Since the last birthday banquet in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, Xie Ying hasn't gone out for nearly a month.

Although her grandmother didn't punish her again, she chose to confiner herself and not leave Sakura-in.

For her grandmother, Xie Ying didn't know how to describe it.

Grandmother was strict but also loving, and Xie Ying always felt that the person who could make her grandfather join hands for the rest of his life could not be the kind of stubborn and pedantic person.

Grandmother treated her like this in order to train her, and she must not be soft-hearted because others are related to her or related by blood.

For royals, the last thing you can have is your heart.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a dragon boat race in Beijing every year on the shore of Jinming Lake, Zhang Xuan and Song Xin made an appointment with her half a month ago, and she was going to make an appointment.

Xie Ying changed into a moon-white shirt, with cherry blossoms still embroidered on the clothes, and held a handful of begonia flowers.

She loves cherry blossoms, not only because of the cherry blossoms in her name, but also because they represent the deep love of her elders.

Today, there are also sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law, as well as Xie Heng and Xie Huai, the great-grandchildren of the Xie family, the two boys are the same age, but Xie Heng is slightly older.

However, Xie Huai followed the appearance of his second brother, although he was younger than Xie Heng, he was often mistaken for his brother because he was tall and strong.

She once taught the two of them martial arts, and found that Xie Heng didn't like martial arts but was interested in literature, so her sister-in-law often scolded him.

The Yasukuni Mansion has always used martial arts to pass on the family, and countless men have guarded the frontier, how can he, as a prince, not be able to learn martial arts, isn't it shameful to laugh and defile the lintel of the Xie Mansion. The other Xie Huai likes martial arts, but his talent is limited.

I'm afraid that it will be difficult for these two people to support the glory of Xie Mansion in the future, is the Xie family going to fall? I wonder what my grandfather would have done if he had known about this.

There were two cars in the group, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law and the two nephews shared one in the front, and Xie Ying rode alone in the back.

Sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, the streets are bustling and bustling.

"Miss, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is happy with the people on behalf of the Holy Lord during the Dragon Boat Festival today, and you can finally meet him." Ah Zhen saw that Xie Ying's expression was a little sullen and wanted her to be happy.

"yes, I see." Xie Ying said lightly.

Seeing Xie Ying's appearance of not caring about herself, Ah Zhen was quite puzzled: "Miss, why don't you have any emotions?" ”

Xie Ying looked at Ah Zhen and smiled dumbly: "Then what emotions do you think I should have, happy?" Agitated? Shy? ”

Ah Zhen stopped talking, she remembered that her young lady didn't want to marry the prince at all.

When I was in Youzhou, I made a big fuss when I knew about it, and then I was planning how not to marry. It wasn't until Beirong struck later that the Yasukuni Mansion changed dramatically overnight, and Xie Ying no longer refused to marry the prince.

Because marrying the crown prince can give her the opportunity to find out who the traitor in the lost war of the fourteen states of Youyun was, and to bring the traitor to justice, announce it to the world, and return the name of the Yasukuni Mansion.

Xie Ying had already thought clearly, as long as she and the prince respected each other in the future.

She will never move that kind of childlike affection to the prince, since ancient times, the sons of the heavenly family are the most affectionate, if she moves, she can only hurt herself in the end.

When they arrived at Jinming Lake, Xie Ying got out of the carriage, put on a veil, and went to the stands with everyone, which was already overcrowded.

However, they are nobles, and they are naturally assigned places in the stands.

The positions in the stands are first divided according to the powerful and noble, and then according to the rank of the official in the family, and each household has a fixed number.

The Yasukuni Mansion is the founding father of the People's Republic of China, and he is stationed in northern Xinjiang, holding some real power, and has a high status among the nobles.

Because Xie Ying will be the crown princess again, she arranged their positions at the front of the nobles.

found that the view of watching the game here was good, so she asked Ah Zhen to call Zhang Xuan and Song Xin over to see the scene, there were not many people in their house, and there was still room for them.

Soon both of them came, and the three girls sat together, waiting for the dragon boat race to start.

"May I ask who is Miss Xie Er of the Yasukuni Mansion?" All green

The maid in the palace costume came over and saluted Xie Ying.

"I am, may I ask what is the matter with you?" Xie Ying guessed that it was a nobleman in the palace who wanted to see her.

"The fourth princess wants to invite the girl to watch the dragon boat race together, I wonder if it is convenient for the girl?" After speaking, he gestured to Xie Ying's direction with his eyes.

Xie Ying looked up, a young woman with a bun, wearing a green dress, and dignified facial features was looking at this side, the two eyes met, Xie Ying bowed her head slightly.

"Please also ask this noble man to come forward and lead the way." Let's let Zhang Xuan and Song Xin stay here, and take Ah Ran with him.

On the way, Xie Ying couldn't figure out what the fourth princess had invited her?

The fourth princess is the lowest biological mother among the princesses. His mother was Zhao Jieyu, who was originally a palace maid beside the queen, and later Rong Guifei was pregnant with the three princes and the three princesses, a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and was pampered and named Jieyu after giving birth to the fourth princess.

The fourth princess married the then champion four years ago, which is a good story, but the champion died of illness less than a year ago, and she has been widowed until now.

Xie Ying doesn't think the two can have anything to intersect?

When she was about to walk to the fourth princess, Xie Ying found that there were two women sitting next to the fourth princess, one of whom was laughing with the child in her arms.

The green-clothed palace maid who took the lead just now whispered to Xie Ying: "The one in the apricot yellow dress is the eldest princess and her daughter Miss Fu, and the lilac shirt next to her is the second princess. ”

Xie Ying stepped forward to salute: "The courtier, the Duke of Yasukuni, Xie Jia, Xie Er, paid a visit to the eldest princess, the second princess, and the fourth princess. ”

"No need to be polite, get up." The fourth princess stretched out her hand and motioned for Xie Ying to sit on the empty seat beside her.

Miss Fu, who was wearing a pink lotus dress, looked at Xie Ying, and then reached out and pulled the eldest princess's sleeve: "Mother, this Sister Xie is so beautiful." ”

"Yes, she will be Yin'er's aunt in the future." Princess Celestia chuckled softly as she looked at her coquettish daughter.

The little girl Fu Yin ran to Xie Ying's side and grabbed Xie Ying's hand: "Sister Xie, Yin'er likes you, these kumquats are for my sister to eat, I hope my sister will not dislike them." ”

Stuffed the three kumquat into Xie Ying's palm, and then whispered something that everyone could hear: "I have eaten all the kumquat on the table." ”

This action made everyone present laugh.

"Yin'er is such a clever little ghost!" The second princess smiled and covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, "No wonder my father likes her granddaughter the most." ”

Xie Ying had a good impression of this little girl, put the kumquat in a veil and handed it to Ah Ran, and then took off the Hetian jade bracelet on her wrist and brought it to Fu Yin.

"Yin'er is so good to her sister, so my sister gave Yin'er the bracelet she was wearing."

"Thank you, sister." Fu Yin bowed obediently and thanked her.

Turning around and raising her wrist at the eldest princess, her face was excited: "Mother, doesn't Yin'er look good wearing it?" ”

The second princess over there looked at the smile on Fu Yin's face and never stopped. "Three kumquat for a good jade bracelet, Miss Xie Er's deal is a loss!"

Xie Ying looked at the second princess and said with a smile: "Yin'er's love for this bracelet is priceless. ”

"Second Miss Xie is a smart one, and the prince must like it if she wants to come." The second princess looked at Xie Ying, with a deep meaning in her eyes.

Xie Ying only bowed her head silently.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and Xie Ying was about to raise his head, when he heard the fourth princess beside him whisper: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and several princes who are here." ”

Xie Ying followed everyone's gaze, and the leading man over there had a jade face, dressed in a yellow dragon robe, and strode towards the place where Xie Ying and the others were sitting, followed by the Second Highness, the Third Highness, and the Fifth Highness.

Walking in front of Xie Ying and the others, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince bowed slightly: "Eldest sister, second sister, fourth sister." ”

"The courtier, the princess of Yasukuni, the second lady of the Xie family, pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince." At this moment, Xie Ying suddenly understood why the fourth princess called her over.

She wanted to let herself meet the prince, but what did it have to do with her whether the two of them met or not?

"No need to be polite." After the prince finished speaking, he looked at Xie Ying carefully.

Shen Lao is right, Xie Ying is indeed a woman with a charming appearance.

When they met for the first time today, she saw that he was dignified and did not have too much shyness and twisting of ordinary children, and he seemed to be a sensible person, but why did he act like that day? The prince was puzzled.

"Big brother Mo was a little excited to see his fiancée so beautiful, and he was stunned, hahaha!" When the third prince saw the crown prince looking at Xie Ying, he didn't speak for a long time, and teased.

The prince came back to his senses, although the atmosphere was awkward, but his face was still as usual: "Third brother, don't talk nonsense, the dragon boat race is about to start, a few younger brothers hurry up and take their seats." ”

Xie Ying only then found out that the prince's seat was three steps in front of her left, this arrangement was the idea of the fourth princess, what did she want to do?

After the crown prince and the princes took their seats, countless young and beautiful women around them frequently looked over here.

Everyone sat upright, without the laughter just now, showing a dignified demeanor. Xie Ying's intuition was funny.

This dragon boat race was highly valued by the saints, and in order to show fairness, the princes and officials of the court were not allowed to participate in secret, and only Lord Yin of the capital government and some businessmen formed teams to compete in the competition.

After the gong sounded with a blow from the capital Fu Yin, the six teams on the lake were like arrows.

The racers on the oars hold their hands down and paddle hard to hit the water. At this time, the drumming on the boat, the shouts and cheers of the crowd by the lake converged into one, and the crowd was excited, and the teams gradually entered the white heat.

"Do you know what the jackpot for this year's Dragon Boat Race is?" The second princess looked at the race on the lake with a smug face.

"Left is just some gold and silver jewelry, wasn't that the case that year?" Princess Celestia was unimpressed.

The second princess smiled and shook her head, "This year's dragon boat team is all rich businessmen, who lacks those things." ”

Without waiting for the eldest princess to speak, she said: "It's a painting of Gu Lao, and what I want to paint is the scene of the Kyoto Dragon Boat Race at this moment." ”

"That's the case, I said why didn't I see the Sixth Highness today, I must have gone to paint elsewhere with his master Gu Lao." Princess Celestia was a little surprised at first, but she quickly reacted.

It is said that a few years ago, when Gu Lao came to the capital, the saint learned that he was invited to the palace and wanted him to be a court painter, but Gu Lao politely refused.

Later, the saint asked Gu Lao to instruct the princes in their painting skills, and when he saw that the six highnesses were quite wise, he accepted them as closed disciples.

From then on, in addition to the three princes, the saint's favorite was the six princes. At the same time, he also cared a little more about the second prince, the brother of the sixth prince.

Every time he talks about today's saints, Xie Ying feels that what he does is very much like the last monarch of a country.

Another gong sounded, and the game was over.

The first name is the Su family in Yangzhou, the second name is the Xia family in Yangzhou, and the third name is the Li family in the capital.

The wealthy businessmen of Yangzhou came out on top, and everyone talked left and right.

"Yangzhou Xia's family is your mother's family, right?" The fourth princess suddenly spoke.

"It's the courtier's uncle's house." Xie Ying replied respectfully.

The fourth princess nodded and stopped talking, this is a strange person, Xie Ying said in her heart.