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Chapter 193 Let You Be Alone (3)
Emperor Jianping was very surprised. He hadn't even mentioned marriage yet, so how did they become a family?This girl is really not shy, she is straightforward and cute, so Emperor Jianping smiled and asked: "Oh, I don't know if the princess has taken a fancy to the son of my Daqin family, he is really lucky."

Princess Taotao said Shen Che's name without any ambiguity.

The most beloved nephew of the family, Emperor Jianping was very clear about it, so he hurriedly asked, "But he already has a wife."

Princess Taotao raised her head slightly and said: "Shen Lang's wife is just a merchant woman, how can she be worthy of him? But I know he is a kind and righteous son, and when I marry him, I won't treat his former wife badly. Treat each other with the courtesy of a half-wife."

What the hell is the half-wife ritual?Emperor Jianping couldn't figure it out, but it's not a trivial matter to ask someone to demote his wife to be a concubine. As an emperor, he couldn't just make a will, so he laughed and perfunctory.

Princess Taotao didn't think too much about it, she only thought that if Emperor Jianping didn't refuse, it would be acquiescing. She wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and she happened to come to meet Shen Che's wife for a while, to see who she was, so that she could retreat in spite of difficulties.

When Taotao came in, she saw Ji Cheng at first sight, not just because she was sitting next to Shen Che, but because her existence seemed to blur the surroundings, so that people couldn't see anyone except her.

Tao Tao really did not expect Shen Che's wife to look like a fairy, especially when she saw her, her eyes were calm, as if she was not worried about her situation at all.

Such self-confidence made Taotao feel aggrieved immediately.She looked at Shen Che with affection in her eyes, bit her red lips lightly, and waited for him to express his opinion.

As a result, Shen Che was very indifferent, and just looked at her grievance indifferently.

But Ji Cheng saw that Shen Che's glass was empty, so he lowered his eyes and raised his hand to pour another glass for him.

There is no intimacy in each other's movements, but Taotao can see the difference from it.She walked over with some resentment, and sat down next to Shen Che, which formed a situation where Shen Che hugged left and right.

The old lady just felt a headache watching the farce in front of her. Of course, she would not like Princess Taotao, who is so unruly, even if she is a princess, so what?The mere Nanzhao is not in the eyes of the old man.

"Yunjin, hurry up and set up a seat for the princess, where can I ask the princess to sit with you?" the old lady said.

In fact, Yun Jin had already held the ink cushion in his hand, and now he moved the cushion to the old lady's left side, which is the seat of honored guests, and walked to Princess Taotao courteously to invite her to take a seat.

Taotao said stubbornly: "I just like to sit here. Don't bother, just add a pair of bowls and chopsticks for me."

Yun Jin remained motionless in embarrassment, if it was the girl from Daqin, she would have quickly moved out of her seat in embarrassment, but Tao Tao remained motionless, wanting to pull Shen Che's sleeve with an aggrieved expression on her face.

Shen Che avoided Taotao's outstretched hand and said: "The princess is an honored guest, according to Daqin's rules, she should sit on the head and face east."

Taotao said in a low voice: "But I just want to sit with you." After saying that, she looked up at Ji Cheng again.

Ji Cheng doesn't have the virtue of abdicating the throne to the virtuous, at the moment she is furious in her heart, Shen Che is really deceiving others too much.

Taotao didn't want to leave Shen Che, but she didn't want to embarrass her sweetheart, and she couldn't bear to sit side by side with Ji Cheng, so she stood up and said, "Today is to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival for the ancestors. Why don't I dance a dance for my ancestors?"

It's so good, everyone's face is finally getting by.

For a while, the musicians and dancers who came with Taotao also followed in, it can be seen that they came prepared.

Li Rui watched the farce on the field with joy, wishing he could clap his hands and applaud.

Except for her, the rest of the people present all had gloomy faces, and they didn't praise Princess Taotao very much.

Although Nanzhao is located in the southern barbarians, their people, both male and female, are good at singing and dancing, and Princess Taotao is the best among them. She danced a song "The Peacock King God".

The Peacock King descended to the mortal world, bringing countless nectar and blessings, and the peacock's screen opened, and the world was full of magnificence.

There are a few peacocks in the Qing Garden, among them is a rare and rare white peacock, which is very graceful and almost overlaps with Princess Taotao at the moment. Even if they don't like it, everyone has to admit that Taotao's dancing posture Smart and cheerful, like the incarnation of the peacock king god, he really brought blessings to Shen's residence.

Tao Tao is very confident in her dance. At the National Day Ceremony in Nanzhao, she defeated her sister who is known as the "Spirit of Dance" with this "Peacock King God".

The red dress flutters in the arena, just like the gorgeous tail feathers of a peacock. When it is raised, the golden begonia appears, which makes people dazzled.

Princess Anhe was also present today. She was lacking in interest at first, but after seeing Taotao's dancing posture, she sat up straight and tapped her fingers lightly on the small table to match the cheerful rhythm.

After dancing to the song, Taotao was out of breath: "Taotao has shown her shame."

The old lady said indifferently: "The dance of the princess is rare in the world, and it makes people forget the customs."

Taotao smiled and said: "The old ancestor has won the award. I heard that girls from Daqin are also versatile and good at singing and dancing. Taotao would like to invite the second young lady to dance a dance as well, so as to share the reward."

These words are really too abrupt, there is no one who comes to force people to dance, and Ji Cheng is not that dancer.

Ji Cheng said with a smile: "Pu Liu's appearance does not dare to compete with the princess, and my concubine is not good at dancing."

Taotao stared at Ji Cheng and said, "In our Nanzhao, when our daughter's family also has the same husband, we don't like to fight over each other, and it's embarrassing to each other, so our custom is to fight and dance. Whoever dances well will be the king, and the loser should not be entangled."

Before Ji Cheng could speak, he was interrupted by Taotao: "I know what you're going to say, I just want to ask you if you dare to fight? You girls from Daqin love to fight with each other, it's really despised by others. You should do it, no You should admit defeat."

Ji Cheng smiled: "Okay, you can do as you please, just follow the princess's customs, but the princess must keep her word."

Taotao was stunned, she didn't expect that Ji Cheng would really dare to fight, her heart is actually not bad, it's just that she had to protest to Ji Cheng because she couldn't meet the emperor and marry: "Have you thought clearly?"

Ji Cheng said: "Princess has the ambition to take over her husband, but a concubine must have the courage to defend the king, right?"

Ji Cheng can really say a few words of the scene, and make the current situation perfunctory, no one can blame her, after all, she is not a dancer, and Princess Nanzhao is indeed bullying too much.

It's just that the rivals in love are coming at the door, if Ji Cheng backs down, it's not in line with her temperament at all.Even if she didn't have Shen Che in her heart, she would never tolerate Nanzhao Princess Taotao trampling on her dignity like this.

In Daqin, there were many men who fought and even died in order to compete for women. Now it's just a fight and dance. How can Ji Cheng retreat without fighting?

"Okay." Taotao said, "You woman is honest and upright, unlike other people in your capital, who can only talk about it, want to do it but dare not do it, but make it up and assign me shameless. In our Nanzhao, I always say whatever I want, and do what I want.”

Ji Cheng said: "Each party has its own customs and etiquette. The Nanzhao clan has its merits in honesty, honesty, honesty and bravery. It is precisely because we know the integrity and shame that we, the land of etiquette in the Great Qin Dynasty, can become a great country. tribute."

Ji Cheng didn't accept Taotao's praise, his words were hidden in the needle, and it was also a mockery of the people of Nanzhao for their shamelessness, for robbing their husbands and sons-in-law so confidently.

Taotao frowned, she spoke Chinese so-so, she couldn't express a lot of what she wanted to express, but she could hear Ji Cheng was mocking her, so she said: "So you are also a sharp talker, I won't talk to you You argue, let everyone see your true skills."

Knowing how to dance is not a real skill, and Ji Cheng didn't bother to correct Taotao.

"Young Mistress, here comes the sword." Yu Qian'er was running out of breath, but finally caught up.

When Ji Cheng watched Princess Taotao dance, he knew that the comers were not kind, and the kind people would not come.She had already inquired about the wind of Nanzhao, so she had roughly estimated Taotao's plan at the beginning, so she had already ordered Yu Qian'er to fetch her Qingxue sword in a low voice.

In fact, Ji Cheng didn't do much research on dancing, but she specialized in sword dancing since she was young.

Taotao raised her eyebrows, but she couldn't tell that Ji Cheng, who was delicate and weak and could be blown down by a gust of wind, chose Sword Dance.She turned around and sat next to Shen Che, watching Ji Cheng take the sword and walk to the red brocade in the field to stand still.

Ji Cheng held the sword and drew a sword flower, very much like a sword master. This kind of trick doesn't require any internal strength, and practice makes perfect.

"You're making a fool of yourself." Ji Cheng said, from the time she accepted the challenge from Princess Nanzhao to the time she walked into the arena, she really didn't give Shen Che the slightest bit of a look. She felt that she was only fighting for her own dignity, and she didn't really want to grab a man.To be honest, in terms of Ji Cheng's thinking, the legs are on Shen Che's body, so who can he decide who he is facing with a dance?It's just a joke for her to compete with Princess Nanzhao for half a day here.

But Ji Cheng had to come out to solve the trouble in front of him, and he was very upset.

"I'll play the drums for Ah Cheng." Shen Che said suddenly.

The field was originally silent, but now it was even more silent.Ji Cheng turned to look at Shen Che, the ready-made helper was useless, but now he won first.

Ji Cheng nodded, bowed his body and said softly, "Thank you sir."

Tao Tao's eyeballs almost popped out, she stretched out her hand to pull Shen Che's cuff and said, "In the future, you will also play the drums for me."

Shen Che raised his hand, but Taotao naturally didn't pull it back, and could only watch helplessly as he walked to the musician and sat down.

When the drums sounded, Ji Cheng moved his wrist lightly, and Qingxue flashed a cold light. She danced so fast that she could do it easily, and the cold light turned into snow, like flowers flying in the sky.

The poem goes: Huo Ruyi shoots nine sunsets, just like the emperors and dragons soaring.Come like a thunderbolt, stop the wrath, stop like Jiang Hai condenses the light.

Ji Cheng's sword dance turned into a band of light, the drumbeat became faster and tighter, Ji Cheng's sword followed the agitation, thinking that Shen Che had a grudge with her in the past, the drum beat so fast that she couldn't keep up. Make a fool of yourself?I thought he was here to help, but it turned out that he was here to embarrass her, right?

The belt of light could no longer keep up with the drumbeat, Ji Cheng's body spun around twelve times, and he insisted on dancing the belt of light into a snow-white silk chain, dancing with sword light and powder, as if bringing up the Milky Way in the starry sky.

If he hadn't held his breath, he couldn't make this couple look down upon, Ji Cheng usually wouldn't be able to complete such a difficult maneuver, she almost rolled in the air.

At the peak of the drum beating, Qingxuejian uttered a phoenix cry, which was so deafening that everyone who heard it was moved.

But the sword dance is not the most powerful, but the slow dance is the best test of the school.The drum beats gradually faded away, gradually slowing down like a stream.

Ji Cheng gritted her teeth and shook her wrist, she was almost so sore that she couldn't hold the hilt of the sword, but she was also very strong in her nature, holding on to her breath, the Qingxue sword was originally a soft sword, and it was swinging three times in the air at this moment The waves, like the spring breeze blowing the water, make ripples.

The blade of the sword was as bright as a mirror, reflecting Ji Cheng's cherry pink dress today, and the reflected light dyed the building in a light pink color.

The sword light passed by, chopping the light powder in the sky into crumbling cherry blossoms on the branches. The cherry powder was like snow, falling down in a rustle. There were neither cherry blossom trees nor snow in the sky. Flying in the flying cherry blossoms in the sky.

This scenery makes people hold their breath, for fear that the hot breath will blow away the cherry blossoms and snow, which is really a disastrous sight.

When the sword reached the extreme slowness, Ji Cheng turned his wrist, the Qingxue sword made a phoenix cry again, suddenly the point of the sword had already pierced Nanzhao Princess Taotao.

The princess screamed, and the people watching by covered their mouths and screamed, only to see that the sword grazed Princess Taotao's cheek.

Qingxue sword blew her hair and broke her hair, and in an instant she picked up the red coral earrings beside the princess' ears to the tip of the sword, Ji Cheng pulled the sword back, and saw the coral earrings draw a red streamer circle in the air.

The drum beat suddenly disappeared, and Ji Cheng's final posture was also displayed. The earrings did not fall from the tip of the sword, and she picked them up and sent them to Princess Taotao.

There was silence in the arena, and it took a while for someone to take the lead in clapping. There was a burst of applause, and even the musicians watching the dance put down their instruments and applauded for Ji Cheng.

Although it was a home game, Ji Cheng still won very well.

Taotao took back her earring from the tip of Ji Cheng's sword with a pale face.

Ji Cheng put his sword away and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a large number, I hope you will forgive me for being abrupt."

Taotao bit her lip and did not speak, the outcome was self-evident, but she was really unwilling to do so, she was supposed to show off her power to provoke her, but she was caught off guard and slapped loudly.

Tao Tao looked at Shen Che with tears in her eyes, but she hated that her sweetheart only had sarcasm in her lips.

Tao Taoxin said: "You won. I am the honor of the princess. I wanted to marry Shen Lang and treat you as a half-wife. Now that I lose, let's accompany Shen Lang together."

Ji Cheng blinked his eyes, a little ironic, is this about breaking the contract under the watchful eyes of everyone?
Ji Cheng took a step back, looked at Shen Che and said, "I respect my husband and dare not make decisions for my husband."

The drumstick in Shen Che's hand had already been put down, and he said slowly: "How can a mere mortal dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with Emperor Shun, and dare not wrong the princess."

Taotao cried: "I am not wronged."

The old lady coughed lightly, as if she was signaling to Shen Che.

Shen Che glanced at the old lady with a smile, turned his head and said to Taotao: "Shen has only married one wife in this life, if the princess wants to get married, she must obtain a contract of sale, and then kowtow to my wife three times."

This request is not mean to ordinary people. Being a concubine is lowly, but to the proud princess of Nanzhao, it is more difficult than ascending to heaven.

Sure enough, Taotao stared wide-eyed and was about to attack.It's just that as soon as she saw Shen Che's face, she held back all her anger. She chased him for a long time, but he was indifferent. He only said a few more words to her when she heard her calling herself Taotao when they met for the first time. He also asked her about the origin of her nickname, and thereafter she was no longer amiable.

If it weren't for this, Taotao wouldn't be in such a hurry to build up momentum that he wanted Emperor Jianping to force Shen Che.She knew that people in Daqin valued face the most, so she came to visit, to let the old lady know that she was far more suitable for Shen Che than that merchant girl.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, Princess Taotao's tears fell like rain, and after thinking about it for a while, she actually knelt down in front of Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng was frightened and looked aside, looking at Shen Che who was also surprised.

This princess Taotao was so moved that she even ignored her dignity.

Ji Cheng felt sorry for her a lot, how could Shen Che be considered a lover.

The old lady finally spoke: "Nonsense, how can there be a princess who writes a deed of sale by herself."

The old man became a spirit, instantly awakening two surprised wise men.

Shen Che said to Taotao: "Don't kneel first." Then he turned his head and told Yunjin, "Go and prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones."

Tao Tao couldn't hold up his pen, and Shen Che said beside him: "But you can't write Chinese characters? Then I will ask someone to write a letter. You press your fingerprint and ask someone to take it back to Nanzhao, and ask your father to seal it."

Taotao threw the pen away and ran away crying.But at last it solved this scandalous affair that many people were talking about.

The old lady reprimanded Shen Che: "You, next time, don't disregard the face of your daughter's family like this."

Shen Che said yes repeatedly with a smile.

This Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet was really different. I think everyone will still remember everything tonight after more than ten years.

What happened in Shen's residence tonight spread quickly in the capital. The princess of Nanzhao no longer has the face to stay in the capital, and no one from the clan is willing to marry her.The king of Nanzhao had no choice but to order her to go back. Later, he sent Taotao's 14-year-old sister to Beijing to marry a son of the clan.

(End of this chapter)