Chapter 106 Garden Party

Chapter 106 Garden Party

Ye Xuan couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but pinch An Qing's nose and said, "You cunning little girl, His Majesty has already told me that there is no need for you to ask for any favors."

When An Qing saw that his trick was exposed, he immediately refused to give in, shaking Ye Xuan's arm and acting coquettishly: "Anyway, I don't care. Anyway, Brother Ye Xuan, you are not allowed to be angry with me in the future, and you can't ignore me either!"

Dong Yu was stunned by this scene. Not to mention that she had only seen the Emperor and the princes dare to pinch Anqing's nose, the only person who could make this unruly little princess act so coquettishly, apart from the Emperor and the Empress, was the Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

However, this is not the end yet, Princess Anqing actually called Ye Xuan brother!
What qualifications does Ye Xuan have?
However, what she didn't know was that not only did Empress Ma feel extremely grateful for Ye Xuan's cure of Zhu Biao, she also specifically instructed Anqing not to be rude to Ye Xuan again in the future.

If you say that An Qing was interested in Ye Xuan in the past, it might be just because of Ye Xuan's unique temperament and personality, which made An Qing think that he might be a good playmate, but that was all.

But when Ye Xuan cured Zhu Biao and even captured a traitor who had been lurking in the Imperial Hospital for many years, everything changed.

Anqing and Zhu Biao are biological siblings from the same father and mother. Unlike other so-called half-brothers and sisters, they naturally have a very good relationship.

When Zhu Biao was suffering from illness, Anqing prayed for him day and night for countless days.

Even the last time I went to Qixia Temple with Ye Xuan was to pray for Zhu Biao's illness.

After Ye Xuan cured Zhu Biao, Anqing, who did not have much concept of hierarchy, completely treated Ye Xuan as an equal, and even as a trustworthy friend.

At least, that's what Anqing thought.

So naturally, I wouldn't mind some intimate actions.

However, Ye Xuan didn't think so much and subconsciously treated Anqing as a somewhat unruly child.

At the moment, I could only nod helplessly, and then smiled and said, "It's okay if I don't get angry with you, but don't act unreasonably like you did that day in the future."

An Qing nodded his head as much as he could and agreed: "I will listen to Brother Ye Xuan from now on, okay?"

After saying that, he smiled and pulled Ye Xuan away.

"Where are we going?" Ye Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How could this child be so casual?

Anqing turned around and said, "Of course we're going to the garden party!"

As he said this, he looked like, "Brother Ye Xuan, you have a very bad memory."

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Imperial City, Imperial Garden.

In the huge imperial garden, there were already many people gathered.

In addition to the court officials of the third rank and above who were invited to attend, their children also accompanied them.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was in a state of disrepair, and Zhu Yuanzhang was too ruthless in killing corrupt officials, which led to many positions becoming vacant across the country.

Even some posts at the level of provincial governors had been vacant for a long time. In addition, the Ming Dynasty had just been founded, and the imperial examinations held every three years were far from meeting the shortage of personnel in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, for a period of time in the early Ming Dynasty, the recommendation system of the Spring and Autumn Period was still imitated.

As long as one has talent and is recommended by a high-ranking official, one can immediately become an official without having to take the imperial examination.

Part of Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention in holding this garden party was to see if there were any talented people who could be used among the children of these important officials of the court.

An Qing hurriedly dragged Ye Xuan to the Imperial Garden, but as soon as they reached the gate of the Imperial Garden, he ran to find Empress Ma, leaving Ye Xuan alone in his sixth-rank Feiyu suit, standing among a group of third-rank officials, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Looking around, I saw that most people in the Imperial Garden were gathered in groups of three or four, chatting and talking, but in the middle there was a small lake, with a group of people on each side.

Most of the people on the left were wearing official robes and armor, and most of them were in their forties or fifties, all old men.

As for the right side, there were mostly young people in casual clothes, but they were divided into two groups. On one side were elegant young men waving folding fans, and on the other side were mostly shy and pretty ladies under the age of seventeen or eighteen.

It is obvious that this group of young men and women are naturally the children of the senior officials on the left.

Perhaps it was to allow the children to expand their social networks, so they tacitly agreed not to disturb each other.

But this made Ye Xuan very embarrassed. As soon as he walked towards the group of people, he was met with a lot of surprised looks.
I turned around and tried to go to the group of young people, but was met with cold stares again.

In desperation, Ye Xuan had to find a secluded corner in the young people's territory and stay there.

Not far away, three or five young gentlemen dressed in gorgeous clothes were waving their folding fans, glancing at Ye Xuan from time to time, and whispering to each other.

"It was such a nice garden party, but I don't know how a cruel official sneaked in. What a spoiler!" A young man in his twenties waved a fan and looked at Ye Xuan with disgust.

Another young master beside him also glanced at Ye Xuan with disgust and said: "Young Master Zhang, please don't say too much. As the saying goes, the King of Hell is easier to deal with than little ghosts. These Jinyiwei are even more disgusting than little ghosts. I'm worried that he will hate you!"

Although they said they were careful not to let Ye Xuan hold a grudge against them, the conversation between them seemed to be deliberately volume raised, as if they were afraid that Ye Xuan couldn't hear it.

The others also echoed in a sarcastic tone, saying a lot of bad jokes about the Jinyiwei that were circulating in Yingtian Prefecture. For a while, they were chatting enthusiastically.

Ye Xuan listened to every word, but he didn't show any anger at all.

In the eyes of himself who has lived two lives, these second-generation officials who grew up under the protection of their parents are as ridiculous as three-year-old children discussing the Education Bureau.

But maybe it was because he didn't check the almanac before going out today, Ye Xuan didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble came to him.

When a group of young ladies from official families who were chasing flowers and butterflies came over here and accidentally discovered Ye Xuan standing in the corner, they immediately covered their mouths and let out a cry of surprise.

Although the Jinyiwei were the emperor's imperial guards, they were not responsible for the protection of the palace. They were more like a mysterious and terrifying spy organization. There were many horror stories about them circulating in Yingtian Prefecture.

There are countless rumors that the Jinyiwei likes to pull out muscles and skin people, and rape girls from good families. It can be said that the Jinyiwei's reputation for cruelty is enough to stop children from crying at night.

These young ladies, who were ignorant of worldly affairs but full of curiosity about the world and who particularly liked to ask their servants about stories outside, were frightened when they saw the Jinyiwei. They thought Ye Xuan had come to the palace to capture that senior official.

Seeing the beautiful woman frightened, Mr. Zhang, perhaps with his masculinity overflowing, walked towards Ye Xuan with thumps.

(End of this chapter)