The story of Princess Xiatang's counterattack

Chapter 530
Chapter 530
Ye Lanzhen's marriage was delayed again and again, and a year passed in a flash, and there was no suitable man, so Ye Mu was a little anxious.

Until the palace banquet at the end of the year, the family members of officials of the fourth rank or above can bring their adult children into the palace. Ye Lanzhen had never had the opportunity to enter the palace before, so this year she was brought into the palace by Ye Mu.

During the banquet, all the princes will show their faces, regardless of gender, and the ladies of each family will always perform various talents at the palace banquet, and Ye Lanzhen is no exception.

Ye Lanzhen is the best at painting, and a painting was appreciated by the emperor, and then the eldest prince Xia Houyu took the initiative to ask Ying to write an inscription for the painting.

Xia Houzan didn't expect that the eldest son, who had been silent all this time, would take the initiative to speak. The big festival needs excitement, and Xia Houzan happily agreed.

But Ye Lanzhen retreated to the side, and he, who had lowered his head, stole a look at Xia Houyu.

Xia Houyu was tall and handsome in appearance, and with a peaceful air on his body, his face was quite honest.

Therefore, Ye Lanzhen had a good impression of Xia Houyu, but knew that as a prince, his status was naturally beyond her imagination, so she sighed in her heart, but she could only sigh.

Forgot to look away for a while, it happened that Xia Houyu had finished speaking for the painting, and after finishing writing, he turned his head and glanced at her.

The two looked at each other, causing waves in Ye Lanzhen's heart. She quickly looked away, her cheeks were slightly red, and her heart was beating non-stop.

A good painting with good words, Xia Houyu's inscription next to the scroll added a lot of color to the whole painting, Xia Houzan was very happy, praised the two of them, and gave Ye Lanzhen a small object as an expression of appreciation.

Ye Lanzhen didn't care about how the palace banquet would proceed next, she secretly glanced at Xia Houyu from time to time, thinking she was doing it very covertly, but she didn't know that her look had already fallen into the eyes of Ye Mu and Xia Houyu.

Although Ye Bingxuan's official position is not high, but his position is very special. He is in charge of government affairs, workshops, and bureaus to guide the prince. If he can marry the daughter of the Ye family, it will be extremely helpful to him.

Xia Houyu deliberately attracted Ye Lanzhen's attention at the palace banquet. Now it seems that he has succeeded. A woman's eyes of admiration for a man can't be hidden. The government proposes marriage.

Ye Lanzhen never expected that God would favor her so much, what she thought was impossible would become real the next day.

When she heard the servant girl came back and told her that Lord Ning came to propose marriage, Ye Lanzhen was completely dumbfounded, and asked several times whether it was really Lord Ning Xia Houyu. As the maid nodded repeatedly, she jumped up happily stand up.

Mother Ye naturally knew her daughter's thoughts, so when King Ning came to propose marriage, she naturally agreed.

Ye Lanzhen couldn't sit still in the boudoir, so she quietly came to the upper room, hid in the shade of the trees, and wanted to ask her parents if they agreed to it the first time Xia Houyu left.

In the end, Ye Lanzhen got what she wanted, and she was happily preparing for marriage, looking forward to her life after marriage.

The wedding date has come, and Ye Lanzhen married into Prince Ning's mansion as she wished, and has since become Princess Ning.

The life after marriage is also as Ye Lanzhen imagined. The husband and wife are singing in harmony. When Ye Lanzhen returns home, the look of happiness on Ye Lanzhen's face cannot be hidden.

Ye's father and Ye's mother were also relieved, seeing the youngest daughter's happiness, they were naturally happy as parents.

There are no concubines or concubines in Xiahou Yu's mansion, and Ye Lanzhen's life in Prince Ning's mansion is quite comfortable, and Concubine Xian is a good-tempered mother-in-law. It can be said that life after marriage is no different from that in her natal family .

Life was supposed to go on so peacefully, but because of an accident, Ye Lanzhen's life changed drastically.

It was night, and Ye Lanzhen, who was sleeping soundly, turned over, but her hands were empty. Ye Lanzhen opened her eyes in a daze. Xia Houyu, who was supposed to be sleeping beside her, was no longer beside her.

Ye Lanzhen yelled twice, but there was no response.

Putting on her clothes and getting out of bed, Ye Lanzhen went outside and found no sign of Xia Houyu.

If you don't sleep most of the night, where will you go?
Curious, Ye Lanzhen opened the door. She was not used to maids keeping watch at night. The whole yard was quiet, and no one noticed that she got up.

A compartment in the west wing was lit. Ye Lanzhen's courtyard was not occupied by people except for the husband and wife who were resting in the main room.

At this time, candles were lit in the west wing, and judging from the silhouettes on the window, there were two people. Ye Lanzhen was really curious, so she tiptoed over, wet her fingertips, and punctured the window paper a little.

Taking a peek, Xia Houyu was sitting with an elder in his forties, and they were talking about something.

Ye Lanzhen strained her ears to listen carefully, and the more she listened, her eyes opened wider.

The middle-aged man in the room was reporting to Xia Houyu about the garrison of troops in the western suburbs, and how he secretly cultivated his power in the court.

In addition, he also specifically explained that for the sake of long-term planning, it is best to prepare for the forced palace first. If you do the preparations, you will inevitably be at a loss. After all, Xia Houyu is still qualified, and it is probably impossible to inherit the throne through an orthodox method.

It can be seen that this lord has a very close relationship with Xia Houyu, otherwise, if he is so rebellious and offends Xia Houyu, he shouldn't have said it so bluntly.

Xia Houyu nodded to indicate that it should be so, and suddenly heard the startled voice of Yinquan outside the window, "Why are you here?!"

Xia Houyu and the two were even more frightened. If what they just said was heard by others and reached the ears of the emperor, it would be over.

Xia Houyu broke through the window, and Ye Lanzhen's figure was completely exposed to Xia Houyu's eyes.

The reason why Yinquan left was because Xia Houyu sent him to fetch things from the study, but Ye Lanzhen took advantage of it after only a short while.

Looking at Ye Lanzhen's pale face and frightened eyes, Xia Houyu knew what she heard without thinking.

That being the case, he couldn't let her go.

Ye Lanzhen bit her lower lip tightly. If it wasn't for this, her teeth would be chattering uncontrollably. What she heard frightened her too much. She never expected that Xia Houyu, who is so loyal and honest outside, would have conspired against him in private. thought.

Xia Houyu approached her step by step, and she retreated step by step, until finally she retreated to the wall and could not retreat.

Ye Lanzhen really wanted to say that she didn't hear anything, but seeing Xia Houyu's expression at this time, her throat was tight and she couldn't utter any syllables at all.

"How much have you heard?" Xia Houyu's expression was completely different from the past. His whole body seemed to be soaked in thick ink, and it was so dark that it was breathless.

"No...no..." Ye Lanzhen wanted to say that she didn't hear much, so she barely uttered a word, but she couldn't continue after that anyway.

"Hehe," Xia Houyu chuckled, and he touched Ye Lanzhen's cheek lightly, as usual, "Lan'er, you know too much."

Ye Lanzhen wanted to cry, but she didn't want to, "I...I'm not...I'm not..."

"My lord, I can't keep this person." The man who had been talking with Xia Houyu late at night said, his eyes were fierce, and he was staring at Ye Lanzhen for a moment.

One sentence made Ye Lanzhen shake her body uncontrollably, she didn't want to die yet.

"You didn't do it on purpose, did you?" Xia Houyu asked softly.

Ye Lanzhen nodded desperately, as if grabbing at straws.

However, what Xia Houyu said next made her almost collapse.

"But you heard it all, didn't you?"

Ye Lanzhen, who was looking forward to looking at Xia Houyu, the light in her eyes disappeared in an instant. If so, then she...

"Yinquan," Xiahou Yu sighed softly, "Take the princess to Beiyuan."

Yinquan was in a complicated mood. He came in through the side door and subconsciously exclaimed when he saw the princess eavesdropping on the window. He knew what the prince was talking about in the room but he knew best. Life is at stake.

But after exclaiming, Yinquan felt a little regretful. The princess and the prince are husband and wife, and they have a deep love for him. If he doesn't alarm the prince, there may be a glimmer of life for the princess. Now it seems that the life of the princess is in danger.

Yinquan felt that what he was doing was what he should do in his job, but when he saw the frightened eyes of the princess, he felt that he seemed to have done something wrong.

In any case, since the prince had ordered, he had to obey.

Even though Ye Lanzhen was too scared to speak, just in case, Yinquan still gagged her and took her to Beiyuan to take care of her.

From that day on, Princess Ning began to 'recover from illness' in the mansion.

Beiyuan is the most dilapidated courtyard in the entire palace. In the past, it was an open courtyard. There were only a few houses built in front of the courtyard, and it was originally intended to be the residence of the rough envoy.

However, not long after the building was completed, before the rough envoy's wife came in, a maid stumbled and fell into the well.

Afterwards, one after another, young and beautiful little maids accidentally fell here, and when they were picked up, their bodies were bruised and purple, but they couldn't find out what happened.

Later, this place was blocked by Xiahou Yu's order. Everyone said that the boundary of this place was unknown, as if there were ghosts haunting it, and that well would also eat people.

The servants of the palace would walk around Beiyuan every time they passed by. Gradually, this place became desolate.

Ye Lanzhen was imprisoned in this courtyard, and she was both shocked and terrified. The conversation between Xia Houyu and the others, as well as the rumors in this courtyard, made her uneasy.

After a sleepless night, Ye Lanzhen survived the night, and during the daytime of the second day, Xia Houyu came.

At this time, he was no longer what he used to be, and he was full of evil spirits.

For some reason, Ye Lanzhen felt that this kind of Xia Houyu was the real him, and that the honest and loyal appearance in the past was all pretended by him.

Xia Houyu looked at Ye Lanzhen, who looked like a frightened rabbit, and laughed in a low voice. Ye Lanzhen said with trembling lips, "Conspiring to rebel is a matter of losing your head, please think twice, my lord."

Ye Lanzhen felt that she had good intentions, but Xia Houyu shook his head and smiled, "Lan'er, Lan'er, you seem to be really not very smart."

She said something that should have been kept silent, so could he let her out?
Although, he didn't want to let it go.

Ye Lanzhen wanted to say something, but Xia Houyu threw her on the bed the next second...abuse.

(End of this chapter)