Soon, good news came out of the palace that Emperor Yuanhe asked King Yu to marry the eldest daughter of Cui Shilang of the Criminal Department. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn this way, the two princes' gifts were in June, and the Yuan and Emperor Ben wanted to be together in the palace, and only sent different envoys to the two concubines' homes to send gifts. Unexpectedly, the concubine resolutely refused, and she must separate King Yu and King An.

When the Ministry of Rites was preparing for the ceremony, the concubine sent people to inspect it many times, not only to check the number but also to check the quality, which turned the Ministry of Rites upside down. In contrast, King An's marriage seemed to be quietly being prepared, and there was no rumor. Everyone in the palace sighed that the mother-in-law was not as intimate as the biological mother. sighed that the queen was unwise, at this time, she could use the identity of the main palace to hold the concubine hostage, and she could make a fuss about King An's marriage, change her virtuous reputation, and save her precarious reputation. Everyone didn't know that the queen was sorry because of the death of Concubine Shu, and she always felt panicked when she was facing King Shang'an, and she couldn't wait to avoid it from afar, where would she get up.

Later, the Queen Mother saw that the concubine was too disagreeable, so she sent someone to the Ministry of Rites to check, but found that Princess Yu's phoenix crown had prepared an extra coral, in addition to four sets of swallow clothes, three sets of plain coats were also prepared. This is all the regulation of the crown princess's acceptance ceremony. The Queen Mother was immediately furious and punished the concubine for being grounded in Jingren Palace for three months, praying for the blessing of the Rusu Buddha in the war in Liaodong.

In this way, the lively double happiness came to the door and ended with the concubine's face. She worked hard to make King Yu's calculation higher than King An come to naught, but she just added some talking points to the palace and the people of the capital.

When the excitement of the prince's marriage dissipated, people faded their spring clothes and put on light summer shirts, and Xuanhui's thirteenth birthday arrived.

On this day, she got up in the morning and went to the palace of the Queen Mother to kowtow, and the Queen Mother rewarded a stalk of eight treasures and jade Ruyi. I went to the Qianqing Palace to kowtow, and Emperor Yuanhe gave me a pure white Mongolian horse that had just turned three years old, this kind of horse was not very tall, but it was full of endurance and mild temperament. Although Xuanhui didn't see this birthday gift with his own eyes, he was already very excited in his heart.

When she returned to Chengqian Palace, Concubine Xian had already cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for her and watched her eat cleanly. Then she smiled and said, "Your father gave you a horse, and I have prepared a saddle bridle for you here, as well as two sets of bow clothes to wear on horseback, do you like it?" ”

Xuanhui happily hugged Concubine Xian and buried her face in her mother's chest, but when she looked up, her eyes were red.

Concubine Xian was surprised: "Why are you like this? ”

Xuanhui lay on her mother's shoulder and muttered, "I feel like all this is stolen, no, it is borrowed...... and one day it will be returned.

Concubine Xian didn't understand what her daughter was talking about, so she just gently stroked her hair and gently soothed her daughter.

Xuanhui took a deep breath and secretly prayed that Tian Dengwen must live up to her efforts and win the battle.

The next day, Xuanhui went to Chongwen Hall to study as usual, but after school, he was invited to Duanjing Hall by Liang Zhan.

"I originally wanted to send such a congratulatory gift to my sister yesterday, but I spent a lot of thought in it, and I really wanted to see what my sister looked like when she received the gift, so I selfishly kept it to this day." Liang Zan said with a smile.

Xuan Hui also smiled and said: "Third brother don't have to be polite, I also like the 'vulgar things' you sent to Chengqian Palace yesterday!" ”

Liang Chan laughed. The two brothers and sisters came to the banquet room of the Duanjing Palace.

As soon as he entered the door, Xuanhui saw a delicate wooden box on the table. When you open it, it is a fun picture of a mountain house, but this is not a real painting, but a real scene made of wood carvings and bamboo strips. Xuanhui was very happy, and kept looking around the square box, and couldn't help but thank him: "Third brother, I really like it so much!" How did you come up with it! ”

Liang Zan smiled: "The most ingenious mind is on this chessboard, you move these chess pieces." ”

Xuan Huichu thought that the chess pieces were stuck to the chessboard and could not be moved, but when he reached out to take them, he realized that these were extremely small magnets, with round grains and adsorbed on the chessboard made of iron.

"Third brother, one day we will definitely use this iron chessboard to play a game! Or now? Xuanhui sat down with great interest and began to play chess pieces.

Liang Zan smiled: "If you like it, it's the best." Just don't be busy, I have one more thing for you to show here. With that, he took out a small red sandalwood box about half an inch long from his sleeve and handed it to Xuanhui.

Xuanhui put the slender square box in the palm of his hand, and he couldn't see it from the outside, so he opened it and took out a small jade seal from the inside. This seal is no more than the size of a walnut, and the tentacles are warm, like carved from warm jade. The upper part of the jade is carved in the shape of a willow leaf, and a plump and lovely golden cicada is embedded on it.

Xuanhui turned the seal upside down and saw that there was no word on it, but a pair of swallow patterns. She smiled at Liang Zan and said, "This thought is really amazing!" Why did the third brother give me so many congratulatory gifts this year? But what do you want? ”

Liang Zan shook his head and said in a low voice: "This is Pei Jiu's birthday gift to you." ”

Xuan Hui was surprised: "Why did he give me such a congratulatory gift?" I never told him what my birth was. She looked down at the pattern on the seal again, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "The third brother is true, why do you even have to tell him my maiden name?" ”

Liang Zan said helplessly: "Sister, this is my fault, how can I tell him your maiden name?" I was taken aback when I got it in my hand, but he said that he didn't know your name, but he thought the swallow meant good, so he carved it. ”

Xuanhui pursed his lips and said, "I don't believe it!" There are so many capable people under him, and he is still working as an errand in Jinyiwei, isn't it easy to ask my name. It's really a Meng Lang person, I thought he was a gentleman! ”

Liang Zan secretly screamed badly, but he was afraid that Pei Minzhong's gift would not be delivered to his sister's heart, so he couldn't help but help him defend himself: "Pei Jiu is a sincere gentleman, since he said so, then eight or nine times out of ten is a coincidence." Regardless of anything else, just say that he carved this pattern and the time spent on this golden cicada, and his sister should also thank him. ”

"He made it himself, huh?" Xuanhui took this seal and looked at it upside down, and his affection was overflowing, "Then why didn't he give it to me personally?" ”

Liang Zan said: "Two days ago, there was a big case in the capital, and my father ordered him to take the people of Jinyi Wei to investigate, and now he is busy, and he didn't even come to Chongwen Hall yesterday." ”

"What case?" Xuanhui asked curiously.

"You might be a little scared to say it...... There was a man in the ministry who was killed overnight at ......home by his wife and daughter," Liang Zan said, looking at Xuanhui's expression.

There was no frightened expression on Xuanhui's face, she just frowned and pondered.