"Mother, Prince and Concubine Le will have a birthday on the third day of the first month of next month, and I just ordered the prince to send a post over, please take a look." Mrs. Gongsun sent the post of Prince Le's Mansion to her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Gongsun opened the post and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "It's a good thing, you hurry up and carefully prepare the eight-color birthday gift, and then buy good clothes and crown belts for the three children, and we will come to the door early to pay respects on that day." ”

Mrs. Gongsun should claim that it is, and hurry down to make arrangements. There are only six days left before the third day of the next lunar month, and there is really not much time left for her to prepare for her birthday gift and buy clothes.

"Someone is coming, hurry up and invite the shopkeeper Sun of Tianyifang. Then go and invite Miss Childe to the warm pavilion. As soon as Mrs. Gongsun came out of the old lady's house, she hurriedly gave orders. Tianyifang is the best garment shop in Yanjing City, their clothes are known for their novel style, fine workmanship and exquisite materials, of course, the price is also quite expensive, and the cheapest set of clothes also cost more than 100 taels of silver.

After a while, the Yuanqing Yuanzi brothers and Gongsun Yuanniang both arrived at the warm pavilion, and Mrs. Gongsun said that she went to Prince Le's mansion on the third day of the first month of November to pay homage to her birthday, and Yuanzi and Yuanniang brothers and sisters were very happy, but Gongsun Yuanqing frowned and said in a sullen voice: "Mother, I won't go." ”

"Nonsense, Yuan Zi Yuanniang, you two go out first." Mrs. Gongsun reprimanded in a deep voice, and then drove the two younger ones out, and the maids and grandmothers who served in the room also quietly followed, so that the lady and the eldest prince could talk alone.

"Mother, I don't want to go, don't embarrass my son......" Gongsun Yuanqing was extremely depressed, and sat on the chair angrily, with his back to his mother.

Mrs. Gongsun sighed and said in a slightly helpless tone: "Yuan Qing, didn't your father talk to you, you are willing and willing to do this family business, and you have to be willing if you don't want to." The emperor has already issued a decree to announce the world. Besides, your grandmother has met the eldest princess, she is a gentle and kind girl, and she will not let you be wronged after the big wedding in the future. ”

"Mother, I don't want to hear it, don't say it." Gongsun Yuanqing said sullenly.

Mrs. Gongsun turned to her son, held his shoulders and said, "Yuan Qing, shouldn't you still be thinking about ......?"

"Mother, what are you! I don't, I don't want anything now, I just don't want to get married! Gongsun Yuanqing quickly interrupted his mother's words and didn't let her say any more.

Mrs. Gongsun sighed secretly, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Qing, you don't believe your mother if you say it so emptyly, my mother also said it today, if you don't agree to the family affairs for a day, my mother will complain about Huangfu Yongning for a day, whether the friendship between our family and the Huangfu family for several lifetimes is broken in your father's generation, but it all depends on you." ”

Gongsun Yuanqing jumped up and shouted angrily: "Mother, how can you be like this!" ”

Mrs. Gongsun glared at her son and said loudly, "Why can't I do this!" I am your father's wife, the grandmother of the Gongsun family, and your own mother! That's what I can do! ”

"Mother, I really have nothing to do with Yongning, I've already thought about it, I always have no fate with Yongning, I only think of Yongning as a brother now, and I don't have the slightest thought. This has nothing to do with Yongning. Gongsun Yuanqing's forehead was oozing beads of sweat.

"I don't believe it!" When Mrs. Gongsun saw that this trick worked for her son, she pretended to be unreasonable and twisted her mouth, forcing her son to agree to go to Prince Le's mansion to pay respects. The old lady of Gongsun knew in her heart that this time she went to Prince Le's mansion, and the birthday greeting was just a pretense, and she was afraid that the queen would look at her eldest son.

"Mother...... Alas, I promise you that you will go to the palace to pay your respects. Gongsun Yuanqing sighed deeply and reluctantly agreed. He knew that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, not to mention that there was still a royal family over there.

Mrs. Gongsun breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face, but it happened that the shopkeeper of Tianyifang was also invited at this time, and Mrs. Gongsun asked her to measure the size of the three children, select the clothing and style, and add twice the salary, which made Tianyifang promise to send the clothes over to try on in four days, leaving a day for modification.

"Mother, their family's wages are so expensive!" After the shopkeeper of Tianyifang left, Gongsun Yuanniang stuck out her tongue and made a grimace, her tone full of surprise. Mrs. Gongsun ordered three sets of clothes from Tianyi Fang, and the processing fee for clothing materials totaled 1,500 taels of silver.

"This is nothing, in the future, my mother will order you a few sets of clothes from Tianyi Fang every season, Yuan Niang, you are already a big girl, and you can't be like before." Mrs. Gongsun has been worried about her daughter's unsatisfactory beauty recently, so she has to train her a few words whenever she has the opportunity.

Gongsun Yuanniang pouted and lowered her head, and let out a thin, unconvincing snort from her nose, Gongsun Yuanzi hurriedly poked her sister lightly, signaling her to be more comfortable, don't feel uncomfortable.

"Mother, you still have to make some birthday gifts, the three of us won't be here to make trouble for you, you are busy first." Gongsun Yuanqing was forced to go to the palace to pay homage to his birthday, and his mood naturally became more and more depressed, and he didn't want to stay in the warm pavilion, he just wanted to go to the martial arts arena to vent.

Mrs. Gongsun did have a lot of things to do, so she waved her hand and said, "Go, go, Yuan Niang, go back and send your homework for today, and my mother will see if you have grown." ”

When Gongsun Yuanniang heard that her mother wanted to see her homework, she couldn't help but collapse her shoulders and answered "yes" sullenly, and walked out with her two brothers with her head drooped.

Gongsun Yuanniang's homework refers to her embroidery, Yuanniang is a girl who can't calm down, even if there is Mrs. Gongsun holding her, she is only willing to practice needlework for half an hour every day, so Gongsun Yuanniang has been learning female workers for a long time, but the craftsmanship is really not very good, so every time Mrs. Gongsun checks her embroidery work, Gongsun Yuanniang will feel particularly difficult.

"Yuan Niang, you have been studying female workers for several years, why haven't you grown at all, you can learn a set of the most complicated whip methods in three months at most, is the embroidery needle more difficult than the whip?" Gongsun Yuanzi knew his sister-in-law's ability, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hmph, you have the ability to go

"Hmph, if you have the ability, you can learn it!" Gongsun Yuanniang glared at her second brother angrily, and then raised her leg and kicked it, Gongsun Yuanzi twisted her waist to avoid the past, Gongsun Yuanniang immediately pulled out her foot to chase, the brother and sister surrounded Gongsun Yuanqing and chased one to escape, both of them shouted: "Big brother help me catch him (her) ......"

Gongsun Yuanqing knew that his younger brothers and sisters wanted to make themselves happy, and he didn't want to brush their hearts, so he reluctantly smiled: "Okay, Yuan Zi, you are the elder brother, you are not allowed to bully Yuan Niang, Yuan Niang, your second brother didn't mean to make fun of you, this time it's okay to spare him in front of the eldest brother?" ”

The eldest brother spoke, Yuan Zi Yuanniang wanted to give face, the two of them stopped, and Gongsun Yuanniang always said "hum" to her second brother, which was regarded as revealing the matter.

"Big brother, are you going to the martial arts arena?" Gongsun Yuanniang saw her eldest brother walking quickly in the direction of the martial arts arena, and hurriedly chased after her and asked. Gongsun Yuanqing didn't speak, just nodded.

Gongsun Yuanniang glanced at her second brother, and the two accompanied the eldest brother on the left and right, and did not let him go to the martial arts arena alone.

Gongsun Yuanqing knew the intentions of his younger brothers and sisters, and said with a reluctant smile: "Don't worry, I won't be like before, Yuan Niang, you go and do your homework, Yuan Zi, you ......"

"Big brother, stop practicing, our brothers haven't drunk together for a long time, today my brother will be a host, and invite my eldest brother to drink." Gongsun Yuanzi didn't wait for his eldest brother to say anything, so he spoke first.

As soon as Gongsun Yuanniang heard this, she immediately shouted: "Big brother and second brother, I'm going too!" ”

Gongsun Yuanzi immediately objected: "Our grandfather eats wine, what kind of excitement do you have in a girl's house." Hurry up and do your homework, lest your mother talk about you again. ”

"Hmph, big brother, you see the second brother bullying me again." Gongsun Yuanniang pulled her eldest brother's sleeve and shouted angrily.

"Yuan Niang, Wu Zi is not wrong, my mother is going to check your homework soon, don't waste time, can I invite you another day?" Gongsun Yuanqing coaxed her sister in a good voice, and Yuanniang nodded sullenly, watching her two brothers walk towards the mansion. It wasn't until she couldn't see the backs of the two of them that Gongsun Yuanniang returned to her yard.

There is a drunken Xiaolou on Qianmen Street, and their family has the best Sangluo wine in Yanjing City, and Sangluo wine is Gongsun Yuanqing's favorite wine, and Gongsun Yuanzi, who is a good brother, naturally knows it.

"Brother, let's go to the drunken sky, if we don't get drunk today, we won't go home." Gongsun Yuanqing sat on the horse, pointed to Qianmen Street with the hand holding the horsewhip, and said boldly.

As soon as the two brothers entered Qianmen Street, they met Huangfu Yongning, who was walking in the direction of Dingbei Houfu with a bag of dim sum in one hand. Huangfu Yongning saw Brother Gongsun first, and immediately stepped forward and shouted with a smile: "Yuanqing Yuanzi, are you also here to buy something?" ”

Yuan Qing Yuanzi saw Huangfu Yongning, and hurriedly jumped off the horse, Yuan Zi smiled and muttered: "We don't buy anything, we plan to go to Zuixiao Tower to drink, by the way, Yongning, you can come with you." I remember you loved to drink too! ”

Although Huangfu Yongning has restored the identity of her daughter's family, she doesn't like to wear women's clothes, she still dresses as a man as before, she is used to wearing robes and arrow sleeves, and there is no trace of a daughter's breath between actions, so Gongsun Yuanzi saw Huangfu Yongning, and really didn't regard her as a girl's family in his heart, or habitually regarded her as a good brother who could practice martial arts and eat wine together.

Gongsun Yuanqing hadn't spoken yet, and Huangfu Yongning had already agreed very simply, "Okay, we haven't eaten together for a long time, Yuan Zi, I heard that the Sangluo wine in Zuixiaolou is the most famous, and I haven't drunk it yet, so I will definitely taste it when I go back." ”

Gongsun Yuanqing looked at Huangfu Yongning, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, he knew that it was not appropriate for Huangfu Yongning to go to eat and drink with his brothers, but he was unwilling to say anything to refuse, so he remained silent.

Huangfu Yongning handed over the two packs of dim sum in his hand to Gongsun Yuanzi's little servant, and said to him: "You send the dim sum to the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and then tell them, just say that I and your son-in-law went to Zuixiao Tower to eat and drink, and I will go back later." ”

The little girl took the dim sum and ran away quickly, Huangfu Yongning and the Gongsun brothers chatted while walking, she smiled at Gongsun Yuanqing and said: "Yuanqing, I heard that the emperor gave you a marriage, congratulations!" ”

Gongsun Yuanqing was already upset about the marriage, and when he heard Huangfu Yongning congratulating him, his heart became more and more depressed, and he said in a rough voice without anger: "What is there to congratulate!" ”

Huangfu Yongning was stunned, she looked sideways at Gongsun Yuanqing, frowned, and said, "Yuanqing, are you unhappy?" ”

Before Gongsun Yuanqing could speak, Gongsun Yuanzi immediately diverted the topic, pointed to the front and said, "Yongning, brother, we have arrived at Zuixiao Tower, let's go upstairs and ask for a single room to eat and chat." ”

The three of them entered the drunken Xiao Tower, and were led by Xiao Er to the private room, Gongsun Yuanzi ordered wine and food, and while waiting for the wine and food, Huangfu Yongning said to Gongsun Yuanqing very strictly: "Yuanqing, you are not happy in your heart, is it because of the marriage?" ”

Gongsun Yuanqing said in a sullen voice: "Yes, I don't want to get married at all now." ”

"Why? I have heard Grandma Gongsun and Uncle Gongsun say it several times, and they are all looking forward to your marriage as soon as possible. ”

To the clear and bright eyes of Emperor Fu Yongning, Gongsun Yuanqing found that he couldn't say those perfunctory words, he exhaled a sullen breath, and said helplessly: "I just want to make contributions now, but if I become a concubine, I will have no chance in this life, and if I become the eldest princess, it will be equivalent to ...... the entire Gongsun family."

"That's not necessarily, I heard that the first Yongyi Gong is also a colt, isn't it also famous for his achievements." Huangfu Yongning said with great disapproval.

"There is only one princess who built the city." Gongsun Yuanqing muttered, the princess of Jiancheng in his mouth was the wife of the brave and righteous prince.

"I don't agree with what you say, you haven't seen the eldest princess, how do you know that she can't be like the princess of Jiancheng?" Huangfu Yongning immediately retorted. She likes the gentle and beautiful princess Qi Jingyun very much, who is the second good sister that Huangfu Yongning made in Yanjing after Gongsun Yuanniang. The weak beauty of the eldest princess made Huangfu Yongning always can't help but want to protect her, so when she heard Gongsun Yuanqing's slight words, Huangfu Yongning immediately wanted to refute.

"This ......" Gongsun Yuanqing was speechless when asked by Huangfu Yongning, he really hadn't seen the eldest princess Qi Jingfang, so he shouldn't be so arbitrary.

"Yuan Qing, let me tell you, the eldest princess is very good, she is very beautiful, she has a very good temperament, she is not squeamish and arrogant at all, she is the best girl I have ever seen." Huangfu Yongning spared no effort to say good things for the eldest princess.

"Yongning, you've only seen a few girls!" Yuan Zi listened to Huangfu Yongning's words, and couldn't help but laugh and scream. As a child who grew up in the army, Huangfu Yongning knows very few girls.

"Why haven't I seen it? At least a few princesses I have seen, Yuan Qing, I sue you, among all the princesses, the eldest princess is the best, you believe me, we are good brothers, I will never lie to you! Huangfu Yongning was excited for a while, and he regarded himself as a man again.

In the private room, Huangfu Yongning was anxious to persuade Gongsun Yuanqing, and under the stairs outside the private room, a somewhat obscene-looking man was tiptoeing upstairs......