Being interrupted by Prince Jing, Yun Shang forgot what she wanted to say before. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't remember it. She sighed and decided not to talk to Prince Jing again, but she heard Prince Jing say again, "
Your grandfather sent me a message telling me to come to the imperial city tomorrow."
Yun Shang was startled when he heard this, and then quickly said, "Really? My mother-in-law is going to give birth soon. What is my grandfather doing in the imperial city at this time?"
Prince Jing raised his lips, "What? Mr. Xiao is coming to the imperial city? Why didn't I know?"
"..." Yun Shang saw the cunning flash in his eyes and gritted her teeth secretly, knowing that she had been deceived. A look of helplessness flashed in her eyes. She had never thought that the feared cold-faced God of War could be like this.
At that time, even though Prince Qi Jing was teasing her like this, he couldn't help but feel a sour and sweet taste. It seemed that he only acted like this in front of her.
But as soon as this emotion appeared, Yun Shang pinched it away again. Now that there were so many things to worry about, he actually still had the heart to think about these things.
Yun Shang lowered her head and said no more. She walked to Qingxin Hall, but did not entertain Prince Jing, so she went into the inner hall alone. Qinyi quickly brought a goose yellow dress for Yun Shang to change into. Yun Shang looked at
Looking at his own figure reflected in the bronze mirror, he couldn't help but frown, "Is this color suitable for a little girl?"
Qin Yi looked at Yun Shang with a smile in her eyes, "Princess, aren't you a fifteen-year-old girl?"
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, and a flash of discomfort flashed across her face. Because she carried the memories of her previous life, she always felt that she was not too young, but she never thought that she was just getting haircut now.
When Yun Shang walked out, she saw Prince Jing looking at her with burning eyes. A blush flashed on Yun Shang's face, and she regretted not forcefully asking Qin Yi to change her clothes.
Prince Jing seemed to notice Yun Shang's discomfort, and stood up with a smile, "Let's go, I'm afraid there are still a lot of things to do today."
Yun Shang nodded, lowered her head and followed a small step behind Prince Jing, but she heard Prince Jing's voice again, with his usual calmness, "I have sent people to check the location of the flower appreciation banquet."
If there is anything fishy, we can be prepared."
Hearing Prince Jing talk about this matter, Yun Shang calmed down a little, nodded and said, "Li Jingyan must have bad intentions, but he clearly knows that we are all on guard against him. If something happens to us at the flower viewing banquet,
He must be the first person everyone suspects. After all, everyone knows that you are at odds with him, so why would he take this risk?"
Prince Jing pondered for a moment and then said coldly, "Maybe he didn't want anything to happen to us..."
Upon hearing this, Yun Shang knew what King Jing wanted to express, "You mean, maybe he just wants to make us a scapegoat?" Before King Jing could answer, Yun Shang had already said with piercing eyes, "Tomorrow.
During the flower viewing party, something will happen to the two of us..."
When King Jing heard this, a faint smile appeared on his face, but he pretended to sigh and said, "I didn't expect that you would be so generous in your calculations against me."
Yun Shang recalled what the Li family had done to her in her previous life, and a flash of hatred flashed in her eyes, "I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf. This is an excellent opportunity to plot against him. He brought it to the door himself. How could I miss it?"
Woolen cloth."
Prince Jing nodded, "You did a good job. Go prepare some tea for me."
Prince Jing said and walked towards the front hall. As soon as he entered the door of the front hall, he saw Duke Hua standing with his back to the door. He seemed to be looking at something. Prince Jing paused and looked at him.
The painting facing him was a picture of a hundred horses, which King Jing had painted in his spare time. The butler said it looked good and fit his status as the God of War, so he hung the painting in the front hall.
Duke Hua seemed to hear the footsteps and turned around. Prince Jing was stunned. Why was there a bit of sadness in Duke Hua's eyes?
It only happened for a moment. Prince Jing blinked and found that Duke Hua had concealed the emotion in his eyes. He looked at Prince Jing with a smile and said, "Your Highness is back?"
Prince Jing nodded, walked to the seat of honor and sat down, "I didn't know that Duke Hua was here to visit, so I was neglectful. Please forgive me."
Duke Hua shook his head, "I didn't inform you and came over suddenly. I didn't expect that you were not in the house."
"Hua Guo Gong came to see me today, but what's the important matter?" Prince Jing turned his head and looked at Hua Guo Gong who had already sat down.
Hua Guogong's eyes fell on Prince Jing. A complex emotion flashed in his eyes. After a while, he smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's just that my unlucky son has been defeated by Prince Jing several times. I heard him mention it."
I admire the prince's way of marching and fighting. I also liked to fight when I was young. But now that my health is not good, I can't gallop on the battlefield. I am very upset. Seeing that Prince Jing has such courage at such a young age, I get a little excited.
I cherish my talents, so I came here specially to visit."
Prince Jing didn't quite believe it. No matter how brave he was, he and Xia Guo were once rivals. It was possible for them to be sympathetic to each other, but if he came here specially like this, it would seem a bit cover-up.
Duke Hua seemed to know what Prince Jing was thinking. He just smiled and said, "I have no other intention of coming here today. It's just that since I came to Ningguo, I haven't been able to find anyone to drink. The seventh prince is not in good health."
Well, I don’t dare to drink with him, so I have to come to Prince Jing’s Mansion to ask for a drinking companion.”
When King Jing heard this, he smiled and said, "In that case, I would rather obey your orders than to be respectful. My mansion is very desolate, but it is worse than being quiet. Let's drink in the mansion. Come and put the wine out to the lake." Go to the pavilion."
Prince Jing took Duke Hua to the pavilion. The wine had been laid out, along with several dishes of side dishes. Duke Hua smiled and poured a bowl of wine. Without saying a word, he made a toast gesture towards Prince Jing.
Prince Jing picked up the wine bowl and the two of them drank it all in one gulp.
Duke Hua never mentioned anything about the battlefield, or even anything related to Xia Guo or Ning Guo. Instead, he just chatted casually and asked Prince Jing some questions, but all he said was, "I heard about Jing."
The prince is the adopted son of the late emperor, but he doesn’t know where Prince Jing’s hometown is?” Or, “Prince Jing is now in a high position, has he ever inquired about his parents?”
Prince Jing answered one by one. For example, he never knew where his real hometown was. He grew up in Jingning City in the south, but that was not necessarily his hometown, because the people who raised him since childhood were not
His biological parents were later hit by a flood in Jingning, and his adoptive parents were gone. It was in Jingning that he was adopted by the late emperor who came to provide relief. As for finding out about his biological parents... Prince Jing shook his head, he had never
He thought about looking for his biological parents, just because he never cared.
After hearing this, Duke Hua sighed, "Heroes don't care about their origins." He didn't ask any more questions, and just picked up some of Xia's customs and chatted with Prince Jing. The two of them were speculating.
Early the next morning, Yun Shang arrived at Prince Jing's house, brought the dress to Prince Jing, and asked him to change into it. Prince Jing touched the cloth, and it was still the same as yesterday, but it seemed a little different.
Prince Jing also had great trust in Yun Shang. Although he knew that Yun Shang must have tampered with the clothes, he changed into the formal dress without any suspicion.
The formal attire was always grand, and both Yun Shang and Prince Jing were dressed in vermilion, which made them look very festive. Coupled with the hair accessories of their respective grades, people could not take their eyes away when they were dressed up like this.
When the two arrived at the flower-viewing banquet in a carriage, many people had already arrived. All civil and military officials were sitting in their respective seats. Sitting at the front was Emperor Ning and the envoys from the other two countries. After the officials,
The people in the imperial city who came to see the excitement were surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.
Wang Jinhuan was sitting at the back. When he saw Prince Jing and Yun Shang walking over, his eyes lit up. He turned around and lay on the back of the chair, staring blankly at the two of them. After a long while, he said with a smile, "I didn't expect that, so easily."
He's very handsome when he looks like this. You guys, tsk, don't know, you thought today is your big day."
Prince Jing and Yun Shang both turned around and swung their swords at Wang Jinhuan, who was speaking freely. Wang Jinhuan laughed and said, "Tsk, even the angry movements are so consistent, husband and wife look alike."
Yun Shang sighed, wondering why Wang Shangshu was very serious and Mrs. Wang was gentle and virtuous, so why did she give birth to such a son.
"Your Majesty, Princess, it's almost an auspicious time, and the flower viewing party is about to begin. I'll lead you two to get ready first." A chamberlain came over, and Prince Jing nodded, looking towards Yun Shang.
He nodded and followed the waiter to the nearby restaurant.
Yun Shang stood at the window and looked out. There were guards everywhere, and some secret guards were hiding everywhere. Even among the people watching outside, there were some people who were incompatible with the people around them. Their eyes were sharp, and they could tell at a glance that they were practicing martial arts.
people.
"Some of these people are secret guards, and some, I'm afraid, have bad intentions." Prince Jing's low voice rang in her ears. Yun Shang frowned and left from the window, "It's rare for my father to leave the palace once.
Naturally, some people with evil intentions don’t want to miss such an opportunity.”
Suddenly several gongs and drums sounded outside, followed by Prime Minister Li's distant voice, "The auspicious time has come."
Prince Jing raised his hand and helped Yun Shang walk to the high platform. There was an altar placed on the high platform. The two of them stood in front of the altar and heard the master of ceremonies sing and say, "Please invite the person who led the flowers to sacrifice to heaven.
"
Yun Shang took the incense case handed over by the palace attendant next to her, lit the incense, and placed it respectfully on the altar. She also took the wine and sprinkled the incense ashes on the incense case, and then turned toward
Bowed at the altar.
After a simple worship, Prince Jing turned around with Yun Shang and looked at the people under the high platform. He spoke expressionlessly, and a deep voice containing inner power slowly spread, "Appreciate the flowers."
The banquet begins..."
The master of ceremonies hurriedly sang and said, "Flower viewing banquet, open, invite those who present flowers."
Yun Shang and Prince Jing stood on one side of the high platform, watching quietly as women holding flowers in their hands came up on the other side. The women were all wearing pink dresses, and the flowers in their hands were colorful.
A long table had already been placed on the high platform. Women stood behind the long table and placed flowers on the table.
Prince Jing and Yun Shang took a jade vase and walked from one end of the table to the other, sprinkling some water in each pot of flowers. This was a blessing ceremony inherent in the flower appreciation feast.
After that, each woman came forward in turn to show off the famous flowers she brought. This was also the only chance for the girls to show themselves.
The women went up one by one to show off, and Yun Shang's eyes fell on Wen Ruyu. Wen Ruyu was originally very beautiful, but she always had a cold appearance on weekdays, which made it easy for people to ignore her own beauty. Now she stood quietly.
It's quite amazing there.
Yun Shang's eyes fell on the table in front of her. Everyone else had flowers in front of them, but she only had two small things on the table in front of her, which looked like stones.
, many people's eyes couldn't help but fall on the stone, with a bit of inquiry, but only Yun Shang, a flash of clarity flashed in his heart, that's it.
Wen Ruyu finally arrived. Wen Ruyu smiled, put the stone in her jade-white hands, held one in each hand, quickly covered her hand, opened her mouth slightly, blew into her hand, opened her hand again, and saw
The stone seemed to have cracked open, and green leaves sprang out from the stone. Everyone was shocked, and before they had time to react, they saw the leaves growing up at a speed that could be seen by others, and they pulled out the leaves.
When the green buds grew to about a foot long, a flower bud suddenly appeared on the top of the green bud. The flower bud slowly grew up, revealing a touch of red, and slowly bloomed.
Yun Shang looked at the people below with expressions of amazement, and smiled coldly in her heart. It turned out that the person who colluded with Wen Ruyu turned out to be Li Jingyan.
But, have the arrangements for the Li family’s daughters been completed? Even the Wen family’s daughters have also stepped in.
The red flower was in full bloom. Although the appearance of the flower seemed to be of high quality and not of the highest quality, the process of the flower blooming just now made everyone marvel and became curious, "This king is the first one."
Seeing such a wonderful flower once, Ningguo is indeed a vast country with rich resources."
Xia Houjing's voice sounded, with a hint of appreciation, "Your Majesty, if you are brave, Xiao Wang, can you take down the flower and let Xiao Wang have a look and see what is going on..."
Emperor Ning laughed heartily and seemed to be very satisfied with Xia Houjing's appreciation. He nodded and said, "Take it down and take a look."
At the flower viewing banquet, the person presenting flowers could not leave the high platform. The task of delivering flowers naturally fell on Yun Shang and Prince Jing. Yun Shang and Prince Jing looked at each other, smiled and walked up to Wen Ruyu, one by one.
He took a flower and walked towards the bottom of the high platform. However, after taking a few steps, he saw the flower in Prince Jing's hand suddenly drooping down. Slowly, it bloomed with a withered yellow color. In an instant,
