Chapter 21: The New Year's Day
The days after having hope always passed exceptionally quickly, and the snow in Shendu stopped and stopped, and a white covered all the gloom and haze, and thus ushered in the Chinese New Year's Eve of the third year of Zhou Wu Chang'an.
This is the first Chinese New Year's Eve that Tao Yu ushered in in the divine capital, and it is also the first time since she was a child that she has not spent the holidays with her parents and brother. Early in the morning of this day, Hongfu served her to change into the new clothes sent by Princess Taiping, and specially put a double-ring hanging bun for her, and thinned all the scattered forehead hair of Su Ri, revealing delicate and picturesque facial features, and then hairpins on a few small and unique fine yarn silk flowers, and a thin layer of fat powder, which made her skin white and snowy, eyebrows and eyes, at first glance, it was like the jade girl under the Guanyin seat was eye-catching.
"Sister Hongfu, this is ...... Isn't that good? Looking at the somewhat unfamiliar self in the bronze mirror, Tao Yao couldn't get used to it for a while.
Princess Taiping's own dress has always been flamboyant and luxurious, probably because she was worried about Tao Yao's identity, and in the style of her new clothes, she was somewhat restrained, and did not fully add her preferences to it. However, when she touched the moon-white wide-sleeved skirt embroidered with silver thread bamboo leaf patterns, Tao Yao felt that her head was very big. This outfit seems to be too ostentatious, although it is to prepare for the palace banquet, but ......
"The little princess is good-looking, and Her Royal Highness the princess intends to dress up, not to mention that on this occasion, you have to avoid the eyes and ears of those who have a heart, and I am afraid that you can't blindly hide it." Knowing that the girl wanted to hide her clumsy thoughts, Hongfu could only smile helplessly: "After all, it is a big banquet, and the princes and nobles of the Shendu are all here, if the little county lord covers it up too much, it will also fall into the name of the Yongwang Mansion and hurt the love of His Majesty the Emperor." ”
Those nobles, who are not twisting and turning in their hearts, and if they are not careful, they will be brought into the middle. The little county lord is too young to take care of one or the other, and all she can do is a small reminder when necessary.
"Her Royal Highness the princess ...... meaning" muttered thoughtfully, as smart as a peach, and he instantly understood the inconsistencies and inconsistencies. Standing up from the vanity mirror, she straightened the skirt that was piled up like clouds, and walked out step by step: "Let's go, let's go and meet Her Royal Highness the princess first." ”
Princess Taiping naturally finished her makeup early in the morning, and at this time she was holding a bird's nest and drinking it slowly, seeing that the well-dressed villain entered the door like an ice crystal carving, standing in front of her, she couldn't help but smile and squint: "Sure enough, it's still so good-looking, but the color of this shirt is too plain after all." If it weren't for the fear that you wouldn't wear it, I'd have asked Akihara to send that akane pomegranate dress over. ”
glanced at the dress on her body with a bright red background embroidered with large gold thread peony flowers, and Tao Yao only laughed. She is not the princess who has grown up in thousands of favors since she was a child, nor does she have a mother who holds the authority of a country to support her, let alone Xuan He's status to do whatever she wants. Such a dress, Princess Taiping is just right, but she can't afford it at all.
Accompanied Princess Taiping to finish breakfast slowly, and next, it was time to go to Zhenguan Hall to greet Wu Cao. Because it was sunny today and the sun was exceptionally bright, Princess Taiping took Tao Yao on her own steps, while looking at the snow scene under the warm winter sun through the airtight curtain, while counting the people she might meet later, and by the way, she told Tao Yao to be very careful.
"Xinping, that girl doesn't need me to say, right? Because of the Gao family, you are already a thorn in her side, and it is impossible to ease the relationship, so you don't have to work in vain. Speaking of this, Princess Taiping's tone was still faintly revealing a smile, as if the love and hatred between this little daughter was a farce for her as a spice in life when she was bored, childish and cute: "But your identity is much more noble than her, and you don't need to be angry with her, just treat it as invisible." It's just her sister who is in trouble. ”
"The sister of the county lord of Xinping?" Tao Yao vaguely remembered that when she was in the school palace, she heard Li Jijiang mention it several times: "Is it the county lord of Anle?" ”
"Well, isn't that crazy girl Li Bao'er." Different from the indifference when talking about Li Jijiang, when the name Li Bao'er was mentioned, Princess Taiping's words couldn't help revealing a trace of disgust: "She is the daughter of the prince and Wei's descendant, and she has been loved since she was a child. Extremely poor temperament, domineering and domineering, but she is known as the first beauty, and her eyes are full of infinite scenery. ”
"Will she help Lord Xinping get ahead?" Tao Yao was a little puzzled. The beautiful sister who came out of the concubine, when she met an inconspicuous sister, it was already a great thing if she didn't bully her, would she take the initiative to help?
"Heh, it's fake to help my sister get ahead, it's true that I want to be in the limelight." With a sneer, the disdain on Princess Taiping's face became even heavier: "After you came, it was rumored in the palace that you were valued by your mother, and you were extremely favored, and even the mansion of General Gao, who had never been associated with the wealthy families of the gods, favored you." With Li Bao'er's nobody's temperament, how can you tolerate such a little girl as you overshadowing her? It is bound to be suppressed, and Xinping is one of the most suitable reasons. ”
Forehead...... glanced at his small body, and then thought about the first beauty he had never met, Tao Yao really felt that she was wronged. She is still a generation away from those people, after all, she is just a yellow-haired girl who is taken care of, so why bother to get along with her? If she could, she wouldn't want these limelights, but now it's good, a good palace banquet has to be guarded against him.
Seeing that the little girl beside her instantly made a bitter face, Princess Taiping was also a little funny, and patted her hand to show comfort: "Okay, in front of so many people, they won't do too outrageous, just pay more attention." If you really can't do it, come to me, and I'll support you. ”
Sticking out her tongue, Tao Yao is still lucky so far: "The county lord of Anping is more than ten years older than me, and I am embarrassed to cry if she is embarrassed to bully children." "It's not better than anyone else, won't she show weakness? She didn't believe that the first beauty could be more open-minded than herself.
"You, you, in the end, still take the hearts of people in this palace too simply." Probably knowing that there is hope for going home, this child has been a lot more lively than before recently, and his pretended steady posture is not very good in front of him. Princess Taiping likes such a rare innocence very much, and she doesn't want to pierce this last layer of paper. Anyway, with her staring, Tao Yao will never have an accident.