0p0 Chapter 526: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (277)
Chapter 526: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (277)
Chapter 526: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Seventy-Seven)
Liang Sheng left the Northern Frontier Palace feeling somewhat disappointed. He had someone inquire about the appearances of the Northern Frontier Princess and the Crown Prince, but they rarely attended banquets, so few people had seen their true faces, and even fewer had portraits.
The only portrait was taken at a flower viewing party held in the Northern Frontier Palace in the first year after the Crown Prince was married into the Northern Frontier Palace. The woman in the portrait and Xuan Yunian were sitting at the top. She was obviously a dignified and elegant woman, but her appearance was average, and she was completely inferior to Cui Li, the most beautiful woman in Daliang.
He had sent people to search for her in the northern border, but they couldn't find her. Liang Sheng refused to believe Cui Li had fled overseas with the child, believing she must still be here. The seemingly plausible rumors were merely false information designed to confuse him. Riding his majestic horse, Liang Sheng surveyed the northern border region and ultimately made a decision.
He asked someone to pretend to be him and return to the court, while he took eight people and headed in another direction.
"Your Majesty, the Princess of Northern Frontier has left the palace with her children and will pass this street in about a quarter of an hour."
In a restaurant in Zeshui City, Liang Sheng opened the window and looked at the street below.
When a young man appeared holding a little girl, Liang Sheng stood up immediately. Then a woman in a light purple dress appeared. Although the streets were full of people wearing masks because of the lantern party today, Liang Sheng could not take his eyes off the woman.
Perhaps because the little girl was greedy and the young man bought her candied haws, the little girl took off the fox mask and handed it to her mother, eating the candied haws happily.
The purple-dressed woman was still scolding her son for spoiling her daughter, saying she had just eaten candy today and that eating too much can cause cavities. The little girl said delicately, "Mom, Jin'er won't get cavities like her brother. I brush my teeth well."
The young man's voice was originally steady and powerful, but after hearing this, he said with some embarrassment: "Xuan Jin, I think this candied haws is not tasty. You'd better not eat it."
"No, what's wrong with the sweet candied haws? Is my brother angry? Oh, why does my brother get angry so easily? Daddy is the best. He's not angry with me."
The little girl shook her head like a grown-up, causing the young man holding her to poke her head gently and say with a smile, "Hello, Daddy. Why don't you stay with Daddy and go out to play with your brother and mom?"
"Oh, a gentleman should use words, not fists!" The little girl leaned back, her head tucked into the boy's neck, and whispered, "Jin'er is still a child and can't leave her mother. Brother is an adult now, doesn't he also miss his mother?"
"Okay, Xuan Xiaojin, come down and walk by yourself." "No, I want you to hold me!"
The woman in purple watched her children playing. The mask covered the upper half of her face, but her smile could be seen from the lower half.
Perhaps feeling the strong gaze, the woman raised her head and glanced around. When she saw the man on the windowsill, their eyes met. Her smile seemed unchanged, and her eyes seemed unchanged, as if she was casually looking at a stranger, and she even nodded slightly.
Liang Sheng squeezed the teacup in his hand tightly, feeling tangled and torn in his heart. The broken cup cut his hand, and the tea inside flowed out and soaked into the wound, but he was reluctant to take his eyes off the woman in purple.
The woman turned her gaze back to her children. The little girl saw a unique pearl hairpin from a distance and said she wanted to buy it for her mother, urging her brother to go over.
The woman walked forward, smiling, trying to catch up with her children, but she didn't expect a commotion to break out behind her. Several frightened horses rushed through the street, startling the people on the street and making them scream and shout. By the time the mad horses were restrained by the young man's men, the woman in purple who had been standing not far away had disappeared.
"Qiao Li! Go to hell!"
Qiao Li was kidnapped and just as she stood still, she felt a weapon attacking her from behind. She clenched the powder in her hand and turned quickly to sprinkle it out.
Unexpectedly, the man was prepared and the powder blew towards Qiao Li instead. Although she was no longer afraid of the poison, she coughed several times after inhaling the powder in a hurry. When the long sword stabbed at her, she subconsciously dodged, estimating the distance in her mind and thinking that her arm should be slightly injured.
Unexpectedly, someone came to his aid and knocked the man to the ground, seriously injuring him.
The masked figure was forced to reveal his true form, and Qiao Li realized it was the "River God" who had been playing tricks on him. The "River God" glanced at the man holding the sword against him and said cryptically, "This rich fortune is truly enviable, but unfortunately... Qiao Li, today I'll show you how powerful I am! You ruined my plans, damn it!" Before he could finish, Qiao Li shouted, "Get out of the way! He's going to self-destruct!"