September is a good time for chrysanthemums to bloom. Song Jianing was invited by Queen Li to bring her daughter into the palace to enjoy the chrysanthemums.
She walked with Feng Zheng as usual, and when she arrived at the Middle Palace, except for Empress Li, Concubine Shu and others, she unexpectedly saw two new faces.
"The court lady pays her respects to the two princesses." The thin old woman wearing azurite-colored robes respectfully saluted the two concubines. She was about 50 years old, her hair was neatly combed, and she was meticulous, revealing all over her body. The grace of the famous clan's wife is more dignified and difficult to approach than the lady that Song Jianing is familiar with.
Beside the old woman, curtseyed was a young girl in a lotus-blue dress. At the age of fourteen or fifteen, her face with a palm-sized melon seed was fair and delicate, delicate and lustrous, and her delicate eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of the old woman. The hibiscus, which is as beautiful as water, makes people's eyes shine, and what is even more amazing is that this woman is slender and graceful, and the small waist...
Song Jianing felt that among the thin beauties she had ever seen, only her mother, Lin Shi, was comparable to this girl, but after all, her mother was in her thirties, and among women under the age of twenty, she was afraid that no one could match her.
"Madam, please get up." Feng Zheng said.
One old and one small thanked them and stood up straight.
Empress Li smiled and introduced: "This is Mrs. He, the good wife of Zhao Xiang, and that is Mrs. He's granddaughter Xiuxiu. She is only fourteen this year. Like Duanhui, you should call your sister." Zhao Pu is a veteran of the two dynasties. , while the emperor dislikes it and must respect it, then she will also treat Mrs. He with dignity.
Hearing the words, Mrs. He immediately declined: "My lady's words are maddening for the ministers and women. Embroidered He Dehe dares to talk about sisters with the princess and the princess, so let's call her name."
Chen Xiu also bowed his head and agreed.
They were all polite. Feng Zheng took Chen Xiu's hand first and praised him well. Song Jianing also stepped forward to call his sister. After the greeting, the two sisters took their children and took their seats. Song Jianing hugged her daughter and was accustomed to listening more and talking less. She soon discovered that Princess Duanhui seemed to like Chen Xiu very much, and she treated Chen Xiu like her own sister.
All the guests were here, and Queen Li led the crowd to appreciate the chrysanthemums in the imperial garden.
Queen Li prepared two carts for Brother Cheng and Zhaozhao. Feng Zheng smiled and asked Song Jianing to put Zhaozhao next to Brother Cheng. When they arrived at the Juyuan, the two of them pushed each other to one side, admiring the flowers and coaxing the children. Gossiping, the effort that went all the way, is enough to let the two know the situation of Mrs. He and his wife.
Mrs. He is the daughter of a famous family. As the wife of an elder of the two dynasties, one can imagine the honor of Mrs. He when she was young. Mrs. He gave birth to two sons and two daughters. The eldest son was a military general and died in battle when he was young. Her two daughters, for some unknown reason, were married to ordinary people. After marriage, one died of illness, the other died in childbirth, leaving only one child, Chen Xiu, who was born without her mother.
Mrs. He took pity on her granddaughter and brought Chen Xiu back to raise her personally. She loves Chen Xiu even more than her two grandchildren.
"Miss Chen is really good-looking." Feng Zheng tilted his head, looked at Chen Xiu from a distance, and whispered to Song Jianing.
Song Jianing nodded, she was indeed a great beauty.
Just after commenting on Chen Xiu, she saw Chen Xiu and Princess Duanhui coming here side by side, Song Jianing and Feng Zheng looked at each other and smiled, looked at the little brother and sister in the cart, they were all ready to entertain guests.
"Zhaozhao is so beautiful." Chen Xiu walked to the cart, bowed his head and praised Zhaozhao, peach blossom eyes looked at Zhaozhao without blinking, and he really liked it. Zhaozhao looked at her the most, and stared blankly with her small mouth open. Chen Xiu couldn't help wanting to touch the little girl's face, but Zhaozhao suddenly hugged Brother Cheng next to her and avoided touching.
Chen Xiu withdrew his hand in embarrassment.
Song Jianing explained with a smile: "Zhaozhao recognizes his life. After a while, he will be familiar with it, and then he will touch his sister."
Chen Xiu blushed and nodded, but she still felt embarrassed. She was about to look at the chrysanthemum on the left. When she turned around, she suddenly saw a few figures walking towards the side of the garden path. Two men walking in front of her. , a man in a plain red dragon robe, at the age of 50, must be the emperor, the young man beside the emperor, wearing a sky blue robe, his face...
Chen Xiu was stunned, unable to believe that there were such immortal characters in the world, such as Meiyu.
Song Jianing also saw his own prince. The moment he raised his head, he met his eyes for a short while. The prince moved away first. Song Jianing withdrew his gaze sweetly, and then together with Feng Zheng pushed Zhao Zhao and Brother Cheng to the side of the road. Princess Duanhui happily went to the front to meet her. Chen Xiu looked at Princess Duanhui and stepped back behind the two princesses knowing her identity, and only looked at the slender figure that was getting closer and closer.
"Push!" Zhaozhao, who was sitting in the car, shouted happily when he saw his father. The little girl will have her first birthday next month, and now she has started to learn how to speak, "no" and "hug" are very clear, the father and mother can't shout yet, Song Jianing has taught it countless times, but Zhaozhao can only shout The father is "pushing", and the mother is "concentration".
His daughter was so happy that she stretched out her arms for him to hug, Zhao Heng smiled.
He walked slowly towards the soft autumn morning light, with a touch of gold lingering all over his body. If he didn't smile, he was already a fairy. With this smile, the autumn light in the whole garden lost its luster. Song Jianing gets along with him day and night, and still sees his mind rippling. Feng Zheng is a sister-in-law and has no other thoughts, but he can't help but look at it a few more times. Come faster.
"Imperial Father." Emperor Xuande approached, Song Jianing and Feng Zheng saluted in unison, and Chen Xiu bowed.
Emperor Xuande didn't look at them, he bent down and hugged his little granddaughter Zhaozhao out, and kissed them very rarely. Zhaozhao disliked his grandfather's beard and turned to look for his father. Zhao Heng moved his fingers secretly, but he couldn't snatch his daughter from his father. Fortunately, Emperor Xuande gave him Zhaozhao quickly, and he went to hold him as a brother instead. Then walked towards Queen Li.
Feng Zheng naturally followed.
Song Jianing saw that the prince had no intention of the past, so she stayed and watched him coax her daughter with a smile.
"Let's go too." Princess Duanhui beckoned to Chen Xiu.
Chen Xiu glanced at Song Jianing in a complicated mood. She had already guessed who the man who made her heart beat faster, but she still wanted to confirm, and asked Princess Duanhui curiously: "Is that His Royal Highness King Shou?" She followed her grandmother when she was young The family left the capital and only came back at the beginning of this year. They had heard about King Chu, King Rui, and King Gong, but King Shou only knew that he was born with a mouth disease.
Princess Duanhui looked back and said casually, "Well, my third brother."
Chen Xiu bit her lip and said with a smile: "The relationship between King Shou and the princess is really good, and Zhao Zhao has such a beautiful daughter, which is really enviable."
Since she married Guo Xiaoci, Princess Duanhui's eyes have become bluer and chrysanthemums are more beautiful. People who used to hate can barely accept it. The princess felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and hummed disdainfully: "What is there to envy, if it weren't for my third brother... Which round would get her to be the princess?"
Chen Xiu heard that there was an article in it, so she didn't ask about it for the time being, she just waited for the palace, and then inquired about Princess Shou privately.
At noon, she returned to the prime minister's mansion, where she used the seat in the palace. Chen Xiu talked with her grandmother, Mrs. He, and then went back to her yard. Before the break, she ordered the maid next to her to inquire. She woke up after sleeping. The eldest maid replied in a low voice while waiting for her to comb her hair: "Girl, Princess Shou is not easy, her mother was originally the younger sister of the owner of Jinxiufang, and she married far away in Jiangnan. The mother is so powerful, and Princess Shou has climbed to the sky in one step. It is said that King Shou loves her very much."
Chen Xiu clenched the handkerchief unconsciously. Song Jianing's background was not good enough, but with that face... which man could not love
"But I can't figure it out. Princess Shou is so fat and has a bad reputation before she gets married. What does King Shou like about her?" Thinking of Princess Shou's chubby face, the maid in Tsing Yi muttered inexplicably.
When Chen Xiu heard it, she immediately remembered Princess Duanhui's evaluation of Song Jianing. According to Princess Duanhui's meaning, King Shou married Song Jianing, which was wronged. Perhaps, King Shou favored Song Jianing because of her face, but if she was given a long life Wang's better choice, he...
With the thought together, Chen Xiu suddenly became nervous, as if seeing an opportunity, she didn't know whether to seize it or not.
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Song Jianing didn't know that someone else was arranging her to gain weight behind her back. In October, she concentrated on preparing for her daughter's arrest of Zhou Li. In just one month, her daughter has made rapid progress and can clearly call out "mother". The father said it was not good, Song Jianing changed it to teach her daughter to call "Dad", and her daughter actually called it out very quickly, with a crisp "" Daddy," shouting her father's heart was overjoyed, and the whole family gave an extra portion of the monthly money.
On the fifteenth day of October, Zhaozhao arrested Zhou.
Before the banquet opened at noon, Eunuch Fu personally laid out a brocade table in the hall, and then placed Zhou's pen, ink, paper, inkstone, gold and silver jewelry, ruler and rouge, etc. on the same. Zhao Heng hugged his daughter who had changed into a bright red dress, walked to the brocade mat with Song Jianing, bent down and put her daughter on the mat.
The male guests such as King Chu, King Rui, King Gong, and Brother Mao stood on the left side of the mat, and the queen concubines, Mrs. Lin, and other female relatives lined up on the right. Zhaozhao looked up one by one with his head raised, and finally looked blankly at the place. The father and mother in front.
Song Jianing bent down, pointed at the objects around her daughter and encouraged her: "Just like Zhao Zhao, take what you like the most."
Zhaozhao looked down along his mother's arm, and found that there were a lot of things on the mat. Children were naturally curious and began to look at them one by one. After changing a few items in a row, Zhaozhao finally held a piece of gold ingot and did not change it. Now, I even held it up to show my mother, very happy.
Mrs. Tai smiled and said auspicious words: "Grab ingots at the age of one, and sit on Jinshan when you are old. The county owner is born rich and rich."
Song Jianing smiled. She is now the county owner. With the support of the prince, her daughter doesn't have to worry about running out of money in her life.
Zhao Heng picked up his chubby daughter, blocked her daughter's intention to chew on Yuanbao, and said to everyone, "Let's have dinner."
Time to eat longevity noodles.
Zhaozhao likes noodles the most. As soon as he saw the noodles in the bowl, he forgot the gold ingot he just grabbed, and pressed the table with one hand and grabbed the chopsticks with the other.
Zhao Heng took the opportunity to hide the piece of gold ingot into his sleeve and returned it to his daughter after preparing the meal.