The Pearl on the Emperor’s Crown - Chapter 1

[Chapter 1]

May in the capital is unbearably hot, and when you move northward to the Shenghe Palace, you naturally don’t forget to bring the lovely princesses with you.

The palace is built on the mountain, the green cover meets the sky, the Shenghe River surrounds the mountain into a few words, and the water and wind come from three sides, which is indeed much cooler than the Forbidden City.

Zhu Yi lay groggy on the grass, unaware that a man was standing close at her.

The girl’s misty skirt with water blue embroidered lotus pattern was blown up by the wind, like a half-spread flower, her unbearably slender waist undulating gracefully upwards, and her fifteen-year-old body was as delicate as water.

Zhu Yi was woken up by the shaking. She saw the prince leaning over her, her eyes were half-blind at first, and then she stared at the eyes of a cat in surprise. She sat up and said, “Brother Emperor!”

Zhu Yi immediately lowered her head, seeing that her dress was neat and she didn’t feel strange on her body, so she felt relieved.

No wonder Jue was so wary. She is not the blood of the Tian family, but the orphan of the brave general Pei Qingrang. The fourth son of the emperor, Zhu Xiuce, once stretched out a pig’s paw to her when he was drunk, although she secretly figured it out later, there was a shadow after all.

However, everyone knows that the fourth prince is greedy for sex, and the crown prince has an excellent reputation.

The prince pretended not to see her movements, but Zhu Yi asked first, “Why is the emperor here?”

The prince said: “I always take this path to Hepei Pavilion. I have an appointment to meet there today, and see you here. Come and see.” Then he frowned and asked, “Why is Xizhen alone outside? What about the palace maid?”

Zhu Yi pursed her lips, how could she know where her palace maid was. Today, Zhu Dai invited her to visit the lotus for the first time in the world. She kept her heart and endured that she didn’t even drink any saliva.

But Zhu Dai and the prince are both from the queen, two brothers and sisters of the same mother, Zhu Yi would not be stupid enough to mention Zhu Dai to the prince.

When she got up, the prince also stood up, and she saw Zhu Yi patted the grass on her body and said: “I went out for a walk alone, I may have suffered from heat before, it’s not a big problem. I won’t delay the royal brother’s meeting, Xizhen. Farewell.” The tone was polite and distant.

How could the prince not detect Zhu Yi’s suspicion of him, and let her go without saying anything.

Zhu Yi walked from the pebble path to the corridor paved with bluestone square bricks, and turned quickly to the Yuewang Pavilion where she lived, unaware that there were a few people on the other side.

And her figure clearly fell into people’s eyes.

The man at the head was a slender and sturdy man, wearing a tooth-colored robe of light purple and dark patterned silk, with black hair tied in a white jade hairpin. It was the prince who invited the crane to peck the pavilion to enjoy the cool air—Xie Ying, the prince of Wei Ning.

The prince also walked out of the fork where Zhu Yi appeared at this time.

Prince Zhu Xiuxu has an elegant temperament and wears a red ochre python robe. The position of the monarchs has already cultivated his dignity, and the image of the real dragon is about to lose the old emperor.

And Xie Ying stood beside the prince, which dimmed Zhu Xiuxu’s brilliance. God doesn’t know how much he favors this person, so he was born so dazzling. It makes people feel ashamed at first glance, but they are reluctant to see it. Ever since Xie Ying stepped into the Shenghe Palace this afternoon, the little palace maids shyly and timidly kept sneaking glances.

The prince looked at Xie Ying, and then looked at Zhu Dai, who was petite and exquisite beside him: “Adai, where did you take your cousin to, it took so long to come here.”

The queen is the daughter of the Xie family, and she and King Wei Ning are siblings. Xie Ying and the prince are serious cousins.

“I didn’t take my cousin around, because my mother and my cousin talked for too long.” Zhu Dai was only twelve years old, and her pretty face had not yet lost its baby fat. She smiled with two little pear eddies, which were so cute and cute.

She asked again curiously, “Brother, what are you and Xizhen doing behind the woods? Oh, why do you have so many grass clippings on your body?” Zhu Dai circled the prince, raised her hand and patted his vest: “Behind the back Yes. Did brother roll on the ground? Hee hee, how old are you?”

Zhu Dai was naive, but apart from her, the confidants who followed her and Xie Ying were all adult men and women, and the one who came out earlier was Princess Xizhen, who all got into the woods with the prince and rolled through the woods. Not all fools understand what that means.

The prince’s prudence does not seem like someone who would do such a thing, but thinking about Princess Xizhen’s splendid face, it’s not so incredible.

The prince didn’t answer, just patted the grass clippings on his legs, smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said, “Let’s go, A Ying, we two brothers haven’t had a drink together for a long time.”

The prince observed Xie Ying’s reaction while talking. Zhu Yi secretly pursued Xie Ying. Not many people knew about this, but the prince knew it.

Xie Ying rejected Zhu Yi early, but the prince was always worried that Xie Ying would change his mind, but after today, it would be impossible to think about it. Xie Ying hated the woman who was frivolous and not self-love, and obsessed with him. Jue now has it all.

Xie Ying narrowed his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little cold.

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Zhu Yi returned to Yuewang Pavilion for a while, and the two maids who went with her to Zhu Dai’s invitation hurried back.

Mianfeng asked, “Princess, are you alright? The servant girl suddenly fell into a coma and woke up in the garden outside the time.” She didn’t see Zhu Yi when she woke up.

Geng Lu also nodded worriedly.

Zhu Yi said: “I’m fine, don’t mention today’s affairs. The three of us have to be more careful in the future.”

Mianfeng also knew that he shouldn’t ask questions in the palace. Seeing Zhu Yi’s calm look, he guessed that there was no danger, so he stopped asking.

Zhu Yi knew that the appearance of the prince was definitely not as simple as he said, and Zhu Dai had stunned her, so she must be trying to make a fool of herself, but… She really couldn’t guess the intention of Zhu Dai and the prince’s actions. Maybe something will shake out later? Zhu Yi squeezed her hand hard, but now she can only take a step by step.

Zhu Yi took a shower and changed his clothes, and Concubine Tong sent someone over to spread the word, saying that it was to catch the wind for Prince Wei Ning, and tonight the Yizheng Hall gave a banquet and ordered all the princes and princesses to attend.

Xie Ying returned to Beijing to receive a reward for the Xuanwuyuan victory, and went to see him at the Shenghe Palace. Zhu Yi knew that the emperor would definitely make a special trip to hold a banquet, but he didn’t expect it to be a family banquet.

But it also makes sense. Xie Ying is the nephew of Queen Xie. The emperor has always shown 12 points of love to him. In the past, when Xie Ying was in Beijing, the emperor called him into the palace to attend the class with the prince in Kaiyuan Hall and ride horses on the school ground. Bend the bow. There were even rumors that Xie Ying was the illegitimate son of the emperor and Princess Wei Ning, which shows how strong the emperor’s love was.

Speaking of Xie Ying…she hadn’t seen him for over a year.

Soon to the dinner party.

The emperor was overweight and was particularly afraid of heat. There are two rows of crystal basins in the Yizheng Hall. The snow in the basins is like a hill. The eunuchs shake the handle of the gilt fan-leaf windmill, and the cool breeze fills the hall.

In addition to the queen, only two concubines, Gui and Shu, were present as non-voting concubines. In the main hall, the empress, the prince, and the royal family who accompanied the driver had one case. The princesses said yes, but they actually only set up a food table on the west side, and a pearl was moved in the middle Curtain screen, right as a meaning.

Zhu Yi’s eyes met Zhu Dai’s for a moment, and both of them looked away as if nothing had happened. Everyone is well versed in the way of getting along in the deep palace, no matter how much secrets there are, they are still able to keep it in and out on such occasions.

Besides Zhu Yi and Zhu Dai, there were two princesses sitting beside them, Zhu Yi’s friend Zhu Chuo, and Zhu Dai’s attendant Zhu Jing.

Zhu Chuo was originally standing, but then he leaned over and bit his ear with Zhu Yi: “Hey, third child, your prince is here!”

Zhu Dai naturally saw it, and immediately left the table and went to the center of the hall.

Zhu Chuo is a no-brainer. Zhu Yi was a little uncomfortable. Xie Ying had already been the old yellow calendar she had turned over, so she whispered: “Don’t talk nonsense, the eldest sister has already left, and my marriage should be decided soon.”

“Isn’t that right? Xie Ying didn’t marry again.” Zhu Chuo looked out again with shining eyes.

Zhu Chuo also coveted Xie Ying, a man like that would be a princess if he didn’t flirt, but the other party held a military power that the emperor should also be afraid of, and the momentum was so compelling that she could only stay away. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yi, who has always been honest, started to provoke Xie Ying without saying a word.

“I told you that people look down on me. Ah Chuo is interested, you can give it a try.” Zhu Yi peeled an ice lychee and put it in his mouth.

Zhu Chuo is Lord Ye who loves dragons, and glanced at her: “You tease me? If he doesn’t even look down on you, wouldn’t I be making fun of myself? Take a look, and you’ll be fine.”

When Zhu Dai came back, Zhu Yi and Zhu Chuo looked at each other and ended the topic tacitly.

After a while, the emperor and the queen also arrived, and they said some beautiful scenes. Outside, there was a staggered choreography, and there was a singing and dancing performance. When Zhu Yi enjoyed the singing and dancing through the bead curtain, he carefully controlled his eyes not to drift to Xie Ying’s side.

If it was just an ordinary show of affection and rejection, Zhu Yi would not be so brooding, the key lies in some inside information.

Zhu Yi remembers very clearly that she was very active towards Xie Ying at that time, she took the initiative to meet him, talk to him, use the emperor’s will to make him teach her riding skills, and change her way to attract his attention… All her recklessness in her life is probably It’s been used for a while.

After going back and forth with Xie Ying many times, she arrived at the right time. In the name of thanking him for teaching her how to ride, she made private appointments with him three times. He came out three times, and the last time she brought her a Zuixiaolou. roasted pigeon with peppers.

When they met for the fourth time, as a reward for the pigeon, she boldly gave Xie Ying a sword spike. She told him that she did it herself. She was both shy and looking forward to thinking that Xie Ying would accept it. Who knew that his face had changed at that time, and she could even feel the hidden anger on the other side. Xie Ying flatly refused, and then, no more…

At the subsequent palace banquet, Xie Ying didn’t even look at her again, let alone respond to her.

Zhu Yi didn’t know where to provoke him, but only thought that this man was really hot and cold, unreasonable, and had a hole in his head.

The day Xie Ying returned to Weizhou silently, Zhu Yi covered herself in the quilt and cried for most of the night, and decided to give up on him the next day.

Once Zhu Yi made up her mind to do one thing, her will was extraordinarily strong, she really drove Xie Ying out of her heart, and never planned to have a relationship with Xie Ying again.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yi gave Xie Ying a ghostly look, almost the first moment she looked at each other, Xie Ying turned to look at her, and the two of them stared at each other.

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Joey: Does this guy have a radar on him? I just glanced at him and he scanned it right away!

Author: … what do you think?

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