Yu Tanqi was being stared at and talked about by so many people, but she pretended to be calm, with the corners of her lips slightly raised, maintaining a polite and appropriate smile.
She didn't know anyone and could only face their gazes with a smile.
Yun Shu had been waiting for a long time. As soon as they entered the gate of Prince Yun's Mansion, a beautiful and elegantly dressed girl in red ran towards them like a colorful butterfly.
"Prince Jiang, you are finally here." Yun Shu smiled and naturally ignored Yu Tanqi who was standing with Jiang Shi.
Jiang Shi nodded slightly, signaling Danqing to present the birthday gift: "Congratulations on your sixteenth birthday, Princess. This is my birthday gift to you, Princess. I hope you don't mind."
Yun Shu looked at him with sparkling eyes: "I like the birthday gifts you give me every year very much and I have kept them well."
Although she knew that the birthday gifts Jiang Shi sent were all selected by Butler Ying, they were also sent in his name.
She kept each of them intact. Whenever she missed him, she would just look at them and touch them, which could barely soothe her unrequited love for him.
Yu Tanqi said softly at this time: "This is my birthday gift to the princess. I hope the princess will not dislike it."
She asked Linlang to hand the beautifully wrapped gift box to the maid beside Yunshu.
Yun Shu then looked at her, the smile on her face faded, but she was still smiling.
Yun Shu's eyes darted around as she said, "Miss Yu, I'm sorry to have spent so much money. This is your first time at Prince Yun's Mansion and your first time attending a banquet in the capital. I'll take you to meet some noble ladies so you won't be too bored in the future."
Yu Tanqi stayed in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion with her Prince Jiang all day long. She was almost jealous and went crazy. She had to find a way to separate them.
With Yun Shu saying this, Yu Tanqi had no reason to refuse.
Men and women should not touch each other, and Jiang Shi was not in a position to follow them to the women's side, so he smiled gently at Yu Tanqi and said, "Let Danhua follow you."
This time when he came to Prince Yun's Mansion, Yu Tanqi brought Linlang and Danhua with him just in case.
The girl frowned slightly, looked at him reluctantly, and said in a soft voice: "When can I see you again?"
Jiang Shi's heart softened at her pitiful look. His slender fingers curled slightly under his sleeves, and he finally coaxed her gently, "If you don't want to play anymore, let the servants of the palace bring you out to find me, and we'll go home."
Yu Tanqi nodded obediently: "I understand."
Yun Shu impatiently grabbed Yu Tanqi's hand and said, "Okay, no need to be so reluctant, let's go quickly."
Yu Tanqi was led by her quickly and almost tripped over the overlapping skirts of their two skirts. "Princess, please walk slower."
Yun Shu walked faster and faster, holding her hand tightly, afraid that she would regret it the next moment: "I'm not walking fast, you're walking too slowly."
Jiang Shi looked at their backs, and his clear and elegant brows wrinkled slightly.
He was a little worried, not knowing whether it was right or wrong to let her go alone with a girl of the same age.
But then he thought about how she got along well with everyone in the Xie family, and she must like getting along with girls of the same age.
She stayed with him in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion all day long, so she must have felt bored and should have gone out for fun occasionally.
The boy's black feather-like eyelashes drooped, covering his ink-black eyes and hiding the emotions in his eyes.
Even though he wanted to hide her so that no one could see or covet her.
But she is free, she has her own preferences, and he cannot restrict her.
He hoped that she was really willing to stay with him, not just to keep the so-called promise.
Jiang Shi pursed his lips slightly.
A man in a blue robe walked over and sneered at Jiang Shi, "Hey, isn't this the 'sick beauty' Jiang Shizi? How come you have the energy to go out today? Shouldn't you be lying in bed and waiting for your medicine?"
Jiang Shi raised his eyes, and his dark eyes regained their former gentleness, like a piece of smooth black jade.
He didn't care about the provocative and sarcastic look in the man's face and words, and just said gently, "Thank you for your concern, Master Zhang. I'm feeling much better now."
Zhang Kai snorted coldly, his eyes sweeping over the young man's lean and upright figure with ill intent, "Really? Now that you're feeling much better, you should be able to drink now. It's been a while since we last met, I offer a toast to Prince Jiang."
He picked up the wine jug and white porcelain cup on the table beside him, poured a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp, then filled another glass with wine, looked at Jiang Shi coldly, and handed it to him.
"I've already drunk, it's your turn, Prince Jiang."
Everyone around looked over and whispered.
"What is Zhang Kai doing?"
"He's forcing Jiang to drink."
"Is Jiang Shi's body fit enough to drink alcohol?"
"I don't think so..."
Zhang Kai looked at Jiang Shi's fair and beautiful face, a flicker of jealousy flashed through his eyes, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "It's just a drink, can't Prince Jiang give me this face?"
Jiang Shi sighed helplessly and stretched out a pair of slender jade-like hands to take the wine glass from his hand.
The young man tilted his head slightly, revealing a fair and slender neck. His protruding Adam's apple rolled slightly, making a subtle sound as the wine passed through his throat.
Even when he tilted his head back to drink, the boy's movements were still smooth and pleasing to the eye.
He put down the wine glass, and his originally pale lips were now radiant with water.
The boy's eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, and his appearance becomes more and more charming and eye-catching.
Everyone present stared with their eyes wide open, and a slight but audible gasp was heard.
Such a beauty, it is hard not to be attracted by her.
Many people in the capital had scolded Jiang Shi for being unfit to be the heir of Wu'an Marquis, for being as weak as a woman, and for being unlearned and unmotivated, but no one had ever scolded his appearance.
After all, he was so handsome.
The young man just stood there, and he was like "a man as beautiful as jade on the street, a young man unparalleled in the world."
His every word and action makes people look sideways.
If he had not left the Imperial College at the age of eleven, and had only passed the examination for a scholar six years later, and had said in front of the emperor that he might not be able to take the imperial examination in the future, there would be one more of the four great princes in the capital.
It's a pity that such a beauty is not only weak, but also a fool.
Perhaps a scholar was already a very knowledgeable person for ordinary people, but in the capital city where powerful people were everywhere, only those who passed the imperial examination and became Jinshi were considered knowledgeable. Failure to pass the imperial examination would be ridiculed.
The scholar is even less worth mentioning.
Jiang Shi put down his wine glass, and before Zhang Kai could continue to make things difficult for him, he put his fist to his lips and coughed softly.
He blinked slightly and apologized, "Sorry, maybe I drank too quickly and my throat is a little uncomfortable. I want to rest alone for a while."
Zhang Kai frowned and said disdainfully, "You really have a delicate body. Just a small glass of wine can make your throat uncomfortable. Will you cough up tears if you drink too much water one day?"
As if he thought of some funny scene, his eyes fell blatantly on Jiang Shi's pale face, and his smile was a little lewd.
"Prince Jiang is as beautiful as a flower. If his eyes were filled with tears and his lips were rosy red, he would look incredibly beautiful. Even men would be unable to control themselves, right?"
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