Chapter 355 After the Raiders 5
Chapter 355 After the Raiders 5
Meng Tiantian followed Sang Ning into the palace. The banquet was to be held in the imperial garden of the palace, but they first needed to go to Ning'an Palace to pay their respects to the empress dowager, and then a special palace maid would take them to the imperial garden.
When they arrived at the Imperial Garden, Meng Tiantian ran away holding her stomach and shitting. Sang Ning didn't even raise her eyes and went to chat with a lady she knew well, but she was a little absent-minded the whole time.
She was too lazy to cause trouble for Meng Tiantian because she also had her own plans.
Thinking of this, her heroic eyes became solemn, and she bit her lip and hesitated for a moment, but she decided to give it a try.
Ji Yanli did not make excuses, but came to the banquet normally. He did not join the crowd. There was a high platform not far from the Imperial Garden, from which he could enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Imperial Garden on weekdays.
This time there are not only beautiful scenery, but also many beauties more beautiful than flowers.
Ji Yanli felt that if he were a painter, he would be unable to hold back and want to paint this at this moment, but he was not one, so he just drank his tea and watched quietly with his eyes lowered.
The female strategy hunter was pulled back into this world. Ji Yanli wondered if there was that person among the ladies below.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard footsteps on the stairs.
Ji Yanli didn't have any servants with him. He looked up and saw a furtive figure slowly walking up to him, looking left and right as he walked, like a thief.
He frowned, reasonably suspecting that this was the strategy girl.
Sang Ning got rid of her little sisters and went up to the platform. She originally wanted to try her luck, but she didn't expect that there was really someone on the platform.
Her eyes lit up and she met Ji Yanli's gaze, who was frowning seriously.
"Regent!"
She ran over quickly, "What a coincidence, you are also here to enjoy the scenery."
Ji Yanli didn't say anything, just sat there and watched her perform.
Sang Ning smiled awkwardly, then rubbed his hands. "Well, to cut a long story short, Regent, can I spare you a moment?"
On the other side, Meng Tiantian came to Merlin.
She was very familiar with this plum forest. When she was Princess Qingning, she loved to come here and chat and laugh with Ji Yanli, reciting poems and composing couplets here.
When the wind blew, plum blossoms fell all over her shoulders. She shrank her neck because of the cold. Ji Yanli would always gently brush away the fallen plum blossoms for her and then put a fox fur coat on her.
After her death, I believe Ji Yanli came to this Merlin many times to reminisce the past.
If her guess was correct, Ji Yanli would avoid those ladies and come to this plum forest when he entered the palace this time.
It just snowed and it's really cold.
Meng Tiantian shivered, but still collected a bag of petals, and then climbed up a branch with her head held high.
Concave shape.
The wind blew over, and Meng Tiantian shivered. Her innocent deer eyes were frost-covered, and her pink lips were bluish-purple.
By the end, her mind was numb.
She didn't know what she was doing, nor how long this torture would last, but she couldn't move. Her legs were almost stiff, and she was afraid that if she moved, she would fall and break her leg.
When the banquet was over, the palace servants were at a loss when they found her in Merlin. They quickly called other people over, and four or five palace servants carried her down.
The collected petals were still in her arms, a huge pile, and the palace maid's lips twitched.
When she was carried out of the palace, the bag of petals was also placed in the carriage of the general's mansion.
"Take it back and make tea for this lady."
Sang Ning was speechless.
Meng Tiantian moved her hands and feet, which were finally less stiff, and slowly covered her face with her sleeves.
"Shameful! It's absolutely disgraceful!"
The general was so angry that he threw the teacup.
Meng Tiantian knelt down on that spot again. She hadn't recovered yet and her whole body was trembling. The general was so angry that he wanted to whip her twice and didn't care whether she was cold or not.
Cao discovered it, but she was not so kind as to "remind" him.
"...Lady who enters the palace, who doesn't want to catch the eyes of the Regent," Meng Tiantian breathed out tremblingly, "I, what have I done wrong?"
Seeing that she was still being stubborn, the general's face turned extremely dark.
"Want to catch the Regent's eye? You want to catch the Regent's eye? You want me to be laughed at!"
"Who would dare to marry you when you look like this? I think you should just cut off your hair and become a nun! To avoid embarrassment!"
Meng Tiantian didn't say anything, but she was not convinced.
The Regent must not have come to the banquet, otherwise he would not have gone to Merlin! Everyone present was a loser, what was there to laugh at her?
We can only blame her for being too successful in the strategy mission, which made the Regent have no one else in his mind.
Hey.
She sighed quietly.
If she had known that the broken system was unreliable, she would have married the Regent right after completing the task. At this moment, who would dare to punish her by making her kneel?
Sang Ning covered his mouth and laughed.
"Don't be angry, father. Your colleagues won't laugh at you."
"They...will only envy you."
She took out a palm-sized Ruyi from her sleeve. Almost the moment they saw the Ruyi, everyone in the hall exclaimed.
"Ning'er, where did this Ruyi come from?"
There was an expression of disbelief and ecstasy in Cao's eyes.
The general no longer cared about the rebellious girl. He came over and held the emerald green Ruyi to look at it.
"Of course the Regent gave it to me."
Sang Ning grinned and said openly.
When she said those bold words, she was so scared. After she finished speaking, the Regent did not say anything, and she felt a little regretful. Why was she so impulsive?
Unexpectedly, when she was hesitating whether to slide on her knees and admit her mistake, the Regent threw the Ruyi to her.
Before attending the banquet, they already knew that the Regent would give the Ruyi to whoever he liked.
Sang Ning was just like her father at the time, holding Ruyi in her arms and so excited she was speechless.
She heard the Regent chuckle and her face turned a little red.
It must be because I look so worthless that people laugh at me.
But let it be a joke, as long as the goal is achieved, Sanning doesn't care.
She also wanted to marry the Regent, but she only wanted to marry him after hearing that the Regent was heartbroken after Princess Qingning died.
Life is difficult for women in today's world. They have no other options except being trapped in the inner chamber, getting married and having children.
But Sang Ning didn't want this. She felt that she was born to belong to the battlefield. She liked the feeling of galloping on horseback, liked wielding swords and sticks, and liked freedom.
She had never told her mother or even her father about these bold ideas, but her mother frowned when she heard her words and scolded her harshly, telling her not to mention them again.
Sang Ning knew that her ideas were not tolerated by the world.
She is not reconciled.
She still wants to fight for it.
She knew that the Regent had Princess Qingning in his heart and avoided those noble ladies. If the Regent was willing, she could be that shield. Her only request was that if possible, she wanted to go to the battlefield.
She wants to go to the battlefield!
"How can this be?!"
Meng Tiantian, who was kneeling on the ground, was pale. She supported herself on her knees and stood up to grab the Ruyi.
"Why would the Regent give this to you? You stole it, didn't you? What tricks did you use?"
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