Chapter 106: Manluo, why do you look like this...
Half a month passed quickly, and Xiyan's condition completely improved.
However, Xiao Nanyue seemed to be deliberately avoiding her. He never summoned her and even exempted her from the usual standing in the hall.
No more agarwood was burned in the copper furnace of Liuyunxuan.
Xiyan would occasionally pass by the familiar carved door of Liuyunxuan, and would always inadvertently touch the Xiyan flower jade pendant around her neck, but it would only turn into a slight smile - it was better this way, to avoid embarrassment for both of them.
I believe that after a while, when Helian Shu comes into the house, the illusion between them will eventually be shattered without a trace.
Isn't it? Helian Shu and Xiao Nanyan, no matter what aspect, are a perfect match.
As soon as the news of the marriage between the Regent and the eldest princess Helian Shu was announced, it caused a sensation everywhere, and discussions were as heated as willow catkins in spring. Even children on the street could hum a few lines of the nursery rhyme "Golden branches match jade trees".
Emperor Helian Cong issued a special decree, ordering a family banquet to be held in Changle Palace three days later, and ordered all relatives of the Xiao and Su families to attend.
Although Concubine Su Xianrou had been shutting herself away from visitors all year round, observing vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures, she had also, for the first time, ordered someone to make a golden pheasant robe...
On the day of the family banquet, two vermilion-painted sedan chairs with gold roofs were parked outside the Regent's Palace.
The curtain of one sedan chair was embroidered with a five-clawed silver dragon, while the body of the other sedan chair was covered with blue brocade. The gilded bells tied to the sedan chair poles shattered into a piece of gold foil-like light with the slightest sway.
Xiyan was informed three days ago that she would accompany the royal family banquet into the palace.
She didn't understand. If Xiao Nanyue didn't want to see her, why did he ask her to go with him this time?
At this moment, she stood beside the sedan chair, with her eyes lowered, standing gracefully, waiting for the prince and the concubine to leave the house and take the sedan chair to enter the palace.
Today, she was not wearing any makeup, but dressed in a plain white skirt with a moon-white gauze dress on the outside. There was not a single pearl or jade on her head, and even the lotus pattern embroidered on the corner of her skirt was so faint that it seemed almost non-existent, as clear as morning dew condensed on jade petals, without being stained by dust.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" A sweet voice suddenly sounded in my ears, and someone patted my shoulder lightly.
Xiyan turned her head and saw a beautiful woman in red, looking at her with her head tilted.
She was wearing a scarlet short jacket, a red silk skirt with scattered flowers, and a gilded flower ornament slanted in her hair, which made her oval face look rosy and fair, with a touch of bright red rouge dotting the corners of her eyes, making her look like a ripe peach on a branch.
Although she was dressed as a maid, she exuded a sense of beauty and agility.
Xiyan took a closer look but didn't recognize her. She wondered when such a pretty and beautiful maid had come to the Prince Regent's Palace.
Seeing her puzzled expression, the woman raised the corners of her eyes and winked at her playfully, with a dimple appearing on her right cheek.
Xiyan was startled for a moment, then her eyes swept across the familiar jade bracelet on her wrist, and suddenly she realized:
"Manluo, why do you look like this..."
"Miss Hongying is here!"
She twisted her slender waist and spun around, her red dress spinning into a gorgeous flower:
"I begged the prince for two days before he agreed to take me to the palace for a tour. But..."
She leaned close to Xiyan's ear:
"Chu Jin and the Second Prince Helian Yu have seen my true appearance. Now I'm changing my appearance to save trouble in the future. I've put a lot of effort into studying this appearance. Those two blockheads, Han Xiao and Mo Ren, didn't recognize me and thought I was a new servant."
Xiyan smiled and touched her forehead lightly with her fingertips:
"You! You can't even sit still for a moment? What's there to do in the palace?"
Manluo curled her lips and rolled her eyes in disdain:
"It's easy to talk without any pain in the back. You all left, leaving me at home. I'm so bored!"
"How could the prince agree to this troublemaker like you?"
Manluo grinned:
"I think you're worried that if you leave, I'll sneak back to Qiyun Pavilion..."
Xi Yan shook her head helplessly:
"You will get into big trouble sooner or later, and no one can save you no matter how much you plead!"
Manluo flicked her sleeves and was about to make a joke when she suddenly caught sight of Xiao Nanyan supporting the concubine and stepping out of the doorway. She immediately stopped smiling and retreated to Xiyan's side with her head lowered.
Today, Xiao Nanyan was dressed in dark court robes, which accentuated his handsome face and demeanor. The coiled dragon pattern on the jade belt buckle at his waist shone coldly in the sunlight.
He helped Concubine Su Xianrou onto the sedan chair, turned around, and walked steadily to his own sedan chair.
When passing by Xiyan, the wind brought by the corner of her robe lifted her skirt slightly. The familiar cold plum fragrance passed by her nose, but it was much lighter than usual, as if mixed with ice chips.
She and Manluo stood on either side, lifting the curtain of the sedan chair, and Xiao Nanyan stepped in.
But seeing that his face was cold and he didn't even want to look at her, Xiyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to the last time they entered the palace, when they were in the same carriage, she felt relaxed both physically and mentally even though they were walking this time.
"Lift the sedan—"
Following the deacon's shouts, the sedan bearers lifted the sedan steadily.
Xiyan, Manluo, Hanxiao and Mo Ren stood on both sides of the sedan chair, and the concubine's sedan chair followed closely behind. Dozens of guards protected the sedan chair. The group marched straight to the palace.
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