Chapter 206 The first confrontation
"Brother, will the Third Prince attend today's banquet?" Wan Xin couldn't help asking in the carriage to the palace. If the Third Prince is really there, then there will be another task for her to enter the palace.
"It should be here. A few days ago, I heard from the emperor that he also called the prince. Sister, why are you asking about this?" Chen Qiang was very surprised that Wan Xin suddenly mentioned the third prince. Wan Xin had no contact with the third prince, and he had always been extremely disgusted with the third prince. Everyone knew the dark things the third prince did, and even the Emperor of Beiliang had heard of them. Everyone regarded them as blind and dared to complain silently behind their backs. Everyone dared not speak out.
Especially the third prince's evil deeds towards the girl is well known. Officials with the girl doll in the family just silently protect their children so that they should not be discovered by the third prince. Otherwise, once they fall into his hands, ten of them will not be able to escape and die.
The third prince could not attack the officials of the court, so he extended his claws outside the palace, and made him fall in love with the child he had no choice but to be strong. Half of the missing children in Beiliang were done by the third prince. Jingzhao Yin had to define these cases as headless unsolved cases. Except for the victim's family, everyone was tacitly informed.
"It's nothing, I just heard that the third prince once rescued the emperor when he was young, so he was a little curious about this person." Seeing that Chen Qiang had been staring at her, Wan Xin had to give a reason casually.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Chen Qiang felt a little relieved after hearing Wan Xin's explanation. He was not convenient to tell Wan Xin directly about the third prince's true comments, but he did not want Wan Xin to have any connection with this bad person.
"What else can you do? Brother, why are you becoming more and more thoughtful now?" Wan Xin saw that Chen Qiang was still looking at her suspiciously. Chen Qiang's intuition was too sharp. He had already noticed that Wan Xin's attitude towards the third prince was unusual. But Chen Qiang could not understand why Wan Xin suddenly became interested in a prince full of evil.
"Sister, you don't know the people in the court. This third prince is different from the prince you have ever contacted. He..." Chen Qiang hesitated for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Not only does he have any royal advantages, he is like a street gangster. You may stay away if you want to stay away."
Wan Xin guaranteed that he had no interest in the Third Prince, and Chen Qiang felt a little relieved.
The carriage was driving on the road without any hurry. Chen Qiang secretly looked at Wanxin with his light. Although he had a lot of contact with Wanxin now, Chen Qiang still felt that he was so far away from Wanxin's heart. He could feel that his sister cared about him and his family, but when he wanted to take care of Wanxin the same way, he always felt that there was a barrier that prevented him from getting close to Wanxin. At first, Chen Qiang thought it was different from men and women, but Xue Lanfeng also had the same feeling. Wanxin's heart seemed to be tightly closed, and even his family opposite had not opened it.
Chen Qiang blamed himself for this matter. Because she did not take good care of Wan Xin, she suffered so much, which led to the current situation. Looking at Wan Xin with a quiet and indifferent look, Chen Qiang's heart was as complicated as mixed.
Wan Xin had already found that Chen Qiang was staring at her blankly. At first she didn't care, but Chen Qiang had never left. Wan Xin was so worried that Chen Qiang was as if he was sitting on pins and needles, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what are you thinking?"
"Nothing, nothing." Seeing that he was caught by his sister, Chen Qiang's eyes stopped on Wan Xin, but he still couldn't help but observe his sister.
Today, Wanxin wore a goose yellow floor-swept peach blossom water skirt, covered with white quilted magnolia double butterfly long clothes, lined with light pink silk, wrapped in chest, embroidered with butterfly flying pictures of the same style as the cover, the collar of the chest was embroidered with gold silk, the skirt was covered with tulle thin as blue smoke, and a white gauze belt was tied on the willow waist, which was noble and looked graceful, and the whole person was floating in fairy spirit. A green magnolia necklace hung around his neck, adding an elegant atmosphere, and a pair of jade butterfly earrings were worn on both ears. The three thousand black black hair was tied with a peach wood hairpin, and it was tied into a simple moon-chasing bun. A simple magnolia tied to the hair. It looks very simple. However, this magnolia hairpin is not an ordinary green color, but a color. You must know that even a thousand good jade cannot come out of a piece of colorful jade, and there are very few hairpins carved with whole pieces of colorful jade. Even the nobles in the palace may have only heard of it and have never seen it with their own eyes. Wan Xin's bold display of wealth this time had a purpose. Although this hairpin was obtained by her own ability, outsiders did not know it and would definitely think that it was the wealth brought to him by the Shen family's water luck. Now is the time for Wei Sicang to be investigated, allowing others to see her showing off her wealth so nakedly, and adding a silent contribution to Wei Sicang's crimes.
Wan Xin's eyebrows were light, and her red lips were simply touched with a little red. She looked like a fairy. It seemed that a gust of wind blew through Wan Xin would turn into a breeze, and she looked like a woman who did not belong to the mortal world, which made people feel pity. Only Wan Xin knew in her heart that no matter how she dressed up, her hands were covered in blood and could not be washed clean.
But in Shen Qiang's eyes, his sister was perfect. He had never thought of any kind of man who could match Wanxin. Even the boy Liu Fanchen was so satisfied. If the boy surnamed Liu dared to be a little bad for Wanxin, he would definitely not be able to take it.
Just when the brother and sister had their own ideas, the carriage had arrived at the gate of the palace, and the little eunuch in the palace was already waiting outside the palace gate. Chen Qiang and his two men followed the little eunuch's guidance to the inner hall.
The arrangement of the banquet is still the same as usual, with men and women sitting separately. Chen Qiang, as the protagonist of the banquet, was arranged in the second row of the male guest, which was behind the prince, which was a very noble position. However, Chen Qiang did not care. He was not very interested in such an occasion, but he just hoped to end it soon and go home.
According to the corresponding male and female guests, Wan Xin's position is also in the second row of female guests. The first row is the princess and some concubines with less high status. It is coincidentally true that Princess Rongle's position is right in front of Wan Xin.
When Princess Rongle arrived at the banquet, she saw Wan Xin at first sight. She glared at Wan Xin fiercely, then saw where she was sitting, and then changed her expression and came to her own position with a smile. She was still cold and ignored Wan Xin. Wan Xin saw all Rong Le's expressions in her eyes and smiled bitterly in her heart. She knew that the princess had a bad idea again and didn't know how to target her.
Rongle's heart for Liu Fanchen is well known to everyone, but everyone knows that Liu Fanchen did not show any kindness to Rongle, but instead declined it several times. At first, Rongle couldn't figure out why Liu Fanchen had no affection for her, until someone told her about Liu Fanchen and Wanxin. After Rongle knew about it, she was furious. She couldn't believe that she was not as good as a businessman's daughter. Rongle was the dignified Princess of Beiliang and the pearl in the hands of Emperor Beiliang. She wanted to be windy and rainy. How could she not get a man she liked?
Rong Le had cried to his mother's mother, and Concubine Cao swears that Rong Le would definitely help her. She never thought that the mother, who had never been slandered, would advise her to forget Liu Fanchen. As long as it was not Liu Fanchen's other men, whoever Rong Le fell in love with, would definitely let him agree. But the more Rong Le could not get, the better she felt, and the more she saw Liu Fanchen liked him.
She even boldly asked Emperor Beiliang for this matter. Who knew that Emperor Beiliang not only did not agree but punished Concubine Cao, saying that she was incompetent in teaching her daughter. This was the first time that Rongle saw Emperor Beiliang lose his temper. She felt what the ruling was. From then on, she no longer dared to mention her feelings for Liu Fanchen to Emperor Beiliang. Over time, Emperor Beiliang and Concubine Cao thought that Rongle was just a childish person at the beginning, but now she had forgotten it.
But only Rong Le knew in her heart that not only did not let go of Liu Fanchen, but as the days passed, her thoughts became stronger and stronger. Now that she saw her rival appearing in front of her, she must seize this opportunity and let Liu Fanchen see what kind of person the woman he liked was. Only she could compete with Liu Fanchen. How could this merchant daughter be worthy of fighting with her?
Especially when Rong Le saw Wan Xin wearing a fairy today, she felt even more qi and blood. In order to arouse Liu Fanchen's idea, she hanged all her precious jewelry on her body, and the clothes on her body were also used for the most. She wanted to wear all the royal honors on her body. But her dress today was even more inappropriate and vulgar.
Just as Rong Le walked into the hall, many female relatives looked at him. Everyone sneered at Rong Le's outfit today, but they could not show it in person. Everyone was laughing, but they just looked at Rong Le intently. Rong Le thought that everyone was impressed by her demeanor and couldn't help but feel complacent. He thought that Liu Fanchen saw that he was so elegant and luxurious, he would definitely leave his eyes on him for a few more seconds.
Rongle now has no royal dignity at all. This kind of behavior of women chasing men is never common in the market. Rongle's actions have long been passed outside the palace, and have even been arranged into books to tell them in a teahouse. Rongle rarely leaves the palace and naturally does not know that he has become a laughing stock for everyone.
Rong Le slowly sat down with the pearls and gems on his head, and kept observing the entrance of the palace with his light to see when Liu Fanchen appeared. Wan Xin did not take Rong Le seriously at all. She knew where Rong Le's hostility to her came from. She just found it funny. She couldn't handle Liu Fanchen, so she didn't blame this man, but instead made things difficult for her. Whatever happened to her, Wan Xin couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Liu Fanchen, thinking of this, why did she attract bees and butterflies everywhere? She knew that Rong Le was so arrogant and willful, and she wanted to provoke her.
Just as Wan Xin was thinking, a commotion suddenly sounded in the hall. Wan Xin couldn't help but look at the entrance. When she saw the visitor, her eyes immediately showed a look of hatred. The person coming in was the Third Prince. Everyone saw the Third Prince bowing their heads and dared not look at him, for fear that their words and actions would arouse the moody prince.
The Third Prince was not unaware of everyone's attitude towards him, but he didn't care. Instead, he was proud and walked to his seat with a swagger. After he sat down, he began to look around. Wan Xin shouted in his heart that it was not good. It turned out that her eyes had been discovered by the Third Prince, but there were many people in the hall, and the Third Prince did not find the source of her eyes for a while.
At this time, Wan Xin first met the third prince himself. She looked at the enemy in her previous life with her light. The third prince is now in his forties, but for some reason, he looks like an old man in his fifties and sixties, but he is not as kind as an ordinary old man, but his face is fierce.
Moreover, Wan Xin discovered that the third prince had only one eye, and the other eye was said to be injured by an assassin when protecting the emperor. The third prince never cared about the appearance of others who saw that he had only one eye left. His eyes were carefully tied with a piece of black cloth, and the black cloth surface was actually embroidered with a dark tattoo, which was enough to show the Northern Liang Emperor's favor for the Third Prince. Except for the Emperor, no one else must have a dragon pattern, and neither the Northern Liang nor the Western Chu were allowed to become a rule. The Third Prince could embroider the dragon on the eye mask, and the Northern Liang Emperor did not blame him.
Wan Xin was analyzing the behavior of the third prince in his mind. Rong Le, who was sitting in front, suddenly stood up and accidentally hit Wan Xin's table. The tea in the tea cup on the table sprinkled Wan Xin with all his body. Rong Le did not express any expression and walked towards the entrance. The palace maid next to him immediately came up to wipe Wan Xin and asked Wan Xin if she wanted to go to the inner hall to deal with her clothes.
Wan Xin smiled and refused, "It's okay to just be wet."
"This girl, don't you mind going to my palace. I have clean clothes for you to change it." A strange female voice sounded in Wan Xin's ears.
Wan Xin looked up and saw that it was a woman with an ordinary face talking to her. From then on, the woman's outfit seemed to be a concubine, but she was not favored. Wan Xin hurriedly smiled and thanked, "The folk girl won't bother the queen. The queen's clothes are precious things, and the folk girl will only bring you tea."
The empress with a faceless face refused when she saw Wan Xin rejected it, she didn't say anything. She turned her head and sat in her seat safely.
"Sir Liu, why did you come? Look at the clothes I'm wearing today?"
Wanxin didn't have to look up and knew that it must be Liu Fanchen. Rongle also saw Liu Fanchen and ran out without saying a word. Wanxin sighed in his heart, this person who attracts bees and butterflies.
Chapter completed!