There was nothing else to do along the way, and the three of them arrived at the mansion of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom together - although yesterday the eldest princess's mansion went door to door to inform that today's birthday banquet was canceled, and they were also closed, but everyone still sent gifts to the door.

"The fourth brother and sister are here?" The eldest princess's mansion does not accept guests today, but the eldest princess's son, daughter-in-law, and nephew are naturally not among the obstacles. When they arrived at the back hall, the county lord of Qingjiang was already there, and after seeing it, he was no longer enthusiastic as before, and only greeted Song Yixiao lightly, but was very enthusiastic about Xu Xio, "Cousin Xu, haven't you seen you for a few days?" I heard that you were transferred from the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of War at the end of last year, I don't know if you are still used to it? ”

Song Yixiao has always been regarded as her own by this sister-in-law, but she was suddenly snubbed and slightly surprised, and she couldn't help but wonder if she didn't have the heart to offend her?

Just as she was thinking about it, Nie Wuying came over and grabbed her arm, and said with great interest: "Fourth sister-in-law, my mother is talking to Aunt Daiguo inside, and she won't come out for the time being, why don't you go to my place for a while?" ”

As he spoke, he whispered, "I've been practicing the movements you taught me last time for the past two days, can you help me see the results?" ”

Song Yixiao had no choice but to put down the eldest sister-in-law and deal with the sister-in-law first: "Success!" ”

When the two of them arrived at Mingzhu Garden, Nie Wuying untied the fox fur and changed into dance clothes, and showed her sister-in-law the results of her hard training during this time in the flower hall - in Song Yixiao's opinion, it was really unsatisfactory, but in order not to spoil her sister-in-law's interest, she still tried to pick a few places to praise her.

Nie Wuying happily changed back into her dress before she was about to speak, but she heard her call out to her in the court, and the two sisters-in-law only said that the two eldest princesses had finished speaking to the back hall, so they sent someone to summon them to hurry over, and they didn't dare to slack off.

I didn't want them to hurriedly put on their robes and go to the court, only to know that someone wanted to borrow the boat tied to the small pier in front of the Pearl Garden.

The boat was in the eldest princess's mansion for Nie Wuying's sole use, and the mother-in-law guarding the door didn't dare to make decisions without permission, so she had to come in and ask for instructions.

"Who wants to borrow a boat on this cold day?" Nie Wuying was quite surprised when she heard this, and walked to the door while asking, not wanting to take a picture with King Zhao, and her face couldn't help but blush!

"Cousin Nie!" King Zhao nodded at her generously, and smiled at Song Yi, who came out later, and said with a smile, "Let's congratulate my aunt on her birthday, I don't want the fifth brother to have to swim in the lake, I can't coax him, so I have to bring him over to beg Cousin Nie!" ”

While talking, the two sisters-in-law saw that on the snow not far behind him, there was a boy wearing a white fox fur, the fox fur had no trace of variegation, almost melted into the snow, and they didn't notice it at first.

Although the fifth prince King Shu is only eight years old, he is from the royal family, and he is not comparable to the naughty children in the market, so there is no need for King Zhao to mention it, he has taken the initiative to come over and give them a family salute, and said crisply: "He Xuan has seen his cousin and cousin!" ”

The two of them were busy with national gifts - at this time, they saw King Zhao standing behind the King of Shu and glancing frequently, signaling them not to agree.

It was only Song Yi who smiled and said, "Why did Your Highness want to swim in the lake?" It was a very cold day. ”

The king of Shu cried and said: "Lone hasn't come out to play for several months, and the last time I rowed was last year's summer meeting!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand to wipe his tears - the two sisters-in-law hurriedly coaxed, but the King of Shu had to swim in the lake, and he couldn't stop crying if he didn't agree!

Seeing this, the corners of Nie Wuying's mouth twitched, and she was very afraid of the soft and afraid of the hard, so she changed the object of persuasion to King Zhao: "Hengzhi is just a lake in the house, there is no big wind and waves, it should be no problem to find a few guards who know how to hold the boat?" ”

When the King of Shu heard this, he immediately put down his hand, and he didn't care about the tears hanging on his long eyelashes, and looked at them with great anticipation.

King Zhao glanced at Nie Wuying speechlessly, it was originally because the King of Shu made too much trouble, he couldn't hold back and had to bring his younger brother over, wanting to use Nie Wuying's way to dispel his younger brother's thoughts, but now Nie Wuying is speaking for the King of Shu - how can this be persuaded?

After a stalemate, seeing that the King of Shu was about to cry again, everyone had no choice but to follow Nie Wuying's plan and find a few guards who were good at water to come over and row the boat.

Song Yixiao told the people who went to find the guards, and by the way, they called Jian Xubai and other men over casually - after all, the thirteen-year-old King Zhao and the eight-year-old King Shu were not adults, and there was no reason to let the two brothers take the guards to the lake in the winter. The eldest princess's mansion has to send someone to accompany her to board the boat.

After a while, Jian Xubai and Ji Zifu led the guards over, and after the salute, Jian Xubai casually touched the head of the King of Shu, and said with a smile: "Go to the lake on this cold day to blow the cold wind, you can think of it!" ”

"Fourth brother, look at Cousin Jane bullying me again!" The king of Shu unhappily put his hand away and turned his head to complain to the king of Zhao.

"Isn't a child's head meant to be touched?" I didn't want King Zhao to answer yet, Ji Zifu also rubbed two handfuls on his head, and said with a smile, "What do you mean by bullying you?" People who are almost ten years old, they will only complain to your imperial brother in case of trouble, are they ashamed? ”

King Zhao looked at his younger brother with a flushed face, and said with a smile: "How old is Cousin Ji, and he still likes to tease us so much?" ”

Song Yi smiled when he heard this, and immediately remembered the day when the army went out seven years ago, Jian Xubai once said that when Ji Zifu teased Princess Changxing, he made this cousin of the golden branch and jade leaf cry for more than an hour, and the queen mother couldn't coax it - looking at the king of Shu again, her eyes were a little sympathetic.

Sure enough, Ji Zifu didn't care about King Zhao's run at all, and said with a smile: "This still doesn't like you?" Otherwise, there are more children on the street, why don't I joke with them? ”

stretched out his finger to flick the forehead of the king of Shu again, "As a result, you don't like to play with your cousin, it's really sad for me to be a cousin!" ”

King Zhao knew that he was shameless and difficult to defeat, so he shook his head and didn't entangle, but only went over and led the King of Shu away from Ji Zifu.

At this point, Song Yixiao and Nie Wuying were going to go back to Mingzhu Garden to continue eating snacks and chatting, but Jian Xubai suddenly remembered that they had been busy since they got married, not to mention that the husband and wife had gone to play somewhere inside and outside the city, and they hadn't even gone to visit the garden in their own mansion once, so they stopped them: "Heng and vertical are their own people, why don't you get on the boat and play together?" ”

He said this in public, although Song Yixiao didn't want to blow the cold wind at all, but in order to save face for her husband, she still nodded.

So a moment later, everyone got on the boat - to be honest, this kind of season is really not interesting to swim in the lake, the weather is cold, the wind is cold, and as far as the eye can see, whether it is the vast waters, or the gray shore, it is a listless depression.

Occasionally, a few plum blossoms light up the sight, but in the vast field of vision of heaven and earth, it is not lively, but it is deserted.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, he didn't even prepare for eating, so at first everyone commented on what he saw, but later only the King of Shu was lying on the porthole alone and watched it - as for such a monotonous scenery, why did he not get tired of watching it for half an hour, probably only children of this age know?

Unexpectedly, Song Yixiao thought so, and the King of Shu suddenly stood up and said, "It's not interesting to look inside, let's go to the deck to play!" ”

"No!" Hearing this, the crowd who was chatting with someone hurriedly stopped, "What should I do if it is windy on the deck and I accidentally fall into the lake?" ”

It's just that the King of Shu looked at Zhili, and in the end, the eight-year-old boy will inevitably have naughty times - when he heard this, his face showed disappointment, and he said: "Oh! ”

made the move to return to his seat, but took advantage of the moment when everyone relaxed their vigilance, and suddenly pulled out their legs and ran!

"Nonsense!" Seeing this, King Zhao was in a hurry, and hurriedly reached out to stop him - the cabin was narrow, and King Zhao was about to catch him, but who knew that King Shu was young but cunning, and he had a calculation before he ran: he pulled the defenseless Nie Wuying, pushed her hard at King Zhao, and took the opportunity to slip to the deck, laughing proudly!

This kid was happy to succeed in his goal, but King Zhao and Nie Wuying, who were rolling in a ball in the cabin, were both embarrassed and red-faced!

"King Zhao, you shouldn't collude with the King of Shu and take advantage of Cousin Nie, right? Otherwise, the King of Shu is usually not an arrogant person, so how did he push Cousin Nie here? Seeing this, Jian Xubai and his wife couldn't cry or laugh, and were about to step forward to help, so Ji Zi floated out and teased, "And push Cousin Nie into your arms with a push-it's just that your cousin is always the pearl of Aunt Jinguo's palm, and it's not unworthy of you, since you have intentions, you should ask the elders to come out to discuss, isn't it abrupt cousin to act like this?" ”

King Zhao's face suddenly changed when he heard this, regardless of the fact that he hadn't fully gotten up, and said: "It's about cousin's name, please be cautious about cousin Ji!" Although I am young and ignorant, I will not be unscrupulous enough to use my eight-year-old younger brother to calculate the pearl of my aunt's palm! If the cousin doesn't believe it, he can call the fifth brother back for a confront! ”

In the end, he is the concubine of the middle palace, and the Su family has made great efforts to cultivate candidates for the big position, although Ji Zifu's speculation is abrupt and not good, but he is still calm.

But Nie Wuying, who is also thirteen years old, doesn't have this city mansion, a serious girl of this age crashed into her cousin's arms in front of everyone, pulled and pulled for a while before parting, and she already felt embarrassed!

And although Ji Zifu's words were directed at the Zhao Wang brothers, they also implied that Nie Wuying had been taken advantage of, and her reputation had been damaged - the girl thought of this, she was ashamed, angry and aggrieved, her face was blue and red for a moment, and tears suddenly fell!

"The place on the boat is narrow, and it is not as flat as the shore, there are bumps and bumps, and Cousin Ji's words are too much, right?!" Song Yixiao took her sister-in-law into her arms with a gloomy face to comfort her, looked directly at Ji Zifu, and said coldly, "Although it is said that my cousin's brother-in-law, His Royal Highness King Wei and His Royal Highness King Zhao, are now political enemies, but today is my mother's birthday, and everyone is here to congratulate my mother as juniors. ”

When she couldn't see Ji Zifu's intentions?

It's nothing more than that I'm afraid that King Zhao will really have feelings for each other with Nie Wuying, so he will get the support of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom!

After all, Nie Wuying's departure from home in Layue last year has proved her status in the eyes of the "stepmother"!

"It's really strange, how did this surnamed Ji know that it was King Zhao who met the fifth sister that time?" Song Yi scolded Ji Zifu with a smile, but she was also very puzzled, "I knew about this with my eldest sister, but it was still in Zhanchun Pavilion, just in time, and the fifth sister showed her flaws, and she only got a clue after half coaxing and half deceiving!" It is said that I have never said anything about this, and it is impossible for the eldest sister to joke about the name of the fifth sister - if King Zhao wants to fight the idea of the fifth sister, there is no reason to leak it before the matter is completed! ”

Even if King Zhao doesn't have this idea, he can't publicize it! Isn't this an offense to the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom!

- Could it be that after Nie Wuying left in a bad mood that night, when she talked to the county lord of Qingjiang, the wall had ears?!

When Song Yixiao's heart was turning, Jian Xubai was also unpleasant: "If my cousin doesn't want to come over to congratulate my mother today, just find a reason to talk to my mother, I don't think my mother will mind!" Since you are here, why do you want to say such hurtful words? It's hard to think that my cousins are such old people, and they are still the same as when they were children, every time they see their younger brothers and sisters, how many are unhappy if they don't cry? ”

Ji Zifu saw that he was angry, laughed a few times, touched his nose, and arched his hand: "Okay, I was wrong." Cousin Nie is doing well, don't worry about your cousin - when your cousin sees that you are a good boy, he will definitely stop crying immediately, right? ”

…… Nie Wuying didn't say anything about him, but she still cried on Song Yixiao's shoulder before she could contain her emotions.

Rao is like this, after going ashore, she is not in the mood to go to the back hall again, only said: "I just blew a little wind, and now I feel dizzy, sister-in-law help me sue my mother!" I've got to go and lie down! ”

Song Yixiao glanced at her clearly red and swollen eyelids, knowing that this sister-in-law had always been thin-faced, and now that the traces of crying were so obvious, she must be embarrassed to appear in front of everyone - she was really annoyed by Ji Zifu in her heart: "A good day, all messed up by this person!" ”

Thinking so, after sending Nie Wuying back to Mingzhu Garden, on the way to the back hall together, she glared at Ji Zifu fiercely several times.

Ji Zifu noticed it, but turned his head and smiled at her, very friendly.

Song Yi smiled speechlessly and gave him a cold look.

When they entered the back hall, the two eldest princesses had already finished speaking, and they were both sitting on them, but their faces were not very good-looking, and it was obvious that the previous conversation was not so pleasant.

Hearing Jian Xubai come forward and tell him that Nie Wuying would not come to confess his guilt, the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom frowned, and ordered Jia to go to Mingzhu Garden to see if she wanted to invite a doctor, and then said: "I said before that there will be no banquet today, but on a cold day, you are all here, you can't be asked to have a tea and go back, so you will have a light meal!" ”

said that it was a light meal, but the pomp and circumstance of the eldest princess's mansion was actually no different from a family banquet.

It's just that there is no silk bamboo and no singing and dancing, and the host still has a gloomy face, and this meal will inevitably be dull.

During the banquet, Song Yixiao felt several times that the eldest sister-in-law, the county lord of Qingjiang, cast her eyes on her, as if she had something to say, but the atmosphere at the moment was inconvenient to move the table.

"Look for her when you leave!" She thought to herself, "My eldest sister's attitude towards me today is really a bit strange - she just doesn't look at me, and I have to talk to her!" ”