After Qin and Mei led a group of people back from Baekje Temple, they first went to the old lady's courtyard to pay their respects, and the old lady saw a few people and asked a few juniors with a smile: "How is it, go out for a walk today to see what you can gain?" ”

Su Chan pulled Su Juan to sit on both sides of the old lady, and said what they had seen and heard one by one: "Grandmother, there is a new vegetarian food in the temple, the taste is very special, you must taste it next time." "Grandmother, I heard that the signature there is very effective, I asked for a sign for my grandmother, and the master there said that it was signed!"

The old lady was very happy to hear it: "Okay, good, they are all good children, I have accepted your filial piety." ”

"Why doesn't the fourth sister speak? I didn't see the four sisters in the hall today, I don't know where the four sisters put incense? Su Juan asked Su Jinan as if unintentionally. Su Chan knew that Su Jinan did not worship the Buddha, and the two of them had never been separated, so it was impossible for Su Juan not to know, but she still asked this kind of thing directly in front of the old lady, obviously thinking that Su Jinan could not answer, which would make the old lady unhappy.

Su Jin'an looked at the old lady and said: "Today Jin'an didn't go to the temple to bow and pray, but he happened to meet Master Budu, he was originally a monk in the area of Annan, and he was fortunate to have the guidance, and when he left, Master Budu gave me a peace charm, saying that it can bless peace and health, and can be given to the elders in the family." Su Jin'an said and stretched out his hand to Powder, who handed over a yellow triangular talisman paper, and Su Jin'an handed it to the old lady: "Granddaughter hopes that it can bless grandmother to live a long and healthy life." ”

The old lady took Su Jin'an's peace charm, rubbed it carefully a few times, and said to Su Jin'an: "You, you are really a filial child, although you don't usually say much, but I know that you have put the people who are good to you in your heart, it is good for girls to be low-key, but you can't be too low-key, it is easy for people to ignore you, and you must learn to behave appropriately in the future." ”

I have to say that the old lady's evaluation of Su Jin'an is still very appropriate, Su Jin'an got up and thanked: "My granddaughter thanks my grandmother for her teachings, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future." ”

Su Chan glanced at Su Jin'an, and then quietly glared at Su Juan, but she didn't expect Su Jin'an to keep a hand.

When Su Jin'an came out of the old lady's yard, Su Chan couldn't help but sour Su Jin'an: "I didn't expect the fourth sister to be so pleasing to people, the old lady said that her sister didn't talk much, but in my opinion, my sister's things are done beautifully." ”

Su Jinan saw Xia Qu and others not far from the gate of the courtyard, so she didn't entangle her more: "What the second sister said is that I think so too." After speaking, Su Jin'an walked out of the courtyard first, and Su Chan stomped her feet angrily in place.

"What's the matter, why are you here?" Su Jin'an walked towards Xia Qu and asked.

"Miss, the eldest prince has already sent someone to look for you twice, I want to come to find you if I have something, there are purple beads in the yard, I will come to inform Miss." Xia Qu replied.

Su Jin'an heard it and knew in her heart: "In this way, let's go back and rest for that powder, Xia Qu and I can just go and find my eldest brother." ”

There is a green bamboo forest in Su Muqing's yard, at this time he is sitting in white clothes in front of the bamboo forest and playing chess. There are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting and learning, such as grinding. Su Jinan felt that this poem was the most suitable to describe the current scene, and she couldn't bear to disturb her in the past.

It wasn't until Su Muqing saw Su Jin'an beckoning to her that she came over and sat down opposite Su Muqing: "Big brother is looking for me today?" ”

"Well, I went to see Rong Cheng." Su Muqing said and took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve pocket: "Your consultation fee." ”

Su Jinan took it and counted it, and the silver tickets were all denominations of three hundred taels, a total of ten, three thousand taels. Su Jin'an carefully put away the silver ticket and said happily to Su Muqing: "Three thousand taels, it is very much in line with me." ”

Looking at Su Jin'an's appearance of being a fan of money, Su Muqing had long been accustomed to it, but calmly looked at the endgame that had just been laid out on his table, and then said: "Rong Cheng is going to get married, the seventh lady of the Luo family, Luo Peixin." ”

"Marriage?" Su Jinan was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Also, he is not too young, and it is time to get married, after all, some people can run away to a child as old as him." ”

Su Muqing observed Su Jin'an's expression without a trace, although he knew that Su Jin'an had no intention of Rong Chengyi, but he still couldn't help but want to confirm it, seeing that Su Jin'an was surprised, there was still a bit of schadenfreude in his eyes, and he was completely relieved: "Yes, he is five years older than me, and now he is twenty-six, and he has been delayed for a long time as a prince." ”

"Yes, he got married late in this situation, and I don't know why he didn't get married until now." Su Jin'an said strangely.

"The prince's family affairs can't all be based on his own preferences, since it has dragged on for so long, it must be the emperor's acquiescence, but we still know less about this kind of thing."

Su Jinan nodded very approvingly, then looked at the chess game on the table and changed the topic: "This is an endgame, right, the eldest brother put it out himself?" ”

Su Muqing shook his head: "No, Rong Cheng, I think it's a little interesting, come back and study it, do you see anything?" ”

Su Jin'an looked at it carefully for a while, waved his hand and said: "No, this is clearly a dead end, my chess is taught by you, you can't solve it, I can't solve it." ”

Su Muqing was particularly interested in this game of chess, and said to Su Jin'an: "If you look at it again, maybe there will be a different discovery?" The two studied the chess game for a while but there was no result, and it was not until dinner that Su Jinan was relieved and left Su Muqing's courtyard with his silver ticket.

The breath of summer is getting stronger and stronger, and when the lotus is about to bloom, Su Jinan received an invitation to a flower viewing banquet in the palace. Concubine Rong, the mother of the second prince, held a flower-viewing banquet in the palace, inviting the ladies with orders and the unmarried nobles of the capital above the fifth grade to participate, Su Jinan must go.

Su Mansion now has only one daughter-in-law, Su Jin'an, the old lady is very attentive to her entering the palace this time, and gave her a lot of fabrics and jewelry, Su Chan and Su Juan sisters can't help but be jealous again, I heard that Su Chan broke two sets of tea cups there.

Three days later, on June 27, the palace banquet was held as scheduled. Early this morning, Su Jinan was pulled up to bathe and dress, Mei even came to see her in person, under the guidance of Mei, Xia Qu and Zizhu carefully dressed Su Jin'an, and now there is a new Su Jin'an standing in front of the palace gate: Today, Su Jin'an is wearing a blue-green mist skirt, this kind of skirt is more popular in the south, and it feels very ordinary at a glance, but when you get closer, you will find that this skirt will glow with a little silver light in the sun, but the light is not conspicuous at all, just like watching the lights through the gauze tent, In addition, this skirt also has one of the biggest characteristics is that it does not stick to water, because it is rainy in the south, so special materials are added when making this fabric, so that it is not easy to soak in water, and when it encounters water, it will dilute the color of the skirt, just like covering it with a layer of water mist, and the water mist skirt is named after this, which is very popular in the south.

Su Jinan prefers light colors, so he wears a white hosta on his head, and transparent chalcedony falls on his ears, which looks like a budding water lily waiting to be released. Although it is a flower-viewing banquet held in the palace, but the ladies and ladies of each family are here, this is also a royal banquet, but there is no man, anyway, as long as the parents of both parties are satisfied, the marriage of the two families is more than half completed. Now Mei's heart is most worried about the marriage of several children, since she returned to the capital, she has hardly been idle, but still has not met a suitable choice for marriage, today is a good opportunity to understand the capital, she not only played her own spirit, Su Jinan was also cheered up, Mei's repeatedly told her: today you must be cautious in your words and deeds, do a good job in the image of the noble daughter of the family, get along with the children of the same age as you, and understand their temperament, Maybe there will be your future sister-in-law in there.

Su Jinan obeyed her mother's orders and stood dignified in the crowd of people waiting to enter the palace, although she was not the most conspicuous, she would not be ignored. The marriage of the second prince has been decided, and I don't know what Concubine Rong's intention is to hold this flower-viewing banquet at this time, Su Jin'an didn't show it on her face, but she thought about what might happen at the banquet in her heart, she just hoped that time could pass faster today, and she didn't want to be looked at by others at all.

The palace gate slowly opened in the expectation of everyone, and the high-ranking wives took the lead in walking towards the palace with their daughters under the guidance of the chamberlain. Mei is a three-rank lady, they walk relatively far forward, and occasionally someone will come over to whisper hello, but as they get closer and closer to the hundred gardens where Concubine Rong is holding a banquet, the people gradually regain their quietness, and only slight footsteps can be heard. Before she walked into the garden, Su Jinan smelled the fragrance of flowers, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: The palace is different, even the fragrance of flowers has a luxurious taste, and such a large number of flowers must have cost a lot of manpower and financial resources.

Under the leadership of the chamberlain and the palace maid, the group entered the garden smoothly, and ordered the women to take their children to greet Concubine Rong, while the rest of the official wives had to wait for the summons before they could kowtow to Concubine Rong.

This is the second time Su Jin'an has seen Concubine Rong, the last time she saw Concubine Rong, she was pale and dying, and now Concubine Rong is dressed up like two people, the current Concubine Rong has a ruddy complexion, dignified and elegant, and there is a little arrogance between her eyebrows, giving people a feeling of momentum. Su Jinan followed everyone to give Concubine Rong a big salute, and Concubine Rong's faint voice came: "Get up, this palace has been sick for a few days, and now that it is better, I want to be lively, so I ask you to come together to enjoy the flowers and chat, don't be restrained." ”

After everyone thanked her, Concubine Rong left a few women to speak, and the others dispersed temporarily, Mei went to the circle of the ladies, and Su Jinan also found a corner where the girls played and sat down, and looked seriously at the water lilies placed on the small table with white porcelain. Not long after, Su Jinan saw a person she was very reluctant to see - Lin Ruoshui.