Forced marriage: ruffian king, I will not marry

Chapter 21 Ugly, Beautiful

Pei Le was startled by the uneaten action, "Is there any problem? Didn't you also eat just now?"

"I've already taken the antidote."

Pei Le asked with a question mark, the antidote?Isn't that food poisonous?Feeling slightly panicked, she reached out to take the silver hairpin on her head and tried the lotus seed soup, it was indeed poisonous!

"Sister Xi, what's going on here? Who poisoned you, and... you, do you still have the antidote?" Pei Le's emotions were ever-changing, how could such a terrifying thing happen to Shangguan Xi? Weird!
Shangguan Xi took another bite of the vegetables before saying: "Besides these, I don't have anything else to eat, so I have to make do with it. Well, the taste of poisoned vegetables has changed."

Use it soon?This is poison!Pei Le opened his eyes wide and looked at this calm woman, and it took him a long time to touch the most fundamental question, "Sister Xi, don't you care who poisoned you? It's so audacious to dare to poison you in the palace." Poison, let's see if this princess doesn't get him out!"

Seeing Pei Le's indignation, Shangguan Xi put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about it, I know it well. Come, do you want to take the medicine and some food?"

Shangguan Xi seemed to be in a good mood, and gave her another porcelain bowl.

Helplessly looking at the dishes on the table, they are exquisite and delicious, but how can there be appetite?Pei Le curled her lips, "I'm not as strong as you, sister Xi, you'd better stop eating."

Shangguanxi smiled and continued to eat for a while.

After lunch, the banquet started again, but Pei Le didn't leave all the time, euphemistically claiming to be a flower protector and protect Shangguan Xi.

The banquet in the afternoon only consisted of painting and playing chess. In fact, it was just a promise of love and engagement through chess and painting.

After listening to Pei Le's explanation, Shangguanxi realized that painting is not about the ladies' business, it's just that the princes and grandsons make paintings of the girls they like. If the paintings are good, winning the girl's heart will be more than half of the success.

"Actually, what's more important is that, without seeing the woman's face today, you can draw the appearance of the woman you like so vividly, you can see that the man has deep affection, and of course the woman is even more attracted to her." .Of course, if a woman wants to refuse, all she needs to do is ring the bell, but so far there has been no precedent."

Pei Le said with joy, Jingjing's clear eyes revealed her thoughts, she just wanted to see if her uncle could draw the beauty in front of her beautifully.

Shangguanxi nodded, no wonder the ladies didn't leave the pavilion, and the bell that can only ring when you shake it, it was for this reason.

Inside the pavilion, Shangguan Xi and Pei Le were chatting happily. Outside the pavilion, after an opening speech, the princes had already started laying out paper and drawing.There was a silence on the viewing platform, and the laughter of women could be heard from time to time in the pavilion.

At this time, what everyone is most interested in is whether the third Miss Shangguan and Xian Wang can become a couple, and their performance today is really shocking.

Under the attention, Pei Yu sat quietly on the seat for half a stick of incense, and then began to paint leisurely. The pen and ink are chic, but free. Although it looks very disorganized, a winding shape appeared very quickly. Beautiful and enchanting.

It's just that when the figure became clearer, everyone's brows became tighter and tighter. It's not that the woman is not beautiful, it's not that the painting is not good, but the woman in this painting is really beautiful, the beauty is like a dream, and this Is there such a beautiful woman in Gancheng?It turns out that even though Xian Wang also loves beautiful women, Miss Shangguan is a bit ugly after all.

Can't help hissing, everyone turned their eyes to other places. The princes are naturally full of ink and ink, and all kinds of gorgeous and enchanting people can't help but marvel. Among them, the painting skills of the second prince, Bianyi, have always been praised by others. This time, he can recognize the beauty in his painting, Shangguan Xueqi, with just one glance.

About an hour later, all the princes and sons finished their paintings. After the queen said a few words, the princes took the paintings and went to the pavilion of their favorite women.

The crown prince is respected, so naturally no one dares to beat him.Even though Shangguan Xueqi hadn't been in the limelight before, at this time there were still about the same number of men as before to deliver the paintings, and the red plum west pavilion was very busy.

Shangguan Xueqi, who had been depressed until now, looked slightly better now. No matter what, she was always the focus, so what qualifications did Shangguan Xi, that lowly concubine, have to compete with her!

"The prince sees that the third lady of Shangguan is also full of talents, and admires her in his heart, so he should also send a painting to show his respect!"

Suddenly, the prince spoke loudly, attracting everyone's attention, only to see that he was already standing outside the Hongmei East Pavilion, and with a wave of his hand, the attendant next to him unfolded the picture scroll that had been prepared, and showed it to the public.

On the picture scroll, there is a slender woman, but her face is extremely ugly. A sudden red birthmark almost covers the whole face, which looks terrifying and hideous.Everyone glanced at it and didn't want to look at it again. Even some good impressions of Shangguan Xi before were wiped out. It turned out that the most important thing is a person's good looks. No wonder even Xian Wang changed his mind temporarily.

"Sister Xi, here!"

Even though Pei Ledang showed an angry expression and wanted to stand up to speak for Shangguanxi, Shangguanxi stopped him silently.

"Thank you for the painting, the prince, but for the sake of the prince, I cannot accept this painting today. It is a waste of His Highness' painstaking efforts."

There was no trace of anger in Shangguan Xi's voice, such a heart was admirable, the only downside was his ugly appearance.

The prince thought about it for a second, she was right, of course she couldn't accept it today, otherwise wouldn't it mean that he was interested in her?Anyway, he was just trying to ridicule this woman in public, to let her know that she cannot be compared with Shangguan Xueqi!

"Alright, the prince will order someone to send it to the Shangguan Mansion tomorrow." Pei Qing smiled and motioned for the servants to tell the painting to be rolled up, and went back to his seat and sat down contentedly.

Under the turmoil, all the ladies had already selected some paintings and sent back the ones they didn't like. What Shangguan Xueqi left behind was the painting of the Fourth Prince Pei Lian.

During this period, if there was no bell ringing in the pavilions, it meant that the marriages had been largely consummated. Many pavilions opened their gauze curtains, and invited the princes they liked to drink tea and chat.

In the midst of the joy, Pei Yu suddenly got up, holding the scroll in his hand very satisfied, with a smile on his face.Everyone couldn't help being curious, the woman on his picture scroll is so beautiful, I'm afraid there is no one present, but they still want to know who is such a beautiful woman in Xian Wang's heart.

I just watched him walk down the viewing platform and head towards the pavilion like a stroll in the courtyard, but his eyes were always on his picture scroll, not knowing where he was going.Finally, he walked to the Hongmei Pavilion, and it made people realize that he was still Miss Shangguan!
(End of this chapter)