On the first day of the Lunar New Year, whether it was the war-filled battlefields in Jiangbei and the Central Plains, or the relatively peaceful Jiangnan, Northwest, and Northeast China, they all ushered in a short period of tranquility.

Because of the dispatch of the generals in the northwest, there were very few civil and military officials who stayed in the central capital and were qualified to go to the palace to meet the king of the northwest, so Xiao Yu was exempted from this procedure.

Even so, the palace is also very lively, no one came to the palace to meet the prince, but the ladies who stayed in the capital came to meet the princess one after another, and even Lin Li and Wanyan Yingzhu also rushed back from Dayi and Shaanxi respectively, and specially visited this sister (sister-in-law). For a while, there was a lot of traffic in front of the palace, but fortunately, there were eight female officials in charge of the palace, and they were not busy.

For these women, Xiao Yu naturally wanted to avoid suspicion, and went to Shouxinzhai alone without showing up. Lin Yinping took Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yuyi to meet many ladies in the Windward Pavilion.

At this time, in the Windward Pavilion, the room is full of pearls and dazzling, and it is clear that people can't look at it, and there are nearly thirty noble ladies sitting in the room, from the cardamom age of teenagers to the half-aged in their forties, how old they are, all dressed up, a dazzling dazzling.

Lin Yinping was dressed in the crown dress of the princess, sitting at the top position, holding Xiao Xuan in his arms, next to Xiao Yuyi and Xiao Yue, and then the starting position was Lin Li and Wanyan Yingzhu, today's topic is mainly Xiao Xuan, His Royal Highness the Prince, after many ladies looked at it, they all kept praising it, "If you want to say that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World looks really good, like a princess, but the bearing is more like our prince, the northerner and the southern, it is a blessing." "In the future, I don't know which girl has this good life and can marry His Royal Highness the Prince." Then there are the greeting gifts given by everyone, small Ruyi, jade pendants, golden nudes, pendants, most of them are small objects with auspicious meanings, Lin Yinping smiled and accepted them for Xiao Xuan, and then handed over the ink book to the treasury for the time being, and when His Royal Highness the Prince grew up, he had his own private treasury, and then handed it over to him.

Women get together, especially such a group of noble ladies, what can be done, in addition to talking and eating, is only left to watch the play, this year is the best Furui class in the northwest, especially the class owner Yuan Shiqing, once famous in the Eastern Capital, still with Danjiao as the most, was praised as "a smile for thousands of years, a cry for eternity". At that time, several powerful people in the Eastern Capital who had the good fortune of Longyang fought for him, and Yuan Shiqing had to flee from the Eastern Capital precisely because he was unwilling to bend down to meet a certain magnate, and came to the northwest after several turnovers, which led to today's Furuiban.

At that time, there were four unique places in the Eastern Capital, namely Qin Mumian's Yaoqin, Yuan Shiqing's singing, Su Ruo's dancing, and Li Bainu's pipa.

Now, Qin Mumian is nowhere to be found, and it is rumored that she was accepted as a private house by the king of the northwest, after all, no one believes that the king of the northwest who can look down on the world really does not steal at all. Su Ruo is married to Zhou Jingchao, a bigwig in the Eastern Capital who has lost his wife for many years, although he did not correct it, and the age difference between the two is thirty years old, but it is also a good story in Shilin. As for Li Bainu, a pipa master who has the reputation of "plucking strings like big beads and small beads falling on jade plates", he went to Jiangnan, was good at dancing with long sleeves, and had a deep friendship with many high-level celebrities over there, and it was rumored that she had some inexplicable relationship with the "King of Jiangnan" Lu Qian, and was praised by many Jiangnan scholars as the first beauty in Jiangnan.

Speaking of which, among the four, only Yuan Shiqing's situation was the most miserable, if it weren't for the fact that Lin Yinping had listened to his drama when he went to the Eastern Capital and was deeply impressed by him, he might not have been able to set up a Furui class in the northwest of the Sword Halberd Forest.

After the Furui class was formed, it was immediately designated by Lin Yinping as the royal opera troupe of the palace, and they had to come to the palace to perform during the New Year's holidays. Xiao Yu has no objections, one is that the money of the drama team is from Lin Yinping's private treasury, and the other is just a drama player, but he is not afraid of any trouble, only Lin Yinping is happy.

Because of the war on the front line, this year there was no literary drama that men and women loved, but Lin Yinping personally ordered several excerpts of martial arts, and the martial artists shuttled back and forth on the stage, and cheers sounded from time to time below.

Xiao Xuan was sleepy early, and was taken away by a few old adult grandmothers, Xiao Yue couldn't bear this kind of entertainment, and left under the excuse, leaving only Lin Yinping still surrounded by a crowd of people, and he couldn't rest until he watched this play.

Xiao Yuyi sat next to Lin Yinping, looking at the fine beads of sweat on Lin Yinping's forehead, a little distressed. During the interval between the changes on the stage, he said softly: "Mother-in-law, are you tired, are you?

Lin Yinping shook his head slightly, and said softly: "There are so many people here today, and I am the master, what's the matter if I leave early?" And they came over today, the New Year's greeting is false, the temptation is real, your father-in-law has not shown up for so long, I am afraid that some people will not be able to hold their breath, and they always want to listen to the truth to feel at ease, and they can't be chaotic at this time, so I have to accompany them, and I can't show the slightest mistake, I always have to let them and the men behind them feel at ease." ”

Xiao Yuyi seemed to understand and said: "Then just let your father-in-law show up, why bother so much?"

Lin Yinping smiled and said, "Tianchen Dazhen said that it will take more than a month for Xiao Yu to fully recover, and he won't be able to return to the army for a while, so I have to stand up at this time." ”

Just as he was speaking, the sound of gongs and drums started again, Lin Yinping stopped talking and turned his gaze back to the stage.

It wasn't until Shen Shi that the play came to an end, and the troupe owner Yuan Shiqing came to see the princess in person.

Yuan Shiqing has just arrived this year, his face is white and beardless, he is a first-class beauty, if he changes to the appearance of Dan, he is more charming and seductive than a woman, and it can be called stunning. It's just that after experiencing the events of the Eastern Capital, Yuan Shiqing no longer takes the stage, but only cultivates newcomers behind the scenes.

Lin Yinping said with a smile: "Boss Yuan, get up, you don't have to be so polite, today's play is good, and the palace is very satisfied." ”

Moshu held a tray and uncovered the red silk on it, which was a small gold ingot, about a hundred taels or so, equivalent to more than a thousand taels of silver, which was a big reward.

Yuan Shiqing got up and took the tray with both hands, bowed down and said, "Thank you, princess." ”

Lin Yinping smiled, "There is another one during the fifteenth Lantern Festival, and I have to bother Boss Yuan." ”

Yuan Shiqing's waist bent lower, and he said respectfully: "Don't dare to work." ”

Lin Yinping waved his hand.

Yuan Shiqing still maintained the posture of holding the tray with both hands, and slowly retreated backwards.

Sending away this group of noble ladies with different thoughts, Lin Yinping returned to Mingyuan with a tired body, and found that Xiao Yu had returned from Shouxinzhai at some point, and was holding Xiao Xuan at this time, letting go of the majesty of the king of the northwest on weekdays, it was completely a fatherly gesture, teasing his son, Xiao Xuan was not afraid of his father, and he looked like he was smiling, which was quite atmospheric.

Seeing this rare picture of father-son warmth, Lin Yinping's expression softened, she had always been afraid that the father and son would repeat the mistakes of Xiao Yu and Xiao Lie, but now it seems that there is no need for this.

Seeing Lin Yinping come back, Xiao Yu was a little embarrassed, hurriedly put his son aside, sat down on his own side, and put on the shelf of the head of the family again.

After all, there are clouds of etiquette, and a gentleman hugs his grandson but not his son. When there is no one, Xiao Yu can still hug his son, but in front of people, he can't, not only can't hug him, but also put on a strict fatherly posture like Xiao Lie back then, so when Lin Yinping saw this scene, Xiao Yu was also a little embarrassed.

The prince had all kinds of thoughts, but His Royal Highness the Prince didn't know this, he was having fun, but when he saw that his father suddenly ignored him, he was stunned for a while, his big eyes were instantly covered with a thin mist, his mouth grinned, and he cried, and opened his two little hands while crying, and asked for a hug to his mother not far away.

The distressed mother hurriedly held His Royal Highness the Prince in her arms, patting lightly and soothing her softly. The child's father could only walk away with amusement, so as not to be complained about by his wife again.

Xiao Yu walked out of the room, moved his body slightly, and the ghost who stayed in the capital appeared behind Xiao Yu, presented a secret letter with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, it's Mr. Lan's letter." ”

Xiao Yu took the letter, didn't rush to open it, and said softly: "The inside should be combined with the outside, one Qi Yun is not enough, the change of the Taiqing Palace, this king does not want a second time, about the other inner ghost, how did you investigate." ”

The ghost said expressionlessly, "There are some eyebrows. ”