"Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Kong and Mrs. Zhen have entered the second gate and are being accompanied by Mrs. Guo to Yuanying Hall."

Linglong entered, and with a joyful report, Yijing retracted his thoughts slightly, and took back the eyes that had stayed on Xie Sanniang for a while, with a strong sense of criticism.

Whether it is based on distance or intimacy, at the right time, it is reasonable for everyone in the Chu Wangfu, who is a close neighbor and relative, to take the lead in coming to congratulate their grandmother on his birthday, but when they sat down for less than a cup of tea, the female dependents of the Zhenguo Mansion, who had no close contact with the Weiguo Mansion, became the second group of guests, and even arrived half an hour earlier than the grandfather Jianning Houfu, which made Yijing feel strange.

When he saw Sanniang following behind Mrs. Xie, Yi Jing was even more sensitive to smell a smell of conspiracy.

Generally, for such a grand and formal banquet, as a concubine, she is not qualified to attend, of course, it seems that An Hui and several royal relatives and nobles are two words, but Xie Sanniang is obviously not in this exception.

But not only did she come, but since she entered the main hall, the old princess has not been full of praise for her.

What made Yijing even more angry was that Xie Sanniang sat down, and under the praise of the old princess, her resentful gaze frequently projected on Yu Feng, who was sitting quietly with her eyes down, without concealment.

Except for the old princess and the ignorant Banniang, everyone in the hall felt Xie Sanniang's unwilling emotions.

The king of Chu and the prince of the world did not squint, as if they did not see it.

General Zhenguo and the Yu Zhou brothers also pretended not to notice.

The general's wife frequently exchanged glances with Mrs. Xie.

The eldest princess's expression was a little impatient.

The little ladies of the Weiguo Mansion were divided into two groups, and sat quietly with a smile on the embroidered pier behind the eldest princess, Er Niang and San Niang gradually couldn't help it, and began to whisper, constantly peeping at the situation of the prince of Chu and Xie Sanniang, and even Liu Niang bit Yijing's ears and expressed an opinion - I don't like Xie Sanniang.

Looking at this situation, it must be Xiao Xie's tricks to force the Zhenguo Mansion not to give up this marriage, but Xie Sanniang's resentment is Xiao Xie's and his own parents, and his eyes are only angry at Yu Feng, which makes people feel aggrieved.

Therefore, Yi Jing's gaze at Xie Sanniang was also a little angry.

Others didn't notice it, but Yu Zhou had been thinking about Yijing since she came in, and she felt the uneasy-going emanation that emanated from her body-the person who was targeting her was Xie Sanniang, who suddenly thought of something, and a layer of coldness shrouded her eyebrows, she looked at Yijing for a while, and stared at Yu Feng with great displeasure for a while.

Yi Jing also noticed Yu Zhou's gaze, and simply glared at him.

Yu Zhou was stunned again, subconsciously avoiding his gaze, and his heart seemed to be clogged with a layer of white stacks.

Of course, Yijing also pays attention to Yu Feng-

His complexion has recovered well, the darkness in the center of his eyebrows when they met last time has dissipated, and he has returned to the previous moonlight style, and he is still as gentle and elegant as ever, no matter how the old princess praises Xie Sanniang, and no matter how Xie Sanniang glares angrily, he only smiles lightly and sits quietly with his eyes down, as if he is in another space and time, not in these disturbances.

Only once, I seemed to feel the gaze of Yijing, and quietly met her with a look in the air, and when I touched it, I left.

But it was such a chance encounter in the eyes, but it suddenly made Yijing stunned and fell into inexplicable sadness.

Until the old princess's words: "Shangyuan, look at my fan, it is Sanniang's craftsmanship, such a complicated double-sided embroidery, it is difficult for her to have a pair of skillful hands, so bright embroidery, how do you look?" ”

The eldest princess understands the "hidden secret", so she just said perfunctorily: "It's better than the maid next to me to embroider." ”

Yijing almost couldn't hold back her laughter, her grandmother was really ruthless, Xie Sanniang was also the concubine of the Zhenguo Mansion, and she was compared with the maid, which was a euphemistic reminder to the old princess that it was not suitable for this woman to be the princess.

I don't want the old princess to follow up with a sentence: "I really think that this child is good, he has a quiet and gentle temperament, and he is really likable, so I want to be a month old...... Look at her and your ......."

As soon as these words came out, not only the scenery was beautiful, but everyone in the hall was shocked!

Erniang and Sanniang's eyes widened in unison - what's the matter with the old princess? I thought she was full of praise for Xie Sanniang, and when she saw Xie Sanniang's eyes looking at the prince of Chu, she thought that she was the future candidate for the princess, why did she change her tone sharply after these three or two sentences, and she pulled her brother again?

Even if there is such a meaning, but on such an occasion, in front of so many people, why did the old princess mention it without scruples.

A concubine, where is she qualified to be the future housemother of their Patriotic Mansion!

That Xie Sanniang was pleasantly surprised, looking at the eldest princess with anticipation, she never expected things to take such a turn.

Xiao Xie almost jumped up from the chair in a hurry, his eyes widened, and he looked at his mother-in-law - what was going on? Could it be that this old lady has insight into their plans?

Actually, everyone misunderstood the old princess.

It turned out that since Xiao Xie's secretly spread those rumors, the prince of Zhenguo, who had already made up his mind to refuse this family business, was also shaken in his heart under the double persuasion of his father Zhenguo Gong and his wife-the matter has come to this, everyone else thinks that Sanniang and the prince of Chu have decided to have a relationship, if they refuse, it will undoubtedly sweep the face of the Chu Wangfu and offend people completely, even if Sanniang has a notoriety of regretting marriage in vain, she is already a concubine, and she is afraid that it will be difficult to get a good marriage in the future; Moreover, the saint and the queen mother attach so much importance to the prince of Chu, which is undoubtedly another pressure, since the current saint ascended the throne, the Zhenguo Mansion is not as dependent as before, is it because of a concubine, ignoring the wealth and glory of the Manchus?

Thinking about this, the prince of Zhenguo had the meaning of compromise.

The old princess was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly asked her son to come to the door to propose marriage, but she didn't want King Chu to shirk the queen mother-

"The Queen Mother didn't allow it, saying that no matter the talent or identity, Xie Sanniang was not a good match."

The old princess suddenly became anxious, she was originally because of her ups and downs in her childhood, and her biological mother had been living abroad for many years, and finally returned to the Xie family, as the eldest daughter, she became a princess, but because she lived in the market since she was a child, she suffered a lot of hardships, and she did not have the opportunity to know books and etiquette, let alone the intrigue and communication rules of this high-ranking family, and simply thought: The eldest princess of Shangyuan has always been close to the queen mother, and she can't look down on Xie Sanniang as a concubine anyway, once she proposed to match Xie Sanniang and Su Xun, Shangyuan will definitely find an excuse to refuse, and be wary, when he sighs again, and leads the words to Feng'er, Shangyuan is smart, he must know his own mind, maybe he can push the boat down the river, enter the palace and persuade the queen mother to promise this marriage.

I never thought that there were so many juniors present, and I shouldn't have mentioned the marriage openly, let alone implicated Su Xun for no reason.

The eldest princess thought about it for a while, and she also understood that her second sister-in-law was confused again, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "You have always known my temperament, and you like children who are more sparse and jumpy." ”

actually didn't save face at all, and directly denied the "old moon" second sister-in-law who pulled the red line indiscriminately.

The old princess choked on the words she had prepared, so she had to smile awkwardly: "I didn't think about it for a while, Shangyuan just took it as a joke." ”

"The second sister-in-law is naturally a joke." The eldest princess didn't look at Xie Sanniang.

Xie Sanniang's hope was disappointed, her face was red, and she almost burst into tears, staring at Yu Feng's wet eyes, and resentment added a little more.

Yi Jing only felt that the anger in his heart was surging, and there was a tendency to erupt, but fortunately, his grandmother and his party arrived in time, and the king of Chu took the prince and other male guests to say goodbye and went to the front yard.

The old princess insisted on the embarrassed daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion to sit, and still accompanied the eldest princess to meet the guests, and by the way, she constantly praised Xie Sanniang in front of everyone, wanting to cause the momentum of the third marriage with the Zhenguo Mansion.

Yi Jing was obviously aware of the subtle expressions of the first few groups of guests behind, and it seemed that they all knew something.

Her heart grew heavier.

It wasn't until she heard that Mrs. Kong, the mother of the current queen, and Mrs. Zhen, the mother of the crown princess, came hand in hand, that she changed her mind - Yu Feng must have a plan, and she should not let Xiao Xie's treachery succeed, and today, Zhen's fourth mother is the person she wants to deal with carefully.

Although the main hall of Yuanying Hall is large, it can not accommodate the guests who come one after another, so a group of people come, and a group of people will be taken elsewhere by Ritchie, so when I heard that the two ladies of Kong and Zhen are coming, everyone in the seat got up and said goodbye, and went out with Ritch, the eldest princess was really impatient with the chatter of the old princess, and said to her: "Second sister-in-law, today's guests are like clouds, I will inevitably snub you, and I will talk to you again when I have time to talk to you another day, it is noisy here, you should go to the courtyard to be quiet for a while, you don't like these entertainments originally, It's hard to see if you've been with me for so many days today. ”

The old princess was helpless, embarrassed, and secretly annoyed that Xiao Xie and Mrs. Xie left.

"The demure gentleness with a sad face is finally gone." Erniang whispered, full of disdain: "Look at her unhappy appearance, with her identity and bearing, where is she worthy of the prince of Chu, I really don't know what to do." ”

Sanniang was very sorry: "Who let the prince of Chu suffer from a bad disease?" ”

The eldest princess obviously heard the gossip of her two granddaughters, and turned her head slightly to glance at them: "Don't talk about gossip." ”

Erniang and Sanniang immediately sat upright.

The maids took down the residual tea and replaced it with new tea, and saw the Huang family walking in with the two noblewomen, and the little ladies immediately got up to greet them.

Although Mrs. Kong and Mrs. Zhen were followed by a group of warblers and Yanyan, Zhen Siniang, who was tall, pretty, and had an innate bit of heroic and free temperament, was still so eye-catching, and her demeanor was also down-to-earth and generous, which really made Yijing wonder - just like the person she was familiar with in her previous life, she couldn't have imagined that it was the ruthless and watery poplar woman in Du Yuniang's mouth.

seemed to feel Yijing's scrutiny, and after Zhen Siniang sat down, she raised her eyes to look at Yijing and gave her a smiling face with flying eyebrows.

Mrs. Zhen is still so arrogant, she only had a few words with the eldest princess, and her eyes habitually went down the bridge of her nose, looking at the little ladies behind the eldest princess, and Yijing noticed that her gaze stayed on the eldest sister for a long time.

Mrs. Kong paid even more attention to Yichen and praised it unabashedly.

After Xie Sanniang left the table, Yichen suddenly became the focus of the ladies' attention, and she was a little unaccustomed to it.

The eldest princess was also thoughtful, but she didn't answer much, and only praised the few little ladies of the Kong family politely.

"My granddaughters are still young, and they are very arrogant, not as good as the eldest princess." Mrs. Kong is also modest.

Yijing cheered up, silently paying attention to the ladies in the hall with profound tactful words, and skillfully saying those exquisite scenes and silent darkness.

For example, Mrs. Zhen, after listening to the mutual praise between Mrs. Kong and the eldest princess for a while, quietly led the topic to Zhen Siniang: "My Ah Mo, when I used to mention Ah Jing at home, I was talking endlessly, I looked forward to visiting her today and communicating with Ah Jing, and I don't know how the eldest princess trained her granddaughter, who was so good, Ah Jing was only twelve, and she won the championship twice at the Fang Lin banquet, especially this spring, the song "Spring Dawn Yin", how many people praised it, Ah Mo also likes the rhythm, and has always been a little conceited, but also claims to be out of reach. ”

Yijing secretly praised in her heart, although Mrs. Zhen said that her temperament was a little arrogant, but she was very sociable, praised herself on the surface, flattered her grandmother, and faintly praised her daughter in her words - good at music and rhythm, like-minded with her eldest brother, but humble, and considered herself inferior to others.

But he hurriedly got up and gave Mrs. Zhen a blessing: "Madame praises, the little girl is ashamed, originally because of her young age, the Queen Mother took care of one or two, and took advantage of it." ”

Zhen's fourth mother, Ah Mo, immediately smiled: "Ah Jing, don't be modest, it's more and more ashamed, although I am a few years older, I really admire your talent." ”

"What Mo said is very true, since the founding of Dalong, the Empress Dowager Xiande began to hold the Fang Lin banquet, who can win the championship for two consecutive years? What's more, Ah Jing is so young, she only participated twice, and she won the championship both times, among these little ladies, only Huang's Yueniang can be beautiful with Ah Jing. Mrs. Shen also came to join in, and her gaze at Yijing was meaningful.

The daughter of the aristocracy will only be invited to the Fang Lin banquet when she is ten years old, and Huang Jiangyue and Yi Jing have indeed won the championship twice, and the noble girls who are older than them have lost their hearts.

Mrs. Shen secretly thought, seeing that several princes are married this year, and her daughter has already reminded her that the saint and the queen mother are interested in the Su family's aunt, but unfortunately the prince has already married, and according to the power of the Weiguo Mansion, he naturally will not agree to let the concubine be the side room. The daughter repeatedly told that the concubine seemed to want to fight for the four princes, and she must not let the mother and son succeed.

Not to mention the high power of the Duke of Weiguo, there is also the eldest princess behind him......

Although today's saint is quite important, and the East Palace was established early, and the position of the prince is very solid, but the biological mothers of the fourth prince, the fifth prince, the sixth prince, and the seventh prince are all in the concubine position, and there is a power behind them, which may not be a threat.

The fifth prince is still young in the next year, and he will not meet this year.

The fourth prince has become the biggest threat, and he must not be allowed to have such a backer as the Duke of Weiguo.

Only the three princes are suitable...... Although he is not his daughter's biological son, and has the blood of the Xiliang royal family, he has been uninhibited since he was a child, does not want to do a proper job, only likes to chant the wind and recite the moon, and has a deep brotherhood with the prince, and is the least of a threat.

The crown princess still felt unsteady, so she decided to arrange for Zhen's Amo to marry the prince of Weiguo, and her daughter also felt that this plan was very appropriate.

However, when I saw this Su Wu Niang today, she was not only amazingly talented, generous in speech, but even more outstanding in appearance, but better than Su Niang, but her age was suitable for the five, six, and seven princes, if it was in the future......

I also have to remind my daughter to make more embankments, and never let this Su Wu Niang marry the prince as a concubine.

Mrs. Shen also praised Zhen's Ah Mo a few words: "Actually, if you want to say that Ah Mo's piano and paintings are also outstanding, no wonder she is so similar to Ah Jing." ”

The eldest princess vaguely understood the purpose of these two relatives today, and also looked at Zhen Siniang carefully, seeing that although she was two years older than the eldest grandson, she was dignified and generous, with an outstanding temperament, and her body was also very healthy, straightforward and steady, and she was also a little moved in her heart, so she asked Zhen Siniang a few more words, which naturally made Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Zhen happy.

However, on such an occasion, the intention and words are only pointed, and it is not suitable to speak.

But Linglong suddenly reported that Mrs. Dong had arrived.

"Ah Ruan? How did she get here? The eldest princess was pleasantly surprised.

Yijing searched in his memory for a while before he suddenly realized.

Old Mrs. Dong Ruan, originally a member of the Feifeng Department, was a female general, and her father was enshrined in Gaozu when he was far away, and she was very good with the eldest princess.

Ruan was widowed when he was only forty, and he only had one son under his knees, but in his early years, he was sent to Huguang to serve as a political historian, and Ruan naturally went to work with his son, and he never returned to Beijing for many years.

Therefore, the eldest princess was so surprised when she heard that she had come to the door.

It turned out that the saint intended to transfer Master Dong to return to Beijing, so the family returned to the capital with him, but he only arrived three days ago, and the Ruan family wanted to surprise the eldest princess, so he didn't inform him in advance.

Ruan's came with her granddaughter, Dong Yin, the eldest daughter of Lord Dong.

The eldest princess saw that the little girl who was learning to speak back then was already standing up, and she was about to be married, and she was happy for a while, so she only held Dong Yin's hand and didn't let go, and the endless farewell with the Ruan family unconsciously left Shen and Zhen aside.

At first, no one minded.

But when the eldest princess suddenly asked, "Remember that Yin Niang is almost in time, right?" ”

"Yes, we will prepare her ceremony at the end of the year."

"Have you ever talked about family affairs?" I blurted out a question.

"Not yet."

The eldest princess looked at Dong Yin carefully, and asked her what books she had read, what talents she was good at, and her concern was clear at a glance.

Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Zhen felt that something was wrong at this time, and frowned slightly.

And the beautiful scenery is quietly watching, and some memories are clearer again.

In her previous life, she didn't pay attention to her grandmother's preference for Dong Yin - as soon as they met, she asked about her marriage, and her intention was obvious.

At this time, he gradually remembered that since Ruan's return to Beijing, he often came to greet his grandmother, Dong Yin has also become a frequent visitor, and seems to be very similar to the eldest sister, and the eldest brother seems to have a good impression of this gentle and quiet and understanding girl.

If it weren't for that accident, which caused Dong Yin to suffer misfortune, the eldest brother's marriage might have changed......

Thinking of this, Yi Jing couldn't help but look at Zhen Mo, and sure enough, she saw her deep eyes staring at Dong Yin sitting next to her grandmother.

That kind of look, the beautiful scenery is not unfamiliar, in the Lantern Festival night of the tenth year of Yuanqing, in the candle shadow shaking red, Yu Zhou and Dongyu have the same cold in their eyes.

That's killing intent.

I only felt a kind of coldness, spiraling up from the spine, and the meridians were cold.

People's hearts are really unfathomable, Yijing's palms are slightly tight, but he turned his head and smiled at Dong Yin.