Chapter 22: The First Encounter
The carriage walked slowly along the main road through the palace gate, and Qi Ge Lao, who had just walked out of the palace gate, turned around and looked at the carriages that followed the guards on both sides in this direction.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess".
When the carriage stopped, Baili Baoshu heard the sound outside, and the magpie sitting next to him slightly lifted a corner of the bamboo curtain, and whispered in Baili Baoshu's ear, "It's Old Master Qi."
Baili Baoshu nodded slightly, "Old Master Qi doesn't have to be polite."
Qi Hu, who was standing outside the carriage, looked at Baili Baoshu who was sitting in the carriage without moving, and his slightly lowered eyes hid a little dissatisfaction.
As a Jinshi who has been in Dingwu for fifty years, and it is the name of the first class, even if it is the ancestors who walked out of the Qi family, he is a conscientious old minister who has stood in front of the palace of the Qiang Kingdom for more than 20 years, even if the emperor of the Qiang Kingdom sees it now, he has to be polite, but the eldest princess of the Qiang Kingdom is so pretentious, is she really spoiled by the emperor?
Although he has long been dissatisfied with the emperor's favor for this eldest princess, no one in the Manchu Dynasty has dared to make a fuss about it until now, and Qi Hu was not the boy who couldn't sink when he was young.
The expression on his face was one of humility, "Xia Guan shouldn't have blocked the eldest princess's car, but dare to ask the eldest princess if she wants to leave the palace again?" ”。
"This palace is going out", Baili Baoshu, who was sitting in the carriage, replied with disapproval on his face, "There are still some things to do, but Elder Qi Ge wants this palace to give you a ride."
There is ambiguity in Baili Baoshu's words, and Qi Hu, who knows how to bite the text and chew the words all day long, can't hear it, but what if he hears it.
"Xiaguan Xie Eldest Princess's good intentions, but Xiaguan's servants have already come over and are waiting for the dust outside the palace, so as not to disturb Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." Qi Hu said, and really bowed to the carriage where Baili Baoshu was sitting, turned around and left.
"Princess?" , The magpie turned his head to look at Baili Baoshu and asked with some doubts, "What does Qi Ge Lao mean?" ”。
"What do you mean? He is coming to demonstrate, and the courtier is just a courtier, no matter how many years he has stood in the court, he can't look up", Baili Baoshu snorted lightly, the Qi family's root system has not had that time to waste now, it really contains evil intentions, and the fox's tail will be exposed sooner or later, this time Baili Baoshu lacks endurance.
"Let's go", as soon as Baili Baoshu's voice fell, the wheels over there had already rolled, and Qi Hu who was walking on the side passed by.
Qi Hu looked at the carriage that was far away in the smoke and dust, and the look in his eyes was something that few people could understand.
In the villa outside the palace, although it is said that Baili Baoshu has not lived in it yet, but now as long as he leaves the palace, he will come here, and the Zhang family has also made a lot of moves, and things are sent here like flowing water.
Baili Baoshu has never hidden his closeness to his grandfather's family, sitting in the hall and watching the Lu and Ding families who came in person this time, serving tea, magpies waving their hands, and the slaves standing on both sides were led out by Wang Fu, Feng Ci and Nian Yao still stood at the door alone.
"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, give him a ...... Didn't make trouble for the princess", Ding still couldn't help but open his mouth and asked, that is his only son, although it is an honor to be valued by the princess at first, but after a long time, he will worry about whether the stupid son of his family will cause any trouble in such a big palace, so in the third room, Ding seems to be a little simpler, but he also has his own abacus in his heart.
This time it was bizarre and generous to send things here, and even the second room looked sideways twice.
But even if the business is big, no matter how many things in your hands, it can't be separated from the word businessman, look at the previous scenery of the second room, you know that the current Zhang family values not profit, but ...... A chance to climb up.
Back then, there was a lucky queen Xuande of the Qiang Kingdom, the opportunity was not seized, the Zhang family was just a businessman, but now that an eldest princess has come out, Sanfang's mind is instantly active.
Baili Baoshu went back openly, and the threshold of the Zhang family secretly didn't know how many people had stepped on.
"Cousin Yu Heng is now under the jurisdiction of Commander Nian, and they all have relatives to visit their relatives and rest in the future, but my cousin will naturally have time to visit his aunt."
"It's good not to trouble Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, just let him follow the Commander Nian so that he doesn't have to come back to visit my ......."
"The commander of the year is the commander of the Praetorian Guard in the palace, and the little boy in the third room will definitely be able to learn something", the magpie standing on the side also echoed with a smile, and Ding's face was even more overjoyed when he heard this.
Although his father-in-law's nest has been in the nest for a lifetime, and he has always been pressed down by the first two rooms, his son is a competitive man and has become the first Zhang family man in the Zhang family's generation to enter the palace of King Qiang.
The second-room Lu family used the smile of the green jade to cover the corners of his mouth slightly, saying that there is really nothing wrong with the men in the third room and the women being vulgar, and there is no rule in speaking, so if you don't understand the rules, even if you enter the palace, if it weren't for so many places, that fat-headed and stupid thing can be brought to the present safe and sound?
"Her Royal Highness the princess is now out of the palace lighter, if you have leisure, you can also go to the main road of the white tiger to walk, the restaurant and tea shop over there are the most exquisite in our imperial city, and often gather some strange people, many brothers and sisters in the imperial city, idle and favorite place, and it is not far from the Zhang family, if you are tired, you can come back to rest ......."
"Yes, yes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess can come back at any time to rest, and I will ask Xiuzhi to make a good pastry for Her Royal Highness to taste."
Ding Shi covered the disdain in his eyes, what kind of pastries, Her Royal Highness the princess has lived in the palace since she was a child, what kind of pastries have you never seen, but the things made by that girl in your family can be on the table?
Baili Baoshu sat on it, and naturally he could take the expressions of the two of them into his eyes, but fortunately he didn't bring the two girls out this time, otherwise he didn't know what kind of witty words he could say behind his back.
However, Baili Baoshu had a lot of interest in the White Tiger Main Road in Lu's mouth.
It is said that the east is rich and the west is rich, but the south is mixed, and the north is needless to say that there are already the most noble people living in the country.
The location of his eldest princess's mansion is at the intersection of the main road of Qinglong and the main road of Suzaku, and the villa given to him by his father is close to the south, and he really doesn't know the scene in the west.
Regardless of what the Lu family said this time, whether it was intentional or unintentional, Baili Baoshu himself already had a plan in his heart, this time Heng Yuguo personally came to a prince, and he wanted to hold Qiang Guo so aggressively, even if Qiang Guo had no intention, but what would Rong Guo think if he got the news.
Heng Yu Guo made Qiang Guo a little passive in this way, and the speed at which the prince of Heng Yu Kingdom came over was a bit fast.
Although the father is still hesitating now, unless he wants to tear his face with Heng Yuguo this time, it will be a little difficult to completely ignore it this time.
On the way back to the palace, Baili Baoshu was quietly thinking about something, and the magpie sat quietly on the side and did not disturb.
For Rong Guo, who was already in turmoil, the fate of the country was already doomed, but this time, since Heng Yuguo wanted to pull Qiang Guo ruthlessly, could Qiang Guo also take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie?
So what will Qi Guo and Lian Tuoguo, who have not made any noise until now, feel? I don't know a lot of news, and it will be difficult to think about it.
When I returned to the Yuqiong Palace, I saw Guerlain waiting outside the hall.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, the Lord of the Kingdom is waiting for you inside".
"Well, I know, take me to change my clothes", Baili Baoshu entered the dormitory through the side door, and the magpie was already quickly ready to dress.
"Father, have you been waiting for your son for a long time?" , Baili Baoshu walked out wearing a royal blue palace dress with a hundred flowers and butterflies, combing a simple bun, with a set of royal blue gemstone Zhu Hai, and a pair of nine-ring jade jue around his waist.
"Participate in Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess", the young man in black palace clothes standing on both sides of Baili Yao knelt down on one knee, but his voice was clear from his daughter's house.
"Excuse me". Baili Baoshu did it to Baili Yao's side, "How can my father be free to come over today, tell my son in advance, my son will definitely not be greedy for fun today."
"Since I gave you the token, my father won't take it back easily, so you don't have to worry about saying something nice to coax your father now."
Baili Baoshu looked at his father with a light smile on his face, and knew that he would not have any problems this time.
"How could the sons of the emperor deliberately say something nice and deliberately coax the emperor? Did the father think that as long as the son said something nice to his father, he would ask for something? ”。
"Father is more and more unable to talk about you", Baili Yao nodded Baili Baoshu's forehead and stood up, looking at the princess who was about to grow up, she was both relieved and reluctant.
"These two were selected from the Guard Camp and will be with you in the future."
"Father...... It was the son who made his father worry", of course Baili Baoshu knew that the guard battalions of the Qiang Kingdom in the past dynasties were all secret guards belonging to the lord of the Qiang Kingdom.
"My father's princess used to be quiet and stay in her own palace, and my father could watch it, but now my father's princess wants to go outside when she grows up, and my father is also old, and there is always something I can't see", Baili Yao looked at Baili Baoshu with emotion, "The eldest princess of my Qiang Kingdom is so noble, no matter where my father is worried."
"Father is not old", Baili Baoshu held Baili Yao's arm with a little bitterness on the tip of his nose, "Father doesn't want to be old, father has always had to see if Shu'er is good."
"Silly child", Bai Liyao caressed his daughter snuggled in his arms, and looked a little deep and solemn into the distance.