The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 213: The New Year Begins, Everything Welcomes the New

It was the New Year of Qi State, and the seventh princess Tian Yan was thirteen years old.

In an ordinary family, she would have become someone else's bride by then.

The Palace of King Qi, Tian Yan's bedroom.

The girl blinked at herself in the bronze mirror, puffed out her newly revealed chest and snorted softly:
"I wonder who would be so honored to be the husband of the person in the mirror."

Inside the palace, the maids half bowed and saluted, smiling and echoing:
"The princess is a fairy from heaven, how can a mortal be worthy of her?"

"If anyone marries a princess, he will be the envy of all the good men in the world."

"I heard that there was once a woman named Xi Shi. When she was washing silk by the river, the fish in the river forgot to swim and sank into the water because they were obsessed with Xi Shi's beauty. The princess is even more beautiful than Xi Shi."

"..."

A series of flattery came over, and Tian Yan was delighted and extremely happy when she heard it.

The face, which had naturally lost its baby fat over the years, had two dimples now visible on it, and the eyes were full of smiles when they opened and closed.

The girl waved her hand:
"One gold coin for each person! No! Two gold coins!"

The palace maids were even happier than Tian Yan, and they kept pouring flattering words into Tian Yan's ears.

The girl sang a Qi folk song, puffed out her chest, and joy was written all over her face and chest.

She put her hands behind her back and held her head high with pride:
"If this princess likes someone, I will snatch him away no matter what!
"Let's go! Go grab Yingzi with me!"

Xuan Yi served the Seventh Princess Tian Yan for seven years and was her personal maid.

She was beautiful and turned twenty-three after the New Year.

At this age, he should have left the Qi Palace three years ago.

If a maid in the palace of King Qi has not been chosen by the King of Qi or appreciated by a noble before the age of 20, she will have to leave the palace.

Xuanyi is a lucky girl. She is appreciated by the seventh princess Tian Yan and is able to continue staying in the palace at the age of 23.

At the command given by the Seventh Princess, the other palace maids all responded with a chuckle, “Yes.”

Only Xuanyi came close to Tian Yan and reminded quietly:

“Yingzi is a gentleman who values etiquette the most.

"The princess's sudden visit has caused a heated discussion at the Jixia Academy about Yingzi. This..."

Tian Yan turned her head, glared with her big black and white eyes, and shouted loudly:

"I'll go visit him! Why wouldn't he be willing to do that?
"He won't come to see me! I'm the one who shouldn't want to!"

Xuanyi nodded like a chick pecking at rice, echoing:
"Yes Yes Yes!

"That Yingzi is so ungrateful that he dared to make the princess angry. It is his blessing that the princess goes to find him!

"A man like this is not worthy of a princess!"

Tian Yan was quite satisfied when she first heard it.

When he heard the latter part, his eyes narrowed into slits and he glanced at Xuanyi:
"Don't treat me like a child anymore. I can tell you don't want me to go find Yingzi. Why?"

Xuanyi smiled bitterly, and sighed that the princess was easier to coax when she was a child, but became harder to deceive as she grew older.

She lowered her head slightly and whispered:
"I heard from people in the Jixia Academy that Ying Zi doesn't like the princess to go there...it will make Ying Zi jealous."

"It will make people jealous..." Tian Yan muttered, and raised her hand: "Prepare the car! Jixia Academy! Everyone go! The bigger the better!"

[I don’t want to go, and I don’t want to make things worse.]
[I’m going to do it! I’m going to make a big scene!]
Xuanyi smiled bitterly.

Seeing that the Seventh Princess was determined, she could only respond with a "yes" and obediently prepare for the trip.

The west gate of the Qi Palace is Jimen.

More than two hundred beautiful palace maids came out one after another, adding a beautiful landscape to the New Year of Qi State.

Ten handsome and tall ceremonial guards escorted a four-horse carriage and stopped at the gate of the Jixia Academy.

The seventh princess, Tian Yan, was bossing around in the carriage, issuing orders, and speaking in the tone of those mountain bandits she had heard:
"Xuan Yi! Go get someone to catch Ying Zi and put him on the carriage for me! I can't wait another year!"

Xuanyi blushed and secretly spat when she heard this.

[Which boy said such a ridiculous thing in front of the princess!]
[You have corrupted the princess! Even if you die ten times, it is hard to atone for your sin!]
"Yes." Xuanyi responded respectfully.

He lifted the curtain, stepped out of the carriage, stood in the front room, and waved to the guard standing on the left side of the carriage:
"At the beginning of the new year, the princess invited Yingzi to come out of the academy to chat and visit Linzi together."

When the guards received the order, they bowed and responded "Yes", then entered the Jixia Academy.

Xuanyi returned to the carriage.

As soon as he entered, Tian Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, pounced on him.

The Seventh Princess sat on Xuanyi's waist, put her hands on both sides of Xuanyi's shoulder blades, and scolded fiercely in a delicate voice:
"You dare to change my orders without permission! You are getting bolder and bolder!"

"The eunuch is guilty, the eunuch is guilty." Xuanyi lay down, relaxed her body, and responded with a smile.

The Seventh Princess was merciless and scratched Xuan Yi's itchy spots on both sides of her abdomen:
"How dare you change my orders! Huh? How dare you!"

Xuanyi begged for mercy again and again, laughing because of the itch.

While struggling, various parts of his body hit the inner wall of the carriage, causing it to shake again and again.

When Ying Chengjiao came out, what he saw were two hundred beautiful women, and twelve guards who looked like male models surrounding a vibrating carriage drawn by four horses.

shock?

震？
Ying Chengjiao's eyes suddenly widened and he stared at the shaking carriage.

The young man only heard that Duke Huan of Qi, Lu Xiaobai, abducted a girl in the street and had no time to return to the palace, so he started having sex in the carriage.

I haven't heard that after the Tian family replaced the Qi family, Princess Tian behaved so boldly. Does this count as a broken generation inheritance?
Ying Chengjiao touched his head and felt that something was missing.

Hu Shan, who followed the master out, said softly:

"My lord, if you are under the age of twenty, you don't need to wear the cap.

"While etiquette is important when traveling with a princess, this is not a violation of etiquette."

"Oh, really?" Ying Chengjiao responded and muttered softly, "I think it would be better if I wore a green one."

The boy looked at the handsome guard who called him out:

"Excuse me, please inform the princess that Ying Chengjiao has arrived."

The guard saluted slightly, responded, and was about to go and warn the seventh princess, Tian Yan.

"Wait!" Taishi Sheng shouted with a sullen face.

When Ying Chengjiao came out, there were five people around him.

Call, call Ying Chengjiao's guards, Zhao Xuanlang, and Gai Nie.

The last one is Tai Shi Sheng, the prime minister of Qi State.

The seventh princess Tian Yan came out and saw that Ying Chengjiao had made such a big fuss. King Jian of Qi knew about it before the convoy even set off.

King Jian of Qi originally wanted to come to the Jixia Academy in person to meet Ying Chengjiao and inform Ying Chengjiao that his daughter was approaching.

But no.

It is the New Year in Qi State, and the King of Qi has a lot to do.

Ancestor worship, god worship, court meetings... they are inseparable.

So, Taishi Sheng, who was annoyed by the busy government affairs, came and told Ying Chengjiao with a smile that Tian Yan was coming.

Ying Chengjiao politely said it was his honor and waited in advance on a stone bench and table not far from the entrance of the academy.

Seeing this, Taishi Sheng was extremely satisfied with Ying Zi.

He is well-educated, respectful, capable, and humble... Where can you find such a man?
If this marriage had not been arranged by his sister, the Queen Mother, during her lifetime, Tai Shi Sheng would have planned to find one of his granddaughters to marry Ying Chengjiao.

Taishi Sheng was originally in the Jixia Academy, sitting opposite Ying Chengjiao, the Jixia Academy's chief priest, and discussing important matters, feeling very happy. After hearing the guard's report, Taishi Sheng went out with Yingzi, talking and laughing, praising his own princess along the way, feeling even better.

When he came out, he saw the carriage was shaking, and Taishi Sheng's mood suddenly became bad.

This is so rude!
Taishi Sheng called the guards and walked to the side of the carriage himself.

The nearly fifty-year-old man coughed heavily and said with some undisguised anger:
"Yingzi has arrived!"

"Ah? How come it's so fast?" A panicked voice of a young girl came from the carriage: "My clothes are messed up! Clean them up for me! Let Yingzi stay with me for a moment!"

Tai Shisheng's eyes were filled with anger:

"A moment?
"Yingzi is approaching, and you are in the carriage, but you want Yingzi to wait outside?

"Even if it's Your Majesty, you wouldn't treat Yingzi like this.

"Tian Yan! You are so rude! Come out immediately and meet Yingzi!"

"Is that uncle outside?" The girl's voice was filled with a hint of pleading: "Uncle, please delay me for a moment."

"No time to waste!" Taishi Sheng gritted his teeth, "Yingzi has been watching you outside for a long time! Are you doing carpentry work in the carriage? The carriage is shaking all the time! Yingzi is knowledgeable and has a good memory, how could he not know about the affair of Duke Huan of Qi, Lü Xiaobai! Your shame is a small matter, but your loss of chastity is a big matter, why don't you come out!"

Ying Chengjiao watched Taishi Sheng go over, watched the carriage stabilize, and watched Taishi Sheng's lips moving non-stop as if they were powered by a motor.

He sighed secretly, tilted his head in boredom, raised his head slightly, and said to Zhao Xuanlang:

"Gongming, does your family force you to get married?"

Zhao Xuanlang is the same age as Ying Chengjiao, but he is one foot taller and much stronger than Ying Chengjiao.

Hearing this, he smiled honestly:
"No.

"My father said that I would marry whomever I liked.

“Our Zhao Chamber of Commerce is different from the other six chambers of commerce. We deal with wild animals more than humans.

"As long as the mountains and forests exist, our Zhao family will not perish."

Ying Chengjiao smacked his lips, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile:
"Has your father ever hunted a black and white bear?"

"A black and white bear?" Zhao Xuanlang was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly realized, "You mean the iron-eating beast? The mount of the military lord Chi You?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Ying Chengjiao nodded repeatedly: "Did you really hunt one? Can you bring me a cub?"

Zhao Xuanlang looked left and right with his big head, as if he was scouting for the enemy.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to this side, he bent down and whispered in Ying Chengjiao's ear:

“Qi State can’t do that.

"When you leave Qi, I'll give you as many as you want.

“Not just black and white, there are gray ones too!”

"Why can't Qi do it?" Ying Chengjiao asked.

If you couldn’t rub a giant panda in your previous life, why should you wait to rub one in this life?
"The iron-eating beast is the mount of Chi You, the Lord of War!" Zhao Xuanlang explained patiently.

"So what? Can Chi You be resurrected and cause trouble for me?" Ying Chengjiao blinked.

"The Eight Gods of Qi! The Lord of Arms is one of the Eight Gods of Qi!" Zhao Xuanlang felt that his best friend was a little stupid: "The Iron-eating Beast is the Lord of Arms' mount, and in Qi we can only worship it. We can't catch it, eat it, or raise it."

Ying Chengjiao exclaimed "Ah!" and then he understood.

He knew about the Eight Gods of Qi, but he had never asked who these eight gods were.

The boy shook his head with regret. It seemed that he would not be able to raise a giant panda in the near future.

He was just about to discuss with Zhao Xuanlang about getting a few giant pandas to send to the Qin State when he saw all the male guards running out and the palace maids changing places.

Two hundred palace maids surrounded the carriage with four horses in circles, leaving only a passage for Ying Chengjiao to reach the carriage.

What does this mean?
The boy was a little confused, but his mood was a little cheered up, and he felt that things seemed to be getting interesting.

"Please come in, Yingzi." Taishi Sheng walked back and said apologetically.

"Enter? Enter what?" Ying Chengjiao looked at the spring scene suspiciously, and said as he walked along the passage, "Isn't this bad? The Seventh Princess and I haven't gotten married yet, so how can I get into her carriage?"

Before he could finish his words, he had already disappeared among the array of palace maids.

Every time Ying Chengjiao took a step in the passage, two palace maids would stand closely together behind him, blocking the way.

When Taishi Sheng heard this and saw this, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Yingzi is truly righteous!"

For the sake of Tian Yan's reputation, he disregarded his own reputation. This is what a true gentleman does.

Ying Chengjiao walked step by step to the front of the carriage, looked at the carriage from close up, and heard the woman's heavy breathing.

The boy stopped, touched his chin, and his eyes gradually became suspicious.

[You can't be that bold, right?]
The boy, who originally hadn't really thought about it in any particular direction and was just having fun for himself, now had a hint of doubt.

It is not impossible that something really happened in this magical era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a beautiful palace maid came out with a rosy face.

She was shy and timid, lowered her head and whispered:
"Please take three more steps forward, Yingzi."

Ying Chengjiao waved his hands repeatedly:
“No, no, no, we can’t go any further.

"If you go any further, you'll actually enter the carriage, which would be impolite."

The young man looked at the palace maid seriously with a stern face.

From the slightly messy hair on the palace maid's head, you can clearly see the slightly wrinkled palace clothes on her body.

"I suddenly remembered that I still have to teach today." Ying Chengjiao bowed and said seriously: "I'm sorry for the inconvenience today. Goodbye, Princess."

After hesitating for a moment, the young man lowered his voice slightly and said:
"You should also be careful with fake phoenixes and false phoenixes."

Xuanyi: “…”

For a moment, the 23-year-old palace maid turned red with shame and could not even speak.

Ying Chengjiao was about to leave after he finished speaking, but he didn't turn around.

When the curtain of the carriage was lifted, Tian Yan's pretty face became redder than that of the palace maid.

The Seventh Princess walked out of the carriage and stood in the front room, bowing slightly, following standard etiquette:
"Yan first sent out invitations a month ago, inviting Yingzi to travel during the New Year.

“I was afraid that Yingzi would be inconvenienced, so I went down again three days ago.

"To ensure that Yingzi is indeed safe, it rained again yesterday."

The girl smiled, her dimples were visible, like someone in a painting:

“After three invitations, Yingzi was fine, so why did something happen suddenly?

"Today is New Year's Day. Isn't the Jixia Academy celebrating the New Year? Does Yingzi really have a class to teach?"

Without waiting for Ying Chengjiao to answer, the Seventh Princess restrained her smile and began to show her elegance.

She didn't even look at her maid and calmly ordered:

"Xuanyi, open the car curtain and welcome the joy of the New Year."

"Yes." Xuanyi responded.

Use both hands to lift the car curtain and pull it up.

Everything in the carriage was presented to Ying Chengjiao, clearly visible.

Ying Chengjiao actually took a serious look at it.