Chapter 33: The First Sight of the Eldest Princess
Seeing that everyone had already arrived, Zhao raised his voice and said, "Let's go." After that, Xu Jiayi felt that the carriage began to move slowly.
I didn't sleep well after getting up early in the morning, and the carriage was shaking at this time, everyone was a little tired, squinting their eyes and leaning against each other to close their eyes to recuperate, and for a while the whole carriage was quiet, and the sound of ruts could be heard.
On the busy street, there is a line of men on horseback, about four or five people. One of the men rode forward in tandem with the man in the lead, and said, "Master, go two streets further to you." ”
"Well, let them follow."
The sound was familiar.
Xu Jiayi was still drowsy, but at this moment, she suddenly woke up, held her breath, quietly lifted the corner of the carriage curtain and looked out, and looked at the oncoming group of soldiers on horseback, the day she led was the man who saved her outside the city that day.
He sat on horseback, pursed his lips and looked fierce, with a sense of slaughter. He didn't seem to see himself, and his eyes were straight ahead and staggered with their carriage.
Although they had met twice, she did not know his name.
Wang Yunxiu couldn't help but feel a little strange when she looked at Xu Jiayi's stunned appearance, and subconsciously followed the direction of her line of sight, only to see the bustling street vendors coming and going, and there was nothing special about it, she couldn't help but feel a little strange, and gently pushed her and asked, "Yiyi, what's wrong?" ”
Hearing this, Xu Jiayi came back to her senses, put down the curtain in her hand, and shook her head with a smile, "It's nothing." ”
She had just dropped the curtain here, and Chu Changfeng subconsciously glanced back at the carriage as if she had an electrocardiogram, but at a glance, she looked back at the front again, and clamped the horse's belly between her legs, "Drive!" ”
The carriage staggered for about an hour and stopped at the door of the eldest princess's mansion, and as soon as the carriage stopped, everyone opened their eyes and looked energetic, especially Cui Qing, whose eyes were amazingly bright.
Zhao lifted the curtain and looked out, and sure enough, as she thought, there were already a lot of carriages parked at the door.
At today's flower-viewing banquet, the eldest princess invited all the famous ladies and officials from various provinces to come, and the absence of male guests was also to avoid suspicion. I heard that today there is also the meaning of choosing a princess for the nephew of the eldest princess, that is, those princes of the right age.
And other ladies may not have taken advantage of this flower-viewing banquet to find a good marriage for their sons and daughters. So it sounds like a flower-viewing banquet, but it's actually a blind date conference in disguise.
Even the Zhao family and the Qian family also have such thoughts.
The coachman helped a few people to get off the carriage, and immediately a maid from the eldest princess's mansion came to lead the way, and after taking them to the place, they politely bowed and retired, and went to receive other guests.
Xu Jiayi silently followed behind the Zhao family, but her mind was recalling the memory of the eldest princess.
Speaking of which, the eldest princess is also a hard-working person, not long after marrying the horse, the horse accidentally died in an accident when she went out hunting. When the eldest princess learned about this, she cried so much that she almost followed.
Fortunately, at this time, the doctor diagnosed and treated the eldest princess, and the eldest princess was happy, so that the eldest princess found a little hope. Although she was born to a girl in the end, it also gave the eldest princess comfort and sustenance. The emperor took pity on his sister, the eldest princess, who had no horse, and made her the lord of the county by decree when she had just given birth to her daughter.
This is a rare grace!
And the eldest princess also loves her only daughter, and wants the stars to grow up with the moon's pampering. The county lord and the queen married his childhood sweetheart and cousin who grew up with the prince of Rui's mansion. Not long after the two got married, the emperor gave King Rui a fief, and the county lord now went to the fief with her husband, and he was not allowed to enter the capital without an edict.
After the county lord left, the eldest princess was sick again.
Because of this, the eldest princess was separated from her daughter, and it was rare to see her again. However, Xu Jiayi didn't understand that since the eldest princess was reluctant to follow the county lord, why didn't the eldest princess follow the county lord to King Rui's fiefdom? Wouldn't it be possible for the mother and daughter to be together every day?
Xu Jiayi was thinking wildly in her mind, when she heard a maid raise her voice, "The eldest princess has arrived", and she retracted her thoughts.
Hearing that the eldest princess was coming, everyone stood up and saluted. Xu Jiayi also bowed and saluted, "Attend Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”
"Well," the eldest princess replied softly, and with a smile on her hand, she walked to the main seat and sat down, and then she spoke out to let everyone get up. Xu Jiayi took advantage of the fact that the eldest princess passed by in front of her, and quietly took a look, only to find that although the eldest princess was nearly forty years old, she was well-maintained and charming.
If you walk with your own daughter, it's not like a mother and daughter, it's more like a sister.
Although she hadn't met the county lord, it didn't stop her from imagining.
The eldest princess had a graceful and luxurious appearance, greeted the ladies she knew and said a few words, and couldn't help but smile when she saw the Zhao family and the Qian family, "You two concubines are willing to bring out a few girls in the house today, look at these girls one by one, they are really good-looking." ”
Lord Wang and Mrs. Wang have always been in love, and the Hubu Shangshu Mansion is also a rare wonder among the Chinese martial arts officials in Yanjing City, not only Wang Hongsheng himself does not have a concubine, but even his two sons have only one wife in the room, which makes everyone envious.
Even the eldest princess thinks that such a family is really good.
It is because when meeting Zhao and Qian, you always have to be extra patient and close.
The Zhao family and the Qian family also replied humbly, "Thank you for the remembrance of the eldest princess, the courtiers also think that the little girl should come out and walk around when she is older, and it is good to be familiar with her face." ”
"That's it, the little girl should have more contact with her peers, and stay in the house all day long to don't suffocate people."
The eldest princess tilted her head slightly, and saw Xu Jiayi standing obediently on the side. Seeing her standing beside Zhao prettyly, her eyebrows and eyes were bent and the corners of her lips were smiling, which made people unconsciously bend the corners of her lips at a glance, and her mood improved.
The eldest princess smiled and beckoned to Xu Jiayi, "You come closer." ”
Hearing this, Xu Jiayi stepped forward and stood at a distance of about five or six steps from the eldest princess under Zhao's signal, leaned over and saluted, "Meet Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”
The eldest princess laughed immediately, "If you stand so far away, this palace won't eat you." ”
Xu Jiayi paused, lowered her head and walked forward while observing the eldest princess's face with her peripheral vision, and bowed again when she came to her. As the so-called etiquette is not to blame.
"Raise your head and let Hongu take a look."
Xu Jiayi raised her chin slightly, met the eyes of the eldest princess, saw her image from her pupils, and lowered her eyes to look at the ground again.
Although the girl's facial features have not yet opened, she can also see the color of the city. What's even more rare is the simple and elegant temperament around her, she hasn't seen a few girls like this in Yanjing City.
"Look at the girl's beauty, it's not much worse than the girl." The eldest princess said in admiration, the girl in her mouth is the county lord who has now followed her husband to the fiefdom.
To get such high praise from the eldest princess, even the Zhao family and the Qian family were a little surprised.
Her sister was praised by the eldest princess, but Wang Yunxiu and Cui Xin did not feel jealous, but were happy for her. But Cui Qing was about to crumple the handkerchief in his hand, biting his lip and sulking.
And so it is again!
As long as there is her Xu Jiayi, no one will ever notice her!
The clenched fingernails penetrated deep into the flesh of his palm, but Cui Qing didn't seem to feel pain, staring at Xu Jiayi with burning eyes, wishing that it was himself standing there.
When Xu Jiayi approached, the eldest princess took her hand and carefully asked her about her age preferences. Although Xu Jiayi was a little nervous, she tried her best to answer the eldest princess's questions smoothly and didn't make a joke about herself.
Xu Jiayi originally thought that the eldest princess would let herself go after she finished asking, but she didn't expect that the eldest princess directly pulled out a gilded flower bead from her head, inserted it into her hair with her own hands, and then looked left and right, and nodded with great satisfaction.
Xu Jiayi only felt that the step shake in her hair was particularly hot, this step shake was worth a lot of money at a glance, and she subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed it again, and respectfully thanked the eldest princess, "Thank you for the reward." ”
The elders gave it, and they didn't dare to resign.
Regardless of whether the eldest princess is sincere or false, all she can do now is accept and thank her, otherwise she will slap the eldest princess in the face in public, so that the eldest princess will not be able to get off the stage.
Most of the other nobles who saw this scene stared at Xu Jiayi's head with envy and jealousy, and slowly fell their eyes on Xu Jiayi, and turned their heads to each other.
The eldest princess smiled and asked Xu Jiayi to retreat, and looked at the little girl dressed in a cute and lovely garden, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but hook, "It's okay to call you here today, just let the big guys get together, drink tea, enjoy the flowers, and relax." ”
After saying this, the eldest princess let everyone disperse to enjoy the flowers, and she called two familiar ladies to chat together.
Xu Jiayi looked around, there were all kinds of flowers in full bloom on the road, and those ladies and girls were all gathered in groups of three or five, and they didn't know whether they were enjoying the flowers or laughing.
It can be seen that the ladies of each family dress up their daughters in a fancy way, each with their own charm, which shows that they are all trying to leave a good impression in front of the eldest princess.
On the surface, it is peaceful, but in the secret the waves are turbulent. Whose clothes are more gorgeous than their own, whose jewelry has a great background, and who speaks and presses themselves, they are all secretly competing, and the women in Yanjing City are also having fun.
When Xu Jiayi looked at the others, there were naturally people secretly observing her. After all, there are not many faces that have never been seen before, and there are not many people who let the eldest princess shake the steps on her head as soon as they come.