"Flower viewing feast?"

"That's right." King Chengwu's slender figure stopped in front of her, and he got straight to the point, "Every year on the ninth day of April is the birthday of Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li is an important minister in the court, and many officials and celebrities will come to the door to pay their respects, and on the same day, Mrs. Taifu will invite the nobles in Beijing to enjoy the peony." On the surface, it is to enjoy the flowers, but in fact, in the name of flower appreciation, it provides an opportunity for those aristocratic young people and girls to be married. This year, the saint is seriously ill, and the flower-viewing banquet is okay, but the birthday banquet can no longer be as high-profile as before. But the 60th birthday is always going to be held, and Mrs. Li invited some close children to attend the family banquet, and this king was also invited. ”

After listening to King Chengwu's explanation, Song Ran bent his eyes: "It turned out that it was the future father-in-law of the prince who invited you to the family banquet, and it seems that he recognized the prince as the fast son-in-law of the dragon, congratulations." ”

King Chengwu glanced at her and said, "The concubine wants to do her best to arrange this marriage, but when this king listened to your words that day, he felt that it would be unfair to the king himself and Miss Li to accept it rashly." ”

The two stopped in the garden of the palace, King Chengwu was burly, and Song Ran was even more petite.

She was beside a begonia tree, raised her eyes and asked, "What is the prince's plan?" ”

"This king plans to see the young lady first, and then plan for the rest."

"Isn't tonight's flower-viewing feast a good opportunity?"

"I have seen a lot of such banquets, everyone wears masks, and only talks about the scene, and the women seem to be carved out of a mold, and even the arc of the smile seems to have been measured with a ruler in advance. If you choose a wife, you only need to choose a pleasing appearance, then you can directly compare it with the portrait, but what this king wants to marry is not a painting, but a princess who can communicate with this king's heart. ”

His words made Song Ran instantly look up at him. In this world, which man does not first fancy his appearance, and then talk about his family background and morality, will finally consider whether his mind is the same, or even not consider it at all. But he put this insignificant matter first, which is really rare.

"So, what does the prince want the people to do for you?"

King Chengwu smiled and said: "It's not a troublesome thing, I just want Miss Song to accompany this king to participate in the flower viewing banquet, find an opportunity, contact Miss Li, pass a few words for this king, and also take a look at her character and temperament for this king, so that this king has a number in his heart." ”

The corners of Song Ran's forehead jumped, and he was puzzled: "There are so many slaves and maids in the prince's mansion, why do you want to let a folk girl do such a thing?" ”

"The slaves and maids in this king's mansion are all meticulous works sent by their mothers, no matter what the Miss Li family is, they will only say 'yes', what's the point of letting them help find out?"

Song Ran nodded clearly, and heard him say with a smile: "The people invited by Mrs. Li to the banquet are all heroes among the people, and they will not be worse than the Gongzi Xie you saw that day. In her complicated eyes, he raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder, and said, "This king is optimistic about you." ”

Song Ran had a serious face: "Can the folk girl refuse?" ”

King Chengwu took a long time: "You try it." ”

Song Ran naturally didn't dare to try it, this one is a prince after all, and he will have to rely on him to get rich in the future, Xu Yuan's future and life are also hanging on him, and now let him owe himself a favor, in case Xu Yuan's incident of dressing up as a man happens later, she can still use this matter to help plead for mercy.

She bowed to each other: "If you can relieve the prince's worries, this flower-viewing banquet is a sea of swords, mountains and fires, and the folk girls will also go out to accompany you." ”

King Chengwu saw that the corners of her lips were smiling, her eyes were rolling, and she actually had a bit of seduction, coughed to stabilize her mind, and said: "If you lose your identity by pretending to be a maid, you will say that it is the distant cousin of this king." ”

After all, he was going to accompany King Chengwu to the banquet, Song Ran didn't dare to lose his dignity too shabbyly, nor did he dare to be too high-profile and really enter the eyes of a certain talent as he said, so he picked out a piece of clothing that was not very eye-catching but exquisite in workmanship, and inserted the hairpin that dumb man gave to him that day into his hair.

The mansion of the Li family is the imperial gift of the first emperor, located in the northeast corner of the tribute courtyard, Song Ran followed King Chengwu, under the guidance of the gatehouse, and walked to the mansion.

There are two large and small pools in the mansion, the pavilions and pavilions are built near the water, there are rockeries and rocks everywhere, and the environment is quiet and elegant. Although this Li Mansion is not as good as the Mo family's mansion in Yunzhou, it is not bad compared to the other courtyard in Yaozhou.

Before coming to the Zhan Garden, the person in charge of guiding the banquet said, "Please come with me." ”

Song Ran stopped, received the look from King Chengwu, and nodded slightly, indicating that he had taken his words to heart. King Chengwu couldn't help but squint his eyes as he looked at her back and walked away.

There are many rules in the official eunuch's family, and he was afraid that she would be timid if she hadn't seen the world, but since she got off the carriage, she looked calm and behaved decently, but she was more accustomed to those red tapes than him, the prince.

Before he could retract his gaze, a voice sounded behind him: "Uncle Wang." ”

He turned his head and saw the young man standing not far behind him, and his eyelids jumped.

It was the current prince who spoke, Zhu Guangxuan. Mrs. Li is still the crown prince now, and the prince should indeed be present on his birthday. He was also followed by a man with clear eyebrows, and King Chengwu recognized that it was Xiao Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who had only recently been reinstated. Both of them are dressed in regular clothes and are low-key, but the nobility they exude is not comparable to ordinary people.

King Chengwu stood there waiting for them to approach, and said, "It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

He has not been in Beijing for many years, and he has no contact with the prince, after all, he has military power, and he is afraid that the saint will be too careful, so he has always tried to avoid any messy involvement with several princes, so as to save people from misunderstanding him to form a party and stand in line, but last year, under his strong opposition, he still failed to prevent the second prince from marrying the Wu family, and the reason why he opposed this marriage was because Wu Boying was his uncle.

This is why he is tired of family marriages.

A marriage letter binds the honor and disgrace of the family to another family, and it is unreasonable to have both prosperity and loss.

Now, the saint has appointed the eldest prince as the crown prince, and he himself is not convinced or unconvinced, but obviously the second prince is not convinced. No matter how he behaves, in the eyes of the crown prince, he, the uncle Wang, is afraid that he is already in the camp of the second prince.

Even so, he didn't need to be so attentive to the prince. It's already like this, what a love.

The crown prince is young, but he is very calm, and his joy and anger are completely invisible, and in the face of the indifferent attitude of this uncle Wang, who is almost the same age as himself, he only smiled and said: "I heard that the Li family is discussing marriage with the Chengwu Palace, and the palace is here to congratulate Uncle Wang in advance." ”

Xiao Yan also said: "Xiao also wants to congratulate the prince." ”

King Chengwu looked at the two of them and said lightly: "The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and the prince and Lord Xiao are a little early to congratulate." If you want to say congratulations, this king wants to congratulate the prince and Lord Xiao. ”

One has entered the East Palace, and the other has been reinstated, which is indeed worth congratulating.

The prince's face showed a sad face: "This palace is also chasing ducks on the shelves, and recently I have been in contact with military affairs, and I feel powerless, and I still rely on Uncle Wang's guidance to do so, and I only hope that the Holy Body can ......recover as soon as possible."

The person in front of him was only eighteen or nineteen years old, but it was difficult for people to guess the depth of the city, King Chengwu greeted him and said, "Our uncle and nephew don't stick here, it's better to go to Mrs. Li to congratulate him on his birthday first." ”

The three of them entered the garden together, and the prince casually mentioned: "Uncle Wang seems to still have a female dependent, I don't know which young lady is the one who left at the right time?" ”

He only saw a back, but he was speculating in his heart that King Chengwu had only one sister above, that is, Princess Mingyu, who had been married five years ago, and her concubine's name was Pei Shu, who served in the Ministry of Rites.

King Chengwu casually said: "It is the niece of Pei Shu's cousin, who was a guest in the palace recently, and wanted to come to see the peony that Mrs. Taifu is proud of, so she came with this king." ”

The prince was so dazzled by this chaotic relationship that he didn't have time to think about what their relationship was. Xiao Yan was thoughtful, he and Pei Shu had drunk together yesterday, but he didn't hear him say that he had such a relative, but this is not something worth mentioning.

Song Ran was guided by the maid, went down the corridor near the water, passed the door of the cave for another month, stepped on the cobblestone path, and came to a living room with the title "Liuyun". Before entering, the laughter of the women could be faintly heard.

The maid stepped forward and said to the woman dressed as a maid in the hall: "Madam, Miss Song from the Chengwu Palace" has arrived. ”

The people who arrived at the house today were all recorded early, and King Chengwu had already given Song Ranan a suitable identity. Now she is the daughter of a seventh-rank official, and among the noble ladies who are visiting today, although her family background is at the bottom, because of the distant relative of King Chengwu, it is expected that no one will dare to underestimate her.

Since King Chengwu took her with him, what she represents is naturally the face of King Chengwu, and the Li family is about to have an in-law relationship with King Chengwu, so naturally he wants to give her this face.

Everyone's eyes looked at her with Mrs. Taifu, and saw that she was wearing an embroidered white silk jacket and a goose yellow gold thread skirt, not ostentatious, but also decent.

Song Ran raised his eyes and saw that the woman sitting in the center was dressed in a dark blue brocade dress, and her rich face was still beautiful, it should be Mrs. Taifu. Next to her sat a twenty-eight-year-old girl, with a brocade skirt and embroidered jacket, Luo socks and square shoes, and a round face that was very gratifying, thinking that it was Miss Li who was about to marry King Chengwu.

Song Ran looked down, bowed generously, and after properly answering a few questions from Mrs. Taifu, he was invited to the seat and enjoyed the tea, which was considered to be passed.