The imperial palace is located directly east of Yingtianfu, not too far from the Lishui District where the Qi family is located.
After an hour of galloping, the carriage came to a slow stop in front of the palace gate.
Backed by the palace of Yushan Palace, surrounded by powder walls, if you stand on a high place and look outward, the bright yellow glazed tile roof and the heavy eaves of the palace engraved with the flying dragon dancing claws are plated with a layer of golden light under the sunset, which is very dazzling.
The palace people who greeted and saw them off were already waiting outside the Nanhua Gate, and when they saw that it was Qi Su's carriage, they immediately had a little eunuch pacing up.
Chu Rao stepped on the low wooden steps delivered and stepped out of the carriage, Qi Su followed, and when the little eunuch got up after saluting, he secretly looked up at the two of them, the man was golden and jade, and the woman was graceful and delicate, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Marquis of Qingling and the Marquis of Hou Ye were really a pair that were extremely compatible.
It's just that the little eunuch looked at the palace gate not far away, and when the master in that place saw it, he was afraid that he would be even more unhappy, and he didn't know if he would be angry with him.
Under his anxiety, Qi Su and Chu Rao had already walked to the gate of the palace.
As soon as he looked up, a beautiful woman stood by the door.
She was wearing a heavy lotus petal jade silk gauze satin skirt, a palace silk with a peacock pattern tied around her waist, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, her appearance was not bad, and she had the arrogance and arrogance of the nobility, and her eyes did not hide her affection at all when she looked at Qi Su, and she didn't even give Chu Rao half of her sight.
Chu Rao didn't have to ask to know that the woman in front of her was Princess Changle.
"Your Highness the Princess."
Qi Su shouted in a cold tone, and Chu Rao also bowed slightly to show politeness.
Changle glanced at Chu Rao, and saw that she had a beautiful appearance, a bewitching figure, and her appearance was indeed excellent, and she was still the kind of appearance that most seduced a man's heart.
As soon as she thought that she was the wife that Qi Su Ming was marrying, and the two of them could linger night and night, her heart was about to explode, and in the presence of her sweetheart, she suppressed her emotions and said to him with a smile: "Qi Su, you're finally here, my father hasn't arrived at the Imperial Garden yet, so I want to come and pick you up first-you."
"Hmm."
Qi Su flicked his sleeves, brought Chu Rao forward to his side, and whispered softly sideways: "You come for the first time, follow me." ” Changle felt very uncomfortable listening to the completely different tones of the two, but she was reluctant to lose her temper with Qi Su, so she could only push the little eunuch who was standing not close.
"What's your name!
Are you standing here trying to get in the way of Hongu?!
Don't keep your dog's eyes open yet to see the way. ” The little eunuch knew that he was going to suffer from the moment the three of them met, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and said in a trembling voice: "Princess, the slave and maid are guilty of not knowing the way, and I beg the princess to punish her." ” Qi Su frowned and interrupted, "Princess, let's go." ” "Master Hou speaks, and the palace won't care about you."
Changle waved his hand, and the little eunuch was spared.
While the palace people carefully knelt down and saluted, the three of them walked in the direction of the Imperial Garden.
Along the way, Changle would say something that seemed to be very intimate from time to time, but fortunately, Qi Su didn't respond much, Chu Rao didn't feel it in her heart, Qi Su's coldness towards Changle was already on her face, and she couldn't care about it if she wanted to.
"Qi Su, you still have the jade plate I carved for you."
Changle saw the piece of white jade hanging from Qi Su's waist, and after saying his surprise, he paid attention to Chu Rao's expression.
She said this cleverly, she didn't tell Qi Su about the engraving at the beginning, but anyway, Qi Su doesn't like to explain, and it's good to respond to his wife.
Sure enough, Qi Su didn't even respond.
Changle looked at Chu Rao proudly, thinking that Chu Rao secretly couldn't be so curious and uncomfortable, but she didn't know that about this jade card, Chu Rao had asked Qi Su in the study that day, just to listen to her primary provocation, Chu Rao didn't take it to heart at all.
Chu Rao was immersed in the carved beams and paintings of the palace, on the jade of Qionglou, and looked at the surrounding scenery by herself.
Qi Su's eyes were calm, as if he was thinking about something.
When the three of them walked into the imperial garden with their own thoughts, it was already the time of Shen, but the emperor had not To, there were several groups of royal relatives standing in the garden.
Although it seems to be calm on the surface, the prince's party and the Ruiwang party are clearly separated, and only Qi Su and his party and several princesses who don't care about the government are not in the undercurrent and form a team at will.
After waiting for a while, the emperor didn't wait, but waited for the chief eunuch who was accompanying him, and the chief eunuch preached with a whisk: "Your Majesty's dragon body is not in harmony, and you will not come to the Imperial Garden today, but the dinner will be as usual, and you are invited to sit at your own table."
The big eunuch hurriedly went back to continue serving, and everyone suddenly knew that the old emperor had really been ill for a long time.
This time the emperor is not early, and there are few people, rumors outside the palace are numerous, saying that the old emperor is afraid that he will not be able to pass the autumn, and this time insisting on the imperial garden dinner is also the meaning of the queen, with a bit of joyful taste, I didn't expect the emperor to be unable to stay.
The emperor didn't come, Yu Churao was a little regretful, she really wanted to see the Son of Heaven this time, but she didn't care much about the others, the wine was drunk, the dance was taken care of, there was less restraint, and the garden was more lively.
The banquet was placed in a hollow manner, and a vacant place in the middle was at this time, and the dancers of the teaching workshop were dancing, Qinglian moved, smart and elegant, and the singing voice was low and good, and it would not cover the human voice.
Chu Rao watched infatuately, and was taken by Qi Su to the established table to sit down.
The order of the seats was exquisite, but it was obvious that Princess Changle had put a lot of thought into it, because they and Changle were sitting opposite each other.
Ignoring the burning gaze from the other side from time to time, Chu Rao couldn't help but speak as soon as she sat down: "Qi Su, I think Princess Changle really likes you very, very much." ” "Yes."
Qi Su poured a cup of tea for himself, and said casually: "I don't know." ” "However, she didn't ask the emperor for marriage?"
Seeing that Changle was bound to win, Chu Rao felt that she should not let go of this opportunity, how could Qi Su marry her.
"The emperor did mention it to me, but I didn't want to."
Chu Rao heard the sound and looked at him in amazement, "Then what?"
” Qi Su took a sip of tea, raised his eyebrows and glanced at Chu Rao, "Why come then, and then I will marry you." ” With a simple sentence, Chu Rao felt a hint of sweetness, but she didn't mean what she meant.
"I mean, doesn't the emperor blame you?"
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"The emperor is benevolent, since I have a marriage contract, he didn't force me."
Of course, there is another reason why Qi Su didn't say it, the Chamber of Commerce has a large number of congregations and influences, even if he is the Son of Heaven, he will not rashly break this balance between the two, and he is not at the mercy of others.
Chu Rao saw Qi Su's serious demeanor that she didn't know from, and laughed heartily: "Oh...
That's a pity, how good it is for you to be a colt, isn't Princess Changle also very good-looking, I saw you so resistant before, I thought she was not beautiful. ” Qi Su didn't follow Chu Rao's meaning to look at the other side, but poured half a bowl of tea in the porcelain cup with a normal look and pushed it in front of Chu Rao.
After finishing, Cai Ya said lightly, "Not as good as you." ” Chu Rao was originally joking, but when she heard the words at this moment, the curvature of her mouth couldn't be hidden, and her eyes no longer stayed at Princess Changle, but dared to look around.
There are mostly princes and nobles who don't know each other, obviously curious about Qi Su and her, but because of the noble courtesy, there are occasional eyes opposite Chu Rao, and their eyes only pass by for a few moments, and there are few unpleasant stops.
Chu Rao looked around, and finally stayed on a woman, this person seemed to be very familiar to her.
"Qi Su, have we seen her, she was the one we met in the carriage on the night she came to Beijing?"
"Yes, Lan Xin."
"It's really her!"
Chu Rao never expected that the person she saved at random in the carriage that day turned out to be King Rui's side concubine, and she always thought that Qi Suyu was tricking her.
Lan Xin also seemed to see Chu Rao at this time, the corners of her mouth smiled gently, raised her wine glass and gestured to Chu Rao, and said with her lips: Respect you.
Chu Rao received it and immediately picked up the one on the table- Hey, where's her glass?
Qi Su stuffed the porcelain bowl with the tea poured into her hand. “...” didn't want to teach Lan Xin to wait for a long time, Chu Rao didn't talk to Qi Su in detail, smiled and twisted the teacup with both hands and Lan Xin "touched" each other, while Qi Su and Rui Wang on Lan Xin's side gently bowed their heads.
The two handsome men with outstanding looks and outstanding temperament only glanced at each other tacitly, and then returned their eyes to their own woman.
Qi Su pushed the sake to his side, "Chu Rao, you are not allowed to drink alcohol today." ” Chu Rao had already retracted her gaze and was about to 'theorize' with Qi Su.
She said seriously: "Qi Su, the last time I went to the boat boat was a special situation, it is rare to enter the palace today, I will drink a glass or two, smack my lips, I will never be greedy for a cup!"
” "Nope."
She wasn't drunk, he wanted to wrap her up and not teach anyone, let alone drink.
"Qi Su~~" Chu Rao gently shook Qi Su's little finger under the sleeve robe, and after scratching it less than twice, she was gently caught by Qi Su's backhand, "Don't make trouble." ” “...”
Chu Rao's hands were firmly clamped, she pretended to look around inadvertently, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to this, her voice leaned into Qi Su's ear, "Qi Su, if you keep holding my hand, then I won't drink." ” Qi Su lowered his eyes as if he thought about it, anyway, he didn't lose, "But." ” Chu Rao secretly lowered her head and laughed, and raised the tea he poured for her on the table, in fact, she didn't want to drink, she was so embarrassed last time, she just liked the way Qi Su said no to her.
Look at her hand being held by Qi Su, now she has earned it!
...
The whispering of the two was not obvious in the noisy banquet, but Princess Changle, who had been paying attention to the two, saw the hidden small movements of the two in her eyes in the afterglow, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.