Ah Wu was stunned, he didn't expect Chu Mao to refuse so simply, and he didn't even care about his feelings, which really made Ah Wu feel that his heart was throbbing. She was heartbroken, staying up late to rush to the construction site to do this, drawing patterns, matching colors, which one was not dedicated, even her fingers were not as tender as before, but she couldn't get a little warm words from him. Besides, she didn't perfunctory him, the embroidery looks were all made with her favorite and best patterns, and there was only this one, there was no semicolon, and she didn't use those flowers and grasses to perfunctory him, isn't she sincere enough?

Ah Wu was afraid that Chu Mao really didn't like it, and asked the little girl to ask a lot of people in the garden with that trick, who didn't say that it looked good, and rushed to borrow a picture to describe it. But now seeing Chu Mao like this, Ah Wu probably knows that he may not like his embroidery.

However, Chu Mao didn't give Ah Wu the steps, but she had to find the steps for herself, otherwise it would be too embarrassing, so she forced a smile and said: "The prince is young and healthy now, so naturally he can't use knee pads, I didn't think about it well, so I'll put it away for you, and I'll use it when you're old?" ”

Chu Mao even twitched the corners of his mouth this time, and glanced at the lively duck picture, which was embroidered on the child's clothes and uppers, which seemed to complement each other, and he really didn't dare to imagine how funny it was to wear knee pads with this pattern when he was old.

However, Chu Mao looked down and saw that there was a trace of grievance in Ah Wu's expression, and his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and he suddenly felt that Ah Wu's nickname was really hers.

"Hmm."

This time, Ah Wu saw that Chu Mao didn't refuse so clearly, but said "hmm" vaguely, which could be regarded as giving himself face.

Ah Wu got up and put away his knee pads, went to the clean room to freshen up, and saw Chu Mao leaning on the couch reading a book, looking leisurely.

Under the lamp, it is not only suitable for looking at beautiful women, but also extremely suitable for seeing beautiful men.

Let Ah Wu not sigh "Woohoo Mao (1)". Mao, beauty also.

(1) From "Later Han Shuzhang Emperor Ji". Note: "Miya."

The person in front of him is clear and exquisite, like pine and green, with a trace of casual laziness in his expression. He leaned so casually, without the imprint of the rules on the man of the family, but with a trace of uninhibition that should not exist, and there was a sense of anti-energy in his posture.

Ah Wu didn't know if he knew Lu Dao, so he felt that he had a kind of anti-energy, or if he really had such a temperament.

At this time, Chu Mao saw Ah Wu come out and glanced at her.

Yes, it is this kind of look, with a condescending gaze, as if the rules of the world are not in his eyes, and he will not submit to anyone or anything.

"Sleep, I'll go to the palace tomorrow." Chu Mao put down the scroll in his hand, got up and walked to the bedside.

Ah Wu nodded, took off his shoes, still wearing socks on his feet, and slipped under the quilt.

"Tomorrow's winter solstice, you don't have to be nervous, if there is something in the palace, you can send a message to Aunt Fang beside the queen." In the dark, Chu Mao said calmly.

Ah Wu was not calm at all when he heard this, and Aunt Fang beside the queen for a long time was actually Chu Mao's person. Ah Wu has a lot of impression of this Aunt Fang, and she is a very trusted palace maid by Queen Tian's side.

Ah Wu was thinking, since Chu Mao's hand was stretched out to Queen Tian's side, then why didn't he simply take advantage of the chaos to ascend the throne when his uncle Bintian was in his previous life, to be honest, as long as it is properly arranged, it is not impossible for him to ascend the throne, it is always easier than him to rise up and rebel at the least.

Of course, it was impossible for Chu Mao to answer Ah Wu's question. But Ah Wu didn't expect that Chu Mao would tell himself such a secret, could it be that his sincerity moved him?

Or, in Chu Mao's eyes, Ah Wu can only be his person at all, and her family is all his person, so even if such a secret is told to Ah Wu, it will not be a big deal. The important thing is that Ah Wu doesn't make any mistakes in the palace.

However, this gave Ah Wu an illusion, an illusion of sincerity for secrets.

The next day, Ah Wu took the two side concubines into the palace to Kunning Palace to congratulate Queen Tian on the Winter Solstice Festival, she naturally couldn't make any mistakes, she was more familiar with the rules in the palace than most people, not to mention how many years she had been the lord of Kangning, just take the years she had been floating in the palace, she was naturally more familiar than others.

Although entering the palace is bitter and tiring, and the cold winter is also freezing, Ah Wu is still very happy in his heart, not only to see the eldest princess Fuhui, but also to meet the Cui family, although he can't speak, but he knows that they are all very good, which is also gratifying.

Back to the palace of the king of prayer, the house is brightly lit, people come and go, at night, first open the Yin'an Temple to worship the ancestors, Ah Wu is dressed in a big red cloud and phoenix pattern inlaid with brown edges, solemnly followed behind Chu Mao, standing outside the Yin'an Palace, waiting for the only man in the family to enter the Yin'an Palace to worship the ancestors.

In the deep and wide hall, Chu Mao's figure looked lonely and lonely.

After the sacrifice, a family feast is held in the Ruian Hall. Of course, all of this doesn't need to be worried about Ah Wu, the princess of prayer, she just needs to sit comfortably in her position and move her chopsticks.

In order to take care of Chu Mao's annoying habit of joy and cleanliness, the family banquet was not set up as a large round table in ordinary people's homes, but the ancient system, a low table in front of one person, and a horizontal mat behind a few backs, with a round cushion on the table, and people kneeling and sitting on it.

There is a jade dish on the small table to serve food, jade goblet to drink, there is a girl on one side to serve, warm the wine with copper, and I thought it was back in the ancient dynasty in a blink of an eye.

Chu Mao wore a wide-sleeved robe with a butterfly pattern embroidered with swastika on a black color inlaid gold ground, with a broad belt and light clothes, and lived in the middle.

Ah Wu sat in the first place in the first column on the left, the seat opposite was vacant, the second place in the lower place was He Peizhen, the opposite was Tao Siyao, and the three concubines sat back in turn.

"Go and ask my aunt to come." Chu Mao said.

Mei Ying left in response, and Mama Hao arrived in a moment, following the usual humility, and finally sat opposite Ah Wu. Then you can have a table. A group of servants kneeling by the door played the flute and played the flute.

There was no communication and joy during the banquet, and Ah Wu had a stomachache after eating, but fortunately, someone quickly relieved her boredom. Acacia holds the piano in his hand, wears a rose-red woven gold tuanhua big-sleeved shirt, and holds a pink Luo shawl on his arm, floating into the hall like a fairy in the clouds.

Ah Wu thought that he would also lose the warmth in the hall, and there was a candle mountain lighting, otherwise in the cold winter, after the song of the lovesick girl, I was afraid that it would be a few days away.

"Acacia is willing to play a song to celebrate the Winter Festival for the prince, princess and aunt."

People are beautiful and delicate, Ah Wu is almost about to applaud Acacia, she loves to hold a shelf every day, and it is not easy to pull down her face to play in public at this time to please Chu Mao, Ah Wu asked herself if she couldn't do it.

However, Acacia doesn't have much chance to see Chu Mao on weekdays, she always has to avoid suspicion, and she is not Chu Mao's wife and concubine, so she has an excuse to get close to him. Ah Wu thinks that this attitude of lovesickness is right, and the concubine room is to entertain her husband. Since she has this idea, she doesn't have to erect that kind of archway.

Someone in the hall let out a sneer, and Ah Wu turned his head to see that it was He Peizhen who was under her. "The acacia girl's natural song and graceful dance have become the reserved program of every festival in our palace, if you don't come to celebrate the festival, our sisters will feel strange."

Acacia's face is pale, his head is lowered, there is a trace of grievance between his eyebrows, and a trace of redness under his eyes, which is really pitiful. Mama Hao's face on the seat became a little embarrassed.

He Peizhen saw that everyone was looking at her, but her chin was raised, and she became more and more arrogant. She also broke the jar, anyway, no matter what she did, His Royal Highness would not look at her more. What's more, she did something wrong, because she Lao Tzu was behind, and King Chu Mao would not do anything to her if she didn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha.

Ah Wu somewhat understands He Peizhen's feelings, how can this girl be pampered and brought up, how can she stand these angers.

"Acacia plays the piano very well." Chu Mao appeased Acacia, and then said to Ah Wu: "Concubine He has committed the ring of tongue, let her copy the female ring three hundred times and give it to you." In this process, he didn't even bother to give He Peizhen a look.

"Yes." Ah Wu replied.

He Peizhen glared angrily, "Lord Wang! ”

Chu Mao glanced at He Peizhen, his eyes were full of coldness, and he saw that He Peizhen immediately wilted. Then Chu Mao turned to Acacia, and Acacia slowly plucked the strings.

Ah Wu didn't listen to the sound of the acacia, she was surprised by Chu Mao's attitude towards He Peizhen, this was no longer helplessness due to annoyance, but disgust. Zhenguo Gong is not easy to get along with, Chu Mao treats He Peizhen like this, which makes Ah Wu unable to figure it out.

In Ah Wu's eyes, Chu Mao shouldn't be the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation for his personal likes and dislikes, so he did it on purpose, why is that? Ah Wu was wondering if he had fallen into a misunderstanding, thinking that if Pei Zhen married Chu Mao, Chu Mao would definitely win over the Duke of Zhenguo. In fact, Zhen Guogong may not be willing to bet on Chu Mao for the sake of a He Peizhen. In his previous life, Zhen Guogong did not take refuge in Chu Mao.

So could it be that Chu Mao didn't intend to win over Zhenguo Gong at all, and he was so obviously disgusted with He Peizhen, in fact, it was also a statement, a statement to Emperor Longqing, and a statement to those two brothers. Ah Wu thought to himself, Chu Mao was able to raise troops and rebel in his previous life, there must have been many arrangements, not to mention anything else, just talk about the army, it will be difficult to hide the traces. So he had to spend a lot of effort to confuse the public and make people think that he had no ambitions?

So it is really reassuring to suppress He Peizhen, ignore Tao Siyao, and let an unknown girl with a foreign surname and a girl kick her nose in the face. The so-called one house is not swept how to sweep the world, how to level the world if the family is not even.

Ah Wu then thought, I am afraid that there is also an eyeliner in the palace in this mansion, but I don't know who Lu Dao is, thinking about it, Chu Mao must be clear.

And it seems that Chu Mao also knew that Emperor Longqing would not make him the crown prince at all, so he didn't want to pretend to be a virtuous king at all, but just blindly dismantled the opponent's mental defense. Who would have expected that as early as this time, the fourth prince was already planning to raise troops to rebel after the new emperor ascended the throne. And all the princes at that time were thinking about how to please Emperor Longqing or change in the court.

At the end of the song of Acacia, Ah Wu came back to his senses, although everyone did not comment, but their expressions have revealed how Acacia's piano skills are. Chu Mao's lips hooked three points, Mama Hao was honored, He Peizhen was jealous in her eyes, Tao Siyao was envious and jealous, as for the three concubines, Ah Wu felt that it was negligible.

Later, the two sisters Gongsun Lan and Ouyang Zhi also offered a dance, in Ah Wu's opinion, it can be called "dancing low in the heart of the willow building, singing the peach blossom fan at the bottom of the wind", but I didn't expect such a wonderful person to get Chu Mao's favor.

After the banquet, Ah Wu and Chu Mao returned to Yulan Hall together, when Chu Mao walked into the clean room, Ah Wu instructed Zi Shen to quickly bring her supper in advance, and the original family banquet was made cold by Chu Mao like a Hongmen banquet, and Ah Wu felt a stomachache.