The next day, the fourth day of October.

The weather is fine, the breeze is slightly cool, and the air is mixed with the sweet fragrance of osmanthus. In addition to the Feng family and the second wife who was far away, only the eldest aunt and grandmother Jin Xuanji are the wife of the family, and they have a pleasant title. Although the birthday banquet of the Seven Princesses was exquisitely young, her aunt and grandmother sent her to the Seven Princes' Mansion, said a bunch of auspicious words, and then said goodbye first.

The Seven Princes' Mansion is located in the auspicious alley in the east of the city, facing the Second Prince's Mansion in the distance.

The birthday gift brought by Linglong is a golden silk phoenix title jewel hairpin, and the color and style are the latest. There is no owner in the East Palace, the holy will is not clear, and the prince who has been divided does not dare to openly communicate with foreign ministers, even if it is the birthday of the prince and the princess, he only invites relatives and friends to celebrate in a small way, and the birthday gift is also up to the point.

Linglong saw Gu Jieyu, the sixth lady of the Gu family, and Gu Yanran, the seventh lady, and when she saw Linglong, Gu Yanran greeted her affectionately, took her hand, and said with a smile: "Fifth sister Jin, I haven't seen you for a long time, you seem to have grown taller." ”

Linglong saluted with a smile, and glanced away, but Miss Gu Liu, who was very close to her last time, looked at her thoughtfully, and her eyes were not kind.

Gu Yanran wore a pink placket with a lilac orchid embroidered collar, twenty-four Kesi Xiang skirts, and a pearl bell, which made her face more bright and beautiful. She looked at Linglong and saw that Linglong was wearing a goose yellow embroidered green persimmon pattern, a light green skirt, a double snail bun, and two beeswax flowers the size of a wine cup. Frost Shengxue's little face swept the rouge lightly, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her lips were like cherry blossoms, which were a little longer than the last time she met them in Gu Jiayuan.

Gu Yanran took her to see the Seventh Princess, the Seventh Princess, Gu Keying, was in her twentieth year, with a pink face and peach cheeks, but a pair of sword eyebrows were born on her seemingly gentle face, which added a heroic spirit. Seeing Linglong, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she said with a smile: "Seventh Sister always mentions you in front of me, and when I saw you today, it was really a little beauty." Today is my birthday, and I didn't make a big deal, but I just invited a few nice sisters. Don't be restrained, let the seven girls take you, eat when you want, and play when you want. I don't have that many rules here. ”

Linglong didn't expect this Seventh Princess to be so cheerful and generous, so she also smiled and said, "Well, then I'll be with my sisters." ”

The second princess, the fifth princess, and the sixth princess also arrived, and the second princess Gu smiled when she heard that this was the fifth lady of the Jin family, and her eyebrows moved. Suddenly asked: "A young lady from the Jin family came out of the cabinet a while ago, right?" ”

Linglong smiled: "My fourth cousin was out of the cabinet last month. ”

Gu Xiaoxiao's face was a little unhappy, so he didn't ask again, and at this time, a maid came over and said that the troupe was ready.

The Seventh Princess asked Gu Yanran to take everyone to listen to the play first: "It's all your own sisters, you're welcome, you go to the Jade Pavilion first, Xie Yu is here with me, and there are still a few ladies and young ladies who haven't arrived." ”

The fifth princess Gu Qiaoyan smiled and said: "Who is polite to you, today I am going to come to slaughter you well, I heard that you invited the Deyin class." The second sister held a chrysanthemum banquet last month, but she was not invited to the Deyin class, but you are in the limelight this time. ”

The Seventh Princess chuckled: "Look at what the third sister said, the Deyin class was praised by the queen's mother, how can I have such a big face, it is because the second sister didn't invite them last time, this time I played the banner of the second sister, and the class owner heard that I was the sister of the second princess, and I felt that I owed the second sister a favor, so I came to me." Speaking of which, I finally got a fake tiger once, and the third sister has to reveal my bottom, and you will have to punish yourself three cups in a while. Otherwise, I won't spare you. ”

The corners of the second princess Gu Xiao's mouth moved slightly, and she looked at the fifth princess Gu Qiaoyan, Gu Qiaoyan's smile condensed slightly when she heard this, but she quickly returned to normal, and said: "Listen, the fifth child is just changing the way to pour me wine." I'm drunk too much for a while, and I'm drunk here, so you can't away. ”

The Seventh Imperial Concubine said: "You don't think I'm shabby here, I can live as long as I like, I can't ask for it, as long as the five princes don't chase after me." ”

I heard Gu Yanran say that the Seven Princes' Mansion was expanded after the original two mansions were opened, the Jade Pavilion has two floors, surrounded by water, the stage is on the first floor, and the rhombic window on the second floor is inlaid with glass, and you can see the rippling lake outside the window, and there are a few red or yellow fallen leaves floating on the lake, which is a little more depressed. Looking from here, the two sides of the lake are full of green and shadowy places, and two nine-curved stone bridges lead to both sides of the river.

Linglong glanced at the four maids who followed her, she brought Xingyu, Huancui, Bailu today, and one was Yinling.

"I don't know where the other end of the bridge is, you watch them, don't run around." Linglong whispered to Xingyu, there is only one person who is optimistic about the so-called future, and that is the silver bell who has no clear intention.

Xingyu persuaded Linglong to lock the silver bell in the room, but Linglong still took her out, she wanted to know what the purpose of Mama Zhou was trying to stuff the silver bell over, as for the matter of Mrs. Zhang's nephew asking the silver bell to clean up the flowers and trees, she laughed it off and didn't believe it.

Seeing that she glanced at the opposite side of the lake a few more times, and whispered something to the maid, Gu Yanran smiled and said, "Over there is Cheng Bixuan, the upper courtyard, the place of the masters." This jade pavilion is sandwiched between the upper courtyard and the backyard, and it is only used for listening to dramas on weekdays. ”

Linglong smiled slightly, and said softly: "When the autumn leaves are scattered, there is still green over there, so I took a few more looks, but I didn't know that it was the upper courtyard, and it was rude for me." ”

Gu Yanran's eyes flashed, she looked at Linglong, and suddenly asked, "Fifth Sister Jin is laughing at the disagreement between my sisters in her heart?" ”

This is the third time they have met, but Linglong has long known that this Miss Gu Qi is not only dust-free under her eyes, but also shrewd and powerful, just now that the fifth princess sneered at the seventh princess, and also dragged the second princess into it, how could she not hear it.

I used to see the Jin family fighting openly and secretly, but I didn't expect that a rich and noble family like the Gu family would be like this, it really responded to the sentence I saw in the book in my previous life, where there are people, there is fighting.

Perhaps, from the moment when the prince of Zhenguo complied with the emperor's will and turned his daughters into concubines with each other, this kind of struggle has already existed.

Husband and wife are one, the five princesses and the seventh princess are so mismatched, the five princes and the seventh princess are not harmonious, since the five princesses want to provoke the relationship between the second princess and the seventh princess, the second prince and the seventh prince are close. I heard that the second prince is not the queen's concubine, but the first prince has died early, if the second prince does not have the heart to fight for the heir, it is abnormal.

The seventh prince is also a concubine, regardless of his identity and age, he is far away from the position of the East Palace, so at this time, it is also wise for him to stand on the side of the second prince.

Thinking of the legendary prince who died early, Linglong remembered that she heard Chen say that the queen mother only had two sons, the prince was deceased, and she only had twelve princes under her knees, but the twelve princes were rumored to be inhumane.

11111 (To be continued.) )