Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 104 Respecting the Prince (3)
After the two left, the crowd became noisy, talking about the mysterious Prince Jing.

Ling Xiqing glanced at the backs of the two leaving, and looked back to see Ling Xihan looking in the direction of Prince Jing's departure, thoughtful.

"Third sister, what are you thinking?"

Ling Xihan withdrew her thoughts, "It's okay."

"Second sister." Ling Xiyun asked suspiciously: "Is this Prince Jing the emperor's elder brother? Why have I never heard of it?"

"Yeah, I've never heard of it." Next to her, Ling Xiwan also had doubts on her face.

"Prince Jing is the second half-brother of the current Holy Majesty." Wu Qingyun said suddenly with a cold and arrogant face, his eyes as black as night quietly looked into the distance, with an indifferent expression. "Eighteen years ago, he was implicated in the empress' premature birth. The emperor thought of his brotherhood and did not punish him too much. He just demoted him to the northern border. Today, it has been a full 18 years."

"I see." The crowd suddenly realized.

Ling Xihan thought indifferently, this matter is definitely not that simple.Looking at Prince Jing's appearance, it is clear that he has a deep-rooted affection for the queen.The emperor demoted him to the north, probably because he wanted him to stay away from the queen. I haven't set foot in Kyoto for 18 years, so why come back this year?When he came to Baohua Temple, the emperor asked Eunuch Shun to deliver the order and sent so many Imperial Forest Army.

She was a martial arts practitioner, so of course she could tell that those imperial guards were by no means ordinary people, they were all first-class masters.If these people join forces, I'm afraid she will not be an opponent.Obviously, the emperor is watching him.

And just now, Prince An's expression was anxious and worried, and his sigh was shy.What's the secret here?
She suddenly thought of a question, "Where is Princess Jing? Why didn't you come back with Prince Jing?"

Wu Qingyun glanced at her, "Prince Jing hasn't married yet. Let alone a princess, he doesn't even have a concubine."

Ga!The crowd was stunned, including Ling Xihan, but after being surprised, they appreciated it.

Didn't expect that the respected prince would be so infatuated with the queen, that he never married because of her?Her father also loves the queen deeply, not just a lot of concubines and aunts.But this respectful prince didn't accept a concubine or a concubine?I didn't expect that apart from Emperor Yuan Qing, there are other people who can be a couple for a lifetime.

No wonder Emperor Yuan Qing was so wary of Prince Jing.She has never married all her life, so it is obvious that she is thinking about your wife. If you don't pay close attention, your wife will be snatched away by then.

At this time, someone in the crowd murmured mysteriously: "I heard that Prince Jing had a deep affection for the current empress back then, but King Xiang had a heart and a goddess without dreams. Prince Jing went away when he was sad. Set foot in the sad place of Kyoto." The person who spoke was a handsome young man in a silk robe of sapphire blue and lilac flowers, and he looked quite dignified.

"Really? How did you know that?" Immediately, someone beside him began to gossip, inquiring brightly.

The man before said very proudly: "20 years ago, Prince Yi led the troops to disperse the Turks who harassed the Daqing border, and made a great contribution." He said here, glanced at Xiao Qilan, and continued: "The late emperor held a celebration banquet for him. At that time, the empress, who was the daughter of the former prime minister, was also there. At that time, the Turkic princess, who is now the king of Lanling, made things difficult for the empress. The empress immediately shocked everyone by singing a mausoleum song, and was praised as It is the best violin in the world. How many talented young men fell in love with it at that time, including of course the virtuous king, who is today's Prince Jing."

"Oh..." The people around me suddenly realized, "Oh, that was all 20 years ago, how did you know?"

The boy raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "When Prince Yi went out to fight, my uncle was his general, so I naturally knew."

Xiao Qilan's face darkened, "Presumptuous!" She suddenly yelled angrily, leaving a group of people stunned.

"Who gave you the courage to talk about the royal affairs?" She had already retreated from her usual cheerfulness and liveliness, her eyes were cold, and she exuded a menacing air from top to bottom.

"Do you think the head on your neck is too hard? Do you want to move? En?" Her voice was not loud, but very authoritative.

Ling Xihan glanced at her in surprise, with admiration in his eyes.

But after being scolded by her like that, the expressions of the group of people who were talking about it with relish just now changed drastically, and their lips turned pale.The man who said that his uncle was a general under Prince Yi's legs went limp and almost knelt down.His face was pale, and his eyes were full of horror.

"Princess, please forgive me, the villain will never dare again." He was crying with a mournful face, almost crying.If the emperor knows that he dares to talk about the queen in private, not to mention him, even his entire family may be lost, can he not be afraid?

The crowd immediately fell silent and kept away from the man one after another, avoiding him as if to ward off evil spirits, fearing that he would be killed.

"Qilan, forget it." Ling Xihan tugged at Xiao Qilan's sleeve, and leaned closer to her ear: "Didn't you listen with gusto just now?"

Xiao Qilan's expression was a little unnatural, she only knew that she had a second uncle, which she found out from her father by chance.But she asked again carefully, but the father refused to say anything.Just now, when these people mentioned that the second uncle was involved with the queen, she didn't interrupt because of her curiosity.

But then I thought about it, it is a big taboo to talk about royal secrets in private, and it is still about the queen.If Uncle Huang knew what he said today——

Thinking of the consequences like that, she couldn't help shivering.

Everyone in the whole country knows that the current emperor dotes on his wife like his own life.If anyone dares to talk about the queen in private, then wait for his head to move.

After sorting out her thoughts, she cleared her throat, half threatening and half warning: "Okay, let's forget about it today. Remember not to talk about the empress casually in the future, do you understand? Otherwise, the emperor will find out. Good fruit to eat."

"Yes, yes, yes." Those people didn't dare to refute, they completely circled back from the gate of ghosts, and seeing Xiao Qilan let go, they nodded quickly, not daring to be presumptuous again.

"Okay, let's go."

After Xiao Qilan finished speaking, a large group of people who gathered just now dispersed immediately, leaving only a dozen or so rich officials.

"Sister Han, it's still early anyway, let's go for a walk. By the way, Brother Xuan should be in Baohua Temple too. Let's go find him, shall we?"

When Xiao Tingxuan was mentioned, all the women present couldn't help being a little excited, their eyes were shining brightly, their cheeks were flushed and shy.

Ling Xihan frowned, "Come on, I'm going to go by yourself." Xiao Tingxuan?If he wanted to see these women, he would not hide in the green bamboo forest and play chess with Ouyang Chen.

There was another sigh with a low smile next to my ear, "Is that why the girl doesn't want to see me? It's really sad."

(End of this chapter)