The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 8

"Reporting to the princess, the prince has an order to invite Mrs. Xue into the palace."

Standing neatly outside the door and talking was another personal guard of King Heng, Lu Fang who ranked second in the palace.

After hearing the words clearly and seeing who came, Xu Jinhe's apologetic smile froze on her face. She looked at Chu Xue who was also surprised, and asked Lu Fang: "What does the lord mean?"

"The lord knows that the wangfei is worried that the son will have to take care of him personally, and he will not be able to enter the palace again tonight, so he sent his subordinates to pick up Mrs. Xue and accompany the lord to attend the dinner in Qingde Palace." Lu Fang replied with his head bowed, his voice always emotionless.

Chu Xue could see that Xu Jinhe's body paused slightly, but the princess, who was always known for being dignified and virtuous, did not show any major emotions, and said after a while: "My lord is right, my sister should go and prepare well, tonight Qingde The palace is full of princes and heroes, and the Holy Majesty is here in person, so we must support the face of our Hengwang Palace."

Hearing her calm voice, Chu Xue suddenly couldn't bear it. She had no intention of stealing Xu Jinhe's limelight in these big scenes, but Heng Wang insisted on doing so. What she said at this time would seem hypocritical, so she had to do it A salute, "In that case, the concubine should go back and change her clothes first."

and get out.

In the Shizi's room, Ding Xiang looked at the sadness in Xu Jinhe's eyes, and said angrily: "My lord is too..."

"Shut up!" Xu Jinhe stopped sharply, unwillingness and anger suddenly rose in his voice, "Have you forgotten your identity!"

Hearing that this sentence didn't seem to be her own words, Ding Xiang lowered her head and didn't make another sound.

Lu Fang followed Chu Xue and escorted him until he reached the gate of Wantang Garden. Then he lowered his head and whispered another emotionless sentence.

"Ma'am, the prince ordered you to dress up, the more beautiful the better."

Chu Xue stopped walking forward, looked back at him, and after a while, put away the doubt in her eyes, nodded, and walked a few steps forward into the house.

Because of King Heng's order, Chu Xue spent nearly half an hour carefully putting on her makeup, changing into a dress, combing her hair and hairpin, putting on the gold hairpin and phoenix hairpin, taking photos in front of the mirror again and again to make sure there were no flaws, so she was relieved out the door.

When I walked to the gate of the courtyard and saw Lu Fang waiting all the time, Chu Xue was quite surprised, "Your Excellency has been waiting here? You can go to the porter to rest."

"The subordinates dare not, the prince ordered that the wife must be delivered safely."

"If that's the case...then there's trouble."

Chu Xue glanced at the iron-like guards, and walked with Yan Ling to the carriage prepared by the porter.

The memory of childhood flashed through my mind in an instant, such a person is very much like those uncles who used to be by my father's side back then.

As firm as steel, you can calmly kill bandits and enemies on the battlefield.

The carriage swayed, and after a while, she arrived outside the palace gate. Before she got off the carriage, she looked at Yan Ling who was surprisingly silent, and comforted her with a light smile: "Relax, although there are many people to meet tonight, the days to come will be long. Take it easy."

Yanling looked at her, finally nodded and smiled.

After entering the palace gate, Lu Fang led her to the Qianhua Hall. Song Chen was waiting for her outside the hall. She saluted with a smile, looked at his gentle and astonishing eyes and asked, "Is this my concubine?" Can the dress suit the prince's wishes?"

The beauty in front of me is wearing a long dress with concubine-colored luan feathers dragging the floor, her hair is combed in a high bun, and the phoenix hairpin and pearls on the hairpin make her even more gorgeous. Qi, because of her status as a side concubine, she can't wear the same bright red as a princess, but the delicate and charming concubine color just makes her bloom with a distinctive charm, and even gives birth to a bit of...beautiful charm besides the charm.Not to mention that this kind of appearance is far superior to that of several empresses in the palace, even the side concubine Zhang of Prince Shen's mansion, who was once known as the most beautiful woman in the capital, is slightly inferior. Later, she will amaze the whole Qianhua temple.

He held her hand, "However Xue'er dresses up suits my king."

The two walked into the hall together.

All the empresses in the hall have arrived, and several high-ranking ones are sitting around the emperor, accepting the kneeling worship of the princes and their families together, because the emperor's grandchildren are all underage, and they all gave the emperor's grandfather a blessing in the morning It's my birthday, so I'm playing in the imperial garden at the moment, not in the palace.

When they entered, the elder Huaiwang's family had just finished worshiping, and it was the prince's family's turn to bow down. After a while, it was their turn to Hengwang's mansion.

"My son and my side concubine Chu paid homage to my father, wishing my father eternal happiness and a long life." Song Chen was in front, she stood a little behind, and when he finished his congratulatory speech, they knelt down together and kowtowed three times .

"Excuse me, just flatten yourself." The emperor quickly raised his hand, looked at it and asked, "Where's Mrs. Xu?"

The birthday star changed from his usual majesty, now he looks like the head of a big family.

"Your Majesty forgot? The concubine told you just now that Chi'er ate badly at noon, and Mrs. Xu took care of him at home." Concubine Jing answered for them.

"Look at my memory, I'm getting old!" The emperor laughed.

"The emperor is not old at all!" the sweet-talking Concubine Duan immediately respected, and the emperor smiled even more heartily.

"Chu's? But a newcomer a few days ago, Chu Lin's daughter?" Before the two retreated, the emperor suddenly asked.

"Exactly." Song Chen replied, turning his head to look at her.

She immediately took a step forward to stand side by side with Song Chen, and knelt down again, "Prince Heng's concubine, Chu Xue, has met the emperor."

"Okay, okay, let's get down quickly." The emperor chuckled, and she stood up when she heard the words.

After taking a quick look at her, the smile on the emperor's face suddenly deepened, and Song Chen seemed to be more satisfied.

The kneeling ceremony of the remaining palaces was also completed quickly, and their own etiquette was over. Except for the side concubines in each palace, the mighty emperor's family all came to the banquet scene of Qingde Palace.

Although she followed Song Chen and walked slowly with lowered eyes, she could still feel the eyes falling on her intentionally or unintentionally along the way.Of course, these gazes all came from several of Song Chen's brothers, among which the gaze of the fifth son, King Shen, was the most attentive.

Shen Wang secretly sighed in his heart, as a world-renowned majestic and romantic prince, he didn't even know that there was such an alluring beauty hidden in Chu's mansion, he really ignored his title of a veteran of flowers for many years.Looking at the beauty and demeanor of the third concubine, he even wondered if this was Chu Lin's daughter. Chu Lin usually looks deeply, how could the daughter he gave birth to be so stunning?
But with a sneak peek, you can really find some of Chu Lin's eyebrows on this beauty, and it seems that she is really her own.

After today's meeting, King Shen probably began to doubt his life after returning home.

Qingde Hall.

Twenty or so guests had already been waiting in the hall, and the banquet officially began when the emperor's family took their seats.

The people who came to the dinner tonight were all hand-picked by the emperor, and the important ministers of the country who were invited by the Ministry of Rites naturally included Chu Lin.After Chu Xue took her seat, she looked around carefully, and found her father, who also saw her, and nodded lightly to her from a distance after a brief accident.She smiled and looked away.

This small move was noticed by Song Chen, and he shook her hand with wide sleeves, and she also smiled at him.

Of course, this subtle move happened to be seen by Shen Wang, who had no intention of glancing at him. The man's envy and jealousy immediately rushed into the heart of the romantic prince. Under the depression, Shen Wang could only numb himself with wine.

The banquet went on unhurriedly for half an hour, and Chu Xue gradually relaxed. The most important part of today is to kneel down and worship the emperor. Now that it has passed smoothly, she now only needs to sit beside King Heng and be a vase. .

But who knows that the vase didn't go so smoothly, a palace servant accidentally knocked over the gold-thread porcelain plate in front of Song Chen when she was pouring wine, and the sauce on the plate stained her clothes, Song Chen was about to Seeing the little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground trembling, Chu Xue immediately comforted him, "Don't be angry, my lord, just go and change clothes."

He looked at her with a gentle expression, "Have you brought it?"

She nodded.

"Then be careful, go and come back quickly."

She hummed and stood up, and an older eunuch chief came immediately and led her out of the palace gate to change clothes.

Heng Wang was not the only one who watched her leave in the hall. When her figure disappeared, Heng Wang meaningfully looked at Shen Wang who was still looking outside the hall. Shen Wang didn't notice it until he was pulled by his princess. It was only after Jiao reminded him that he came back to his senses, and met Heng Wang's gaze belatedly.

The greedy expression was still on his face, and King Shen was extremely embarrassed.

Having done the warning, Heng Wang withdrew his cold eyes and drank a glass of wine.

Chu Xue had already walked to the dressing hall with Yan Ling who was waiting outside the hall under the guidance of the chief steward, so she naturally didn't know the scene of her leaving the back hall.

Not long after, she got better dressed, and walked back to the main hall under the guidance of the steward.

"Dare to ask Madam, is Master Chu Lin's daughter?"

The manager, who was silent all the way when he came, suddenly asked.

"Exactly, how did the manager know?" She smiled and asked.

In fact, she could roughly guess that the marriage between Prince Heng's Mansion and the Chu family was not a secret, and it was not surprising that people in the palace knew about it.

But the manager's answer surprised her a little.

"Madam is naturally beautiful, and you can spot it in a crowd at a glance."

She paused, vaguely feeling that this sentence seemed familiar, and when she finally remembered, she had already stepped into the door of the main hall, and when she turned her head, the manager had disappeared.

Many doubts suddenly arose in her heart, but when she saw Song Chen's gaze for a moment, she immediately regained her senses and sat back beside him with a smile.

Song Chen looked at her, his eyes became more tender, the imperial concubine-colored dress made her beautiful just now, and the Qian-colored robe she changed into now made her even more beautiful.

Bringing her to Qingde Hall tonight is really the right decision.

He knows his father too well.

The royal father was suspicious, he hoped that the minister would praise him, but he didn't want him to take the initiative to win over the minister.When he marries Chu Xue, his father will definitely be suspicious, he will suspect that he used Chu Lin in the name of marriage, but he is not in a hurry, because he knows that with Xue'er's beauty, if his father sees it with his own eyes, his suspicion will be dispelled. Because Xue'er is so beautiful, so beautiful that people will believe without hesitation that he married her only because of her appearance.

Facts have proved that he succeeded. The smile that deepened the instant his father saw Xue'er in Qianhua Hall just now is enough to prove that he successfully dispelled his father's suspicion of him.

This step is the best of both worlds.

Although it was true that he fell in love with her at first sight because of her beauty and dignity, and he really intended to win her over when he proposed marriage to the Chu family, since she entered the mansion, he has been more and more moved by her cleverness and cuteness, and has become more and more fond of her.

It seemed to him that he was destined to fall in love with her. This was the first time in 30 years that he was so fascinated by a woman.

Chu Xue had already thought about who she would meet in the Qingde Palace today, and made sufficient preparations along the way, trying to convince herself to be calm, but despite this, when she saw a man not far from the opposite side, she raised her hand. The strength of the chopsticks suddenly deepened.

Xu Jilin, Marquis of Pingnan.

In fact, she had never seen his appearance, but the appearance that was [-]% similar to Xu Jinhe was enough for her to confirm his identity.

The treacherous villain, who slaughtered the loyal devil for his own delusion, is now well-dressed and sitting in the position of the marquis.

Then look at the Ninth Five-Year Lord on the main seat of the main hall, the emperor who once believed in traitors and wronged his loyal bones, is enjoying his peaceful and prosperous age with peace of mind.

What an irony.

I don't know if those soldiers who died heroically for the imperial court in the past know if they will rest in peace?

If she had a sword in her hand at this time, she would have killed him immediately.

But she can't, she is now King Heng's side concubine Chu Xue, Chu Lin's daughter Chu Xue, not Yue Wen, the orphan of the Yue family who has a feud with him.

The hatred was too deep, she stared blankly at Xu Jilin who was not far away and forgot to regain her senses, she was about to be noticed, but fortunately the palace servants came to serve the food and blocked her sight, so she realized her negligence , calmed down in time.

"What's wrong, why are your hands so cold?"

Song Chen shook her hand unintentionally, caring for her softly.

"Probably because it's cold, it's cold, it's nothing." She smiled gently.

Song Chen also smiled, and poured a glass of wine for her, "Then drink some wine to warm up your body, it's almost over, we'll go back home after a while."

A few days ago, I had dinner with him every day, and I also exercised a little bit of alcohol.

Covering her face with her wide sleeves, she raised her head and drank the wine.

In Qingde Palace at this moment, today's protagonist, Shouxing Jianhe Emperor, can be said to be the happiest person.All the civil and military personnel in the hall are the pillars of the country, and when the weather is favorable and the grain is plentiful, everyone in the world praises him for his wisdom. Seeing the peace in the hall, he feels very comfortable.The dinner lasted for an hour and a half, the singing and dancing were interrupted, the wine glasses were emptied and filled again, after several rounds, the old man was already drunk.After a while, the emperor waved his hand to the next seat, and the eunuch who accompanied him immediately said loudly, "Your Majesty, get up!"

Everyone in the Qingde Hall got up to see him off one after another, and after leaving the palace gate, the emperor looked at the concubines who accompanied him out, waved and said: "Go to Funing Palace tonight, the others go back first."

Concubine Jing always dotes on the imperial harem, once the king said this, the other concubines stood up knowingly and watched the emperor and Concubine Jing leave hand in hand.

"Ms. Chu is indeed a beauty, and Ji Ting has vision!" As Luan drove up, the emperor caressed the concubine's hand as if sighing, and his words were as easy as a boulder falling to the ground.

"Thank you for your compliment, the child's good eyesight really follows the emperor!" Concubine Jing joked with a smile.

"Is this a compliment to me or to yourself?" The emperor turned his head and asked with a smile.

"What does the emperor think?"

The words that came and went gradually disappeared in the night wind as Luan Jia walked slowly.

(End of this chapter)