Chapter 35: The Crown Princess
Crown Princess Cheng Ya is the eldest daughter of the Han family, and also the eldest granddaughter of the old lady Meng of Huairenbo, for this granddaughter who carries the hope of four generations of the Cheng family and is destined to marry into the royal family as soon as she is born, the old lady is very loving. β
As she spoke, she walked out, and the ladies in the room followed behind to greet the crown princess, only Han, who was kneeling on the ground, was still stunned when he looked at his hands.
At this time, a twenty-nine-year-old woman had already walked in with the help of the palace maid.
She wears a red woven golden phoenix persimmon pattern through the sleeve jacket, covered with a silver fox fur cloak, if you talk about appearance alone, it can be said that it is the least eye-catching of the Cheng family sisters, fortunately, she is tall, elegant in temperament, and amiable.
The old lady Meng took the lead and bowed: "Meet the crown princess." β
Cheng Ya hurriedly went to support the old lady: "Grandmother, get up quickly, and uncle, you should hurry up too." β
When everyone got up, Cheng Ya saluted the old lady again, and was busy being pulled by the old lady and walked to the big kang.
Only then did she see Han Shi kneeling on the ground, and her steps paused: "Mother, this is-" said and looked at the old lady.
In the face of this granddaughter, the old lady didn't say much about Han's, but said: "Rumors suddenly broke out in the capital today, it is a matter of Wei'er, and the family is anxious about this matter this morning." β
Cheng Ya knew that the old lady had never been waiting to see Han, so she walked over and helped Han up with a silent face: "Mother, get up quickly, it's cold on the ground, don't worry about you and grandmother, I also can't worry when I hear about this, come and see the third sister." β
As he was talking, he suddenly stopped, staring at Han's unshoed feet in some astonishment, and hesitated: "Mother, this is-"
Han is straightforward and fast-talking, such people often have a clumsy mouth when they reach a critical moment, and when they heard Cheng Ya ask this, they suddenly didn't know what to say, and their eyes unconsciously aimed at the shoes that were thrown out.
Cheng Ya glanced at this, and the palace maids who followed closely immediately went over and picked up the shoes.
Cheng Ya took it, slowly squatted down and put it on for Han Shi personally, and said lightly: "Look at my mother's urgency." What is happening to the third sister now, I can't rest assured, you can take me to take a look. β
Her words resolved the invisible embarrassment in the house, holding Han with one hand and the old lady with the other, and the group went to Feisuju.
Cheng Wei slept late last night, just got up not long ago, barely had breakfast after washing, and was leaning on the head of the bed to be distracted.
Qiaorong has always had flexible eyebrows and eyes, and she wanted to regain her favor, so she leaned over and said, "Girl, can the maid read to you?" β
Cheng Wei thought about it and bowed his head.
"What does the girl want to hear, how about "The Biography of Famous Women"?" Qiao Rong remembered the bookcase full of bookcases and books he had seen in the second girl's study, and asked tentatively.
Cheng Wei pulled the brocade quilt up and said lazily: "What to read "The Biography of Famous Women", bring the book "Different Aspirations" that my second brother gave me a few years ago. Oh, you know where to put it, right? β
Qiao Rong nodded hurriedly: "Yes." β
I don't know which one of the hearts is flying, but all the gifts given by the second son, no matter how expensive or low, the girl will keep them as if they were a baby, not to mention the "Different Aspirations" sent a few years ago, and even the rattle that the girl gave when she was three years old is still pressed at the bottom of the box.
After a while, Qiao Rong held a palm-sized book, sat on the small pestle on the side of the bed, and read word by word: "To the south of Daliang, there is a small country named Nanlan, and the women of its country are not inferior to men, and the strange thing is that Gu art is available, and only women can use it......
Cheng Wei closed his eyes, listening to the story that could almost be recited backwards, and suddenly felt a little aggrieved in his heart.
The second brother used to love to tell stories to himself, and he also collected a lot of interesting books for her to read, but since the year before the fight, it has not been like this, and she said that she is a big girl, and these books should be read less. But how did the second brother know that she was now haunted by demons, and if she didn't know anything about it before, I'm afraid she would have been scared to death.
What's even more terrifying is that once it is confirmed that the eldest sister is really pregnant, she has to listen to the voice.
Cheng Wei is not exquisite, and she can't do things like dancing with long sleeves and making people smile, but she just faintly feels that once she is at the mercy of the voice in her head, something terrible will happen in the future. Saying that she had heard a lot of strange talk about ghosts and gods in the past, whether she didn't know how to seize the opportunity, she just stubbornly believed that there was no free lunch in this world!
The biological father and mother can't treat their children equally, let alone something that I still don't know if it's a demon or a ghost.
But second brother, why haven't you come back?
At this moment, Cheng Wei missed his second brother who had not seen him for a long time.
"Girl, the crown princess and the old lady are all here." The little maid listened to the song and ran in.
"The crown princess?" Cheng Wei couldn't care about listening to Qiaorong reading anymore, and was about to go down to the ground when he turned over.
Huan Yan hurriedly stopped: "Girl, you should lie down, you went out last night, and you didn't sleep well, and it was still a little hot this morning." β
Cheng Wei thought about it, if the eldest sister was really pregnant, she couldn't give her illness to the eldest sister, so she lay down again and pulled the quilt tightly.
After a while, I heard many footsteps, followed by the sound of the maids saluting.
As soon as Cheng Ya entered the door, she saw her sister lying on the bed, her hair full of green silk scattered at random, and her face was extremely small.
Thinking of Cheng Wei's previous appearance, Cheng Ya couldn't help but be frightened, let go of the old lady and Han's hands, and walked over quickly with the help of the maid, only shouting "Third Sister", and her eyes immediately turned red.
"Help the princess to sit on the chair." The old lady pointed to a carved rose-backed chair a little further from the bed.
Cheng Ya turned around: "Grandmother, sit down, I want to talk to the third sister." β
She sighed softly in her heart, and couldn't tell the old lady whether she was a relative or a grudge. Grandmother is very good to her, but she is too mean to the third sister, and let her sit on the rose chair for fear of being sick by the third sister. Don't say that the third sister was injured, even if there is really something, how can she treat her sister-in-law like this as the eldest sister.
"Third sister, are you feeling better? Does it hurt to have a headache? β
Listening to Cheng Ya's concerned question, the corners of Cheng Wei's eyes suddenly became wet, but fortunately, it couldn't be seen with a black cloth towel, which preserved the girl's little self-esteem.
She ducked back and said, "Big sister, don't get too close to me, I have a fever this morning." β
"What's the fever?" Cheng Ya hurriedly touched Cheng Wei's forehead with her hand, "It's okay to touch it, drink ginger soup, just sweat again." β
"Drunk." In front of Cheng Ya, Cheng Wei looked extremely well-behaved, "Big sister, why are you here?" β
Cheng Ya's breath was suffocated when she was asked, facing her younger sister, she couldn't say that she heard that she was insane, so she hurried over regardless of others.
She smiled and said, "Since my sister was injured at my grandfather's house, I have been hanging on my heart, and I always have to see with my own eyes what happened to my third sister to rest assured." β
The corners of Cheng Wei's mouth curled, revealing a long-lost smile: "Big sister, don't worry, I don't care, it's just that I was tired after lying down for a long time a few days ago, and I'll be fine in a few days." β
Cheng Ya carefully observed Cheng Wei and saw that her words and deeds were normal, and she was even a little more quiet than usual, so she was relieved, and couldn't help hating those who spread rumors, and secretly said that when the third sister can go out, she will definitely hold a lively banquet, so that those who love to chew their tongues can see that her third sister is very good!
"Big sister, when are you going back to the palace?"
Cheng Ya held Cheng Wei's hand: "When the third sister wants her sister to return to the palace, my sister will return whenever she wants." β
"Big sister." Cheng Wei couldn't help but clench Cheng Ya's hand, "Then would you like to try my red date milk cake here?" β
Cheng Ya's expression suddenly became a little subtle.
Cheng Wei continued to smile and said, "I have a little maid named Thrush, who once stayed in the big kitchen and would make a few small snacks. Last night, I asked her to make some to eat today, and this morning she made red date milk cake, I ate it well, and I want my big sister to taste it too. β
She originally wanted to enter the palace three days later and test whether the eldest sister was pregnant with this red date milk cake, so she explained that the thrush was tried early, but she didn't expect that not long after the pastry was made this morning, the eldest sister came.
Hearing the younger sister say this, Cheng Ya couldn't bear to refuse, and said softly: "Okay." β
"The crown princessβ" A maid behind her couldn't help but shout.
Cheng Ya shook her head lightly.
Not long after, a little maid who seemed to be Cheng Wei's age came in with a plate of red date milk cake, the little maid was delicate and lovely, especially a pair of eyebrows were black and long, it was rare to see, even Cheng Ya couldn't help but glance at the pair of long eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Third sister, this little girl, I have never seen it." β
"Big sister hasn't been out of the palace for a long time." Cheng Wei's tone was a little lonely, and after speaking, he changed the topic, "Big sister, you can taste it, it tastes pretty good." β
The thrush held the plate in front of Cheng Ya, and a palace maid stepped forward, took out the silver needle to test the poison, saw that the needle did not change color, and broke a small piece of the handkerchief and ate it, about a quarter of an hour later, the piece of red date milk cake that had been tried was presented to Cheng Ya: "Princess, you can eat it." β
Cheng Ya said apologetically: "Third sister, there are many rules in the palace, don't be surprised." β
After speaking, I took a bite of the red date milk cake, and the rich milk fragrance instantly filled my mouth, and my stomach churned, and I couldn't help but tilt my head and retch.
"The crown princessβ" The people in the room couldn't help but change color.
Then, the old lady became excited: "Ya'er, you, are you happy?" β
Cheng Ya nodded lightly.
Han was also very excited: "Is it really there?" Thank God! Ya'er, why didn't you say it earlier? β
Cheng Ya was shy and happy, and said softly: "It's only a month, and it must be three months before it can be publicized." β
"Say hello to the crown princess!" Congratulations rang out in the room.
When the atmosphere suddenly became hot and lively, only Cheng Wei's smile stiffened at the corner of his mouth, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
The voice... That voice was true!
PS: Before catching the train, I also struggled out today, see how diligent I am.