I was a princess in ancient times
Chapter 109
Back in the main hall where the banquet was held, Ji Xinxue immediately noticed that many people took advantage of the dressing time to change their clothes.
Originally, there were only stereotyped reds and purples in the main hall, but now suddenly there are light yellow, emerald green, royal blue... and delicate and elegant lilac colors.
"Princess!" Lang Jun, who was wearing a vermilion robe, stopped in front of Ji Xinxue, his fair face was full of blush.When his eyes met Ji Xinxue's, he immediately avoided it as if being burned by flames, and then quietly raised his eyelids to see Ji Xinxue's expression.
The coy and shy look didn't seem like he was blocking Ji Xinxue's way, but Ji Xinxue was blocking him.
Ji Xinxue took half a step back, he knew this person, he was the youngest son of the Minister of the Household Department, and he had appeared on Ji Minyan's list of sons-in-law.
In terms of family background, bearing, and talent, Cao Qilang can be regarded as outstanding, he can be called a hexagonal warrior, but it is a pity that Ji Minyan doesn't like him.
Ji Jingrou once complained in a letter that Cao Qilang was not active enough and would only appear in front of Ji Minyan when he was summoned. Maybe the Household Minister had no intention of making him a son-in-law.
Now Cao Qilang is blocking his way with a face full of shyness...
Ji Xinxue rubbed more and more goosebumps on her forearm through the clothes, and reluctantly said something perfunctory to Cao Qilang, "I will be seated first, and Mr. Qilang will also be seated earlier."
After finishing speaking, Ji Xinxue quickly walked around Cao Qilang, pretending not to hear Cao Qilang's call, and walked straight to his seat with elegant and fast steps.
However, the process of Cao Qilang stopping Ji Xinxue and successfully chatting with Ji Xinxue has been seen by all those who pay attention to Ji Xinxue.
Even if Ji Xinxue chooses a place with few people, she still cannot avoid being stopped again.
This time it was the gentleman in the royal blue brocade robe.
"Princess Anwu, I am the son of Uncle Chengyang, can I have a few words with you before the banquet begins?"
Compared to the shy Cao Qilang, Uncle Chengyang's son is warm and generous, and his intimacy when speaking is as natural as a friend who has known Ji Xinxue for a long time.
Ji Xinxue nodded coldly.
After Xungui came to greet him politely, he couldn't completely deny the other party face.
Moreover, the character of Uncle Chengyang is obviously different from that of the shy Cao Qilang. If he repeats his old tricks and turns around and leaves, Uncle Chengyang will probably catch up.
Anyway, he won't be the one who suffers in the end...
Ji Xinxue looked at Uncle Chengyang with almost invisible sympathy in his eyes.
It's best for the other party not to come to talk to him out of admiration, as it's easy to break your heart.
Uncle Chengyang didn't care about Ji Xinxue's indifference at all, and said with a smile, "Princess just returned to Chang'an from the fiefdom, is there anything you're not used to?"
Ji Xinxue carelessly fiddled with the ruby hanging from her waist. In order to prevent the heartbreak of Uncle Chengyang in the future, she deliberately said with a gun and stick, "The root of my palace is in Chang'an. How can I not get used to the life in Chang'an? Uncle Chengyang Be careful."
"Princess forgive me, it's a slip of the tongue." Uncle Chengyang immediately admitted his mistake, "After the year, I will hold a banquet in Baiweilou to apologize to the princess, how about it?"
No matter, you think beautifully.
Ji Xinxue originally had doubts about the reason why Uncle Chengyang stopped him, but now it is almost certain that Uncle Chengyang has the same purpose as the shy Cao Qilang before.
He shook his head, "I haven't returned to Chang'an for a long time, and I'm going to live in Huangzhuang to visit my mother next year."
While answering, Ji Xinxue followed the shoulder of Uncle Chengyang and looked at his seat. Yu Heng was not there, but Ji Jingrou next door was.
He planned the route to Ji Jingrou with his eyes, and asked proactively, "Is there anything else?"
Seeing that New Year's Eve is a good day, I will give Uncle Chengyang another chance to ask a question.
Relying on his title of title and his appearance and bearing, which can surpass at least half of his peers, the son of Uncle Chengyang can meet people who take the initiative to talk to him wherever he goes.
Occasionally he wants to take the initiative to make friends with people, and no one can refuse his enthusiasm.
This is the first time that Chengyang Bo Shizi felt the lukewarm attitude from others.
The smile in his eyes was slightly weaker, but the smile on the corners of his mouth became more enthusiastic, and he stared at Ji Xinxue without blinking his eyes like peach petals, "I don't know how the princess likes to relieve boredom in her spare time. I would like to ask the princess to choose first."
Seeing Princess Anwu, who had always been calm, her eyes suddenly lit up, and the corners of her mouth also raised a smile.While Uncle Chengyang was in a good mood, he felt that Princess Anwu was nothing more than that.
Laity with beautiful skins.
Even though he thinks that Ji Xinxue has a beautiful skin, the son of Uncle Chengyang still feels unprecedented satisfaction because of Ji Xinxue's suddenly lively demeanor.
Many messy thoughts flashed through his mind.
It's a pity that Princess Anwu was engaged to King Xianglin many years ago.
Fortunately, they haven't set a wedding date yet. If Princess Anwu changes her mind, with His Majesty's love for Princess Anwu...
"A few?"
Hearing the voice from behind, Uncle Chengyang turned around subconsciously, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Qilin lying on the crow-blue brocade and glaring eyes.
King Xianglin!
The heart of Uncle Chengyang trembled suddenly, but there was no clue on his face, and he bowed to Yu Heng with his usual expression, "Prince Xianglin, I just had a few words with Princess Anwu, please don't misunderstand me." .”
Hearing this, Ji Xinxue withdrew her gaze from Yu Heng, and looked at the panic-stricken Prince Chengyang in confusion.
No, Prince Chengyang was pretty normal when he talked to him just now, and he could even be called talkative.How come seeing Yu Heng is like a mouse changing face when it sees a cat.
Natural tea?
Say a few words in public, what can be misunderstood?
Let the son of Uncle Chengyang say it, but he has the feeling of "there is no silver 300 taels here".
Yu Heng's gaze gradually deepened, and he slowly repeated what he said just now, "I ask you, how many toys are there from the Western Regions?"
Hesitation appeared in the eyes of Uncle Chengyang. He thought that the King of Xianglin would attack or hold back because of his provocation, but he never thought that the King of Xianglin would react like this.
After a little thought, Prince Chengyang decided to continue provoking.
High-ranking men don't like jealous women.
In the same way, a high-ranking woman will not like a man who is jealous, especially a man who is not only jealous, but also restrains her.
The son of Uncle Chengyang proudly puffed up his chest, "The minister's family has a caravan that controls the routes of the Western Regions, and they will bring back twenty pieces of high-quality toys at the end of the year. Father values me and rewards me with five pieces alone."
Having said that, he turned to look at Ji Xinxue, "I am willing to give these five Western Region toys to the princess for enjoyment."
Ji Xinxue resisted the thought of covering her eyes, and said expressionlessly, "No need."
He didn't understand why the dog-like Langjun fell into the frying pan in just three sentences.
"Princess, there is no need to worry that my parents will complain about it. Since it is given to me, I am allowed to control it at will." The son of Uncle Chengyang took half a step in the direction of Ji Xinxue, "I not only want to allocate this year to my The Western Region game in my hand is given to the princess, from now on..."
He restrainedly stopped what he hadn't said, turned around and looked at Yu Heng sadly.
Ji Xinxue silently took two steps back. If he had known that Uncle Chengyang's son was such a strange creature, he shouldn't have stopped with the idea of having a New Year's Eve palace banquet and having to give honor to Xungui.
Fortunately, it is not too late to wake up at this time, Ji Xinxue said to Yu Heng through Cheng Yang's son, "Feng Lang, let's go."
Yu Heng nodded, and walked past Uncle Chengyang's son without looking sideways, and walked side by side with Ji Xinxue to their seats.
Uncle Chengyang, who was suddenly left on the spot, showed a dazed face, and after a moment of stupefaction, he strode after him, "Princess, I sent the toys from the Western Regions to the palace in my second year of junior high school."
Yu Heng grabbed Ji Xinxue who wanted to bypass Chengyang Uncle Shizi, and fixed his black and white eyes on Uncle Chengyang, "Do you know Yecheng outside Yumen Pass?"
Uncle Chengyang shook his head blankly.
Contempt appeared in Yu Heng's eyes, and he raised his hand to push Cheng Yang Bo Shizi away, "Ask your father."
Ji Xinxue went back to the seat where he and Yu Heng had passed by and sat down. When she looked up to find the girls from the Rong family and the girls from the Zhang family, she happened to see Chengyang Boshizi standing in front of a middle-aged man who looked eight quarters like him, with a serious expression on his face. Green and red intertwined.
He chuckled and tilted his head to look at Yu Heng, "Did you deliberately ask him how many Western Region toys he has?"
Yu Heng's Adam's apple twitched slightly, and the words of denial circulated on his lips several times, but finally he nodded silently.
Yes.
Uncle Chengyang's son didn't know about Yecheng outside Yumen Pass, but Ji Xinxue did.
Three years ago, Ji Xinxue was plotted against by Faisi Grass Kouzhi and Beisechong fans. Yu Heng searched Dayu but couldn't find any clues, so he came up with the idea of finding clues in the birthplace of Faisi Grass.
Since the end of the Yanguang Dynasty, Tuyuhun, which is located in the southwest of the Yu Dynasty, went north and got stuck outside the Yumen Pass, causing the entire Longyou Road to lose contact, and the Hexi Corridor has always been in a state of chaos.
Emperor Changping tried to send people across Tuyuhun to check the situation in Longyou Road, but they lost contact as soon as they left Yumen Pass, and only a few returned to the Yu Dynasty in the end.
Tuyuhun has a special way of identifying people, but anyone who has been in the military camp cannot escape Tuyuhun's pursuit when they leave Yumen Pass.
In desperation, Emperor Changping could only send businessmen to check the situation in Longyou Dao.
At the very beginning, Yu Heng also followed the example of Emperor Changping and sent a caravan to the Western Regions to investigate the matter of Feisi grass and Bisiworm powder.
However, even if a pure businessman can break through Tuyuhun's defense line and enter the hinterland of Longyou Dao, he will not be able to easily find out the secrets of hundreds of years ago.
Every time Yu Heng saw that Ji Xinxue was still affected by the powder of Feisi grass and Bisiworm, he would be more eager to kill the people behind the scenes.
Over time, Yu Heng finally figured out a way to save time.
He turned up in private and asked Emperor Changping to build a city outside Yumen Pass, specifically to trap merchants who returned to the Yu Dynasty from the Western Regions trade route, and go through the news about the Western Regions that these merchants knew.
In order to prevent the existence of the new city from reducing the number of merchants in the Western Regions, which had been greatly reduced after the end of Yanguang, Yu Heng asked Emperor Changping to secretly send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits from outside the Yumen Pass to the Tuyuhun camp.The vicious ones were beheaded or punished as miners, and those who had never killed were sent to Xincheng.
In this way, the existence of the new city can avoid the biggest crisis that caravans have to face at the moment of successful business.It just happened to be able to establish majesty and confidently make demands on the caravan.
Emperor Changping agreed to build the city but refused to build the city in the name of the imperial court.
Now the principals in Yecheng are all from Princess Anguo's Mansion, half of the annual tax revenue goes to Princess An's Mansion, and half goes to Emperor Changping's private treasury.
The only thing that has something to do with Cheng Yangbo's son is that all caravans from the Western Regions returning to the Yu Dynasty from Yumen Pass must hold Ye Cheng's seal in order to enter Yumen Pass.
When the caravan enters Yecheng, all the goods need to be opened for inspection by the people of Yecheng.During this period, any items that Yecheng City Lord's Mansion takes a fancy to can be purchased with gold and silver.If the caravan disagrees, they will not be able to get the documents to enter Yumen Pass.
In other words, all the goods from the Western Regions that circulated to Dayu through Yumen Pass were leftovers from Princess An's Mansion.
It is understandable that the son of Uncle Chengyang tried to show courtesy to Ji Xinxue with five pieces of Western Region toys every year. From the appearance of entering, it can be seen that Uncle Chengyang himself finds it ridiculous.
Ji Xinxue smiled for a while, and gave Yu Heng a thumbs up.
As long as the son of Uncle Chengyang wants face, he will not appear in front of him and Yu Heng again.
Yu Heng grabbed Ji Xinxue's hand and fiddled with it, and found that the anger that suddenly rose when Ji Xinxue was entangled by others gradually subsided.
It seems that he didn't attack those five people hard enough, so that Cao Qilang and Chengyang Bo Shizi had the courage to approach A Xue.
When Emperor Changping returned to the main hall, he also changed his clothes. The black dragon robe became a crimson dragon robe, with a golden crown inlaid with rubies on his head, a flying dragon jade pendant made of topaz, and white jade pendants inlaid with gold on his fingers. The fingers turn a refreshing emerald green.
Surprise appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes, he looked at Emperor Changping carefully for a long time, and whispered in Yu Heng's ear, "Is it possible that Aye is looking for someone?"
Otherwise, what are you doing dressed so fancy.
Before he finished speaking, Emperor Changping on the high platform suddenly looked at him with burning eyes.
Ji Xinxue shuddered in fright, sat upright quickly, turned her head, and looked at Ji Baoshan who was opposite without squinting, fearing that Emperor Changping could hear what he said even though he was far away.
Witnessing this process, Yu Heng shook his head dumbfounded, kneading Ji Xinxue's palm irregularly a little harder, and secretly reminded Ji Xinxue that Emperor Changping hadn't looked away yet.
Seeing Ji Xinxue's guilty conscience, Emperor Changping narrowed his eyes suspiciously, "What did he say to Feng Lang just now?"
"I didn't hear it." Mo Yao replied.
"You must be speaking ill of me." Emperor Changping nodded resolutely.
Otherwise why feel guilty?
With Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su returning to the palace, the 'Nian Nian' started again.
The "troublesome year" of the courtier's family is led by the girl from Cui Taishi's house.
The girl chose to dance the sword. Unlike Abu Hanzhen and Princess Xuanwei who chose to show spear and sword skills before, the focus of the girl Cui's sword dance was on 'dancing' rather than sword skills.
Seeing Ji Xinxue staring at the girl dancing with her sword without blinking, Yu Heng picked up the pastry and put it to Ji Xinxue's mouth, "Does it look good?"
"Do you think she looks familiar?" Ji Xinxue opened her mouth to hold the snack, and answered the question.
Yu Heng sneered, "I saw it in my dream?"
"Huh?" The words were so offensive that Ji Xinxue immediately turned her head to look at Yu Heng in shock.
It's a pity that Yu Heng has restrained the emotions that broke through the defense line in his heart. He looked at Ji Xinxue with an innocent face, "This is what I read in all the scriptures."
Ji Xinxue couldn't tell whether he was relieved or regretful, he stared at Yu Heng inquisitively for a long while, and almost forgot what he was talking to Yu Heng.
"I mean she looks like Cui Qingzhi."
Cui Qingzhi, who had been classmates with them in Hanzhuyuan for three years.
If he remembers correctly, Cui Qingzhi is two years older than him, and one year older than Yu Heng, and today is exactly the same age as the girl who is dancing the sword.
Yu Heng said 'hmm', and looked at the person who was dancing the sword in the center of the hall. After a while, he suddenly turned around and asked Ji Xinxue, who had been staring at him, "Who is Cui Qingzhi?"
"Are you kidding me?" Although it was an interrogative sentence, Ji Xinxue spoke in an affirmative tone.
Yu Heng has never been a forgetful person, how could he not remember his classmates from five years ago at such a young age?
"There are too many people coming and going in Hanzhuyuan. I listen to my uncle's errands all day long, and I can't tell who always appear at the same time." Yu Heng explained seriously.
Helplessness appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes, "It's the girl who bullied Yan Meng back then, but was thrown into the lake by Yan Meng. She also planned to come to Lenghui Courtyard to look for us, and wanted us to isolate Yan Meng."
When Yu Heng heard Ji Xinxue's impression of Cui Qingzhi, he nodded in satisfaction, "The one who hurt your feet."
Not long after Ji Xinxue sprained her ankle, Cui Qingzhi took a long vacation.
Later, Emperor Yanguang opened the Taixue in the palace, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng left Hanzhuyuan, and never saw Cui Qingzhi again.
While Ji Xinxue was talking to Yu Heng, Cui Qingzhi's sword dance had ended, and she looked at Ji Xinxue frequently, her eyes getting more and more anxious.
Why not call it 'good'?
Could it be that Princess Anwu is so stingy and still remembers the little things of the past?
Seeing that none of the brothers and sisters responded, Ji Jingrou picked up the chopsticks and knocked on the bottom of the bowl, smilingly boasting that Cui's daughter's waist is like a willow branch and her body is like a flowing cloud.
With her at the beginning, naturally there is no need to worry that Grand Master Cui's granddaughter has no one to praise, and the temporarily quiet hall became lively again.
Ji Xinxue smiled at Cui Qingzhi who was still staring at him.
There was no enmity between them, after all, Cui Qingzhi had already paid the price for offending him.
He just didn't like Cui Qingzhi's sword dance.
Among the courtiers' family members, the first "Nao Nian" person came from the courtier's mansion, and the second person was the honorable man, Li Jinhuan from Dingbeihou's mansion.
When Ji Xinxue saw Li Jinhuan get up, her indifference when facing Cui Qingzhi immediately turned into eagerness.
The leader of the atmosphere team went online, and the team members took their positions one after another.
Sitting across from Ji Mingtong and Princess Huayang, seeing Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng applaud, they immediately booed. Ji Baoshan went into battle with both hands, almost waving afterimages.
Cui Qingzhi, who was walking towards the seat of Cui's family, stopped, looked around at the completely different excitement from before, suddenly felt unspeakable grievance, and tears fell silently from the corners of his eyes.
Princess Anwu obviously didn't like her, so she deliberately ignored her, wanting to make her feel ashamed.
Li Jinhuan's sword skills attracted the attention of most people, especially the strong men in the military commander seat.
Ji Xinxue knocked on the bottom of the bowl without suppressing the momentum of the generals. She crossed her arms in anger and looked at the generals with strong voices who were about to overturn the glazed tiles with mournful eyes.
Yu Heng chuckled, and took out two finger-long knife-shaped rubies from his sleeve pocket, handed one of them to Ji Xinxue, and said in a low voice, "Bringing the gem knife to Li Jinhuan is also a face for him."
Before it was a gift from the clan, only Emperor Changping had a reward.
When it is the turn of courtiers and family members, princes and princesses can also reward them.
Emperor Changping liked Li Jinhuan's sword skills very much, and specially ordered someone to fetch his used dagger and reward it to Li Jinhuan.
Ji Xinxue looked at Li Jinhuan's hands shaking with excitement, and shook her head from the bottom of her heart.
As long as it enters Emperor Changping's private treasury, it is the dagger used by Emperor Changping. Li Jinhuan is still too young.
Ji Minyan, Ji Jingyu and the others didn't know whether they really appreciated Li Jinhuan's sword skills, or they wanted to give Ji Xinxue face, they all had other rewards.
Seeing this, Cui Qingzhi, who had already returned to the Cui family's seat, lowered his head and wiped his tears again.
She didn't get any reward just now, and Princess Baoding only praised her verbally.
Mrs. Cui, who was looking at the center of the hall with a smile, glanced at Cui Qingzhi, her tone full of disappointment, "You don't think it's embarrassing enough?"
"Grandma, it's Princess Anwu, I..."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Cui cut off Cui Qingzhi's unfinished words, secretly regretting that there was only such a girl of the right age in the family.
If it was Qing Wu and Qing Xi, they would definitely not be so useless.
Mrs. Cui looked at the seats in Prince Xiang's Mansion from afar.
The emerald-haired woman felt her gaze, disgust flashed in her eyes, and she fell towards the person wearing the prince's uniform beside her.
The Cui family don't want to disturb her good life, she is not Cui Qingxi, she is Li Wuyou, a child of King Xiang who has no father or mother, only one sister.
King Xiang, who was talking to Prince Qinghe's son, suddenly came back to his senses, "What's wrong?"
Li Wuyou shook his head submissively, and said softly, "Bao'er can't stand the bustle in the hall, she's making trouble with me."
King Xiang gently touched Li Wuyou's protruding belly, his eyes were full of pity, "Thank you for your hard work."
He turned to look at the eldest daughter who was being coaxed by the palace people to eat cakes, hugged the eldest daughter and said, "Aniang and Bao'er are tired, Aye sent Aniang to rest, you can play with your uncle and grandma for a while, okay? "
Seeing the eldest daughter's sensible nod, King Xiang coaxed the eldest daughter a few more words, made many promises, and then entrusted the three-year-old eldest daughter to the care of Princess Qinghe.He took Li Wuyou away and sent him to the Empress Dowager Su's Palace to wait for the banquet to end.
After several rounds of 'Dou Nian', Ji Xinxue finally saw the person he was most looking forward to.
The girl from the Rong family held a long whip and strode to the center of the hall.
She was wearing a vermilion robe with extremely high slits at the side of the skirt, it could be seen that the clothes were specially prepared for the convenience of whipping.The appearance of the girl from the Rong family is very similar to that of her younger uncle Rong Chong. Standing there without speaking, she has the air of a heroic general.
Ji Xinxue quietly looked at Ji Jingyu on the opposite side.
Ji Jingyu looked at the girl from the Rong family calmly, her eyes were clear and there was no emotion similar to shyness.
As a person who is also good at using whips, Ji Xinxue can be sure that if he fights whips with a girl from the Rong family, he will win, not the girl from the Rong family who is so majestic and plays with whips all over the sky.
Judging from the technique and fluency of throwing the whip, the girl from the Rong family has whipped since she was a child.His feet are more stable than his, but his hand skills are not as flexible as his. It can be seen that the hard work in whipping is far less solid than his basic skills, and the time spent practicing whipping is not as good as him.
Ji Xinxue stuck to Yu Heng's side and whispered, "How is it?"
Yu Heng's basic skills and diligence in martial arts are better than him, so he should be able to see something deeper.
"If you are eager for success, you will become a great weapon when it is difficult to fight."
The damp heat spread along Ji Xinxue's ears, he moved aside calmly, and looked up at Ji Jingyu.
If it were him, he would think that it is understandable for the girl of the Rong family to choose the whipping method that is easy to show off at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, but she chooses the whipping method but does not take it seriously but... is too confident?
Not to mention that all the generals can see her details, and the civil servants also pay attention to the six arts of a gentleman, and many of them are proficient in swordsmanship or riding and shooting.
The girl from the Rong family offered the soft golden whip in her hand, and looked at Ji Jingyu expectantly.
Ji Jingyu bowed his hands to the girl from the Rong family, and praised the rare golden soft whip gently and politely, without mentioning a word about how the girl from the Rong family whipped, and took out a green jade and green bamboo to the girl from the Rong family.
Ji Minyan took Ji Jingyu's words, praised the girl from the Rong family with a smile on her demeanor, pulled out a phoenix hairpin from her head and presented it to the girl from the Rong family.
Ji Xinxue, who was watching the excitement, raised half of her eyebrows, and suddenly had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
Sure enough... After Ji Minyan, Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong took hairpins and rings from their heads or waists and presented them to girls from the Rong family.
Ji Xinxue's eyes turned to Ji Jingrou's head beside him, thinking to himself how likely it was that he would not be discovered when he pulled a hairpin from Ji Jingrou's head.
Yu Heng took out a pouch from his sleeve pocket as if conjuring, took out two emerald jade unicorns the size of a finger, quietly handed one to Ji Xinxue, and said in a low voice, "Wait for the girl from Zhang's 'Dou Nian', I will return it here." There are sapphire butterflies."
While Ji Xinxue heaved a sigh of relief, he became very curious about Yu Heng's cuff, and touched along Yu Heng's cuff, feeling carefully what was inside.
One, two, three, four, five.
There are five purses in the unilateral sleeve pocket alone!
When he wanted to touch the other sleeve, Yu Heng grabbed his hand, "She's here."
Ji Xinxue felt that Yu Heng's tone was a bit strange but she didn't have time to think about it. Following Ji Minyan's words, she praised a few soft whips with golden silk, and presented the emerald jade unicorn to the girl from the Rong family.
After another three people, the girl from the Zhang family, wearing a royal blue wide-sleeved skirt, walked slowly to the center of the hall.
With just one glance, Ji Xinxue can feel the uniqueness of the girl from the Zhang family, but she doesn't know what words to use to describe this specialness.
The girl from the Zhang family wrote the adverb on the spot, which is a travel note whose source is not recorded in ancient books.
Literary fighting is not as powerful as martial fighting, and it has to face the dilemma that there is no first place in literature, and each has his own love.No matter how perfect it is, it can always be faulted.
If the girl from the Rong family chooses whip dancing, which she is not good at, she is too eager to show off.Before the girl from the Zhang family chose to start, she knew that the transcription that most people would not appreciate would be too lukewarm.
From the perspective of "Dou Nian", the character of the girl from the Rong family is compared with Ji Jingyu, while the character of the girl from the Zhang family is highly similar to Ji Jingyu but more calm than Ji Jingyu.
When most people thought that her performance was not as good as that of the girl from the Rong family, the girl from the Zhang family did not show any signs of frustration or unhappiness.
It's also possible that the girl from the Zhang family doesn't care, but that she has enough self-cultivation to hold back her emotions.
Ji Xinxue looked at it for a while, and felt that neither of them was suitable for Ji Jingyu.
He shook his head, gave up thinking about Ji Jingyu's choice of wife, and watched the next "show" with peace of mind.
A total of twelve "Nao Nian" leaders were obtained by A Buhan Bing, Li Jinhuan, a girl from the Rong family, a girl from the Zhang family...Cao Qilang.
Seeing this, Ji Xinxue secretly said, "There's something going on".
Compared with girls from the Rong family and girls from the Zhang family, Abu Hanbing is obviously more likely to join his big family.
The 'Dou Nian' is over and the banquet officially begins.
In order to avoid being toasted in turn, Ji Xinxue decided to act first, holding the jug and wine glass aggressively towards... the seats of the late emperor's concubines.
He didn't believe that there was a brave man who dared to drink his wine in front of the Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su!
Even if he had to fight the drinker for [-] rounds, he had to eat before talking.
Concubine Su repeatedly prepared dishes for Ji Xinxue, and said with a smile, "You look so like Your Majesty, why haven't you learned His Majesty's advice of never getting drunk after a thousand cups?"
Ji Xinxue sighed long, with melancholy in her eyes, "I also want to know why."
When the Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Xiangui who were nearby heard the words, they all had smiles in their eyes.
Not long after, some wives from home and abroad came to toast the Empress Dowager Su, secretly regretting that the princess beside the Empress Dowager Su was the engaged Princess Anwu, and tried every means to turn the conversation around the unengaged princess.
Ji Xinxue took advantage of everyone's inattention, sneaked behind the Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su, and leaned over the desk pretending to be drunk.
During this period, Ji Xinxue suddenly felt a chill on her back, and changed to leaning on the back of the chair again, closing her eyes in the increasingly strong smell of wine.
I can't sleep, I'm going to find Ji Jingrou to confess my gender later.
Concubine Yan only had one third of her mind on eating, and the other seven was on observing her favorite son-in-law.
She secretly observed more than a dozen people in three years, and now only three people are still on her list, and they all happened to be at the palace banquet.
"Huh?" Concubine Yan's gaze paused, she turned her head to look at Ji Xinxue who was sleeping behind Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su, and said quietly, "Princess Anwu?"
Ji Xinxue opened her eyes immediately, there was no trace of sleepiness in her pupils, only a few invisible ignorance, "Is there something wrong with the concubine?"
Although he did not drink alcohol, the smell of alcohol in the air was too strong, including strong alcohol.He has a poor capacity for alcohol and will inevitably be affected.
Concubine Yan smiled kindly, stretched out her hand to straighten the red jade around Ji Xinxue's waist, and reminded, "Why do you only care about yourself, King Xianglin?"
"He wants to toast with my uncle everywhere." Ji Xinxue answered Concubine Yan's question honestly. Seeing the disapproval on Concubine Yan's face, she suddenly woke up and looked in the direction of Concubine Yan's finger.
All he could see was the corners of the crow-colored clothes that had been submerged in all kinds of purples and reds.
Ji Xinxue put down the empty wine glass she had been playing with for a long time, and strode towards Yu Heng,
When he saw Yu Heng's side face clearly, he stopped abruptly.
Why go there?
Save Yu Heng from Pansi Cave?
There is absolutely no need for this.
As Yu Heng is an unmarried high-quality husband, what's wrong with having more contact with girls?
The girls who can participate in the New Year's Eve banquet are all girls from good backgrounds and favored at home, who are enough to become Yu Heng's princess.
Yu Heng married a wife, what should he do?
Horror appeared on Ji Xinxue's face.
Why does he have such doubts?
Yu Heng's marriage will not affect their relationship!
Ji Xinxue stood on the spot for a long time, her eyes gradually became blank, and she completely lost focus.
will affect their relationship...
When Yu Heng marries a wife, the most important person in his life will become his wife.
Ji Xinxue suddenly felt it was ridiculous.
Why did he take it for granted that he was the most important person in Yu Heng's life?
Because although Yu Heng is close to Qinghe County Prince's Mansion, he has never been able to fully integrate into it?
It was also because Yu Heng and the British government were close to each other, drifting away.
Or it was because Yu Heng was inseparable from him, accompanying him day and night, so that he unknowingly took it for granted that he and Yu Heng were the most important people to each other.
A few days ago, when Emperor Changping was planning to give Yu Heng a marriage, all Ji Xinxue's thoughts were on Emperor Changping's plan to match Ji Mingtong and Yu Heng.He didn't even think about what kind of changes Yu Heng's marriage would bring to him and Yu Heng.
Ji Xinxue asked himself, is Yu Heng the most important person in his life?
He didn't know if the most important person in his life was Yu Heng, because there were too many important people lined up densely.
There is Aye, there is A Niang, there are brothers and sisters, there are grandma and little grandma...
After a long time, Ji Xinxue's eyes flashed suddenly.
For him, relatives are very important, besides relatives, the most important person is Yu Heng.
Among the most important people, Yu Heng is the only one who is not a close relative.
Perhaps to some extent, he and Yu Heng are indeed the most important people to each other.
When Yu Heng gets married, their relationship will change.
For a moment, Ji Xinxue couldn't tell whether the strongest feeling in her heart was fear or anger.
Yu Heng wanted to have a few words with the British princess, but the smell of powder around him was too strong, and some people had pollen on them that he couldn't smell, which choked him so much that he couldn't breathe well.
Because the girls were all around the British Duchess, Yu Heng didn't say much, but he became more and more perfunctory when answering the British Duchess' questions.
Can answer with one word, never with two words.
May nod or shake head, never speak.
When the feeling of suffocation became more and more intense, Yu Heng had no choice but to excuse that the King of Qinghe had something to do with him, and proposed to go to the British government in a few days to pay his respects to the British princess.
When the British princess heard this, disappointment and reluctance appeared on her face, "Okay, when you want to come back, remember to send someone to tell me in advance, so that I can get someone to prepare your favorite meals."
Yu Heng's tense face eased slightly, and he said goodbye to the British princess respectfully, holding his breath and exiting the range where it was hard to tell whether it was fragrant or stinky.When she turned around, she immediately saw Ji Xinxue standing not far away with a blank face.
"Ash?"
Yu Heng's voice came to Ji Xinxue's ears along with the aroma of the wine.
Ji Xinxue snapped back to his senses, he raised his hand to grab the dangling palm in front of him, suddenly felt very tired, and wanted to find a place where he could feel at ease and hide until he figured out all the things he couldn't figure out.
"I'm drunk." Ji Xinxue looked up at Yu Heng.
While Yu Heng still cares about him, don't be polite.
When Yu Heng gets married and has children, there will be people who need Yu Heng's care more than him.
Yu Heng smelled a strong smell of alcohol on Ji Xinxue's body, it was a strong alcohol that Ji Xinxue would never touch.
He held Ji Xinxue's shoulders, moved around Ji Xinxue, and suddenly found a dark mark on Ji Xinxue's back.
When he lowered his head and approached that position, the strong smell of alcohol filled his nostrils.
Not just spirits, but aged spirits.
Presumably someone accidentally spilled wine on Ji Xinxue's body.
Discovering the source of the alcohol smell put Yu Heng at ease.
He wrapped his arms around Ji Xinxue's waist to prevent Ji Xinxue from making a fuss suddenly, and looked around for a place that could ventilate and sober up.
Ji Xinxue leaned against Yu Heng's body, and suddenly thought that if Yu Heng married a wife, the person leaning in Yu Heng's arms should be Yu Heng's wife.Even if Yu Heng didn't marry a wife, it would be strange for the lord to lean in his arms.
He took two steps back silently, and before he could stand still, he threw himself into Yu Heng's arms because of the sudden force from his waist.
Yu Heng's helpless voice was next to his ear, "Don't make trouble, I'll take you to sober up."
Hearing this, Ji Xinxue silently put down her hand that was about to resist.
In Yu Heng's eyes, he is now a drunk, and it is normal for him to take care of a drunk.
Sitting on the high platform, Emperor Changping was receiving a toast from the officials, and Ji Xinxue suddenly rushed towards Yu Heng, then stopped and stood there in a daze.Yu Heng withdrew from the crowd, found Ji Xinxue, and saw the whole process of taking Ji Xinxue out of the hall.
It wasn't that he wanted to pay attention to these two people, but that the crow blue color was too conspicuous in the cluster of flowers. He deliberately looked away, and he would notice them again when the two changed their postures.
Emperor Changping suddenly laughed, and said to Mo Yao, "Little Wu is easy to get drunk even if he is greedy!"
Mo Yao lowered his head and stared intently at Emperor Changping for a while, "Your Majesty, you are drunk."
"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk for a thousand cups!" Emperor Changping drank the spirits in his cup in one gulp, and said with a smile, "I won't be as hopeless as Xiao Wu."
Mo Yao looked at Song Nian on the other side while Emperor Changping was drinking.
Hesitation appeared in Songnian's eyes, but he finally believed in Mo Yao's judgment.
He took out a knuckle-sized oiled paper bag from his purse, and took out a pill with a herbal aroma from it and put it in the palm of his hand.He raised it in front of Emperor Changping, and said slowly, "Your Majesty, Princess Huai'an brought you sober medicine."
Emperor Changping's slack gaze suddenly became sharp, he stared deeply at Songnian's face, then turned to look at Mo Yao, making sure that he had not mistaken the person, and gradually restrained his aura, "I'm not drunk, take it away. "
"Princess Huai'an is watching you." Mo Yao said suddenly.
Emperor Changping stopped his hand reaching towards the flagon, and followed Mo Yao's gaze.In the inconspicuous place behind the dragon pillar, I saw Ji Minyan, who was smiling happily, and Abuhanbing, who was tall and quiet beside her.
A Buhanbing noticed the gazes of Mo Yao and Emperor Changping first, and lowered his head to say something to Ji Minyan, and Ji Minyan looked this way with a face full of surprise.
Emperor Changping turned his head stiffly and looked away, picked up the pill held in Songnian's hand and put it into his mouth.
"Tsk, it's really hard."
Originally, there were only stereotyped reds and purples in the main hall, but now suddenly there are light yellow, emerald green, royal blue... and delicate and elegant lilac colors.
"Princess!" Lang Jun, who was wearing a vermilion robe, stopped in front of Ji Xinxue, his fair face was full of blush.When his eyes met Ji Xinxue's, he immediately avoided it as if being burned by flames, and then quietly raised his eyelids to see Ji Xinxue's expression.
The coy and shy look didn't seem like he was blocking Ji Xinxue's way, but Ji Xinxue was blocking him.
Ji Xinxue took half a step back, he knew this person, he was the youngest son of the Minister of the Household Department, and he had appeared on Ji Minyan's list of sons-in-law.
In terms of family background, bearing, and talent, Cao Qilang can be regarded as outstanding, he can be called a hexagonal warrior, but it is a pity that Ji Minyan doesn't like him.
Ji Jingrou once complained in a letter that Cao Qilang was not active enough and would only appear in front of Ji Minyan when he was summoned. Maybe the Household Minister had no intention of making him a son-in-law.
Now Cao Qilang is blocking his way with a face full of shyness...
Ji Xinxue rubbed more and more goosebumps on her forearm through the clothes, and reluctantly said something perfunctory to Cao Qilang, "I will be seated first, and Mr. Qilang will also be seated earlier."
After finishing speaking, Ji Xinxue quickly walked around Cao Qilang, pretending not to hear Cao Qilang's call, and walked straight to his seat with elegant and fast steps.
However, the process of Cao Qilang stopping Ji Xinxue and successfully chatting with Ji Xinxue has been seen by all those who pay attention to Ji Xinxue.
Even if Ji Xinxue chooses a place with few people, she still cannot avoid being stopped again.
This time it was the gentleman in the royal blue brocade robe.
"Princess Anwu, I am the son of Uncle Chengyang, can I have a few words with you before the banquet begins?"
Compared to the shy Cao Qilang, Uncle Chengyang's son is warm and generous, and his intimacy when speaking is as natural as a friend who has known Ji Xinxue for a long time.
Ji Xinxue nodded coldly.
After Xungui came to greet him politely, he couldn't completely deny the other party face.
Moreover, the character of Uncle Chengyang is obviously different from that of the shy Cao Qilang. If he repeats his old tricks and turns around and leaves, Uncle Chengyang will probably catch up.
Anyway, he won't be the one who suffers in the end...
Ji Xinxue looked at Uncle Chengyang with almost invisible sympathy in his eyes.
It's best for the other party not to come to talk to him out of admiration, as it's easy to break your heart.
Uncle Chengyang didn't care about Ji Xinxue's indifference at all, and said with a smile, "Princess just returned to Chang'an from the fiefdom, is there anything you're not used to?"
Ji Xinxue carelessly fiddled with the ruby hanging from her waist. In order to prevent the heartbreak of Uncle Chengyang in the future, she deliberately said with a gun and stick, "The root of my palace is in Chang'an. How can I not get used to the life in Chang'an? Uncle Chengyang Be careful."
"Princess forgive me, it's a slip of the tongue." Uncle Chengyang immediately admitted his mistake, "After the year, I will hold a banquet in Baiweilou to apologize to the princess, how about it?"
No matter, you think beautifully.
Ji Xinxue originally had doubts about the reason why Uncle Chengyang stopped him, but now it is almost certain that Uncle Chengyang has the same purpose as the shy Cao Qilang before.
He shook his head, "I haven't returned to Chang'an for a long time, and I'm going to live in Huangzhuang to visit my mother next year."
While answering, Ji Xinxue followed the shoulder of Uncle Chengyang and looked at his seat. Yu Heng was not there, but Ji Jingrou next door was.
He planned the route to Ji Jingrou with his eyes, and asked proactively, "Is there anything else?"
Seeing that New Year's Eve is a good day, I will give Uncle Chengyang another chance to ask a question.
Relying on his title of title and his appearance and bearing, which can surpass at least half of his peers, the son of Uncle Chengyang can meet people who take the initiative to talk to him wherever he goes.
Occasionally he wants to take the initiative to make friends with people, and no one can refuse his enthusiasm.
This is the first time that Chengyang Bo Shizi felt the lukewarm attitude from others.
The smile in his eyes was slightly weaker, but the smile on the corners of his mouth became more enthusiastic, and he stared at Ji Xinxue without blinking his eyes like peach petals, "I don't know how the princess likes to relieve boredom in her spare time. I would like to ask the princess to choose first."
Seeing Princess Anwu, who had always been calm, her eyes suddenly lit up, and the corners of her mouth also raised a smile.While Uncle Chengyang was in a good mood, he felt that Princess Anwu was nothing more than that.
Laity with beautiful skins.
Even though he thinks that Ji Xinxue has a beautiful skin, the son of Uncle Chengyang still feels unprecedented satisfaction because of Ji Xinxue's suddenly lively demeanor.
Many messy thoughts flashed through his mind.
It's a pity that Princess Anwu was engaged to King Xianglin many years ago.
Fortunately, they haven't set a wedding date yet. If Princess Anwu changes her mind, with His Majesty's love for Princess Anwu...
"A few?"
Hearing the voice from behind, Uncle Chengyang turned around subconsciously, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Qilin lying on the crow-blue brocade and glaring eyes.
King Xianglin!
The heart of Uncle Chengyang trembled suddenly, but there was no clue on his face, and he bowed to Yu Heng with his usual expression, "Prince Xianglin, I just had a few words with Princess Anwu, please don't misunderstand me." .”
Hearing this, Ji Xinxue withdrew her gaze from Yu Heng, and looked at the panic-stricken Prince Chengyang in confusion.
No, Prince Chengyang was pretty normal when he talked to him just now, and he could even be called talkative.How come seeing Yu Heng is like a mouse changing face when it sees a cat.
Natural tea?
Say a few words in public, what can be misunderstood?
Let the son of Uncle Chengyang say it, but he has the feeling of "there is no silver 300 taels here".
Yu Heng's gaze gradually deepened, and he slowly repeated what he said just now, "I ask you, how many toys are there from the Western Regions?"
Hesitation appeared in the eyes of Uncle Chengyang. He thought that the King of Xianglin would attack or hold back because of his provocation, but he never thought that the King of Xianglin would react like this.
After a little thought, Prince Chengyang decided to continue provoking.
High-ranking men don't like jealous women.
In the same way, a high-ranking woman will not like a man who is jealous, especially a man who is not only jealous, but also restrains her.
The son of Uncle Chengyang proudly puffed up his chest, "The minister's family has a caravan that controls the routes of the Western Regions, and they will bring back twenty pieces of high-quality toys at the end of the year. Father values me and rewards me with five pieces alone."
Having said that, he turned to look at Ji Xinxue, "I am willing to give these five Western Region toys to the princess for enjoyment."
Ji Xinxue resisted the thought of covering her eyes, and said expressionlessly, "No need."
He didn't understand why the dog-like Langjun fell into the frying pan in just three sentences.
"Princess, there is no need to worry that my parents will complain about it. Since it is given to me, I am allowed to control it at will." The son of Uncle Chengyang took half a step in the direction of Ji Xinxue, "I not only want to allocate this year to my The Western Region game in my hand is given to the princess, from now on..."
He restrainedly stopped what he hadn't said, turned around and looked at Yu Heng sadly.
Ji Xinxue silently took two steps back. If he had known that Uncle Chengyang's son was such a strange creature, he shouldn't have stopped with the idea of having a New Year's Eve palace banquet and having to give honor to Xungui.
Fortunately, it is not too late to wake up at this time, Ji Xinxue said to Yu Heng through Cheng Yang's son, "Feng Lang, let's go."
Yu Heng nodded, and walked past Uncle Chengyang's son without looking sideways, and walked side by side with Ji Xinxue to their seats.
Uncle Chengyang, who was suddenly left on the spot, showed a dazed face, and after a moment of stupefaction, he strode after him, "Princess, I sent the toys from the Western Regions to the palace in my second year of junior high school."
Yu Heng grabbed Ji Xinxue who wanted to bypass Chengyang Uncle Shizi, and fixed his black and white eyes on Uncle Chengyang, "Do you know Yecheng outside Yumen Pass?"
Uncle Chengyang shook his head blankly.
Contempt appeared in Yu Heng's eyes, and he raised his hand to push Cheng Yang Bo Shizi away, "Ask your father."
Ji Xinxue went back to the seat where he and Yu Heng had passed by and sat down. When she looked up to find the girls from the Rong family and the girls from the Zhang family, she happened to see Chengyang Boshizi standing in front of a middle-aged man who looked eight quarters like him, with a serious expression on his face. Green and red intertwined.
He chuckled and tilted his head to look at Yu Heng, "Did you deliberately ask him how many Western Region toys he has?"
Yu Heng's Adam's apple twitched slightly, and the words of denial circulated on his lips several times, but finally he nodded silently.
Yes.
Uncle Chengyang's son didn't know about Yecheng outside Yumen Pass, but Ji Xinxue did.
Three years ago, Ji Xinxue was plotted against by Faisi Grass Kouzhi and Beisechong fans. Yu Heng searched Dayu but couldn't find any clues, so he came up with the idea of finding clues in the birthplace of Faisi Grass.
Since the end of the Yanguang Dynasty, Tuyuhun, which is located in the southwest of the Yu Dynasty, went north and got stuck outside the Yumen Pass, causing the entire Longyou Road to lose contact, and the Hexi Corridor has always been in a state of chaos.
Emperor Changping tried to send people across Tuyuhun to check the situation in Longyou Road, but they lost contact as soon as they left Yumen Pass, and only a few returned to the Yu Dynasty in the end.
Tuyuhun has a special way of identifying people, but anyone who has been in the military camp cannot escape Tuyuhun's pursuit when they leave Yumen Pass.
In desperation, Emperor Changping could only send businessmen to check the situation in Longyou Dao.
At the very beginning, Yu Heng also followed the example of Emperor Changping and sent a caravan to the Western Regions to investigate the matter of Feisi grass and Bisiworm powder.
However, even if a pure businessman can break through Tuyuhun's defense line and enter the hinterland of Longyou Dao, he will not be able to easily find out the secrets of hundreds of years ago.
Every time Yu Heng saw that Ji Xinxue was still affected by the powder of Feisi grass and Bisiworm, he would be more eager to kill the people behind the scenes.
Over time, Yu Heng finally figured out a way to save time.
He turned up in private and asked Emperor Changping to build a city outside Yumen Pass, specifically to trap merchants who returned to the Yu Dynasty from the Western Regions trade route, and go through the news about the Western Regions that these merchants knew.
In order to prevent the existence of the new city from reducing the number of merchants in the Western Regions, which had been greatly reduced after the end of Yanguang, Yu Heng asked Emperor Changping to secretly send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits from outside the Yumen Pass to the Tuyuhun camp.The vicious ones were beheaded or punished as miners, and those who had never killed were sent to Xincheng.
In this way, the existence of the new city can avoid the biggest crisis that caravans have to face at the moment of successful business.It just happened to be able to establish majesty and confidently make demands on the caravan.
Emperor Changping agreed to build the city but refused to build the city in the name of the imperial court.
Now the principals in Yecheng are all from Princess Anguo's Mansion, half of the annual tax revenue goes to Princess An's Mansion, and half goes to Emperor Changping's private treasury.
The only thing that has something to do with Cheng Yangbo's son is that all caravans from the Western Regions returning to the Yu Dynasty from Yumen Pass must hold Ye Cheng's seal in order to enter Yumen Pass.
When the caravan enters Yecheng, all the goods need to be opened for inspection by the people of Yecheng.During this period, any items that Yecheng City Lord's Mansion takes a fancy to can be purchased with gold and silver.If the caravan disagrees, they will not be able to get the documents to enter Yumen Pass.
In other words, all the goods from the Western Regions that circulated to Dayu through Yumen Pass were leftovers from Princess An's Mansion.
It is understandable that the son of Uncle Chengyang tried to show courtesy to Ji Xinxue with five pieces of Western Region toys every year. From the appearance of entering, it can be seen that Uncle Chengyang himself finds it ridiculous.
Ji Xinxue smiled for a while, and gave Yu Heng a thumbs up.
As long as the son of Uncle Chengyang wants face, he will not appear in front of him and Yu Heng again.
Yu Heng grabbed Ji Xinxue's hand and fiddled with it, and found that the anger that suddenly rose when Ji Xinxue was entangled by others gradually subsided.
It seems that he didn't attack those five people hard enough, so that Cao Qilang and Chengyang Bo Shizi had the courage to approach A Xue.
When Emperor Changping returned to the main hall, he also changed his clothes. The black dragon robe became a crimson dragon robe, with a golden crown inlaid with rubies on his head, a flying dragon jade pendant made of topaz, and white jade pendants inlaid with gold on his fingers. The fingers turn a refreshing emerald green.
Surprise appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes, he looked at Emperor Changping carefully for a long time, and whispered in Yu Heng's ear, "Is it possible that Aye is looking for someone?"
Otherwise, what are you doing dressed so fancy.
Before he finished speaking, Emperor Changping on the high platform suddenly looked at him with burning eyes.
Ji Xinxue shuddered in fright, sat upright quickly, turned her head, and looked at Ji Baoshan who was opposite without squinting, fearing that Emperor Changping could hear what he said even though he was far away.
Witnessing this process, Yu Heng shook his head dumbfounded, kneading Ji Xinxue's palm irregularly a little harder, and secretly reminded Ji Xinxue that Emperor Changping hadn't looked away yet.
Seeing Ji Xinxue's guilty conscience, Emperor Changping narrowed his eyes suspiciously, "What did he say to Feng Lang just now?"
"I didn't hear it." Mo Yao replied.
"You must be speaking ill of me." Emperor Changping nodded resolutely.
Otherwise why feel guilty?
With Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su returning to the palace, the 'Nian Nian' started again.
The "troublesome year" of the courtier's family is led by the girl from Cui Taishi's house.
The girl chose to dance the sword. Unlike Abu Hanzhen and Princess Xuanwei who chose to show spear and sword skills before, the focus of the girl Cui's sword dance was on 'dancing' rather than sword skills.
Seeing Ji Xinxue staring at the girl dancing with her sword without blinking, Yu Heng picked up the pastry and put it to Ji Xinxue's mouth, "Does it look good?"
"Do you think she looks familiar?" Ji Xinxue opened her mouth to hold the snack, and answered the question.
Yu Heng sneered, "I saw it in my dream?"
"Huh?" The words were so offensive that Ji Xinxue immediately turned her head to look at Yu Heng in shock.
It's a pity that Yu Heng has restrained the emotions that broke through the defense line in his heart. He looked at Ji Xinxue with an innocent face, "This is what I read in all the scriptures."
Ji Xinxue couldn't tell whether he was relieved or regretful, he stared at Yu Heng inquisitively for a long while, and almost forgot what he was talking to Yu Heng.
"I mean she looks like Cui Qingzhi."
Cui Qingzhi, who had been classmates with them in Hanzhuyuan for three years.
If he remembers correctly, Cui Qingzhi is two years older than him, and one year older than Yu Heng, and today is exactly the same age as the girl who is dancing the sword.
Yu Heng said 'hmm', and looked at the person who was dancing the sword in the center of the hall. After a while, he suddenly turned around and asked Ji Xinxue, who had been staring at him, "Who is Cui Qingzhi?"
"Are you kidding me?" Although it was an interrogative sentence, Ji Xinxue spoke in an affirmative tone.
Yu Heng has never been a forgetful person, how could he not remember his classmates from five years ago at such a young age?
"There are too many people coming and going in Hanzhuyuan. I listen to my uncle's errands all day long, and I can't tell who always appear at the same time." Yu Heng explained seriously.
Helplessness appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes, "It's the girl who bullied Yan Meng back then, but was thrown into the lake by Yan Meng. She also planned to come to Lenghui Courtyard to look for us, and wanted us to isolate Yan Meng."
When Yu Heng heard Ji Xinxue's impression of Cui Qingzhi, he nodded in satisfaction, "The one who hurt your feet."
Not long after Ji Xinxue sprained her ankle, Cui Qingzhi took a long vacation.
Later, Emperor Yanguang opened the Taixue in the palace, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng left Hanzhuyuan, and never saw Cui Qingzhi again.
While Ji Xinxue was talking to Yu Heng, Cui Qingzhi's sword dance had ended, and she looked at Ji Xinxue frequently, her eyes getting more and more anxious.
Why not call it 'good'?
Could it be that Princess Anwu is so stingy and still remembers the little things of the past?
Seeing that none of the brothers and sisters responded, Ji Jingrou picked up the chopsticks and knocked on the bottom of the bowl, smilingly boasting that Cui's daughter's waist is like a willow branch and her body is like a flowing cloud.
With her at the beginning, naturally there is no need to worry that Grand Master Cui's granddaughter has no one to praise, and the temporarily quiet hall became lively again.
Ji Xinxue smiled at Cui Qingzhi who was still staring at him.
There was no enmity between them, after all, Cui Qingzhi had already paid the price for offending him.
He just didn't like Cui Qingzhi's sword dance.
Among the courtiers' family members, the first "Nao Nian" person came from the courtier's mansion, and the second person was the honorable man, Li Jinhuan from Dingbeihou's mansion.
When Ji Xinxue saw Li Jinhuan get up, her indifference when facing Cui Qingzhi immediately turned into eagerness.
The leader of the atmosphere team went online, and the team members took their positions one after another.
Sitting across from Ji Mingtong and Princess Huayang, seeing Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng applaud, they immediately booed. Ji Baoshan went into battle with both hands, almost waving afterimages.
Cui Qingzhi, who was walking towards the seat of Cui's family, stopped, looked around at the completely different excitement from before, suddenly felt unspeakable grievance, and tears fell silently from the corners of his eyes.
Princess Anwu obviously didn't like her, so she deliberately ignored her, wanting to make her feel ashamed.
Li Jinhuan's sword skills attracted the attention of most people, especially the strong men in the military commander seat.
Ji Xinxue knocked on the bottom of the bowl without suppressing the momentum of the generals. She crossed her arms in anger and looked at the generals with strong voices who were about to overturn the glazed tiles with mournful eyes.
Yu Heng chuckled, and took out two finger-long knife-shaped rubies from his sleeve pocket, handed one of them to Ji Xinxue, and said in a low voice, "Bringing the gem knife to Li Jinhuan is also a face for him."
Before it was a gift from the clan, only Emperor Changping had a reward.
When it is the turn of courtiers and family members, princes and princesses can also reward them.
Emperor Changping liked Li Jinhuan's sword skills very much, and specially ordered someone to fetch his used dagger and reward it to Li Jinhuan.
Ji Xinxue looked at Li Jinhuan's hands shaking with excitement, and shook her head from the bottom of her heart.
As long as it enters Emperor Changping's private treasury, it is the dagger used by Emperor Changping. Li Jinhuan is still too young.
Ji Minyan, Ji Jingyu and the others didn't know whether they really appreciated Li Jinhuan's sword skills, or they wanted to give Ji Xinxue face, they all had other rewards.
Seeing this, Cui Qingzhi, who had already returned to the Cui family's seat, lowered his head and wiped his tears again.
She didn't get any reward just now, and Princess Baoding only praised her verbally.
Mrs. Cui, who was looking at the center of the hall with a smile, glanced at Cui Qingzhi, her tone full of disappointment, "You don't think it's embarrassing enough?"
"Grandma, it's Princess Anwu, I..."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Cui cut off Cui Qingzhi's unfinished words, secretly regretting that there was only such a girl of the right age in the family.
If it was Qing Wu and Qing Xi, they would definitely not be so useless.
Mrs. Cui looked at the seats in Prince Xiang's Mansion from afar.
The emerald-haired woman felt her gaze, disgust flashed in her eyes, and she fell towards the person wearing the prince's uniform beside her.
The Cui family don't want to disturb her good life, she is not Cui Qingxi, she is Li Wuyou, a child of King Xiang who has no father or mother, only one sister.
King Xiang, who was talking to Prince Qinghe's son, suddenly came back to his senses, "What's wrong?"
Li Wuyou shook his head submissively, and said softly, "Bao'er can't stand the bustle in the hall, she's making trouble with me."
King Xiang gently touched Li Wuyou's protruding belly, his eyes were full of pity, "Thank you for your hard work."
He turned to look at the eldest daughter who was being coaxed by the palace people to eat cakes, hugged the eldest daughter and said, "Aniang and Bao'er are tired, Aye sent Aniang to rest, you can play with your uncle and grandma for a while, okay? "
Seeing the eldest daughter's sensible nod, King Xiang coaxed the eldest daughter a few more words, made many promises, and then entrusted the three-year-old eldest daughter to the care of Princess Qinghe.He took Li Wuyou away and sent him to the Empress Dowager Su's Palace to wait for the banquet to end.
After several rounds of 'Dou Nian', Ji Xinxue finally saw the person he was most looking forward to.
The girl from the Rong family held a long whip and strode to the center of the hall.
She was wearing a vermilion robe with extremely high slits at the side of the skirt, it could be seen that the clothes were specially prepared for the convenience of whipping.The appearance of the girl from the Rong family is very similar to that of her younger uncle Rong Chong. Standing there without speaking, she has the air of a heroic general.
Ji Xinxue quietly looked at Ji Jingyu on the opposite side.
Ji Jingyu looked at the girl from the Rong family calmly, her eyes were clear and there was no emotion similar to shyness.
As a person who is also good at using whips, Ji Xinxue can be sure that if he fights whips with a girl from the Rong family, he will win, not the girl from the Rong family who is so majestic and plays with whips all over the sky.
Judging from the technique and fluency of throwing the whip, the girl from the Rong family has whipped since she was a child.His feet are more stable than his, but his hand skills are not as flexible as his. It can be seen that the hard work in whipping is far less solid than his basic skills, and the time spent practicing whipping is not as good as him.
Ji Xinxue stuck to Yu Heng's side and whispered, "How is it?"
Yu Heng's basic skills and diligence in martial arts are better than him, so he should be able to see something deeper.
"If you are eager for success, you will become a great weapon when it is difficult to fight."
The damp heat spread along Ji Xinxue's ears, he moved aside calmly, and looked up at Ji Jingyu.
If it were him, he would think that it is understandable for the girl of the Rong family to choose the whipping method that is easy to show off at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, but she chooses the whipping method but does not take it seriously but... is too confident?
Not to mention that all the generals can see her details, and the civil servants also pay attention to the six arts of a gentleman, and many of them are proficient in swordsmanship or riding and shooting.
The girl from the Rong family offered the soft golden whip in her hand, and looked at Ji Jingyu expectantly.
Ji Jingyu bowed his hands to the girl from the Rong family, and praised the rare golden soft whip gently and politely, without mentioning a word about how the girl from the Rong family whipped, and took out a green jade and green bamboo to the girl from the Rong family.
Ji Minyan took Ji Jingyu's words, praised the girl from the Rong family with a smile on her demeanor, pulled out a phoenix hairpin from her head and presented it to the girl from the Rong family.
Ji Xinxue, who was watching the excitement, raised half of her eyebrows, and suddenly had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
Sure enough... After Ji Minyan, Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong took hairpins and rings from their heads or waists and presented them to girls from the Rong family.
Ji Xinxue's eyes turned to Ji Jingrou's head beside him, thinking to himself how likely it was that he would not be discovered when he pulled a hairpin from Ji Jingrou's head.
Yu Heng took out a pouch from his sleeve pocket as if conjuring, took out two emerald jade unicorns the size of a finger, quietly handed one to Ji Xinxue, and said in a low voice, "Wait for the girl from Zhang's 'Dou Nian', I will return it here." There are sapphire butterflies."
While Ji Xinxue heaved a sigh of relief, he became very curious about Yu Heng's cuff, and touched along Yu Heng's cuff, feeling carefully what was inside.
One, two, three, four, five.
There are five purses in the unilateral sleeve pocket alone!
When he wanted to touch the other sleeve, Yu Heng grabbed his hand, "She's here."
Ji Xinxue felt that Yu Heng's tone was a bit strange but she didn't have time to think about it. Following Ji Minyan's words, she praised a few soft whips with golden silk, and presented the emerald jade unicorn to the girl from the Rong family.
After another three people, the girl from the Zhang family, wearing a royal blue wide-sleeved skirt, walked slowly to the center of the hall.
With just one glance, Ji Xinxue can feel the uniqueness of the girl from the Zhang family, but she doesn't know what words to use to describe this specialness.
The girl from the Zhang family wrote the adverb on the spot, which is a travel note whose source is not recorded in ancient books.
Literary fighting is not as powerful as martial fighting, and it has to face the dilemma that there is no first place in literature, and each has his own love.No matter how perfect it is, it can always be faulted.
If the girl from the Rong family chooses whip dancing, which she is not good at, she is too eager to show off.Before the girl from the Zhang family chose to start, she knew that the transcription that most people would not appreciate would be too lukewarm.
From the perspective of "Dou Nian", the character of the girl from the Rong family is compared with Ji Jingyu, while the character of the girl from the Zhang family is highly similar to Ji Jingyu but more calm than Ji Jingyu.
When most people thought that her performance was not as good as that of the girl from the Rong family, the girl from the Zhang family did not show any signs of frustration or unhappiness.
It's also possible that the girl from the Zhang family doesn't care, but that she has enough self-cultivation to hold back her emotions.
Ji Xinxue looked at it for a while, and felt that neither of them was suitable for Ji Jingyu.
He shook his head, gave up thinking about Ji Jingyu's choice of wife, and watched the next "show" with peace of mind.
A total of twelve "Nao Nian" leaders were obtained by A Buhan Bing, Li Jinhuan, a girl from the Rong family, a girl from the Zhang family...Cao Qilang.
Seeing this, Ji Xinxue secretly said, "There's something going on".
Compared with girls from the Rong family and girls from the Zhang family, Abu Hanbing is obviously more likely to join his big family.
The 'Dou Nian' is over and the banquet officially begins.
In order to avoid being toasted in turn, Ji Xinxue decided to act first, holding the jug and wine glass aggressively towards... the seats of the late emperor's concubines.
He didn't believe that there was a brave man who dared to drink his wine in front of the Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su!
Even if he had to fight the drinker for [-] rounds, he had to eat before talking.
Concubine Su repeatedly prepared dishes for Ji Xinxue, and said with a smile, "You look so like Your Majesty, why haven't you learned His Majesty's advice of never getting drunk after a thousand cups?"
Ji Xinxue sighed long, with melancholy in her eyes, "I also want to know why."
When the Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Xiangui who were nearby heard the words, they all had smiles in their eyes.
Not long after, some wives from home and abroad came to toast the Empress Dowager Su, secretly regretting that the princess beside the Empress Dowager Su was the engaged Princess Anwu, and tried every means to turn the conversation around the unengaged princess.
Ji Xinxue took advantage of everyone's inattention, sneaked behind the Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su, and leaned over the desk pretending to be drunk.
During this period, Ji Xinxue suddenly felt a chill on her back, and changed to leaning on the back of the chair again, closing her eyes in the increasingly strong smell of wine.
I can't sleep, I'm going to find Ji Jingrou to confess my gender later.
Concubine Yan only had one third of her mind on eating, and the other seven was on observing her favorite son-in-law.
She secretly observed more than a dozen people in three years, and now only three people are still on her list, and they all happened to be at the palace banquet.
"Huh?" Concubine Yan's gaze paused, she turned her head to look at Ji Xinxue who was sleeping behind Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su, and said quietly, "Princess Anwu?"
Ji Xinxue opened her eyes immediately, there was no trace of sleepiness in her pupils, only a few invisible ignorance, "Is there something wrong with the concubine?"
Although he did not drink alcohol, the smell of alcohol in the air was too strong, including strong alcohol.He has a poor capacity for alcohol and will inevitably be affected.
Concubine Yan smiled kindly, stretched out her hand to straighten the red jade around Ji Xinxue's waist, and reminded, "Why do you only care about yourself, King Xianglin?"
"He wants to toast with my uncle everywhere." Ji Xinxue answered Concubine Yan's question honestly. Seeing the disapproval on Concubine Yan's face, she suddenly woke up and looked in the direction of Concubine Yan's finger.
All he could see was the corners of the crow-colored clothes that had been submerged in all kinds of purples and reds.
Ji Xinxue put down the empty wine glass she had been playing with for a long time, and strode towards Yu Heng,
When he saw Yu Heng's side face clearly, he stopped abruptly.
Why go there?
Save Yu Heng from Pansi Cave?
There is absolutely no need for this.
As Yu Heng is an unmarried high-quality husband, what's wrong with having more contact with girls?
The girls who can participate in the New Year's Eve banquet are all girls from good backgrounds and favored at home, who are enough to become Yu Heng's princess.
Yu Heng married a wife, what should he do?
Horror appeared on Ji Xinxue's face.
Why does he have such doubts?
Yu Heng's marriage will not affect their relationship!
Ji Xinxue stood on the spot for a long time, her eyes gradually became blank, and she completely lost focus.
will affect their relationship...
When Yu Heng marries a wife, the most important person in his life will become his wife.
Ji Xinxue suddenly felt it was ridiculous.
Why did he take it for granted that he was the most important person in Yu Heng's life?
Because although Yu Heng is close to Qinghe County Prince's Mansion, he has never been able to fully integrate into it?
It was also because Yu Heng and the British government were close to each other, drifting away.
Or it was because Yu Heng was inseparable from him, accompanying him day and night, so that he unknowingly took it for granted that he and Yu Heng were the most important people to each other.
A few days ago, when Emperor Changping was planning to give Yu Heng a marriage, all Ji Xinxue's thoughts were on Emperor Changping's plan to match Ji Mingtong and Yu Heng.He didn't even think about what kind of changes Yu Heng's marriage would bring to him and Yu Heng.
Ji Xinxue asked himself, is Yu Heng the most important person in his life?
He didn't know if the most important person in his life was Yu Heng, because there were too many important people lined up densely.
There is Aye, there is A Niang, there are brothers and sisters, there are grandma and little grandma...
After a long time, Ji Xinxue's eyes flashed suddenly.
For him, relatives are very important, besides relatives, the most important person is Yu Heng.
Among the most important people, Yu Heng is the only one who is not a close relative.
Perhaps to some extent, he and Yu Heng are indeed the most important people to each other.
When Yu Heng gets married, their relationship will change.
For a moment, Ji Xinxue couldn't tell whether the strongest feeling in her heart was fear or anger.
Yu Heng wanted to have a few words with the British princess, but the smell of powder around him was too strong, and some people had pollen on them that he couldn't smell, which choked him so much that he couldn't breathe well.
Because the girls were all around the British Duchess, Yu Heng didn't say much, but he became more and more perfunctory when answering the British Duchess' questions.
Can answer with one word, never with two words.
May nod or shake head, never speak.
When the feeling of suffocation became more and more intense, Yu Heng had no choice but to excuse that the King of Qinghe had something to do with him, and proposed to go to the British government in a few days to pay his respects to the British princess.
When the British princess heard this, disappointment and reluctance appeared on her face, "Okay, when you want to come back, remember to send someone to tell me in advance, so that I can get someone to prepare your favorite meals."
Yu Heng's tense face eased slightly, and he said goodbye to the British princess respectfully, holding his breath and exiting the range where it was hard to tell whether it was fragrant or stinky.When she turned around, she immediately saw Ji Xinxue standing not far away with a blank face.
"Ash?"
Yu Heng's voice came to Ji Xinxue's ears along with the aroma of the wine.
Ji Xinxue snapped back to his senses, he raised his hand to grab the dangling palm in front of him, suddenly felt very tired, and wanted to find a place where he could feel at ease and hide until he figured out all the things he couldn't figure out.
"I'm drunk." Ji Xinxue looked up at Yu Heng.
While Yu Heng still cares about him, don't be polite.
When Yu Heng gets married and has children, there will be people who need Yu Heng's care more than him.
Yu Heng smelled a strong smell of alcohol on Ji Xinxue's body, it was a strong alcohol that Ji Xinxue would never touch.
He held Ji Xinxue's shoulders, moved around Ji Xinxue, and suddenly found a dark mark on Ji Xinxue's back.
When he lowered his head and approached that position, the strong smell of alcohol filled his nostrils.
Not just spirits, but aged spirits.
Presumably someone accidentally spilled wine on Ji Xinxue's body.
Discovering the source of the alcohol smell put Yu Heng at ease.
He wrapped his arms around Ji Xinxue's waist to prevent Ji Xinxue from making a fuss suddenly, and looked around for a place that could ventilate and sober up.
Ji Xinxue leaned against Yu Heng's body, and suddenly thought that if Yu Heng married a wife, the person leaning in Yu Heng's arms should be Yu Heng's wife.Even if Yu Heng didn't marry a wife, it would be strange for the lord to lean in his arms.
He took two steps back silently, and before he could stand still, he threw himself into Yu Heng's arms because of the sudden force from his waist.
Yu Heng's helpless voice was next to his ear, "Don't make trouble, I'll take you to sober up."
Hearing this, Ji Xinxue silently put down her hand that was about to resist.
In Yu Heng's eyes, he is now a drunk, and it is normal for him to take care of a drunk.
Sitting on the high platform, Emperor Changping was receiving a toast from the officials, and Ji Xinxue suddenly rushed towards Yu Heng, then stopped and stood there in a daze.Yu Heng withdrew from the crowd, found Ji Xinxue, and saw the whole process of taking Ji Xinxue out of the hall.
It wasn't that he wanted to pay attention to these two people, but that the crow blue color was too conspicuous in the cluster of flowers. He deliberately looked away, and he would notice them again when the two changed their postures.
Emperor Changping suddenly laughed, and said to Mo Yao, "Little Wu is easy to get drunk even if he is greedy!"
Mo Yao lowered his head and stared intently at Emperor Changping for a while, "Your Majesty, you are drunk."
"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk for a thousand cups!" Emperor Changping drank the spirits in his cup in one gulp, and said with a smile, "I won't be as hopeless as Xiao Wu."
Mo Yao looked at Song Nian on the other side while Emperor Changping was drinking.
Hesitation appeared in Songnian's eyes, but he finally believed in Mo Yao's judgment.
He took out a knuckle-sized oiled paper bag from his purse, and took out a pill with a herbal aroma from it and put it in the palm of his hand.He raised it in front of Emperor Changping, and said slowly, "Your Majesty, Princess Huai'an brought you sober medicine."
Emperor Changping's slack gaze suddenly became sharp, he stared deeply at Songnian's face, then turned to look at Mo Yao, making sure that he had not mistaken the person, and gradually restrained his aura, "I'm not drunk, take it away. "
"Princess Huai'an is watching you." Mo Yao said suddenly.
Emperor Changping stopped his hand reaching towards the flagon, and followed Mo Yao's gaze.In the inconspicuous place behind the dragon pillar, I saw Ji Minyan, who was smiling happily, and Abuhanbing, who was tall and quiet beside her.
A Buhanbing noticed the gazes of Mo Yao and Emperor Changping first, and lowered his head to say something to Ji Minyan, and Ji Minyan looked this way with a face full of surprise.
Emperor Changping turned his head stiffly and looked away, picked up the pill held in Songnian's hand and put it into his mouth.
"Tsk, it's really hard."
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