Song Jianing married Tingfang when she was thirteen years old. Later, Tingfang became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. Due to various inconveniences, she lived in Xiongzhou for three years before she had time to return to Beijing. When I hadn't seen Tingfang for three years, Song Jianing was a little nervous. She couldn't imagine what the sister of the Han family's wife would look like after three years. The eldest sister, seeing that familiar gentle smile, the three-year estrangement between the sisters suddenly disappeared without a trace.
It turns out that some people, even if they have been separated for many years, will not change the feeling of closeness when they meet again.
"Sister!" Song Jianing greeted her happily.
Tingfang also quickened her pace, but when she got close, she remembered something, and bowed her knees with a smile: "The court lady pays respect to the princess."
Song Jianing helped him up and hugged him tightly.
Tingfang grew taller and hugged her sister too. The sisters didn't say anything, just hugged her like that.
Song Jianing leaned on her sister's shoulder and was excited for a while, when she suddenly saw her niece, Aru, who was being held by the maid behind her sister. following her. Song Jianing laughed, let go of Tingfang, and walked over to coax his niece: "Aru, do you know who I am?"
Aru looked at her mother and called out sweetly and obediently, "Auntie Wangfei."
Song Jianing thought about the names of the fourth aunt, aunt, and even the princess, but she didn't expect her niece to be called so sweet. She couldn't wait to hug her niece and kiss her hard. Just after the kiss, Dongci suddenly heard an imposing and tender scream, it was her little princess calling her mother.
Song Jianing and Tingfang looked at each other and went to the East Room with a smile.
Zhaozhao and Sister Kang from Prince Rui's mansion have not been playing well. Maybe it was Song Jianing's intimacy with Ting Fangniang. Zhaozhao saw it in her eyes and knew that her mother liked the new cousin Aru, so she liked it too. , climbed to Aru's side and babbled, some Song Jianing could understand and some didn't know what it meant, but Aru seemed to understand and chatted with her sister seriously.
The children were playing together. Tingfang took Song Jianing's hand and looked at it again and again. Seeing that her sister's face was still as round as when she was a child, but her appearance was more beautiful and charming, and her bearing was much calmer and more generous, she knew that her relationship with Shouwang was inevitable. Yes, my sister is a very happy princess.
"Fortunately, it's fine, otherwise I'll die of guilt." Tingfang blamed herself while touching her sister's delicate face.
Song Jianing looked at her sister in astonishment, what did you say
Tingfang sighed and reminded her sister: "I heard about your draft that year." I heard that my cousin Tan Xiangyu made a rash on her face and was unsuccessful. Tingfang was reminded by her elder brother that she should distance herself from her aunt and cousin. Helping to persuade, Tingfang did not mix.
Song Jianing suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "It has nothing to do with my sister, sister, don't think about it. Besides, it's all over, I don't even remember my sister." How could she blame her good sister who had always taken care of her because of Tan Xiangyu
After reminiscing, Tingfang slowly talked about her brother's marriage with Princess Duanhui, and said softly, "eldest brother said in the letter that everything in the house is to be obeyed by his mother. Although Duanhui is arrogant, she always listens to her elder brother's words. You don't have to worry about your mother's side." Although it is thousands of miles away, Tingfang takes her family's affairs to heart.
Song Jianing was not worried about this. Her mother had comforted her long ago, and Song Jianing also believed in her mother's methods. The only thing she worried about about Guo Xiao's marriage was that the two of them were delayed by something like their previous life. In the previous life, Guo Xiao should have wanted to marry Duanhui, but the new emperor did not confer the marriage until Princess Duanhui fulfilled her filial piety for the late emperor. In this life, the marriage was granted earlier, but Song Jianing was worried for one day without a bridal chamber.
Men and women get along, whether there is that level of relationship is really a lot different. Before Song Jianing married Shou Wang, she was only in awe and gratitude to Shou Wang. After marriage, she shared the bed more often, and she felt that she was getting closer and closer to him. In the past, she had to muster up courage to say a word. Dare to stare at the king. Princess Duanhui has a bad temper, but she is beautiful. Song Jianing really hopes that after Guo Xiao and Princess Duanhui have a skin-to-skin relationship, they will slowly take Princess Duanhui to heart like King Shou did to her.
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On the sixth day of the second lunar month, on the 60th birthday of Mrs. Tai, Zhao Heng went to the palace as usual, but he mentioned to Song Jianing last night that he would go to the imperial palace for a banquet at noon. Song Jianing knew that his prince didn't like to make courtiers, and he agreed to go to the banquet mainly to give her respect, because he respected Mrs. Tai, and in the final analysis, he valued her.
At dawn, Song Jianing took her daughter to the next door.
She came early, the guests hadn't arrived yet, only the three daughters married by the Guo family and the uncle were all there last night. Tingfang gave birth to a daughter, and the second girl Lan Fang gave birth to two fat boys, Guo Fu and Guo Shu's two uncles each held one, and the two pairs of twins got together, not to mention too festive. The third girl, Yunfang and Song Jianing, had been married for one year, and only got pregnant last year. She had a big belly for six months. She used to be the naughty, but now she must sit honestly.
The grandchildren and granddaughters gathered together. Madam Tai sat on the warm couch, holding Aru in one hand and Zhaozhao in the other. Her cloudy eyes began to look from the eldest grandson Guoxiao and swept them one by one, and finally fell on the Yaosun Mao. Looking at her face, her eyes suddenly became sore, and she wanted to secretly wipe away her tears, but Aru saw it and said nervously, "Grandma is crying."
Madam Tai cried and laughed, rubbing the little girl's head.
Zhaozhao raised his head, not knowing why Grandma Tai was crying.
Song Jianing and the others also looked at Madam Tai in confusion, Madam Tai calmed down for a while, and said to a house of grandchildren with emotion: "The last time you got together was three years ago, and it will only get more and more in the future. I'm busy, and I don't know when we will be able to reunite again next time." The grandchildren are easy to say, it is not easy for granddaughters to be filial to their parents-in-law and take care of their children.
Madam thinks.
She was worried about the difficulty of her granddaughter returning home. Tingfang looked at her grandmother, who was getting older and older, but she was worried about the end of the time when everyone could not escape. Thinking about when her grandmother might be gone, her tears fell. down. Song Jianing lowered her head and turned her gaze towards Guo Xiao. If it wasn't for Guo Xiao, she would definitely come back to accompany Mrs.
Guo Xiao was also looking at her, his deep eyes were like deep pools of ancient wells, and there were complex emotions that no one knew about.
In the end, it was Guo Fu and Guo Shu who pretended to criticize the uncle Han Zhengchang too few times to return to Beijing, which made the atmosphere lighten up again.
The sun was getting higher and higher, Guo Xiao led the three uncles and younger brothers to the front yard to entertain guests. On the female family's side, Yun Fang was very uncomfortable and went back to the third room to rest in advance. Lan Fang's twins were too naughty. The three sisters also left first. Song Jianing was the princess and the most honored guest of the Duke's Mansion today. Naturally, she had to sit with Mrs. Tai, but fortunately Tingfang stayed, which made the following entertainment easier.
After using the table, the guests hadn't dispersed, Liu Xi came over and replied, saying that the lord was waiting for her to return to the mansion together.
Liu Xi's voice was not low, and all the female relatives in the warm pavilion heard it, and they all looked over in surprise, surprised that the relationship between the prince and the princess was so good. Song Jianing couldn't help but slandered in her heart, Wang Ye is really, she still wants to accompany Mrs. Tai more, he just leaves first, and now she is so embarrassed to ask him to wait, and it makes everyone know.
The son-in-law was thinking of his daughter, and Lin was very relieved, while Mrs. Tai teased lovingly: "Princess, go back first, don't let the prince wait."
Song Jianing had no choice but to say goodbye softly. The wet nurse over there had already brought the thick padded jacket and cloak that had been warm all the time, and waited for the little princess to put it on.
Mrs. Tai wanted to send it off, but Song Jianing resolutely refused, so she led the nurse, Liu Xi, and the two children out, and walked to the front yard through the trail, and saw her stepfather Guo Boyan and Guo Xiao standing side by side in front of her own prince. Big, it should be the meaning of the king. Song Jianing walked over generously, and vaguely heard the word Chunwei.
Song Jianing was not surprised. The first session of the Spring Festival began on the ninth day of February. The prince was ordered to invigilate the examination together with the Hanlin Academy. It was normal for his stepfather to talk about this. The prince is more and more used by the emperor, and Song Jianing is still very proud.
As he got close, he suddenly heard Guo Xiao say, "It's a pity that Wen He lost his leg on a horse last year. Otherwise, with his talent, he would definitely be named in the gold medal list."
Song Jianing's expression changed slightly, Wen He was Liang Shao's word. Since Liang Shao left the Duke's mansion in a daze, Song Jianing almost forgot about this person since he hadn't heard from him for three years. Guo Xiao knew that Liang Shao once sent her poems, and now suddenly mentioning Liang Shao's fall from the horse, is it unintentional or intentional
Suspect flashed through his mind quickly, and Song Jianing returned to normal in an instant.
But Zhao Heng, who had been looking at her, still noticed her strange moment.
Seeing King Shou, Guo Boyan seemed to have doubts and misunderstood, and explained with a light smile: "Wenhe is a cousin of mine, and he can read well."
Zhao Heng heard that Eunuch Fu mentioned Liang Shao, the grand-nephew of Mrs. Tai's mother's family, who was in the middle of the family and left the capital after falling behind. He was insignificant, but Zhao Heng also knew that Guo Xiao would never mention Liang Shao deliberately. , her slightly changed expression is evidence.
"Daddy!" His daughter was calling him, Zhao Heng's eyes softened, he took his daughter and hugged him, and led the princess away.
Guo Xiao didn't look sideways, no one looked at him.
Guo Boyan glanced at the eldest son, and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.
"Is your lord going to the palace this afternoon?" Song Jianing asked casually on the way home.
Zhao Heng nodded: "Sit down and go." Spring is approaching, and the Imperial Academy is busy.
Song Jianing still wanted to chat, when she saw her daughter yawning with her small mouth open, she smiled and motioned for the prince to look.
The daughter was sleepy, Zhao Heng slowed down slightly, the couple walked to the door of the room, Zhao Zhao was already asleep.
Zhao Heng handed it over to the wet nurse and watched the wet nurse leave before he entered the house with Song Jianing.
It was cold outside, so Song Jianing poured him a bowl of hot tea.
Zhao Heng took the tea bowl, brought it to his mouth, paused, put it on the table again, and looked up at the princess in front of him.
Song Jianing asked in confusion, "Does it taste wrong?"
Seeing her like this, Zhao Heng understood that Liang Shao had no influence on her, but he didn't like the feeling of being kept in the dark.
"Do you have a grudge with Liang Shao?" Zhao Heng stared at her and asked.
Song Jianing's eyes widened. It wasn't because she didn't have a city government. It was because the prince's words were too harsh and accurate, and they were clueless. No one could figure out how he saw it. She didn't pretend to be confused with him. Zhao Heng felt more comfortable in his chest. He pulled her tender little hand into his arms, squeezed it, and said in a low voice, "Frankly explain, if you hide it, you will be punished."
Song Jianing had tasted the punishment of the prince, and his actions also implied the means of punishment, and Song Jianing's ears were hot. Since the lord was still thinking about that, Song Jianing was no longer afraid. He leaned on his shoulder and touched his chest with his small hand, "Then I said, the lord must not be angry."
Zhao Heng hummed.
Song Jianing said angrily, "Before my marriage to Wang Yeci, my grandmother kindly kept Liang Shao to study in the Duke's Mansion, but he, he even secretly sent me poems..."
Zhao Heng's strength increased a bit, then he relaxed and continued to ask, "What poem? Read it to me."
Song Jianing bit her lip and thought about it carefully, but she couldn't remember.
Zhao Heng saw her ineffective recollection in his eyes, suddenly burst out laughing, bowed his head and kissed her ear: "Looks like it's a bad poem."
Song Jianing's ears were itchy, and when she was shrinking her neck, she suddenly remembered a poem that the prince read. There was a banshee Qili. She remembered one sentence, and then remembered that Liang Shao not only sent poems, but also painted her portrait. , that painting skills are not worthy of being a paper-cutting eunuch for her prince. One is a dragon in the sky, and the other is a worm on the ground. The worm gave her to others, and the dragon protected her in the palm of his hand.
Suddenly emotional, Song Jianing kissed him on the face, unable to control it, and let out a chirp.
In fact, Zhao Heng still has some questions. He wanted to ask her if Guo Xiao knew about it, but he could feel her enthusiasm. Seeing her shy and tender gesture covering her face after kissing her, Zhao Heng didn't want to ask any more. He held up her leg. Step into the inner room. Liang Shao's broken leg was probably caused by Guo Xiaodong's hands and feet. Guo Xiao wanted to please her, but...
"My lord, don't miss the time to enter the palace."
Her thoughts were interrupted, Zhao Heng bowed her head, her cheeks were rosy, her almond eyes were full of spring, showing the most attractive appearance, persuading him to do business.
"No hurry." Zhao Heng put her on the bed and pressed her down.
Guo Xiao did everything possible to please her, but she didn't know that he was the only one in her heart, Zhao Heng.