11. Brother and sister
The second elder brother Mianning only brought a few small servants to the house.
He was going to enter the palace, but instead of seeing his emperor, he was going to see another person. To tell the truth, her emotions about that person are very complicated, and she can't tell why.
That person was his half-mother's sister, Ruohua.
For this sister, he is still somewhat resistant in his heart. Xu is because his childhood weakness has been ingrained in his memory, so he doesn't want to see his sister very much.
"Second elder brother, the carriage has entered the palace, please ......" The carriage stopped, and a small servant lifted the curtain, and was interrupted by Mianning in the middle of his words, "No need, I'll just go all the way." ”
After speaking, he had already dismounted from the carriage.
Walking between the palaces, stepping on the snow, all the way forward unimpeded. He didn't come to this palace often, and this time the emperor forcibly asked him to see his sister. Although I am not very reluctant, since I have all come, I can only go and take a look.
"Second elder brother?" A voice came from behind, and when he turned his head, it was the Gushan Beizi of the Borzigit clan, and the Borzigit clan was Xianchun. Xianchun confirmed the identity of the person in front of him and saluted, "I've seen the second elder brother." ”
"No courtesy. Why is Beizi here? Mianning was a little surprised. This Beizi is a Mongolian banner man, and the Qing Dynasty did not explicitly prohibit ethnic minorities from shaving their hair, so the person in front of him has never shaved his hair, but he still has a kind of Central Plains man's grace and grace in Mongolian clothes, perhaps because his mother is a Central Plains woman.
"I heard about the national funeral, come on my behalf of the Borzigit clan." Xianchun is obviously a man who is as gentle as jade, and there is no indifference and alienation in the narrow Danfeng eyes, but a gentle smile.
Mianning nodded, indicating her understanding, "I'm about to go to see my sister, I wonder if Beizi is willing to go along?" ”
"Since the second elder brother has spoken, Xianchun will naturally follow." Xianchun had no opinion, and followed Mianning and the two walked towards Jingren Palace while chatting.
When the two of them arrived at Jingren Palace, they saw the jade nobles coming out of Jingren Palace, and they were in a little hurry. In addition to the palace gate, the jade nobleman also seemed to see the two of them, and saluted them, "I've seen the second elder brother...... Bei Ziye. ”
"Excuse me. Can the four princesses be in the palace? Mianning bowed her head and followed her greetings to confirm whether Ruohua was in the palace. I saw the jade nobleman reply, "Yes, the princess is in the palace, I'm afraid she is resting, the second elder brother and Bei Ziye are okay to go at this moment, the princess should get up to greet her." ”
"Thank you." When Mianning heard this, he stepped into the palace gate of Jingren Palace with his feet, and Xianchun also followed.
The jade nobleman was stunned, and then turned to leave.
Gyeongin Palace.
Let's say that Ruohua finally sent the jade nobleman out, got up and was about to go to the courtyard for a walk. She had long since lost her sleep, and was now meditating in the courtyard.
The snow on the ground had already been swept away, and even though she stepped on the bottom of the flower pot, she would not fall so easily. She was walking, and a touch of ghostly thought took her eyeballs, it was Lamei.
Ruohua has been staring at Na Lamei, who has not been carefully appreciated these days, and can't help but stop and watch.
"Don't let people praise the good color, just leave the air full of goodness." She raised her hand, touched the petals with her fingertips, and said in her mouth, "This plum blossom can be frost and snow, and all the winter scenery is still worth seeing in this place, and the rest are white, so what can I see!" ”
"The royal sister is right." Mianning walked out not far from her, with a little more admiration in her eyes.
"The princess has also read Wang Yuanzhang's poem (1)?" Xianchun and Mianning are just the opposite, what they care about is not the evaluation of the second half of the sentence, but the poetry of the first half of the sentence, "It seems that the princess is also a talented girl, and she blurted out Wang Yuanzhang's "Momei", which is really good temperament." ”
When Ruohua heard this, he was a little distracted for a moment, but he only guessed that there was one person behind him, and another person did not know his identity. Turning around and saluting, "Ruohua has seen the imperial brother." Back to the emperor's words, Ruohua just happened to see this song "Momei" a few days ago, and after watching this plum blossom, he read it out casually, which made the imperial brother smile. ”
"There's no need to be polite, but the royal sister should say this to the Beizi next to me." Mianning smiled, then turned to look at Xianchun, "It seems that the two of you are more knowledgeable than me, this poem is good, but the two of them are even better." ”
"Brother Miao praised. Ruohua has seen Bei Ziye. Ruohua was stunned, turned around and saluted Xianchun on the side, but didn't dare to look up at Xianchun, as if he felt a little embarrassed.
"The princess doesn't have to be polite." Xianchun's words made Ruohua feel a little better, and when he looked up, he was really stunned. A pair of just right Danfeng eyes have a gentle smile, the sword eyebrows are heroic, the face is as white as jade, and he is as gentle as jade. Dressed in Mongolian costumes, it also made Ruohua a little more enlightened.
These are not enough to surprise Ruohua, what Ruohua is most surprised by is that his appearance is actually nine points similar to Mo Xu, and he subconsciously blurted out, "Mo ...... Thread? ”
Xianchun's face did not change, "Princess, under the name of Xianchun." ”
"I see...... Looks like I recognized the wrong person. Ruohua smiled awkwardly and turned his head to look at Mianning, "Come into the house and sit down, it's so cold this day, it's too cold to stand outside for too long." ”
"It's fine." Mianning didn't notice the change in Ruohua's face, but walked straight to the main hall without the slightest restraint. This made Ruohua feel a little brotherly, and hurriedly followed.
As for Xianchun, he took his leave instead, and the two never kept it.
Inside the temple.
The house was to be warmed up a little, but Ruohua still asked someone to bring a few hand stoves.
"I still don't need a hand stove." Mianning saw those hand stoves, but smiled, "It's not so expensive, it's better for the imperial sister to cover it, the imperial sister hasn't recovered from falling off the horse last time, so you still have to be careful." ”
"Thank you Brother Huang for your concern." Ruohua smiled, in fact, this hand stove was really brought to cover her. She is really afraid of the cold, and the clothes on her body are extremely thick, even so, she is still a little shivering.
Mianning saw that she didn't look unusual, so she spoke, "Huang Ama can't let go, let me take a look at you, it looks good now, pay attention to your body in the future, so that Huang Ama can rest assured." ”
"Brother Huang is too, I'm afraid the snow is going to melt these days. It is said that 'the snow is not cold, the snow melts cold', it is better to be careful, and it is not easy to get the wind chill. Ruohua was a little surprised.
I have the impression that this royal brother seems to have met very few times, but I didn't expect that he still cares about himself. I'm afraid that I'm the same as the emperor, I'm afraid that when I see her, I will think of the first queen.
"Princess." Xian Yu came in and brought tea to the two of them, "The princess has not been in good health these days, so it is time to sit down for a while and rest." ”
Ruohua thought about it, wanted to order something but still held back, paused as he took the tea, and then said, "You go out and cover the door, this palace is measured." ”
[Note] (1) Wang Yuanzhang: Wang Mian (1287~1359), the character Yuanzhang, the number of boiling Shishan Nong, also known as "Shizhong Weng", "Plum Blossom House Owner", etc. A native of Fengqiao, Zhuji, Zhejiang, he was a famous painter, poet and seal carver in the Yuan Dynasty.