Chapter 16
This call of Princess Zhaoyang brought the person opposite to her senses.
Although she was a princess raised in a deep palace, Xie Wan was not careless at all. She immediately raised her hand and held Xie Lingyu's wrist: "Ayu, why are you so alienated from Sister A?"
Even though Xie Lingyu had already made every possible effort in his heart, Ayu almost failed because of this sound.
The last time she met Pei Jingan in her previous life, he blurted out the same name to her.
There is an inescapable absurdity of fate at this moment.
Fortunately, before Xie Lingyu returned to Chang'an, he knew that he would run into these people sooner or later.
Now the first person she saw was Xie Wan.
"Maybe it's because she hasn't returned to Chang'an for so long," before Xie Lingyu could answer, the Queen Mother made amends for her first.
Xie Wan immediately said with a smile: "Grandma said so, but it doesn't matter, we will slowly get to know each other again."
"The third princess is right," Xie Lingyu raised her lips.
She really couldn't call her "Ajie" this time.
Xie Wan didn't force him, he just asked: "When did Ayu return to Chang'an? How come we didn't get any news?"
Xie Lingyu looked at her concerned look: "I only returned to the palace yesterday evening. Because it was too late, I couldn't enter the palace immediately to pay respects to the saint and the Queen Mother."
What she said was really beautiful. The Queen Mother looked at her with loving eyes: "You are still so caring."
"Will you still live in Chang'an from now on?" Xie Wan asked again.
The Queen Mother smiled again this time and said first: "Don't worry, she won't be able to leave when she comes back this time. You sisters will spend a lot of time together in the future."
Xie Wan expressed joy: "That's great. I'm worried about having no one to accompany me."
However, the Queen Mother exposed it immediately and said, "You often go out of the palace to Liu Lang's house. If there is a banquet for young ladies in the future, you also bring Ling Yu with you. She doesn't have many playmates when she returns to Chang'an for the first time."
Xie Wan couldn't laugh at all now.
She is the princess of a saint. When a young lady sees her, she would not respectfully call her "Your Majesty."
No matter what banquet she attended, she was the most eye-catching presence, and no one dared to ignore her, the pearl of a saint.
Now that Xie Lingyu suddenly returns to Chang'an, this has dropped a huge stone in the circle of nobles and nobles in Chang'an.
Xie Lingyu saw the hesitation in Xie Wan's eyes at a glance. She originally didn't like to get involved in the circle of young noble ladies and had no interest in it, but now she became interested.
"Thank you so much, Third Princess," she thanked politely.
Being thanked by her like this, Xie Wan didn't even think about agreeing.
The Queen Mother was even more happy to see the harmony between them, and now she smiled so much that the wrinkles on her face relaxed a bit.
After a while, Xie Lingyu said to the Queen Mother Bingming: "Grandma, I came to the palace this time to thank the saint. I wonder if Grandma can ask the chamberlain to pass the message."
"If you want to see Erlang, it's just a matter of words. Besides, although you are not in Chang'an, the saint and I have the same heart, thinking about you all the time," the Queen Mother naturally agreed.
The saint is the second among the brothers, and the Queen Mother, as her biological mother, has always called him this.
The Queen Mother sent someone to find out where the saint was now and told him about Xie Lingyu's entry into the palace.
About two-quarters of an hour later, the chamberlain not only returned, but also brought back the saint's chamberlain.
The chamberlain held a fly whisk in his hand, respectfully greeted the Queen Mother, and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the saint is now in the Liangyi Palace. His Royal Highness King Xuan Yongning will go there immediately."
"Erlang is probably dealing with government affairs at the moment, so he has no time to come over, but he is asking you to come over. It shows that he can't wait to see you," the Queen Mother said knowingly that he was her own son after all.
Xie Lingyu stood up: "My granddaughter will leave first."
Queen Mother: "Okay, you go and see Erlang first and let him take a look."
After Xie Lingyu left, Xie Wan accompanied the Queen Mother to talk, but she was obviously not as cheerful as usual.
There is still some distance from the Queen Mother's Xingqing Hall to Liangyi Hall.
Xie Lingyu planned to walk over, but as soon as he left the entrance of the palace, he saw a chariot stopped at the door.
The chamberlain who came out with Xie Lingyu had a smile on his face: "Your Highness, there is some distance between Xingqing Hall and Liangyi Hall. The saint specially ordered the servants to prepare the chariot to avoid tiring Your Highness."
The corner of Xie Lingyu's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile: "I'd like to help you, housekeeper."
"Your Highness, this is really embarrassing for this slave." The chamberlain quickly helped Xie Lingyu get on the chariot.
Along the way to the Liangyi Hall, you can see the wide and magnificent atrium and the white marble stone steps. From a distance, you can see one layer after another. Under the bright light, they look particularly majestic.
The Liangyi Hall is the place where saints and courtiers discuss state affairs, and ordinary women in the harem are not allowed to come here easily.
When they arrived at the entrance of the palace, Xie Lingyu stood on the corridor outside the door, waiting for the chamberlain to come in and report.
Without letting her wait too long, the house attendant hurried back, obviously to lead her inside.
Xie Lingyu followed the chamberlain into the hall and walked to the side hall where the saint lived. This was when he finally saw the saint dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe.
I have to say that Xie Lingyu's good looks are indeed inherited from his family.
Although the saint in front of him is over fifty years old, his figure is still tall and straight, and his appearance can even tell that he was extraordinary in his youth. He looks majestic and handsome.
At this moment, he looked up at the girl in front of him, feeling a little dazed.
Xie Chongrun, the first king of Yongning, was famous for his good looks in the Xie royal family. When he was young, he was also a handsome son who was famous in Chang'an.
It's a pity that the saint couldn't watch him grow gray with him.
Xie Lingyu has always known that she resembles her father, and the slightly dazed look the saint looked at her at this moment proved this even more.
So she slowly knelt down, kowtowed and solemnly said: "I thank Lingyu and pay my respects to the saint."
The saint who was still sitting suddenly stood up, walked around the long desk and directly helped Xie Lingyu up. He stared at the little girl in front of him and said in a daze: "In a blink of an eye, Qilang's little Ayu actually looks like this." Big.”
Xie Lingyu's father practiced Qi among brothers, so the sage always called him Qilang.
This call from Shichiro made the girl in front of him purse her lips slightly, and her expression showed an indescribable sense of grievance. Her clear eyes were slightly red, with a faint glimmer of water.
Until her voice trembled slightly: "Uncle Huang."
This call of "Uncle Huang" completely made the saint smile happily.
"That's true. Just now, you called me a saint, and you were very strange to me." The saint smiled.
A monarch is always unpredictable, so that his subordinates cannot easily guess, but they have to think hard. As a saint who has been in Yuji for so many years, he has long been familiar with the methods of ruling the world, and rarely expresses his opinions so directly.
Not even the slightest bit of pampering can be easily seen.
But his preference for Xie Lingyu is obvious to all.
Now this sentence can even reflect his love and care for her.
It can be seen that after the death of King Xian Yongning, the saint really loved Xie Lingyu as his own daughter.
Xie Lingyu also restrained her alienation just now and smiled shyly: "After all, I am almost fifteen, how can I keep acting like a baby with Uncle Huang."
"A young lady of your age is the right age to act like a spoiled brat." The saint laughed a few times and then said, "Your birthday is probably in July."
Xie Lingyu was really surprised: "The saint even remembers this?"
When the saint heard this, there was unspeakable emotion on his face, which seemed to be nostalgic and sentimental: "That's because when Qilang was still here, he was very busy in July every year, and he had to choose birthday gifts for you and give them to you. Have a birthday party.”
When he said this, even Xie Lingyu suddenly remembered those things.
Although Aye is a powerful prince, he is also a bit childish in his temper, especially when it comes to Xie Lingyu. He always tries his best to collect all kinds of delicious and fun things to make her happy.
Every year on her birthday, the entire palace is extremely lively.
The servants and maids in the house are all very happy, because there will be large rewards coming.
Everyone knows that she is the apple of Aye's eye, the most dignified and delicate little lady in the palace.
"Don't worry, although Qilang is no longer here, Uncle Huang will definitely make your hairstyle beautiful and won't let you suffer any injustice," the saint said in a particularly gentle tone.
"Uncle Huang has always treated me very kindly. Lingyu has never been wronged in the slightest. This time he was seriously ill in Shangyang Palace. If it hadn't been for the thousand-year-old ginseng gifted by Uncle Huang, I'm afraid my body wouldn't have recovered. Such a quick recovery.”
Although her words were meant to be flattering, they still reached the heart of the saint.
Everyone in the world doesn't know that King Xian Yongning died to save the saint. If there is news that Xie Lingyu has been wronged in the slightest, wouldn't it mean that he, a saint, does not miss his old feelings.
Wouldn't it disappoint the ministers and the people?
The saint has always flaunted his virtues and wisdom, and his only wish is to compete with the famous emperors in history.
How could he pollute his own holiness in this matter?
Otherwise, he would not have insisted on making Xie Lingyu King of Yongning despite all opinions.
After he made this decision, it meant that his favor for Xie Lingyu would only increase but not decrease from now on.
After some more commonplace talk, Xie Lingyu resigned.
When she walked out of Liangyi Hall, the corners of her mouth raised slightly.
What she said just now about approaching fifteen was not said casually.
A man can enter an official career by being crowned. As the King of Yongning, she can naturally have a reason after performing the hairpin ceremony.
Although as a woman, participating in government affairs is a rare thing in ancient and modern times.
But she has become a prince, so she doesn't know that if she doesn't work hard, she may not be able to achieve her wish.
She would not place all her hopes on Xiao Yanxing and wait for him to gain power and become her support.
In this life, she doesn't want to hide in her shell.
She wants to take everything into her own hands.
After Xie Lingyu left Liangyi Hall, she did not leave the palace immediately and return to her home. Instead, she went to Xingqing Hall again to accompany the Queen Mother.
Xie Lingyu stayed in the palace until dusk, when the morning bells and evening drums rang, and then she left. When she returned home, she took the gifts from the saint and the queen mother with her, and they couldn't even fit in a cart.
After she returned home in great force, within a moment, the entire mansion knew that His Highness had received a very rich reward in the palace.
Xie Lingyu sent Chunxi to Concubine Han's courtyard to tell her that she was back.
Then she returned to the courtyard, but when passing by the side courtyard, she happened to see a sweeping maid coming out of it.
"Is Mr. Lang in the courtyard?" Xie Lingyu asked.
The maid quickly saluted: "Back to Your Highness, the husband has gone to the library pavilion."
Xie Lingyu waved his hand, indicating that the maid could leave.
She originally wanted to go back to her yard, but after thinking for a moment, she changed direction.
When she arrived at the library, she saw Qingfeng waiting at the door. The other party saw that she was about to salute, but did not want to be pressed down by Xie Lingyu, who raised her hand and made a silent gesture to signal him to be silent.
Xie Lingyu raised her hand and gently pushed open the door of the library. The pavilion was connected by eight main rooms. The moment she opened the door, she saw rows and rows of extremely tall varnished bookshelves inside, with the books neatly arranged. .
There are tens of thousands of books in this collection, and it feels like even the air is filled with the light fragrance of ink.
Xie Lingyu took a look and didn't find Xiao Yanxing.
So she walked quietly through the bookshelf, and finally saw Xiao Yanxing holding a book next to a window, lowering his eyes and looking at it carefully. The golden sunlight leaked in from the open window lattice and fell on him. There is an innocent and pure sense of amazement on the black hair and eyelashes.
Xie Lingyu suddenly felt a movement in her heart and wanted to raise her hand to pat his shoulder.
Unexpectedly, the man who was hanging his head and seemingly engrossed in reading said, "His Royal Highness is back from the palace."
His gentle greeting shocked Xie Lingyu.
"How did you know it was me?" Xie Lingyu was very interested.
Xiao Yanxing looked up at the girl in front of him. He was about to speak when he heard another unfamiliar female voice outside the window: "His Royal Highness is in the library. Han Ning has come to pay his respects."
Why is she here?
Xie Lingyu felt excited, and saw that the man in front of her seemed to be about to speak. She took a step forward and raised her hand to cover his mouth, trying to stop him from talking.
Xiao Yanxing's black eyes suddenly shrank. After a moment, he lowered his eyelashes slightly and saw that the complicated and delicate sleeves of the girl in front of him slipped down due to the movement of raising his hands, revealing half of the skin as delicate as a peeled lychee. , so white that it's almost transparent.
At this moment, his nose was filled with the lingering sweet and soft girly fragrance.
There really is an illusion that the warm fragrance of nephrite fills your heart.
