This is definitely a face that is shocking and unforgettable. Even though Ling Xin'an has known about this person's existence for a long time, but now facing this peerless face that can enchant the world in front of her, any words are in front of her.

It was eclipsed, and Ling Xin'an's brain was still blank, her mind was shaking, her eyes were pale, and her mind seemed to have entered the vast sky.

Fortunately, Ling Xin'an woke up instantly and looked at her again. His heart was beating wildly. He quickly pressed down on his frantic heartbeat and his expression changed.

The girl looked at Ling Xin'an, a look of surprise flashed deep in her eyes, but the expression on her face did not change at all, and she looked at Ling Xin'an with a cold gaze.

"Master Marquis, why don't you speak?" The voice was so ethereal that Ling Xin'an's mind shook again. He pressed down the restless spiritual energy in his chest and completely woke up.

"I've met the princess!" Ling Xin'an bowed slightly.

But the girl's delicate body trembled slightly. She had never thought that when they meet again after so many years, it would be like this. She sighed slightly in her heart, remembering that four years ago, before the man in front of her left Beijing, she sent a letter to say that she hoped to meet him again.

I met him once, but I refused.

After that, she heard many stories about him, and each story slowly made her become very interested in the man in front of her. Everything was far beyond her previous impression.

Until he returned to the capital again, he thought that he would take the initiative to find him after returning to the capital, but he never did. It was as if the person who wrote love letters to him every day many years ago had completely disappeared.

Even if he sent someone to invite him in the palace, he refused. Until tonight, he attended the banquet with his father, the queen and his mother. As soon as she entered the door, she looked for him in the crowd, but as for him, his eyes were nothing but

Occasionally, when he met his father, the emperor, and his mother, he would be chatting happily with the people at his table in front of him.

Unable to hold back the slight anger in her heart, she walked over. She wanted to see what the man in front of her had become after four years.

Like most people, she lost consciousness for a moment when she saw her for the first time. Compared with many people, she was eclipsed by her beauty, but he soon woke up, which surprised her for a while, until his faint voice came to her ears.

There was no excitement, no fear, no confusion in the sound of the salute.

Her heart was in chaos at this time.

The huge banquet hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at the two people here.

Everyone knew that the two protagonists of the most famous marriage event in the entire capital were standing quietly and staring at each other.

Princess Xiuning and Ling Xin'an.

Ling Xin'an did not expect to meet Princess Xiuning at this moment. She had heard her Majesty and the Queen mention their marriage intentionally or unintentionally before, so it turned out that it had been planned from the beginning.

"I wonder what the princess would like to ask for?" Ling Xin'an said with a faint smile, her expression returning to the same look as before.

Many officials present were also stunned, and some had flashing expressions. Ling Xin'an's words made everyone present feel a little strange.

Princess Xiuning was unable to answer for a moment. She was stunned by Ling Xin'an's words and remained silent. Fortunately, Princess Xiuning was also an extremely smart person, so she smiled slightly and said:

"I heard that the Marquis has returned safely. I haven't seen my friend for many years. Tonight is the perfect time to meet up, so I came over to greet my old friend!"

Ling Xin'an saluted slightly: "Thank you for your kindness, princess. Everything is fine with Ling. I wonder why the princess is looking for Ling?"

As soon as he said these words, everyone in the audience looked at each other in confusion. Even Marshal Dongfang Min looked at Ling Xin'an with interest.

Princess Xiuning said calmly and generously: "Xiu Ning has fulfilled her wish and bid farewell, Lord Marquis!"

After that, he said goodbye and left.

Ling Xin'an smiled and saluted.

Everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't expect to see the scene of the two of them, but it seemed that there was some gap between them?

Everyone began to whisper and looked at Ling Xin'an with different expressions. Some people began to snicker and even asked the young people around them to talk to Princess Xiuning.

"Master Hou, do you have a grudge against Xiuning?" A voice sounded next to Ling Xin'an.

Ling Xin'an looked at Xunyin, cupped his hands and said, "Brother, how do you interpret this?"

The person who spoke was none other than the current eldest prince. He looked to be about thirty years old. He had an outstanding temperament and his appearance was fifty-six times similar to that of his majesty. Standing there, he did not have the majesty of an emperor, but he had a distinctive elegance.

People feel like they are bathed in the spring breeze.

"No grudge, why did you see Xiuning leaving in a hurry?" the eldest prince asked with a smile.

Ling Xin'an smiled lightly and said: "Brother, you heard it just now, it was just a pleasantries with old friends."

The eldest prince raised his wine chopsticks and said with a smile: "Excuse me, old friends!" After saying that, he left.

Ling Shang walked over, looked at Ling Xin'an and said, "Why are you so rude?"

Ling Xin'an was surprised and said: "Why did father say this?"

Ling Shang looked unkind: "Princess, she did not hesitate to condescend to you and take the initiative to see you. Why did she drive you away?"

Ling Xin'an smiled and said: "What's the meaning of this? Since the princess said she saw me, it is normal for her to leave after seeing me."

Ling Shang looked at Ling Xin'an with sharp eyes and walked away.

At this time, everyone had already forgotten the previous scene and was talking to each other. The scene was lively but not noisy, and there was no one around Ling Xin'an, so he sat down, poured himself a drink, and ignored the others.

At the top, Emperor Zhou and the Queen were sitting there quietly, with Marshal Dongfang Min beside them. The three of them exchanged words from time to time. Occasionally, the Marshal said something unknown, which made the Queen cover her mouth and chuckle.

Regarding this scene, all the ministers knew how deep the friendship between the three of them was back then. In today's Zhou Dynasty, only the Generalissimo can be so close to His Majesty and the others.

So naturally no one would approach, but the Queen would look towards Ling Xin'an from time to time, looking at the figure sitting quietly drinking alone, and after a few glances, she stopped paying attention.

Until the end of the banquet, after watching the Emperor Zhou, the Queen and the royal family leave, the ministers knew that the banquet should be dismissed.

Ling Shang asked Ling Xin'an to leave with him. At night, Jinling was so quiet after the curfew was implemented, with only the sound of the carriage wheels ticking.

"Do you have someone else?" Ling Shang said slowly.

Ling Xin'an looked at him, smiled and nodded without saying anything.

Ling Xin'an's performance at the banquet, Ling Shang, who has been in officialdom for a long time, could not see it. Maintaining such deliberate courtesy and distance may seem to outsiders to be a decent and generous performance, but in their eyes, it has a lot of profound meaning.

, otherwise whoever dares to ask someone from the younger generation of his family to chat with Princess Xiuning at the banquet.

"Is that your junior sister?" Ling Shang said coldly.

"Exactly!" Ling Xin'an did not deny it, and then said: "There is also Shuang'er!"

"What did you say?" Ling Shang couldn't help but raise his voice by three points when he heard that there was Ling Shuang.

He really couldn't believe that Ling Xin'an actually fell in love with the maid who had taken care of him for many years.

"Bastard!" he roared angrily, and Butler Yang, who was driving outside, couldn't help but tremble all over.

Ling Xin'an looked at the livid Ling Shang and said, "I knew you wouldn't agree, so I removed the two of them from their slave status. Shuang'er has no surname, and I have no blood relationship with her, so I gave her the surname Ling."

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Ling Shang's chest heaved up and down, and he said angrily: "Even if you like them both, you have to let the princess know, instead of deliberately staying away from her."

Ling Xin'an said: "My marriage to the princess was just a joke between my grandfather and Your Majesty back then. It doesn't count."

"Presumptuous!" Ling Shang said angrily again: "Children's marriages are all subject to the orders of their parents. How can you change the matchmaker's words at your request?"

Ling Xin'an said: "I will handle this matter myself, please don't interfere, father!"

Hearing this, Ling Shang, who was still angry, suddenly came to his senses. He looked at Ling Xin'an with sharp eyes and said, "Who are you? Why do you speak to me like this?"

Ling Xin'an was stunned for a moment, then said: "Father, I will always be your child, but there are some things that children can handle on their own."

Ling Shang's expression changed, he looked at Ling Xin'an, but became silent. After a long time, he slowly said:

"You have really changed!"

Ling Xin'an looked at the street lights that were slowly passing by outside. Some of them had already begun to be installed. She said calmly: "Father, if you are willing to listen to me, I advise you to resign as soon as possible! Don't go to the Tutor or anything like that.

Think about it!”

After that, Ling Xin'an opened the curtain, stood up, looked back at Ling Shang and said slowly: "Princess Xiuning is not what you see. I believe my child, she will only harm the Ling family if she gets married!"

After saying that, he jumped down and headed towards the Marquis' Mansion.

Under the night, in the harem, Princess Xiuning sat in front of the familiar door, looking at the waning moon in the sky, with a slight loneliness in her expression.

In her hand was a piece of letter paper with familiar handwriting on it. A long time ago, she would not have looked at such letter paper, but somehow, after the banquet, she asked the maid to take out the piece of letter paper.

This was the only letter she wrote to Ling Xin'an, but he returned it.

At that time, she thought that Ling Xin'an was just retaliating for why she never replied to her letter and returned it deliberately.

But after that, Ling Xin'an never wrote a letter or took the initiative to contact her. Even after returning to the capital, he never took the initiative to say hello. Even the pure and proud Princess Xiuning couldn't help but feel a little resentment in her heart. Today

Wan took the initiative to show up. She wanted to question him, but she didn't see anything that she expected. Apart from the moment of confusion when they met, Ling Xin'an was normal, even if she secretly looked at him later, even Ling Xin'an

Knowing that someone was deliberately chatting with her, she didn't show the slightest concern. At that moment, Princess Xiuning seemed to have lost something.

With a sigh, Princess Xiuning looked at the letter she had written. It was the only letter that was returned.

After all, she is still a girl, and she can't help but look a little lonely. Ling Xin'an is as smart as she is, how can she not see it.

"We haven't seen each other for many years. So you already have a sweetheart?"

Ling Xin'an, who returned to the Marquis's Mansion, immediately called Zhong Wuyan and others over, poured herself a cup of tea and said, "Why do the secret agents in the palace have so little news about Princess Xiuning?"

Hearing this, Zhong Wuyan frowned and said doubtfully: "Sir, don't forget that it was you who told us not to investigate her!"

"Did I say that?" Ling Xin'an frowned.

Zhong Wuyan smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, this..."

"Forget it, let's go ahead and immediately investigate Princess Xiuning and the maids around her, especially the books she has read and the guard maids around her, etc." Ling Xin'an said.

"Sir, what happened?" Although Zhong Wuyan followed Ling Xin'an to the palace as a bodyguard, he was not qualified to enter it.

"Princess Xiuning almost made me crazy!" Ling Xinxin said with lingering fear.
Chapter completed!