Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 225: Flower Viewing Banquet at Prince Shen's Mansion

As the Lesser Cold is approaching, ministers in the court have died mysteriously one after another, causing panic among the people in the court and the harem, and the Dali Temple has become extremely busy.

At the morning court session that day, Baili Yong was once again sitting on the dragon throne and was furious. Even Xu Yuanchao and Xie Ying lowered their heads and hunched their backs.

"The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple have been investigating for less than half a month, and they have found a premeditated murder. I want the murderer! Where is the murderer?!"

Cheng Mo and the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice Geng Huaian knelt on the ground and could not get up. Ran Yuelian did not dare to look up either.

"Do you need my instruction in investigating a case? If you don't close the case within five days, I'll chop off your heads!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Baili Yong leaned back on the dragon throne in anger, feeling dizzy. He glanced across the hall but did not see Tan Qianhuan.

"Where's Tan Qianhuan? Isn't he alive? Why didn't he come to court?"

Hao Biao took a step forward and raised his Tianyi gesture.

"Your Majesty, the King of Jibei was assassinated a few days ago and has been bedridden ever since."

Baili Yong naturally didn't believe that he was bedridden. He immediately understood what Sun Long understood with just a look.

"Go and have a look on my behalf, and adjourn the court."

"Old slave obeys the order."

In the palace, Tan Qianhuan was reading a secret letter when suddenly the sound of armor of the guards came from outside the door. He quickly lit the secret letter and threw it into the incense burner. When Sun Long entered the bedroom, he had already lay back on the bed.

"This old servant greets the King of Jibei."

There was pain in Tan Qianhuan's cunning eyes. Sun Long looked him up and down for a moment and smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty is concerned about the injury of Prince Jibei, so he sent this old servant to check on him."

Tan Qianhuan covered his mouth and nose with his hands and coughed a few times in an obscure voice.

"Ahem, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine."

Suddenly smelling a hint of cigarette, Sun Long immediately perked up and looked around for a moment but found nothing.

In secret, Tan Qianhuan's eyes swept across his face. He changed his mind and smiled, then ordered someone to bring up the hundred-year-old ginseng.

"Come on, put all the supplements on the table."

The palace servants placed the supplements one by one and received a perfunctory smile from Tan Qianhuan.

He wanted to stand up to express his gratitude, but was supported by an imperial physician dressed as a eunuch.

Sun Long: "Yo yo yo, the King of Jibei is injured, please don't move."

"I thank you Lord for your kindness."

He noticed the imperial physician's restless fingers and frowned slightly. Both the imperial physician and the palace servants left the bedroom one after another.

"Ah, then the old slave will be back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the palace servants heard a few more muffled coughs.

After leaving the Jibei Palace, Sun Long walked to the imperial physician.

"how is everything?"

Imperial Physician: "The pulse is indeed weak, not fake, and consistent with the characteristics of a serious injury. I'm afraid you will have to stay in bed for a long time."

After making sure that these two-faced servants had completely left the palace, Tan Qianhuan unsealed the two acupoints that he had sealed.

After ruling out the possibility that Tan Qianhuan was the mastermind, the case became more difficult to investigate. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were working day and night. Baili Yong had no energy to focus on Ran Qianxi, and he did not go to the harem for a whole month.

After a few days of peace, Shu Han was brought out by chance.

It was a cold and snowy day, and Ran Qianxi received an invitation from Prince Shen's mansion to enjoy the flowers.

Looking at the invitation written on scarlet phoenix paper in her hand, she couldn't help but find it puzzling and strange.

"What is this boy trying to do? If I hadn't looked closely, I would have thought it was a marriage certificate."

Sui Xue silently brought a bowl of almond flower dew and sat next to her.

"Maybe it's the sense of ceremony. Didn't I say that where Marquis Shu is, there's a lot of romance, and where General Hao is, there's no lack of pomp and circumstance. Aren't they and you the three most dissolute dandies in the imperial city?"

Ran Qianxi looked at her with disdain. When she heard the title of the three great dandies again in this life, she felt it was a bit pretentious.

"Ah! Don't dare to get close to them. Their carriages are all decorated with gold edges. Shu Han's robe can exchange for half of my clothes."

"Well... it's not so bad... Shu Xiaojunhou doesn't wear ultramarine every day, but the second young lady buys new clothes every day."

"Wow! Listen to what you're saying. Isn't it enough for him to buy a new one a month?"

Sui Xue curled her lips in unbearable pain.

"Then will the second young lady go?"

"Yes, of course. Let's go and see how the young marquis, who at the age of 18 spent a fortune to buy wedding dresses for all the girls in the city, behaves. Let's also see what the flower-viewing banquet that the young ladies in the capital are vying to attend looks like."

Shu Han has loved Epiphyllum since he was a child. He thinks Epiphyllum is beautiful, pure white, and a single moment is enough to last forever.

Moreover, the wedding day is the most beautiful moment in the girls' lives, so he ordered famous embroiderers and skilled craftsmen to embroider wedding dresses of Epiphyllum for all the girls in the capital. However, Epiphyllum is not suitable for wedding etiquette, so many girls simply accepted the dresses and left them to gather dust in the warehouse. He did not feel sad even though he lost all his money.

The Prince Shen's Mansion does not look too ostentatious, and perhaps is not as magnificent as Xiahou Heng's residence, but such a house is considered a distant home in the capital, at least it cannot be compared with the Ran Mansion.

Prince Shu Xuanhe of Shen seldom lives in the imperial city. He spends eighty days out of a hundred in Guzhou. So ever since Shu Han went up the mountain to learn skills, the palace has become more deserted than before.

All the young ladies from wealthy families in the capital received invitations and came in their best attire. Only Ran Qianxi received an invitation written on vermilion phoenix paper, but she came in ordinary attire.

She was dumbfounded the moment she entered the palace gate. The scene of thousands of beauties in beautiful buildings was something she had never seen in the palace in her previous life.

"Oh my god, how come he is so rich?"

Ran Qianxi felt a little uncomfortable and touched her hair unnecessarily.

"Fuck, I look like I'm going out to buy groceries..."

She tidied herself up in a hurry, and Sui Xue took the mirror. She was actually more stunning than anyone else in the mirror, but when she looked at her Yu Meizi makeup, she felt it was extremely bland.

"Fuck, I should have put on some makeup..."

Sui Xue stared at her blankly, and his voice became weaker.

"Second Miss, the veneer is a bit exaggerated."

Ran Qianxi looked at the various beauties in the yard and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Haha, aren't they all dressed like they're getting married..."

"I think the Second Miss is very otherworldly today, like a woman who is not stained by mud, but is pure and elegant, and looks pretty."

Ran Qianxi signaled Sui Xue to take back the bronze mirror and walked in with a serious tone.

"Just eat for a while. If you run into your usual enemy, you'll have to act like her for me, okay?"

"Don't worry, Miss Second. You personally trained me in acting. I promise I won't let you down."

"Okay! Eat more, eat until you're full!"

"okay."

Ran Qianxi walks gracefully. Every time she appears, she becomes the focus and brings a lot of style.

She found her seat with a fake smile, and just as she sat down someone came over.

"Hey, what are you doing? This is my seat."

Ran Qianxi looked at the audience seats in front of her in confusion, and her brows furrowed inadvertently.

"Ah? Ryuusui-za is for you and me?"

At the same time, she said that the opponents jumped out anxiously to attack.

"Oh, Miss Ran, you must have been to the flower-viewing banquet at Prince Shen's Mansion. This seat is near the front and was specially prepared by the young marquis for Yuhe Township Lord."

Ran Qianxi took another serious look at what she called the 'specially prepared seat' and couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, this is so funny. Okay, okay, I'll sit on the other side. I even grabbed a running seat."

When Ran Qianxi sat down again, another protagonist appeared from nowhere.

"This is mine!"

At this time, Ran Qianxi was already extremely embarrassed. Just as Sui Xue was about to act like them, she covered her mouth.

"Calm down, I think this joke is funny, let's finish it."

Heroine number two lifted her skirt and sat on it shyly, and then her maid came out to act.

"Our young lady had dinner with the young marquis Shu. What did the second young lady Ran do with the young marquis? What kind of relationship do they have?"

"Hahaha, no relationship, no relationship, but I have seen the world."

"You! Who are you calling worldly?"

Ran Qianxi gave a fake smile, grabbed the wrist of the second heroine, and started to speak in a sarcastic manner.

"Don't be angry. I've never seen the world. I've never seen anyone grab a seat and be so proud of it."

"Say it again! If you say it again, I'll tell my dad!"

"Oh my god, who is your father? Baili Yong? I'm dying of laughter!"

Ran Qianxi rolled her eyes and turned away calmly, and the young lady in front of her was so angry that she jumped on the spot.

Ran Qianxi walked to the second row and just as she sat down, the lady sitting next to her touched the hairpin on her head in a pretentious manner.

Ran Qianxi didn't take it seriously. She touched the hairpin on her head pretentiously.

"Cough cough."

After receiving the notice, she smiled ingratiatingly.

"Nice hairpin."

Before the young lady could say anything, the maid opposite started acting again.

"This is a gift that the young marquis personally gave to our young lady. Doesn't Miss Ran have one? This shows that our young lady is different from others."

Ran Qianxi rolled her eyes and couldn't help but vent.

"Oh, if you say so, he also ordered a wedding dress for each girl, so wouldn't they all be different?"

The maid was obviously embarrassed, and the young lady slammed the table angrily.

"What are you talking about? Don't you have the King of Jibei as your foster father? Why do you look down on everyone?"

"Oh, no, it's not that I look down on you, it's you who deserve it, you deserve to be scolded."

The other lady's expression was obviously uglier than the maid's.

"By the way, I have the Queen Mother as my godmother, so how about being noble?"

No matter whether it was the beautiful girl from a small family or the lady from a wealthy family, they were all defeated. Ran Qianxi suddenly felt much more refreshed.

"A dissolute playboy has become a hot commodity."

Shu Han and Hao Yu, one plays with prostitutes without any trouble, and the other plays with clean girls and is irresponsible in their feelings...