Changping Gōngzhǔhas a fickle temperament and changes her face faster than turning a page of a book.

Just now, she had a gloomy face and was ready to chase people away, but in the blink of an eye, her face was full of smiles.

King Yan was indeed Changping Gōngzhǔ’s brother and his temper was almost the same as Changping Gōngzhǔ’s. He quickly put the confrontation behind his mind and asked lazily: “Oh? What interesting things happened at the banquet today? Why not tell me about it?”

Changping Gōngzhǔ vividly described the bet between Fúmǐn Jùnzhǔ and Ling Jingshu.

When King Yan heard Ling Jingshu’s name, his narrow and long phoenix eyes lit up with interest: “Royal Sister, is the Ninth Miss Ling you mentioned from Dingzhou? Her uncle is Doctor Ling of the Ministry of Works.”

Changping Gōngzhǔ raised her eyebrows in surprise: “How do you know? Have you seen her before?”

King Yan’s eyes flashed, and he smiled slowly: “I met her once in Dingxiang Tower.”

Changping Gōngzhǔ glanced at King Yan and suddenly giggled: “Oh! You have such a deep impression of her after just meeting me once. You must have fallen in love with her!”

“So what if I fell in love with her?” King Yan laughed nonchalantly: “As a prince, young, handsome, and unmarried, how can I not be worthy of her? Bringing her into the palace and making her my cèfēi ^[1]concubine, not the official wife will not humiliate her.”

“Nonsense!”

Changping Gōngzhǔ smiled and rolled her eyes at King Yan: “My mother is busy choosing a wife for you. Don’t be silly at this critical moment. If you have an affair with a lady, it will be bad for your reputation. Even if you want to marry a beauty into the palace, you have to wait until you get married.”

King Yan shrugged his shoulders, not caring at all: “My reputation has always been like this. It’s not uncommon to have an affair with a woman. My mother won’t mind.”

For men, being romantic was really not a problem.

Although King Yan could not marry before he was an adult, he already knew the world. Not to mention the beautiful maids around him, there are also many “confidantes” he met in brothels and painted boats.

Changping Gōngzhǔ thought that she had to be sneaky to hide her male favorite, and then looked at King Yan’s romantic and dissolute appearance, and she was so envious.

This world was really unfair!

Why could men have three wives and four concubines and flirt with other women? If a woman was lonely and wanted to find someone to relieve her boredom, it meant she was not a good wife?

Humph!

She didn’t care about these. She was the eldest Gōngzhǔ of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with a noble status that no one could match. She followed her heart and desires, who could stop her? Not to mention raising a few male favorites, even if the man she liked had a wife and children, she must get what she wanted!

Changping Gōngzhǔ thought rationally and stopped persuading King Yan.

She only said: “I can’t control what you want to do. However, Ling Jingshu is quite knowledgeable and interesting. She will be a guest of honor at my banquet in the future. If you meet her in my mansion, you have to restrain yourself.”

Knowledgeable and interesting?

King Yan raised his eyebrows subconsciously when he heard this adjective.

When he met Ling Jingshu in Dingxiang Tower that day, she didn’t behave like she was knowledgeable and interesting at all… Was the Ling Jingshu mentioned by Changping Gōngzhǔ really the same person as the one he knew?

Moreover, as a legitimate brother, he knew Changping Gōngzhǔ’s temperament very well. She did not have a good temper. It was not easy to catch her eye.

What kind of girl was this Ling Jingshu?

“Royal sister, you just said that you left the poems and paintings made by Ninth Miss Ling. Can someone bring them to me to appreciate?” King Yan suddenly made a request.

Changping Gōngzhǔ was also a little surprised, but she did not refuse: “Okay, I’ll have someone bring it over right away.”

…

“In the mud yet unstained by mire,
White stalks buried in the ground, unknown to all.
Life thrives in the clear red and green,
No need for the wind to bring fragrance to the pond.”

After King Yan admired the lotus painting, his eyes fell on those lines of poetry. His expression was subtly moved, and he did not speak for a long time. Expressing her ambitions in poetry!

Using the character of the lotus to metaphor her own strength and nobleness that was not stained by the dust. Especially the last sentence, it was the finishing touch. It was enough to see the talent and implicit pride of the poet. The stunning appearance that day did not actually leave him too deep an impression.

As a prince, he grew up in the palace since childhood. He was used to seeing all kinds of beauties. After he was fourteen years old and understood the world, there was never a shortage of beauties around him to pick.

Ling Jingshu was indeed a rare beauty, so he was interested for a while and gave her a name card from King Yan’s Mansion. This kind of thing was commonplace for the King of Yan.

If she took the initiative to visit him, the King of Yan would not let go of the beauty who came to his door. If she was reserved and proud and did not come, it didn’t matter. Would the dignified King of Yan lack beautiful women around him? Ling Jingshu had not shown up since then, which he had expected. There were too many things to do around him to entertain himself, and he did not have much time to think about a beautiful girl he had only met once.

Just when he was about to forget this girl, he did not expect to hear about her from Changping Gōngzhǔ. He did not expect that just by looking at the poem and painting she made by herself, his heart would be swayed and he could not control himself for a long time.

This unfamiliar and strange feeling was something he had never experienced in his life…

Changping Gōngzhǔ looked at the rare concentration of the King of Yan, and laughed secretly in her heart, deliberately joking: “Hey! Why are you in a daze all the time? You are not really moved by just looking at this poem and painting!”

The King of Yan, who had always been reckless and outspoken, rarely showed a trace of embarrassment like a teenager: “What do you mean by moved? Don’t talk nonsense, Royal Sister. “

Oh!

This boy’s face actually turned slightly red!

He looked like a clumsy teenager who was just beginning to fall in love!

After all these years of being siblings, she had never seen King Yan like this.

Changping Gōngzhǔ couldn’t help but giggle: “It turns out that you are really moved. Oh, this is so interesting! You have only seen her once, and after seeing her poem and painting today, you are moved. Ah Qi, you really opened my eyes.” She laughed as she spoke, and tears were about to come out.

King Yan was a little angry and glared at Changping Gōngzhǔ: “Imperial sister!”

If she continued, he would really be angry!

Changping Gōngzhǔ barely held back her laughter and raised her hands: “Forget it, I won’t laugh at you anymore, okay!”

King Yan snorted lightly and said angrily: “I want to take this poem and painting away too.”

Changping Gōngzhǔ’s eyes were full of smiles, but she pretended to be surprised on her face: “Why is that? This painting was clearly left by me, why do you want to take it away?”

The King of Yan snorted again, showing his tyranny and unreasonableness: “No reason, I want to take it away anyway.”

Changping Gōngzhǔal most laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and a helpless look appeared on her face: “Okay, I’m afraid of you. If you want to take it, just take it away.”

… (To be continued.)