The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 719 Love at first sight?

After leaving the hall, the Fourth Prince wandered around.

When he walked to the east, he suddenly heard the shouts of someone practicing martial arts behind him. He immediately quickened his pace and went over.

Most of Jia Lian's personal guards knew the Fourth Prince. Even if they didn't, when they saw Zhao Sheng and others cautiously accompanying the Fourth Prince, they roughly knew their identities and consciously gave up their territory.

The Fourth Prince initially went forward to observe and try with great interest. After all, this martial arts arena built by Jia Lian himself had many innovative features compared to the standards of people at that time.

Just some exercise equipment and tools seemed novel to the Fourth Prince.

Under the guidance of Zhao Sheng and others, the Fourth Prince performed five non-standard single-handed hoists in one breath. He clapped his hands in a relaxed manner and asked the Jia family members around him casually: "How many can you usually do?"

One person opened his mouth to answer, but was beaten to the punch by Zhao Sheng: "In reply to Prince Xiao, this project was designed by our Marquis himself. It mainly exercises the arms, shoulders and abdomen, and is extremely difficult.

When ordinary people practice for the first time, they can usually only do one to three. The prince can do five in one breath easily. He is truly gifted and has amazing arm strength. We are ashamed of ourselves. "

The fourth prince chuckled and said, "It seems that Jia Lian is not that great. I don't think this thing is difficult. After I practice, I can easily do about a hundred of them."

Hearing this, the others looked surprised, but Zhao Sheng said, "Your Highness is right. This kind of gadget is naturally the simplest thing for Your Highness."

The Fourth Prince accepted the compliment magnanimously, then his expression changed slightly.

The fourth prince calmly put down the sword in his hand, looked around and said, "I'll tell your Lord later that his training ground is too small and he can't use his fists and feet at all.

My palace is large, if he wants to practice martial arts, he might as well go to my palace."

After saying this, without waiting for Zhao Sheng and the others to respond, he told them to continue training and left with his hands behind his back.

Back on the front porch, the Fourth Prince quietly rubbed his biceps and was about to go take his silly sister away.

He felt that his sister was good in every way except that she always acted stupidly when facing Jia Lian.

  If he hadn't been coerced and bribed this time, he would never have brought her here even if he was beaten to death!

He thought that if Jia Lian was honest, it would be fine, but if he dared to take the opportunity to bully his sister, he would definitely beat him until his face was covered with blood.

Suddenly, a carriage slowly drove into the gate.

There was a BMW carved carriage, a jade belt and a silver saddle, and a group of old women and maids following him in front and behind.

The Fourth Prince didn't care at first, he just thought it was someone from the Jia family's inner house who was traveling.

The carriage suddenly stopped in the middle, and a young girl walked out of the carriage.

  What kind of woman is this?

She was wearing a light yellow dress and walked out of the car with her waist slightly bent.

As if she couldn't bear the sunlight, she raised her bare hands to cover her face, but the mischievous spring light still passed through her small hands and shone on her delicate little face, like a freshly peeled lychee, reflecting a hazy glow.

He casually took off the mourning belt on his head and handed it to the person next to him, then stepped down from the carriage with the help of a maid.

She is graceful and elegant, with lotus flowers blooming at every step.

The Fourth Prince stood in a daze on the corridor.

……

Wang Xifeng has extremely strong execution ability.

After returning home, he immediately had the screen carried to Yingchun's room in Zilingzhou, Grand View Garden.

Glass products are very rare, especially those with fine workmanship, most of which are imported and very valuable.

Yingchun was naturally very happy and grateful when she received it, and wanted to find Wang Xifeng to thank her.

However, Wang Xifeng was very busy and had little time to go home and chat with her, so she told her that it was her brother who asked her to send it, and asked her to thank Jia Lian if she wanted to.

Yingchun was naturally obedient.

I heard that Jia Lian was on leave today and was staying in the east wing.

Therefore, he took the opportunity to get off the car alone at the East Courtyard after returning from the worship and kowtow in the East Palace with Tanchun.

But Xiu Ju, who went to inquire about the news in advance, came back and said that Jia Lian was meeting a guest.

Yingchun didn't dare to disturb him. She also happened to catch a glimpse of a strange man spying on her in the east corridor.

Yingchun glanced at him, then lowered her head, and hurriedly led the two maids, Siqi and Xiuju, to the other side hall to wait.

……

Princess Zhaoyang and Jia Lian came out of the hall after finishing their business and ran into the Fourth Prince who was in a daze.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Princess Zhaoyang.

"No, nothing! Um, are you done, sister?"

The Fourth Prince was indeed a pushover. Just one sentence made Princess Zhaoyang, who had been concerned about him, frown and look at him coldly.

The fourth prince shuddered and quickly made amends: "Well, I mean, have you finished talking to Jia Lian?"

Princess Zhaoyang's expression finally changed. She looked back at Jia Lian lovingly, then nodded to the Fourth Prince, "Let's go."

"Let's go now..." The fourth prince tried to test: "Well, sister, it's rare for you to come here, why don't you stay for a while?"

Princess Zhaoyang glanced at him, then walked down the stairs and strode away.

The Fourth Prince was helpless. He looked at Jia Lian with complicated eyes, then followed Princess Zhaoyang's footsteps.

Because Princess Zhaoyang was disguised as a man to conceal her identity, she rode in the Fourth Prince's carriage.

There was no conversation along the way, and Princess Zhaoyang was still summarizing the information she had received from Jia Lian.

  During this time, she also saw the Fourth Prince hesitate to speak several times, but she pretended not to notice it. It was not until the carriage entered the imperial city and was about to reach Prince Xiao's mansion that Princess Zhaoyang said:

"Just say whatever you want to say. Don't be so coy like a woman."

Although he had almost gotten used to being bullied by his sister since he was a child, for some reason, the Fourth Prince almost jumped up when he heard Princess Zhaoyang say that he was like a woman.

"You're talking nonsense. I don't look like a... humph, I don't know who you are, brandishing swords and sabers all day long, and wearing men's clothes. You have no manners or posture. I don't think you look like a woman!"

The Fourth Prince became fully alert after he finished speaking. According to his experience, if Princess Zhaoyang couldn't win an argument, she would most likely take direct action.

Princess Zhaoyang did not do that. Not only that, she looked at the Fourth Prince with great interest, looking like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Finally, he pretended to be cool and said, "I'll give you one last chance. Just ask whatever you want to ask. I won't wait any longer."

The Fourth Prince had something to ask of him, and he knew that his sister was a man of final say, so he put aside his discontent and whispered, "Um, sister, do you know the people of the Jia family? Especially those in the inner court..."

Princess Zhaoyang raised her eyebrows and said, "I have some understanding of this."

"Well, do you know a girl like this? She looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, with... round and plump body? In short, her skin is fair and tender, and she is very pretty. She is about the same height as me, maybe a little shorter than me. Although her figure is also very slim, she is not fat or thin. Her eyebrows and eyes are particularly gentle. At first glance, she is a well-educated and well-mannered lady..."

The Fourth Prince seemed afraid that Princess Zhaoyang might not understand, so he kept gesturing with his hands as he spoke, trying to deepen his description.

Princess Zhaoyang just listened calmly, and waited until he finished speaking before asking, "Why, do you like her?"

"How is that possible?! Hey, just tell me whether you know or not. Why are you asking so many questions?" The Fourth Prince looked at Princess Zhaoyang intimidatingly with what he thought was the most powerful look.

Princess Zhaoyang naturally had no feelings. She glanced at him, shook her head and sighed, "What a pity."

"What a pity?" the Fourth Prince asked cautiously.

"She is Jia Lian's distant cousin. Her parents died early, but unfortunately she was promised to Jia Lian as a concubine a long time ago, so she lives in his house. Otherwise, I can help you to make peace..."

"What? Damn Jia Lian, he played with your feelings and not only did he not stop, but he also messed with so many innocent and lovely girls. I am so angry!!"

The Fourth Prince beat his chest and stamped his feet in deep remorse, not noticing that he had completely exposed his thoughts.

Princess Zhaoyang originally had a playful look on her face, but when she heard the Fourth Prince's rude remarks, she immediately slapped him on the forehead.

If it were any other time, the Fourth Prince would have looked over here with his head covered in a flattering manner.

However, the exasperated Fourth Prince stared at his sister with his small eyes, as if to say, "If you touch me again, I will fight you."

Seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang's eyes became dangerous.

In the end, one of them couldn't help laughing and burst out laughing, covering his mouth with his hands.

As a result, the Fourth Prince's eyes changed from anger, to astonishment, to confusion, and finally a glimmer of hope rose.

"Sister, you were just joking with me, weren't you kidding me?

It must be! You like Jia Lian so much. If you were really his concubine, you wouldn't be so frank when you said it. You must be trying to fool me.

Good sister, if you really know who she is, please tell me, okay..."

Princess Zhaoyang put away her smile and said indifferently, "You were so aggressive just now, and you still want to fight me? You have become more capable."

"Imperial sister, my dear imperial sister, I was wrong, please forgive me just once..."

The Fourth Prince quickly shrank down from his stool, knelt on the carpet and pulled Princess Zhaoyang's sleeve, trying to please her.

Princess Zhaoyang looked unmoved, but she had already started to make plans in her mind.

Based on her understanding of the Jia family, she immediately guessed that it was Jia Lian's only half-sister, whose maiden name was Yingchun, just from the Fourth Prince's remark.

To be honest, she was a little envious of her stupid younger brother.

As a prince, he does not fight for power and profit, so most disputes will not involve him.

Take his own marriage for example, the elders don’t seem to care much.

He is almost eighteen now, and yet he has not heard of anyone taking the initiative to arrange a marriage for him.

Although this may be because the elders feel that this kid has not grown up yet.

But it can be imagined that his marriage probably won't involve much interest. As long as he really likes a girl from a certain family and as long as he doesn't have really bad taste, the elders probably won't object.

In other words, his lifelong events are likely to go smoothly.

From this perspective, if he really fell in love with the second daughter of the Jia family, it might be a good thing...