059 Heart-to-heart talk
Princess Jing sighed and said, "I want to try my best to be a good mother-in-law, it's good if she can understand, and it doesn't matter if she can't." I have done my best, and I am worthy of the prince's love. β
Princess Jing looked at her distant figure and smiled unconsciously, her eyes reflected in a pool of clear pools but it seemed bottomless, and the maid white pigeon standing in the distance saw Yingluo running away, so she quickly came over and helped Princess Jing's hand, and said: "The slave and maid see that the county lord and the princess are very close, and the county lord must have felt the kindness of the princess." β
After that, he shook off Princess Jing's hand with a face of shame, lifted her skirt and fled.
Yingluo suddenly became even more shy, stomped her feet, and said, "The princess is really ...... People didn't tell the princess, but when my grandmother saw me disappear for a while, she was about to look for me, so I went to greet the guests. β
Princess Jing laughed out loud unconsciously, and said: "What is there to be ashamed of, now that the marriage has been given, it is certain, in three or five months, you will be the daughter-in-law of my Qin family, and then you will have to change your name and call me a mother." After I go back, I have to think about it, such a good daughter-in-law, I can't ask you to change your words in vain when the time comes, and you have to prepare a new daughter-in-law ceremony. β
Yingluo's cheeks turned red for a while, and she said with a shyness on her face: "Princess! β
Princess Jing seemed to be relieved when she heard this, and immediately showed a brisk smile, and said: "That's good, I also hope that the two of us will talk so openly and honestly today, and when you marry in the future, we can also avoid some unnecessary misunderstandings and contradictions." β
Yingluo looked at Princess Jing, saw her eyes full of kindness looking at herself, nodded at herself with a gentle smile, and unconsciously held Princess Jing's hand, her eyes were slightly red, and said: "Princess Jing can say this to me today, I ...... I am extremely grateful, the princess's good name, everyone in the capital knows, I didn't understand it before, but today I feel it, the princess rest assured, I know the thoughts of Concubine Qiao, I will not believe Concubine Qiao's provocation, and thank you Princess for this reminder today. β
Princess Jing's voice is very beautiful, low and soft, her speed of speech is not fast or slow, soothing, listening to the ears of people makes people feel full of kindness, like this early spring breeze, very comfortable, and easy to convince people to agree.
Princess Jing pursed her lips as she spoke, her voice paused slightly, and then she sighed again and said: "Originally, I didn't want to say these words to the county lord, but it was like having nothing to defend myself, but Concubine Qiao in the house couldn't see clearly, I was afraid that she would make a fuss about the white pigeon going to the Winter Nuan Pavilion, and I couldn't say that I wanted to use this to provoke the relationship between you and me, so I had to make it clear." I think the county lord of Zhenning is a rare and intelligent person, and he must understand my intentions. β
She didn't mind saying this, and when she saw Yingluo's eyes widen, as if she was very surprised, she patted Yingluo's hand, smiled soothingly, and said: "Even so, the prince is the eldest son of the prince." Although I don't dare to say that I treat the prince wholeheartedly, I don't dare to say that I treat him as my own flesh and blood. But being a man is content, not greedy, not my own, but I never wanted to covet it. To tell the truth, the prince loves our mother and son very much, so he will not have the position of the son of the world, and he will not inherit the title in the future. I believe that with the love of the prince, our mother and son are not far behind, so why bother to get covered in fish for things that should not be fought for? What's more, the prince is not an idle person, and he is favored by the queen mother. I didn't have any bad intentions, on the contrary, the prince's family affairs were not successful, and my reputation was not good. β
Princess Jing saw that her face was slightly flushed, as if she was a little shy, so she leaned over with a smile and took Yingluo's hand again, and said: "Mothers in the world are partial to the meat that falls off their bodies, and I have two sons and a daughter, so I will naturally love and take care of my children more." What's more, when I married into the Jingwang Mansion, the prince was also old, and the relationship between my mother-in-law and the elderly stepson was actually quite awkward, and naturally there was no way to cultivate the relationship between mother and son. The prince is a dull character, and he has never been very close to the palace, so I don't want to mention any family affection with the prince. β
Yingluo stared at Princess Jing, pursed her lips, and said movingly for a moment: "I just didn't think of it for a while...... The princess would be so sincere to me. I was surprised. β
Princess Jing said and smiled again, her smile was a little open-minded, but there was some self-deprecation in her eyes.
Princess Jing saw that Yingluo was stunned for a while and didn't speak, and looked at her with some surprise in her eyes, puzzled and deeply guarded, so she smiled and said: "You are still too young, I'm afraid you won't understand, the most difficult stepmother in this world is to think about your stepson wholeheartedly, but the world will always speculate on you with twelve points of malice." Concubine Qiao would find me and express her intention to form an alliance, but I am not surprised at all. β
Princess Jing laughed at herself as she spoke, and then said: "Since the county lord guessed that it was Concubine Qiao who invited him, he can naturally understand Concubine Qiao's intentions." Zuo is just Concubine Qiao wants to join forces with me to deal with you, I will give you this note, and I don't mean to do it, I just want to remind you, pay attention to the Concubine Qiao in the West Courtyard, she can't make a plan, I'm afraid that she will have a side mind. β
Princess Jing nodded, nodded approvingly, and said: "The county lord is really a brilliant person, the white pigeon saw a maid wearing grass green armor in the winter warm pavilion in the past, and the maid did claim to be the personal maid Mei Xin of Concubine Qiao of the West Courtyard, and said some crazy words. β
Yingluo pursed her lips, looked down at the note again, and said with a smile: "If my guess is right, it should be Concubine Qiao of the West Courtyard." β
Princess Jing nodded with a smile and said, "This is what was secretly stuffed into the hands of my maid white pigeon when the maid served tea, and invited my maid to the Winter Warm Pavilion for a gathering." I don't think I need to say, with the wisdom of the county lord, I can guess who the person who invited my maid to go, right? β
Yingluo raised her eyebrows and took it, but when she opened it, she saw the words Dong Nuan Pavilion written on it, and she looked at Princess Jing unconsciously and said, "Dong Nuan Pavilion? Isn't this a small pavilion in the middle of the Junwangfu Garden? β
Yingluo and Princess Jing arrived at the lake, but Princess Jing suddenly took out a small note from her sleeve and handed it to Yingluo, signaling Yingluo to look at it.
The county lord of Zhenning County in the capital is obviously very liked by Princess Jing, and she doesn't have to be angry with her mother-in-law when she marries in the future, which is really enviable.
As he spoke, he turned around and followed Princess Jing to the lake in the distance. Many ladies and ladies here saw the backs of the two of them in the distance, and sighed unconsciously.
Therefore, she was blessed immediately, and said with a smile: "Naturally, she is willing." β
Princess Jing is five years older than Qin Yan, she has a good life, nothing to worry about, and good maintenance, looking like a young woman who has just turned two decades, saying such things in her mouth, it makes Yingluo a little uncomfortable, only Princess Jing invited, Yingluo naturally has no reason to refuse, not to mention, Princess Jing should have something to say like this, Yingluo also wants to see what she wants to say.
Yingluo also stood still when she saw Princess Jing coming over, and bowed, Princess Jing stepped forward and took her hand and patted her lightly: "It's not as good as a young man, after sitting for a while, I feel stiff, can the county lord walk with me?" β
As he spoke, he took the maid's hand out of the pavilion and slowly walked to Yingluo's side.
Princess Jing smiled modestly, turned her head and just saw Yingluo coming quickly, so she stood up with a smile, nodded at everyone and said, "Everyone, talk slowly, let me accompany you first." β
Although many ladies will inevitably have two sour words in private, but King Jing's mansion is high, Princess Jing is favored, and she can't be jealous, and when it's time to stammer, she must also be stammered, so there are many ladies around Princess Jing saying compliments.
The ladies in the capital all know that King Jing loves Princess Jing, and he doesn't even go into the concubine's room. Princess Jing has both children and daughters, and her husband loves her, so even Concubine Xie, the mother-in-law, also praised her when she heard about it, not to mention how moisturizing her life was.
In the garden, Princess Jing was sitting in a small pavilion, surrounded by seven or eight ladies guarding her, gossiping.
Now, Yingluo is already Qin Yan's fiancΓ©e, but he can't do anything anymore.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Emperor Tianxi had already given Yingluo to Qin Yan in marriage, King Rui would have tried to get people to King Rui's mansion anyway.
King Rui's heart beat slightly, such a woman is someone who doesn't care about her is Qin Yan, and he also wants to be involved with her!
King Rui thought, but in front of him, under the background of the flames of that day, the beautiful face of the city, the scorching light, overshadowed the fireworks in the sky, and the way she stared at herself with cold eyes, and the verdant courtyard of the cold and glamorous order became a foil.
The county lord of Zhenning is Qin Yan's heart, but he can't completely control this woman, and if he can contain one or two, he will also have a lot of unexpected gains.
When she tastes the sweetness, she will lower her guard, and then slowly tempt the time in the future, and when the county lord of Zhenning really encounters any difficulties in the future, she will ask for him one day, she has something to ask, and he has many ways to slowly control her.
The county lord of Zhenning is naturally much more difficult to tame than Su Yingying, but before she was just a concubine of the Ding'an Hou Mansion, no matter how smart and calm she was, she was transparent and witty, but everyone was greedy. Today she took his things, and she will always send someone to take over the shop in the future, and this coming and going will naturally have something to do with him.
Women have many shallow eyelids, like Su Yingying, who is still the concubine of the Hou Mansion of Ding'an, but as a result, he just gave her a glass pavilion, and Su Yingying went with the call, and later even gave her an innocent body because of her request.
When King Rui saw Yingluo leaving, he smiled unconsciously, turned around and went to the outer courtyard.
Yingluo naturally didn't believe that King Rui had taken such a great effort to thank her, squinted her eyes, threw the Tian Huangshi in her hand back into the box, covered the box, whispered a few words to Zimeng, handed the box to her, and walked quickly back to the garden by herself.
Presumably, King Rui asked people to check on her and knew about this, so he really tried his best to send these stones to his liking.
Although those stones are not superb, the stones in the treasury of Qiyang Wangfu are naturally not very bad, Yingluo is a beginner, and feels that it is a waste, so she asked Xiao Chenglin to buy her some stones outside.
After getting rid of Tang, he took possession of the set of knives, and Tang heard that she was pondering and carving seals, and found a lot of stones for her from the warehouse.
A few years ago, she assisted Tang to tidy up a warehouse, and saw a set of extremely exquisite knives inlaid with ivory, gemstones, tourmalines and other things.
Yingluo folded the deed again and put it back, her eyes fell on the stones again, and she picked up a piece of Tianhuang stone and looked at it, her eyes flashing slightly.
The shops on Sitong Street are more expensive than gold, and Ruiwang's hand is big enough.
Just a dozen round and round Dongzhu and a few stones are enough to sell for tens of thousands of taels of silver. Seeing that there were still a few thin pieces of paper pressed under the stone, Yingluo took it out and took a look, but it was the deed of two shops on Sitong Street.
Yingluo glanced at her soothingly, she opened the box, but saw that there were more than a dozen longan-sized Dongzhu of various colors in the box, as well as three pieces of Tianhuang frozen stone, the whole body was clear and transparent, like solidified honey, extremely moist, a piece of silver inlaid with gold Tianhuang, and a piece of orange peel yellow. There were also two pieces of bloodstone, one large one the size of an adult man's fist, and the smaller one the size of an egg, both bright red in color, like dripping blood. Whether it is Tianhuang stone and bloodstone, it is a rare and superb thing, and there is no market for it.
Yingluo didn't hear it, and left with flowers and willows. In front of him, Zimeng saw Yingluo coming, hurriedly stepped forward, and said, "Girl, are you okay?" β
King Rui didn't pester her anymore, but said with a smile: "In the future, the county lord may have something to do, you can find this king, and this king will do his best to help." β
Yingluo sneered, turned around and walked to King Rui, took the box from his palm, and without looking at King Rui, turned around and left.
I've seen thank-you gifts, but I've never seen such a tough force to receive gifts. However, King Rui was determined to give it, and she did as he wished.
This matter was publicized, but Yu Yingluo did not benefit at all, first, she had to become more and more entangled with King Rui, and secondly, King Cheng was unlucky, and he was afraid that he would be angry with her, and even more, the emperor might also have some suspicions.
Hearing this, Yingluo suddenly stopped, turned around and stared at King Rui coldly.
She turned around and left, but King Rui didn't chase after her, but only smiled and said: "Alas, this king doesn't like to owe favors the most, if the county lord is unwilling to accept this thank-you gift, this king has to publicize the county lord's reminder of this king that day, so that the world will know that the county lord is kind to this king." β
Regardless of whether King Rui sincerely thanked him or had a plan, Yingluo didn't want to take his things, let alone have anything to do with King Rui.
Yingluo noticed that King Rui had been holding an extremely delicate long box in her hand, and she naturally couldn't accept King Rui's things, so she only said: "The courtiers have already said that the courtiers were for their own selfish interests that day, if it is said that the courtiers helped the prince, it is better to say that the courtiers took advantage of the prince, and the prince really doesn't have to be like this." What's more, the courtiers accepted the prince's things, and those who were interested knew that they would inevitably end up with a private confession, so please don't embarrass the courtiers. The courtiers still had something to do, so they retired first. β
Seeing her so unmoved, King Rui's eyes became deeper and deeper, and the smile on his face became more and more like a spring breeze, and he flipped his right hand and held up a square carved nanmu box, and said: "No matter what reason the county lord reminded the king that day, it is a favor to the king, and the king has prepared a small gift, and asked the county lord to accept it." β
"The prince is grateful, and the courtiers have already understood it. Men and women are not kissed, people come and go in this garden today, if people see the courtiers and King Rui talking here, I am afraid that the reputation of the courtiers is not good, if the prince really thanks the courtiers, can the courtiers be allowed to retire? Yingluo didn't answer King Rui's words at all, as long as she tried her best to get out.
King Rui naturally does not have a bad face, on the contrary, he is lofty, temperamental, and looks quite elegant and friendly, but the more he is like this, the more Yingluo feels that this article has nothing to do, and it is either a traitor or a thief.
Seeing that Yingluo didn't take credit at all, let alone moved, and was in a hurry to leave, King Rui's eyes flashed slightly, and he straightened up but said, "The county lord is afraid of this king?" Or did this king give birth to a frightening bad guy face? β
Yingluo avoided the side, but: "His Royal Highness King Rui doesn't have to be like this, I reminded you that day, but because I didn't want Princess Yongle to succeed, for myself, King Rui is only afraid and knows it, and he really can't thank me." The prince had nothing to do, and the courtiers retired. β
King Rui said that he really bowed down and shook Yingluo, his attitude was extremely sincere.
Seeing that he was talking nonsense, Yingluo simply turned around and was about to leave, so King Rui caught up and took a step forward and said: "Okay, good, this king is waiting for the county lord here, in fact, he doesn't have any deep meaning and scheming, but it's just a matter of Shangyuan Festival, if it weren't for the timely reminder of the county lord, this king is only afraid that he will be framed and lose, and now the person who is imprisoned in the imperial tomb is only afraid that this is the king." This king has come to thank the county lord for his great kindness in person today. β
King Rui shook his head and smiled, and said, "The county lord has made this king have the illusion that he has become a flood beast, and it really doesn't taste very good." β
Yingluo saw that he really had no intention of approaching, and he didn't seem to have any malicious intent, so he said: "The prince has something to say. β
Seeing that Yingluo did not relax because of his words, King Rui just stood three steps away, raised his eyebrows slightly and stared at him coldly, and refused to say a word, but for a while he showed a helpless smile, waved his hand and said: "Okay, good, this king is not close to you." β