Chapter 2: Birthdays

When the four words of the county lord of Shun'an spit out from the mouth of the princess of the Qin Kingdom, the eyes of the marquis of Ding'an couldn't help but droop, and then said: "The county lord still remembers, still remembers......"

"My aunt always remembers, remembers who treated her well, and naturally remembers who treated her badly." The princess of Qin had already interrupted Ding Anhou's words, walked to the spirit, and knelt respectfully to salute. The people of the Ding'an Hou Mansion looked at the princess of Qin as if they were fixed, and no one stepped forward to stop them.

Lord Shun'an, this person is almost never mentioned in the entire dynasty. But she married the cousin of Ding'an Hou who was expelled from the clan and was not surnamed Zhao. Yulin remembered those legends circulating in the capital, although nearly thirty years had passed since the human tragedy. But it was still taken as a lesson from the past.

The princess of Qin Guo had already finished her salute and got up, and then said to Ding'an Hou: "Mourn! Ding'an Hou tried to make the expression on his face relaxed: "Even if it is for the sake of the lord of Shun'an, the princess doesn't have to ......."

"Yes, no matter how you count it, Mrs. Tai is my elder." Princess Qin's words made Ding'an Hou never speak again. Why did you forget that this princess's mother was originally a Qingtang woman, and if you count it, she is still the cousin of the county lord of Shun'an. Fewer and fewer people know about these things.

But Ding'an Hou did not forget that when the first emperor was seriously ill, he returned from the Qingtang Dynasty, and then the palace changed, and so on the eve of the dust settled, the princess of Qin and a letter were sent to Jinshang, and at that time after reading the letter, he almost went crazy, and even wanted to stop canonizing the queen, and it was the queen mother who persuaded him.

Although it was established as usual, another edict came down on the second day, and the princess of Qin was registered as a princess at the same time, and she was also raised by Jinshang's side, instead of being raised in the harem.

Those past events were suddenly turned over again, and the Ding'an Hou was almost out of breath, but he still thanked the princess of Qin and sent the two princesses out of the house.

The princess of Qin Guo motioned for Yulin to get into her car, and after getting into the car, Yulin took a long breath and came out: "Sister, the lord of Shun'an, is she really like what those people said?" Princess Qin Guo smiled silently, Yu Lin already understood, and said softly: "I really want to meet her, this can," Yu Lin did not say the following words, this woman who took revenge on her father's clan must be different from others.

Princess Qin smiled, in this court, there are so many sisters, only Yulin is the only one who can say a few words from her heart, perhaps because both of their mothers are a little embarrassed.

Yulin looked at the princess of Qin State: "Sister, what do you want me to do?" Princess Qin reached out and rubbed Yulin's hair: "Those things are over." You are different from me, and it will be your eighteenth birthday in a few days. I heard that the queen had issued an edict, and on that day she summoned the wives of all families to bring their children into the palace. I think she's going to pick up the pony for you. ”

When the princess of Qin mentioned the queen, she never called her queen mother, let alone her mother, no matter in front of her face, she was just the word queen. Yulin sighed before saying, "There are two or three princesses of the same age in the palace." Besides, although the crown princess has been decided, none of the princesses have been decided. It's just an excuse. But sister, don't you really want to get married? ”

"There is no man in the world who can be worthy of me." This answer did not surprise Yulin, Yulin just sighed lightly and did not speak again.

Soon it was Yulin's eighteenth birthday, and after breakfast, King Wu brought his daughter into the palace. At the gate of the palace, King Wu went to Wenhua Pavilion to meet Bixia. The chamberlain asked Yulin to get on the sedan chair, Yulin looked at the sky, the sky was so good, it didn't matter much if the breeze blew away, Yulin shook his head: "It's not too far from here to Zhaoyang Palace, I'll go over." ”

Saying that, Yulin ignored the inner attendant and walked forward, from here to Zhaoyang Palace, the footsteps were faster and half an hour smaller, how could the inner attendant dare to let Yulin go so far, but he didn't dare to disobey Yulin's order, so he had to let the sedan chair hurry up.

There are no people on both sides of the palace road, Yulin looked at the high and low palace, and wanted to know when she was a child, what is behind this palace, is her mother in that palace. But every time King Wu hugged Yulin and comforted her, saying that her mother had gone to heaven. But Yulin knew that her mother had not gone to heaven, and maybe one day, she would appear in front of her.

"Why doesn't Sister Yulin sit in a sedan chair, are these minions not serving well?" There were footsteps behind him, and then a sedan chair stopped in front of Yulin, the curtain was lifted, and a hibiscus face appeared in front of Yulin, this is the eldest daughter of the current queen, Princess Le'an, who just married last month.

The chamberlain had already rushed forward to salute Princess Le'an: "The slave is frightened, Princess Yongle said that there is no need to use a sedan chair, just walk over." Princess Le'an glanced at Yulin, and then said with a smile: "Everyone knows that my sister is casual, but the queen mother has long been looking forward to you entering the palace, how can she wait for a long time." ”

In the court, everyone said that Princess Le'an and Yulin were the best, and they were close in age and had similar hobbies. But only Yulin always feels that she is incompatible with this court, whether it is a queen or a princess, Yulin feels that she does not belong to this court.

This thought was a long time ago, when Yulin was still the most favored child in the court, and fell asleep in the Zhaoyang Palace on a tired afternoon, and heard the queen and Princess Le'an talking in a half-dream.

Princess Le'an will inevitably complain, as the eldest daughter of the queen, but she is not as loved by the emperor as Yulin. At that time, the queen only said that the preferential treatment that did not meet her status would only bring strange eyes from others, but would not bring praise. And you, my daughter, the more humble you are, the more you will get.

At that time, Yulin knew that many things were different from what she thought, maybe it was at this moment that Yulin suddenly grew up. She learns not to be so pampered anymore, and even refuses to treat herself favorably at the right time. This change quickly let King Wu know that he didn't ask Yulin what happened, but just told his daughter that accepting preferential treatment beyond his status was a kind of protection.

Perhaps, everyone in this court is unfathomable, and this feeling makes Yulin feel uncomfortable, she just wants to be a daughter who is happy under her father's knees, and not used by the emperor as a tool to show brotherly affection.

This kind of discomfort Yulin has only seen in Princess Qin, and the two gradually got closer, but in the eyes of outsiders, Princess Le'an and Yulin are the most haode. At this time, the smile on Princess Yulin's face remained unchanged, and she smiled when she got into her sedan chair: "You have only been married for less than a month, why do you feel different from the original?" ”

"I'm already a woman, but my sister is still a woman in the boudoir, so it's naturally different." Princess Le'an said with a smile, Yulin hooked her lips and smiled: "Naughty, no matter how a woman is, she is younger than me." ”

"That's because Uncle Wu Wang is reluctant to let his sister out of the cabinet, not to mention, when my sister is fifteen years old, won't anyone want to go to the table to ask Sister Shang?" Princess Le'an's words made Yulin smile again: "That's just the Anguo Mansion for their own safety, which is really because of me." ”

"Then what kind of person does my sister want to marry?" Princess Le'an's questioning did not stop, Yulin couldn't help frowning slightly, she wanted to marry a person who asked to marry because she was Yulin, not because she was a princess, but such a person was really difficult to find for Yulin. Yulin would not say this to Princess Le'an, but she didn't say anything.

The sedan chair has stopped in front of Zhaoyang Palace, and the female official has already come out to greet her, and she saw Princess Le'an and Yulin hand in hand to get off the sedan chair, and the female official stepped forward to salute: "Niangniang is already waiting in the palace, please go with the two princesses." ”

The two entered the queen's main hall, not only the queen in the palace, there were already many concubines sitting there talking to the queen, seeing the two princesses stepping into the palace, the low-ranking concubines stood up, Princess Le'an and Yulin stepped forward to see the queen, and then invited a few low-ranking concubines to sit down. Concubine Wu Shu had already smiled and said, "Princess Yongle came late today, did she eat something good from us in the palace?" ”

"Look at what I said, the second prince is going to choose the princess, you are about to become a mother-in-law now, and you are still joking with the juniors here, do you really think you are still a young girl?" The queen couldn't help but laugh.

"Niangniang, you have to refute what the concubine said, you don't often say it on weekdays, you like the girlish state of the concubine the most, why do you laugh at the concubine at this time?" Although Concubine Wu Shu is in her early thirties this year, in addition to the second son of the emperor, there are still two princesses, and her position in this palace is second only to the queen.

"Yes, I can't tell you." The smile on the queen's face always makes people feel like a spring breeze, and then said: "Today, since Yongle is eighteen years old, I think about it, there are still so many princesses and princes in this palace. ”

"Niangniang's edict is really good, and the concubines can also see people outside, so it's really a little fresh!" It was Yu Jieyu who spoke, she was originally a palace maid, and she was fortunate by chance, but she was soon left behind by the emperor, and she was promoted to Jieyu step by step, and this life is probably over. Since there is no emperor's favor, it always doesn't hurt to stutter to the queen.

The more such concubines the better, she only smiled faintly: "That's right, we are in the palace, and there are only so many people visible throughout the year." Now, you have all been blessed with eternal happiness. Yulin, who had been sitting on the seat with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, hurriedly said: "The only thing that can make the imperial aunt and a few little aunts see new people and be nieces is filial piety." ”

The queen happily pointed at Yulin and laughed: "Zhi'er, look, you, this mouth is not your sister can say." Princess Le'an's maiden name is Yuzhi, and she has stepped forward to grab the queen's arm and coquettish there: "So my mother only hurts my sister and doesn't hurt me!" These words made everyone laugh, Yulin looked outside the palace in laughter, such a vain and wrongful snake, the person who spoke and the person who was touted knew that it was not a true day, when would it end?