crown prince

The courtier said with some embarrassment: "The middle servant is humane: unless the regent attaches to Princess Liang Huai, the etiquette can be completed." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

The custom of Jinhua is that a woman marries a man, and a woman marries a man.

Xu Changling suddenly stopped, half of his face was on the side, and there was no emotion in the depths of his eyes, only his voice was colder than the ice and snow of Kunlun Mountain: "Etiquette? I don't think he, a servant in the Ministry of Rites, even knows what etiquette is. ”

The courtier bowed his head and said: "Yuan Shizhong reprimanded him as ashamed, and proposed that after the eldest princess was the prince, he could choose the loyal and virtuous minister of Qingming as her husband to assist." ”

Xu Changling sneered and overflowed his lips, "He is the ancestor of the eldest princess." ”

The courtier replied: "Yes." ”

Xu Changling asked again: "Does the Yuan family have any unmarried teenagers?" ”

The courtier thought for a while and said, "Yuan Xingmian, the son of Yuan Tang, the secretary of the left secretary, can only perform the gift of the weak crown. ”

Xu Changling raised his long eyebrows slightly, then brushed his sleeves, leaving a group of people outside the Penglai Hall and entering the hall alone.

The bright candles in the hall are held high, brilliant and brilliant, but there is a sound of crying behind the screen, dozens of palace maids stand beside them, and there is a slightly older maid by the screen who looks up to see Xu Changling, hurriedly bows down, and raises his voice: "I have seen the regent." ”

Everyone also bowed, and the crying behind the screen suddenly stopped, and then, out of it came out two timid girls in gorgeous clothes and makeup but with red eyes, the older one was fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger one was only twelve or thirteen.

Xu Changling waved his hand, and the palace maids retreated, and the older maid hesitated for a moment, after all, she was a little afraid, but she bowed her head and left.

The two girls stepped forward to salute Xu Changling, and the older one held the small hand tightly, "Uncle." "These two girls are Princess Liang Huai and the fourth princess Zhaole who will be the crown princess.

Xu Changling glanced at them, sat down slowly on the couch, and said, "Yu Min, have you finished your homework today?" ”

Princess Liang Huai pursed her lips, lowered her head and whispered: "I have gone through the ceremony of worshiping the heavens with the ceremonial officer, and I have not memorized the edict yet." ”

Xu Changling raised his hand and took the edict of the Yellow Seal Gold Paper prepared by the ceremonial officer on the side of the case, a total of 3,472 words, written in ancient characters, the words are long and obscure, he read it slowly, then threw it aside, and said coldly: "I have never memorized it, why are you wandering around?" ”

Princess Zhaole was timid, and was frightened by his cold words and hid behind Princess Liang Huai, although Princess Liang Huai was not bold, she still protected her sister tightly, and looked at Xu Changling with great courage: "Because I heard that my father seems to be sober today, Yu Min is worried in his heart, so I went to visit." ”

"It's only five days before the canonization ceremony, and you haven't even memorized the edict of sacrificing to the heavens, so how should the envoys and civil and military ministers of the Quartet look at you as a prince when they wait for that day's ceremony?" Xu Changling said without expression.

"I, I ......"

"Sister......" Princess Zhaole tightly pulled Princess Liang Huai's jade pendant, and accidentally made a bell ringing, Xu Changling looked at her with a pair of phoenix eyes, and Princess Zhaole immediately let go of the jade pendant, and was at a loss.

Princess Liang Huai stunned for a moment, then suddenly clenched her fists and said: "Uncle, Yu Min has no talent for being a prince, please ask your uncle to be the king, Yu Min can be a minister, only, I just want to prevent my sister from marrying Helan Songguang, he is almost forty years old, and my sister is still ...... young."

Xu Changling frowned for a moment, "Who taught you to say that?" ”

Before Princess Liang Huai could answer, Princess Zhaole immediately cried: "Sister, I don't want to marry, the nurse said that person looks as scary as a big wolf...... Sister...... I don't want to go to Mobei ......"

Princess Liang Huai was shocked and frightened, and hurriedly glanced at Xu Changling's suddenly darkened face, then hurriedly held Princess Zhaole's crying mouth, and said in a panic: "Uncle, Yu Ning is still a child, she doesn't know anything. ”

Xu Changling's gaze swept over the faces of the two of them, and he suddenly raised his voice and said, "Someone is coming." ”

Qi Lian hurriedly ran in from outside the door, and said respectfully: "The regent commands." ”

Xu Changling said in a silent tone: "Replace the eldest princess and all the female eunuchs around the fourth princess, and the fourth princess has withdrawn along with the mother-in-law." ”

Princess Liang Huai was shocked and said hurriedly: "Uncle, Yu Min's attendants are all dedicated, why do you want to remove!" ”

Qi Lian complied with the order with a sneer, raised his sleeves and walked away.

Princess Liang Huai was so anxious that her face was full of tears, and she pulled Xu Changling's sleeve and knelt down: "I beg my uncle not to replace them, I will practice etiquette well and listen to my uncle for everything." ”

When Princess Zhaole saw her sister kneeling, she was also so frightened that she knelt down and cried.

Xu Changling waved his sleeves, brushed her away, and said, "It seems that your etiquette is not good enough, and those etiquette officials are also useless, and they should be changed." But he strode away, not looking at them again.

Princess Liang Huai shivered, looking at his departing back, her eyes burst with fear and resentment.

Princess Zhaole couldn't stop crying, Princess Liang Huai was busy holding her sister in her arms, wanting to comfort her, but she shed tears again.

*

The sound of trickling water outside the window, the morning light is like a golden needle into the curtain, Wen Xi opened her eyes, the green tent drooped, the silver hook painted the shadow, it was a quiet garden, she consciously had a long dream, the dream was extremely tired, after opening her eyes, but she couldn't remember it at all.

On the side of the pillow, there is a white magnolia grass pendant, she raised her hand to pick it up, held it in the palm of her hand and rubbed it gently, Yin Zhi, she is the daughter of Gu Yang Yin's family, born to the world-famous Mrs. Yan, even though the Yin family has withered, there are still clansmen in the place, but the shocking change eleven years ago, I am afraid that they will have to be incognito.

Wen Xi leaned on the pillow, pondered for a long time, and held the white jade pendant slightly wet, she could not remember too many things, only remembered the road from Suiyuan to Cumulus Book House when she was a child, the fragrant pastries on the side of the road, the bustling street market, the towering palace in the distance, and the sound of reading in the Cumulus Book Building, which was the scene of childhood day after day.

When she was a child, she read and learned to play the piano and chess, just like every Kyoto daughter, who only wanted the future wisdom and fame and a good match for the youth, she never knew those turbulent crises, did not know the majesty of the imperial court, but her fate was completely changed because of the person she never knew.

Wen Xi clenched her fists, hurriedly dressed and got out of bed, pulled open the door, and let out a rapid crackling sound that startled the attendants all over the courtyard to look at her.

"Whew...... Whew, girl, what's wrong? Taro, who happened to be standing by the door, carrying a kettle, was so frightened by Wenxi's movement that she almost knocked over the hot water.

Wincy shook his head, stood still for a moment, and then ran out the door.

"Hey, Miss Wen, son, he ......" Before Qing Yu finished speaking, Wen Xi disappeared, she turned her head to look at the firefly candle, and the firefly candle said: "Go and move all the books out to dry, there are still some bamboo books in the West House." ”

"Hey."

Wen Xi ran like a shadow like the wind, and others avoided her along the way, and only stopped abruptly when she ran to the Yilan Palace.