Chapter 24: Assassination of the Royal Family Banquet

How did she say goodbye to Shaofei? Lan Ruoyan didn't remember. She just kept walking around in the garden. The heater in her hand was no longer hot, and it was completely her body temperature. But it seemed that she didn't notice that Biyun calculated that the charcoal in the heater should be burned out and changed it for her.

"Mother, it's dark. It's cold outside. Why don't you go back?" Biyun and Biyou silently followed Lan Ruoyan. I don't know how long they had been here. Biyun looked up at the sky and found that the light was dark and the sun had gone west, so they had to remind Lan Ruoyan to go back.

"It's this time." Lan Ruoyan looked up, and on this day, she lost her soul. If Su Mu had a cold war with her, would she do the same? She didn't dare to think about it anymore.

After eating dinner casually, Lan Ruoyan went to bed early. I thought it would be difficult to sleep tonight, but when I lay down to **, I felt that my eyelids were heavy. Finally, I looked sideways at the blue clouds and saw her adding spices in the incense burner. Presumably she used the fragrance of calming sleep, otherwise she would not be able to sleep.

At this time, I don't know what happened to that person...

The melodious flute sound came from Songtang. Xuanyuan stood in front of the painting of Hua Guifei and played a song "Long dependence" that the emperor loved to play before his death. This is a song written by his father himself for his mother. Long and lingering, strong love is faintly revealed, gentle and gentle, just like his mother's love for his father.

After finishing the song, he put down the jade flute. Turning around and looking at the servant Xiao Linzi, he said in a low voice, "Wang Lanxin Pavilion."

"Yes." Xiaolin Zi answered. He was the little eunuch selected by Xuanyuanchen himself. Usually, I don't talk much, but I am honest and willing to do things. In Xuanyuanchen's opinion, the servant is enough.

When I came to Lanxin Pavilion, I saw that most of the candlelight inside had been extinguished and the light was dim. Thinking that it was time, it was time for Yaner to fall asleep. Walking up the steps, Lan Ruoyan's helpless face suddenly flashed in front of him. Together, they seem to only torture each other. He sighed and turned away again.

At this time, Nangong Jinzhi in the Yuye Building listened to Xuanyuan Chen and Lan Ruoyan's story. There was a sarcastic smile on the corners of her mouth, and she said faintly, "You deserve to look at Shu. Oh, she doesn't know what King Chen cares about her!"

"What the Empress said is that since the princess is still thinking about Su Mu, she simply doesn't keep the woman's way!" The snow echoed.

"Ha ha, but this is also good." Nangong Jinzhi covered his mouth and smiled.

Huh? What does the mother mean? Xianxue was stunned and didn't understand the meaning of Nangong Jinzhi.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I just want to know." Nangong Jinzhi returned to the doubt of the snow. The calculation in her heart is that Lan Ruoyan can't be wholehearted with Xuanyuanchen, so she will have a chance to take advantage of it! It's enough for the princess to spoil for so long.

The night breeze passed by, and the people in the palace had their own minds. Everyone is calculating their status and rights, and those who don't care are also involved in melancholy. When will this intrigue end?

After Xuanyuan Chen came to Lanxin Pavilion that day, he came to Lanxin Pavilion for several days in a row. At this time, Lan Ruoyan has recovered. She also knows a lot of things, and it is useless to think about it. After welcoming him calmly, he personally made tea for him.

Xuanyuanchen didn't seem to want to attract her mind, so he pretended that nothing had happened and naturally talked to her, but between the two of them's answers, they always seemed polite and estranged. Husband and wife respect each other as guests, and if something happens, it may not necessarily mean that they are happy with each other.

"Yan'er, I want to see your song and dance." Xuanyuanchen looked out of the window to the southwest and suddenly said.

Huh? Why did the prince suddenly think about this? Lan Ruoyan looked at his sight puzzledly. First, she didn't understand what was going on there. Thinking about singing and dancing, she suddenly realized, "Doesn't you think of the flower boat of the Qinhuai River?" There was a slight sourness in the words.

She was jealous. The original sentence "A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a prostitute, and a prostitute is better than a prostitute!" It's true that men always have some fancy intestines.

"I think of the flower boat." How could Xuanyuan Chen not hear Lan Ruoyan's jealousy? She would be jealous of him, which showed that she cared about him. Instead, he was a little happy and joked, "But I think it's only Hua Kui."

Speaking of Huakui, Lan Ruoyan recalled that she used to dance lightly and danced with her clothes. There was no feeling of embarrassment on her face. At the beginning, she would have done that because she saw Su Mu get close to Yi Su after Wu died lightly. She, who had never liked the dust, naturally thought that Su Mu should not be too close to the fireworks woman... In the final analysis, she was also jealous. Why does she think of it now but only feel that she is unreasonable?

The hand was gently circled. Xuanyuanchen came to her and shook her hands and said, "Yan'er, let's go out for a walk together?"

Lan Ruoyan heard it correctly. What he said was that "we" usually means that he is in a good mood when he doesn't have to respect himself. This may be a hint to himself, or it may be to prove that he is the same as her.

"Where are you going?" Lan Ruoyan asked him.

"It's good if it's not the Qinhuai River." Xuanyuanchen smiled and pulled Lan Ruoyan up. Without waiting for her reaction, he hugged her and went out.

I thought it was going, but it turned out that I went to the Wind and Rain Tower to watch the play. Mingqing was on the stage and sang not "Peony Pavilion", but "Cui Yingying's Western Chamber". It was the matchmaker who sent a message that Mingqing was a popular flower and sang Cui Yingying, and the matchmaker's figure was smaller than him. It seems that she didn't know whether it was a man or a woman.

"Yan'er doesn't look at Cui Yingying, but only stares at the matchmaker?" Xuanyuan asked strangely.

"I'm thinking about whether the matchmaker is a girl or a boy." Lan Ruoyan replied.

"Aren't all actors in the same house?" Xuanyuanchen smiled and said, "Isn't the matchmaker's horns too delicate for you to distinguish?"

"Is it a boy?" Lan Ruoyan looked at it carefully again, but she didn't think that the lively appearance of the matchmaker was played by a boy. Seeing that she still had doubts, Xuanyuanchen didn't care. After all, he is just an ordinary actor, and it doesn't matter to him whether it is a man or a woman.

The Western Chamber is not bad, but after all, this singing is not as vernacular as the 21st century TV series. It's boring to watch it. Lan Ruoyan got up and said to Xuanyuan, "Your Majesty, we think it's almost here. Shall we go back?"

"Go back?" Xuanyuan Chen looked at her.

"The voice here is noisy and uncomfortable to watch." Lan Ruoyan thought that listening to the play was boring. In ancient times without a TV set, she could only watch the play as a pastime. If she says she doesn't like it, she is an alien.

"Then let them come to the royal palace to sing another day?" Xuanyuan Chen said thoughtfully.

Alas, thinking about the women in the royal palace are also quite boring, and it's good to watch a play, so I nodded. Can we look elsewhere?"

"Yes." Xuanyuanchen smiled and stood up and came over to put his arms around Lan Ruoyan's shoulder. The two slowly walked all the way to the street, and Lan Ruoyan heard the old "selling sugar-coated haws, sugar-coated haws..." Looking sideways, it was still the old man, but he did not drag his little grandson.

"Do you want to eat sugar-coated haws?" Xuanyuan Chen saw Lan Ruoyan staring at the old man selling sugar-coated haws and thought she wanted to eat the sugar-coated haws.

"None." Lan Ruoyan shook her head. She turned her head and looked at Xuanyuanchen whispering how she met the old man with Wen Wei here last time.

The more Xuanyuan Chen listened, the tighter his eyebrows became. He turned around and pulled Lan Ruoyan to the old man. As soon as the old man saw Lan Ruoyan, he only felt familiar. Thinking about it, he hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty is a thousand years old!"

"Get up." Xuanyuan Chen said in a low voice.

"Thank you, Lord." The old man got up and dared not look up tremblingly.

Xuanyuanchen motioned Lan Ruoyan to ask the old man, who nodded and asked, "Old man, it's rare to remember this palace. I don't know where your grandson is?"

"back, back to the mother... the old man's grandson was raised by someone else's family." The old man said to his grandson and sobbed.

Lan Ruoyan was stunned, "Didn't I give you some silver last time? It should be able to solve the urgent need."

"The Empress is kind, but God doesn't fulfill her wishes! The plague spread in the old man's village, and the little grandson went, and his wife soon followed him... The eldest grandson stayed with him, afraid that one day he would go... he had to give it away." The old man burst into tears. He really burst into tears. The person who heard it was sad.

"Where is your home?" Xuan Yuanchen's heart moved, and the emperor's feet were still like this, and the other remote places should be like this! Xuanyuan Che, as an emperor, did he do to his people?

... When Xuanyuanchen came back on this day, he was not in the mood to do anything else. When he went back, he went straight into the study. Lan Ruoyan saw that he was depressed and thought of seeing him in the village with the old man today, his heart was also heavy. Wanxin Village, where the old man is located, was originally a rich village. However, due to the increasing collection of taxes by the imperial court in recent years, many people slowly migrated to the southern region to avoid being exploited by officials from all walks of the capital. The few remaining families are getting poorer and poorer, and who expected that the plague suddenly spread. Up to now, the village has been destroyed...

"Prince--" Lan Ruoyan walked into the study and shouted Xuanyuan Chen, who was sitting in front of the case.

Looking up at Lan Ruoyan, Xuanyuanchen sighed and said to her, "Yaner, come here."

Lan Ruoyan slowly approached him. The latter took her hand and slowly spit out words, "I always thought that Xia Qiguo was rich and strong, but now, when I saw the scene of Wanxin Village, I was shocked that I was on a high place. Many small places below can't be seen..."

Listening to the low tone, Lan Ruoyan couldn't bear it. She shook Xuanyuanchen's hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's not your fault. In the final analysis, they are all the officials below who wantonly search for people's fat and ointment regardless of the lives of the people.

"Yan'er, today, I realize how difficult it is to be a Mingjun. Do you think that if I ascend the throne in the future, can the people enjoy peace?

Lan Ruoyan was stunned. She always thought that Xuanyuanchen was a confident person, because he was always indifferent and arrogant in front of people. But now, this man shows a fragile side in front of her.

"Your Majesty, everything will be fine." Lan Ruoyan comforted him softly. They clenched their fingers, and the two of them had no words, but snuggled up to each other and spent the most uncomfortable time.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Linzi came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the princess, and Xianxue, the maid of Fanghua Building, asked to see you."

"What trick is that Ye Fei is playing again!" Xuanyuan Chen was in a better mood. As soon as he heard Fanghua Tower, he thought of Nangong Jinzhi, and he couldn't help but be angry.

"The prince is angry and wait for the maid to speak. Maybe Ye Fei is really looking for you. Lan Ruoyan saw Xuanyuan Chen's displeasure and quickly persuaded him.

"What can she do! Even the disease is pretended!" Xuanyuan Chen clenched his fist and pounded the armrest of the chair.

Thinking of the last time Nangong Jinzhi was sick and pleaded with Xuanyuan Chen to visit, after that, both of them seemed to have taken explosives, thinking that what must have happened in Fanghua Tower that day. But Xuanyuan Chen didn't say anything, and she didn't ask much. As long as there are women in this backyard, it will not be peaceful.

It's just that although the Nangong family does not have military power at present, it is a big family after all. It is often said that the hundred-legged insects die but not stiff. The Nangong family must also have many minions in the dynasty, not to mention that Xuanyuan Chen wants to usurp the throne now means that he will ascend the throne as emperor in the future. It will take a lot of time to disintegrate the Nangong family. "Your Majesty, if you can't bear it What a mess."

Even Lan Ruoyan persuaded her like this, and Xuanyuanchen also understood that even if she didn't like the woman in Nangong Jinzhi, she could not be too lazy. So he said to Xiao Linzi in a low voice, "Tell her to come in."

"Yes." Kobayashi retreated and passed the pass.

After a few moments, Xianxue came in and saluted, and said bluntly, "Your Majesty, the Empress Ye sent slaves to ask the prince. Her birthday is approaching. Should she hold a banquet in Prince Chen's Palace or celebrate her birthday in Prince Qi's Palace?"

"What kind of birthday is she having? Do you still have to hold a banquet?" Xuanyuan Chen asked coldly.

Seeing the murderous intention in Xuanyuanchen's words and meaning, Xianxue was shocked and sweated a long time ago. The joy and anger of the master are the joy and anger of the slave. It is easier for the master to want a slave to die than to death the ant. Although her head master is Nangong Jinzhi, Xuanyuan Chen can also determine her life and death. If a little word is wrong, she will die!

"Go back to the prince, the Empress has held banquets in the palace of Qi in the past..." Xian Xue replied carefully, "The Empress Ye said that although she was married, she could not change her usual habits."

"Hmm! The woman did not marry her father, but married her husband! Doesn't she even know this? Xuanyuan Chen was furious and got up.

Xianxue was so scared that she immediately knelt down and said, "The prince spare his life, the prince spared his life. I just spread the truth and didn't mean to anger the prince."

"You are clean. With a slave like you, I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse!" Xuanyuanchen looked at the snow kneeling on the ground indifferently. He had seen many slaves begging for mercy, and he had already heard this kind of begging for mercy.

But Lan Ruoyan beside her is different. She comes from the 21st century and sees kneeling as a very important form. Seeing that Xianxue trembled, she was not humble or arrogant in front of her. She was a good person in the past, and she couldn't bear to punish her, so she said to Xuanyuanchen, "Since it's what Concubine Ye wants to do, the prince can't ask her as a slave. Why don't you ask Concubine Ye?"

"Ask her? Oh, since this slave is the one who sent the message, then let her send the message back and ask what Concubine Ye is thinking!" Xuanyuanchen did not give Xianxue any face or Fanghualou because of what Lan Ruoyan said.

frowned, Lan Ruoyan looked at the snow below. I'm afraid that Xuanyuanchen was at a par with Ye Fei. Alas, she tried her best, but it's a pity that water and fire are not acceptable. She said to Xianxue, who was still kneeling, "Why don't you go back to Fanghua Building to ask Concubine Ye!"

"Yes, yes." Xianxue responded in a hurry and quickly retreated.

As soon as she left, Lan Ruoyan thought that it was not good for her to be involved in this matter, so she said to Xuanyuanchen, "Your Majesty, my concubine felt a little tired today, so I went back to Lanxin Pavilion first."

"Go ahead." Xuanyuan Chen looked at her sideways and saw that she was indeed tired. He nodded and agreed to her.

Not long after Lan Ruoyan left, Nangong Jinzhi came to Songtong Hall in person. After seeing her for many days, she still had gorgeous makeup and luxurious clothes. Xuanyuanchen saw her like this and remembered the depressed scene of Wanxin Village, and couldn't help resisting her dress.

"My concubine pays a visit to the prince." Nangong Jinzhi knelt down and saluted. She thought that Xuanyuanchen would be somewhat moved. Who would have thought that Xuanyuanchen didn't even look at her more, so she said excuses and asked her directly what she wanted to do at the birthday party.

"In fact, the concubine does not want to hold a big banquet, but at the palace of the king of Qi, she will hold a banquet on the birthday of the concubine's brother or the concubine's birthday, inviting relatives from all parties to come back together." Nangong Jinzhi answered deftly. She didn't mean to be at the birthday banquet, but just wanted to attract Xuanyuanchen's attention to her.

"Since this is the rule of the Prince of Qi, if you must abide by it, the King of Chen can also do it for you." Xuanyuanchen's voice was cold, and his attitude was also indifferent. It's just a family banquet, which is not a big deal for Chen Wangfu.

"Thank you, Lord." Nangong Jinzhi didn't expect Xuanyuanchen to agree so simply. He thought that Xuanyuanchen didn't care about her as much as she used to be, and thanked her happily.

"Well, I still have to deal with political affairs. Nothing else, you can all retreat." Xuanyuan Chen didn't want to spend much time with Nangong Jinzhi, so he waved his hand and let them retreat.

After the two masters and servants of Fanghua Building came out of the Songtong Hall and walked through the corridor, Xianxue breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest and whispered, "Fortune, the prince is not as angry as before, otherwise I'm afraid I will move my head."

"Well, I just want you to send a message. That's it, and I will let me explain your important things in the future!" Nangong Jinzhi looked at Xianxue unhappily and shook off her help with one hand.

"Mother--" Xianxue was shocked and followed in panic.

I didn't expect that Nangong Jinzhi turned around and slapped her. I don't know if it was too heavy or she didn't stand firm. Xianxue staggered and fell to the ground and fainted on the roadside. Nangong Jinzhi didn't care much and took other maidservant back to Fanghua Building.

At this time, Lan Ruoyan came out of Lanxin Pavilion, and the snow fainted in the ice and snow was stunned. He quickly asked Biyou and Biyun to help him into the house and recovered after a long time in the quilt.

As soon as Xianxue woke up, Lan Ruoyan came over and asked warmly, "Xianxue, why did you faint on the roadside?"