I am Yuan Niaoniao

In the past few months in Dadu, nothing major has happened. It has been peaceful and calm. Nothing happening does not mean nothing is about to happen. Because Princess Wu stayed in Dadu, she was coveted by many people, but Yan Muyu and Yan Xun did not attract much attention. At the same time, the emperor also announced that the annual selection of concubines would begin soon, so he asked the Minister of Rites to arrange the selection of new concubines to enter the palace. Princess Jingxin also planned to participate in the competition. Han Junwu said that he respected her wishes and that if she was willing to participate, she could participate. If she was not willing, he could also grant her a marriage. Although Jingxin came to Dadu for marriage, she just happened to run into the selection of concubines, so she thought that the selection of concubines should choose one of Han Junwu's several princes to marry.

Therefore, every household in the country sent their girls of appropriate age to Kyoto to participate in the imperial selection. Once selected, they could help their families to rise to prominence. Suddenly, there were many more people from outside the palace, and it was more lively than usual. The crowds were surging, and they were all preparing to enter the palace.

Wu Jingxin watched everyone trying their best to come to the talent show, and suddenly she felt less interested. She was bound to be selected, but she was unwilling to choose an old man as her husband, but her mission was to arrange a marriage. She looked down on both Han Junyi and Han Haotian. Why didn't most people have better choices, leaving so many worthless ones? Thinking about it, she felt bored and walked to the Wanli Pond.

As the name suggests, Wanli Pond means that there are tens of thousands of carps of different species raised in the pond, so it is called Wanli Pond.

"It is indeed the Ten Thousand Carp Pond. Princess, look, these carps have so many colors that I have never seen outside." Wu Jingxin's maid Yun pointed to the carps at the edge of the pond, huddled together waiting for people to feed them. "No wonder they are so fat and greedy. Come, eat more."

Wu Jingxin grabbed the bait and threw it casually, watching the carps in the pond scrambling for food. Suddenly, she thought of the girls who came to participate in the talent show. It was the same. Suddenly, she felt funny and a little sympathetic to them. As a woman living in this era, there are too many things that cannot be decided by oneself. Even if one is in a high position, one does not have the right to control one's own destiny.

"I was wondering who it was. It turns out to be Princess Jingxin." Han Haotian came over from the other end. The Wanli Pond was too big and was blocked by the rockery in the pond. If he had known she was in the Wanli Pond, he would have searched for her for a while before coming over.

"See His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Princess Jingxin, there's no need to be so polite."

"The carp in this Wanli Pond are collected from all over the country, so it is a rare sight. If Princess Jingxin likes it, you can come and have a look. There are no other places with such variety of carp as here." Han Haotian said meaningfully.

"That's right. I am only able to see it thanks to the blessing of our hospitable emperor of Dadu if I stay here for a while." Jingxin naturally understood what he meant was that only by staying in Dadu forever and marrying into the palace would one have the opportunity to see the Wanli Pond every day. It's just that sometimes the branches are thrown to you, and whether you are willing to take them or not is up to me.

"The princess is right." Han Haotian smiled slightly but walked closer and closer without leaving any trace.

Because of the rough movement of feeding the bait, the silk scarf in her hand accidentally fell into the pond. "Ah, my silk scarf." Jingxin looked at the silk scarf with some regret. It was made for her by her father as a tribute silk from foreign vassal states. "Forget it, it's not the same silk scarf anyway."

With a "plop", Han Haotian actually jumped into the lake and picked up the scarf himself.

"Your scarf." Han Haotian was wet all over, with water still running down his face, but he gently handed over the scarf.

"Thank you, Your Highness." There was no need to be like this. Fortunately, the fish pond was not deep. If something unexpected happened, I really didn't know how to explain to Han Junwu. "Don't take such a risk next time. It's just a scarf." Then he gestured to Yun Duo, and Yun Duo stepped forward to take the dripping scarf.

"I saw that the scarf seemed to be made of high-quality and rare foreign silk. I thought it might be a gift from someone precious to the princess, so I took the trouble to retrieve it for the princess." Han Haotian said in what he thought was a gentle tone.

"Your Highness has good eyesight. It was indeed a gift from my father. It is not precious, but it would be a pity to throw it away. Your Highness should change your clothes quickly. If you catch a cold from being wet, the Emperor will hold me responsible." After a pause, he continued, "I will invite Your Highness to the Imperial Garden to drink a pot of ginger tea to ward off the cold." Well, since you are so attentive, I will observe you as well.

Han Junyi, who was far away, happened to see this scene and laughed disdainfully. This method is not necessarily very clever. With such obvious signs, how can a princess of a country not see your intentions? It is really ridiculous. Since he has already got there first, it depends on his ability. He turned around and left, "Let's go." Indeed, he just wanted to look for Princess Jingxin, but he just happened to see this scene.

"Yes," Feng looked back at the two men and left.

"Go and make a pot of ginger tea and bring it to the pavilion in the imperial garden." Wu Jingxin casually pointed at a maid beside her.

"Yes, princess."

"Yun Duo, please throw this scarf away." She didn't want dirty things anymore.

"Yes, Princess." Yun Duo turned around and left with the scarf.

Wu Jingxin walked towards the Imperial Garden, but unexpectedly, when she turned a corner, she ran into Chen Shaoyi who had just met the emperor.

"Who are you?" It seemed as if he had never seen him before. The only people who could appear in this palace were royal relatives and distinguished guests like himself.

Chen Shaoyi frowned and looked at Wu Jingxin. He felt impatient and didn't want to pay attention to her. He just glanced at her and turned away.

"Hey, you." Seeing that the man in front of her ignored her, Wu Jingxin was a little annoyed. What a rude person. But Chen Shaoyi left very quickly, and she couldn't catch up with him, so she gave up. However, she was attracted by Chen Shaoyi's cold temperament. His handsome features were not like other people who would show their courtesy to her when they saw her. It was rare for him to be so impatient. She thought about the list given to her by her father, and filtered out the faces she had seen over and over again. Could it be that prince of a different surname? Ah, it must be him. Wu Jingxin's eyes lit up.

After waiting for a while in the Imperial Garden, she still didn't see Han Haotian. In addition, her mind was full of Chen Shaoyi's figure, so she became a little impatient. She stood up and walked around. After a while, she still didn't see him coming, so she left Yun Duo to wait for Han Haotian: "If the prince comes later, tell him that I have something to do and I'm leaving first."

"Yes, Princess." Yun Duo stood there respectfully waiting.

Han Haotian thought that Wu Jingxin took the initiative to invite him to drink ginger tea, and she must have been moved by his actions, so he wanted to play hard to get and deliberately let her wait for a while, and then he walked over slowly, so as not to make her feel that he couldn't live without her. This was the best way to control a woman's heart. He laughed again as he thought about it.

When he confidently arrived at the Imperial Garden, where only Wu Jingxin's maid and a pot of ginger tea were, his face turned black. That's it? This was the first time he fell into the hands of a woman, but he still maintained his image and asked someone to take the pot of tea away: "Thank Princess Jingxin for me," and then he left without looking back. He quickly calculated in his mind, if one plan failed, he would have many other ways.

In the next few days, Wu Jingxin was always looking for Chen Shaoyi's whereabouts intentionally or unintentionally, but always found nothing. It seems that he rarely enters the palace as rumored, and he may not show up even at the palace banquet. She also found out that he had publicly asked the eldest daughter of the Yuan family to marry him as the princess. For a moment, jealousy filled her heart, and she was very curious about what outstanding qualities this eldest daughter of the Yuan family had to win his favor. After all, it was just an engagement, and she still had plenty of opportunities.

The selection went on as planned, with a large number of beauties entering the palace to meet the emperor. When they heard that Princess Wu was not going to participate in the selection, most of them breathed a sigh of relief, as this meant one less strong rival and one more chance to win a spot.

Among the beauties in this show, the more outstanding ones include Xu Shanshan, the daughter of the Minister of Works, Qi Zhiying, the daughter of the prefect of Dadu, and Qin Shuangshuang, the daughter of the governor-general of Suzhou. They have excellent qualifications in all aspects, so their chances of being selected are very high.

The results of the selection of concubines came out soon, and the list of selected concubines was announced to the public. Due to the Queen's secret obstruction, except for Xu Shanshan who was given the title of noble lady, Qin Shuangshuang was also given the title of concubine, and the Queen's niece Zhen Rui was also given the title of noble lady, leaving only a few concubines to make up the number. Qi Zhiying was unexpectedly not selected, probably because she was still a concubine, but she was not disappointed, and she didn't really want to enter the palace. She still had a grudge to avenge, but she couldn't persuade Qi Lei to come to participate.

Seeing that Wu Jingxin did not participate in the election, Han Haotian felt relieved. He still had a chance. So he went to the palace frequently recently, and wandered around the palace after attending court, to see if he could run into Wu Jingxin and create an opportunity.

That day, he finally caught Wu Jingxin in the Wanli Pond again: "It seems that the princess likes this Wanli Pond very much." Han Haotian walked towards Wu Jingxin with his hands behind his back.

"Yes, after all, there is no such a large carp pond in Wu State." Wu Jingxin saw that it was Han Haotian again, so she continued to spread bait to feed the carp in the pond without turning her head. "Is the prince also interested in coming here to admire the carp?"

"The beautiful scenery and beautiful women naturally attract this prince." Han Haotian said without blushing or beating his heart.

"Hehe, the prince is really eating honey." I was amused by his frivolous words and felt like laughing. He even used this trick. How unfashionable.

"You look so beautiful when you smile." This is a blatant show of affection.

"Thank you for the compliment, my Lord." After hearing what he said, I didn't want to laugh anymore. I even felt a little disgusted. I wasn't very interested in him in the first place, and now I felt even more disgusted by his frivolous words. But I could only hold it in to maintain my appearance.

"You've been staying in this palace all day, so why don't I take you out for a walk today?" Han Haotian knew very well that there were many spies in the palace, and some things were more convenient to do outside the palace.

"Okay," maybe I can see Chen Shaoyi outside the palace.

"This prince will go too." Yan Muyu's voice sounded behind him.

"I'll go too. I wonder if it's convenient for the prince." Yan Xun's voice also sounded.

"How about adding me?" Han Junyi also appeared.

"Okay, it'll be more fun to have someone accompany you, right, Your Highness?" It would be great not to have to be alone with Han Haotian.

Looking at the three people who showed up at an inopportune time, the veins on his forehead almost popped out, and he could only grit his teeth and agree: "Together."

So the five of them left the palace together and chose to stay in the Moon Watching Tower.

As luck would have it, as soon as they arrived at Wangyue Tower, they ran into Yuan Niao Niao and Chen Shaoyi who were about to leave.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Yi, the Princess, the Crown Prince, and Prince Yan." Yuan Niaoniao paid her respects to these people one by one. She felt so suffocated and annoyed. Why did she meet this group of people?

"Are you His Royal Highness Prince Chen?" Wu Jingxin stared at Chen Shaoyi and said.

But Chen Shaoyi ignored her, just nodded, and left with Yuan Nianiao.

Yuan Niaoniao also wore her veil and followed Chen Shaoyi. After all, she was engaged to him, so she didn't need to be too humble. She bowed and prepared to leave.

"Prince Chen is so arrogant. He even ignored you when Princess greeted you. Is this the hospitality etiquette that Prince Chen taught you?" Han Haotian saw that Wu Jingxin was ignored. Although he didn't want to offend Chen Shaoyi, he still spoke for her.

Wu Jingxin felt a little angry. She was not given face, so she threw the scarf in her hand and hit Yuan Niaoniao. She wanted to see the true face of this young lady of the Yuan family. "Does Miss Yuan have any shameful scars on her face? This princess wants to see it."

Seeing this, Yuan Niaoniao reacted immediately and dodged the oncoming shawl with a slight dodge.

Seeing this, Wu Jingxin threw out the shawl again. She insisted on seeing what Yuan Niaoniao looked like.

But Chen Shaoyi swung out his sword and cut off the shawl: "Mingchen, order someone to send a hundred pieces of Jinyun silk from Suzhou to the princess's mansion." He put away the sword: "This is my apology." He turned around and pulled Yuan Niaoniao to leave.

Yuan Niaoniao pulled Chen Shaoyi to stop and gave him a slap on the face. Then she turned around and said to Wu Jingxin, "Thank you for your concern, Princess. I don't have any scars on my face, I just like to wear a veil. If the princess thinks I'm rude, it's Niaoniao's fault." After that, she took off her veil and looked at Wu Jingxin neither servile nor arrogant.

She was dressed in white and had a beautiful face. There were twinkling stars in her eyes, with a bit of coldness. Her black hair cascaded down like flowing clouds, scattered around her waist, with a bit of looseness. She had an elegant temperament, gentle as jade, and pure as a banished fairy from heaven. What a beautiful woman. Wu Jingxin couldn't help but sigh that she was indeed a good match for him. He just looked at Yuan Niao Niao quietly without saying anything. It was because he had just witnessed their intimate interaction with his own eyes.

Everyone stared at Yuan Niaoniao intently, as if they had never discovered that there was such a beauty in the capital before. Yan Muyu stared at her as if he almost saw through her.

"Let's go." Chen Shaoyi wanted to gouge out their eyes.

"Goodbye" Although she didn't understand why Wu Jingxin was so malicious towards her, at least she saw Chen Shaoyi's protection of her.

"You, why are you so hostile to Wu Jingxin?" Yuan Niaoniao, who got on the carriage, gave him another slap.

"Ah, it hurts." Chen Shaoyi rubbed his red forehead.

"Just act," Yuan Niao Niao rolled her eyes speechlessly. The pain was almost the same as an ant bite, and she didn't even know the strength. "It's inexplicable, as if they have some ill intentions towards me." Having more enemies for no reason is not a good thing.

"Never mind her. As long as I'm here, she can't bully you." Chen Shaoyi thought about it and probably guessed what she meant, but he didn't know how to put it into words.

"Okay, take me to Jishidiang. I have to go see Jiaxin and Zhaozhao."

"Okay, Mingchen, Jishitang"

"Received, young master."

..........Wanghu Tower........

Because of what had just happened, everyone had their own thoughts. They ate a little perfunctorily and then found excuses to leave.

Wu Jingxin said she was not in the mood to go back to the palace first, and asked Han Haotian not to follow her. Han Haotian had no other choice, and today's plan was about to fail. Han Haotian put all the accounts of today on Chen Shaoyi, but he couldn't touch him for the time being. Once Han Junyi was pulled down, he would be the next one, damn it!

Yan Muyu found Chen Shaoyi in the evening.

"Your Highness Prince Chen, how are you?" Yan Muyu looked at Chen Shaoyi from the window sill. Behind him were several secret guards that he had knocked down.

"I am incompetent." Several secret guards who were unable to defeat Yan Muyu stood up and said.

Of course Chen Shaoyi knew that a few secret guards could not stop Yan Muyu, so he nodded and signaled them to leave.

"Your Highness, what can I do for you?"

"How about giving her to me?" After all, she is just a woman, and based on her friendship with Chen Shaoyi, she knows that he has never been interested in women.

"Get out." You dare to covet my person? I think you are crazy. Ziou didn't want to say another word. He stared at Yan Muyu with displeasure on his face. The warning was already very clear.

"Oh my, Shao Yi, you are so unfair. Haven't you always been away from women? Now you want me to get out for a woman. I am so sad." Yan Muyu pretended to be sad and even wiped his eyes with his hands.

"Stop disgusting me, get out of here right now, and don't force me to say it for the third time." Chen Shaoyi exuded a powerful aura.

Feeling oppressed, Yan Muyu knew that Chen Shaoyi was serious, so he had to put away his cynical look: "Are you serious? Well, I won't go after her." There was still a huge gap between the two of them in terms of strength, not to mention that they were in a mutually beneficial relationship, and it would be difficult for him to go back and take back what belonged to him without him. After all, there were many women in this world. "I'm leaving. Don't be angry, Yiyi." After saying that, he left quickly.

A palm print was left on the window sill where he had just leaned.