Today is the day when the noble Prince Lugui from neighboring Lingyi comes to visit. The Holy Emperor just casually sent Huang Chenling to take charge of the reception.
The carriage arrived directly at the entrance of Huang Chenling's palace. Huang Chenling sent the chamberlain around him to meet him at the door and led Prince Lugui in.
When Prince Lugui got off the carriage, he said with great disgust: "Where is this place? Isn't it a palace? The entrance is so shabby."
The chamberlain said politely and tactfully: "Prince Lugui, this is one of the small palaces of the second prince. Since the road leading to the main palace is under construction recently, it is inconvenient for carriages to pass, so I am sorry that you come here to rest for the time being. "
"Even a small palace is so shabby, worse than the stables in my apse." Prince Lugui looked down upon the chamberlain, and walked in swaggeringly.
Huang Chenling was in the hall inside, sipping fine tea as if nothing had happened. The atmosphere was all elegant and refreshing, but when a fat-headed and big-faced prince came to the door, he didn't look like a prince even though he was wearing a prince's uniform. He lived up to his name: Green Frog Prince, the wind has become turbid.
"Welcome Lingyi Caimu and Lugui, please take a seat." Huang Chenling deliberately called the other party's full name. He himself was also a prince, so there was no need to add "prince" after it to address the prince of a neighboring country.
Prince Lugui looked at Huang Chenling with an unhappy look on his face, suppressed his temper, took a step back, performed his own etiquette gesture towards him, and said: "This must be the second prince Huang Chenling. He is indeed famous. It's better to meet him, he is really as handsome and extraordinary as the rumors say."
"Thank you, Prince Lvgui, come and sit down. I made Yuan Muchian's famous tea. The tea tastes fresh and sweet. You are thirsty after riding in the carriage for so long." Huang Chenling saw that the other party took a step back, and he naturally responded politely. My attitude towards others has obviously improved.
Prince Lugui sat down with a heavy belly, and the wooden stool creaked several times.
"Second Prince, you are usually very frugal, right? The stool squeaked and you refused to let the servants replace it."
Huang Chenling raised her eyebrows and said, "Yes, I really want to change it. I hope Prince Lugui won't be offended."
It happened that at this time, Yan Ruozhen suddenly came to visit Huang Chenling. She was ordered by Fenghuang Fengmo to bring lychee wine.
"Meet the second prince, little man." She didn't know who the fat man sitting next to her was, so Huang Fengmo just said, asking her to bring this bottle of lychee wine to Huang Chenling to greet the guests.
"Pingshen, what's the matter?" Huang Chenling said in a cold tone.
"The eldest prince asked the little man to bring a bottle of lychee wine for the second prince to greet the guests." Yan Ruozhen reported truthfully.
"Put it down, step back." Huang Chenling didn't even look at her the whole time.
On the contrary, the sitting Prince Lugui was quite curious about Yan Ruocheng's appearance. He saw that she was wearing a mahogany mask and had a graceful figure, so he guessed that she must be a beauty.
Yan Ruocheng knew that this fat man had a noble status. When she knelt down, she saw that his boots and shoes were all embroidered with ancient jade. They were of high quality and must be worth a lot of money.
When she turned around, Prince Lugui couldn't help but stretched out his fat arm, blocked her way, and said, "Uh? Please wait a moment, this palace maid..."
Yan Ruocheng couldn't help but take a few steps back, not daring to say a word: "..."
"Prince Lugui, she is the imperial brother's female medical servant." Huang Chenling said aloud.
After Yan Ruozhen heard his introduction, she realized that this fat man was the prince that Huang Tanyue wanted to marry.
"Medical servant? Do all your medical servants here wear masks like this?" Prince Lugui asked doubtfully.
"No, she wore it because she was born with a disfigured face. So as not to scare people when she comes out." Huang Chenling deliberately described Yan Ruocheng as very ugly.
As soon as Prince Lugui heard this, he immediately waved her back and said contemptuously: "That's okay, please step back quickly. I'm not interested in seeing ugly things. I don't think I cover up like this because I look good. Your palace
It’s true, the palace is old and the servants are ugly, how can you endure it?”
"Hehe... If you are used to living there and seeing things, you won't take it seriously. The palace over there in Lingyi seems to be built on a mountain peak. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. The palace is like the Pangu Temple in the fairyland. Next time I have time to visit
"Would Prince Lugui take time to come over and greet me?" Huang Chenling said with deliberate flattery.
"I will definitely do it. If the second prince comes, I will definitely let you see the concubines in my palace. They are all beautiful and moving, and live like fairies in the sky. It will open your eyes." Prince Lugui boasted.
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After Yan Ruozhen came out, he ran to report the news to Huang Tanyue, so that Huang Tanyue could be mentally prepared to launch a big battle to repel the 'Frog Prince'.
Huang Chenling noticed Yan Ruocheng's movements and sent people to follow her. After she entered the princess palace, she was captured by his people on the way back after she came out.
She was taken to the woodshed and locked up. "Why did you send someone to arrest me and lock me in the woodshed? Did he know about my plan with the princess?" Yan Ruozhen walked around inside, feeling a little uneasy.
It was locked until night before someone opened the door. Huang Chenling came in quietly and closed the door. Yan Ruocheng squatted beside the haystack and asked him: "Second Prince, why do you lock up this villain?"
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"I'm afraid you'll go out and cause trouble." Huang Chenling answered directly.
"How can a villain cause trouble?" Yan Ruocheng strongly denied.
"If you still want to lie, you must have gone to Tan Yue to teach her how to avoid Prince Lugui and ruin this marriage." Huang Chenling went straight to the point.
"Princess Tanyue doesn't want to get married at all. Why do you force her to do this for selfish reasons?" Yan Ruozhen also spoke up.
"When you are born into the royal family, you have your own responsibilities. This is her responsibility. She was born to get married. As a princess, you should put the country first, and the personal relationship between children is nothing." Huang Chenling scolded her back.
"Do you think so too?" Yan Ruocheng was speechless at him.
"Yes." Huang Chenling hesitated for a moment before confirming.
"Then the villain has nothing to say. Second Prince, if you want to keep the villain here, just keep him here. In this way, the Second Prince can calmly complete the mission assigned by His Majesty." Yan Ruocheng turned away coldly.
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"Okay, you just stay here and you can only eat one meal a day. If you eat too much, you will talk too much, huh!" Huang Chenling became even more angry, slammed the door, locked it, and left.
On the night after the fifth day, a night banquet was held in the palace, and Prince Lugui officially met with Princess Huang Tanyue.
Princess Huang Tanyue was dressed up and looked like a fairy. She pretended to follow her mother's instructions. At the banquet, she performed dance, chess, calligraphy and painting, and moved like a puppet with strings pulled, without any smile on her face. Accurately
For example, there is no expression at all, just blinking.
Huang Fengmo and Huang Chenling were sitting at the same table. Huang Fengmo helped Huang Chenling pour a glass of wine and said, "Have a drink. You have worked hard. You have to entertain this Prince Lugui these days."
Huang Chenling drank it in one gulp and said, "It's not hard, it's just that the task must be completed this way."
Huang Fengmo toasted him again and said, "Tan Yue looks like a different person tonight, with no life at all..."
Huang Chenling took the wine bottle, poured it several times, drank a few glasses, and then said, "This shows that she has grown up and knows what she should do."
"I know how to do it, but it's all just superficial. It's annoying to see. It's better to get drunk and not to see." Huang Fengmo turned away and looked at the moonlight outside the door and said.
Suddenly, he remembered something, and turned back to chase her and asked, "Ruoca, how long do you plan to keep her in prison?"
Huang Chenling glanced at him lightly, and then drank by herself. After a few sips, she said casually: "Lock him until I feel better."
"Don't forget that she is mine."
"Then I'll borrow your people to lock you up."
Huang Fengmo also couldn't figure out what Yan Ruocheng had done wrong to make Huang Chenling so angry this time. He wanted to keep her locked up without letting him know where she was locked up.
At this time, Yan Ruocheng was eating a steamed bun, which was a very hard overnight steamed bun.
Ever since he was locked up in an inconspicuous woodshed in the corner, he could only eat one meal a day as he said, plus the leftovers and steamed buns from the previous night. It was still harder than her life in the countryside.
She bit the steamed bun, sobbing and cursing: "You are a stingy, selfish, inhumane guy. You have slept for two nights. If you can still treat me like this, at least give me something good to eat."
The steamed buns are as hard as a rock, how can you eat them? Don’t eat them!"
After saying that, he threw the steamed bun to the door angrily.
Another hour passed, and her stomach kept making a "gurgling..." noise, and she couldn't sleep even if she wanted to.
Looking at the dirty steamed bun by the door, he swallowed his saliva and hesitated whether to pick it up and eat it again?
She thought slower than her own body, and slowly moved to the front of the steamed bun, almost reaching out to pick it up.
At this time, the door opened with a creak, and a tall figure stood outside. Yan Ruocheng was so hungry that her eyes were blurry, but when she took a closer look, the figure was Huang Chenling, whom she had been cursing every day.
She suddenly changed her color and slammed into him with all her strength. She thought that the other party would block her impact. Unexpectedly, Huang Chenling was completely unable to resist. She was hit by her like a bull, and she lay on the ground all of a sudden.
There was a bang on the ground.
She quickly got up from his arms, fearing that he would catch her all at once.
Stand far away from him and watch him holding his head still on the ground, unable to move.
"Did he hit his head just now?" Yan Ruozhen guessed, but did not walk over.
Huang Chenling put one hand on the ground and reluctantly sat up, while the other hand was still holding the back of his head. He turned around and looked around, trying his best to search for Yan Ruocheng.
When he saw her standing not far behind him, he wrinkled his forehead. The back of his head had just been hit on the ground, and now it hurt so much that it seemed to be bleeding. He looked at the hand pressing the back of his head, and his palm was full of blood.
From where Yan Ruozhen was standing, his condition could not be clearly seen, and we could only estimate that he had a head injury.
Huang Chenling was already drunk, and now that her head was hit, she was even more dizzy. Unable to wave to her for help, she weakly said: "Come here and help me..."