In the garden, there are rockeries, flowing water, pavilions and pavilions, and all kinds of flowers are in bloom at the right time. Among them, plum blossoms are the most prosperous, with plum blossoms of various colors vying to bloom.
At this time, in this garden, men and women wearing various expensive clothes were walking through it, chatting, admiring the beautiful scenery, or gathering together to recite poetry.
Smelling the fragrance of the flowers, Luo Chen suddenly felt refreshed. Just as he was about to ask Eunuch Zhao about Princess Mingyue, a cold and stern voice came from beside him:
"Boy! Why are you here?"
When Luo Chen heard the news, he saw Sun Jizheng, whom he had met on the day of the poetry meeting, walking towards him. Next to him was a young Confucian scholar also wearing Confucian robes.
"Boy!"
Walking closer, Sun Ji said again in a stern voice: "This is the palace. How did you, a country boy, get in? Could it be that you used your martial arts to sneak into this place secretly and want to carry out an assassination?"
After putting on the big hat, before Luo Chen could speak, Sun Ji shouted: "Here, this man is an assassin, catch him quickly."
The soldiers guarding the garden heard that there was an assassin and rushed over. The guests attending the banquet nearby were also alerted and looked over.
"presumptuous!"
When Eunuch Zhao saw this, he shouted angrily and looked at the soldiers who were coming with a cold face: "This is the guest invited by the princess, why don't you get out of here quickly!"
"Here!"
Seeing the eunuch in charge of Mingyue Palace speaking, the soldiers did not dare to neglect and hurriedly retreated.
"guest?"
Sun Jiyin looked at Luo Chen with a sullen face: "This is the palace. You are a wild boy from the country. How can the princess invite you to the banquet?"
"You can come, why can't I come?"
Luo Chen crossed his arms and looked at Sun Ji with a calm look.
"Can you compete with me?"
Sun Ji looked at Luo Chen with disdain and said, "My uncle is the Huangmen Minister, and I am also one of the most outstanding students in Imperial College. How can you, a boy from the countryside, compare with me?"
After saying that, Sun Ji said coldly: "Boy, could it be that you deceived the princess and got an invitation from the princess and got in, right? Let me tell you, this is not the place you should come to, so you should leave as soon as possible!
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"Master Sun! Please be careful what you say!"
Eunuch Zhao, standing aside, lowered his eyelids and said expressionlessly: "Mr. Luo was officially invited by the invitation of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Her Royal Highness is smart and wise, and not just anyone can deceive him!"
Eunuch Zhao was also a little dissatisfied with Sun Ji. He had just seen him bringing Luo Chen in, and he even shouted at the soldiers. It was obvious that he didn't take him seriously.
"Haha! Eunuch Zhao is right! Of course the princess is smart and wise!"
Sun Ji said with a slight smile, but a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes. As a scholar, he naturally looked down on these disabled people, but these people were close relatives of noble people. Although Sun Ji looked down on them, he still had to live up to his reputation.
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As for Luo Chen, given his talent in martial arts, Sun Ji guessed that he was invited by the talent-loving Princess Mingyue. The reason why he did this just now was because Sun Ji just wanted to avenge Peach Blossom Pavilion.
"Master Luo!"
At this moment, a maid in a green dress came over.
Luo Chen raised his eyes and saw that the person coming was the maid next to Princess Mingyue who sent him the invitation.
Luo Chen smiled slightly and cupped his hands: "I've seen the girl!"
"Hehe! Mr. Luo, you're welcome!"
The maid bowed to Luo Chen, then glanced at Sun Jihou, smiled at Luo Chen and said, "The princess heard that Mr. Luo was coming, so she asked the maid to come over and invite Mr. Luo to come over."
"Um!"
Luo Chen nodded, knowing that the commotion that had just occurred had reached Princess Mingyue.
"Haha! This slave brought Mr. Luo here. Mr. Luo and the little green girl go over there!"
Eunuch Zhao had a good impression of Luo Chen. He shook Fo Chen and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Eunuch Zhao, for leading the way!"
Luo Chen cupped his hands towards Eunuch Zhao, and then looked at Sun Ji with a half-smile: "Be sure to understand the situation when biting someone, don't accidentally hang it on a tree and use it as bacon again!"
After saying that, Luo Chen stopped talking to Sun Ji and followed the maid in green skirt.
"snort!"
Seeing Luo Chen mention the scandal in Taohua Pavilion, Sun Ji stared at Luo Chen's retreating back with sinister eyes.
After bypassing several clusters of flowers and walking past several rockeries, Luo Chen followed the maid to a large hall located in the middle of the garden.
The main hall is divided into an inner hall and an outer hall. The outer hall has already been filled with tables and chairs, with many guests sitting on them. The maids and chamberlains are passing through, and various fruits and melons are placed for eating.
When they arrived at the outer hall, the maid had no intention of stopping and led Luo Chen straight towards the inner hall.
Stepping into the inner hall, Luo Chen looked around and saw that the inner hall was much smaller than the outer hall. It could accommodate about forty or fifty people. There were two rows of desks neatly placed on both sides.
At this time, there were twenty or thirty people in the inner hall, either talking to each other or sitting alone at the desk drinking wine, but Princess Mingyue was not among them.
Seeing these people, Luo Chen smiled slightly, because he had met many of them, such as Ning Ling and Brother Zhu from the Huashan Sect, Taoist Fusan from the Wudang Sect, and some others he had met in Taohua Pavilion before.
people.
Another person arrived, and many people in the inner hall looked at Luo Chen. Seeing the second-rate late stage stage revealed by this young man, Luo Chen, people who had never seen Luo Chen before expressed surprise.
"snort!"
Seeing Luo Chen, Ning Ling's cold face suddenly turned a little colder.
Taoist Fusan of the Wudang Sect, after taking a look at Luo Chen, continued to drink the tea in his cup alone.
"Master Luo! This is your seat!"
The maid took Luo Chen to the desk in the middle of the first row on the left and said, "The princess will come out in a moment. Mr. Luo, please sit down for a moment!"
After saying that, the maid turned around and walked toward the back of the palace.
As soon as Luo Chen sat down, Sun Ji also walked in, glanced at everyone, and when he saw Luo Chen, he snorted coldly and went to talk to someone he knew.
"Ha ha!"
Following Sun Ji, Mo Tianqing also walked in. After seeing Luo Chen, he strode over: "Brother Luo! Are you here too?"
"Haha! I've met Brother Mo!"
Luo Chen stood up and cupped his hands towards Mo Tianqing.
"Haha! I knew you would come. With a martial arts genius like you, I thought the princess would also invite you, haha!"
Mo Tianqing smiled heartily and returned the gesture with fists in his hands.
"Brother Mo, thank you!"
Luo Chen smiled, he had a good impression of this Confucian scholar who looked more like a warrior.
"Haha! You guys are here early!"
Just as Luo Chen was chatting with Mo Tianqing, a loud voice came from the door of the inner hall.
Luo Chen turned his head and looked, and saw three more people coming into the inner hall. The one who just spoke was the leader. This man was about 25 years old, with a handsome face and majestic air. He was wearing an azure brocade robe embroidered with four golden dragons;
Behind him, followed a young guard from the Western Regions who was in his thirties, at the top of the second-rate level, tall and strong, with brown eyes and curly hair; the other one was Yin Anzhi, whom Luo Chen had seen.