bookcurios Chapter 109 She eavesdropped? I'm innocent!
Chapter 109 She eavesdropped? I'm innocent!
There was still some time before the palace banquet began, so Xie Xing naturally wouldn't waste any more time here.
She stood there and thought for a moment.
Once inside the palace, the chances of seeing Luo Hanfeng will be much greater.
The back garden was even larger, and opposite the lotus pond, at the pavilion, the men sat together.
From a distance, it looks like a painting.
Xie Xing blinked and immediately noticed one of the young men sitting in a moon-white brocade robe. His temperament was as elegant as a pine tree or bamboo, and he could attract the attention of others just by standing there.
"Look, it's Prince Yu's heir, Wenyan!"
The ladies inside the pavilion gasped in surprise.
Xie Xing then realized that these women were not sitting in the pavilion to have private conversations, but to see the men.
Looking across the pavilion, one sees the handsome young men from prominent families, dressed in finery, and the elegant young ladies sitting here, trying their best to present their most perfect selves.
Xie Xing suddenly realized.
She realized.
This is also a way to find a partner!
"The Crown Prince Yu is looking over here."
"Look at me, isn't my hairpin pretty today?"
A faint, excited female voice could be heard coming from inside the pavilion.
Xie Xing suddenly felt bored. She glanced at the other side and, not seeing the main target of her mission, simply turned around and left.
On the pavilion opposite the lotus pond.
The young men from prominent families sitting in the pavilion naturally began to talk about these young ladies.
"Could that person standing outside the pavilion be the fifth young lady of the Xie family, whose reputation has recently grown even more?" On a stone bench inside the pavilion, a young man dressed in a crimson robe played with a folding fan, his gaze turning towards Xie Xing with a mocking expression.
The brightly dressed young girl was clearly out of place among the group of ladies opposite her.
His voice drew the attention of all the young men in the pavilion to her.
Upon seeing that it was Xie Xing, those who had seen her before immediately burst into laughter.
"This fifth young lady is extremely interesting."
"His Majesty betrothed her to our Third Prince, but I heard that the Third Prince dislikes her, while getting along well with the Fourth Prince."
"Are you joining the Four Kings in bullying the Seventh Prince?"
"That's right, but I heard that Prince Jin is also interested in her."
Upon hearing this, Wen Yan, who had been sitting quietly on the pavilion's long corridor, suddenly looked up and glanced at the group of people who were discussing the matter.
"Don't talk nonsense." Xie Yuze was among them, his face dark as he glared at the person who spoke.
"Yuze." The man, unconcerned, grinned and put his arm around Xie Yuze's shoulder, saying, "Didn't you dislike your sister?"
"I heard that last time you stood up for her, you offended that fat pig Chang from the Chang family?"
Chang Rongxuan was overweight, and people secretly mocked him as a fat pig.
Xie Yuze slapped his hand away impatiently, "No matter what, she's still my sister."
“You didn’t say that last time.”
Several young men who were on good terms with Xie Yuze walked towards him.
"Yes, your sister is very pretty and charming, I like her very much."
"He just has a bad temper."
"He's fierce, like a little lion, and he even dared to imitate the Fourth Prince to humiliate the Seventh Prince."
“We like courage.”
The group chatted amongst themselves, none of their conversations serious, which gave Xie Yuze a real headache.
He looked up instinctively, wanting to see where Xie Xing had gone, but this interruption caused him to disappear.
Xie Yuze: "..."
He immediately pushed aside the people surrounding him and said irritably, "I'm leaving first."
With that, he hurriedly left, heading in the direction where Xie Xing had disappeared.
Unbeknownst to everyone, Wen Yan, who had been sitting in the corridor, had also left at some point.
……
the other side.
In the vast palace, without systematic directions, Xie Xing dared not wander around aimlessly and went to find Luo Hanfeng.
Now that Luo Hanfeng's status is different, it's impossible for him to be living in the Cold Palace.
The emperor had three favored concubines, one of whom was Consort Chang, the mother of the three princes.
Consort Chang had an excellent relationship with the Empress, so it was impossible for her son to become the Crown Prince.
The last one is Consort Lin, the mother of the Sixth Prince, whom the Crown Prince fears.
"So why did the Sixth Prince suddenly return?"
[It's an urgent summons.] The system said: [The Sixth Prince holds military power and cannot return to the capital without a summons. His return is naturally due to the Emperor's summons.]
After all, with envoys from the Southern Kingdom visiting Shengjing, the Chu Emperor naturally needed some protection.
[Speaking of which, the Sixth Prince is on Jun Lanjin's side.]
"Huh?" Xie Xing was taken aback.
[It's likely that Jun Lanjin is on the Sixth Prince's side, and that Jun Lanjin supported the Sixth Prince's ascension to the throne.]
Xie Xing only felt that it was complicated and convoluted.
"Hey, where did this little girl come from?" Just as she was lost in thought, a cheerful voice suddenly drew Xie Xing's attention back.
Before she could react, she was lifted into the air and hoisted onto someone's shoulder.
Xie Xing: !
She was so startled that she immediately began to flail her arms and legs, crying out, "Put me down!"
"Haha, I won't let go." This man was rather wicked, like a bandit leader, swaggering forward while carrying Xie Xing on his back.
Perhaps because Xie Xing was too noisy, the man turned his head slightly, and a piercing, cold light flashed in his eyes, which were as black as stars:
"Little girl, be good, or I might accidentally twist your neck."
Xie Xing puffed out his cheeks: "Who are you?!"
"Ha, you ask who I am?" The man laughed loudly, as if he had heard something amusing. "You've been eavesdropping on our conversation, and you don't know who I am?"
Eavesdropping?
Xie Xing then looked around.
She walked a little deeper into the back garden, where it was probably rarely cleaned, as the weeds had grown up to Xie Xing's calves.
It looks like a remote place with few people around.
She was thinking about something and didn't notice this side.
Looking around now, I realize I've unknowingly ended up in this place.
Xie Xinghan shifted his body and hurriedly explained, "I didn't hear anything!"
[Injustice! A complete and utter injustice!]
Xie Xing truly harbored resentment.
She didn't hear a word, and she's going to be killed to silence her?
No!
"Huaichuan." Just then, a lazy, deep voice rang out.
Xie Xing recognized the familiar voice immediately.
She immediately turned her head and looked in Jun Lanjin's direction.
He was sitting on a stone stool, with a half-finished chess game on the table, and he was wearing a dark blue cloak.
Although it was late autumn, the weather was still cool. Jun Lanjin's cloak collar was lined with mink fur, which made his already fair and delicate complexion appear even more delicate and handsome.
He lazily rested his chin on one hand, his peach blossom eyes slightly raised, meeting Xie Xing's gaze, and then greeted him with a smile:
"Isn't this Miss Xie, who is utterly loyal to me?"
"You managed to find such a remote place?"
The moment he opened his mouth, he was already a seasoned sarcastic person.