Return of the Swallow

When Qin Yining saw Hu Zi's slightly strange expression when he replied, and seeing that his staff were also on the verge of speaking, he looked at Pang Xiao in doubt.

Pang Xiao was calm and said, "I didn't expect Ji Lan to ask for the marriage of Princess Anyang, and I didn't find any signs of this before."

Hu Zi thought to himself: You and the eldest princess have signs of something, how dare you say it in front of the fourth young lady!

Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi, who knew the inside story, also looked a little embarrassed.

Qin Yining pondered what Pang Xiao said, then smiled and said, "There is no sign of the relationship between the Princess Anyang and the Duke of Dingbei, could it be with you?"

The house was quiet.

Hu Zi took a few steps back silently, as if trying to escape the storm circle.

The staff also looked at each other, hesitating whether it was time to leave.

Pang Xiao said bluntly: "When the tyranny of the Northern Ji Kingdom was overthrown in the past, I followed the sage all the year round, and later became sworn to the sage, and the relationship with the Li family was very close. I often walked around, and the elders often said something about the relationship between me and the eldest princess. jokes."

"I see." Qin Yining nodded in understanding, and asked again, "How old is the eldest princess? Since she is the sister of the saint, she must be quite old, right?"

Pang Xiao said with a smile: "The eldest princess Anyang is the old daughter of the queen mother, she is eighteen years younger than Sheng Shang, and about the same age as Sheng Shang's children. Because Sheng Shang is just such a little girl, and the eldest princess has been smart since childhood. I am very fond of the sage. I used to think that the sage had promised me the eldest princess of Anyang to bring me closer."

When Pang Xiao said this, he said seriously again: "But I have no love for the eldest princess Anyang."

Qin Yining nodded slightly and asked Hu Zi, "You just said that the Duke of Dingbei went to find the emperor and asked to marry the eldest princess Anyang?"

"Yes. The news is spread like this." Hu Zi didn't quite understand the meaning of Qin Yining's question, and his face was puzzled.

However, Pang Xiao immediately understood her concerns and said, "Do you suspect that Ji Lan did not take the initiative to ask for marriage?"

"It's a little suspicious. I wonder if there were any signs of this beforehand?"

Pang Xiao recalled carefully, shook his head and said: "There is no sign, Ji Lan doesn't like Princess Anyang, and has been away from her since Anyang was a child, but maybe Ji Lan changed her mind, and it is not impossible for Princess Shang to plan. understand.

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"There is indeed such a possibility. But what I am thinking of now is another possibility. If Princess Anyang was often used by elders to make jokes with you since she was a child, she would like to have a girl's admiration and admiration for heroes, plus the ambiguous elders. Her hints and promises should make her have unusual feelings for you."

When Pang Xiao heard the words, he anxiously defended: "I and Anyang are not..."

"My lord, I'm not questioning you, I'm just analyzing this matter objectively. Think about it, does the eldest princess Anyang have any friendship with you? No one else knows about this. You should know best."

The quiet needle falling in the house could be heard, Pang Xiao did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

Qin Yining said again, "If you had an affair with the eldest princess Anyang before, would Dingbeihou not know? If Dingbeihou knew about the matter between you, he would take the initiative to ask the sage to marry the princess, and he would stop him. Killing Da Zhou people is contrary to your good behavior."

The staff fell silent again.

They have just analyzed and learned that Ji--\u003e\u003e

Zeyu's actions this time are mainly to show his favor to Pang Xiao, and the rest of his actions are derived from this condition.

In this way, it can be known that Ji Zeyu still wants to befriend Pang Xiao.

But if Ji Zeyu knew about the relationship between Pang Xiao and the eldest princess of Anyang, and asked the saint to marry him, wouldn't he care about the relationship between them?

Therefore, Qin Yining's analysis is that this matter is likely to be a marriage granted by the saint, and Ji Zeyu has to obey.

If that's the case, everything can be explained.

The saint granted marriage, and Ji Zeyu must obey the order and cannot refuse. Then the saint said to the outsider that this time it was Ji Zeyu who came to ask for relatives. Then Pang Xiao, the former concubine candidate, will have some rift with Ji Zeyu.

The most important thing is that 80% of the people that Princess Anyang likes are Pang Xiao. If she married Ji Zeyu with her love for Pang Xiao, wouldn't Ji Zeyu care? There will be more disputes at that time.

Qin Yining had so many thoughts in her heart, but she didn't change her expression in the slightest, and she didn't plan to say it face to face. After all, it involved emotional matters, and she also respected Pang Xiao's privacy and was unwilling to get to the bottom of such matters.

The staff members are not stupid, and everyone already has guesses in their hearts.

Pang Xiao thought about it for a while, smiled domineeringly, stood up and laughed at himself: "Is this king's situation now in embattled, ah?"

"Look at me, the old ministers in Northern Hebei hated me to the core, and the ministers who surrendered to Dayan were afraid of me. Because of the military pay, the brothers who rebelled with me also had doubts about me, but the sage cut my military power. If Ji Lan turned against me now, I would really be weakened into a loner."

Pang Xiao's details are all the truth, and he doesn't have any emotions. He can even hear that he is in a good mood now.

But the staff felt a sense of crisis for Pang Xiao in their hearts.

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Li Qitian stared at the dignified girl kneeling in front of him, rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, and sighed, "Helan, how long are you going to kneel for?"

The eldest princess of Anyang, Li Helan, raised her eyes and looked at Li Qitian, choked up, and said aggrievedly: "Brother Huang, you don't mean anything, you said when you were a child that when Laner grows up, you can marry Pang Zhixi as a wife. Now the emperor is the most honorable person in the world. You don't know what Laner wants, but you promised Laner to Ji Lan like this. You know that Ji Lan and I don't see each other. These days What will happen next?"

Li Helan was dignified and beautiful, and he looked even more pitiful when weeping.

Li Qitian has loved this sister since she was a child, and Li Helan is very smart and knows how to advance and retreat. It is good because the relationship between the two brothers and sisters has always been good. When Li Helan cried about this, Li Qitian also felt distressed.

"Get up, I have already made a decision, so I can't change it. What's wrong with Ji Lan? With a beautiful appearance, Yunwen Yunwu, isn't it good to be your concubine?"

"But Laner just doesn't like him. Brother Huang, can you love Laner once and not marry Laner to Ji Lan?"

Li Qitian rubbed his brows, suddenly his heart moved, and then he said with a dignified and embarrassed expression: "Helan, I won't hide it from you. In fact, Pang Zhixi already has someone he likes, and now that woman is in his house. I know that. You like Pang Zhixi, but you can't compete with him wherever you go, and Pang Zhixi won't agree. You still obey the arrangement of the emperor, can the emperor still lie to you? "