Early the next morning, Pei Hao, as an envoy of his country, took some ministers of the court and went to the post house to welcome the envoy of Northern Burma, Princess Jintai followed behind the lord of Northern Burma with a veil, she secretly glanced at Pei Hao, only felt a little familiar, and suddenly remembered the man she had seen yesterday, and was shocked to realize that the two were somewhat similar.

Princess Jintai's heart suddenly became happy, she already thought that the man she saw yesterday must be a prince and grandson, and now it seems that it is very likely that she is a brother with this King Ling.

Pei Hao and the lord of North Burma exchanged a few words and then led a group of people into the palace to face the saint, on the way a familiar minister approached Pei Hao and whispered to him: "I heard that this Jintai princess is beautiful, and I don't know which prince we can take a fancy to when I come to Beijing this time." ”

Pei Hao glanced at the carriage beside him, but shook his head, the princess was covered with a veil, only revealing a pair of eyes, although a pair of eyes seemed to fluctuate in autumn water, but it could not be identified as a beauty.

When the minister on his side saw him shake his head, he thought that he didn't like this kind of topic, so he only laughed twice and then took two steps back and said no more, and when the group finally entered the palace, it was already time for lunch.

The emperor only left all the princes and a few ministers to receive the lord of Northern Burma and his daughter, the banquet was placed in the Lingxuan Palace, and the princess Jintai, who had been drinking three tours of Northern Burma, stood up directly and looked at the emperor from afar: "Jintai came from afar, and specially brought a dance music to dedicate to the emperor, and I hope that the emperor will be fulfilled." ”

The emperor naturally nodded and agreed: "It is also an honor for me and everyone to be able to watch Princess Jintai dance, so please let Princess Jintai start." ”

Princess Jintai's dance is their unique dance in Northern Burma, with a very strong breath of life, reflecting their unique folk customs in Northern Burma, the bell in her hand is crisp and pleasant, like the birdsong in the mountains in the early morning, making people feel like they are in the valley.

Pei Hao sat next to Pei Yuan, the cup in his hand was half raised, but he had already forgotten that he was going to drink with Pei Yuan, he looked at Princess Jintai dancing like an elf, and only felt that his heart was fluttering, and he couldn't wait to turn into a rattle in her hand.

He was obsessed with it, and there was a stupid smile on his face, but Pei Yuan on the side frowned and lowered his head to avoid the gaze of Princess Jintai.

He stretched out his foot and kicked Pei Hao's shoes under the table, and then directly took a wine glass and talked to General Gu on the side, without looking at Princess Jintai in the center of the hall.

Princess Jintai knew that the other party had no intention of appreciating her dance, so she withdrew her gaze in frustration and began to concentrate on the performance.

As soon as she entered the hall today, she saw Pei Yuan, and after learning that he was the prince here, her heart was also a lot more settled, although her father was very fond of her, but he would not allow her to marry an ordinary person, and when her father said the purpose of this trip, she must let herself make a choice, and then she must say Pei Yuan's name.

As soon as Princess Jintai danced to the end, she bowed and retreated to change her clothes, and the emperor stroked her palms and praised: "Princess Jintai's dancing posture is really like a heavenly maiden, and the lord of the country has really cultivated a good daughter." ”

The lord of Northern Burma stood up and respectfully hugged his fist towards the emperor and said bluntly: "My daughter is indeed excellent, but the thought that such an excellent daughter will soon belong to someone else makes my heart hurt terribly!" ”

The emperor naturally wanted to ask: "Where did the lord of the country start with this?" ”

The lord of the country bowed again before replying: "I will not go around the bend with the emperor, this time I brought my daughter to Beijing, in order to make peace with your country, so that our two countries can cultivate together for a hundred years." ”

The emperor nodded, this matter had naturally been discussed in the letters exchanged between the two countries a long time ago, and at this time, he just took this opportunity to let the other party look at his sons or brothers, so he answered: "I also have this intention, I don't know if the lord of the country has taken a fancy to our prince or prince?" ”

The lord of the country glanced at Pei Yuan as if he was inadvertent, just after entering the hall, he heard his daughter tell him that this prince was the man she had seen yesterday, and he was indeed a man of heaven and man, a dragon and a phoenix among people, and his daughter seemed to like this person quite much in and out of his words yesterday.

"My daughter is very big and careful, I don't dare to be her master, let's wait for her to come back and let her tell the emperor in person." The lord of the country smiled at the emperor.

Jintai had already changed his clothes and returned at this time, and the emperor naturally wanted to ask her what she meant: "I mentioned your family affairs to your father, but I don't know if you have any important candidates during this time, if you feel that today's time is too short, you can also live in the palace and take a good look." ”

Princess Jintai smiled skillfully, bowed to the emperor and replied: "Jintai already has a pleasant person, I just hope that the emperor can fulfill it." ”

She looked sideways in the direction of Pei Yuan and blinked, then looked at the emperor again and said: "It's Prince Xian Pei Yuan, Jintai happened to see Prince Xian passing by in a carriage when he first arrived in the capital yesterday, and he fell in love at first sight, and hoped that the emperor would be fulfilled." ”

Thinking of Shen Jiahe lifting the curtain yesterday and telling herself about seeing the princess of Northern Burma, Pei Yuan smiled bitterly, if she knew that her unintentional act yesterday had attracted a rival in love to herself, I don't know if she would regret it.

And Pei Shu sat not far from Pei Yuan and looked at Pei Yuan and sneered, Princess Jintai is really good at picking, she actually picked Pei Yuan, if Pei Yuan agrees, I am afraid that he and Shen Jiahe will die without a problem, thinking about it like this, Pei Shu laughed again, if the two really broke up because of this matter, then he may have a little chance.

The emperor felt a headache, if Pei Yuan agreed, then the power behind him would have risen a lot, if he didn't agree, this Jintai princess didn't know if it would make trouble, the princess from a small place was not good, there was no lady in the capital who was calm and reserved, if it was placed in the country, where would there be a girl's own behavior in front of people.

The emperor raised his eyes to look at Pei Yuan again, and only threw this question back at him: "King Xian, Princess Jintai is devoted to you, what do you think in your heart, just say it." ”

Pei Yuan got up, first bowed to the emperor, and then nodded to the lord of the country before saying to Princess Jintai: "Thank you Princess Jintai for your love, but this king has a marriage contract and can't accept Princess Jintai's thoughts." ”

Originally, the ministers who were going to see Shen Xiang's jokes lowered their heads and drank the wine on the table, but Shen Xiang stroked his beard and smiled slightly, this Pei Yuan was really not mistaken.

Jintai bit his lip and asked, "Is the woman who has a marriage contract with you the one who rode in the carriage with you yesterday?" ”

"Exactly." Pei Yuan replied loudly.

Such a beautiful woman, even if she is also a woman, Princess Jintai has to admit that the other party is worthy of Pei Yuan, but I don't know what her family background is, how can she not be compared to her own princess.

The emperor saw that she was just standing silently, and he didn't mean to spill, so he put his mind at ease, and said to her with a pleasant face: "Speaking of which, the daughter of King Xian and Shen Xiang's family was married by me personally, and it was a golden and jade relationship, so Princess Jintai still has to consider the good of others." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Jintai understands, but I still have to let Jintai think about it." Princess Jintai bowed before replying.

Naturally, there is no reason to give up what she wants so easily, not to mention that she just has a marriage contract with someone, even if she is already married, there is a possibility of remarrying her wife, and it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, Jintai thought so, and his heart also settled down.

"You said that Princess Jintai fell in love with King Xian, but was rejected by King Xian?" Concubine Liu Guifei in the harem asked her father-in-law on the side with a little emerald golden hairpin in front of her.

The father-in-law thought about the gossip he heard, and bowed down and replied, "Yes, this was said by a father-in-law who served wine at today's banquet, and I think it's true." ”

Liu Guifei smiled and put the marigold into the mahogany box on her lap: "I heard that King Xian gave up the position of prince for Shen Jiahe, so such a princess naturally doesn't look at it." ”

The father-in-law bent down again and whispered: "The rumors are not true, if King Xian really becomes the prince, how should the prince deal with himself, but the power behind this princess is not small." ”

Concubine Liu Guifei handed the mahogany box to her father-in-law and ordered: "Send this thing to the second prince, let him send it to Princess Jintai, and say that the palace wants to invite her to this harem to enjoy the flowers." ”

As soon as the little father-in-law beside Liu Guifei left the harem, someone sent the news to the queen: "What Liu Guifei sent out was a mahogany box, the box is not big, I don't think it's a particularly valuable thing, and the things sent out by other ladies are all about the same size, and they are all in the box, which is really not famous." But Concubine Li Guifei went directly to the imperial study, I don't know if it will be to ask the emperor for fulfillment. ”

The queen put her finger on the armrest, knocked it again and again, she raised her eyes and looked at the kneeling man and asked, "Are you sure the emperor did not express his position at the banquet?" ”

The man nodded: "It's true, Princess Jintai said that she wanted to think again, so the emperor didn't continue." ”

"This lord of Northern Burma is really interesting, he really chooses his husband by his daughter, if it is placed in us, who is not the matchmaker of his parents." Mama Xu stood aside and said with a smile.

After a while, he talked about the ladies in the palace in a contemptuous tone, "Those ladies are too, they are all thinking about what good things are going on, really when this Jintai princess can look at their son, and they rushed over to send things before they arrived, which didn't make people laugh." ”

"A good family of women asks for a hundred families, and this palace can also understand their thoughts, seeing that it is hopeless to be the prince, they must not find a good Yue family for their son, so that when the prince ascends the throne and knights them in the future, he can look at the face of the Yue family and treat them better." The queen took the teacup handed over by the little palace maid and scraped the tea lid, but she didn't care.

Manager Xu looked at the queen's face, and still reminded: "If this is the case, it doesn't matter, I'm afraid that they have other thoughts." ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, her face instantly became serious, how could she forget that there are many careerists in this palace, although Pei Shu has been made the crown prince, but there are several princes who can succeed to the throne smoothly.

Thinking of these queens, he instructed Mr. Xu beside him: "You go and invite the prince to come over, and say that the palace has something to say to him." ”

The crown prince Pei Shu didn't come until half the afternoon, and the queen was a little displeased, but thinking of what she wanted to discuss with him, she still asked him angrily: "I sent Manager Xu to call you, why are you busy until now." ”

Pei Shu already knew the queen's intentions, so he only said with a stiff face: "Erchen didn't want to come to make the queen mother angry, he didn't want to go this way, but he was afraid that the queen mother would be anxious, so after thinking about it, he decided to come over and explain it clearly." ”

The queen raised her eyes and looked at the manager Xu beside her, and the manager Xu immediately stood respectfully, not daring to look at the queen, he also had a bitter word in his heart, this prince really guessed the reason for his come, and he never leaked half a point, but the prince only shirked his busy official duties at that time, and asked him to go back to the palace to reply first, but he didn't expect that this prince would come until now.

Pei Shu saw that the queen went to see Mr. Xu, so he continued: "The queen mother doesn't have to look at him, he doesn't dare to say a word more, it was Erchen himself who guessed it, Duke Jintai wants to make peace with us, and those younger brothers of Erchen are all busy, presumably my mother also has the same thoughts." ”

The queen nodded, and didn't want to discuss with him tactfully, and said bluntly: "You are right, Northern Burma is different from other small countries, if their power is really calculated, I am afraid that they will not lose to us, with such a person as your backer, your position as the crown prince will be stable." ”

"But Erchen doesn't want such a backer, and he doesn't want to marry a woman he doesn't love because he wants to be a backer, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't ......" Pei Shu swallowed the latter words, and now it is unintentional to say these things.

The queen knew that Pei Shu was still thinking about Shen Jiahe in her heart, so she could only persuade patiently: "You are a dignified prince, you can't hang yourself on a tree, she will be your imperial aunt soon, you have nothing to do with it, Pei Shu, you want to open a little." ”

Pei Shu bowed respectfully, and refused again: "If Erchen doesn't like her, Erchen won't marry her, and this has nothing to do with Shen Jiahe, don't worry about it." ”

The queen stood up directly and pointed at Pei Shu and said, "How can this palace not worry about you, like it?" Tell me what you like? You are now the crown prince and the emperor, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for you to like the three palaces and six courts, you are so naïve, you can go and see your father and the emperor, in this big harem, there are a few women who come in because of his liking. ”

Pei Shu looked up at the queen, his eyes were cold and there was no trace of emotion: "Erchen would rather not be this prince and not be the future emperor." ”

After he finished speaking, he kowtowed and got up and left, and the queen looked at him and trembled angrily: "On the contrary, he is going to reverse the sky!" ”