The seventh day of Lanqiu is the begging festival that many officials in the capital are looking forward to, because on this day in previous years, the queen of the harem will invite all the nobles and sons of the official families in the capital to enter the palace on this day, and if the emperor is in good spirits, he will also give marriage grace.

Since the beginning of Nanhuaifeng's regency, the begging festival has been organized by the Queen Mother, and everyone was still waiting for the Queen Mother's will this year, but they didn't expect that the invitation they received first was from the forbidden palace.

Jiang Ziyu asked Yingwei to prepare an invitation early, and still held a banquet in Qianhua Palace, although the Queen Mother was dissatisfied, she didn't say anything, after all, her name as the Queen Mother was not right.

Jiang Ziyu went to Qianhua Palace to sit in the morning, he has been very away from Anfen recently, Xu is Zhang family knows that Nan Huaifeng has been flawless recently, and he doesn't want to annoy him at this time, so there has been no movement.

The officials and relatives who came to the banquet all went to Jiang Ziyu to say hello first, she held her chin in a boring way and looked at the insincere person in front of her, although the posture was a little lazy, but the natural cold and arrogant temperament was still accompanied by the left.

"Princess, just now Hanlou sent a box, saying that the thing was given by the prince, so you must wear it." Zipo presented the mahogany box, Jiang Ziyu opened it and saw that it was an ordinary red rope, the only difference was that there was a gold leaf hanging on it, and the word 'forbidden' was engraved on it.

Jiang Ziyu took the red rope in his hand and looked at it curiously, Xingyu came over with a smile when he saw this, and whispered: "It is a custom in the Chu country that a woman who has been married on the day of the Qiqiao Festival will wear a red rope to inform others that the famous flower has a master. ”

Jiang Ziyu nodded clearly, Xingyu's big eyes turned around, and asked tentatively in a low voice: "The slave maid put it on for you?" ”

"Isn't it worn by a woman who is married?" Jiang Ziyu doesn't like to wear these trivial things, he thinks it's too much of a hindrance, and he already has a bracelet on the street that he bought a few days ago, so it seems cumbersome to wear this again.

Xingyu thought about it and smiled: "Not really, now there are husbands who love each other and will prepare a red rope for their wives to avoid harassment by others." The slave maid looked at the red rope sent by the prince with a lot of thought, and it happened to match the princess's red plum clothes today, so it was better to wear it. ”

Jiang Ziyu didn't feel anything about it, but Xingyu wanted to wear it for her, so she simply stretched out her hand, and Xingyu made up her mind to put it on her, so she let her go. Xingyu happily took the red rope and carefully tied it to Jiang Ziyu's wrist, and then Jiang Ziyu continued to lean lazily in the soft chair, holding his chin with one hand and watching the female guests coming and going.

Jiang Ziyu saw Zhao Yingying in the crowd, and his heart moved, and he instructed Xingyu: "Let Zipo go and get a red rope, and you can send it to Lord Zhao." ”

"Yes."

Xingyu replied in a low voice, Zi Po got a red rope out of nowhere, and she took it in front of Zhao Yingying.

"Lord Zhao, the princess sent a slave to give this thing away." Xingyu handed over the red rope with her regular hands, Zhao Yingying's eyes lit up, and she looked in the crowd and saw Jiang Ziyu.

Jiang Ziyu nodded at her slightly, Zhao Yingying took the red rope with joy in her heart, asked her maid to put it on her, and then asked Xingyu: "What else did the princess say?" ”

Xingyu shook her head slightly and said, "The princess didn't say anything else. ”

Zhao Yingying's heart has already turned a thousand times, how could the forbidden princess give her such a representative red rope for no reason? Could it be the prince's secret permission? Thinking of this, Zhao Yingying couldn't hide her happiness, and said with a smile: "The county lord personally went to thank the princess." ”

Xingyu did not stop it, and took Zhao Yingying to Jiang Ziyu.

"Yingying, thank you for the reward." Zhao Yingying's face was very supple and humble, Jiang Ziyu smiled lightly, and said: "Sister Yingying doesn't have to be polite, sit down and talk to the palace, this person is really noisy and makes the palace have a headache." ”

"Yes." Zhao Yingying sat next to Jiang Ziyu with satisfaction, you must know that there is no second person in the entire capital who can sit next to the forbidden princess, the forbidden princess is notoriously arrogant, and she must have said something to her if she can think about it so far.

Zhao Yingying's heart was even more full, pinching the teacup with a smile: "Sister Princess's clothes today are really chic." ”

"If my sister likes it, this palace will give you some materials, and now my sister is also the county lord, so it's not good to treat yourself." Jiang Ziyu was casually perfunctory, but she heard that in Zhao Yingying's ears was Jiang Ziyu's flattery to her.

This greatly satisfied her vanity, and she did not shirk the response: "So my sister will thank the princess and sister." ”

Jiang Ziyu glanced at her lightly, knowing what she wanted to retract her gaze, she sipped her tea and whispered: "They are all their own sisters, why do you need to see outside?" ”

Zhao Yingying sat beside Jiang Ziyu, but many people were confused, and most people were guessing that it was possible that the Forbidden Palace's Mansion also wanted to win over a Hou Mansion? Although the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion has many connections in the capital, it is not so much that the Queen Mother and the prince have to win them all over.

While speaking, King Rui also arrived, and at the same time, the female relatives of the Jiang family also came, and Mrs. Jiang was anxious to see her eldest daughter, so she found an excuse to pull Jiang Qing aside and talk to herself.

"The Third Emperor's Sister-in-law." King Rui stepped forward and clasped his fist slightly with Jiang Ziyu, who only responded with a faint bow.

King Rui was not annoyed, he still had a spring breeze smile in front of him, squinted at Zhao Yingying who was sitting next to Jiang Ziyu, and asked with a few hints of interest in his eyes: "The third emperor's sister-in-law seems to like the county lord very much. ”

"Nature." Jiang Ziyu replied with two words lightly, King Rui felt strange, it stands to reason that the third brother is not a lustful person, nor is he a person who can take concubines, Jiang Ziyu is a little strange to Zhao Yingying like this.

"I heard that the third brother just accepted a concubine a few days ago, and it seems that he has been raised in the house for three years, I thought that the third brother was not close to women in the military camp, but I didn't expect the younger brother to misunderstand." If King Rui looked at Jiang Ziyu without any words, Zhao Yingying, who was sitting on the side, had his ears pricked up—what? The prince already has a concubine?

Jiang Ziyu hooked his lips and chuckled, and said, "The one in the family is not counted, everyone knows the ins and outs, how can the fifth brother not know?" Don't laugh at your third brother. ”

King Rui nodded along with her words and said, "Yes, but the third brother is not young, and there are no heirs under his knees, and the younger brother is also very anxious for the third brother." ”

"At the moment, An'er has not grown up, Nan Huaifeng is flawless and cares about the others, the fifth brother doesn't have to worry about him so much, but the fifth brother is not small, the backyard is empty, and the queen mother is in a hurry." Jiang Ziyu sipped his tea and dealt with it quietly, and King Rui narrowed his eyes and set his eyes on Zhao Yingying again.

"The third emperor's sister-in-law loves the county lord so much, and I think I will have the opportunity to become a family in the future."

Jiang Ziyu put down the teacup, raised his eyes to look at King Rui, and said lightly: "I don't know what kind of woman the fifth brother likes?" Just taking advantage of the fact that today's female dependents are complete, the imperial sister-in-law can also help you find a choice. ”

In the face of several temptations and coercion from King Rui, Jiang Ziyu replied without leaking, neither saying that the Zhang family was wrong, nor admitting what Zhao Yingying's future would be. The answer was ambiguous and vague, and although these words could not frighten King Rui, they also blocked his words.

"How dare you bother the emperor's sister-in-law? The younger brother's mother will arrange it. King Rui replied with a smile, and Jiang Ziyu nodded perfunctorily.

Outside, Mrs. Jiang came over with Jiang Xia and Jiang Xue, Jiang Ziyu didn't react at all with her face raised, but Xingyu stepped forward and poured a few cups of tea.

"King Rui is well." Jiang Xia and Jiang Xue only greeted Nan Zhenyi, Jiang Ziyu acted as if he hadn't seen it, but Zhao Yingying was a little dissatisfied.

At first glance, these two people are rushing to catch up with King Rui, and there is only King Rui in their eyes. This Mrs. Jiang is also greedy enough, a daughter is not satisfied with marrying the Forbidden King, and she has to send people to King Rui, she is really insatiable.

Zhao Yingying's disdainful eyes were undisguised, and the wife of the Jiang family glared at her and did not speak, in the end, she is the county lord of the seal, and she can't keep her status in the future, in short, it is not easy to provoke.

"How are the six girls doing? You are busy now, you don't always go back to your parents' house, but if there is anything wrong, you have to talk to your mother's family, although the Jiang family is clear, you can also help one or two. Mrs. Jiang seemed to have completely forgotten what happened in the Jiang Mansion before, and she was still enthusiastically pulling Jiang Ziyu to speak. As long as Jiang Ziyu does not openly turn against the Jiang family, then she still has to pay for the Jiang family.

Jiang Ziyu nodded lightly, there was still no expression on her face, this time she knew what Jiang Yibai meant by what he had said.

The Jiang family is indeed not loyal enough, and it is not that she is not loyal to the court as she thinks, but that she is really on the wall, thinking of betting at both ends. Jiang Yibai is very powerful, and he knows this matter clearly.

Mrs. Jiang's purpose was not to repair her relationship with Jiang Ziyu in the end, and when she saw King Rui leaving, she hurriedly took Jiang Xia and Jiang Xue to follow.

"Rushing to catch up with King Ba Jierui, I really can't see it when others." Zhao Yingying looked at Jiang Ziyu's face, and also guessed that she and Mrs. Jiang did not have a good relationship, so she immediately opened her mouth to express her dissatisfaction, and also wanted to flatter Jiang Ziyu.

Jiang Ziyu held a new cup of hot tea, sipped the tea lid, and had a little meaning in his eyes: "It's not necessarily a stammer." ”

Looking at Nan Zhenyi's actions just now, it was as if he was deliberately creating a gap for the Jiang family. Nan Zhenyi is not married yet, if he marries the daughter of the Jiang family or the favored concubine, he will get the full support of the Jiang family.

Jiang Mao - But when he is the prime minister.

Zhao Yingying didn't know the meaning of Jiang Ziyu's words, she just thought that she was unhappy that she said that her mother's family was over, so she shut up stupidly. Jiang Ziyu is a quiet person who talks little, and Zhao Yingying can't sit still for a long time.

Jiang Ziyu asked her to follow others around, Zhao Yingying hurriedly got up and thanked her, and when she left, she couldn't help but secretly slander herself - no wonder the prince wanted to take a concubine and wanted to accept her, it was really unpleasant that this princess was really unpleasant, she had few words and was cold and arrogant, so it was strange that the prince could like her.

Zhao Yingying already decided in her heart that Nan Huaifeng would marry her as a side concubine, and she was so happy in her heart that she even walked with a straight waist, and in the future, she would be the side concubine of the forbidden king, among the ladies in the capital, except for the queen mother and the princess, she was the biggest.

At that time, if she bothered to please the prince, she would be able to turn her hands over and rain for the sky, and any princess and queen mother would have to give her three points.

Jiang Ziyu looked at Zhao Yingying who was far away, looked at her smug appearance, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, gently buckled the tea lid back, and put the teacup back on the table.