CHAPTER XVI

"Princess, Grandpa Kang has arrived." After passing the word outside the door, Izuku opened the curtain and asked Gonggong Kang to enter the house sideways.

Yesterday, after knowing that the Northern Xinjiang Proton was coming, she asked people to send a letter to the palace, and today Xiao Xunguang sent Father-in-law Kang to come in person.

"My father-in-law has arrived, sit down." Xiao Yunjiao put down the pen in his hand and let people watch tea.

"Thank you, princess." Kang Gong thanked him fairly, and then sat down on the embroidery pier that Primrose had brought him.

"Can anyone in the court mention the matter of the Northern Xinjiang Proton today?"

Gonggong Kang said with a smile: "The old slave doesn't understand the affairs of the court, I only know that His Majesty asked the old slave to tell the princess that the Ministry of Rites has investigated the entry of the six princes of Northern Xinjiang into Beijing, and I am afraid that within three days, people should arrive." ”

Gonggong Kang is worthy of being an old man in the palace for many years, and he doesn't leak anything when he talks and does things, even Xiao Yunjiao can't reach him.

"I don't know where Your Majesty is going to hold a banquet when the proton enters Beijing this time?"

Although Northern Xinjiang suffered a defeat, it was not a subservient subordinate, and the city was cut a lot, and then sent protons to Beijing to exchange friendship between the two countries, which is a situation that everyone is willing to see. Therefore, Dongsheng can't really treat people as prisoners of war, after all, he is still the prince of a country, and he still has to do things in love.

Kang Gong said fairly: "Your Majesty means to simply greet him in the Yaoguang Palace, after all, it is a proton who has descended to the country, and he is unwilling to give him too much pomp." But Yue Xiang said that in order to show my Dongsheng bearing, a banquet should be held in Phoenix Terrace, and His Majesty also asked the old slave to ask the princess what she meant. ”

Xiao Yunjiao lowered his head and smiled, Xiao Xunguang still held a grudge for her, it was really a child's temper.

However, his thoughts coincided with Xiao Yunjiao, just a proton, or an abandoned son in the northern Xinjiang, and he didn't need to work hard at a big feast.

Just as he was about to tell Gonggong Kang his thoughts, Primrose spread the word outside, "Princess, Mr. Jiang's little servant asks to see you." ”

She was a little strange how Jiang Yiheng would suddenly let someone come when she was meeting guests, and after thinking about it, she still let him come in first.

The little servant respectfully presented a brocade box, Xiao Yunjiao opened it and looked at it, and inside was a sachet.

I took out the sachet and looked at it carefully, the pattern and fabric were extremely common, but the smell of some medicinal herbs faintly emanated from it.

"Princess Bing, Mr. Jiang said that the princess has always had a headache recently, and he looked through the ancient books and found a home remedy to make a sachet, which may be able to solve the princess's headache." The little guy bent over, looking at his nose and nose.

Xiao Yunjiao waved his hand and asked Primrose to take him down to receive the reward, and after a closer look, he found that there was still a note in the box with the recipe for the sachet written on it.

"Agarwood, perilla, Xinyi, myrrh, even money grass ......"

After reading the formula, Xiao Yunjiao couldn't help but feel that Jiang Yiheng was really an old fox. He dotted an ink dot next to the medicine and money, and he didn't pay attention to it, as if he had inadvertently rubbed it, and vaguely conveyed his idea - asking for money.

Putting away the sachet and the "prescription", Xiao Yunjiao and Kang Gonggong explained, "I always had a headache in the first two days, and I don't want the people in the house to remember it and get such a home remedy." The father-in-law smiled. ”

"Oh, the princess wants to pass on the imperial doctor to take a look? This headache is not a trivial matter, so you can't take it seriously. Father-in-law Kang was anxious when he heard it.

Xiao Yunjiao said busily; "It's okay, the house doctor has seen it, but I haven't slept well."

"The father-in-law just said that Prime Minister Yue wants to do a big job, and the palace just thought about it, so it's not impossible."

Gonggong Kang was puzzled for a while, and there was a smile on his face, "I don't know how the old slave will tell His Majesty when he goes back?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao said; "After years of war, the treasury is empty, if Prime Minister Yue wants to save face, he should first gather the money to prepare the palace banquet. Don't let people think that this palace is stingy, this palace takes the lead in supporting Yue Xiang, and is willing to help with a thousand taels of silver. The rest ...... Let the rest of the people who support Yue Xiang make up for it. ”

Gonggong Kang's eyes rolled, and he immediately understood what Xiao Yunjiao meant, and couldn't help but smile so much that there were a few more folds in the corners of his eyes.

Seeing that the hour was not early, he got up and said goodbye, and before leaving, he did not forget to explain that Xiao Yunjiao was a good student.

The news was transmitted back to the palace, and Xiao Xunguang quickly understood what his sister meant, and said it when he went to court the next day.

Yue Minshan's face was blue and red for a while, but this big deal was proposed by himself, and he couldn't go back on his word at this time.

"Since Yue Xiang has a heart, the Ministry of Rites will plan this Phoenix Terrace banquet well, Li Aiqing-"

Xiao Xunguang raised his voice and called the name of the Hubu Shangshu, "You have to fully cooperate with Yue Xiang to raise money, you must not delay, three days later, the proton will enter Beijing, and five days later, a banquet will be held." The Aiqing who supported Yue Xiang yesterday should also match their words with deeds and take practical actions to support Yue Xiang. ”

"Alright, let's retreat."

Without waiting for them to think of excuses, Xiao Xunguang quickly left the Zichen Palace, for fear that these families would not give money if they left slowly. Leaving a group of courtiers happy or sad.

Shen Yuzhou was the first to step out of the hall with a knowing smile, and without thinking about it, he knew that this idea must have been thought of by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who took the lead in donating.

After leaving the palace gate, he didn't ride a horse or sit in a sedan chair, but went straight to the candied fruit shop in the city to buy a bunch of all kinds of candied fruit, and turned around and went to the princess's mansion.

Facing Shen Yuzhou, who came in through the window, Xiao Yunjiao wanted to see if the sun was shining outside the window for a moment.

"Why did you come here in broad daylight?"

After saying that, she felt that there was a lot of ambiguity in these words, as if the two of them had a private meeting.

"I mean, a lot of people out there are staring at you, so why don't you be careful."

Since Shen Yuzhou returned to Beijing, those with ulterior motives have stared at him openly and secretly, for fear that he will quietly stand in line with someone.

But now few people still have the heart to stare at him-

"Thanks to you, they're now thinking about how to spend less money, and I'm afraid they don't have the heart to stare at me." Shen Yuzhou put the candied fruit on Xiao Yunjiao's table and said, "Try it, you have good luck today, the fragrant candy of Wufangzhai has just come out of the pot." ”

Xiao Yunjiao opened the food box and looked at him in a good mood, "Why is it so good today, and you still buy me candied fruit?" ”

"The idea of letting Prime Minister Yue and those people pay for the banquet was given to Your Majesty, right?" Shen Yuzhou poured himself a cup of tea, "When I was in the court today, those people's faces were richer than the fruits in this box. ”

Picking up the silver skewer in the box and poking a piece of fruit into the mouth, Xiao Yunjiao felt the sweet and soft feeling in his mouth, and said casually: "Then I have to thank Jiang Yiheng, it was his bad idea." ”

Suddenly hearing this name, Shen Yuzhou squinted his eyes dangerously, as if he was a male lion whose territory had been violated.

Seeing that the person next to him was still eating happily with a heartless appearance, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the silver skewer in her hand.

"What?" Xiao Yunjiao, who had only eaten two pieces, looked at him dissatisfied.

"Sweets should not be eaten too much at one time, and eating too much has a toothache." Shen Yuzhou ate the fruit she had just poked in one bite.

It's really sweet and greasy, and I can't even hold it down after drinking two sips of tea.

Xiao Yunjiao stared at him closely, until Shen Yuzhou was awkwardly looked at and leaned back slightly before looking away and said, "I bought it and didn't let me eat it, Shen Houye really knows how to whet people's appetites." ”

Shen Houye, who almost thought that his inner thoughts had been seen through, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed the lid of the food box to her, "Then you can eat, if you have a toothache, don't roll on the ground again." ”

When Xiao Yunjiao was ten years old, he was obsessed with the sugar man outside the palace for a while, and every time he entered the palace to study, she pestered him to bring the sugar man into the palace. From butterflies to phoenixes, from rabbits to tigers, I didn't bring anything heavy for more than ten days.

At first, he didn't feel anything, until he saw that she had a toothache and rolled around on the ground with her cheeks covered and didn't let the maids get close, so he felt that something was wrong, and dragged the person up and pressed him on the chair to see the doctor.

Later, her baby tooth went bad, and it hurt for a while from time to time, and the first queen was very troubled by her, and bluntly said that she should not give her candy anymore, until she replaced the tooth after another two years.

was mentioned as a childhood farce, Xiao Yunjiao's face rose with some suspicious dough, I don't know whether he was ashamed or angry.

She sat up straight and said, "You're not here today just to give some candied fruit, right?" ”

Shen Yuzhou was stopped by her, he hadn't seen her for many days, and today he thought that it was her good idea, and he immediately wanted to come and see her, and there was really nothing else.

But she asked so, Shen Yuzhou thought about it for a while, and finally thought of one thing.

"Yesterday, when Su Niannian appeared on stage, he got the blue eyes of a son of the Cui family, and he was about to redeem her and let her be an outer room."

"Who is such a scoundrel?" Xiao Yunjiao was a little angry, "Which room is in the Cui family?" ”

"Cui Jin's nephew is the first grandson of their family's five rooms." Shen Yuzhou said lightly.

Xiao Yunjiao despised these rotten family styles, and immediately repaired a letter to ask Shen Yuzhou to hand it over to Su Niannian.

"Please find a reason to help me give this to Nian Nian."

Shen Yuzhou took the letter and put it in his arms, Xiao Yunjiao suddenly felt a little strange, "When did you start paying so much attention to Su Niannian?" ”

He has never cared about the wind and snow, thinking of this, Xiao Yunjiao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"What Fu Mingyuan said yesterday when he came to the house to find me for a drink." Shen Yuzhou didn't think about it so much, "I thought that you had a good relationship with her, so I mentioned it to you." ”

After Xiao Yunjiao listened, the chaotic thoughts in his heart began to jump around again. His inadvertent words revealed his concern for her, making her feel that the candied fruit she had just eaten was sweet to her heart, and after it melted away, it was slightly bitter.

"You ......" was just about to say something, and someone outside the door spread the word that lunch was ready for her to use.

Xiao Yunjiao opened his head and swallowed it back into his stomach.

"Stay and have lunch, right?" I'll have people send it in. Suddenly found that after he came back, the two of them hadn't even eaten a serious meal together, and they got together just for a mess of things.

Shen Yuzhou said helplessly: "Don't eat it, I have to go to the camp outside the city with General Lin to inspect, it's too late." ”

Seeing that the loss on her little face was about to overflow, Shen Yuzhou smiled comfortingly, "Don't worry, there will be time to eat together in the future." ”

After speaking, he quickly flipped out of the back window amid Primrose's concerned inquiry.

When Primrose couldn't help but come in to check on Xiao Yunjiao's safety, she only saw her standing alone by the open window, not knowing what she was looking at.

"The princess forgives her sins, and the slave maid saw that the princess had been silent for a long time, and she was worried about the princess's comfort and came in on her own, and asked the princess to punish her." Primrose fell to her knees with a thud.

Xiao Yunjiao knew her temperament, and raised her hand to tell her to get up, "What are you preparing for lunch?" ”

Primrose glanced at it secretly, and when she saw that the princess was fine, she said: "The small kitchen has prepared roasted mutton, three fresh dragon and phoenix balls, crab-flavored tofu, white fresh, hibiscus rolls, and a white fungus soup." ”

Xiao Yunjiao's daily meals are not extravagant, and five or six dishes are daily pomp. After listening to today's lunch, she looked out the window again, and muttered to herself, "No mouth." ”

"What does the princess command?" Primrose didn't hear what she said, so she stubbornly asked again.

"It's nothing, let's go eat."