These words sounded a bit strange, and Ye Fuxun looked at Madam Zhang calmly: "Concubine, do you think I shouldn't come so early?"
Mrs. Zhang curled her lips and said, "How could it be possible? If you are late, you will lose the face of our Prince's Mansion!"
She turned around angrily, a look of doubt flashing in her eyes.
Obviously, someone bribed the coachman in the palace and ordered the coachman to drive several circles around the capital before entering the palace, so that Ye Fuxun would be embarrassed to be late for such an important occasion.
It would be best if both His Highness and the Queen Mother were annoyed by her.
However, how could the coachman not follow the instructions?
Mrs. Zhang frowned, called the maid next to her and muttered a few words, then waved her hand to let the maid go down.
Ye Fuxun naturally didn't know this, and she didn't pay much attention to Mrs. Zhang.
Not long after, Ah Qiu walked up to her and sat down next to her with a smile on her face: "Ah Xun, you are so beautiful today! When you entered the palace just now, you made all the girls in the Zhao State delegation dumbfounded. I also
I heard someone shouting that it was an immortal descending to earth."
Ye Fuxun was amused by her and chuckled: "It's not that exaggerated. Ah Qiu, I'm really sorry that I couldn't entertain you well that day."
Ah Qiu blinked at her: "We were rude that day when we paid a surprise visit and jumped from the roof to your yard. But, having said that, that day Ji Yannuo pulled you away in a menacing manner. I wonder what happened?
Like you’re jealous?”
"Jealous...?" Ye Fuxun smiled, "How is that possible!"
It was still some time before the palace banquet started, so the two of them nestled in the seats and whispered to their ears.
Ye Fuxun couldn't help but ask: "Ah Qiu, Your Highness, he has been in Qi State before returning to Yan State. How come he is brother and sister with you and Pei Kun?"
She had had this question in her mind for a long time.
I wanted to ask Demon Ji several times, but when I saw Demon Ji's cold and arrogant look, I shrank back as soon as I spoke.
Ah Qiu told her with a smile: "Because our master is in Qi State."
Ye Fuxun opened his mouth: "How could your father, the emperor, and your mother be willing to let you go to Qi to become a disciple?"
"It's a long story." Ah Qiu tilted his head and thought for a while, "Ah Xun, have you ever heard of Xiaoyaozi?"
Xiaoyaozi? A must-have name for an outsider in martial arts novels?
Ye Fuxun blinked and shook his head honestly: "No."
"Xiaoyaozi is our master," Ah Qiu whispered. "His martial arts are superb, he is proficient in divination, and he is famous all over the world. Not only in the Zhao State, Qi State, but also in your Yan State."
"Because I was born before full term, I have been in very poor health since I was a child. The doctors in the palace all said that I would not live to be ten years old."
"When I was five years old, Xiaoyaozi happened to be passing through the capital. My father invited him to do fortune telling for me," Aqiu said, "Xiaoyaozi said that unless I could become his disciple and learn martial arts from him, my body would be damaged.
It will get worse and worse.”
Ye Fuxun looked amazed: "So, you will worship him as your teacher?"
Ah Qiu nodded: "Yes."
"Then how did His Highness become a disciple?"
"The master has no fixed abode. After I became his master, I followed him around the country. First, I took Pei Kun as his apprentice, and then we went to Qi State."
So, Ah Qiu is still Pei Kun’s senior sister?
Ye Fuxun opened his mouth, closed it again, and continued to listen to Ah Qiu's sermon: "That year we went to the royal family of Qi State, and it was in the palace that Master met Ji Yannuo."
"Master said that Ji Yannuo's hands were tied behind his back, and several Qi princes surrounded him and beat him, but he was not allowed to fight back."
Ye Fuxun felt his heart twitch when he heard this.
During those years when Ji Daji was a hostage in Qi State, he encountered such misery?
"He was only seven years old at that time."
Ah Qiu sighed and said: "Master said that Ji Yannuo is the most forbearing child he has ever met. Although he cannot fight back, he knows how to avoid attacks. Although he seems to have suffered a lot of external injuries, none of them are serious.
."
"This is extremely rare for a seven-year-old child."
Ye Fuxun lowered his eyelashes.
There was an indescribable discomfort flooding my eyes and nose.
My eyes were inexplicably wet, and my nose was sore.
"Are you crying?" Ah Qiu quickly took out the handkerchief from his arms and handed it over.
"I'm fine." Ye Fuxun shook her head and tried hard to suppress her emotions. She sniffed gently and said, "Aqiu, keep talking, I still want to hear."
Ah Qiu nodded: "Master said that Ji Yannuo had very good bones, so he fell in love with his talent. And when he learned about Ji Yannuo's life experience, he felt sorry for him even more."
"So, Ji Yannuo becomes your master?" Ye Fuxun asked.
Ah Qiu wrinkled his nose and said with a smile: "It took a lot of trouble to become a disciple. I will tell you again when I have the opportunity in the future. In short, after Ji Yannuo became a disciple, the master settled on a hilltop near the capital of Qi State.
So we became brothers and sisters in the same discipline."
Ye Fuxun suddenly realized: "Then where is your master now?"
"Since Ji Yannuo returned to the Yan Kingdom, the master also left the Qi Kingdom to travel around. He said that since we have all left the army, we no longer need to carry us around in our belts, and we will be very free and at ease."
At this point, both of them couldn't help laughing.
At this moment, a long chanting sound sounded, and the emperor and empress arrived immediately.
Ah Qiu blinked at Ye Fuxun, stood up and left her seat.
The familiarity between the two caught the eye of many people, and the look on Ye Fuxun's face became a little more strange.
The emperor and empress entered the hall, and everyone stood up to pay their respects.
Then the banquet started, and when the banquet was about halfway through, the officials of the Zhao State mission stood up and loudly praised the friendship between the two countries. They laughed loudly and said: "Our country's Princess Hele is willing to present a water wave dance for the emperor, and also return
Please accept it with your Majesty’s approval.”
The emperor heard this and nodded slightly: "Okay!"
Princess Hele?
Ye Fuxun raised his eyebrows slightly.
If I remember correctly, Ah Qiu once mentioned Princess Hele. What she said at that time was that Princess Hele was on a mission to the State of Zhao, so she was unwilling to accompany the mission to Beijing.
It seems that he also said that Princess Hele has feelings for Ji Yannuo——
Admiration?
Hasn't Ji Yannuo been in Qi State all along? How did he get to know Princess Hele of Qi State?
Ye Fuxun admired Princess Hele's water wave dance with full curiosity.
She said, this water wave dance is really pretty.
When the dance was over, Ye Fuxun applauded along with the crowd.
I saw the woman in the middle of the dance group, bowing her head in the layers of skirts, slowly stood up, raised a hibiscus face and said: "Hele wishes the emperor long happiness and good health, long live, long live, long live!"
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" The emperor smiled, stroking his palms, and concisely praised the water wave dance for doing well.
The officials of the Zhao State's mission stood up and responded again. They praised Princess Hele in their words and praised her as the most beautiful and talented woman in the Zhao State.
"My Majesty dedicates Princess Hele to the State of Yan, and also asks the emperor to make the decision for Princess Hele and to recommend a good marriage."