Chapter 42: The Grand Meeting of the Royal Palace (4)

Because Lin Changhui, the ancestor of Great Chu, loved plum blossoms the most in his life, and a favorite concubine in the past was named plum, therefore, since the beginning of the founding of the country, all the honors and nobles loved to plant red plums or plum blossoms in the garden of the house. Lin Changhui doesn't like to sit in the palace, and often goes out of the palace to visit the brothers who fought the world together in the past, so the mansions don't know how many old objects and legends have been handed down. Among them, the Chu State Mansion is now the Jin Palace, this forest leaves the most legends, next to the pavilion in the center of the plum forest, there are still stone tables and stone benches, it is said that the monarch and the minister were drunk and left behind.

Now the red plum is still the same, but the old people have long since disappeared.

The red plum blossoms blooming on the branches are clustered one by one, some are fiery and blooming, and some are shy and budding, and the graceful figures next to them are laughing and shuttling in the plum forest, which is even more lively. In a bright color, Zhang Huixin's green peacock gold thread is particularly eye-catching, and I don't know how many thousands of gold have seen it. She didn't realize it, and after asking the girl, she asked for a vase, folded two or three red plums and inserted them in it, and stuffed them into Chen Lan's hand.

"It's good, it's like a person who has been painted!"

Chen Lan didn't care much about Zhang Huixin's jokes, but the vase was heavy in her hand, and the girls from all the families had been called here just now, so she gave the vase to Qin Fang on the side, and asked her to find a place for people to keep it first. The two of them laughed, and gradually moved away from the crowded place over there.

Zhang Huixin was happily talking about what she had seen and heard in Jiangnan, and suddenly, a girl rushed over: "Second girl, third lady, the poetry meeting has begun, and the princess invites the two of you to come over." ”

"Do you really want to compose poetry?" Zhang Huixin shouted, then grabbed Chen Lan, and begged again, "Good sister, can you accompany me to avoid this experience?" Those poetry collections are interesting to look at and appreciate, but it's hard for me to do it myself, and besides, I don't like to use the tone to make a sad spring! Let them compose poems, and let's go for a walk ourselves! ”

Whether it was Chen Lan in the past or Chen Lan now, she was not good at composing poetry, if it weren't for Zhu's insistence on asking her to come over with Chen Xi and Su Wan'er today, she wouldn't even want to join in this excitement, not to mention that this plum appreciation is like picking up livestock, and there are female officials in the palace. Therefore, when Zhang Huixin said this, she undoubtedly couldn't ask for it. But looking at the girl, she still had to hesitate.

"Sister Huixin, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?"

"What's wrong, heck, just listen to me...... You turn around and say to the big sister, Sister Lan and I go shopping around, don't wait for us! ”

After saying this, Zhang Huixin didn't care about the dumbfounded girl, and pulled Chen Lan away alive. The girl caught up a few steps at first, but when she saw Zhang Huixin running farther and farther with a smile, she thought about going back to report the news, so she had to stomp her feet and stand, and ran back like another gust of wind. When she arrived at the front of the pavilion, she saw that Xiuzhu was assigning things to everyone, so she hurriedly ran forward and whispered something in her ear. Hearing these words clearly, Xiuzhu's face immediately changed.

"How can this be done, Madame and the princess have already discussed, and Aunt Lu and Aunt Chang have already arrived!"

"But Sister Xiuzhu, you know the temper of the second girl, if she doesn't let go, I'm afraid it won't work even if the princess goes."

Xiuzhu didn't know Zhang Huixin's temper, so he naturally frowned at this time. Other nobles are all honored in the room that inherits the title, but the Korean government is a little special. The long house inherited the title, but the second room married the county lord of Yixing, who was not the eldest princess but the eldest princess, and the county lord had only one daughter, Zhang Huixin, who was almost as bold as the county lord. In addition to being grinning and laughing since childhood, others can say a word that looks like a man at most, but being stubborn makes people unbearable.

So, Xiuzhu had to glance at the girl, and then turned around and entered the pavilion to report to Princess Jin, but she knew in her heart that this time the princess's painstaking arrangement was afraid that it would be in the soup. Knowing this, I shouldn't have let the eldest grandmother bring this little ancestor out, the eldest grandmother has always been virtuous and respectful, how can I see Zhang Huixin?

After walking through the plum forest for a while, when he turned around, he couldn't see the warbler Yanyan on the other side of the pavilion, and Chen Lan had to pull Zhang Huixin. At this time, Zhang Huixin finally stopped, but he looked around like a thief, and then smiled: "Fortunately, I got rid of my sister-in-law at the beginning, otherwise I would have to listen to a meal." It's hard to get out of it, but I still have to sit there seriously and chant poetry, which is too boring. Good sister, you won't laugh at me for being a rough person, will you? ”

"Sister Huixin, isn't this scolding me? You don't know if you're not in Jingshi, I didn't make a poem at the poetry meeting the year before last, and I lost the ugliness of the boss. Chen Lan would not shy away from her "past" experience, and seeing Zhang Huixin's eyes widen, she said, "I first read poetry and literature for a while, but I found that I didn't have that talent, and then I simply threw it away, and now I only read books such as geographical anthologies and miscellaneous notes." ”

"Hey, you like these too?" Zhang Huixin was still going to ridicule, but as soon as she heard Chen Lan's words, she immediately threw her initial thoughts away, grabbed Chen Lan's hand and said, "I'm in Jiangnan, but people have found a lot of miscellaneous books to read, even the legendary little talk book has read a lot, and there are many dramas." But the drama is fake and boring after all, so I love those travelogue essays very much......"

Chen Lan just started a little, but he saw Zhang Huixin open the conversation box and couldn't stop the car, from those miscellaneous books to the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and from the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River to the customs of various places, and even gestured when he rose. It just so happened that Chen Lan was very unaccustomed to being bored in the courtyard of the deep house, so instead of feeling bored, he asked with great interest, and naturally he was even more deed. In the end, the two of them found out that they had read several of the same books, and they were naturally even more happy.

It's just that although it was clean at this time, there was no one waiting beside him, and after talking for a long time, he was a little tired, so he turned a corner with Merlin and saw a thatched pavilion over there, so Zhang Huixin pulled Chen Lan over with him. Seeing that the pavilion was cleaned up and tidy, there were still four thick cushions on the seat on one side, and there were two pouches on the stone table in the center, Chen Lan had an extra heart, and hurriedly pulled Zhang Huixin, and said in a low voice: "Let's go a little far, will there be outsiders here?" ”

"This is the palace, where will there be outsiders, besides, who in the palace doesn't know that the eldest sister is entertaining guests today, how can there be idlers coming. Looking at the situation here, it is most likely the place where Merlin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rest, let's sit down for a while and rest. Zhang Huixin sat down first as he spoke, and then pulled Chen Lan to sit close to him, covered the stove in his arms, and said with a smile, "I heard that this piece ......of plum forest in the palace was there when the Chu State opened the mansion, and then it died and planted again, covering an area larger and larger, and it is said to be a scene of the imperial capital."

Zhang Huixin said it up, but Chen Lan felt uneasy, and when her hand inadvertently touched the cushion underneath, her heart suddenly moved. The cushion on the head looks half-old but not new, but the feel is different. So, she turned her gaze to the side again, and found that the stitches were extremely fine, and the squares on the top were not dyed, but embroidered with stitches and threads, and carefully tied with ropes to the railing next to the grass pavilion, so as not to be blown away by the wind. At this time, remembering that there were male guests in the palace today, Zhang Hui also said that Merlin was very big, maybe the princess was entertaining guests at this end, and King Jin was welcoming guests on that side, and she suddenly stood up.

"Sister Lan, what's wrong?"

Chen Lan didn't care about the confused Zhang Hui, pulled him up, and then pointed to the mat and said, "This is not like a place where those daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law sit and rest casually, this mat is not right......

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Huixin raised her eyebrows, but she reached out to take a look, and found that it was tied with a rope, so she squatted down again and untied the rope. At this glance, even if she is not good at female popularity, she can see that something is wrong. At this moment, Chen Lan on the side suddenly saw a person flash out behind a plum tree over there.

The man looked about twenty-seven or eighteen, with a bloated body, mud in several places on his blue shirt, but his face was extremely white, and when he saw the two of them, he shouted a few words in his mouth, and then rushed straight over. Chen Lan, who was startled, instinctively pulled Zhang Huixin behind him and took a few steps back, but unexpectedly, the person moved extremely fast, and as soon as he entered the grass pavilion, he rushed to them angrily, snatched the cushion from Zhang Huixin's hand, and then pointed at them and shouted.

"Don't snatch the baby's baby!"

What is this? Chen Lan originally thought that this person was either a guest invited by the King of Jin today, or a Qingke from the palace, or a servant or even someone who appeared out of nowhere to plot evil, but he never expected that the other party would open his mouth to say such an inexplicable sentence, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while. Immediately after, she heard a burst of laughter coming from behind her.

"Good sister, don't be afraid, this is the baby brother!"

Chen Lan knew that Zhang Huixin had no brothers, and although there were several young masters in the Korean Mansion, they were her cousins after all, and she also knew something, and it didn't seem to match the person in front of her, so she still had some doubts. It wasn't until the chubby young man sat down there with his butt holding the cushion, as if he was afraid that they would fight, and it didn't count that one sat under the buttocks, and even took off the other two cushions around her and hugged them in her arms, that she suddenly realized.

"This ...... Is it His Royal Highness King Zhou? ”

"That's right, it's Brother Zhou Wang. But I've always been used to calling him baby brother! ”

"Brother Baby usually lives in the palace, and rarely comes out, even if he comes out, he won't even have anyone to follow, what's going on?" Zhang Huixin suddenly frowned as he spoke, and then stepped forward and pulled King Zhou, who was full of vigilance, and asked, "Brother baby, Sister Huixin doesn't rob you of your things." How did you get here, with your people? ”

"Brother Yang brought me here...... Hide-and-seek...... They are useless...... It's gone......"

Seeing King Zhou looking at him vigilantly on the one hand, and muttering to Zhang Huixin on the other, Chen Lan believed that this person was indeed really stupid. Looking at Zhang Huixin's smiling and coaxing appearance, she thought for a while, and then went to the stone table to open the two pouches. Inside one of them is a delicately styled holding box, while the other is a warm purple clay pot and a teacup.

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