Chapter 103: All I Want Is You

The eldest princess looked at the couplets pasted on the board, counted them in her heart, and it didn't seem to be a lot, so she turned around and asked He Chang'an: "Chang'an, where is your couplet?"

He Changan thought about the slip that Lu Cheng asked Hua Nan to bring, and said: "I always feel that there is no talent today, there is no shortage of noble girls who come to participate in the eldest princess poetry meeting, and all of them can recite poems right, so I won't join in this excitement." Celestia just have fun. ”

The eldest princess sighed, and her face showed a little embarrassed, after all, the Shanglian she came out of was helped by He Changan, and He Changan couldn't think of a second good pair.

Since the palace has invited a few side concubines to participate in the poetry meeting, can't you just let a few side concubines drink tea and eat snacks and sit dry, Red Lotus, you go and ask a few side concubines what good ideas they have?"

Honglian seemed to have expected that the eldest princess would ask this, so she said: "The slave maid has already asked Lu Yang to ask, among the three side concubines, only the eldest prince and side concubine expressed their willingness to make a couplet, the strip has been written, Lu Yang is sticking it to another board, the second prince and the third prince only say that they are only shallow in learning, but I am afraid that it is not easy to come out." ”

Naturally, it is to be glued to another board, after all, the concubine of the eldest prince has already crossed the road with the eldest prince, that is, the prince's justified concubine, compared to He Ping'an, who has not yet passed the door, it seems to be a little more justified, but in the end, it is not all the way with these noble ladies who have not yet married.

He Changan was a little surprised, he only knew that the eldest princess invited the three side concubines, because the three side concubines had just entered the royal door this year, and the main concubines had not yet entered, and they could not enter the palace for large-scale banquets such as New Year's worship, except for the first night of the wedding to give tea to the queen, and then there was no chance to see the emperor or the queen or anything, but the royal family always had to give these side concubines a little face, so if such an activity did not leave them behind, it would give them face.

The eldest prince's side concubine is Song Duanping, the youngest daughter of Song Shangshu of the Ministry of War, although the military department Shangshu does not have any title, but the second rank of the senior member also has a solid grasp of real power, and married the youngest daughter of the military department Shangshu as a side concubine, He Changan secretly said in his heart, I am afraid that Lu Yuan has not worked hard, but it is the side concubine of Lu Cheng, just the concubine of the imperial merchant Zhu, and even the side concubine of the third prince is not very bad, and it is also the daughter of the third product Taichang Siqing, Liu He.

Everyone didn't dare to say it openly, but there were also discussions in private, saying that since the second prince had lost the position of the crown prince, he was becoming more and more unreused, just looking at this side concubine, the maiden family of the eldest prince and the third prince and the side concubine were thousands of times stronger than the second prince's side concubine, and the two side concubines were both concubines, He Changan heard this, and there was a retort in his heart, but Lu Cheng explained that she couldn't be too prominent, so she just listened to it, what is there?

However, the couplet written by Song Duanping, the concubine of the eldest prince, was applauded by everyone: "Yuguan willow color, plum blossom on Long, listen to the Qiang flute, and the elegant tunes are all plugged down." ”

When Honglian read out this couplet, there was no lack of admiring voices among the nobles below, and the eldest prince's side concubine raised her head and rolled her eyes charmingly: "The carving insect skill is ugly in front of the young ladies." My father is the secretary of the military department, our family can also be regarded as the home of martial arts, I really listened to my father since I was a child to talk about the beautiful scenery outside the Sai, and I have been yearning for it, so there is this pair, Yuguan willow color is the spring of the border, Longshang plum blossom is the autumn of the border, the sound of the Qiang flute is the scenery of the four seasons, so this Shanglian is the portrayal of the scene of the four seasons. ”

Everyone was silent, and they all said in their hearts that the days when the eldest prince's side concubine was deeply loved by the eldest prince were only afraid that it was coming to an end, and it was really not good to be in the limelight like this, or the identity of a side concubine, but He Changan understood in his heart that the more Song Duanping did this, the more he could reconcile with Lu Yuan's mind, Lu Yuan has always criticized that he is not the eldest son, and his mother Concubine Qing is the daughter of the Li family, so he tried every means to increase the bargaining chips on his body, so that the eldest prince's side concubine showed that his father was the secretary of the military department, but I am afraid that Song Duanping did not make his own decision after understanding Lu Yuan's mind, or Lu Yuan secretly instructed Song Duanping to do this。

So the first question of the Four Seasons was completed, and the eldest princess didn't want to wait for the fourth princess to write something up, so she directly ordered Honglian Luyang to send the board on her face to Evergreen Garden.

The fourth princess was also pouted by the eldest princess, and her heart was not very comfortable, so she looked at the eldest princess and said: "My brother's newly married side concubine is worthy of being the daughter of the military department's Shangshu, but it is much stronger than the one who doesn't know where it came from, and he can't even do a shanglian." ”

These words are obviously a stinging second prince's side concubine, I saw the second prince's side concubine slowly raised her head, and said unhurriedly: "What Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess said is that the concubine is not talented and can't do anything good, but even if the concubine has poetry and books in her belly, she is absolutely unwilling to steal the limelight of the fourth princess, the fourth princess is already uncomfortable, and it doesn't matter if the concubine can make a couplet, but if the concubine makes the fourth princess have a headache, it is a sin." ”

This is the first time He Changan has looked at the second prince's side concubine head-on, and when he saw this Zhu Yunjia, a poem first popped up in He Changan's mind: "The eyes are shy, and the Dan lips are smiling." Windswept grape belt, sunshine pomegranate skirt. ”

Although it is said that Lu Cheng is not in the imperial capital, the two princesses of the Zhu family are in name only, but the way she laughs is really good-looking, and she remembers that her sister Zhu Yan has seen it herself a few times, and sure enough, what Zhu Yan said is true, all the daughters of the Zhu family are not bad-looking, but Zhu Qijie is definitely the most beautiful of the twelve daughters.

When he was about to make a couplet before, Zhu Yunjia avoided saying nothing, and he didn't make a pair, it looked quite well hidden, giving outsiders a feeling that he had not passed the Ming Road and lacked confidence, but now he seems to be a really thoughtful character, if someone provokes, he will not lose half of others, and he will feel a little sour in his heart.

These words are refuting the four princesses, but the refutation is just right, and there is no room for the four princesses to refute.

Next to the fourth princess, a female official wearing a purple grape-colored skirt whispered in her ear: "Your Royal Highness the princess, have you forgotten what Concubine Qing said before you came, take 10,000 steps back, and the side concubines of the princes can be regarded as the sisters-in-law of Your Highness." ”

The female official hid her face behind the fourth princess, and her voice was very soft, but because of the proximity, He Changan still heard it, and the voice was clearly Du Ruo.

However, the fourth princess was angry, and directly appealed to Du Ruo and said: "Which sister-in-law are they in the palace? That is, they can become the prince's side in order to become a side concubine, if this is in an ordinary family, it is not just a concubine who pours water for the lady of the main room!"

In fact, the fourth princess was originally angry with Zhu Yunjia, but the one with the worst face was the eldest princess Song Duanping, with the identity and real power of Song Shangshu in the Ministry of War, it is not impossible for the beloved little daughter to go to any family to be a good lady, but Song Shangshu is clearly optimistic about the future of the eldest prince, but the eldest princess has a candidate early in the morning, so she took a step back and was willing to be a side concubine, just asking for directions, so that she could become the backbone of the eldest prince's party, right?

Looking at the unkind face of the eldest prince's side concubine Song, the corners of Du Ruo's mouth hooked up a smile.

Different from the whitewashed peace of Changxin Garden, Tanzhou at this moment is a real scene of joy boiling because of victory.

Nan'an sent a not very famous general to lead most of the troops to attack Qianyou's Xingze, leaving the famous general Vala to guard the imperial capital, Jin Zhong got the news and said to Lu Cheng, although Daonawala is said to be a rare fierce general in Nan'an, but in recent years, it is old, and the strength of the town to guard the imperial capital is not very sufficient, if you can take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of Nan'an at this moment to attack, although it is quite a bit of a hard bone to eat, but if you win a battle, it is completely so that Nan'an people can not easily provoke。

Lu Cheng listened to the advice of Jin Zhong, the general of Nan'an, but what people didn't expect was that in order to prevent Daxuan from being empty in the rear like Nan'an, he and Jin Zhong led 1,600 troops and went deep into the hinterland of Nan'an, leaving the experienced Han Gong and Gong Changbo to guard Tanzhou.

But fortunately, Jin Zhong's intelligence is indeed reliable, and Jin Zhong is familiar with the terrain of Nan'an, although it is said that he has also encountered a lot of obstacles, and the 1,600 people he brought with him have also suffered a quarter of the casualties, but Lu Cheng and Jin Zhong directly took down the military town of Nan'an, Jili Fort, and sent troops to fight Qianyou Xingze's Nan'an army wanted to rush back to support It was too late, and because of the loss of Jili Fort, the army was in turmoil, so it was said that the attack on Xingze failed, but was defeated and retreated by Qianyou's General Tang Jingqiong.

As soon as Lu Cheng and Jin Zhong returned to Tanzhou, the Korean Gong had already set up a celebration wine for all the soldiers who returned triumphantly.

Jin Zhong followed the lieutenant general beside him and said with a smile: "I have long felt that it will not be wrong to follow the Second Highness, but now it seems that the Second Highness is indeed a genius of the heavens, we can have today's victory, we can go back and pour a few cups of the Second Highness, and it will not be in vain that I Jin Zhong will be loyal and declared!"

The deputy general answered, but when he turned around, he didn't see any trace of Lu Cheng, and looked around and said, "Where is the Second Highness?"

In fact, as soon as Lu Cheng returned to the camp in Tanzhou, the first thing he did was to rush back to his tent, take out the bag that He Changan gave her from under the cover, pick out the orange one alone, stick it tightly to his chest, and secretly said in his heart: "Chang'an, I won, I will come back safely soon." ”

Even Jin Zhong didn't know that when he was in Gili Fort, although Lu Cheng had a lot of talent for commanding wars, but in order to boost morale, he also had to take the lead, although he was not weak in riding and archery, but how could he compare with the veterans who had been rooted in the camp since childhood? Several times he almost died under the sword of the Nan'an army, but at the most critical time, what came to his mind was the smiling He Chang'an, holding the orange bag, and said, I will wait for you to come back.

"Chang'an, wait for me, today I captured Gili Fort, such a great achievement, my father will definitely record me, with such a feat, I don't want any reward, as long as you!"