Chapter 27: The Feast
Princess Anle's anger in her heart dropped a little, "What you said is the same, Brother Huai was just noisy by them, so he glanced at them, so why should I be angry." She stroked the handkerchief in her hand with relief, and her face softened.
Miss Jiang San also smiled, "Cousin is right to think so, but—" She changed her words and stopped talking.
"But what?" Princess Anle looked at her and wondered.
"But cousin also has to be on guard, Cheng Shizi is not young now, and if he wants to come to Wei Guogong, he will also consider his marriage, although the county lord of Zhaoyang who suddenly appeared is still young, but if he wins Cheng Shizi's favor......" Miss Jiang San quietly observed Princess An Le's expression, and only said half of it, which was enough.
Princess An Le fell into deep thought, and felt that what her cousin said was not unreasonable, after all, it was difficult for Daddy to force Cheng Huai's marriage, unless it was the daughter-in-law of Wei Guogong, or Cheng Huai's own noble daughter.
But no matter what it is, it is very difficult for her to achieve.
It would be nice if Cheng Huai's mother was still alive, and she could still set it up. The current Duchess is Cheng Huai's stepmother, and I heard that the relationship between the two is lukewarm, and An Le will not be stupid enough to please Cheng Huai's stepmother.
Miss Jiang San looked at Princess An Le's contemplative expression, and wondered a little, shouldn't she ask herself how to beware of the Zhaoyang County Lord at this moment? Why is there no response?
"Cousin?" Miss Jiang San called her tentatively.
Princess An Le came back to her senses and wondered, "What's wrong?" ”
Miss Jiang San felt that she should have said more clearly, and she said bluntly: "Cousin, do you have to guard against this Zhaoyang County Lord, after all, who is Princess Shuning and Miss Xu, Cheng Shizi doesn't care about it, what if he falls in love with this Zhaoyang County Lord who suddenly appeared?" ”
Princess An Le looked at Miss Jiang San like a fool and laughed, "This Zhaoyang is a little girl from the countryside, even if she is beautiful, but she is neither literate nor polite, will Brother Huai like such a girl?" Are you joking? ”
Miss Jiang San's face turned red and she was speechless.
Liang Yunfu, who was sitting on the side, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "This is not accurate. ”
"Don't be a crow's mouth." Princess An Le snorted coldly.
Liang Yunfu didn't even look at her, as if he hadn't heard, he picked up the tea and took a sip.
The willow shooting on the field continued, Cheng Huai had already gone down after winning the top, and sure enough, it was Tong Yan's cousin Zhao Heng who won the second place.
King Yong implored the emperor to reward Zhao Heng with his sunset bow.
The emperor drank the wine with his head down, nodded after a moment of silence, and added another superb Mongolian horse.
The Queen Mother's face didn't look very good, she sighed and said no more.
"Your Majesty gave you a superb Mongolian horse, and King Yong rewarded a sunset bow." Tongfu shouted.
The audience was shocked again, and everyone wondered in their hearts, what's wrong with Your Majesty and King Yong, these two good bows left by Emperor Taizu have been rewarded like this?
Zhao Heng knelt down expressionlessly and thanked him.
Xu Mingyi stood up in shock when he heard this reward, this, what's wrong?
Shuning teased: "Alas, your brother is even worse this time, the second place has such a good reward, but it will lose the face of the Marquis of Linjiang." ”
Xu Mingyi sat down dejectedly, "It's not, Xu Yanzhi is really miserable this time." She thought about it, stood up again, and said confidently: "But I can't blame my brother, Cheng Huai is a genius, my brother can't compare, but the prince of Pingyang Hou has been on the battlefield with King Yong, and my brother can't be compared, which is also expected, helpless." ”
"Okay, you, you can talk like Zou Zou." Shuning quipped with a smile.
"Is the Sunset Bow valuable?" Tong Yan was at a loss.
Xu Mingyi and Shu Ning were surprised at the same time: "You don't know? ”
"That's similar to the Xuanyuan Bow, it was given to King Yong by the first emperor, that is, your grandfather gave it to your father." Xu Mingyi continued.
It turns out that this is the case, but her father can no longer fight on the battlefield, and this good bow is like a fictitious one, but why not leave it to Li Qi? Is this his own son? It's because His Majesty gave the Xuanyuan Bow to Cheng Huai, so Daddy didn't keep this sunset bow?
Tong Yan speculated wildly.
"Ah, this time it's finally my brother's turn!" Xu Mingyi was elated.
Xu Yanzhi was dressed in green clothes, and he spurred the horse to run in front of the saint, looking radiant, quite like a young man in fresh clothes.
But when he heard the reward, Xu Mingyi wilted again, "Alas, the third place is also a tanhua, why don't you have a bow, only a horse." ”
"It's good to have horses, but the horses behind you are gone, and if you can't shoot until noon, then you won't even have to eat luncheon." Shuning comforted.
"Then my brother won't even have to eat." Zhou Jinyu pursed his eyebrows, looking pitiful.
Xu Mingyi said uncertainly: "No, although your father is a pavilion elder, your brother is not a weak scholar, and he can always shoot." ”
Tong Yan couldn't interject, so she could only listen quietly, memorize everything they said in her head, and do her homework when she got back.
Soon the morning passed, Zhou Jinyu's brother Zhou Zheng was shot, and the emperor gave everyone a banquet, of course, those teenagers who didn't shoot naturally couldn't use the luncheon.
Tong Yan suddenly thought of Tong Hui and Tong Yue, she craned her neck, looking around for their figures.
"What's wrong?" Shuning asked strangely.
"I'm looking for where Qingping and Wen'an are." Tong Yan Weihe.
"Wen'an is always with the young ladies of the Yang family and the Hu family, and Qingping must be together too, it's strange to say, although they are all cousins, they rarely interact with me." Shuning shook her head.
"Tonghui, sister?" Tong Yan muttered, she suddenly saw Tong Hui, not far away, talking and laughing with a young lady, looking very happy,
Shu Ning also looked over and said in surprise: "Isn't that Wang Lan?" ”
Looking at Tong Yan's ignorant expression, she explained: "It's Concubine Zhuang's niece." ”
Concubine Zhuang and Mrs. Wang are sisters, so Wang Lan is also Mrs. Wang's niece, and she and Tonghui are cousins.
Tong Yan nodded clearly, "I see, the two of them are cousins." ”
"Cousin? Oh yes, I forgot about it. Shuning suddenly realized, and then wondered: "But Qingping has never had anything to do with the people of the Wang family for so many years, and it's no wonder that I forgot this stubble." ”
Tong Yan didn't take it to heart, after all, they are cousins, and it's normal to sit and have fun together.
"Hey, I'll take Zhaoyang to see how Cheng Huai is!" Zhou Mingyi blinked and said strangely.