C86 The Banquet of the Princess

"I'm full now. I'll wait for the next full moon."

Ruo Lan came in from outside with a letter. "Miss, the princess has sent you an invitation."

Qiao Liangjin's eyebrows twitched. These ancient ladies, was there really nothing to do? All day long, she had been competing for jealousy. Was the purpose of this post merely to know why she had made a noise in the Seventh Marquis' Mansion last night?

Ruo Lan tilted her head and asked, "Miss, are you going?" If you don't go, I'll return to the guard. "

Qiao Liangjin actually didn't want to go. When she saw Yu Linglong's sinister look, she felt that she had lost her appetite. Recently, she had been sick and didn't want to get angry, but she didn't want to be scared.

Arriving at the princess' mansion, the moment he entered, he saw a long tea table with delicate plates placed on it. It was filled with enthusiasm and was in the middle of the room. On the left was Princess Nangong and on the right was Princess Yu Linglong.

Seeing Qiao Liangjin come in, Yu Linglong straightened her back and nodded with a slight smile. She then scolded the two guards, "What did you do? After going for so long, you made the Seventh Prince wait here for so long."

Hearing this, Qiao Liangjin nodded his head.

This Yu Linglong was really more scheming than Nangong. She had already started firing at him without batting an eyelid.

The guard quickly kneeled on one knee and explained, "The servants deserve to die. The servants have been waiting for a long time at the Prime Minister's Residence …"

"I've only just woken up and I've been sick recently. So, it's only now that I've put on my clothes, consumed some medicine, and it's also about time to drag things out. Don't blame them anymore, Your Highness." Qiao Liangjin emphasized the last four words.

Seeing that Qiao Liangjin had arrived, Qing Shui pointed at the steamed bun in front of him and smiled: "This steamed bun feels pretty good."

Nangong used his chopsticks to pick up the steamed buns and stuffed them into his mouth, nodding continuously, "The taste is indeed not bad."

Qiao Liangjin found a seat and sat down. Ha, in front of her was the chicken she had been thinking about for a long time. What good luck.

Qiao Liangjin raised his chopsticks and placed the whole chicken in front of him. Then, he tore off a piece of the chicken leg and started eating with relish.

When she raised her head, she discovered that other than the two girls who were currently eating, the other two girls were looking at her in surprise.

She looked at the chicken on her plate and seemed to have made up her mind. She put the rest of the chicken back on the plate and said, "Since you guys also like to eat, then you guys can have some as well."

Nangong curled his lips and shook his head. "Your chopsticks have already been touched and you're still letting us eat. How disgusting."

Qiao Liangjin blinked his eyes and picked up the chicken back into his plate and said: "Then I'll eat it myself. Anyway, I gave it to you, you guys won't eat it."

Yu Linglong coughed softly and said with alluring eyes, "Seventh Prince, our Big Miss Qiao's appetite is really good."

Qing Qing smilingly looked at Qiao Liangjin, then pointed at the red prawn in front of her and said: "This one is also delicious, you should try it too."

Yu Ling's smile froze for a moment, but she immediately picked up a piece of fish and placed it on the plate in front of Qing Shui. She said, "The taste of this Yellow Flower Fish is extremely good. Please try it, Your Highness."

He cleared his throat with a polite smile.

Yu Linglong smiled and gracefully poured another cup of wine for Su Qing. "This is the wine I want from the West. Please have a taste."

Nangong creased his eyebrows and looked at Yu Linglong's smile. He had a bad taste in his heart. He carelessly poked the vegetable dish in front of him and asked, "My prince, do you have any vegetable dish that you like to eat?"

Qing Qing put down her chopsticks and smiled lightly. "This King has already eaten his fill."

Qiao Liangjin blinked his eyes. He was greedily nibbling on the chicken in front of him while looking at Qing Shui. How could this guy's appetite be so small? He's almost finished eating a chicken, and he's so full without eating anything? Why is there such a huge gap between people?

Yu Ling then put down her chopsticks and smiled, "I heard that Miss Qiao is always having accidents recently. How about this, I have some guards here who are skilled in martial arts and want to give them to Miss Qiao. How about that?"

Clear brows slightly raised, the voice said slowly: "Oh? Guards? You want to gift it to me? "

There was no hint of happiness or anger in his tone. Yu Linglong smiled and said, "No matter what, Miss Qiao is a woman like me and my bodyguard is also a woman. It is very easy to take care of her."

"Is that so?" He cleared his throat with a faint smile.

Yu Ling's heart skipped a beat, she didn't know what was the point of clearing up that smile.

"I say, Princess, you really have a bad habit of playing the zither in the middle of the night. Last night, I was discussing some matters with the Prince, but you played the zither instead. It really makes me unhappy." After eating half a chicken, Qiao Liangjin finally let out a burp.

When Yu Linglong thought about that loud roar last night, her face immediately darkened, but in an instant, her expression turned into a gentle smile: "That's because I'm not sensible. Miss Qiao, don't mind me. How about it? How about my guards give you a few? "

"Not good." The voice was firm.

Yu Linglong and Nangong were stunned. They didn't understand why Su Qing had resolutely refused.

There was still a smile in the corner of her eyes, but it was a cold smile. Looking at Yu Linglong's smiling face, the smile made her shiver for no reason.

Yu Linglong gave a dry smile and waved her hand, "Since Prince has refused on behalf of Miss Qiao, then I won't say any more. Otherwise, it would be disrespectful."

Qiao Liangjin was a little confused, why did he reject Yu Linglong? Although she knew that Yu Linglong definitely didn't treat her so well, was it really okay to reject her like this?

She didn't quite understand this scheming and scheming.

Pushing aside the utensils in front of him, Qiao Liangjin stood up and said, "I'm full. I'll go back first. Thank you for the princess' delicacy. It tastes very good, thank you."

With that, he turned and left.

Yu Linglong looked at Qiao Liangjin's generous back and said with a smile, "Miss Qiao is really simple and honest, why is she so happy? I really admire her."

When Nangong heard this, he let out a muffled grunt.

Su Qing glanced at Nangong and smiled, "That's right. With a woman like her, you don't have to worry about being tricked."

Yu Linglong's face turned pale and she lowered her head.

Qiao Liangjin left the princess' mansion. At the entrance, a purple smoke welcomed her into the carriage. He then asked, "Miss, how was it?"

"Yeah, her family's chef cooking is quite good." Qiao Liangjin nodded in satisfaction.

Just as he arrived at the entrance to the Prime Minister's Residence and opened the curtain, he saw Qiao Ruo Ying pacing back and forth in the snow.

Qiao Liangjin jumped down from the carriage and smiled: "Brother, who are you waiting for? Could it be that Spirit Jade is coming? "

As she talked about the spiritual jades, Qiao Ruo Ying's ears turned red. She walked down the stairs and pulled Qiao Liangjin by the sleeve as she sized her up before saying, "I heard that Yu Ling invited you to dinner, but I felt bad. I'm waiting for you here. If you don't come back in an hour, I …"

Qiao Liangjin covered Qiao Ruo Ying's mouth with one hand, wrinkled his nose, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, where did all these people go?"

With that, he raised his head to look at the snow that was still falling from the sky. He lowered his eyebrows and said, "This snow has already been falling for ten days. It's not a good thing."

Qiao Ruo Ying didn't understand why she said that, but she heard Qiao Liangjin say, "Big brother, make a few houses outside the city gate that can avoid the wind and snow. Remember to warm them and prepare more rice to make porridge."

Qiao Ruo Ying nodded. Her face reddened as she said, "Silver …"

Qiao Liangjin patted his forehead and laughed: "I almost forgot, it's about the silver."

When he returned to the Golden Flower Pavilion, he took out a small box from under the bed. Inside the box was fifty thousand silver notes. Qiao Liangjin passed it to Qiao Ruo Ying.

Qiao Ruo Ying was speechless as he looked at the banknotes in his hand. "Little sister, where did you get these banknotes?"

Qiao Liangjin smiled mysteriously and pushed Qiao Ruo Ying out the door. He said, "Quickly go and do something. If you don't have enough money, tell me."

Pushing Qiao Ruo Ying away, he held onto the doorjamb as he stood at the door, watching the snow falling from the sky without stopping. If she was not mistaken, as long as it was snowing like this for ten days or so and became a snowstorm, there would be a need for relief. The emperor would definitely suppress the matter and pass it to Qiao Zheng.

How could Qiao Zheng take out silver to help with the disaster? That was not what the emperor was worried about. The money from the national treasury would not be enough to satisfy the victims.

Sighing lightly, Qiao Liangjin turned around and prepared to return to his room.

Suddenly, someone called out softly from outside the door, "Jin'er, is Jin'er here?"

Qiao Liangjin turned around and looked at the door. Amidst the swirling snow, a woman slowly walked over. The servant girl held an umbrella, blocking the wind and snow as it fell on the girl's delicate face.

"Cousin, what's the matter?" Qiao Liangjin asked straightforwardly.

"Jin'er, I heard that half of Ya Er's body is now extremely inconvenient …" Qiao Ningzi's voice was still weak.

Qiao Liangjin looked at this so-called elder cousin in front of him quietly. She was truly weak and delicate. She was so delicate that it made people's hearts ache for her.

"Then wait for her to come back and find me." After saying that, Qiao Liangjin turned around and prepared to enter the sect.

However, Qiao Ningzi hurriedly said, "Little sister, there should be some misunderstanding between us. Can you let me go in together and have a chat with you?"

Qiao Liangjin looked back and sized up Qiao Ningzi's face with a smile. This Qiao Ningzi was truly an expert at seeing the wind and using the wind. Now that Qiao Ya and Qiao Yue-er, who were in her company, were out of the house, and Qiao Yin was grounded, she could only lower her head.

This kind of woman was a true opponent if she was willing to yield.

Qiao Liangjin simply turned around and said with a smile, "I'm not sure what misunderstanding my cousin is talking about, and I don't think there's any misunderstanding between us. You saw it too, I'm sick, I don't know anything."

Qiao Ningzi's heart skipped a beat. She knew Qiao Liangjin wasn't going to give her the chance. Her face froze for a moment, and her eyes dimmed down. "Fine, little sister said that there's no misunderstanding, so there's no misunderstanding."

After saying that, he turned around and left. Looking at his departing back through the snowstorm, it was truly a heartbreaking sight.

The servant girl with the umbrella, Feng Yin, turned around, frowned and shook her head at Qiao Liangjin, then quickly followed.