Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

Although she was only a princess, because she was Gu Qingcheng's first child, he doted on her. His mother was a lady, and his position in the Noble Consort Guan rose as well. At this moment, she was dressed in dignified and noble attire as she followed beside the emperor with a smile on her face.

At this moment, the little princess was being carried by the palace maid. Her large eyes were rolling around as she curiously looked at the person kneeling on the ground. When she saw the empress dowager, her voice turned soft. "Grandmother."

The empress dowager took her from the palace maid's hands. Gu Qingcheng looked at the officials below and repeated what he had said every year. At this time, the eunuch outside shouted, "Dongqing Kingdom's Second Prince and Third Princess are celebrating the birthday of his Majesty."

The official's eyes shifted to the two people who had become the topic of gossip. When they saw Xiao Fan, they were stunned, and only recovered from her beauty after she had walked past.

"Imperial Father has ordered me to bring my royal sister to congratulate Your Majesty on his birthday. I hereby present a gift."

After Xiao Ce finished speaking, he clapped his hands and someone immediately brought the gift up. After ordering people to open it up, what entered everyone's eyes was something similar to a lute.

Many ministers who saw this felt disdain in their hearts. For a king to gift a lute to someone like him, isn't that a bit too petty? Even Gu Qingcheng thought like that in his heart, he said with slight anger, "Do you think we don't even have a lute?"

As soon as his voice fell, the crowd burst into laughter.

Xiao Ce did not panic just because of that, he calmly explained, "This item was given to me by a merchant from the west, and royal father has never seen this item, it is unique in the world, it just so happens to be the birthday of your majesty, and he gifted it to your majesty. I hope Your Majesty can make it play a wonderful song. "

After he finished speaking, he took out something similar to a stick and said, "If you want to make a beautiful sound, this thing is indispensable. It's just that after searching through all the musicians, no one knows how to make a sound. "

His words aroused the interest of many people. Other than Gu Junxiu, he just sat there and drank by himself.

Xiao Fan's gaze seemed to be glued on him, she would glance at him from time to time, but never receive a response. Chu Ying saw her appearance from afar, and her teeth had shattered. She had never imagined that this princess would have such an appearance.

At this time, the atmosphere in the imperial garden was filled with anxiety, Xiao Ce still felt that it was not enough. He continued to plead, "I heard that your country has a plethora of talented people, and I'm giving this to those who also wish to be seated."

These words undoubtedly caused Gu Qingcheng to fall into a dilemma. If no one here knew of something similar to a lute, it would be giving the Xiyue Kingdom face. He looked down and loudly said, "Whoever can play it today, I will grant them a wish." The previously quiet lounge had become a little noisy.

Although Gu Qingcheng's rewards were tempting, but no one dared to rush up, because the people sitting in front of them were all people with good reputations, and they did not want to lose face in front of their comrades. The sound slowly came to a halt, and in the end, the vast imperial garden fell into absolute silence. Seeing that, Xiao Ce joked, "Seems like I don't have the ability to play it while sitting."

Gu Junxiu frowned when he heard this. He finally put down the wine cup in his hand and coldly said, "Second Prince, those words are not appropriate. The entire world knows that the Xiyue Kingdom is good at martial arts, and does not listen to the music. "

Xiao Ce did not cower, he only laughed and asked, "Does Prince Yu want to come and try?"

This was an open provocation. Everyone waited for Gu Junxiu's reaction, they stared intently at the swords on his waist, afraid that blood would splash out. If that was the case, then the battle between the two countries was inevitable.

However, what surprised everyone was that Gu Junxiu did not get angry, but continued to speak with a cold tone, "I'm afraid that I will disappoint the Second Prince. I am a martial artist, and do not understand the rules of the competition."

Just at that moment, Chu Ying suddenly stood in front of the group. "Esteemed Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, please allow this subject to have a try."

When Gu Qingcheng saw the person kneeling below, he spoke with a gentle tone, "Have you learned the rhythm?"

Chu Ying nodded.

"Which family are you from?" The Noble Consort asked casually.

Before Chu Ying could reply, the empress dowager said, "This is Assistant Minister Hua's sister, Chu Ying. I knows this girl."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chu Ying benevolently and said, "Good child, just do your best."

She stood up from the ground after hearing this, but her fingers were playing the strings of the zither, so she didn't make any sound.

Anxiety gradually filled her face, and she wanted to try again. However, when Xiao Ce saw it, he stopped her and said, "This beautiful young miss, although you are curious, this thing is not something that can be flicked with one's finger."

Chu Ying's face immediately flushed red, as though she had already seen the others mocking her. She stood there, at a loss of what to do. She turned her pleading eyes to Gu Junxiu, but the latter had a gloomy face and did not see her gaze at all.

Fortunately, Gu Qingcheng said in a timely manner, "Although it didn't make a sound, its courage is commendable. You can go down first. "

After saying that, he looked around and asked in a loud and clear voice, "Is there anyone else who would like to try?" However, after Chu Ying's failure, no one was willing to step forward.

The current Ruan Xiaonuan seemed to have forgotten everything in the hot spring. Only after a long time did she open her eyes. However, what made her sad was that the clothes she put there had already disappeared. She searched through the surroundings but didn't find any trace of clothes.

This was the first time she had been here. The palace maid thought that she had brought some clothes with her, so she took the clothes that she had left on the ground and placed them in the laundry department.

Ruan Xiaonuan didn't know what was going on as she stood there, on the verge of tears. The cold wind pierced her wet clothes, and immediately goosebumps appeared on her arms. She knew that if she continued to stand here, she might freeze to death, so she could only take the risk to leave.

Fortunately, because of the darkness of the night, no one paid any attention to her. However, she was suddenly pulled back and asked loudly, "Where did you die?" I told you to go and change your clothes, why are you back so wet? "

Because of the cover of the night, she could not clearly see the speaker's appearance. She only felt that someone was dragging her away. Realizing that this person's voice was not familiar to her, she quickly asked, "Who are you?"

"You don't even know me anymore? Little hoof, if you go out for a while, you won't recognize anyone, right?"

Ruan Xiaonuan could tell that it was a woman's voice, and it sounded very young. However, as she was thinking, she was pulled into a palace with bright candles.