Chapter 88 (2/2)
Night Qinghua wants to return to the South moon, but leaves Princess Su Ying alone?
Yan Jinning didn't hear anything about this in advance. Once this person wants to stay in Dongling, what kind of identity is she going to take? Is it true that after all these twists and turns, we still have to go on the road of making peace with each other?
Yan Jinning's heart, not from a little tight, inexplicably more irritable in the heart, is about to continue to ask, listen to the body behind the Palace door guard high voice: ”have seen your royal highness Zhao!”
As soon as they went, they saw that on the royal road in the distance, situ yuan came on foot with a tall horse and stopped in front of the palace gate.
Then he dismounted, turned and walked towards the carriage that followed him.
The coachman got out of the car and opened the door. Then a pretty girl in a yellow dress bent down from the carriage.
The girl looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. She looked very pretty. She laughed at situ yuan and revealed a pair of cute dimples. Her voice was gentle and soft, and she called out: ”cousin!”
With a light complexion, situ yuan himself reached out and helped the elegant old lady down.
”It's the old lady of Dingguo mansion.” The main road of Qinghe County.
Mrs. Cong is over 60 years old, probably because of her poor health. Her face looks very old, but she is kind and friendly.
Situ yuan held her hand.
The child's back is not steady, and I'm not even on the way
That is to say, she did not refuse the help of situ yuan.
Sima yuan's lips rarely touched a radian and did not speak.
Congrong, a girl in yellow dress, went to her other side, took her hand and helped her to the palace gate with situ yuan.
”Yes, your highness!” All of them bowed to each other.
Princess Zhao welcomed her with a smile and said to Cong Laofu, ”well, my wife, I haven't seen you for a long time. It's just after the new year. I'm busy in my house. Don't be surprised to know that you didn't come back to visit me.”
”The princess is going to kill my old lady.” Old lady Cong said with a smile and raised her eyes to the princess Qinghe behind her. ”The princess is so big, and she looks more and more beautiful!”
”I've seen the old lady, and the old lady praised it falsely.” Princess Qinghe was shy and smiling.
Here, old lady Cong and their mother and daughter exchanged greetings and talked. Congrong accompanied her with a smile all the time, but her eyes inadvertently fell on Yan Jinning and couldn't help looking more.
Yan Jinning noticed that she was looking at herself, but when she didn't see it, she dropped her eyes slightly.
Congrong didn't say anything.
”Is the old lady here?” As she spoke, she brought a soft sedan chair and came out of the palace. ”Niang Niang has been talking about you since early in the morning. The old servant of the sedan chair has brought me here. Please let the old lady and miss Biao get on the sedan chair.”
”Good!” Mrs. Cong nodded gently.
Situyuan stepped aside, and mammy Gu and Congrong helped her into the sedan chair.
The Cong family, the Duke of Dingguo, was the founder of Dongling. She was in charge of military power. In addition, the empress Cong was also the mother of the state. Therefore, the status of old lady Cong was prominent and dignified. Anyone who was allowed to give her three parts of face.
At the moment, no one is fighting with her. Everyone is waiting for her to go ahead.
Situyuan was standing by Yan Jinning's side, but he did not squint all the way, as if she were the same as those of Princess Qinghe. To him, he was just a stranger by chance.
Princess Qinghe quietly pulled Yan Jinning's sleeve and whispered to her, ”we come early. The banquet will be held at noon. We will go to the imperial garden for a walk. I have a lot of things to say to you.”
Congrong holds the old lady Cong on the sedan chair and looks back quietly. It happens that Yan Jinning's sleeve is pulled up, revealing the jade bracelet on her wrist.
Congrong's eyes flashed a touch of color, but quickly covered up, just as if nothing happened to turn on another sedan chair.
With them, situ Yuan went to Fengming palace to see empress Cong, but the relationship between him and empress Cong was always cold, so he only asked for An'an and left first.
Empress Cong is really not well these days. She looks sleepy.
Congrong cleverly went over to pinch her shoulder and said angrily, ”aunt, have you been working hard again recently? If there is anything you can do for the people below, you can tell them to do it. Don't strain yourself
”You don't understand!” Empress Cong sighed, ”how can we let go of such a large stall in this palace?”
With that, he also felt that he and she were not interested in saying this, so he stopped talking, turned to Mrs. Cong, and said with concern, ”mother, how are you now? This time I was seriously ill, but I've been raising it for a long time. I'm looking at you now, and your face is not very good. ””Oh! When you get old, you can't help but feel some pain Cong Laofu is humane.
Cong queen should, mother and daughter began to gossip.
Although she is a mother and daughter, the status of empress Cong today is extraordinary after all, so there are many restrictions and taboos in this conversation.
She didn't mention palace affairs, she only talked about the parents in the government.
Empress Cong pondered, and finally opened her mouth, ”mother, you just came into the palace today. There is something I want to discuss with you all the time.”
”Well.” Cong old lady light should, hand over a look of inquiry in the past.
Empress Cong patted Cong Rong's hand, put her finger in her palm and said, ”rong'er is already sixteen this year. Isn't elder brother not engaged to her? Yuan'er is now over his weak crown, and his marriage should be settled... ”
The voice did not fall, Congrong first blushed.
However, Mrs. Cong frowned, and her hand holding the tea bowl stopped slightly. ”You mean --” ah! ” Empress Cong sighed with a sad look on her face. ”Yuan'er, the child was brought up by your mother with one hand. I don't need to tell you more about his temperament. He is the prince, so the marriage should have been settled for a long time. However, with regard to his temper, every time we talk to him, he is not cold and lukewarm
, and we can't just argue with him Rong'er is a good child, so my palace thinks that if her mother doesn't have any objection, it's better to marry the two children in person, right? ”
Empress Cong said this through consultation.
Congrong bowed her head and did not speak.
The wrinkle of old lady Cong's eyebrows didn't unfold any more. She didn't look at Congrong either. She just thought about it for a while, then she looked at empress Cong and said, ”is that what yuan'er means?”
On hearing this, empress Cong's face immediately became gloomy. Then she quickly covered up and said, ”no, I don't want to ask my mother's opinion about you and your elder brother and sister-in-law first? Although she is one of her own, rong'er is a daughter's family, and she is not good at making a statement before we have a good discussion. ”
Cong old lady is simply, direct way: ”since it is your meaning, then our mansion naturally has no problem, just yuan er's disposition I know, this matter you also always want him to nod even.”
Empress Cong knew better than anyone what kind of temperament situ yuan was. She first came to beg for the old lady's words in order to persuade him. Without thinking about it, the old lady pretended to be stupid and didn't follow her ideas.
Empress Cong was a little stuffy in her chest, but she couldn't attack the old lady Cong. In order to ease her anger, she turned around and pulled Cong Rong's hand and asked, ”rong'er, this is also a matter of your lifelong happiness. Do you mean what you mean? If this palace wants to betroth you to yuan'er... ”
Congrong blushed with shame, and whispered, ”it's up to my aunt and grandmother to make decisions. I -- I --”
and then I was shyly silent. ”You son, you are a man and a woman. Are you embarrassed?” Empress Cong said with a smile: ”OK, you rarely go to the palace. You don't need to accompany you here. You accompany your grandmother outside to recuperate in the past two days. If you haven't returned to Beijing for a long time, you can go to play with the girls you know. Here, the palace will talk to your grandmother again.”
”Yes Congrong is very clever should, line courtesy, first back out. Old lady Cong has long since given up her hand in the government. However, empress Cong is very aware that her mother is in fact a very tough and opinionated person. Once she has made up her mind to do something, no one can shake her left and right. For example, in those days, the great doctor of Ming Dynasty said that situ yuan was weak in her mother's body and had a great possibility of dying. She did not have any hope Hope, but the Duke and wife of the kingdom are taking care of him with all his heart and soul.
Now that she has made clear her position, she will not be a lobbyist to mention the marriage to situ yuan. Empress Cong will not mention it any more, but will switch the topic to other topics.
Congrong came out of the main hall and took her maid to the outside of Fengming palace. She looked a little absent-minded.
”What's wrong with Miss?” she said with a smile? Are you thinking of your highness
Congrong's lips curled up slightly with a smile, some gentle and some playful. But at the same time, she seemed to be lazy and careless. She hesitated and whispered, ”green Joe, do you think the proposal just made by my aunt is good?” The girl green Qiao covers the mouth to smile secretly, ”that still needs to say? The seventh Royal Highness is the dragon of the people. His status is noble, but he is still born so beautiful. I don't know how many famous ladies in the capital are looking forward to it. His highness and young lady match each other very well. What's more, you are cousins, such as
if you have a close relationship, I don't know how many people you want to envy. ”
Congrong just listened. First, she didn't speak. She looked down silently and walked on for a while. After a while, she just raised her face and burst into a bright smile. She said definitely, ”I also think the seventh cousin is very good.”
Green Joe pursed his mouth and chuckled again.
The master and the servant walked through the garden, around several large flower beds, and the view in front of them suddenly opened up, revealing a large artificial lake.
The lake is broad and mirror like.At that time, there were several boats on the lake. Many people enjoyed the scenery along the lake, and some people took bait to feed the fish in the boat.
Prince Wang and famous ladies gathered together, and the scene was very lively.
The princess of Qinghe grabs the boat and pulls Yan Jinning up. They also take fish food and go boating on the water. She sits in the bow of the boat and looks at the koi in the water occasionally jumping up to grab the bait. She laughs and trembles.
Congrong looked at the past and felt strange. What she noticed at the first time was Yan Jinning, who was sitting at the stern of the boat with an unassuming expression.
She admitted that she had noticed this girl for the first time outside the palace gate because of her unique good looks. However, after a meeting, she could easily capture the existence of this person from afar. Isn't this amazing?
Congrong slightly tilted her head. She was in a trance. When she was distracted, she heard a scream from the crowd in front of her: ”ah, be careful!”
At the same time, there were several puffs in succession, and some people fell into the water.
Some of the girls on the spot were scared to cry and gave out a cry of surprise. They ran around calling for help, and the scene was in chaos.
Princess Suying was also sitting on the stone beside the lake to enjoy the scenery. She was held up by the maid and was hit by the running crowd.
She stood on the edge of the lake, her body was unstable.
”Princess!” Palace maid nearby exclaimed, but saw her fall into the water.
At the critical moment, Princess Su Ying is also frightened. She reaches out in the confusion and grabs what she grabs instinctively. Then, with another splash, the water splashed.