strictlysupreme Chapter 263 Stepmother? !
Chapter 263 Stepmother? !
"Greetings to the Second Prince..."
The sounds of drums and gongs mixed with the greetings of the crowd.
The soldiers on both sides put their spears on the ground, knelt on one knee, and shouted loudly.
In the howling north wind, the noble-dressed General Xie and the white-haired governor stood side by side in the center, saluting to the Second Prince's carriage in the oncoming convoy.
In the solemn atmosphere, only a little girl was clapping her hands.
"Good~"
Xie Yunshan lowered his head and rolled his eyes.
"Shut up!"
The carriage stopped and the second prince, wearing a straight-collared robe, stepped out of the carriage.
He straightened up. He didn't know if it was because of the overwhelming power in Kyoto that he became richer and richer...
The second prince's robe was embroidered with dragons in gold thread, and had a white jade pendant at his waist, which echoed the auspicious clouds with dragons entwined on the front.
He got off the carriage carrying a complicated robe, and he didn't care much about the long robe dragging on the ground.
As members of the royal family had all gotten off the carriage, the officials naturally did not dare to sit in the carriage with airs, and they all got off.
"Hurry up, Yunshan. You and I are good friends. No need to salute!"
The second prince helped Xie Yunshan up and was very friendly with him.
He is so gentle and polite. If he wasn't for the overwhelming aura of a royal family, he would really be a handsome young man.
Xie Yunshan frowned and calmly withdrew his hand under the pretext of politeness.
He said distantly: "How dare I? The country's laws have limits, and as a Southern Merchant official, I should abide by them!"
The Second Prince didn't seem to feel his alienation, and only smiled and praised, "Yunshan has grown a lot now, so, very good!"
He turned his head and looked at Jiang An again, "I haven't seen Sister An An for a long time. You seem to have grown a lot taller..."
A dark color flashed across those seemingly magnanimous eyes, and he said leisurely: "I came all the way from Kyoto. I heard that An An was studying in the South not long ago?"
"The South is rich, and I have wanted to go there for a long time, but I am busy with my duties in Kyoto, and I dare not rest for a moment!"
He took the little girl's hand affectionately and said, "If you have time, An An, please tell me about the beautiful scenery in the south!"
The governor frowned slightly, crossed his hands and put them in the wide sleeves of his official uniform, stood at the farthest point with a calm look, acting as an invisible man.
The words of the Second Prince are absolutely flawless...
In just a few sentences, he not only expressed the painstaking efforts he put into his position, but also secretly tested Miss An An.
But he didn't know why the Second Prince wanted to test him with the affairs of the South?
Heard?
The little girl blinked her big eyes and looked well behaved.
In fact, the villain in my heart has already rolled his eyes to the sky!
He is a prince, and the people should not be disturbed wherever he goes. Where can he go to hear about it, and who can he hear about it?
Isn't it just that she suspected that she blew up her own iron mine?
Thinking of this, she smiled widely, took out a big bun from her arms and took a bite.
While chewing, she moved closer to the Second Prince and looked at him with her 'wise' eyes.
"The Second Prince also likes the Southland?"
"An An, let me tell you, the South is really fun. There are countless cruise ships and pleasure boats along the river, and there is a wide variety of delicious food..."
“Even the clothes and jewelry are beautiful!”
"I packed a lot when I came back. Do you want any, Second Prince?"
"I'll give it to you~"
Jiang Yizhou silently stepped back, and loosened his hand that had been pretending to be friendly while holding Jiang An's paw.
He smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, and praised her without any hesitation, "An An is really kind-hearted..."
"But there is no need for clothes and jewelry. I don't need them."
After Jiang An brought up the topic of studying in the south, he had no intention of letting the second prince go.
She tilted her body and head to look at the young lady from aristocratic family who was standing abruptly in the convoy, and smiled in a somewhat obscene manner.
"The Second Prince doesn't need it, but there will always be someone who needs it~"
After these words were spoken, everyone who was confused looked at the graceful figure in the distance and the look in the eyes of the Second Prince was unclear!
Jiang Yizhou's face twisted for a moment, not in anger, but in disgust...
His voice was a little cold, "An An, you are joking. If Miss Xie likes it, why don't you go and ask her?"
The Queen Mother expelled him from Kyoto on the charge of repairing an official road and sent him to the north, thousands of miles away.
All his deployments, family assets, and officials and staff who follow him in Kyoto will be affected during the time he is away from Beijing, and may even fall into the hands of the Queen Mother!
It was not enough for the Queen Mother to drive him out. In order to prevent him from getting too close to King Zhenguo, she also sent this young lady from the Xie family.
First, he wanted to test whether he could hook Jiang Jichen, and second, he wanted to monitor...
This is truly a woman's method!
The second prince sneered in his heart, does the queen mother really think that a woman can conquer the Kingdom of Zhenguo?
……
Is it really from the Xie family?
Jiang An looked at Xie Yunshan and asked curiously, "Is this your sister or elder sister?"
Xie Yunshan's face darkened, "What sisters? I only have one brother!"
Eh?
The little girl scratched her head and asked, "Is that your aunt?"
Looking at Xie Yunshan's strange and distorted expression, she became even more curious.
It can't be my grandmother's...
Although it's a bit far away and I can't see his face clearly, but judging from his clothes and body shape, he doesn't look old.
"Asagao greets the young lady and greets the brother..."
The girl in front of me was dressed in white as white as snow, with the red belt around her waist fluttering in the wind. She had the vigor and gentleness that a young girl should have.
She seemed to be in poor health and looked a little pale.
Her somewhat thin body and delicate face make people feel pity just by looking at her.
The little girl has always had no resistance to pretty girls. She immediately smiled with a worthless face and replied with her paws open: "Hello~"
"Tsk..."
Xie Yunshan glanced at her, grabbed her by the scruff of the neck, and pulled her away.
"Eh?"
Suddenly, the little girl's feet left the ground, her arms and legs hanging down, and she blinked her round eyes obediently.
General Xie looked the woman up and down and asked, "From the Xie family?"
Xie Chaoyan seemed to be hurt by his cold attitude, her eyes slightly red, she knelt down again and saluted, her voice trembling a little, but she still said firmly: "That's right..."
"Chao Yan is the daughter of the second branch of the Xie family. Brother Yunshan didn't pay much attention to her before. Maybe he forgot about her after seeing her."
Look, this explanation is worse than no explanation.
It makes him seem like some kind of evil person!
Facing the condemning looks from the other officials from Kyoto, Xie Yunshan sneered.
"Men are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard. I guess you didn't often show up in Kyoto before. I really didn't know I had a sister like you."
He almost said it explicitly, you are a concubine's daughter, not a legitimate daughter who can go everywhere with her parents; and you are the second branch of the Xie family who does not live with him in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Isn't it normal that he has never met you?
Those officials who were originally condemning this playboy from the Xie family thought about what Xie Yunshan said and suddenly realized that this was exactly the case!
On the contrary, this young lady is a little petty.
Now Xie Chaoyan felt even more aggrieved, and she was about to cry, as if someone had bullied her.
Xie Yunshan rolled his eyes. With such limited skills, he dared to get close to me.
Don't you think about it? After all, he has been hanging around with girls for so many years, and this little white flower's tricks can't deal with him!
Jiang An, whose worldview was influenced by his five senses, also discovered something was wrong at this moment.
She raised her head, looked at the crystal clear tear on the beauty's cheek, and narrowed her round eyes.
A beautiful lady, smelling like tea...
"Eh!"
The little girl poked Xie Yunshan, "Is this the beauty trap from the Thirty-Six Stratagems?"
General Xie raised his eyebrows, "You are quite knowledgeable~"
"Ang~"
Jiang An puffed out his chest and said, "Then this honey trap could be aimed at my father, right?"
Judging from the Second Prince's attitude, he doesn't seem to be very familiar with this beauty.
Who else in Chongzhou City deserves to be remembered by Kyoto...
It can't be the governor!
Xie Yunshan slapped the little girl's head and gloated, "You're going to be miserable, you're going to have a stepmother~"
Jiang An glared and stepped on the young general's foot, "You are the one who is in trouble!"
"In terms of seniority, she is your sister!"
Her last name is Xie!
Jiang Jichen didn't put the blame on Xie Yunshan who also had the surname Xie~
General Xie will probably have a hard time in the future~