The snow fell for two or three days in a row, and finally stopped.
Rong Xia sat on a chair padded with the word "Tuan Fu" and quietly let the eldest princess look at it.
"The distinguished guest came to the door, I don't know what Uncle Rong is doing?" The tea in the hand of the eldest princess was steaming, and she sat upright, with a polite smile on her rosy cheeks, but she was not close. meaning.
"Junior is here today, I just want to greet His Highness." Rong Xia took a sip of tea. Tea is the best special tea for the royal family, with a total output of less than two kilograms per year.
"There is Uncle Laorong," the eldest princess smiled lightly, "Bengong is very good."
"His Royal Highness's phoenix body is healthy, the younger generation is also relieved," Rong Xia put the teacup on the coffee table, "It is said that this kind of tea is not good for the inner abdomen, it is better for Your Highness to drink less."
The eldest princess' eyes suddenly became sharp, her eyes stayed on Rong Xia for a moment, and the smile on her face disappeared little by little: "Uncle Rong has a worried temperament."
"The parents of the younger generation died early, the elder brother left early, no one worries about the younger generation, and the younger generation simply develops the temperament to worry about it." Rong Xia lowered her eyelids and bowed her head slightly, her attitude very respectful.
Seeing him like this, the eldest princess chuckled lightly, "It is said that people who love to worry have a calm temperament. I wonder if Uncle Rong can be stable?"
Rong Xia clenched his fists towards the eldest princess: "The younger generation is naturally the same."
"Let's talk," the eldest princess said lightly, "Uncle came today, why is it?"
"His Royal Highness, the younger generation wants to know why my father and mother died."
The sun shines into the room through the window lattice, and the eldest princess's eyelids tremble slightly, and then she wipes the corner of her mouth: "I don't know what you mean by this."
"The younger generation thinks that His Highness should understand." Rong Xia looked at the eldest princess and refused to give in an inch.
The eldest princess looked at the outstanding young man in front of her with a dazed expression, as if she saw Lin Shi who looked at her like this decades ago. Lin's biological mother was born to a talent in the harem, that is, her younger sister. After she got married, she was demoted to a commoner because she was involved in the struggle for the throne, and later committed suicide.
The Lin family was not doing well in the Lin family, because everyone knew that the late emperor did not like those ministers or princesses who had helped other brothers, so the Lin family did not treat her favorably because she had royal blood. However, Lin was born very beautiful, and was very good at calligraphy and painting, and was finally begged to be married by Cheng Anbo of the previous generation.
In theory, she was Lin's aunt, but Lin's biological mother had already been expelled from the royal family and demoted to a commoner, so in front of her, Lin could only respectfully call her the eldest princess.
Fortunately, her biological mother was not seen by the late emperor, so her son can now be reused by His Majesty. No one knows better than the eldest princess that there is no so-called father and son relationship to the late emperor today, but more hatred. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he would rehabilitate some of the people who had been punished by the previous emperor, and won the reputation of benevolence.
Rong Xia is calling herself a junior in front of her at the moment, and I'm afraid he also wants to remind her that his grandmother is her half-sister, even though this sister has been removed from the royal family tree.
The room was quiet for a long time, until the eldest princess couldn't help coughing several times, breaking the dead silence in the room.
"Your Highness." Mother Chang walked in worriedly.
"Go back." The eldest princess wiped the corner of her mouth, her lips were as red as blood at the moment. Chang mama glanced at Rong Xia, and seeing that the princess had a firm attitude, she had no choice but to step back.
"Lin Shi died of lovesickness beans," the eldest princess said calmly, "red beans are born with lovesickness, and lovesickness is broken."
Rongxia's eyelids trembled: "Who is it?"
The eldest princess asked back, "Ben Gong thinks you understand it in your heart."
Rongxia was silent for a moment: "If that's the case, why did you keep me?"
The eldest princess swept her gaze slowly over Rong Xia, and suddenly smiled: "I grew up watching Your Majesty today, he is kind and ruthless, but he has a hobby that I don't know if it's good or bad, or This is the fault that most of the Jiang royal family have, that is, love beauty."
"Whether it's a man or a woman, as long as they are good-looking, they can arouse his rare compassionate heart," the eldest princess sneered in her smile, "You can survive because you are talented and smart. , and... you look good."
In the eyes of the eldest princess, Rongxia is indeed very good-looking, and looking at the entire capital, almost no one can match it.
"Your Highness," Rong Xia suddenly looked at her, "Have you ever regretted it?"
"People born in the royal family are not qualified to say this word." The eldest princess lightly held up the teacup, not caring whether she could drink tea or not, and lowered her head to take a sip, "If Ben Gong didn't take every step, then Ben Gong's fate would be the same as that of Ben Gong. Like your grandmother."
The vicissitudes of life in Princess Eldest Princess's eyes were vicissitudes and calm, as if those deaths and conspiracies had been overwhelmed by time and had no effect on her.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for telling this junior," Rong Xia stood up and bowed deeply to the eldest princess, "Please take care of your health, the Marquis of Jingting still needs you."
"Bengong can't protect them," the eldest princess said suddenly, looking at the young man who gave her a great gift, "reasonably, you should call me auntie."
She stood up slowly, took out an inconspicuous little box from the drawer beside her, and handed it to Rong Xia: "You are so old, and this palace has never given you any gifts, so this should be considered a meeting gift from this palace. "
Rongxia didn't pick up the wooden box, but said, "What does Your Highness want the younger generation to do?"
"What are you doing?" The eldest princess laughed, and the laughter was a little strange, "I don't need you to do anything in this palace. Originally, I was going to bring this thing into the soil, but since you are here today, it means that it has a destiny with you. ."
Rong Xia took the box and said earnestly, "In the future, this junior will take good care of the Marquis of Jingting."
"Good boy." The eldest princess patted Rong Xia's shoulder lightly, but Rong Xia felt the weight of her hand.
"No need," the eldest princess seemed relieved, "Everyone has their own fate. You can protect them for a while, but you can't protect them forever."
"Before leaving, Ben Gong will give them the last amulet."
Rongxia squeezed the wooden box: "The junior is willing to help you."
The eldest princess smiled and did not speak. She opened the window, looked at the young man carefully, and slowly waved her hand: "Go back."
Rong Xia felt that he was in a very strange mood, both happy and uncomfortable. When he walked to the door, he looked behind him again.
The eldest princess stood by the window, the sun was shining on her body, she was kind and kind like a female bodhisattva in a temple. Rong Xia couldn't help but think, what a beautiful woman this princess was a few decades ago
On the day when the snow stopped, Ban Hua got up a little later than usual. After she was done grooming, the sun was already hanging in the sky, and the snow in the yard had been swept clean, even the ice on the branches. , were beaten clean by the servants.
"The princess," a maid came in, "the prince invites you to the main hall, there are guests."
Ban Hua is a little strange. What kind of guest wants her to see
Walking into the main hall, Ban Hua saw Rong Xia sitting next to Ban Heng.
"Uncle Rong?"
"County Lord," Rong Xia stood up and bowed to Ban Huo, "Thank you for the grace of the County Lord for borrowing the umbrella two days ago."
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Ban Hua was stunned for a moment, wasn't the umbrella given to him, how could it be borrowed
After everyone chatted for a while, Rong Xia returned the umbrella to Ban Hua and said apologetically, "I don't know where the pendant on the handle of the umbrella fell. I feel very guilty, so I replaced it with a new pendant."
Only then did Ban Hua notice that the ruby originally hanging on the umbrella handle had turned into a jade-carved peony. This peony was so beautifully carved that Ban Hua liked it just by looking at it: "Uncle Rong, you are too polite, but it's just a Just a pendant."
"The county lord borrowed the silk umbrella with good intentions, but he lost something. It was from the lord." Rong Xia smiled even more.
Sitting next to him, Ban Heng looked indifferently as his sister and Cheng Anbo chatted happily and took a sip of tea. What does Uncle Rong mean
"Sir," Rong Xia seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, knowing that Ban Heng was bored, he started talking to him again, "A few days ago, a guy got a fighting cock from nowhere and said it was for me to play with. Relax. It's just that I don't know what to do with the cockfight. I heard that the prince has the elegance of cockfighting. I wonder if I can send the cockfight to your house? If you don't accept it, I can only let the kitchen Use it to make soup."
When Ban Heng heard the cockfight, he nodded immediately and said: "Don't make soup, this kind of chicken only costs hundreds of taels of silver, you can send it here, I promise to keep it strong and shiny, and it will be invincible in the capital. !"
"Then there is a son of Lao Shizi." Rong Xia's face suddenly showed a sense of ease in resolving the troubles, and this expression greatly pleased Ban Heng. Who said he was useless, didn't he help Rongxia solve a problem
The world always sees people with prejudice, which is not a good habit.
"By the way, sister, aren't you going to go to your grandmother's place today?" Ban Heng glanced at the sky outside, "It's almost noon, why haven't you left yet?"
"Last night, the grandmother next to my grandmother said that my grandmother is going to enter the palace, so I won't be allowed to go there," Ban Hua said helplessly, "I originally found some interesting things and wanted to send them to my grandmother."
"Should I wait for my grandmother to come back and send it there?" Ban Heng knew that his sister had nothing to do recently, so he liked to go to his grandmother's princess residence. "After lunch, I will accompany you."
"Well." Ban Hua nodded, playing with the jade peony pendant on the umbrella handle unconsciously.
"It's a coincidence," Rong Xia said suddenly, "I just went to visit Her Royal Highness the eldest princess below. No wonder Her Royal Highness is dressed up and is going to enter the palace."
"Have you seen your grandmother?" Ban Hua turned her head to look at Rong Xia and said strangely, "Then why doesn't she have time to see me?"
"Probably because she will leave after only a short stay?" Rong Xia smiled, "Her Royal Highness loves the princess so much, if you go, her old man probably doesn't want to enter the palace."
"Really?" Ban Hua rubbed her chin, stood up and said, "Forget it, I'll go into the palace to have a look too. Last time, Your Majesty's longevity, I never had a good conversation with the Empress."
As the princess favored by the emperor, Ban Hua has the right to enter the palace at any time, but only after she turned fifteen, did she intentionally reduce the number of times she entered the palace.
"I also have something to go to the palace to see your majesty. If the county master doesn't dislike it, I would like to go with the county master."