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Listening to this familiar voice, Chu Huanyan turned her head and looked towards the entrance of the garden. Xiao Jinzhi, dressed in a bright red robe, came over with Qin Li.

When Xiao Jinzhi saw that Chu Huanyan was there, Xiao Jinzhi was stunned for a moment, and then the smile on his face grew stronger.

"Miss Chu is here too, what a coincidence."

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Everyone saluted.

Xiao Jinzhi waved his hand casually, signaling everyone to get up, and then walked straight to Chu Huanyan.

"It's great that Miss Chu is here. Gu is very afraid of life. He was originally worried that he wouldn't be able to adapt to the flower viewing party. Seeing Miss Chu, Gu is relieved."

Shy?

Chu Huanyan couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth when she looked at His Highness the Crown Prince, who was wearing gorgeous robes and smiling brightly, and who was even more ostentatious than the women soliciting clients in a brothel.

If Xiao Jinzhi is afraid of life, I'm afraid there will be no one in the world who is not afraid of life.

"His Royal Highness is familiar with Miss Chu?" someone asked curiously.

"That's natural." Xiao Jinzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Huanyan, "Miss Chu, do you think so?"

Qin Li, who was behind Xiao Jinzhi, said silently in his heart: Isn't it familiar? Miss Chu has almost become His Highness's concubine!

Chu Huanyan met the other party's gaze and smiled leisurely, "Yes, after all, His Highness the Crown Prince burned his clothes at Zhiyunxuan not long ago."

Why is Xiao Jinzhi still lingering?

He likes to act romantically, and he likes to pretend to be a dandy, so why do he have to drag himself along to act with him in public.

Obviously we all ran away last time, so why can't someone else cause the trouble?

Everyone present had already heard about Zhiyunxuan. Now seeing Chu Huanyan speaking out so directly without any scruples, the person who had just asked the question didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent. .

Liu Qianran glanced at Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhi, smiled and cupped his hands.

"Your Highness, I didn't expect you to be interested in the flower viewing banquet. I was negligent in not sending the invitation. Since you are here, please take a seat."

After saying that, he glanced calmly at the boy beside him, who quickly and quietly left the garden.

Xiao Jinzhi looked away, as if unaware, and walked directly to the main seat with a smile to sit down.

Others also took their seats one after another.

There is no rule in Tianyi Kingdom that men and women must sit separately, and since it was just a flower-viewing banquet in the mansion, everyone sat together in one place.

Chu Huanyan's position was next to Liu Zhaoran, and diagonally opposite her happened to be Lin Qingying.

"Miss Chu, have you ever offended His Highness the Crown Prince?" Liu Zhaoran lowered his voice and asked Chu Huanyan.

The latter glanced in Xiao Jinzhi's direction, and Xiao Jinzhi happened to also look at her.

When their eyes met, Xiao Jinzhi smiled extraordinarily wantonly. Under the bright red robe, his whole person felt a bit seductive and evil.

Chu Huanyan calmly withdrew her gaze and shook her head at Liu Zhaoran.

"No."

"That's good. Although His Highness the Crown Prince has a good reputation, his position is very stable. It's better not to offend him."

After saying that, Liu Zhaoran added in an even lower voice.

"However, it's best not to have too much contact with him, and don't believe what he says. This His Highness is just a wanderer."

Liu Zhaoran was worried that Chu Huanyan was busy with business and had no time to inquire about these things, so he gave special instructions.

Chu Huanyan understood the other party's good intentions and agreed with a smile.

Liu Zhaoran straightened up and sat back down again.

Chu Huanyan also looked away, but happened to see Lin Qingying staring gloomily in the direction of Liu Zhaoran. When she looked over, her expression returned to normal instantly.

"Today's flower viewing banquet includes wine and scenery, but how can there be no poetry? Why don't I write a poem to entertain you all." The young man sitting next to Liu Qianran stood up and said.

Chu Huanyan looked at the other person. He looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was dressed in white and had a folding fan in his hand. He was dressed like a scholar, but his movements seemed to reveal a bit of the sharpness of a martial arts practitioner.

Chu Huanyan didn't know him, but to be able to sit next to Liu Qianran, she must have a close relationship or a good status.

"He is the eldest son of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, Pei Zhaoqing." Seeing the confusion on Chu Huanyan's face, Liu Zhaoran introduced him again in a low voice.

Chu Huanyan raised her eyebrows, "Isn't Marquis Zhongyong a military commander? He is still fighting on the battlefield, and I heard that he has an only son."

"Yes, that's him. It's just that Prince Pei has liked poetry and songs since he was a child, but he doesn't like wielding swords and guns. I heard that Marquis Zhongyong tried every means to get him to go to the battlefield, but he just wouldn't go. This time, I slipped back halfway to the battlefield with Marquis Zhongyong."

Chu Huanyan glanced at Pei Zhaoqing again. No wonder he felt like a warrior.

"I only heard that there was an only son in the House of Zhongyong Marquis, who had been learning martial arts from Zhongyong Marquis all year round, but I didn't know anything else."

Liu Zhaoran laughed and said, "Marquis Zhongyong despises scholars very much, so naturally he won't let this news get out. It's just that Pei Zhaoqing always likes to ask my brother for advice on poetry. The two have a good relationship, so he knows more about the inside story."

Chu Huanyan nodded. She had heard that Liu Qianran, the legitimate son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, had outstanding literary talent.

Today is said to be a flower viewing party, but since it is summer, in the final analysis, it is just a reason for everyone to get together and have fun.

With Pei Zhaoqing taking the initiative, others also responded one after another.

Those who wrote poems wrote poems, and those who drank wine drank. The whole banquet soon became lively.

Chu Huanyan twirled the wine glass in her hand gently with her fingertips and did not join in. She only occasionally asked Liu Zhaoran a few questions when she saw unfamiliar people.

Although she had various plans in the past, most of them were just to pave the way for Chu Ziyuan, and she didn't know much about these officials' children of the same age.

Now, she no longer wants to just be the support behind Chu Ziyuan. Naturally, she also wants to know more about these people.

This flower viewing feast just provided her with an opportunity.

However, this was her purpose, so what was Xiao Jinzhi's purpose for coming here?

Chu Huanyan was a little curious and looked in Xiao Jinzhi's direction again, only to find that the seat was empty and Xiao Jinzhi had gone somewhere.

Liu Qianran was being pulled by Pei Zhaoqing to ask if there was anything that could be changed in the poem just now. After finishing speaking, he turned around and found that Xiao Jinzhi was missing, and his expression suddenly changed.

He excused himself to change his clothes and quickly left the banquet place.

Chu Huanyan sat on the seat, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

It seemed that Liu Qianran most likely knew why Xiao Jinzhi came here.

She recalled all the information she knew about Liu Qianran in her previous life.

A talented young man with outstanding literary talents. Although he has not entered the officialdom, he is the pillar of the imperial court in the hearts of many people...

Chu Huanyan thought carefully, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

If she remembered correctly, there were rumors that Liu Qianran had delayed joining the court as an official, not only to avoid his father's suspicion, but also to avoid being said to be relying on Prime Minister Liu.

At the same time, it was also because he didn't think highly of Xiao Jinzhi at all and had been secretly planning for another person...