Xi Feng thought that those people in front had no tact at all. They only had eyes for the adults and ignored the lady. How could the adults possibly pay attention to them?
He wants to flatter, but his flattery skills are not good enough.
The people behind were smart enough to react and started calling out "Madam Hou".
He Zheng saw Jiang Qingyao's waist and said lightly: "He also brought the Holy Martial Whip."
Jiang Qingyao laughed and said, "Yeah, it's always good to have more things around. I'll beat anyone who provokes me."
He Zheng's eyebrows moved: "Yeah."
They arrived late, and there were already many people in the hunting ground.
Jiang Qingyao and An Guohou walked side by side, naturally attracting the attention of the whole audience.
Everyone felt that their vision brightened up a bit.
What a perfect match.
Jiang Qingyao was wearing a smoky blue brocade dress, and her hair was decorated with exquisite pearls and jades, giving her an otherworldly beauty.
Her beauty is peerless, as radiant as spring flowers.
Even among a bunch of gorgeous ladies wearing gold and silver, she is still the most eye-catching one.
At this moment, those princes and nobles suddenly understood why the ruthless and cold-hearted Marquis Anguo would marry her and love her so much.
If they could marry such a beautiful woman, they would hold her in the palm of their hands and cherish her as the apple of their eye. How could they bear to let her suffer even a little?
After seeing Jiang Qingyao appear, the other noble ladies felt embarrassed, as if all the effort they put into dressing up this morning was unnecessary and they were outdone by her.
"Qingyao!" Dou Yueying said crisply, holding up her skirt and walking quickly through the crowd.
She was dressed lightly today, preparing to go hunting and catch two rabbits for Jiang Qingyao.
"Aying." Jiang Qingyao smiled sweetly and went over to hug her arm.
Seeing this scene, the ladies felt uncomfortable.
As the daughter of the Minister of Rites, Dou Yueying used to belong to a different circle from Jiang Qingyao, but they can still play together.
In the past, those noble ladies looked down upon Jiang Qingyao, the daughter of a poor family. Unexpectedly, she became the Princess of Qixia County and the wife of the Marquis!
What a great fortune.
At present, the Anguo Marquis's Mansion is the most powerful one in the capital. Their father and brothers said that the position of Prime Minister is as easy as pie in the pocket for the Anguo Marquis, and it will be his sooner or later.
By then, Marquis Anguo would become the head of the civil officials, a general, and the emperor's confidant, and no one in the court would be able to stop him.
Even though he is now the second in command, the first in command cannot suppress him.
The nobles in the capital naturally asked their daughters to make friends with Jiang Qingyao during this autumn hunt.
They had no choice but to put aside their arrogance and humble themselves to get close to Jiang Qingyao to curry favor with her.
Dou Yueying jokingly said, "Qingyao has become very popular today."
Jiang Qingyao said lazily, "It's boring."
"When you were insignificant, you avoided me like the plague. Now you're just trying to curry favor with me. I don't want this kind of hypocritical affection."
Dou Yueying covered her lips and said, "Don't let them hear it."
She thought that she had good taste and fell in love with Jiang Qingyao at first sight. It was because she had a good appearance but didn't have the temper of a spoiled girl. She was not pretentious at all, just like a breath of fresh air.
"The Emperor has arrived—" the eunuch shouted.
Emperor Jinde, the princes, princesses, and concubines also arrived.
Jiang Qingyao noticed that Concubine Li and Princess Yongjia were missing.
Princess Yongle wore a crimson long dress embroidered with bird patterns, which made her look brighter and more flamboyant. Next to her was another girl in a dark green satin dress, who was Princess Yongan.
The younger sister of the fourth prince Qin Wang, her mother is Concubine Yin, one of the three great concubines today.
Jiang Qingyao clearly felt that Princess Yong'an was looking at her.
Never mind, she had been stared at many times today anyway.
Princess Yong'an showed a small canine tooth, pointed at Jiang Qingyao's waist and said, "Sister Yongle, she also has warm jade."
As soon as she said this, Princess Yongle followed her gaze and saw that there was indeed a rabbit-shaped warm jade hanging around Jiang Qingyao's waist.
The prince recently gave her a piece of warm jade in the shape of a flying bird.
In fact, her favorite is the rabbit.
Princess Yong'an looked innocent and said with a pout, "Well, Sister Yongle has a warm jade, and so does the wife of Marquis Anguo. You all have warm jades, but Yong'an doesn't."
Princess Yongle said, "I'll ask your brother Qin Wang to find you one later."
Princess Yong'an tilted her head and looked at her. "It's not that easy. Warm jade is very rare. But the Crown Prince knows someone who is talented in this field. I heard he got a piece a while ago..."
Suddenly she paused, with a strange look on her face, "Could it be that the piece was given to the wife of the Marquis of Anguo?"
“…”
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
The whole atmosphere around him became a little colder.
Princess Yongle frowned: "Yong'an, don't talk nonsense."
Her words easily led people to imagine that the prince and the wife of Marquis Anguo had an affair!
Everyone tried to peek at Jiang Qingyao's expression, only to see the corners of her lips twitching. "Yes, Princess Yong'an is right. The warm jade that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had found earlier was taken away by the Marquis, who then gave it to me."
As she spoke, she touched the warm jade on her waist.
Princess Yong'an was stunned for a moment, then responded innocently, "I see. I thought the Crown Prince was partial!"
"Okay, Yong'an, go play over there." Princess Yongle said a little impatiently.
Fortunately, Jiang Qingyao was straightforward, so people didn't think too much about it.
From beginning to end, Prince An's eyes were glued to Jiang Qingyao, with lust surging in his eyes.
It’s really touching!
A thought popped into his mind: he must get her!
Prince An felt as if his entire body was boiling with heat and he urgently needed to cool down.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded beside him: "Don't look at her like that."
"You didn't want your face before, and now you don't want your eyes either?"
Prince An turned around suddenly and met He Zheng's cold gaze, his heart trembling.
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