A woman next to her heard the conversation between the two, turned around and pulled Du Mingxin and said with a smile: "Why didn't you go to the Xingguo Mansion for the New Year?" The Guogong Mansion is close to my house, and I thought you could stop by and sit down! Even the refreshments are ready! ”

Du Ming saw that it was Yuan Ying, and his calm smile brought a bit of sincerity: "My uncle was busy, and he said that he had no female dependents at home, so he didn't call me for fear of treating me cold." ”

Deng Wenjiao suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are the niece of Xingguo Gong!" After speaking, he affectionately hugged Du Mingxin's shoulder, and whispered intimately: "I tell you, the Queen Mother will summon you later!" Be prepared! Not a word about her rude attitude.

Du Mingxin was a little surprised, could it be that she also wanted to be her little aunt?

She was being hugged by Deng Wenjiao uncomfortably, and a group of people came in at the entrance of the hall. Deng Wenjiao saw the person coming clearly, and immediately left Du Mingxin to greet him.

Yuan Ying and Du Mingxin glanced at each other, and both of them shook their heads heartily. This Deng Wenjiao is not a person to make friends with.

"Mr. Jiang has always been good? Sister Wan is okay too? ”

Yuan Ying smiled: "It's all good, it's just that they don't talk about you less!" ”

Du Mingxin smiled and said: "I miss you too, but you can't be free, and it's very difficult to go out." She looked around and asked, "Are you here by yourself today?" ”

Yuan Ying nodded at the new group of people and said, "My mother and Yuan Rong are flattering people there." ”

Du Mingxin looked at the people in the middle, a middle-aged woman in her forties and a little girl of thirteen or fourteen, her eyes were big, like a porcelain doll.

"Who are those two?"

Yuan Ying said quietly: "That woman is the Duchess of Dingguo, followed by her youngest daughter Xu Yuan. This daughter was born at the age of thirty, and both Dingguo and his wife were very precious. ”

Du Mingxin smiled: "How do you know everything?" ”

Yuan Ying smiled helplessly: "If you want to marry into these people's families, I don't know what the situation is in other people's families, how can it be done?" ”

"Then why don't you hurry up and get acquainted with your face?" Du Mingxin quipped.

Yuan Ying waved her hand and said with a smile: "I can't do something like that." My brother can now set up a household, I can marry whatever kind of family, and live a good life behind closed doors. Can she, Yuan Rong, still chase me home and humiliate me? ”

Du Ming thought so deeply that he couldn't help but nodded.

At this moment, an elderly palace maid came in from outside and came to the queen and said: "Niangniang, the queen mother said that the plum blossoms in the imperial garden are blooming just right, please go over and enjoy the flowers." Her old man and the princess had already gone first. ”

The queen smiled: "Why are you so happy today!" Then let's go quickly, don't tell the Queen Mother to wait. ”

Concubine De smiled and got up, and the two of them walked and stopped to the imperial garden.

There is a pavilion in the center of the garden, and the warm curtains on all four sides are lowered, and only one side is hanging, facing the red plum blossoms that bloom in the garden.

The Queen Mother looked to be about sixty years old, with gray hair, neatly tied up, and looked very energetic.

Next to her stood a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, her eyes wandering, looking forward to Shenfei, and she was happily gesturing and saying something.

Seeing the queen coming with someone, the girl went out of the pavilion to greet her: "Queen Mother, come in quickly, it's warm inside!" ”

After a group of people saw the ceremony, the Queen Mother asked, "Which is the niece of Xingguo Gong?" ”

Du Ming's heart sank, and he bowed down: "Du Mingxin, the daughter of the people, visited the Queen Mother and wished the Queen Mother good fortune and health." ”

"Good boy, come here." The Queen Mother summoned with a smile.

Du Mingxin walked closer and was held by the Queen Mother for a long time. "Like! Not only does she look like your mother, but she also looks like your grandmother in her eyebrows! ”

Du Mingxin pursed his lips and smiled, but did not speak.

"You said your surname is Du?" The Queen Mother thought for a while and said with a smile: "Yes, your grandfather insisted on marrying your mother to Kaifeng, and it was useless for your grandmother to be angry with him a few times, and she ran to me to cry!" ”

Listening to these old things, it seems that those who passed have come to life again. Du Mingxin answered with a smile: "I heard my mother's nurse say that when my mother got married, she still invited His Royal Highness the Prince's eldest aunt to be a blessed person......

"The Prince's aunt?" The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment.

"It's King Ning's mother." The queen reminded in a whisper beside her.

"Oh." The Queen Mother's warm expression somehow had a bit of gloom on it.

Seeing that Du Mingxin was a little embarrassed, the queen hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Uncle and sister-in-law both went early, and I and Concubine De have not seen these people." and only left King Ning with one child, and it was inevitable that the Queen Mother would be sad when she mentioned it. ”

Du Mingxin secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty: "Mingxin is ignorant, please don't mind the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother sighed, and then smiled again: "Get up, I don't blame you." How old are you and what can you know? Can the family say goodbye to you? ”

Hui Nyingpao? Cheng'an Hou Mansion? Du Mingxin hesitated for a moment and gave a vague answer: "The folk girl doesn't know." ”

The Queen Mother smiled at the queen: "It's a beautiful style!" If you go back and say kiss, I will call the queen, Concubine De, and then ask your uncle to give you a palm! I will definitely ask you to marry a good man, so that your grandmother and mother will be happy to watch it from heaven! ”

Subsequently, the Queen Mother summoned the Duchess of Dingguo and the mother and daughter to talk, and Du Mingxin retreated. After this response, she realized that her back was a little wet.

She quietly shook the clothes on her back, only to find a middle-aged woman quietly looking at her on the west side of the pavilion. She smiled at the other man, and the woman's face froze, and she turned to talk to the person next to her.

Du Mingxin felt that she didn't know what to do, so he heard Deng Wenjiao smile and said, "Sister Anping, let's go to Nanyuan in two days, shall we?" I just called Cheng Anhou to teach you how to ride a horse! ”

Princess Anping pursed her lips and smiled: "I know how to ride a horse myself, why do I want him to teach me?" ”

He? Du Mingxin smacked this affectionate title, it turned out that Lin Lang's marriage was here!

"Besides, Cheng Anhou is a person who does big things, and he is very busy every day, where can he take care of these idle things?" Princess Anping left this sentence and went out of the pavilion to pick red plums.

Deng Wenjiao smiled and walked to the lady who had just looked at Du Mingxin, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Tai, now that the yamen is closed for the New Year's Festival, is Cheng Anhou really busy?" ”

"Not busy," Mrs. Cheng Anhou said with a smile, "He also fights boxing and archery at home all day long, and the princess and Miss Deng are on assignment, and he must go." ”

Deng Wenjiao clapped his hands and smiled: "Then it's decided!" You told Cheng Anhou that I would ask my brother to give him a post in two days, and then invite King Ning and the crown prince to go with me. It's a pity that King Jin is not in the capital, otherwise he can be called! "There was a regretful expression on her pretty little face.

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After a lively day, and a cold and swishing banquet in the palace, Du Mingxin followed the crowd out of the palace. As soon as he got into the carriage outside the noon gate, he heard a galloping horse rushing by, and he was about to stop before the noon gate. Who can still ride a horse at the gate of the palace? Du Mingxin lifted the curtain and saw a tall figure jumping off the horse and entering the palace.