Princess Anping is about the same age as Du Mingxin, with generous manners and a pretty complexion, and she does not have the arrogance of Deng Wenjiao. She invited Xu Yuan and the others to sit down, instructed the palace maid to serve tea, and then asked Du Mingxin about her family life in a friendly manner.

Deng Wenjiao saw Xu Yuan sitting next to Du Mingxin, so she ran to her side and whispered, "What do you call Miss Du today?" ”

Xu Yuan blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "Call sister." ”

"She's your brother Yao's niece, my silly sister!" Deng Wenjiao reached out and poked her forehead.

"Sister Deng, your hands are too heavy!" Xu Yuan said angrily, "Anyway, everyone is about the same age, and they are not relatives, so they are just screaming!" ”

"Not a relative, huh?" Deng Wenjiao teased her, "You don't want to marry them?" ”

Xu Yuan secretly glanced at Du Mingxin, and saw that she didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two, so she turned her head and feigned anger: "I don't know what Sister Deng said. My brothers are all married, and I haven't reached the end yet, so I don't know who you're talking about marrying and with whom? ”

Deng Wenjiao pouted and said, "You are so boring!" Isn't it okay to be joking? ”

While a few people were talking, two men walked slowly from a distance.

Except for Princess Anping, Du Mingxin and others all stood up to greet them. She glanced up and quickly saw that both of them were fresh faces, and she couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment in her heart.

"Big brother, you're here too." An Ping got up and smiled.

Chen Ting strode into the pavilion and smiled at Anping: "The emperor didn't allow me to come, I came here secretly, don't complain when you go back to the palace." ”

"Then it depends on whether you can have fun with us today!" An Ping smiled gently.

"Whose family is this sister? I look a little embarrassed. Chen Ting asked Du Mingxin who was standing next to Xu Yuan with a smile.

"Sister Du is the niece of Xingguo Gong, and she is the guest I invited today." Anping said with a smile.

The man who had been standing next to him silently glanced up at Du Mingxin, and then turned his face away. He was long and jade, his appearance was very delicate, and his thin lips were slightly pursed, revealing a trace of fortitude and coldness that was not commensurate with his appearance.

"Ha, it turns out that you are the little sister of the Du family!" Chen Tinglang laughed loudly, "Yesterday, the emperor wanted to come to Xingguogong, but he said that he was afraid that his seniority would not be calculated, and he was afraid that the king of Jin would call him uncle!" ”

Deng Wenjiao heard him mention King Jin, and hurriedly asked, "Did King Jin say that he would come today?" Why are you and Cheng Anhou here so far? ”

It turned out that the person was Lin Lang. Du Mingxin glanced at Princess Anping, and saw that she had a smile on her face, but she looked at Lin Lang from time to time, and she understood a little more in her heart. I am afraid that if An Ping entered Beijing and fell in love with Lin Lang, and the emperor agreed, Mrs. Lin would be so anxious to return her family affairs.

"Shall we go horseback riding at the horse farm?" Deng Wenjiao was a little impatient, and instructed the palace maid beside him, "Go outside and wait for King Jin, and tell him to go to the horse farm to find us as soon as he arrives." ”

The palace maid answered. Xu Yuan asked Du Mingxin with his eyes if he wanted to go together, and Du Mingxin waved his hand gently. Xu Yuan smiled and said to everyone: "I don't want to ride a horse today, I heard that the water in Nanyuan Lake is frozen, so I asked Sister Du to accompany me to go ice fishing with me." ”

Deng Wenjiao frowned and said, "What's the point of that?" Wait there in the cold, be careful to freeze your toes off! ”

Xu Yuan pursed her lips and said, "Then I still think that the cold wind blowing on a horse hurts my face!" ”

An Ping saw that the two were going to quarrel again, so he smiled and said: "Ayuan will do whatever she likes, why are you so lenient!" She turned her head to Lin Lang and smiled: "Cheng Anhou, let's go?" ”

Lin Lang nodded, and was about to follow Anping, but Chen Ting smiled and said, "I don't want to ride a horse today, so stay and accompany my two sisters to fish." ”

An Ping looked at him, then at Xu Yuan, hesitated for a moment and said, "Then the eldest brother takes good care of the two younger sisters." ”

Chen Ting nodded, sent them out of the pavilion, turned around and smiled at Xu Yuan, "Sister Ayuan, let's go to the lake." After saying that, he stretched out his hand to pull her.

Xu Yuan took advantage of the situation to hold Du Mingxin's arm, which was able to dodge Chen Ting's hand, and said with a smile: "King Ning, please lead the way." ”

Chen Ting smiled at her as he walked: "It's too much to call me King Ning." You call Xingguo Brother A Yao every day, why don't you call me brother too? ”

Xu Yuan smiled: "Then how can it be done!" You are the princess's brother, how can I kiss at will? Besides, Brother A Yao has been in my family since he was twelve years old, and he has a half-son relationship with my father, and it is only natural for me to call him brother. ”

Along the way, Chen Ting kept showing favor and courtesy to Xu Yuan, but she was blocked back by her. Du Ming felt very embarrassed in his heart, but secretly applauded Xu Yuan in his heart. A thirteen-year-old girl can detect the intentions of a man in his twenties, and she can smile without leaking, which is really smart.

When he arrived at the lake, Chen Ting was already a little impatient. He patiently asked someone to dig two ice caves, and ordered someone to prepare the fishing rod and bait, and then left Nanyuan under the pretext that he had nothing to do.

Du Mingxin let out a long sigh when he saw him leave. She had long wanted to go to the official room, but she couldn't bear to leave Xu Yuan alone with Chen Ting, so she endured it again and again.

"My sister plays first, and I'll come when I go."

Xu Yuan waved her hand and smiled: "Sister, just go, maybe when you come back, I will catch several!" ”

Du Mingxin followed the palace maid to a small wooden house under the shade of flowers and trees, where there was a brazier and an incense burner. When she came out, she found that the palace was gone.

Du Mingxin was a little suspicious, but she still remembered the way, and walked to the verandah when she came after a detour, but saw Lin Lang standing there.

Du Mingxin didn't want to have any entanglement with him, so he squatted slightly and saluted and was about to leave, but Lin Lang suddenly said: "I'm sorry." ”

Well, Du Mingxin didn't know how to answer such a sentence. Say you don't have to feel guilty, I didn't want to marry you in the first place? Does this seem that Lin Lang is a little self-inflicted? What if he was angry and wanted to cut himself?

Du Mingxin glanced at it secretly, and when he saw that he didn't have a knife at his waist, he relaxed his heart.

"Cheng Anhou doesn't have to apologize, marriage pays attention to fate, if fate is not enough, it is useless to get engaged."

Lin Lang seemed a little surprised that she would answer like this, he stared at her for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Miss Du's answer really makes Lin ashamed. But the token also asked the girl to go back and look for it, if it is an ordinary object, it doesn't matter, but the token has my family's emblem on it, this ......"

Du Ming said in embarrassment: "But I have already searched through the places where the jade pendant may be placed at home, and I really can't find it." Don't worry, I will never ruin your marriage, I didn't want to marry you. ”

Lin Lang's tense expression cracked a crack, and a trace of embarrassment appeared. "It's not that I don't trust Miss Du, it's just that the token is still there years ago, and I can't find it in just one month, it's unbelievable."