After returning home, Ning Xuan could always dream of the shadow standing by the door. She thought that it should be the National Teacher.
In the general population, the National Teacher is powerful and almost omnipotent. The prince also told her that the National Teacher is an excellent teacher. Although he treats students severely, it is not too much. Ordinary masters are no different, but impart knowledge that other masters will never understand.
Ning Xuan put together everyone's impression of the national teacher and returned to the shadow, but she felt that it should not be like this.
That shadow gave her the feeling... lonely and sad, even a little fragile, not close to the legendary power.
too weird. Ning Xuan didn't understand why she felt this way, which made her even more curious about the national teacher.
What kind of person is he?
Just when Ning Xuan was fascinated, a small ball of paper suddenly appeared in front of her eyes from the left.
Ning Xuan raised her head to look at the master who looked up and saw that he didn't intend to come down and walk around, so she quietly unfolded the paper ball, recognized Fu Nanxing's handwriting at a glance, and glanced to the side.
Fu Nanxing sat upright, pretending that he was not the one who passed the note to her.
"Have you seen it?"
Although Fu Nanxing didn't mention the name, Ning Xuan knew who he was referring to, so she picked up the pen and wrote back,
"No."
Ning Xuan held the paper ball with her fingers while the master turned around. , threw it aside and landed precisely on Fu Nanxing's table.
Fu Nanxing quickly replied to the letter: "It will be the Chaoyue Festival soon. Maybe the National Teacher will participate in the festival."
The Chaoyue Festival is a traditional festival in Tianyuan Continent. Those born on this day, at this time, there will be celebrations in the world, and young people of the right age will be selected to play the role of Xingyue Divine Sovereign, which is very lively.
Ning Xuan stared at the note and pondered for a while. Although on the bright side, the national teacher had hardly ever left Qingyuntai, it was impossible for the national teacher to stay in Qingyuntai all the time. Moreover, the father also authorized the national teacher to enter and exit freely. In the palace, it is possible that the national teacher has quietly gone out to play and came back when others did not know it.
Ning Xuan put away the note and winked at Fu Nanxing.
Fu Nanxing turned his head to the side, raised his chin at her, looked at Duan Yunkuo on her right, and motioned for Ning Xuan to ask Duan Yunkuo.
According to Duan Yunkuo's temperament, he definitely wouldn't talk to them in class about anything unrelated to the get out of class, so Ning Xuan waited until after class to discuss it with Duan Yunkuo.
"Invite the National Teacher to participate in the Chaoyue Festival?"
Duan Yunkuo seemed to have heard something incredible, but she didn't seem to be joking when she saw Ning Xuan's serious eyes.
Ning Xuan said, "Just invite him to watch the fireworks, go around the lantern fair, etc. Qingyuntai is so empty and boring, and the National Teacher must be tired of it."
Fu Nanxing echoed: "Yes, yes."
Duan Yunkuo sipped . She pursed her lips and shook her head. Seeing that Ning Xuan's expectant eyes gradually dimmed, she explained, "In the past few years, how many posts have been sent by each family to Master Guo Shi, all of which have gone to waste. Master Guo Shi will never be invited."
Ning Xuan grew up in the palace. She was the emperor's favorite princess, and a thorn in the eyes of many people. Besides, she is now studying at Bei'an Academy, with good grades and a good reputation.
Ning Guo also had a precedent for an empress. She is too young to be competitive, and the elder brother above is also good enough, so maybe all factions will put her in the ranks of competitors.
Ning Xuan turned the chair to Duan Yunkuo, and analyzed it one by one:
"Master Guoshi does not accept other people's invitations because they all have their own thoughts and hope to win Master Guoshi, and now Master Guoshi is the only one who accepts it. The prince is a student, which shows that his position is on the side of the royal family.
"I am the father's most favored daughter, the younger sister of the crown prince, you are the head of Qingliu, the second son of the prime minister, and the eldest brother is the boss of the royal intelligence agency, not to mention Fu Nanxing. Only loyal to the royal family of Ning Kingdom. The three of us to invite Lord National Teacher will only consolidate the position of Lord National Teacher."
Ning Xuan has always been careful and sensitive towards friends, and she knows which method is most useful to deal with Duan Yunkuo.
Fu Nanxing was not good at persuading others, so he stood on Ning Xuan with his arms crossed, expressing his approval of Ning Xuan's words, and nodded vigorously.
Duan Yunkuo was persuaded by Ning Xuan and promised to help her convey this matter to the prince.
From the beginning, Ning Xuan has shown curiosity towards the National Teacher, especially after he accepted the Prince as a student, every time Ning Xuan saw the Prince, she would ask the Lord National Teacher in a side-by-side manner.
There are not many people like Ning Xuan who are curious about the national teacher. The other brothers of the prince will also have to bow their heads to him to find out about the national teacher because of jealousy.
After all, in the eyes of many people, as long as the national teacher supports the throne It's easy to get, no, it should be said that the support of the national teacher is even rarer than the throne. After all, half of the credit for Ning Guo's stability should be attributed to the existence of the national teacher.
The prince also asked Ning Xuan why he was so curious about the national teacher.
"...Probably want to know why he named me 'Xuan'." Ning Xuan likes her name very much.
After knowing that her name was given by the national teacher, her curiosity about the national teacher reached peaked.
On this day, when Ning Xuan received the news that the national teacher had agreed to the invitation, she was practicing archery in the martial arts field. When she heard the answer from the maid, the hand that pulled the bow loosened, and the bow and arrow hit the center of the bullseye.
She bent her lips and raised her eyebrows at the maid next to her who was applauding desperately. She was in a good mood.
"Go, go back and get ready."
The Chaoyue Festival began in the evening, and the route of the parade was decided early, and the young man who played the role of the Xingyue Divine Monarch fell on the head of the noble child who was recognized as the best-looking. He is the eldest son of the sixth prince, and he just won the crown this year. Because of his outstanding appearance, every time he travels, he will cause a commotion. Once, he was almost drowned by the handkerchiefs, flowers and fruits lost by the girl's house, so that the sixth prince had no choice but to This prince is equipped with several personal guards.
Ning Xuan's relationship with this cousin is not too distant, but the sixth prince seems to have a tendency to favor the eldest prince recently, so Ning Xuan's attitude towards him has gradually cooled down.
Before the celebration officially started, the capital was already lively.
"The box on the top floor has been reserved? Do you know who I am?"
A well-dressed young man followed by several guards yelled at the shopkeeper in the largest and most stylish restaurant in the capital.
The people who can appear here now are all powerful and powerful. His move is really inappropriate, and the guards beside him want to remind him.
The shopkeeper was not annoyed either, but took out a token,
"It's the box reserved by Her Royal Highness."
The young man's expression suddenly changed. There is only one princess in the entire Ning Kingdom, and she is also a direct-born princess born to the queen, and with the honor of being named by a national teacher, she is much more noble than the prince born to the most favored concubine today.
At this moment, Ning Xuan was sitting in the box on the top floor, sketching pictures on the menu.
"Brother Huang said, Master Guoshi likes to drink tea, so just use the tea leaves and tea set I brought to make tea. As for the dishes..."
Ning Xuan thought that Master Guoshi might be quite old now, so she deliberately checked the box. I have some dishes that the elderly may like to eat, and I don't know if he likes sweet or salty, so let's have some. Anyway, these dishes are all served in small plates, and you can put them down if you don't like them after a bite or two. There was a knock on the door from outside. Ning Xuan quickly closed the menu and handed it to the maid who was waiting on the side.
"That's all, let's do it first."
I didn't see a stranger, only Fu Nanxing, Duan Yunkuo and the prince.
"...What about the National Teacher?"
Ning Xuan pulled them away and looked behind them.
The prince reached out and knocked on his sister's head, and brought Ning Xuan in from outside,
"Don't look at it, the National Teacher said that he would come to the Chaoyue Festival, just come and see and go back, you are like everyone, just like you, Delicious and fun?"
Ning Xuan was a little disappointed, she thought that the invitation of the national teacher was an invitation to agree to her banquet.
However, Master Guo Shi didn't come if she didn't come, and she wouldn't have a meal with her brothers and friends with emotions.
The celebration officially started, and there was a lot of people outside.
Ning Xuan approached the railing with a teacup in her hand, looked down, and saw a parade of parade coming this way, with beautiful maids holding flower baskets on both sides of the "Xingyue Divine Monarch" spreading petals, while those sitting on the floats The beautiful prince was dressed in fancy clothes, with a long line behind him, and there were people dancing in front of him.
There were cheers and screams constantly coming from below, the prince looked at the girls next to him, and just smiled, and someone fainted.
The exaggerated and funny scene was seen in the eyes of everyone, and those who knew the prince only found it funny.
"Speaking of which, my cousin scare me with silkworms, but he was smashed by me in the palm of his hand. Since then, he has had a psychological shadow on all insects and will scream when he sees them. ."
The noise made her ears hurt. When Ning Xuan talked about this incident, she turned to her cousin's face again, "It's really unbelievable."
The three people next to her looked at Ning Xuan at the same time, and they thought: She is the one who can't be seen.
Ning Xuan noticed their eyes and asked confidently, "What? I'm afraid of blacks and ghosts, but I'm not afraid of bugs. It was he who wanted to scare me. I'm just tit for tat."
Fu Nanxing applauded, "Your Highness, the princess, So beautiful." The prince wiped away the tears that didn't exist, "Xuanxuan has grown up." Duan Yunkuo drank tea silently and swallowed everything. Seeing their appearance, Ning Xuan didn't want to tell them any more, she waved her hands and said,
"You guys can continue talking, I'll go down for a while at the lantern festival, and I'll come back when the fireworks are set off."
The crown prince made a color on his bodyguards and asked them to keep up and protect Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan has long been used to the pomp and circumstance of traveling, and this is for her own safety. Even if the guards are crowded too far, she will stop and wait for them to follow.
However, in order not to disturb her, these guards kept a certain distance from her to ensure that she had the greatest freedom within their protection.
"Do you want to buy a lamp, little nobleman?"
The merchant on the side saw Ning Xuan's temperament, and guessed that she was not an ordinary nobleman, and called out to her.
Ning Xuan looked around and found that the business of his stall was not very good. There were poems on the lanterns, and various portraits and patterns were drawn, but his lanterns were very simple, in the shape of small animals.
"Then I want this goldfish lantern."
Ning Xuan pointed to a goldfish lantern above. Its tail moved with the wind, and it looked really agile.
Just when Ning Xuan was about to pay, she suddenly remembered that her purse had been forgotten with the maid, and her maid had been left in the restaurant by her to make tea for them.
Ning Xuan turned to look for the prince's guards, and gave them a wink, but the guards obviously didn't have enough tacit understanding with the princess, they couldn't read her thoughts, and they didn't dare to approach.
Ning Xuan sighed and was about to pay with the two golden bells on her wrist when there was a broken piece of silver in front of her, and a clear voice came from above her head.
"Goldfish lantern."
The man paid for the lantern and handed it to her. Ning Xuan saw that he was holding the long-handled hand.
Ning Xuan didn't take the lantern, but looked up.
With just one glance, he fell into the quiet eyes of the other party, and the light of the lanterns behind him became blurred, like bright stars.
Ning Xuan thought that the cousin who played Xingyue Shenjun had an average personality, but his appearance was recognized as beautiful, but now seeing this person in front of him, he realized that someone didn't need to play the role, and he could be as good-looking as a goddess, and he was shocked.
He bent the corners of his lips to her, showing a gentle smile, then put the lantern in his hand on the table, with the long handle facing her, and turned away.
Ning Xuan looked at his back, which was gradually disappearing into the crowd, getting farther and farther, so far that only a vague shadow remained.
This shadow gradually overlapped with the shadow in her dreams and memories, the lonely and sad shadow she met at Qingyuntai.
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The author has something to say:
National Teacher: I'm too nervous, I don't know what to say.
Guards: The national teacher is at the stall next to the princess, and I dare not approach it at all.