and elegant. Tiredness reduces color by half.
Zhao Zaifu only had Zhao Qingxi as his only daughter, there were too many visitors and the mansion was not enough, so he early selected some brothers, uncles, nephews and their family members from the Zhao family clan to help.
Early in the morning, the butler of the Zhao Mansion brought people to stand at the door to receive the guests and birthday presents.
Just after dawn, the shouts at the door can be heard endlessly, and the names and gift lists of visitors are endless.
Cars and horses from various mansions are like rushing to the market. When they come out from each mansion, they have to pass through Ronghua Street, which blocks Ronghua Street to an impenetrable extent.
Su Zizhan and Lu Zhiling rode back to the city from Tangquan Mountain. As soon as they entered the city, they saw this magnificent scene.
Cars and horses are difficult to move on the streets.
Seeing all the carriages pouring into one direction, Su Zizhan sneered, "This Zhao Zaifu's birthday is almost in time for the emperor's birthday. It's really grand and lively."
Lu Zhiling nodded, "That's right, the Zhao Mansion must be very lively today." After saying that, he asked Su Zizhan, "Will you go?"
Su Zi cut his eyes across the street, looked towards the direction of the East Palace, and said coldly, "I don't have much friendship with the Zhao Mansion."
Lu Zhiling thought for a while, "I don't seem to have either, but we all accepted the post from the Zhao Mansion. Why don't we go?"
Su Zizhan withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at him, and raised his eyebrows, "Today the princess should go to Zhao Zaifu's mansion. If you don't go, won't you let others guess about her relationship with you, and you won't be afraid of what she will say to the outside world?"
Lu Zhiling's heart skipped a beat, he slapped his forehead, glared at Su Zizhan, and said angrily, "It's all your fault." After saying that, he said bitterly, "But I'm going, can I stop her? But Crown Princess, if I approach her and talk to her, then what she said earlier will be more solid. If I don't go, I can't stop her from saying something in front of so many people, and I won't be able to clean it up in this life. You say, what should I do"
Su Zizhan urged the horse forward, and sneered coldly, "How do I know?"
Lu Zhiling became anxious, and urged his horse forward. The two horses stood side by side, and he grabbed Su Zizhan's reins, "You have hurt me so much, you must find a way for me quickly. My old man will definitely go today, and I will bear it." I can't help him yelling and killing me for this matter in the future, and Yun Chi, he will definitely settle the score with me today, and I will sneak into the East Palace to settle the money that day, and the two accounts may be settled together."
Su Zizhan disdain, "promise"
Lu Zhiling said with a thick face, "Of course I'm not as promising as you. If I'm in a hurry, I dare to draw my sword against myself." After finishing speaking, he grabbed Su Zizhan forcefully, gritted his teeth, and said, "You must go with me. You can't If it is clarified, I will definitely not let you, the instigator, relax."