Chapter 8 The Old Men Meet
After a while, the dragon boat race ended, and the prince personally awarded the "Kyoto Dragon Boat Picture" painted by Gu Lao to the current head of the Su family as a color head.
The scene of this award once again caused a wave of agitation on the stage.
Because the current head of the Su family is a peerless beautiful man.
Su Lang slowly walked to the front of the stage in a brocade robe, saluted the prince, and stretched out his hand to take the scroll.
This is the most ordinary move, but it is so pleasing to the eye for Su Lang to do.
I haven't seen him for four years, Su Lang now has a more handsome face, a long body, and he has an extraordinary bearing in a brocade shirt, and he has a better demeanor than the prince next to him.
Looking at the prince's somewhat embarrassed face, Xie Ying wanted to laugh very much, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.
Su Lang over there saw Xie Ying's appearance, and smiled, warm as jade.
"Isn't the fifth cousin the least fond of such occasions? How can you go up to receive the lottery in person? In the stands where the Su family was below, a woman in purple clothes asked curiously to a woman in an apricot and white shirt beside her.
Xia Qing looked at the fifth brother Su Lang above, and he also had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't want to show it in front of outsiders, so he said softly: "It was probably granted by the prince himself, so the fifth brother went up to show respect." ”
"So that's the case, I'll just say that the fifth cousin has never liked to laugh, but today he smiles very brightly." The pretty woman in purple was instantly relieved.
She is now the only lady in the Xia family, since the family banquet when she was ten years old, when her aunt Xia Juan took Su Lang to her house as a guest, she fell in love with this handsome man in her heart.
Although Su Lang was born to a concubine, he became the head of the new generation of the Su family within four years, which shows his excellence.
He is still married, and he does not have a concubine room, and he is a man who wants to marry many daughters in Yangzhou and even Jiangnan.
Xia Qing remembered that when they first met, she was standing under a tree, laughing with the maid, and the second brother came over with Su Lang to greet her, and he said that the purple clothes were very suitable for her, and from then on she only wore purple clothes.
She had already told her father and mother in private what she wanted, and her mother told her last time that the two families were discussing it now, so she should not be anxious.
Su Yu, who was wearing an apricot-white Luo shirt next to him, looked at Xia Qing and looked at Su Lang on the stage with a bright smile, and sighed a little in his heart.
She knew that Xia Qing liked her fifth brother Su Lang, but she knew that Su Lang didn't like Xia Qing at all, and last time she heard her mother say that Su Lang knew that Xia Qing wanted to marry him, so she refused immediately.
It's just that because of his mother Xia Juan and father Su Cheng, that is, Su Lang's father's younger brother, Xia Su's family is in-law, and it is not easy to make a noise for the time being, so he hasn't told Xia Qing yet.
She always felt that the fifth brother had a woman in his heart, and she remembered that on the night when the fifth brother became the head of the Su family, she passed by the pavilion at home.
Seeing the fifth brother smiling with a cherry blossom jade pendant, that smile was a joy she had never seen before. He also said: "I can finally come to the capital to see you." ”
Then the next day, she heard from her father that Su Lang wanted to make the Su family bigger and go to the capital to develop.
It's really intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless......
The two brothers and sisters over there had different thoughts, and Xie Ying was full of emotion in her heart.
She and Su Lang met four years ago when she secretly ran away from home on the way from Youzhou to Yunzhou's second uncle's house.
At that time, Su Lang was abducted and trafficked by traffickers, sitting in a carriage, still dressed as a female Jiao'e.
And she happened to be sitting outside the carriage with Ah Zhen's brother Xia Yong, and the moment the two carriages passed by, the curtain of the car was raised, and she was amazed when she saw Su Lang's beautiful face.
Later, the traffickers who tied Su Lang happened to see her beautiful face and planned to abduct her too, but Xie Ying's sword came out of the sheath and beat the traffickers to the ground.
Not only successfully rescued Su Lang and them, but also sent the traffickers to the government, during which she kept calling Su Lang's sister, until Su Lang changed into men's clothes when they separated, she exclaimed: "It turns out that my sister is a man!" ”
Scenes from the past, speaking of which, when I first met Su Lang that day, she was also dressed as a man, dressed in brocade.
The fourth princess looked at Xie Ying and looked at Su Lang on the stage, her expression fluttered, and a thought flashed in her heart......
The smile that Su Lang looked at Xie Ying just now, she also saw it, could it be that these two people are lovers? That's interesting.
Su Lang took the painting, and the people below bluntly said that they wanted to see it, Su Lang was not hesitant, called his entourage, and the two of them opened this Kyoto dragon boat picture together.
The scroll slowly opens, the painting is about three feet long, and the painting is divided into two parts, one side is the nobles in the stands, and the other side is the dragon boat on the lake.
The best thing about this painting is that the faces of all the men and women in the stands are painted very clearly, Xie Ying looked at the painting, and in the painting she was laughing with Fu Yin......
However, when he was laughing, the prince next to him did not arrive, it seems that he painted it when the nobleman began to enter the stands, and I have to say that Gu Lao is called a painting saint worthy of his name.
When everyone looked at the painting and praised it, in the studio across the lake, the sixth prince looked at Gu Lao with some unpleasant faces: "Gu Lao, I don't think the Xie Ying you painted painted her beauty." ”
"Really? So what do you say is a beauty? Gu Lao didn't look at the six princes, just stood by the window and looked at the stands on the other side of the lake.
"Of course, it's all about appearance!" The Six Princes disagreed.
"The most important thing is whether his beauty is genuine." Gu Lao spoke slowly.
After admiring the paintings, the princesses got up and left the table and went home.
The fourth princess held Xie Ying's hand and smiled when she parted: "I had a very pleasant chat with my sister of the Xie family today, and I hope that next time I invite my sister to come over, don't refuse." ”
"Thanks to His Royal Highness's love, I really have a good time with the four princesses today, and the four princesses invite each other, and the courtiers will definitely be happy to go." Xie Ying suppressed the inexplicability in her heart and said in a cheerful tone.
After saying goodbye to the fourth princess, Xie Ying returned to the stands of the Yasukuni Mansion, and the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, as well as Zhang Xuan and Song Xin were still waiting for her.
Knowing that Xie Ying was going to make an appointment with the two handkerchiefs, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law left first after a few words.
The three girls walked by Jinming Lake, the spring breeze was blowing, and the willows were still clinging. From time to time, you can see girls and teenagers getting together, talking and laughing.
When the three of them passed by a gazebo, the sound of an argument came from the pavilion.
Xie Ying and the three of them turned their heads to look, and the two sides in the pavilion confronted each other. On one side are the two girls in white and purple and the two maids beside them, and on the other side are two teenagers, with a total of four little girls behind them, all of whom are in the style of a gentleman.
"The little lady is so generous, do you know how many women in this capital want to marry this son, but this son doesn't care about it." The young man in the dark blue dress in the lead, holding a folding fan in his right hand, pretended to be a merry man, but in fact he was following suit.
Hearing this, the girl in purple became angry and was about to raise her voice to scold, but was stopped by the woman in white beside her.
"This son, our sisters don't know your prestige, please forgive me." After saying that, he gave a blessing.
And said unhurriedly: "But we know that after the prince in the capital is a nobleman, he will definitely have outstanding appearance, and he will never be able to stop my sisters, the son said yes, right?" ”
is a smart girl who knows how to weaken other people's advantages to solve her own crisis, Xie Ying said in her heart.
"Are you doubting the identity of the prince?" The other man next to him, who claimed to be the son, reacted quickly and asked sharply.
"Where do the people dare to doubt the identity of the son, it's just a matter of talking." The girl in white advanced and retreated in a measured manner, not in a hurry.
That Shizi raised the folding fan in his hand, his face full of impatience: "This Shizi doesn't want to talk nonsense, I just want to invite the two girls to sit in Yuejinglou." ”
At this point, Xie Ying understood, presumably the two girls were swimming by the lake, and the prince of the world became ill-intentioned when he saw that they were beautiful.
said that they invited the two of them to sit down, but I don't know if they would be drugged in the wine, which would tarnish their innocence.
"Lord Xie Shiye is kind, but the two of us sisters still have something to do, so it's inconvenient to go." After the woman in white finished speaking, she was about to pull her sister away.
How could the son of the world let her get her wish? Immediately waved his hand and let the little guy next to him block the exit of the pavilion.
"That's Meng Yuan, the prince of Anyang." Song Xin beside her was worried. "I'm afraid those two girls are in trouble today.
Anyang Houfu is also one of the founding nobles, but there are no talents among the descendants, so they are gradually lonely.
Until the sister of the current Hou Ye married into the Zuo Xiangfu and became the daughter-in-law of the Zuo Prime Minister Pang Guan, she gradually rose in Beijing through the power of Rong Guifei and Zuo Xiang.
But even if they borrowed the momentum, Anyang Hou's father and son still couldn't support the wall. His father, An Yanghou, often lingered in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion and boasted of being romantic.
Meng Yuan, the prince of Anyang, was even more than that, before he was impeached by the imperial history for robbing the people on the street, and then he used the euphemistic way of inviting him to dinner to achieve his goal, I don't know how many women's innocence was ruined.
Just as Xie Ying was hesitating to step forward to help, Ah Zhen said in a low voice: "Miss, that woman in purple is Miss Xia Qing of the Xia family, and the one next to her is your aunt's daughter, Miss Su Yu." ”
Well, this reason strengthened her determination to come forward and help.
There was still an argument in the pavilion.
"Lord Shizi, please raise your noble hand and let us two sisters go." Su Yu, who was dressed in white, was still making a final effort.
"Less nonsense, do you want to go by yourself or will I have someone ask you to go?" Meng Yuan gave the final order.
When Xia Qing, who was dressed in purple, heard this, he was already angry, and he opened his mouth and said, "If you want to invite us to leave, we must also see if we have the ability." ”
During the dispute, Xie Ying had already walked to the entrance of the pavilion, looked at the two parties in the pavilion, and said slowly: "Isn't Anyang Hou Shizi afraid that he will be impeached by the imperial history tomorrow after his actions today?" ”
Hearing another voice, Meng Yuan immediately turned around and was about to open his mouth to scold, but when he saw that it was Xie Ying, he gave up.
He is not afraid of Xie Ying or the Yasukuni Mansion, but Xie Ying is a quasi-crown princess and is not easy to tear his face, but this does not mean that he will admit defeat.