Chapter 52: The Eldest Princess
Song Yansheng is not completely curious about this princess, Ruiyang did not build a princess's mansion in Beijing, but married Jiangnan with a horse, I heard that he was quite favored, but he never returned to Beijing. The princess and the colt are rumored to be in a very close relationship, but nothing has come out of it for so many years...... So many things add up, and it's quite appetizing.
On the day of the feast, the girls got up early to freshen up and dress up. Song Yansheng wore a azure cardigan skirt, combed her buns, and her hair was decorated with pearls, which was elegant and generous. As the weather was getting cooler, Yokoba found a brocade blouse and put it on her, but he didn't think that the new clothes he made last year would not be able to wear them now.
Song Yansheng pinched his fleshy cheeks in annoyance, and secretly decided to control the amount of food. When it came time for breakfast, she didn't eat much, and she could eat a drawer of xiaolongbao on weekdays, but today she only ate half of it. Song Xiaodu was strange, looked over and asked, "Why don't you have an appetite, is there something uncomfortable?" ”
She hugged the porridge bowl, couldn't swallow it, and secretly looked at the buns and drooled. Now is the time to eat crab, this bun is the kitchen turned over the pattern to make the crab roe bun, when brought out of the steamer, the skin is thin and the filling is large, steamed slightly transparent, and the appetite is greatly increased.
It's just that last time in a garden, Duanxun's sentence "round run" was heard by her ears, and since then it has been stuck in her heart, and these days she has subconsciously reduced her food, and her favorite melons and fruits have eaten less.
"My granddaughter is fine." She buried her head in eating porridge, but Hengbo next to her said that she leaked her mouth, "The girl has not eaten well these days, saying that she is afraid that some more fat will hinder her view......"
The old lady choked violently, pulled her over and said angrily, "Who said this in front of the girl!" My son, where are you fat? Besides, it's time for you to grow taller, so you should eat more! You can't spoil your body! ”
"......" Song Yansheng silently glanced at Hengbo, looked at the crab roe buns that his grandfather sandwiched over in the plate, and finally he was not able to defeat such a fragrant you, and put it into his mouth as soon as he stretched out his hand, and ate it so that the mouth was swollen and cute, causing the two elders to look at each other and laugh.
After breakfast, the old lady took the girls out to the feast. Song Shusheng was the first to come to ask for peace, and Song Qisheng also came later. Her illness came and went quickly, and she was alive and kicking again these days. It's just that the old lady was by her side at the banquet today, and she took her fingers and sat in another carriage, not daring to make a mess.
Jiangling is about 30 miles away from Yangzhou, and it only takes half an hour to pass by carriage. Song Yansheng fell asleep on the old lady's lap, and Song Shusheng on the side was extremely envious. The carriage was spacious, Hengbo was waiting for the tea, the old lady took the teacup, and gently patted Song Yansheng's back while reaching out, and her love was overflowing.
"You girl, I'm afraid you've been spoiled by your grandfather. You can take a nap in a carriage, and you are not ashamed in front of your sister. Although the old lady reprimanded, there was no anger in her words, and there was still a smile on her lips when she spoke.
Song Shusheng followed his father Song Zhi to leave Beijing when he was a child, and at that time he only heard that the old lady preferred three rooms. It is said that the fifth girl, Song Qinsheng, is the most favored, but now that I look at it, the rumors of others may not be true. The seventh girl is used to being silent on weekdays, but her mind is delicate, not dull, she sees the six girls treated like this, I am afraid that the grandparents and grandmothers are like a baby.
Song Yansheng slept well, and when he woke up, he was slapped on the forehead by the old lady. She reacted very quickly and hugged her head to admit her mistake, so that the old lady couldn't help laughing, Song Shusheng looked at her with bright eyes and smiled, smiling a little shy, and a little envious.
The birthday banquet of the eldest princess of Ruiyang is set in Jiangling Forest Mansion, known as the name of Jiangnan Xiaowanglong Garden. Wanglong Garden is the royal garden of Beijing, extremely luxurious, and the scenery in the huge forest mansion is also breathtaking, the style is very, so it gets the name.
If you want to say whether this is trespassing, the saint has not expressed his tolerance very much, because the eldest princess is married here, so he turned a blind eye.
In front of the Lin Mansion, there was no such crowd as Song Yansheng expected, with noisy cars and horses, and most of the guests invited to the banquet were from Jiangnan families. As everyone stepped into the front yard, they bumped into a person by the door to greet them. This person is dressed in white, his face is like a crown of jade, and he looks extremely elegant and modest, which is easy to make people feel good. Song Yansheng estimated in his heart that this was the concubine of the governor's family, and his first impression was not bad.
It's just that when he meets his eyes, Song Yansheng's heart is not very comfortable, and this feeling is very unreasonable. When she passed by, she inadvertently smelled the smell of wine on this person's body.
The ladies were all introduced into the back house. When she entered the house, she was an eye-opener. I thought that the Qian family's slender West Lake Garden had achieved the extreme scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, but now when I come to this Lin Mansion Xiaowanglong Garden, I know that there is a sky outside the sky.
The banquet of the eldest princess is set up on the observation deck, which is said to be the best place in the entire Lin Mansion. To get to the observation deck, you have to take a boat. Song Qisheng looked blankly at the "viewing platform" of the imperial pen on the bridge and cave, and lost his words for a while in such a beautiful scenery. Song Yansheng and Song Shusheng leaned against the side of the boat, and the water surface was shining with dazzling gold, as if shiny gold was secretly sprinkled in the water.
After the boat docked, I saw that there were many people at the observation deck, including the daughters of those wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou. She glanced around, but she didn't see the peacock-like proud Qian girl, which was strange.
The grandmother had a fate, and led them into the pavilion to meet the eldest princess, and Song Yansheng saw the eldest princess of Ruiyang for the first time. Ruiyang was wearing a crimson formal suit, with a phoenix hairpin hanging from his hair, his face was delicate and extraordinary. She bowed her head slightly to give her a seat, and asked with a smile, "Old lady, please get up, I haven't seen you for many years, is the old man okay?" ”
When he saw the three of them again, his eyes lit up, and he beckoned, "This is a few daughters in the house, they look so good, they are really likeable." ”
When the eldest princess just met, although she had a smile on her lips, she was also detached and polite, and there was always an indescribable melancholy on her face. I heard that the princess is not in good health, and it seems to be true. Looking at her complexion, it looks like a forced smile.
Song Yansheng was quietly looking at her, but she was grabbed by the hand, she was stunned for a moment, and looked at the eldest princess with some eager eyes: "Old lady, how many girls are in the house?" The small appearance of the pearl and jade is really lovely. ”
The strangeness in Song Yansheng's heart deepened, but he still bowed to her and said, "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Kang'an." The courtiers are the sixth in the family, and you call me 'Ah Hao'. ”
Ruiyang stared at her intently, his eyes were brighter, and he pulled her to ask questions, very intimately, and his pale face was a little more excited and red. At this moment, the old lady got up, gently brought her over, and said with a smile, "Ah Hao is naughty, it is rare to be able to enter the eyes of the eldest princess." This was said politely and deferentially, but Song Yansheng felt her resistance and distance from her grandmother's movements.
Looking at Ruiyang again, the princess was still looking at her eagerly, this excessive eagerness and expectation was very wrong, Song Yansheng was alarmed in his heart, and did not take another step.
Perhaps it was her grandmother's actions and words that reminded her, Rui Yang withdrew his hand slightly, his smile narrowed slightly, his eyes swept over her, and then he looked at Song Shusheng and Song Qisheng.
Song Shusheng saw that her face was amiable, and he liked her, so he smiled at her. It was this smile that Ruiyang's eyes moved slightly, "Good boys, all good kids......"
Song Yan's voice was close, and she whispered softly like this.
The time for the banquet was still early, and Song Yansheng went to the front again, admiring the flowers with a group of girls. Now that the osmanthus flowers are blooming just right, the aroma is sweet and greasy, and she suddenly wants to taste the osmanthus cake. Song Qisheng and Miss Yan had a hot chat, after all, the name of the eldest princess was a deterrent, and with her grandmother present, she was much more restrained than before. Not only her, but also the wealthy businessmen and girls in Yangzhou did not dare to be as publicistic as usual.
"Why didn't you see Miss Qian coming?"
When Yan Baobao heard this, he gloated, "She, I heard that she didn't know what she did to make her father unhappy, and she was locked up at home for reflection." ”
Song Qisheng was surprised: "Qian Yishan loves his precious daughter the most, how can he be willing to punish her?" ”
"I sent someone to inquire about her family, and they only heard about the 'medical department' and the 'disaster victims' or something, it was quite a big fuss, Qian Qianqian's face was swollen, hehe, it's really relieving, as for what the reason is, I don't care about it."
Song Yansheng knew what it was when he heard this. Qian Yishan made his fortune in the salt industry, so he naturally relied on the mutual benefit with Pan Zongjiang. Now that Pan Zongjiang is going down to Jiangnan again, he secretly wants to deal with the Song family, and Qian Yishan naturally wants to sell him face. As the head of the eight major salt merchants, Qian Yishan has no intention of being a smart person who can look at his eyes.
The method of helping the homeless people to gain the hearts of the people was purposefully provoked by Song Yansheng among the girls, and now Qian Yishan found out that it was too late, and he was loyal to Pan Zongjiang and the three princes Yi Party, so he was naturally extremely angry when he knew it. She looked at the gloating and triumphant Yan girl, most of the salt merchants were all coiled together, and it was not surprising that the people who surrendered were all the same master. If the Qian family found out about the donation from the medical department, then soon the other salt merchants would also know that their girls were scrambling to disrupt their plan to send to the official office for free. The important things ordered by the top were all ruined in the hands of their own families, and Song Zhi and those homeless people were cheapened in vain, and their faces were estimated to be very ugly. It's just that I don't know if Yan Baobao will be able to smile as brightly as he does today.
Song Yansheng played with the osmanthus that had just been folded off his hand, and walked around, and the scenery of this small Wanglong Garden was far from visible. When I returned to the place just now, I found that Song Shusheng was gone. But it is worth being vigilant that the banquet has not yet begun, and the eldest princess has disappeared with her. I heard that I was tired, so I went down and rested for a while.
Hengbo looked around the neighborhood and came back and shook his head at her, but he met Song Qisheng who was eating melon seeds and gossiping inside.
"Chess, have you seen the seventh sister?"