Chapter 179 Xiao Wang, why are you hiding from His Highness?
For Xiao Wang's birthday, Chu Xingchen specially brought the Bu Yao given by Xiao Wang and locked it up after that night.
I just couldn't cheer up for the next few days. Lingzhou asked to watch the fireworks, but Chu Xingchen didn't agree.
Shen Cangzhu didn't mention the fireworks, as if he didn't know about it, but he saw that she was listless and asked the imperial doctor to take a look.
After the imperial doctor looked at it, he said that Chu Xingchen was in good health and that his lack of energy might be due to the beginning of summer.
"I just said I'm fine. I'll just get used to the summer heat in a few days."
Chu Xingchen looked at Shen Cangzhu and smiled sarcastically. Shen Cangzhu was about to say something when Wan Dong reported, "Your Highness, Miss Dandan wants to see her. Her eyes are a little red, as if something happened."
After Shen Cangzhu said goodbye, Chu Xingchen hurriedly said, "Let her in quickly."
Xu Dandan was grounded before, and she was always worried until Chu Xingchen fell ill, and she kept coming in to see Chu Xingchen.
When Xu Dandan came in and saw Chu Xingchen, she grinned and started crying, "Your Highness, Yang Yanzhong laughed at me for being ugly and said that I am a toad who wants to eat swan meat, wuwuwu!"
Chu Xingchen: "..." Well, these sisters are lovelorn.
Xu Dandan liked Xie Ziqing earlier, but later he didn't, but a few days ago he said he met someone he liked again and praised Yang Yanzhong to the sky.
Xu Dandan cried so hard that she couldn't help herself. After a while, she calmed down and said, "Your Highness, please don't bother me. I don't have many friends, so I can only look for you."
"Don't bother me, please tell me what's going on." She is narcissistic. These sisters are lovelorn, so no one should laugh at anyone else.
Xu Dandan was brave enough to pursue whoever she liked. She met Yang Yanzhong by chance. Yang Yanzhong had a good attitude towards her. She thought she saw hope and mustered up the courage to give her a handkerchief. Yang Yanzhong drank some wine and was ridiculed by his peers. He suppressed his temper and refused to say anything. He also laughed at Xu Dandan and said that the toad wants to eat swan meat.
In public, Xu Dandan lost face and became a joke.
Chu Xingchen frowned when he heard this, "What kind of person is he? If you don't like him, just don't like him. Why are you still laughing at him? He has no grace at all. Dandan, such a man is not worth your pain. Now you know his true face." Lucky."
"Otherwise, when the relationship deepens, or you actually marry someone like that, you will be unlucky for eight lifetimes. This is God helping you and taking care of you."
Xu Dandan suddenly felt that it made sense, "Is it true?"
"Of course it's true. Come on, drink some milk tea and you'll feel better."
Xu Dandan took two sips and said, "It tastes pretty good. Is this milk tea?"
"Well, if you like to drink it, I'll ask the kitchen guy to make a recipe for you and you can make it yourself when you go back."
Xu Dandan agreed, drank a few sips and rolled around on the hot pavilion. Chu Xingchen took care of the official duties and sent in a greeting letter in late winter. "I got the recommendation from Dr. Yu and also sent an article. I want to contribute to the newspaper and apply for a job." edit."
Chu Xingchen hummed and took it over, then frowned when he saw the name, "Yang Yanzhong, what a coincidence."
Xu Dandan immediately sat up and was anxious to say something, but then shut up suddenly. She could not use her own affairs to influence His Highness's judgment.
Chu Xingchen looked at her and smiled, then read the article first, and then rejected it directly, "The article is not bad at first glance, but the content is a bit false, and if you drink and look at his character, you can tell that he is not good, so you just Let’s do it this way.”
Xu Dandan was immediately moved upon hearing this, "Your Highness, you are helping me vent her anger, right?"
"That's right, half and half."
Yang Yanzhong, who was waiting nervously outside the palace, was stunned when he heard the reason for the rejection. "What's going on? Didn't it mean that the relationship between the princess and Xu Dandan was very bad? Why are you protecting her like this?"
Before Xu Dandan returned to the palace, a message came from home saying that Yang Yanzhong had come to visit.
"Ignore him." Xu Dandan was in a completely good mood because of Chu Xingchen, and even said that she would embroider a purse for Chu Xingchen and Chu Xingchen to thank him.
Chu Xingchen couldn't laugh or cry, "You don't have to be so polite." She was actually in a much better mood, and girls want to help girls.
"I'm not polite, I just want to embroider it for you."
When the weather cooled down in the evening, the two of them went horse riding. Chu Xingchen showed Xu Dandan the little red horse, saddle and other things, "It's still confidential, don't tell anyone."
"I know, even if you kill me, I won't tell you." Xu Dandan looked at the saddle eagerly, and couldn't wait to get up and try it.
"It's so stable. Your Highness, would you like me to take you on a ride?"
Chu Xingchen exclaimed, "Will you take me?"
"Of course."
Chu Xingchen thought about it and agreed. He thought it was not bad. He sat behind Xu Dandan, hugged Xu Dandan's waist and sighed with satisfaction, "It's so comfortable."
Ling Zhou and Xiao Wang came to ride horses. When they saw the two people on the horses, they felt very uncomfortable, "Why didn't Your Highness hug me like that..."
He eagerly wanted to step forward, but was held back by Xiao Wang, "Don't disturb them, let's compete another day."
After Lingzhou saw how fast Xiao Wang rode a horse last time, he had been saying that he wanted to race with him, but he was delayed because Chu Xingchen was ill, and later it was Xiao Wang's birthday.
The fireworks that night made Lingzhou think that they would definitely consummate their marriage, but Xiao Wang and Chu Xingchen did not consummate their marriage in the end.
It was strange after that. The atmosphere between Xiao Wang and Chu Xingchen felt a little off. Lingzhou was curious if the two had a fight, but it didn't seem like they had.
Today he wanted to make a bet with Xiao Wang. If he won, he wanted to ask what happened.
"It's okay if we compete." He was a little unwilling.
"Next time." Xiao Wang saw a smile finally appeared on Chu Xingchen's face, turned around and left.
He'd better not show up to ruin her mood and let His Highness play with her playmates.
They still can't replace girls, just like men need friends too.
That's fine, His Highness has a playmate, which is better than him going.
"Are you hiding from His Highness? Why are you hiding? Did you really quarrel?" Lingzhou couldn't help but guess.
"No, stop guessing and leave quickly." Xiao Wang turned his back to Lingzhou and smiled bitterly. It would have been a simple quarrel.
He is not hiding from His Highness, but Your Highness doesn't want to see him at all now.
Chu Xingchen was in a good mood after riding the horse, but when he returned to Jinhua Palace, he received bad news, "Your Highness, the negotiation with Qi State has failed."
Dachu, Qi and Wu have always had commercial exchanges, but they are not completely open. This time the negotiations between Dachu and Qi are to ensure cooperation and trade negotiations between the two countries.
Qi Guo's attitude was very good at first, but now his attitude suddenly changed.
"Go and find out the reason." After Chu Xingchen finished speaking, Xiao Wang came in, "Your Highness, I probably guessed the reason."
Chu Xingchen glanced at Xiao Wang and put aside the turbulent emotions in his mind to focus on business, "You say."
"I just received news that Qi State broke the contract and refused to order the magic potion. They may have figured out how to make the magic potion."
Xiao Wang was right. Chu Xingchen received the exact news the next day that Qi State had produced alcohol.
Both Qi and Wu wanted to crack the magic potion. Later, a person from Qi thought of the strong liquor that Dachu had introduced at about the same time, and associated the two together. Their cleverness should not be underestimated, and they unexpectedly cracked the potion.
The magic potion was cracked, and the Qi State made it public the next day. They also expressed indignation that making the magic potion was not difficult at all and the cost was not high, but Dachu sold it so expensively.
Moreover, the production method of star paper and the new printing method have not been announced yet. While they condemned it, they decided to increase the price of items sold to Dachu in the future until Dachu shared the two secrets.