Chapter 35: The Etiquette of the Princess

Situ Jing saw Shui Ling'er's figure gradually running away, he looked left and right at no one, ran behind Shui Ling'er quickly, picked her up horizontally, and said, "Let you run around again, and you won't have to leave the palace."

Shui Ling'er's hand was still protecting the black ball, and said, "I won't let you throw it away."

"When I get home, I'll settle accounts with you."

The two took the carriage back to King Jing's mansion, Shui Ling'er walked in front holding the black ball, Situ Jing walked behind, and he said, "Throw it away."

Not to be outdone, Shui Ling'er said, "I don't want it."

"Throw it away."

"I don't want it."

The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, and neither of them would back down first.

Ah Jiu walked out of the main hall and came to Shui Ling'er, and said, "Da Mao Mud, Lord Mingsheng has sent a lot of hand-made snacks and stews for you to eat."

Shui Ling'er heard that it was for her, and said happily, "Okay." She knew that Mingsheng treated her as a daughter, and it turned out that this joyful mood was the feeling of mother's pain.

She looked at the black ball in her hand, turned around and handed it to Situ Jing, and said, "Brother Jing, don't you want to throw it away? I'll leave it to you." After finishing speaking, he directly stuffed it into Situ Jing's hand, turned around and ran into the main hall with a cigarette.

Suddenly, Situ Jing felt that his behavior of arguing with her just now was like a stupid person.

At dawn the next day, Situ Jing got up as usual and went to the training ground to train the soldiers, instruct the generals, and after the end, he freshened up and went to the study to deal with official business.

Shui Ling'er also routinely continued to fall asleep in large characters, and snored again and again.

A group of grandmothers walked to the side of the bed and shook their heads one after another, although they had already heard that the future Princess Jing was a wild girl from the countryside, but this sleeping position was too rude.

A grandmother knelt beside the bed and gently shook Shui Ling'er's body, saying, "Miss Shui Ling'er, get up."

She called several times before Shui Ling'er sat up in a daze and looked at the group of grandmothers she didn't know in front of her.

The grandmother who knelt beside her bed said, "Miss Shui Ling'er, we are the grandmother sent by the Queen Mother to teach you rules and etiquette, and you will become a princess in the future, and we can't let the prince lose face, so we must teach all the princess etiquette before you and the prince get married."

Shui Ling'er nodded as if she didn't understand, then closed her eyes, fell backwards, and continued to sleep.

A group of grandmothers said in unison, "No."

In less than a moment, Shui Ling'er was woken up again, and the grandmother who was kneeling beside the bed said, "I am Mama Zhang, and I am the leader of this group of grandmothers, just tell the slave maid if there is anything."

Shui Ling'er was full of sleep, her eyes were half-open, and she was taken to the dresser in a daze, and the three grandmothers helped her fix her hair.

Mama Zhang stood aside and said, "Miss Shui Ling'er, as the princess, you have to get up earlier than the prince, comb the prince's hair, and watch the prince go out of the room."

Shui Ling'er said with a difficult face, "I don't even know when Brother Jing got up." Every time she got up, there was no one around.

Mama Zhang chuckled and said, "The slave maid has already asked Steward Chen, King Jing is to get up at the end of the day, so the princess has to get up and freshen up and take care of all the affairs of the prince."

Shui Ling'er's eyes widened and said, "This, so early."

"This is what you have to do as a princess."

"What if the prince sleeps late?"

"The princess can sleep late."

Shui Ling'er nodded understandingly, thinking about how to let Situ Jing stay in bed tomorrow and not get out of bed.

Then Shui Ling'er learned to walk gracefully, spoke softly, and even the gesture of holding chopsticks was corrected, she was so tired that she sat on the soft cushion of the bench, but was called up by Mama Zhang, and said, "Miss Shui Ling'er, even when you are tired, you must sit upright, your back must be straight, and you can't half-lie on the chair like you are now, which is rude."

Shui Ling'er sat up reluctantly, and finally at noon, she thought she could relax, but she didn't expect Mama Zhang to ask her to walk into the study with an elegant posture and eat with Situ Jing.

Normally, she only walked for a moment, but now she had walked for half an hour, and her legs were already sore, making her frown.

When she saw Situ Jing sitting at the table waiting for her, she saw a savior, showed a bright smile, and said, "Brother Jing." Just as she was about to rush over, she was stopped by Mama Zhang.

Mama Zhang said solemnly: "Miss Shui Ling'er, your smile is too much, your lips must cover half a row of teeth, and the corners of your mouth must not be so high, and you must continue to walk elegantly, so as not to lose etiquette."

Shui Ling'er looked at Situ Jing sadly, Situ Jing picked up the teacup and drank tea, as if he didn't see it, after all, he couldn't do anything about it sent by the queen mother.

After Shui Ling'er sat down, she picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up the vegetables, but Mama Zhang grabbed the hand holding the chopsticks.

Shui Ling'er looked at Situ Jing with grievances, Situ Jing couldn't help but feel pity when he saw it, and hurriedly picked up the dishes, Shui Ling'er quickly picked up a lot of dishes in the back, but was knocked off by Mama Zhang with chopsticks.

Mama Zhang said: "When picking vegetables, you can't clip so many vegetables at once, it's a violation of etiquette, you can only clip two or three vegetable leaves."

Shui Ling'er muttered quietly, "It's so troublesome."

After Mama Zhang heard this, she said solemnly: "Miss Shui Ling'er, in the future, you will become a princess and a princess, no matter what you do, you will represent the prince, so you can't let the prince lose face."

Shui Ling'er looked at Situ Jing sadly, and Situ Jing said reluctantly, "Let's eat first." He knew that it was too difficult for Shui Ling'er to learn all the etiquette rules in half an hour.

When Shui Ling'er picked up the dishes in the bowl and was about to send them to her mouth, Mama Zhang said again: "Don't open your mouth too much, open your mouth slightly, and cover your mouth with your hands, so as not to let people see the eating appearance."

Shui Ling'er was embarrassed to do so, and after eating the mouthful of food, she wanted to eat it again, but Mama Zhang stopped her and said, "Miss Shui Ling'er, you can only clip the dish once."

"But what if I want to eat again?"

"As a princess, you can't eat the same dish repeatedly, if you let others know your preferences, it will be easy for others to use them to please you."

Shui Ling'er looked at Situ Jing sadly, Situ Jing put the vegetables into her bowl, and said, "This king helps her pick up the vegetables, this is not a loss of etiquette, right?"

Mama Zhang said respectfully, "Don't lose your etiquette."

Shui Ling'er smiled proudly, and motioned to Situ Jing with her eyes to help her with each dish.

Situ Jing hooked the corners of his mouth and picked up a dish with chopsticks, and before he could pick it up, he saw Shui Ling'er shaking his head, he remembered that this braised pork was her favorite food, didn't she want it? He tried to clip the largest piece, and Shui Ling'er nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing this, Mama Zhang said, "Please don't connive with King Jing."

Situ Jing said as a matter of course: "Shui Ling'er is the beloved woman of this king, and this king indulges and spoils her, all of which are for her."

Mama Zhang's face became gloomy, and she said, "Since King Jing said so, it means that it is superfluous for the slave maid to come to the mansion to teach the princess, and I ask King Jing to forgive me, and the slave and maid will go back to the palace." After saying that, she saluted and left with the other grandmothers.

Situ Jing sighed, looked at Shui Ling'er, who was snickering, and said, "You're okay now, I'm fine." At that time, the queen mother will summon him to the palace to train him.

Shui Ling'er said with grievances: "Brother Jing, my hands and feet are almost sore to death in just one morning, if you fuck me like this every day, on the day of our wedding, I will be carried to worship with you."

Situ Jing frowned and said, "Don't let you talk nonsense like this, although I don't strictly require you, but you must also be restrained, so as not to be gossiped about."

Shui Ling'er suddenly said seriously, "Yes, Brother Jing." After saying that, the serious eight hundred instantly collapsed, and he resumed his usual big gulp of food.

In the evening, Situ Jing entered the palace to explain to the Queen Mother, and Shui Ling'er went back to the room to make up for sleep.

After she slept for several hours, she was woken up by Ah Jiu, who gave her a burden and whispered, "Da Mao Ni, Dongfang Yu is looking for you, you can go with him."

Shui Ling'er was still half asleep and said, "Why?"

Ah Jiu pulled her up, walked in the direction of the door, and said, "You believe me, following Dongfang Yu is the right choice." Although he is a well-known trouser brother in Chu State, he is also a prince and can ensure her prosperity.

Shui Ling'er was still in a trance and was taken to the door by Ah Jiu.

Dongfang Yu turned his back to her, his eyes looked at the sky in the distance leisurely, he thought that he could have a leisurely time, but unexpectedly, in the morning, the envoy of Chu State quickly sent a letter.

It was a letter from his mother to him, and the content of the letter was that his father died, the kings rebelled, and the princes supported the army to seize the throne, and the mother asked him to return to Chu to participate in the battle for the throne.

He grew up in the palace since he was a child, he had thought about the throne, but he was not favored by his father, and he gradually looked down on the throne, and now that he has the opportunity to seize it, he will do his best to snatch it, the winner is the emperor, and the loser dies.

But before returning to Chu State, he wanted to see her once, maybe the last, he put away his heavy expression, turned around and said with a smile on his face, "Shui Ling'er, do you miss me?"

Shui Ling'er retreated from sleepiness and said directly, "No."

Dongfang Yu knew that she would answer like this, so he still smiled and said, "I'm going back to Chu Kingdom, so I want to come and see you, I don't know when we will meet next time." He didn't know if he would live until then.

Since the last time he took her to the market to buy jewelry and rouge gouache, Shui Ling'er had a slight impression of him, and she said with some reluctance, "I will miss you, Brother Yu." She'll remember this pervert who peeked at her shower.

"It's worth it to have you."

Shui Ling'er showed a faint smile and said, "If I go to Chu Country in the future, you will take me to the market to have fun."

"Okay, it's decided." Dongfang Yu saw that there was only Ah Jiu beside Shui Ling'er, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Shui Ling'er, can you let me do one thing?"

Shui Ling'er wondered, "What's the matter?"

"That's it." Dongfang Yu leaned over and dropped a kiss on Shui Ling'er's lips.

Shui Ling'er was so frightened that she hurriedly took two or three steps back.

Dongfang Yu chuckled, and walked to the carriage on the side, and just as he was about to get into the carriage, Ah Jiu ran over and said, "Can you take Shui Ling'er away?"

"No." If it was normal times, Dongfang Yu would definitely agree, but his return to Chu this time was more auspicious, and he couldn't take her on an adventure.

After he got into the carriage, the groom rode away, and he secretly thought in the carriage that if he ascended the throne as emperor, he would snatch Shui Ling'er to the Chu State.