The second episode 1
I closed the door with my backhand, and Wei Ziyin came to her senses.
"Qier, you're back."
"What's your sister thinking, so distracting?" I went to the table and sat down and poured myself a cup of tea.
"Nothing, just some trivial things."
I turned my eyes and looked at her with a smile, "Isn't my sister thinking about brother Li?"
Wei Ziyin blushed when she heard the words and said, "You girl, you don't have a good shape all day long. I haven't asked you about your situation today. You asked me back.
I smiled mysteriously, "Do you know who I saw today?"
"If it's not the queen, who else can there be?"
"I don't have the blessing to see my mother."
"What?" Wei Ziyin was shocked and had some worries in her eyes.
"Sister, don't worry, I'm fine. I just met His Royal Highness."
Wei Ziyin smiled when she heard the words, "Why is your bad girl so charming that you are fascinated by both of your highnesses?"
"Sister, don't make fun of me. Your Highness is in love with you." I said it right, but with a smile in my eyes.
"Come on, nonsense again. Why did I just come to you?"
"It's just because it's not interesting to me that I'm not afraid of damaging my reputation. I'm full of grievances, but my sister blames me. With that, I put on a bitter face and saw that tears were about to flow down.
Wei Ziyin panicked when she saw this and quickly came over and comforted me, "How can my sister blame you? Don't worry, your highness will be very sure to do so, and it won't damage your sister's reputation.
I looked at Wei Ziyin's anxious face and smiled gently, "Can that sister promise you something?"
"You said, my sister promised you."
"Please keep Li in your heart. If Your Highness is good to your sister, you must respond, okay?"
"Qier---"
"Promise me."
"Good."
I leaned my head on Wei Ziyin's shoulder. Her slender fingers stroked my long hair and said quietly, "Actually, even if you don't say it, I will do this."
"I want my sister to live well."
"Sister will." Wei Ziyin paused for a moment and said, "Qier, how long can we sit together like this?"
"Sister..."
"I asked a silly question, don't take it to heart." Wei Ziyin held me, and I clearly saw that a drop of water stains on her water-green skirt was gradually fainting.
Wei Ziyin and I sat for a long time until dusk. I think I should thank God for letting me have these people who love me deeply in this strange world. But what can I do for them? I'm just a nobody, but each of them is prominent. Thinking about it, I thought of Che again. I don't know how he is now. Has the wound on his shoulder healed? Will he also think of me occasionally...
One of the most helpless things in the world is to watch time go away, but I can't even catch the tail of time. This is a sentence I often sigh in Qiyueyuan.
Twenty days went by at my fingertips. Seeing that there is only one month left before the wedding, our etiquette training has also come to a successful end. The three of us were told to leave the palace three days later and ask us to prepare for it.
In fact, there is nothing to prepare. Everything is done by the maids and maids. There is no need for us to raise our hands at all, so Wei Ziyin and I only have the melancholy of parting.
We both know that this may be the last time we get together. I want to leave Liangcheng, and she is going to marry into the East Palace. Maybe this difference is that I haven't seen you all my life. But neither I nor Wei Ziyin tacitly mentioned this matter nor did they shed a tear.
In the evening, I quietly watched Wei Ziyin practicing calligraphy in the room, but there was a sharp voice of the waiter outside the door: "Holy--Edict---to come."
Wei Ziyin and I hurried out and knelt in the courtyard. Kneeling on the cold ground, I was not happy, and I didn't know what the emperor had done.
While reading the imperial edict, I thought about it in my heart. After listening for a long time, I didn't quite understand it. I just know that a foreign envoy will come tomorrow and let the three of us accompany Yunyun as princess and princess. As for what foreign country is and what to do, I have no idea at all. I can only go back to my room and ask Wei Ziyin to understand. I think this can only explain one problem, that is, my classical Chinese skills are too poor. Only when you pick up the book and read it can you understand it, so that at first glance, it is a little reluctant.
In the room.
"Sister Ziyin, what country is that? What are you doing here? Why let us go?"
Wei Ziyin smiled gently, "That's a country of Jingran, which is our subsidiary country. When they learned that the prince and the king of Li were going to get married, they came to celebrate. According to their etiquette, betrothals can meet before marriage without avoiding suspicion. Especially for the royal family, once they are married, it is actually equivalent to a big marriage and can meet foreign visiting envoys. Because this time was a personal visit by the king of Jingran, the emperor did it according to their etiquette in order to show his respect for them.
"Their etiquette is interesting. Aren't the two people who are married very happy?"
Wei Ziyin laughed softly, "You girl will think about it."
"Hey," I took Wei Ziyin's hand and said, "Sister, take an early rest today. Only tomorrow can you go to see the prince beautifully."
"Come and make me happy again. Let me see if I don't deal with you." With that, Wei Ziyin stretched out her hand to tickle me. I quickly dodged, pulled out my hand, and went to make trouble with her. In this way, the two of them made a mess. After chasing after the house for a while, Wei Ziyin and I were tired and breathless. Looking at each other's embarrassed appearance, I finally couldn't help laughing...
Until I fell asleep, there was still a smile on the corners of my mouth. This is a rare good sleep since I entered the palace. When I woke up the next day, I felt that my whole body was glorious.
The waiter sent me and Wei Ziyin a few sets of quite dignified clothes and luxurious jewelry as the "dress" for attending the banquet tonight.
To be honest, these golden things are really beautiful. I guess a woman will love it when she sees it, but I'm worried about the thought of greeting them all. These are real gold, silver and jade. Wearing them on your head, you can't even raise your head?
I picked up a golden jade step by the way and took a brief look. The workmanship is very fine, which is not much different from what I saw in the Forbidden City before. But looking at it, a trace of uneasiness suddenly floated in my heart, which made me breathe for no reason, shaking my hands and sliding down to the ground.
"Qier, what's wrong with you?" Wei Ziyin came over, leaned over and shook it, looking at me with some worry.
I shook my head gently, "I'm fine. I just shook my mind. I don't have to worry about it." Despite what he said, he still felt a little uncomfortable. This sudden uneasiness made me uneasy for a moment.
Wei Ziyin sat down beside me and said, "Qier, you don't have to be nervous. It's just a banquet. It will be over soon."
"Hmm." I nodded, afraid that Wei Ziyin would be worried, so I didn't say anything more.
I was troubled by an inexplicable mood this day, and most of the day passed unconsciously.
At about three o'clock, Wei Ziyin and I began to dress up to prepare for the evening banquet. I sat in front of the mirror, let the maids play with my hair, and watched them shake all kinds of steps and insert hairpins into my bun, but did not express any objection. Just took her hand when she was about to "brush" my face into a white wall. I stick to my bottom line and don't wear "wall" makeup. Let the maid retreat, draw her eyebrows lightly and point the lip fat.
After the makeup was completed, I looked in the mirror and found that the beautiful makeup with a head of grace and luxury looked extremely strange. Helpless, I took some "luges" from my head and tried to make myself look normal.
The maid on one side saw that I was going to "destroy myself" and hurried to stop me. I waved my hand and said, "No, I like to be simple." I asked the maidservant to retreat, and I began to sit aside and wait for Wei Ziyin to put on makeup. Wei Ziyin's dress was more troublesome. I watched her quietly depicted by several people. In the end, I fell asleep with my head in my head.
"Sister, sister," Wei Ziyin shook me gently and pulled me back from my dream to reality. "It's time for us to go."
When I heard the word "It's time to go", I couldn't help but thump, and the ominous foreboding came to my heart again.
The emperor held a banquet in the imperial garden today, which made me feel very romantic. Although I know that romance is very inappropriate at this time, I don't know what's wrong with me. I keep thinking about strange thoughts all day.
Wei Ziyin and I went to the East Palace first and went to the royal garden with the prince. And Yan Wanru waited for Li in Qiyueyuan and went with him.
When Wei Ziyin and Nangong Xian came to the Royal Garden, Li and Yan Wanru had already arrived. Yan Wanru sat on Li's side and looked at me provocatively, looking like a standard "bch woman" on her face. Li still smiled calmly, but his deep eyes never left me after he arrived.
When I inadvertently looked into Li's eyes, my whole body was shocked. I don't understand why Li's feelings for me have been so straightforward recently? As for my understanding of him, he should be a rather restrained person and will not be so shy in front of everyone. Did I refuse him too many times that made him want me more? Or is he sure that he no longer cares about the prince? After all, I am still his sister-in-law in name.
I guessed randomly, my mind was confused, and I was in a low mood. After arriving, I just got up and saluted with Wei Ziyin, and then got up and saluted, and didn't pay attention to who the other party was at all. So much so that later, I didn't notice that the emperor and queen had arrived, and the king of Jingran had also arrived.
After everyone was seated, the emperor spoke as a "leader", and then exchanged greetings with the monarch for a while before the dinner party began. In fact, I didn't hear a word about what they were saying. I was just thinking about how to make Li give up on me completely. It is absolutely impossible for him to do this now. If he is seen by someone with intentions, then he wants to add guilt. There is no excuse. To take a step back, even if I am unfounded, I can't let my worries become a reality.
After thinking about it, I finally decided to use the most idiotic method. Li sat opposite Nangong Xian and saw my every move clearly, so what I could think of was the most stupid but useful method.
"Brother Xian." I shouted sweetly to Nangong Xian beside me. Nangong Xian was whispering to Wei Ziyin at this time, with a sweet smile on her face. Nangong Xian looked up at me in surprise, and Wei Ziyin also looked up at me doubtfully. I smiled apologetically at Wei Ziyin, and then said to Nangong Xian, "Why does Brother Xian only care about talking to his sister? Qing'er is very boring."
Nang Gongxian was stunned and then smiled cunningly: "Qier, can you do the same?"
"Does Brother Xian think it's strange?"
"How come, it's normal for the so-called coquettish wife to act coquettishly." With that, Nangong Xian raised his hand and took out a veil to stroke my forehead and said gently, "Look at the sweat on this end." Although he looked at me, he glanced at Li intentionally or unconsciously.
"Brother Xian is so good." I took the veil and smiled shyly at Nangong Xian.
I picked up the bamboo shoots in front of me and sent them to Nangong Xian's mouth, "Brother Xian." Nangong Xian smiled elegantly and took my hand to carefully send the bamboo shoots into his mouth. Wei Ziyin sat aside and looked at my abnormal behavior, and her eyebrows became deeper and deeper. I dare not make any hint with Wei Ziyin, so she can only misunderstand.
I secretly looked at Li, and he still stared at me with a cold face like ice. His slender hand held a jade cup and drank one after another, regardless of Yan Wanru's dissuasion around him. Yan Wanru looked at me like a knife, as if she wanted to cut me to death. Yi sat not far away from Li, with an anxious face, but there was nothing he could do. I sighed in my heart, Yi, I'm sorry.
I withdrew my eyes and continued to fight with Nangong Xian. Nangong Xian quite cooperated with my "nonsense". The clear meaning hidden in his eyes made me suspect that he had seen my purpose. But I don't understand why he cooperates with me since he understands what I mean. If Li is discredited, isn't it the best with him? Or does he have other plans?
At the end of the banquet, Li on the opposite side was already a little confused. Looking at his painful look, my heart hurts as if I was pinched by my hand, and I can no longer bear to continue the play. Nangong Xian always smiled. He looked at me and said, "Qier, what's the pain? It hurt Li and yourself."
"Brother Xian?"
"I should also tolerate your occasional willliness, shouldn't I?"
The voice of Nangong Xian and I is so low that only the two of us can hear it. At this time, I don't know whether to say thank you or something to him.
Nangong Xian no longer paid attention to me and turned around and continued to talk to Wei Ziyin. I feel depressed and feel like a clown. I always see the purpose of doing something, and then I'm still working hard.
It was not easy to wait until the end of the banquet, and the crowd slowly dispersed. Li walked in front of me, and his steps were slightly shaken. Yi was holding him while, as if he had been whispering something in his ear. The more I looked at it, the more uncomfortable it became. I quickly followed Li without holding it. At this time, there were fewer and fewer people around me. Yi helped Li walk to a more secluded place, and I was busy following up.
After standing down, Yi suddenly turned around and looked at me angrily, "Yan Nianqing, what on earth do you want to do?"
"I just..."
"Yi, don't talk to her like this." Li's voice was slightly hoarse and said harshly to Yi.
He looked at me angrily and turned around and left quickly.
The place where Li and I are standing now should also be part of the Royal Garden, surrounded by tall trees, and then the night, people in the distance can't see us clearly. I was secretly glad that today was a banquet in the Royal Garden, and there were many people and many plants, so Yi was able to bring me and Li here smoothly.
"Lion, I'm sorry..."
"Can you stop saying these three words to me? I don't want to hear them!" Li turned around and roared at me, whose eyes were full of blood.