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Chapter 214 Another Plan

"The Prince of Beiliang has arrived!"

The eunuch's sharp voice echoed in the hall, waking up everyone who was expressing their opinions to the Prince of Beiliang.

Everyone stopped discussing and cast a curious look at Chu Li.

"I have seen His Majesty!" Chu Li saluted Emperor Donglin with a respectful gesture.

The gloomy look on Emperor Donglin's face faded away, revealing a bright smile, "Your Excellency of Beiliang is being polite."

The banquet began soon, with a lot of wine and wine, singing and dancing, and a prosperous and grand occasion.

One after another delicacies were placed on the small carved table above the main hall, the aroma was tangy and whetted people's appetite.

Emperor Donglin got up to toast Princess Yingxin's wine, and then all the ministers' wives also stepped forward to toast Princess Yingxin one by one, and Princess Yingxin drank it indifferently.

On the side, Emperor Donglin watched Princess Yingxin drink the fine wine, not only did not dissuade her, but also had a gratified smile on her face.

After drinking half a round of wine, Emperor Donglin suddenly held the wine glass and said to everyone: "The son of Beiliang has come from a long way, and I respect him in my heart. Take care of my aunt!"

Hearing what Emperor Donglin said, Princess Yingxin was stunned, and her heart turned cold. If she really loved her, why would she and her son be sent to the two countries as hostages?
Now that the dust has settled, not only did he take advantage of all the benefits, but he still wants to gain a sage name, which is really disgusting!
"Your Majesty is serious!" Chu Li said with a smile on his face and a humble tone, "Princess Yingxin is also the queen mother of my son. In Beiliang, my son will definitely take good care of her."

Hearing Chu Li's answer, everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then they all admired him.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The voice of praise from the crowd was like sharp swords, ruthlessly piercing into the chest of Princess Yingxin.

She resisted the urge to vomit, tried her best to restrain the anger in her heart, and drank more to relieve her sorrow.

When Ye Zhaoyan came up to toast with a wine bottle, he happened to see the bitter expression on Princess Yingxin's face from a distance.

She didn't know why, but she was able to guess something based on the recent rumors.

After the other party wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Ye Zhaoyan walked forward with the wine bottle in hand.

"Princess, this glass of wine is from the Ye family."

Princess Yingxin frowned and raised her eyes in annoyance, but when she saw the face of the person in front of her, her pupils constricted suddenly, and a look of shock appeared on her face.

"You are still alive!"

Ye Zhaoyan was shocked, "Princess knows the little girl?"

Princess Yingxin's face suddenly turned extremely pale, and her heart beat violently.

"You're not dead!" Princess Yingxin's voice trembled a little. She never thought that the woman who was killed in the imperial mausoleum was standing in front of her alive. As long as she moved a little, she could touch her tenderness. hot skin.

However, why has her appearance not only not getting older, but also younger after more than ten years?

"Zhaoyan grew up in Jindu since he was a child. Did the princess deny the wrong person?" Ye Zhaoyan calmly asked, but he couldn't help but think of Qiong Shuyan meeting a strange person, and the Su Wenyu who was talking about seemed very similar to her in appearance.

Could it be that the "she" in Princess Yingxin's mouth is the woman named Su Wenyu?
Princess Yingxin was still immersed in shock, "No...how could..."

"Is the person the princess is talking about a woman surnamed Su?" Ye Zhaoyan asked tentatively.

"You..." Princess Yingxin came back to her senses, her face turned pale and burned, which made her feel a little painful, "You know her? Are you her descendant?!"

Ye Zhaoyan was even more puzzled, but still shook his head and replied: "My daughter is the daughter of the Ye family in Jindu. I don't know this person, but I have heard of this name before."

She didn't intend to tell the whole story about Qiong Shu's banquet, the person who designed it, including the Jiang family, was a royal power, and she and Princess Yingxin were in a different degree of sympathy.

She didn't think that the princess in front of her who was anxious to rely on her mother country would help her because of her petition.

"Your appearance is very good..."

I don't know when, the surprise on Princess Yingxin's face has disappeared, there is a little deep light in her eyes, and the sigh in her mouth has a hint of excitement.

"Why did the princess say that?"

As soon as Ye Zhaoyan finished speaking, Emperor Donglin had noticed the interaction between the two and came over.

Doubts abounded in his heart, "Auntie, what's going on?"

"It's nothing." Princess Yingxin came back to her senses, and a thought in her mind became clearer and clearer, "Yu'er, aunt feels a little uncomfortable, so go to rest first."

After all, without waiting for the other party to speak, he went straight to his bedroom.

Emperor Donglin saw that she was calling him by his nickname, not as stiff as he had been these past few days, he felt relieved, and quickly sent someone to see her off, "Auntie, go slowly!"

After Princess Yingxin left, Emperor Donglin looked at Ye Zhaoyan with a reproachful tone, "I ask you, what did you say to the princess to make her leave suddenly?"

"Your Majesty, my servant is just toasting the princess." Ye Zhaoyan shook his head and explained.

"Toast?" Emperor Donglin frowned, and said displeasedly, "Could it be that the princess left because she couldn't drink?"

He was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't care about it any more.

Two days later, he fully understood the secret.

The episode of the banquet passed quickly, and Ye Zhaoyan felt uneasy about Princess Yingxin's abnormality, and then thought of the strange incident that happened at Qiongshu's banquet.

Is there really such a similar person in this world?

Two days later, Ye Zhaoyan was summoned into the palace. Seeing that the eunuchs and maids had been screened out of the palace, Ye Zhaoyan sensed an unusual atmosphere.

Princess Yingxin sitting on the central seat in the hall had a calm and peaceful look on her face, she didn't see the sadness at the banquet that day at all, as if the sadness before was just an illusion.

Emperor Donglin sat on the dragon chair, looking aloof, his eyes coldly glanced at Ye Zhaoyan who was kneeling in the hall below, "Get up and raise your head."

Ye Zhaoyan quietly looked at Princess Yanyingxin's face with a strange expression, feeling a little bad in his heart, but he still raised his head obediently.

After scrutinizing Ye Zhaoyan's appearance for a while, Emperor Donglin carefully recalled the woman painted on the scroll that Princess Yingxin gave him yesterday, and felt a burst of surprise in his heart.

This Ye Zhaoyan actually looks ninety percent similar to that woman, but her temperament is quite different, one is pure and pure, the other is noble and indifferent.

The person in front of me looks like the girl in the painting when she was young.

With such a similar appearance, his last doubts disappeared. Since there is a better way, why not do it?

"Ye Zhaoyan, are you guilty?" Emperor Donglin snapped.

Ye Zhaoyan was startled, lowered his head, and said in a sincere tone, "Your Majesty forgive me, but my servant is dull and doesn't understand what Your Majesty is talking about."

Emperor Donglin looked at Ye Zhaoyan who had no fear in front of him, and sneered in his heart, "I ask you, at the banquet two days ago, you went up to toast, did you say something uncomfortable that made Princess Yingxin unhappy?!"

"Where did your majesty come from? The courtiers are just toasting and congratulating the princess, so what kind of rude words are there?"

　Tomorrow is Ye's counterattack in response to the attack, and there will be a struggle with the royal family, and there will be a transition and foreshadowing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)