There is no warm room in the princess's mansion, and after Ying Qi received the order, he went directly out of the east courtyard to King Jing's mansion, and walked for about two moments before passing through a hand-copying verandah and entering a moon cave door, which was considered to be to the west of the original King Jing's mansion.

When he entered the Jingwang Mansion, the atmosphere changed, compared to the deserted and unmanned Princess Mansion in the East Courtyard, there were maids and wives laughing and laughing from time to time in the Jingwang Mansion, and groups of maids chatting and chatting, and the style of construction was not quite the same.

The princess's mansion was rebuilt when Qin Yan moved back from the palace, it was simple and solemn, but it was rare to see flowers, let alone birds and sparrows. And the Jingwang Mansion winding path is secluded, the small bridge flows water, but it is quite exquisite, you can see strange flowers and plants everywhere, many verandahs are also hung with bird cages, all the way birds sing and flowers are fragrant, it is really rich and prosperous.

The flower house is built on the edge of the back garden, which belongs to the scope of the inner house, and when Ying Qi arrived at the hanging flower gate of the inner house, he was greeted by his own gatekeeper, and his face was surprised, and said: "How did the shadow guard come here, but the prince has something to order?" ”

Qin Yan didn't often come here to greet the old lady and the princess, so he said that this time Qin Yan came back from an errand outside, and on the day he returned, he came here to meet the old lady and the princess, and he never came again. And the princess's mansion has its own way out, and on weekdays, Qin Yan does not go through the gate of Jingwang's mansion when he returns to the mansion and leaves the mansion, which makes the people around Qin Yan not appear in the Jingwang mansion.

Therefore, this woman saw Ying Qi coming early this morning, but she couldn't help but be surprised, and thought to herself, maybe something had happened.

Ying Qi didn't say much to greet, and said, "I came to the flower room to pick two pots of flowers on the order of the prince." ”

The few people who served around Qin Yan were not the servants of the Jingwang Mansion, they all had positions and official titles in the military camp, so Ying Qicai claimed to be below, and the mother-in-law guarding the door was not surprised, but it was strange how Qin Yan would let people choose flowers.

God knows, there are some flowers in the back garden of the princess's mansion, and they are still empty every year, and the wolves raised by Qin Yan don't know how much they have been ruined. A group of big men, who don't have these flowers and butterflies in their eyes, why did they come here today to ask for flowers.

The mother-in-law was stunned for a moment, but said with a smile: "I don't know what flowers the prince wants?" Then the slave and maid went and chose two good pots. ”

Ying Qi insisted: "The prince of the world instructed, let me personally go to the flower room to choose two pots that suit your heart." ”

Ying Qi's insistence is also because the military orders in the military camp are like mountains, Qin Yan ordered so, he must complete the task without discount.

The woman looked embarrassed and said: "The flower house is always in the inner house, and it is not suitable for the shadow guards to come into the inner house, and the slaves and maids dare not let the shadow guards come in privately. ”

Ying Qi responded, and the woman hurriedly went to the Zihan Courtyard of the inner house.

Zihan Courtyard is the residence of Princess Jing, located on the central axis of King Jing's Mansion, belonging to the main courtyard of King Jing's Mansion, and the main courtyard of the high-ranking family lives in the most noble master of the house.

Although the old prince in the Jingwang Mansion is gone, but the concubine is still alive, originally this main courtyard was where the old lady lived, but since the old lady was sick five years ago, she moved out of the main courtyard and moved to live in the slightly secluded Songhe Courtyard.

King Jing's Mansion overhauled the main courtyard, changed the name of the courtyard to Zihan Courtyard, and rearranged and renovated it, and the prince and princess moved in. It is a natural construction of the main courtyard, which is beautiful and gorgeous.

The princess is a lover of flowers, but her favorite is not peonies, delicate flowers like orchids, but the hibiscus the most.

When the princess and the princess were renovated five years ago, in order to please the princess, the princess transplanted a large number of hibiscus flowers of various colors around the courtyard.

This hibiscus flower is not a precious flower, and it is not difficult to raise, it is a poor flower, but the hibiscus flower of Zihan Courtyard of Jingwangfu is unique in the capital. This is not that the hibiscus flowers in the Jingwang Mansion are particularly precious, but that the hibiscus flowers in the Jingwang Mansion have a particularly long flowering period.

Hibiscus is open in summer, but the hibiscus in Azusa Hanin Temple can be held in the middle of winter. This is all due to the construction of fire walls among the flowers. The hibiscus grows vigorously, and the shadow of the wall of fire is completely invisible at a glance, but the people of the Jingwang Mansion all know that this flower is born according to the wall of fire, and as soon as the weather is cold, the wall of fire will burn.

In adulthood, the hibiscus bushes maintain a heat, maintaining the flowering period of the hibiscus flowers, until the snow in the middle of winter, the fire wall will be extinguished, and the next spring will promote the flowers in advance, and it will be prosperous until midwinter.

In other words, the hibiscus of Azusa Hanin Temple only blooms in the coldest season of the month or two when it snows and winds, and blooms like the sea at other times. One can imagine how much charcoal it takes to take care of these hibiscus flowers in a year, and how much money and manpower it costs.

Now the hibiscus flowers in various parts of the capital have long since withered, but Zihan Courtyard is still surrounded by a sea of flowers, and the flowers are all over the wall, and they are like brocade.

Mrs. Cheng never walked to Zihan Courtyard and felt the heating coming to her face, it was really warm as spring, she was the old man of Jingwangfu, I don't know how many times she had been to this Zihan Courtyard, and she couldn't help but sigh again in her heart, the princess's love for the princess was really moving.

She walked quickly to the edge of the flowers outside the courtyard, and saw that Princess Jing's eldest maid Lu Tong was directing the little maids to shuttle through the hibiscus bush to cut off the flowers from the branches, Cheng Pozi hurriedly stepped forward to bless her body, and said: "The princess cherishes these flowers specially transplanted by the prince the most, and you can rest assured that the green tong girl will take care of the flowers, and this flower is only the green tong girl can clean up the princess's mind, look at this good bloom, it is really splendid all over the wall, but the hard work of the green tong girl, every day before dawn to pick and clean up with lanterns." ”

Hibiscus flowers only bloom for one day, and there are a large number of fallen and withered flowers every day, and these flowers naturally cannot be hung on the branches to hinder the eyes of the princess, so every day the green tung will personally direct the maids to pick and prune the flowers that have fallen on the branches. This is also a big project, so every day the green tung is to get up before dawn, which is known to everyone in the house.

Lu Tong held a hand stove, with a sable rolling wool brocade cloak on his shoulders, standing under the flower wall, his pretty face was facing the flowers on the wall, and he saw Cheng Pozi's flattering smile on her face, and she smiled faintly, and said: "They are all dedicated to the master, and they are all doing their duty, where do you dare to say anything hard." ”

Lu Tong's words made Mrs. Cheng smile and said, "I don't know if the princess has ever eaten, and the slave maid has something to do." ”

Lu Tong said: "The prince hasn't left yet, and he will wait for anything at this time." ”

Mrs. Cheng's face was embarrassed, and she said: "What Miss Lutong said is just about the prince of the world, and the princess has already instructed the princess not to let the slaves and maids slack off. Miss Green Tung looks at ......"

Lu Tong was surprised, "What's the matter with the prince?" ”

Mrs. Cheng hurriedly said the matter, but Lu Tong said: "Confused, isn't it just to go to the flower room to pick two pots of flowers, since it was ordered by the prince, let the shadow guards go to the flower room to choose, where do you need to come to the princess again for such a thing?" What you know is that you abide by the rules of the house, don't dare to thunder pool, and do your duty. But I don't know that I may want to say that the prince can't be the lord of the palace, although there are rules first, but the prince is the future prince, and the palace will be the prince sooner or later, and the rules are what the prince says, why don't you know how to be flexible, don't go quickly! ”

Mrs. Cheng didn't dare to say anything when she heard this, so she hurriedly responded, turned around and ran away.

After a cup of tea, Ying Qi entered the flower room of King Jing's Mansion, Qin Yan ordered him to choose two pots of plain orchids, and Ying Qi went straight to the place where orchids were raised under the leadership of the florist.

Where does Ying Qi know what Su Xinlan is, after listening to the florist's introduction for a long time, he was still confused, and he only wondered in his heart that his master must have seen this Su Xinlan in the boudoir of the Su girl in the Ding'an Hou Mansion, and most likely the Su family girl liked this flower.

He didn't understand, the girl of the Su family looked like a spicy and gorgeous person, how could she like such a plain flower, there was no difference between this pot and the little wildflower in the mountains.

Ying Qi walked around among the flowers, and carefully selected two flower pots that were pleasing to the eye, and then held them one by one, and strode out of the flower room without anyone sending them.

He went back and forth along the way, bypassing a hand-copying verandah, and faced a maid helping a girl over, Xu never thought that he would see a foreign man in the inner house at a glance, the maid screamed, and suddenly frightened the girl, the girl took a step back in surprise, and did not want to step on the air and fell crookedly in the patio, and suddenly covered her legs with a pale face and cried out in pain.

Seeing this, the maid's face turned pale, and she hurriedly jumped down the steps to help the girl, and said, "Cousin, where did you fall?" Show the slave and maid what if it breaks! ”

As he spoke, he glared at Ying Qi angrily, and said, "Who are you, how can you run to the inner house, bump into the old lady's favorite cousin, and wait for me to pluck your skin after the concubine." ”

Ying Qi felt that this pair of master and servant was really ridiculous, and he fell down in shock, what did he have to do with him?

glanced at the master and servant, didn't even stop his footsteps, and walked away directly holding the flower pot.

Zihan Courtyard, although King Jing has two side concubines and four concubines, but after getting older, he has become more and more fond of Princess Jing, and most of the time he stays in the courtyard of the main concubine, and the side concubines have become decorations.

Today it is the turn of King Jing Mu Xiu, and the husband and wife are more than half an hour later than usual, and they have just gotten up for a while.

King Jing was sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals in the inner room, eating tea while watching Princess Jing make up.

Princess Jing is the step-concubine of King Jing, who is sixteen years younger than King Jing, and has two sons and one daughter, but she is less than thirty, only five years older than King Jing's eldest son, Qin Yan.

She is very well maintained, and she looks like she is in her early twenties, when she is really in the prime of her life. She is not extremely beautiful, her facial features can only be regarded as middle-to-top, and what is rare is that there is a strong bookish atmosphere between her eyebrows, and her eyes are clear and moving, quite wise. In addition, the temperament is extremely gentle and elegant, and the skin is also fair, looking at it, she has more attractive charm and Fengyi than ordinary women, and she can be regarded as a good beauty.

At this moment, her long hair has been passed up and down a thousand times by the maid Ziyun, and she has carefully pulled a flowing cloud bun, Ziyun opened the enamel inlaid gemstone-inlaid head oil box, and picked up some gardenia-scented head oil with her fingertips, which opened in the palm of her hand, and then slowly swiped it on Princess Jing's sideburns, and suddenly Princess Jing's black hair was even more black and shiny, without a trace of frizz, and the skin on her face became more and more white and snowy.

Bai Zhuo saw that his hair was tied up, and he hurriedly held a three-layer carved and painted rosewood jewelry box, and opened it layer by layer, which was full of some head and face jewelry that Princess Jing liked and often wore on weekdays.

Princess Jing's eyes slid over, and before she could choose, King Jing, who was sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals, put down the teacup and stood up, and said with a smile: "Today I will give Ah Yuan a hairpin thrush." ”

While speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Ziyun and Bai Zhuo to put down their things and withdrew, the two maids were confidants, naturally clever, and hurriedly put down their things with a smile and retreated without waiting for Princess Jing to stop them.

Princess Jing couldn't help but blush, glanced at King Jing in the mirror, and said, "The three children are not young, and the prince is still so ......."

Seeing her blushing shyly, King Jing's eyes wandered like a girl, and he couldn't help grabbing Princess Jing's hand, and said with a smile: "Even the children have given birth to granddaughters, and Ah Yuan is also the king's little girl." ”

Although King Jing is now half a hundred years old, he has been practicing martial arts all the year round, and he has been pampered all these years, and now his figure is still very stable, his facial features are as resolute as a knife, and Qin Yan is not similar, but he is also a famous beautiful man, although there are some wrinkles in the corners of his eyes, and there is some hoarfrost on his temples, but this does not reduce his handsomeness, but makes him take some years of calm that young men do not have.

Seeing that he was smiling gently, his eyes were focused, Princess Jing couldn't help but feel a wave in her heart, and said with a smile: "The prince will coax me, but I am the only one who is stupid, and I am destined to be coaxed by the prince for the rest of my life." ”

King Jing stretched out his hand and lit it in the jewelry box, while choosing the right jewelry, he said: "Ah Yuan, don't worry, I promised when I married you that I would be like a jewel to you in my life, and I will definitely promise you." ”

After that, he smiled and said: "Ah Yuan's purple clothes look good today, and I think this set of purple jade heads and faces from the east is good for this clothes." ”

He said that his finger landed on the side of the second layer of dressing box, which was given to Princess Jing by King Jing not long after they got married. The whole set of more than 20 pieces of head face are made of deep and shallow purple jade, including royal purple, blue purple, red purple, pink purple, violet, no matter what color, the jade quality is superior, and the carving is even more exquisite.

Princess Jing has always liked and cherished it very much, and when she heard this, she smiled and nodded, but King Jing's fingers stroked those jewelry, but it was a linch, and said: "I remember that there is a tassel crested hairpin carved with lotus flowers in this set of jewelry, which matches the lotus pattern jacket on your body, why is it missing?" ”

Princess Jing's expression was slightly condensed, and she couldn't hide it for a moment, and said: "The crested hairpin tassel is gorgeous, and it is a lively look worn by a little girl, I am now at this age, and it is not solemn to wear that, I look at these five jade combs in a row and wear them very well." ”

Princess Jing said to get the jade comb in the box, but King Jing grabbed her hand and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" And what about the crested lotus hairpin? ”

Princess Jing couldn't hide it, so she said: "The former cousin girl came to play, and she gave her if she liked me." ”

The cousin in Princess Jing's mouth is the concubine's maiden niece and granddaughter Xie Zhilan, who was brought to King Jing's mansion because of the early death of her parents, and has been raised for five or six years, just the year before last.

King Jing frowned when he heard this, and said: "You often give her all kinds of jewelry, this set of purple jade head has always been liked by you, even Nuan'er is reluctant to give it to you, why did you give it to Lan Yatou, this is what this king gave you!" ”

Princess Jing said: "I will take all the things that the prince gave me, and there is not so much left in this set of heads, it's not that I am willing to give it away, but it is really ...... Lord Wang, what do you think of Lan Yatou? ”

The princess changed the topic suddenly, and stared at King Jing with earnest eyes, King Jing couldn't help but be stunned, and said: "Lan Yatou was raised by her mother herself, she is generous, has a gentle personality, and is also beautiful, so she is naturally excellent, who are you?" ”

Princess Jing said: "Lord, Lan Yatou will be seventeen after the New Year, it's time to talk about family affairs, I see that this child has been declining over the years, and has been raised by the side of his mother, and our family is very close, just like a family, if you can be the daughter-in-law of our palace, wouldn't it be better to be close to each other." ”

The princess said this, but King Jing was stunned, Princess Jing's sons are still young now, the eldest son is ten years old, and the second son is only five years old. As a daughter-in-law, she naturally said that Qin Yan, the son of the world, Qin Yan is old and has never married, King Jing is really anxious, but he never thought of marrying him to this cousin in the family, just because this girl's parents died early, and the Xie family has long been defeated, and her identity is really unworthy.

Seeing that King Jing frowned and was silent, Princess Jing couldn't help but show panic on her face, and said, "But the prince feels that the identity of the Lan girl has wronged the prince?" I've been worried about this all the time, and I don't dare to open this mouth, it's really ......."

Before she finished speaking, King Jing took her hand and said, "I can't trust you, I know that you must have considered it since you opened this mouth." ”