(127) Horse candidates
July 9th.
The eldest princess's eldest son, Sun Fuyi, visited Jiang Qingchen at the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion and sent an invitation, stating that he invited the princess and the concubine to attend her father's birthday tomorrow.
At this moment, it is business time, and it is not easy to talk about private matters, so after Sun Fuyi sent the invitation, he went back.
An hour later, Jiang Qingchen got the news that the Holy Lord had decreed that Sun Fuyi was officially promoted to the Ministry of Works.
Jiang Qingchen had long known that Yun Xue and Hou Ye would definitely go, but it was not necessary for him to go or not, because he usually didn't have much contact with the eldest princess.
Jiang Qingchen felt that Yun Xiangrong should go, after all, the eldest princess was Yun Xiangrong's imperial aunt.
But because this invitation was put last month, Yun Xiangrong hadn't been crowned a princess at that time, so this matter was settled. And Mrs. Yun will return to Jiangnan the day after tomorrow, Yun Xiangrong just wants to accompany her mother more now, and she is not in the mood to participate in any banquets.
Now that Sun Fuyi has been promoted, the situation has become different, he was not in the capital before, and the relationship in the capital is not very familiar, the eldest princess must want to use this banquet to introduce her relationship to her son.
Jiang Qingchen had to go to the banquet, which was needed by officialdom.
Respecting Yun Xiangrong, Jiang Qingchen deliberately went back to the Hou Mansion during the lunch break that day, and told Yun Xiangrong about the matter, Yun Xiangrong knew the general situation, knew that this was a must, and did not refuse, the two made an appointment that Yun Xiangrong would pick up Jiang Qingchen tomorrow, and the two would go to the princess's mansion together.
On the day of the banquet, Yun Xiangrong appeared at the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion on time, Jiang Qingchen could see from yesterday that Yun Xiangrong was in a low mood, Mrs. Yun would return to Jiangnan tomorrow, Yun Xiangrong felt so lonely, not that he was worried about anything, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Jiang Qingchen accompanied Yun Xiangrong into the carriage, Yun Xiangrong was wearing a standard princess today, and the jewelry was very ordinary, and the only special thing was to wear the bracelet given by the Duchess of Fuguo on her hand.
Jiang Qingchen said in his heart, although he was in a bad mood, he didn't leave anything that he should have worn.
The two of them didn't speak, Yun Xiangrong instinctively snuggled into Jiang Qingchen's arms, Jiang Qingchen hugged her quietly, and felt that even if she didn't speak, it was beautiful.
The carriage was heading towards the princess's mansion, and suddenly the carriage stopped, Jiang Qingchen said in his heart that there would be no scoundrels blocking the way, right? As soon as he opened the curtain of the carriage, before he could speak, Jiang He took the initiative to say: "Young master, there are people transporting goods into Beijing in front, the city gate is blocked, and Gongzi Ge has already dredged it in front, it should be fine soon." ”
As he spoke, the carriage moved slowly again.
Because of the shadow of the accident in the princess's mansion last time, this time I went to the princess's mansion, Jiang Qingchen took Jiang He not Jiang Qiao, Jiang He has good martial arts, and he gave his two secret guards to protect Yun Xiangrong, because of the banquet in the princess's mansion, the male guests in the outer hall and the female guests in the inner hall, the two of them are not in the same place.
Jiang Qingchen pulled the curtain and saw that it was really Ge Hongtao who was spontaneously directing the traffic and evacuating the passenger flow.
"Rong Rong, let me tell you personally, one of the most prominent in the capital this year, but unfortunately there is no son's list this year, or Ge Hongtao will definitely be on the list, and he will be on the list on his own." Jiang Qingchen said.
The invisible condition of the son's list is that the family background is good. Ge Hongtao's family background is very ordinary.
Yun Xiangrong saw a young man in a dark purple robe, riding on a horse, evacuating people.
"Ge Hongtao? There is no such person on the relationship network given by the eldest sister. Yun Xiangrong said.
"He came from an ordinary background, and his father was Zuo Cheng, the assistant of Shangshu Province, with a sixth-rank official rank. If you want to say that the only thing that has anything to do with the dignitaries of the capital, it should be his aunt, the aunt of Yi'enhou's eldest son. Jiang Qingchen said.
"Meng Yuting is his cousin?" Yun Xiangrong said.
"I don't know about this, it is said that the daughter of Yi'en Houfu has been pestering him recently. I don't know what it's called. Jiang Qingchen said.
"What's wrong with him?" Yun Xiangrong asked.
"Yes, this is what I want to say, this year's spring he won the Jinshi, this is not over, the just-concluded Wu Zhuangyuan selection competition, he entered the top ten, and he has the strength to impact the top three, Wu Zhuangyuan came out is the third product. For the first time, I have produced a talent who is both civil and military, and you say that he is very powerful. Jiang Qingchen said.
"Cousin, I think if you go to the exam, you can definitely do it, but he has one thing, I don't think you have it, and I don't have it, that is, without any official position, he is obliged to help everyone, such as evacuating traffic." Yun Xiangrong said.
"This is indeed Ge Hongtao will become a good official, in fact, when you talked about the fourth princess the day before yesterday, the first thing I thought of was him, he had a good relationship with Lord Shangshuling." Jiang Qingchen said.
"Because he was recently entangled by the cousin of the Yienhou Mansion, so you said wait and see, right?" Yun Xiangrong said.
"Yes, the competition of Wu Zhuangyuan will start at the beginning of next month, do you want to watch it?" Jiang Qingchen asked.
"I kind of think about it, I have a little experience in practicing martial arts recently, and I am also interested in this." Yun Xiangrong said.
While talking, the two arrived at the princess's mansion, and they didn't pay much attention to when the carriage left the congested area.
I saw the eldest princess and the concubine, Sun Shilang and his wife, welcoming them at the gate. Jiang Qingchen and Yun Xiangrong got out of the carriage. The coachman was led by the princess's house maid to the designated place.
Jiang Qingchen took the initiative to greet the horse and Sun Shilang.
The eldest princess also saw Yun Xiangrong for the first time, but she knew Jiang Qingchen, and then looked at Yun Xiangrong's clothes, she knew that this was the third princess of the dynasty, and said: "Xiangrong, I am really happy that you and the concubine can come." ”
"The imperial aunt is too polite, the imperial aunt's birthday, as a junior, should come. Yun Xiangrong said.
Yun Xiangrong has a good impression of the eldest princess, the eldest princess is a bright look, and the whole person looks optimistic, Yun Xiangrong seems to be happy with whoever lives with this kind of woman.
"Are the girls of your Yun family all fairies descending to earth?" The eldest princess whispered to Yun Xiangrong.
"Thank you, Aunt Huang, for the compliment." Yun Xiangrong said with a smile.
She could hear that this was the eldest princess courting her.
Jiang Qingchen and Yun Xiangrong entered the princess's mansion, since the last time the princess's mansion had an accident, the ban on not being able to bring people into the mansion was lifted, and Yun Xiangrong came with Xia He and Qiucao when he went out this time.
They just can't go into the inner hall where they eat.
Jiang Qingchen is a male guest and can't enter the inner hall, Yun wanted to let himself in, so he saw a lot of ladies and ladies in the hall, and at a glance, he saw Yun Xue and Jiang Yaoyao talking, as if they were discussing something.
"Auntie, eldest sister." Yun Xiangrong walked over and took the initiative to say hello.
Jiang Yaoyao first saw the bracelet on Yun Xiangrong's wrist, and said in his heart that she was really a smart girl, and a few people first exchanged a few words, and Yun Xue said that she had already told the eldest princess that Mrs. Yun would return to Jiangnan tomorrow and would not have to wait until the banquet was over. After a while, she can go home with Jiang Qingchen first.
Jiang Yaoyao said: "Rong Rong, don't care what your fifth sister-in-law Cai Jindan says, no one pays attention to her, she understands." Jiang Yaoyao said.
"She said about my origins again? Is there anything fresh? Yun Xiangrong said.
"You've only been a princess for a few days, so there will be so many topics, today it seems that you don't adapt to the soil and water, and you left the harem in advance." Jiang Yaoyao said.
"Big sister, don't worry about me, I don't care." Yun Xiangrong said.
Many of the ladies who came today are friends with the Changping Marquis Mansion and the Fuguo Mansion, so I took this opportunity to introduce Princess Rong to my relatives and friends.
Yun Xiangrong replied politely one by one.
At this time, I heard a voice say: "Third sister, you are also here, I thought you would not come?" Ning Muying said.
Jiang Yaoyao was surprised, this fourth princess was notoriously arrogant, how could she talk to Yun Xiangrong so low-key? There is also a sense of familiarity.
"Fourth sister, I just arrived." Yun Xiangrong said.
Cai Jindan came early today, and gossiped with some ladies who arrived early, and everyone actually didn't have any feelings about this princess who was killed halfway, so she also felt that a princess from a businessman could have any good character.
But when I saw Yun Xiangrong, I felt that something was wrong, the good or bad character, the temperament would undoubtedly be revealed, obviously Yun Xiangrong looked like a simple girl, and the fourth princess was so kind, I felt that what Cai Jindan said was a little wrong.
And the bracelet on Yun Xiangrong's hand is very revealing, it is the marriage of the Duchess of Fuguo, Jiang Yaoyao has one, how can the other one be in Yun Xiangrong's hand, it can only be said that Yun Xiangrong has been recognized by the Duchess of Fuguo, but unfortunately the Duchess of Fuguo is unwell today and did not come, or can I confirm the attitude of the Duchess of Fuguo.
The imperial sister-in-law counted down the sister-in-law, and it didn't seem to be good-looking, so everyone stopped discussing the matter.
Ning Muying pulled Yun Xiangrong into the inner hall, and said as she walked: "Is the fifth sister-in-law crazy, she is still talking bad about you today, this is the eldest princess's mansion, isn't she ashamed?" ”
"Fourth sister, don't worry about her, let her say it, if you say too much, you will always get retribution. Did you talk to the eldest princess today? Yun Xiangrong said.
"Aunt Huang is very busy, but she also said a few words." Ning Muying said.
She deliberately came early today, just to leave a good impression on the eldest princess, and when she went back that day, she told Concubine Yan what Yun Xiangrong meant, and Concubine Yan felt that Yun Xiangrong was a sister worthy of deep friendship.
How can you say that Yun Xiangrong is also a person from the prince's side, and there are only benefits and no harm in getting along.
"I'll tell you personally, I met on the road today, called Ge Hongtao, you talk to your uncle, go and investigate, the horse said that he is okay and innocent, but the specific things are not clear. I don't mean anything else, you're still young, it's always good to see you more, and you don't need to do anything right away. If you think it's good, find another opportunity to reach out. I think it's better to have enough understanding of a person's conduct and family background, and then talk about family affairs. Yun Xiangrong whispered to Ning Muying.
Ning Muying didn't twist either, and nodded directly.
She knows that her marriage is lifelong happiness, not extravagant love, but also respectful of each other, Yun Xiangrong said these words, Concubine Yan has already told her.