The gossip about Gu You having a secret meeting with the Prince of Xiliang and being caught and raped by King Huainan made people eat as much as they wanted. In order to eat this good melon, they braved the heavy snow and ran to Chang'an House or other teahouses and restaurants.
"Young Madam, do you think Gu You really likes Prince Su Ye?"
"I heard that Prince Suye is an extremely gentle and kind man, and he is also a talented person. There are several girls in our imperial city who like him. If it weren't for the fact that he is the prince of Xiliang, he would have gone to him long ago."
Prince Suye is indeed gentle and good-looking, but as long as he is not stupid, it is impossible to provoke him. After all, their family is in the imperial city and they do not want to marry to the distant Xiliang. Moreover, the world is quite harsh on women. How can women live well?
It's easy, but it's even more difficult if you don't have the support of your mother's family.
Xie Yixiao and Rong Ci were setting out to pick up the South Vietnamese envoy outside the city gate. At this time, heavy snow was falling in the imperial city. The carriage was moving slowly. There was also a big stone placed in the carriage. The stone cut out part of the middle and installed a
Go up to the brazier.
Rong Ci sat aside and read with a book, Xie Yixiao sat next to him holding the stove to warm himself, and Mingxin sat opposite her and told her the gossip about Gu You and King Huainan. She was a little bit
Listened curiously.
After Mrs. Dong's training, Mingxin, Hongcha and others have indeed improved a lot. Mrs. Dong also discussed with Xie Yixiao that they could hire a nun to teach them etiquette and some rules.
Xie Yixiao thought this was better, so he asked the Ming family for help and invited a nun back. Recently, they also started to learn it, and the effect was equally good.
Xie Yi smiled and said: "Some people cannot just look at their appearance. This person looks gentle and kind, but if he survives in a place like the royal family, there is no real kindness."
If Prince Su Ye was really so kind and gentle, he might have been killed long ago. Xie Yixiao felt that the layer of skin he wore was really hypocritical after just one glance.
"No, some people are just blind." Ming Xin poured a cup of hot tea for Xie Yixiao, "Young lady, please take a sip to warm yourself up. It's really cold today. It's already December. This South Vietnamese envoy
Why don’t you come early and late, but why do you come when it snows?”
Today is the third day of December, which is the coldest month of the year.
"Just come here and send the people to the embassy, and then I won't have anything to do with you." Next, she should prepare to calculate the accounts of each shop, and then prepare for the New Year.
"Too."
The carriage and the guard of honor left the city gate. Not long after they stopped, they saw a team of South Vietnamese envoys coming slowly despite the winter wind and snow.
The wheels rolled across the ground, pressing the falling snow tightly. When the carriage stopped, a woman wearing a red embroidered peony dress, a peony cloak, a long whip tied around her waist, and a tasseled fox fur hat appeared on her head.
Got off the carriage.
She is only sixteen years old, with a bright and dazzling appearance and exquisite facial features, like a peony in full bloom, a beauty that will captivate the country and the city, and a circle of flowers from the other side looming around her wrist.
Xie Yixiao was stunned for a moment.
"I am Qinghua, the Queen of Nanyue. By order of my mother, I have come to congratulate Emperor Dongming on his long life." Her voice was as cold as the wind and snow in the sky, and also like the cold plums blooming in winter, lonely and proud, and the fragrance of cold plums is faint.
.
The Kingdom of Nanyue is different from other places. Women have always been the king there, and the princess exists like a prince.
It is said that the Queen of South Vietnam is said to be madly in love with her husband, but it is a pity that her husband passed away early, leaving only one bloodline, which is Princess Qinghua.
When this princess was born, the queen was tricked by others, which made her stupid from birth. The queen tried many methods but could not cure her.
However, this year, news came that the princess suddenly recovered. Now that the princess is on a mission to Dongming, it is probably to show to outsiders that their princess is well and that South Vietnam has an heir.
"Princess Qinghua." Rong Ci stepped forward, "Welcome to Dongming."
"The Ninth Young Master of the Rong Family." Princess Qinghua's expression was faint, but her face was stunning. Even with such a cold expression, she looked a bit magnificent, and there was a faint sense of heroism between her eyebrows.
Xie Yixiao came back to his senses and looked at that face, seeming to be looking for similarities. The expressions seemed somewhat similar, but they were also very different, as if they were two people.
She looked at it for a long time, and then attracted the attention of the two people beside her. Princess Qinghua raised her eyes to look at her, her eyes fell on her for a few seconds, her expression was a little confused.
Rong Ci saw her looking at a woman for so long. This Princess Qinghua's face was so beautiful that it was hard to look away. When he thought about how she liked his appearance, he paused and his face became a little stiff.
Already.
He reached out and shook her hand with some force.
Xie Yi laughed, then came back to his senses, turned to look at him in confusion, and later remembered that she was fascinated, and then said to Princess Qinghua: "The princess has such a good appearance, I was a little dumbfounded.
Oh, it’s really rude.”
Princess Qinghua frowned slightly, as if she was thinking deeply about something, and after a long time she said: "This lady is so kind-hearted." She seemed to have seen her somewhere before, and she wanted to think about it, but she had never been here since she could remember it.
Dongming has never seen this person before.
Xie Yi said with a smile: "What a coincidence, when I look at the princess, I feel that she looks kind. It seems that I have met her before some time. Maybe we met her by chance in my previous life. Now I have forgotten all the past events. We just met by chance and I feel familiar."
Princess Qinghua paused, feeling that this explanation was very strange, but she had never seen this person before, and she felt that he looked familiar, so she reluctantly accepted the explanation: "Maybe you are right."
Xie Yi smiled and said: "It's cold in winter, so this is not the place to talk. Princess, please follow us to the embassy. We have already arranged a courtyard for the princess to rest."
The embassy is not small and has many courtyards. The envoys from various countries are arranged to live there, which can be managed uniformly.
Princess Qinghua hummed: "Sorry for bothering you."
Several people got on their carriages, led the South Vietnamese honor guard into the city gate, and then walked all the way to the embassy.
Xie Yixiao sat quietly in the carriage, feeling a little restless and uneasy. She pinched her sleeves hard and felt that her palms were sweaty.
"What's going on?" Rong Ci couldn't help but ask. Although the couple didn't get along for a long time, they knew each other somewhat. With her expression like this, it was obvious that she had encountered something difficult to deal with.
"Do you recognize this South Vietnamese princess?"
"...I don't recognize it."
"Madam, you don't act like you don't know him." Did she think he didn't have eyes?
Xie Yi looked back at him with a smile and winked at him: "I just think this princess is so beautiful. There is no such beautiful woman in the imperial city. I was so fascinated by it for a moment. Why, this is not okay.