Chapter 18
Chapter 17: got engaged
Li Chaoge immediately reduced his voice. The Queen still happily pulled Li Chaoge and said, “Your brother and younger siblings are here. Prince, Chang Le, come in and see your siblings.”
Prince Li Shan, Zhao Wang Li Huai and Guangning Princess Li Changle walked into the Qianqiu Palace together. They came so all together, naturally they had made an appointment in advance. Today, I am afraid that no one in the palace does not know that the lost Princess Anding Li Chaoge has recovered.
The crown prince and Zhao Wang saluted the Queen, and Li Chaoge stood up and avoided it. After the following people stood up, Li Chaoge replied: “See Prince.”
Prince Li Shan is three years older than Li Chaoge, but Li Huai and Li Changle are younger than Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge greeted the prince, but the remaining two people wanted to greet Li Chaoge.
Li Huai and Li Changle bowed together, their voices were jagged: “I have seen my sister.”
The prince Li Shan was very easy-going and said, “Second sister, get up quickly. Over the years, you have been living outside and suffering.”
Li Chaoge shook his head and said, “No. You are in the high office, your parents are healthy, your brothers and sisters are complete, why bother?”
The prince’s attitude towards Li Chaoge was pretty good. He was the elder brother after all. When Li Chaoge was lost, he had already remembered things. He remembered that he had been crying for several days, arguing for his servants to find his sister, he cried, and his mother cried, and the emperor stood aside, staring at the ground in silence.
Later, when he grew up, he also tried to find out the whereabouts of Li Chaoge, but it was a pity that everything fell to the ground and there was no news. Slowly, he forgot all about it, but he did not expect to see his long-awaited sister again today.
The crown prince and Li Chaoge had an impression of each other, but for Li Huai and Li Changle, it was completely baffling. They were young when Li Chaoge was lost, and when they grew up, no one in the palace mentioned Li Chaoge again. In the impression of Li Huai and Li Changle, there are only three siblings, and Li Chaoge is just an old palace lady talking about ancient symbols.
But now, a woman suddenly ran out and said it was their sister. Li Huai and Li Changle couldn’t get in touch with each other immediately, and they even suspected that Afather was cheated. This woman appeared too suspicious, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?
However, the emperor may be deceived, but the queen will never. The mother said yes, then Li Huai and Li Changle had to lower their heads and call “elder sister” if they were unwilling.
After the four children met each other, the atmosphere fell into embarrassment, and no one spoke. The Queen was also embarrassed, she was about to find a way to round the field, just at this time the female officer approached. Tian Hau breathed a sigh of relief and asked, “What’s the matter?”
The female officer saluted and replied: “The queen, the prince, the banquet in front is ready, and the banquet will be held soon. The saint asked the servants and maidservants to come and invite the queen to go out.”
The Queen just stood up and said to the children: “The dinner has begun, let’s go.”
The palace is far away from the capital, there is no curfew, palace rules and other restrictions, and the night life is very lively. From day to day, everyone knows that the saint and queen will host a banquet tonight. The scene is very grand.
In the afternoon, the court ladies prepared a banquet, the courtiers returned home to recharge their energy, the imperial wife and the little lady dressed and dressed, everything proceeded step by step. But in the evening, a piece of news suddenly exploded in the inner and outer circles.
The princess Li Chaoge, An Ding, who had been lost for ten years, returned unexpectedly.
The news was so explosive that even the emperor’s attack on the back mountain was diluted. Everyone is watching the news nervously, wanting to know first-hand information. Before the banquet began, various families arrived one after another. People who knew each other stood in the banquet hall and talked. Half of the topics in the room were centered on the mysterious Anding princess.
As the dusk was getting late, the lights were bright, and the footsteps inside and outside the hall suddenly became dense. The courtiers knew that the emperor was coming soon, so they stopped chatting and took their seats for the next time.
Everyone waited for a while, and asked for a loud voice outside. With the queen standing beside the emperor, the two of them held the moon with stars, and Shi Shiran walked into the banquet hall. Seeing that the ministers got up, their foreheads bowed and bowed: “See your majesty, see the queen of heaven. Long live your majesty, the queen of heaven will be forever.”
The emperor and the queen walked to the top side by side. The emperor turned around and gently raised his hand to the black head underneath: “All the princes are free of gifts, and they are flat.”
“Thank you, thank you God.”
The courtiers, Guiqi, and the wives inside and outside the court stood up one after another. After a rustle, everyone sat down. They looked up and saw that there was one more person besides the Prince, King Zhao, and Princess Guangning. It was a woman, wearing a white undershirt, a red dress, and a silver-red drape on her arm. She is not very young, but there is a calm and heroic aura between her brows that is different from her age. She is not like a girl in fifteen or sixteen…Instead, she is like a general who goes to battle to kill the enemy.
And her position is even higher than Princess Guangning. You know, Princess Quang Ninh is the royal favorite. Not only is the saint and queen pampered, there are also two elder brothers and many cousins in the palm of her hand. She can be described as a veritable little princess. Now, the little princess is actually held down by an unknown woman?
The people below quickly exchanged their eyes, thinking about each other in their hearts. The emperor sat high, not paying attention to the undercurrent surging below. He stood up, raised his glass, and said cheerfully: “Today, I have two happy events to announce.”
The ministers immediately stopped whispering, raised their heads together, and joined in one after another: “I wonder what is your majesty’s happy event? The ministers are willing to be happy.”
The emperor laughed. He was very interested and said: “The first thing is that today, I and the queen finally found the lost Princess Anding, and the relationship between the flesh and blood was reunited. This is the first joy.”
Everyone applauded together, and the congratulations were endless. The queen and the court ladies all smiled and looked at Li Chaoge, and the focus on the court suddenly focused on Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge’s face remained unchanged, neither arrogant nor stage fright, still sitting calmly and generously.
When everyone saw Li Chaoge’s performance, they were quite surprised. In fact, they have already heard of the sudden emergence of the princess Li Chaoge, whether everyone believes it or not, the saint and the queen said yes, then this is Princess Anding. They thought that this grassroots princess who grew up among the people was either timid or fluttering after seeing the big scene. They didn’t expect that she was very calm and performed better than the noble girl who grew up in the capital.
Li Chaoge’s performance was also far beyond what Diana expected. Diana thought that it would be great if Li Chaoge could not panic and stage fright. Unexpectedly, she was calm in appearance, generous in posture, and had a royal style like Tai Shan collapsed in front of her and did not move. Li Changle, who has been accustomed to public occasions since childhood.
Even better than Li Changle.
Li Changle is innocent and charming, but Li Chaoge is steady and generous. From the image of the royal family, Li Chaoge’s performance is better than Li Changle.
Tianhou’s face grew bright, and she became more satisfied with Li Chaoge in her heart. The emperor had heard enough congratulations, and only after his inner vanity was satisfied, he continued: “The second thing is that my young daughter, Princess Guangning, and Peijia Dalangjun are married, and they will always be together. This is the second happiness.”
Li Chaoge had been sitting steadily, everyone congratulated, she just listened, anyway, no one would tell the truth on this occasion. But when she heard the emperor’s second congratulatory message, her eyes moved a little, as if the dragon in the scroll had nodded her eyes, the cold sword in the darkness was quenched, and the whole person suddenly came to life.
Li Chaoge didn’t move his clothes, only the tassels on his head shook lightly, quietly looking in the direction of Pei Jia Pei Ji’an. After Li Chaoge returned to the Eastern Capital, she was busy acknowledging the emperor and the queen, but she really didn’t want to pay attention to Pei Ji’an, so she always regarded this person as non-existent.
In this life, Pei Ji’an has nothing to do with her in life or death, and the two of them have become strangers. Li Chaoge was still hesitating whether to count the deeds of Pei Ji’an in the past life on his head in this life. Pei Ji’an in the previous life betrayed her, but the two of them will not get married in this life, so naturally there is no betrayal. This Pei Ji’an knew nothing, and it seemed a bit unethical to retaliate directly against him. As a result, before Li Chaoge thought about the result, Pei Ji’an gave her such a gift.
He was also born again. Li Chaoge was so angry that he laughed. Alright, Pei Ji’an is really infatuated. In his previous life, he openly got together with Li Changle, and disgusted Li Chaoge in front of the whole court. As soon as he was reborn in this life, he immediately asked the emperor to marry him and Li Changle.
What else does he plan to do next? Report everything she has done to the emperor and the queen, intercept the memorial passed from Rongzhou to the eastern capital, and discredit her as a fake princess, or send someone directly to Jiannan to kill her?
Li Chaoge’s eyes were like a cold sword, exuding murderous intent. Pei Ji’an originally wanted to pretend that she didn’t know, but after she watched it for too long, Pei Ji’an couldn’t even continue to pretend.
He originally felt that everything he did was justified and his previous life was over. Is he still entangled with Li Chaoge? But at this moment, facing Li Chaoge’s gaze, Pei Ji’an feels guilty inexplicably.
What is his guilty conscience? She is not his wife, the two of them have nothing to do with each other. What is wrong with him marrying his true love?
Perceiving the subtle changes in Pei Ji’an’s expression, Li Chaoge curled his lips and smiled, feeling cold in his heart. She retracted her gaze and stopped looking at Pei Ji’an.
Before Li Chaoge didn’t know that Pei Ji’an was reborn, she also thought about being strangers to each other, after all, what he did in the previous life has not happened yet, so there is no reason to embarrass each other. But now, since she is still the same person, why is she polite?
Pei Ji’an, the grudges and grievances in the previous life can be counted for a fortune.
Li Chaoge is very patient.
After the emperor finished speaking, everyone celebrated, and the Pei family was very lively for a while. The lights in the main hall were shaking, the silky bamboos filled their ears, and the brief visual interaction between Li Chaoge and Pei Jian did not attract the attention of others, except for Gu Mingke.
Gu Mingke is the cousin of Pei’s family, and his position will not be too good. He is also happy to hide in a clean place. However, Pei Ji’an was the target of his mission after all, and Pei Ji’an was in a mess, and Gu Mingke found out.
Gu Mingke also saw Li Chaoge’s movement clearly, and he sighed silently in his heart. The date of his return to the Heavenly Court will be postponed again.
Obviously, the task has become difficult. In the past, Gu Mingke only needed to guard against Pei Ji’an going to the sidewalk, but now it’s good, he wants to guard against Pei Ji’an being killed.
The look in Li Chaoge’s eyes just now didn’t look like he was looking at his ex-husband who had a hard time but he was looking at his enemy.
so troublesome. Gu Mingke sighed quietly.
After the emperor announced the happy event, the atmosphere of the banquet was raised, singing and dancing one after another, and everyone’s mood was getting higher and higher. Halfway through the banquet, the venue was already mixed up, and there were chattering and jokes everywhere. The Queen found a chance and said softly to Li Chaoge: “Chaoge, today’s banquet is from five surnames and seven eyes, Gongqing Erlang. Look, is there anything you like below?”
Li Chaoge gave his mother a face, condescendingly glanced, and then quietly shook his head. Tianhou smiled and said jokingly: “Chaoge, don’t be shy. You are a princess. You don’t have to learn those three obediences and four virtues, boudoir training, they are all fools. If you like anyone, just say it directly, A mother will give you marriage. See who dare not follow?”
The words of the Queen of Heaven are really the essence of Li Chaoge’s marriage grabbing back then. Li Chaoge thought that she could do things like extortion and marrying, and she might have something to do with her mother. Li Chaoge was about to decline, suddenly his eyes condensed and he found someone.
When the Queen saw Li Chaoge looking up at Pei’s seat, her heart suddenly tightened. Li Chaoge and Li Changle are sisters. Wouldn’t they like the same man? Tianhou quickly reminded: “Chaoge, Dalang Jun Pei is your brother-in-law and will soon be married to Chang Le. There are so many men in the world, there is no need to stare at them Pei’s family, do you think?”
Where did Li Chaoge see Pei Ji’an! Li Chaoge couldn’t believe it, she actually saw a familiar figure in the seat of Pei’s house. He sat far away, his face hidden in the shadows, unable to see his facial features. But his figure, his fingers, especially his graceful temperament, Li Chaoge would never admit it was wrong.
Li Chaoge’s gaze was so obvious. The Queen followed her and looked at it. It wasn’t Pei Ji’an where she saw the spot, and she was somewhat relieved. Since it’s not Pei Ji’an, feel free to do so. The queen didn’t care about Li Chaoge, anyway, her daughter would not suffer, so she would go to play if she liked it. If the other person’s family was talented and good looking, she would be hired as a messenger; if she couldn’t make it, she would switch to another one.
It is not uncommon for the princess to raise one or two faces in private.
After Tian Hou showed a default attitude, Li Chaoge was relieved and stood up and went to find someone below. She was the focus of the audience today. When she walked down the steps in a bright red skirt, the red skirt swept across the jade steps, draped in silk and silver, like a starry sky and draped over her body. It was amazingly beautiful. As she walked all the way down, more and more people on both sides were attracted to look back at her in awe.
Pei Ji’an was gathering with Pei Chuyue, Li Changle, and Li Huai to talk, and suddenly felt movement behind him. He turned his head and saw Li Chaoge approaching aggressively in this direction, his gaze seemed to be robbing people.