Chapter Twenty-Six: The County Lord

Yan Chunan looked at the pleading appearance of his sister in front of him, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, he had vowed to take care of his sister, but now he watched his sister begging for his own safety, in fact, he just had doubts about Du's mother's affairs, and he hadn't taken any practical action, but everything had been settled, Du's mother might be destined to have this catastrophe, so he took care of his sister wholeheartedly

"Okay, I promise you."

"Tomorrow I will tell my grandmother the news of Mother Du, I think your grandmother should have heard about your deeds in the past few days. Your school exam is coming up after the holiday, so don't be distracted. ”

"Okay."

After the brother and sister spoke, they went to the garden together for a walk, and Yan Chunan sent Yan Meng back to Youlan Courtyard, Yan Meng freshened up and lay on the bed, guessing what would be waiting for her tomorrow.

On the second day, Mrs. Yan sent someone to wake up Yan Meng early, Yan Meng prepared a morning, Yuchen combed her with an ingot, hairpin on a set of jade head sent by Mrs. Yan a few days ago, and changed into a water blue Luo skirt sent by Qiaozhi Pavilion a few days ago. In the afternoon, Rong Kangtang came to pick up people, and Yan Meng followed Mrs. Yan into the carriage to Princess Rongle's mansion.

"Mother Song taught you what etiquette to do if you meet the princess?"

"When you see the princess for the first time, you should make a pilgrimage."

"How?"

"Raise your arms from the bottom to your chest, meet your left hand and attach your right hand to your right hand, give it up, withdraw your left foot, bow your right leg in front of you, and bow your right leg to the ground, palm facing the ground, forehead on the back of your hand. Wait for the princess to signal, and wait for the grandmother to get up for a moment before leaving. ”

"Hmm." Old Madam Yan nodded with satisfaction, although her face was no longer cold, her tone was still very stern, and she squinted at Yan Meng, who was sitting beside her, "Remember that the princess's mansion is not as good as at home, and you can't be careless." ”

"Yes."

Mrs. Yan asked some questions about Yan Meng's etiquette, and Yan Mengdu answered them one by one, and Mrs. Yan saw that there was no mistake and that there was still some distance from the princess's mansion, so she leaned on the carriage and closed her eyes to recuperate.

After walking for about half an hour, the carriage swayed and stopped outside the princess's mansion, Princess Rongle is the only princess who lives outside the palace, there are no sisters in the saint, and the little princesses have not yet reached the age of marriage, so there is only one princess mansion in the Great Zhou, and the repair of the princess's mansion can be said to be extremely luxurious. When the first emperor was there, he ordered someone to repair the princess's mansion according to the appearance of the palace, and even repaired the ripple garden of the same size as the imperial garden in the princess's mansion. The first emperor was benevolent and thrifty during his reign, and he was clear in internal affairs, but he couldn't take care of anything when he met Princess Rongle, if Princess Rongle said that she wanted a star in the sky, the first emperor was afraid that he would take off a hundred thousand for Princess Rongle to enjoy at all costs, and it was rumored that the first emperor had no daughter, so he took the youngest sister as a daughter to spoil.

When the grandfather and grandson got out of the carriage, they had already seen a lot of small families staying outside the house, although the princess liked to be lively but did not like people, so they invited a few ladies of the family who had a good personal relationship with the princess.

The people who had already been notified in front were waiting at the door, leading the two ancestors and grandchildren of the Yan family to walk inside. As soon as I entered the princess's mansion, I felt a burst of coolness, although it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, but just after noon, it was inevitable that it was a little hot in the carriage. The lady of the family and the princess in the front hall were talking about something interesting, and when they heard that the little maid informed the old lady that Mrs. Yan was coming, they stopped talking, and the princess pretended to be disgusted and said outside

"But I'm looking forward to you, so that we can wait." Although Princess Rongle is now over half a hundred years old, she usually pays attention to maintenance, and among these ladies, she not only has a young face, firm skin, and full of energy. Mixed with a little snow-white hair, neatly tied behind his head, the eyes on the face are not cloudy at this age, but look at it with vigor, a dark purple Luo skirt with a phoenix embroidered with gold thread, covered with a dark coat, because of many years in a high position, this graceful and luxurious bearing can not be ignored.

"There are bumps on the road, and I ask the public to forgive me and be considerate of the old body."

"This palace said that I will take you to live with this palace, but you don't, it's a strange bump on the road."

"The princess just said that she is happy to open a jar of flower brew today, and the sister of the Yan family is late, so she will watch us eat it later." A gentle voice suddenly appeared from the left, and when I heard the sound, I saw a lady who was about the size of a princess, and said with a smile. Mrs. Yan worships the Buddha and does not eat alcohol, so it is also an enlivening atmosphere.

"This is Mrs. Cui." Zhang's mother whispered in Yan Meng's ear without leaving a trace, telling her the information of everyone in this hall, Yan Meng had never attended this kind of banquet on weekdays, and was not familiar with everyone, so Zhang's mother whispered by her side.

However, Cui Jiayan Mengke is very familiar, Cui Wenqian's grandmother met in the palace in her previous life. It's just that Cui Wenqian didn't come today, and standing next to Mrs. Cui is her daughter-in-law in the long house. Thinking about it, Cui Wenqian is just a drooping child now, and he will not attend this kind of occasion.

Yan Meng secretly wrote down what Zhang's mother said, in fact, some of the people here she knew each other in her previous life, but some of them had never met before, after all, it had been many years since she dealt with these people, and many of them either no longer saw guests, or were no longer alive due to physical reasons.

Yan Meng sat down with Mrs. Yan, quietly listening to the conversation of the ladies, and after a while, he heard a loud noise in the distance, interrupting the people who were chatting enthusiastically, but the people in this room were all people who were used to seeing the wind and waves, and they did not lose their etiquette when they were disturbed, and they sat in their positions steadily, looking towards the source of the sound, but many juniors could not hide their surprise, and sat on the positions one by one and looked at each other.

"Check it out." Princess Rongle's face changed slightly, and she instructed the people around her to check the cause of the loud noise.

Before the servant walked out of the front hall, he saw a frizzy little head poking out from behind the wooden door, with a dark face, and a pair of eyes as bright as obsidian looked straight at the people in the hall.

"Xiangyang, come here." Princess Rongle waited for the man to see the man clearly, and shouted sternly towards the door.

"Alas!" There was a soft sigh at the door, and I saw that the little frizzy head just now leaked out of the whole body, hanging his head, moving step by step into the hall, approaching Princess Rongle, the robe was full of black ash, and it was vaguely distinguishable that it should have been red, and there were also a few black handprints on his face, which was probably smeared by the man who did not notice that his hands were black.

The juniors on the side couldn't help but laugh faintly when they saw her appearance, but as soon as they spoke, they were glared back by their elders.

"What's wrong with you again?" Princess Rongle saw Xiangyang's appearance clearly, and said to her with a stiff face.

"Grandma~" Xiangyang Jiao called Princess Rongle didi.

Princess Rongle didn't eat her set, and still kept a straight face, "After a while, the people will come back, do you say it yourself or wait for them to tell the palace?" ”

"I said, I said, I said..."Xiangyang hurriedly responded, scratching his head in distress, thinking about how to tell this scene to his grandmother.

"Huh?" Princess Rongle's deep voice urged her like thunder. Xiangyang cautiously probed Princess Rongle's face, and saw that she was really angry, and felt that she couldn't delay any longer, so she lowered her head in resignation, "I... I want to give it to my grandmother...", so that everyone can't really listen to it.

"Didn't Songzhu give you breakfast?"

"I want to make mooncakes for my grandmother...... Just careless...... I didn't pay attention and didn't do a good job. ”

"Just didn't do a good job?" Princess Rongle was not so angry when she knew the reason, but she still kept a straight face.

"Oh, I just accidentally broke the pot... Also.... It's not a big deal" The more he spoke, the quieter he became, Xiangyang looked around, and cautiously looked at Princess Rongle's face and scratched her messy hair unnaturally.

Seeing Princess Rongle's face softened, Mrs. Cui said slowly with a smile, "The county lord has a pure heart, and he wants to surprise the princess, why should the princess be angry." ”

"Yes, yes, this is not to show filial piety to grandma." The lord of Xiangyang County immediately answered the conversation when he saw that someone had broken the siege, for fear that Princess Rongle would be unhappy and punish her.

"Hmph~" Princess Rongle didn't speak, but seeing that her complexion had eased a lot, the county lord of Xiangyang hurriedly grabbed Princess Rongle's sleeve, "Grandma forgive Xiangyang this time, grandma treats Xiangyang best!" Grandma~"

Princess Rongle's face finally turned clear, nodded at the head of the county lord of Xiangyang, and scolded with a smile, "Look at what you look like, Song Zhu, take the county lord down to freshen up and freshen up, and the banquet will start in a while." ”

"Grandma, I'll go down first." Princess Xiangyang hurriedly saluted Princess Rongle and walked out quickly with Songzhu. Yan Meng looked at Xiangyang and ran away, a little puzzled, unfortunately when Xiangyang walked by, he met the pair of dark and clear eyes, but for a moment he saw a trace of strangeness in those eyes, she was very flustered? When she was first discovered by Princess Rongle, she was just a temptation, and she was ridiculed by everyone and said that she had never heard of it, why is she a little flustered now? It was as if he was extremely afraid that everyone would see something.

Yan Meng glanced at Princess Rongle without missing a trace, only to see Princess Rongle looking at the county lord of Xiangyang and chuckling, there is nothing wrong, no, when she looked at Princess Rongle, there was a small black five-finger print on the sleeve of Princess Rongle. She understood why Princess Xiangyang looked like she was running away, remembering the appearance of the county lord of Xiangyang holding Princess Rongle just now, she felt a little funny, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and Princess Rongle was still talking to everyone without knowing it, and everyone didn't notice anything unusual.

But after a while, the maid beside the princess fell in the princess's ear and whispered something, Yan Meng seemed to see the green tendons on the princess's forehead jumping slightly, looked down at her sleeve, turned her hand and waved, raised her head and said to everyone quietly

"The banquet will be held later, the palace will go to change clothes first, the lotus flowers in the house are blooming well this year, and the palace will spread the banquet on the edge of the ripple lake, Qinglan, you lead the ladies over."

"Yes."