Crown Jewels

Chapter 216 Entangling Shen Lanqing

The empress showed such an expression, if Huyan Uwei was stalking, he would be a little out of place, he couldn't help it, he could only shut up resentfully, retreat to his place with a sullen face, and drink a few glasses of wine to relieve the depression in his chest .

The sound of silk and music at the banquet sounded again, and the appearance of singing and dancing was restored. The court officials greeted and socialized, and there were smiles in their eyes as the cups touched, and the atmosphere seemed to be warm again.

Prince Gong's figure was once again hidden in the shadows, his unsupported eyelids were drooping, showing weakness all the time, only the wide sleeves of the toga on his thin body, and the jade wrench on his index finger moved slowly. Rolling, again and again, hiding in a corner that no one knows, seems to be able to drive away the restlessness in the heart.

With unmoved eyes, he glanced at the empress on the high platform and Gu Baozhu beside him again. The night wind was chilly and chilled into his robes, leaving a bone-chilling chill. It should be the Imperial Forest Guard who usually patrols at night, but the sound of heavy and heavy collisions mixed with wine and music added a little tension to the night.

Prince Gong wrapped his hands tightly around the toga to hide the dark light under his eyes. When he raised his eyes again, his weak eyes looked at the front seat, the crouched and depressed former Shu king who was crouching in the shadows.

The maid next to her was holding a lamp, and she heard Prince Gong's weak cough loudly in her ears. It was unlucky to be assigned to take care of Prince Gong tonight, and she only hoped that nothing would happen to him.

However, contrary to expectations, under the lamp, the glaring blood red from coughing was a bit shockingly stained on the white handkerchief. The hand of the maid holding the lamp trembled.

"My lord, it's getting darker at night, you might as well go to the side hall to add some clothes..."

Prince Gong was silent when he heard the words, and it was good to say something, the maid finally felt more at ease.

The night was gloomy, and the atmosphere in the Taiji Palace was just right, but no one noticed that behind Guanghua County Lord, the gloomy man who had been hunched in the dark abandoned the table and left the table, silently no one paid attention.

The exchange of wine and meat in the ear was full of exchange of cups and cups with the imperial educators. The scholar's man's bold smile did not infect the woman sitting in the corner. The woman was slender, but her back was tall and straight. In the corner, there were only young men in a weak state, pushing cups and changing cups. From time to time, some people winked and their eyes fell on Shen Lanqing.

However, the woman with the eyebrows Ruoyuanshan didn't notice it, she sat there alone, as if she was in her own world.

Shen Lanqing frowned, staring at the dishes on the table, but in her mind, she recalled just now, the look in Lu Jiuxi's eyes when he looked at her with his sleeves flicking after leaving the empress's platform, there was helplessness, annoyance, or feeling that she Self-assessment?
But what does her matter have to do with him, why does he need to talk about it?
The cold and vast white snow seemed to be covered with mottled stains in an instant.Shen Lan's indigo-colored brows and eyes overflowed with light mockery and struggle, and the hot tea in the teacup entangled the woman's brows and eyes, making the beautiful indigo-black color look more and more alienated.

The rich fragrance of hanging flowers entered his nostrils, Shen Lanqing frowned, and a golden osmanthus cake appeared in his sight, but the cake body was decorated with red peonies, which was eye-catching and bright. will appear exaggerated.

Moving up the line of sight with those hands, a trace of impatience flashed across Shen Lanqing's eyes.

However, Jiang Shan, who was dressed in a fine attire, was not so self-conscious, and went straight to the opposite of Shen Lanqing. As a result, the jug held by the maid poured the scorching clear liquid into the silver cup, but she did not wait for Shen Lanqing's response when she raised her hand, and Jiang Shan sank. Eyes, glanced at the eyebrows and eyes of the black woman, but raised her lips indifferently, and only put the wine cup in front of Shen Lanqing.

Shen Lanqing acted as if she hadn't heard of it, and only cared about adding tea to herself.

The appearance of Jiang Shan made the group of fellow imperial examination candidates beside Shen Lanqing who were eager to try silently, and they did not continue to move forward after all. Unexpectedly, I came to Piandian to entangle the township examination to solve Yuan.

Seeing the look of the group of Juzi who didn't dare to go forward because of his appearance, Jiang Shan raised his wide sleeves, curled up the corners of his lips proudly, and looked towards Shen Lanqing.

"Since I met at the academy that day, I haven't seen Miss Shen for quite a while—"

"Jie Yuan, the first name in the provincial examination, Jiang Shan here congratulates Miss Shen—"

The noise in the ear is disturbing and clean, the strong scent of osmanthus at the nose and the fresh tea flavor at the nose are diluted.

Shen Lanqing put down the teacup, Yuanshan Handai's brows and eyes were light.

"What's the matter with Mr. Jiang? If not, Lan Qing will leave first!"

Seeing that Shen Lanqing really got up and was about to leave, Jiang Shan also became anxious. He quickly grabbed Shen Lanqing's sleeve and looked at the woman's clear, frosty and snow-colored eyes, which seemed to be filled with a square inch of cold pool, sober and tough, just like the women he usually provoked. It's different, Jiang Shan's consciousness returned to the academy racecourse that day, Shen Lanqingsu helped him up, the emotion in his eyes was also the same clear and frosty snow color, no matter at that time or at this time, it seemed that it had never changed, as if it could not be melted away and could not be covered. Hot frost and snow.

Subconsciously, Jiang Shan restrained his attitude towards others, and explained his intentions to Shen Lanqing.

"Miss Shen, I have already said in Cangshu Pavilion that I, Jiang Shan, am not an ungrateful person!"

"Now that Miss Shen is in high school, Jiang called a lot of brothers in the academy, and specially prepared seats in the restaurant in Lin'an City, and counted it as a friend of Miss Shen. If the girl wins three yuan in the future, I, Jiang Shan, will be honored, right? -"

What kind of messy banquet, Shen Lanqing felt absurd, there was no relationship between her and him, and the empress had already agreed to her transfer, according to the management, the official documents would be issued within three days, and she would leave soon Going to the south of the Yangtze River, you can participate in a banquet hosted by someone you don't know well.

When Shen Lanqing had a headache, she felt quite speechless. Jiang Shan saw her expression and thought she was unwilling, but facing the usual experience of ancient scholars, Jiang Shan was also used to it. He suddenly took out the party invitation card from his arms, It was directly stuffed into Shen Lanqing's hand, as if afraid of her rejection, but before she could react, she left abruptly.

Caught off guard, Shen Lanqing frowned and looked at the invitation card with green bamboo in her hand. She opened it subconsciously and glanced at the date on it. It happened to be three days later at the Zhichun Building in Lin'an City. Counting the days, she should have been busy packing her luggage to go I'm in the south of the Yangtze River, so I don't have time to attend any banquet.

Breathing out the turbid air in his chest, Shen Lanqing shook his head helplessly, looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake decorated with red peony petals brought by Jiang Shan on the table, and simply pressed the invitation under the porcelain plate, before leaving, he casually called The waitress pointed at Jiang Shan's seat.

"You hand this plate of cakes and this invitation card to Mr. Jiang who is dressed in brocade at the table. He will understand what it means when he sees the cakes—"

Seeing the maidservant nodded obediently, Shen Lanqing was slightly relieved not to delay at the banquet, and left directly outside the Taiji Palace.

The tempting fragrance of pastries, accompanied by the invitation card with a turquoise cover, the maid was a little surprised when she saw it, but she didn't dare to neglect it, but who would have thought that before she took two steps, she would be greeted by a black gown with a tortoise shell in front of her? The crowned nobleman blocked the way, and the court lady raised her head in amazement...

(End of this chapter)