No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 157 Apology and Severance (two chapters in one)
Being forcibly left by his elder brother, Luo Junyao had no choice but to return to the waterside pavilion in depression.

Because something happened just now, the girls who were resting in the pavilion had been invited elsewhere, but before Luo Junyao stepped in, he saw Ruan Yueli standing inside.

Her face remained calm as usual, as if nothing had happened just now, and she was just standing there looking at the lake and enjoying the scenery.

But Luo Junyao knew that if she had been sitting in the previous position, she would be able to clearly see everything outside just now.

Seeing Luo Jun swaying in, Ruan Yueli raised her head to look at her, her eyes were a little more complex and profound.

Luo Junyao knew that it seemed that she had indeed seen the scene on the lake just now.

Nodding to her, Luo Junyao hurried upstairs.

There were even fewer people upstairs. The business manager and Shang Yue had already led people to check the railing that suddenly broke. Song Ju and Shen Hongxiu stood aside and described the situation in detail to them.

It was true that they were the closest at that time, and the girls at Martial Art Academy were indeed more courageous than other girls.

Qin Ning and Liang Shufeng listened, occasionally adding a few sentences.

Seeing Luo Jun shaking up, Liang Shufeng immediately waved to her.

"How is it?" Luo Junyao asked in a low voice.

Shang Yue, who was looking down at the railing, obviously heard her words, and said back, "It seems that it was broken due to too much force."

Hearing this, the steward immediately said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Shuixie and the old lady like it very much, so they often check and repair it. Before the old lady's birthday banquet, the mansion even specially re-inspected and renovated it. Look, This is all high-quality mahogany, and there is absolutely no problem with its quality. This... how hard is it to break it?"

Places like the Waterside Pavilion are meant to enjoy the scenery and have fun, and the beauty on the second floor is the best place to enjoy the scenery in the whole mansion. How can the people below dare to be perfunctory?

In case something happens to Mrs. Madam, who can afford it?
Shang Yue held the missing railing with one hand, and with a slight force, he heard a click, and another piece of wood was broken off.

The steward turned pale with fright, "My lord, this..."

Shang Yue said lightly: "Don't be nervous, it has nothing to do with the material of the wood, I used internal strength. It is indeed very strong."

Only then did the steward heave a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help wiping away his sweat.

The steward looked at Shang Yue and said, "Then son, this..."

Shang Yue said: "It should have been shaken by someone's internal force, but the opponent's technique is very clever. This railing looks normal, but in fact it can't bear the weight. If someone leans on it for a long time, it will naturally not be able to bear it."

The steward couldn't help but said in surprise: "Who has such vicious thoughts? If something happens to the guest at our house..."

There are very few ladies in the capital who practice martial arts like Shen Hongxiu and others, and there are probably even fewer who can swim.No matter who fell from the second floor, these girls probably couldn't go down immediately to rescue him.

Even if there are male guests or servants and guards who can rescue her in time, what will the girl look like then?
The birthday banquet in the Dingyang Marquis Mansion, the girl came to the banquet and ended up with such a result. Is this to celebrate the old lady's birthday or to cause trouble?
If it is not handled well, the merchant and the Zheng family may have to make enemies.

Luo Junyao frowned slightly, this incident felt a bit similar to what happened on her eldest sister's wedding day.

It's all the kind of feeling that people don't really care about whether they die or not, they just want to embarrass people and deliberately disgust people.

It is unlikely that the girl in the yellow shirt will have an enemy herself or the enemies of the Zheng family will take revenge. After all, unless there are hidden masters among these noble ladies today, the other party should have no way of controlling who will sit there and who will fall. go down.

But it's not easy to talk nonsense, Luo Junyao decided to go back and talk to his elder brother about his guesses.

"Miss Luo, what do you want to say?" Shang Yue next to him suddenly asked.

Luo Jun shook his innocent face, shook his head and said, "No, I was just thinking, who would do such a bad thing?"

"Is it?"

Luo Jun said: "Naturally, does Shang Shizi think that I will know who the murderer is?"

Shang Yue smiled and said, "Of course not, it's because Shang is impatient."

Luo Jinyan and Xie Yan were the only two in the quiet warm pavilion on the other side of the garden, sitting opposite each other with a cup of tea in front of each other.

When Luo Jinyan said to drink tea, he really did drink tea.

Xie Yan took a sip of tea with downcast eyes, put down the cup and looked up at the young man sitting opposite, "Master Luo, what do you want to say?"

Luo Jinyan said indifferently: "It's nothing, it's just... the lord came in without invitation yesterday, and even made a special trip to Nuanxinyuan. As an elder brother, Luo always has to ask: "My lord, what do you want to do?"

Xie Yan was speechless for a moment, pity that he has never experienced such an embarrassing moment in his life.

Sneaked into the girl's house secretly, and was discovered by her brother.

Fortunately, the person sitting in front of him was Luo Jinyan. If it was Luo Yun, he would have shot him directly.

There is no explanation for his own mistakes, and Xie Yan did not excuse his mistakes, and lowered his eyes and said: "It's my king's fault."

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows slightly, with a slight mocking smile on his lips, "Forgive me, since the prince has rejected this marriage before, then... what does the prince mean now?"

Without waiting for Xie Yan to speak, Luo Jinyan continued; "No matter what the lord means, I hope that what happened yesterday will not happen again. Yao Yao is just at the age when he wants to talk about marriage. If it is because of the lord... I will invite the lord again Think twice."

If it hadn't been for these years of hard work as a regent, Xie Yan, who was only in his early twenties, would have blushed with shame by now and would not dare to raise his head to face Luo Jinyan.

What he did this time did not conform to the upbringing and principles of life he had been taught since he was a child.

But now Xie Yan, as long as he doesn't want to, few people can see what he is thinking.

That's why he was able to say to Luo Jin without changing his face: "Yesterday, the king was rude, and I still hope Mr. Luo Haihan."

Luo Jinyan snorted and laughed, "I don't dare to be the prince, as long as the prince remembers that there will be no next time. If it happens again, there is something special about Yao Yao's desire to be the prince."

Xie Yan remembered Luo Junyao's move to avoid him just now, and suddenly wanted to slap Luo Jinyan's face.

Xie Yan wanted to say something, but seeing the half-smile of the young man in front of him, he swallowed his words decisively.

Talking to Luo Jin about some things is better than talking to Luo Yun.

"Miss Luo." Looking at Ruan Yueli who suddenly appeared in front of him, Luo Junyao felt as if he had finally arrived.

Qin Ning immediately and keenly remembered the scene when her uncle rescued Luo Junyao just now, and looked at Ruan Yueli with some vigilance.

This Ruan Yueli is really annoying, she likes Uncle Chu Wang, and she wants to be the regent princess to go to Chu Wang Uncle, why does she always come to make trouble for Yao Yao!

"Sister Ruan, are you looking for Yaoyao again?"

Ruan Yueli met Qin Ning's "I've seen through you" gaze, but she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. She smiled and said, "What's wrong? Is it inconvenient for Miss Luo?"

Qin Ning was about to reply when Luo Junyao stopped her. Luo Junyao looked at Ruan Yueli and sighed, "Miss Ruan, this way please."

"Shake it!"

Song Jue next to him stretched out his hand to hold Qin Ning, and shook his head at her.

Luo Junyao smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, Miss Ruan and I will talk over there."

Seeing Luo Junyao and Ruan Yueli walking towards the other side, Qin Ning said angrily, "Minmin, why are you dragging me? That woman is worried and kind."

Song Jue smiled and said, "Don't worry, Yao Yao just wanted to make it clear to her. Don't you think...it's annoying to have such a person staring at you all the time?"

It would be fine if Yao Yao really had something to do with the Prince Regent, but now that the two of them clearly have nothing to do, wouldn't Yao Yao be charged for nothing and absorb all the hatred?

Being targeted by people like Ruan Yueli is sometimes more annoying than getting caught up in people like Zhu Jin and Xie Yuan.

Qin Ning couldn't help shivering when she thought of Ruan Yueli's cold, seemingly calm eyes.

It's really not a good thing to have a relationship with Uncle Chu Wang, even if it's just a rumor.

For example, Luo Junyao is now.

"Miss Ruan, what do you want to say?" Standing still under the tree, Luo Junyao asked directly.

Ruan Yueli didn't speak, but fixedly stared at Luo Junyao.

Luo Jun frowned and said: "If you don't want to say it, then I have something to say, can you condescend to listen?"

Ruan Yueli was startled, "What does Miss Luo want to say?"

Luo Junyao took a deep breath and said, "Miss Ruan, with all due respect, if you really want to win His Royal Highness the Regent, it's useless to just stare at me, and I can't influence the decision of the Regent. Besides, do you know... ..."

"What?" Ruan Yueli asked involuntarily.

Luo Jun said: "Every time you stare at me like this, I feel a little creepy. If you stare at me like this again in the future, I will automatically assume that you have no good intentions for me. When the time comes... what happens to you? do not blame me."

Ruan Yueli was a little surprised, "Are you threatening me?"

Luo Junyao thought for a while and said, "You can think so too."

Ruan Yueli was silent for a while, and said, "Miss Luo misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

Luo Jun shook his head and looked at her, "Then what do you mean?"

Ruan Yueli said: "The regent treats you... differently." She only found out today, if not for the moment when the regent came to pick up Luo Junyao, maybe she would not have found out now.

Although Luo Junyao didn't see it, maybe even Xie Yan himself didn't notice it, but Ruan Yueli who had been staring at them did.

At that moment... Xie Yan's tenderness and worry had never been noticed.

Hearing this, Luo Junyao felt a little uncomfortable, and maybe a little bit happy.

After all, she didn't say goodbye so quickly, she really didn't like Xie Yan immediately.

Hearing Ruan Yueli's words, he would naturally be moved.

Ruan Yueli said, "I'm really jealous of you."

"What?" Luo Junyao was a little puzzled.

Ruan Yueli shook her head and said, "It's nothing. I didn't mean to disturb Miss Luo, I just...wanted to see what you look like."

Looking at her sincere face, Luo Junyao became even more puzzled.

After a while, he said with some hesitation: "You don't mean to say, you want to see what kind of temperament I am, and then you just do it?"

Ruan Yueli said, "Since the regent treats you differently, there must always be some merits."

"……"crazy!
Luo Junyao couldn't help being irritable, "Miss Ruan, do you like the regent so much? Is it worth the sacrifice?"

Ruan Yueli said: "How can the position of princess regent be worthless?"

"..." But Xie Yan has already rejected me.

You use the wrong answers as a cheat sheet, and you still expect to be admitted to Qingbei?

Feeling that there were too many things to complain about, Luo Junyao waved his hands weakly and said, "Whatever, anyway...don't stare at me anymore, I'm really rude if you stare at me again. You know, what you want to do It may be difficult to achieve something, but it is quite easy to destroy something."

Ruan Yueli seemed to be shocked by this threat, and after a while, she nodded slightly and said, "I see, please believe me, Miss Luo, I have no intention of being an enemy of you. I was looking for Miss Luo before, just to make sure that Luo Will the girl become my opponent?"

Luo Jun shook his head, "That's the best." As for whether she believed it or not, only she knew.

Ruan Yueli smiled and said, "So we won't be rivals, right?"

Luo Junyao narrowed his eyes slightly, this Ruan Yueli was still playing tricks on her.

In fact, Luo Junyao was quite curious about Ruan Yueli. After all, Ruan Yueli was the most courageous, straightforward and determined woman she had ever met in Shangyong.

Not only because she wanted to marry Xie Yan, but also because she knew exactly what she wanted.

What she wanted was the position of Princess Regent, so she didn't demand Xie Yan's affection very much, and ignored other obstacles.She felt that Luo Junyao was a threat, so she came to Luo Junyao to test it out. She thought that Xie Yan was special to Luo Junyao, so she began to think about whether to change her temperament and behavior style.

It's not that she loves Xie Yan because of doing these things, she seems to really regard this as an exam.

Because that's all for the test, whether she likes it or not, she has to study hard to get a high score.

To be honest, if Ruan Yueli hadn't come here for him, Luo Junyao would have admired her for such a tenacious will as a woman.

"Miss Luo Er." Luo Junyao was about to say something when a deep and familiar voice came from one side.

Luo Junyao felt his ears go numb for a moment, and turned his head to look over, and sure enough, he saw Xie Yan standing there at some point.

Seeing the man who suddenly appeared, not only did Ruan Yueli's expression change slightly, even Shen Hongxiu and the others who had been watching the situation not far away became nervous.

Qin Ning was even more excited while clutching Liang Shufeng's sleeve beside her. If Shen Hongxiu and Liang Shufeng hadn't held her down from left to right, she might have jumped up straight away.

"I have met the prince." Luo Junyao and Ruan Yueli saluted together.

Xie Yan nodded lightly, and said, "I have something to discuss with Miss Luo Er."

These words were not meant for Luo Junyao, because Xie Yan's eyes were on Ruan Yueli this time.

This was almost a clear indication that Ruan Yueli should leave.

With a gloomy expression, Ruan Yueli bowed to Xie Yan and turned to leave.But she seemed unwilling, she paused for a while and asked: "My lord, is it really difficult for a courtier to get into the eyes of my lord?"

Xie Yan frowned slightly, "Are you Ruan Ting's daughter?"

Ruan Yueli shook her body, said with a pale face, "Yes."

Xie Yan said: "Go back and tell your father that if he can't manage his daughter well, I will find someone to take care of her for her."

"My lord?!" Ruan Yueli said palely, this blow was really big for her.

But the bigger blow was yet to come, and Xie Yan continued: "The Chu Palace will not have a place for the Ruan family."

This sentence completely cut off Ruan Yueli's hope.

Although Xie Yan never gave her any hope.

The corners of Ruan Yueli's lips moved slightly, but she still didn't say anything.Mo Mo bowed to Xie Yan to bid farewell, turned around and left.

Even at this time, she has not forgotten the due etiquette.

Watching Ruan Yue go away from the bleak figure, Luo Junyao was still full of doubts.

Ruan Yueli was probably one of the most incomprehensible people she came to this world.

It's just that after Ruan Yueli left, Luo Junyao felt a little embarrassed when he came to his senses and faced Xie Yan again.

She didn't know how much he had heard of the conversation between her and Ruan Yueli just now, but since Xie Yan didn't say anything, Luo Junyao had the cheek to pretend that he didn't know anything.

"My lord, what do you want from me?" While talking, his eyes kept glancing in the direction of Shen Hongxiu and the others, hoping that they would come quickly to relieve him.

But where did Shen Hongxiu and the others dare to provoke Xie Yan, they had already shrunk their necks and slipped to a further place, without seeing Luo Junyao's eyes at all.

What else can one do with a group of unreliable friends?Had to be strong to face it.

Xie Yan looked down at the girl who was still smiling brightly in front of him, and said softly: "I was the one who was abrupt about yesterday, please forgive me."

"Ah? Yesterday? What's the matter?" Luo Jun shook for a moment before realizing what Xie Yan said, and quickly said: "Uh...it's okay, I didn't take it to heart."

In fact, she really wanted to ask, so why on earth did you come to Nuanxin Garden yesterday.

But I always felt that if I really asked, everyone would be embarrassed, so I had to give up.

Xie Yan sighed softly, "Aren't you angry?"

Luo Jun said: "It's okay to be angry, you saved my life, I know you're not the kind... Uh, you mean, what happened at the Prince Regent's Mansion that day?" Halfway through the speech, he noticed Xie Yan's expression Something was wrong before Luo Junyao realized it.

Xie Yan nodded.

Luo Jun said: "What's so angry about this? If someone comes to tell me those things, I will definitely refuse if I don't want to. You can't say that you are afraid of other people's displeasure, so you just bite the bullet and agree or be vague? But , if everyone has a good relationship, even if I refuse, I still don’t want to be estranged or even turn against each other, right? It may be a little embarrassing, but it will be fine after a while.”

With such generosity, Xie Yan didn't know what to say for a while.

But in fact, such generosity is also a kind of ruthlessness from a certain perspective.

"Your lord came to me on purpose just to talk about this?" Luo Jun said, "Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal. Uh...as long as your lord doesn't do that again...it will be fine. I was quite scared at first." It's really not good for a person like her to know that someone is staring at her, but can't find anyone.

If she hadn't quickly guessed who the other party was, she might have exploded in anger and made a villain in her heart by the way.

But even for people he has a crush on, Luo Junyao doesn't think this is a pleasant experience, and he doesn't want to have a second time.

Xie Yan said: "This king promises that such a thing will never happen again."

It's enough to do something that makes you dizzy once or twice, and Xie Yan didn't really intend to turn himself into a pervert with a twisted mind.

Luo Jun shook his head, "That's good, uh... can I go?"

Xie Yan was silent for a moment, nodded and said softly: "Go."

Luo Junyao heaved a sigh of relief, bid farewell to Xie Yan happily, turned around and ran towards Shen Hongxiu and the others.

She always felt that Xie Yan was weird today, and with those eyes, it made people panic.

It wasn't until Luo Junyao and a few girls laughed and disappeared at the end of the garden, Xie Yan glanced at the small building not far from the big tree, and then turned and walked in another direction.

By the time they all left, the world had gradually returned to tranquility.

After a long time, a figure in purple clothes floated down from the small building.

Shang Yue looked at two different directions with great interest, his eyebrows raised slightly, his eyes full of interest.

"Well, His Royal Highness the Regent really treats the little girls of the Luo family differently." Shang Yue said leisurely.

"Young master, General Luo's daughter is not easy to provoke. Although he used to work with your grandfather, but..."

A young man wearing dark gray guard uniform came out from the small building and said, "If you provoke his daughter, he probably won't think of the old Hou Ye's face."

Shang Yue glanced at the guard, and said: "What is provocation? Don't you think that the second girl of the Luo family is very interesting and beautiful? From my point of view, in two or three years at most, this girl's The appearance is the title of the most beautiful woman in Shangyong and she deserves her name."

The girl is very beautiful now, but because she looks small, she will only make people feel delicate, beautiful and cute. After all, she lacks a bit of the softness and elegance that men of this era think women should have.

But with such beauty now, how stunning will it be when he reaches his twenties in a few years?
Although the world thinks that the most beautiful girl is when she is twenty-eight years old, Shang Yue always thinks that the girl at that time is still a bit childish, far less beautiful and charming than the girl in her early twenties.

The guard couldn't persuade him, so he could only shut up silently.

Shang Yue smiled and said: "I heard that the Luo family intends to choose a son-in-law for Miss Luo Er, what do you think of me?"

"..." The guard remained speechless.

Shang Yue looked at his guard with some boredom and shook his head, "You can't carve rotten wood.

The accident in the garden did not disturb the old lady of Dingyanghou's birthday, and I don't know how Dingyanghou's mansion comforted the Zheng family. Even the frightened girl of the Zheng family still attended the banquet.

So the banquet in Dingyanghou's Mansion ended successfully amidst the congratulations of all the guests, but both the people in Dingyanghou's Mansion and the Luo family knew that the matter was not over yet.

The Zheng family who was shocked by the girl wouldn't just let it go, and the Dingyang Hou's mansion wouldn't force themselves to suffer this dull loss.

It's just that Marquis Dingyang is mediocre and incompetent and doesn't like to stand out in everything. How this matter will be resolved will depend on Shang Yue's methods as the prince.

　Today is still a chapter~~Meme~
　　Mr. Shang is a very interesting person, but he didn't fall in love with Yaoyao at first sight, he actually doesn't like Yaoyao now~(*^▽^*)
　　This is the end of Ruan Yueli's thoughts about the position of regent princess. She is also a very complicated person, and she will have a role in the future, but it has nothing to do with Xie Yan~
　　She didn't like Xie Yan, and she didn't lie.She was looking for Yaoyao before because she wanted to know if the school's second top student would take the college entrance examination this year.It's useless, but I just want to make sure to see if my chances of getting first are good.

　　
　
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