Xie Ning didn't want to go, but if he didn't go, he wouldn't be able to. She inquired about the news and said that the concubines were all gone, so she couldn't help but give face to her little Jieyu.

With that kung fu, she would rather stay in the house with the children than spend half a day dressed up like a sculpture and sitting there with a bunch of insincere people.

People are always like this, many times they have to do things they don't want to do, even the emperor is no exception.

When dressing up, Qinghe and Qingmei had a disagreement again, Qingmei said that the palace dress embroidered with gold thread and lotus was beautiful, and Qinghe found a pink and silver silk satin palace dress.

"The gold thread is too eye-catching."

"But the people who went today are all masters with status, and they are dressed too simply, for fear that people will look down on them."

Xie Ning smiled and listened to the argument between the two, and finally chose the pink one.

Qingmei opened her round eyes and looked a little unconvinced.

"If you want to find faults, you can find anything. If you wear luxurious clothes, people will say that the poor people have no background, and if you wear plain clothes, they will also say that they will not dress too shabby, and you can find fault with the left and right, but I still prefer to wear it more comfortably. ”

"Where's the fat powder? Should I use some perfume? ”

Xie Ning used some rouge thinly, and there was a colorful beaded flower obliquely inserted on his head. The flowers are red, the leaves are green, and there are slender and delicate golden stamens, lined with her swarthy hair, not to mention how beautiful it is, at least Qingmei has been staring at it to see a few more times.

"This pearl flower is the only one in our palace, and others have nowhere to find it if they have money."

Xie Ning gently stroked her sideburns in the mirror, stood up calmly, and Qinghe hurriedly put the shawl on her shoulders for her.

"Remember not to let the eldest prince practice playing for too long, Yu Yao Gong is mainly looking for me, you should persuade first, if you can't persuade me, send someone to find me, I will come back as soon as possible." Princess Yuyao's matter is really helpless, others can't coax this ancestor. On the contrary, the second prince is the most worry-free, as long as this little conscienceless person is full of food and drink, he doesn't care so much if he has his own mother with him.

Xie Ning went to Princess Mingshou's flower banquet on a step, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the garden along the way. Of course, the Changchun Garden is not as big as the Golden Wind Garden, and the style is completely different, more delicate and small. Princess Mingshou sat in the middle, Shi Shunyi and the others sat around her, like the stars holding the moon. When Xie Ning came in, Princess Mingshou didn't raise her eyelids, and said ignorantly: "Xie Jieyu is here?" Anyway, this is the first time we've met, right? ”

Could it be that Princess Mingshou still expects Xie Ning to say that she didn't come to the door early to ask for forgiveness?

Princess Mingshou's arrogance was clearly revealed from the first sentence, and the rumors she had heard before were indeed not exaggerated. Shainin looked at the princess Mingshou. She combed her high bun, wore a red gold and ruby inlaid peony hairpin, and wore a gold thread trimmed red sprinkled gold palace dress, which can be said to be luxurious and gorgeous to the extreme. It's a pity that her appearance is not similar to the emperor at all, and she can't see any resemblance to Princess Mingwei at all, with a square face, a nose and wide lips, small eyes, a thick and round waist, and the appearance of a middle-aged lady.

Xie Ning held the tea cup and slowly plucked the tea leaves with the tea cup lid. She remembered the anecdotes she had heard from Fang Shanggong. It is said that Princess Shou's appearance is similar to that of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are aunts and nephews, and there is not much difference in appearance.

Fortunately, the emperor is not at all like his eldest sister.

I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, the people who came to the banquet today were very indifferent to Shainin, and others talked and laughed, but Shainin was the only one who was alone.

Xie Ning had something in her heart, she didn't know what Princess Mingshou's intention was to take in Xie Liu's mother and daughter, and at this time, she didn't see Princess Mingshou mention it first, so Xie Ning had to think about it when she had the opportunity to ask about it later.

Fortunately, Princess Mingwei came at this time. She was wearing a light yellow shirt with an ivory shawl, the whole person looked elegant and refreshing, there was a chic green bamboo and jade carved butterfly buckle at the placket, the butterfly's eyes were inlaid with small pearls, she sat next to Xie Ning as soon as she came, fanned the wind with a fan, and asked Xie Ning very kindly and naturally: "I'm the latest one to come, right?" When did Xie Jieyu come? ”

Xie Ning said softly: "I just came, and I haven't drunk the tea yet." ”

Princess Mingwei covered her smile with a fan: "I knew that I would have asked you to come over." I still think that you have a lot of people there, and you are very busy, and you can't come today. Then let's go back together later, shall we? I happened to have a companion along the way. ”

Princess Mingwei's intentional gesture and just the right way to solve the siege were done very naturally and not annoying, Xie Ning also accepted her affection, nodded and said, "It's done, then it's decided." ”

"I heard that Qingbi Hall invited a doctor last night?"

There is nothing in the harem that can be hidden, Xie Ning said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that someone is in a hurry and has some heat stroke." ”

"There were a lot of people who suffered from heat stroke yesterday, and the doctors were too busy to do anything." Princess Mingwei said empathetically: "I was afraid of this when I went out yesterday, and I also let the house cook a large bucket of summer soup to drink on the road, so I was okay there, but my bones ached after a day of driving." ”

The kung fu concubine who was talking also came. In this kind of weather, the people who come to enjoy the flowers are dressed thin and cool, but Concubine Xian is different from others, she is still wearing a thick and soft spring silk palace dress, holding the hands of the two palace maids and slowly walking in.

Shainin looked uncomfortable for her. Concubine Xian really shouldn't have come, this is purely embarrassing herself. The body has become like this, entertainment, face, and other people's discussions, what else is there to care about?

Concubine Xian's position was on the left side of Princess Mingwei, and Princess Mingshou did not pretend to Concubine Xian, and turned her head to talk to Shi Shunyi with a faint greeting.

The banquet was placed on the water pavilion, and the wind blowing from the lake carried the fragrance of lotus leaves, but unfortunately these people sitting next to him were not comfortable. Xie Ning was glad to be sitting next to Princess Mingwei at this time, it is better to have someone who can say a word than to sit dry, and the hour is not so difficult.

The dishes on the table are exquisite, and the utensils used are also extremely luxurious, Princess Mingshou also arranged singing and dancing, a flat plate rowed from the depths of the lotus leaves, and there was a kabuki sitting at the bow of the boat, his voice was like a warbler's cry, and the song he sang Xie Ning had not heard before, and the words were also well written.

Princess Mingwei also turned her head sideways and whispered, "This word may have been written by Zhang Yuma." ”

"Really?"

"The one in our family went out for a banquet a while ago and came back to copy a few new words, I remember these two sentences, there should be nothing wrong."

Princess Mingshou also heard what they said, and interjected: "Yes, this word was written by the concubine." She turned her head and instructed the palace maid beside her: "Go and see what the colt is doing, and ask him to come over." ”

This tone is like calling a domestic slave, not like a husband.

But the princess and the colt were not ordinary couples. In ordinary families, if the bride marries into the door, she will be called Mrs. So-and-so. But when she came to the royal princess, after she became married, her husband was called a concubine.

The colt cannot be in power, he can only be a rich idler, and he will only be a vassal of the princess for the rest of his life.

Princess Mingwei lowered her head and pursed her lips, and gently flicked the freshly peeled lotus seed rice on the plate with a silver chopstick. According to her, Zhang Juma is arrogant, but she will not let Princess Mingshou come and go as soon as she is called. The couple often quarreled over all sorts of things. Wait, if Zhang Juma doesn't come, Princess Mingshou will definitely think that she has been swept away, and she will not rest with him, but she will have a good fight.

Besides, although it is not an outsider, but the people sitting here are all harem concubines, it is really a little inappropriate for Zhang Yuma to come over, and Princess Mingshou is too reckless.

Did she think it was still when the Queen Mother was alive? When the Queen Mother was still there, she was almost to the sky, and this garden was also given by the Queen Mother to Princess Mingshou. But the emperor is much more indifferent to her, that is, Princess Mingshou herself has not seen this clearly.

Unexpectedly, the palace maid went for a short time, and came back to say, "The concubine was in the study just now, and said that he was coming here." ”

Princess Mingwei was taken aback.

How arrogant is this eldest brother-in-law's temper, Princess Mingwei has been taught, how can he be willing to sell Princess Mingshou's face today, and come as soon as he is called?

"Xie Jieyu hasn't seen Zhang Juma yet, right?"

Xie Ning whispered, "I've heard of it." ”

Fang Shanggong praised Zhang Ju Ma as a unique talent, saying that his relationship with Princess Mingshou was coerced by the royal family, and the two had no affection for several years, and they were a well-known couple.

Zhang Fuma walked over from the end of the curved bridge, he did not seem to have changed his clothes for the visitor, he was wearing a dark gray ramie robe, and his hair was only tied with a turban and he did not wear a crown. The breeze on the lake blew his knotted robe and belt flying, and even Xie Ning was stunned for a while.

People describe a man with a beautiful appearance, and a common sentence is Yushu Linfeng, of course Xie Ning has heard this sentence, but she didn't understand what this sentence meant until today.

Zhang Juma is almost forty years old this year, but his appearance is beautiful, his aura is refined, and his wide-sleeved robe does not show any traces of the years on his body.

Princess Mingwei whispered: "In the past, the people in Beijing called him Zhang Lang. ”

He used to be the dream of many girls.

Pity......

Princess Mingshou herself was obviously very surprised, and deliberately got up to greet her.

“…… I just ordered someone to sing a new word that the colt did a few days ago. ”

Zhang Yuma just nodded, and did not enter the water pavilion, and waved to the people sitting in the water pavilion through the gauze curtain, and everyone in the water pavilion returned the salute.

Concubine Xian's body was unstable when she got up, Princess Mingwei and Xie Ning happened to be standing on the left and right, and Xie Ning first stretched out his hand to help Concubine Xian.

On a hot day, Concubine Xian's palms were cold, and her palms were full of cold sweat. Xie Ning saw that her face was pale, and hurriedly sat down with the palace maid.

Princess Mingshou took Zhang Fuma's arm and looked at everyone triumphantly, as if she was showing off to everyone that she had such a husband and said: "Today's guests are complete, and I want to ask the horse to draw a picture for us, just paint these people who we came to enjoy the flowers today." ”