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Chapter 237
Zhao Ting sat next to the Queen Mother, raising his hands and sitting on his knees, two of them, and one in the middle, in short, as soon as the three children of the Jin Palace's Mansion came, the Queen Mother refused to let go, and they all had to be hugged by her side. Zhao Ting turned his head to look at Chaoyang, who immediately grinned and called sweetly: "Uncle Prince." ”
As soon as he called, he stretched out his hand to him and asked him to hug him.
Zhao Ting now only has a son of Zongshun, and he doesn't have a daughter, so he loves Chaoyang very much, and this time he saw that she was well-behaved and sensible, so he hugged her, hugged her on his lap, and asked with a smile: "What books has Chaoyang been reading recently? Listen to your father, can you memorize the whole book? Our Chaoyang is really powerful." ”
Chaoyang was very clever, and then said: "I learned from Brother Zongshun, when I was very young, Brother Zongshun read to me." But I don't live with my brother and can't play with him all the time, so I ...... I asked my mother to read to me. Uncle Prince, is it okay for Chaoyang to read to you?"
"This little girl is really smart. Zhao Ting felt that Chaoyang was really smart and smart, and he liked it more and more, and he was a little jealous of King Jin in his heart, looking at others, he had only been married for a few years, and he had three children, so he also sighed, "It's a pity that Lone doesn't have a daughter, if you can have a girl as lively and smart as Chaoyang, Lone must teach her to read by hand." ”
Lin Wan hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has praised it falsely, Chaoyang, this child is very skinny, Your Highness should not be annoyed by her." ”
Zhao Ting said with a smile: "Princess Jin is really humble, Lone really likes Chaoyang's niece, how can she be annoyed." After that, he smiled and looked at Xuan Liangdi, who was sitting quietly on the side, his eyes softened more and more, "Xuan Liangdi's birth, Gu personally asked the imperial doctor, and said that it was very likely to be a daughter." Loneliness is hope, as the doctor said. ”
Xuan Liangdi has been favored recently, and she is about to become a mother, so her temperament is much more docile than before.
Hearing what the prince said, Xuan Liangdi got up and said: "The concubine also hopes to be a daughter, and when the time comes, she will be pampered by her father and brother, and she will definitely be as lively and likable as the county lord of Chaoyang in the future." Looking at Zong Shun to the side again, seeing that his clear and dark eyes had been falling on his bulging lower abdomen, Xuan Liangdi winked at him and smiled.
Empress Dowager Zhuang really likes this kind of atmosphere, she is happy, and the family is talking warm words, how good.
"Whether it's a boy or a girl, the mourning family likes it, prince, you have to work harder, you see, your younger brother has already given birth to three, and now you add the one in Xuan Liangdi's belly, it's only two. Empress Dowager Zhuang hugged the dragon and phoenix fetus, kissed each other, and said with a smile, "The imperial grandmother knows that you are usually helping your father to deal with the general affairs, and you are also busy." But no matter how busy you are, you can't stay in the study often, and you have to take some time to accompany the two Liangdi and Zong Shun more. ”
Zhao Ting has been with Xuan Liangdi for a lot of time, but recently, he has rarely gone to Wang Liangdi.
Hearing the Queen Mother like this, he instinctively looked at Wang Liangdi, but seeing that she only kept her head down and didn't look at herself, Zhao Ting withdrew her gaze and looked at the Queen Mother, and said with a gentle smile: "Grandson can save it." ”
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that. The Queen Mother freed up one hand, held the prince's hand, and said lovingly, "You are tired enough, today is the birthday of the imperial grandmother, give you a holiday, don't go out, and stay with the imperial grandmother today." Then he looked at the few girls sitting below, and then said, "Where did we just go?"
Mrs. Shi Liuchen, the assassin of Jinling, hurriedly said: "Back to the Queen Mother, I just said that I want the little girl to talk about the pipa to the Queen Mother." ”
This is a talent show, everyone in the hall knows it, but they still pretend not to know, first praise the girl of the Liu family, and then look forward to it quietly.
The Liu family in Jinling, the Chen family in Hangzhou, and the Xu family in Suzhou, the three families have a certain amount of power in Jiangnan, and the prince finally has to choose a girl among the three to be the crown princess.
After watching the talents displayed by several girls, she sat down and chatted about her son for a while, and then the Queen Mother proposed to go out for a walk.
Today's big day, the palace is decorated with a festive faction, and it is really lively wherever I go. The people of the palace are dressed and walked around, busy and busy, but they are orderly and do things very safely. Xu had just been sitting for a long time, and his body was weak, so he was a little dizzy when he stood up and almost fell down.
Coincidentally, it was when the prince passed by, Zhao Ting didn't think much about it, and helped him.
The girl in front of her was slender and slender, and she couldn't help but feel weak, as if she was about to fall when the wind blew. Apricot eyes and eyebrows, a small face only the size of a palm, a pointed chin, swaying.
This is the daughter of Su Shunming in Suzhou Mansion, the boudoir Huifang, who is sixteen years old this year, and is from the lady in front of Su Shunming.
Su Huifang came with her stepmother Hao, and naturally she also came with her half-sister Huiqin. Su Huifang's biological mother died in childbirth when she first landed. Su's father kept filial piety for a year for his wife, and in addition to filial piety, he immediately married a bride, which is now Hao's family.
The Su family is a big family in Jiangnan, and the current patriarch is Su Shunming's father. There are also many people in the clan who are officials in the court, including Su Shunming's brother-in-law.
However, Brother Su has no beloved daughter under his knees, so he only has three sons, so the good thing of choosing the crown princess in this way has to fall on the second child of the Su family. Su Lao Er is quite greedy, and he usually doesn't ask much about the eldest daughter born to his wife, but now that he has encountered such a good thing, he can afford to think that the eldest daughter is here, and while sending the second daughter to Beijing, he also brought the eldest daughter by the way.
In this regard, Mrs. Su was really unhappy, but thinking that her husband insisted that she could not be too disobedient in the end, she reluctantly agreed.
I saw that the piano she played was very ordinary, not even half of Huiqin's, and I was still happy in my heart. It's good now, dead girl, she dares to play tricks behind her back, so blatantly seduce His Royal Highness the Prince, and see how to clean her up when she goes back! Hao gritted his teeth, longing for a nail to be born in his eye, and shoot the stepmother who was born in front of him into a hole.
Su Huifang was weak in the beating, she didn't mean it, seeing this, she quickly knelt down for the prince and began to tremble.
was originally the daughter of a big family, but because her biological mother went early, her biological father didn't care, and her stepmother made things difficult in every way, so she developed a cowardly and timid temperament. She usually doesn't take a step out of the door easily, unlike her sister Huiqin, who often goes out to banquets with her mother. She has never seen the world, she doesn't want to be a princess at all, and she doesn't dare to think about it.
The prince wanted to bend down to help, but when his hand was stretched out halfway, he took it back, and only said, "You haven't done anything wrong, you don't have to kneel alone, get up." ”
Seeing this, Mrs. Su hurriedly gave her daughter Su Huiqin a look, and Su Huiqin understood, so she sensibly held her sister's hand.
The prince didn't raise his eyes to look at the Su family sisters again, but strode outside, the first criterion for choosing the princess is to be dignified and atmospheric, the two sisters of the Su family, one is really a small family and can't make a big scene, and the other is obviously a little too clever.
Lin Wan stood in the crowd, looking at the scene just now, and suddenly felt a little pity for Su Huifang.
Everyone is beautiful, but they have been raised with a disabled temperament, and they have been kicked out of the list of candidates by the prince at this moment.
Lin Wan took Chaoyang's hand, took a step forward, and when he passed by Su Huifang's side, he said with a smile: "Miss Su's song is good, if Miss Su is willing, we can talk about our hearts and minds together for a while." She saw Su Huifang suddenly raise her head, looking at those eyes, Lin Wan pursed her lips and smiled deeper.
Chaoyang hugged his mother's thigh, looked up and asked, "Mother, when will you play a tune?"
At this moment, Lin Wan really wanted to pinch her daughter's neck, she really didn't save any face.
Lin Wan smiled and touched the melon seeds on her daughter's little head, and said gently: "How old are you, what do you know...... There are a lot of things in the mother's meeting, if you don't believe it, go back and ask your father. ”
Chaoyang's little paw scratched his head, broke free of his mother's hand, and trotted up: "I'll ask." ”
"Go and follow the county lord. Lin Wan didn't pull her daughter back, let her run outside with a bounce, and only ordered Shaoguang to keep an eye on her.
Mrs. Su saw that Princess Jin actually took the initiative to talk to the dead girl, where was she willing to give up, she quietly squeezed Su Huifang aside, only took her own daughter's hand, came to Lin Wan, and said with a bright smile: "Princess Jin, Huifang's piano plays well, and Huiqin's is also good, but I don't know, whether there is this blessing and discuss morality with the princess." ”
Lin Wan smiled and said, "If Mrs. Su is willing, this princess will be very willing." ”
"It is really a blessing for us to be able to learn something behind the princess, and I think I am very willing. Mrs. Su was very happy, thinking that the Queen Mother liked Princess Jin so much, and whoever got close to Princess Jin would please the old man, so she refused to give Su Huifang such a chance, so she only turned around and said, "Miss Huifang, since Princess Jin is accompanied by your sister, you will accompany your mother." ”
Lin Wan glanced at Mrs. Su inadvertently, but did not speak, but just walked forward.
hugged Jiaoyang from Mama's arms, turned around, and turned around to see that Su Huiqin had really been following her, but said to her with a smile: "Then let's find a place to talk, Jiaoyang and Shen Xing are still young, and the two children are dressed thickly, and I can't hold them." However, I was afraid that Miss Su Er would find it boring. ”
"How can it be boring, princess, I like children. She looks handsome, lively, and sweet-looking, looking at the sun, "Niangniang, she is so beautiful." ”
This Su Huiqin sat with Lin Wan for several hours, she really thought that Lin Wan liked to play the piano, and she kept playing in front of Lin Wan.
And over there, Mrs. Su said that she wanted Su Huifang to accompany her, but in fact, it was just a disguise, and when Lin Wan led Su Huiqin away, Mrs. Su didn't care about Su Huifang, and only left her alone. Originally, Su Huifang followed a little girl who also asked Mrs. Su to branch out, and at this moment, Su Huifang didn't know where she should go in a huge palace.
It was getting dark, and she didn't like to be busy, so she just went into the depths of the silence.
Princess Ming has been feeling more and more flustered recently, always feeling that something is going to happen, embroidery will prick her fingers, and painting will spill the ink. She knew before that if the three kings dared to rebel, there must be an internal response in Beijing. But now that the war has been defeated and everything is over, why are you still upset?
The prince has promised her that he will admit his mistakes to His Majesty, even if it is for her and the two children, he will not mess with his two brothers again. She believed in King Ming, since he made a promise personally, he could naturally do it. Princess Ming was uneasy, and she couldn't do things with peace of mind, so she simply got up and walked to the door of the palace.
Outside, the canopy of the sky gradually darkened, taking on a teal hue, and stars dotted the night sky.
"Today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and it should be very lively, but unfortunately, I am wearing a guilty body now, and it is not good to join in this fun. Princess Ming muttered, "I think back then, the Queen Mother treated me well, but now that thirty years have passed, I don't know how her old man is, whether she also hates me." ”
"Mother, what are you talking about?" Zhao Fei paced briskly, hugged his mother's waist, and said with a small face against his mother's arm, "The weather is so cold, why is my mother not in the house, but she ran out." ”
"Mother misses your brother, and I don't know if the two of them are doing well now. Princess Ming looked at her daughter, and said with a loving smile, "Scarlet, my mother wants to tell you the family as soon as possible and marry you off." ”
"I don't want to, I'm still young, I want to stay by my mother's side. Zhao Fei was coquettish and desperately squeezed into his mother's arms.
King Ming touched her head and said: "When the girl is older, she always wants to get married, and if she stays at home, she will become an old girl." ”
"Does that mother dislike me?" Zhao Fei pouted and said aggrievedly, "My mother doesn't want me anymore." As he spoke, tears rolled in his eyes, and he was about to cry when he saw it.
"Alright, let's not talk about it. Princess Ming felt that she really couldn't take her daughter, shook her head gently, and walked in with her daughter's shoulders, "You child, you are usually spoiled by your father, you are so old, and you say that you will not change your character, and you will find a husband in the future, and now you live in harmony?"
"He dares to dislike me!" Zhao Fei raised his chin unconvinced, "I won't marry someone who dislikes me." ”
"Then you can stay at home and be an old girl. Princess Ming couldn't hold back her laughter and reached out to poke her daughter's head.
The mother and daughter were laughing, and suddenly a palace maid ran in in a hurry, and before the palace maid could say a few words, she suddenly fell to the ground and died completely. 166 Reading Network