He laughed on the spot for a while, then he pursed his lips and let out a feigned cough, and followed the mother and daughter into the house with his hands behind his back.
Ruan Shi was also confused by the little girl's entanglement, and she was afraid that she couldn't help laughing out loud. The idea of trying to teach the little girl a lesson would be forfeited, so she still tried her best to endure it and turned her face away. Don't look at that round, pitiful little face.
Xu Yunyao is the kind of person who has made up his mind and will carry it out to the end. Since he has decided to grind the 'Lie Mu' back to the original soft bun, he will naturally use all his powers to stick to Ruan's family like a candy.
The little girl's entanglement is really too powerful, and Ruan's power is about to break. Fortunately, Tang Songnian walked in at this time. As if she had been granted amnesty, she hurriedly greeted him and waited on him with unprecedented concentration.
That level of concentration, as if there is nothing in this world more attractive to her than the man in front of her, and it seems to be staring at a flower on the man.
Seeing that Mrs. Baozi's attention was attracted by the old man, Xu Yunyao was a little unwilling, and glared at Tang Songnian angrily.
The old man loves to spoil the good things in this palace!
Seeing that Mrs. Baozi's attitude has eased, as long as she works harder, she can melt her, but the old man stepped in at this time, and Mrs. Baozi had a chance to breathe, and taught her to give up all her previous achievements!
Tang Songnian looked at the little girl staring at her angrily, laughed, stretched out her finger and poked at the bulging little face, and then the little girl angrily slapped it away.
He laughed again. After the laughter, he rubbed the little girl's head, regardless of her struggle, and asked, "What did Baoya do to annoy mother? Let's hear it and see if Daddy can help you. Mother, please ask her to give you another chance?"
Xu Yunyao didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but after thinking about it again, maybe the old man could really help him, so he raised his face and rubbed his side, looked at Ruan's secretly, and saw that she still had a pretty face. , can only vaguely say to Tang Songnian: "Well, accidentally, really accidentally, broke the aunt's pot of flowers."
After a pause, he added quickly: "I quickly helped Xiuzhu to plant the flowers back, and I also helped to dig a lot of mud. Look, there is still mud in the nails!"
She held up ten short, fleshy little fingers and leaned in front of Tang Songnian to show him, but her small eyes drifted towards Ruan Shi. Seeing that she still didn't respond, she couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
Tang Songnian pinched a fleshy little finger, and after a closer look, there was indeed a little mud embedded in the nails, and he quickly called Biwen to fetch water, and washed the ten little fingers clean.
"Why did you accidentally break the aunt's flower?" Tang Songnian wiped his daughter's hand and asked again with a smile.
"Just being careless, why are there so many!" Xu Yunyao's tone became more and more vague.
Ruan Shi laughed angrily: "Why didn't you tell Dad that you didn't listen to your mother's words and secretly played with the whip, and accidentally took away the aunt's flowers, and even the roots were broken."
Xu Yunyao immediately made a pitiful look at her, ran over to her and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, don't be angry, really don't dare..."
Tang Songnian smiled and watched the little girl clinging to her and begging for mercy for a while, then she smiled and lightly pressed the top of her hair, and pleaded with his wife on her behalf: "Since she has since confessed her mistake, there will be no next time, Madam. Forgive her! After all, knowing mistakes can be corrected, and goodness is great. Baoya said right?"
"Yes, yes, Daddy is absolutely right!" Xu Yunyao nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and now he looked at the old man with a lot of pleasing eyes.
Ruan's anger had already been worn away by the little girl. Now, seeing her husband's voice, she naturally went down the slope, pinching the little girl's face and asked solemnly, "Is there really no next time?"
"It's gone, it's gone, it's gone!"
"Want to listen?"
"Be obedient, you can't be more obedient."
Nguyen was satisfied, and finally smiled with confidence.
Xu Yunyao observed her words and expressions, knowing that it was only now that the rain had passed over the sky, she secretly sighed, and immediately hit the snake and followed the stick, fully exerting her coquettish pretense, until Ruan Shi laughed for a while, and then she was proud of it. Squeeze out the small pear vortex on the side of the cheek.
It seems that as long as Ben Gong has the heart, there will be no one that Ben Gong can't handle!
Tang Songnian looked at the sticky mother and daughter with a smile, and suddenly thought about the companion reading, and a worried look appeared on his face.
Such a soft and sweet little girl, sending her to the palace is no less than slicing his heart!
But the king's life is hard to violate, he can't help but know how to praise. What's more, although the fifth princess is a concubine, she can be raised under the queen's knees since childhood, and she is deeply favored by the emperor and queen, just like the princess.
His Majesty was able to choose his own daughter to be the companion of the Fifth Princess, not only because he really liked the little girl, but also because of his dignity. Otherwise, there are so many girls of the right age in the royal family, so why should he be picked into the mansion of a small member of his family
Ruan Shi, who has been married to him for many years, couldn't see the worry in his eyes. He found a reason to coax his daughter out, and then asked, "But what's bothering you?"
"It's true that I can't hide anything from you, but there is indeed something difficult to do, but it's not about me, but about our daughter." Tang Songnian sighed in a low voice.
"About Baoya? What can she do to bother you as a child?" Ruan was surprised.
Tang Songnian told her what Emperor Tianxi meant to her one by one.
When Nguyen heard this, he was full of worries.
The little girl grew up beside her, and no one knows her better than her. On the surface, he looks obedient, obedient and sensible, but in reality, he is not afraid of the earth, and he can't afford to lose the slightest.
"Back then in Ji Mansion, Baoya never had a chance to meet His Majesty, how could His Majesty know about her?" she asked inexplicably.
"Although His Majesty's people are not there, there are quite a few palace servants around the three His Royal Highnesses. How can the children's words and deeds, their every move, and their actions be concealed from His Majesty. It must be what Baoya did at that time, which made His Majesty remember it deeply. I still think of her after such a long time." Tang Songnian said.
When Ruan Shi heard it, she was taken aback: "There are still people paying attention to the children's words and deeds in the dark? If this is the case, Baoya will not be able to go."
Tang Songnian patted the back of her hand comfortingly: "Don't worry, the mission of the palace servants is not to spy on the little master's words and deeds, but to serve orders, just like you sometimes order Bi Wen to take care of your daughter, Bi Wen. Naturally, you have to pay attention to everything.”
Ruan Shi was relieved, but she was very reluctant to think that her daughter was going to enter the palace.
When Xu Junyao learned that she was going to the palace to read with the Fifth Princess, she was overjoyed.
Seeing her smiling face, both Tang Songnian and Ruan Shi felt a little uncomfortable.
Although they can be picked up on the same day after they are sent in, they have been away from home for almost the entire day. Just now, the husband and wife are worried that the little girl who has never been away from their parents since childhood will not agree, but who would have thought of the result. It was so unexpected.
Xu Yunyao was almost unhappy. She thought that such a good thing would not fall on her head, but she didn't expect the twists and turns to teach her how to be unhappy! She was so happy that she wanted to turn around a few times.
God has finally favored this palace once!
A few days later, the decree of the empress's choice of companions for several princesses came out. The courtiers had expected the companions of the first four princesses, just because the four little girls were either county heads or The daughter of a prince and a high-ranking official. The only exception is the companion of the Fifth Princess, who is not only younger than the Fifth Princess, but also her biological father is no more than a member of the Ministry of Personnel.
Hearing that this little girl was personally pointed by His Majesty, combined with her father's background, the shrewd courtier began to think.
It seems that Master Tang has long been in His Majesty's eyes, otherwise His Majesty would not have raised him like this. Although he is no more than a junior member now, I am afraid that the future will be limitless!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly ordered his wife to try her best to be on good terms with Tang Songnian's wife, and at least not to offend the other party. Ladies have been instructed by their husbands, and they will naturally follow. Of course, there are also many noble ladies who are unhappy at the bottom of their hearts, feeling that their husbands are in high positions, but they actually want to condescend to befriend the little lady Wailang
Even though he didn't have such thoughts in his heart, it was somewhat uncomfortable to be told by her husband that he wanted to befriend that Madam Tang. Only when they came into contact with Nguyen Shi and found that the other party was actually a woman with a gentle personality, amiable behavior, and a generous and ignorant woman, the slight hesitation of 'being forced to make good friends with her' disappeared.
After all, if he can get to his current position, whoever has not practiced has a pair of golden eyes and fiery eyes. You can tell at a glance who is sincere, who is polite, and who is fake. Although I don't know what this Madam Tang will look like in the future, at least it seems to be a worthwhile contact for now.
As a result, Nguyen was too busy to get away from dealing with human relations every day, and Li, who saw the big room, was jealous. As soon as news spread that Xu Yunyao was going to enter the palace to read for the princess, her face was twisted with jealousy.
But she wasn't confused yet, she knew that Sanfang was different now, not only Tang Songnian, but even that little girl Tang Junyao couldn't look down on her.
She took a deep breath, called her daughter, and instructed: "When you see your third sister in the future, don't ignore others with a cold face, and find a way to get closer to her."
Tang Yunyu, who was about to turn six years old, elongated her face unhappily: "Why? Why should I be close to her?!"
"You dead girl, if you want to only deal with those poor and sour girls from small families in the future, eat and wear what others choose, you can only watch your third sister enter and leave the palace garden, and the princess. You keep a cold face to her when the princesses are in contact with these daughters and daughters!" Li Shi was angry and glared at her daughter before saying.
Although Tang Junyu was still quite unhappy, when she heard what her mother said, and thought about it in the future, if everything was as her mother said... Just thinking about it like this made it difficult for her to accept it.
"But what is there from the third sister, the third aunt will also bring it to me!" She was still a little unwilling.
Nguyen's temperament is gentle, and she treats the children in the big room equally, and she will send some good things to the children, so Tang Junyu said this.
Li sneered: "Could it be that you think your third aunt has something good, so instead of holding on to your daughter, you will give it to you first? What a stupid girl, how long can you rely on others' charity?"
Tang Junyu murmured that she didn't dare to talk any more, but in her heart, she hated the third sister who made her have to show her affection.
From the Wang family to the Cuiwen Biwen and other maids, all of them were nervous for Xu Yunyao who was about to enter the palace, especially the Wang family and Ruan's mother-in-law. Habit will be noisy going home, anyway, all kinds of possibilities have been thought of, and the more I think about it, the more uneasy.
Tang Songnian had to repeatedly convey the meaning of Emperor Tianxi to them. The so-called companion reading is actually just to find a playmate for the fifth princess, who is six years old. In addition, the little girl is the youngest, so your Majesty and the queen will naturally be tolerant. The queen even assigned a palace maid to take care of the little girl. Nothing will happen.
Wang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law reluctantly relaxed after hearing what he said.
On the contrary, Xu Yunyao, the party concerned, not only did not worry at all, but looked forward to it with excitement.
She is even more familiar with the palace than the Tang mansion, and entering the palace is as casual as a trip home to her.
On the first day, the ladies of the various prefectures brought their girls into the palace to meet the empress. Then, at 90 hours the next day, the people will be sent to the palace gate, and the servants in the palace will lead them to the Wenhua Pavilion.
As Ruan's identity, she was actually not qualified to enter the palace, and the queen naturally thought of this in advance, and she had the intention to give her a respectability, so she specially gave her an oral decree to grant her permission to escort her daughter into the palace.
After receiving the oral order, Nguyen was very grateful to the virtuous empress, and she felt more relieved about letting her daughter enter the palace to read as a companion to the Fifth Princess.
After all, the fifth princess grew up under the lap of the queen, so her temperament will not be any worse.
Xu Yunyao laughed secretly when she learned of her thoughts. If Mrs. Baozi knew about the series of shocking actions of the fifth princess in the previous life when she grew up, I wonder if she would be beaten to death and would not let herself enter the palace at this time.
The fifth princess of Jing'an, she actually admired her somewhat in her previous life.
Although the fifth princess was not from the queen, she was the most favored among the princesses under Emperor Taizong's knees. In the previous life, the fifth princess had been divorced twice, and her second concubine even chased and killed Jiutiaojie, almost not losing her life.
In her previous life, although she admired this fifth princess, she was also a little wary. After all, this kind of pungent person who is willing to go out, has a distinguished status, and it is indeed a bit difficult to match her.
Fortunately, the fifth princess only cares about her own life, and never pays attention to the affairs of the court, let alone interfering in the harem. Therefore, as Concubine Xu Shu, she can be regarded as a well and not a river.
She never thought that she would have such a fate with this sturdy princess in her life.
On the day of entering the palace, Xu Yunyao was picked up by Bi Wen early, and Mrs Ruan washed and changed her clothes in person, lest she be hungry on the way, hugged her and half coaxed her to feed her breakfast, staring at Zhou sitting opposite. Brother is jealous.
It's not fair, if I don't get up on time in the morning, my father will pick it up in person, and I will get two slaps on the buttocks, which must be to wake him up completely.
When it was the turn of idiot Baoya, she could still be hugged by her mother and feed her breakfast while she was half awake!
Not fair, so unfair!
He felt sour in his heart, and looked at his parents back and forth with his little resentful eyes. But Tang Songnian and Ruan Shi were both worried about their daughter who entered the palace for the first time, so how could they care about other things.
Brother Zhou wrinkled his nose depressedly, and resignedly scooped a spoonful of porridge into his mouth.
"Today, remember to listen carefully to Mr.'s lecture and not be naughty. When I come back, I will also check your homework." Tang Songnian still remembered telling his son before he got up and left.
"Understood—" Zhou Ge'er replied in a dragging tone.
However, Mrs. He said that since she was thinking of leaving, she quickly found a suitable opportunity to resign from the errand in Jifu, packed all her luggage at home, and hired a carriage to return home in a rare luxury.
Coincidentally, the day they left Beijing happened to be the day when Xu Yunyao entered the palace for the first time.
He Shaoting held the small gift he had prepared for Brother Zhou and the wicked girl, and Sister Fang took it to the gate of Tang Mansion. He saw that there were several carriages parked outside the gate, and there were many pedestrians on the road. , talk in a low voice.
"What happened?" A passerby asked curiously when they saw the liveliness here.
"I heard that the girl in this mansion is going to the palace to be a companion to Her Royal Highness. The palace also sent someone to pick it up, and everyone came to see the excitement."
"I see!"
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"Brother Ting, it's getting late, and we should set off. There are so many people at the moment, I'm afraid we won't be able to deliver things, and my mother is still waiting for us in the car!" Sister Fang urged, looking at the sky.
He Shaoting pursed his lips, tightened his hand holding the wooden box, and suddenly said, "I'll go to the east gate to find someone to send it in."
After speaking, she drilled from the middle of the crowd to the west, and soon left Sister Fang behind her.
Sister Fang was so anxious that she was sweating, she squeezed out of the crowd and chased him to the east gate of Tang Mansion.
Seeing He Shaoting standing outside the door with a hesitant expression, she simply grabbed the wooden box in his hand and said to a servant who stepped out of the door: "Hello, uncle, can I trouble you to pass this thing to Brother Mo Yan or Sister Biwen? This is given to Brother Zhou and Yaoyao by my brother Tinggeer."
The servant said impatiently: "Go, go, and stay there. What kind of child doesn't understand the rules, and the young lady in our house cares about your things?"
Fang Jie'er was pushed to the ground by him, and almost didn't fall down. She steadied herself and was about to ask again when He Shaoting suddenly came over, gently pulled her cuff, and said in a low voice, "Forget it, Sister, let's go!"
It was also at this moment that he realized that no matter how good the brothers and sisters Zhou had become with him, there was still a gap that could not be bridged between them. getting wider.
He doesn't feel depressed, he doesn't feel lost, and he doesn't feel ashamed. No matter where they are in the future, he will still remember that there was a pair of little brothers and sisters who accompanied him through the most lonely and helpless times.
Although Sister Fang felt a little pity, she still sighed, turned around and was about to leave, when she heard another servant disapprove: "Why do you feel like this, you can call the names of Mo Yan and Bi Wen girl, Xu Zhen I don't remember that Fourth Young Master does have a little friend named He."
At the end, he said to Sister Fang, "If the little girl trusts me, I will hand over the inkstone on your behalf."
"Trust me, I'm sorry, uncle!" Sister Fang happily gave him the wooden box in her hand, and then pulled He Shaoting to thank him again and again.
Madam He, who was anxiously waiting in the carriage, was relieved to see them coming back.
He Shaoting smiled apologetically at her: "I made my aunt wait for a long time, let's go!"
The carriage moved slowly, and the scenery outside the window moved back little by little. Gradually, the carriage drove faster and faster, and the bustling noise of the capital gradually drifted away from them.
He Shaoting reached out and opened the curtain and looked at the blue sky. After a moment, he looked back at the mother and daughter He who were whispering from head to head, and a slight smile was raised on his lips.
This is also very good, there is really no need to be demanding about things that do not belong to you.
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Xu Junyao took Ruan's hand into the Fengzao Palace, and she saw the other princesses in the palace at a glance. There are Xu Wanjing, the granddaughter of Xu Lingru, the granddaughter of Zhongshu Ling, Peng Yuqi, the daughter of the Hou Kangning, Jiaping County, the daughter of the King of Punan, and Zheng Yan, the daughter of Zheng Guogong.
She raised her eyebrows indistinctly, only to find it very interesting.
The future crown princess and crown prince Liang Di came together so early.
The four little girls also looked at her in unison, with curiosity, doubt, disdain, and indifference in their eyes.
Xu Yunyao remembered that Empress Taizong was a very frugal person, so the Fengzao Palace at this time was not as splendid as when Liang Yuyan moved in later. But despite this, the decorations in every part of the palace are just right, showing the graceful atmosphere that belonged to the empress of the dynasty to the fullest.
After she followed Ruan shi to the queen in a proper manner, she pretended to be curious and stuck out half of her face from behind her mother, and looked straight at the queen on the throne, but could not avoid bumping into a pair of smiling eyes. .
The tenderness in those eyes, just like her Mrs. Baozi, made her unable to help but feel close, and subconsciously showed a sweet smile to the other party.
The queen was obviously stunned, then she laughed and was about to beckon the little girl to come over, when she heard the voice of the fifth princess from outside the hall.
"Queen Mother, are they the companions chosen for the sons and ministers?"
The queen shook her head helplessly, poked lovingly on the forehead of the five princesses who were jumping over, and scolded lightly: "One day is like a day, and the rules have not improved at all, it is better than younger than you. Yun Yao."
The fifth princess pretended to be silly and cheered at her, and then turned her eyes to the youngest one in the hall. When the white, tender, pink and jade-carved figure appeared in front of her eyes, her eyes suddenly froze. As soon as it lit up, she couldn't help cheering any longer, and rushed towards Xu Yunyao, hugging the little girl and rubbing her for a long time.
"You are Tang Junyao, the companion that my father chose for me, right? Oh, how can you look so cute! The fat white one is like the meat buns I ate this morning, I really want to take a bite!"
"Let go, let me go..." Xu Yunyao's round face was kneaded like a dough by her, and her small hands fluttered towards the stunned Ruan Shi as if she was crying for help, "Mother, mother..."
Before Nguyen could turn around from the shock, the queen had already scolded her softly: "Hurry up and stop this palace, you're going to make Xiao Yunyao cry!"
The fifth princess was still extremely excited, and after pinching and rubbing her round face for a while, she kissed a few more times, and then happily said, "Mother, stepmother, and queen, I like her, so I just She's gone, I want her!"
When Emperor Tianxi, who wanted to come in outside the hall, saw this scene, after a while, he muttered: "Empress! I may have made a wrong decision..."
This is to find a companion for Jing'an, clearly...
This delicate, soft, well-behaved, and sensible child has been smitten by this demon king, and he doesn't know how he will be rubbed.
Suddenly, I felt a little sorry for Tang Aiqing.
Originally, I wanted to praise the other party and then pointed to the little girl who was under five years old to enter the palace. I never thought...
He sighed again, and glanced at Xu Yunyao, who was still being held by the Fifth Princess and refused to let go, with a bit of guilt, and left quietly with melancholy.