Chapter 288 Love Rival

"Nothing." Nan Xi smiled gently, "Rong Yu has a cold personality. If you are not worried about being scared by him, you can talk to him naturally."

A woman in a pink white palace dress said lightly during the banquet: "It is better to keep a little distance. There is a difference between the monarch and the ministers, and between men and women. You can't lose your sense of propriety."

Nan Xi looked at the girl who was talking.

She was not very old, but compared with the other girls who looked simple, this girl was obviously calmer and her personality seemed to be dull. She should be the type of person who was more taciturn. However, as soon as she finished speaking, a princess next to her said lightly: "Since you know the limits, you should talk less in front of Princess Feng."

Nan Xi frowned and saw that the girl quietly lowered her eyebrows.

Xuanyuan Xi smiled calmly: "Xi'er, this is the lady of Jingwang Mansion, Fuchen's sister, Jiajia."

Nan Xi raised her eyebrows, Jiajia?

She couldn't help but think of Lin Jia from the Princess Mansion of Da Zhou. Are girls named "Jiajia" more intelligent and transparent?

Since she is Fuchen's sister, the one who just scolded her should be the Princess of Jing.

Nan Xi turned her head and glanced at the dignified and elegant lady.

At such a formal royal family banquet, the concubines and sons of the Prince of Jing can come, but they need to get the consent of their father and mother. Concubines will not come with the mistress. Besides, the backyard of the Prince of Jing's mansion is not complicated. There is only one concubine in total. It is obviously much better than the messy backyards of other powerful families. The relationship between the children in the family will not be too complicated.

However, the Princess of Jing, the mother of the law, looks very majestic.

"It's okay." Nan Xi smiled softly, "I used to have a friend in the Great Zhou named Jia Jia, so I feel very close to this name. If Jia Jia doesn't mind, you can come to the palace to see me often in the future."

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Jia couldn't help but look up at her. Seeing her sincere expression and gentle smile, she pursed her red lips, stood up and knelt, saying, "Thank you, Princess Feng."

Princess Jing's expression froze for a moment. I don't know if she felt that Nan Xi's move was to humiliate her, or that Xuanyuan Jia, a concubine's daughter, could get Nan Xi's friendly attitude just because of a name, which made her feel dissatisfied. In short, her face did look a little unhappy.

In addition, she was contradicted by her own son during the day, and the anger accumulated in her heart had not yet dissipated, so she looked a little gloomy at this time.

But Nan Xi didn't care.

She had dealt with such scenes more than once in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The noble ladies of various countries actually looked similar. Except for their appearance and titles, most of the other aspects were like being carved from the same mold. They were dignified, elegant and luxurious on the surface, but they were strict and resourceful in controlling their subordinates. They were always surrounded by people wherever they went. They behaved properly and politely in and out of the palace.

As for private matters, there was nothing much to say. People have good and evil, some are tolerant and some are narrow-minded, some are kind and some are strict. Nan Xi was not unfamiliar with them.

But in comparison, she preferred to deal with people of the same age. It was naturally better for people of the same age to get along with each other. It would be comfortable to make friends who were as calm as a gentleman.

After living a new life, she was really tired of many red tapes, especially dealing with so-called elders. In addition, she had Rong Yu, a husband who spoiled her lawless. She didn't even take the queen mother seriously, let alone the noble ladies in Dongling who she had never met before?

But sometimes the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional.

Her status is different now, and her every word and action will be speculated by others, so she can't really do whatever she wants like before.

In the main hall, the young nobles took the initiative to get close to Rong Yu, while Nan Xi chatted with the girls of the same age in the side hall. Not long after, the noble and cold-tempered Regent Prince came over and said in a gentle voice: "Do you want to go back and rest first?"

There was a brief silence.

The young girls' eyes turned to Rong Yu's face, with shyness, admiration, surprise, and nervousness in their eyes... Well, it felt like seeing a superstar idol, and they just didn't scream.

However, the girls of the Dongling royal family are relatively reserved and implicit. They will not do anything that violates the rules of the boudoir, and they only dare to express their exclamation and scream with their eyes.

Nan Xi turned her head to look at him, her lips raised, and her expression naturally became gentle: "Yeah."

Standing up, she smiled lightly and said: "You guys chat, I'll go back first."

The girls stood up reluctantly to see him off, not knowing whether they were reluctant to leave Nan Xi or Rong Yu.

The two main characters had left, and the others would naturally not stay too long. After all, this banquet was successfully concluded.

Walking outside the hall, Rong Yu whispered: "I seem to have a group of rivals in love."

Hmm?

Nan Xi was stunned for a moment before reacting, "You mean those little girls?"

"Are they young?" Rong Yu said indifferently, "About the same age as you, and the young ones are only one or two years younger."

Nan Xi was silent for a moment, then smiled: "I think they are quite cute, and easier to get along with than those noble ladies in the Great Zhou."

"Really?" Rong Yu said indifferently, with no emotion in his tone.

Nan Xi tilted her head to look at him, and reached out to hold his hand: "Are you jealous?"

Rong Yu didn't speak.

Nan Xi raised her eyebrows: "Are you really jealous?"

"Can't be jealous?"

"Of course not." Nan Xi said calmly, "I should be the one who is jealous. Didn't you see the way they looked at you just now? If it weren't for the courtesy, I'm afraid they would have jumped on you one by one."

Rong Yu was silent for a moment, and the corners of his lips curled up: "I was only looking at you just now, and didn't notice their eyes."

"You seem happy?"

"Yeah."

"Because they want to pounce on you?"

"No." Rong Yu said, "Because you are jealous."

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