Although I have been mentally prepared, I will inevitably have to meet him after returning to the capital.
But she didn't expect that the opportunity to meet would come so quickly and suddenly...
Fortunately, Beibei and Hanhan are not here.
Hearing that the prince and several princes had arrived, everyone in the hall came to the door and greeted them respectfully.
Xiao Lingyue followed behind, and when she looked up, she saw four men walking in like stars holding the moon in their arms.
Walking in the front, wearing a bright yellow python robe and having an elegant and elegant temperament is the prince.
The person walking side by side with him was Zhan Beihan.
After not seeing each other for five years, his temperament has become colder and more solemn, heavier and colder than before, like an unsheathed sword, with a sharp edge.
Seeing him, Xiao Lingyue couldn't help but feel a little complicated, and then secretly clicked her tongue.
His sons have all run away from home, and this man doesn’t want to find them quickly, but he actually comes to attend the birthday banquet?
No wonder Hanhan is not close to him.
Zhan Beihan suddenly frowned, raised his head sharply, and looked straight at Xiao Lingyue with cold eyes.
Xiao Lingyue immediately lowered her eyes and lowered her head, her expression well-behaved.
I felt even more disgusted.
What kind of beastly intuition is this? You can spot it if you look at him more than once.
Although she avoided eye contact, Xiao Lingyue could still feel that the man's eyes stayed on her for a moment, as if he was sizing her up.
Xiao Lingyue couldn't help but feel nervous.
No one knows better than her how difficult Zhan Beihan is, otherwise she wouldn't have had to change her face and put on a vest before she dared to return to Beijing.
But then I thought about it, she was disguised to such an extent that Zhan Beihan wouldn't be able to recognize her.
Just as Xiao Lingyue expected.
Zhan Beihan's sharp eyes stayed on her for a moment, and then he looked away without interest.
At that moment, he seemed to feel a familiar gaze.
When he looked around, he found that she was just an ugly woman whom he didn't recognize. She had a low eyebrow, a reserved look, and strangeness written all over her body.
Zhan Beihan quickly lost interest and walked beside the prince coldly and distantly.
"Join His Majesty the Crown Prince!" Everyone bowed in unison.
The prince stepped forward and personally helped the old marquis up: "Please get up quickly, please forgive me."
"Thank you, Your Highness." The old Marquis stood up, with a sincere smile on his majestic and old face.
Being able to have the current crown prince and many princes come to celebrate his birthday, including the most aloof Prince Yi, shows that His Majesty still values the veteran! For this reason, even if the Nanyang Hou Mansion really committed a crime, it may not be
Cannot be forgiven.
The old marquis secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Highness, princes, please come in."
The prince walked into the main hall and immediately noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere: "What happened here?"
"Your Highness, please make the decision for me! I am wronged!" Marquis Nanyang shouted.
"Please, His Majesty the Crown Prince, make the decision for us!" Aunt Hua burst into tears.
"His Royal Highness King Xiang!" Shen Yuting, who was guarded by soldiers, saw King Xiang hiding behind others and shouted eagerly.
King Xiang pretended not to hear and pulled King Cheng over to block him.
He had just been forced to get married by the prince, and he was in a depressed mood. He was not happy to see Shen Yuting and wanted to hide as far away as possible.
The old Marquis stopped smiling and sighed: "Your Highness, the old minister is also confused now and has no idea what happened. Mr. Zhao suddenly came to the door with soldiers from Jingzhao Mansion, saying that there were robbers in the Hou Mansion. Originally,
It was just a misunderstanding, but somehow, Mr. Zhao actually had someone arrest the old minister’s son, and even sealed the door of the Marquis Mansion..."
"Your Highness, the minister is really unjust! I don't know anything!" Nanyang Hou said aggrievedly.
The prince looked at Zhao Chengwei: "Master Zhao, what is going on?"
Zhao Chengwei said respectfully: "Your Highness, the thing is like this. Wei Chen received a report in advance that there were murderers hiding in the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, so he led troops to arrest them."
"Then what?" The prince didn't hear any question.
"Your Highness, this is actually a misunderstanding..." The old Marquis tried to be vague and conceal his family scandal.
It’s a pity that Mr. Zhao, who is selfless and selfless, did not save him any face: “Only when the minister arrived at the Hou Mansion, he discovered that it was Mr. Shen’s concubine who paid for the murder and tried to get rid of the third lady of the Hou Mansion. Unexpectedly, the bandit was captured alive by the third lady. , take him back to the house and confront him."
Everyone: "..."
Capture bandits alive?
Is this something that the daughter of the Marquis can do?
Prince Xiang, who was pretending to be dead, couldn't help but ask: "Who is that third lady?"
Zhao Chengwei looked at Xiao Lingyue and gestured: "This is it."
Xiao Lingyue had no choice but to stand up and bowed her head in salute: "Shen Wan has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and several princes."
"Wow, so ugly!" Seeing the eye-catching birthmark on her face, the handsome Prince Xiang blurted out, which was a bit eye-catching.
He has never seen such an ugly woman in the capital.
"Second brother..." Cheng Wang poked him with his elbow to stop talking nonsense.
"What I said is the truth..." King Xiang said aggrievedly, but he was really curious, so he asked: "Did you really capture this bandit alive?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Lingyue, and among them, only King Yi's eyes were the sharpest and coldest.
Zhan Beihan remembered Ye Qi's report when he was on the outskirts of the city.
The little bastard met a bandit, was rescued by a woman from the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, and then ran away with the woman.
Could it be she?
Xiao Lingyue didn't know what he was thinking, so she calmly replied: "Yes."
"How did you do it?" Prince Xiang became even more curious and looked her up and down: "Looking at your thin arms and legs, do you have the ability to capture bandits alive?"
He can't even do it, okay?
"Does His Highness Prince Xiang suspect me of lying?" Xiao Lingyue asked.
"That's right." Prince Xiang nodded directly.
"That's easy to handle." Xiao Lingyue raised her hand and said, "The bandits who were captured alive are there, and they are not dead yet. If His Highness Prince Xiang doesn't believe it, just ask yourself."
King Xiang: "..."
If she dared to say that, it must be true. Wouldn't he be really stupid if he asked?
This woman has an ugly face, a bad temper, and is not gentle at all.
Prince Xiang's little interest suddenly disappeared.
Xiao Lingyue stood there calmly, but secretly tensed her nerves.
Zhan Bei's cold eyes kept resting on her. The more he looked at her, the more she looked like the "wild woman" who abducted his son.
The person has been found.
Where's the little bastard?
Zhan Beihan stared at Xiao Lingyue while quickly scanning the main hall, but did not see the little guy.
The prince muttered: "Master Zhao, please continue."
Zhao Chengwei continued: "After the confrontation between the two parties, the matter of buying the murderer has been fruitless for the time being. Wei Chen was planning to take the bandit back to Jingzhao Mansion Prison for interrogation, but was blocked by Lord Shen. Lord Shen personally stated that the bandit was Hou. It is because of these words that the minister sent people to capture Lord Shen!" Hot 『』