noffsinger Chapter 675 Xiao Yue changes her words
Chapter 675 Xiao Yue changes her words
According to the rules, the Xilin envoys would be arranged to rest in the inn after the audience.
After the repairs are completed, a banquet will be held in the palace tomorrow to welcome them.
Xiao Yue and others were on the road that had to be taken to leave the palace after the morning court session. They asked Qiao Fu anxiously, "All the court officials have left, why haven't the people from Xilin arrived yet?"
Qiao Fu hurriedly replied, "Princess, they should be here soon. I heard earlier that they have left the Golden Palace. However, the Ninth Prince of Xilin was summoned by the Emperor alone, so they may have been delayed a little."
Without the emperor's order, if the princess wants to meet the people of Xilin, she can only wait here on the palace road.
She was worried about missing it, so when the Ninth Prince of Xilin went to the imperial study, she informed the princess, which might have caused her to arrive a little early.
Xiao Yue frowned and looked at Qiao Fu. Thinking of the looks those courtiers who passed by just now gave her, she felt very unhappy.
"I just asked you to get some information and confirm the specific time. If you can't even handle such a small matter, what's the point of having you here to be stared at by others?"
Qiao Fu's face turned pale, and she quickly knelt down in front of Xiao Yue, "It is my fault for not doing my job well, please forgive me, Princess!"
Qiaorong, who was standing beside her, also knelt down.
Xiao Yue looked at the two of them coldly, feeling more and more unhappy.
"Alright, what's the point of kneeling here on the palace path? If you don't know me, you might think I'm very harsh on my servants. Get up."
Qiao Fu and Qiao Rong breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up.
As soon as she stood still, Qiao Fu saw someone coming from the other side of Rongdao, "Princess, it seems that someone from Xilin is here."
Xiao Yue immediately turned around and looked.
The one walking in the front was Murong Yu, tall and graceful, with a graceful figure. From a distance, he looked like a nobleman with extraordinary bearing. Only when he got closer did he see his stunning and charming eyes.
He just paced slowly on the palace road, as if everything around him had been eclipsed and all the glory was concentrated on him alone.
Xiao Yue stared at him in a daze, her eyes fixed on Murong Yu's face, her heart beating rapidly, and for a moment she almost stared in a trance.
It was not until Murong Yu approached and was about to walk past her that Xiao Yue suddenly came to her senses.
"Wait!" Xiao Yue said anxiously.
Murong Yu stopped and turned his head slightly to look at Xiao Yue. He took a look at her clothes and said, "Greetings, Princess."
"How do you know me……"
Xiao Yue originally wanted to ask the other party how she knew that she was a princess, but after thinking about it, she realized that since she could appear in this palace road and her clothes were different from those of the palace maids, plus her age, her identity was not difficult to guess, so she changed the topic halfway through her words.
"I am the fifth princess Xiao Yue, and you are the ninth prince of Xilin?"
Murong Yu nodded, "Murong Yu meets the Fifth Princess."
Xiao Yue secretly took a deep breath, straightened his back and said, "No need to be polite, Ninth Prince."
As he spoke, Xiao Yue couldn't help but look at Murong Yu a few more times.
She really should take back her previous words. Although she had seen many handsome men since she traveled through time, it was the first time she had seen someone as stunning as the one in front of her. No wonder the palace maids were talking about it and even started to change their minds about the marriage.
If I marry him...
Xiao Yue's heartbeat quickened again and she couldn't help but blush.
Murong Yu stared at Xiao Yue, seeing her blushing face, but he was already used to it, and said calmly: "The Fifth Princess is on the palace road, is she waiting for me?"
"Yes." Xiao Yue answered subconsciously, and then coughed twice, and continued, "This princess heard that the Xilin Kingdom's letter mentioned the intention of marriage. Now that the Xilin envoy has arrived, this princess is here to ask whether this marriage is true or false."
Murong Yu raised his eyebrows calmly, and there was a flash of doubt in his eyes when he looked at Xiao Yue.
If one wants to know whether the marriage is true or not, one can naturally go and ask Emperor Xiao. It is really against the rules for a princess to stop at the palace road and ask the envoy of another country whether the matter is true or not.
But in just a blink of an eye, Murong Yu's expression returned to normal, and he said calmly: "We in Xilin do have the intention of marriage, which is also for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries. When I met your emperor just now, I also conveyed my father's intention of marriage, but your emperor has not given a definite answer yet."
Murong Yu paused for a moment and smiled at Xiao Yue.
"Does the princess not want to marry?"
This question was really straightforward. If someone else had asked it, it would have been considered rude. However, with Murong Yu's smile, Xiao Yue didn't feel offended at all, and even gave a negative answer without even thinking twice.
"no!"
This was answered so quickly that Qiao Fu and Qiao Rong, who were following behind Xiao Yue, couldn't help but glance at their own princess.
Xiao Yue also realized that she answered too quickly, and she straightened her expression and spoke again: "This princess means that the marriage is related to the peace between the two countries and is a national event. This princess understands the responsibilities she needs to shoulder, and naturally will not make decisions based on personal likes and dislikes."
Murong Yu smiled again, "Princess, you are very righteous. I admire you."
"Thank you for the compliment, Ninth Prince." A smile spread across Xiao Yue's face.
"I wonder if the princess has anything else to do. If not, we will go to the inn to rest first."
"It's okay. The Ninth Prince must have been exhausted from the long journey. Go back and rest early." Xiao Yue said considerately.
After the two of them bowed, Xiao Yue watched Murong Yu leave.
She didn't look away until she turned to the other side of the palace road and could no longer see the figure.
"It seems that some of the news in this palace is not exaggerated. I didn't expect that the ninth prince of Xilin is so handsome!" Xiao Yue put her hand on her heart and felt her heart beating a little fast.
Qiao Fu looked at Xiao Yue's dazed look, pursed her lips, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Qiao Rong couldn't help but ask, "Princess, have you changed your mind about the marriage?"
The princess had clearly been unwilling to marry during this period, and had even been disparaging the subject of marriage. But just now, in front of the Ninth Prince of Xilin, she changed her tune.
Could it be that the princess suddenly changed her mind because she saw the Ninth Prince of Xilin?
But even if this is true, it is understandable. After all, the Ninth Prince of Xilin is so handsome that people can't take their eyes off him.
Meeting the gazes of Qiao Fu and Qiao Rong, Xiao Yue finally came back to his senses from his previous astonishment. Realizing that his attitude had changed too quickly, Xiao Yue said with a serious expression.
"Of course, this princess has not changed her mind. I have said before that no matter how the Ninth Prince of Xilin looks, the marriage was pushed by others, and I feel uncomfortable. But just now in front of the Xilin envoy, this princess' words and actions must be based on the overall situation, so as not to affect the reputation of our Beiyang Kingdom."
Xiao Yue said this righteously, but just as she finished her words, she heard a chuckle.