Chapter 100: Leaving Beijing for a Banquet
Xiao Jue stood in front of the Queen Mother, when His Royal Highness the Prince was in front of Sheng Zi'an, he always looked like a fox with a winning ticket, and sometimes, Sheng Zi'an had no way to understand what His Royal Highness the Prince was thinking, His Royal Highness the Prince was an extremely smart person.
knows what he wants, can bend and stretch, endure it, and when it's time to make a move, he will definitely not be soft.
For the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Prince has always been very respectful, and in the capital, only the Queen Mother is really for His Royal Highness.
But this time, in the face of the Queen Mother's questioning, His Royal Highness the Prince answered very simply, and it was indeed himself who gave Princess Anyang the news.
The Queen Mother looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, looked at this little grandson who was the most distressed by her, looked at herself very seriously, and said what she said to defend the Sheng family.
"Jue'er, Anyang is your little aunt, and the Sheng family girl is just an outsider now, you can not get close to your little aunt, but for the sake of the Sheng family's girl, aren't you afraid, do the mourning family blame you?"
His Royal Highness didn't expect the Queen Mother to ask himself so openly, he thought about it and said:
"Imperial grandmother, if marrying a wife is just to let her be my shield, or let her live a hard life with me, I can't even take care of her safety and let her face a concubine by herself, then why do I want to get married? Is it because it's time to get married? ”
"Zi'an is the princess I chose by myself, I want to live with her for the rest of my life, naturally I want to shelter her from the wind and rain, even if she is not married, she is not an outsider, she is one of my closest people, my closest person is the imperial grandmother, if someone is not good for the imperial grandmother, I must not stand idly by, now it is the same for Zi'an, the imperial grandmother, I can't watch Zi'an suffer, and don't care about her!"
The Queen Mother's expression relaxed a little:
"Jue'er has indeed grown up, and has learned to use this kind of words to coax your imperial grandmother, a few years ago you were still a stuffy gourd, and it was more difficult for you to say a soft word than anything else, but now you are here with your mouth open..."
His Royal Highness knew that the Queen Mother didn't actually blame herself, and she also smiled: "After so many years, the imperial grandmother still laughs at things that she didn't understand when she was a child. ”
The Queen Mother's expression softened, and she said as if she was a little nostalgic:
"When you were young, you were very serious, the mourning family and your mother teased you together, you didn't even have a smiling face, the mourning family said in their hearts, your father and your mother are not such people, when your father was young, whoever teased him laughed, and he was cute, and when he came to you, who did you look like?"
"Later, the mourning family reacted, your temper is quite similar to the first emperor, but the mourning family has never seen the first emperor when he was young, so he can only guess that your temperament is somewhat similar to your imperial grandfather..."
"It's just a pity, the first emperor can't see it....."
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she said to Her Royal Highness the Prince:
"This time, it's your little aunt and Guide's, it's just that you can't kill all the people, if Guide can stay in the capital this time, you don't want to stop it, do you hear?"
His Royal Highness the Prince actually breathed a sigh of relief, if the Queen Mother blamed herself for her handling of Princess Anyang's affairs, she would have no choice, and at the same time, she would not stop, since you dare to think about my people, you must be prepared to pay the price.
Otherwise, won't anyone be able to step on their own territory in the future?
When the Queen Mother saw him like this, she knew that Princess Anyang and the Lord of Guide County really made His Royal Highness the Prince angry this time, and the Queen Mother also thought in her heart that this girl from the Sheng family is indeed a means, and it will only take long to not hold His Royal Highness the Prince of the World.
Fortunately, this girl is a smart person who can live with peace of mind, and with her by His Royal Highness the Prince's side, she is also relieved.
His Royal Highness turned around to leave, but when he reached the door, he stopped, turned around, hesitated, and said: "The lord of Guide may have other actions recently, if the imperial grandmother really wants her to stay, pay more attention." ”
"What else does she want to do?" The Queen Mother knew that Her Royal Highness the Prince must not be groundless, she had recently devoted all her thoughts to Princess Anyang, and she didn't pay much attention to the Lord of Guide outside the palace.
His Royal Highness's reminder is definitely not groundless, he must know something.
The Queen Mother nodded: "The mourning family knows, the Sheng family girl has also suffered these days, Aunt Liu, take out the things prepared by the mourning family!" ”
Aunt Liu took down a brocade box from the top of the shelf and handed it to His Royal Highness the Prince.
"This is what the mourning family wore when they were young, and the mourning family is now old, so let's give it to the young girls to play with, and you can give it to the Sheng family."
His Royal Highness the Prince took the brocade box, thanked the Queen Mother, turned around and walked out.
The smile on the Queen Mother's face slowly subsided, and she said to Aunt Liu: "Let people go and find out, what Guide has been doing recently, take care of her, don't let her make other trouble!"
"Yes, sissy....."
Sheng Zi'an looked at the jade earrings in the brocade box, the jade head is excellent, this is not the most important, the important thing is the carving technique, which is the most exquisite Sheng Zi'an has ever seen.
The hollow pattern on it is fine and gorgeous, Sheng Zi'an put the ear pendant on the palm of his hand, and took it to the sun, the faint and warm light emitted by the jadeite made Sheng Zi'an can't help but sigh:
"The Queen Mother's reward is really a good thing..."
His Royal Highness looked at the smile on her face and asked, "If Madame likes it, I will give it to you later." ”
Sheng Zi'an shook his head: "No need, look at the carving technique, it should be the craft of an old carver in the palace before, that old carver should have been dead for a long time..."
"How does Madame know?"
His Royal Highness really doesn't know whose hand this earring was carved from.
Sheng Zi'an smiled:
"His Royal Highness the Prince naturally doesn't know what these girls like, a few years ago, the Queen Mother at the banquet, rewarded a girl who played the piano very well, a hairpin, the hairpin is very exquisite, the Queen Mother said, this is the old master in the palace to do, but the master has passed away, so these jewelry, reward out of one, there is one less, it can be seen that the Queen Mother likes tightly."
"This time, the Queen Mother gave me this reward, and it is estimated that she also saved her face, so that I could write off the previous affairs with Princess Anyang, the lord of Guide County, and I was rewarded with such good things..."
His Royal Highness looked at Sheng Zi'an and said calmly, as he spoke, he took off the earrings on his ears, looked at the brass mirror, took the earrings rewarded by the Queen Mother, and gestured on his ears.
But he didn't put it on for a long time, Sheng Zi'an turned around and handed the earrings in his hand to His Royal Highness the Prince: "His Royal Highness the Prince can help me put them on, I don't see it very really." ”
His Royal Highness the Prince took the earrings handed over by Sheng Zi'an, the jade was in his hand, cool, Xiao Jue looked at the delicate girl in front of him, lifted his hair on one side, turned his face sideways, looked at himself, he leaned over and pinched Sheng Zi'an's earlobe with his fingers.
I only felt that the tentacles were soft and greasy, and the piece of skin and flesh on the side of the neck, in the sun, was snow-white and snow-white, and the girl's hair was black like flowing clouds, which was shocking compared to the good-looking ones.
Sheng Zi'an only felt that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World was even holding his breath, and his movements were gentle as if he was treating a porcelain doll.
When the thin needle finally came out of Sheng Zi'an's ear piercing, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World breathed a sigh of relief.
Sheng Zi'an turned his head, could it be that he saw a relieved look on His Royal Highness the Prince's face, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Why is His Royal Highness the Prince so careful, it has been pierced for so many years, it doesn't hurt." ”
His Royal Highness returned to normal, took a sip of tea, and said, "If Madame is unwilling, she should only not know about this matter, and she will still be a husband in everything." ”
Sheng Zi'an knew that what he said was that he didn't have to take the Empress Dowager: let go of the county lord of Guide County, this instruction was taken seriously.
Sheng Zi'an shook his head:
"The Queen Mother is an elder, Princess Anyang is the daughter of the Queen Mother, and the Lord of Guide is also the Queen Mother's mother, who has been taken care of since childhood, although the Queen Mother loves Her Royal Highness, but she can't ignore Princess Anyang and the Lord of Guide, so I am not surprised at all that the Queen Mother raised this matter."
"If the county lord of Guide can stay in the capital honestly, I will naturally not take the initiative to provoke him, but now, the county lord of Guide has no dead heart, and I don't know where I provoked the county lord of Guide to be so unrelenting..."
Sheng Zi'an spoke with a hint of sarcasm.
"If she insists on dealing with me this time, it is estimated that the Queen Mother will not tolerate her continuing to stay in the capital, everything is her own choice, we just have to wait....."
Soon, the Xirong delegation was ready to leave the capital, and after the emperor learned the news, he asked the Internal Affairs Office to prepare a grand banquet in the palace to bid farewell to the Xirong delegation, and it was also to show the Central Plains' respect for Xirong.
Prince Yimai had actually heard the rumors, saying that Princess Anyang of the Central Plains, that is, the mother of the county lord of Guide, was in very bad health, so he wanted his daughter to stay in the capital for a while longer, and wait for the lord of Guide to be two years older and marry to Xirong.
Prince Yimai has no opinion, after all, it is a marriage between the two countries, Prince Yimai has a little like the lord of Guide, but he doesn't like it so much, whether the lord of Guide is now and his relatives to Xirong, it has nothing to do with it, anyway, the emperor's decree has been issued, no matter when, the lord of Guide is his wife....