Chapter 32: Small Gatherings

Looking at the extremely warm and comfortable hand cover, Han Sheng couldn't help but feel a trace of sweetness in his heart - looking at his stitches, isn't it Han Yu's craftsmanship?

Thinking about Han Sheng's frowning appearance when he handed it to himself, Bai Anheng couldn't help but be a little amused at this time, he knew that although he secretly gave it to himself, it must be with the acquiescence of the Han family's master and wife.

Touching the two circles of wind and hair on his hand, Bai Anheng was in a trance, and came in with a sticker on the outside paper and said: "Second master, this is the invitation sent by the Fifth Prince's Mansion today." ”

"Oh?" Hurriedly put his hand on the table carefully, Bai Anheng got up and took the paper sticker, opened it, looked at it carefully, and then raised his head and said to the paper, "Tell them to prepare, I will go out tomorrow." ”

Zhan Paper hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes." ”

Bai Anheng waited for him to go out, and then he carefully put the cover in one place with the things he had collected from the Bai family and were reluctant to use, and went to the upper room where his mother was with the sticker.

The winter wind in Beijing is quite heavy, and ordinary people have already prepared and stored the winter vegetables and meat at home, and when they wait for such days, they will try not to go out if they can.

Bai Anheng asked his father and mother for peace in the morning, and then took the little girl out of the door, riding on a tall horse, it was clear that there was no wind today, but it also made his face a little painful. I can't help but think of the new pair of hands I got yesterday - it must be very warm to wear on this day, right?

Feng Mo, who followed behind, whispered to the pen: "Lord is really, this cold day, you have to ride a horse, if you really freeze out, how can you explain to your wife?" ”

Xibi rolled his eyes: "Come on, this is much more comfortable than going out to study with my son, and I have only been back for a few months?" Can't stand this? ”

Feng Mo hurriedly stiffened his neck: "Where can I be?" Aren't we distressed? If it's really sick, the distressed person should be the second young grandmother who hasn't passed the door yet......"

After a while, the group arrived at East 14th Street, the so-called "14th" does not refer to the 14th Street, but to say that this generation is a small area composed of 14 streets that are horizontal or longitudinal, long or short, large or small.

This is one of the busiest markets in the east of the capital, with shops of all sizes, not to mention the small traders and vendors who carry their burdens into the city on the day of the market.

Bai Anheng slowed down his horse and trotted down the street, and after a while he came to a relatively clean street. He has been to this street several times, and there is a Yayi Zhai in the southwest corner of the east entrance, which is the most famous among the literati of Beijing Middle School.

There are several pairs of pairs hanging in this restaurant all the year round, and if there are students who can come down, the owner will be the master, and invite a table or a table of six taels, eight taels, ten taels, and twelve taels. If that poor child is here, the list will be waived. There is also a pianist playing the piano on the top floor, although he does not see him, he can smell the exquisite sound of the piano, which is a very elegant place. Therefore, it is highly sought after by students.

But what he wants to go to today is not this Yayizhai, but the Yongfu Building diagonally opposite Yayizhai.

This Yongfu Building is also a well-known time-honored brand in Beijing, and most of the people who come and go are high-ranking officials and nobles, children of official eunuchs, and big businessmen with great family assets in Beijing.

After getting off the horse, he went up to the Tianzi room on the third floor, and saw the five princes sitting in it, talking to several common staff scholars in the past, and when he saw Bai Anheng arrive, he smiled and beckoned him to come and sit down.

"Lord Bai arrived the day before yesterday? It's hard work along the way. ”

Bai Anheng hurriedly got up and replied on behalf of his father, and then sat down to talk to the five princes.

Since entering Beijing, originally because Bai Anheng was Bai Anyu's younger brother, and he heard that he was a wise and courteous person, the fifth prince invited him to come over to see how this son's character was. At first sight, he saw that although Bai Anheng was young, he was a young man who knew how to advance and retreat, and knew how to be polite and humble. Asked again about literature and political opinions, although he was still young, but he was a very insightful person, but he did not have the disadvantages of being young and arrogant and untaught, and the fifth prince really liked this younger brother who was a companion and friend.

Bai Anheng also respects the popularity of the five princes, and when he was communicating recently, he saw that he was more and more unsuspicious and occasionally discussed some political affairs with others in front of him, so he sat honestly on the side, never said much, or when he asked, Fang carefully dealt with it.

He knew that his father didn't want to be too close to any prince, he just wanted to be a direct minister. But as soon as his eldest brother is the companion of the five princes, this love is inseparable. Second, he wants to marry the second girl of the Han family, and the fifth prince wants to succeed the third daughter of the Han family as a concubine, which is one level closer.

With these two layers of relationship, in the eyes of others, even if the Bai family is upright, it will be branded with the mark of the five princes, and if you want to, you can't take it off.

There is also a third layer - he has seen the five princes, and he has also seen the eldest prince. To be honest, although the eldest prince also shows the meaning of being close to others, the momentum on his body, which is already superior, cannot be concealed no matter how he covers it and pretends to be. Not to mention that the temperament of the five princes is in line with their own temperament, naturally, there is a trade-off in their hearts.

It's not a big deal to come out today, but it's a year ago, and when it comes to December, there are many things in the palace, and there are many things in each family.

After lunch, the five princes still had something to do in the second half of the day, so they dispersed, and everyone said goodbye one after another, leaving only Bai Anheng and the five princes had not left.

"I heard that you went to Han's house with your father yesterday?"

Seeing this, Bai Anheng's mind spun around, wondering if he wanted to ask the third lady of the Bai family? With a smile: "Exactly." ”

The fifth prince nodded slightly, got up and went out with him, and walked down the stairs: "You have solid knowledge and insights, but you are not afraid that you will land in the coming year, when will your good life come?" ”

Bai Anheng bowed his head and said, "It's August of the following year." As he spoke, he paused, raised his eyes and looked at the Fifth Prince, "In October, I will drink the wedding wine of Your Fifth Highness." ”

The fifth prince is not at all like Bai Anheng - when he is teased, he is still a little ashamed. smiled and nodded: "Alas, unlike you, I can be regarded as a second and first." ”

Bai Anheng choked slightly in his heart, didn't he? This is a step-marriage, the first time to be born, the second time to mature.

He was also puzzled in his heart, why did the emperor point to the three girls of the Han family? There are countless nobles in Beijing, and there are not many people with status and good looks. Although the Han family is good, they don't necessarily have to marry a concubine and go back to be a princess, right?

After a few turns in his heart, Fang said: "I really didn't expect that An Heng could have such a fate with His Royal Highness?" ”

The fifth prince nodded with a smile: "Exactly, I didn't expect it." ”

I choked in my heart again, which means that I didn't ask anything...... I can't do this way, but I still can't do it, and I have to learn more from my father when I go back.

The two of them went downstairs here, and Xiao Er led the guests upstairs. At the corner of the second floor, two people happened to meet, looking at each other, Bai Anheng was surprised: "Brother Jiang? ”

When the man heard the voice, he also looked at the two, raised his eyebrows, a pair of peach blossom eyes bent up, and glanced at the two of them with a smile, and his snow-white skin was reflected in front of people's eyes: "Isn't this the Erlang of the Bai family, the same five-master?" ”

The fifth prince also recognized the man - a person of such a good appearance, as long as he saw it once, who could not remember it? What's more, I went to Han's house twice and met him twice?

He also smiled and nodded: "Brother Jiang, I met by chance." ”

came with Jiang Zhe, who is also the son of an official eunuch in Beijing, although there are many of them, they are similar to Jiang Zhe - they don't like official careers and don't love mundane things. But it's not uninformed.

Those who have titles on their bodies, follow their fathers and brothers, and have seen more or less the five princes face and a half. I just didn't take a face-to-face look, I just heard Jiang Zhe not call his surname, but only called "Fifth Master", so he guessed seven or eight points, stopped his steps, and bowed to say hello.

"We were about to go up for a small gathering, and the fifth master and Erlang just ran out? Then there will be no delay. Jiang Zhe bowed to the two of them freely, and after greeting them, he took half a step back and made way downstairs, and did not force the five princes to stay, let alone say anything to curry favor, which is really interesting.

The two people staggered and acted separately, and when they went downstairs, the fifth prince said to Bai Anheng: "Are you familiar with that Jiang Sanke?" ”

Bai Anheng shook his head: "I've only met a few times, and I've only eaten wine together, but it's not very ripe." What is the matter with Your Highness? ”

The fifth prince shook his head and smiled: "What's the matter?" I just think he's a little interesting. ”

Bai Anheng also laughed: "It's really interesting, it's a very free and easy personality." Listening to the second son of the Han family...... "Somehow, I suddenly remembered the appearance of Han Sheng's face changing as soon as he mentioned Jiang Zhe the day before, and the smile on his face couldn't help but laugh.

"How?"

"It's nothing, Jiang Sanye has a witty temperament and likes to joke, but he often teases the second son of the Han family."

The five princes didn't care, and the two said goodbye and left.

In the herringbone room on the third floor of Yongfu Building, Jiang Zhe leaned against the window, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and watched from the window as he rode a sedan chair away from the street, and drank all the contents of the cup in one gulp.

"Brother Huitong, if you don't go back at this time, do you want to spend the New Year in Beijing this year?" A friend asked Jiang Zhe by the window.

Jiang Zhe got up at this time, walked away from the window, paced back to the table with a wine glass, leaned back in the chair, sat or stood like a statue. "If you don't go back, it's the New Year's Day, and if you don't go back to find it."

One person said strangely: "Who is still looking for your anger?" ”

Jiang Zhe raised his hand and pointed upward, with a helpless expression: "Who else can there be?" My old man! "My father and uncle couldn't beat themselves and couldn't scold, so they gave up a long time ago. But the old man in the family is obviously seventy-six, but he is still full of anger, and scolds people for not drinking water for an hour. Scolding for half a day can still be energetic, and the voice is not lowered by half a point, which is not something that ordinary people can bear.