Cai Ling's excitement when she ran to the door of Yujing Pavilion still did not calm down, and she almost knocked over the tea in Aunt Chun's tray, she respectfully apologized, and Aunt Chun only smiled gently.

At this time, Biluo was kneeling in front of the hall, Shen Muchi was standing aside, the Queen Mother was sitting on the main seat with half-squinted eyes, and the three people sitting in the pavilion were Jing and Princess Shen Mujun, Yang Family Tao Tao and Meng Meng.

Cai Ling smiled slightly, what she expected was right, if she wanted to marry Shen Muchi, the queen mother would not have a good time. Over the years, the only thing she is satisfied with is her niece and granddaughter Yang Mengming.

"Who's at the door?" The Queen Mother took Aunt Chun's tea, and was about to drink it and handed it back, "This crazy girl is becoming more and more disagreeable now, and she dares to be late for the appointment to mourn the family." ”

Everyone in the pavilion looked sideways except for Biluo, who was kneeling, and Shen Muchi had an expression of not caring about himself and watching the show. When they looked at each other, Cai Ling's mind suddenly flashed the image of the emperor kneeling on one knee, and he couldn't hold back his grin anymore. Shen Muchi didn't know the reason, but she was stubborn.

"The people's daughter Jiang Cailing knocked to see the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother Wan'an." She strode over and knelt beside Biluo.

The Queen Mother raised her hand, and moved her body slightly to the right, making a gap, "You come and sit beside the mourning family." ”

"Yes." Cai Ling replied obediently.

"I haven't seen you for half a year, but your girl is getting more and more marked." Holding her hand too much, she frowned slightly, "What did you just call the mourning family?" ”

"Queen Mother......" Cai Ling's voice was very low.

"What did you call the mourning family in the past?" The Queen Mother was slightly displeased.

Cai Ling hesitated for a moment, and Fang replied softly: "Aunt and grandmother of the Queen Mother." ”

"Mourner's ears, you are louder." The Queen Mother's eyes were blazing, but the person staring at her was Biluo.

Cai Ling raised her voice slightly and said, "Aunt and Grandma the Queen Mother." ”

"Hello ......" the Queen Mother smiled kindly, patted her hand and said with satisfaction, "The mourning family often lives with her mother in Jiangfu's mother's house, but it is your small courtyard now. Your father was raised under the knees of the mourning family when he was young, so you don't have to be separated from the mourning family because of the others. ”

"Pick Ling, remember." She always knew that the Queen Mother's mother and great-grandfather were the same mother's compatriots, but she didn't know that her small courtyard was the former residence of the Queen Mother's mother, and suddenly she had the idea that her father treated her well, and then remembered that her mother had the only dispute with her father because the best Xihe Courtyard in the house was to be distributed to Caiqian. At that time, she didn't care about it in the Qichun Garden in the west, but when the girls whispered, they said that Xihe Courtyard was the former residence of the Queen Mother when she was a child, and it has been repaired and maintained very well in recent years.

The Queen Mother probably knew about this, but now she is saying this to everyone, just to let Biluo know that she treats herself differently from others, and has the Queen Mother as a backer, in the final analysis, she is afraid that she will be wronged in the Qin Palace. Thinking of this, Cai Ling was very grateful.

At this time, Aunt Chun came to say that the feast was ready, and I would like to invite you to go to the side hall. Biluo finally found a chance to get up, maybe she knelt for too long, and she fell on Shen Muchi's shoulder, Shen Muchi gently hugged her, and asked softly if she was okay.

The Queen Mother didn't take this in her eyes at all, and went down to the side hall to sit in the main seat with the support of Meng Meng. Cai Ling stood in one place and looked at the warmth of these two people, Shen Muchi was still careful with women, which was similar to his father, but I don't know if Shen Muchi would kneel on one knee in order to please Biluo?

She thought too much about it, she didn't notice Shen Muchi's gaze on her, nor did she notice Biluo's hostility towards her, until Tao Taoxing was beside herself, gently poked her arm, and then tugged at her sleeve and said, "Jiang Shao...... Don't look at it. Let's go with the book. ”

On the side hall, the Queen Mother sits on the main seat, the top left is Shen Muchi's position, and the top right is Princess Jinghe. Meng Meng obediently stood beside the Queen Mother to serve tea, and did not sit down. Jinghe was extremely displeased when he saw Tao Tao and Cai Ling entering the hall hand in hand, so he hurriedly got up from his position and pulled Tao Tao's hand on Cai Ling's sleeve and took it by himself, dragged him to the side of his position, and said, "You sit here." ”

After Tao Tao sat down, he beckoned to Cai Ling, but Cai Ling knew that the position next to Tao Tao should be Ming, because the dishes on the small table were different from those next to him. Meng Meng has always been a picky eater, presumably Aunt Chun made some special dishes for her according to her taste. Cai Ling was about to sit at the bottom of the right side.

Shen Muchi came in at this time, and sat on the seat on the right side, Bi Luo didn't look at Cai Ling, and wanted to sit next to Shen Muchi. The Queen Mother's eyes swept over, but she didn't dare to make any more movements, only looked at Shen Muchi with three points of pity and grief.

Shen Muchi was about to speak, but the Queen Mother said, "Girl, what are you still doing in a daze?" On your little case, there is an osmanthus cake specially made for you by your aunt Chun. Although you begged for a recipe from your Aunt Chun in the past to make a cake shop among the people, **This osmanthus cake is not as good as your Aunt Chun. ”

Biluo was unwilling to retreat to the bottom and sit down. Cai Ling smiled embarrassedly at Shen Muchi when she sat down, and apologized for being between them, but he looked absent-minded, and raised his chopsticks to take away a piece of osmanthus cake on her table.

During the banquet, the Queen Mother took care of the juniors as usual, and everyone brought interesting and happy events at home with the Queen Mother. Cai Ling skipped by himself, and it was Biluo's turn. The Queen Mother said: "The mourning family went to Yangzhou ten years ago, and I haven't seen Governor Chen, but I have a relationship with your grandmother, and I don't know how she is doing?" ”

"Returning to the Queen Mother, Biluo's mother died early when she was a child, but she grew up with her grandmother, and her grandmother took care of Biluo as considerate and gracious. However, Biluo was too stubborn at the beginning, and ran from Yangzhou to Chang'an privately, separated for three years, haunted by dreams, and Biluo wanted to go back to Yangzhou to accompany her grandmother. "When it comes to emotion, my eyes are full of tears.

When the two girls on the opposite side saw this situation, they were already emotional, and Tao Tao also listened very carefully, nodding in agreement from time to time. Cai Ling is confused, wasn't Biluo a singer of Baique Lou in the past? When did she become the daughter of the prefect of Yangzhou? The painting boat stopped on the other side of Dongxi Building, singing and dancing, Biluo leaned on the arms of many dignitaries and nobles, delicate and charming, and many official women could not learn the demeanor.

Cai Ling looked at Shen Muchi, trying to detect a clue in his eyes. But he looked like he was drinking tea as usual, and when his eyes met, there was still no wave on his face.

When she was a little deflated, Bi Luo stood up and walked to the middle of the room, took the brocade box handed over by the attendant and said respectfully, "Grandmother was very happy when she heard that Bi Luo happened to meet the Third Highness, and specially sent someone to send this citrine bracelet to let Bi Luo dedicate it to the Queen Mother." ”

"Oh......" The Queen Mother raised her hand, and a palace maid went to take it, but the Queen Mother did not mean to open the brocade box, but said, "Thank you grandmother for the mourning family." ”

Cai Ling heard that the citrine bracelet was very interested, not long ago Duchi Xuan had a new batch of goods, including a citrine bracelet. The ladies and ladies in the capital all love jade and gold, and they have never seen anyone wear citrine. She thought it was novel, but after trying it on, she liked the transparent texture very much, and felt that it matched the lotus lotus color gauze skirt very well, and wanted to take it herself. But when I think about it, I occasionally wear men's clothes for convenience, and it doesn't seem convenient to wear a bracelet. At this time, Yuan Jie suddenly said: "You shouldn't have agreed to enter this batch of goods in the first place, this bracelet is not in the stream, and I don't know when someone will buy it?" ”

"I'm not worried about this bracelet." She smiled, "The price is the highest, and then make up a reason casually, naturally some people will rob it." Otherwise, we bet that if someone buys it at a high price within March, I will deduct your monthly money for January, and if it is not sold in March, I will pay you for your monthly money for March. Yuan Jieyi readily agreed. In fact, she was not so confident at that time, but the matter had come to this, she just found a step for herself, but she couldn't do it, she lost three months of money to Yuan Jie's widow, and then she took the bracelet herself.

I never thought that the citrine bracelet was really a high-priced commodity, and it was actually worth Biluo to dedicate it to the Queen Mother. She wanted to see how the one in her store was compared to Biluo's?

Her little caution was still noticed by the Queen Mother, and the question was straightforward, "Why do you want it?" ”

Cai Ling said with a smile, "I heard that Yangzhou craftsmen are skillful, and Cai Ling has always been very fond of jewelry, jade, bracelets, hairpins or something, so I am curious and want to see it." ”

"Show her." The queen mother raised her hand, and the palace maid was already kneeling beside her with a brocade box.

The moment she opened the lid of the box, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, but she tried her best to hide her surprise, and only smiled, "It's really a rare treasure." He closed the lid of the box again, and then glanced at Shen Muchi thoughtfully. He also turned his eyes and jokingly said, "When did you become a jewelry connoisseur?" ”

In the face of her sarcasm, she sneered back.

Shen Muchi, you are a nerd, the origin of this Biluo is unknown, but now she says that she is the daughter of the prefect of Yangzhou, but the heirloom sent by her grandmother thousands of miles is an ordinary citrine bracelet with a high price falsely marked in the twilight Xuan. She sneered.

Next, Tao Tao was full of energy and talked about the interesting things in the barracks. Cai Ling was so preoccupied that she couldn't eat it anymore, and she couldn't listen to it anymore, as if she was in a dream.

At the end of the feast, the Queen Mother suddenly said: "There is a serious matter to find a few of you today. The people on the side sat down and listened carefully to the old lady's teachings, but Cai Ling was still in thought, and vaguely heard the Queen Mother read the word "Cai Ling" before she came back to her senses.

Tao Tao sweated for her very much, but he couldn't help it.

"Since Ling'er was sent into the Qin Palace's mansion by the eight sedan chairs, even if something went wrong in the middle, the two of you missed the ceremony of worshipping heaven and earth, how can I say that this child is also from my Shen family. If you want to accept a concubine now, you can only accept a side concubine. You should understand the reasoning behind this, right? "The Queen Mother said this to Shen Muchi.

Shen Mu didn't refute for a long time, but Princess Jinghe was extremely reluctant, "Now that Jiang Xiangdai has been degraded to Shu, even if Cai Ling has a marriage contract with the third emperor brother first, it will never be possible to become the concubine of King Qin, does the imperial grandmother want the imperial brother not to marry for life?" ”

"You girl!" The Queen Mother reprimanded, glanced at Cai Ling, who had an indifferent expression, and then at Meng Ming, who was slightly shy, and said to Princess Jinghe, "The mourning family has its own plans." ”

Cai Ling knew in her heart that the queen mother's favorite granddaughter-in-law had always been just the virtuous and gentle Yang Mengmeng. Suddenly, the Queen Mother asked: "Ling'er, are you willing to always accompany King Qin as her side princess, and from now on be commensurate with the Biluo sisters?" ”

Cai Ling Fang knew that the Queen Mother set up a banquet this time to force Shen Muchi to give her the position of side concubine, because if Biluo married into the Qin Palace, she, who was not rightly named and did not speak well, would definitely be looked down upon by the subordinates, and her life in the palace would be more difficult from now on. She was very grateful to the Queen Mother, but she couldn't agree to this matter rashly. If Shen Muchi had half affection for her, he would never let her be banned from the palace after losing her marriage, and from then on, she would watch her favorite person linger in love with other women. She is now self-reliant, and her life in Chang'an City is colorful, and she can't afford to tie her long life to someone she doesn't like, even if she used to really like him.

She turned her head sideways, but still glanced at Shen Muchi. What a delicate side face, the skin is smooth, the edges and corners are clear, and the eyebrows are like small peaks in an ink painting, she can't wait to reach out and touch them. At this time, he quietly looked at the tea bowl on the case, as if he was also waiting for her answer. She suddenly wanted to laugh, didn't he just tell her in the morning, saying that she could completely refuse the Queen Mother's unreasonable request. At that time, although she felt that he was instigating her to resist the decree, she thought that the old lady believed that you were a ghost, and at this time she wanted to listen to him. Just about to turn her head, Shen Muchi looked over, her eyes met, she pursed her lips and raised her chin, meaning: Don't worry, everything depends on me.

Cai Ling slowly got up, knelt in the middle of the hall, and buried her head and said: "The kindness of the Queen Mother's aunt and grandmother is remembered in my heart, and I dare not forget it for the rest of my life." But Ling'er and His Royal Highness responded to the sentence that the falling flowers were intentionally ruthless, and His Highness's heart was only tied to the girl Biluo, since Ling'er couldn't get His Highness's heart, she had no intention of getting His Highness's body. Besides, His Royal Highness is only thinking about how to live with Miss Biluo now, and he will not want to see Ling'er, since His Royal Highness doesn't want to see Ling'er, even if he is a side concubine, Ling'er's life in the future will not be easy. Therefore, the Empress Dowager's aunt and grandmother were asked to retract their fate, and Ling'er was no longer obsessed with it. ”

"Do you really think so?" The Queen Mother was not annoyed. She has a little love for Cai Ling from the bottom of her heart, but she doesn't think she will be the good couple of the three emperors and grandchildren, this girl is too high-flying and domineering, and is not suitable for the calm and introverted third child. Besides, the third child is now recognized as the choice of the prince, and she is also skeptical about whether this girl is used to being forbidden in the deep palace in the future, so it is better to wait for the calm and calm to find another rich family for her to match.

"Ling'er's words are true." It was really no different from what was expected, since the Queen Mother was not unhappy, everyone could breathe a sigh of relief. She looked at Shen Muchi, originally intending to curry favor. But his gaze was cold, and she knew that it meant that he was not in a good mood. Maybe it was because she was too much in front of the Queen Mother to talk about his relationship with Biluo and made him uncomfortable, which would undoubtedly make the Queen Mother dislike Biluo even more. She doesn't care, from beginning to end, she Jiang Cailing has never had half of pity for Biluo, which makes the Queen Mother tired of her, and she did it intentionally or unintentionally. She smiled a little smugly.

"Smack!" The teacup smashed impartially at her feet, and she almost stood up on her knees in fright. The Queen Mother looked at her fiercely, and Shen Muchi only said, "Grandson's hand is slippery." ”