80.Chapter 80: Invited
The marriage decree was given, and the position of the crown princess, who had been secretly fought for a long time, had a result. Su Yan's name is once again famous on it.
fell to other girls who were unsuccessful, and naturally there were sadness and disappointment, but more of them were thinking about how to get closer to the future crown princess.
Su Yan has recently received a lot of posts from the little ladies of various families, and all kinds of spring banquets and flower-viewing banquets have emerged one after another, even the Wei family has also posted them to her and Su Rong.
When the Wei family's post was delivered, it happened that Su Rong and Su Yan were sitting in the water pavilion in the back garden playing chess, and Su Yan still brought the book, holding his cheek with one hand, and reading it extremely attentively. Su Rong, who was sitting opposite her, had her eyebrows tightly locked, her slender fingers twisting the Moyu chess pieces, and her face was full of hesitation.
On the side of the long case, Qingyun was standing with Cuiliu, she deftly uncovered the two celadon bowls that were buckled together on the case, and a jasmine fragrance instantly overflowed the end of her nose, "Look, it's good to smoke it for two hours like this, and the jasmine flowers will not be fresh for a long time." If you feel that the fragrance of the flowers is lighter, you can replace the flowers and then buckle them up. β
As Qingyun spoke, she lifted the celadon pot on the side and slowly poured the dried water into the small bowl coated with a thick layer of honey. While gently stirring the honey in the bowl with a small silver spoon, she also advised: "The water temperature should not be too hot, otherwise the brewed honey water will be sour in the mouth after drinking." Generally speaking, it is just right when the body of the pot is slightly warm. β
Cuiliu nodded again and again when she heard this, and asked deliberately, "Can you still put flowers now?" β
"I'm used to seeing Qi Niang, and Shi Niang doesn't like it very much." Qingyun whispered, "If Qi Niang likes it, you can also put a few, but not too many." β
"My family's ten mothers like to eat flowers, as long as they are washed and put on a small plate, she rarely takes flowers to make tea, and most of them are dried flowers."
Qingyun carefully placed the two cups of honey on the two small trays of square carved lacquer, and smiled at Cuiliu with a side smile: "Okay, send it to Qi Niang and Shi Niang." As she spoke, she picked up one of them herself and slowly walked towards Su Yan.
Cuiliu picked up the other one and followed behind Qingyun, the two put the light amber honey water with a faint jasmine fragrance in the hands of the two sisters, Su Rong felt something, raised his head and smiled: "Cuiliu, what did you learn from Qingyun?" "In the previous life, Su Yan's life was exquisite and luxurious, and there were all kinds of exquisiteness in terms of eating alone. In this life, she is much simpler, but she is still exquisite. Su Rong secretly instructed his maid to learn more from Su Yan's personal maid.
Cuiliu said: "Qi Niang will know if you taste it, if you like it, I have to thank Qingyun." β
Qingyun smiled: "It's nothing, but it's all small carving insect skills." β
Su Yan didn't raise his head, his eyes were still on the book in his hand, he reached out to pick up the honey, took a sip slowly, and said casually: "The honey is a little thick." β
Qingyun was happy, "It's just one more spoonful, you know." β
Su Rong put down the small bowl in his hand, reached out and snatched the book in Su Yan's hand, staring at her without blinking, Su Yan was a little puzzled, "Seventh sister, what are you watching me do?" β
"I'm looking at how your little mouth looks." Su Rong said seriously.
Su Yan glanced at her without grace, took his book casually, and his gaze swept over the chessboard, "Seventh sister, let's think more about what you should do next." β
At the mention of this game of chess, Su Rong's brows furrowed again, and she said with a little dissatisfaction: "Tenth sister, can't you release the water?" "It's only been a long time, and she's lost three more sets. Obviously, when I play chess with others on weekdays, I don't feel how weak my chess strength is, how come I get in front of Su Yan, but I don't have any combat power.
Su Yan's eyes lifted from the book, her long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and her black and white eyes were full of seriousness, "I'm already releasing water." The little girl raised the book in her hand and gestured to the person opposite.
Su Rong covered his forehead with his hand and said frustratedly: "Playing chess with you is really a blow." Having said that, Su Rong had no intention of giving up, his eyes were focused on the chessboard again, and he kept thinking about the chess games he had watched these days, planning to come up with a wonderful move to impress the arrogant little girl opposite.
"Gaga...... Shi Niang help...... Shi Niang help...... "The white shadow flashed, and the white parrot with a beautiful crest landed on the chessboard, and then another black eagle also fell. The white parrot was so frightened that it rushed directly into Su Yan's arms, and didn't even say a word, only knowing "quack".
Su Yan helplessly protected it, stretched out his hand to stroke the feathers of the black eagle, and coaxed softly: "Xuanyu can't find Xiaobai again?" "That's why they bullied the white parrots.
The Black Eagle's sharp eyes showed a little tenderness when it looked at Su Yan, it spread its wings and chirped lowly.
"Xiaobai went to deliver the letter, and he will be back in a while." Su Yan touched the crooked beak of the black eagle, "Xuan Yu took advantage of Xiaobai's not coming back, can you find me two roses to wear?" β
The black eagle rubbed Su Yan's fingers affectionately, spread his wings and flew away. When the white parrot saw the black eagle fly away, it suddenly came to its senses and called out arrogantly, "Ga, don't go, bad birds, come and fight to the death!" β
Su Yan poked it with a smile, "Put down the chess pieces you stole and fight to the death." β
The white parrot jumped back into her arms, tilted its head as if it was innocent, "I didn't steal it!" Didn't steal! Didn't steal! As he spoke, he deliberately raised his paw to show his innocence.
The corners of Su Rong's mouth twitched when she saw it on the side, she had just seen clearly that two black chess pieces were put back on the board by the parrot, did she think that no one had seen them? This little thing is too fine, why does it take her chess pieces every time and not Su Yan's?
Su Yan naturally saw it, she had no intention of bothering with this self-proclaimed clever parrot, she just nodded its little head and admonished: "You didn't mess with Xuan Yu before, otherwise you would have been eaten by it that day, and I wouldn't care." β
The parrot was sad, hid its head under its wings, turned around and pointed at Su Yan with its ass, and complained: "Shi Niang, you also bully birds, I don't live anymore......"
Su Yan poked its fart funny, and the parrot jumped three feet high, and flew up directly, shouting: "Dengtuzi, Dengtuzi!" And then he ran.
Su Rong looked at it and stammered, pointing at the parrot that flew away, "Who did it learn from?" "Even the disciples know that they are using it correctly.
Su Yan was speechless about this, but the person who taught the parrot badly, "It's the second brother." β
Su Rong: "......" is really something that her second brother can do. However, she expressed her curiosity about Xiaobai's whereabouts, and deliberately asked with a little evil smile: "Tenth sister, what did you just say Xiaobai did?" β
Su Yan was very generous, "Xiaobai went into the palace to deliver the letter." "Since Cui Xiang came to the Yasukuni Mansion ahead of schedule, Su Zhoucheng has openly prevented the prince from boarding the door of the Yasukuni Mansion again, and he is not allowed to take his daughter out to play again.
The prince was depressed, and he was able to see his sweetheart every day, but he couldn't even see a shadow for more than a month, which made him so depressed that he was almost lovesick. Once, when Su Yan followed a few sisters to Da Rong'en Temple to play, the prince was finally able to meet her. He took Su Yan's hand and refused to let go, if it weren't for the fact that the two hadn't gotten married, he was afraid that Su Yan would be annoyed that he would act frivolously, and the prince really wanted to hug Shi Niang and be wronged.
Su Yan, who was so entangled by the prince that he could barely get out, finally had to hit Xiaobai with his idea. She told the prince that every three days, she would ask Xiaobai to send a letter to the palace, asking the prince to greet the palace guards and saints, so that no one would know and hurt Xiaobai.
Of course the prince was willing, and when he went back that night, he told his father, and he also gave his father an order not to hurt Xiaobai. He himself also painted a portrait of Xiaobai and pasted it in a conspicuous place in the palace, so that these guards and the guards of the East Palace could recognize what Xiaobai was looking for.
In this way, Xiaobai became a messenger between the two, reversing every three days, and finally calmed the prince's anxiety about not seeing his sweetheart.
Su Yan admitted it so generously, and Su Rong couldn't make fun of her anymore, so he could only change the topic sullenly, "It's a pity that this game of chess was ruined by two birds." Really, people just came up with a clever trick, maybe they can turn defeat into victory. β
Su Yan raised his eyes and looked at Su Rong, put down the book in his hand, sat up straight, stretched out his hand to pick up the chaotic chess pieces on the chessboard, and put them back together.
Su Rong asked inexplicably: "Tenth sister, what are you going to do?" β
Su Yan didn't make a sound, her hand movements were not in a hurry, and after a while, the chess game just now was restored without any difference, she invited her, "It's okay, Seventh Sister will take care of your tricks." β
Su Rong was dumbfounded, and he stumbled unconsciously when he spoke, "Ten, ten sister, have you remembered the chess game just now?" "What kind of memory is this!
After Su Yan had already reviewed the game, she once again focused on the book, and when she heard Su Rong ask her, she said casually: "If Seventh Sister often plays blind chess, she can be the same as me." β
"Blind chess?" Su Rong pursed his lips, "It won't be like I thought." β
"It's what you think, I used to play with Daddy, eldest brother and second brother, and it's fun for four people to get down." Su Yan replied without raising his head.
She said easily, Su Rong was silent, about in terms of IQ, she really has no possibility of surpassing.
At this moment, the maid Cuixi beside the Liu family turned around the flowers, came to the door of the water pavilion, and smiled at the maid guarding the door and said, "Annoying sister to go back to Qi Niang and Shi Niang." β
Su Rong happened to see it, and raised his voice: "Sister Cuixi just came in." β
Cui Xi smiled and saluted the two sisters, and when facing Su Yan, her attitude was obviously more solemn.
Su Rong saw that she was holding two small mahogany boxes, and asked with a smile: "Who sent this post?" During this time, the sisters received countless invitations. Su Yan is too lazy to go, but Su Rong has a female official in the palace by her side, and it is not easy to go out much. Therefore, the two sisters really spend more time at home.
Cui Xi smiled: "This is sent by the Wei family, and the lady asked the slave to send it to Qi Niang and Shi Niang." "The sixth mother of the Wei family is the princess of Zhao, and she is still the future sister-in-law of Qi Niang and Shi Niang, because of the post sent by the Wei family, she was sent to the two sisters by the Liu family.
"The Wei family?" Su Rong smiled playfully, "Show me." She held out her hand to Trixi. To be honest, if possible, she didn't want to have anything to do with the Wei family at all, in her previous life, Wei Banniang entered the Zhou Palace, even if King Zhao and King Wu were friendly, they couldn't prevent the Wei family from standing in the camp of King Zhou.
As the princess of Zhao, Wei Liuniang could not escape the fate of early death, and with Wei Liuniang's death, her sons and two daughters also died one after another, and the Wei family's big house almost collapsed. Later, the king of Zhou lost power, the king of Wu rose, and then ascended the throne as the emperor. When it came to the Wei family's big house, the people were not executed, but the official position was pushed to the end, and then the whole clan returned to their hometown in Shanxi. The Wei family, which was once prosperous, was so scattered that five years later, no one in Shangdu remembered.
This kind of family is destined to fall, Su Rong really doesn't want to make friends. However, depending on her mother's meaning, I still hope that she can have a good relationship with the sixth mother of the Wei family. Su Rong read the post, pondered for a moment, turned his head and asked Su Yan: "Tenth sister, are you going?" β
Just at the Wei family's eight mothers, Su Yan didn't want to pay attention to the Wei family. She replied without thinking: "Don't go, Seventh Sister can go by herself." β
Su Rongcai didn't want to go to the Wei family by herself, so she persuaded softly: "The sixth mother of the Wei family is the future princess of Zhao, and we can't refute her face too much." β
Su Yan tilted his head and thought about it, and said simply: "Seventh sister, I don't like the Wei family very much. β
Su Rong shrugged his shoulders, "I don't like it either, but for the sake of Concubine Wei and Wei Liuniang's face, I have to go if I don't like it." She clasped her hands together and pleaded with her eyes, "Tenth sister, I don't want to go to the Wei family by myself at all, be a companion with me." β
Su Rong said so, and Su Yan nodded indispensably, "Then let's go together." β
The Wei family's post was half a month later, and it was still early. Since the two decided to go, they naturally replied to the post in person and sent it to the Wei family. Just as the person who invited the next post was Wei Liuniang, Su Rong and Su Yan's reply post was also for Wei Liuniang.
When the Su family's reply was delivered, Wei Liuniang was sitting upright on the chair, looking down at Wei Banniang, who was being pressed and kneeling at her feet, she showed a disdainful smile: "Eighth sister, if you continue to make trouble, it will be impossible to enter the Zhou Palace, the saint and Concubine De Niangniang have already chosen the second mother of the Wang family as the side concubine of the King of Zhou." She half-bent down, reached out and pinched Wei Banniang's chin, forcing her to look up at herself, her eyes were ruthless: "If it weren't for you being a fool, I would have been the crown princess, all because you ......" At this point, she slapped Wei Banniang violently, and cursed with hatred: "Why don't you die?" β
Wei Banniang's half-lowered eyes were almost about to erupt with fire, she had been tortured at home during this time, with the old lady of the Wei family, even her father couldn't protect her, let alone her mother. was even implicated by her, and her mother was served by her mother-in-law every day, and was tortured by her mother-in-law in every way, and she was already so thin that she was out of shape. If it weren't for her uncle's life-saving grace to her father, it doesn't mean that her mother would have been sold or sent home long ago.
For the Wei family room and Wei Liuniang, Wei Banniang hated her teeth so much, and she hated Su Yan and Wang Shuyun even more for causing her such a result. Now, she is more obsessed with King Zhou. After suffering this setback, Wei Banniang grew up quickly, put away the stupidity and recklessness of the past, and kept learning Wei Liuniang. Yes, even if Wei Liuniang hates her and always gets angry with her from time to time, she will still follow her every day, secretly learning her every move, she has confidence, one day, as long as she is given a chance, she will do better than Wei Liuniang.
Wei Liuniang saw Wei Banniang's submissive appearance, and soon lost interest. She withdrew her hand, picked up a handkerchief and wiped her hands, threw it on the ground at will, and indifferently ordered: "Drag her down, and by the way, take water to touch the ground, and wipe it wherever this stands." β
Wei Banniang's hand hidden in her sleeve was clenched tightly, and her nails sank deep into her palm, bringing a pain that pierced her heart, and this pain could make her hold back her feelings. She hung her head and obediently followed the maid to the door, standing honestly under the porch, completely ignoring the disdainful gaze of the maid, and listening carefully to the movement in the house.
Wei Liuniang is the same as Su Rong, after the marriage, there are a few more female officials in the palace. The difference is that the female palace around Su Rong was given by Concubine Shu, and after she got married, these female officials would return to the palace. And the female palace around Wei Liuniang is all Concubine Wei's people, they will not return to the palace, and they will follow Wei Liuniang in the future.
"How's Wu Niang?" Wei Liuniang no longer saw the explicit malice when facing Wei Banniang at this time, but looked dignified and gentle, and the just right smile on her face eased her overly sharp facial features, forming a unique charm, which was more attractive than before.
A female official in her thirties, with ordinary facial features and dressed in palace clothes, who was standing next to Wei Liuniang, said lightly, "Wuniang is very smart and learns quickly. β
"I hope she is really smart and can learn a little bit of Su Shi Niang's appearance, instead of drawing a tiger and not becoming an anti-dog, just like a skin." Wei Liuniang sneered slightly, she took Su Yan's reply and handed it to Female Official Chen, "This is a post written by Su Shi Niang herself, take it to Wu Niang, let her practice according to it." β
"Yes." Female Official Chen stretched out her hand to take it, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke again, "In a few days, the flower-viewing banquet can be attended by Wu Niang, and you can always learn more from real people." β
Wei Liuniang nodded, "Female official Lao Chen went to sue SΓΉ Wuniang." β
Female official Chen was ordered to go out of the room, Wei Liuniang's eyes showed unwillingness, if she could be the crown princess, why send Wu Niang to the East Palace. However, my aunt and grandmother are right, the prince looks fine at present, but I don't know how many princes have been deposed in history, and there is still a long way to go. Su Shi Niang, let's see!
Not only is Wei Liuniang thinking about Su Yan, but there are still people in the palace thinking about her, but it should be said that many of them are thinking about her, their respective purposes are different, but the malice in them is the same.
Since the emperor issued a holy decree to give marriage, Du Guifei began to select the female officials who were sent to Su Yan to perform the duty of teaching. She was even concerned about this aspect, and even discussed a lot with her mother when Mrs. Du entered the palace, and only then picked out eight people.
The election was elected, and without the emperor's will, she couldn't be sent to Su Yan. After all, she is not the queen, nor is she the biological mother of the crown prince, and she does not have this power. Du Guifei was thinking about how to convince the emperor.
However, before she could convince the emperor, she had to be able to meet the emperor first. The emperor recently fascinated two sixteen-year-old twin girls, and threw aside Li Meiren and Hu Meiren, who had been favored before. Even Du Guifei hadn't seen the emperor for more than a month.
This can't be done, the sooner a few officials and girls are sent to Su Yan, the better. Du Guifei was anxious, and she didn't dare to really find out the emperor's whereabouts, so she could only walk around the imperial garden every day, hoping to meet it once.
I don't know if Du Guifei was unlucky, she missed the emperor several times, and Du Guifei wanted to eat and live in the imperial garden.
On this day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and Du Guifei came to the imperial garden again, wandering aimlessly with people, not wanting to run into Concubine Wei.
"Concubine." Du Guifei smiled and blessed her body. Even though she doesn't look down on Concubine Wei, she has to make enough gestures on the surface.
Concubine Wei is almost sixty years old, but she is extremely well maintained, her skin is tight, shiny and smooth, her sideburns are jet black, her body is slender, and she looks like she is in her thirties.
"It's a concubine, and I'm here to enjoy the flowers." Concubine Wei smiled very charmingly, and whenever she laughed, people would always ignore her overly plain facial features. Back then, it was with such a smile that she was favored by the first emperor and was favored for 20 years.
Du Guifei smiled and nodded, "The concubine looks so good, it seems that the illness is really good." She expressed regret that Concubine Wei was still alive.
This Concubine Wei, after the New Year, gradually recovered. She didn't seem to know that the crown prince had done something to her, but she still cared for the prince and was very considerate of the emperor. Every time the emperor went to visit her, he spoke very appropriately, which made the emperor feel very relieved. As a result, the emperor visited her more often.
The days in the palace are lonely, especially for the surviving people like Concubine Wei, who can't wear bright clothes, can't enjoy singing and dancing at will, can only grow flowers and raise, and occasionally come to the imperial garden to stroll, Concubine Wei thumped her legs and sighed, "People are old, and they are tired after walking not far." β
Du Guifei smiled and stretched out her hand: "There is a pavilion in front, I will help the concubine to sit down." β
Concubine Wei waved her hand, "No need, I'd better go back to the palace and rest." She held the hand of the palace maid, turned around slowly, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and turned around to invite, "If the concubine is fine, it is better to go back to the palace with me to play chess." β
How could Du Guifei have the leisure to play chess with Concubine Wei, she still wanted to meet the emperor by chance. She was about to open her mouth to refuse, and suddenly thought that the emperor would often visit Concubine Wei recently, she drew an arc in her heart, and wanted to try her luck, "It's okay, then it's going to bother the concubine." Du Guifei shook the fan in her hand, walked to Concubine Wei's side, and stretched out her hand to help, "Concubine, I'll help you." β
Concubine Wei patted Du Guifei's hand, her smile became more and more kind, and she said casually: "Why haven't you seen your fourth mother and seventh mother enter the palace recently?" I blame them. Especially your Qi Niang, she is really smart and considerate, I have never seen such a good little lady, and even the saint praises it. β
Du Guifei pursed her lips and smiled, as if nothing had happened on her face, but her heart turned over the river and the sea.