Jiaochu

Chapter 125 New Year’s Eve Palace Banquet ([-])

Zhao Ce asked questions along the way, and Rong Jue naturally did not dare to answer. Yan Fei was too lazy to answer, and Su Shi was inconvenient to speak. However, Zhao Ce only pestered Ye Lingxi to ask questions. She had a headache after being asked, so she simply replied, "Prince Brother, you almost lost your innocence just now."

"Ah?!!!" "What does it mean to be innocent? Who wants to murder my son?!"
After returning, Ye Lingxi first asked Rong Jue to identify the people under Eunuch De. Rong Jue's eyes swept over the faces of Xiao Anzi and others, but did not find that face. He looked around again and still found nothing.

"I remember he has a mole here, which is quite conspicuous." Rong Jue pointed to his chin.

Ye Lingxi thought that the other party was probably in disguise. After thinking for a while, she took Rong Jue aside alone. Zhao Ce wanted to follow but Yan Fei stepped forward and blocked the way. He turned his head and raised his neck with a groan and walked away. After a few steps, his eyes quietly glanced over there.

"Don't have any contact with Brother Crown Prince in the future. I don't have to say anything about this matter."

"Okay, I promise the princess that I will stay far away from the prince in the future. I also hope that the princess will keep her word."

"As long as you don't break your promise, this princess will naturally not break her promise."

After Zhao Ce saw that the two had a conversation, Rong Jue left first without coming over to say hello. When Ye Lingxi came back, he couldn't wait to ask: "What happened?"

"I asked Rong Jue to stay away from you, brother Shizi, from now on." Ye Lingxi said bluntly.

Zhao Ce was stunned for a moment, and then became angry. His face turned purple, and he tightened his mouth to lose his temper. His breath was stuck in his throat and felt uncomfortable. After a while, he said coldly, "Mind your own business." He left without looking back.

Ye Lingxi had expected such a reaction from the other party and sighed. Yan Fei glanced at her and couldn't help asking, "Why are you so nice to that kid?" As soon as the words came out, he turned away. He frowned and frowned, seeming annoyed that he asked such a childish question.

"But I treat Brother Yan better." Ye Lingxi said with a smile, his clear eyes sparkled with the splendor of fireworks, bright and warm, and suddenly shined into those deep eyes like cold stars, all the haze They were all dispersed, and Yanfei's clear-cut face turned slightly red. I wonder if it was caused by the fireworks.

At this time, Dong Mo came over and said, "Princess, Your Highness wants to see you."

Ye Lingxi said: "Let's talk about anything tomorrow."

Dong Mo pleaded: "Princess, it's better to go with the slave."

Ye Lingxi sighed, said something to Yanfei and Su Shi, and then followed Dong Mo away.After the two of them walked farther away, Yan Fei looked at the fireworks blooming in the night sky and asked, "Ah Shi, am I too cautious?"

Su Shi smiled slightly and said in a gentle voice, "I think your thoughts vary from person to person."

"The second princess is looking at you." Yan Fei lightly bumped Su Shi's shoulder. When those cold star-like eyes swept over, Ye Yuyao hurriedly lowered her face, and then looked away without stopping. He didn't see clearly what color clothes the other party was wearing, but he clearly remembered that Ye Lingxi was wearing a green cloak.

In response to Yan Fei's slightly frivolous teasing, Su Shi shook his head slightly, showing a bit of helplessness, but he didn't care.On the other side, Dong Mo consciously stepped aside after bringing Ye Lingxi to Ye Lingjue.

"Where did you go just now?" Ye Ling Jueping's calm tone did not contain any questioning, it was just like a normal greeting.

Ye Lingxi kicked the toe of her shoes and suddenly raised her head, staring straight into those peach blossom eyes with her big bright eyes, and said, "If I tell the second brother, can the second brother keep the secret?"

"How about I make an oath to God first." Ye Lingjue said with a faint smile.

"That's not necessary." Ye Lingxi looked around and said with an old-fashioned look, "It's a long story. I'll tell my second brother tomorrow."

"Say what you want to say when you want to say it." Ye Lingjue said, glancing in the direction of Yan Fei and Su Shi, his eyes sank slightly, as if he was sighing, and his tone changed from the usual indifferent tone to a gentle one. Get up, "Lingxi, you don't have to do anything, just call me second brother, and I will naturally protect you, even in the future," he paused, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "You don't recognize me as second brother. , I will still protect you."

Ye Lingxi kicked her toes in silence for a while and asked, "Can second brother promise me something?"

Ye Lingjue sighed again, as if he knew what it was about, "Father is in his prime now, and you are just worrying about things here. If you keep such a bitter look on your face, you will really look like a bitter melon."

Ye Lingxi touched the center of her brows, then she was relieved that her brows had wrinkled unexpectedly. She stretched her brows and asked, "Second brother, is there anything else you want to say?"

"No more." Ye Lingjue smiled lightly.

Ye Lingxi was about to leave when Dong Mo brought over a chair and said earnestly and pleadingly: "Princess, just sit here and watch." Ye Lingxi looked up at the sky and sat down on the chair under Dong Mo's expectant eyes. .She turned around and looked around again, and saw Ye Qingran's figure next to the queen. She looked for Ye Xingye's figure in the crowd for a while, and then looked away with relief. After a while, she felt a little sleepy and couldn't bear it. I couldn't help but want to yawn, but at this moment, Ye Xingye walked over quickly and excitedly, with his hands behind his back, as if he was hiding something fun.

"Lingxi, what do you think this is?" Ye Xingye stretched out his hand from behind, holding two long and thin sticks in his hand, shaking them like a pair of tentacles. When he pinched them with fire, the tips popped out. The shiny little fireworks are really beautiful.With the bright colors shining on her face, Ye Lingxi cheered up and waved one of the small fireworks gently, like a dreamy flash left by a mysterious elf in the night...

Those flashes seemed to have turned into colorful small light spots, with a pair of transparent little wings growing on their backs, flying and flying...flying into the gentle dreamland...

When the clear light rises from the horizon and shines on the branches hung with ice, it becomes crystal clear in an instant, and the sky and the earth seem to suddenly become translucent.

Ye Lingxi woke up to the sound of He He and the sound of bells chirping. She opened her hazy eyes casually, rubbed her sleepy eyelids, and was still a little confused.

"Princess, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. You have to go over early to pay New Year greetings to the Queen. The Emperor will come over later and the Queen is already dressing up." As they spoke, Hehe and Lingdang had already begun to dress Ye Lingxi. After the layers of clothes were put on, Ye Lingxi had been wrapped into a festive and round dumpling. Then, the two of them dressed her up, applied perfume and powder, and when the dressing was completed, It was already half an hour later.

After leaving the house, half an hour later, Ye Lingxi wrapped herself in a magenta cloak and took Concubine Lan's hand to the Queen's Palace.

(End of this chapter)