Chapter 177 Blind Date
Yang Yun did not expect to meet Prince Shou Li Mao in such a situation. This prince charming person who gave Yang Yuhuan a few years of stable life. However, Li Mao was not Yang Yuhuan's true destiny, and he eventually broke up the couple in the face of power.
“We are guests who come to the banquet.”
Yang Yun raised his hand to show his identity.
The guards had trapped several people, and Li Mao and Yang Hui also brought people to the scene.
"Your Highness, take down a few people of unknown origin. Judging from their appearance, they don't look like assassins." Yuanzi was guarded by the guards brought by King Shou. When he saw the master coming, one of them came forward to report.
Yang Hui looked unhappy: "Will the assassin write his identity on his face?"
Li Mao looked at the people surrounding him and shook his head, "Look at their young age, boys and girls, how could they be assassins? Ask for the situation clearly and send it to the front yard."
After saying that, Li Mao was about to turn back to the room.
Yang Yun suddenly called out, "Is it Your Highness Shou in front of you? The Yang family of Shino Hongnong came with her sister to attend a banquet to welcome the princess today, and accidentally hit her."
"Hongnong Yang family?"
Li Mao looked at Yang Hui in surprise, because Yang Hui was also from the Hongnong Yang family, but Yang Hui's identity was obviously much nobler.
The Yang family of Hongnong is a large family. Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, also came from the Yang family of Hongnong. Now there are many famous officials in the Hongnong Yang family, and it is impossible for them to know each other.
Hearing that he was from a famous family, Li Mao walked a few steps to Yang Yun and the others, and then under the light of the lantern, he saw the charming Yang Yuhuan.
Even though the light was dim and could not even see everyone's faces clearly, it just met Yang Yuhuan's eyes. Li Mao was instantly intoxicated by the beauty in front of him, and his eyes were so straight that he could not move at all.
"Your Highness?"
When Yang Hui saw Li Mao sank in his heart, he couldn't help but give a reminder.
However, Li Mao still couldn't recover from his surprise, just like Li Xia's reaction when he saw Yang Yuhuan that day.
When Yang Yuhuan heard that the person in front of him was King Shou, the son of the emperor and the favored concubine Wu Hui of the dynasty. He was about the same age as him and had never been married, he quickly took out his electric eyes to discharge the electricity at Li Mao.
The failure to use his charm in front of Li Longji last time became a regret in Yang Yuhuan's heart. Now he finally seized the opportunity and wanted to give full play to his strengths.
If you don’t need old electricity, it’s more appropriate to go back with a small electricity. Your mother is favored. Maybe you will become the prince or even the emperor in the future, and I will become the queen?
"Your Highness, how do you deal with these people?"
Yang Hui glanced at Yang Yun.
He had a relationship with Yang Yun.
When visiting Zuixianlou, Yang Hui showed good demeanor and left a good impression on Yang Yun, but in front of Li Mao, Yang Hui seemed eager for quick success and inhumane.
Under the dim light, at first glance, Yang Hui did not recognize Yang Yun.
Li Mao finally recovered from his senses, and his whole body was a little unnatural, and he lowered his head a little shyly: "Since he is a famous family, why not drink a cup together?"
"This... the origin is unknown, how can we live in the same room?" Yang Hui questioned angrily.
Yang Yun smiled and said, "Your Excellency, we have invitations here, how do we calculate the origin of this unknown?"
After saying that, Yang Yun handed over his invitation and handed it over to the people around Li Mao to check. Li Mao's guards reported: "Your Highness, you are indeed the invited one."
"After being invited to the meeting, how can you break into the inner garden? You..."
Yang Hui was about to get angry, but suddenly saw Yang Yun's face clearly. He was a little surprised and immediately remembered that this was Yang Yun who he had personally invited.
Before Yang Hui could express his meaning, Li Mao had already greeted him and said to Yang Yuhuan with a smile: "What about this little lady, how about we enter the Xiaoxu?"
"Um."
Yang Yuhuan showed the demeanor of a lady, nodding shyly, as if impressed by Li Mao's temperament.
Li Mao led several people to the solitary room, which made Yang Hui very angry. When he looked at several more people, he found that Yang Yun kept looking back and looking at him, with a smile on his face, which made him even more angry.
At this moment, the two of them had already formed a bond.
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In the room, there were light tea and wine, and exquisite fruit and snacks were constantly served. The banquet seemed elegant and refined, with a bit of warmth under the dim candlelight.
Li Mao's attention was all on Yang Yuhuan alone.
The room was much brighter. At this time, Yang Hui finally saw Yang Yuhuan's peerless beauty and finally understood that he would no longer wipe out Li Mao's enthusiasm. After all, the target he was pursuing Princess Xianyi. If Li Mao was in love with a woman from a noble family, it would be unfavorable to him. He really hoped that Li Mao would find a woman from a small family to be his concubine, so that everything would depend on his brother-in-law.
"Miss is in her prime, can she be married?" Li Mao was very direct. After knowing that Yang Yuhuan was fifteen years old, he asked about his marriage.
Yang Yuhuan shook her head gently.
Yang Yun smiled and said, "My sister has never betrothed. Could it be that His Highness Shou has what he thinks about her sister?"
Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan were at a loss for a moment.
Yang Hui rebuked: "You can ask if you are such an rude?"
At this point, he still didn't want to reveal the identity of Taoist Yang Yun, so Li Mao would have to see him off as soon as possible.
However, Li Mao is fascinated by beauty and doesn't care about his future brother-in-law's feelings at all.
"It's okay."
Li Mao raised his hand and said politely, "A beautiful lady is a gentleman. I admire Mr. Yang's straightforward temperament very much."
Abrupt words are said to be "smart and true temperament", which can be seen as Li Mao's love for the house and the Wu.
Although Yang Hui was in a bad mood, he would not risk angering the King of Shou.
Li Mao asked Yang Yuhuan a few more questions, all of which were waiting around Yang Yuhuan’s family situation, personality and preferences, and did not hide his favorability for Yang Yuhuan at all.
After listening for a while, Yang Hui felt something was wrong. In many things, he could not use Li Mao's temperament, and he hoped to obtain Wu Huifei's consent.
Yang Hui said in his heart: "If Empress Hui wants Prince Shou to be the crown prince, it is impossible for King Shou to marry an ordinary woman, and he hopes to join forces with the prominent families in the court. If Empress Hui knows this, I will blame me for not stopping it. Moreover, behind this woman, there is a younger brother who practices Taoism, and inexplicably shows something in front of the emperor, I am afraid that there is no conspiracy behind her."
"Your Highness, it's not too early, it's time to go to the mansion to take a look." Yang Hui reminded.
Li Mao said in a gentle tone: "Xianyi hasn't come back, why bother to worry? Besides, if the time is too late, you can rest here tonight... Miss Yang, what are the good places to go in the east?"
The more I talked, the deeper I went, the next step was to ask Yang Yuhuan as a guide and take him to visit Luoyang City.
Yang Yuhuan smiled and said, "There are many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples in Luoyang. I wonder if King Shou has visited Longmen Grottoes?"
Li Mao said: "I heard of it for a long time, but I didn't have the chance to go there."
"That's great. If you have the chance, you can go and have a look. Among the eight scenic spots in Luoyang, Longmen Grottoes are the most spectacular, and even the statue of Taoist ancestors of Dakong Temple is far inferior to that of."
Yang Yuhuan happily invited.
“Very good.”
Li Mao followed the flow and went with the flow.
Yang Hui interrupted Li Mao and said, "Your Highness has a noble status, how can you go out with folk women? This Buddhist cave is outside the city. Your Highness has just arrived in the Eastern Capital and has not yet asked the emperor for his care. How can you leave the city at will?"
Li Mao smiled and said, "I have notified Neiwei about my arrival in Dongdu, and my father should have known it for a long time. Since my father will not be summoned, it means that I am busy worrying about state affairs. How can I disturb me? I am not able to stop being in Dongdu. It would be great if I have a guide like Yang Xiaozi who is familiar with the scenery of Dongdu," he said.
He just said that I fell in love with Miss Yang and wanted to deepen my relationship with Miss Yang while visiting.
Yang Hui was speechless, but the identity gap was there, so he could only let Li Mao talk to Yang Yuhuan with enthusiasm. His eyes kept looking at Yang Yun, and he became more suspicious of Yang Yun's motivation for appearing in the garden.
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Talking at night with candles, the hearts of young men and women are getting closer.
At first, it was just amazing, but later we had to get along more and increase our understanding of each other and enhance our relationship.
In front of him, he was like a blind date specially prepared for Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan. Li Mao did not show off his prince's airs at all. Every word seemed very gentle, and he was simply a scattered young man. With his handsome and cheerful appearance, he was also one of the best among young scholars.
After about half an hour, Li Mao had nothing to say and refused to send Yang Yuhuan and others away.
Yang Yun, Xiaohong and Yarou all became foils, sitting aside as listeners.
Yang Yun confronted Yang Hui from time to time, and Yang Hui's eyes slowly revealed a murderous aura.
At this moment, Princess Xianyi, who was greeting guests in the front yard, arrived at the garden and heard a crisp and clear voice from afar and asked, "What are the eighteenth brother hiding here? Why didn't he come out to greet me? But forgot my sister?"
When Li Mao heard the voice, he wanted to get up to greet him, but he was reluctant to say goodbye to Yang Yuhuan. He smiled and introduced: "It's my sister Princess Xianyi. She has been a ghost since she was a child."
Yang Hui was energetic and looked at Yang Yun and others with warning eyes: "The princess is a daughter-in-law, you can't wait for abruptness."
In previous conversations, Yang Yun knew Yang Hui's identity, and also knew that this was the unlucky prince-consort who married Princess Xianyi in history but was implicated in the rebellion case in the future. As for Yang Hui's invitation to Zuixianlou that day, it was obviously from the instruction of Concubine Wu Hui.
In other words, it was Wu Huifei who wanted to introduce Yang Yun to his daughter and recruit him as an aide.
"It can be considered a mistake." Yang Yun thought to himself.
Li Mao went out to greet him, but Yang Yun and Yang Yuhuan wanted to follow him, but were stopped by Yang Hui.
I heard a conversation between Li Mao and Princess Xianyi outside the door.
"According to the order of his father and mother, we will attend the meeting tonight and meet with young talents from Dongdu. Dongdu is glitzy, and what we see is just some family members who are superb in literary talent but do not have the great strategy of governing the country. Since the Eighteenth Brother has arrived, why don't you join me in the front and join in the fun?" asked Princess Xianyi.
Li Mao took his sister to the door, fearing that he would neglect the beauty, and said, "I'll meet here."
"Then sister, you have to see who the Eighteenth Brother is meeting." Princess Xianyi ran to Li Mao two steps first, rushed to the door first, facing Yang Yun, Yang Hui and others.
Just using the beauty of a flower, the appearance of a princess is not described. Her face is like a starry moon, but the moon is not yet completed and she is a little childish, her eyes are deep, her wisdom is full of plans, and her innocent girl is charming, but she has the style of a woman, simple and elegant.
Yang Yun just glanced at it, quickly avoided the gaze that looked at the princess, and said to himself: "No wonder Emperor Xuanzong of Tang loves this daughter the most. She is really a rare beauty in the world. She is a bit similar to the concubine Wu Hui whom I met that day... Concubine Wu Hui is a little thinner, and she should be just like her daughter."
Chapter completed!