"Prince-in-law, Jiamin doesn't seem to like going out very much recently." Princess Shun'an was a little worried, "Did the robbers scare her last time?"
The concubine who teased the cricketer said: "There are a lot of candidates coming to Beijing recently, and it's good for her to stay at home honestly."
Princess Shun'an glared at him and put the teacup in her hand on the table: "I know playing with crickets, believe it or not, the general that Ben Gong raised you..."
"Shh." Yao Consort quickly sat up straight and said nervously, "Don't talk nonsense, my cricket has changed its name."
The eyes of the husband and wife met in the air, and they seemed to recall something, and Qi Qi stopped mentioning the word "Great General".
"Princess, concubine, the Fushou County Lord of Huafu handed over an invitation, and invited the County Lord to go out for a chat." The servant came in with a greeting card.
Princess Shun'an took a look at the invitation, and said without thinking, "Go ask the county master to come out, and say that the master of Fushou county will see her."
"Who do you think invited me?" Jiamin took the invitation and glanced at it, shaking her hands and throwing it aside: "Just say I have no time, so I won't go."
"The princess, this is what the princess means." The maid who passed the message looked a little embarrassed.
Jiamin grabbed the greeting card and strode to the front hall: "Mother, didn't you tell me to stay away from Hua Liuli?"
"I told you to stay away from her, but now she invites you." Princess Shun'an avoided her daughter's angry eyes, "Then go ahead."
"I'm not going." Jiamin was embarrassed to tell her parents that when she saw Hua Liuli, she didn't consciously embarrass her, so she simply couldn't see her heart.
"Daughter, today is not the same time, General Wei has returned to Beijing, you should go obediently." Princess Shun'an stood up, "not to mention that Princess Fushou is different from her mother, she is a delicate and gentle person. Does it matter?"
"It's good for General Wei to return to Beijing, but it doesn't mean I'm going to make her daughter happy." Jiamin shook her head sharply, "I'm not going."
"Be obedient." Princess Shun'an grabbed a stack of silver notes and stuffed it into her daughter, then turned and walked out the door, "The kitchen doesn't prepare your favorite meals at noon. You and Fushou County Master have a good time."
Jiamin: "Mother..."
"Father, what does mother mean?" After confirming that her mother would not change her mind, Jiamin turned her head and asked Yao's concubine, "I really don't want to go out."
"You don't know how precious life is when you are young, and you regret it when you are old." Yao Consort sighed, "Daughter, listen to your mother's words and have a good time with Fushou County Master. If you don't have enough money, I still have it here."
After he finished speaking, he also stuffed a handful of banknotes into Jiamin, carried the cricket cage, and hurried away.
Holding the stack of silver notes, Jiamin's face changed, and finally she gritted her teeth and walked towards the gate.
As soon as she walked to the gate, she saw Hua Liuli wearing a light-colored corset, her slender waist as soft as a willow branch. Jiamin suddenly thought of a poem called "Yingying's grip is boneless, the wind blows her skirt and dances with butterflies".
But thinking of this weak and boneless woman who could stab over a dozen men with her sword, and let their corpses be dragged away by wild beasts, the only thing in Jiamin's mind was the words "Dogs that bite, don't bark" kept repeating.
"Sister Jiamin." Seeing Jiamin coming out, Hua Liuli smiled sweetly at her and said softly, like water like smoke, which made her bones go soft.
Jiamin strode up to Hua Liuli and whispered, "What are you looking for from me?"
"Sister Jiamin, I'm just here to play with you, don't be so nervous." Hua Liuli blinked, "Don't my sister want to see me?"
Seeing Hua Liuli looking like she was about to cry, Princess Jiamin took a deep breath: "You don't need to test me, I didn't tell anyone about you."
"I know the county master is someone who keeps his promises." Hua Liuli stretched out her hand to hold Jiamin's wrist and pulled it gently, "But we are sisters who have a life-and-death relationship, and it hurts to talk about these feelings. Come, let's play while walking. ."
Jiamin looked back at the gate of the Princess Mansion in despair, wondering if she could return to the Princess Mansion with all her hands and feet
"Girl, it seems that the Princess Jiamin and the Princess Fushou passed by our carriage just now."
When Du Xiuying heard the maid's words, she lifted the curtain of the car and glanced at it. From a distance, she saw Jiamin driving Hua Liuli's arm to a teahouse, and the maids of the two followed behind her with their heads bowed, no expression visible.
Putting down the curtain, Du Xiuying turned a page of the book, but she couldn't read it.
Many people in the capital knew that General Hua's daughter was frail and sickly and could not be frightened. Jiamin has been practicing martial arts since she was a child. She has an arrogant personality and is not in harmony with Hua Liuli. What did she want to do when she brought Hua Liuli to the teahouse
"Gentlemen focus on righteousness and avoid profits..." Du Xiuying put down the book and said, "Groom, turn around and go to the teahouse you just passed by."
If you don't see it, that's fine. If you see something injustice, but you don't want to stand up, how is it different from a villain
Hua Liuli took Jiamin to the most popular teahouse in the capital, and poked Jiamin's arm with her finger: "Sister Jiamin, which wing do you like to stay in on weekdays?"
Jiamin patted her hand away and said to the cleanly dressed maid, "It's still the old rules."
"Your Highness, please." The maid smiled and led the two upstairs. "Recently, the shop has bought some spring bud tea. Would you like to try it?"
After seeing Jiamin nod, the maid hurriedly asked someone to prepare, bowed to lead the two to the box, and then quietly backed out.
"County Lord, you forgot? I don't drink tea." Hua Liuli asked the waiter to change the pot of boiled water, and picked the fruits and melons on the table to eat, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Is the county owner alright lately?"
"What the hell are you trying to do?" Jiamin looked at Hua Liuli suspiciously, she didn't believe that Hua Liuli cared about her.
"I don't have any friends in the capital, so I just wanted to play with the county master to kill time." Hua Liuli put two peanuts in front of Jiamin, "It doesn't mean anything else."
Hua Liuli glanced out the window and found that this location is very interesting, you can see the pedestrians on the street. The person across the street looked familiar. The last time Tian Ruidong had a conflict with the Chen family son, he was almost killed by the servant with a dagger, as if he was there.
She even wondered if the real mastermind behind the scenes would have been sitting in this teahouse when the incident happened, watching it all happen with a cold eye.
Because of her sudden appearance, it not only destroyed the person's plan, but also affected his mood to watch the play.
So he hated her who was not in the plan, and wanted to capture her alive and slowly torture her to death. It is a pity that after the Tian Ruidong incident, the imperial court began to check all persons with suspicious identities, so he had to leave the capital early, leaving those killers to carry out his plan.
Now it is as she imagined, so the person behind the scenes is a very conceited person. He felt that his plan was seamless and infallible, as if everything was in his hands.
She shivered with disgust at her own idea, Hua Liuli turned her head to look at Jiamin who was sitting honestly in her seat: "Jiamin County Master, I heard that the Huachao Festival in the capital is very lively, is there anything I need to pay attention to? "
Hearing the word "Flower Dynasty", Jiamin's scalp couldn't help tingling, and she was secretly anxious. Could it be that Hua Liuli already knew that she had planned to embarrass her at the Huachao Festival, and now she deliberately brought this up, Are you just listening to the truth
But she had already given up her plan to embarrass Hua Liuli. Would Hua Liuli believe it when she said it
"Also... there's nothing to pay attention to, that day there will be many young masters out in the capital to go out for a walk, or even recite poems and draw pictures, you just need to dress up beautifully." Jiamin took a cup of tea and took a sip, hiding her guilty conscience. " What are you asking about this?"
"Just ask." Hua Liuli got up and walked to Jiamin's side to sit down, "Actually, there is one small thing I want to ask you about."
"Just ask, what are you doing so close to?" As soon as Hua Liuli approached, Jiamin's whole body froze, and she moved to the side, "Hua Liuli, let me tell you, don't go too far, I am the emperor. relatives."
"I know, I know, if you weren't a relative of the royal family, I wouldn't ask you." Hua Liuli grabbed Jiamin, who was moving to the side, and dragged her back, "I'm not bored, I want to hear from you. Tell me about the gossip in the capital."
"What kind of gossip?" Jiamin turned her head, "I am a dignified princess, how can I talk like a woman in the market."
"Is that so." Hua Liuli let go of Jiamin, "I heard some gossip about Prince Ying and wanted to tell you. Since you don't like discussing these things, then forget it."
"Do you have any news about King Ying?" Jiamin looked at Hua Liuli suspiciously.
"Oops, if you don't have it, you won't have it." Hua Liuli waved her hand, "Anyway, you're not interested, it doesn't matter."
"If you insist on telling me, I can still reluctantly listen." Jiamin grabbed Hua Liuli, "Tell me."
"Prefer not to say."
"Did you do it on purpose, Hua Liuli, you..."
"Jiamin, don't be ridiculous." The door of the box was opened, and a panting woman stood at the door, her eyes fixed on Jiamin.
"Cousin?" Although Jiamin didn't like this cousin very much, she didn't want Hua Liuli to watch the fun, so she waved the nursing home who was chasing after him to retreat, "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Du Xiuying ignored her, walked to Hua Liuli, and waved Jiamin's hand on Hua Liuli's arm, "Jiamin, don't make trouble."
"What am I making trouble for?" Jiamin didn't dare to believe when Du Xiuying hid Hua Liuli behind her, "Who am I making trouble with her?!"
She stayed at home and was dragged out by Hua Liuli, and now she is regarded as a villain by her cousin.
Growing up, she has never suffered such grievances.
"County Master, are you okay?" Du Xiuying ignored Jiamin, who was calling for condescension. Jiamin didn't know how many people she had bullied since she was a child. When she grew up, she was more open-mouthed and didn't care about other people's feelings, so she didn't believe her for a long time. a set.
"I'm fine." Hua Liuli shook her head obediently.
"It's fine." Du Xiuying supported her arm, "It's not early, I'll take you back."
Hua Liuli looked at Du Xiuying and Jiamin, but did not reject the other party's kindness.
"The county master may not be familiar with me yet." Seeing that Hua Liuli did not come out in the carriage, Du Xiuying helped her to ride in the same carriage with her, "My surname is Du, my boudoir name is Xiuying, she is Jiamin's cousin, you call me My name is fine."
"Hello, Sister Xiuying."
"Don't dare." Du Xiuying bowed, "The county master is a daughter of gold, so how can you call the next elder sister."
Looking at the serious Du Xiuying, Hua Liuli remembered the female gentleman who taught her etiquette when she was a child.
"Although Jiamin is impulsive, her nature is not bad. If she offends her, please forgive her." Du Xiuying gave Hua Liuli another big gift.
"Miss Du, don't do this." Hua Liuli quickly reached out to help her up after being given such a well-behaved gift, "Today, I came out with the county master Jiamin, just to ask the county master about the Huachao Festival, there is no her. thing."
Du Xiuying took a deep look at Hua Liuli, then lowered her head slightly and said, "So it is."
The girl from the Hua family is so kind and kind. When she entered the door, she clearly saw Jiamin grabbing her arm, as if forcing her to say something, but she was still reluctant to say bad things about Jiamin in front of her.
With such a character, how could he not suffer with Jiamin
"If the county master wants to know, you can come and ask." Du Xiuying sighed, took the cape handed over by the maid, and put it on Hua Liuli's shoulder.
Such a thin little girl, just sitting there, can't help but worry.
"Thank you Miss Du." Hua Liuli felt that Du Xiuying looked at her like a kind sister. She touched her face and couldn't help but deeply examine whether it was a little bad to deceive the trust of the beautiful girl like this.
"Every year during the Huachao Festival, the goddess of flowers will be worshipped, and the flowers will be held in spring. There is no queen in the palace, and the empress dowager is too old, so the palace will not specially hold a sacrificial ceremony. In recent years, several princesses have invited the capital The girls who came out of the cabinet, dress up and attend the sacrificial activities together." Du Xiuying said, "The host of this year's Flower Court is the second princess, her character has always been kind, and you don't have to feel wronged for doing things you don't want to do after you go."
Speaking of which, she glanced at Hua Liuli uneasy: "I will also go to Huachao on the same day. If the county master has anything unclear or unclear, just come to me."
"Thank you Miss Du." Hua Liuli smiled gratefully at Du Xiuying.
"Don't be polite, county master." Du Xiuying looked at Hua Liuli's fair face and always wanted to put another dress on Hua Liuli.
This is probably... Grandma's mood to raise her granddaughter, she always feels that she is not dressed warm enough
Du Xiuying felt that her mentality was a bit strange. Could it be that the brothers and sisters in the family were not as good-looking as Hua Liuli
After sending Hua Liuli back to the house, Du Xiuying returned home and saw that her parents and brothers were there, she stepped forward to salute the three of them.
"Xiu Ying, my family doesn't have to do this." Father Du was very helpless.
"Father, don't be rude, this is what a daughter should do." Du Xiuying still finished her ceremony.
Father Du reluctantly stretched out his hand to support his forehead, apparently because he had nothing to do with this pedantic daughter.
The elder brother of the Du family has long been accustomed to his younger sister's character, so he doesn't take these things to heart, but instead said, "Father, mother, I heard a very interesting thing today."
"What's the matter?" Father Du asked with interest, turning his head to see that his daughter was still there, and sitting up straight again.
As a child, I can't say that my parents are not, so Du Xiuying had to stand up and prepare to go back to the study.
"Yesterday, the prince and the mother and daughter of General Wei appeared at the Taoist Temple in the suburbs of Beijing."
Du Xiuying paused in her footsteps and stopped walking out.
"Prince Prince will go to the Taoist Temple every year on the 16th day of the first lunar month to light the lantern for Queen Gonghui. When General Wei returned to the capital for the first time, he didn't know the Prince's habits. In a very lively mood, there have been too many rumors about the prince since childhood, so much that the entire capital has lost its sense of novelty.
Anyway, everyone felt that it would be a matter of time before His Majesty abolished his heir status due to the Prince's behavior.
Today is not abolished, that is tomorrow, anyway, at a certain day in the future.
The elder brother of the Du family said, "Maybe the prince wants to marry Fushou County Master, so as to increase his bargaining power for his succession?"
"As long as the prince has some brains, he should stay away from the Hua family." Du Fu sighed, "Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue have made great military exploits, not only in the military, but also in the people. He is highly respected, you If it was Your Majesty, what would you think?"
"I admire my vision and choose two capable generals?" The Du family's brother was a little unsure, "Don't the people say that His Majesty is Ziwei Xing and General Hua Yingting is Wenqu Xing?"
"Superficial." Father Du looked at his son in disappointment, "If you are half as capable and knowledgeable as your sister, I can rest assured."
The Du family's elder brother thought to himself that he disliked his daughter's reading too much, and became an old pedant. He also disliked him for reading too little and lacking knowledge. In these days, it is not easy for children to please their parents.
"In the beginning, His Majesty may have been so long, but after a long time, he would wonder if the Hua family would have any objection, and would suspect that the Hua family would threaten the emperor with public opinion. If the prince and the Hua family got close, it would make things worse, Your Majesty. I will suspect that the prince can't wait to take the throne and wants to take his place."
"As long as the prince has a half sense of reason, he will not get too close to the Hua family. He can marry any woman in the world, but the county owner of the Hua family can't." Father Du affirmed, "not to mention the Fushou County Lord. Frail and sickly, I am afraid that it is not conducive to bearing children, how can such a girl marry into the royal family?"
"So it is." The exclusive brother suddenly realized: "Could it be that someone deliberately framed this matter?"
"The rest of the princes are getting older, so I can't say for sure." Father Du stroked his beard and turned to look at Du Xiuying, who was standing at the door and hadn't left. "So it's a good thing that Xiuying doesn't marry the prince."
"Father, yesterday the boy went to greet grandfather. He seems to appreciate the fourth prince very much." The Du family brother whispered, "He shouldn't think about..."
"Don't think too much." Father Du frowned. He knew that his father didn't like the prince very much, but he didn't want to use the marriage of his children as his father's political bargaining chip.
Fourth prince
Du Xiuying turned and left with an expressionless face. In her opinion, the book has its own golden house, the book has its own Yan Ruyu, whether it is a prince or a prince, it is not as interesting as those books.
"Little girl, you are very promising." Hua Changkong said, "Go out in the morning to find the Princess Jiamin to play, and at noon let the Du family girl bring it back. The little girl in the capital, who else have you not provoked?"
"That's too much." Hua Liuli said, "I found out from Miss Du today that there is a Wenquxing Temple nearby, which is very effective. I will go and worship you tomorrow."
Hua Changkong: "Don't be superstitious."
"You won't suffer if you believe in a letter." Hua Liuli patted Hua Changkong on the shoulder, "Third brother, don't put too much pressure on yourself. There are only three days left in the Spring Festival, so I won't be able to read many books in such a short time, so it's better to relax. Mood. I believe that you will be able to pass the test, it doesn’t matter if you don’t pass the test, the most important thing is that you are happy.”
She didn't tell Hua Changkong. Today, she also inquired about the imperial examination with Du Xiuying, and learned that some candidates suddenly went crazy and fell ill in the examination room. She was very worried that her handsome third brother would also go crazy in the examination room.
"Don't worry, the third brother will pay attention." After listening to Hua Liuli talking so much, just because he was worried that he would be too stressed and hurt his body, Hua Changkong smiled and rubbed the top of Hua Liuli's hair, "Don't worry about it, kid. Those little things."
"Then you go to bed early tonight." Hua Liuli closed the book on the table, "Read these books tomorrow and during the day."
"Okay, okay." Hua Changkong was supervised by Hua Liuli and returned to his yard. When Hua Liuli returned to his small yard, he saw his father and mother drinking and admiring the moon outside. Afraid of disturbing their Yaxing, he immediately relaxed his steps and slipped against the wall. into your yard.
"His Royal Highness, can this be placed under the pillow?" The maid who changed the bed found that there were weeds under the pillow, so she didn't dare to make her own decisions, so she had to hold it in front of the prince with both hands.
The prince got up and put the straw-woven butterfly back under the pillow himself, and said to the palace maid, "Let it go."
"Yes." The maids tidied up the beds and quietly backed out.
"His Royal Highness, the news that you and the county master met at the Taoist temple yesterday was spread by Concubine Xian." A little eunuch wearing a blue robe hurried in and whispered, "Concubine Xian doesn't seem to want you to marry a Du family girl. ."
"Heh." The prince was not surprised by the results of the investigation. This method of spreading rumors to each other was almost a method that the concubines and concubines of the harem would not tire of using.
Concubine Xian has been in the palace for so many years, and her means have not improved much.
"His Royal Highness." The eunuch who has served the prince for many years couldn't help but said: "It's better... it's better for you to stay away from the Princess Fushou in the future."
"Gu is the kind of person who wronged himself because of rumors?" Tai shot at the gold beads on the table, and when he saw the gold beads fall to the ground and rolled into the bottom of the cabinet, he didn't frown: "The flower court is coming soon, Gu Gu. I remember that there is a box of pearl hairpins in the private library, and I will send it to Fushou County tomorrow."
"His Royal Highness, those pearl hairpins are rare treasures, why not leave them to the future crown princess..."
"Gu thinks those jewels are suitable for Fushou County Master." The prince stood up lazily, "I'm lonely, you all retreat."
"Yes."
The next day when Emperor Changlong went to court, the prince went to the imperial study of Chenyang Palace.
Seeing that his son came to the imperial study so actively, Emperor Changlong put down the booklet in his hand: "Tell me, is there anything I need the emperor to do?"
The son is suddenly diligent and well-behaved, most of whom are asking for something.
"It's nothing, Erchen just wants to report to you, and there are some concubines in the harem who have arranged the gossip between Erchen and a certain girl." The prince sat down on the chair dejectedly, "Erchen is not very happy, so I can only find you. Complain."
"Who is it?" Emperor Changlong had a headache. He placed the prince's status so high just to let them understand that the future heir of Dajin could only be Yuan Su, not someone else.
It's a pity that several women in the harem still don't seem to understand what he means.
"This is not important, the important thing is that in order to make up for the little girl, Erchen gave her the jewelry that was going to be given to the Crown Princess." The prince said, "So for the jewelry that will be presented as tribute this year, please let Erchen choose first. , to save the family for my son."
"Are you still missing something?"
"Father, father, it is a thousand-year-old tradition for a father to save his son's capital to marry a daughter-in-law. If the son doesn't look for you, who else can he look for?" As the most honorable old man in the Jin Dynasty, the crown prince could Peace of mind.
"That's it, no one in the world likes to subsidize their sons. You can choose it yourself and take whatever you like." In front of the prince, Emperor Changlong's eccentric eye problems would occur from time to time.
"My son, thank the father for his grace."
The prince turned around and went to the emperor's private treasury, and asked Zhao Sancai, the former director of the royal family who accompanied him, "Eunuch Zhao, what kind of jewelry does Concubine Xian like on weekdays?"
Zhao Sancai: "..."
Your Highness, can we stop being so obvious
The author has something to say: Q: How to get revenge on a woman
Carmine: I feel like I'm getting revenge.
Prince: Thank you, Gu just came out of the emperor's private treasury. There are many ways, but the most simple and rude is to take whatever she likes.