Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 213 Relief (2)
Behind the black lacquer inlaid glass fan is a huge nanmu inlaid mother-of-pearl cloud-legged slender table, on which there are square pen holders made of imperial white jade carvings of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, green and white jade squirrel grape brush washers, and amber carved mountain-shaped pen holders , blue and white famille rose consecrated character pattern ink bed, porcelain body cloisonné enamel printing box, and Qingtian Huangshi carved animal book paperweight.Apparently it was used for writing and painting.

Several landscape paintings hang down from the curtain on the east side, with a profound and secluded artistic conception.In the corner, on a mahogany eight-treasure table, musical instruments such as guqin and pipa are placed for girls to perform their talents.

At this moment, those famous ladies and daughters have gathered together to discuss poetry and prose, smiling happily.

Princess Rui was dressed in a magenta brocade pipa lapel top with golden hazel peach pattern, a brocade bright red dress with embroidered bixia cloud pattern, passionflower and peacock pattern, and a jade-colored willow-striped outer robe. There was a happy smile on his face.Hearing the servant girl's report, she raised her head and saw Ling Xihan and Pan Gui coming side by side. Her eyes lit up immediately, and she ordered the servant girl beside her to call the prince to come, and then greeted her with a smile on her face.

Hope to return to the blessed body, "Hua Rong has seen the princess."

Prince Rui was taken aback, "You are Princess Huarong? You really are a beauty."

She avoided the gift of looking forward to returning, and took Ling Xihan's hand affectionately again, with a smile in her eyes.

"Han'er."

Ling Xihan pulled out her hand calmly, "Long time no see, is everything alright, princess?"

Prince Rui's eyes flashed, and then she had a kind smile on her face.

"Okay, everything is good." She looked at Ling Xihan's dress, although it was plain but elegant and beautiful, she liked it very much at the moment. "Han'er has grown more and more beautiful."

"The concubine is ridiculous." Ling Xihan replied lightly.

All the girls in the hall had already heard the reputation, and when they saw Ling Xihan, they couldn't help being jealous.

Most of the rich and noble families in Beijing will have a banquet similar to the flower viewing banquet, which is almost always held by the wives of the officials, or by the daughters or princesses of high-ranking officials.It is said to be a flower viewing party, but in fact it is a comparison between the ladies and ladies of various families.Whether it is dress, appearance, talent, family background and so on.Women's vanity has always been the most important. Seeing Ling Xihan, who is so beautiful, how can these people not be jealous?In particular, Princess Rui is still so kind to her. Many people will naturally think of the marriage contract between Xiao Minglan and Ling Xihan in the past. The attitude of Princess Rui is obviously trying to please her. It is possible that Princess Rui is deliberately trying to match Xiao Minglan and Ling Xihan. Ling Xihan?
Thinking about it this way, those women who once loved Xiao Minglan became even more jealous, staring at Ling Xihan hatefully as if they had hidden knives in their eyes.

Ling Xihan already felt those unfriendly gazes, and sighed slightly in her heart.It is said that three women make one play, how many plays do such a large group of women have to sing today?
At this moment, a nun dressed in a black cloud leopard cloak and a sapphire satin chrysanthemum embroidered horse-face skirt came over respectfully, and said to Prince Rui, "Princess, your son is here."

Prince Rui's eyes lit up, and the group of ladies behind her were already in high spirits, eager to try.

From the winding corridor of the quiet terrace, a man as rich as jade came slowly.The temples are cut like knives, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, the pupils are restrained and cold, the high bridge of the nose is like a carefully carved work of art, the thin lips are tightly pressed, the face is like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the color is like the flowers of spring dawn.The lines of his face are firm and clear, his black hair is fastened with suet jade hairpins, and he is dressed in a stone-blue lake silk dress with a plain face, making him tall and straight, noble and handsome.

For a moment, those ladies and ladies couldn't help being a little dazed. Although they had seen Xiao Tingxuan, who was as beautiful as a banished fairy, and Ouyang Chen, who was flirtatious and stunning, Xiao Minglan was also ten out-and-out beautiful men, and he was also of noble status. Let these famous ladies be distracted?

Ling Xihan just glanced at it lightly, without much expression, and then set his eyes on a few calligraphy and paintings on the wall, his eyes flashed with appreciation.

When Xiao Minglan walked in, those women hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

"I have seen the prince."

Xiao Minglan glanced lightly at the beautifully dressed young lady, among them only Ling Xihan stood proudly, admiring calligraphy and painting leisurely, as if he hadn't seen him.It stands to reason that although Ling Xihan is the princess, she is also the daughter of the prince.But Xiao Minglan is a descendant of the royal family, if it comes to status, Ling Xihan also wants to salute him.But she lived alone in a corner, and turned a blind eye to Xiao Minglan at all.

Xiao Minglan's gaze stayed on Ling Xihan's figure for a while, and then looked back lightly.

"Today is the flower viewing party held by my concubine, so you don't need to be too polite, ladies."

He walked in front of Ling Xihan, his eyes were rare and peaceful.

"Han... Princess Changle, I want to talk to you alone, is that okay?"

Ling Xihan looked back in surprise, seeing that his eyes were calm, he couldn't help frowning slightly.Xiao Minglan seemed to have become a little different.

"Yes." She nodded, and Pangui was a little worried beside her. She had naturally heard the rumors about Ling Xihan and Xiao Minglan.But seeing Xiao Minglan like this now, she shouldn't hurt Ling Xihan, so she slowly felt relieved.

After bidding farewell to everyone, the two leisurely walked together on the cobbled path, neither of them spoke.The breeze blows slowly, and the catkins fly.There are lush trees and flowers on both sides of the intestines of the sheep.Winter is not over yet, but all kinds of flowers are rushing to open.The reason is that the land in the back garden is warm and suitable for planting flowers and plants.

There is a spring pool in the distance, the spring water is clear and clear, like rippling blue waves.

Xiao Minglan looked at the woman beside her with picturesque features and a look like autumn water.Those eyes, like the clearest snow mountain water, are clean and bright.And like the brilliance of the bright moon in the dark night, shining brightly.Occasionally, there is a flash of clear light, and it seems that there are thousands of ancient Tan leisurely light precipitation, wisdom and forbearance, calm and elegant.It's not like the sluggishness or stupidity of the past.

After the Qionghua Banquet, he had not seen her again.These days, he mostly stays in his study, the misidentification of the savior ten years ago and the next bit by bit are constantly replaying in his mind.What impressed him the most was the empress' meaningful words.

The queen was right, if he hadn't been confused by Ling Xihua's kind and weak appearance when he was young, coupled with his aversion to Ling Xihan, he would definitely be able to perceive the truth.But he refused to believe it. Why?He wasn't there when his mother made the marriage contract with Princess Ansheng.He was very angry when he found out about this after the fact, so from that moment on, he felt disgust and contempt for Ling Xihan in his heart.

In fact, he is not a pedantic and noble person, but he doesn't like being controlled by others all his life, that's why he rejects Ling Xihan so much.

Ten years ago at the queen's birthday banquet, he was bitten by a poisonous snake, and the first person he saw after waking up was Ling Xihua, so he believed that the person who saved him was Ling Xihua, so he treated Ling Xihan even more. indifference and alienation.Afterwards, Ling Xihan had a high fever and burned his brain, becoming extremely stupid.In fact, when he first heard the news, he still had some sympathy for Ling Xihan in his heart.But when he thought of the marriage contract that he didn't approve of, that bit of sympathy dissipated and turned into cold disgust.

(End of this chapter)