Chapter 208: Chapter 208 Letter

Chapter 208: Chapter 208 LetterThe capital, the imperial palace.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entertained the brothers and sisters of the royal family in the East Palace. Lin'an, the younger sister, arrived early and sat on a chair, swinging her feet under her skirt.

She did not wear a red skirt today, but a purple-based, golden-edged gorgeous long skirt. She wore a ruby coral crown on her head, with coral as the skeleton, two lifelike golden phoenixes guarding the ruby in the middle, and six tassels with pearls hanging down.

In addition, there are jewelry such as gold step-shaking and jade hairpins, which are gorgeous and exquisite.

Purple is a common material used by concubines in the palace. It sets off the elegance and nobility of mature women and is not suitable for young girls, but Lin'an's temperament is too delicate, giving people the feeling of a doll dressed up.

Coupled with a round face and charming and affectionate peach blossom eyes, she is both charming and coquettish, and proud and innocent. Multiple temperaments are mixed together, but they are very well controlled.

Half an hour before lunch, the princes and princesses came to the East Palace one after another. Everyone had long been accustomed to Lin'an's gorgeous and exquisite beauty.

Among the four princesses, she was probably the only one who was suitable for such a dress. If it were any other princess, they would probably not be able to hold up the overly gorgeous dress.

Huaiqing's appearance was enough, but her temperament was not suitable.

"Has Huaiqing not arrived yet?" Lin'an's smart eyes turned and looked out the door coquettishly.

"Go and pass the message, she will come later." His Royal Highness said with a smile, and then coughed:

"Today is the day when the secret chicken essence made by the Imperial Observatory is sold, and some has been sent to the palace. This palace invited my brothers and sisters to come and taste it."

In fact, a few days ago, the Imperial Observatory "tributed" a batch of chicken essence and sent it to the imperial kitchen of the palace. Several princes and princesses have enjoyed this irresistible seasoning.

Speaking of this hot topic, the princes and princesses talked with great interest.

"Speaking of this chicken essence, the taste is indeed irresistible, but it is easy to make you thirsty."

"Yesterday, my father also said that this thing should not be eaten too much, and a light diet is the way to keep healthy."

As they said this, several princes quietly curled their lips, and they were very dissatisfied with Emperor Yuan Jing's concept of keeping healthy everywhere. Only when people reach middle age will they think of soaking wolfberries in a thermos cup. Why do young people need to keep healthy?

Lin'an looked around and raised his round and white chin: "Do you know who invented chicken essence?"

At this time, he became Bia Bia, bitchy.

The princes and princesses really didn't know this question. There were only three people in the palace who knew about this, the crown prince Bia Bia and Huai Qing. If the three didn't say it, no one would know.

Under the questioning of his brothers and sisters, Bia Bia raised his chin higher and said sweetly: "It was Xu Qian'an, my subordinate."

She emphasized the second half of the sentence.

"Xu Qi'an?" The fourth prince frowned, "Isn't that Huaiqing's man?"

The fourth prince is Huaiqing's brother.

"He's mine now, and he swears allegiance to me." Bian Bian boasted about her behavior of poaching Huaiqing's girl.

Because in the eyes of her brothers and sisters, she was always bullied by Huaiqing, and now she finally got back on track, she couldn't stop. The better Xu Qi'an was, the happier she was, because the greater her sense of achievement.

The princes and princesses laughed in silence, and the fourth prince frowned secretly, very unhappy with Lin'an's behavior of poaching his sister's girl.

However, although he was the legitimate son of the queen and should have the highest status, the position of the prince was finally passed to the eldest son, the current prince, Lin'an's brother.

At the same time, Emperor Yuan Jing treated his other children equally, but only favored Lin'an, and didn't like Huaiqing very much. This made the fourth prince even more insecure.

The queen mother said that Huaiqing was strong and overbearing, just like her father when he was young, but her talent was even better. If she were a man, she would probably be even more disgusting to her father.

"Whose is Xu Qi'an?"

At this time, Huaiqing's cold, textured and pleasant voice came from outside the door, and the eldest daughter of the emperor in a moon-colored palace skirt arrived.

The princes and princesses clearly saw that Lin'an's arrogant arrogance "whoosh" withered. She was unconvinced at first and seemed to want to fight hard, but then she became timid again, puffing her cheeks and shouting: "Half for each!"

Say the most timid words in the most arrogant tone.

Huaiqing snorted.

She knew that Xu Qi'an's operation of playing both sides and turning a blind eye to tolerance was mainly because Lin'an was a stupid sister and posed no threat at all. He just wanted to

seduce her.

If it was any other prince who dared to snatch her away like this, Huaiqing would fight back, and it would be a ruthless fight, not like he did to Lin'an, just to scare her.

Huaiqing walked in front of Lin'an, looked down at her, and said lightly: "Go away, I want to sit here."

Bianbiao raised her head and only saw Huaiqing's eyes, but not the lower half of her face, because the annoying few pounds of meat on Huaiqing's chest blocked her view.

This made her very discouraged. This sister was not only more talented than her, but also had a better figure. Except for her father's favor, she had nothing to compare with Huaiqing. Bianbiao was a delicate girl. Being bullied by Huaiqing like this, she turned her head away in grievance.

There was no way. She couldn't beat him, and quarreling was beneath her status as a princess. Besides, Huaiqing was a scholar and didn't use dirty words. She was no match for her.

The prince coughed and came out to warm up the atmosphere: "Huaiqing, don't argue with Lin'an, you are the elder sister."

Huaiqing then let Biao Biao go and stopped bullying his sister.

During the meal, the prince casually said: "Have you heard about what happened in the imperial study today?"

The fourth prince immediately said: "The warning stele and the Canal Transport Office?"

The prince nodded and smiled: "We don't need to say anything about the Canal Transport Office. The court officials and the emperor will decide. But the matter of the warning stele is

amazing."

The fourth prince nodded: "You eat your salary, the fat of the people, it is easy to abuse the people, but it is difficult to deceive the gods!"

"Good poem!" Huaiqing's eyes lit up, and her beautiful face shone with brilliance.

She has always been silent when eating and sleeping, but the core of this poem made the eldest daughter's heart surge, and she liked it more than "After being drunk, I don't know that the sky is in the water, and the fragrance floats in the moonlight at dusk."

What a crappy poem, no artistic conception at all... Bian Bian thought.

Huaiqing stared at the fourth prince and asked, "Who wrote this poem?"

She never paid attention to the news in the palace.

The prince answered for her, "It was Xu Qi'an."

"Good poem!" Bian Bian slapped the table with her two little hands and praised loudly.

"It's his temper." Huaiqing smiled.

"What do you mean it's his temper? You say it as if you know him very well." Bian Bian

habitually argued.

Huaiqing didn't want to pay attention at first, but seeing that several princes were looking at

him, he pondered for a moment and said:

"Xu Qi'an is a man who hates evil and hates evil. He doesn't care about small matters and

doesn't care about big matters. He is different from those scholars who only talk about high-

sounding things."

"Is it about him cutting the silver gong with a knife?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince

smiled.

"I was chatting with Duke Wei the other day and mentioned this person," Huaiqing glanced at

the princes, "Duke Wei said that Xu Qi'an has never embezzled a single cent since he took

office."

"Then what basis do you have to say that he doesn't care about small matters?" Bia Bia felt

that Huaiqing was slandering her beloved dog.

She glared at Huaiqing fiercely.

Princess Huaiqing said, "Xu Qi'an is obsessed with the Jiaofang Division, stays out all night, and has a close relationship with Fuxiang, the courtesan of Yingmei Pavilion."

The smile on Bia Bia's face gradually disappeared, and she opened her amorous peach blossom eyes and said loudly, "You are talking nonsense."

She ate a few mouthfuls of rice in silence, and felt that the food was not fragrant. She threw

her chopsticks and said angrily, "I don't want to eat anymore."

She stood up, lifted her skirt, and left with her personal maid.

....

Lin'an was angry and left, but it did not affect everyone's meal. His Royal Highness the Crown

Prince was a little embarrassed, and smiled and raised his glass to let the banquet continue.

After the banquet, Huaiqing returned to her palace, drank a large bowl of tea, and then sat in meditation in her boudoir.

She had recently quietly advanced to the Qi training realm, and that day she had a "chat" with

Wei Yuan for this matter.

Huaiqing had great talent, but she had always been forbearing and not showing off. But as she got older, she felt that she could properly improve her cultivation.

The main reason was that Emperor Yuan Jing had not mentioned the marriage of the

princesses for the whole year.

Her father cultivated immortals, and her mother was even more Buddhist. If Emperor Yuan Jing did not mention it, she would not bother to care... Her mother had always been like this.

As the queen who was the mother of the country, she was not enthusiastic about her position Sёarch* The Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

and identity.

"Your Highness, a letter was sent from the mansion, sent from Qingzhou." The guard hurried

in.

The mansion refers to Huaiqing Mansion in the imperial city.

The letters of the princesses and princes generally could not enter the palace, and would be

sent to their respective mansions.

Qingzhou? Princess Huaiqing thought that it was Master Ziyang who wrote her a letter, and nodded and said, "Bring it here."

The guard handed it over respectfully and left.

Huaiqing unfolded the envelope and the first sentence was: When I wrote this letter, I had

already arrived at the border of Qingzhou...

Huaiqing knew that the letter was written by Xu Qian'an. The letter was very long, two pages long. She looked down and saw the corruption case of Yuzhou Caoyun Yamen. Princess Huaiqing looked solemn.

When she read further, it suddenly became less serious. Because the subsequent content was not the tone of a subordinate reporting to his superior, but more like a man telling his favorite woman his true feelings...

"Out of the mud but not stained, washed by the clear water but not coquettish, straight inside

and outside without vines and branches, the fragrance is even clearer and the plant is pure and

clean, it can be viewed from a distance but not played with..."

Princess Huaiqing murmured and repeated, immersed in the beautiful words, and the picture of the lotus in full bloom emerged in her mind.

"It's a pity that Xu Ningyan doesn't read, what a pity..." After saying that, Princess Huaiqing

tipped over the envelope, and a shriveled lotus petal slipped out.

Is this boy writing this letter to express his love to me? Princess Huaiqing fell into deep

thought.

If I hand the letter to the palace, he will have ten heads.

She folded the envelope and put it in a book she didn't read often.

Then she called the palace maid to grind it with great interest, wrote down the golden

sentence about lotus in the letter, and hung it in the study.

Looking at this calligraphy, Huaiqing raised the corner of her mouth slightly.

....

"What's wrong with His Highness?"

"I don't know. He has been depressed since he came back from the Crown Prince's place."

"Maybe he was bullied by the Princess... But it doesn't seem like that. If he was bullied by the

Princess, His Highness would have already started to curse her and he wouldn't take it seriously after that."

In the courtyard, several maids gathered together to talk. Lin An had just lost his temper.

There were only two maids in the bedroom with him. Others didn't dare to go and get into

trouble.

"Why does His Highness have to get angry with Princess Huaiqing..." the maid advised. "It's not her!" Bian Bian said angrily, "It's that dog slave."

The two maids were stunned for a while before they realized who the "dog slave" referred to.

One of them had even been slapped on the buttocks by Xu Qian'an.

The maids looked at each other with puzzled expressions, thinking that His Highness's dog

slave had been away from Beijing for more than half a month.

"How did he offend your Highness?"

"I don't know either." Lin'an looked depressed, "I just feel uncomfortable."

"???"

At this time, a guard came to the yard and asked to see Princess Lin'an. The maid saw that it

was the guard of her own house, so she had to knock on the door:

"Your Highness, the guard of the house wants to see you, saying that there is a letter for you,

which is from Qingzhou."

A letter from Qingzhou? Lin'an was stunned. Her social circle was very small. In addition to

her brothers and sisters in the palace, brothers and sisters in the royal family, and some families of adults, they would occasionally write to her and invite her to attend the private tea party held in the women's boudoir.

But this did not include Qingzhou. "Who sent the letter?" The maid asked.

"I don't know." The maid outside replied.

The close maid glanced at Lin'an, and when she saw her nod, she turned her head and

shouted, "Bring it in."