The eldest princess is the sister of Emperor Qingde's mother.

Although she is a daughter, the eldest princess is the favorite child of the first emperor, not only chose a civil and military horse for her, but also gave her a royal palace in the suburbs to make a princess mansion.

It's a pity that the eldest princess's concubine died young, and the eldest princess, who didn't even have children, rejected the emperor's suggestion to let her remarry, and has lived a widowhood for nearly 30 years.

These...... Naturally, Shi Jinxiu heard it sporadically from other people's mouths.

At this moment, she was sitting in her own black lacquered flat-headed carriage, heading to the eldest princess's mansion in the suburbs.

The driver who drove the car was Zhang Xiaoshan, and the people who accompanied Shi Jinxiu were Du Juan and Nie Pozi.

Thinking that this was going to the eldest princess's mansion, Du Juan was even more nervous than Shi Jinxiu, but Nie Pozi seemed very calm and sat aside like a nobody.

Because she was going to visit the princess, Shi Jinxiu deliberately changed into a newly made lake-green makeup plain jacket, combed a fallen horse bun on her head, and inserted a tourmaline beaded hairpin on her sideburns, which set off the temperament of her small jasper just right.

In this day when the water turned into ice, the Eldest Princess's Mansion was as warm as spring.

Rhododendrons, camellias, etc., which should only bloom in spring, are blooming in the flower hall of the eldest princess's mansion, competing for beauty.

Shi Jinxiu sat there a little stiffly, and her heart was beating a drum.

Didn't you say that the eldest princess's mansion held a winter solstice banquet today?

Why is there no one else in this big flower hall except her?

Looking at the cup of tea that had already cooled, Shi Jinxiu got up and asked the maid standing by the door: "This sister, are there any other people coming to the mansion for a banquet today?" ”

"The slave maid is only responsible for serving tea and pouring water in the flower hall, and I don't know anything about the other things." The maid was about the same age as Shi Jinxiu, but her voice was very cold.

Shi Jinxiu saw that she couldn't ask anything, so she smiled with her, returned to the previous place and continued to sit still like a bell.

How do you know that this sitting is an hour?

Nie Pozi, who was standing beside Shi Jinxiu, didn't say anything, but Du Juan couldn't stand still.

She changed from her left foot to her right foot, and from her right foot to her left foot, and after going back and forth several times, she finally couldn't help muttering: "The eldest princess is really, since you invited the girl to come, what does it mean to deliberately hang it like this?" ”

Shi Jinxiu listened to Du Juan's complaints, and suddenly changed his face.

"Palm!" She said with a dark face.

"Girl?" The cuckoo was surprised.

She has been with the girl for so many years, and the girl has never even said a word of weight, but now she suddenly let her slap her mouth, which makes her a little overwhelmed.

"What did I tell you before I came?" Shi Jinxiu frowned at her, "Have you forgotten everything?" ”

After receiving the invitation from the eldest princess's mansion, Shi Jinxiu went to find Yu Wenyan as soon as possible, wanting to inquire about the eldest princess's preferences from his mouth.

"The eldest princess is a person who takes rules very seriously," Yu Wenyan smiled with her, "But you don't have to be too nervous, you have always been a person who abides by the rules, just be yourself!" ”

If you say this, you don't say it.

But no matter how coquettish she is, Yu Wenyan refuses to say another word.

Because she couldn't figure out the eldest princess's intention to see her suddenly, Shi Jinxiu had to be cautious all the way, but she didn't expect that the cuckoo was still as big as at home.

I'm really afraid that she won't even know how to get into trouble!

That's why Shi Jinxiu will keep a straight face and let Du Juan slap himself in the face.

After being reminded by her own girl, the cuckoo also knew that she had made a mistake just now, and although she was a little reluctant, she still stretched out her hand and slapped herself.

"What is this doing?" Just when the cuckoo was about to slap himself a second time, a person dressed as a female official came to the flower hall and asked with a smile.

Shi Jinxiu saw it, so he quickly stood up and made a blessing to the female official from a distance.

The female official nodded at Shi Jinxiu: "Miss Shi, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has summoned you over." ”

Hearing this, Shi Jinxiu was very surprised, she thought that the eldest princess would keep hanging herself today.

"What do you call your aunt?" On the way that the female official took Shi Jinxiu and the others to see the eldest princess, Shi Jinxiu was close to the female official.

"My surname is Xu, and Miss Shi can call me Aunt Xu." The female officer always walked with her head held high, so that Shi Jinxiu couldn't help but straighten her waist and accompany her all the way.

The eldest princess's mansion is very large, and Aunt Xu took them to walk about three cups of tea in the mansion, and after seven turns and eight turns, Shi Jinxiu has long been divided into southeast and northwest.

Just when Shi Jinxiu was still sighing that this princess's mansion was like a garden, one step at a time, and everywhere was beautiful, she heard Aunt Xu say: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is in the warm pavilion in front, go over!" ”

Shi Jinxiu thanked Aunt Xu, and was about to take Mrs. Nie and the cuckoo over, but she didn't think that Aunt Xu stretched out her hand: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess pointed out that she only saw the girl alone, these two should go to the teahouse with me to sit down, eat some snacks and hot tea pads to cushion their stomachs!" ”

Shi Jinxiu listened, so she had no choice but to nod at Nie Pozi and Du Juan, and then walked up to the hand-copying verandah leading to the warm pavilion alone.

The earth dragon in the warm pavilion burned more vigorously than in the flower hall.

As soon as Shi Jinxiu walked in, she was so hot that she sweated.

It's just that because she hasn't seen the eldest princess yet, she doesn't dare to make too many times, but lowers her head, looks at the bluestone floor tiles that are visible, and bows down to the main seat: "Minnu Shi Jinxiu, meet Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

But she had been lying there for a long time, and she had not heard anyone in the room.

Thinking that Yu Wenyan said that the eldest princess was a person who attached great importance to the rules, Shi Jinxiu didn't dare to make a mistake, so she had to lie there honestly.

Anyway, she had already waited an hour in the flower hall before, and she didn't care about waiting here a little longer.

Just as Shi Jinxiu was counting in her heart, seeing how long the legendary eldest princess who never showed up would hang herself, she heard a somewhat old voice coming from overhead: "Come up!" ”

Come up? Where?

Shi Jinxiu, who felt strange in his heart, raised his head.

Only then did I realize that this warm pavilion was actually a two-story building with an attic, and the sound came down from the attic.

She didn't dare to slack off, so she got up from the ground with a grunt, and after seeing the mahogany ladder on the side and the embroidered shoes neatly placed next to the mahogany ladder, she silently took off her shoes and went up to the attic lightly.

After going up to the attic, Shi Jinxiu finally understood why the earth dragon of this warm pavilion was burning so hot, because the temperature of this layer was just right.

And unlike downstairs, this floor was full of people, and everyone looked at her with curious eyes.