In the eleventh year of Xiyuan Chengxing, early spring.

The branches cover the pavilion, the stamens blow the hall, and the Tingting curls in the spring of the northern country.

The light rain and soft smoke were dripping in the early morning, and the palace in front of the court was sweeping the fallen flowers under the steps in the rain, and a refreshing and fragrant atmosphere suddenly opened in the rain and moisture.

Seeing the visitor, several palace ladies immediately saluted respectfully, "The slave maid pays a visit to Princess Yingcheng." ”

"No courtesy."

Hearing only a faint voice, several palace ladies got up and stood quietly to the side to watch the woman go away, and did not remove their envious eyes from her for a long time.

Yesterday, King Yingcheng brought the princess into Beijing, they were fortunate to see the true face of the princess, never this princess was only in the rumors, they only knew that King Yingcheng and her had been married for more than ten years, the husband and wife were deeply affectionate, and they did not accept concubines, everyone guessed that this must be a very beautiful woman, after all, King Yingcheng is known to be heroic, and the little marquis is such a young man, the woman behind them should be extraordinary, I don't want to see it yesterday is really such a stunning world, it is really worthy of King Yingcheng.

Yuwen Zheng and Yuwen Jingyu had already waited in front of Yongle Palace, and the father and son had a secret meeting with Prime Minister Liu Zhongyu yesterday and did not return in time. Yu Zijin all the way to observe the palace connected to the skillfully carved Shangluo Palace all the way to meet with the father and son, Prime Minister Liu Zhongyu is also here, seeing this Yingcheng princess who has never heard of her name but does not see her person, Liu Zhongyu stroked her goatee and saluted upright, "Your Majesty Liu Zhongyu see the princess." ”

Yu Zijin nodded, gave a hand, and said with a smile: "The prime minister is exempt from courtesy, you and the prince are friends who have forgotten their years, and their friendship is deep, so there is no need to be polite with this concubine." ”

Liu Zhongyu said yes with a smile, and hurriedly led the three of them into the hall.

Yuan Mingxuan and the Empress Dowager Qin had been waiting here, seeing the three of them entering the hall and hurriedly greeting her, Yu Zijin lowered her eyebrows and smiled, she has been used to worshiping her for so many years, she is really not used to worshipping people, she can only helplessly raise her skirt to salute Yuan Mingyu and the Empress Dowager Qin, and when she was about to bend down, Yu Wenzheng pressed her arm, and the little emperor Yuan Mingyu on the seat reminded in a panic: "The princess is exempt from etiquette, I have already ordered the prince and the princess to face the saint and not kneel!" ”

Yu Zijin was stunned for a moment, she looked at the somewhat solemn Empress Dowager Qin and the little emperor with a panicked face, and then looked at the expressionless Yuwen Zheng, smiled slightly and nodded, at this time, Yuwen Jingyu stepped forward to greet the Empress Dowager Qin and Yuan Mingyu, Yuwen Zheng lowered his ear to her: "Stand by my side, no one can afford your bow." I have said long ago that one day I will give you the honor of all men to bow down. ”

Yu Zijin smiled silently and sat down on the side of the main hall with him, only then did he take care to carefully look at the two people on the seat. The little emperor Yuan Mingxuan is not ugly, he is a very delicate young man, but his eyes are dull, his expression is single, he knows that his mind is incomplete at a glance, even if he wears a dragon robe, he has no imperial bearing, his eyes have been inadvertently glanced at the sandalwood carved flower stand in front of the window, where there is a glass vase, and several colorful butterflies bred in the palace greenhouse are dancing in the bottle.

And the Empress Dowager Qin, in her early thirties, with graceful clothes and elegant makeup, at a glance, she knew that she was born in a famous family, although Yu Zijin had never seen her before, but vaguely remembered that she had entered the palace to serve the original industry in the seventh year of Changhe, and had been tepid in the harem.

When she was looking at the Empress Dowager Qin, the Empress Dowager Qin was also looking at her, her expression was faint and did not show any emotion, and after a short handover, Yu Zijin looked away, and there was no wave in her eyes, but it made her very uncomfortable.

The next words did not mention any interest in Yu Zijin, not surprisingly, the Empress Dowager Qin really asked her to assist in the draft, anyone will understand that the Yingcheng Mansion will not allow the daughter of the western Sichuan clan to enter the palace, and with her as an assistant, the qualifications for the selection of Miss Qin are greater, and the Empress Dowager Qin is happy to see it.

Yu Zijin had no choice but to express her gratitude for obeying her orders, and when she left Yongning Palace, she turned to ask Yu Wenzheng: "Who is the person in the Yuan clan who is cooperating with Gongxi Jianing?" King Ninh Binh? King Pengcheng? ”

Yu Wenzheng hooked his lips and smiled, staring forward.

Yu Zijin followed his gaze, and a middle-aged man in a python robe and wide sleeves was walking in the center of the square, and she was beautiful, "King Chongming?" ”

Chongning Wang Yuanxi, the younger brother of the original mother, the surface is warm, the mind is gloomy, in the past in Shangjing, he helped the original industry to make trouble for Yu Zijin and Yutian brothers and sisters, and even later cheekily asked Yu Ce to marry Yu Zijin, Yu Tian was very annoyed when he knew it, and directly tried to send the person back to the fiefdom, if he didn't appear today, Yu Zijin almost couldn't remember that there was such a number one person in the Yuan family.

Just thinking about the past, King Chongning had come to the two of them to greet him warmly, and when he saw that familiar face, King Chongning's official words were stuck in his throat, and his face rose with complex and indescribable changes, and after a long time, he trembled and pointed at Yu Zijin and exclaimed, "You are"

"King Chongming is well." Yu Zijin smiled lightly, her face didn't know what to do, more than ten years have passed, her face has changed earlier than when she was young, and now she has changed her makeup, and the Yu Zijin in the memory of King Chongning is now only six points alike, the whole world is vast, there are two people who look similar, what is it?

Seeing Yu Wenzheng's displeased expression, King Chongning hurriedly withdrew his hand, and said in disbelief: "King Yingcheng and the princess forgive me, but when I first saw the princess, I forgave the little king for being abrupt, and the princess really looks like a person." ”

"Oh?" Yu Zijin was puzzled, "What person?" ”

"The eldest princess of Dongqian Chengping, the late Empress Xiaoyi of Dongyuan, Yuzijin." He looked at Yu Zijin's eyes and said word by word, trying to find something else from her face.

Yu Zijin only nodded, "I heard a little." ”

King Chongning looked at that face, and began to smile with fascination in his expression, not noticing that the cold gaze of Yu Wenzheng beside him had swept towards him, and when his back was cold, the two in front of him had already left hand in hand, and his eyes were fixed on that back for a long time.

"What are you pulling me for?" While walking, Yu Wenzheng looked displeased.

Yu Zijin said with a smile: "If you don't pull you, are you still waiting for you to kill people in the main gate square of the imperial city?" The one who killed was still a prince of Yipin. ”

"What's wrong with Prince Yipin? When I kill have to be? If it weren't for the fact that there was no one in the original clan, this king would let him be a Laoshzi to preside over the clan? ”

"Okay, good, the prince is angry, the concubine is wrong"

"It's good if you know, one day if he dares to look at you with that kind of eyes, even if this king doesn't kill him, he will have to gouge out his family's eyeballs!"

Yu Zijin glanced at him strangely, this person is really getting older and more naïve, stroking his forehead and speeding up his pace and hurriedly walked out of the main gate, Yuwen Zheng was willing to back down, and hurriedly followed without saying a word, Yuwen Jingyu followed behind only to feel that the crows were flying in the sky.

A woman in a plain black dress walked out of the rockery outside the curved bridge a few feet away, she frowned tightly and looked at the pair of men and women who were chasing me, and asked in a deep voice: "That's Princess Yingcheng?" ”

A maid hesitated and bowed her head and said, "Yes, princess, that one is Princess Yingcheng." ”

The woman's red five fingers clenched the rockery hard, and she gritted her teeth and sneered, "Very good." ”

Yuzijin!

It's you, it's really you!

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the draft ceremony was held as usual, and Yu Zijin went to Qunfang Hall with the Empress Dowager Qin early, and Liu Zhongyu's wife Mrs. Liu, several concubines and Princess Ma of Chongning participated. Among the show girls who entered the palace, there were many people who were born in famous families in western Sichuan, but most of them were side branches of these families, and the big families did not send their daughters into the palace in order to show their allegiance to the Yingcheng Palace, and the faces of the Empress Dowager Qin and several concubines were really not very good, and they only praised Zhao Mu and a few girls in the Liu Zhongyu clan and said no more, as for the girls who were taken to the Governor's Mansion by their respective mothers to be sent to the Yingcheng Palace, they were even more directly renoed.

The eunuch continued to roll call: "In the next column, Yang Zhaoyue, the eldest daughter of Yang Li, the first-class Cheng'en Gong and the general of Annan, Qin Rongche, the eldest daughter of Qin Ning, the Duke of Fenyin County, Xi Ying, the second daughter of Ximian, the second daughter of Fengli Lang Gong Ximian of Taichang Temple, and Ma Ningfang, the third daughter of Ma Chang'an, the chief secretary of Honglu Temple, and the four of them came to see them. ”

Yu Zijin raised her eyebrows slightly, raised her eyes to see the four palace skirt girls who moved out of the lotus step Wen Wan, her eyes stayed on Yang Zhaoyue, who was proud of her mother, for a while, and glanced at Ma Ningfang, I didn't expect Gongxi Jianing to send her own daughter-in-law, this is really big enough!

"What is Princess Yingcheng laughing at?" Princess Chongning beside her suddenly asked, and suddenly everyone's attention shifted from a few girls to Yu Zijin.

Yu Zijin shook his head lightly, "It's nothing, Concubine Ben just looks at the appearance and temperament of this Miss Ma and Princess Chongning, the princess and Miss Ma have the same surname, I think you two are from the same family?" ”

Before Princess Chongning could answer, Her Royal Highness Ma Ningfang had already replied with a chuckle: "Princess Yingcheng really has good eyesight, Princess Chongning is the concubine's aunt!" ”

"Ning Fen!" Princess Chongning frowned lightly and reminded her of her rudeness, her eyes were still always spoiled, Ma Ningfen playfully stuck out her tongue, and obediently stood back in her position, causing Yang Zhaoyue to roll her eyes, Princess Chongning said helplessly: "The Queen Mother, the princess, the princess forgive me, this girl is usually spoiled by my brother and sister-in-law, it is inevitable that she does not know the proportions and loses her manners." ”

Empress Dowager Qin smiled and only said that it was okay.

Yu Zijin inadvertently glanced at the innocent and lively ignorant girl with some sympathetic eyes, how could the position of the master of the six palaces be so easy to sit in?

Mrs. Liu beside her also sighed lightly, and deliberately lowered her voice and said: "The Ma family is declining day by day and there is no one in the clan, the honor and disgrace of the family is all the daughters, and this Miss Ma is also an ignorant and poor person. ”

Among the four girls, Qin Rongche described her elegant and dignified temperament, beautiful and beautiful, but her quiet atmosphere made her not very eye-catching, and Gong Xi An Ying was not much different from her, and Yang Zhaoyue was already bewitching and beautiful, and her temperament was even more arrogant and noble, and she stood with the other three girls to be dazzling, and only Ma Ningfen, who was enthusiastic and delicate and lively, could be equal to her, Yu Zijin was extremely suspicious of this, and asked: "King Chongning is thoughtful and meticulous, and has reached a consensus with Gongxi Jianing, How could the Ma family send Ma Ningfen to share the limelight? ”

Mrs. Liu covered her lips and smiled warmly, "The Ma family is declining day by day, and they all rely on Princess Chongning for glory, and they have the opportunity to send their daughters into the palace in exchange for the status of the royal family to raise the clan, and it is not lazy to send a daughter into the palace to raise the status of the royal family, and Miss Yang is of noble birth, which is enough to suppress Miss Ma. However, the courtiers heard that when Cai Nu first entered the palace, Miss Yang and Miss Ma were not very harmonious, and King Chongning was afraid that he would not be able to get his way. ”