"Princess misunderstood." Li Qu put down the tongs in his hand, put his hands on his knees, and nodded the jade pendant, "This king gave this thing as a gift, but I went to visit the princess in a hurry that day, so I took the jade pendant with me as a present." As a gift, it seems to be a first-class thing, and it is worthy of a princess. There is no other intention."

Naturally, Tang Xiaoshi didn't believe this.

Li Qu said again: "This jade is a gift from someone else, not my own. The princess seems to know this jade by asking, what is the origin?" He asked back, and looked at it with probing and curious eyes. she.

Tang Xiaoshi was puzzled and shaken: "Who gave it to you?"

"How can I remember what happened many years ago?"

"Since you have worn this jade pendant for many years, why do you have no impression of it?"

Li Qu smiled helplessly, and said sarcastically: "There are so many people who give presents to the king every day. If it is not a reward from the palace or a special gift from the important ministers, the king will never remember it."

After a pause, he played with his taste again: "There are several large boxes in the warehouse of the palace containing the gift lists of the past few years. After getting married, if the princess is willing and patient, she can go and look through them. Maybe she can find them. However, not all of them It’s all on the gift list.”

Saying this is tantamount to talking for nothing, this jade pendant is definitely not on the gift list.

She doesn't think it's a coincidence, Li Qu definitely knows the origin of this jade pendant, and she didn't give it to her randomly, it was deliberate.What is the intention, she still can't figure it out.

It's just that he deliberately concealed it, and it was difficult for her to find out.

"It's okay not to be honest." She put the jade pendant back into her sleeve.

Hearing this, Li Qu raised his head and looked at her in surprise, and smiled brightly: "The princess is really interesting."

Tang Xiaoshi looked at him coldly, stretched out her hand to warm the stove, when she heard voices outside the pavilion.Looking over, there is a woman dressed in brocade and full of jewels standing on the porch outside the door, with a graceful smile, she salutes inside the pavilion, the tenderness and shyness in her eyes is very seductive.

"I didn't know His Highness King De was here, so I disturbed His Highness, Your Highness forgives me." She walked in with lotus steps while speaking.

When Tang Xiaoshi looked at the woman again at this time, she didn't have such a good impression just now.

The guards outside, and the people around Li Qu, did she know that Li Qu was here?

Since I disturbed them, shouldn't I feel guilty and leave?Also take the initiative to come in?

The woman bowed slightly to her, and said with a smile: "Which family's sister is the lady, how come I haven't seen it before."

Tang Xiaoshi smiled and said: "It seems that the noble ladies in Luo City know nine out of ten. The lady is very popular and makes many friends, which makes people very envious."

It's a compliment if you say this about a man, but it's not a good thing to say about a woman.Although the folk customs of Beiyong are more open than that of Nanliang, women are women after all, and they are still not praised for showing their faces everywhere.

The woman's cheeks flushed, and her eyes were a little cold, but she had to smile with the corners of her mouth pulled, maintaining the elegance and demeanor that a noble lady should have.

She said: "Sister, I think I have misunderstood. I just attended a few palace banquets and met a few sisters in my boudoir." Her expression was full of grievances.

In the New Year's Eve palace banquet, apart from prominent princes and ministers, the princes, princes, county kings, princesses and other relatives of the emperor will be invited to the banquet. Naturally, the people in front of them do not belong to any of these types. female relatives.

For such a special New Year's Eve palace banquet, he brought his daughter here, and now his intention to come to see the other party is obvious.

She didn't care at all, she didn't like Li Qu, even if thousands of women liked Li Qu, it didn't matter, but she couldn't bear the affectation of the person in front of her.

Looking up at Li Qu, Li Qu was staring at her with great interest, as if he was exploring something.

She was even more displeased, and her tone was not friendly: "May I introduce you, Your Highness?"

Li Qu seemed to have regained his senses, and said with a smile, "This is the daughter of Princess Suiyang, Princess Lingxiang."

Tang Xiaoshi has heard a lot about the Beiyong royal family in the other hall these days, and knows this Suining eldest princess.She is the emperor's younger sister of Emperor Yong. She made a lot of efforts in helping Emperor Yong seize the heir. Princess.

Princess Suiyang has no other biological heirs so far, and Princess Lingxiang is even more favored, and it is nothing unusual to be able to attend the New Year's Eve palace banquet.

Tang Xiaoshi smiled and nodded: "It turns out to be the Princess of Lingxiang."

Li Qu introduced her to the other party: "This is Liang Guoxing and the princess—the future concubine of this king." He paused and added on purpose.

Tang Xiaoshi gave him a sideways glance, without emphasizing, who doesn't know?

The princess of Lingxiang gave her a salute and said, "So it's Princess Liang, but Jialan was rude just now, the princess forgive me."

She said "hmm" indifferently.

Obviously the other party was waiting for her polite words, but she didn't expect her attitude to be so cold, she froze for a moment, and then looked at Li Qu with grievance.

Her demeanor made her very disliked.

"It seems to be snowing outside again." She said, and walked out of the pavilion, no matter whether the two behind her were flirting or something.

She stood on the porch, Han Nvshi brought a fur coat and put it on her, persuading her, "Princess, don't catch the cold."

"No wind, no problem."

The snow grew thicker in no time, and people's faces could not be seen clearly from a few feet away.After a while, the stone slabs in the field in front of the pavilion were covered with a layer of white snow.Few two or three servants passed by, hurried towards the main hall with something in their hands.

She looked up, the sky was empty.

"Princess likes snow?" Li Qu stood behind her at some point, "It should be rare for Liang Guo to have such heavy snow."

She wanted to turn around, but she caught a glimpse of Princess Lingxiang standing beside her from the corner of her eye, and said with a smile, "I don't like snow, I like clean things."

Li Qu frowned, his face showing a bit of displeasure.

Tang Xiaoshi turned her back to him and couldn't see his expression, but she could guess his emotion from his heavy breathing.

Princess Lingxiang took a step closer to her and said with a smile, "No matter how pure the snow is, it won't be clean if it falls into the mud."

The meaning of tit for tat is obvious in the words.

Tang Xiaoshi sneered: "No matter how much mud there is in Luocheng, there is always a piece of snow that is clean. But no matter when and where the mud is, it will still be mud."

The princess of Lingxiang's face turned blue and white, and even looked like she was about to cry, which was pitiful.

Li Qu didn't know whether he didn't see it or pretended to turn a blind eye. He just looked at the falling snow in mid-air, his face became more and more ugly, and his eyes were as cold as ice and snow.

A figure rushed over in the heavy snow, it was a servant.

After seeing the ceremony, the empress told Li Qu to go over.

Tang Xiaoshi was thinking that she could be clean, but the servant came again: "The Empress said that she also wanted to see Princess Xinghe, please go over and talk to the two highnesses." Then she said to Princess Lingxiang, "His Royal Highness also wants to see Princess Xinghe." At the queen's place, the princess can go there together."

A smile appeared on the face of the princess of Lingxiang, who was originally lost.

Tang Xiaoshi was unhappy and unhappy, but she had to follow Li Qu to the side hall.

She has not heard much about this Empress Yong, but she only knows that she is the birth mother of De Wang Li Qu, who was born in a famous family. She was originally the imperial concubine of Emperor Yong. Three daughters, one daughter died young, and two daughters were married to the sons of important officials in the court. The two sons were King De and King Kang.

Yong Hou was nearly fifty years old, graceful and luxurious, sitting on the couch, talking to the next noble lady of similar age, presumably she was the eldest princess of Suining.There are two noble ladies beside him, one is about early twenties, and the other is slightly older than Li Qu, so it should be the two princesses.

As soon as she entered the cabinet, everyone looked at her in unison, with calm expressions on their faces, without any emotion.

After the ceremony, the queen smiled and said: "Sure enough, as King De said, Princess Xinghe is a beautiful woman who is well-educated and well-mannered."

Knowledgeable and polite?Well-mannered?

For the first time, Tang Xiaoshi felt that these eight words were not a compliment, but a bit ironic, especially when these words came from Li Qu.

She smiled and dealt with it, her reputation was too high.

The queen beckoned her to come forward, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Li Qu, his eyes were slightly lowered, as if he was thinking about something.

Walking up to the queen, the queen took her hand and asked her to sit beside her, and greeted her with a smile, asking her what she was not used to these days in Los Angeles, what she liked, whether she walked around and had a look around, and so on.

She had nothing to hide and answered truthfully.

Empress Yong smiled even more amiably, like a loving mother.

The eldest princess Suining next to her also called her daughter to her side and whispered, and the two princesses chatted with each other with smiles.

Instead, Li Qu sat on the other side in the cold, looking at Tang Xiaoshi, a little lost in thought, the queen called him a second time before he came back to his senses.

The queen sighed lightly, slightly blaming: "What are you thinking about so preoccupied?"

Li Qu hurriedly confessed: "I didn't expect my mother to like Princess Xinghe so much, and I lost my mind for a while. I hope that the empress will forgive me."

The empress gave him a reproachful glance: "Xinghe will soon be your concubine, and also the empress's daughter-in-law, how could the empress not like it?" She looked at Tang Xiaoshi lovingly.

Tang Xiaoshi's eyes swept over everyone. Although the atmosphere in the cabinet was harmonious and there were lots of laughs, and even the princess of Lingxiang didn't feel displeased with her at the beginning, she felt very strange, as if there were hidden secrets behind every face. Another face.

Xiao Dai lived in Liang Palace for 18 years. Her biological mother died young and she was not favored. In the intriguing harem, she learned to observe words and looks and stand on the sidelines since she was a child. She can smell the emotions of the other party with a frown or a breath.Maybe it was because of Xiao Dai's memories that made her feel uneasy, and even made her a little breathless.

For the first time, she experienced the feeling of walking on ice in Linyuan.

Empress Yong talked to her and Li Qu for a while, and the palace banquet was about to begin. Everyone got up and followed Empress Yong to the main hall.

Tang Xiaoshi was nervous and depressed, especially when he saw the majestic Emperor Yong. Compared with Emperor Liang, he was a bit more domineering, making people afraid to look directly at him.

After the ceremony, everyone took their seats.Tang Xiaoshi originally wanted to sit with the two princesses, and asked something out of their mouths, Li Qu pulled her to his side.In this way, Princess Suining and Princess Lingxiang were sitting opposite them.

Emperor Yong said some clichés, inevitably mentioning the battle against Liang Kingdom half a year ago, so countless pairs of eyes turned to her.

She could only endure it, there was no other way.

In the main hall, the emperor and his ministers had fun together, and the atmosphere was harmonious. After drinking for three rounds, singers and dancers performed, and everyone was more casual.

They are all used to watching songs and dances, and they don't find anything new, it's just for the occasion, very few people appreciate it with enthusiasm, most of them are toasting and talking with acquaintances.

Tang Xiaoshi pays attention to the mother and daughter of Princess Suiyang who are facing each other. The two chat from time to time, and they don't know what to say, with smiles on their faces. Princess Lingxiang will secretly glance at Li Qu who is beside her.

But at the same time, she also noticed some strange eyes looking at her.If we say that the only difference between their Great Lama Palace Banquet this year is the addition of her, Princess Liang.

She felt very uncomfortable, and finally couldn't bear it any longer, and got up to leave the table.

Li Qu grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I... don't feel well, go to the side hall to rest." Taking advantage of the situation, he twisted his wrist forcefully to break away from Li Qu, and left the hall from behind with the maidservant.

Li Qu called her, as if he wanted to say something, when Kang Wang came to pester him to toast with him, and stopped him.

At the same time, Li Qu's sister, Princess Cheng'an, who was sitting across from her, glanced at Princess Suiyang, and also got up and left the hall.

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