Chapter 586: Cold and Warm Self-Knowledge
Princess Rui's voice came faintly through the carriage: "No need to be polite. It's not too early, yesterday the queen mother and the concubine specially explained that they wanted us to enter the palace earlier, if there is nothing to do, let's go in first, right?"
Princess Rui didn't say much to He Linwan, and the latter sentence was said to Princess Su. Although both of them are princesses, King Rui is older, and Princess Rui is Princess Su's sister-in-law, so there is nothing wrong with her reminding Princess Su.
"Sister-in-law is right. Princess Su responded with a smile, "I feel sorry for Miss He, and I just wanted her to go in with my carriage, but she was polite to me." ”
Princess Rui said to He Linwan: "In that case, Miss He will go in with us in the back of the carriage." ”
After speaking, Princess Rui didn't wait for He Linwan to respond, but only joked to Princess Su: "Are you satisfied now? Your carriage will go first, otherwise we won't be able to go if the road is blocked." ”
Princess Su smiled at He Linwan, and then ordered the carriage to go first, and Princess Rui's carriage followed.
He Gui looked at He Linwan, "Girl, this ......"
He Linwan smiled, turned around and got into the car, "Keep up, don't brush off the kindness of the two princesses." ”
Chunxiao didn't show it when she lowered her head, but she looked unhappy when she got into the carriage with her. She rubbed her hands and handed the small pot filled with hot water that could be used to warm her hands to He Linwan, "Girl, warm your hands." ”
"I'm not cold, you can take it. He Linwan glanced at Chunxiao, raised his eyebrows and said, "The princess gave grace, are you still not happy?"
Chunxiao hugged the little warm pot, couldn't help pouting, and whispered: "What kind of grace?
He Linwan said with a straight face: "Their status is higher than ours, which is grace, put away the unhappiness on your face." ”
Chunxiao glanced at He Linwan and knew that the girl was beating herself, although she was a little aggrieved, she immediately restrained her expression, sat up straight, looked at her nose and nose, and said obediently: "What the girl taught is a lesson." ”
Princess Rui and Princess Su, as the new princesses, are naturally very pompous.
When I entered the inner palace and got down from the carriage, there were already chamberlains and palace maids who arranged a warm sedan chair to meet outside, and the two or three steps from the carriage to the warm sedan chair were covered with thick felt blankets.
He Linwan was given preferential treatment because he entered the palace with the two princesses, and he was also treated preferentially, and there were not only charcoal basins but also tea and snacks in the small warm sedan chair, and when he was sent to Fengxu Palace by a group of people, He Linwan's soles of his feet were not touched by the snow.
However, when they arrived, the queen was still dealing with palace affairs and did not meet, and the palace people accompanied them to the side hall with a smile. Although the queen did not appear, the tea and snacks had been prepared in the side hall, He Linwan took the tea cup and dipped her lips, feeling that the temperature was just right, although she did not really enter out of caution, but she also tasted that this was the best tea newly offered in Jiangnan this year.
He Linwan knew that in a place like the palace, if you want to see if a person is favored or not, you can get a glimpse of it from the tea served by the palace people.
Princess Rui only sat for a moment and said: "The queen mother is still busy at this time, so I will go to Jingxiu Palace first, and yesterday Sister Chunyang specially asked me to sit with her for a while and chat with her." ”
Princess Su smiled and quipped: "You are in love with Chunyang, and you deserve to be your sister-in-law." ”
"The relationship between people depends on fate. Princess Rui glanced at He Linwan meaningfully, "Although Sister Chunyang is a little more straightforward, she is also reasonable and very easy to get along with." She was in a bad mood a while ago, I dismissed her a few times, and she slowly listened to it, and now she is much better. My mother and my Royal Highness took pity on her for marrying far away, and when she saw that she was willing to be close to me, they asked me to go into the palace from time to time to accompany her to relieve her boredom. ”
Princess Su nodded, and said with a smile: "Then you can go quickly." ”
Princess Rui took the maid away, and a group of palace people followed and waited.
Princess Su smiled at her, straightened her sleeves and said, "I also want to go to Qingxi Palace to greet my mother, so I will lose my company first." ”
He Linwan had just gotten up to see off Princess Rui, and before he could sit down, he continued to stand there and said, "Princess, please." ”
Princess Su left with the other half of the palace people.
At this time, only He Linwan and the two palace maids who were on duty in the side hall were left, and the hall suddenly became deserted. She came too early, and at this time everyone else was still waiting at the palace gate to enter the palace.
He Linwan looked at the hourglass in the corner, and expected that this snow feast would have to wait at least an hour or two before it opened.
The side hall of Fengxu Palace is so large that it is a little lonely, and ordinary people are easy to get drowsy after sitting alone for a short while, but He Linwan sits very upright, and his posture has not changed for a quarter of an hour or two.
I don't know how long it took, He Linwan finally heard footsteps coming this way, she looked at the door, and happened to meet the person who had just crossed the threshold, and both of them were stunned.
He Lin smiled at the first and got up to greet him, "I was just looking forward to someone coming to be my companion, and you came in, sure enough, it depends on fate between people, you say yes, Sister Yuan?"
Yuan Xiang also laughed, only a little surprised: "Why did you arrive so early." ”
"Come with Princess Rui and Princess Su. He Linwan took Yuan Xiang's hand and said with a smile.
Yuan Xiang glanced at He Linwan, nodded, and didn't ask why he was waiting alone in the side hall since he came with the two princesses.
It's like He Linwan took Yuan Xiang's hand with some ice, saw her boots stained with some snow foam, and didn't ask her if she came in a warm sedan chair all the way. Both are smart and transparent people.
In the queen's palace, for Yuan Xiang, the fourth princess, although no one was in a hurry to curry favor with the two princes and princesses, they did not deliberately neglect it, and soon a palace maid came over with tea and added some charcoal. It's just that He Linwan glanced at Yuan Xiang's bowl of tea, and the tea leaves in it were obviously different from those in her tea bowl.
Fortunately, Yuan Xiang didn't care about these, she finally saw her friend in her boudoir today, and she was very happy, although she was not casual in the palace, she chatted with He Linwan about some trivial matters with a smile on her face. He Linwan hadn't seen Yuan Xiang for a long time, and he also asked her about her current situation, wondering if she was doing well.
The two were talking happily, and a small chamberlain poked his head at the door, and when he saw Yuan Xiang, he hurriedly ran over and saluted.
"The Four Princesses. ”
The little chamberlain presented a palm-sized brass handstove with both hands, "The Fourth Highness wants the slave to give this to you, and the Fourth Highness said, let you take it with you, don't be too troublesome." ”
Yuan Xiang's face was very red, he glanced at He Linwan embarrassedly, and hurriedly took the small hand stove, and whispered, "Okay, you go down." ”
The little chamberlain replied seriously: "The Fourth Highness also said that he has been in the palace today, and when you want to go back, send someone to tell him first, don't forget." ”
After the little waiter finished explaining, he saluted and ran away.