The Story of Hua Yan

Chapter 26: Return in vain

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After receiving the order, Steward Fu invited the Fifth and Eleventh Princes to the parlor, ordered them to serve tea, and then went to Xiyuan himself.

Huayan slept too much these two days. Although she was unwell due to sunflower water, she didn't want to sleep anymore. After lunch, she was bored and was thinking of something to do to pass the time, when Butler Fu came.

Butler Fu conveyed the message very cleverly, "The Queen Mother invited His Highness the Prince to the Ninghe Palace earlier. Your Highness was busy with things and did not have time to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother sent the Fifth Prince and the Eleventh Prince to sit down. Now the two Highnesses Just came out of the palace."

When Hua Yan heard this, she was not a fool and naturally understood very well, thinking that she had been in Beijing for three or four days, and the queen mother sent people to invite her twice, but they all returned without success. The old lady couldn't see her, so she obviously couldn't sit still up.

But she couldn't bear to come to the Eastern Palace, and asked Yun Chi and he didn't explain, so she came up with such a compromise method, asking the fifth prince and the eleventh prince to inquire about the news.

Based on the fact that she owed the Eleventh Prince to buy food with her own hands in the Shunfang Casino, it stands to reason that she shouldn't have turned people away, but it's only been three or four days, and it's really not enough to make the Queen Mother really anxious. So, since Yun Chi had something to say first, and he could push it away if he said she didn't see her, then he could push it off.

She wanted to wait until the old lady couldn't take it anymore, and when she lost her temper with her, she would strike again, making her completely dissatisfied.

I don't know if Yun Chi can take a step back if she hangs herself to death and wipes her neck in anger and disagrees with this marriage, she has to try.

So, she lazily said to Steward Fu, "I'm unwell and can't see guests. You went back to the fifth prince and the eleventh prince. I'll order food and drinks some other day. Thank them for their kind help that day."

Butler Fu got the words, nodded again and again, and walked quickly.

Unexpectedly, the fifth prince and the eleventh prince came and did not see anyone. Not only the prince did not see them, but the princess also refused. The two glanced at each other without forcing them, sat down and drank two cups of tea, got up and left the East Palace.

After leaving the East Palace, the Eleventh Prince grabbed the sleeve of the Fifth Prince, "Fifth Brother, I don't want to go back to the Palace yet, take me to play."

The fifth prince looked at him, "The imperial grandmother is still waiting for us to reply in the palace."

The eleventh prince begged, "We didn't even see anyone, and we returned in vain. Now that we go back immediately, we won't be able to please the emperor's grandmother. It's better to go back later. At that time, the emperor's grandmother had been waiting for half a day, and she was tired of waiting." A few words will send us away. Why bother to come forward and be scolded now?"

The fifth prince laughed, patted him on the head, and reprimanded him, "Aren't you afraid of the emperor's grandmother, aren't you afraid that the fourth brother will be reprimanded after knowing that I will take you to play again?"

The Eleventh Prince glanced back, and saw that the gate of the East Palace was closed tightly. He immediately said, "We are helping Fourth Brother. Even if he knew, he wouldn't reprimand him for it."

The Fifth Prince nodded, "Okay, where do you want to go?"

The eleventh prince tilted his head and thought for a while, "Let's go to Duke Jing's mansion to find Lu Zhiling. I heard that he and Su Zizhan drank most of the night the day before yesterday. The wine was a drunken beauty who had been sealed for five years."

The fifth prince thought the idea was good and readily agreed, "Okay"

So, the two hit it off and went to Duke Jing's mansion.

Lu Zhiling was sent back to Duke Jing's Mansion by people from Wuwei Marquis Mansion early yesterday morning, and slept for another whole day, only waking up at ten o'clock in the evening. When he woke up, he found that he was sleeping in the ancestral hall in Fuchu.

The ancestral hall was dim, and he was still wearing the clothes he wore before drinking, with a deerskin fluffy blanket spread under him.

There was no one in the ancestral hall, except for the tablet enshrining the ancestors, he was the only one panting.

He sat up, rubbed his forehead, and laughed dumbfounded. He was imprisoned again by the old man. Although he was cruelly thrown here after drinking, he was afraid of freezing his bones, so he gave him a bunk A buckskin fleece blanket.

This old man, it can be seen that he hates and loves him

Because he can't help but love, who made Jingguo's mansion three generations up to now, a single lineage, only him as the only seedling

But the ancestral hall couldn't hold him, so he stood up, loosened his muscles and bones,

He patted his buttocks and jumped onto the beam. After pulling away a few tiles from the roof beam, the man left the ancestral hall and sat on the roof.

He took two mouthfuls of fresh air lazily, put the tiles back on, and thought about what happened in the middle of the night when he was drinking with Su Zizhan in the Marquis of Wuwei. Seeing the rare expression of the concubine who is good at gambling, she made up her mind to meet her.

Although it was getting late, it was not in accordance with the rules to go to the East Palace secretly, but he didn't care about that, because there was still a princess in the East Palace who didn't seem to know what the rules and etiquette were. Even if Yun Chi found out that he had gone, he probably wouldn't be able to say anything.

Thinking of doing it, driven by curiosity, he didn't even bother to change his clothes, avoided the guards of Duke Jing's mansion, and easily stepped out of the mansion by stepping on the courtyard and over the wall.

After the Fifth Prince and the Eleventh Prince left the East Palace, they happened to meet a group of jugglers who had just come to Beijing from other places along the street. They stayed for a while before arriving at Duke Jing's Mansion.

When Jing Guogong heard that the two were looking for Lu Zhiling, he raised his beard and shook his head, "I locked him in the ancestral hall, and he is still unconscious like a drunk. Your Highnesses, please come back at another time."

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and seeing Duke Jing hating iron for steel, they both realized that they couldn't force someone to carry him out, so they could only leave the Duke Jing's mansion again.

The two stayed around for half a day, except that Zhao Zaifu's mansion had invited a very interesting juggling troupe to celebrate his birthday this year, but they had nothing to gain. Seeing that it was getting late, they could only go back to the palace.

The queen mother waited for a long time, but the fifth and eleventh princes did not come back. She was about to send someone to inquire about the news, but the two entered the Ninghe Palace. Seeing the two of them, she asked dissatisfiedly, "Why have you been gone for so long?"

The fifth prince quickly replied, "Going back to the emperor's grandmother, after my eleventh brother and I went to the East Palace, we learned that the princess was not feeling well. Zhan, Shunfang Casino is his site, and he has actually dealt with the princess for a long time, but you also know that Su Zizhan has a surly personality, a bad temper, and is not easy to talk to, so even if we go , and couldn't ask anything, so thinking that Lu Zhiling was on good terms with him, he must have known something after drinking most of the night with him that day, so he changed his way to Duke Jing's mansion, so, Delayed so late."

The Empress Dowager was quite satisfied with this explanation, so she didn't blame her anymore, and immediately asked, "What did Lu Zhiling say?"

The fifth prince sighed, "Lu Zhiling was drunk, and after being carried back from the Marquis of Wuwei, he was thrown into the ancestral hall by Duke Jing, who said he is still drunk."

The Empress Dowager frowned, "So I've returned in vain."

The eleventh prince quickly answered, "Going back to the emperor's grandmother is not a return for nothing. On the way from the East Palace to Duke Jing's mansion, we met a juggling troupe who came to Beijing from other places. After entering the city gate, we walked along the street. It's very novel while playing. It is said that Ms. Zhao heard that the father is going to Zhao Zaifu's mansion to join in the fun this year, so she specially ordered someone to come to Beijing, so she wondered, will you also go to Zhao Zaifu's mansion at that time?"

The queen mother sighed deeply when she heard the words, "Zhao Qingxi is such a good woman, gentle and virtuous, dignified and filial, but Yunchi didn't choose her, and just flipped through her, and decided on the beauty of Lin'an. Not to mention that the Hua family has no family members for generations. As a corner of Lin'an, in terms of family status, it is not as good as Zhao Zaifu's mansion, which is the lintel of the aristocratic family. In terms of personal talent, learning and appearance, even if the Ai family has never seen that beautiful face, she knows that she dares to go to Shunfang Casino. Keeping the boudoir training, talent, learning and good looks have not been well-known in recent years, leaving Zhao Qingxi in heaven and earth."

The fifth prince and the eleventh prince glanced at each other, Qiqi didn't speak, but secretly thought, compared with Zhao Zaifu's mansion, Lin'an Hua's family is indeed inferior, Huayan's boudoir training is indeed inferior to Zhao Qingxi's, but talent and learning As for appearance, they don't think it's easy to say.

Such a woman, whose gambling skills are the best in the world, is obviously an extremely intelligent person, and her talent is definitely not bad. On that day, she treated people casually, she was not rigid and rude in her words and smiles, her behavior was quiet and pleasant, and she was not ostentatious, which showed that she was not a person without character.

On that day, she was wearing a long blue silk brocade dress, with her tail dragging to the floor. The skirt was embroidered with a few campanulas, with a slender figure. From a distance, she looked like an ink painting of the scenery of the West Lake, and from a close look, she looked like a jade lotus blooming on the banks of the Qujiang River. Snow-skinned and flower-appeared, it is absolutely beautiful, and it is beautiful and graceful, graceful and graceful.

Although Ms. Zhao's appearance is good, the best in the capital, but compared to her beauty, they feel that she is slightly inferior.