Chapter 11: Lunch on Eleven

When Princess Linxi heard Yuan Guifei mention this, a slight smile appeared on her face, and she lost her previous sorrow.

She glanced at her daughter Yang Qingyi sitting beside her, and the four princes sitting next to Yuan Guifei, thought about it, and whispered to Yang Qingyi: "Qingyi, it is rare for you to come to your aunt's palace, and let His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince take you to the garden for a walk." ”

Yang Qingyi nodded when she heard this, but without saying a word, she stood up from the chair, with a gentle smile on her face, and said softly to the fourth prince who was sitting next to Yuan Guifei who was nibbling on a fruit: "Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, can you take me to the garden?" ”

The fourth prince is only ten years old now, his figure is a little round, wearing a tuft of purple python robes, he still looks like a child, hearing Yang Qingyi's words, he looked at the fruit in his hand with some embarrassment, and then looked at his mother, and saw Yuan Guifei with an encouraging look.

He put down the fruit in his hand with difficulty, stretched out his hand towards Yang Qingyi, and nodded.

Yang Qingyi didn't expect the four princes to suddenly make such a childish move, it stands to reason that although she is a few years older than the four princes, and the four princes look like such children, even if the two of them walk hand in hand, they will only be regarded as sisters and brothers, and they will not think much about it.

But in the end, neither of them is an immature child, and they are in the palace, Yang Qingyi really doesn't dare to act casually because of his reputation. looked at Princess Linxi with a little embarrassment.

Princess Linxi saw her daughter's embarrassed look, smiled, but walked up to the four princes in person, stretched out her hand to hold the hand stretched out by the fourth prince, and then said softly: "Your Highness is an adult herself, is it difficult to let your cousin Qingyi hold your hand?" ”

“…… Well. ”

The fourth prince tilted his mind and thought for a moment, but shook his head and walked towards the door by himself. Seeing this, Yang Qingyi hurriedly chased after him.

Princess Linxi looked at the figures of the two leaving, and returned to her chair thoughtfully.

At this moment, Yuan Guifei's face was ugly tight, and she complained to Princess Linxi: "Jin Ning is already the age of the governor now, and in a few years, you can marry me a daughter-in-law, but you look at him, he still looks so childish, how should he succeed in the future!" ”

"Cousin, doesn't the emperor really love His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, your favor in the harem now can be regarded as the only one!"

Princess Linxi would not be stupid enough to answer Yuan Guifei's words.

It's just that she didn't say it, but when she said it, it made Yuan Guifei complain.

"Come on, I really love Jinning, how can I want to raise Jinning. Our emperor, pampering is pampering, but in acting, he is not ambiguous at all, he is very wary of me, the niece of the abolished queen, and for the child of Jinning, he does not regard it as his own child at all. ”

Yuan Guifei clutched her handkerchief tightly, and her face was sad: "The emperor asked me to give birth to a child, and even let me give birth to a prince, I thought he really liked me tightly." I never thought that he didn't care at all, even if I gave birth to the prince, he also had a way, so that my child was not able to fight with the prince. First, Jin Ning accidentally said that he didn't want to study, do you know what our emperor said? He said that since Jin Ning was still young and didn't want to study, he wouldn't study. Without saying a word, I removed all the teachers, and I, a harem woman, had no way to teach Jin Ning by myself. ”

"Don't say that when the prince was enlightened, the emperor personally visited the great Confucian of the world and asked him to go out of the mountain to teach. Even when the second prince and the third prince were in their homework, he was never ambiguous, and even personally checked and reviewed. It was Jin Ning's turn, but he just wanted to raise Jin Ning to be a waste. Yuan Guifei gritted her teeth and said, her eyes suddenly turned to Princess Linxi, and her face pleaded, "Cousin, my brother-in-law is the prime minister and the champion of the imperial examination, you let your brother-in-law choose a few good teachers for Jin Ning to teach!" I'm really afraid that if this continues, Jin Ning has always looked so ignorant. ”

When Princess Linxi heard this, her face was a little embarrassed, she sighed softly, but shook her head and refused.

"Cousin ......"

Yuan Guifei bit her lip lightly and frowned.

But Princess Linxi was unmoved, but persuaded softly: "Cousin, don't be anxious, now the emperor doesn't want His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to study, even if the husband invites His Royal Highness to a good teacher, what's the use?" will only be jealous of the emperor. Now that the time has not come, my cousin must be calm. ”

"But Jinning is already so old......"

"It's coming, it's coming." Princess Linxi looked at Yuan Guifei and said softly, "The husband married me, which made my imperial brother feel guilty, but it was not easy, the husband has only made the emperor trust and reuse it over the years, and it must not be lost." ”

Moreover, another reason that Princess Linxi did not say was that there was nothing wrong with His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince being like this.

Yuan Guifei's words were also impulsive, but now listening to Princess Linxi's persuasion, her mood slowly calmed down, but she was not unhappy because of Princess Linxi's refusal, she just looked at Princess Linxi and said softly: "Jin Ning and I can only count on my cousin and brother-in-law now." I can see that the emperor will favor me again and snub our queen. But in his heart, I am just a plaything after all, and over there is his real family. ”

Queen Wen is no longer a young girl, and her appearance is not outstanding, but now she is carefully dressed, and she can only be called an atmospheric grace, not to mention that compared with Yuan Guifei in the harem of Yanguan, even the Queen Mother who is already over half a hundred years old sitting in the same room is also incomparable.

However, at her age, the position of the queen has long been secured, and the status of the prince she has given birth to is as stable as a rock, but she does not need to compete for favor in front of the emperor at all.

Although she is not a very smart woman, she is better than having a soft temperament, and she is taught by an aunt who is the queen mother, and she will not make mistakes in her actions.

Now everyone gathers in the Queen Mother's palace to eat, the atmosphere is happy as if ordinary people live their lives, the most important thing is that there are no other concubines on this table, and there is no "outsider", except for the family of the eldest princess of Jinyang, there are only the Queen Mother, the queen, and her son, daughter-in-law and adopted son. Queen Kewen did not slack off because of this rare treatment.

She didn't talk much, but the people at the table were all taken care of by her, and it was the eldest princess of Jinyang, who had always been picky, and it was rare that she didn't say anything.

The queen mother looked at it, her eyes revealed satisfaction, she smiled at the emperor who was originally talking to the eldest princess of Jinyang with her head sideways: "We are all satisfied with this use, but the queen is tired!" ”

When the emperor heard this, he glanced at the queen, but the queen hurriedly bowed her head and made a humble gesture, and hurriedly said: "The queen mother is strict, and the sons and daughters are also very good."

Just looking at the dishes she is still neat and clean in front of her, I can see that I am afraid this statement is too much.

The emperor is not a mean person, and he also said with a smile: "The queen doesn't care about others, let's eat by yourself!" Everyone is not a child anymore, and you don't need to take care of it all the time. ”

"Yes."

The queen ironed in her heart, showed a gentle smile on her face, looked at the junior sitting at the bottom with loving eyes, and said softly: "The concubine is a worrying life, if that day, there is no need for the concubine to do anything, the concubine is uncomfortable." ”

When the eldest princess of Jinyang heard this, the corners of her mouth bent slightly, and she fell on the crown princess who was sitting next to the prince, and said casually: "The imperial sister-in-law now has a daughter-in-law, and she still has this idea, it can be seen that this daughter-in-law is not doing well!" ”

The crown princess, who was named at first glance, was startled, and quickly stood up from the chair with her stomach in her arms, bowing her body with a worried face.

At this time, the eldest princess of Jinyang sneered, looked at the princess as if mockingly, and said slowly: "What does the princess do with such a big reaction, this palace is just joking, you, don't be careful!" ”

"Yes." The crown princess was aggrieved in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, she only lowered her head, but she kept looking at the prince, hoping that the prince could come out to round the field with her.

But she was destined to be disappointed, and the prince just smiled and said, "Sit down, Aunt Jinyang has always been joking." ”

And after saying this, he looked at Furao who was sitting on the opposite side, and said softly: "I see that my cousin doesn't use it much, but she is unwell?" ”

Fleur was named at once, and her heart jumped, but she didn't show any panic on her face, she just replied with a smile: "Thank you Cousin Prince for your concern, it's just that the hot weather has made me lose my appetite, not that I'm unwell." ”

Fleur said that the weather was hot here, and the queen on the other side seemed to think of something, and said softly to the emperor: "Fleur is right, but this day is getting hot, and it is about to enter the dog days, and the emperor should also set a list of drivers to go to the summer resort this year." ”

"Such a trivial matter, the queen decides."

The emperor said with a smile, thought about it and said: "I think that the climate is particularly hot this year, the children in this palace, let's go with me this year, Jin Ning is still young, so let Yuan Guifei go with me." ”

"Yes."

The queen only smiled and responded, not dissatisfied with the emperor's longen for other women.

After the emperor finished saying this, he looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang again, and said with a smile: "The royal sister went to the summer resort this year, and still lived with the queen mother?" ”

"I'm fine, I can be wherever I want." The eldest princess of Jinyang looked very easy to speak, but how could the queen dare to really arrange it at will.

And after the eldest princess of Jinyang said this, she suddenly smiled and said to the emperor: "I look at the princess's belly, I'm afraid it's not small, although the summer resort is not far away, but the road is bumpy, the princess won't follow this year!" ”

"Well, what the royal sister said is reasonable."

Without waiting for the crown prince and the princess to react, the emperor seemed to be much easier to talk to, and he responded without saying a word.

The crown princess sat down, lowered her head, her eyes were red and red, and after all, she held back her tears, but raised her head and glanced at Hibiscus with complicated eyes.

Although this matter is not Fleur's suggestion, Fleur knows that her mother will say this, obviously she is thinking about something, and this idea is still for her. Therefore, she couldn't help but feel weak in her heart, she was embarrassed by the crown princess at this glance, and her eyes were a little evasive, who expected, but she happened to look at the third prince Zhao Jinyan who was sitting next to the crown prince.

Zhao Jinyan was caught, but he was not panicked, his face was still faint, he just withdrew his gaze casually, stretched out the chopsticks in his hand, took a dish of chopsticks, and put it in the bowl, as if the person who was looking at Hibiscus was not him at all.