The hexagonal pavilion on the lake is exquisitely shaped, and Chu Miaoer and Hu Yin are enjoying tea leisurely in the pavilion.
She held the fishing rod in her hand, and Huyin spread the bait, attracting the red carp in the lake to come to compete for food, but none of them took the bait.
In just half a day, she and Huyin had talked about everything, from her favorite poems to her favorite songs, from the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River to the customs in the north of Saibei.
"Hu Yin, my little sister is missing. Who do you think has the courage to go to Chu Mansion to kidnap people?"
Huyin felt amazed when she saw that the person in front of her had lost her sister but did not feel anxious at all. She could even fish leisurely and enjoy the scenery.
"How can the princess be so sure that someone else kidnapped her?"
With this sentence that woke up the person in the dream, Chu Miaoer instantly understood that if Chu Xianxue was willing to go with him, she would not be found no matter how hard she searched.
Chu Miaoer was surprised to find that Huyin was not a wooden beauty in the traditional sense. She even wondered if she had also traveled through time.
When the maid came to look for her on the orders of the fourth prince, Chu Miaoer realized that it was already dark.
"Sister Huyin, would you like to be my sister?"
"No, the fourth princess. This is against the rules. Besides, a slave is not qualified."
Seeing her lowered eyebrows, Chu Miaoer couldn't bear it and gently took her hand.
"I have the final say whether you are qualified or not. You and I hit it off instantly and share the same interests. I don't have any close friends, so why not be each other's comforter?"
A trace of joy flashed across Huyin's eyes, but he also seemed at a loss, which was really endearing.
"The princess doesn't mind my identity?"
"Of course I don't mind it. My identity is just an external possession. Before I married into the Fourth Prince's Palace, I also lived under someone else's roof. I was tricked by my relatives. I have sincerely faced you. If you still can't understand my sincerity, then you dislike my identity as the Fourth Princess.
That’s it.”
Hu Yin reached out and squeezed Chu Miao'er's hand, and said hurriedly: "Of course I don't mind!"
"If you find it inconvenient, you can call me Miao'er in private."
Huyin smiled sweetly, nodded gently and said, "Okay, Miao'er."
The banquet hall of Yunwu Villa is located in front of the lake, and the night breeze makes a pool of ripples. The magnolia flowers bloom in early spring, and the quiet charm spreads throughout the villa, refreshing the heart and mind.
Fu Yunqi and the Second Prince were sitting in front of a large round table made of huanghuali wood. An old man with Taoist immortal bones sat at the bottom, twirling his beard and smiling. It seemed that they had not been seen coming in very often. It seemed that the three of them were chatting quite speculatively.
She approached with Hu Yin and said softly: "I have met the Second Prince."
The second prince still nodded and smiled as an answer.
Master Fu Yunqi looked at her without saying a word, but his expression was gentle. The second prince next to him gently waved his folding fan, looking elegant and graceful.
Huyin raised her eyes and met the eyes of the second prince, and lowered her head shyly.
Seeing this, Chu Miaoer pretended not to see it and went to sit next to Fu Yunqi.
The various snacks on the table in front of you are elegant in color and have a subtle fragrance.
The squirrel fish, braised cherry meat, and lotus chicken are all extremely exquisite. Although these dishes are not as good as the delicacies in the palace, they are still quite labor-intensive, which shows the care of the kitchen steward.
Listening to their conversation during the banquet, I realized that this old man with a beard was Nian Hong, the most popular fortune teller in the world. He was good at reading faces and could predict good and bad luck.
Nian Hong must have had a few drinks before they came, and his eyes were slightly red.
Chu Miaoer had no intention of looking at him face to face, but there was a trace of surprise on the other person's face.
When the second prince saw this, he smiled, folded the folding fan, and put it in his hands to play with.
"Mr. Nian is a strange man. He has no discernible facial features. If you have this opportunity, why don't you let Mr. Nian show it to the four princesses?"
Chu Miao'er was inevitably a little curious, wondering what kind of reputation he could have for a person who was born after a thousand years.
Nian Hong stared at her for a long time, closing his eyes in deep thought. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were obviously much clearer.
"I apologize to the two princes, but I really can't see through the face of the fourth princess."
Everyone here was surprised. How could such an capable person not see through it?
Fu Yunqi immediately straightened his expression and asked, "What's the explanation? Mr. Nian, please elaborate."
"Then I'll tell you the truth. Please ask the fourth princess not to punish me for being disrespectful."
Seeing him mentioning herself, Chu Miaoer quickly accepted it.
"Mr. Nian can speak frankly, and I will definitely not blame you."
Only then did Nian Hong speak, stroking his white beard with his right hand, and made an astonishing statement.
"I think the fate of the fourth princess has ended. You are her and you are not her."
Chu Miao'er almost screamed. This year Hong Neng figured out that he did not belong to this world, which meant that he would definitely be able to go back.
She couldn't restrain her excitement and no longer cared about anything else: "Does the gentleman know when he can come back?"
Nian Hong looked troubled, and after thinking deeply, he said: "There is a cause and effect for the princess's coming and going..."
Chu Miaoer blurted out and asked: "You mean I came here because of the Fourth Prince? But we are already married..."
As soon as he said this, Huyin's eyes changed and he smiled.
Chu Miaoer blushed instantly and realized that what she said was inappropriate. Wasn't it just a big publicity that she and the Fourth Prince were destined to be married?
The Second Prince was always a lively person, and he was even more beaming at the moment.
"Fourth brother is so lucky."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nian Hong staggered a few times, fell onto the table and began to snore.
Since I came here for Fu Yunqi, do I have to wait until Fu Yunqi dies in this life before he can go back safely?
Chu Miao'er was only thinking about what Nian Hong said just now, and she didn't feel the complicated eyes staring at her from the side at all.
"Nian Hong was already drunk before I arrived. It's true that the older you get, the more unruly you become."
After hearing this, several people present stood up, paid homage, and followed the emperor to the main hall.
"I'm not polite. I just came today. I must have lingered in the fireworks alley again, hahaha..."
Fu Deyou sat on the upper seat, and his fat belly became wrinkled due to the action of sitting down.
"No, there happened to be a literary exchange yesterday. Brother Huang knows that these are just my hobbies."
Fu Deyou picked up the tea that the maid had just made and looked to the side with a vague expression.
"Put your intelligence and talents to good use in the government affairs of the court. You don't know how to help me share more of my burden at such an old age. You are ignorant."
When the second prince heard this, he held a folding fan and said with a cynical smile: "It's enough to have an imperial brother in this country. The Jin Kingdom governed by the imperial brother is now prosperous and the people are rich. My fourth brother and I have a great time traveling around the mountains and rivers, right fourth brother?"
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"What the second brother said is absolutely true. Being an idle prince is much more comfortable than being an imperial brother!"
"Hahaha......"
Fu Deyou felt very satisfied after hearing this. He laughed and the flesh on his face trembled.
Chu Miaoer felt funny when she saw that the three brothers got along well with each other, and they looked quite similar in their smiling faces.
Fu Yunqi's white sleeves raised slightly, and he felt his hand being held by him.
Chu Miaoer was puzzled. She looked up and saw his warning eyes, only to realize that she actually ignored the emperor's presence and completely showed her thoughts on her face.
Seeing how harmonious we were, Hu Yin smiled brightly, with a hint of envy in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
After Eunuch Cao leaned over and spoke in Fu Deyou's ear, his joy was beyond words and he said loudly: "Pass it quickly, pass it quickly!"
Everyone was sitting upright and waiting eagerly.
Soon, a young man wearing a green robe strode towards them.
"I have met my father."
Emperor Fu Deyou stood up and helped the prince, who was half-kneeling to salute him, and looked at him for a long time before opening his mouth.
"The prince has grown up and can help his father worry about state affairs. I am very pleased and will give him a seat!"
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has high hopes for his only son and has a very good relationship with him.
"Is the prince's experience outside the palace fruitful? Will the people be healthy?" The emperor took a sip, as if he was fully sure of the next answer.
"Back to my father, now the people are at peace in Wufu, and everyone knows that the Kingdom of Jin is blessed by the gods, and has gained an eternal emperor."
"Hahaha……"
Apparently the flattery was done well, as the emperor's hearty laughter resounded throughout the main hall.
Eunuch Cao gave a command, and the graceful singing and dancing troupe slowly entered the main hall. Although they were wearing veils, it could be seen that all of them were stunning beauties.
I heard that Fu Deyou loved to enjoy singing and dancing in the palace. He often collected women who were good at singing and dancing from the people. Sometimes there would be hundreds of people, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
Seeing this, Chu Miaoer believed in the saying, "Forefathers plant trees, and future generations enjoy the shade." If the late emperor hadn't worked so hard to create this prosperous country, the Kingdom of Jin would have been defeated by him long ago.
After the prince sat down next to Fu Yunqi, he picked up the filled wine glass in front of him and drank it in one gulp. He immediately felt the strong wine entering his throat, which was extremely spicy.
As an agent of the Supervisory Office, I didn't expect that my father's treasure was lost under my nose. I searched for it for half a month and couldn't find any trace of it.
Fu Yunqi stretched out his hand to stop him from taking the wine glass again. Seeing his frown, he felt pity for him.
"What happened that you need to drink to drown your sorrows?"
Since childhood, I have been closer to my fourth uncle than my father. When I heard that my fourth uncle cared about me so much, I felt even more aggrieved and asked my fourth uncle for help through the noise.
"Fourth Uncle, I have been away from the palace for half a month. My experience is fake, but in fact it is to find the lost jade toad."
Fu Yunqi pretended to be surprised and lowered his voice.
"Does your father know?"
The prince glanced at his father, who was staring intently at the dancer, and shook his head slightly: "Father doesn't know."
After a moment of silence, Fu Yunchi patted his nephew's shoulder and said in an elder's tone: "Don't worry, my fourth uncle will help you."
"Uncle Fourth, do you really mean what you say?!"
The prince looked depressed and almost jumped with excitement.
"When did Fourth Uncle lie to you?"
When the second prince sitting opposite saw this, he looked at each other from a distance and raised his glass of wine to Fu Yunchi. This man had healed his scar and forgot about the pain.
Swallowing the drink in his mouth, looking at the scene of loving uncle and nephew in front of him, he became more and more angry.
"I heard that my second brother brought a woman back from Bianjing, but this one next to him?"
The second prince stood up and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, it is this woman."
"I have heard about the famous Huyin in Bianjing for a long time, but I didn't expect that my second brother is more blessed than me."
The emperor's seemingly casual words shocked everyone present. When Eunuch Cao saw this, he immediately understood. With a wave of his arm, all the singers and dancers in the audience stopped their current movements and stood there to listen.
"I actually envy my second brother..."
Chu Miao'er was frightened. She raised her head to look at the still elegant and elegant Second Prince. He was also lost in thought for a moment. He didn't seem to have thought that the people in the seat would say such words.
For just a moment, the second prince glanced at Hu Yin below him and smiled nonchalantly.
"Whatever Brother Emperor said, it's just a woman, you can take it if you like."
Chu Miao'er was shocked and looked at Hu Yin beside him worriedly.
Hu Yin's frown was slightly invisible, and when he looked at her worried eyes, his eyes instantly returned to normal, as gentle as a spring breeze blowing into her heart.
This ghost emperor openly steals his brother's woman by relying on his own status. What a shameless reason!
Chu Miaoer stood up angrily and blurted out the words in her heart.
"No!"
Everyone looked at her in surprise, especially Hu Yin himself, but Fu Yunchi was holding a porcelain cup and drinking wine slowly and unintentionally.
"Why?"
Facing the emperor's unpredictable eyes, Chu Miaoer felt that he was being arrogant, and the energy in his heart that he drank to be bold was gone. After all, that man could decide the life and death of himself and even the entire clan with just one sentence. Let him do it in public.
Failure to get off the stage is equivalent to digging a dead end.
As for her husband, he was drinking tea leisurely, as if it was none of his business. It was obvious that this man was unreliable.
After thinking for a moment, she faced everyone's gaze calmly, her expression relaxed, and she obviously had an idea.
"Huyin has converted to Buddhism since she was three years old. She is afraid that she will not be allowed to enter the palace to serve the emperor."
Seeing that the emperor's sullen expression relaxed, Chu Miaoer continued: "The emperor has built thousands of Buddhist temples among the people, and the people are always grateful when they worship Buddha. If the emperor insists on bringing Buddhist women into the harem, wouldn't he lose the support of the people?"
Fu Deyou remained silent, no one dared to guess the Sacred Heart at this time.
The emperor was notoriously moody, and if the four princesses contradicted him so much, they would inevitably be punished for one of the following crimes.