"How does the heir of the county duke's family in the Sea Spirit Kingdom look?"
"He is very handsome. In the Sea Spirit Kingdom, he is the object of pursuit for countless unmarried young ladies."
"If so, how about the little princess of the Eastern Clan in the Tianli Kingdom?" Zhao Shuning quickly asked.
She seemed to have forgotten.
What she initially wanted to inquire about had little to do with what Ye Xingchen was talking about now.
But somehow, she was more interested in this matter.
"The little princess of the Tianli Kingdom is named Dongfang Yinuo. She has been pampered since childhood and can't bear much grievance. However, she is very kind-hearted. She acts boldly but rarely makes mistakes. She is also extremely beautiful."
"In that case, they should be a perfect match. Why? Didn't they take a fancy to each other later?"
"They fell in love at first sight."
Ye Xingchen took a sip of tea.
He continued, "The heir of the county duke's family, Xia Jingning, is actually quite stubborn. If he doesn't like a woman, no matter what others say, he won't be tempted. But after that marriage alliance meeting, he took the initiative to find the county duke, Xia Rui, and said that he wanted to marry the little princess of the Tianli Kingdom, Dongfang Yinuo."
"At this time, the Eastern Clan also sent someone to say that Dongfang Yinuo had also taken a fancy to the heir of the county duke's family."
Zhao Shuning clapped her hands and said, "There's nothing more to say. They are in love with each other. It's a match made in heaven! Love at first sight! Since so, on the wedding night, why did he go to the wrong room and mistake someone? Could it be that Xia Jingning had mistaken someone from the very beginning?"
Ye Xingchen now looked at Zhao Shuning with admiration.
Zhao Shuning was eating an apple.
Seeing Ye Xingchen looking at her like this, she exerted a little too much strength and almost bit her own tongue.
She opened her mouth wide.
She said in disbelief, "Could it be this cheesy? Did I really guess right?"
Ye Xingchen nodded.
"At that marriage alliance meeting, the heir of the county duke was late for a while because of something. He wasn't interested in the marriage alliance in the first place and came late. At that time, the county duke signaled to him that the woman sitting opposite was the little princess of the Eastern Clan."
"But when Xia Jingning looked over, there were two women sitting there. One of the women seemed to realize that someone was looking at her, so she also turned her head. Their eyes met. The woman smiled slightly and nodded at Xia Jingning."
Zhao Shuning quickly said, "Xingchen, how do you know all this so clearly?"
Ye Xingchen smiled and said, "The images in the Light Mirror. What happened that night was almost known to everyone in the Nine Provinces Continent. But later, due to the pressure from the two countries, this matter was forcibly suppressed."
Zhao Shuning nodded.
This could explain it.
"Continue."
Ye Xingchen continued, "Xia Jingning thought that the woman who greeted him was Dongfang Yinuo because the woman was wearing luxurious clothes and didn't look like a commoner. At the marriage alliance meeting, the talented scholars from the two countries also had a competition. Under the leadership of Xia Jingning, the Sea Spirit Kingdom passed all the levels and made the talented scholars from the Tianli Kingdom keep retreating. Finally, Xia Jingning came up with an upper couplet. None of the talented scholars present from the Tianli Kingdom could come up with the lower couplet."
Zhao Shuning put her hands under her chin.
She listened attentively.
"What's the couplet?"
"Since that meeting was a marriage alliance meeting, the couplet was naturally related to the love between husband and wife. Most of them were in pairs to form a good marriage."
"The upper couplet that Xia Jingning came up with was 'Two phoenixes play on the parasol tree'."
Zhao Shuning thought for a while.
It wasn't very difficult.
"The talented scholars came up with many lower couplets, but none of them were very neat. They could only barely pass."
At that time.
It was the woman in green who slowly picked up a pen and wrote down the lower couplet.
The lower couplet was: 'Two mandarin ducks play among the lotus flowers'.
Since there was a time limit at that time, when the woman in green's lower couplet came out, Xia Jingning was quite impressed.
He picked up a pen.
He wrote again, "The sound of the zither forms a shared dream."
The woman in green wrote, "The lamp flower smiles at the shy person."
A smile appeared on Xia Jingning's face. He wrote again, "Curtains hang in the elegant windows and embroidered chambers."
The woman replied, "Silver candles and golden cups reflect the green eyebrows."
Xia Jingning became even more energetic. He wrote, "The sun is bright and the wind is gentle, and the peach and plum blossoms smile."
"Jade and pearl are united, and the phoenixes fly."
Xia Jingning put down the pen in his hand.
By that time, the whole marriage alliance meeting had reached its climax.
His pen didn't fall. He just looked at the woman in green and said, "Three thousand guests with pearl - embroidered shoes shine on the household."
The woman in green was stunned for a long time.
Almost all the people from the Tianli Kingdom were looking at her.
She blushed.
Finally, the woman beside her kept saying, "Cousin, you have to be quick. The time is almost up. Aren't you the number one talented girl in our Tianli Kingdom? You can't let our Tianli Kingdom lose face when it comes to a couplet."
The gazes around.
Almost all of them were focused on the woman in green.
She raised her head.
The man opposite was also looking at her with a smile on his face.
It seemed.
He was teasing her.
Did he believe that she wouldn't be able to come up with an answer?
After all, there were many people watching at the meeting. How could an unmarried woman be so bold?
Xia Jingning was just taking advantage of this weakness of the woman in green when he came up with such an upper couplet.
"Since the Tianli Kingdom can't come up with the lower couplet, then this small competition is won by our Sea Spirit Kingdom—"
"A young couple forms a good match."
A good match.
That meant a couple recognized by the world.
Xia Jingning was stunned, then he laughed and voluntarily stepped back, saying that he was no match.
The woman in green returned to her seat.
Zhao Shuning saw this part through the images shown by Ye Xingchen. She had to admit that the atmosphere at that time was really tense. While watching, Zhao Shuning couldn't help but worry about the woman in green.
The woman in green wasn't extremely stunning, but she was gentle and pleasant - looking.
There was always a faint melancholy in her almond - shaped eyes. Her willow - leaf eyebrows made her whole face look pitiful.
When she was coming up with the lower couplet, her white teeth gently bit her red lips, as if she was a little shy.
This woman's gentleness seemed to be engraved in her bones. Most men would feel pity for her when they saw her.
On the other hand, Dongfang Yinuo, the little princess of the Tianli Kingdom, was wearing a dazzling bright yellow dress. There was a shining light in her eyes. She was bright and her every move was like a lively lark, making people like her.
In this small competition.
The feelings of one man and two women all changed.
Because of Xia Jingning's outstanding performance, his handsome appearance, and his talent.
Dongfang Yinuo, the little princess of the Tianli Kingdom, looked at Xia Jingning differently from others.
And Xia Jingning.
His eyes would always inadvertently look in the direction of the two of them.
There was no lack of smiles in his eyes.