With Zong Zhenglin's royal care, the queen mother was very kind to Mu Xiyao. If it wasn't for the murder of Mrs. Mu, the person who performed magic on her would not be involved, and it would be impossible to find out the spies who had been planted in Shengjing in the two dynasties.
Having received the coral shell carving and a sapphire narcissus as a reward from the ancestors, Mu Xiyao was in a state of radiance.
When the female family members gather together, it is natural to compare them. So being topped by the concubine of Zong Zhenglin's house, the Crown Princess will naturally not feel comfortable in her heart. She gave a wink to the side concubine behind her, the woman was also sensible, and after searching for words, she slowly talked about the knowledge of decoration in the house.
"This antique is not an ordinary thing that can be ruined. Even a single screen is very complicated. For example, this bronze lacquer vase in the old ancestor's palace is most suitable for long branches and large flowers. Among the peony are bean green and Jingyu. The best match.”
"Yao Huang is not good?"
"I can't say the same thing. Yao Huang is pale yellow when it first blooms, and then the flowers are golden yellow. Compared with the bean green Jingyu, the color lining this vase is slightly inferior."
Flowers and plants are the favorite of women. These words immediately aroused the excitement of the female relatives of the various palaces, and even the concubines of the harem came over to listen to everyone's reasoning.
Mu Xiyao twisted the peeled pine nuts, absent-mindedly, thinking about how to discipline her son after returning to the mansion, don't make that little beanie too excited and not willing to sleep.
"What do you think, Sister Mu?"
Mo Lan secretly touched her master's elbow. This person can be distracted in front of the queen mother, I really don't know how to say it.
In a trance, when someone called "Sister Mu", Mu Xiyao's first reaction was to look at Mu Xiting.
Hehe, the voice of laughter came, but it was the prince and the concubine who hurriedly accused him of the crime. "Why didn't you say anything, but now I can see it clearly. It's all my fault that the concubine didn't call out the person clearly, and the younger sister misunderstood." She threw the veil at Mu Xiyao's charming and charming attitude, and her attitude was very friendly. "The concubine wanted to ask the Sixth Highness's side concubine for an idea. My sister didn't realize that the flower was in the bottle, and it looked colder alone? Whatever happens, it's only when we gather together that we can be happy."
It is rumored that the Mu family is good at potted plants. The Sixth Highness favored him prosperously, and specially set up a flower room and the side concubine to enjoy it. However, all the guests who have watched Mu's "proud work" secretly made fun of them. Side concubine's single-handed cutting and pruning skills, let alone superb, is far from being "eye-catching". Praise the phrase "unique ingenuity", but it lives up to its reputation.
It has been spread more and more, and no one in Shengjing city knows that concubine Mu Fang loves flowers and plants, and does not hesitate to spend a lot of money. Even if you destroy countless treasures, you can't let go.
At this time, the prince's side concubine asked this question, apparently not planning to let Mu Xiyao live this New Year in peace.
Looking at the eyes of everyone around, Mu Xiyao looked at Zong Zhenglin. Your Highness, the face you earned for your concubine in front of the ancestors, someone came to the door at this moment and planned to let it go in public!
How could she not see what these women were thinking. She may not understand the importance of flower arrangement. But it was impatient to follow the rules, sticking to the rules and making some piles of things that looked lifeless. This is my own preference, but it makes people look down on it!
In today's Great Wei Dynasty, a famous person who has made great achievements in flower arrangement and is well-known far and wide is undoubtedly the Qin family in Yuzhou, who has the reputation of "Lady of Flowers". His half-life book "Illustrated Book of Hundred Flowers" is highly praised and loved by ladies and gentlemen of Shengjing. But if you want to talk about flower arrangement... Mu Xiyao has a bamboo in his chest, and pretends to think about it for a while.
"Dai Wei etiquette system, all the famous ladies and ladies of noble families have maids who serve for life. Everyone in the world thinks that beautiful women need beautiful maids to be served in order to have a perfect appearance. The beauty of ladies and noble women is naturally very different from that of maids. If the beauty of the maid does not seem to be in harmony with the master, but instead drags him down, it will only make people laugh."
The imperial concubine put down the tea cup and was very interested in what she said. "What does this have to do with flower arrangement?" Although literati and writers often compare women to famous flowers, very few people talk about maids.
"My lady doesn't think that this flower arrangement can also be used for this reason?"
Mu Xiyao's eyes are clear and watery. The appearance is also very playful, the face of a hibiscus is radiant and white by the scarf.
"Oh? You're talking about how to reconcile?" Empress Dowager Jin waved back her maid, gaining momentum. After lying down for a long time, I finally heard something new.
"Old Ancestor, the slaves have nothing to do, so I came up with some ideas. Now that I'm talking about this, you can help the slaves to take a look. It's good or bad." Before, Mu Xiyao stroked the plums in the bottle, bent down and sniffed lightly.
"This flower, even if it doesn't make a sound on weekdays, it actually has temperament. There is also a master in the flower, and there is naturally a maid servant. Why does the world think that Yao Huang is the king of flowers. This is that Temperament, Yanzhong is quite arrogant."
"The same is true of many flower maids. Their postures are different for a while, strong and light, elegant and vulgar, and there are also evaluations. The narcissus is clear and the camellia is fresh and beautiful.
"If you think about it like this, it's very simple to make a match. The plum blossom uses the fragrance of yinchurui as its maid, the peony takes the rosewood fragrance as its maid, the peony takes the poppy hollyhock as its maid, and the lotus takes the alum hosta as its maid. If you talk about the wax plum," Mu Xi Yao lightly tapped the plum branch, smiling brightly, like a spring peach, "It should be a narcissus as a maid."
"As for what Concubine Side asked, Pomegranate uses Lagerstroemia and Chiba Hibiscus as her maid, what does my sister think?"
"It's in the limelight again? It's quite good to please the ancestors." After the palace banquet, in the sedan chair of Prince Zong Zhenglin, Mu Xiyao rolled up his cuffs, revealing the mutton fat jade bracelet on his pure white wrist. His Highness Sixth raised his elbow with one hand and held her soft catkin in his hand. For such a Niu Niu, who has to pick up some things to return to the palace every time she enters the palace, she always feels that she has some good luck on her body, which is very similar to that auspicious Pixiu, but she is full of energy and has her own private library.
"His Royal Highness, the concubine used to stay in the corner honestly and obeyed the rules very well. Xu is very happy, this good fortune is actually from the sky." A few words can coax Queen Mother Jin happy, wipe the bracelet on her hand and give it on the spot Come on, such a cheap deal, do it!
Zong Zhenglin held her wrist covered with suet jade and put a kiss on her lips.
"It's like a light and warm fragrance." The little woman is beautiful everywhere, and her body fragrance is an aphrodisiac. "Jiaojiao is so caring about flowers, is it the reincarnation of a flower demon." Whenever she shows her face, she is like a beautiful flower.
Mu Xiyao's remarks in Feng'an Palace before, not only satisfied the Queen Mother, but even Emperor Yuancheng also felt bright. He boasted, "The quality of the orchid heart is as delicate as the coating of flowers." This woman has been stunned to this day.
"His Royal Highness, the concubine will give you a long face when she enters the palace. Even the flower demon is also good. You have to be in more pain."
When the sedan car went to Mingde Gate, Zong Zhenglin took Mu Xiyao a few steps into the car. The daughters behind him have never looked at him.
Helian Minmin's expression was light, and she didn't feel comfortable when she didn't come up to discuss it. Only Su Linrou couldn't hold back her anger.
"His Royal Highness, watch the age for a while..."
"You can stay with the prince and concubine, and ask Tian Fushan to serve you." After that, he told Ye Kai to set off, and took Mu Xiyao to the mansion in the east of the city slowly.
Today, on this good day, His Highness only recruited Master Yao to accompany him, and the people in Danruo Garden naturally felt light on their faces. Only the masters of the various courtyards of the Prince's Mansion were left, with their backs lonely, and led them back to their houses in a desolate manner.
Shou Sui, also known as Ao Nian. Shouldn't it be a family and He Meimei, surrounded by one place to welcome the coming year, hoping for a good omen? But why the prince's mansion is still as cold as before, and there is no smell of the new year...
In previous years, everyone would gather in one place for a New Year's dinner. Since Concubine Helian entered the palace, the Mu family moved out, and when the festival came, it was like this. Mr. Qi stood leaning against the door, only to feel that the day passed and it became less interesting.
The Sixth Highness's concubine felt that life was difficult, but his son was overjoyed.
Chengqing was locked in his arms by Mu Xiyao, for fear that he would not know the seriousness and would be injured by firecrackers. This is no joke.
"Mother!" Chengqing Xiaodouding struggled hard, and sweat gradually formed on his forehead. Although the meat dumpling-like body was comfortable to hold, the chaotic temper gave Mu Xiyao a headache. Deliberately made a face, so that the little mouth shrunk down.
"Daddy." The little bun is dressed in a lucky doll, which is very annoying. Every time Zong Zhenglin looked at it, his heart softened with warmth. Seeing his son being pitiful at this moment, with golden beans in his eyes, how could he just stand by and watch.
"What the hell did he do?" Zong Zhenglin hurt his son, reached out and hugged him from Mu Xiyao's hand, and immediately exchanged Chengqing shouting excitedly.
"Your Highness, you are used to him again!" The father and son look alike, and their temperament is equally annoying. The older one is stronger than the older one, and the smaller one is very clever, and knows how to look for Lao Tzu for support.
"Children loves to watch firecrackers, don't distort his nature. This hall will watch, Jiaojiao, don't worry." The father's promise, he really hugged Chengqing, picked the girl's favorite fireworks and set them off in front of him , I was so happy that the little one cried out. When the firecrackers were ordered, Zong Zhenglin protected Chengqing's fleshy ears with his big hands, and finally made Mu Xiyao, who was watching nervously, completely relieved.
This man, when he really hurts people, can be meticulous.
When Chengqing was tired and satisfied, Mu Xiyao hurriedly called someone to take him back to the house, not only for fear of getting cold from the night wind, but also for fear that people would not sleep well.
"Don't worry, the son of this hall is very well raised. Jiaojiao knows that she is distressed at this time." Zong Zhenglin was very satisfied with the two boys that Mu Xiyao gave birth to. In the house of the brothers, there was no child as strong and intelligent as his son.
Holding her shoulders, the two stood side by side under the porch, watching everyone in the yard having fun. The yard of the main house was laughing and jubilant at this time. Mu Xiyao raised her head to look at the side face of the man beside her, and the corners of her mouth slowly curved.
Under the sleeve robe, a pair of small hands were being held together by His Royal Highness Sixth Highness, and a trace of heat slowly entered the bottom of my heart from the fingertips.
"Your Highness."
"Um."
"The concubine is living a good life in the mansion, even better than the life that the concubine was looking forward to in the boudoir."
Back then, she was fully prepared, thinking that if she entered Zong Zhenglin's backyard, it would be a fight between you and me, and it was dark. Unexpectedly, the surprise was too great, and she actually got the intention of Emperor Jian'an. This turning point initially caused her to be suspicious. Now that I think about it, it's really funny.
No matter how hard-hearted people are, they are not made of iron lumps.
Zong Zhenglin listened to her murmur, his eyes were soft and gentle, and regardless of the servants in the yard, he directly buckled Mu Xiyao to his chest, unfolded the sky blue cloak, and covered the two of them tightly.
"Then go on like this."