Cheng Yujin didn't expect it to be Li Chengjing, she was startled, and immediately got up to salute: "Your Highness, are you back? My concubine is disrespectful."
Cheng Yujin said that she was about to get out of bed, but Li Chengjing held her shoulders and pressed her back to the bed: "I didn't let them wake you up, you just sit at ease."
After Li Chengjing finished speaking, he paused and glanced at Cheng Yujin unhappily: "I told you not to call me you. I look so old?"
Cheng Yujin was surprised and doubted her ears. If she heard right just now, Li Chengjing's words were full of accusations and even a little grievance
Cheng Yujin moved her lips, and finally said very euphemistically: "Your Highness, you are young and promising. No matter where you are, you can be called a young talent. How can anyone say you are old?"
"I haven't changed it yet." Li Chengjing flicked his fingers on his knees and looked at Cheng Yujin with a stern gaze, "If you don't say it, that's why you think so?"
It was unreasonable, Cheng Yujin suddenly understood why those men disliked the troublesome wife at home, Cheng Yujin also felt speechless now and didn't want to talk to him, but had to reason with him.
"His Royal Highness, it's not like that." Cheng Yujin tried to reason with the angry prince, "This has nothing to do with age, it's a matter of etiquette and law, it's a matter of principle. You are the husband and I are the wife. Husband and wife respect each other like guests. When a meal is served, it is necessary to raise the eyebrows, let alone the name? The name is the beginning of all etiquette.
Cheng Yujin said that Li Chengjing looked at her silently, his eyes were dark and dark, and although there was no emotion on his face, he was not very happy when he looked at her eyes. Cheng Yujin couldn't talk anymore, and felt very helpless in her heart.
He couldn't listen to reason, and he was getting more and more angry when he argued with him about right or wrong. Cheng Yujin was at a loss and asked, "His Royal Highness, what do you want?"
Cheng Yuanjing lifted the tea cup and slowly flipped the tea cover: "Just say what I said just now."
"Your Highness, you..."
"Um?"
Enough was enough, Cheng Yujin couldn't bear it any longer and said, "What are you pestering?"
"That's right." Li Chengjing was finally satisfied, opened the teacup and brought it to Cheng Yujin's mouth, "Remember later, I am married to a wife not a niece, but I don't want to hear your ninth uncle and you. , open your mouth."
At first, the old man's topic was asked by him, but after Cheng Yujin really said it, he was still brooding. Cheng Yujin was very speechless, but she managed to coax the master. Cheng Yujin didn't want to cause any more trouble for herself, so she agreed with him. Cheng Yujin reached out to pick up the tea cup, but Li Chengjing avoided it and did not give it to her. Cheng Yujin raised her eyebrows, looked up at him, Li Chengjing was very calm: "Didn't you say you were thirsty just now, your maids are busy with other things, I'll take over for them."
Busy with other things? This is pure nonsense. The only task of Du Ruo, Forsythia and others is to serve Cheng Yujin. At this moment, Cheng Yujin just woke up, what can they do
However, Li Chengjing didn't blink his eyes, and he said that the bright wind and the moon were high-sounding, which made Cheng Yujin helpless. She had to drink water as he wanted, but Li Chengjing was also very unfamiliar with serving people. After a while, Cheng Yujin couldn't bear to open his hand and said, "Let go, I'll come. You just spilled water on my collar. "
When Cheng Yujin changed her clothes and came out, the culprit was sitting on the bed of the Luohan outside, and when she saw her, she waved without guilt, and said, "It's changed? I heard from the palace staff that you didn't eat anything at noon, and there will be a dinner party later. , If you have to toss until late, you might be hungry if you don't eat. Come over and have a cushion first."
Before Li Chengjing finished speaking, a group of palace servants stepped forward with food boxes, placed delicate porcelain plates on the table one after another, and then retreated in an orderly manner. The scene in front of her was too familiar, as if they were still at Cheng's house. Cheng Yujin went to Li Chengjing's yard to meet young talents as usual. Li Chengjing saw her and didn't bother to say hello.
Cheng Yujin couldn't help but relax in this atmosphere and sat opposite him naturally. Li Chengjing put a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the plate in front of Cheng Yujin, Cheng Yujin took a bite and said, "It's a little sweet, I'll make some cakes after a few days of free time. It just so happens that the lotus flowers are blooming these days, and after this It won't be fresh for a while."
Li Chengjing nodded. What Cheng Yujin said was his taste. He didn't like to eat things that were too sweet or too dry. Cheng Yujin used to beg people, and often came to Li Chengjing's place to buy people's hearts with cakes. It took a long time. The cakes are all provided by Cheng Yujin. He slowly increased his appetite, and now eating Shang Shanjian's dim sum is really too much.
Cheng Yujin just said this casually. The two of them often do this in Cheng's house, each doing their own thing and not greeting each other. When it comes to the details of clothing and food, they are familiar with each other like a long-term husband and wife.
I'm afraid Cheng Yujin didn't realize how natural she spoke to Li Chengjing just now, and even the taste of food, she didn't know when she followed Li Chengjing.
It felt so good to be favored, Li Chengjing heard that Cheng Yujin would make a special trip to cook for him, and immediately didn't touch anything on the table. He scooped Cheng Yujin a bowl of pine nut and Lingqi porridge, and said, "I'm afraid I won't be back early in the evening. It's inconvenient to eat outside. You can put a mattress on it now, and you will not be hungry later."
Cheng Yujin nodded, the emperor gave a banquet tonight to celebrate the prince's marriage. The banquet was very large in scale. Officials above the fourth rank of the previous dynasty were invited to the list. The harem was also headed by Empress Yang and entertained internal and external wives. The two banquets in the harem of the former dynasty were held at the same time, and it was announced to the whole world that the crown prince was successfully married, and the whole world celebrated together. It was also Cheng Yujin's first public appearance as a crown princess. It is said to be a dinner party, but none of the people who go to the banquet go there with the intention of eating. It is enough to pick two bites with chopsticks and pretend, no one will take it seriously. As the crown princess, Cheng Yujin, the protagonist of this banquet, is probably even more so.
This is also a ridiculous thing. The nobles spend half of their time hosting banquets, but when it comes to banquets, no one will really eat. Before going out, the female relatives will pad their stomachs at home, so as not to be ugly when they go out.
Cheng Yujin stirred the porridge slowly with a spoon, and asked, "Your Highness, I don't know the ladies in the palace yet. How much do your Royal Highnesses know, can you tell me?"
Li Chengjing has been away for too long, in fact, it is no longer than Cheng Yujin's stay in the palace. But he was born in the palace after all. Speaking of the deep and shallow waters of the palace, he knows more than Cheng Yujin.
He simply said that the people in the concubine in the harem today are lower than the fourth concubines, and they have no chance to talk to Cheng Yujin, whether they know each other or not.
Cheng Yujin nodded as she listened, and wrote down the names of several important people. Among them, there was an acquaintance who was Concubine Xu Shu.
Concubine Xu Shu is the eldest girl of Chang Guo Gong's mansion, the eldest sister of Xu Zhixian and Xu Nianchun. Previously, because the Xu family had a palace concubine, Cheng Min's marriage to the Duke of Changguo was a proper high marriage. The people of the Duke of Chang's mansion said that the concubine Shu and the concubine in the mansion were all honored, so the Cheng family showed their affection to the Xu family in every possible way, and they looked forward to being able to share the glory of the concubine in the palace.
Cheng Yujin grew up listening to the deeds of the concubine Shu, the concubine of the Xu family, but did not expect that the first time they met was at her wedding banquet.
Human encounters are truly indescribable.
This is indeed the case. After the palace banquet, Concubine Xu Shu looked around as soon as she entered the venue. After seeing Cheng Yujin entering the venue, she raised a glass to Cheng Yujin across the distance. Cheng Yujin also raised her glass and smiled when she saw it.
The concubines on both sides had mixed feelings when they met. With Empress Yang here, none of these palace concubines would want to be favored, and it would be even more wishful thinking to give birth to a prince and a daughter. It is precisely because of this that the concubines and concubines in the harem did not have serious struggles.
Other concubines either rely on seniority or family background, only Concubine Xu Shu, who is neither superior nor inferior, neither favored nor capable father and brother, but because of Changguo Gongfu, she has been sealed a concubine, and her position in the harem is very embarrassing. . Among the four concubines, Concubine Xu Shu was the last.
But today, the new crown princess appeared for the first time, giving Concubine Shu the only face among many concubines. Concubine Shu was so proud all night that she even drank several more glasses of wine. When the other three concubines saw it, they were very disdainful, but they were helpless.
Who made the family and the princess' family have a relationship, they are popular, and some people are envious. What does it have to do with how the second prince and the prince fight? The fate of these concubines has been determined. They will not be able to give birth to a princess and prince, and they will have nothing to fall back on for the rest of their lives. lifetime. Therefore, whether the final winner is the Yang family or the prince, it makes no difference to them.
Perhaps, they are also looking forward to the prince to win more. Because Empress Zhong is gone, the crown prince will be enthroned in the future, and the position of the queen mother will be vacant. Maybe these concubines do not need to move out of the palace gate, and they can still enjoy half their lives in the palace. Otherwise, hehe, the fate of those concubines and concubines of Renzong Dynasty, that is, the old rivals of the Queen Mother Yang, is a lesson for them.
Anyway, there is nothing to rely on in the future, so I am not afraid of taking risks. It's definitely a good deal to please the prince and the princess. If you lose, it won't be worse than the original. If you win, it's half your life. No wonder Concubine Shu is so happy tonight.
The other concubines were sour and jealous, and their eyes changed when they looked at Concubine Shu.
Concubine Xu Shu did not expect today. She entered the palace early, and didn't see Cheng Yujin very much. She just heard from her family that there was a niece in the second-room aunt's family, and she was very good. In order to please Concubine Shu, the servants would even describe this girl as "like a concubine". After hearing this, Concubine Xu Shu was curious, but she didn't pay much attention to it. To her, this is just a promising junior. In the future, maybe she will ask her sister to bring Cheng Yujin over to show her, but she will not send someone to talk about it.
Who knew that when the two met for the first time, they became Concubine Shu and had to be careful with Cheng Yujin. One is the new crown princess. Although her family is not promising, she has a prince behind her, so what other backers do she need. As for Concubine Xu Shu, she was just an ordinary palace concubine with nothing to rely on. The status and future of the two are not the same.
Concubine Xu Shu sighed in her heart. Originally, it was the Cheng family who took care of the Xu family, but in a blink of an eye, the positions of the two families were reversed. The Cheng family will soon prosper. Now Concubine Xu Shu only hopes that her mother's family will do her best to establish a good relationship with the Cheng family first, but don't waste such a good way of Cheng Min, the second wife.
Today's palace banquet is very grand, perhaps because there is little fresh blood in the palace, and there are endless people coming to toast Cheng Yujin at the banquet. Later, Cheng Yujin hurriedly asked Du Ruo and Forsythia to add water to the wine, only to endure round after round of toasts.
The banquet in the harem was held at the same time as the previous dynasty. The female relatives could not make trouble here, so they soon became quiet, but it was not until the eunuch heard that the emperor had retired, and the queen announced the end. The banquet before and after was not in the same place, and the emperor left, Li Chengjing might not be able to get away immediately, so Cheng Yujin didn't wait for her and returned to the palace on his own.
As soon as he entered the palace gate, Cheng Yujin couldn't hold it any longer, and even stood unsteadily. Forsythia and Du Ruo hurriedly supported her, and a series of voices asked the small kitchen to prepare sober soup.
Cheng Yujin was drunk and unconscious, and only vaguely remembered that the maid persuaded her to drink sober soup. Suddenly, the back hall became quiet, and then a cold air came, and a warm hand covered her forehead. The memory behind her was vague, as if someone was feeding her soup, and she seemed to be dreaming.
In the dream, someone seemed to sigh helplessly: "How can you be so drunk, the amount of alcohol is too bad."
After a while, his voice was calm and flat, and he said, "Don't be drunk. Put your hands away and don't touch them."
Cheng Yujin wondered who this was, and was so noisy in her dream. She wanted to push this person away, but her hands and feet didn't obey her commands. Li Chengjing was moved by Cheng Yujin's hand. She didn't have any strength in her hand, but she still had to rub against it. Li Chengjing couldn't have a seizure or not. In the end, she could only hoop the two restless wrists and press it with one hand. On the bed, her calf pressed against her legs with a slight effort.
"Sleep well and don't move."
Cheng Yujin couldn't move her hands and feet. She didn't know whether it was grievance or discomfort. Li Chengjing's body tensed up all of a sudden, and it wasn't over yet. Her hands and feet were restrained and she was not honest. She twisted her waist and tried to break free.
Li Chengjing was silent for a long time, and finally took a breath of alcohol from her mouth and said, "I'll remember it for you for the time being, and it'll be counted when you wake up."