Adhere to the gentleman's principles

The two walked, "Master Lin is here...Master Lin is here!" the maid said. Fuling saw Lin Muchen and said, "Master Muchen is here!"

Zhao Junning stepped forward: "Brother Mu Chen, you are back!" Li Ziyan heard this and thought: Brother Mu Chen? Li Ziyan moved to Fuling's side and pulled Fuling aside and asked: "Who is this Mu Chen?"

Fuling explained: "Master Mu Chen, he is the son of Imperial Censor Lin Long, a good friend of the princess and she has known him since she was a child. It has been such a long time since I last saw him, but Master Mu Chen is still so handsome!"

Li Ziyan asked again: "Does your princess like him?" Fuling shook her head: "She liked him when she was a child! I don't know now. When the princess was a child, she even insisted on marrying Master Mu Chen!"

Li Ziyan was shocked when he heard this and raised his voice: "What?" Zhao Junning, who was happily chatting with Lin Muchen, turned around and looked at him. Li Ziyan smiled at Zhao Junning. Lin Muchen saw Li Ziyan and asked Zhao Junning: "Who is Junning?"

Zhao Junning said, "He is the son of Marquis Guangping, and is now acting as the general of the state for his uncle Li Xiang. When General Li Xiang returns after serving his punishment of garrisoning Liangcheng in five years, he will have to return the position."

Lin Muchen smiled and said, "Oh, you like him?" Zhao Junning just laughed softly. Li Ziyan narrowed his eyes and looked at the two of them and asked Fuling, "What are they talking about? Why are they laughing so happily?"

Fuling shrugged: "I don't know, maybe it's something from childhood, or maybe Master Mu Chen shared his new book with the princess!"

Li Ziyan watched more closely. Fuling looked at Li Ziyan: "General Li, you saw through everything. Did you hear what they said?" Li Ziyan said: "I'm just curious! You're laughing so happily!"

Zhao Junning glanced over and saw Li Ziyan looking at her, and she smiled happily in her heart. Li Ziyan's eyes widened: "Why are you smiling even more happily!"

Lin Muchen was about to touch Zhao Junning's face when Li Ziyan ran over and pulled Zhao Junning over and said, "Mr. Lin, this is inappropriate in broad daylight!" Before Fuling could react, Li Ziyan had already walked to Zhao Junning's side. Lin Muchen smiled and shook his head and said, "General Li, you are worrying too much. Junning has leaves on her head!"

Li Ziyan was stunned after hearing this. Zhao Junning lowered her head and chuckled. Fuling also chuckled. Mo Yu, who was standing by, didn't know whether to laugh or not when he saw his master's embarrassing behavior. Li Ziyan turned around and reached out to take the leaves off Zhao Junning's head, then turned to Lin Muchen and said, "Okay! The leaves are taken down."

Zhao Junning thought: What a fool! Zhao Junning walked up and said, "Brother Mu Chen, it's a coincidence that you came today. The kitchen made your favorite snow ginseng bird's nest!"

Lin Muchen smiled and said, "That's great! Oh, by the way, where's Junhao?" Zhao Junning said, "He should be in Huachi accompanying Jinan!"

After hearing this, Lin Muchen smiled and said, "Oh, then I won't bother you. By the way, are Xu Wenhe and Shen Congwen here?" Zhao Junning said, "Yes, they are also in Huachi!"

After hearing this, Lin Muchen said, "Okay, I'll leave first!" After Lin Muchen left, Fuling also tactfully took Mo Yu away. Zhao Junning turned around and looked at Li Ziyan, "Were you jealous just now?" Li Ziyan chuckled, "Me? Jealous? What a joke!" Zhao Junning nodded after hearing this, "Oh, okay."

When Zhao Junning was about to leave, Li Ziyan asked, "Hey Zhao Junning, who do you like?" Zhao Junning was confused by the question: "Who do you like?" Li Ziyan's tone was sour: "Your brother Mu Chen, do you like him?"

Zhao Junning smiled and said, "Well, I liked it when I was a kid, but not now. When I was a kid, I couldn't tell what I liked. At that time, I was like a child and thought that every time Brother Mu Chen came to the Prince's Mansion to see Jun Hao, he would always buy me a precious hairpin and delicious food! If it was fun, I would naturally like it!"

Li Ziyan said, "Oh!" Zhao Junning said teasingly, "Li Ziyan, are you jealous?"

Li Ziyan raised his folding fan and said, "Your idea is very wrong. I'm just curious, really curious!"

Just as Zhao Junning was about to say something else, "Junning!" Qin Zhuoyuan called out Zhao Junning's name before he even came close. Yuan Xinghui also happened to come over to look for Zhao Junning. Zhao Junning saw Qin Zhuoyuan and asked, "You're here, Brother Zhuoyuan. Who is this?"

Zhao Junning looked at the person next to Qin Zhuoyuan curiously. Qin Zhuoyuan looked at Lu Wu and said, "This is my good friend Lu Wu. He is very talented and we get along very well. You don't mind if I bring him to the Prince's Mansion, right?"

Lu Wu saluted Zhao Junning: "Greetings, Princess!" Zhao Junning returned the salute and said: "Don't mind, you are Zhuo Yuan's friend, and you are also my friend! Guests are welcome!" Zhao Junning and Li Ziyan looked at Lu Wu and felt that he was more familiar. Yuan Xinghui asked: "How come I don't know when you met your friend?"

After Lu Wu saluted Yuan Xinghui, he said, "You must be General Yuan Song's daughter! I have long heard that General Yuan's daughter looks like a fairy from heaven. Today, I see that Miss Xinghui is as graceful as a startled swan and as graceful as a swimming dragon."

After hearing this, Yuan Xinghui held her face in her hands and said shyly, "Mr. Lu, you are really good at talking."

Qin Zhuoyuan said: "Hey, don't praise her, she will go to heaven!"

Yuan Xinghui kicked Qin Zhuoyuan after hearing this. Li Ziyan and Zhao Junning looked at him and thought at the same time: Why do I feel like I have seen this person somewhere before? His name is also very familiar. Lu Wu asked Qin Zhuoyuan again: "Who is this young master?"

Qin Zhuoyuan said: "He is the son of Marquis Guangping, Li Ziyan!"

After hearing this, Lu Wu saluted Li Ziyan: "Greetings, young marquis!" Li Ziyan hurriedly returned the salute, and suddenly saw the scar on Lu Wu's arm, and thought to himself at the same time as Zhao Junning: He is the Jianghu master Lu Wu! Zhao Junning was glad: Fortunately, I was wearing a mask when I fought him that day. Li Ziyan also said in his heart: Fortunately, I had a mask when we were competing that day!

"Princess, the banquet has begun. The Crown Princess wants you to take your seats quickly." Fuling came running over in a hurry. Zhao Junning said, "Okay, take Brother Zhuoyuan and the others to the men's table."

After he left, Yuan Xinghui saw Zhao Junning still staring at Lu Wu and said, "Hey, are you still looking at him? Although Lu Wu is not as good-looking as Li Ziyan, he is very charming. Don't you think so?"

Zhao Junning shook her head and said, "No, no, you think I'm you! You're just like a fangirl. Previously, you liked Brother Lu Ming, Brother Zhuo Yuan, and Brother Mu Chen. Now that Lu Wu has come, you've started all over again!"

Yuan Xinghui said coquettishly: "How could I? I like all four of them. I like them all!" Zhao Junning said with a hint of disdain as he pulled Yuan Xinghui away: "Yes, yes, I like them all. Let's go! The banquet has begun!"

At the men's table, "Let us all congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on his birthday, and wish him a happy and carefree life!"

Guangping Hou Li Yin started to speak, and everyone in the audience stood up and said, "I wish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a happy birthday and a worry-free life!" Emperor Zhao Tianyin said, "I also wish my son a happy birthday!"

After hearing this, the prince stood up and said, "Thank you, father, and thank you all!"

At the women's table, Meng Xiangning said, "In the prince's house, you don't have to be so polite when you start eating!"

Wang Xuan stood up and said, "Crown Princess, Xuan'er salutes you!" Seeing Wang Xuan being so polite, the other courtiers whispered, "As expected, someone who is going to be the Princess of Nanyang is really polite!"

"Yes, yes, it seems that Wang Xuan is quite powerful!"

"Look at the clothes she's wearing. Isn't that the black gauze that only children of the royal family can wear?"

"Yes, it wasn't a gift from the Crown Princess, was it? She really dotes on her daughter-in-law!" Meng Xiangning listened to the whispers below, looked at Wang Xuan's expression and her clothes, guessed something, lowered her head and smiled, and said, "Thank you, Miss Wang. Miss Wang, this dress is made of the cloth that His Majesty gave to your grandfather last year, right? As expected, clothes made of black gauze are beautiful!"

"I thought it was a gift from the Crown Princess, but it turns out she asked her grandfather for it! It seems her mother-in-law doesn't like it either!"

There was another laugh from below, Wang Xuan felt her face was hurt so she returned the greeting and sat down. Gao Xue sighed and shook her head, thinking: So stupid. Ye Jinan was also amused, Yuan Xinghui approached Zhao Junning and whispered: "Junning, the Crown Princess is amazing, she made Wang Xuan lose face with just one sentence!"

Zhao Junning approached Yuan Xinghui: "It's not that my mother is great, it's that she is too stupid. She dressed like this on this occasion just to provoke Jin'an and tell Jin'an that she is the chosen Princess of Nanyang! My mother is just going with the flow!" Wang Xuan sat in her seat angrily, sulking.