The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 39: Embroidered shoes

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Hua Liuli came very quickly, half a cup of tea and came over. She was wearing a skirt that was 80% new, and her wide sleeve robe was tied with embroidered rope. At a glance, she knew that she had put down what she was doing and rushed over. .

Hua Changkong was just about to scold Hua Liuli for being unruly in front of the Crown Prince, who knew that his sister's mouth was faster than his.

"Your Highness, please forgive me, the minister and daughter just now are playing rouge with a few maids. When I learned that the Highness came down, I forgot to change my clothes and rushed over." Hua Liuli said while unbuttoning her sleeves, watching with a smile Prince, "Your Highness, you came here on purpose today, what's the matter?"

Seeing Hua Liuli smiling, the prince also laughed: "When I was having lunch just now, I was thinking that this is the first time the county master is celebrating the Huachao Festival in the capital, and I am not familiar with the customs here in the capital, so I want to invite you tomorrow. Play with Lonely."

The prince made this trip because he was worried that she would not have a good time tomorrow

How can there be such a good man in the world? Good-looking, gentle, and caring!

"The minister and Princess Jiamin have made an appointment to go out together, but they haven't decided where to go." Hua Liuli took the teacup from the maid and replaced the teacup in front of the prince, "His Royal Highness will also be with the people tomorrow. Do you want to have fun together? I don’t know where Your Highness is going to play, the courtier will come to find you tomorrow.”

As the prince, she was really happy to play with her alone, but she was afraid of causing trouble to the prince.

Hearing that Hua Liuli and Jiamin made an appointment to go out together, the smile on the prince's face did not change. Hearing that Hua Liuli would come to him, the smile on his face was visibly brighter: "In recent years, during the Hua Dynasty Festival, the sons and daughters of the capital like to go to the green hills on the outskirts of Beijing. A prince will play in the Wangqing Pavilion on the mountain, and if the county owner feels bored in the mountains, he can go here to find solitude."

"Okay." Hua Liuli nodded: "Before noon tomorrow, the ministers and daughters will come to look for His Highness."

Hua Changkong swept his eyes around the prince and his sister. When he said that he had made an appointment with some candidates of the same class, did his sister not say that he would come to play with him

Sure enough, everything is good from other people's homes, even my brother.

After getting Hua Liuli's promise, the prince was in a good mood, and asked the attendants to bring in the gift he prepared for Hua Liuli.

Various snacks and fabrics, as well as several pairs of embroidered shoes in different styles and colors.

"There is a rule among the people in the capital. Every time it comes to the Flower Festival, the elders, fathers and brothers in the family will prepare embroidered shoes for their daughters. On the day of the Flower Festival, women who wear embroidered shoes full of family blessings will receive special attention from the flower gods. Favor, there will be no disease, no disaster, and peace in the coming year." The prince opened one of the wooden boxes, and inside was a pair of embroidered shoes with exquisite embroidery, "I don't know how big the county's feet are, and what color you will wear tomorrow. Clothes, so I asked Xiu Niang to make a few more pairs of shoes, hoping to have shoes that suit the princess's heart."

Regardless of men and women, the number of shoes given to people is somewhat ambiguous. The prince didn’t want the family to feel that he was Meng Lang, so he explained a few more words: “Two months ago, the county owner lived in the palace, and I don’t know if the two generals can I can't come back before the Huachao Festival, so I asked Xiu Niang to make these shoes on my own initiative, and I hope that the county master and the third son will not blame the solitary and troublesome."

Hua Changkong originally thought that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, the prince sent it privately, and he didn't even know the size of the little sister's feet. Two months ago, he didn't understand the customs and habits of Beijing, and the younger sister was the kind of character who didn't care about trivial things.

"His Royal Highness is so kind, why is it so troublesome?" Hua Changkong stood up and gave the prince a salute, "I really don't understand these rules and regulations in Beijing, but fortunately, His Royal Highness has prepared for my sister in advance."

What other girls have, his girl can't lack, otherwise, I'll be aggrieved.

"Gu is also superfluous. Now that General Hua and General Wei are here, everything will be ready." The smile on the prince's face was even warmer than Chun Feng's: "Gu originally didn't want to bring these shoes, but I didn't want to waste them. After thinking about it, I still brought them here. If the county master doesn't like it, he will put them aside."

"These embroidered shoes are very beautiful, and the court lady likes them very much." Hua Liuli picked up an embroidered shoe and touched the sole. It may be due to the fact that the soles of the shoes are specially treated with anti-slip, considering that the Huachao Festival is going to travel.

"The princess likes it." The prince also put the wooden box in his hand in front of Hua Liuli, "I still have to go back to deal with some things, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time. If the princess likes these shoes, I hope you... You can pick a pair from them tomorrow and change them. superior."

"Okay." Hua Liuli nodded.

The prince heard the words and laughed, got up and looked at Hua Liuli: "Then we will see you tomorrow."

"The servant girl will send you." Seeing the prince coming and going in a hurry, Hua Liuli believed that the prince was really busy. But she's so busy, and she hasn't forgotten to take care of her. Who wouldn't be moved by such kindness

The prince is indeed a good prince.

On the day of the Huachao Festival, Jiamin, with her head full of sleepiness, whispered impatiently, "What are you tossing about in the early morning?"

"County Lord, today is the Huachao Festival, you are so beautiful, how can you let other girls compare?" Seeing that she was unhappy, the personal maid persuaded her in a soft voice, "Don't talk about other people, just talk about the Lin family. That Lin Wan must not let her go past you."

"She?" Jiamin sneered, "She looks like a lot of water, she usually looks soft and weak, but unfortunately there is a flower, glaze and pearl in front of her, and she can't catch up with the horse. Look at it, as long as there are flowers today Liuli is here, if anyone still notices her, I will lose you one hundred taels of silver."

"The county master's vision has always been very good. I'm afraid the slave girl won't be able to earn this hundred taels." The servant coaxed Jiamin, "The slave girl thinks that Lin Wan is not as good as you at all, if it is not because she has a clear name Lao Tzu, who is away, who will look at her more, let alone be the future British princess."

Hearing the words "Princess Ying", the sleepiness in Jiamin's mind was completely driven away. She stared at herself with red lips in the mirror, and whispered, "Princess Ying is so rare."

The maid didn't dare to answer this sentence, she lowered her head and pretended to choose a hairpin for Jiamin.

As soon as Jiamin was dressed up, Princess Shun An sent someone to urge her.

"County Lord, Fushou County Lord has been waiting for you in the main hall for a while."

"Who are you talking about?" Jiamin doubted her ears.

"Fu Shou County Master." The maid noticed Jiamin's expression was different, and said suspiciously: "Fu Shou County Master said that she has made an appointment with you a long time ago, isn't it...?"

"She's right, we made an appointment." Jiamin smiled hard, why did she provoke Hua Liuli in the first place, now it's okay, even on the day of the Hua Dynasty Festival, Hua Liuli didn't want to let her go.

Although he was reluctant in his heart, he dared not stop at his feet. Her mother was a more impulsive person when she spoke. She was afraid that Hua Liuli would be impatient after waiting too long, so she drew two holes in her mother's body with her sword.

After hurriedly arriving outside the main hall, Jiamin heard her mother's laughter and a tone that was deliberately flattering.

"The Princess Fushou is really beautiful today. Compared to you, that girl Jiamin looks like a dog's tail."

Ha ha.

A month ago, you said that your daughter is the most beautiful in the whole capital.

Jiamin stepped into the main hall without smiling, and when she saw Hua Liuli's first glance, a thought flashed in her mind.

Where did this little goblin come from, so beautiful? !

"Sister Jiamin." The goblin got up and blessed her, she was well-behaved and cute.

"What's the matter with your child, why didn't you return the gift?" Princess Shun'an glared at Jiamin, then smiled and said to Hua Liuli, "This child has been spoiled by this palace and doesn't understand the rules at all, wait for you to come back from playing. , Ben Gong must teach her well."

"Your Highness, your words are serious. The court lady and Sister Jiamin are friends of life and death, and you don't need these courteous rules." Hua Liuli took Jiamin's arm.

"Look at how good Liuli is." Princess Shun'an said to Jiamin earnestly, "I came to wait for you early in the morning, but you are sleeping late in the room, and you must keep your promises as people. Since you have made an appointment to meet, how can you make people meet? Just wait?"

Seeing Hua Liuli, Princess Shun'an thought of Wei Mingyue. When I was a child, I was ignorant, thinking that I was a princess and other noble girls would let me, so I never had any scruples when speaking and doing things.

In fact, it was indeed the case. She lived a happy life for a long time, until one day, she accidentally provoked Wei Mingyue...

It was a nightmare experience.

Later, Wei Mingyue wanted to enter the army camp as a general. Many people in the DPRK and China opposed it, but she used her full skills to support it. In order for Wei Mingyue to become a general successfully, she took her friends to count the benefits of a woman being a general, and even said "Who says women are inferior to men", so she wanted her friends to help.

After Wei Mingyue became a general, Princess Shun'an was so happy that she didn't sleep well for three days.

This nightmarish woman can finally get out of the barracks and not use it to harm her.

From then on, everyone in the capital felt that she was a supporter of Wei Mingyue, and even her daughter listened to the rumors and admired Wei Mingyue since childhood.

Only she knew in her own heart that what she admired and what she supported were all lies. She just wanted Wei Mingyue to stay away from herself.

Now that Wei Mingyue is relieved of her armor and returning to the field, Princess Shun'an has reduced the number of times she goes out, and she does not dare to let her daughter offend Hua Liuli. She is afraid that Wei Mingyue will not only become her own nightmare, but also her own daughter's nightmare.

She regrets it, regrets it very much.

If time could come back, she would rather jump into the lake to clear her head than to provoke Wei Mingyue.

Watching Hua Liuli leave with her daughter, Princess Shun'an breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, her daughter's life was better than hers. At least Hua Liuli was a soft and talkative little girl, not as scary as her mother.

Jiamin was lying in the carriage helplessly, and now there was no King of England or Lin Wan in her mind, only Hua Liuli, who was humming a little song beside her.

"Isn't there any meal in the morning?" Hua Liuli fed a piece of cake the size of her little finger to Jiamin's mouth, "Eat this, you won't get fat on your mouth."

Can Jiamin refuse

She didn't dare, so she humiliated and ate it.

It tasted good, and she decided to humiliate it a few more times.

After a stick of incense, Hua Liuli and Jiamin sat cross-legged in the carriage with a plate of cakes, and they ate very sweetly.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" After eating the pastry, Jiamin put the plate aside, pretending that nothing had happened, "I admit that it was my fault that I deliberately made things difficult for you, how on earth are you willing to let me go? ?"

"I hit you?"

Carmine shook her head.

"Have I scolded you?"

Jiamin continued to shake her head.

Hua Liuli held her cheeks with both hands, and smiled innocently and innocently: "So you think too much, I just treat you as a friend."

When Jiamin saw Hua Liuli's signature innocent smile, she felt a little nervous in her heart, and the courage she had finally gathered up was like the plate full of pastries just now disappeared without a trace.

There was the sound of whips from outside the carriage, and people groaned in pain. Hua Liuli lifted the curtains of the carriage and looked out, and saw that the jailer was driving a group of people in prison uniforms out of the city.

These prisoners are all wearing shackles and should be repeat offenders. These prisoners looked very honest, only the last one walked staggeringly. The jailer who followed seemed to think that he was walking too slowly and affected the speed of the entire team, so he was given two whips.

"Those are the prisoners who were sent to the quarry to work." Jiamin glanced at them casually, "You don't have to sympathize with them, these people are committing major cases of abduction and trafficking of women and children, robbery and harm, and they deserve such an end. "

Hua Liuli lowered the curtain and turned to ask Jiamin, "Why don't you know?"

"Of course I know." Jia Mincong snorted, "A year ago, there was a steward in the princess's mansion who wanted to cheat on the servant girl in the mansion. After I found out, I whipped him and sent him here."

Hua Liuli raised her eyebrows: "I didn't expect you to have a sense of justice."

"What do you mean by not expecting." Jiamin tutted in dissatisfaction, "If you can't speak, you can say a few words less."

At the foot of the green hill, Miss Tian looked up from time to time. They made an appointment with Jiamin to meet at the foot of the mountain. Why hasn't Jiamin arrived yet

Miss Yao, who was standing with Miss Tian, looked a little awkward, and she wasn't completely relieved.

"Oh, Sister Yao, are you still unhappy?" Miss Tian took Miss Yao's arm and shook it, "You and Jiamin are both cousins and good friends. In front of outsiders, she must be more casual with you. Who It's an outsider, and it's not like you don't know who is your own, so why bother with Jiamin over this trivial matter."

"The two of them went to Lefang together on an appointment the next day. Where can I find such a close outsider?" Miss Yao snorted, "It's not that I'm stingy, it's clearly that she is angry."

As soon as the two finished speaking, they saw a carriage with the Hua family emblem coming towards it, and Miss Yao turned her head with disdain on her face.

But when she saw Jiamin get off the carriage, she sneered and said to Miss Tian, "Did you see, everyone came here in Hua Liuli's carriage."

"Forget it, it's all little sisters." Miss Tian was afraid that Miss Yao would trouble Hua Liuli again, so she quickly reached out and grabbed her, "It would be more lively with one more person, that's not very good."

"Sister Yao, listen to my advice." Miss Tian said earnestly, "According to the law of words, your initiative to make trouble for others will make you unlucky."

"Tian Shanshan, I've told you many times that it's good for your brain to read less and read more." Miss Yao gritted her teeth, "If you mention the book again, I'll let you eat it."

Miss Tian said weakly, "Sister Yao, my name is Tian Shan, not Tian Shanshan."

"Shut up." As the smartest of the little sisters, Miss Yao often felt extremely tired.

Seeing that the little sisters were waiting for her, Jiamin was afraid that they would attack Hua Liuli, so she quickly stepped forward to them, and whispered: "The Princess Fushou has no friends in Beijing, we will see General Wei and General Hua. For her sake, take care of her more."

Hearing Jiamin mention the two generals, the little sisters' expressions changed. How many young people in the capital do not worship the two generals

Even if they don't like Hua Liuli anymore, in the eyes of the two generals, they won't overdo things.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, we don't seem to have any deep hatred with Hua Liuli." Tian Shan secretly glanced at Hua Liuli who was standing beside the carriage and didn't come, "The person that King Ying wants to marry is not her, we don't need to deliberately target her. "

"My brother rode a horse in the busy market, which made her frightened and seriously ill. Later, Jiamin and her went to my house to express condolences, so she and Jiamin were kidnapped by the gangsters. Your Majesty almost cured our father's crime, and it was also the Hua family who wrote a letter to your Majesty for us. "Although the twenty-seventh day of filial piety has passed, Tian Shan, the grandson, is still wearing plain clothes, the only thing that is more fancy is the embroidered bag with flowers around her waist.

"It's no wonder that as long as we speak ill of Hua Liuli recently, you always pretend to be a fool to interrupt..." Miss Yao wanted to say that Tian Shan was a traitor, but if this happened to her, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to let her friends smear Hua Liuli.

Jiamin's expression was very subtle. First, because King Ying came to plead for Tian's family and was scolded by her mother, she was a little embarrassed to face Tian Shan. The second is because I felt uncomfortable hearing the words "severely frightened".

A woman who dares to kill even a gangster will be scared and sick because others are running horses? This is clearly the fool of Keng Tian Ruidong. I didn't expect the King of England to be even more stupid and jump into this pit by himself.

So, why does she continue to like the King of England who already has a fiancée and doesn't seem to have a good mind

After slowly letting go of her feelings for King Ying, Jiamin found that King Ying's straightforwardness had turned into impulsiveness in her eyes, and Yingwu had turned into strong limbs and a simple mind.

It may be that a man without a master is more attractive. When this attraction disappears, he is useless.

Seeing that they were talking about the same, Hua Liuli slowly walked towards them: "Is this mountain difficult to climb?"

"As far as your body is blown by the wind, let the maid support you, so as not to implicate us." Miss Yao said angrily, "We don't want to be accused of bullying you."

"Miss Yao is always hard-hearted and soft-hearted. I will take note of your kindness." Hua Liuli said with a smile, "Then let's go now."

When climbing the mountain, everyone noticed that the shoes on Hua Liuli's feet were so beautiful that even Miss Yao couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Your Majesty, your shoes are so beautiful. Did the elders in the family specially prepare them for you?" Tian Shan originally had many embroidered shoes specially made for her by her family, but after her grandfather went west, she put away those embroidered shoes. I only wore a pair of plain shoes today.

"Well..." Hua Liuli stretched her feet out of her skirt, "Does it look good?"

"Good-looking." Tian Shan nodded, "It matches your outfit today. There is a faint streamer floating on the upper of the shoe. When walking, it is like stepping on the light. Not only is it beautiful, but it also has a clever word."

"The two generals care about you very much." Jiamin looked down at the shoes on Hua Liuli's feet, a little jealous, the other party's shoes turned out to be prettier than hers.

Hua Liuli just laughed when she heard the words, but she couldn't say in front of Jiamin that it was given by her cousin, the prince. What does this make Jiamin think

Seeing Hua Liuli smiling but not saying a word, everyone just took her as the default. Yao girl, who originally promised to make Hua Liuli humiliated at the Hua Dynasty Festival, saw that Hua Liuli didn't leave for a long time, her complexion became pale, she unconsciously slowed down, and took out two mints from her purse for Hua Liuli. Liuli: "Take it and eat it, if you faint, we won't be able to move you."

"Thank you, Miss Yao." Iris took a look and handed the candy to Hua Liuli.

Hua Liuli took the candy and ate it, smiled at Miss Yao, "Thank you, the candy is very sweet."

"Hmph, you're not afraid that I poisoned the candy?" Miss Yao turned her head away from Hua Liuli.

"Miss Yao is beautiful and kind, how could she do such a thing." Hua Liuli looked at Miss Yao, her eyes filled with a gentle smile.

Miss Yao snorted again, a faint blush on her cheeks.

Jiamin watched this scene in despair, and when it was over, another friend was deceived by Hua Liuli's innocent appearance.

Yao Wenyin, why are you blushing, don't you think she is not pleasing to the eye, and are you going to clean up her today? !

It's a pity that Miss Yao didn't hear Jiamin's inner cry. Not only did she blush, but she awkwardly took off the purse containing the mints and threw it to Hua Liuli: "Take it, anyway, this kind of sweet and greasy thing. , I don't like to eat either."

"Thank you, Sister Yao." Hua Liuli smiled with frowning eyes, and in the end she didn't know what was going on. After Hua Liuli said a few words, it turned out that the four of them were climbing the mountain and eating candy together.

This woman Hua Liuli is too evil.

"Girl, it looks like Miss Yao and her friends are behind." Lin Wan's maid heard laughter coming from behind her, she turned to look, and saw that Miss Yao was walking with three luxuriously dressed girls. I recognize these three people, but it can be seen from their dress that their identities are not simple.

Lin Wan was different from the illiterate maid, she recognized at a glance who the other three were. Seeing that there were many servant girls who were waiting behind them, and there was a person who was waiting beside her, she was a little embarrassed, and even wanted to turn around and pretend that she didn't see them.

"Miss Lin." Yao Wenyin saw Lin Wan and stopped her, "Why do you travel alone?"

She and Jiamin are good friends, and she wanted to get close to Lin Wan before, but she just wanted to find out what kind of person she was. However, Jiamin doesn't seem to have much thoughts about King Ying now, so she doesn't communicate with Lin Wan any more.

Her family is a laid-back aristocrat who pays attention to eating, drinking, and having fun. Lin Wan's father is an official with the reputation of integrity. When she and Lin Wan are together, she always feels a little awkward.

Lin Wan stopped, looked at the four with a smile on her face, and gave a thousand blessings: "I have seen two county masters, and I have seen Miss Yao and Miss Tian."

"Today is the Huachao Festival, why does Miss Lin dress so plainly?" Miss Yao saw that Lin Wan only had two silver hairpins on her head and a gold gemstone hairpin. He said, "It looks a little dull."

It's no wonder that Yao Wenyin and Yao Jiamin have such a close relationship. It turns out that the two people speak in the same line, but their brains.

Commenting on other people's clothes like this is easy to be beaten.

She was about to speak to ease the atmosphere, when Lin Wan said with a smile.

"My father taught me to be frugal and not extravagant. I've gotten used to it over the years."