When Zhang Zhao followed the palace maid inside, her heart suddenly became apprehensive, for some reason, although the princess always smiled kindly and treated people gently, she always felt scared and did not dare to approach inexplicably.

"Lady, please." The palace maid who led the way turned around, saluted Zhang Zhaoshen, and retreated in small steps.

Zhang Zhao nodded, and then looked at the room curiously, the layout seemed to be no different from her room, except that some of the furnishings were more delicate and valuable.

It's no wonder that the identity of the princess is indeed more valuable than her.

Zhang Zhao is open-minded and open-minded.

Lilac came out of the side room, saw Zhang Zhao, and blessed her body: "I've seen Mrs. Zhang." ”

"Don't be polite." Zhang Zhao said hurriedly, then turned his gaze to the brush, and his eyes signaled.

The brush received the signal from his mother, and immediately stepped forward with the food box, and said sweetly: "Sister Lilac, this is the yam cake made by my mother." In the morning, you sent the bottle of autumn pear paste, the lady ate very well, and felt grateful for the love of the princess, but she hated herself and could not reciprocate. The food is shallow, and please don't dislike it. ”

Lilac respectfully took the food box with both hands, lowered her head and sniffed it, and her eyebrows and eyes were immediately dyed with a smile: "Mrs. Zhang is really modest, it is the first time for the maid to smell such a fragrant yam cake, and the yam cake is good for the spleen and kidneys, appetizing food, the princess has no appetite these days, this yam cake was delivered in time, and the princess will be happy to see it." ”

As he spoke, he handed the food box to the thick little palace maid on the side, and personally led Zhang Zhao's master and servant to the side room.

Lin Long was kneeling on the low couch to cook tea, and when he saw Zhang Zhao coming in, he put down the teacup and got up to greet her.

Zhang Zhao was flattered, and hurriedly saluted: "The concubine has seen the princess." ”

"No need to be polite." Lin Long directly took her hand and led her to sit on the couch, "You and I are of the same age, so you don't have to care about this courtesy in private, just talk about it as equals." ”

Zhang Zhao nodded and smiled, she didn't expect the princess to be so kind, she was a little relaxed, but she was still a little nervous.

"Do you like tea?" Lin Long raised his hand to lift the teapot to burn the tea cup, and his wrists raised high were white and soft, even the most delicate white porcelain could not be compared.

Zhang Zhao smiled shyly: "I don't like it too much, I liked some sweet and sour tastes when I was a child, and then the female teacher said that it was indecent, and I slowly liked it after teaching a little bit of tea." ”

Lin Long chuckled: "Yes, I didn't like it when I was young, but when I got older, I got used to it." "It's not a liking, it's a habit.

Zhang Zhao was a little stunned when he heard this, the princess was only 16 years old, one year younger than her, where is she old. Could it be that this is what my mother said, after getting married, you should be steady and dignified, and you should be dignified when you are old?

Lin Long poured Zhang Zhao a cup of tea, "If you don't mind, can I call you Ah Zhao?" ”

"No, no, no......" Zhang Zhao pursed his lips and smiled, revealing two deep dimples, "I don't mind." ”

Lin Long smiled and easily mentioned the topic that Zhang Zhao was most interested in: "Ah Zhao learned to be Mrs. Wei's words?" ”

Zhang Zhao nodded shyly.

"Well, Mrs. Wei's handwriting is excellent, the lines are delicate and peaceful, elegant and graceful, suitable for women to copy." Lin Long praised a sentence, then changed his words, and said, "However, when I look at Ah Zhao's words, they are upright and graceful, and they imply a strong crossbow, and their rhyme is flying, which seems to have the style of the Qin family." ”

Zhang Zhao didn't expect Lin Long to see the connotation of his words, she copied Mrs. Wei's regular script when she was a child, and when she was older, she fell in love with Qin Shandeng's inscription. Because the female gentleman said that the font of the Qin family was too rigid and domineering, it was not suitable for women to copy, so they secretly copied it and did not dare to be discovered.

Because she is brilliant, she has learned the essence of Mrs. Wei and the Qin family, and integrated them, so that the words have their own style, so that they will be praised and then their name will be highlighted.

It's just that everyone saw that her characters were copied from Mrs. Wei, but no one found out that she had also learned the calligraphy of the Qin family.

Confidants are hard to find.

But in an instant, Zhang Zhao's favor for Lin Long suddenly rose.

Lin Long has a cold and gentle temperament, contradictory and unified, he can reject people thousands of miles away when he is estranged, but when he is close, he makes people want to dig out their hearts and lungs. She just has this ability, cold, gentle, just right, and her charm is inscrutable.

Soon, Zhang Zhao opened the conversation, and the two talked about makeup jewelry from calligraphy anecdotes, and from makeup jewelry to clothing matching.

Zhang Zhao found that the princess knew a lot, no matter what she said, she could pick up the topic, and even know more and more thoroughly. It's almost omniscient.

The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, and they didn't even notice that the cloves came up to deliver the yam cake.

Lilac and Brush glanced at each other, both smiled helplessly, and then withdrew lightly, leaving the space to the two masters.

"Are you self-taught?" Zhang Zhao was curious and stared at Lin Long with wide eyes.

Lin Long nodded: "At that time, I was not good at doing things, and I was bored, so I read some books for entertainment." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao's eyes showed sympathy and said with relief: "Actually, I can't go anywhere if I can go, when I was young, my aunt detained me and didn't allow me to go anywhere." Later, I liked calligraphy, so I could sit still, otherwise I would always want to run out. "Speaking of this Zhaoyan yearning," the book says, there is the sea in the east, the desert in the north, and the mountains in the west. ”

"Ah Zhao likes to travel?" Lin Long bent his eyes.

For some reason, Zhang Zhao is particularly talkative at this moment, and once the conversation box is opened, it can no longer be closed.

"Uh-huh." She nodded heavily, her little face flushed with excitement, "This is my dream, don't laugh at me, I always hope to find someone to accompany me all over the country, that person doesn't have to be very good, and his background doesn't have to be very high, as long as he can accompany me." Zhang Zhao is not really stupid, her words are not only sincere, but also to show Lin Long that she has no intention of competing for favor.

It's really helpless to get into the □□.

It's not so good, and she can still be looked down upon, and she's very sad herself, okay?

Lin Long didn't answer Zhang Zhao's words, but lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and his voice suddenly changed: "San Langjun of the Xinguo Mansion also likes to travel in the mountains and rivers. ”

Zhang Zhao's expression froze, and then he quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Probably everyone in this world loves to play in the mountains and rivers." ”

Lin Long lowered his head and didn't seem to notice the change in Zhang Zhao's expression, but suddenly changed his voice: "Then I wish Ah Zhao all his wishes come true." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Zhao was stunned and became more and more confused.

Then a faint sour feeling rose in her heart, she probably didn't have a chance.

She lowered her head and lowered her head, not listening to Lin Long's words at all, but just said politely: "Borrow the auspicious words of the princess." After speaking, she twisted the silk handkerchief and spoke: "It's not early, the princess is tired for a day today, I won't bother you, you can rest early." ”

"It's fine." Lin Long nodded, but didn't stay, "It's empty tomorrow, Ah Zhao can come over at any time." ”

"As long as the princess doesn't dislike it, Zhao will come to the door from time to time." Zhang Zhao got up with a smile, turned his head to Lin Long and said, "Don't send it to the princess, just sit down." ”

Hearing the movement inside, Lilac and Brush came in, and both sides said goodbye.

Back at the residence, while serving Zhang Zhao to change clothes, the brush said worriedly: "How can the lady say everything, you don't know, I heard you say outside that when you found someone to be your companion and traveled all over the great rivers and mountains, I was about to be scared to death." ”

She hung up her cloak and patted her chest with her hand.

In fact, Zhang Zhao was also a little remorseful, he felt that it was okay to say those words at the time, and he could show that he had no desire to compete for favor, but now that he thinks about it, it is inappropriate.

She is equivalent to handing a handle to the other person.

And-

Zhang Zhao's eyes dimmed, how could the princess suddenly mention Dou Sanlangjun for no reason. She has already hidden her heart so well, she didn't even find the brush that served her, how did the princess who only had a few sides of the relationship perceive it.

I guess it's unintentional

Zhang Zhao recalled his words repeatedly, and found that except for the tour of the mountains and rivers, there was no information related to Dou Sanlang, so he was completely relieved.

On the other side, Lilac was also curious, "Lady, what did you mention Dou Saburo for?" "How embarrassing, after all, Mrs. Zhang is a little lady who has not been out of the cabinet, and she has already made up her mind, and rashly mentioning a foreign man will hinder her reputation.

The lady seems to like this Zhang Niangzi very much, and will never deliberately embarrass her.

But why did the lady do this?

"I'm just saying it casually." Lin Long lazily picked up a piece of yam cake, she didn't eat a drop of rice for a day, she seemed to be really hungry.

The corners of Lilac's mouth twitched, and she didn't believe it.

"It's casual, but ...... There is also intentionality. Lin Long swallowed the pastry in his mouth and held the teacup, "There are only a few foreign men that the lady who has not left the pavilion can see, Xuanping Hou and Xinguo Gong are world friends, and the two ladies get along well, Ah Zhao loves calligraphy and travel, it is rare to be right, except for Dou Sanlang, there is no one else." ”

Ding Xiang vaguely understood, curious: "Is the lady saying that Zhang Zhao's lady likes calligraphy because of Dou Sanlang?" ”

Zhao said that she only thoroughly honed her calligraphy when she was 10 years old.

Ten years old? Lilac twitched the corner of her lips, this love was too early.

Lin Long knew what Lilac was thinking, and explained: "It's not small, at that time, Dou Saburo was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was the most attractive to little girls. ”

"Seventeen or eighteen?" Ding Xiang finally heard something abnormal, "That Dou family Saburo is so much older than Mrs. Zhang, didn't you get married?" ”

Lin Long shook his head.

She doesn't know everything about the people in Beijing, but as the queen mother's maiden family, the Xinguo Mansion, she still pays a little more attention.

San Langjun of the Xinguo Mansion has become a big problem, and it is already a heart disease of the Queen Mother and the Xinguo Gong.

Lilac was puzzled: "Does the lady want to use this matter to prevent Zhang Niangzi from entering the house?" "She is not sympathetic to Zhang Zhao, she has no relatives and no reason, and she can't be soft-hearted to a potential enemy. She just felt that this reason was not sufficient, and she might not be able to stop it, and if she went to Zhang Zhao, as well as Wang Zhao and Li Zhao, there would always be someone around the prince.

"It's not." Lin Long spoke, she didn't care about the little Zhang Zhao, even if she entered a few more, it didn't matter. She tried Zhang Zhao's intention this time to help her, "return her love." ”

"What's the feeling?" Lilac was confused, stared at Lin Long for a long time, and saw that she didn't mean to explain, so she changed the question, "How does the lady want to repay her for this." ”

"Help her make her wish come true." Lin Long put the tea cup on the table.