Chapter 56: The Man in the Painting

Xiao Dong couldn't think of anything Shen Jing was looking for her, one year older and two years younger, Shen Jing's manners, words and deeds became more and more regular, and she avoided suspicion everywhere. If he has a big event, he must be looking for King An. If it's a trivial matter, it's looking for Zhao Lu. It's really fine, and I won't come to her.

Shen Jing didn't say anything later, and when Xiaodong met him again one day and asked, Shen Jing just smiled and diverted the conversation.

Maybe it doesn't matter.

The banquet in the palace during the Double Ninth Festival, Xiaodong entered the palace early, and the Empress Dowager Shengci was being served by the palace people to dress and change clothes, and the dresses were held by the palace people, and they were indescribably splendid and gorgeous.

"Say hello to the Queen Mother, and wish the Queen Mother a blessed life and well-being."

The Empress Dowager Shengci beckoned to her: "Get up quickly." ”

Xiao Dong approached with a smile, Cai Gu smiled and moved out of the way, Xiao Dong smoothed the collar for the Empress Dowager Shengci and tied the tie.

"What about your father and your brother?"

"They're ahead." Xiao Dong held the hand of the Empress Dowager Shengci: "The queen mother, they should also come over." ”

"Well, the hour is almost up." The Empress Dowager Shengci instructed Cai Gu: "Go and get some cakes, you take a bite first, there is a lot of business today." ”

Cai Gu brought a plate of chongyang cakes, and there were some wood flowers sprinkled on it, which were just out of the pot when they were hot, and there was a sweet aroma.

Xiaodong was not polite, pinched a piece and ate, and the Empress Dowager Shengci said: "Be careful of scalding, eat slowly." ”

Cai Gu poured tea for her, Xiao Dong ate two cakes with tea, and sure enough, the queen led the harem concubines to come. Today, everyone is dressed according to the product, and the queen is dressed in a crow green dress and wears a beaded crown, which is more dignified and dull than usual. She was followed by Concubine Ming, she was constantly sick, and Xiao Dong hadn't seen her for a few days. Concubine Ming was wearing the color of the concubine's costume and wearing a crown of beads on her head, which was only one level lower than the queen's. She was a little emaciated, and when she was sewn, she should have been plumper than she is now, and now she wears it a little empty, and some can't hold it up.

Xiao Dong consciously stood backwards, not far from the fifth princess. The red marks on her face are still there, it seems to be lighter, it looks faint pink, as if the snow has not melted, the peach blossoms are newly falling, and it does not look ugly.

Although he contracted a vicious disease, he saved his life and his appearance. The fifth princess, this can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, right?

Xiao Dong played with the colorful embroidered sachet containing the red and bright dogwood.

The fifth princess spoke to her first: "A few days ago, the flower viewing party in the fourth sister's mansion was very lively? ”

Xiao Dong nodded and said, "I went to a lot of people, admired chrysanthemums, and made some poems." ”

If the fifth princess goes, others must not be able to suppress her limelight. The five princesses in the past can be called both talented and beautiful, and no one in the capital can compare. Speaking of appearance, except for Yao Jinfeng, Xiaodong has never seen anyone who can cross her. In terms of talent, the princess, the daughter of the clan, and the daughters of the boudoir that Xiao Dong knows are not as good as her.

"The sixth sister also went?"

"Ah, there I went."

"I haven't seen her in a few days...... How is she doing? ”

The fifth princess and the sixth princess are not compatible, this is known to everyone, the sixth princess used to be pressed by this sister everywhere, and the mothers of both sides also competed for favor, which can be regarded as a long-standing grudge. The fifth princess is sick, if anyone is happy, it must be the sixth princess.

The words of the fifth princess did not sound like spying or sarcasm, but seemed to be very sincere in their concern for the sixth princess.

"Sixth sister looks very good......"

It's just that the happiness of the six princesses is based on the pain and patience of others. Luo Wei was frustrated compared to before, and the Luo family did not return to the peace and harmony of the past.

Xiao Dong's belly slandered, in fact, the emperor did not like the Luo family, and he intended to rectify their family, right? Your daughter didn't discipline her well, she threw it to the courtier's house like a hot potato, and people can't beat or scold, they have to let it and provide it. No wonder they all say that daughters should marry higher and daughters-in-law should marry lower. The daughter-in-law, who is too high and arrogant, enters the door, which is really a blessing in disguise.

"I heard that your brother has returned to Beijing, so you don't have to worry about it every day."

Xiao Dong nodded and said, "Yes." Although my father said that it was a good thing to go out to sharpen, Ye An was too far away, and it took so long to walk on the way to carry the letter, I thought that when the weather should be cold there, I had already sent shoes and socks and clothes, and it was still late to get there, and it had already snowed twice. ”

The fifth princess is willing to talk to her, and Xiaodong doesn't mind chatting with her. Speaking of which, the fifth princess is much easier to get along with than the sixth princess, she is smarter and more sensitive than the sixth princess, and she can understand the mood of others. It doesn't matter if it's true or not, at least it's comfortable to get along. The sixth princess has a real temperament, but sometimes she is so impulsive that people can't stand it.

The banquet was held, the emperor and queen offered wine and prayers to the empress dowager, and the emperor also personally held a cup and served food to the empress dowager, a performance of a twenty-four filial son. If it is an ordinary family, when the Double Ninth Festival is celebrated, the children and grandchildren will naturally serve the elders in the family so filial piety, but the emperor is doing a political show, and what he wants is only form and meaning.

The wine is scalded, with a chrysanthemum aroma, which looks very sweet.

"Sister ...... Winter"

Xiao Dong looked at the fifth princess, slightly vigilant in his heart, and his face remained silent.

What she said to Xiao Dong last time, Xiao Dong still remembers.

"Shen Sangongzi...... Is he okay? ”

Xiao Dong was stunned, Shen Jing?

How could the fifth princess ask about him?

"Cousin is fine."

The fifth princess also drank a few glasses of wine, the red marks on her face seemed to be darker, and she looked at the Chongyang cake on the case with a slight distraction.

These two ...... There shouldn't be any contact.

The fifth princess didn't say anything after asking this, Xiao Dong was puzzled and guessed, and her face didn't show anything.

"By the way, the day before yesterday, I got the quasi-letter, and the wedding date of the fifth princess has been set."

"Really?"

Cai Gu opened the box: "The Queen Mother sees that the county lord likes to eat this cake made in the small kitchen of Changchun Palace, and asked you to pack some for you to take back and eat slowly." ”

"Well, thank you for me, the Queen Mother. By the way, the fifth sister is married to ......"

"It's still Lin Xiang's home. Although it was delayed due to illness, fortunately, the princess's illness is now better, and the marriage should not be postponed any longer. The second son of the Hou family in Lin Township heard that he is also an elegant person, with a good temper and good appearance, and he and the fifth princess will be able to marry and be beautiful and smooth in the future. ”

Xiao Dong's mouth responded, and he was a little absent-minded.

The fifth princess talked to her for a long time just now, and went around in circles for a long time, in fact...... Xiao Dong felt that only that sentence was what she really wanted to ask.

The fifth princess ...... Shen Jing

Xiao Dong returned to King An's Mansion with a box of Chongyang cakes and full of worries, and in the evening, Zhao Lu came over deliberately: "My sister must be tired today, right?" ”

Xiao Dong looked at his clothes and asked, "Where did my brother come from?" ”

"Accompanied Shen Jing to the east of the city, he drank a little more, I want to ask my sister, the decanting soup I made last time is quite effective, and I feel a lot more comfortable after drinking it......"

"Ah, I'll send it as I ordered." Xiao Dong hesitated: "Why did he drink too much?" ”

"Today's wine is strong, I didn't pay attention to it for a while, he drank a pot by himself."

Shen Jing is a very measured person, why did she suddenly start drinking?

And today, the fifth princess asked......

After the decanting soup was ready, Xiao Dong personally served it. Zhao Lu placed the person in the guest house, Shen Jing was really drunk, her face was red, and she couldn't wake up. Xiao Dong watched people pour him the sobering soup, while someone packed up the wine-stained clothes and went out, Xiao Dong turned his head and saw something, and beckoned to stop people: "You wait." ”

Sandwiched between the garments was a ribbon.

The brocade is no longer new, perhaps because of the frequent rubbing, and the embroidered flowers on it are no longer glamorous.

This brocade has been seen by Xiaodong.

This is when Shen Jing first arrived in the capital, in the limelight in the poem, when the fourth princess and the fifth princess happened to meet, the fifth princess took out a hand-embroidered brocade ribbon as a color head, that night they were still celebrating together because of this, Xiaodong saw this brocade belt, it was the one at that time.

Xiao Dong held the brocade and walked out for a while, and the person who packed his clothes didn't dare to leave without orders, and asked softly: "If the county lord doesn't have an order......

"Oh, there you go."

Xiao Dong turned around and entered the house, and Zhao Lu wiped the sweat on his head: "Even if this is a Sven person, he will die if he is drunk." Fortunately, he is not the kind of drunken maniac, and he falls asleep when he is drunk, which is not too troublesome. Hey, what are you holding? ”

Xiao Dong put the brocade next to Shen Jing's pillow: "It's nothing." By the way, brother, do you know how your cousin's family is? ”

"Oh, I heard that the date has been set, and he is going to take leave and go back to marry."

"Really?"

Xiao Dong didn't say anything about this to anyone, between Shen Jing and the fifth princess...... There can't be anything. Unlike the three princes and Yao Jinfeng back then, it is impossible for Shen Jing to have a secret meeting with the fifth princess and secretly communicate with the song. The fifth princess lived in the deep palace, and it was extremely difficult for Shen Jing to even see her. A brocade ribbon, a greeting, doesn't mean anything.

The fifth princess is about to get married, and Shen Jing is also about to marry his wife.

Their lives are like two parallel lines. Shen Jing is the son of the generation of the Shen family in Hedong, and the family did not cultivate him to let him destroy his future and become an idle horse.

Shen Jing woke up the next day and came to thank Xiaodong.

"Thank me for what? I didn't make that soup. ”

Shen Jing just smiled, looking still gentle.

Xiao Dong remembered that he was secretly reading chivalry in the rockery, and remembered the brocade belt again-

Do the children of the family always have to compromise like this? Suppress preferences and personality, can't do what you like, and can't approach people you like.

Xiao Dong suddenly understood Shen Jing at this moment.

Why did she always feel that this person was so unreal.

Because what he shows is never the real him.

His elders, his family, his teachers, and the people around him expect too much from him, and he lives for these people.

What Xiao Dong saw was "quiet" in the eyes of everyone.

He is smart and humble, gentle and handsome. He is calm and upright, and he has both talent and morality......

He is perfect, and the person who paints is always a positive one.

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