"You!" Chu Jiaoli turned around and looked at him with aggrieved eyebrows, her bright peach blossom eyes sparkling with tears, and her long curled eyelashes hanging with crystal tears.
She looked at the porcelain bowl he was holding, scooped up the soup with a spoon, and gently blew it on her lips to cool it. Smelling the aroma of the chicken soup, she gently bit her lips.
"If you don't do it, the soup will get cold..." Beigong Tengxiao smiled softly.
Chu Jiaoli sniffed, slowly sat up, and whispered: "Why don't you ask the servants to serve you?"
Beigong Tengxiao fed the chicken soup to her lips and said: "I'm just a servant, how can I feel relieved?"
Chu Jiaoli took a sip of the fragrant soup, and a warm current flowed into her stomach, and her trembling figure slowly calmed down.
She looked at him who was seriously blowing off the cold, and said: "Why marry me? For what reason?"
Beigong Tengxiao raised his hand and took another mouthful, with gentle eyes: "The reason is of course that I love you."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli frowned and snorted, "The reason is not valid."
Beigong Tengxiao was slightly stunned and said: "Why is my reason for marrying the one I love not valid?"
Chu Jiaoli's eyes were lonely and she said: "You should marry a woman with a higher position of power. The position of Crown Prince and Concubine is not something you prepare for the one you love."
Beigong Tengxiao sighed softly and said: "If you don't marry me for this reason, then I have to say: your rejection is not valid."
Chu Jiaoli was speechless and pouted angrily. As she gradually calmed down, she muttered in a low voice: "Then... even if your reason is valid, I never said I love you..."
Beigong Tengxiao gently raised the corners of his lips and said, "I don't mind if you say these belated words now."
Chu Jiaoli turned away and said, "Don't tell me."
Bei Gong Tengxiao put the chicken soup that had reached the bottom on the table, raised his hand to lift her chin, leaned close to her and said hoarsely: "Okay, you look me in the eyes and say you hate me, you will never do that."
If you don’t want to marry me as the crown princess, I will go to my father to ask you to take back your marriage.”
Chu Jiaoli looked into his watery eyes, with a trace of panic flashing in her eyes. After looking at each other for a long time, she moved her eyes away with a guilty conscience and whispered: "Jun Wu is joking, how can the imperial edict be invalidated? Now it has been
It’s...it’s hard to recover after overturning the water..."
Beigong Tengxiao gently raised the corners of his lips and said: "My love for you is just like that imperial edict, which is irresistible."
As soon as he finished speaking, he covered her lips.
Chu Jiaoli was stunned for a moment, a satisfied smile flashed across her eyes, and she slowly closed her eyes.
"It smells so good..."
"What?"
"Chicken soup at the princess's mansion."
"Oh..."
"There may be some left in the kitchen, would you like to get you a bowl?"
"You feed me."
"Okay."
The news of the marriage quickly spread throughout Beiming Kingdom. Some people were envious, while others were sad.
Xianghou Mansion.
There was a loud "crackling" sound in Xiang Yini's room. After hearing about the marriage, Xiang Yini could not hide her feelings of resentment and grief.
"Princess, please don't be like this..." The maid in the house was so anxious that she was in a hurry. Xiang Yini had never lost such a temper. She didn't expect the blow to be so big this time. Her favorite powder and jewelry were thrown off the dressing table. A piece of shit.
Xiang Yini's tears fell one after another, and she cried hysterically: "Why! How am I inferior to Chu Jiaoli?! Why does she always put me down! I am Xiang Yini! Who is that despicable woman!"
Xiang Qanting stepped into the house and heard a "pop" sound at his feet. He looked down and saw a broken white jade tea cup at his feet.
"Master Marquis, please persuade the princess quickly. The princess has lost her temper..." Huanpei ran to Xiang Qanting and cried.
Xiang Qianting walked in with a frown, and saw Xiang Yini who was throwing the guzheng on the ground, and scolded her harshly: "Nie'er! As the daughter of a marquis, how can you behave like this?! What's your usual upbringing? Where have all the virtues gone?!"
Xiang Yini cried and shouted: "I lost to Chu Jiaoli, what image do I need?!"
"Pah!" Xiang Qanting raised his hand and slapped her in the face.
Xiang Yini stared at her eyes, tears kept falling from the corners of her eyes, and she didn't react for a long time.
Looking at Xiang Yini who fell silent, Xiang Qanting stood with his hands behind his hands, snorted coldly and said: "The daughter that the Hou family has worked so hard to cultivate has such a small mind. If your face is not prettier than Bian'er, do you think Why did my father cultivate you?"
Xiang Yini raised her eyes and looked at Xiang Qanting and said, "Dad... what do you mean?"
Xiang Qanting narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Since you were a child, your father has hired the best master to teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just to make you better than your sister. Don't think that you are so powerful, except for your appearance. , you are not as good as your sister in everything. If you do not want to continue to be that dignified and noble young lady, my father will withdraw his favor from you at any time!"
"No!" Xiang Yiyi shook her head in panic, grabbing Xiang Qanting's sleeves and crying pitifully, "Dad, Ni'er is wrong, Ni'er can't lose everything..."
Xiang Qianting pulled out his sleeves indifferently and stood with his hands behind his hands. He was not angry about this. If Beigong Tengxiao was not an only son, why would he bother so much...
He rolled his eyes, raised his hand to lift Xiang Yini's chin, stared at her beautiful face, and remained speechless for a long time.
Xiang Yini pursed her lips nervously and whispered: "Daddy..."
Xiang Qanting frowned and said, "Actually, besides the Crown Prince and Prince Qi, there is another man worth getting close to."
A trace of doubt flashed in Xiang Yini's eyes, and she said: "Who?"
Xiang Qanting said in a low voice: "Your Majesty."
"No!" Bei Gonglie is almost the same age as his biological father! Xiang Yiyi frowned in disgust and begged, "Dad, Nier only wants to marry His Highness, please don't scare me, okay?"
Hearing this, Xiang Qanting exhaled deeply, looked at her and said, "If it's a foregone conclusion, would you like to be His Highness's concubine?"
"What? How can I, Xiang Yini, be a concubine and live under Chu Jiaoli?!" Xiang Yini said emotionally.
Xiang Qanting frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy when he saw her being so arrogant.
Xiang Yini hesitated to speak, looked at his slightly angry eyes, dodged timidly, and said with a slightly aggrieved cry: "Ni'er... I'm willing..."
Xiang Qanting sighed softly and said: "Hey, a little impatience will mess up a big plan. You must be better."
Xiang Yini nodded and whispered: "Yes, Ni'er understands..."
The next day, Anheju.
A woman dressed as a maid from the Prince's Mansion walked in from the outside, and went straight to Chu Jiaoli who was feeding fish in the pond in the front yard and said: "Blessed Princess, I am a maid from the Prince's Mansion. Your Highness has asked your servant to bring a message to the Princess, and I will invite you in the future." Go to Liulicuan."
Hearing this, Chu Jiaoli raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Liulixuan? It seems to be a tavern?"
