Inside the Cining Palace.

"Yuhuan, today's pea yellow is well done, you can taste it."

The Queen Mother took a nap, her complexion was ruddy, she took a walk in the small garden for a while, watched the newly cultivated morning lotus and peony of the Fangong people, and sat in the pavilion in a good mood to eat snacks.

Xue Yuhuan helped her aunt and grandmother sit down, pursed her lips and smiled without speaking.

Aunt Lianzhi held the other arm of the Queen Mother, so that her eyes directed the little palace maids to raise the veil on the east side, and hang half a thin bamboo curtain to block the wind, so as not to hinder the Queen Mother's appreciation of the flowers.

"Niangniang, try it again, is this craft unusual?"

Aunt Lianzhi reminded her softly, but she didn't dare to sell it too much, so she swept the Miss Xue family with a radiant look and served tea to the two of them with her own hands.

"Oh? Mourning family try it again. ”

With a smile in her eyes, the Queen Mother took a bite of the pea yellow that her niece fed to her mouth, and praised it:

"The taste is soft and not sticky to the teeth, sweet and delicious and not greasy, and with a refreshing meaning, this is not Mama Xue's craft. Who did it? ”

"My aunt and grandmother obviously guessed it, and she wanted to make fun of me."

Xue Yuhuan was jokingly looked at by the Queen Mother, a pink face flushed red, took the tea handed by Aunt Lianzhi, personally served the Queen Mother to drink a mouthful, and took a soft handkerchief made of good Songjiang muslin, and gently wiped the corners of the Queen Mother's mouth.

The Queen Mother comfortably leaned on the pine crane prolongation cushion sewn by her niece and granddaughter, her eyes swept over the little girl in front of her who seemed to be a tender lotus flower, and then fell on the morning lotus behind her, which was urged to reveal a little pink bud.

"People are more delicate than flowers. I don't know which one of my granddaughters, who have been raised so well, will be cheaper. ”

"Auntie, you smile again."

Xue Yuhuan blushed with shame, and his demeanor was calm and calm, showing everyone's spirit.

The hard work of the Xue family was not in vain, and they really raised a good seedling.

Empress Dowager Xue sipped tea with satisfaction.

The tea fragrance contains a clear aroma, which is similar to the pea yellow, presumably Xue Yuhuan took the plum blossom snow water that was treasured last winter, and his mind can be regarded as dexterous.

"Can you give this snack to the emperor and the crown prince?"

The Queen Mother asked in a normal tone, as if she was simply caring for her children and grandchildren.

Maybe it's because I don't have any expectations.

Xue Yuhuan's shyness faded a layer, and he was embarrassed, and nodded slightly.

The Queen Mother patted the back of her hand with pity and didn't say much.

Xue Yuhuan's family affairs have always been a problem in the Xue family.

However, the emperor seems to have no intention of choosing the Xue family to enter the East Palace again. The queen mother is not the emperor's own mother, and the prince's marriage can say two sentences, but it is not good to interfere too much.

The Xue family has a thin foundation, and it has only developed since the Empress Dowager Xue gained power. Once you have tasted the taste of glory and wealth, where can you go back to the bleak days of the past?

Even the Queen Mother, who has been precious for many years, can't agree.

If this road doesn't work, then you have to find another way.

The Queen Mother's eyes were still smiling kindly, like a rich old lady who didn't know how to worry.

"The prince doesn't like sweets, so if he does his best, he doesn't let people pick on him."

Xue Yuhuan's eyes were red, and his eyes lowered softly.

Since she was born, she has been pampered by her family, and before she is sensible, she has been taught that the prince's brother likes dignified and atmospheric women, the prince's brother likes to eat sweet snacks, and the prince's brother likes talented women who can chant poetry and paint......

In order to please the prince's brother, she has suffered for more than ten years, and with the strength of the entire Xue family, she has developed today's elegant and generous appearance;

She was often summoned by the Queen Mother's aunt and grandmother to accompany her in the palace, and she was always looking for a reason to get along with the prince's brother.

But after all these years, the once famous pearl of the capital has been squeezed into the double sister of the capital by Su Jinmosheng, who is catching up, and the position of the crown princess she misses is still not hers!

The family said everything, the aunts and uncles used to have bitter and mean faces, and even the siblings and sisters openly and secretly complained about the partiality of their aunts and grandmothers, and they wanted to replace her as soon as possible.

can't get the love of the prince's brother, let alone enter the emperor's dragon eye, she is incompetent.

But she really did her best.

Why didn't she envy the other sisters?

When they were coquettish in the arms of their mother's grandmother, she was practicing the piano with her back; While they were playing games, she was memorizing chess and practicing her dance.

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, law, arithmetic, cooking, embroidery, medicine, riding, astronomy, geography, secrets, strategies, she has learned more and more than her brothers, and the hard work is only known by her own family.

Since she was a child, she has never slept a single night, and she has never eaten a full meal.

Practicing dance has worn out countless dancing shoes, and the calluses on the fingers and stomachs are soaked in potion when they are born.

Even if she goes out to a banquet with her elders and sisters, she doesn't just go to play, but pays attention every step and always cares, and she can't make mistakes in every move, word and deed;

Not only do you have to make good friends with noble girls without a trace, but you also have to ensure that your limelight is not suppressed, how can you count the mental calculations in this?

When she is tired when she goes out, she must not be loose when she comes home, and she has to repeatedly check with the master whether her performance is wrong and how to make up for it;

Who's words, which laughs, that frowns, what signals do they represent, and how should she respond.

In order to live up to what she has learned and the glory of the Xue family, she forced herself to grit her teeth and approach the phoenix step by step, vowing to be more glorious than her aunt and grandmother!

The queen mother has never been a queen, nor does she have a parent, and there is always a layer of difference in this honor.

But she's worked so hard, but things aren't as good as they should be.

People's hearts can be calculated, but they can't resist the emperor's mental skills.

The emperor doesn't care that the Xue family continues to be a relative, what can she do if she is a weak woman!

Xue Yuhuan is not worried about getting married, but she is unwilling to marry any man hastily.

Being the crown princess and the queen mother has become her obsession, going deep into the bone marrow, not thinking about it.

But the Queen Mother is just telling her now.

Where the prince doesn't like sweets, it's not that he doesn't like her;

It's just that this liking is not enough to confront the emperor's attention, and his position is important!

Xue Yuhuan only hated himself for seeing too clearly, unable to deceive himself, and all the hard work of more than ten years was in vain.

She can only hate herself for not being angry.

The Queen Mother sighed lightly, pulled her to sit beside her, raised her hand affectionately to sort out her unmessed sideburns, and looked at her beautiful face with satisfaction.

"But tired? Spring is just right, and the flowering period is just around the corner. It's that the peach blossom doesn't understand, the spring breeze has urged three times and four times, and he just holds the shelf and refuses to fake the color, that's it. ”

"This early lotus and peony are well conditioned, my aunt and grandmother wear a hairpin with you? Just the peony, the national color is fragrant, lining our jade ring. ”

Xue Yuhuan blinked his beautiful eyes, and his eyes revealed a rare panic and expectation.

"Auntie?"

The Queen Mother took the dewy peony offered by Aunt Lianzhi, and the hairpin was in Xue Yuhuan's heart, looking left and right for a moment, and smiled kindly.

"My son was born rich, and sure enough, this flower lined you."