"Four cousins!"
"What are you doing here?"
"Fourth cousin." Lin Xining took two quick steps, stopped in front of Chu Jinmiao, and asked helplessly, "What happened to you?"
"What can I do? You five cousins, yes, I know she's back, and I, the dove occupying the magpie's nest, will give way to others, all of you should go to her! You still come to me What, haven't I lost enough face today?"
When Lin Xining heard it, she knew what happened to Chu Jinmiao. He hurriedly said: "What are you talking about? We have known each other since we were five or six years old, but today is the first time I saw her. I thought she was alone and couldn't find her way, so I took her there. My grandmother is here. When it comes to closeness, of course, it’s the cousins like you and me who grew up together that are closer!”
"You also think she is pitiful." Chu Jinmiao sneered, "Yes, she is the real daughter of the daughter, I am an impostor, I may be kicked out at some point. She is pitiful, it is me anyway. deserve it."
"There's no such thing." Lin Xining softened his voice and comforted Chu Jinmiao in a soft voice, "You are the child who grew up here. After 13 years of hard work, everyone regards you as their own girl. Cousin is back, but how long has she lived here, how long have you lived here, grandmother and others will pay special attention to her if they want to make up for her, but in fact, grandmother, aunt and others must love you more. Think about it, if There are guests at home, is it necessary to hold the guests close to the guests first?"
Chu Jinmiao thought for a while, and said reluctantly, "Yes."
"That's not it." Lin Xining smiled and said, "Look, you understand this truth, you and your fifth cousin are like this. You can rest assured, you are the daughter who has been raised for thirteen years. It came out of nowhere."
After Chu Jinmiao was told, she kept pulling her face until a smile appeared: "Then why are you being so considerate to her today? She looks good, are you..."
"What are you thinking about?" Lin Xining smiled and stretched out her hand to tap Chu Jinmiao's forehead, "It's not an exaggeration to say that she is a stranger to me. Even if a girl from Beppu gets lost at home, I will bring her with me. They came out and have nothing to do with the fifth cousin."
Chu Jinmiao snorted softly, "That's good."
"You, you still love to be petty." Lin Xining looked at Chu Jinmiao and smiled dotingly.
"But there are no five girls, there are six girls, and seven girls. Don't think I don't know, at the banquet today, many girls are secretly watching you." Chu Jinmiao lamented as she spoke, "You belong to the palace. Di son, and I'm just an ordinary lady in Houmen, not even a serious girl. It turns out that we are young and innocent, but seeing that we are all grown up, I am afraid that in the future, we will not be as close as we were when we were young. "
Lin Xining remembered her mother's intention to come to the Marquis of Changxing, and said in a low voice, "No way."
"Why not?" Chu Jinmiao smiled bitterly. The smile on her face was weak and bitter, and she obviously remembered her own life experience. She said, "I only blame me. I didn't die of illness when I was a child. Instead, I want to live to the present and occupy other people's wealth."
"Four cousins!"
Chu Jinmiao shook her head and didn't want to say any more. She asked, "Cousin, what are you coming back for this time?"
The family originally told Lin Xining not to speak out, but her cousin was not an outsider, not to mention that she would know sooner or later. Lin Xining thought like this, and after seeing no one around, she whispered to Chu Jinmiao, "Mother came back this time to pick two girls and go to the palace to accompany the county head to study."
"The county owner!" Chu Jinmiao covered her mouth. The county owner is a famous person in Taiyuan. She is the direct daughter of King Huailing. The presence. Chu Jinyao said in surprise: "For no reason, why did it involve the county owner? Besides, if the county owner wanted to study, he used to find someone to accompany him, so why did he find him now?"
"Oh, it's not because of that one." Lin Xining quickly pointed in the direction of the north, and hinted to Chu Jinmiao, "That one is in Shanxi, my uncle wants to let go and fight. Our third sister doesn't I like to read and play like crazy all day, my uncle and aunt can't control it anymore, so I thought, if I find a few girls from outside, accompanied by my peers, the third sister may be able to sit down."
Chu Jinmiao didn't understand at first, who is that? Why didn't Lin Xining say anything? But after hearing the back, and thinking about the direction of Lin Xining's fingers, Chu Jinmiao almost cried out in fright: "You mean, Prince?"
"Shh!" Lin Xining quickly went to cover Chu Jinmiao's mouth, Chu Jinmiao's mouth was covered, and her eyes widened in surprise. Lin Xining hurriedly looked around, and was relieved after confirming that no one was there. When he turned around, he realized what he had done. He quickly let go, took two steps back, and said incoherently, "I'm sorry, fourth cousin, I was rude just now."
After saying that, Lin Xining's face turned red.
Chu Jinmiao shook her head in a trance, and said, "It's nothing." However, in fact, she didn't pay attention to Lin Xining's actions at all, and all her thoughts had already flown to another person.
If you go to the palace to accompany the county head to study, maybe you can still see the prince. If the county magistrate really becomes the crown princess, what about the companion reading
In the Rongning Hall, Chu Zhu dismissed the servants, and was also talking to Madam Chu about it.
"Mother, as you know, the crown prince is now in Datong. The county prince has connections in Datong. According to them, it seems that the crown prince was injured a lot when he chased the Tartars last time. No visitor. The prince sent someone to visit, and wanted to take a look at the prince’s words, but he was stopped by the father-in-law of the East Palace. Although he could not see the prince, the prince was in Shanxi, so he couldn’t escape. According to the internal The news said that the commander-in-chief soldier has the heart to persuade the prince to come down to Taiyuan to recuperate, after all, the border crossing is too dangerous."
Rao, the well-informed Mrs. Chu was shocked and gasped: "His Royal Highness Prince is going to Taiyuan?"
"If the Crown Prince doesn't speak, who would dare to be accurate?" Chu Zhu said, "However, it should be 70%."
"Ouch, ancestor." Madam Chu's heart was pounding, she couldn't help standing up and walked around the hall for a while, calming the horror in her heart. When Madam Chu calmed down, Madam Gu stepped forward and helped Madam to sit on the Luohan bed. Old Madam Chu exclaimed, "If the crown prince comes to Taiyuan, this is the glory of our Chu family! If our Changxing Hou residence is fortunate to receive His Royal Highness, then we will meet our ancestors in the future, and our faces will be very radiant."
"Exactly." Chu Zhu smiled, "Big brother was so busy a few days ago, most of the time he was inquiring about this matter."
After Chu Zhu's reminder, Mrs. Chu also thought of it. Some time ago, after the fifth girl was brought back, the Hou Changxing was busy for half a month without being seen. It turned out that at that time, he heard the wind. Mrs. Chu complained, "He's also true. Why didn't he tell me about such a big event? I might as well have a mental preparation in advance."
"Mother, a bigger happy event is yet to come." Chu Zhu pointedly smiled.
"Oh?" Madam Chu looked at Chu Zhu suspiciously. Seeing that Guanzi had sold enough, Chu Zhu said proudly: "Mother, although the Prince's Mansion is not in Taiyuan, it is less than a day's journey from Taiyuan. The Prince's Royal Highness has come to Taiyuan, and there are many people who have the specifications to receive the Prince. It’s not much to count. Who would dare to accept such a thing as receiving the prince if the palace of Huailing County does not say anything? So obviously, the first stop of His Royal Highness the prince must be our palace. Mother, you also know that the county head of the palace, this year’s twelve Come on, Prince Seventeen, look at this age, isn't this a gift from God, you can't stop it?"
Only then did Mrs. Chu understand what the Lin family was thinking. The palace of the King of Huailing County is one of the few kings with different surnames in Dayan. Seeing that the emperor has become more and more suspicious of the vassal kings in recent years, the emperor's biological brothers can't get it, let alone King Huailing. If the county head really becomes the crown princess, then the Huailing Palace will be a step up to the sky.
Seeing that Mrs. Chu understood, Chu Zhucai continued: "The crown prince is not ready to come to Taiyuan, and no one knows when he will come, but the matter of the county owner can be prepared early. The county owner has a distinguished status since childhood. He has grown up and has a very arrogant temperament. The county owner can be arrogant at home. How can he contradict the prince when he is in front of the prince? If he wants to seek the position of the crown prince, the county owner must change his temper, so the county king He Wangfei wanted to push the county master to study the rules, and to sharpen her temperament. However, the county owner refused to study hard, and drove away two masters in a month. I wonder if I can pick a few girls from outside and accompany the county head to study. As long as the county head can calm down, it will be a great achievement."
Mrs. Chu already understood: "What your mother-in-law means..."
"Yes. What our old lady means is that the Marquis of Changxing is also one of the most respectable families in Taiyuan, and our girls' rules and character are trustworthy, so the ancestors and the princess wanted to choose two girls from our family and give them to them. The county head is the companion reading."
When Mrs. Chu heard that her face was full of smiles, she clapped her hands excitedly: "Okay, all the girls in the Marquis of Changxing are naturally top-of-the-line. I'll let the girls dress up and decorate well tomorrow, you Come and slap your eyes."
"Mother, how can you be so hasty in choosing a companion for the palace." Chu Zhu held Madam Chu's hand and smiled, "I'm back this time to send you a letter, the real candidate for companion is not my mother-in-law. Nod with the princess. How can I be the master!"
Madam Chu also smiled and said, "I'm confused."
"I've met all the girls today, and I'm pretty sure. Mother, I also brought two nanny from the palace this time. Let them teach our girls the rules first. After a few days, the princess will be at the palace. Set up a banquet and bring all the girls with you, this is the official meeting."
"Okay, I understand." Madam Chu said this, but she secretly made up her mind that it seemed that she could no longer keep these girls free. She originally thought that her daughter's family would marry sooner or later, and she would go to someone else's house to be a daughter-in-law. The mother-in-law is about to set the rules, so Mrs. Chu has always been reluctant to criticize her granddaughters too harshly. But now it seems that they can't let them relax like this.
The next day, someone from Rong Ning Tang came to greet him early. Because Chu Zhu was there, the girls all dressed up to attend, trying to be the best among the sisters. The girls were all secretly competing when suddenly the curtain moved and Chu Jinmiao came.
Chu Jinmiao learned the inside information from Lin Xining, and she became more and more interested in dressing up today. She wore the most expensive makeup and satin clothes, the color was plain, but it was full of brilliance and extravagance. She embroidered a circle of Butterfly Love Flowers with gold thread on the skirt.
When the other girls saw Chu Jinmiao, they all scolded secretly that you are favored and subsidized by you. Makeup satin is the high-end fabric in Yunjin, which can be described as the most expensive. Chu Jinmiao wore this dress, and no one spoke for a moment.
Chu Jinmiao was secretly proud that this was her carefully prepared clothes, and the fabric alone was worth hundreds of taels, not to mention accessories such as gold thread and trim. The position of companion reading in the hands of aunt, she must get it.
At this time, the maid called crisply: "The fifth girl is here!"
Chu Jinyao entered the Rongning Hall with a smile. As soon as she entered the door and stood firm, she found that everyone was looking at her with a swish.
What's wrong? She was a little stunned, why did everyone dress like this? Especially Chu Jinmiao, do you want to go out today
Chu Jinyao was stared at with burning eyes, and she was a little scared. Today, she was wearing the Yunjin dress given by the old lady. Yesterday, the seventh girl splashed water, so Chu Jinyao hurried back to change her clothes, which led to her newly made Yunjin jacket dress being put on today. She was afraid that the dress would be plain, so she made some tricks on the pleats of the skirt herself. Chu Jinyao's clothes are as bright as clouds, and because of the many pleats, the hem of the skirt is stretched and overlapped, like a peacock opening its screen. At first glance, her whole person seemed to be standing in the rays of the sun, with a kind of light brilliance.