National Beauty

Chapter 43

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Song Jianing, who had just finished eating persimmons, had a moist mouth, redder than cherries.

Zhao Heng's eyes stopped on her face for a moment, and then he looked at her hand. He didn't see the persimmon skin, and Zhao Heng was slightly shocked. Could it be that she was so hungry that she even ate the persimmon skin

"My lord, what's the matter when you called me here?" Song Jianing asked softly, very worried that the purse would be soaked by the persimmon skin and the dress would be soiled, and wanted to return to the Duke's residence soon.

Zhao Heng asked her to come to the study just to appease her, lest she be frightened by Princess Duanhui, but the fat girl had regained her composure at this time, and her almond eyes were bright. After thinking for a moment, Zhao Heng got up, walked to the Duobao Pavilion in the southeast corner, raised his hand and took a flat white porcelain box, and then motioned Song Jianing to come over.

"Reward you." Zhao Heng handed her the white porcelain box, his eyes were serene: "The reception is not good, I apologize."

Song Jianing stretched out his hand to take it. Hearing that, he immediately retracted his hand and said happily, "Your Highness is too polite. You were right today, and you just rewarded me with a persimmon. I really don't need it." The prince is actually very approachable, and Song Jianing is not so nervous and restrained when he speaks.

Zhao Heng still held the box and reminded her simply: "They will ask."

Song Jianing was not Eunuch Fu, and it took a while to react. Yes, Shou Wang took her to the study, and her cousin would definitely ask her back. She couldn't say that she ate a persimmon here, and she wouldn't be laughed at for a while. After he figured it out, Song Jianing smiled shyly, looking at the white porcelain box suspiciously as he went to pick it up: "My lord, what is this?"

"Paint, open it and take a look." Zhao Heng put down his hand, Song Jianing looked at the box, he looked at her.

Song Jianing had never touched such an elegant object in his two lifetimes. He unscrewed the lid and took it away. What he saw was a dazzling cherry red. The red was fresh and translucent, just like the ripe red cherries in early summer. It was extremely beautiful. Song Jianing let out a softly surprised admiration, and raised her head to meet Zhao Heng's calm eyes. She immediately closed the lid and bowed her knees: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

She liked it so much, Zhao Heng's heart moved, and he asked her as he walked out: "Do you like painting?"

Song Jianing shook his head honestly: "No, my paintings are not good-looking."

Zhao Heng frowned, this box of paint must be given to her as a cover, but this is a rare thing, and it is a waste of money to fall into the hands of someone who is not good at painting and does not like painting.

"How do you want to deal with it?" Zhao Heng asked casually.

If Eunuch Fu was by his side and heard several conversations between his master and Song Jianing, he would probably be jealous. After all, Zhao Heng would not speak easily when he saw outsiders. He used to live in Jingping Palace and now lives in Shouwangfu, but he couldn’t speak at all. , I spent almost a day in silence, making the servants of the palace less and less talkative, and there is no quieter place in the entire capital than the palace of Shouwang.

Song Jianing cherished the paint given by the future emperor, and said without hesitation, "I will put it in the study and look at it every day." No, she should put it away and keep it as a family heirloom in the future.

Daily admiration…

Zhao Heng calmly looked away, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes. This girl, who is obviously still a child, actually knew that she was thinking about things and people, and she even said it in front of him. However, when she spoke, her face was as usual, and she thought it was childish and childish, and she didn't understand the real love between men and women.

Two quarters of an hour later, Song Jianing returned to Linyuntang with the "Royal Gift" paint box. He first went back to his small yard to unpack his purse, and then took the paint box to see his mother. Yun Fang couldn't keep her mouth shut, and the entire Guo Gong Mansion knew that she would shout about anything. Rather than worrying her mother, Song Jianing obediently explained the unhappiness of Shou Wang Mansion, only omitting the persimmons she ate in the study.

Naturally, the Lin family disliked Princess Duanhui, but fortunately, King Shou was fair and did not let her daughter suffer more.

After seeing the paint, Lin Shi was shocked: "My lord, this gift is too precious."

Song Jianing didn't understand, and then looked at the beautiful cherry red in the box, and asked curiously, "How much money does it cost?"

Lin closed the lid and said to her daughter with emotion: "This is a precious treasure used by dignitaries, and ordinary merchants can't buy it with money. An An keeps it carefully and remembers this lesson. In the future, whenever Princess Duanhui is there , even if you are hungry for a while, don't provoke her."

Song Jianing pouted, leaning into her mother's arms and complaining, "I don't want to eat after a bowl of rice. It was the third brother and the third sister who leaked." As for that sneeze, she could hold back her fart in front of people, but she couldn't hold back the sneeze. , Come on, no preparation at all.

"Well, mother knows, we An'an are getting more and more sensible." Lin hugged her daughter, bowed her head and kissed the top of Xiaoya's head.

And just as their mother and daughter were talking softly, the palace, Princess Duanhui, came back and rushed to complain in front of Emperor Xuande, regardless of Emperor Xuande's review of memorials, squeezed into his arms and cried: "Father, Emperor, You take care of the third brother, I kindly went to celebrate his housewarming, but he even scolded me in front of so many people, even if the older brother and the second brother were ignored, my cousin and cousin also heard it, and the face of my dignified princess was all lost! "

Emperor Xuande frowned, grabbed his daughter's shoulder and told her to look up. Seeing that her daughter's eyes were red from crying, Emperor Xuande said solemnly, "Don't cry, what the hell is going on."

Princess Duanhui learned it again, adding fuel to it: "… Cousin Jia Ning sneezed, we all heard it, the second brother and the third cousin laughed, I just joked along, and the third brother scolded me for talking too much... Father, the third brother stared at me. His eyes are fierce, he doesn't have my sister in his heart at all..."

Emperor Xuande listened carefully, but didn't take it to heart. The children's petty troubles were not worth his troubles. After a while, he sent his daughter away, and he continued to deal with political affairs.

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When Guo Xiao and Mrs. Tai came back from Anguo Temple, Song Jianing was still sleeping. Guo Xiao sent Mrs. Tai to Changxin Courtyard. After coming out, he said to Guo Fu, "Let the third brother go to Yihexuan to find me."

Guo Fu nodded.

Guo Xiao strode back to the Summer Palace, changed his clothes and came out. Guo Shu had already arrived and was drinking tea in the hall.

Guo Xiao sat across from him and asked about the banquet in Shouwangfu today.

Guo Shu knew what his brother was most worried about, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother, I have been staring at the Fourth Highness today, and he talked to the third and fourth sisters at the time of the banquet."

Guo Xiao glanced at him.

Guo Shu felt cold all over, as if he had done something wrong. He misunderstood that eldest brother knew what Princess Duanhui had done, Guo Shu said helplessly: "Cousin's temper is not clear to eldest brother, she even dares to offend Prince Shou, I can't handle her."

Guo Xiao's face sank: "Tell me one by one."

Guo Shu leaned against the back of his chair, thinking of where to say.

"What is the third highness taking Jia Ning to the study for?" Guo Xiao asked coldly, "How long have you been there?"

Guo Shu raised his head to think about it, and said not quite sure: "Five of an hour? His Royal Highness is very polite. The cousin bullied the fourth sister. He claimed that the reception was not good, and he gave the fourth sister a box of paint."

One quarter of an hour? Guo Xiao's eyes became colder. He simply sent paints and ordered the people who were serving him to go for a trip. Why should he personally bring people there? King Shou has been a loner since he was a child. Except for the King of Chu, no one really understands King Shou's temperament. Seeing how he looked at his stepsister a few times, did he do something to his stepsister in the study

Guo Xiao is so big and not like a woman, but he has heard some things, some men have different hobbies than ordinary people, and they like to raise some little girls who are not grown up, even half-aged teenagers.

"Big brother, you won't worry that the third highness has that kind of thoughts on the fourth sister, right?" Guo Shu finally smashed something wrong, and then smiled confidently: "Then you really think too much, the fourth sister wants to pick his big persimmon. No, how can you like the fourth sister."

Guo Xiao raised his eyebrows, but his cousin just now didn't mention anything about persimmons, so he immediately asked.

The next day, Song Jianing led Shuang'er to Mrs. Tai's class. On the way, he saw a young man in a dark robe standing on the pebble path in front. Song Jianing felt apprehensive every time he met him alone, but he had no reason to hide. He pretended to walk over naturally, and when he got close, he called out respectfully, "Big Brother."

Usually, when the two met each other, her eldest brother Guo Xiao echoed "um". Song Jianing would stop at first, but later found that Guo Xiao was passing by directly, Song Jianing gradually stopped, just like now, she continued to walk forward after being polite.

"Wait, I have something to ask you." Guo Xiao stopped her.

Song Jianing was stunned, looked at him in surprise, and stopped.

Guo Xiao looked past her and landed on Shuang'er who accompanied Song Jianing to study. Shuang'er understood, took the initiative to walk out a distance, and waited side to side, but the two were brothers and sisters, and the one who stopped the fourth girl was the most stable prince. , Shuang'er did not suspect anything.

"Yesterday, His Royal Highness took you to the study, what did you do?" Staring at Song Jianing, Guo Xiao asked straight to the point, his eyes were sharp, like an interrogation.

Song Jianing was originally looking at his chest, but when he heard the words, he raised his head strangely and met Guo Xiao's gloomy face. A chill suddenly climbed up the spine along the soles of Song Jianing's feet, chilling all over his body. What does this man mean? Not only did you specifically inquire about her affairs in Shouwang's mansion, but now she is here to interrogate her

Afraid that she would take the opportunity to seduce King Shou, just like in a previous life, he was the one who robbed her, but he beat her up, blaming her eyes for hooking people? Perhaps in Guo Xiao's heart, she really hooked him. Like the aunt of the second house of the Song family, because she was charming, she was sure that she was not right, so he wronged her in the past life, and wronged her in this life for wanting to hook the king of Shou.

For a woman, there is no more insulting crime than flirtatious misdemeanor.

Song Jianing was very angry, but she didn't have a seizure. She lowered her eyes and said, "His Royal Highness rewarded me with a box of paint."

"Just like that?" Guo Xiao asked meaningfully, with a bit of irony.

Song Jianing laughed angrily, looked directly at him and said, "Why do you ask that, eldest brother?"

She raised her head and looked at this man for the first time without dodging. In her previous life, she had nothing, her mother, and her reputation. She was like a canary caught by Guo Xiao. She couldn't escape, and she had to rely on him for food and clothing. Now it is different. She has a mother, and Duke Wei, who gave him the status of the heir, is also her stepfather. Although she is not as honorable as him, the two are brothers and sisters in name and are equal. Guo Xiao is not qualified to treat her like that again.

Glancing at him one last time, Song Jianing turned around and left.

Guo Xiao froze in place, watching his stepsister quickly walk away with mixed feelings, her black and white almond eyes were in his mind. She has always been afraid of him, Guo Xiao is no stranger, but just now, he clearly saw a trace of hatred in her eyes.