A few days later, the Northern Zhou Dynasty came to Daqing to congratulate him.
All the officials in the court were invited, and all the daughters-in-law of the family were all dressed up to attend. Fortunately, on this highly anticipated day, His Highness was favored.
A group of officials from the Northern Zhou Dynasty saw the majesty of the Daqing Palace and were filled with admiration.
The antique style of the palace's golden roof and red door gives people a sense of solemnity. The two dragons on the eaves, with their golden scales and golden armor, are vividly alive, as if they want to fly into the sky.
After the group of people kowtowed slowly, Shu Yao, led by Zimo, entered the Chengqian Hall. He looked up and saw Gong Yun'ao sitting on the high throne from a distance.
He was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and his facial features were as sharp as a knife. Looking at the respectful eyes of the worshipers, Gong Yun'ao felt calm in his heart.
There was obviously no sparkle in those eyes, but Shu Yao clearly felt an invisible pressure, which made her involuntarily feel a little nervous.
This is the kind of majesty that belongs to an emperor that she has never experienced in the two years since she came to this world.
The envoys of the Northern Zhou Dynasty sat down one by one. Shu Yao looked at him doubtfully and asked sideways: "Zimo, the Northern Zhou Dynasty came to worship, why did you ask me to come?"
She really didn't want to come at all, so she might as well go home and sleep on her head, which would be more comfortable.
Zimo stopped, thought for a while, and said after careful consideration, "I don't know about this, but it is true that His Highness the Crown Prince wants to see you."
Shu Yao secretly said that she shouldn't ask.
"Let's go! Don't keep His Highness waiting impatiently. Just think of it as just watching the excitement. The Northern Zhou Dynasty has just suffered a defeat. I wonder if there is another plan for coming here this time."
Zimo took the lead in entering the palace and led Shu Yao to the lower position of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The moment Shu Yao sat down casually, everyone looked at her in surprise, but Shu Yao didn't care.
Seeing Gong Yun'ao talking to the envoy, Shu Yao just smiled slightly, looked at him, and then turned her eyes to the opposite side.
Is there any problem? Why are everyone looking at her in such surprise? Shu Yao suddenly remembered, had she not paid homage to the emperor just now?
Alas! Just say she shouldn't have come! Sure enough, it's embarrassing.
Just when she was upset, Ling Hanjing came to her in palace clothes and asked, "Sister Yao?"
Shu Yao came back to her senses, took her little hand and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Did I make a mistake just now? Why are everyone looking at me with such strange eyes?"
Ling Han quietly covered her lips and smiled softly, and said narrowly: "Sister Yao, you are so beautiful today. You didn't see that His Highness looked at you with little stars twinkling in his eyes."
When Shu Yao heard this, a row of alpacas passed by her head, and she complained: "Sister Ling, are you lying to me again?"
"How dare I? Just now, you just entered the palace to salute His Highness the Crown Prince. Secondly, at the palace banquet, when it comes to seats, it is considered respectful to sit in the west and face the east."
"Look at where you are sitting. It is closest to the prince. Only important figures in the court can sit here. How could they not be surprised?"
Shu Yao sighed secretly, "I see, Third Brother is harming me!"
Seeing that her expression was so heavy, Ling Hanjing chuckled, stroked her hand, and comforted her: "It's okay! You just sit here, His Highness values you, what does it have to do with other people?"
"Sister Yao, the prince is really attentive and considerate. He was afraid that you wouldn't adapt to it, so he even asked someone to send a message to me, asking me to accompany you. Do you think that, my sister, is it that you don't know how to be blessed despite being blessed?"
Hearing this, Shu Yao felt warm in her heart and asked, "Really?"
Ling Hanjing said seriously: "Of course, otherwise how many sisters would have the guts to sit in this position?"
"That's right. By the way, those people opposite are the envoys of the Northern Zhou Dynasty? Why is there a woman who is quite beautiful?" Shu Yao nodded and asked curiously.
Ling Hanjing glanced at the woman in gorgeous clothes opposite him and said, "She is Princess Wulie of the Northern Zhou Kingdom, her name is Wei Qingqing. Sitting next to her is Xiao He, the brave general of the Northern Zhou Kingdom."
"I heard that he was invincible in every battle and his methods were ruthless. Countless innocent souls died at his hands. I wonder if they came here just to congratulate them or something else?"
Shu Yao listened and sneered, "Invincible? That was before, in the border battle, he was beaten to a pulp by the third brother. It was so miserable that he lost seven cities in a row. How could he have the nerve to come?"
Ling Hanjing seemed to have not heard Shu Yao's words and looked at Princess Wulie thoughtfully...
Why does Princess Wulie look at the prince with such a feeling of admiration?
It must not be what she thought. If not, what should her beautiful sister do?
Shu Yao subconsciously raised her eyes and happened to see Princess Wulie's burning eyes falling on Gong Yun'ao...
And he just happened to meet her eyes. For a moment, their eyes were locked together, and suddenly, an inexplicable sourness filled his heart.
She lowered her eyes, drank a glass of wine to herself, and whispered, "I think they are not just here to worship."
After drinking a glass of hot white wine, her heart felt hot. She dropped the glass heavily on the table and stopped watching the two of them chatting and laughing.
At this time, a plate of braised prawns was placed on the royal table. The palace attendant wanted to reach out and peel it, but was stopped by Gong Yunao's big hand.
After a while, a plate of peeled prawns filled the jade plate. Gong Yun'ao wiped his hands gracefully, glanced at the palace attendant beside him, and said in a low voice: "Take this to Yaoyao."
The palace attendant took a closer look and looked at Gong Yun'ao as if his jaw dropped. Our Highness actually peeled shrimps with his bare hands for a woman?
The palace servants did not dare to think too much, and bent down to take it with understanding, and placed a plate of peeled prawns in front of Shu Yao under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"Xiangjun, this is a reward from His Highness the Crown Prince, and it was peeled by His Highness himself for you. You can eat it slowly."
Seeing the palace servant put the shrimp in front of her, and hearing that the palace servant said that the shrimp was peeled by His Highness, Shu Yao was so shocked that she almost choked herself after drinking a glass of wine.
"Help, help me thank His Highness the Crown Prince for the reward."
With such attention-grabbing attention, should she be happy or should she eat the shrimp in front of her without looking back?
"Sister Yao, look at how attentive His Highness is. He even peeled the shrimps for you." Ling Hanjing covered her mouth and smiled softly. This was too flattering.
"Stop making fun of my sister, you can eat it too!" Shu Yao picked up a peeled shrimp and was about to put it on Ling Hanjing's plate when Ling Hanjing quickly stopped her.
"Don't hurt me. Your third brother peeled it for you. How dare I eat it? You can keep it for yourself!"
Shu Yao took back her chopsticks in embarrassment. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a hostile gaze peeking at her. Shu Yao suddenly looked sideways and saw a young girl turning her gaze back very quickly.
Shu Yao glanced at her sideways for a while. Ling Hanjing saw that she was lost in thought and tugged at her sleeves and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Shu Yao turned her head, glanced at Ling Hanjing, and asked calmly: "Who is the woman sitting next to General Fei? Is she his wife?"
Ling Hanjing turned her head slightly, glanced at the woman beside Fei Jiang, smiled knowingly, and said, "Her! It's better not to say it well, sister is afraid that you will be sad."
Shu Yao picked up a peeled shrimp and put it into her mouth, chewing it slowly. Seeing her malicious smile, she thought that there must be something bad going on, "In this case, my sister doesn't want to hear it."
The smile on Ling Hanjing's lips deepened, she saw through it without telling her, and said to herself, "That's such a pity. I heard that she and His Highness the Crown Prince have a good story in the world! It would be a pity not to listen!"
After saying that, he took a sip of tea and secretly observed his words.
When Shu Yao heard this, her mind was very moved. Why is this related to the third brother again? There is also a good story? Shu Yao only felt upset, and something was making noise in her heart.
"That's his business. Which woman does he want to have a good relationship with? What does it have to do with me?"
"Really? I see, you obviously don't think so in your heart, so you should be so stubborn! Don't say that my sister didn't tell you that I missed His Highness. It's your fault. Your Highness has never established a Crown Princess, but there are a lot of things.
Women are thinking about it!"
Hearing this, Shu Yao pretended to be annoyed, put the tea cup down casually, and looked at her innocently, "Sister Ling, you are deliberately angry with my sister!"
"Hahaha..." Ling Hanjing couldn't help covering her lips and snickering. She knew that this tough-talking sister wanted to know so much that she just refused to say it out loud.
"Are you still making fun of me? Ignore you." Shu Yao's pretty face turned red when she was teased, and she quickly turned away, not wanting to pay attention.
Ling Hanjing took a look, hurriedly pulled Shu Yao back, and said sincerely: "Good sister, I will stop teasing you. You really need to change your temper. If you face His Highness like this, my sister will suffer."
Already."
Shu Yao sat upright and said, "Sister Ling, you are so annoying." She is proud, and she will not bow her head easily even when facing someone she likes.
Even when talking to the envoy, Gong Yun'ao, who was sitting at the top, would always look at Shu Yao from time to time. Inadvertently, Shu Yao looked up at him, only to find that he was also looking at her.
What are they talking about? Are they smiling so happily?
Ling Hanjing followed Shu Yao's gaze and whispered with emotion: "Sister Yao, others can easily detect His Highness' deep affection for you from the way he looks at you, but you don't know it."
She paused for a moment, and then said slowly: "General Fei Jiang's sister is called Fei Qiyang, and she is just thirteen years old this year. Did you know that more than half a year ago, General Fei Jiang's sister encountered an unfortunate incident on her way to visit her relatives, and was killed by a man?
Hijacked by bandits..."
"At that time, the prince passed by here during disaster relief and rescued her in time. From then on, Fei Qiyang had a deep love for His Highness the prince and secretly expressed his love..."
"I heard from Gu Yan that for the sake of his sister, General Fei once asked His Highness to marry his sister, even as a concubine, for the sake of his sister's deep love for him."
When Shu Yao heard this, she felt a little melancholy and lonely in her heart, "General Fei is Third Brother's right-hand man. He said it so sincerely and humbly. Third Brother agreed?"
"Of course not. His Highness has you in his heart, so why would he marry another woman? He was simply rejected by His Highness. From then on, Fei Qiyang couldn't afford to be ill. He still hoped that His Highness would take pity on her and take her as his concubine!"
Shu Yao snorted disdainfully, "Can't afford to be sick? I think she is in good spirits!" She was afraid that the world would not know how infatuated she was with her third brother, and she acted like a chaste and martyr girl. She was really happy in this whole episode.
Woolen cloth!
Ling Hanjing shook her head and put it bluntly, "Silly sister, if she doesn't pretend to be sick and act pitiful, how can she arouse a man's pity for her?"
After finishing her words, Ling Hanjing glanced at the man in a bright yellow dragon robe, and couldn't help but warn: "The man in front of me is a beauty that all women covet and flock to, whether it's his figure, face, or the hand he holds
The power that comes with it.”
"It is definitely not easy to conquer such a man, but you happened to meet him."
"Once you encounter it, you must hold it tightly and not let anyone take advantage of it." After saying that, Ling Hanjing nodded quietly and placed the wine cup in Shu Yao's hand.
Shu Yao subconsciously took it, looked deeply into Ling Han's bright, quiet eyes, nodded dullly, and said, "Sister, I understand."