sjar Chapter 566 Hexagram 8
Chapter 566 Hexagram 8
"correct…"
The princess stopped and turned to face Jiang An, smiling with a hint of smugness, "Although the county princess is sharp-tongued... and quite cute, I still hope that my queen of Dongli can be more stable."
Does she think Jiang An will definitely get married?
"The princess is so arrogant..."
Song Shen supported his mother and walked over, his once gentle eyes now shone with a cold light.
He put on the posture of an old scholar and directly rebuked the princess of a country: "I, Nan Shang, have never agreed to the princess' marriage. Please don't talk nonsense."
"The county lady has not yet reached the age of marriage. If her reputation is tarnished by this, Nan Shang will definitely ask you for an explanation!"
The young man spoke in a firm tone, and his words were powerful. Gradually... the noisy sounds in Chengfu Hall disappeared.
Everyone's eyes were focused here, and the young officials stood up one after another, led by several teenagers.
The Dongli envoy who came with the princess swallowed his saliva silently. Damn, it seems that there is no way back~
The eldest princess was choked by Song Shen's words, but for her, what was more important was that the Nan Shang court was more united than before.
She turned around and looked at the little girl who was sitting leisurely with a smile on her face, and she suddenly felt uneasy.
Jiang An is growing up too fast...
Even growing to a degree that she had never expected.
She had only been in Kyoto for a year, and yet it had gone by so fast.
The eldest princess even thought that if she waited another year or two for her to grow up, perhaps Dongli and Nanshang would really not be able to fight.
"What are you all talking about, my dear ministers? Why is it so lively?"
The emperor stood outside the hall for a long time, and seeing the tense atmosphere, he slowly walked in.
He pretends to be...
Jiang An thought.
It's because the Dongli envoys have been making trouble in the palace every day these days, and His Majesty is very annoyed. This time someone can deal with them, so he is naturally happy to watch the fun.
He wouldn't have come out if it didn't seem like a fight was about to break out!
"Greetings, Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well..."
Your Majesty is here, so we can't fight.
With the help of other colleagues to cover him, Jiang Ling put his shoes back on.
The emperor supported the princess with a fake smile, and said, "Today is a palace banquet for envoys from various countries leaving Beijing. No need to be polite."
"My sister has specially found a lot of early-blooming peonies so that you can appreciate the beauty of our Southern Merchants!"
The envoys from various countries responded in unison, "The princess has a heart..."
Princess Nanshang kept smiling and moved aside to make way for His Majesty. "It's still early now. When the sun sets, the orange light reflected on the peonies will be truly stunning!"
"Your Majesty, please take your seat first..."
"Good! Good!"
The emperor gave a look to the young eunuch beside him, and the palace banquet officially began.
Everyone was looking at the dancing beauty in front of them, while their hearts were still thinking about the peonies that the princess had prepared.
Only Jiang An was playing with the wine cup silently.
Princess Nanshang has never been such a positive person...
In her eyes, she doesn't care about anyone, and no one is worthy of her lowering herself to prepare anything specially.
Besides, he is just an envoy. Would she really put so much thought into it?
Or is there another picture?
"Miss, Master Qi asked if we should go investigate?"
Zhengyan walked around half of the hall and came behind the little girl.
"No need." Jiang An shook his head, with no sign of anything unusual on his face.
"Tell them not to leave the table."
Princess Nanshang and Song Shen could barely be considered as members of her camp. Even if there was something unusual about this matter, she would not be the target.
Investigating at this time might alert the enemy, so it is better to wait and see.
"Yes!"
After Zhengyan left, Jiang An saw His Majesty on the high throne turn his head and say something to the Queen Mother...
She looked at the empty seat where the queen was supposed to sit, and a gleam in her eyes.
The Empress Dowager and the Queen are both daughters of the Xie family. They have always attended palace banquets and feasts together, but today was a little special.
Nianniang noticed the look in the young lady's eyes, and while lowering her head while pouring the wine, she whispered to the little girl, "The queen has been feeling unwell these past few days, and the imperial physician has been to the palace several times."
"Before the palace banquet today, I saw the Queen's maid leading the imperial physician to the harem."
When they passed by, Nianniang smelled the scent of moxibustion on the imperial physician...
sick?
Jiang An tapped the wine in the cup with his fingertips, and he was having a lot of fun doing this.
"That's really a coincidence." She muttered softly.
When the palace banquet was halfway through without incident, Princess Nanshang proposed that Your Majesty take all the officials and envoys to appreciate the peonies.
When I thought about the envoys leaving, even though the people from Dongli were still not leaving...
But there is still a difference between a group of people and a few people~
At least he can get a good sleep in the second half of the night!
The emperor became happier and happier as he thought about it. His smile became more genuine. "Okay, let's all go!"
Princess Nanshang stored the peonies in a palace behind Chengfu Palace. Coincidentally, this palace was separated from the Queen's palace by only a palace road.
As they got closer, they could see thick smoke coming out of the windows on the other side of the palace road.
Is this... a fire?
His Majesty's face immediately turned gloomy. No one noticed that there was a fire in the Queen's palace?
"Someone, go see what's going on!"
The young eunuch beside him responded and walked in with his men.
They say that human nature is to gossip...
Through the wide-open palace gate, officials and envoys stretched their necks to look inside.
The hall was filled with thick smoke, and there was not even a eunuch or maid to be seen. This was obviously abnormal!
Jiang An's eyes lit up, and relying on his small stature, he tried to squeeze to the front.
Princess Nanshang quickly pulled her back, poked the little girl on the forehead, and scolded her, "Why do you want to join in all the fun!"
How could a girl like her watch such excitement?
"come..."
The young eunuch was closer and could hear the people inside crying for help. Although he was choked by the smoke, he could still recognize that it was the Queen's voice.
Moreover, there seems to be a foreign man's voice...
The young eunuch paused for a moment, then returned to normal. Unexpectedly, he woke up so quickly.
"Father-in-law..."
Obviously, the two eunuchs who came with him also heard it.
The young eunuch cast a fierce look at the two men, and the former immediately fell silent and dared not mention it again.
They are all smart people. The young eunuch is the personal eunuch of His Majesty, and it was the princess who facilitated the appreciation of the peonies.
If they let the cat out of the bag now, death would surely await them!
It would be better to pretend to be deaf now. Maybe I can get protection from my father-in-law and survive by chance.
Under the expectation and gossiping eyes of the crowd, the door of the palace was opened...
To be precise, it was knocked open from the inside.
Thick smoke rushed out of the palace gate, blocking everyone's view for a moment.
The little girl clearly heard someone say, "You can't see anything here..."
Maybe even the wind was gossipy and blew away the smoke.
"this…"
"I go!"
"Crazy, crazy!"