Chapter 28
Yingying felt that the stupidest thing she had ever done was to use methods in Jiuhua Palace to force Qin Rong to marry him.
This is a memory she doesn't want to recall, not because of the gloomy or something, but because this fact makes her too ashamed, so as to be ashamed that she wants to curl up her toes and close her legs and shrink herself into a ball whenever she remembers it.
"Why don't you leave?"
I was so fascinated that Yingying stopped as she walked.
Gu Lingxiao, who was one step ahead of her, turned his head to look at her. Seeing her sister standing stupidly, she patted her shoulder with a funny look, "What are you thinking?"
Yingying came to her senses and saw Gu Lingxiao looking at her with her eyes to explore. She fanned the air with a fan and stuttered, "It's so hot today."
Gu Lingxiao saw Yingying's "hot" face turned red, and nodded, "It's quite hot."
The birthday banquet of Empress Dowager Zhaoxuan was scheduled to begin at You hour. At this time, the sun had already set half of the sky, but I still couldn't feel any coolness. Yingying followed Gu Lingxiao into Pengzun Platform, fortunately it was cooler here than outside. People gathered together in groups of three or three to laugh, and there was still some time before You hour.
"Master Gu." An official saw Gu Lingxiao coming in and saluted respectfully.
Gu Lingxiao politely returned the gift, and then pushed Yingying beside him, "Brother has something to do, you go there to play."
Actually, there was nothing wrong with him, but most court officials gathered in the hall, so Gu Lingxiao could not have pulled Yingying to talk to his colleagues. Yingying knew that Gu Lingxiao was disgusting her as a way to go. Although she was more sensible than before, she couldn't help but complain: "Brother hates it the most."
Gu Lingxiao sneered and knocked her head with a fan, "I don't know which follower it was. When I was a child, I would hold my legs and say it together. Why didn't I hear you crying and hate me?"
Not only did she say she was annoying, but that time Gu Lingxiao was so entangled by her, she coaxed her to say that Gong's room was too smelly and she couldn't get in. And what did Yingying say?
She blinked her tears and said innocently: "With my brother here, no matter how bad you are, you like it."
...But he doesn't like it.
That time, Gu Lingxiao's face turned red. It was not until Gu Mingzhi came back that he pulled Yingying away from him. The memory left by this incident was too deep, which led to him laughing at Yingying many times when he grew up.
Yingying didn't take this matter seriously in her previous life. Now she heard Gu Lingxiao mention her shame, for fear that Gu Lingxiao would say more embarrassing things to her. Yingying acted to cover Gu Lingxiao's mouth, but he knocked her with a fan, "Pay attention to her demeanor."
When Yingying saw someone looking here, she quickly closed her hands and stood up honestly.
"Okay, today's Empress Dowager's birthday is extraordinary. Brother doesn't ask you to be outstanding, just don't cause any trouble for your father and aunt." After a few more careful instructions, Gu Lingxiao let Yingying go.
Nowadays, there are many parties in the court, and the Gu family is the only one that can be enjoyed among many parties. There are two reasons: First, as the queen Gu Manru has two princes and Qin Rong, both of whom are the two major parties, and second, the name of the Gu family’s daughter has not yet been decided.
A single hair will move the whole body. Once Yingying’s marriage is settled, the queen will know who to stand, and the Gu family will follow her and the court will undergo a major reshuffle.
Yingying, who was still in the center of power struggle, was squatting in the corner to eat fruits. She was not as smooth as her brother’s food, and Yingying’s popularity was almost the same. Most of the ladies in the official family had been bullied by her, and those who had never been bullied did not dare to come to her to talk to her.
Looking at the girls gathered together and joked, Yingying was really envious. She called out the system and asked the question just now: "Why did you say the task is ahead of time?"
[Because the rebirth of the host has invisibly changed the development of many things, today's sultry is an early warning, and it will only become hotter in the next few days.]
The one who could not bear the heat the most on weekdays, and even more than him was Queen Mother Zhao Xuan. Due to the influence of the weather, Emperor Wucheng was likely to go to Jiuhua Palace in advance, so there is no need to say much about the future system, Yingying himself can understand it.
"Ah, do you have to go?" Yingying really resisted the Jiuhua Palace.
She mumbled with the system alone in the corner, but others could not hear the system's voice. Princess Huale, who had just stepped into the palace, saw Yingying in the corner at a glance. She walked over and raised her eyebrows and asked, "What are you talking to yourself alone?"
Yan Ning was following Princess Huale. She didn't find any problem when they were together. Now that they were standing together, Yingying realized that Princess Huale was about the same height as Yan Ning.
"Princess, you are so tall." Yingying sighed sincerely, no wonder she has such a strong aura.
Yan Ning can only be considered medium-sized in the height of a man in the Northern Country, but it will be difficult for a woman to reach this height.
Hua Le narrowed his eyes, and the smile on his face instantly restrained a lot. She yelled casually, "It's because you women in the Northern Region who are too short."
Yingying clearly said something praise, but now she felt that Princess Huale was angry. Yan Ning, who was beside her, coughed and changed the topic, "It's getting late, so let's take your seat sooner."
Huale walked away and glanced at Yingying before leaving.
Yingying looked confused and waited for the others to leave before she whispered to the system: "You are right, Yan Jihua is really strange."
I can't tell what's strange, but I just think something is wrong.
“…”
The hour of You arrives and the birthday banquet begins.
Qin Rong, the person who organized this birthday this time, smiled continuously after Zhao Xuan, and gave several rewards to him on the way.
In previous years, the birthday of the empress dowager was held by Prince Zhaoshi. Unexpectedly, he acted freely and could not understand the Queen Mother's preferences many times. More or less omissions occurred for several consecutive years. Once, Zhaoshi asked Yingying to help him come up with an idea for a birthday party. To be honest, it was Yingying's favorite birthday party, and Empress Dowager Zhaoxuan was extremely dissatisfied with a stern face throughout the whole process.
It seems that since Qin Rong took over the birthday of the empress dowager last year, the smile on the empress dowager's face has increased. Today, she smiled the most happily, and even praised Qin Rong in front of the court officials.
I have to say that Qin Rong has quite a way to speculate on people's hearts, and his biological mother Zhao Hanfu is the queen mother's favorite daughter-in-law, so the queen mother is partial to him in many things, and many ministers know it well.
Yingying couldn't help but look at Zhao Shi. In her memory, it seemed that the Queen Mother had never praised the birthday he had carefully organized.
The brave lady from the official family went up to perform a dance. Everyone was laughing while singing and dancing, but the only prince Zhaoshi was drinking alone. His mood seemed to be worse than the previous two days. I don’t know what he had done on such occasions. Emperor Wu Cheng called him twice and he didn’t respond.
"Your Highness?"
"Your Highness, Your Majesty is calling you." The minister beneath him spoke to remind him.
Prince Zhaoshi shuddered and frowned, causing Queen Mother Zhao to be displeased and frowned. Emperor Wu Cheng scolded with a stern face: "What are you thinking about all day!"
After all, this is not a family banquet. Emperor Wucheng got angry in front of all civil and military officials and the younger generations of various aristocratic families, and really did not give face to the prince.
Qin Rong made a sound in time to smooth things over. Seeing that the scene was about to come back, the prince of Zhaoshi not only did not appreciate it, but also sneered softly. Qin Rong stopped speaking, and in the quiet voice of a slight pause, Gu Manru realized something was wrong, and immediately spoke good things for Zhaoshi.
"What's wrong with him today?" Yingying sat beside Gu Mingzhi and murmured in a low voice.
She was hungry and was about to grab the pastry on the table when Gu Mingzhi stared at her, "I still eat it!"
Gu Mingzhi sat on the other side of him. His ears were so sharp that he could hear Gu Mingzhi's small voice, and he turned his head and glanced at Yingying.
Yingying didn't regard this as a big deal at first because Zhao Shi never liked Qin Rong, especially when he was in a bad mood, he would not hide his emotions. The most important thing was that Zhao Shi even spoke up to Gu Manru. You know that although he was not as diligent as Qin Rong to go to Fengkun Palace, he always respected Gu Manru, the queen mother.
"I see that you are drunk, and I don't know who your surname is!" Emperor Wu Cheng became even more annoyed without any surprise.
His raised voice echoed in Pengzuntai, as if it had made Prince Zhaoshi awake.
Zhao Shi's face turned pale, and then he knelt down and apologized: "My son knows his mistake, so he asks his father to punish him."
Emperor Wucheng closed his eyes and endured it as if he wanted to say something. Inexplicably, Yingying felt Emperor Wucheng glanced at her, then suppressed her anger and said, "I know you were sick a few days ago. Since your illness has not yet recovered, please go back and rest early."
Zhao Shi was not sick, but Emperor Wucheng gave him some face and asked him to leave his birthday in advance to think about his mistakes.
"My son, thank your father for your kindness." The former glorious prince fell from a high position in an instant, and even his robe lost its luster.
Zhao Shi was kneeling in the center of Pengzuntai Hall, Qin Rong stood beside him. Yingying sat close to her. She felt Zhao Shi pausing slightly when she got up and left. The pause in the blink of an eye seemed to be saying something in Qin Rong's ear. Qin Rong's face was still changing and her eyelashes were hanging, calm and calm as if nothing had happened.
"Dad, I'll go over and take a look." No matter what, they are friends who have been together since childhood. Yingying left when she saw the signs, and couldn't help but go over to comfort her.
Gu Mingzhi didn't stop her even if he wanted to stop her. He sighed and looked at the high position. Qin Rong sat back in his position after leaving Zhao Shi. His inadvertent eyes just fell in Yingying's empty position.
“…”
"Zhaoshi, wait for me!"
Yingying didn't know whether it was right or wrong to chase her, because Jing Zhaoshi's emotions were really wrong.
He drove away all the servants around him, and he was very impatient alone. When he heard Yingying chasing him, he also followed him: "What are you doing with me? Could it be that you are just a joke to see the orphan?"
Yingying was not angry and said to the truth: "Did I watch less of your jokes? I just worry about you."
"What's going on today? You dare to stare in a daze at the Queen Mother's birthday party."
Yingying didn't forget Zhaoshi's little movements when she left. She was about to ask, but she noticed Zhaoshi's shoulders were shaking slightly, and hurriedly walked around him and was stunned, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay if you are alone!"
Zhao Shi turned his head with red eyes. As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped himself in the face and hugged Yingying unexpectedly.
"Yingying, my lonely mother is dead, do you know if she is dead?"
"I know, I know."
Yingying nodded stiffly. She wanted to push the person away but couldn't start. Her nose was full of alcohol on Zhao Shi's body. Yingying thought that this man was really drunk too much. Of course, she knew that Concubine Baoxia had died, and she had been dead for many years.
Today Zhaoshi was talking about this sentence for some reason. Yingying just thought he was really drunk and patted his back and thought of it and pushed the person away.
Yingying didn't hear the words Zhao Shi muttered later. He said: "My mother died unjustly."
Zhao Shi drank a lot of wine today, and he was indeed a little drunk. He has never been a person who can restrain himself, and he dared to say anything after getting drunk.
"Yingying, do you know?" Zhao Shi finally let her go, but he held her shoulder tightly.
His eyes were red with anger. Zhao Shi opened his mouth and said, "It's better to marry Qin Rong than to marry Qin Rong. Even if I don't like you, I can protect you, but Qin Rong? He is not a good thing. Can you keep you after he uses it!"
Zhao Shi is also a trainee. He was so crazy that Yingying was almost disbanded after being drunk, but his voice was still not restrained.
"Don't say it." There were ears on the wall. Yingying didn't listen carefully to what he said. She hurriedly covered Zhao Shi's mouth, but the man was not good or bad, and even bit her.
Yingying was really impatient by Zhao Shi at this moment. Her wrist was bitten so hard that she hurt. She quickly slashed Xiang Zhao Shi's neck. With the man's clang, the surroundings finally became quiet. Then she saw Qin Rong standing not far away with a lamp, followed by a group of servants.
Except for Qin Rong, the servants behind him were so scared that they didn't dare to look up when they saw Yingying slashing the prince. Qin Rong passed by Zizhao and didn't look at the ground. He held Yingying's bitten hand and calmly ordered: "The prince is drunk, help him go back to rest."
"Yes." The attendant took his order and hurriedly helped the prince leave.
After everyone left, Yingying's hand was lifted by Qin Rong. Looking at the clear tooth marks appearing on her wrist, he wiped her with a handkerchief and asked her, "Does it hurt?"
Yingying couldn't help but want to pull her hand back and said, "It hurts."
It wasn't that Zhao Shi bit her pain, but that Qin Rong was about to wipe off a layer of her skin.
"It hurts right."
Qin Rong wiped Yingying's wrists red before letting go of her, and smiled lightly and said, "How can you remember if you don't care about it?"
【Does it hurt?】
【It hurts right, but if you don’t care, how can you gain a memory?】
Yingying's brain exploded, and she froze and widened her eyes as she listened to these familiar words.
She would not remember correctly. This was what he said to her when she was in Jiuhua Palace and Qin Rong for the first time. Although time and scenes were not in line with each other, Qin Rong's tone when she said this was exactly the same as it is now, and he bit her at that time.
"Too, Prince Brother?" Yingying was a little disbelief. She took a step back and asked tentatively: "Is it...you?"
Could it be that he was reborn?
Chapter completed!