"Miss, it's rare that the Second Prince helps us speak, why do you look unhappy?" Qiu Gui was puzzled.
Tao Yaoyao nodded her forehead and said, "What charm does your young lady have that would make the Second Prince personally come to protect her?"
Qiu Gui thought about it seriously, and then said shamelessly, "Of course the lady is good-looking."
"The mayor of Kyoto has many beautiful women from aristocratic families. The second prince used to look down on me, but now my engagement has been broken off and my former fiancé is dead? And then he suddenly became enlightened? If I tell you this, do you believe it? ?”
Qiu Gui just felt that Tao Yaoyao was in a bad mood and wanted to comfort her, but he didn't expect her to be so sober.
"Does the young lady understand the purpose of the second prince's visit today?"
Tao Yaoyao thought for a while and said uncertainly, "He came for me. The specific purpose is unclear, but it is definitely not a good thing. That's why I, your lady, ran away in such a hurry."
After returning to the house, servants brought food. Tao Yaoyao thought about what had just happened while eating.
The original owner and the second prince had known each other for a long time, but they had never crossed paths. After she came here, she had never had any contact with the second prince. The second prince suddenly came to visit today. What did he want to plot against her? He actually had to come to the door in person.
"The most valuable thing about Miss is the Chu family." Qiu Gui muttered.
Tao Yaoyao's eyes lit up, yes, why didn't she think of it. Because of the Chu family, even if the third prince didn't like him, he had been unwilling to talk about breaking off the engagement.
Now that the third prince is dead, the second prince is the most likely person to take that position, but he certainly does not have a stronger backing than the Chu family.
So he is eyeing her and wants to marry her?
Ahem!
Thinking of this possibility, Tao Yaoyao choked.
"Miss, please slow down, there is no one to compete with you." Qiu Gui served her water, and after swallowing the thing stuck in her throat, she handed her the rice.
So many things had happened in the past few days that she almost forgot Ruyang Hou's reminder. It seems that finding a husband is on the agenda again.
After lunch, she lay in the yard with the sun watching her while searching for outstanding young men known to her original owner. However, the original owner didn't care about this at all in the past, so she racked her brains for a whole afternoon and couldn't think of anything.
"Miss, someone sent you a letter." Qiu Gui handed the letter to her.
Tao Yaoyao opened it and after quickly reading the contents, she sat up and said, "Qiu Gui, let someone prepare the carriage. I'll go out."
After going back to the room and changing her clothes, she happened to meet Tao Yanyan coming to show off her power. Her face didn't look good, but her smile was extremely bright. It seemed that the second prince had promised her some benefit, so she was so proud. of.
But, she really healed her scar and forgot about the pain.
The third prince's body is still cold. Why has she forgotten the lesson she learned before?
She actually believed the sweet words of a prince again without looking at her own identity. It would be fine if she was a fairy. The second prince could still be impulsive because of her beauty.
But she was average-looking and average-status, so how could the second prince be able to take a quick look at her without thinking about it?
"What kind of look are you looking at?" Tao Yanyan was about to show off to Tao Yaoyao what the second prince had given her, when he saw her shaking her head and sighing in front of her. I despise her.
But why? The second prince would rather fall in love with her than take another look at Tao Yaoyao. She should be the one who is sad. Why does she dare to look at her like this?
"Tao Yaoyao, no matter how unconvinced you are, you have to recognize the reality. The second prince just treats me differently and treats me better than you. It's okay if you don't admit it.
Open your eyes and take a good look. This Jin Bu Yao was specially made for me by the Second Prince. It still has my name on it. "
Tao Yaoyao looked at the exaggerated but aesthetically pleasing Jin Bu Yao and was speechless, "The second prince's aesthetics are not very good, but he is sincere. You have put your things away, but don't wear them to show off on the street. Be careful." Attracting thieves.”
"You... Tao Yaoyao, admit it, you just envy me."
"Well, I do envy you. There is a fool who is willing to give you gold. If I had known that the Second Prince had prepared such a valuable thing, I would have walked slower just now."
When Tao Yanyan heard this, he covered Jin Buyao's head vigilantly, fearing that she would run over and grab him.
Tao Yaoyao was amused by her actions, "Look at your potential, don't you want to be the second prince's concubine? Now you can't bear to be Jin Buyao? When you become the prince's concubine, what do you want?"
Okay, it's getting late. You can go back and dream. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. "
Tao Yaoyao left with Qiu Gui. Tao Yanyan looked at her back for a long time before coming back to his senses. He stamped his feet angrily and cursed, "Was she scolding me just now?" After speaking, she affirmed herself, "She was scolding me." I."
"The third prince is her fiancé, but the second prince is not. The second prince treats me well, so why should she be unhappy? If I say this, she is just jealous."
Tao Yaoyao could still hear her yelling and cursing after walking a long way, so he could only sigh and step out of Tao's house.
"When will Tao Yanyan gain some brains? I really think everyone is like her, only ambitious but not brainy. She wants to die, so don't involve me."
After the carriage left Kyoto City, the second prince received the news immediately. At the same time, Xie Lan also received the news.
"What is she doing out of the city at this hour?" Xie Lan looked at Changfeng.
"My subordinates will send someone to investigate."
Xie Lan stopped him, "Get ready for the carriage."
Half an hour later, Tao Yaoyao came to the bamboo forest. Jiu Qingzi was sitting on the steps, holding a wine bottle in his hand, drinking and mumbling something. When he saw her coming, he smiled and waved to her.
Tao Yaoyao hurried over and picked up the wine jar next to him and took a sip.
"Senior, this is authentic pear blossom wine. I heard that many restaurants no longer sell it, but I didn't expect you to have it here too." She was so drunk that she put the bottle aside after two or three sips.
"Senior asked me to come here, but what's the matter?"
When they separated today, she had something to ask him, but Xie Lan was there at that time, so she didn't ask him. Now that she saw him, she had another idea.
"Want to know why I am not a prince and live in seclusion?" Jiu Qingzi asked with a smile.
"Yes." Tao Yaoyao's thoughts were seen through, and he simply admitted directly, "I don't understand the thoughts of people in this world, but for this status, the third prince has worked hard and tried his best to get that position. This shows its charm. .
Moreover, rights are indeed a good thing, and few people should be able to refuse them.
I listened to the conversation between you and His Majesty yesterday, and I felt that there must be a hidden reason why you left. "
What kind of thing could make him disregard everything, not even the identity of a prince.
"If I say it's because of women, would you still be surprised?" Jiu Qingzi looked at the bamboo forest in front of him, with a mocking smile on his lips.
"It's all in the past, don't mention it anymore, I'm getting old, and now it's your young people's world."
Jiu Qingzi smiled and tried to deflect the question, but Tao Yaoyao said, "If that's the case, I admire senior even more. I'm not afraid of senior's jokes. The second prince just went to Tao's house, and he actually protected me uncharacteristically. I I think he wants to marry me. To be more precise, he wants the support of the Chu family.
You are all princes, but you would rather have beauty than power. I think you are more conscious than them, and there are not many people in the world who can do what you do. "
Jiu Qingzi did not expect that the second prince would be so impatient just after the third prince died.
Based on his understanding of the second prince, if what Tao Yaoyao said was true, then he would use all means to force her to marry him.
"How do you think about this matter?"
"Of course I should quickly find someone to marry." When talking about this, Tao Yaoyao began to frown, took the wine jar, and drank a few more sips, and then complained to Jiu Qingzi about these young men in Kyoto City.
"None of them have any discernment. Senior, look at me. I want to have good looks and a decent identity. Why do they just look down on me?
I don’t even pick on them anymore, they still dislike me.
If it weren't for the fact that these princes have some mental problems and insist on thinking about me, I would never wish to get married. Isn’t it good to be alone? You are free and you don’t have to worry about a man changing his mind.
I'm rich and beautiful. If I meet someone good-looking in the future, it's not like I can't fall in love, but getting married... Hey, senior, why does that person look so much like King Dingbei? "
Tao Yaoyao thought he was dazzled, rubbed it, and took another look, but the man was closer to him.
Tao Yaoyao rubbed her eyes again depressedly, "I'm not drunk."
"You read that right, that is King Dingbei." Jiu Qingzi looked at Xie Lan and then at Tao Yaoyao, and said deliberately, "Actually, he is quite good, so you haven't considered him?"
"Why should you consider him?" Tao Yaoyao was a little dizzy.
"Get married. Didn't you just say that you want to get married, but can't find the right person? I think you two are quite suitable. Although he is a bit more lonely, he will not take advantage of you, and the second prince is afraid of him. If you get married to him, the second prince will definitely not dare to pay attention to you again."
"No." Tao Yaoyao stood up unsteadily, then pointed at Xie Lan's nose and said, "He is too good-looking to be safe."
Jiu Qingzi was almost amused by her, but when she saw her nephew glaring at him, she quickly put away her smile, "You don't like good-looking people? You're such a funny girl."
Tao Yaoyao waved her hand and shook her head, "All good-looking things are dangerous. But it's not that I don't like good-looking things, I just don't like King Dingbei..."
Tao Yaoyao staggered and almost fell. Xie Lan reached out to support her. For some reason, Tao Yaoyao saw Xie Lan smiling at him.
Tao Yaoyao became anxious when she saw this, "Don't laugh, you are good-looking to begin with, and you become even more lovable when you smile.
I'm not a nymphomaniac, I don't like you. "
After saying that, she turned around with the wine jar in her arms, but she turned too fast and almost fell down again. Xie Lan couldn't see it and quickly helped her to the steps. Then he snatched the wine jar from her hand and put it over to Jiu Qingzi.
"Why did you steal my wine?" Tao Yaoyao complained to Jiu Qingzi aggrievedly, "Look, he is angry again. He is like this every time. I don't know why.
That night, I obviously did it for his own good, but as soon as he came back, he cursed at me. I felt wronged and cried all night long by myself, hugging the quilt. "
Tao Yaoyao was miserable, but Xie Lan frowned.
Seeing this, Jiu Qingzi asked very cooperatively, "What happened next?"
"It didn't happen anymore. He was still angry with me, but I didn't want to coax her, and I didn't do anything wrong. He said he protected me because of my grandfather, but I didn't want to owe him anything, and I also wanted to repay his kindness.
Why is he in so much trouble?
This won't work, and that won't work either. Tell me, if I want to marry him, how will I live my life in the future? Just thinking about it gives me a headache. "
"He is really the worst-tempered man I have ever seen. He is even harder to deal with than the second and third princes. At least, the second prince and others will smile at me when they are profitable. As for him, he will do it at every turn. Blackface.”
Xie Lan didn't expect that he was such a person in Tao Yaoyao's heart.
He didn't even expect that his outpouring of concern that night actually made him cry all night.
At this moment, he felt a little regretful.
"Okay, you're drunk, I'll take you back." Xie Lan didn't want Jiu Qingzi to continue to watch the fun, and helped her to get up, but Tao Yaoyao refused to get up.
"Who are you?" Tao Yaoyao pushed him away and hid behind Jiu Qingzi, "Why should I go home with you? I only go home with people I like."
puff!
Jiu Qingzi couldn't hold it back and choked on the drink.
When Qiu Gui saw this, he looked at Jiu Qingzi with great dissatisfaction. Thanks to his young lady, he was his senior. How could he laugh at his young lady's jokes?
"Uncle Emperor, stop teasing her." Xie Lan picked up Tao Yaoyao and turned around to go down the mountain.
Jiu Qingzi followed happily.
"Uncle Emperor, doesn't he like the excitement of Kyoto City?" Xie Lan frowned when he saw him following him.
"It used to be the past, but the city of Kyoto is different now. Besides, my good nephew is getting married. As an uncle, can't I come and congratulate you?"
marriage?
Xie Lan stopped.
Seeing this, Jiu Qingzi burst out laughing, "Why, you haven't seen your own heart clearly yet, have you?"
"Uncle Emperor, you might as well say it directly if you have something to say."
"You like this girl." Jiu Qingzi said with certainty.
Xie Lan frowned and said, "Uncle Huang is wrong. I will never get married in this life." After saying that, Xie Lan walked up again faster than before. If Qiu Gui hadn't been there to help, Tao Yaoyao might not have been able to keep up with him.
Arriving in front of the carriage, Qiu Gui went to help Tao Yaoyao. Jiu Qingzi got on the Tao family's carriage first. He looked innocent and said, "Since my nephew doesn't welcome me, I'll go to the Tao family."
The Tao family's carriage is not big. It is only slightly comfortable for two people, but it is really crowded for three people. What's more, Tao Yaoyao is still drunk now, and he will definitely be dishonest later...
Just when Qiu Gui was confused about how to sit, Jiu Qingzi grabbed her onto the carriage and hit her on the butt with a stone. Before Qiu Gui could sit down, the horse had already run away.
"Miss."
