The second prince was originally going to Zhaoyang Palace to visit the Wu family, but when he saw the prince asking, he had a thought in his heart, and suddenly smiled and said: "My father has something to invite me over, and I will go to the Qinzheng Palace to see my father." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After speaking, he looked at Cui Shi, who was standing beside the prince with low eyebrows, and said with a meaningful smile: "Brother Cui has heard that Brother Huang and Miss Cui Er have not gotten along well, Miss Cui Er is the future sister-in-law, and Brother Chen was originally worried about Brother Huang and Miss Cui Er. Now seeing that the imperial brother and Miss Cui Er are so harmonious, but the younger brother is worried. ”

The prince frowned, with a cold and majestic look, and said slightly angrily: "It was the slave who chewed the root of his tongue who said this to the second brother, nonsense, the second brother should dispose of him." Gu and Ning Niang are very good. ”

The second prince hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, my younger brother will definitely dispose of the slave who chewed the root of his tongue when he goes back." As he spoke, he glanced at Cui Shi again, and said with a smile: "Miss Cui Er is virtuous and dignified, and it is a royal blessing for Miss Cui Er to become the crown princess." As for some of the palace ladies who are bewitched by the charmers, Miss Cui Er must not take it to heart, the royal brother spoils them, but he is greedy for freshness. In the heart of the royal brother, he must put Miss Cui Er first. ”

Cui Ningniang suddenly felt something strange in her heart, and she really had bad intentions when she heard the words of the second prince.

A woman, anyone who hears that her future husband loves another woman before she is married to her, will feel uncomfortable.

Cui Ningniang lowered her eyes and said: "The courtiers will not take it to heart, and there must be no one to serve Your Highness." They are just palace ladies, if they sincerely serve His Highness, the courtiers will be grateful, and they will naturally treat them as sisters in the future. If they have other thoughts, they will dispose of it. ”

The crown prince lowered his eyes, looked at the second prince with a dark face, and said, "What do you mean by this, second brother, deliberately provoking Gu and Ning Niang?" ”

The second prince arched his hand and said: "It's the younger brother who can't speak, the younger brother originally just hoped that the royal brother and the future sister-in-law would be harmonious, but he was stupid, but he said something that the imperial brother didn't listen to, and the imperial brother forgave the younger brother." ”

The prince said with a dark face: "Second brother, the sage has words, be cautious in his words, and be cautious in his deeds. If you feel like you can't speak, you should talk less. "It looks like an elder brother training a younger brother to be good for his younger brother.

The second prince paused for a moment, he really didn't expect the prince to say such things in a teaching tone, and after a while, he said, "Yes, the imperial brother has taught him a lesson." ”

The prince looked at him again and said, "Lone will not delay the second brother to see his father, and Lone will also send Ning Niang back to Yong'an Palace." ”

After speaking, he took Cui Ningniang's hand and left, still looking very concerned, and gently reminded from time to time: "Be careful of your step." ”

When outsiders looked at it, they thought it was a pair of people with deep feelings.

The second prince looked at their backs with some disdain.

However, the second prince frowned again, he, the prince's brother, didn't know what was wrong, and yesterday he made a fuss, so angry that the queen disposed of his entire palace people in Yanqing Palace, but today he has become more shrewd in his words and actions.

The second prince stood still looking at the prince, his expression became deep, and after a while, he flicked his sleeves and went around the Qinzheng Hall to ask to see the emperor. In the emperor's absence, he went back to Zhaoyang Palace to visit the Wu family.

Before the first month, the prince set out to Yuzhou to inspect water conservancy in accordance with the emperor's will.

To Lin Yan's surprise, the emperor not only sent the crown prince alone, but also let the two princes go together.

The emperor didn't tell Lin Yan the reason, so Lin Yan didn't ask much.

Out of the first month of February is February, and the second day of February is the dragon's raise, also known as the earth's birthday. After the second day of the second month of February, when the rain increases, the people's homes will begin to prepare for farming.

But there is another important festival in February, which is Lin Yan's birthday - that is, the Thousand Autumn Festival.

Lin Yan did not hold a big event in the Qianqiu Festival in the first two years, but only invited the concubines of the harem, and the emperor accompanied her to hold a small banquet in Changkun Palace.

In fact, not only Lin Yan's Qianqiu Festival, the treasury was in short supply in the first two years, and if it can be saved, it will be saved, even the emperor's longevity festival has not been held.

However, the emperor seemed to feel a little sorry for Lin Yan, and said to Lin Yan: "Let's do a good job of your Qianqiu Festival this year, and invite foreign women to come to the palace to congratulate her." ”

Lin Yan didn't want to be so troublesome, and said: "The concubine doesn't need it, just hold a small banquet in Changkun Palace like the previous two years, and let the concubine and the princess come to congratulate Yihe." ”

But the emperor insisted: "After you entered the palace, I never gave you a good birthday." He took Lin Yan's hand and squeezed it, and said, "I always feel wronged by you." ”

Lin Yan smiled: "Concubines don't love occasions with many people. ”

The emperor said: "Then only invite the women of the third grade or more, and invite the rest you want to invite." ”

Lin Yan smiled, since the emperor had this heart, she would no longer refuse.

But if the Qianqiu Festival is to be held, the real trouble is Lin Yan herself. The first thing to decide is the list of the women to be invited, the ranking of seats, and the dishes at the palace banquet.

When preparing the list, Mu Zhi encountered a problem, and came over to ask Lin Yan: "Niangniang, this Mrs. Xu, do you plan to invite or not?" ”

Mrs. Xu used to be Mrs. Shangshu, and although her husband has passed away, she has a second-class destiny, which is within the scope of the invitation. But Mrs. Xu's edict is only the fifth grade, and it stands to reason that she will no longer be invited.

But now her fifth sister is discussing marriage with Xu Xiao, if the marriage between the mother and Xu Xiao goes well, she has no problem giving Mrs. Xu this face, just to make face for the mother, but now the relationship between the two families of Lin and Xu is still stale, and Lin Yan is also a little hesitant.

To be honest, she was a little dissatisfied with Mrs. Xu's behavior and didn't want to invite her.

But she thought about it for a while, and finally said to Mu Zhi: "Add it." ”

If the family affair between Lin and Xu can be successful, she should be to give face to the maid, if not, Xu Xiao is the Tanhualang of Xinke, and the future will not be bad, so she should sell it to Xu Xiao.

But on the day of the Thousand Autumn Festival, Lin Yan regretted inviting Mrs. Xu a little.

She always knew that Madame Xu was not smart, but she didn't know that she was so stupid.

The foreign women gathered in Changkun Palace, sent congratulatory gifts one by one, and then congratulated Lin Yan a few words, or flattered and praised Princess Rui in Lin Yan's arms.

The more Princess Rui grew up, the more she showed her love for liveliness, and she was especially happy with an occasion like today, where she jumped a few times or clapped her hands from time to time while sitting in Lin Yan's arms.

Lin Yan often feels that this daughter looks like her, but her temperament is completely different from her, she likes to be quiet, but Princess Rui is like going wherever she is going.

When Mrs. Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stepped forward, Mrs. Xu praised Princess Rui with a smile and said, "...... Only the children of the emperor and Niangniang have such a phoenix posture, the dragon qi gathers, the phoenix qi is condensed, how can the children of ordinary families be as beautiful and intelligent as the third princess. ”

Mrs. Xu stood behind Mrs. Xu cowardly, raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Yan quietly, looking like she had something to say, but she wanted to say it and stopped.

Lin Yan directly ignored her, and said with a smile to Mrs. Xu: "Mrs. Xu is too famous." He looked at Princess Rui in his arms with a smile and gentleness, and said, "This little girl can understand other people's words, know that others praise her, and she is proud." ”

Princess Rui clapped her hands with a smile in her mother's arms.

Wu snorted disdainfully in his heart, then looked at Mrs. Xu, and said, "Mrs. Xu looks like she wants to speak and stops, is it possible that she also has something to praise the third princess?" ”

Mrs. Xu listened, and suddenly said hesitantly: "Courtier, courtier, courtiers do have something to say to Niangniang, and the courtiers have something to ask Niangniang ......."

Wu Shi said "oh", suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xu, if there is anything she wants to ask the queen mother, let's listen to it, maybe this palace can help you persuade the queen mother." ”

Wu's intuition felt that what Mrs. Xu asked for was not a good thing, but what was not good for Lin Yan was a good thing for her.

Mrs. Xu's eyelids jumped suddenly, glared at Mrs. Xu warningly, and then smiled at Lin Yan and Wu's and said: "Queen Mother, Zhaoyi Mother, the daughter-in-law of the courtier has always been unable to speak, and sometimes there are confused words, please don't be surprised." ”

Then he said to Mrs. Xu in a cold warning voice: "You and I go down and stand first, and I will talk about congratulating Niangniang later." ”

Mrs. Xu suddenly became bold and knelt down directly on the ground, and all the women in the hall, including Lin Yan, looked at her with some surprise. (To be continued.) )