The fourth girl of the Cheng'en Mansion, Xia Baozhu, was born from a concubine, with a round face and an elegant temperament; the fifth girl, Xia Baozheng and Xia Eryi's mother, was still young, combed two horns, but was extremely old; the third girl and the sixth girl were the daughters of Xia Kun's younger brother Xia Heel, raised in Sichuan, and have not yet arrived in Beijing.

After seeing each other, Xia Kun smiled: "The ministers and other families have lost their manners when they see the prince and the kings and princesses, so it's no wonder that Your Highness." ”

The king of Wuzhou County was born to the queen, so he was naturally more polite, and said busily: "Cheng'en is polite, although we are princes and princesses, we are also juniors." ”

Xia Kun motioned to the cousins of all ethnic groups not to pay homage again: "The auspicious time is coming, and the ministers will lead the way." As he spoke, he took his brother and son to the side of the road.

Rong Xijue took Ling Makeup and Roupancreas and walked to Merlin.

It is the time when the plum blossoms are the most gorgeous, looking at the remnant snow under the high sun, "the plum is three points white, but the snow loses the fragrance of the plum." ", Qiongzhi Yurui, ten miles of red makeup, don't just pay it back, but Rong Xijue has never seen such a scenery as Jiangnan, walking in the plum sea with her beloved, and her mood is quite delicate.

About the time of tea, the people came to the tower.

Looking up, the tower is about 30 zhang high, exquisitely eight-sided, each layer of green glazed tile eaves, white marble fence under the tower, more than 10 steps, the railing around the carving dragon and phoenix auspicious clouds.

There is a female nun in a family temple who comes forward to offer incense.

Rong Xijue, Ling Xiang and several princes and princesses bowed to the incense for a few times, and invited them into the big incense burner.

Xia Kunfang said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please enter the tower, this tower has a underground palace, and a pure gold pagoda is enshrined in it, and the treasure statue of Empress Zhaode given by the first emperor is enshrined. ”

The underground palace under the tower is actually extremely wide, and Ling Xiang can't help but feel strange.

It stands to reason that Empress Zhaode was only a princess during her lifetime. Just talking about this piece of merlin and the large pagoda in the Xia Mansion is already surprisingly weird.

The huge project could not be completed in the short period of more than a month after Emperor Yongshao ascended the throne, and he was obscure in the era of King Zhao. Where would he recruit an introductory officer for his deceased wife? It was Xia Mansion, at that time it was just an earl, and he was already a special promotion among his in-laws, who would dare to risk the disapproval of the world?

After completing the worship ceremony, Xia Kun came forward to ask the crown prince to give the pagoda a name.

It stands to reason that the prince sacrifices to his mother, and the direct name of the Grace Tower is good, but this tower was built on the order of the first emperor. The question Ci'en is not suitable, Rong Xijue groaned slightly, and said: "I have lived outside the plug for a long time. How can there be any great Confucianism in the DPRK and China who are proficient in Sinology? ”

The princess of the East China Sea was eager to try: "Those scholars are just vassals and elegant, and the children of Empress Zhaode's parasitic tower are only suitable for their children." ”

Rong Xijue glanced at her sideways and did not object.

The princess of the East China Sea is bold. and have a good heart to marry a good big brother. Immediately, he paced a few steps left and right with a smile, and gently stroked his palms and said: "The eldest brother has the honorific name Yuansheng Tianyou, and the little sister thinks that only the four characters of Minghui Zhaode cannot show that the two words of Yuansheng are really worthy, and if it is called Yuansheng Tower, it is also the meaning of the ministers." ”

Empress Minghui is the queen of the Yuan Dynasty and has a holy son. This name can indeed make up for the lack of nicknames. Rong Xijue was also satisfied, and Mrs. Xing Guotai and Xia Kun on the side also praised them again and again, and ordered their subordinates to rush out to ask for promotion.

The celebrant wanted to lead the masters to the front and rear halls to prepare for the luncheon.

Rong Xijue said: "I will go with the imperial sister, don't make a separate room." ”

This order violates the etiquette of the king's subordinate family, and the princesses are happy knowing that it is probably for Ling Liangdi. What is the interest of going to the inner hall and sitting at the table of the ladies? It is interesting to meet the cousins and nephews.

Xia Kun and the others didn't dare to be disrespectful, and hurriedly sent someone to move the table.

Changing clothes again, when Rong Xijue was introduced behind the screen, he was immediately stunned.

The first slender young woman in it bowed down, and it turned out to be Bao Sheng, the second girl in Xia.

The sunlight is faintly reflected in the house through the window screen, the charcoal basin is smoked in the room, the green smoke is slowly rising from the Boshan furnace around the surroundings, Huang Chengcheng's steps flicker in the sunlight with her movements, and the skin seems to be pearlescent, and Sun Chu's plow eyes are straight.

Biting his tongue, he thought: "This Xia family is really a demon! What kind of appearance did Minghui Niangniang have at the beginning, some people say that the queen is like her today, how can I look at this girl more like her?"

Like the first queen, of course, there are one or two points like the prince, the servants respect the gods in their hearts, and they are afraid that if a husband and wife say something, they will want to leave, but when they saw the prince squinting at his own eyes and glaring coldly, he immediately stood still with the dust.

I only heard the prince say lightly: "Second Miss Xia has gone to the wrong place." ”

Xia Baosheng was extremely unconvinced after seeing Ling Makeup, and asked left and right, and they all said that Liangdi was not as good as that at all. So he mustered up the courage to call the fifth sister to cover, sneaked in and sent away the servants, thinking of the scenery at various banquets in the past, how many young men admired, the matchmaker almost broke the threshold, and now he is so cautious, I just hope that he can favor and pity a little, which has made her arrogant and arrogant feel full of grievances.

The cold question stimulated Xia Baosheng, she is not very old, but she claims to be well versed in men's hearts, the more you are low and small, the less they may take you to heart, and take the initiative to find out that she has already committed a taboo, she naturally wants to arouse his interest in one fell swoop.

didn't hear the prince say that she was exempt, she raised her head proudly, she originally wanted to face each other with an equal momentum, but when she matched his appearance of Yuanting Yuezhi, the indifferent and distant, respectful aura of a god immediately overwhelmed her, making Xia Baosheng unable to come up in one breath, but immediately blushed.

If there is a woman in the world who can have him, no matter how it is the turn of a merchant to marry a woman, her eyes quickly turned to resentment.

He clearly looked unkind, but he could still pluck the countless strings in her heart.

Xia Baosheng's heart beat like a drum, but he knew that there were not many opportunities, and finally stabilized his mind for a moment, his eyes turned around, and he stared with tears: "The prince's cousin is decisive in killing, but since ancient times, heroes also have tenderness, the little girl came in shame, I just want to tell you that my sisters are kind to Aunt Minghui, and the first emperor and saint take care of them, and invite famous teachers and professors to read the books of sages and sages, and they are definitely not jealous people." His Royal Highness loves Liangdi, and the little girl will treat her as a sister when she enters the palace, so why put me on top of fire and water?"

said that he half-concealed his delicate face and wiped his tears, it was like pear blossoms with rain, so it was not pitiful.

Sun Chuli also felt that she was not small, and she mentioned Empress Minghui and the first emperor in her words, both of whom were the most respected people by the prince, not to mention that what she said was reasonable, and she looked really bright and extraordinary, so she asked him to sweat for Ling Liangdi.

But in this situation, even if Sun Chuli had the intention to help Ling Liangdi, he didn't dare to speak at will.

But I heard Rong Xijue say lightly: "The family affairs of the East Palace, don't bother Miss Xia." "I didn't change my clothes, I turned around and left.

Sun Chuli was happy in his heart, and praised the master's ruthless heart.

In fact, this kind of bold courtship woman, outside the Saiwai, in Taixi, Rong Xijue has seen too much, and the things between men and women are no better than others, mentioning his mother and grandfather, not only did not make him soft-hearted, but added disgust. (To be continued.) )