In early spring, the cool wind was blowing from the northwest, and three kites flew one after another in the back garden of Duke Wei's mansion.
Song Jianing stood on the grass by the lake, looking up at his black eagle kite, slowly flying the line. Not far away, Yunfang's red carp kite and Tan Xiangyu's colorful butterfly kite are also slowly rising, red and green, not to mention how beautiful. Looking back at his eagle, Song Jianing really wanted to cry without tears.
What's so good about having multiple younger brothers? I have to hold my elder sister for a while. I don't care if my elder sister will be tired. Now I have to let him pick a kite. Song Jianing doesn't want to pick a black and ugly eagle kite. Sorry to put it too high. Seeing that it was almost over, Song Jianing sat on the brocade pad holding the reel. Before he could sit firmly, Brother Mao came to grab it.
"You can't pull it." Song Jianing hugged his brother in one hand and raised the other.
"Yes!" Brother Mao was anxious and stretched out his hand to make it. His little face was white and his black eyes were watery. Seeing that Song Jianing couldn't refuse, he held one end of the reel by himself and gave the other end to his brother. Brother Mao leaned on top of his sister, the little fat hand held the reel and moved around, and the eagle in the sky swayed.
Song Jianing took out the handkerchief to help his brother wipe his mouth.
Over there, Tan Xiangyu's colorful butterfly kite finally stabilized. While she absentmindedly listened to her cousin Tingfang's family chat, she adjusted the position at the back garden of Shouwang's mansion, and approached the mansion without a trace. The kite can't fly too low, it can't blow through, but it can't be too high, otherwise it will blow far. There are not many opportunities to get close to King Shou. What Tan Xiangyu has to do now is to ensure that the kite can fall into the palace of King Shou. She has an excuse to pick up the kite, and maybe she can see the handsome and widowed prince.
Arriving in front of a rockery, conscious that his position was almost there, Tan Xiangyu quickly took out a small blade from his sleeve while Tingfang was not paying attention, and the tight kite string was broken in just one click. When his hand was loosened, Tan Xiangyu screamed, staring nervously at the kite that was suddenly raised a lot, and prayed silently: "Wangfu, Wangfu..."
It's a pity that the sky didn't go according to people's wishes, or Tan Xiangyu underestimated the wind in the sky, and the beautiful butterfly kite became smaller and smaller. Tan Xiangyu bit her lip in annoyance, and just when she was hesitating whether to ask her cousin for a kite, an exclamation suddenly came from the lake.
Tan Xiangyu turned his head, twisted halfway, and saw that the black eagle in the sky suddenly jumped up.
Tan Xiangyu was surprised, happy, and suspicious. She was happy that no matter who's kite fell into it, she could go to the palace to pick it up, but she was surprised that Song Jianing had the same idea, trying to attract Lord Shou
She looked over with mixed feelings, and saw that Song Jianing's two maids, Shuang'er, Jiu'er, and Mao Ge'er's nurse, were running wildly chasing kites. The kite was flying in the sky, and the reel was not too far from the ground, but the reel was carried by the kite and had already floated to the lake. The maids could only run along the shore of the lake. Looking at Song Jianing, she lowered her head, not knowing that she was talking to Brother Mao. say what.
Song Jianing is... coaxing his brother.
Blame her, the kite just saw Tan Xiangyu flying away, and the strength in her hand could not help loosening. Just when her brother pulled aside, the reel completely left her hand. The kite flew high and pulled the person on the ground with a force. Brother Mao was frightened by the force and let go of his hand, so the eagle kite ran away, and Brother Mao cried. , an earth-shattering sound.
"Brother Mao won't cry, sister will find you a bigger eagle." Song Jianing hurriedly wiped away tears for his brother.
"don't want… "
Brother Mao raised his head, and the big tears rolled down like he didn't want money, and his small mouth was so open that he could stuff the wire and reel in, crying in the direction the eagle flew away. Song Jianing hugged his younger brother tightly, while coaxing and paying attention to his own kite, and then saw that "eagle" had daringly planted into Shouwangfu, the future emperor's territory!
Song Jianing was so frightened that his younger brother couldn't even care about coaxing him. Brother Mao couldn't hear his sister's voice, so he suddenly stopped crying and blinked his eyes to look up at the sky. My brother cried even more. The boy was so miserable, Brother Shang looked at the kite that he had not yet put up and wanted to give it to his younger brother, but he was very reluctant to give it up. Let Brother Mao hear.
Tingfang was the first to react, pressing her voice to remind Shuang'er: "Hurry up, quickly pull the kite back!" The line reel is here, if the kite can be retrieved before the people in Shouwangfu find it, it will be fine.
Shuang'er, Jiu'er, and Mao Ge'er's wet nurses ran faster, but just as Shuang'er was about to find the reel, a shrill scolding suddenly came from the next courtyard wall: "Bold, who rammed the prince?" The voice is different from the sweet and thin voice of a woman, and it sounds like a father-in-law.
Shuang’er was so frightened that she was so stiff that she didn’t dare to make a sound. Jiu’er and the nursing mother looked at each other. The nursing mother was older, and she quietly motioned Jiu’er to go back to the girls with her eyes. Accidentally loosening the line, I didn't intend to disturb the lord... lord, didn't I hit the lord?"
Thinking of this possibility, the nursing mother's legs began to soften.
"Which girl? Tell her to come quickly and apologize to the prince." The father-in-law opposite said mercilessly.
"Yes, yes, the slave girl will report it!" The wet nurse ran away in a panic.
Brother Mao was still crying, and Song Jianing was upset. He had hoped that Prince Shou was a reasonable, considerate and peaceful prince, so he shouldn't blame them too much. After listening to the trembling report of the wet nurse, Prince Shou sternly asked her to make amends. , Song Jianing immediately lost his confidence. The family is the prince, the future emperor, and the emperor's temper, can she figure it out? In case the kite really hits the King of Shou...
Song Jianing hurriedly took his younger brother to see his mother.
"Why are you so careless?" Before Mrs Lin could recover, Aunt Tan reprimanded and stared at Song Jianing displeasedly. This was a speech she had prepared for a long time, but the person she reprimanded changed from a daughter who missed her to Song Jianing who succeeded by accident.
Song Jianing ignored her and only explained to her mother: "Mother, I didn't mean to, I..."
"It's all my fault. Cousin Jia Ning wouldn't be distracted if I hadn't let go of the kite." Tan Xiangyu walked over to Song Jianing suddenly, and took the fault to herself with a white face.
Song Jianing had no friendship with her. After all, Tan Xiangyu didn't come to the government's mansion very often, and the two just knew each other. Now that Tan Xiangyu was willing to take the crime with her, Song Jianing suddenly felt that this cousin was a good person, and she secretly slapped her. Aunt Tan on her face was different.
"Sister Xiangyu, don't say that, blame me for being careless." Song Jianing smiled gratefully at Tan Xiangyu.
Her almond eyes were clear and pure, and Tan Xiangyu lowered her eyes with a guilty conscience. She was not thinking about Song Jianing, but she had to take part of her own mistakes, so that she had a reason to go to Shouwangfu to make amends. It was mother and daughter, Aunt Tan noticed her daughter's demeanor and suddenly realized, she hurriedly scolded her daughter for a while, then turned to Lin Shi, "Madam, Xiangyu is also at fault, we can't let Jia Ning take care of her, so let's share it together. Let's go to the palace."
Lin Shi didn't say a word for a while, and looked at the aggrieved little son in his arms, but his mind drifted to Guo Boyan, who was far away in the northwest.
The Lin family was from a commoner background and did not understand the important affairs of the imperial court, but after being married to Guo Boyan for so long, she was immersed in Guo Boyan's attitude towards several princes, and the Lin family gradually figured out some things. Guo Boyan didn't want to get too close to any prince. Take today's incident as an example. It's right for the children to make amends. When Princess Duanhui bullied her, Wang Shou was able to uphold justice for her daughter. A fair and reasonable prince, at most admonish the children a few words. But when she and Aunt Tan went, this matter became a relationship between the Duke's mansion and the mansion of Shouwang, and it might cause suspicion if it was spread.
With an idea, Mrs Lin patted her son lightly and said to Aunt Tan: "Madam is serious, Jia Ning lost her kite, it's just a small mistake, just ask her to take Brother Mao to admit her mistake, let's When I go, it seems to be inspiring." Lin said this because she really thought about Aunt Tan, her daughter is only thirteen, and her younger brother with tears in his eyes, no matter how you look at it, they are two children, and King Shou will not pay too much attention. . Tan Xiangyu is already sixteen years old. First, he should avoid suspicion. Second, what if he is caught by King Shou
It is related to Tan Xiangyu's marriage, and Tan Xiangyu is the cousin of the prince. Lin's family doesn't want to mix, lest something go wrong, and she will be blamed by the prince.
Aunt Tan was wary of Lin. Deliberately putting aside her beautiful daughter, could it be that the widow Lin's life is not enough to be the wife of the country's father, and she also delusionally planned to make a daughter of a small family become the princess of longevity? No wonder he made his daughter a fox-like figure.
King Shou was her ideal son-in-law of Chenglong Kuai, Aunt Tan would never let Lin snatch it, she thought for a moment and said, "Madam's words are reasonable, but the matter is because of Xiangyu, let Xiangyu accompany Jianing. , the two sisters are companions, so there is no need to be afraid of many people."
Lin Shi pondered, his eyes swept across Tingfang unintentionally.
Tingfang has a delicate mind and vaguely guessed her mother's scruples, so she persuaded: "Mother, let my cousin accompany An An." She is about to get married and can't see her husband, but this time, it was her and her cousin's idea to fly a kite. She couldn't let the fourth sister bear the wrath of King Shou by herself, so she had to let her cousin share with the fourth sister instead of her.
Tan Xiangyu also took the initiative to express his willingness to go with him.
Since Aunt Tan insisted that her daughter go, and Tingfang was there to testify for her, Mrs. Lin no longer dissuaded her, instructed Song Jianing carefully, and then lowered her head to coax her son: "Sister will take you to the palace to pick up the eagle kite, and Brother Mao must listen to her words. , don't cry anymore."
Brother Mao nodded obediently, as long as he could find the eagle, he would listen to his sister.
Lin helped his son to wipe the crying face, and then together with Aunt Tan, sent the three children out of the Guogong Mansion, and arranged for the wet nurse and Qiuyue to accompany them.
Song Jianing took her brother and walked to the majestic Shou Wang Mansion. She turned her head and smiled at her mother who was watching her, and went in nervously.