258 First arrival in Jiaozhou
When I got back to the door, it was time to leave. Before leaving, Shang Jinxiu and An Donghua entered the palace again. After the previous experience, this time the ceremony was extraordinarily smooth. However, Shang Jinxiu could feel that what was hidden under Yun Guifei's gentle appearance was a vicious malice.
That time, although Yun Guifei was pushed hard by Princess Yuling and sprained her foot, in the eyes of Yun Guifei, Princess Yuling was hateful, and Shang Jinxiu was also unforgivable.
It's just that Shang Jinxiu is going to follow An Donghua to Jiaozhou, and she doesn't have time to come back even if she wants to take revenge. But she is not in a hurry, after all, the capital is under the emperor's nose, even if she doesn't wait to see An Donghua, she doesn't dare to do too much. But Jiaozhou is different, when Anton Hua and Shang Jinxiu arrive in Jiaozhou, they will suffer!
With such an idea, Yun Guifei said goodbye to Shang Jinxiu with a smile, and also rewarded Shang Jinxiu with a set of jewelry, saying that it was for her to be shocked. The jewelry is beautiful and exquisitely made, but in Shang Jinxiu's eyes, it really doesn't look very good. Not to mention, the style of this set of jewelry is already old-fashioned.
No matter how disgusted Shang Jinxiu was in his heart, he still thanked the reward with a grateful face, and when he returned home, he gave the things to Mulan Hibiscus casually, telling them to wait until they arrived in Jiaozhou, and they would take out the things to exchange for silver flowers.
Jiaozhou is located in southern Xinjiang, quite far from the capital. Shang Jinxiu walked in a carriage for a month before finally arriving at the Jiaozhou Royal Mansion in Jiaozhou. The palace was not rebuilt, but left over from the previous dynasty, and the mansion was built in a luxurious manner, with exquisite pavilions and pavilions. It's a pity that the previous dynasty collapsed, and the palace was ransacked, if it wasn't for the timely rescue at that time, it would have even been burned clean by a fire.
Even so. The luxury of the past is long gone, and now more than a decade has passed. It is only decay. Since the decree came down, the emperor has sent people to repair it day and night. Finally, the entire palace has a new look, and you can vaguely see the prosperity of the past.
It's a pity that the emperor is far away, and the officials in Jiaozhou have already given birth to backbones, and the funds allocated have been stripped layer by layer, where is the rest? In order to save money to the maximum, the materials used are inferior, and the color is bright, but in fact, it will not be long before the paint on the brush will dry and peel off. Revealing the rotten inside.
When Anton Hua and Shang Jinxiu arrived, the local officials finally looked at Anton Hua's identity as the king of Jiaozhou, and did not make it too ugly, and greeted him in person, giving him the face he deserved.
But that's about it. These people greeted and greeted, but their eyes were very presumptuous and full of provocations, obviously they didn't take Anton Hua, the young prince, in their eyes. Selfishly, they are even more unscrupulous.
It's just a prince who was completely disgusted and sent over. What are they afraid of?
Shang Jinxiu, as the princess, did not meet with those officials, but only saw the daughters of the officials. These ladies obviously got the letter a long time ago, and none of them took Shang Jinxiu seriously. Shang Jinxiu has the identity of a princess. In the end, he is too young, even if he really wants to show his majesty, where can he stop people?
Just look at her immature and youthful face. It makes people can't help but feel contempt.
Zhao Lixian, the wife of the prefect of Jiaozhou, is just one round older than Shang Jinxiu, and now she has just been happy with her son. It was the time when the spring breeze was proud, and she was very fond of her husband. was born beautiful and had a good background, and there was a faint feeling of superiority in his heart.
Before Shang Jinxiu came, she had the highest status in the circle of noblewomen in Jiaozhou, but after Shang Jinxiu came, she was pressed by Shang Jinxiu in terms of identity. However, although Shang Jinxiu is the concubine of the king of Jiaozhou, her background is much worse than her, and she is a little girl who has not yet reached her level, where can Zhao Lixian put her in her eyes? How can you be willing to be compared to such a person?
She is still the eldest lady of the Zhao family, and Yun Guifei is still her aunt! Before Shang Jinxiu's people arrived in Jiaozhou, she had already received a secret letter sent by Yun Guifei! The secret letter said that Shang Jinxiu offended Yun Guifei, so she must teach her a hard lesson!
For many reasons, it is even more impossible for Zhao Lixian to let go of Shang Jinxiu!
So after seeing each other, Zhao Lixian said with a smile: "I heard that the princess has a set of ruby jewelry, which is ingeniously made and really beautiful, and even Her Royal Highness the princess saw it and said she liked it." I just don't know, if the princess can take it out, let us also see and understand. ”
Shang Jinxiu had heard An Donghua talk about the relationship between Zhao Lixian and Yun Guifei early in the morning, and had already guessed that there would be this one. So after Zhao Lixian said this, she didn't panic, but deliberately asked, "Who did you listen to?" ”
Zhao Lixian was so stopped by Shang Jinxiu's unreasonable playing of cards, and she couldn't answer for a while. Fortunately, she was not stupid, but after being stunned for a moment, she said: "Everyone is saying, the princess won't be unwilling, right?" ”
Shang Jinxiu deliberately asked unrelentingly: "Who do you mean by 'everyone'?" At this point she deliberately glanced at the other ladies and asked curiously, "Could it be you?" ”
At this time, her eyes were unusually bright, if there were people with abilities here, she would find that Shang Jinxiu had placed a spiritual hint in her eyes, but unfortunately this was just a gathering of a group of noble ladies, where would there be people with abilities?
As soon as those noblewomen met her gaze, Zhihai was shocked, and subconsciously shook his head and said, "It's not us, it's the first time we've heard of it." ”
This kind of spiritual suggestion will not actually cause harm to these people, but only make them have a good impression of Shang Jinxiu, and when time passes, the spiritual suggestion will lose its effect.
Zhao Lixian didn't expect Shang Jinxiu to be so unrelenting, because it would be too rude to do so. She was born in a big family, and she was strictly taught etiquette since she was a child, and the noblewomen she usually came into contact with had never been Shang Jinxiu, so she was caught off guard.
Then she suddenly remembered that in the secret letter that Concubine Yun gave her, it was clearly written that Shang Jinxiu was very 'stupid', and she was simply a 'dumbfounded', so she should be careful. It's a pity that she forgot such an important thing!
Zhao Lixian's heart was already messed up, and the denials of the ladies seemed to add fuel to the fire, which made Zhao Lixian completely annoyed and angry! She directly twisted her face and glared at Shang Jinxiu fiercely, but at this glance, Shang Jinxiu deliberately asked puzzledly, "Why do you look at me like this?" Is there something wrong with me? ”
Zhao Lixian's face became even more distorted, and she wanted to vomit blood in her heart. This kind of thing that everyone understands and just keeps in their hearts, who would be stupid enough to say it? Why was she so unlucky to meet such a 'stunned person' as Shang Jinxiu?
No matter how unhappy Zhao Liying is with Shang Jinxiu in her heart, she doesn't dare to really point at Shang Jinxiu and say "The old lady just doesn't like you", after all, the identities of the two are there, and even if they understand some things in their hearts, they must not say it.
She had to force a distorted smile, and said with a look of grievance and disobedience: "How come? The princess has a straightforward and lovely personality, and if she says something rebellious, I treat you as a sister, what dissatisfaction do I have with you? ”
When Shang Jinxiu heard this, she glanced at Zhao Lixian deeply, then raised her chin slightly, and said happily: "I like what you say, I have been like this since I was a child, so my mother doesn't know how many hearts have been broken and how much hair has been boiled white, I am afraid that I will offend people by accident, or you are good, don't care about me." ”
When Zhao Lixian heard this, the smile on her face became a little distorted, she didn't care about Shang Jinxiu, but Shang Jinxiu was the princess of Jiaozhou after all, and it was okay for her to occasionally provoke and make a trip, but once she was on the line, it was simply a living handle! If it weren't for that, she would have liked to tear Shang Jinxiu's face herself!
Shang Jinxiu didn't seem to see Zhao Lixian's insincerity, but continued to smile and said: "I didn't bring any expensive gifts when I came here this time, so I prepared a small gift to express my heart, I hope you don't dislike it." ”
As soon as her voice fell, the ladies hurriedly smiled and complimented, even though they were very disapproving, but they did not dare to show obvious disgust on their faces. Even Zhao Lixian smiled and said: "The gifts prepared by the princess must be extraordinary, we only have Xie Xian'er's share, where do you dare to dislike it?" ”
While speaking, Mulan had already come out with a stack of brocade boxes, and the hibiscus was distributed to the ladies one by one. The brocade box is only the size of a palm, and it is exquisitely done. But who was there? I've seen so many good things, how can I put this little brocade box in my eyes?
It's just that because of the identity of Princess Shang Jinxiu, and how much influence from Shang Jinxiu's spiritual hints, even if these people don't think so, they won't show it on their faces.
After getting the brocade box, the ladies were ready to put it away carefully, and did not rush to open it. It was Zhao Lixian, she always wanted Shang Jinxiu to be ugly, so she pretended to be eager to open the brocade box, but as soon as she opened it, she was stunned by the contents inside.
The brocade box was nothing else, just a small mirror the size of a palm. The mirror is oval in shape, with a long handle underneath, and the entire shell is golden, carved with twig patterns and inlaid with many colored diamonds, which is both delicate and gorgeous. In particular, the mirror surface seems to be made of transparent glass, which is very clear.
Zhao Lixian originally wanted to make Shang Jinxiu ugly, but as soon as she saw this small mirror, she couldn't help but pick it up and look at it carefully, and then looked at it in the mirror.
The mirror perfectly reflects her beautiful face with delicate makeup, thin eyebrows as thin as willow leaves, curly eyelashes, watery eyes, straight nose bridge, and ......
Zhao Lixian's brows suddenly furrowed, and she suddenly found that the lip grease had fallen off at some point, and the color on her lips was a little dull. (To be continued......)