Chapter 175 Careful Planning
"Princess, please let go of your hands."
Jun Li frowned at Xiao Min for the first time, and his cold tone made Xiao Min feel cold in his heart.
"Brother Wenshui..." Xiao Min reluctantly let go of his hand, and his hatred for Jiang Xue deepened.
This woman had become so difficult! He had wanted to make her jealous and uncomfortable, but ended up outwitting her, and even made Jun Li dissatisfied with him!
Jiang Xue didn't care and walked leisurely to another seat, chatting and laughing freely with the daughters of officials around her.
"Haha, Big Brother is right. Princess Changle has really changed a lot."
At this time, a sweet woman sat next to Jiang Xue, and her smile was particularly charming.
"Princess Anle." This is the ninth princess of Beiling, the only one with a title, Xiao Gui, whose courtesy name is Baoyu.
Although Jiang Xue had had several interactions with her, they were not deep and their conversations were very few and far between, so she didn't know much about her.
All we know is that she grew up under the auspices of the queen, seemingly enjoying a life of luxury, but in reality she lived under someone else's roof and suffered a lot of hardships. Eventually, the queen arranged for her to marry the rude and uncultured Weiwei Feng Bing, and she died of depression shortly after the marriage.
It’s true that this princess is also a pitiful character.
"Huh? Why is Princess Changle staring at me like that?"
Jiang Xue's sympathetic look surprised Xiao Gui for a while.
Could it be that there was something written on my face, or I had done something terrible that caused Jiang Xue to look at me like that?
"Oops, I'm sorry, Princess Anle, please don't take it to heart." Jiang Xue retracted her gaze and smiled apologetically.
"It's okay, I understand. It must be the Fifth Princess who is causing trouble for you again."
Xiao Gui smiled and waved his hands. When he looked up, he met Xiao Min's vicious eyes and shrank his head involuntarily.
When it comes to the fifth princess, she is terribly scared. She appears gentle and kind on the surface, but is actually scheming and vicious behind the scenes. She is like a beautiful venomous snake.
Having witnessed with her own eyes Xiao Min throwing the maidservant who had made a mistake into a pit of poisonous insects, and having had her finger pricked by her long needle, she knew very well how harsh this imperial sister was to people.
As the target of Xiao Min's jealousy, Princess Changle must have suffered more than others.
Jiang Xue wanted to say that it wasn't entirely because of Xiao Min's embarrassment, but then she changed her mind and decided that some things should just be left at the right time.
So he didn't correct Xiao Gui and just smiled.
He turned his head and glanced, and met the gaze of Xiao Zhan who was sitting in the men's seat.
Xiao Yun, who was sitting on his left, was waving at him.
"Fourth brother wanted to come early in the morning, but Eighth brother stayed in bed and took a long time to dawdle. Otherwise, we would have sat down earlier."
Xiao Gui noticed that Xiao Zhan's eyes looked at Jiang Xue a little differently, as if there was a little more tenderness and affection than usual.
Before, when mynah brother told her that fourth brother had someone he liked, she didn't quite believe it. But today, she thought that the "peach blossom" mynah brother was talking about must be Princess Changle.
Xiao Gui looked the two of them up and down with a smile on his face. They were really a perfect match.
"It's strange, why doesn't His Royal Highness Prince Gong bring any guards with him today?" Usually when Xiao Zhan is seen, either Tieyi or Qingfeng is following him, but today both of them are missing, which is quite surprising.
"It's more peaceful when you can't see anything." Xiaochun snorted.
Jiang Xue and Fu Dong were both stunned when they heard this and looked at her in unison.
"..." Xiaochun looked away, deliberately not looking at the two of them.
Oh my god, this is strange, Xiaochun is so emotional.
Could it be that those two gentlemen offended her?
Jiang Xue was trying to figure out what was going on like a cat scratching its head, but the current situation did not allow her to do so.
I had to suppress my curiosity and planned to go back and inquire more carefully.
"Changle, here!" Lu Linyi also joined the party and sat down next to Jiang Xue.
"Princess Anle, hey!" When Xiao Gui saw her, he was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits and he blinked mischievously.
"Sister Lu, it's been a long time since we last met!" Xiao Gui and Lu Linyi have been a pair of funny friends since they were young and have a very close relationship.
Even though Lu Linyi followed the Marquis of Zhenbei to the border, the two of them maintained the habit of communicating every month.
This time when Zhenbei Hou came back, besides Jiang Xue, the happiest person was Xiao Gui.
The last person to appear was the cold-faced prince Xiao Li, who deliberately glanced in Jiang Xue's direction as soon as he entered the room.
The coldness in his eyes could freeze the air. Lu Linyi and Xiao Gui didn't dare to look directly at him, always feeling that there was some bad intention hidden in his eyes.
Jiang Xue, on the other hand, looked calm and not afraid at all when facing his icy face.
"Your Highness." Qing Feng moved closer to Xiao Zhan and whispered a few words.
Xiao Zhan nodded slightly and let him sit in the back.
After Xiao Li sat down, the poetry meeting officially began. Someone suggested that everyone recite a poem, either original or newly learned, and then everyone would comment on it.
"I think this is a good idea." Xiao Li leaned forward, resting his elbows on the table, with a half-smile on his lips, and his eyes swept across the audience.
Finally, his eyes fell on Xiao Zhan: "Old Four, what do you think?"
Everything is ready. It depends on your performance, second brother. The stage is set up. Don't waste the fourth brother's hard work.
"I agree!" Xiao Li laughed loudly and pointed his finger directly at Jiang Xue: "Then, let Princess Changle, who has become very famous recently, sing a song first!"
He deliberately let Jiang Xue take the lead because he believed that this outsider girl would not understand anything about poetry or songs!
I heard that on my third brother’s boat, even the drinking games had to be played on behalf of Lu Linyi. How could a woman like this have any literary talent!
"Fourth brother, why do I feel that the second brother and Sister Changle don't get along?" Xiao Yun came over and asked in a low voice. At the banquet to welcome the Marquis of Zhenbei, the second brother was also very rude to Jiang Xue and started to scold her. It seems that they don't have much in common, right?
"Changle let Chen Xiner enter the inner court at the plum blossom banquet, distracting Marquis Anguo. Second brother's carefully planned plan to deal with Marquis Zhenbei has gone to waste. How can he not be angry? Besides, Fifth Sister and Concubine De have suffered more than once from Changle.
The Virtuous Consort must have talked about this to the Queen a lot, how could the Second Prince not know about this?"
Xiao Zhan lowered his voice so that only Xiao Yun could hear, "He is not just venting his anger for them, he is venting his anger for himself.
Marquis Anguo and Concubine De are all the wings of the second emperor. If Changle touches them, it will be a challenge to the authority of the second emperor and a slap in his face. The second emperor values face the most, so how can he easily let Changle off? "
However, Second Brother, Changle is different now than it was before, so don't ask for trouble. Xiao Zhan picked up the wine glass, smiled at Jiang Xue, and drank it all.
"Second brother, please don't make things difficult for Sister Changle. She comes from Gan Country, a remote place, and she may not be able to read and write. It would be so embarrassing if she can't recite it. How can a girl with such a thin skin live in the future?" Xiao Min pretended to care, but in fact he was implying that Jiang Xue came from a barbaric family, was uneducated, and was a fool.
Jun Li remained silent, only looking back at Jiang Xue. According to his previous understanding, Jiang Xue was indeed not proficient in poetry, and asking her to recite poetry in public might really make a fool of herself.
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