Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Cheeky Prince
Xin Nianyan knew all the rumors about him outside.
She was happy and free as no one came to her door to propose marriage like others, and she happened to be planning to go out today.
When he went to say hello to the old lady in the morning, Xin Nianyan told the old lady that he was going out of the city today to burn incense at a temple outside the city. The old lady heard that she was going to burn incense, so she gave her more support and told her with a smile that she was on her way.
careful.
After returning from Jingxinyuan, Xin Nianyan took Xiaozhu and Shi Wu out.
But what she didn't know was that as soon as she went out, the news that she was going out of town to burn incense reached Xin Rouer's ears...
"Miss, where are we going?"
Shi Wu was still driving the car, Xiao Zhu and Xin Nianyan were sitting in the car, looking at the busy streets outside, Xiao Zhu asked puzzledly.
Xin Nianyan said: "Get out of the city."
"Out of the city?" Xiaozhu was surprised: "What are you doing out of the city? Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Miss, aren't you here to go shopping?"
"Of course I have to go do something. You will know later."
Xin Nianyan did not explain, but looked at the pedestrians coming and going outside and fell into deep thought.
When she saw Concubine Wu yesterday, she suddenly remembered something.
Concubine Wu lost a child a few years ago, and the palace never stopped looking for it. In her previous life, the child was indeed found.
However, his ending was not good. His previous life was found in the emperor's later years. At that time, the struggle for the right to inherit the throne was at its peak. Concubine Wu and the emperor were both old and did not protect him for a few years.
As for a prince who has been living among the people since childhood, how can he be the opponent of those princes who grew up in the palace and witnessed all kinds of ruthlessness and cruelty in the palace? In the end, he naturally became cannon fodder in the battle for the right to inherit the throne.
And she went out of the city today to find the prince.
She had heard about some of his deeds in his previous life. He was adopted by a farm family in a small mountain village thirty miles north of the capital. However, that family was not good to him. How bad it was was not hers.
is within the scope of consideration.
In the current court, the prince is basically the only one who dominates. The other princes are useless and reckless, and there is no way they can compete with Qin Yan.
And she needs to personally train someone who can compete with the prince. Currently, the best candidate for this person is Concubine Wu, the prince who lives among the people.
Xin Nianyan closed her eyes and leaned against the carriage, feeling the bumps of the carriage.
The carriage quickly left the city. However, not long after the carriage left the city, it was stopped by someone.
"Hey~" Shi Wu stopped the carriage, looked at the person in front of him, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Miss, we were stopped."
Xin Nianyan in the carriage opened her eyes, frowned and asked, "Who?"
She left the city in a low-key manner. In order not to be recognized, the carriage she rode did not have the Prime Minister's Palace logo on it. Who would stop her?
Shi Wu glanced at the person in front of him and said, "It's King Han."
"Prince Han?"
"I saw a carriage approaching from afar. I thought it looked familiar to me, but I didn't expect it to be Miss Xin. Is Miss Xin going out of the city too?"
His voice was gentle, but Xin Nianyan's eyelids twitched, and her intuition told her that this man was waiting for her here specially.
"Yes, Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Qin Han turned the white flute in his hand and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I am also going out of the city, but there seems to be something wrong with my carriage. I wonder if I can take Yanyan's carriage?"
Xin Nianyan twitched the corner of his mouth and said speechlessly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we are on different paths."
How can something go wrong with the carriage of a majestic prince like you?
Who are you fooling?
Even if something goes wrong, just send someone back and drive another one over.
But Qin Han obviously didn't understand her refusal, and continued to smile slightly: "This is the only road in this direction, how can you say it's not smooth sailing."
Xin Nianyan: "..."
She had no words to reply.
This direction is indeed the road, but this man doesn't even know where she is going, so how can she be sure to go along the way?
But Qin Han didn't wait for her to speak anymore and got into the carriage on his own.
When Xiaozhu saw Qin Han entering the carriage, he was so frightened that he quickly shrank aside and said, "I have met the prince."
"Yeah." Qin Han hummed slightly, looked at Xin Nianyan, and said with a warm smile: "Young lady, you don't mind if I take a ride with you, right?"
Xin Nianyan rolled his eyes secretly, but kept a smile on his face: "Of course I don't mind, where is the prince going?"
"I don't know where I am going. I was originally going out of the city to play. Since I met the eldest lady, I will go wherever the eldest lady goes." Qin Han said without changing his expression.
You must follow them.
Xin Nianyan was too lazy to pretend and asked directly: "My lord, you didn't just follow us out of the city and are waiting for us here, right?"
Qin Han nodded: "Yes."
Xin Nianyan was stunned. She admitted so readily that she didn't know what to say.
"Originally I wanted to pay New Year's greetings to the eldest lady, but I happened to see the eldest lady's carriage going out. I thought it was going out for fun, so I followed it all the way."
Qin Han said, shrugged, and said helplessly: "Look, we have followed you here. Wherever the eldest lady goes, just take me with you."
Xin Nianyan: "But I'm not going out for fun."
"It doesn't matter, you can do your own business and I will watch over you. Don't worry about me." Qin Han said.
Xin Nianyan was really helpless by his shamelessness. The carriage had already continued driving, so she didn't bother to say anything anymore.
"Then it's up to you, Your Majesty."
Seeing that she had closed her eyes and fell asleep, Qin Han raised the corners of his lips and his eyes became a little gentle.
The carriage fell silent for a moment, Xiaozhu huddled in the corner, not daring to move, let alone look up at Qin Han, he was really nervous.
She glanced at Xin Nianyan cautiously and said weakly: "Miss, how about you sit outside?"
Xin Nianyan opened her eyes and saw that she was so nervous that she was almost sweating on her forehead, so she could only nod: "Well, let's go."
As a little girl, she was riding in the same carriage with the prince, so it was normal for her to be nervous.
Xiaozhu felt like she was being pardoned and quickly climbed out of the carriage. When the cold wind blew, she felt completely comfortable.
In the carriage, Xin Nianyan continued to close her eyes, while Qin Han kept staring at her.
After a long time, Qin Han suddenly said: "Where is Yan'er planning to go?"
Xin Nianyan didn't even raise his eyelids and replied: "Burn incense."
Not far from the mountain village, there was a Fulu Temple. She really planned to go there first to burn incense, pass by the village on her way back, and then go in to rest as an excuse before looking for someone else.
Qin Han seemed to believe this reason and did not ask any more questions, but changed the topic.
"Yan'er really impressed me at the palace banquet yesterday."
Xin Nianyan finally opened her eyes, and when she met Qin Han's gentle eyes, she frowned.
Chapter completed!