21. Chapter 21
Seeing Lan Jin's miserable appearance, the dark guard seemed to be accustomed to it, and said lightly: "Take care of your mouth, don't forget that your parents and your younger brother who is not yet ten years old are in the hands of the imperial husband, you know what to do." ”
After saying a word, the dark guard left lightly, without half of his feelings.
Two lines of tears slipped through the corners of the maid's eyes, yes, her parents are still there, if she says it, her parents will
Thinking of this, she tried her best to open her eyes wide, her heart was full of grief, she bit the paper bag that she had already held in her mouth and committed suicide by taking poison, and the secret guard on the roof happened to see this scene through the uncovered tiles, and then she really left.
The imperial husband in the Fenghua Hall heard the report of the dark guard, nodded with satisfaction, and let the dark guard go down first, while he looked up at the crescent moon in the air, and the corners of his lips hooked up a sinister smile, it seems that she still underestimated the ability of Shen Chen and Cangwu Jingyu, but next time, they are afraid that they will not have this kind of good luck!
Before dawn on the second day, the cangwu jingkite was taken out of the quilt by Bai Qian.
Sleepy-eyed glanced at Bai Qian, who was standing next to the bed, Cangwu Jingyuan simply reached out in a daze and wrapped her arms around Bai Qian's slender waist, a head arched in front of her chest, and she wanted to continue sleeping with her eyes closed.
Looking at Cangwu Jing Kite's head arched on his chest, Bai Qian's face turned red, pushed her away a little and looked at her and said, "Don't sleep Jing Kite, do you know what day it is?" ”
Hearing Bai Qian's question, Cangwu Jingkite barely sobered up a little, thought for a while and muttered: "Today is not a festival!" It's not your birthday or anything."
Shaking his head helplessly, Bai Qian raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you forgotten that you promised Shen Ye to participate in the Peony Poetry Meeting outside the palace three days ago?" When I came to deliver your clothes just now, I saw that he was also coming towards Chaoyang Palace. ”
From Bai Qian's words, Cangwu Jingkite obviously heard a little sour, and the corners of her lips involuntarily hooked up a bright smile, looking at Bai Qian and quipping: "My prime minister is like this, but are you jealous?" ”
Bai Qian's face was flushed, and he reached out and knocked lightly on the forehead of Cangwu Jingyuan, pretending to be angry and said, "Get up and wash up!" I know you're going to get up late today, so I've brought you some steamed dumplings from the palace, and you'll eat them while they're hot after you've washed up for a while. Also, today's peony poetry will be different from usual, clothes can't be too casual, I asked the palace tailor to make a new dress for you a few days ago, and I sent it to you, you remember to wear it later. ”
Listening to Bai Qian's thoughtful instructions to help him arrange a good order, Cangwu Jingyu's eyes gradually softened, and her heart was overflowing with warmth, wrapping around Bai Qian's waist, and deliberately coquettishly: "Aren't you going to participate in today's Peony Poetry Meeting?" Why can't you come with me? ”
Rubbing Cangwu Jingyu's head, Bai Qian couldn't help but smile and hooked the corners of his lips, and said softly: "The empress invited me to be the judge of this Peony Poetry Club, and there are still some things to deal with." You go first, I'll be there later, okay? ”
Knowing that he was not valued by the empress and was definitely not among the accompanying princesses, Cangwu Jingkite didn't say much, nodded and sent Bai Qian out of his bedroom, and began to wash and dress up under the service of Green Lotus.
When Bai Qian prepared the clothes for Cangwu Jingkite, he wore a light green brocade dress, which was simple and atmospheric on his body, which was very in line with the royal identity, and was not too ostentatious and eye-catching, which showed Bai Qian's carefulness.
After cleaning up, the maid outside the door pushed the door into the hall, saluted Cangwu Jingkite, handed over a delicate invitation card with a red background and gold border in her hand, and said respectfully: "Princess, this is sent by the empress, let the slave and maid transfer this thing to the princess."
Cangwu Jingkite nodded, took the invitation card and opened it, and at a glance, he knew that it was an invitation to the Peony Poetry Club.
The empress likes to write, so this poetry meeting will be held every year, and all adult princesses and princes in the palace must participate. In addition, the poetry club invited the children of the eunuchs of famous families in Beijing, as well as some well-known literati in the rivers and lakes to appreciate the flowers and poems, and this time, the Cangwu Jingkite has passed the line, and this poetry meeting must be participated.
Cangwu Jingkite put down the invitation in her hand, frowned slightly, yesterday's poisoning can only be put first, now the most important thing is to find a way to deal with this peony poetry meeting, I don't know if the mastermind behind the scenes will still act this time, she has to be on guard at all times.
After simply packing up, Cangwu Jingyuan took Qinghe out of the palace, but when he stepped out of the palace gate, he saw Shen Ye waiting outside the palace not far away.
If he could, Cangwu Jingyuan really didn't want to have half an intersection with him, and when he saw that he was standing far away, he walked directly in the direction of leaving the palace.
But after taking a few steps, Shen Ye ran to the front and grabbed his wrist, Cangwu Jingkite frowned without a trace, Shen Ye seemed to realize that this was a bit impolite, and immediately let go of Cangwu Jingkite.
"What's the matter?" Cangwu Jingyu's tone was indifferent, which made Shen Ye a little puzzled by her attitude, wasn't it rumored that she liked herself very much? There were many doubts in his heart, Shen Ye didn't show half a point on his face, and said with a light smile: "In order to show sincerity, I specially came to pick up the princess to the Peony Poetry Club, can I give a face?" ”
"Don't dare, Shen Gongzi came in person, it should be Jing Kite's honor." Cangwu Jingkite hooked her lips, doing her due courtesy, but there was no joy in her eyes.
Cangwu Jingkite's attitude made Shen Ye even more confused, but he didn't say much, and let the palace attendant caress Cangwu Jingkite into the carriage with a few thoughtful manners, and he also got into the carriage himself.
The carriage slowly drove towards the outside of the palace, and along the way, Shen Ye deliberately said some interesting things outside the palace in order to ease the atmosphere, and Cangwu Jingkite also had something to drink, although it was not enthusiastic in his tone, but there was no coldness.
Shen Ye had also been observing Cangwu Jingkite's expression, but found that her expression was indifferent and did not have the slightest intention of being close to him, Shen Ye was surprised in his heart, and his curiosity about Cangwu Jingkite was a little heavier.
The carriage drove all the way, and finally arrived at the peony garden outside the palace, and the two got off one after another and went straight to the peony garden.
When she arrived at the Peony Garden, there were already a lot of princes, princesses, and literati in the garden.
The appearance of Shen Ye, the son of the general, immediately attracted everyone's attention, but when everyone saw the cangwu jingkite beside him, their eyes were full of surprise.
The third princess, Cangwu Lingxue, looked at Shen Ye and Shen Ye who stepped into the garden side by side, smiled secretly, raised her eyebrows and glanced at Cangwu Jinxiu who was blue on the side and said, "When did this Cangwu Jingkite have such a good relationship with Shen Ye?" And as Shen Ye's sister, you don't even know? Don't be your sister-in-law in the future."
Hearing this, Cangwu Jinxiu instantly widened his eyes, "That slut still wants to climb up to our Shen family?" Dream on! ”
After saying a word, Cangwu Jinxiu walked directly in front of Shen Ye and the others, and asked in a loud voice: "Cousin, why did you come here with this shameless slut." ”
Seeing that his cousin, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, made disrespectful remarks as soon as he came over, Shen Ye frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The imperial husband has tried his best to help you avoid confinement and win the opportunity to participate in the Peony Poetry Festival today, are you going to be sent back to the palace again?" ”
Cangwu Jinxiu may dare to be arrogant in front of others, but in front of Shen Ye's cousin, she is very restrained, she knows very well that her father can now have such a prominent position in the court, mainly relying on her general uncle, and Shen Ye is the hope of the Shen family to soar in the future, even if she is stupid, she knows that she can't offend him.
At this time, seeing that Shen Ye obviously had a protective intention for the Cangwu Jing Kite, although Cangwu Jinxiu was so angry that he couldn't wait to step forward and tear the Cangwu Jing Kite, he could only grit his teeth and shake his hands away.
Unexpectedly, he and Shen Ye appeared at the same time to attract the attention of so many people, Cangwu Jingyuan frowned slightly unhappily, and was looking for an opportunity to hide from Shen Ye, but saw Bai Qian's figure at the gate of the peony garden.
Seeing that her face was not very good-looking, Cangwu Jingkite was about to meet her, but saw the figure of the empress.
"The Empress has arrived." The father-in-law standing outside the peony garden shouted at the top of his voice, and everyone who was still talking in the garden knelt down and bowed to the empress.
The empress glanced at everyone in the garden, raised her hand with a smile on the corner of her lips, and said softly: "Today we come out to enjoy the flowers and chant poems, so you don't have to be polite." ”
After saying that, the empress walked up to the throne and sat down, and the Taifu began to read out the process of the Peony Poetry Club and related matters.
In this poetry competition, the princes and princesses in the palace have participated in the competition, when the court's ministers and Jianghu literati also participated, and the judges were served by the empress, the imperial husband, the noble monarch and several ministers and princes in the palace, the poetry will be a total of three days, the first day for everyone to trim, the second official start of the poetry meeting, the third day is to enjoy the flowers.
Listening to the process of the competition system, everyone below is very nervous, everyone wants to have a place in the eyes of the queen, even if it is only the size of sesame seeds, it is also very good for their future.
Seeing that the Taifu finished reading the process of the poetry meeting, the empress raised her voice and said: "Tomorrow's poetry meeting will officially begin, you don't have to be restrained today, let's enjoy repairing and playing!" ”
Seeing this, everyone below breathed a sigh of relief, and they dispersed in twos and threes after seeing the empress leave.
Watching Bai Qian accompany the empress away, Cangwu Jingkite couldn't help but feel a little lost, this peony poetry will be Bai Qian's first in previous years, this time the empress specially asked her to attend as a judge, naturally she can't have too much contact with herself as a contestant in public.
Thinking of this, Cangwu Jingyuan squinted, since Bai Qian, who was the first in each poetry meeting three years ago, went to be a judge, the first place in the poetry meeting last year was won by Lu Ling, the son of the imperial historian of the court, and the second place was the third princess Cangwu Lingxue, as for the other princesses, the princes couldn't even get the top ten positions.
The empress has always felt gloomy about this, but even so, there are still a group of people who covet the top three positions, after all, if she wins the championship in this poetry club, she will definitely be valued by the empress, and the future official fortune will definitely be much smoother.
Cangwu Jingyuan shook his head, didn't think about these messy things anymore, and took advantage of the opportunity for Shen Ye to talk to other officials, and went to the garden where he lived like a plague under the leadership of the maid in the garden.