Although the rules of the palace are strict, but it is the nature of women to love gossip that cannot be stifled, and now that it is relatively relaxed, the palace people are also relaxed. Some people who don't look down on the Cui family say that Cui Xiuwan has a thin face, but some envy her for marrying the princess and the grand wedding, and a few older people, but they know that Taohua was startled by Wu Cairen yesterday and almost had an accident. Don't look at it just under a small corridor, but it is enough to draw a picture of all living beings.

As he was talking, he heard the sound of laughter, and the emperor came in from outside with a group of young people, all of them looking very excited, and before the people arrived, the voice had already come.

The queen mother in the palace also heard the voice, and the emperor came from the path, and Qingyu, a confidant of the queen mother, had already come out, and saluted with a smile: "Niangniang heard the emperor laughing from afar, and asked the emperor why he was so happy." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "I went to see the hunting ground, shot a few rabbits, and sent them to add vegetables to the queen mother." With a move, a small inner supervisor hugged two live rabbits and stepped forward, "There is also a pair of live ones here, for the queen mother to enjoy and relax." ”

These two rabbits are snow-white hair, and they don't look like hares when they look at the color, and they are estimated to be raised by the people who manage Nanyuan, but Qingyu is obviously not clear, and she looks happy but she doesn't dare to pick it up. The emperor smiled, took the ears of two rabbits himself, and went into the palace.

The group of people who came with him were all between twenty and thirty years old, all men, so naturally they could not enter the temple at will, and they all waited outside the temple. Taohua stood under the corridor, looking at the nose and nose like the palace people, and never looked at them more. It's a pity that she doesn't look at people, but some people look at her: "Miss Jiang! ”

Taohua knew as soon as she heard that this was Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng was wearing a strong suit, and a short leather armor was draped on his shoulders, his young face was ruddy after exercise, and he walked to the porch with a smile on his face: "Why are you standing here?" ”

Of course, it's the grandmother of the Queen Mother who is here to serve you, do you still have to ask? Taohua sneered, raised her head and smiled: "The second son is also here?" ”

Some of the young men in the courtyard raised their eyebrows, Jiang Heng raised his hand at them threateningly, and said with a smile: "The emperor is going to test our bow horse this time, and there are a lot of people here." Hunting tomorrow, will Miss Jiang go to see it? ”

Of course, Momoka still wants to see it. The royal hunt is naturally a big scene, and besides, she still wants to see who the jade daffodils are. But it's not up to her, so she can only say vaguely: "I'm here to serve the Queen Mother, so naturally I listen to the will of the Queen Mother." ”

Jiang Heng looked at her with a little regret, but he felt a heat in his heart, and rushed out: "I'll go and tell the Queen Mother." ”

In the group of people under the corridor, someone immediately laughed unabashedly. Jiang Heng's face flushed, but he still said to Taohua: "Since you are serving the Queen Mother with you, of course you should also go to the hunting ground." ”

"Second son." Qingyu, who had just come out to pick up the emperor, walked out again at this time, and looked at Jiang Heng with a smile, "The queen mother called the second son in." ”

Jiang Heng said in a low voice: "You wait, I'll go and say." ”

Taohua wanted to dissuade her, but Jiang Heng had already walked into the hall quickly, and she could only swallow a long string of words into her stomach and say thank you to his back. No matter what, Jiang Heng is always kind.

However, Jiang Heng had just entered the hall, and someone in the group of young people under the corridor suddenly pinched his throat and said, "I'll go and tell the Queen Mother—"

This person was obviously imitating Jiang Heng, but he was learning a female voice again, which immediately caused a burst of laughter, and several eyes were cast at Taohua unscrupulously - obviously, standing under the corridor with the palace people has already shown that Taohua's status is not high, and these people are all noble children, so naturally there is no need to scruple.

However, some of them knew about Taohua's identity, and whispered: "This should be the girl of the Jiang family who cured the Queen Mother a few days ago." ”

"It's just a medicine girl." The other didn't care, and glanced at Taohua contemptuously, "I heard that I'm still a little entangled with Cheng Enbo." ”

"It's not." Another person laughed, "It's with King Anjun." This is Jiang Langzhong's niece and Jiang Jieyu's sister in the palace. A few days ago, wasn't the Jiang family buying any medicinal materials for King Anjun? ”

"I see......"

"Not really." The man who seemed to know the details well was in his early twenties, with a contemptuous expression, "It's better to be colored, no wonder my uncle saw someone in Xingjiao Temple and wanted to come up and talk to him." Speaking of which, the daughters of Jiang Langzhong's family were not badly born. ”

"Yu Ling-" The young man who originally said that Taohua had cured the Queen Mother coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "In the end, he cured the Queen Mother's ......."

Yu Ling looked disdainful: "It's just a coincidence, how can she have any medical skills." "He is the grandson of Yu Ge Lao, and he is naturally more well-informed than others, and he knows the mystery of that night's bright sand. In fact, many people in the Yu family know that the Queen Mother is not sick, but disgusted by the night's bright sand. This Jiang San just replaced the luminous sand with mussel powder, not so much that she cured the Queen Mother, but rather a coincidence, luck.

One of the young men in the crowd who had been silent suddenly said, "That's not the case. Miss Jiang is indeed outstanding in medical skills. He looked up at the people around him and continued, "A few days ago, my grandmother was unwell, and she couldn't be cured by the royal court. If I hadn't come to Nanyuan, my mother would have held a banquet to thank Miss Jiang. ”

In fact, it is not so much a thank you as an apology. But then everyone's face looks good.

"Cao Ming, is what you said true?" A group of people are not very old, so they are naturally curious and ask one after another.

Cao Ming glanced at Taohua and said, "Naturally, it's true." ”

Yu Ling sneered: "Forget it." The royal court's judgment was degraded by the Queen Mother, and it was just a fame and reputation. If he can't cure a disease, is it considered a difficult disease? If your family can invite an envoy to the hospital, it will naturally be cured by medicine. ”

Not everyone in the capital can invite these imperial doctors casually, such as the court envoys, who only serve the emperor and the queen mother in the palace, and even the palace concubines can't be invited, let alone the officials. Only Yu Ge's old family dared to ask the hospital to diagnose the pulse. And like Cao Fu, he can only invite people when the royal court is not a court judgment. What Yu Ling said was naturally full of disdain.

Cao Ming's face suddenly flushed. He is also a young and vigorous person, although he usually gives way to Yu Ling, but now he is bullied in the face like this, but he can't suppress his anger: "If Miss Jiang's medical skills are not good, she can't see at a glance in Xingjiao Temple that Cheng Enbo is taking strange medicine." ”

The word "miracle medicine" is really meaningful, and someone next to him has already turned his head and snickered. Cao Ming continued: "I remember that Miss Jiang also said that day that if the pregnant aunt in Chengenbo Mansion is restless and is afraid that the fetus will not be protected, isn't it right again? In this way, it is convenient for some people, and they get a knighthood for nothing. ”

Yu Sirui has been childless for many years, and some people in the clan have already eyed his title of Cheng'en Earl, thinking of taking their son as his son, including Yu Ling's parents.

The Yu clan has many people, and although it seems to be vigorous now, there are a lot of people who are not talented inside. Yu Ling was quite unfortunate to be assigned to a pair of parents who had no interest but still wanted to enjoy prosperity and wealth. Helplessly, because there are too many Yu family members, even if there are Yu Ge Lao and the queens of the two dynasties, it is impossible to ensure that everyone in the clan is rich and rich. So this pair of unsuccessful fathers and mothers first thought about marrying their daughters for profit, and when they found that the profits did not meet expectations, they hit their son with the idea.

In fact, Yu Ling is an only son. Generally speaking, even people who want money and want to go crazy will not put their only incense to others, but the parents of the collar don't think so. They think: Even if Yu Ling goes out, can he watch his biological parents become unworshipped ghosts? You have to take care of one or two anyway.

This care naturally refers to the fact that when you are alive, you will be clothed and fed, and after you die, you will be incense every year.

If there are parents like this, even if there are other families who covet the title of Earl Chengen, they can point at this family behind their backs and laugh at it. Yu Ling's parents were unaware, but Yu Ling couldn't stand it, so that over the years, his temperament has become a little gloomy and irritable.

Cao Ming's title can be regarded as poking at Yu Ling's sore spot, if he wasn't standing outside the Queen Mother's palace now, and the emperor was inside, Yu Ling would have pounced on it. However, not being able to move his hands does not mean that he cannot move his mouth, Yu Ling also sneered: "This may not be." I remember that Cheng Enbo Mansion had a new aunt, oh - it seems to be the honor of the house, right? Maybe the venerable relatives came over with the blessing of the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, and passed on the ancestry to the Chengenbo Mansion? ”

This time it was Cao Ming's turn to look bad. There are relatives who are concubines in the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, and they are really shameless. And Yu Ling still refused to give up, his eyes slipped to Taohua, and he said casually, "Speaking of which, there is another one here, who seems to be related to the mansion, and will enter the Anjun Wangfu as a concubine in the future, and the mansion will be in-law with the county king's mansion." ”

Only marrying a wife can be regarded as marriage, and taking a concubine is not counted at all, and even the relatives of concubines cannot be considered relatives at all. Yu Ling's words can be regarded as pulling the Jinghai Marquis Mansion to the feet of the Chengenbo Mansion and the Anjun Palace.

Momoka couldn't help frowning. Although Yu Ling did not name her, she had already made it clear enough, if she didn't go out, would she have to acquiesce to Yu Ling's nonsense?

But before she could speak, a voice had already come from behind: "Yu Jiugongzi said who wants to marry my county prince's mansion?" ”

Shen Shu strode over from the path. He was also dressed in a power suit, with leather armor draped over his right shoulder. Obviously it is a similar outfit, but he is heroic and tall when he wears it, and when he stands in front of Yu Ling, he is like a bean sprout that has not developed well, and he is a little shorter.

was asked face-to-face, and Yu Ling's mouth was a little open. But he was stubborn by nature, and said stubbornly: "I heard that King Anjun has the joy of being favored after his wedding, I just feel happy for King Jun." ”

"Listen to whom?" Shen Shu stared at him coldly, "You might as well say it, and let this king see who is not doing his job properly, but only knows that he is ruining the reputation of his daughter's family behind his back." ”

How can this person stand up? Yu Ling's face was swollen red, and what Shen Shu said was clearly him, so he just pointed to his nose and said that he would only spread rumors behind his back. He couldn't swallow this breath, so he stiffened his neck and said, "What, the prince of the county said that he would not accept the daughter of the Jiang family as a concubine?" "Then these days, the Junwang Mansion has been in frequent contact with the Jiang family, so why did you come, is it just to buy medicinal materials?

"Naturally not." Shen Shu said lightly, "Miss Jiang has her own parents in charge, and she will marry someone as her wife in the future. Can outsiders slander at will? ”

What else is there to say about this? The parties concerned clearly said that they would not accept Taohua as a concubine, could Yu Ling still insist that he would always rebel in the future? That's vexatious. No matter how Shen Shu said it, he was also a royal bloodline, and he was just a side branch of the Yu clan, what identity would he dare to confront Shen Shu like this.

Shen Shu's gaze swept over the faces of the rest of the people in turn, and said coldly, "Is there anyone else who wants to speak?" ”

The courtyard was silent for a while, and everyone turned their eyes away uncomfortably, only Cao Ming nodded excitedly to Shen Shu. Shen Shu also bowed slightly to him, and then turned around and walked in front of Taohua: "This king's behavior is careless, and it will affect Miss Jiang's reputation." ”

He stared at the girl in front of him. A long gown embroidered with light yellow osmanthus flowers in the moon, revealing a royal blue skirt underneath, and a slender waist, like a slim osmanthus tree, seems to have a faint sweet fragrance wafting out of the black hair.

Shen Shu was tall, the two stood too close, Taohua lowered her head slightly, and Shen Shu could only see Bai Shengsheng's forehead under the bangs, as well as the small tip of his nose. A silver hairpin pinned into the satin-like black hair, like a streamer, with a pair of coral beads the size of lotus seeds and rice inlaid at the top, but it was gray in Shen Shu's eyes.

This should be red. Shen Shu thought abruptly, but unfortunately he couldn't see it.

Before he knew about his illness, he had wondered why the palace people waiting around him liked to wear some small ornaments that seemed to him to be gray, and they said that it was red, a very beautiful color.

Later, when he learned about his illness, he didn't have any special regrets. In the northwest, my uncle pointed to the piles of corpses and said to him, "That's the color of blood, that's red." At that time, he looked at the deep and shallow traces, and felt that it was good not to see red.

But now, he suddenly hated a little bit, hated why he had this disease, why he couldn't see the bright, supposedly very beautiful red. Why can't I see this girl's delicate red lips, the seductive flush on her cheeks, and the sparkling gems that adorn her hair? It's even more regrettable that even this incomplete beauty will not belong to him in the future. This girl will eventually marry a wife, and even if they can see each other again at that time, I am afraid that he will avoid suspicion.

Taohua didn't expect Shen Shu to say this, so she raised her head in a little surprise and looked into those deep black eyes.

Shen Shu's appearance is said to be with his mother, with handsome contours and excellent facial features, but he has been in the northwest for many years, and his complexion has been sunburned into a honey-like color, which is not noble and elegant enough in the capital. However, in Taohua's opinion, men really don't need to be so white, do they want to be little white? And he has such eyes, like a deep pool of water......

Taohua suddenly realized that she had been staring at those eyes for a long time, so she quickly turned her gaze away and lowered her head again: "Why did the prince say this, this is not the fault of the prince, but some people have dirty hearts and eyes, so they treat others as themselves." ”

Among these young people in the courtyard, not everyone's family is friendly with the Yu family, and Yu Ling is just a branch of the Yu family, and not everyone looks down on him. As soon as Taohua said this, there was a slight giggle.

Yu Ling's face was swollen blood-red, and he looked up angrily, but saw the girl standing on the porch, behind her was a large wooden hibiscus with pink flowers, which set off the light blue figure as elegant as a lake, and the two red coral beads inlaid on the hairpin reflected the noon sun and became two bright red, just like the reflection of the wave heart suddenly flashed brightly, so bright that people dare not look at it but are reluctant to look away.

Suddenly, Yu Ling's anger was gone. He saw that the girl suddenly raised her head again and whispered something to Shen Shu. She was a head shorter than Shen Shu, and when she wanted to speak, she had to tilt her head up, her slightly pointed jaw was raised, and her slender neck was like the swan he had seen in the lake in the old mansion of the pavilion before.

Taohua suddenly remembered something: "Can you, please do me a favor?" ”

"You say." Shen Shu looked at the small face that was close at hand, and his gaze fell on the two petal-like lips - red, what color is it?

"If the Queen Mother doesn't allow me to watch the hunt tomorrow, can I ask the prince to pay attention to it for me, and the jade carving narcissus that the Queen Mother took out to make a colorful head ended up in the hands of whom?" Although Jiang Heng said that he would intercede with the Queen Mother, Taohua was really not sure whether the Queen Mother would agree or not, or although she agreed, she turned around and arranged her to go far behind, saying that she was watching the hunt, but in fact she couldn't see anything. At that time, Jiang Heng was going to hunt on the field anyway, and it would be too easy for the Queen Mother to perfunctory him. And to be honest, somehow, Taohua felt that Jiang Heng's intercession was probably worse than not saying it.

"Is there anything strange about that piece of jade?" Shen Shu remembered that Taohua paid a lot of attention to it at that time, "You want it?" ”

Fortunately, the palace people all retreated when Shen Shu walked up to the corridor, and they shouldn't be able to hear what they said at this time, but Taohua still lowered her voice: "That, that is my mother's relic, because- for some reason it fell into the hands of Cheng Enbo......" I really don't have the face to say that it was stolen by my stepmother.

Shen Shu's expression froze: "I know." ”

He was about to say another word, Jiang Heng had already run out of the hall briskly, and when he saw Shen Shu and Taohua standing together, he couldn't help but pause. Shen Shu glanced at him, nodded slightly to Taohua, and stepped back.

"Miss Jiang-" Jiang Heng first hugged his fist to Shen Shu, and then turned to Taohua with a smile, "The Queen Mother has already agreed, and she will take you to see the hunt tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, second son." Taohua saluted him with a smile, Jiang Heng is a very sunny young man, he has kindness to the world, and naturally he should also be kind.

"Heng'er-" A voice came from the door of the hall, and the Lord of Nanhua walked out accompanied by the Wen family, standing on the steps with a majestic face, and scanning Taohua critically, "I didn't expect Miss Jiang to come too." ”

Taohua had to salute her again: "I've seen the county lord." The people's daughter served the queen mother with her car. ”

"In this case, this is the grace of the Queen Mother, and you must serve it with your heart." The lord of Nanhua heard about Taohua's cure of the queen mother, but he didn't expect her to follow her to Nanyuan. Just now her son ran into the hall to mention Taohua, and she felt unhappy in her heart - Mrs. Jinghai Hou and her daughter sat at the bottom, that was her favored daughter-in-law, she was looking forward to this hunt, her son could get closer to the Cao family girl, why did he provoke the Jiang family girl again?

Jiang Heng coughed lightly: "Mother, I also got a wild pheasant, the coat is very bright, I sent it to the yard for you, can you go back and take a look?" Listening to the lord of Nanhua talking to Taohua in such an arrogant tone, as if he was instructing his own slaves, he couldn't say uncomfortable in his heart.

Wen also laughed and said: "I heard that the wild pheasant is not inferior to the peacock in color, and the tail feathers are also quite good-looking, but my daughter-in-law has never seen it." Mother, go back and see. She naturally understood why the Lord of Nanhua had such an attitude, but all she could do was help change the topic.

The lord of Nanhua was even more unhappy in his heart, but he didn't want to sweep his son's face, so he said, "Then go back and have a look." Look at your body of blades of grass, and go back to bathe for a while. ”

At this moment, the wives who came to visit the Queen Mother in the hall all came out one after another, and Jiang Heng couldn't stay any longer, so he hurriedly gave Taohua an apologetic look, and then helped the Lord of Nanhua to leave.

As soon as Taohua breathed a sigh of relief, she heard Cui Youwan's voice and said with a smile: "It turns out that Miss Jiang still knows Jiang Ergongzi, and she really has a wide range of friends." ”

How can this girl be haunted? Taohua was very annoyed and decided to ignore it. Who knew that Cui Youwan didn't know what kind of disease she was guilty of, and she didn't know that she would accept it when she saw it, but she said with a smile: "I heard that the lord of Nanhua is saying goodbye to Jiang Ergongzi, does Miss Jiang know?" ”

"Who's talking about kissing?" There was another voice from behind, Mrs. Jinghaihou came over with Cao Hui, and looked at Cui Youwan with a smile, "Second Miss Cui is really well-informed, and she even knows about this, much better than my family Hui'er." ”

Mrs. Cui's face turned black all of a sudden. Mrs. Jinghaihou said that Cao Hui is not as well-informed as Cui Youwan, in fact, it is an allusion that Cui Youwan inquired about things that she should not have heard, which not only means that Cui Youwan does not know how to measure, but also alludes to the poor tutoring of the Cui family.

Where did you expect to bite the gold halfway?

Mrs. Cui scolded secretly in her heart, but she still had a smile on her face: "There are many people in Beijing who know about this matter, and Mrs. Cao thinks that she hasn't gone out for some days, so she doesn't know?" "Marquis Jinghai is a noble family, and he is quite valued by the emperor, even if the Cui family is the prince's family, he does not dare to slack off. Moreover, Mrs. Jinghaihou has a higher destiny than Mrs. Cui, and only Cui Xiuwan will become the princess of the county in the future, and her status can be higher than that of Mrs. Jinghaihou.

Mrs. Jinghaihou smiled slightly: "This is also true." Mrs. Tai has been sick recently, so naturally I can't go out. Speaking of which, thanks to Miss Jiang's skillful healing, otherwise I am afraid that I would not be able to talk to Mrs. Cui here today. ”

Mrs. Cui glanced at Taohua with a little surprise, and she knew why Mrs. Jinghaihou would jump out to defend her. I can't imagine that this girl's medical skills are really extraordinary, so she cured the Queen Mother, and now she has cured the Mrs. of the Marquis of Jinghai, if it goes on like this, does she really want to be famous in the capital?

However, Mrs. Jinghaihou's words also reminded Mrs. Cui that Taohua had treated Cui Xiuwan no matter what she said, although no one seemed to know about it now, but if Taohua said it, Cui Youwan's actions would be even more ungrateful.

As soon as she thought of this, Mrs. Cui smiled unnaturally: "Miss Jiang's medical skills are naturally excellent, otherwise she wouldn't be able to serve the Queen Mother with her." She took the hands of her two daughters, "Let's go back first, Mrs. Cao, please." ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou watched the Cui family's mother and daughter go away, sneered lightly, turned her head to look at Taohua, and said apologetically: "Miss Jiang, just now--I was in the palace just now, and I saw the Queen Mother take it out as the head of this hunt-"

"It's a jade daffodil, isn't it?" Momoka smiled, "I've seen it." ”

"I'm really sorry......" Mrs. Jinghai didn't know what to say.

Taohua shook her head: "What does this have to do with Madame." And Mrs. Fang just spoke up to me, and I want to thank Mrs. ”

Mrs. Jinghaihou sighed, said goodbye to Taohua, and walked out of the garden. Cao Ming had already followed his mother, and said in a sullen voice: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely go all out tomorrow, if I can compete for a place, I may be able to win the jade carving back." ”

Naturally, there is more than one color head, and the first few will be selected in turn. The jade carving narcissus is just exquisite, and its value is always inferior to the color head taken out by the emperor, I am afraid that the person at the top will not choose. As long as Cao Ming can get the top three, he may have a chance.

Mrs. Jinghaihou looked at her son, and finally said, "Don't be so competitive. Bow horse hunting is always dangerous, and safety must be a priority. "Even if you feel guilty about Taohua, you can't compare to the heart of your son after all," and look at who the jade carving flower falls to, and the mother will find a way to change it back. ”