There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 1024 The First Visitor

Lan Ling turned his head and glanced at Su Xian, who had a smile on his face that said, "The trick has succeeded" and ignored him.

He looked at the Queen again and said:
"Your Majesty, one of the reasons why I chose the small Taoist temple next to the Taiwei Mansion is because the Taoist temple has been completed and can be moved in directly."

"This avoids the additional expenses of building a new Taoist temple. As we all know, natural disasters and military disasters have been constant in our country in the past year or two, so we should save as much as we can."

"Secondly, the small Taoist temple is small, but its advantage is also very obvious, that is, it is very close to the imperial city. If your majesty meets my son, he can enter the palace quickly."

"The above two points are the reasons why I chose that small Taoist temple. Please give me your permission."

"..."

As soon as Lan Ling finished speaking, the prince waved his big hand and raised his objection:

"Inappropriate! This is absolutely inappropriate! Your Majesty, that Taoist temple is too small after all. It would be outrageous for the imperial sister to live in it. Your Majesty, please find an additional location for a new Taoist temple!"

"I second the proposal!" Qian Zhongshu and some ministers who followed the prince shouted in unison from behind.

When Su Xian saw this, he immediately stepped forward and said to the Queen: "Your Majesty, it is not very safe outside the city after all. Besides, since the princess is considerate of the court, why doesn't Your Majesty nod in approval?"

As soon as the words fell, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, from the six ministers, to Shao Sikou, Tang Ju, and Yan Dashan and other generals, all shouted in unison:

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

The momentum is even worse!

Liu Shizhong, as a neutral faction in the court, also stood up to express his opinions:
"Your Majesty, the newly built Taoist temple is indeed a waste of money and people. The princess doesn't mind that the Taoist temple next to Taiwei's mansion is small, so why not grant the princess's invitation?"

Seeing this situation, the Queen thought about it carefully, and finally nodded in agreement: "I am very relieved that you don't want to waste money and people to build a Taoist temple. I agree to everything you ask for!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" The compliments of the ministers echoed through the sky.

"..."

Time back to today.

South of the Imperial City.

On the side of the Taiwei Mansion.

Jade Zhenguan.

Princess Lanling and her entourage have moved here from Princess Lanling's Mansion in the Imperial City.

The Qiu Dian Army, the Winter Dian Army, and a large number of servants were busy in the small Taoist temple. Although this was a Taoist temple, the person who lived there was a princess, so everything inside and outside needed to be decorated.

Although this Taoist temple is small, it is well-equipped. There is a main hall in the middle and a quiet room on each side of the main hall.

In the quiet room on the left, Lanling is receiving the first "visitor" of Yuzhen Temple.

Of course, who else could this so-called "visitor" be but Su Xian?

In the not-so-spacious quiet room, Lan Ling and Su Xian sat cross-legged opposite each other, with a tea tray in the middle. Lan Ling, with slender fingers and bare hands, was making tea by himself.

Su Xian sat opposite Lan Ling, with a pair of very unrestrained eyes, admiring Lan Ling's "new skin" and every move of making tea.

Since she is a female crown, she can no longer wear her previous clothes.

Lan Ling finally changed out of the purple palace skirt she wore every day and put on a large Taoist robe.

Although the texture of this robe is good, it is overall cyan without any patterns, making it look very "simple".

Lanling's iconic peony hair is gone, and all kinds of jewelry she wears daily have been taken off one by one. The waterfall-like temples are pulled into a "Hunyuan bun".

With the change of service and hairstyle, Lanling's overall image has undergone a huge change.

The whole thing is extremely "simple".

but!
The reason why Princess Lanling ranks among the "Four Beauties in the World" is not because of external decorations such as hair accessories, jewelry, and clothing.

Her own beauty is enough to kill 90.00% of the women in the world instantly.

Su Xian sat cross-legged opposite her and looked carefully with her eyes wide open——

The large blue robe covered Lan Ling's body. Although it was not as good as the purple palace skirt, it perfectly highlighted Lan Ling's well-proportioned figure.

But Lanling's figure hasn't changed.

Clues can be seen with an inadvertent move, especially the two proud bastards, which even the loose robes cannot cover.

Faintly, hazy, the sudden spring light appears, and the perfect figure displayed inadvertently is simply more fascinating than when she is wearing a purple palace skirt.

Su Xian couldn't take his eyes away...

Lan Ling was right opposite him. From such a close distance, he naturally noticed Su Xian's fiery eyes.

If someone else was like this, she would have been furious and used her power to cut that person into pieces, right?If she dares to be disrespectful to the most powerful princess in the dynasty, then she will let her know how to write the word "death".

But facing Su Xian...

Lan Ling just stared slightly, then rolled her eyes, and then she didn't care about it, let Su Xian watch, she only focused on making her own tea.

Su Xian knew this very well, so he became more and more unscrupulous and willful.

He moved his gaze upwards and landed on Lan Ling's charming and piercing face, secretly swallowing a sip of saliva.

Lan Ling did not put on makeup. After all, she is now a female crown. How can a female crown wear heavy makeup?
But it is precisely because of this that Lan Ling's natural beauty is highlighted. Her skin is fair, greasy and shiny, her cheeks are slightly hazy, her lips are not smudged but red, and her eyebrows are not traced but green.

This gives her a kind of ultimate beauty that is completely naked but can move people's hearts!
"Haven't seen enough yet?"

Lan Ling had already made the tea and rolled his eyes at Su Xian. At the same time, he gently raised his hand to lift the bubbling teapot from the stove and placed it gently on the tea tray.

"My admiration for the princess is like the water of the Yangtze River. How can I never get enough of it?"

Su Xian smiled, his eyes fell on Lan Ling's hard-working little hands, and praised: "Princess's skillful hands can not only write and make peace in the world, but also cook tea. It's really wonderful!"

Lan Ling rolled her eyes at him again and said nothing. He raised his hand and took out two porcelain cups from the tray beside him and placed them in the middle of the tea tray.

Although her robe was very plain, the sleeves were extremely long. When Lan Ling raised his hand to take the cup, he had to drag the long sleeve with his other hand. There was a graceful beauty in this posture.

Su Xian was very happy to see it.

After setting the tea cup, Lan Lingsu carried the pot, tilted the pot body, and a stream of green tea soup spurted out from the spout, carrying a strong aroma and steaming mist, and poured it accurately into the porcelain cup.

When Su Xian saw this scene, he was so happy that he grinned from the corner of his mouth to his ears and muttered:
"Okay, great! I have no regrets in this life because I can have the princess make tea and pour the tea with her own hands... The tea that the princess pours with her own hands must taste very sweet."

However, after Lanling poured the first cup of tea, he put the teapot down.

Did not continue to pour the second cup.

She also raised her eyes and glanced at Su Xian, which was meaningful.

Immediately afterwards, she picked up the teacup, took a sip... put down the cup, raised her eyes again, looked at Su Xian with a demented face, and said with a smile:
"If you want to drink it, you can pour it yourself. I make tea myself, which is the way to treat guests. But pouring tea is a job for servants. I am not your maid!"

"Ok."

Without saying anything, Su Xian leaned over and reached for the teapot in the tea tray, as if to pour it himself.

Seeing this, Lan Ling felt elated, and said to himself: "You want to make me serve you? What a sweet dream!"

"The tea brewed by the princess must be extraordinary, so..."

Su Xian stretched out his hand in front of the teapot, paused for a moment, and instead of lifting the teapot, he stretched out his hand in front of Lan Ling like lightning.

It seems like he is trying to catch something...

"what are you doing?!"

Lan Ling's expression changed, her beautiful eyebrows immediately raised, and her delicate body sitting cross-legged subconsciously shrank back, as if to avoid some sneak attack.

Just now, Su Xian looked at her with unscrupulous eyes. She could accept it. After all, it was just a look. It was not harmful considering the relationship between them.

But now... Su Xian is becoming more and more reckless, and actually engages in "surprise attack" again.

In fact, Lan Ling is not averse to being intimate with Su Xian. If Su Xian loses interest in her that day, it will make her feel uneasy.

However, she never liked Su Xian's "surprise attack".

Isn’t it good to do it step by step?
Just when Lan Ling's delicate body was shrinking back as hard as possible and her expression changed drastically, Su Xian's hand suddenly turned downward and picked up the teacup that Lan Ling had just drank from.

Hold it firmly in your hand.

After succeeding, Su Xian quickly sat back down.

It turns out he didn't mean to... Lan Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and his delicate body, which had been shrinking back as much as possible, slowly reset itself.

But the next moment, she reacted suddenly - Su Xian snatched her teacup!

What does Su Xian want to do?
Looking up, she saw Su Xian with a smile on his face, like a general who had won a battle, he raised his head at her and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

After finishing the drink, Su Xian let out a long, satisfied cry, with an extremely exaggerated expression, and praised: "It tastes good! The tea the princess drank is extraordinary! It's unforgettable!"

Lan Ling stared at him for a long time, finally shook his head, picked up the pot again, filled two cups of tea, and handed a cup to Su Xian.

Su Xian hurriedly took it and said with a smile: "Thank you princess for the tea!"

Lanling rolled his eyes and sat back down cross-legged.

After taking a sip of the fragrant tea, Lan Ling's expression suddenly changed, and there was a hint of coldness in his voice: "I am indeed right, you are really a traitor!"

"Where do you start talking about this?" Su Xian was stunned, as if he had been greatly wronged, he was shouting injustice, his expression and words and deeds were very exaggerated.

Lan Ling held his forehead and said solemnly: "You still say no, isn't the whole plan you planned just for the present? Well, you have succeeded now."

"Princess, don't talk nonsense. Why did I succeed? Why did I succeed? Princess, please don't accuse a good person unjustly." Su Xian continued to cry injustice.

"You know it yourself."

"No, I don't know."

"you……"

"Princess, in the past half month, in order to help the princess get out of trouble, I have been organizing the martial arts test, the literary test, and fighting with the monsters in the court. Is it easy for me?"

Su Xian stood up, excited, walked to Lan Ling's side, and continued to roar:
"Princess, look, my hair is all white...one hair. Doesn't this prove my loyalty? But, what I never expected is -"

"Now that the princess is out of danger, she doesn't say how to repay me. Instead, she justly calls me a traitor... This is so chilling!"

"..."

After hearing this roar, Lan Ling looked a little embarrassed.

Yes, what Su Xian said was true. If Su Xian hadn't come forward in this matter, her situation would have been dire, and she might have been forced to marry.

But in an instant, all the embarrassment on her face disappeared.

She still sat cross-legged without moving, looking sideways at Su Xian who was jumping up and down like a monkey, and calmly analyzed:

"First, you took this opportunity to recruit almost the entire Liang Dynasty's civil and military talents. Based on my understanding of you, you must have selfish motives!"

Lan Ling's eyes were blazing: "I ask you, what exactly do you want to do?"

When Su Xian heard this, he was shocked. Could it be that Lan Ling discovered... that he secretly intercepted some civil and military talents?This is not good. Once it spreads, people will inevitably misunderstand it.

Before he could speak, Lan Ling spoke again:
"Although those civil and military talents have been assigned to different yamen, their promotion and wealth are all due to your promotion, Captain Su. They must be grateful to you."

"You are trying to attract people's hearts!"

After Su Xian heard this, he felt relieved. It turned out that Lan Ling had not discovered that he secretly intercepted civil and military talents. As long as this matter was not discovered, it would be fine.

He thought for a while, looked at Lan Ling and replied: "It turns out that the princess is worried about this. Yes, the reason why civil and military talents can become officials in the court has something to do with me."

"However, the princess should know that their official positions were personally awarded by His Majesty. I am just a guide. Even if they want to thank you, Your Majesty should be the first to thank!"

"I am just selecting talents for the country. This is my duty."

Lan Ling nodded slowly and said: "I can accept this. Your Majesty trusts you very much and will not be suspicious of you because of this matter."

"But……"

"But what? Princess, please speak clearly."

Lan Ling sat there cross-legged, hesitating to speak, a blush crept up on his charming face, and finally waved his hand: "That's all, let's not talk about it."

Su Xian glared and retorted loudly:
"No! Your Highness must say it. I remember that His Highness once said that there should be no secrets between us and we should be honest with each other... So, princess, please speak clearly."

Lan Ling struggled for a while and thought about it, because she thought that the words "to be honest with each other" did come from her mouth. Now that Su Xian mentioned it, she had no reason not to say it.

"What I want to say is that this Taoist temple...the Taoist temple you built next to the Taiwei's Mansion was probably intentional, right?"

Lan Ling pursed her lips, rolled her eyes at Su Xian, and spat: "Then, you strongly suggested that I live in this Taoist temple. You just want... to..."

"...I want to guard myself against myself!"

After Lan Ling said the last few words, his face became more and more rosy.

Even though she was informal and did not hesitate to sacrifice her looks to Su Xian in order to gain access to the throne of Liang Dynasty, but after all, she was a young lady who had not left the palace, so it was a bit difficult for her to say these words in person...

Su Xian was stunned for a moment, then slowly squatted down and looked at the charming and beautiful Princess Lanling in front of him. After a long time, he said seriously:
"What the princess means is that the reason why I suggested that the princess move here is because... I want to... steal the princess?"

"What about 'stealing' and not 'stealing'? It's so unpleasant!"

Lan Ling became angry and pushed forward with both hands. Su Xian was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)