Chapter Ninety-Three: She Confessed
She tilted her head slightly, and was meeting Cao Ying's jealous gaze, Cao Ying was slightly stunned, and instantly took away the jealousy fire, and she looked gentle as water.
Liu Xuan withdrew her gaze and looked at the culprit in the pavilion, she wanted to glare at him, but she didn't dare. If she glared at him, everyone would say that it was him and her eyebrows, she had to suppress her displeasure and squeeze out a smile: "Xuan should not be praised by the prince, if the prince thinks that Xuan's song is still in his ears, it is better to put today's matter down, it is not to hide that although the father-in-law is conniving at Xuan, Xuan does not want to make everyone feel that the father-in-law is not strict because of his rudeness." ”
That's what she's begging for.
Li Che looked at her appearance, his deep eyes seemed to imply a smile, and he nodded: "What Miss Liu said is reasonable, and it is not a good thing for Taifu to connive at a righteous daughter, this matter is only known to everyone present." ”
As soon as Li Che's words fell, everyone nodded in response, this is the crown order issued by the prince, today's things can only enter their eyes and their mouths, but although everyone responded, their hearts were even more surprised, the prince really favored the righteous daughter of this Liu Taifu, and even ordered everyone to seal the mouth for her, you must know that the prince is the least accustomed to oppressing people with power, that is, such as the former Cao side concubine, and just blocked everyone from incense and was beaten as a concubine, and was ordered to think about it behind closed doors.
The handkerchief in Cao Ying's hand was almost broken, and the jealousy in her heart had become a prairie fire, and Liu Xuan, who came out of nowhere, first almost robbed her of the name of the first beauty, and then had to be treated differently by the prince, and the prince also ordered to seal everyone's mouth because of her words. This is unprecedented, what kind of virtue can she Liu Axuan do!
Just when the jealousy almost burned Cao Ying to lose her former gentleness, a hand gently grabbed her arm, Cao Ying turned her head to look at the owner of the hand, but saw Wu Ying shook her head slightly, although Wu Ying's movements were light, but for Cao Ying at this moment, it was like a slap in the face, yes, the prince was still present, and she couldn't show any *** expression.
Cao Ying's expression was relieved, and she looked gentle again.
Liu Xuan saw Li Che and sealed his mouth. Only then was I slightly relieved. Thinking of today's business, he coughed lightly and opened his mouth: "Thank you for the prince's compassion, the prince is very handsome today, this shirt is quite consistent with the prince's appearance, but it doesn't seem to be customized in the palace." Dare to ask the prince what to do with this shirt. Xuan also went to the stepfather and brother-in-law to buy a few bodies to chat and express their feelings. ”
Li Che listened to her words, revealing a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Liu Xuan was cheeky and didn't see it, just stood there waiting for him to answer, but Liu Zhiqing, who had not yet spoken, said with a smile: "My sister only saw the prince." Don't you see me, Lord Sun, and Lord Long's clothes? Your good meaning brother understands, but my shirt today is from the same workshop as the prince, and my sister doesn't need to buy it for me. ”
Liu Xuan pretended to be surprised and looked Liu Zhiqing up and down, and then nodded: "Xuan's eyes are clumsy, I didn't see it before." ”
Sun Xun, who hadn't spoken for a long time, also opened his mouth on the side: "Lord Long and I, the same clothes as the prince, are also out of the same workshop, if Miss Liu wants to buy clothes for the prince to show filial piety, you might as well go to Jinyi Spinning to see, although the women's clothes are a little worse, but they have a lot of experience in making men's robes." ”
Liu Xuan said that he had been waiting for three words for a long time, and thanked Sun Xun at the moment.
The purpose of today's trip has been achieved, Li Che withdrew his gaze from Liu Xuan, got up and said lightly: "Liu Aiqing, at your invitation, this palace came to see your talented righteous sister, and now I have seen that it is indeed as you said, and this palace will go back to the house first if there is something to do." ”
After he finished speaking, he walked down the pavilion and wanted to leave, Long Yi and Sun Xun followed behind, everyone saluted, Li Che walked a few steps and turned back to Sun Xun and said: "Go to Jinyi Spinning and buy two winter clothes according to the figure of Mrs. Liu, and record them on the prince's mansion." ”
Sun Xun nodded in response.
It wasn't until the figures of Li Che and Sun Xunlong disappeared from everyone's eyes that everyone got up, and the sons of the male guests had already surrounded the willow branches and youths, and the voices of congratulations were endless.
"Congratulations, Lady Liu."
"Congratulations to Lord Liu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a good opinion of Sister Lingyi, but I'm afraid that soon there will be a lady in this Taifu Mansion."
"Congratulations."
Liu Xuan's current identity is the daughter of Mrs. Liu, and her noble status naturally will not enter the prince's mansion as a concubine, either a side concubine or a princess, no matter which position she is, she should be called a mother by everyone.
Liu Zhiqing's face was already smiling like a flower, but his voice was pretending to be stern: "The eight characters have not been skimmed yet, you must not talk nonsense to ruin the reputation of my righteous sister." ”
"Who is the prince, have you ever seen him color women, and today he praised Miss Liu for her unique style."
"Exactly, you didn't see how the prince instructed him when he left, he asked Master Sun to make clothes for Mrs. Liu, and this account was recorded in the prince's mansion."
Sons, you say a word to me, it seems that Liu Xuan has become the prince's person, Liu Zhiqing can speak well on weekdays, but now he just laughs and does a sentence: "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense." ”
Liu Xuan's face turned a little blue.
Different from the endless congratulatory voices of the male guests, the women's side was cold, and the women looked at Liu Xuan's eyes with mixed envy, only Miss Lu and Miss Song took two steps forward and smiled at Liu Xuan kindly.
Catching up with their smiling faces, Liu Xuan had to squeeze out a smile.
It was useless for Cao Ying to imply that she should not lose her demeanor, the jealousy was like a cicada ant gnawing at her heart little by little, and when she turned her head to see Liu Xuan's smile, she finally couldn't hold back her words and said: "Congratulations to Sister Xuan, I'm afraid that Sister Xuan will be with my sister in a few days." ”
If her words were placed in the past, they must have been congratulatory words, but at this time, her sister has changed from a side concubine to a concubine, from a side concubine who has been on the side of the butterfly to a concubine who can be sold at will, not to mention that she was also grounded by the prince, Cao Ying said that Liu Xuan wanted to be with her sister, wouldn't she be sarcastic that even if Liu Xuan entered the prince's mansion, she could only be a concubine?
Liu Xuan squinted her eyes and smiled at her: "Some people regard the prince's backyard as a golden house, but I think it is like a tiger's den." Sister's congratulations to my sister don't dare to take it. ”
Liu Xuan actually said that the prince's backyard was Longtan Tiger's Den, on the one hand, everyone was surprised by her boldness, and on the other hand, they were surprised by Cao Ying's sarcastic words today, and they all secretly paid in their hearts, this Cao Ying's gentle appearance on weekdays is really just the surface.
Liu Xuan silently blocked Cao Ying's words, and sarcastically mocked her again, the smile on Cao Ying's face almost couldn't be hung up, and then Wu Ying smiled and said, "It's all stupid to stand and do something." Today we are here to play and play. The game of drumming and passing flowers is not over yet, and I am waiting to see who wins the prize. ”
Seeing her make a round sound, all the women hurriedly nodded yes, and they all showed a very keen look about drumming and passing flowers. Liu Xuan and Cao Ying also sat down. And so the game continued.
The sons cannot stay with the ladies for a long time. Even if you want to see the excitement, you can only give up, and after staying for a while, they go back to the men's place together.
It was only when it was time to eat that the game of drumming and passing flowers stopped, and Cao Ying won the pen and ink Danqing. The qin song is Liu Xuan's first, and the dance art is won by Jing Shuyao, the daughter of a doctor named Yu Shi, Cao Ying and Liu Xuan can't take the color head, so they each give the color head to others.
Liu Xuan still said before, the other two sides of the double-sided embroidered handkerchief to Cao Ying and Wu Ying, since that short irony, Cao Ying and Liu Xuan as if nothing had happened, just like the first appearance of the sister and sister call cordial, as for what is in their hearts, only they know.
After the meal, the women drank tea and chatted together, until a maid came to call them, and then they all got up and walked towards the main banquet.
Liu Xuan and Cao Ying walked side by side, and when they were close to the main banquet, they saw a woman dressed as a noble lady standing up and praised: "There was a maid who said something about the double pearls of the capital, I didn't believe it before, but now I look at the two people who are leading the way, but they are not worthy of the title of the double pearls of the capital." ”
As soon as her words fell, she saw Liu Mu smile and said, "Xuan'er is thin-skinned, but she can't be praised by Princess Xue like this." ”
The girls who came back with Liu Xuan were slightly stunned when they heard Liu's mother's sentence 'Xuan'er is thin-skinned', where did this Miss Liu's style of acting show a thin word, but it was a pity that the prince had ordered the mouth to be sealed, and this word was ten times in their mouths, and it couldn't be said.
It turned out that the noble lady was Princess Xue, and seeing that she was really a clever person, Liu Xuan bowed slightly and made a shy: "Xuan thanked the princess for her false praise, how can Xuan be compared with Sister Ying, and the title of Shuangzhu is never daring to be called." ”
When Princess Xue heard her words, she smiled around and said, "Look, this Mrs. Liu's righteous daughter can be called Shuangzhu?" ”
She asked like this, no matter what the ladies thought in their hearts, they nodded with a smile on their faces: "If Miss Liu can't be a girl, there will be no one in Beijing who can compare with Miss Cao." ”
In the praise of all the noble ladies, Cao Ying also smiled and said: "Sister Xuan is too humble, if Shuangzhu can't be called Sister Xuan, Ying will be even more deserved." ”
"Alright, alright." Princess Xue smiled and waved her hand: "You two don't have to be too modest, in my opinion, there is no one else to do this pair of beads except for the two of you, I heard that you have shown your talents in the garden, in terms of appearance, you two are equal, I don't know if your talents are still like this." ”
Liu Xuan and Cao Ying didn't speak, this Princess Xue didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, in her words, she wanted to let the two of them talk about winning or losing, Liu Xuan and Cao Ying are both people with hearts like mirrors, they won't open their mouths at this time, but Wu Ying on the side said with a smile: "Sister Xuan's piano music is a must, Sister Ying's poetry and calligraphy are a must, each has its own merits." ”
Princess Xue smiled when she heard this: "They all have their own strengths, so it's very good." ”
The ladies and ladies filled the main banquet to the brim, and it was not early, and everyone spoke in reply, and the guests and hosts dispersed happily when the sun was setting.
Mother Liu was very satisfied with today's banquet, especially when the maidservant girl came to report, saying that the prince personally ordered the purchase of clothes for Mrs. Liu, and recorded the account on the prince's mansion, Mother Liu took Liu Xuan's hand and said with a smile: "From now on, Xuan'er is one of the best nobles in Beijing, and the name of Xuan'er will be far and wide." ”
Liu Xuan was not interested in this at all, but she was also very happy today, for no other reason, because the ladies whispered about the three words of brocade and spinning when they left. Hearing Liu's mother's words, she immediately smiled and said: "The righteous mother must not mention the name of Shuangzhu, if outsiders listen to it, they will definitely laugh at Xuan'er." ”
Liu Mu smiled and said: "Okay, don't mention it, don't mention it, the prince came to the banquet today because of Xuan'er?" Xuan'er doesn't have to hide it from her mother, your stepbrother has a few faces in front of the prince, and his stepmother still knows, how could the prince put down everything because of his invitation. ”
Liu Xuan thought to herself, Li Chelai was probably because she saw the silver, but she couldn't say this, so she could only nod slightly under the eager gaze of Liu's mother.
Seeing her nodding, Liu's mother smiled even more, and she couldn't care about Liu Xuan's dissuasion and sent her out of the house, Liu Xuan was a little helpless to look at Liu's mother's overly happy appearance, and she couldn't bear to say anything and could only follow her.
After returning to Liu's mansion, Liu Xuan retreated and called Hu Yi left and right: "Go, tell your master, don't let me see him wear it a second time!" ”
Hu Yi couldn't help but smile and passed the word, and after a while, he couldn't help but laugh and came back and replied: "Back to the girl's words, the master said, from now on, he will only wear the shirt with you." ”
Liu Xuan's face turned red when she heard this, and she looked at Hu Yi's smiling appearance and was secretly annoyed: "When did your master be so flamboyant, living like such a gentleman!" ”
Hu Yi couldn't help but defend his master: "In fact, the master was also lively when he was young, but he became what he is today after years of training. ”
Liu Xuan didn't care about the words of Li Che's defense in Hu's words, but asked in a daze: "Am I jealous?" ”
Hu Yi looked at her stunned appearance and nodded: "The girl said that you won't let you see the master wearing that shirt for the second time, isn't this vinegar words?" ”
Liu Xuan stood for a moment, and then waved her hand weakly to let Hu Yi retreat, and after Hu Yi retreated, she bowed her head on the table and sighed silently, she was jealous because the women saw Li Che's appearance today, she actually said it for Li Che! She always thought that she could keep her heart, hide her feelings, and withdraw at any time, even if she knew that she was already interested in him, but today she was jealous.
Even if she is noble now, even if her current status is enough to be his wife, but so what? He will be the son of heaven of the Li dynasty, she will never be the only one by his side, and why is she jealous?
Thinking of this, Liu Xuan took a deep breath, pressed the boredom in her heart, and Deng Yu's demonic face appeared in front of her again, and his words seemed to sound in her ears again, 'Don't let the master hear the news that you entered his backyard at the border gate', Liu Xuan couldn't help but smile slightly, and the boredom in her heart because of Li Che suddenly disappeared a lot, she turned her head and thought, should I give Deng Yu a letter? (To be continued......)