Chapter 113: The Third Highness Wants to Choose a Concubine?
The thing is very simple, because of the return of Princess Lingxin, the emperor specially instructed the eldest princess to come forward to hold this incense tasting meeting, and then ordered that all Beijing officials must send women of the same age in their own family to see, which is nothing more than to let Princess Lingxin quickly integrate into the circle of the capital.
- Of course, this is what Jiuhua Ying and Xue'er can guess at this moment, in fact, it can make the distant relatives of the big and small officials in the capital who have not even moved for many years to dispatch, naturally it will not be as simple as a Lingxin princess.
If you are a little more well-informed, who doesn't know that this time the emperor not only found the long-lost princess Lingxin, but also found a prince!
Although the identity has yet to be determined, it has also been questioned by some people. But judging from the current emperor's situation, the eldest prince died early, and the second prince, King Ying, not only has nothing to do with the wise and wise, but also can't stand with the handsome and chic, except for eating, drinking, and having fun, seeing beautiful women and not moving, I really can't find other "advantages"!
What's more, the emperor also has several nephews who are well-equipped with Wen Taowu and martial arts, and they can compare this king with a little finger. Therefore, no matter whether this mysterious third prince is really the third prince or not, as long as the emperor has a reason, then they can only echo it.
And the incense tasting party nominally held for Princess Lingxin must also be indispensable to this mysterious third highness, if it is really love at first sight or something......
Therefore, it is best to have a daughter of the same age, and it is okay to have a niece who does not have it, and even if you can't find it, you can simply recognize a young and beautiful daughter, anyway, you must find a way to participate in the fragrance tasting party of the eldest princess.
And Jiuhua Ying's distant uncle only has two adult sons, and one daughter is still drooping, and there is no daughter of the same age as Princess Lingxin to participate, and then he naturally thought of his daughter from a distant brother who has not moved much for a long time, so he had the previous thing.
But Jiuhua Ying didn't care about this kind of activity at all because of her cold temperament, so even Jiu's father hid it from her at the beginning. If Xue'er hadn't asked at this moment, I'm afraid she wouldn't know the truth until she entered the distant uncle's mansion.
The housekeeper is willing to say now, and it is precisely because the carriage has entered the capital that Jiuhua Ying has no room to return, so he said it.
Jiuhua Ying's face was really even more ugly, but as the housekeeper expected, she had already entered the capital, and Jiuhua Ying just wanted to go back now, and I was afraid that she would have to weigh the consequences.
Xue'er finally understood, where is the kindness in the capital? Where is Jiuhua Ying's nephew's big face? It is clear that the housekeeper in front of him has fallen in love with himself and Princess Lingxin, and then his appearance is quite passable!
But after thinking about it again, he is just a commoner now, where can he go to meet the princess like golden branches and jade leaves? If you follow Jiuhua Ying, maybe you can really see Lingxin through this cinnamon fragrance, and then it will be possible to intercede for Shan Tianying, but you have a heart.
Along the way, Xue'er was actually a little cold to Shan Yu and Shan Zheng, she just couldn't bear to look at Lin Ruochan's sad and anxious eyes who really cared for her, she really felt the care and warmth of her mother from each other. Who would want to see their mother sad?
Therefore, although she was separated from Shan Zheng's father and daughter, and those two people may have been involuntary and never came to look for her again, she still insisted on going to Lingxin and asking things clearly, just to change Lin Ruochan's smile, and she would be content.
Thinking about it like this, Xue'er asked the housekeeper about the specific date of the Guixiang Meeting, and decided to follow Jiuhua Sakura.
Jiuhua Ying naturally couldn't ask for it, after knowing that her distant uncle wanted to use herself to please the princess who came out of thin air, she was a little at a loss, and naturally she didn't want to let Xue'er leave. After all, after the speculation along the way, she has already regarded Xue'er as a friend, and it is good to have someone to support each other at this moment.
So, the carriage moved on.
The capital is very large, and there is more than one road after entering the city, and the road taken by Yang Jin and the others and the places they go to will not have anything to do with a five-grade petty official in the capital, and naturally they will not go the same way.
So no matter how much Dark Eighteen paid attention to Xue'er after discovering that Xue'er was missing, he couldn't find anyone who couldn't find Xue'er.
Jiuhua Ying's distant uncle is just a fifth-grade petty official, and the mansion is naturally not too big, but it is still possible to accommodate one more Xue'er.
At this moment, in the crazy wind of recognizing relatives in the capital, there will be such a qualified girl falling from the sky, so Lord Jiu just asked Mrs. to ask briefly, and really agreed, and arranged Xue'er and Jiuhua Ying to live together, and the condition was naturally to recognize Xue'er as a righteous daughter.
Xue'er already has a big brother who is married to him, and she is emotionally numb to one more pair of fathers and mothers. What's more, Lord Najiu and Mrs. looked kind, and in order to participate in the Guixiang meeting, she went to see Lingxin, so she didn't shirk it and agreed.
Of course, Xue'er can naturally guess that since Lingxin has become a legitimate princess, then Xuanyuan Yu must have been doing a good job as his Royal Highness the Third Prince in the capital.
So in the next days of waiting, Xue'er can be said to stay in Lord Jiu's mansion, and it can be said that she has never stepped out of the mansion, just don't want to meet her unexpectedly.
Jiuhua Ying naturally didn't have much interest, so she closed her door, talked about chess and painting with Xue'er every day, and occasionally made some knitted female red, and lived a lazy and comfortable life.
Xue'er found out that this Jiuhua cherry is not only beautiful and gentle, but also knows how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but is also very good at knitting female red!
Therefore, every time the two of them are facing each other, it is always Jiuhua Sakura who is talking, Xue'er is listening, or...... Bandage Cher's finger that was punctured by a needle.
- Although Xue'er is good at piercing human acupoints with silver needles, she really doesn't know anything about piercing clothes and fabrics.
Playing the piano out of tune, playing chess is a mess, writing is barely recognizable, just painting I don't know what I paint.
And the knitted girl is too "dangerous" for Xue'er, looking at the scarred ten fingers, Xue'er almost wonders if she caught the dark eighteen at once when she was outside the city, and now the other party's soul is coming to take revenge on her.
So in less than a day's work, Jiuhua Sakura gave up completely! Two people together can only enjoy the flowers and see the scenery. Then Mrs. Nine came with the tailors, tailored them to the clothes, made all kinds of jewelry, and then taught them some basic etiquette, and the days were not idle.
I don't know if the emperor is anxious, or the eldest princess who held this incense tasting meeting is anxious, just three days after Jiuhua Ying and Xue'er arrived in Jiufu, it was the day when the Guixiang meeting was officially held.
Early in the morning, before dawn, Xue'er and Jiuhuaying were dragged up from the bed, and then dressed up in various ways, and when Xue'er was still staring in a daze, they were directly pushed into the carriage and drove towards the eldest princess's courtyard on the outskirts of the capital.
It was still dark outside, with the peculiar cold of the early autumn morning, Xue'er shivered, and the person was much more awake, but after getting into the carriage, under the slight rhythmic shaking of the carriage, she began to fall asleep again.
The carriage went very slowly, not because the carriage they were riding in was old, but the more they went, the more carriages came in the street, and at last there was a long queue.
The Jingguan of Wupin is really nothing, and naturally he does not dare to compete with other carriages. So although Xue'er and Jiuhua Sakura went out before dawn, when they arrived at the eldest princess's mansion, it was already three poles in the morning, and all kinds of carriages in front of them were like long dragons, blocking the road.
The carriage couldn't pass, so Cher and Jiuhua Sakura had to get out of the car and walk, passing through the gaps in the queue of the carriages, and then arrived at the gate of the princess's courtyard.
At this moment, the image of the two people is already a little embarrassed, and they arrived late, so they naturally can't avoid the two big eyes of the concierge, but they are finally put in.
As soon as I entered, my eyes were full of prosperity and splendor, delicate red and tender green, flowers were clustered, and between the clothes and temples, the woman's fat powder fragrance suddenly came to my face!
The woman's soft voice made Xue'er feel as if she had entered a big garden of birds and flowers in spring, and there were warblers and swallows everywhere.
Fortunately, Xue'er's mind was not on competing for beauty, and she directly chose to turn a blind eye to her own embarrassment and the disdainful eyes of those girls.
Jiuhua Ying's interest was not high, so the two of them found a corner with few people together, waiting for the arrival of the eldest princess and Princess Lingxin.
When there are a lot of people, they tend to be confused. Although Xue'er and Jiuhua Sakura deliberately found a secluded place, it was impossible to completely calm their ears.
What's more, these noble ladies also have their own small circles, and it is inevitable to meet each other at this moment, there are those who greet each other, and there are those who quarrel and quarrel, but the most talked about is the recent sensational incident in the capital.
No one knows that the emperor is out of Beijing, but the sudden appearance of a princess and a prince is shocking.
In the capital, everyone knows that the emperor's heirs are thin, there are many princesses, but there are not many princes. An unsuccessful king, several wise and wise county kings, what it means to an aging emperor is almost not a matter of much thought.
And it's nothing that a princess suddenly pops up, after all, there are many princesses of the emperor, and it doesn't have much impact on the succession to the throne. But a prince is different!
Therefore, almost no one questions the identity of Princess Lingxin. Because all the spearheads are focused on this new prince!
Even these noble ladies are no exception, so Cher overhears the following conversation:
"Have any of you seen His Royal Highness the Third Prince, the new one who came out?" A girl in a goose yellow dress with a round face asked
"I've heard of it," said another girl in a pink dress, "I heard that as soon as he came back, he slapped the man who was both civil and military in the court!" ”
"Cut!" Another goose egg face, a girl with a few freckles on the tip of her nose, pouted, "When did you say that, is there anything else in the capital that you don't know?" ”
So all eyes were on the freckled girl again.
The girl was a little proud: "I heard that the Third Highness is not only about to be given the title of prince, but also about to open a government to build a mansion!" ”
"Open a government and build a mansion?" The girls around were almost unanimous this time, "Isn't that about to choose a concubine for marriage?" ”