At dusk, Li Wei came to see the princess again, the princess changed the sunset in the golden duck incense burner taken out of the embroidery, although he let him in, but he never looked at him, Li Wei respectfully greeted her, and only the Han family on the side replied on behalf of the princess, and the princess lowered her eyes with a cold face, blindly silent and doing her own thing.

She leisurely dialed the incense ash in the furnace with a fire chopstick, and asked Jiaqingzi to bring a red-hot Qingquan incense cake, which was put in the furnace, she lightly smeared a layer of incense ash on it, and used the fire chopsticks to point out a few pores, and tried it on the top, and felt that the heat was suitable, so she put on the mica partition, and then picked up the silver carved incense spoon, ready to add spices to it.

This series of movements is smooth and elegant, her hands are extremely beautiful, her complexion is as smooth as jade, her fingers are slender, and her undulating movements are like two fluttering Xinyi flowers. Li Wei looked at it in a daze, and forgot to continue talking with Han for a while.

Later, the princess probably noticed his loss of consciousness, and when her eyes briefly brushed his face, she couldn't help showing a little cold glimmer, and she immediately turned to me, pointed to the incense box with a silver spoon, and smiled skillfully: "Huaiji, what kind of incense do you say I should use tonight?" Is it a flower soaked in agarwood, or is it a real fragrance of wood rhino? ”

It's an ambiguous question. The golden duck incense burner rests in the boudoir screen, and the two incense products she asks about are often called "incense in the tent".

She did it on purpose.

Sure enough, Li Wei's eyes were like incense cakes that burned out in an instant, and there was only a piece of dead ash in his eyes. He didn't say anything, but the hands on his knees slowly grasped the piece of clothing, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were highlighted.

I did not want to conspire with the princess in this revenge, so I bowed to her respectfully and told her a white lie: "These incense products have not been smelled by the courtiers, and they cannot give the princess good advice." The princess should ask a few girls. ”

The princess pursed her lips and smiled, and no longer asked others, but took a spoonful of wood rhinoceros incense and added it.

Li Wei fidgeted, and reluctantly said a few more words to Han before getting up to say goodbye. I wanted to send him out, but he stopped me coldly: "Don't dare to have Mr. Lao Liang." Then he quickened his pace and walked out quickly.

Since then, he has come to the princess less often, and has devoted himself more and more to the study of calligraphy and painting, buying collections at great expense, painting ink and bamboo in the study day and night, sometimes going out, nothing more than to associate with famous painters and collectors, or going to the Yichun Garden, where he bought the field to supervise the work—it seems that he really wanted to build a beautiful garden.

The princess was pleased that the colt had begun to distance herself from her situation, and found a new pleasure in buying me new clothes, looking for the finest Wu Ayashu brocade and light Yue Luo, and having them cut into the style of the Confucian robes, which were the most fashionable in the city, and ordered me to wear them all day long in the house, but she forbade me to wear them unless I entered the palace.

Once she went to Xiangguo Temple to incense also let me wear such a scribe robe with her, and at that time Xiangguo Temple had just changed the new abbot, did not recognize us, when I went out to greet each other, I saw me dismount from the princess's chariot, immediately came to give a salute, even called me "Du Wei", the princess and the surrounding attendants all laughed, but did not say anything, and finally I explained my identity to the abbot, he was embarrassed after hearing it, and hurriedly complained to me and the princess, and the princess was not ashamed, but seemed to like this misunderstanding very much.

Mrs. Yang naturally couldn't get used to it, and often spoke coldly, and the princess also went her own way, insisting on letting me dress according to her wishes. All I could do was to keep a little distance from the princess, and not to be alone with her, and even if I was reciting poetry and painting in the study during the day, the door was wide open, and at least two maids were waiting by my side.

Madame Yang must have installed someone to spy on my relationship with the princess, and she did not find any big deal, but she was always dissatisfied with the princess, and whenever the ladies of the clan came to visit, she would always complain to them that the princess did not respect the concubine, and was rude to her, and she did not look like a bride at all. Some people also passed these words to me, which made me a little worried: if these complaints of the Yang family reached the ears of the scholars, I am afraid that they would say that the princess was "arrogant".

In the first month of the fifth year of Jiayou, the ninth daughter of the emperor is Princess Fu'an, and the tenth daughter is Princess Qingshou. Since last year, Dong and Tuesday gave birth to princesses, and they have a tendency to favor them, and they are pregnant again.

Although she lost the hope of getting the imperial heir again, she still rewarded Qiuhe and her mother and daughter generously, and wanted to enter Qiuhe as a beauty. So Jinshang invited him to give Qiu and his father a first-class official.

Three days after the eleventh princess was born, the princess and Mrs. Yang entered the palace to congratulate each other. At that time, the queen was in the Qiuhe Pavilion, and personally hugged the eleventh princess, patted it gently with love and pity, and called this unnamed girl the "lord" in a very doting tone. The princess also liked this little sister very much, and teased her for a while on the side, and snatched the eleventh princess from the queen's arms, hugged herself, and said with a smile to Qiuhe's side: "The ninth sister was born like a father, and the eleventh sister is like you cast out of a mold." ”

Qiu He just smiled quietly and replied softly: "The newborn children are all wrinkled, what can you see...... If it's like me, it's not good......"

When the queen saw that the princess and her sister were having a good time, she asked Madame Yang to go out with her to talk in the hall. I was afraid that Mrs. Yang would count the princess in front of the queen, so I went out with me and stood aside.

After greeting Madame Yang slightly, the queen asked how the princess and the concubine were getting along. Mrs. Yang immediately sighed: "It's still the same, I'm afraid that when the official family holds the tenth prince in the future, they may not be able to see a grandson!" It's all my son's honesty that doesn't say good things, and he doesn't pick out good clothes to wear, so that the princess will only be in the way of seeing it. Yan glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a light smile: "I'm still persuading the horse, I have time to ask Mr. Liang for advice, ask Mr. Liang to teach him how to talk and do things, dress and wear hats, and let the princess laugh when she sees him." ”

The queen heard her voice and looked at me. I immediately bowed to her, and then said to Mrs. Yang, "Huaiji is afraid. The horses are dignified and well-dressed, so that Huaiji can talk about them in vain. ”

Mrs. Yang smiled and said, "Mr. Liang is too modest. You look good, your clothes are bright, what calligraphy and painting, poetry, there is no can't, even if a few horses are killed, they can't catch up with you. After saying this, she turned to the queen and said, "Mr. Liang knows a lot of things, and there must be some stunts that others don't have, and the princess likes it very much, and often invites him to the pavilion to learn." Mr. Liang also served the princess with all his heart, from morning to night, all day long, telling a joke, people who don't know see their situation, they all point fingers at them, but think that Mr. Liang is a colt! ”

She said it was a "joke", but her eyes were cold at the moment, and there was no joke at all. The queen naturally understood, and after a little hesitation, she raised her eyes and smiled slightly at Mrs. Yang: "Sure enough, Mrs. Guo is a noble person who has seen the world, and she is not as knowledgeable as those beggars. I remember that when I brought the nurse into the palace, the nurse saw that the palace ministers could enter and leave the boudoir at will, and even served the ladies to freshen up and change their clothes, and supported them left and right, and couldn't help but be shocked, saying that these things are not things that men can do. When the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui heard this, she taught her: "The ministers and lieutenants are not men, and they are no different from the maids used in the wealthy family, but their strength and mind are stronger than ordinary women, and they are better to call." They have been pure since childhood, and they have been strict in the palace, they have no loss of virtue, and there is no possibility of defiling the court, so why not enter and leave the boudoir? You only treat them as girls, don't be surprised, otherwise, those who know, will say that you are strict and righteous, guarding the big defense, and if you don't know, I am afraid that you will laugh at your little family, so that you are not used to this kind of heavenly family. My nurse was very ashamed to hear this, and she got used to it from then on. Presumably, there are not many people outside the palace who have seen the ministers, and when they saw Huai Ji by chance, they still treated him as a man, so some indiscreet words came to the ears of the uncle and his wife. Fortunately, the uncle and wife have been banned for 20 years, and they have seen the same situation as the palace dependents, so they will not take this kind of gossip to heart, and they will sulk for no reason. It is a great blessing for the princess to have such a sensible aunt. ”