Chapter 7: Princess's Banquet is full of dangers, Yin Xing is embarrassed...
The next morning, people in the streets of the capital echoed the news, and the nobles in Wenbin Garden were also talking about it, and many of them were terrified.
"Fortunately, we didn't attend the Third Princess's boat party last night, otherwise, we would have been in danger of death."
"Don't mention it. I'm going to check on the injured. Their faces and bodies are completely burned to a bloody mess. Most of their skin is burned off. It's a living hell!"
"The Third Princess is very interested in developing fireworks. She once held a grand fireworks display for the Emperor's birthday banquet, which was world-famous. But something went wrong last night. How strange."
Upon seeing this, the official in charge of Wenbin Garden quickly ordered his clerk to disperse the crowd. He felt a little depressed, as this fireworks accident was too strange.
The accident of the third princess and so many noble young men shocked the court and the country overnight. I think the emperor will definitely conduct a thorough investigation, and it is likely to be the beginning of a bloody storm.
Rumors were flying everywhere in the capital, but Yin Xing was oblivious to the outside world. He reached out and flipped through the book, concentrating on learning the characters. His eyes were blurry, his cheeks puffed slightly, and he muttered worriedly, "This is too slow to learn. How can I find out Yizhen's identity quickly?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin Xing caught a glimpse of the beautiful jade pendant and immediately thought of a new idea!
Wenbin Garden was responsible for teaching etiquette to the nobility, from the royal family down to dukes, marquises, and earls. The classifications of food, clothing, housing, and transportation were complicated but clearly defined, and the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows was also very particular. I imagine the same was true for clothing patterns.
Since entering the capital, Yin Xing has seen quite a few people. Ordinary people have low, flat buns and mostly wear short, coarse cloth jackets in gray-brown, blue-gray colors.
The nobles of the dynasty often wore high buns and wore brightly colored silk robes.
It is obvious from Xuan Yizhen's clothes and hairstyle that she comes from a noble family, but this is not accurate enough.
Yin Xing hurried out of the courtyard and came to the library in Wenbin Garden. He reached out and took out an album of pictures of various phoenixes, sat cross-legged in front of the desk in the corner, and flipped through them quickly.
It turns out that the phoenix is a unique ornament for women of the royal family. However, the colors alone are divided into five phoenix categories, but the jade pendant pattern has no color.
Moreover, Xuan Yizheng prefers elegant and refined clothing, so if there is a phoenix pattern in such bright and eye-catching colors, it will be easy to spot.
But Yin Xing did not notice that Xuan Yizheng's gorgeous clothes were covered with countless phoenix patterns delicately sewn with gold and silver threads.
Yin Xing had no choice but to turn to other picture albums. Before he knew it, the sound of bells and drums rang out in the garden.
Many people left the library one after another. In the quiet place, among the bookshelves, a figure slowly approached Yin Xing.
The pages of the book rustled as they turned. Yin Xing found an album of pictures about different numbers of phoenixes. He raised his hand excitedly, but accidentally touched the teacup. The tea flowed and soaked his robe, and the bag at his side was also wet.
"Oh!" Yin Xing didn't care about his clothes. He raised his hand to take out the beautiful jade pendant and wiped it carefully.
The flickering candlelight makes the patterns on the nine-headed phoenix jade pendant appear more delicate, as if there are phoenixes of different shapes overlapping and flying in the sky, which is truly a work of art that surpasses nature.
Yin Xing was fascinated by what he saw when he heard a voice behind him: "Brother Yin, you are here."
Yin Xing immediately hid the jade pendant, turned his head and saw that it was Huairen, which gave him a headache. This man would talk nonstop every time he appeared.
"What's up?"
"The fire on the Third Princess's cruise ship caused countless casualties. I wanted to visit Brother Yin, but I didn't expect you to be studying so hard here."
Huairen glanced at Yin Xing's sleeves and asked tentatively, "Brother Yin is about to attend the Princess's feast, but he broke his promise to the Third Princess. Could it be that he has someone else in mind?"
Yin Xing didn't want to talk to him any more. He reached out and flipped through the Phoenix album, saying perfunctorily, "No, I had a stomachache, so I didn't go to the banquet."
Yin Xing didn't want to tell anyone about his secret meeting with Xuan Yizhen.
"Is that so? Brother Yin is truly lucky then." Huairen took the initiative to sit aside, his eyes glancing over the atlas he was flipping through. "Why is Brother Yin looking for the phoenix pattern on the royal family?"
Yin Xing paused, wanting to chase him away. He looked at Huairen and said, "No, I'm just curious about the purpose of the phoenix pattern."
"I see. I'm quite familiar with this, and the officials at Wenbin Garden have also explained it. Brother Yin, why don't you just ask directly?"
"Really? Then do you know of anyone more noble than a Dynasty Princess?"
Huairen replied without hesitation: "Yes, Empress Wanqi and the eldest princess."
Yin Xing, who had originally just wanted to change the subject, asked curiously, "Empress Wanqi, this surname is so rare."
"The four great families all have double surnames, and the Wanqi clan is the head of the four. It is said that they were once a mysterious clan that was even older than the royal family. Regardless of gender, the clan members are all tall and rugged, and are born strong soldiers and generals, with martial arts far superior to those of the royal family."
"That's it."
Yin Xing thought of Xuan Yizheng, who had a delicate figure and pretty eyebrows, but then he changed his mind and felt that it was impossible.
First of all, Queen Wanqi must be a bit old, and secondly, Xuan Yizheng is gentle and elegant, not rough at all!
Yin Xing decisively ruled it out and asked, "What about the eldest princess?"
Huairen replied with a puzzled look in his eyes, "The eldest princess is the eldest sister of the current emperor, don't you know that?"
After he finished speaking, Yin Xing blinked his eyes, his expression frozen. Realizing that he was about to be exposed, he quickly explained, "Of course I heard something, but my head injury was too severe, so I blurted it out."
Since the eldest princess is the emperor's sister, she is the aunt of the five princesses of the dynasty, and she must be quite old.
"In that case, you must understand the identity of the royal family clearly to avoid the crime of disrespect." Huairen responded with suspicion.
"Yes, but isn't there anyone who is as noble as the royal princesses and younger at the same time?"
"If both of them fit the bill, then the only two are Princess Xinyang and Princess Tai'an. The former is the daughter of the eldest princess, and the latter is a hereditary title bestowed upon the eldest daughter of the founding emperor of the dynasty. Because that princess was extremely favored by the emperor and had made great military achievements, but unfortunately passed away too young, the title and fiefdom were inherited by her own bloodline, and this has continued for hundreds of years to this day."
Yin Xing's eyes lit up, as if the answer was right before his eyes, and he excitedly called out, "Is Princess Tai'an pretty?"
Huairen became even more suspicious of Yin Xing's reaction and answered truthfully, "It is said that Princess Tai'an is extremely beautiful. I imagine she must be extremely beautiful, but that princess is obsessed with women and has many concubines. I'm afraid we don't stand a chance."
Moreover, there are no portraits of the two princesses in Wenbin Garden. It seems that these two princesses look down on the noble young man who inherited the title of marquis. Huairen feels that Yin Xing is a little overestimating his own abilities.
As the words fell, Yin Xing's face flushed and she was stunned and dazed. No wonder Xuan Yizheng was more willing to help her even though he knew she was a woman disguised as a man!
So when Xuan Yizhen said she was likable, could she be saying she liked him?!
In the silence, drums began to beat, and the lights in the library went out one after another. Huairen asked in confusion, "Brother Yin, aren't you leaving yet?"
Yin Xing's heart was beating like thunder. He stammered and ignored him. He reached out to pack up the album, his heart in a mess.
Not far away, a minor official stepped forward and said respectfully, "Don't bother, sir. I will take care of it myself."
Seeing this, Yin Xing didn't stay any longer and just wanted to go back to the house to calm down!
Yin Xing walked hurriedly, his figure getting farther and farther away. Huairen followed him without understanding his intentions, wondering if there was something wrong with his brain.
The wind blew the candlelight, and many picture albums on the desk were flipping. One of them stopped at the pattern of a nine-headed phoenix, with detailed notes in between.
If Yin Xing had seen this page of the album, perhaps there would have been no misunderstanding.
Unfortunately, in a moment, the thick atlas was closed by the clerk and put back on the bookshelf.
The moon moved, the stars rotated, and the days passed, until the day of the princess's visit and the grand banquet arrived.
Before daybreak, the nobles of Wenbin Garden rode in carriages and horses to the inner city of the capital.
Yin Xing watched sleepily as the team passed through the heavily guarded palace gates. The palace roads were lined with soldiers holding sharp blades and with murderous looks on their faces. This scene did not look like a welcome at all.
When the sun rose in the east and the sunset glowed, Yin Xing and his entourage climbed the stone steps. Looking back, he saw countless towering palaces in the palace and sighed inwardly that the palace was so rich and inhumane.
When Yin Xing followed him into the hall and sat down, he found that the interior was spacious and deep, even the footsteps would cause an echo, and the high platform was inlaid with gold and jade, and pearl curtains hung down, shining brightly.
In front of the crowd, there were four other seats at the front, and then people sat down. The treatment of the young masters of the four noble families was obviously different.
But Yin Xing wanted to see Xuan Yizheng more now, so he tilted his head and looked outside the hall, feeling a little nervous.
After a long time, Yin Xing was hungry and his neck was sore, so he had to turn around and sighed that being late was not a virtue.
At noon, a loud shout came from outside the quiet palace, "The princess has arrived!"
Everyone in the hall immediately sat up straight. Yin Xing looked at the three princesses of the dynasty stepping onto the platform one after another without much concern, his eyes gradually darkening.
Fortunately, not long after, someone shouted again: "Princess Tai'an and Princess Xinyang have arrived!"
Yin Xing stood up again, bowed and paid homage, stretched his neck as much as possible, stuck his head out and looked around quietly, his clear eyes suddenly filled with doubts.
Why are these two princesses wearing veils?
After the princesses and princesses sat down on the high platform, the pearl curtain dropped, blocking their view. Yin Xing could not see anything clearly and was only wondering why the main seat in the middle was empty.
"It seems that this year I will be the one to preside over it." The eldest princess raised her jade hand wearing silver bead armor, tilted her head to look at the second princess and Princess Tai'an and smiled.
The Second Princess nodded, fiddling with the red jewel on her jade-white wrist with her fingertips, and responded cooperatively, "Trouble you, Imperial Sister."
Who made Princess Zhanghua, born to the Empress Dowager, never attend the wedding banquet?
My father has always been tolerant and indulgent, so the princesses have always been allowed to host the wedding banquet to choose their prince consorts.
Princess Tai'an was too lazy to pay attention to this and turned her head away, but happened to meet the clear and burning gaze of a noble young man. She frowned slightly, thinking what an arrogant and rude man!
Somewhere in the dark, Yin Xing suddenly felt a fierce murderous intent, and he quickly lowered his head, secretly frightened!
Maybe it was just an illusion just now. Xuan Yizheng has always been gentle to others. Maybe she didn't recognize me.
"Okay, then let's use the golden ticket as a bet today. If you get the golden ticket, you can proceed to the next step..."
"How dare you spy on me so many times! Today I will gouge out your eyes!"
The eldest princess frowned and turned her head to look at Princess Tai'an who interrupted her, feeling unhappy.
The other princesses and Princess Xinyang looked on indifferently, with a playful attitude of watching the fun.
Under the platform, everyone avoided Yin Xing in disgust, secretly sighing at their bad luck.
Everyone knows that Princess Tai'an doesn't like men. This son of the Marquis of Xizhou is really courting death.
Yin Xing was shocked and confirmed that this was definitely not the person he was looking for. It was really terrible.
Immediately, the palace guards quickly approached Yin Xing, with the sharp blades in their hands shining coldly, which was frightening!
Yin Xing immediately broke out in a cold sweat and was about to explain when a loud shout came from outside the palace, "Princess Zhang Hua has arrived!"
The scene suddenly became silent. The palace guards in the hall stopped moving and the nobles knelt down.
The three princesses and two princesses on the platform stood up with different expressions, all showing a bit of surprise.
Yin Xing was still in shock when he heard the cold sound of gold and jade colliding. He slowly turned his head and looked from afar. He saw the familiar beautiful and tall figure.
The legendary Princess Zhang Hua, known for her ugly appearance and the mysterious deaths of two would-be consorts, turned out to be the beautiful and gentle Xuan Yizhen. What a huge mistake!
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