Chapter 27: Initiative
Cheng Minmin, the lord of Xiangyang County, is the granddaughter of Cheng Yu's only son, in the early years in Cheng Yu married Princess Rongle not long after, he handed over the Huwei Army to his son Cheng Qing, Mobei turmoil Cheng Qing led the Huwei Army to guard the Mobei border, and gave birth to Cheng Xu, the father of the Xiangyang County Lord in the border city of Mobei, but Cheng Qing and Cheng Xu's father and son were seriously injured in the Battle of Xuancheng in Mobei a few years ago, and the old injury recurred and died after a few years, leaving only the posthumous son Cheng Minmin survived, Cheng Minmin was brought up by Princess Rongle since childhood, Clever and well-behaved, Princess Rongle was deeply loved by Princess Rongle, and Princess Rongle even sought the title of Lord of Xiangyang for Cheng Minmin when Cheng Minmin was still an infant.
Now Cheng Minmin is about twelve years old, living under the protection of Princess Rongle, who raised her very well, innocent and carefree. However, in Yan Meng's memory, after Princess Rongle died of illness in her previous life, she faded out of everyone's sight as the county lord of Xiangyang guarded Princess Rongle's filial piety. It's just that without the support of Princess Rongle, Princess Xiangyang's biological mother is just a woman from a small border town, and she is not sophisticated in Zhongjing, so she hastily married the county lord of Xiangyang to a child of a family, but she didn't think that the child of the family was a stubborn character. Once by mistake, the son beat the county lord of Xiangyang to a miscarriage, and the county lord of Xiangyang was humiliated, so he killed the child and ended himself with another rope. However, at that time, Yan Meng and the county lord of Xiangyang had no intersection, and it was just a sigh to hear the news.
"Hey!"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, an enlarged face appeared in front of Yan Meng, so frightened that Yan Meng didn't stand firm for a while, and retreated to Tinghe's body.
They are all by the Ripple Lake now, and Mrs. Yan and the other ladies are talking there, asking her to find other juniors to accompany her, but because Yan Meng is the first time to come back to the princess's mansion, she does not participate in the banquet in Suri Jingzhong, and she is not familiar with those young ladies of the family, although there are some familiar faces, but they are all acquaintances she met in her previous life, and the friendship with her is not enough, and she does not have the heart to make friends with them, so Yan Meng and Tinghe are standing in a daze in the pavilion of Ripple Garden at the moment.
"Lord Xiangyang." Yan Meng stood still and saw the person who came, and subconsciously saluted, she just thought of this person's previous life, this person appeared in front of her, and there was some indescribable embarrassment.
"Hahaha, you're going to be flustered too!" The county lord of Xiangyang smiled a little mischievously. The county lord of Xiangyang is no longer as messy as she was just now, she has been freshened up and changed into another red dress, the green silk like ink hangs down obediently behind her, reflecting the red clothes like fire, and her skin is as white as fat, only to feel that this woman is beautiful and incomprehensible. Because his grandmother and mother are foreign women, they have half foreign blood, and the facial features of the lord of Xiangyang are more three-dimensional than those of women in Beijing, and they are bright and stylish without Dai Fan's eyebrows, and the black and bright eyes are inlaid in the middle of the eye sockets like obsidian, the nose is not as sharp as that of foreigners, but the small and soft ones are born, and the thin lips are slightly dipped in lipstick like red plums falling into snow, and a face skillfully blends the intensity of the alien race with the softness of the clan to form her unique girl's coquettishness. They had never known each other before, and they only knew that the county lord of Xiangyang was good-looking, but they never thought that she would be so stunning before she reached her age.
A hint of appreciation for his appearance flashed in Yan Meng's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it, and the corners of his mouth were slightly provoked, "The county lord said that he laughed, the folk girl is just an ordinary woman." "Of course you're flustered when you're scared.
"Eh, don't pretend, I know you just saw me." I also saw you, Cheng Minmin winked at Yan Meng, and looked at the pretending humble woman in front of her with a playful look.
Yan Meng raised her eyebrows, is this seeing what she understands? No statement.
Cheng Minmin saw that he didn't get a response, so he said again, "You are different from those people." After speaking, he swept the ladies of the family who were in a group of three or five over there with his eyes, and motioned to Yan Meng who she was talking about "those people".
"It's the first time for the people's girls to come, but they are not familiar with the young ladies."
Cheng Minmin shrugged slightly: "Which girl are you?" β
"Taiwei Mansion Yan Family."
"Yan Jingshu's sister?"
"The princess has heard of her sister?"
"Hmm."
Yan Meng was keenly aware that the county lord of Xiangyang had changed his attitude towards her after knowing her relationship with Yan Jingshu, what did Princess Xiangyang have with Yan Jingshu?
"Youβ" The county lord of Xiangyang was about to say something when he was interrupted by the shrill voice of the eunuch
"Princess Rongle has arrived, all the guests are seated, and the banquet is openedβ"
Cheng Minmin had no choice but to shut up and walked straight to Princess Rongle's side, Yan Mengduan sat behind Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Yan and Princess Rongle were close, because although Yan Meng was behind her, she could indeed see the interaction between Princess Rongle and the county lord of Xiangyang, and when the county lord of Xiangyang mentioned Yan Jingshu just now, she could obviously feel that her mood was much lower, and she had never heard of any entanglement between the two in her previous life.
"Today, it's a family banquet, it's still the same sentence, don't hold yourself back." It can be seen that Princess Rongle's happiness is from the heart, her tone is peaceful and full of smiles, and if the color is sinking today, the lights in the palace reflect Princess Rongle's eyes surprisingly bright.
"Yes."
Wait for the eunuch to announce the opening of the banquet, there will be the musicians of the princess's mansion, Youling came up to sing and dance, although today's banquet is only for women, but the interest is not lower than only a male banquet, the ladies of the family are usually in a high position, and now they have the opportunity to relax.
Yan Meng was quietly eating the dishes in front of her, and somehow Princess Rongle's words came to her.
"Aunt Xuan, this is the third daughter."
"Yes, I used to be young and couldn't stand the bumps on the road, but now that I have grown up, I will bring my old woman to accompany me, and by the way, let the princess palm her eyes." A smile rose at the corner of Old Madam Yan's mouth, her face was full of love, and she glanced at Yan Meng without a trace, and replied to Princess Rongle's words.
"Yan Meng, the folk girl, has seen Princess Rongle." Yan Meng received the look from Old Madam Yan, lowered his head and walked to the center of the banquet, and saluted Princess Rongle.
"Well, it's a well-behaved one, get up."
"Princess Xie." After getting up, he stood quietly in place, waiting for Princess Rongle's command, and made a gesture, without a trace of mistakes.
Princess Rongle looked at the aqua blue figure below standing there neither humble nor arrogant, a trace of appreciation flashed in her eyes, although she was young, this determination was rare, and she said to Mrs. Yan, "In the end, it is the granddaughter taught by Aunt Xuan, who understands the rules." β
Old Madam Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Where is it, it is her blessing to be praised by the princess like this." β
Princess Rongle looked at some of the juniors who came with her today with a soft gaze, "I heard that they said that a new show was arranged today, and I think I will definitely cast the eyes of your juniors." Sit there and watch. Finally, he turned to Yan Meng, softly motioned for Yan Meng to return to his position, and then turned his head to talk with the other ladies.
"Yes." After Yan Meng retreated, he looked at the extra note on the table, looked at Tinghe with some doubts, and followed Tinghe's gaze to see the county lord of Xiangyang who was blinking in her direction.
"I'm waiting for you at the door"
Yan Meng looked up, and saw that the county lord of Xiangyang was holding his stomach and saying something to Princess Rongle with a painful expression, and when Princess Rongle nodded helplessly, she quickly slipped out from behind the banquet, and when Yan Meng passed by, he didn't forget to give her a gesture pointing to the door.
Yan Meng was helpless for a while, but I saw it today, why was the county lord of Xiangyang so curious about her? But she couldn't refuse, at this time Mrs. Yan was talking with other ladies, so she had to bite the bullet and tell Zhang's mother that she was a little uncomfortable and wanted to go out to breathe, and got Zhang's mother's warning to "don't run around" and promised that she would only stay outside the hall for a while, and then walked out lightly.
Looking at the aqua blue figure coming in the distance, Cheng Minmin couldn't wait to exit, "Why did you come, I've been waiting for you for a long time." β
"What is the county lord looking for a people's daughter?"
"You... How is your sister? Cheng Minmin asked with some twist.
Yan Meng was a little stunned for a while, could it really be as she expected, Yan Jingshu offended Princess Xiangyang? In his previous life, he didn't hear of any entanglements between the two of them, so he secretly considered his sentences, and said hesitantly, "The folk girl is weak, and she rarely plays with her sisters on weekdays, and she doesn't talk much with her sisters, but the Yan Mansion will not treat her children and grandchildren harshly." β
"Oh, no, I just want to ask... Yan Jingshu went back from the princess's mansion last year, did she not eat or sleep..."
Yan Meng looked at the angry appearance of the county lord of Xiangyang, wondering, there seemed to be worry in her words? It seems that since she knew that she was Yan Jingshu's sister, her face was a little meaningless, could it be that Yan Jingshu originally had a good relationship with Princess Xiangyang, but because of what happened last year, they broke up unhappily?
"This is last year's incident, I don't know how the big sister is specific, why don't you go back and help the county lord ask?"
β... Never mind. Cheng Minmin pursed his lips, flicked his sleeves with some annoyance, and the red cloud sleeves were brought up and pulled up in the air.
The atmosphere was quiet for a while, Yan Meng looked at the little girl in front of him, her expression changed like a marquee, she regretted it for a while, and took it for granted, muttering something in her mouth, "Then you said it yourself." "Can't regret it."
Yan Meng secretly guessed in his heart that if Yan Jingshu's temperament was on good terms with the county lord of Xiangyang, he would not offend the county lord of Xiangyang, could it be that after the county lord of Xiangyang did something that made Yan Jingshu sad, Yan Jingshu ignored her? It's not right that Yan Jingshu is seventeen years old now, even last year, she was five years different from the county lord, but if she was a child, how could Yan Jingshu take it seriously? Speaking of which, it was Yan Jingshu who did not follow Mrs. Yan to the Princess's Mansion that gave her the opportunity to come to the Princess's Mansion, could it be that Mrs. Yan also knew about the unhappiness between the county lord of Xiangyang and Yan Jingshu, so she called her together? Said that letting Yan Jingshu follow the Zhao family was just a pretense? But Mrs. Yan has let Yan Jingshu follow the Zhao family for a while, and taking care of the Mid-Autumn Festival is indeed a good opportunity to train her...
Cheng Minmin came back to his senses and looked at Yan Meng, who was standing silently in place, "Don't you ask me what's going on with your sister?" β
Yan Meng, who was interrupted from his thoughts, looked at the county lord of Xiangyang with some apprehension, "If the county lord wants to say, he will tell the people's daughter." β