After a long rest, Shuang'er woke up Song Jianing on time, and served Song Jianing to wash with Liu'er and Jiu'er. Song Jianing was still sleepy, sitting by the bed with his eyes closed and waiting. Shuang'er soaked the towel repeatedly until the water stopped dripping, and came over to gently wipe the face of the master. After a year, Song Jianing's face seemed to have gotten a little fatter, with tender and tender flesh, like a ripe peach, tempting people to nibble.
Of course Shuang'er didn't dare to look at it, but she liked Siguniang's beautiful and lovely face so much, she finally helped Song Jianing to smooth out the fragrant face cream, she couldn't help pinching it lightly. Song Jianing suddenly opened his eyes, his almond eyes were round, big and watery, like black pearls that had just been washed with water, his red mouth pouted and stared at Shuang Er like a coquettish child.
Shuang'er smiled apologetically: "The girl is too rare."
"Then you can't take advantage of the girl." Liu'er said unconvincingly, no matter how many times she wanted to pinch...
"Alright, alright, bring your clothes here." Song Jianing sighed and accepted his fate. When a thin girl, you have to go hungry, but if you eat fat, those people seem to have never seen a fat face, and whoever sees her wants to pinch her face. Not to mention the two twin brothers in the second room, they are the most gentle sister Tingfang, who occasionally pokes. After all the calculations, it seems that only Guo Xiao has not pinched her among the elders, brothers and sisters of the Guogong Mansion.
It seems that being disgusted by Guo Xiao is also beneficial, one less face pinching.
After getting dressed, before going out, Song Jianing asked Shuang'er to bring a can of bayberry candy, picked up seven or eight of them and put them in a small fat-bellied porcelain bottle specially designed for sugar, and then put the porcelain bottle into a purse, and then went to see you in the main courtyard of Linyun Hall. Mother. Turning into the hall, he saw his stepfather and mother sitting side by side in the main seat, Guo Xiao was sitting on the left side of his stepfather, and the three of them looked at her together.
"Father, mother, eldest brother." Song Jianing walked to the middle and called out one by one, respectful when calling Guo Boyan, affectionate when calling Lin's, and Guo Xiao's turn, that sweet and soft voice was automatically reduced in sugar, politely With a bit of fear.
Guo Xiao raised his eyes and saw that his step-sister had moved to his step-mother's side, smiling and showing his step-mother's clothes. The little girl looks particularly fair, wearing a lotus-red robe, like a little lotus demon, her white and pink face is transformed from petals, and her shuiling eyes have absorbed the light of the lake, giving her a graceful appearance. .
Guo Xiao lowered his eyes, swept his eyes over his father, and suddenly understood his father, such a mother and daughter, if it were him, would lead them into the house regardless of their identities, the older one would be loved by the pillow, and the younger one would be his biological daughter. tease.
The family of four briefly chatted, and then went to Changxinyuan to meet Mrs. Tai and others, and then went to the palace together.
In today's palace, lanterns are hung high everywhere. The sky is still dark, and the lanterns are already lit.
The men of the Guo family went to pay tribute to Emperor Xuande, and the female relatives followed behind Mrs. Shu and went straight to the Changchun Palace of Concubine Shu. Soon after Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, the queen left, leaving no son or daughter. After Emperor Xuande had not established a new one, he named the biological mother of the second prince as Concubine Wu, acting as the harem. Concubine Wu was only in charge of palace affairs, and ordered the wives to enter the palace to visit relatives without special visits.
Song Jianing saw Princess Duanhui again. Fortunately, this time the three daughters of the Guo family had entered the palace. Princess Duanhui was busy with her cousins, so she glared at her arrogantly and ignored her. Song Jianing breathed a sigh of relief and sat beside his mother, obediently listening to the elders.
As night fell, Emperor Xuande led his relatives and vassals to hold a banquet in the Daqing Hall, and Concubine Wu and his concubines and wives set up a banquet in the Kunning Palace behind. Song Jianing and the three girls of the Guo family entered the hall in two rows and saluted Wu Guifei and others. Now that Song Jianing was a little more courageous, he secretly took a look around.
The second prince's biological mother, Concubine Wu Gui, is a lady in her late forties. She has a thin face and still has a beautiful appearance, but the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes cannot be concealed. The fourth prince's biological mother, Concubine Hui, was around thirty years old. She was also a thin beauty, with a pair of big, heroic eyes that caught the eye. No wonder she gave birth to a fourth prince with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
The eldest prince and the third prince had a hard life. When Emperor Xuande was still a prince, the biological mother of the two was gone, and later he was awarded the title of Concubine Xian.
Among the four concubines in the palace, in addition to Concubine Shu, there was also a young and beautiful Concubine De, who was only eighteen and the daughter of Li Long, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Li Long was Emperor Xuande's confidant minister. Concubine De was concubine when she first entered the palace, and she quickly became the first person in the harem. Now she is pregnant with six armors. There have long been rumors in the palace that if Concubine De's child is a little prince, it is very likely that she will be sealed. back.
Song Jianing lived in a secluded village in the suburbs in her previous life, and Guo Xiao did not allow the people who were serving her to arbitrarily discuss the royal family's right and wrong. Therefore, Song Jianing really didn't know who of Emperor Xuande's concubines became the empress, and who was the least favored by Emperor Xuande. How the stuttering third prince defeated three outstanding brothers and successfully sat on the dragon chair.
However, none of this has anything to do with her, and the government has not participated in the new emperor's ascension to the throne. Her position is stable, and she, the four foreign girls, can take care of herself.
The dinner party Song Jianing and other juniors were used in the side hall. Duke Duanhui suggested that Luo wanted to go to the imperial garden to play. The three sisters of the Guo family happily agreed. Song Jianing wanted to find an excuse to refuse, but the eldest girl Tingfang held her hand and quietly turned towards her. Shaking his head, he said in a low voice, "Let's go shopping together. There are all kinds of lanterns in the palace, which are much prettier than ours."
Tingfang hopes that her sister will go. She is cute and cute, and she is familiar with it. Princess Duanhui will definitely like it, just like sister Yunfang at home. If the younger sister keeps avoiding Princess Duanhui, the two of them will never get close, which is not a good thing for the younger sister, who is the princess after all.
Song Jianing was embarrassed to refuse Sister Gentle and nodded.
The five girls said goodbye to their elders, and led a group of maids and maids to the imperial garden. They stopped and walked on the road. When they saw a lantern, they gathered together to guess the riddle, and then they guessed the next one.
"Hey, it's boring to guess like this, let's change it." Princess Duanhui has lived in the palace for a long time, and it is rare for her cousins to come to the palace to accompany her. Deliberately excluding Song Jianing, he only said to his cousins, "Let's make a group of two, which group will guess first, and the other two groups will have to pay money, one lantern riddle and one money, so we will keep the accounts first, and then we will calculate together at the end."
The third girl, Yunfang, was the first to respond, and hurriedly hugged the second girl Lanfang's arm: "I'm with the second sister!"
Princess Duanhui had no objection, she squeezed between Song Jianing and Tingfang intimately, and held Tingfang's hand.
Tingfang gave her an angry look, and politely declined: "I don't know how to guess lantern riddles. In this way, I'll keep the accounts for you. My cousin and Jianing are in the group." He deliberately mediates their relationship.
"No, I just like the big cousin!" Princess Duanhui refused.
Song Jianing said with interest, "Sister, let's play, and I'll settle the bill for you."
Princess Duanhui pouted: "Can you count?"
Song Jianing was thinking about how to answer so as not to make Princess Duanhui angry, when Yunfang suddenly let out a soft shush, and the girls looked in the direction she pointed at the same time. The young man walked over unhurriedly with a small eunuch, the young man's face was indifferent, and the light was as beautiful as jade.
Song Jianing recognized it as the third prince, the future emperor.
She was silently excited, like ordinary people who were fortunate enough to look up at the demeanor of the emperor, and wanted to see more with both awe and rarity. Being a thief, he was secretive, and unexpectedly, Princess Duanhui shouted sharply in her ears: "Come here, third brother, and accompany us to guess lantern riddles!"
Song Jianing was startled, and it took a while to realize what Princess Duanhui said. Looking farther, the third prince really stopped and turned his head to look here. Song Jianing dared to peek at Qianlong but didn't have the courage to show it to him, so he shrank behind Tingfang without a trace. Under the lanterns here, Zhao Heng had no intention of paying attention to Princess Duanhui, but when he saw Song Jianing's timid little movements, his eyes moved slightly, and he raised his feet to walk here.
Song Jianing was nervous, and Tingfang felt it was not right, so she whispered to Princess Duanhui: "Cousin, we are not familiar with the Third Highness, you..."
"It's all right, the third brother looks cold, but he's actually very good at talking." Princess Duanhui doesn't care about the truth. As the only princess, Princess Duanhui can talk to any royal brother, although the third prince is the one who has the most estranged relationship, because Princess Duanhui disliked this stuttering brother a little in her bones.
Since he disliked it, he lost a sense of respect, and he also had the courage to bully him in a small way. When Zhao Heng approached, Princess Duanhui greeted her with a smile, her eyebrows curved and said: "Third brother, we are going to form a competition to guess lanterns and bet money, but there are five of us. Let's make up the number, okay? Winning is yours, losing is hers."
The words were intimate, but Princess Duanhui was happy in her heart. The third brother stuttered easily. Even if he knew the answer, he probably wouldn't say it. A fat girl who only knew how to eat was matched with a stutter. Tonight was really fun. Looking at the third prince with a smile, Princess Duanhui's eyes were full of expectations.
Song Jianing was stunned. It turned out that Princess Duanhui was called the Third Prince, so she was actually making up the number
Song Jianing didn't dare to ask the third prince to accompany her, so he hurriedly whispered: "Princess, I really can't guess, you can play with the sisters, don't bother the third prince."
Princess Duanhui ignored her and pulled Zhao Heng's sleeve to act like a spoiled child: "Third brother, will you accompany me for the festival tonight?"
Zhao Heng put his hands behind his back, and naturally broke free from Princess Duanhui, and said expressionlessly, "Okay."
Princess Duanhui was overjoyed, she turned around and waved to Song Jianing: "Seeing how the Third Highness has given you more face, I won't come here to thank you."
A princess and a future emperor, Song Jianing has the right to refuse anything that has been settled in a few words. He mustered up his courage and walked up to Zhao Heng, bowed his eyes in a proper manner, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
When he spoke, Song Jianing's heart was thumping, panic and joy. The panic is that she is really not good at guessing lantern riddles. She has been unable to guess it for a while, and neither can the third prince. If she loses silver, will the third prince blame her for being stupid? But when she thought that she was going to guess lantern riddles with the future emperor, Song Jianing was delighted and felt that she had an extra talk worth showing off. When she was old, she could tell her grandchildren.
The more she thought about it, the more beautiful she became, the corners of Song Jianing's mouth curled up unconsciously.
When Zhao Heng saw it, he became more and more certain that this fat girl really liked him.
She coveted the prince at a young age, and from this point of view, she was not very courageous.