Chapter 106: Purpose

There was another rush in the flower hall, and after cleaning up the fragments of cups and saucers, the old princess and the queen mother seemed to throw all the unhappiness that had just happened out of the clouds. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe two have been chatting from the refreshments when they were young to the popular potpourri cake in Beijing today. The words seem to be quite helpless about the passage of time, and there is the kind of peace and satisfaction that has read all the vicissitudes of life.

Although Li Jin has not participated in the slightest conversation, and the Queen Mother and the princess have not paid much attention to her, Li Jin is not bored. Even if he couldn't tell what the complicated feelings in his heart were about such a scene, Li Jin clearly knew one of them, and he liked this soft atmosphere very much. It was a kind of tacit conversation that revealed in familiarity, a kind of acquaintance that had been washed by time, no matter what had happened between the two, what would happen again.

It's just that all the beauty of talking to each other at this moment made Li Jin immersed in it and deeply infatuated.

“…… Nowadays, this snowflake powder seems to be rare in Jingshi. After the Queen Mother and the princess drank tea and moistened their throats for a while, Princess Huaiyang seemed to say something with emotion.

"Yes, a few years after you left, this good thing left me. The Queen Mother smiled.

"It's just that fortunately, there are things that the Lin family has specially provided for me in this small kitchen, so I haven't broken my blessing. ”

"That's natural, the Queen Mother is a blessed person, and what she wants will be paid tribute by all parties. This snowflake powder is actually only produced in Saibei, and the local area is not a particularly rare thing, but the road is difficult to travel, and it is rare and expensive. At first, I thought it was the snowflake powder that the boss of Yujingzhai entrusted someone to buy in Saibei. Who knew that when I went to Yujingzhai today, I heard that in recent years, the Jingshi has started to come and go again in Saibei?" said the princess in a tone of uncertainty.

"Well, isn't this potpourri cake developed because the snowflake powder can be re-entered into Beijing? Therefore, you are a blessed person, and there must be no shortage of good food and drink in the place where you are. For example, the squirrel fish in Jiangling, I heard that the sixth child specially developed it for you?" the Queen Mother quipped the princess.

Hearing this, the princess seemed a little shy, and from then on you could see the love between the old prince and the princess.

"Actually, it's just that I wasn't used to the local taste when I first went to Gangneung, and the climate there was humid and muggy, so I lost a little weight, so when I was fine, the prince tried to make me this snack that blends the flavors of the north and the south. In fact, Gangneung originally had this squirrel fish, but it was just a few more things added to the palace's practice. ”

"That's it, don't care about people. The Queen Mother seemed to be sighing for the happy life of the princess, but because Li Jin was close, she noticed the fleeting loneliness in the corner of the Queen Mother's eyes.

Maybe it's Li Jin's illusion, from time to time Li Jin actually has a feeling that the queen mother is envious of the old princess, but it is completely Li Jin's own intuition.

At this moment, I don't know how Princess Huaiyang remembered that Li Jin was coming, turned her head and smiled at Li Jin and said: "Now that you are going to go to the place rich in snowflake powder after the New Year, it is better to learn some such dim sum while you are still in Beijing, and you can still pass some time in Saibei at that time." ”

Li Jin didn't know why Princess Huaiyang said this, but she also calmly accepted at the moment: "Her Royal Highness Princess Xie reminded me, but Li Jin has no talent for these things since he was a child, and I'm afraid that he will spoil things when the time comes." ”

"What are you afraid of, a famous teacher is a high apprentice, you are here to ask the Queen Mother for a decree, and you can come to this Cining Palace every day before the wedding to ask for advice. Are you afraid that you won't be able to do it well then?" the princess teased.

"How can you disturb the Queen Mother's rest. Besides, Li Jin has no talent for this, and if he doesn't learn well at that time, he will bring the reputation of his master, which is not Li Jin's. Therefore, although I can't live up to Her Royal Highness's kindness now, let me resign early. Li Jin's playful words, coupled with a helpless smile, really make it difficult to speak again.

The Queen Mother took over the conversation on the side and said: "Indeed, if you are not interested, it will be difficult to succeed with a master." However, I heard that you like flowers and plants, and this Saibei is going to be a big disappointment. There is more than half a year of flying sand and rocks, frost, snow and rain, I'm afraid that your hobby will really have to be changed. ”

Li Jin still replied with a smile: "I heard that although the climate in Saibei is cold, there are also some vegetation and flowers that are not found in the mainland, and there are many precious medicinal materials in the deep mountains, among which the snow lotus, which is known as the resurrection pill, is mostly produced in Jinxia Mountain. I was fortunate enough to be able to go to Saibei this time, maybe it was also Li Jin's chance, and when the time came, it would be in vain to see the growth of Snow Lotus with his own eyes. ”

When the queen mother and the princess heard this, they all smiled happily, and they no longer entangled Li Jin's hobbies, and said that if they got any precious medicinal materials, they would not forget to pass them back to their parents in Jingshizhong.

Li Jin got up and thanked the Queen Mother and the princess for their teachings, and thanked them for their concern for their father and mother. After that, the topic came out again, and it was an exchange between the three of them, and Li Jin slowly integrated into the harmonious atmosphere of conversation between the princess and the queen mother.

After that, Princess Huaiyang seemed to have a strong interest in Li Jin, and began to ask about Li Jin's affairs, preferences, work and rest, and then asked: "...... Do you know when the wedding is?" The words were already out, and it seemed that the words were a little abrupt for the parties to the wedding, especially the daughter's family who had not yet left the cabinet, and then smiled to apologize, but his eyes still revealed the light of wanting to know the answer.

Li Jin has always cared too much about the rules of these boudoir daughters, otherwise she would not have sneaked out of the house again and again. It's just that Li Jin doesn't have a score at all about this matter, not to mention that his wedding has crossed the matchmaker's parents, and now it is estimated that it is the emperor who is qualified to determine the specifications and dates of a thing, or a certain treasury under the emperor.

"This matter is going to disappoint Her Royal Highness the Princess, it's not that I deliberately hide it from Her Royal Highness, it's just that I don't have any news or news. ”

The princess turned her gaze to the Queen Mother again, and Li Jin instantly understood that this question was not originally asked to herself, and her answer was just an introduction.

It's just that the answer given by the Queen Mother is very ambiguous, and she said something ambiguously about the affairs at the end of the year, and she is busy everywhere, and she didn't answer the princess at all. After that, as if to divert attention, the Queen Mother asked: "When does Lan Zhi plan to hold the wedding of Jing Xi and Jing Wen?" I think it was done together a year ago, and it happened that the ceremony after the year was different this year, so it would be good for Min'er to meet her. ”

Li Jin remembered that Jing Wen was the daughter of the queen mother's cousin in her mother's house, but this cousin was a side branch of the side branch, and the declining family background was so bad that she relied on her beauty to marry the palace to support the family. Therefore, this cousin has been criticized by this since she entered the palace. After hearing that the favor of the king of Nanxiang was flourishing, the reputation of this cousin became more and more unbearable, I don't know if it was because of this, when Jing Wen was still young, he was sick all day long, and finally died of incense.

The Queen Mother and the cousin were only one-sided, and she was just surprised by her beauty at the time, and then she didn't have a chance to see her. And Jing Wen was loved by the old prince because of King Nanxiang's favor for her mother, and she was smart and clever herself, so even after her mother left, she never wavered in the top of the old prince's heart in the palace.

At this time, Li Jin listened to the queen mother's meaning, and thought that he was afraid that he was going to marry Jing Wen to the king of Huaiyang as the main room. This should be a promotion for Jing Wen's identity, and it can be said to suppress King Huaiyang, but Jing Wen's status in Nanxiang Wangfu and her walk in the palace are almost superior, so it seems to be different from what she usually thinks.

Li Jin suddenly remembered that she had come to find her this morning, and it turned out that she was talking about such a thing. It's just that the marriage contract of these two people has nothing to do with him, and Li Jin is sorry for Jing Yu and ran away in vain.

It's just that Li Jin is very curious, why would Princess Huaiyang agree to such a marriage that seems to make the Huaiyang Palace?