Chapter 152 The Little Queen Whose Wife Was Taken Away by the King (19)
Xia Lingxiao murmured, "I understand."
After a moment, he instructed again, "Remember, make sure to send the invitation to the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. Find a way to get their daughter to come."
Hearing this, the eunuch was stunned again. He didn't expect that His Highness would take care of such matters?
After all, with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's extremely noble status, he rarely cares about such trivial matters on weekdays.
However, despite being full of doubts, the eunuch did not dare to presume to guess the prince's intentions. He could only bow his head and say yes, indicating that he would follow His Highness's orders.
Seeing that the eunuch had already taken the order and left, Xia Lingxiao said no more.
At this moment, he still had a lot of heavy government affairs to deal with, so he quickly put this matter aside and started to deal with government affairs.
But what he didn't realize was that Qingwu became the first woman to leave a mark in his heart.
In the past, even if there was a woman with bad intentions, he would never interfere.
After all, in Xia Lingxiao's view, everyone's methods were extremely clumsy, and the people around him would never be confused, let alone him, the prince, who didn't need to take action.
And perhaps, from the moment he began to investigate Qing Wu, the gears of fate had already quietly turned, destined that he would be deeply trapped in the future and unable to extricate himself.
Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.
When she received the invitation to the flower viewing banquet from Princess Yong'an, the corners of her mouth hidden behind her veil slightly raised, outlining a barely perceptible smile.
It seems someone wants to see her.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Qingwu obtained a lot of useful information from Rong Jinxiu indirectly.
Rong Jinxiu had a God's perspective and described everything in great detail. No matter big or small, as long as she could think of it, she would mention it to Qingwu one by one without getting tired of it and repeatedly remind her.
Normally, when a woman from an aristocratic family entered the palace to attend a banquet hosted by the princess, her personal maid could only wait outside the palace gate for reasons of ensuring the safety of the palace.
Princess Yong'an, as the only unmarried daughter of the current emperor, is also quite favored and naturally has the arrogance of a princess.
For someone like Qingwu, who came from a declining marquisate, she would probably not be in his eyes at all.
Therefore, even if Qingwu quietly left in the middle of the banquet, it would probably not attract too much attention.
However, the arrogant Princess Yong'an was very afraid of her brother, the Crown Prince. It should be said that in this huge palace, almost everyone was afraid of Crown Prince Xia Lingxiao.
Back then, there were the favored imperial concubine and the second prince in the palace who could compete with him, but now, as the evidence of their treason was ruthlessly exposed, they instantly lost the capital to compete with the prince.
At this time, the emperor was ill in bed due to restlessness and unable to govern.
The entire palace was firmly controlled by the prince.
An idea suddenly flashed through Rong Jinxiu's mind, and she spoke again to remind him, "Miss, in my opinion, the location of this flower viewing banquet is very close to the Eastern Palace. I hope you will be more careful and don't accidentally enter the Eastern Palace."
After all, Xia Lingxiao is a cunning person with devilish intelligence. He always thinks one step ahead of others in everything.
In her view, this is what modern people would consider a conspiracy theory.
There's nothing else to it. Once Xia Lingxiao suspects that you have other intentions, it will be too easy to deal with you secretly.
After all, Xia Lingxiao is more dangerous than Huo Tingye. Huo Tingye only has a very high martial arts value, but he is a person with a cold face and a warm heart, while Xia Lingxiao is a real emperor with a cold heart.
Ever since Empress Yuan passed away, it seemed as if even the last bit of warmth left in his heart had been ruthlessly wiped out.
The person standing in front of everyone now is no longer Empress Yuan’s son Xia Zijin, but Xia Lingxiao, the Crown Prince of Daxia.
"Zijin?"
Rong Jinxiu's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, he spoke so freely in front of the young lady. Such a private matter should be known to few people in Daxia.
"It's the Crown Prince's nickname." Rong Jinxiu was worried that Qingwu would ask more questions, so she quickly changed the subject and told Qingwu a small path that she knew from a God's perspective.
——A path known only to those who have spent years in the East Palace.
Qingwu smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but just kept it in mind.
In fact, she had not originally intended to get to the bottom of the matter. To her, learning such a little secret was already a pleasant surprise.
Seeing Qingwu's reaction, Rong Jinxiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As a modern college student still in the ivory tower, Rong Jinxiu's mind is still relatively simple.
She never thought carefully about the deeper meaning and complex relationships that might be hidden behind something.
Just like now, she had no idea what it meant when Qing Wu knew about such a secret path that even the people in the East Palace might not be able to fully understand.
This situation is so bizarre that it is enough to arouse suspicion.
However, Qing Wu remained silent about this and did not remind Rong Jinxiu.
After all, even if she didn't want to break in, there would be someone who would make her want to break in.
In late spring, the capital is full of colorful flowers, which is a good time to enjoy them.
Princess Yong'an held a grand flower-viewing banquet in the Imperial Garden and invited many women from prominent families and high-ranking officials to come and enjoy the spring scenery.
The imperial garden is full of colorful flowers, competing for beauty.
Red like fire, pink like clouds, white like snow, all kinds of flowers are interwoven into a gorgeous sea of flowers.
A breeze blows, and petals fall like a dreamy flower rain.
At the banquet, the sound of stringed instruments filled the air, and guests dressed in gorgeous clothes walked around, laughing and talking constantly.
Qingwu was originally just a young lady from a declining marquis's mansion. Normally, Princess Yong'an would not have included her in the invitation list.
But for some reason, someone specifically reminded Princess Yong'an to invite Qingwu to attend the flower viewing banquet.
After all, Qingwu will marry the prince of the Duke's Mansion and will be his wife in the future, so Princess Yong'an also added her name.
Qingwu was wearing a light pink Luo skirt with delicate crabapple flowers embroidered on the hem, which swayed gently with her steps.
Her hair was tied up high, and a jade hairpin made of emerald green sparkled with a warm glow in the sunlight, making her skin look whiter than snow and her temperament gentle and charming.
Since this banquet was hosted by the princess herself, in order to ensure the safety of the banquet, no unnecessary outsiders were allowed to enter.
Therefore, the maids brought by the young ladies of each family could only wait outside the palace gate for their masters to call them, and Qingwu naturally entered the palace alone.
Just then, a little palace maid hurried past with a pot of tea in her hand, looking flustered. She seemed not to notice Qingwu in front of her and bumped into her.
The cold tea instantly spilled onto Qingwu's clothes, wetting a corner of her clothes.
The young maid was so frightened by this sudden change that her face turned pale. She fell to her knees with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy: "Miss, please spare me. This servant did not mean to do this!"
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