Xiao Junhan's voice came from above, "I have always wanted to visit you before, but I couldn't find a suitable opportunity. Zhuo'er, will you blame me?"
I have to say that when Xiao Junhan deliberately treats someone well, you can hear the full friendship in his voice. Xie Ruzhuo thought that she couldn't do this. He could only smile back and said, "I won't blame the second prince. You are busy with things, how can you put me first in everything?"
At this point, Xiao Junhan thought she was blaming him, and he suddenly said with a sense of sadness, "Zhuo'er, you have been far away from me since you recovered from your injury, but what did I do wrong?"
"The second prince is really good at joking." Xie Ruzhuo still pretended to be stupid, "Practice between men and women is a dishonorable thing. As the daughter of the Xie family, Zhuo'er must pay more attention to reputation. I was not sensible before, but people have to grow up. no."
Seeing that she actually brought up the matter of reputation, Xiao Junhan felt disdainful, but said softly, "What you said is absolutely right. Fortunately, you are about to get haircut. By then I will explain our friendship to my father, and we won't have to suffer so hard." I’m suffering.”
"Sister is about to get haircut." Xie Ruzhuo did not nod or refuse his words, but just took advantage of the situation and got involved in another matter.
Xiao Junhan didn't expect her to jump so fast, and he was in a daze at the moment. When he said something so affectionate, almost a confession, Xie Ruzhuo actually reacted like this
Xie Ruzhuo didn't say anything on his face, but he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Xiao Junhan, can you finally bear it no longer? Between you and me, whoever takes the first step will lose. But now, you have given up the airs of a prince and taken the initiative to analyze your thoughts with me. If you lose one step to me today, in the future, I will make you make mistakes every step of the way, and eventually you will be completely defeated!
"Zhuo'er, I..." Xiao Junhan wanted to say something else, but saw Xie Ruyue walking over in a hurry holding her dress.
"Mother is already here. She said she has something to ask you. Why are you still here?" He hasn’t left yet.”
Xiao Junhan suppressed the displeasure in his heart and smiled, "It doesn't matter, I was going to leave too."
Xie Ruyue nodded. Seeing Xiao Junhan gradually walking away, she calmed down, took a deep breath and said, "Do you still like the second prince?"
Xie Ruzhuo was immersed in his own thoughts and shook his head absently, but Xie Ruyue thought it was a perfunctory performance.
"Zhuo'er, please listen to my sister's advice. The second prince is approaching you with bad intentions and no good intentions! When I first met him, I felt that this man had an evil look in his eyes and did not look like a gentleman. You have to be careful, I only have you as my biological sister, and I won’t harm you!"
Xie Ruyue took her hand and walked towards the inner courtyard while saying this earnestly. Seeing that Xie Ruzhuo didn't react much, she sighed and said, "If he really likes you, then He should have cared about your feelings in everything, but not only did he not, but he felt like he was pushing your reputation into the abyss. Not to mention anything else, just talking about today's incident, he dared to drag you alone in such a gathering of noble people. If you are talking to the side and someone sees you, they will definitely be the first to say that you are not an upright person!"
Xie Ruyue said these words in one breath, but Xie Ruzhuo only had an expressionless face. She panicked slightly in her heart. Just now she was only thinking about what she said happily, but she ignored Xie Ruzhuo's feelings. These words are indeed harsh. She won't be angry, right
Just when Xie Ruyue wanted to explain anxiously, Xie Ruzhuo just opened his mouth and said only one sentence.
"Sister, don't worry. I don't like Xiao Junhan now, and I will never have anything to do with him in my life!"
She and Xiao Junhan had an undying hatred. What she does in this life will only send Xiao Junhan to the Nine Nether Hells!
Shen Jingci's eloquence is indeed good. With her affectionate speech and the presence of Princess Dingbei, this charity sale actually raised as much as three million taels of silver. In addition to disaster relief, some of it was donated to the charity club. jurisdiction.
The emperor also greatly commended Shen Jingci for this. And the reputation of the Shen family's legitimate daughter suddenly became unparalleled, and her name spread across the capital.
The New Year is here in a blink of an eye. In the past few days, Xie Ruzhuo had been accompanying Mr. Qiao to deliver boxing gifts and learn how to socialize with others. After returning home every day, he fell asleep when he was tired, and his previous insomnia had disappeared a lot.
On New Year's Eve, as usual, we have to go to the palace to attend the night banquet.
Xie Ruzhuo has always been afraid of this, but he has to go.
In the afternoon, God also dropped snow, and large groups of white snowflakes floated down from the sky. Occasionally, the snowflakes hit people's faces, and they immediately melted into snow, making their cheeks feel cold.
Xie Ruzhuo sighed along the way. Mrs. Qiao glanced sideways at her and said with a smile, "Everyone else is eager to enter the palace, but you, it seems like it will kill you."
What Qiao was referring to was none other than the person from Sanfang. The third room in the palace was still not allowed to attend the night banquet in the palace. The old lady was annoyed by the third room, Mrs. Lu. First she comforted her with kind words, but then she heard that Mr. Lu actually said that she wanted to buy the third master an official position. He was so angry that he cursed Mrs. Lu, and then Mrs. Lu walked away in despair.
Mrs. Qiao felt happy when she saw this, but she also knew that it was inappropriate to laugh at her sister-in-law's jokes. She immediately stopped laughing and went to comfort the old lady.
When she said this, Xie Ruzhuo immediately understood what she was thinking, and couldn't help but say, "Some people are greedy and like a snake swallowing an elephant. They only see the superficial benefits, but they don't know that accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. If you are not careful, you may lose your life." If you lose your head, how can you be free at home?"
"You understand what you said." Mrs. Qiao was very satisfied with her sensibleness. She hugged Xie Huailin who was sleeping in her arms a little tighter, adjusted him to a comfortable sleeping position, and then said, "Unfortunately, some people just I can’t see through it.”
Xie Ruzhuo smiled slightly and stopped talking. Snowflakes outside the window slapped the cotton curtain from time to time, and the snow outside was falling more quickly.
"I wonder how my brother is doing now? It's snowing so hard outside, and I don't know if he's frozen." Xie Ruzhuo asked unconsciously, and when he came back to his senses, he smiled slightly and said, "Look at me, he I've only been gone for a few days, and even if I'm sending messages, it won't be until after the new year."
Knowing that she missed her elder brother, Mrs. Qiao comforted her, "Don't worry, he is accompanied by three thousand elite soldiers, and he is also followed by Jiang Guogong's trusted elite soldiers, so he will be fine."
After returning from the Dingbei Palace that day, Jiang Chengye wrote to the emperor the next day, asking him to escort supplies southward with the Xie family. After obtaining the agreement, they dispatched five hundred soldiers of the Jiang family that night, packed their bags, and on the third day, the group headed south to Dianyang in a mighty manner.
Hearing what Mr. Qiao said at this time, Xie Ruzhuo couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes, I am confused when I am concerned, and I am anxious and confused."
Not long after, they arrived at the foot of the Imperial City. Qiao ordered someone to hand over a sign and prove their identity. The Xie family's three carriages slowly entered the palace.
There are two halls for night banquets. The Zhenghe Hall is for the emperor to entertain officials, and the Zhaohe Hall is for concubines and other concubines to entertain wives of ministers.
It was just getting dark at this time, and there was still some time before the banquet started. The maids took each of their wives to the Baoxia Hall of Showa Hall to rest for a while.
As soon as he walked in, Xie Ruzhuo felt a warm feeling rushing towards his face. Concubine Xian was sitting on the main seat, talking to the ladies.
After greeting the two palace concubines, everyone in the Xie family followed the guidance of the maids and found a place to sit down.
After Xie Ruzhuo sat down, he looked at everyone in the room calmly.
In addition to those familiar faces, there were several women in palace attire sitting nearby. Xie Ruzhuo secretly paid attention for a few times, and then heard a female voice with a gentle frown, "Xian Fei, your skin has gotten better and better recently. If you didn't know, you would have thought that you are about the same age as me."
It was Shen Jingci who spoke. She spoke slowly and slowly, looking at the other person with sincere eyes. Concubine Xian was obviously very impressed by her words, and she immediately smiled and said, "That's all thanks to the prescriptions you recommended to me. Don't tell me, it's just a few gadgets that are really effective."
"As long as the empress likes it, it will be my blessing. In fact, your skin is already delicate and smooth, and your beauty is natural. Even if you don't use rouge, you are still charming and charming." Shen Jingci opened her mouth as if she had applied it with honey, but He kept trying to please Concubine Xian.
"You girl, you are always good at coaxing me with nice words." The more Concubine Xian looked at the woman in front of her, the more she liked her. Remembering what her son once said to her, she also became closer to Shen Jingci.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiuyan also came to join in the fun, "Auntie, you are naturally beautiful. Sister Shen's rouge is the icing on the cake."
The words between these two people made Concubine Xian's eyes and eyebrows tinge with smiles.
Xie Ruzhuo sat at the bottom, stroking the cup in his hand and couldn't help but sneer. When Shen Jingci deceives people, she is really good at it. I just don’t know if she also added some talcum powder and other substances to the rouge she gave to Concubine Xian
When he thought of this, Xie Ruzhuo suddenly felt a flash of inspiration, but it was so fast that people couldn't catch it. She vaguely felt that she seemed to have missed something in her previous life.
Before Xie Ruzhuo could think of it, he heard the father-in-law's shrill voice coming from outside, "Concubine Jing is here—"
As the father-in-law's voice fell, a woman in palace attire walked in. She was dressed in pink palace attire, with pearls on her head, delicate eyebrows and a charming face, with eyes full of autumn eyes, and a full smile. , which makes people intoxicated and crazy.
As her lotus steps moved lightly, everyone felt that a huge lotus flower was blooming above the main hall, and Concubine Jing seemed to have stepped out of a painting, so beautiful.
Xie Ruzhuo followed everyone to salute, but he searched for information about Concubine Jing in his heart. However, despite all her efforts, she never remembered that there had ever been this empress named Concubine Jing in her previous life!
Just as she was wondering, she heard Concubine Jing say, "Everyone, get up."
When she opened her mouth, Xie Ruzhuo rolled over her head like a bolt of thunder. It turned out to be her!
Concubine Jing walked up to Concubine Xian, bowed softly, then straightened up and said with a smile, "Concubine Xian, sister, I wish you a happy life." She and Concubine Xian were both concubines, so this was a polite gesture on her part.
Concubine Xian's expression was obviously not good, but with everyone around, she still had to work hard on her face, "Didn't Sister Jing say she wasn't feeling well? Why are you here again?"
"Tonight is a night banquet after all. If I don't show up, I'm afraid His Majesty will also be unhappy. Sister said, yes or no?" Concubine Jing brought the topic to Concubine Xian again, and then sat on the golden nanmu chair aside. Go up, look at the crowd and say, "I'm late, don't blame me."
Jiang Qinglan took advantage of the moment she had just stood up to run to Xie Ruzhuo's side and sat down on her left side.
Xie Ruzhuo moved the unused tea cup next to Jiang Qinglan and asked in a low voice, "What is the origin of this Concubine Jing?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Qinglan looked surprised and said, "You don't know?"