Chapter 5: Chinese New Year's Eve (Part I)

After waiting for about a cup of tea, he heard movement outside, Shi Jin came out of his thoughts, and when he moved his body, he heard someone's voice as if he had been wronged by heaven. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yo, who is this? I thought you had frozen to death in the Northern Desert! Jin Ling was dressed in a golden jade gown, and her eyes were shining gold.

"Hey? How do you speak, don't I send someone to bring you a letter every year? Shi Jin exaggeratedly covered his eyes with his hands, and his narrow Danfeng eyes were full of smiles.

"Humph! Don't give me a flamboyant tongue, you are going to get married this time, or marry a prince of labor, it's strange to say, he just left with his front foot, and you came with his back foot, it's really weird! You say...... "Jin Ling can't stop with one mouth."

Shi Jin had to interject, "What is he doing here?" ”

"Huh?" Jin Ling came back to her senses, thought for a while and said: "It's nothing, I bought a hyacinth hairpin, which I finally bought from Jiangnan Hua's family, and I was going to give it to you, if he hadn't promised benefits, I wouldn't have bought it for him." ”

"Don't worry, the hairpin will still be mine, what benefits did the prince promise?" Shi Jin smiled.

"Uh...... He said that he could let me be an imperial merchant and provide head and face jewelry for the palace treasures. Jin Ling replied.

"You promised?" Shi Jin looked at a fool with a look.

"Of course not, I'm doing a good business outside, why do I go to wade into the muddy waters in the palace." Jin Ling rolled her eyes.

"That's good, I thought you were so stupid! But why did you sell him hairpins if you didn't agree? Shi Jin was curious.

"He said give me time to think about it, I thought about discussing it with you, didn't I?" Jin Ling's business skills are indeed first-class, but when it comes to strategy, he is not very good......

In this way, it is said that we will respond after the beginning of spring, first form an alliance with the merchants, and then immediately prepare a batch of jewelry. They supply the fabrics, we specialize in jewelry, and then we go to the Prince's Mansion for tea after the negotiation. Shi Jinwei said eloquently.

"It's a good idea, the merchant has been an imperial merchant for many years, and he must know the royal preferences. The merchant will agree to the icing on the cake, and we also have shelter, Shi Jin, Shi Jin, if it weren't for the fact that you are still smart, you would have broken off your friendship a long time ago! Jin Ling picked up the teacup and took a sip of West Lake Longjing.

"Ah, by the way, Haosheng teaches Jinbao, if you are busy with the imperial merchant and buying goods or something, just mention him as the third treasurer." Shi Jin got up and straightened out his skirt and said casually.

"I'm provincial." After a pause, he asked in a low voice, "How has she been all these years?" ”

Shi Jin was stunned for a moment and smiled lightly, "You won't ask yourself?" ”

"What do I want you to do?" Jin Ling's expression darkened a lot.

"Alone! How good it can be, she cried to follow me back then, more than ten years have passed, it should be ......"

"Okay, you go back and get ready, don't you have anything to do tonight?" Jin Ling smiled bitterly and bowed to her hand and sent her out.

Shi Jin also shut up with interest, and went out without saying a word all the way. Jinbao was busy outside, and his feet did not touch the ground, and Shi Jin went straight to the carriage.

Although Xiao Jin still had a cold face, there was a faint joy on his face. Halfway through the carriage, a fragrant wood box was suddenly handed in from outside the curtain of the carriage, and Shi Jin opened it to take a look, but the ivory comb, the workmanship was not careful, but it was thick and fine, which was really Xiao Jin's style.

After returning home for dinner, Shi Jin began to bathe and change clothes, dress up and comb his hair, and stayed in the room all afternoon, until he rested for a while after the carriage in the evening.

After walking for about half an hour, the group arrived at the gate of the palace. Shi Jin lifted her skirt and got out of the carriage, and when she looked closely, she realized that she had come early, and there were only a few carriages parked at the palace gate.

"Isn't it the wrong time for Gong Ji to announce it?" Xue Gu asked softly.

Unlikely...... looked at the relatively empty palace gate and thought about it slightly.

"We probably don't have to walk in......" Shi Jin smiled.

Tonight Shi Jin is wearing the princess costume of the Northern Desert, in the Northern Desert, silver is considered to be the favorite color of the gods, so Shi Jin is wearing a silver moon-colored placket and dress, the head is a simple and free black bun, the hair ornament is a set of crescent moon silver jewelry, the ear bell is a pair of silver crescent moons, the left hand is a silver silk double buckle bracelet, and the right index finger wears a green jade ring symbolizing status. It won't be too ostentatious, and it won't lose its identity.

As soon as I handed over the banquet post, I really saw a blue soft sedan chair in the palace coming from a distance.

When I got closer, it was one of the two little eunuchs brought by Gonggong Ji last time, who was ordered to pick up Shi Jin.

On the soft sedan chair, Xue Gu thought clearly, it turned out that the queen mother deliberately arranged the princess in the more remote West Gate, one was to prevent others from finding trouble with the princess, and then in order to show favor to her, the soft sedan car was arranged to save the hard work. It seems that the Queen Mother really cares about the prince, and the last time she asked Gonggong Ji about the prince, it knocked on the queen mother's heart.

After thinking about it, the soft sedan chair has arrived at the side hall, and it is only a pillar of incense away from the Huixin Hall where the New Year's banquet is located. The voice in the Huixin Hall came from afar, and it seemed that the person had almost arrived.

followed the little father-in-law after a while, and immediately attracted a lot of discussion after sitting down.

"Huh? Could it be that this is the eldest princess from the Northern Desert? ”

"It should be, this silver moon costume is not something that ordinary people can wear."

"Cut, it's like wearing a funeral, who is rare......"

"People are much more beautiful than you."

This sentence is true, the slightly heroic willow eyebrows, the long eyelashes cover the shocking waves in Danfeng's eyes, and the mouth of the cherry blossom. Definitely calling this eldest princess identity, the royal momentum is also undoubtedly revealed, just sit there quietly, even if she laughs, no one dares to trouble her, it is just a group of three or five whispers.

Shi Jin has just arrived, naturally he has no friends, if he goes forward to talk, it is inevitable to lose his identity, and although Tanglin has been friends with the Northern Desert for three years, the number of contacts has only increased after the new emperor ascended the throne this year.

This is also the first time that the Tanglin Emperor proposed to marry Qin and Jin, or to end it with the prince, and the Northern Desert naturally did not dare to be careless, and sent the eldest princess the emperor's favorite to come.

Both sides are sincere, but there is also a sense of temptation. And what Shi Jin has to do is to let Tanglin let go of his doubts. Therefore, not befriending the powerful and not relying on the henchmen is the smartest way to protect oneself.

There are still two quarters of an hour before the banquet begins, and Shi Jin can only drink tea and taste dim sum. It's just that this mat is not very comfortable to sit on its knees, although there is a cotton blanket underneath, it is still not as comfortable as the felt of the Northern Desert.

"You are the princess from the Northern Desert?" A coquettish voice made Shi Jin stunned, and when he looked up, he saw that it was an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, dressed in a pink gold butterfly wearing a flower cotton skirt, a pair of jade leaves and golden cicada hairpins on the girl's double bun, and a tender pink butterfly swaying, and the skirt also had a jade pendant with jasper Tenghua jade, and there were two Hainan pearls on the embroidered shoes alone.

Look at this all-round style, who else is Princess Ronghua who is not the emperor's favorite now?

"Exactly." Shi Jin smiled and got up in response.

"They say you're prettier than Hongu, what do you say?" Rong Hua's face was childish, but it was not difficult to see that it was a beautiful embryo. At this time, he should have been instigated by others, he was too young, although he was born in the palace, he was too well protected by others, and his mind was not mature.

"That's half true." Shi Jin glanced at the place Rong Hua pointed to, it was the place where several noble daughters gathered.

"Oh? Why? From the men's seat came a man, his face like a crown of jade, and his eyes full of inquiry.

"Brother Rui." Rong Hua saluted him.

The only one who can make Rong Hua salute is Rong Rui, the only son of King Xiang, the youngest son of the former emperor.

"Women are like flowers, peonies are graceful, peonies are gorgeous, plum blossoms are cold, lotus flowers are elegant, each is different, and it cannot be compared." Shi Jin said lightly.

"What the eldest princess said is very true, can Rong Hua understand?" Rong Jing shook her fan and knocked her on the head.

"Oh, this is what my mother spent an afternoon dressing up for me, don't mess with it! So what kind of flower do you say I am? Rong Hua frowned and patted Rong Rui, then looked at Shi Jin and asked.

"Welcome spring." Shi Jin replied.

"Why, I think you are most like a morning glory! Haha......" Rong Rui couldn't help but speak.

"Hmph, Brother Rui is the most like a morning glory, his mouth is so wide all day long!" Rong Hua stepped forward to chase after him.

Looking at the picture of the two chasing each other, Shi Jin sat down again.

Mother ...... Now the first of the four concubines, the virtuous concubine Jiang, is also favored......