Chapter 658: The Deposed Princess Strikes Back at the Female General 105
As soon as Nie Xirui said this, she immediately attracted many people to agree with her.
"Your Highness Prince Yi has been away from the capital for a long time. I didn't expect that he is so handsome. He is even more handsome than Your Highness Prince Rui."
"That's strange. I've seen Prince Yi at a palace banquet before. Why didn't I realize that Prince Yi was so charming then?"
"Clothes make the man. I wonder how the attendants around Prince Yi serve him. Every time he enters the palace, he looks gray and gloomy. It's scary. Who dares to take a closer look?"
"I heard that the Queen Mother is going to choose a concubine for Prince Yi. Well, actually, marrying His Royal Highness Prince Yi is not bad. Apart from His Royal Highness Prince Rui, His Royal Highness Prince Yi is the only one with a title among so many princes."
"If you become the Princess of Prince Yi, everyone who sees you will have to bow to you. You have a noble status. And I heard that Prince Yi is very clean and has no maids to serve him. He fights outside all year round and doesn't like to visit brothels like the young masters in the capital."
"That makes sense." One girl blushed and whispered, "Why not let mother pass the sign into the palace tomorrow to test the Queen Mother's attitude? Maybe it will work."
The other girls also had this idea. After all, they were women and were still very reserved. They all wanted to ask their mothers to enter the palace, or ask their fathers and brothers to get close to Prince Yi.
Nie Xirui didn't have this idea. She was still young and not in a hurry.
Most of the ladies attending the banquet were from distinguished families. Now they had a crush on Prince Yi, and Marquis Weiyuan became anxious.
He wanted the noble ladies to see that Prince Yi had no literary talent and did not understand romance, so that they would give up the idea of entering Prince Yi's palace. In this way, Prince Yi would only be able to marry the daughter of a minor official, which would not be of any help in his seizure of the throne.
Seeing that the daughter of the Grand Tutor was moved, he quickly asked the maid to pass on the message that there were many supporters of Prince Rui among the female relatives and it was time for them to play a role.
Someone covered his mouth and laughed, "It's common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Someone like Prince Yi, who knows what's wrong with him?"
"It is rumored that Prince Yi was poisoned so badly that he cannot have children. Maybe he cannot have any. Do you want to marry him and live as a widow?"
"I don't know who is talking nonsense here. Even Prince Yi is a good match. Have you all forgotten how Prince Yi killed people without a care in the world? When has Prince Yi returned to the capital without causing trouble? If he was really a good person, he wouldn't have been unmarried until now."
"Don't people know to pick up gold if it falls on the ground? Why do we have to wait until now? The Queen Mother is so anxious that she held the Summer Festival. Prince Yi has been fighting and killing outside, and it is hard to change his bad habits after returning to the capital. He is cruel by nature. Anyway, I will not marry such a man."
"If she marries him, she might even lose her life. If she gets into trouble someday, she will lose her title, and her wife and children might be implicated, bringing disaster to the whole family."
Nie Xirui was a straightforward person, and just like her father, she hated evil. She was not happy to hear this, and cursed with her hands on her hips:
"I think you are the one with a vicious nature! Can't you expect a little from others? If it weren't for King Yi who defeated the Wujin Kingdom and stopped the Northern Iron Cavalry, would you still be able to speak nonsense here now?"
The scolded girl immediately retorted: "I'm telling the truth. I know. The Queen Mother summoned you because she wanted you to marry Prince Yi, but you didn't want to, so you said nonsense and wanted to push this marriage out. You're pushing the other sisters into the fire pit!"
Nie Xirui stamped her feet in anger, "You're talking nonsense! I just can't stand you smearing Prince Yi, I'm just speaking out for justice..."
The two of them were arguing fiercely, and Nie Xirui's good friend came to help her. It soon developed into a war of words among everyone, and they almost got into a fight!
Yuwen Yi had sharp ears and eyes, and heard the sounds from the other side of the river clearly. He thought it was just a group of little girls making trouble, and he didn't take it seriously at all.
The person he wanted to marry was naturally Ji Yunhuan, and what other people thought was none of his business.
After hearing the report from the maid, Marquis Weiyuan was very angry. He wished that a fight would break out on the other side, but unfortunately, there were the Imperial Guards and the Northern Border Army watching them, and the palace maids and eunuchs trying to persuade them, so a fight could not break out at all.
Apart from the girls' quarrels, there was no scandal at all.
Yuwen Yi dealt with those young masters in a hurry. Each of them had his own ulterior motives. Some wanted to please him, while others wanted to embarrass him.
He suffered a lot in the capital. Those who seemed good to him would stab him in the back and frame him for murder. Those who seemed bad to him were really bad.
Yuwen Yi couldn't tell the difference, so he just listened to Ji Yunhuan and ignored everything. He knew who he could win over and who he should be wary of, and Ji Yunhuan had his own plans.
"I have enjoyed talking with you all today. Promotion in the army depends on military merit, which is not something I can decide. I will not invite you to a banquet. I am still busy with the celebration. The Queen Mother has summoned me, so I will leave now."
Yuwen Yi caught a glimpse of a figure standing next to Ji Yunhuan. He didn't want to wait any longer, and didn't even wait for someone to inform him at the door of Qingchuan Pavilion. He just took off into the air and flew towards Ji Yunhuan.
Marquis Weiyuan tried to stop them but was unable to do so as the people had already fled. Marquis Weiyuan's plan to plant people first and then frame Prince Yi could not be carried out at all.
Marquis Weiyuan was worried because he had not completed any of the tasks assigned by His Royal Highness Prince Rui. He could only look for another opportunity.
On Qingchuan Pavilion.
Yuwen Yi stepped lightly on the railing and landed next to Ji Yunhuan. He waved his hand casually, and Song Yan, who came over, felt a surge of energy, forcing him to take two steps back and bump into the chess table.
Ji Yunhuan's eyes sparkled with burning light, and he exclaimed, "Your Highness Prince Yi! How did you get up here? Just now, you danced with the sword, as graceful as a swimming dragon, as graceful as a startled wild goose, and as beautiful as falling pear blossoms. Your figure was dancing and as if in a dream. Huan'er was stunned."
"Ouch! Don't look at me. It's embarrassing!"
Ji Yunhuan blushed and took two steps back, facing the shiny bronze ware on the antique display shelf. She carefully gathered the loose hair around her ears, looking like a coquettish woman who dresses up to please herself.
Yuwen Yi understood in his heart that Huan'er liked this. He would have to practice more in the future to dance better.
Song Yan rubbed his bruised lower back. It hurt so much when he touched it. Seeing Ji Yunhuan's shy look, what else could he not understand? Ji Yunhuan didn't like him, but she liked Yuwen Yi!
Song Yan was very unconvinced, "Miss Ji, I can also dance with a sword. If you want to see it, I can also dance for you! I can do what he can do, I can also play the piano and flute for you, and draw eyebrows and eyes for you. He can't do what I can do."
"Shut up!" Yuwen Yi glanced at Song Yan and said disdainfully, "I can kill people, can you?"
Song Yan shuddered all over, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Yuwen Yi had been on the battlefield for a long time, and his aura was quite scary, but he still held on and said stubbornly: "Of course I won't kill anyone, but you keep talking about fighting and killing, which is too cruel. Miss Ji is going to get married, not to kill people."
Ji Yunhuan's eyes sparkled as he stared at Yuwen Yi in admiration, smiling brightly, "Your Highness Prince Yi is extremely brave and quick at killing. I like heroes like you! There is no man braver than your Highness in the entire capital!"
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