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Chapter 213: Banquet(1/2)

Xiao Jingsheng always felt itchy when he thought of that beautiful face. If he couldn't get what he wanted, he was afraid that every time he thought of it, he said, "This is not simple. Just let Miss Chu Wu not marry Lin Chenyao."

Concubine Qi held the tea bowl tightly and looked up at him, "Sheng'er, do you want to stop them from getting married?"

Xiao Jingsheng answered immediately, and his slender index finger tapped the table a few times, and slowly said, "Mother, isn't your birthday coming soon? Why not invite Miss Chu Wu into the palace to draw a portrait for you."

"I am having this idea." Concubine Qi had long wanted Chu Xinyu to draw for her, but she had been busy with other things these days. Now that her son mentioned it, he remembered it.

Xiao Jingsheng said: "It is better to meet the sun than choose a date, just tomorrow."

Thinking that he could see Chu Xinyu tomorrow, he was in a very good mood. After a while, he got up and left.

When he returned to the King of Jin's Mansion, the housekeeper told him that Zhou Yang had come and was waiting for him in the study, so he immediately walked towards the study.

"Come here, is there something wrong?" Xiao Jingsheng went in and asked.

Zhou Yang, who was standing by the window looking at the scenery, turned around when he heard the sound and saw Xiao Jingsheng, he went up to him, "Your Highness just came back from the palace. Have you heard that there has been a change in Hongzhou's transportation of supplies?"

"Has changed?" Xiao Jingsheng said in surprise: "What's going on?"

Zhou Yang said: "The emperor has decided to let the King of Qin go with the prince. If he is here, we will not be able to trip up the prince."

Xiao Jingsheng frowned, "Why did it suddenly change? Who have you seen after the emperor?"

"The Marquis of Beiping and King Qin." Zhou Yangdao.

"It's them." Xiao Jingsheng guessed in his heart, and his father valued Lin Chenyao in particular. He was better at treating him than his own son. Otherwise, he would not have given him the military power in the northwest. He did not take back his military talisman when he returned to the capital, and he gave him privileges without having to go to morning court every day.

Zhou Yang said again: "Send someone to monitor the Qin King these days. Apart from having sex with King Jing, he has not had any deep relationship with other foreign ministers. King Jing went to find him the day before yesterday. Not long after, the two went to the Hou Zhongyi's mansion. It was said that he was ordered by Concubine Kang to visit Miss Chu Wu, and he did not go out again when he came back."

Xiao Jingxuan knew about these things. The people who monitored the Qin King came back to report the rumors and the evil spirits. It seemed that Mrs. Zhongyi could not tolerate Chu Xinyu's actions, but Lin Chenyao helped her solve the rumors. Mrs. Zhongyi suffered a secret loss. He did not believe that Chu Xinyu had this ability, and perhaps the result of the Qin King's secret help.

The King of Qin did not seem as alienated to this cousin as he appeared, otherwise he would not have helped her again and again. It seems that the King of Qin would not know about Chu Xinyu entering the palace tomorrow, otherwise it would definitely not be successful. In this way, it would be right to let him leave the capital, and Lin Chenyao could not let him stay in the capital.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Zhou Yang said worriedly: "I thought that only the prince would go there before, and everything we had planned was not enough."

Xiao Jingxuan walked to the desk and sat down, pondered for a moment, and said, "The plan is still the same, but the strategy has changed a little."

As he said that, he said his plan and Zhou Yang nodded, "It's okay, but tonight is King Jing's birthday. Will the previous plan still be carried out?"

"Of course." Xiao Jingxuan's eyes were cold: "No matter whether he had the desire to compete or not, his wife must not have a strong family as a backing. A woman with a small family is the most suitable for him."

Zhou Yang said, "Then I'll let someone prepare."

Knock--

At this moment, a knock on the door sounded outside the door.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a secret guard came in and said, "Prince, something happened!"

"What happened?" Xiao Jingxuan stood up.

"Miss Fu Er was assassinated."

...

But it was said that Chu Xinyu, after Chu Jiaqi and Chu Jiating left, a servant hurried in and said that someone was looking for her. When he asked, he was a woman about forty years old, and the other party was at the entrance of the alley in the backyard.

At first she thought it was Zhao's mother, but then she thought that Zhao's mother had been in the mansion for more than ten years, and the servant had no reason not to know her.

Zi Ling said, "Can it be Mother Zhao's mother asks someone to ask you out?" The woman in her forties matches Mother Zhao's age, and maybe she is her friend.

Zhu Bo nodded and agreed, "It's possible."

Chu Xinyu was commanding his servants to hang paintings. She drew a landscape painting by a famous artist a few days ago. The frame was marked and asked someone to hang it in the main hall. When they heard them say this, they thought for a while and said, "No matter who it is, Zhubo, go and see it. If it is because of Zhao's mother's affairs, you don't have to say anything, just drive people away."

"Okay." Zhu Bo took the order and walked out immediately. Zi Ling was worried and followed him.

As soon as they walked away, Danqing hurried in, followed by two servants, who came in with something wrapped in red silk cloth.

"What is that?" Chu Xinyu asked.

Danqing replied: "It was the Marquis of Peiping who sent a gift."

Chu Xinyu raised his eyebrows, "Congratulations?"

The servant thought she didn't believe it, so he said, "That's what the man sent it said, you will know if you open it."

Chu Xinyu walked over and lifted the red silk cloth. It was a plaque made of golden nanmu, with the three words "Biyun Pavilion" engraved in seal script.

Danqing said in surprise: "Hey, isn't this the name of the building the girl wants to choose?"

The Marquis of Peking was really amazing! Before moving in, the plaque was called Tayulou. The girl said she had to change it, and she had thought of the name, but before she had time to ask someone to do it, the Marquis of Peking came here. Is this called "Talkan"?

Chu Xinyu looked at the plaque and was also surprised, and his heart was beating violently. Lin Chenyao sent the plaque to tell her that he knew who he was.

I remember she once said that she liked the Bihai and Yuntian, and the place where she lived in the future would be called Biyun Pavilion. At that time, she was young and did not have her own courtyard. Later, when she had a boudoir, she did not use this name.

I don’t know why today, but a scene from my childhood suddenly flashed in my mind, and I decided to use Biyun Pavilion. It’s been so long since time passed, but I didn’t expect Lin Chenyao to remember it.

"The font of this plaque is so beautiful, vigorous, solemn and thick, and very generous." Danqing said that she was not like some maids, who didn't know two big words. She once knew the words, and Chu Xinyu would also encourage them to read more books when they have time, which would be helpful to them in the future.

"Oh, Danqing has good eyesight." Lan Yi came over and praised.

Danqing raised her chin and said proudly: "Of course, I don't look at who my master is?"

Lan Yi said curiously: "Is it related to this?"

Danqing said: "Because we are following the master, we have the opportunity to continue learning to recognize words. With more knowledge, we have better eyesight."

"Seeing your grim look, don't do this outside, otherwise you will be laughed at." Lan Yi said, and walked to Chu Xinyu, "This plaque happened to be hanging on it?"

"Hang it." Chu Xinyu gently stroked the three words Biyun Pavilion with a smile on his lips, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Lan Yi immediately ordered someone to hang the plaque. At this moment, Zhu Bo and Zi Ling hurried back from outside, "Girl, we are back."

"Is it Mama Zhao?" Lan Yi asked.

Zhubo shook his head, "I don't know, she will leave when we go."

"Leaving? Didn't she say anything?"

Not only Lan Yiju was strange, but even Chu Xinyu became curious. The person who came was not Zhao's mother, and she wanted to see her not leaving the front door but walked through the back door. She left before she could wait for her?

Zhu Bo said, "The servant said that she saw Mama Hao coming, and she didn't say anything, turned around and ran away."

"Mama Hao?"

Zi Ling replied: "It's the manager who takes over the eldest lady's side to replace Mama Qin."

"Why did she leave when she saw Mama Hao? They knew each other?"

Everyone found it strange, but no one knew about the person involved. This incident was just a small episode in their minds and no one would remember it.

In the evening, Xiao Jingxuan sent someone to secretly send a letter to Chu Xinyu, telling her that he had handled the account book. The so-called handling was that they sent someone to steal the account book last night, and asked someone to copy a fake one and put it back.

This afternoon, the person surveillance saw the second shopkeeper taking a fake account book to Juxing Pavilion to find General Wen, gave him the account book, and told him the Yuan family's words.

Manager Wen said he would respond to the above and contact them at that time. Then Manager Wen asked about his spices. The second shopkeeper said it one by one. Manager Wen then gave him a drawing and asked him to transfer the goods to this place.

Xiao Jingxuan said that they planned to take action at the hour of Hai tonight and told her not to worry that he would send someone to destroy this batch of goods.

Although he promised so, Chu Xinyu was still worried. She heard from her third brother that when King Jing was on his birthday tonight, she held a banquet in the mansion and invited several princes and some children from the royal family who had friendly exchanges.

As the elder brother, Xiao Jingxuan cannot not attend. It’s not that she doesn’t trust his abilities, but that the matter tonight is too important, so she asked Lan Yi to participate in these activities. She is more familiar with spices, and she can tell what spices are in the warehouse as soon as she smells them.

Xiao Jingxuan agreed to her request, Lan Yi disguised herself and left the house at the time of Xu.

...

At night, there was a scene of singing and dancing in the palace of King Jing. King Jing sat on the chairperson's table with a banquet on both sides, and sat in turn the princes and nobles' children. On the dance floor in the middle, the dancer in a thin dress twisted his slender waist like a water snake, waved his long sleeves, and danced gracefully with the sound of orchestral sounds.

King Jing was gentle and easy-going, and he was very accommodating with the princes and nobles on weekdays. At his birthday party, these people were very proud of their face. All the invitations came, and even the prince was among them.

Everyone is of the same age and gets along more closely, not bound by etiquette and customs, and their words and deeds are more frivolous than those of elders when they were there.

Xiao Jingxuan sat under the prince, picked up the wine glass and tasted it. The prince turned sideways and said to him, "Didn't Xuanhui come?"

"No."

Lin Chenyao has never liked to attend such a banquet.

The prince said again: "I heard that my father sent you and I to transport supplies to Hongzhou with me."

Xiao Jingxuan nodded lightly.

The prince said with a little sadness: "With you following me, I will be relieved. I haven't left the capital for many years. If I hadn't gone to disaster relief, I would have taken the opportunity to go out for a good time."

Because of his poor health, he rarely even went out of the palace gate, so he once envied his third brother and traveled outside for four or five years before returning.

Xiao Jingxuan smiled at him and encouraged him: "You can play for a few days on the return trip."

In his previous life, the prince never left Jinjing City until his death. The day before his illness, he held his hand and said that the most regrettable thing in his life was that he had never left Jinjing City. He did not know the scenery outside and knew about the outside world from those travel notes and miscellaneous stories.

He said that if he had a next life, he would rather be a commoner than be born in the royal family.

Unfortunately, the prince was still trapped in the palace in this life. When he was reborn, the prince had fallen into the water. He could not change the prince's fate. At most, he tried his best to extend his life and prevent the tragedy of his previous life from happening.

Upon hearing this, the prince said happily: "Okay, anyway, I have the help of my sixth brother in government affairs, so it doesn't matter if I play for a few more days."

At this time, the orchestra stopped, the dancer retreated, King Jing raised his glass to toast everyone, but saw the prince and Xiao Jingxuan whispering to each other, and didn't know what he said. The prince seemed very happy, so he smiled and said, "Your Highness and the Fourth Prince are so happy. Can you tell me to everyone?"

Of course, the prince would not tell him that he wanted to play for a few days when he came back from escorting supplies, so he said, "My fourth brother just told a joke."
To be continued...
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