The thrilling banquet finally ended in the evening. Yun Shang followed Luo Qingyan and walked to the palace gate. Along the way, people greeted Luo Qingyan from time to time, but Luo Qingyan just nodded coldly.
A gaze fell on Yun Shang. Perhaps because the gaze was too unfriendly, Yun Shang noticed it immediately. Yun Shang turned her head and saw a woman wearing a rouge-colored dress looking at her.
Yun Shang recognized her at just one glance. She was the woman who had recommended herself to play a war song after the assassination incident.
Luo Qingyan didn't hear Yun Shang's footsteps behind her, so she turned around to look at Yun Shang and followed her gaze: "What's wrong?"
Yun Shang laughed and said softly: "I'm afraid that girl is looking at His Highness. She has been somewhat hostile to me ever since we were in the Highness."
Luo Qingyan looked at the woman with a bit of coldness in her eyes, then reached out to hold Yun Shang's hand, and said softly: "Madam, don't worry, in my eyes, other women except madam are just stars."
It's just a moving stone."
Hearing this, Yun Shang couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said with a smile: "Then may I ask, Your Highness, where does that rouge-colored stone over there come from?"
Luo Qingyan sneered and said, "The daughter of the second best."
"Daughter?" There was a bit of surprise in Yun Shang's eyes. She knew that the second-placed person was the only one among the top three who was not under Luo Qingyan's control. However, she thought that the second-placed Li Ye was no more than thirty years old.
But I didn't expect my daughter to be this old.
"Yes, it took more than 20 years for the second place candidate to take the imperial examination before he got this second place. It's really difficult for him because of his age." Luo Qingyan narrowed his eyes and said calmly.
Yun Shang turned her head and looked at the woman in the rouge-colored dress again, and saw a middle-aged man standing next to her. He looked to be about forty years old, with a sallow complexion and hollow eyes.
Yun Shang narrowed his eyes, but fell silent. Li Ye's appearance fit Yun Shang's image of a person who had been studying for more than 20 years. A person who has been studying for more than 20 years has been studying for 20 years.
Very paranoid, such a person will probably only study hard, and may not even be able to take care of his own life. What effect can Xia Houjing have by placing such a rigid person in the court?
and……
Yun Shang thought of the performance of the woman in the rouge-colored dress earlier. She looked more like a martial arts practitioner. Her actions and actions had a sense of neatness unique to martial arts practitioners. Moreover, she just said that she wanted to play a song for everyone.
War song.
If the second-place finisher had nothing to do with that woman, she would still think that nothing was out of the ordinary.
However, that woman was Li Ye's daughter. How could such a rigid person teach such a daughter? She practiced martial arts, had a direct and bold temperament, and had a somewhat proud look on her face.
With some consideration in her eyes, Yun Shang turned her head and walked side by side with Luo Qingyan to the entrance of the palace.
Yun Shang heard whispers coming from beside her, and the voice fell in Yun Shang's ears vaguely: "The Crown Princess is really a little too ungrateful, how can she walk side by side with her husband?"
Yun Shang sneered, but did not respond.
The carriage of the Prince's Mansion stopped at the entrance of the palace. When the carriage driver and the attendants beside the carriage saw Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang coming out, they quickly asked the stools to be moved down from the carriage. Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang's elbow and lifted it.
She helped her onto the carriage, and then she followed Yun Shang into the carriage. This move attracted the attention of a group of people.
Yun Shang heard the soft discussion around the carriage, raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid I will soon become famous among these newly appointed officials.
Woman."
"Are you good or not? Are you gentle or gentle? Are you virtuous or virtuous? Do you know the three obediences and the four virtues? That's all I know. Why should you care about other people's eyes?" Luo Qingyan said calmly.
Yun Shang laughed when she heard this, but she secretly made up her mind that she would have to show off when she was outside in the future, otherwise, if she caused some bad rumors, it would be unintended.
"Your Highness, you won't ask me about the military talisman?" Yun Shang blinked and turned his head to look at Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan smiled, stretched out his hand and touched Yun Shang's soft hair: "If you have any questions, that military talisman must be fake."
Yun Shang couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard Luo Qingyan's affirmative tone, "How come your Highness is so certain?"
Luo Qingyan turned her head with a smile and said softly: "It is said that pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, but Madam's memory is getting worse and worse. Madam has forgotten that half of Ning Guo's military talisman was left beside me.
Several years later, in order to marry my wife, I returned the half of the military talisman to the emperor's brother. Ning Guo's military talisman was two and a half pieces, but the one my wife took out was a whole piece. I just didn't even have a crack.
I haven’t seen it, so it certainly can’t be true.”
Yun Shang stuck out her tongue and laughed. She was in a hurry to prepare, but she forgot about this.
Luo Qingyan smiled and said: "You are so courageous. You even dare to fake Ningguo's military symbols, so you are not afraid that an expert will find out the secret? If Yelangguo really sends troops to attack, I will ask you to dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops.
Come, let’s see what you should do?”
Hearing this, Yun Shang's eyes flashed with pride, and she said with a smile: "I have thought about this a long time ago. In the Xia Kingdom, there is no one who knows the appearance of the Ning Kingdom's military talisman. Well, not counting the Queen, she must be
You won’t expose me.”
The corners of Yun Shang's lips raised slightly, with a hint of slyness: "Although I have come to the Xia Kingdom not long ago, I know your Majesty's temperament. Even if the Yelang Kingdom really attacks the Xia Kingdom, even if he knows that I have the military talisman in my hand,
I will definitely not be asked to use the military talisman to dispatch the soldiers of Ningguo. This is a matter of dignity for a country."
When Luo Qingyan heard what Yun Shang said, there was a bit of a smile in his eyes: "You are very shrewd in calculating everything, but why do you do this? You are not afraid of being said that you have a heavy army and that you belong to Ning State.
Do you mean you have bad intentions towards the Xia Kingdom by having heavy troops?"
Yun Shang curled her lips, sighed softly, raised her eyes and glanced at Luo Qingyan before saying: "If His Majesty hadn't always wanted to stuff all kinds of women into our house, I wouldn't have gone out.
This is the next best thing.”
Seeing the confusion in Luo Qingyan's eyes, Yun Shang lowered her eyes and said softly: "Actually speaking, His Majesty wants you to have a concubine for your own good. Although you have the means, and now because of Queen Hua
Because of this, he is gradually encircling his own power. However, it is still a little worse than the Seventh Prince. After all, the Seventh Prince has been planning for so many years. Your Majesty wants you to consolidate your power through marriage and get some full support.
Your loyal minister."
Yun Shang smiled bitterly: "It's not that His Majesty doesn't like me, he just thinks that I am just a princess from a foreign country. Even if I am a little clever, there are not many places where I can really help you."
"If I were more generous, I'm afraid I would agree with your Majesty's approach, but unfortunately I have always been a narrow-minded villain and cannot tolerate sharing my husband with other women. I showed my pride at the palace banquet today
That soldier talisman came just to tell everyone that I also have my own bargaining chip, and this bargaining chip must be much heavier than many people's bargaining chips, and it also expresses my attitude towards you taking concubines.
It's very obvious. In this way, if someone wants to take advantage of you, they have to carefully consider whether they have enough weight." Yun Shang raised his eyes and looked at Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan's eyes were full of smiles, and he didn't seem to be angry at all because of Yun Shang's arbitrary decision-making. Instead, his whole body was exuding joy.
"Well, from now on, everyone in the court will know that I am your Ning Yunshang. You Ning Yunshang holds an army of 500,000 in your hands. No matter who wants to take advantage of me, he must first
To pass the five hundred thousand army in your hand." Luo Qingyan said, and couldn't help laughing, "Well, I think this is excellent. It really can't be better."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, snorted, and raised the corners of her mouth: "Your Highness, don't talk about me, but tell me what happened to the assassin today, right?"
"Huh?" Luo Qingyan turned to look at Yun Shang, "The juggling troupe was invited by the Ministry of Rites, and was approved by His Majesty and Queen Hua, but I'm afraid that Cang Jue Qingsu may have tampered with it. Cang Jue Qingsu
This person is really ruthless."
Hearing this, Yun Shang raised his eyes and glanced at Luo Qingyan, then said with a smile: "Those dead soldiers sang the show very well, but the leader Yelang's words were slightly checked."
Luo Qingyan smiled and did not deny it.
Yun Shang then said: "As soon as the juggling troupe came out, I noticed something was wrong. Everyone was watching carefully. Although you were watching too, your whole body was tense, as if you were always on guard. In the end,
You have never looked like this when you started other people's performances. If you say it's because you like juggling very much, I don't believe it anyway. When those people took out their swords from the stilts, everyone was shocked.
, even I was a little surprised, but there was no trace of surprise on your face, and instead you responded quickly and held my hand."
Yun Shang was silent for a moment and then said: "Besides, you know that I don't like pears very much, but you peeled one for me. There were many fruits on the plate, including oranges, plums, and plantains, but you chose
Pears are my least favorite thing to eat. I didn’t understand it before, but I realized it later when I returned to China. It’s probably because pears are the only thing that needs to be peeled on the plate. You can’t wait for a sharp weapon when entering the palace. You can use the excuse of peeling pears to start searching.
The palace man asked for the dagger just for the sake of what happened next."
Luo Qingyan raised the corner of her mouth and looked at Yun Shang, with a bit of endearment in her eyes: "Madam is really smart."
"Your Highness doesn't want to have more concubines in the palace, right? So what does Your Highness want to do next?" Yun Shang asked with interest.
Luo Qingyan patted Yunshang's forehead and said with a smile: "Just wait." (To be continued)
