CHAPTER XLVII
Qufu is particularly lively today, and the slaves and maids below will be busy before dawn.
The personal maid who was waiting for Qu Huaiyu carefully entered the house with the little maid with the toiletries, but she didn't think that Qu Huaiyu had already gotten up and sat in front of the dresser.
"Girl, you're awake."
Qu Huaiyu gently pressed his hand into the copper basin and cleaned his fingers very carefully and carefully.
The personal maid felt that the eldest girl was a little strange today, and she looked at the eldest girl's expression and presented a clean plain scarf.
Qu Huaiyu wiped it casually twice, and then looked at himself in the bronze mirror: "Xin'er, what do you think of me?" ”
The maidservant Xin'er breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and said with a smile: "The girl's beauty is well known in the southwest, and the girls of other families are not as good as you." ”
Qu Huaiyu seemed to be coaxed by these words, and his lips lightly hooked a touch of arc, and said, "How is that compared to the crown princess?" ”
On that day, Qu Huaiyu followed Mrs. Qu to the banquet of the old concubine, even though Wen Jing had been sitting in the house and had not shown up much, it was still difficult for people who had never seen Wen Jing to ignore.
Qu Huaiyu seemed to have been chatting with the ladies of various families, but she still involuntarily peeked into the house, without him, the appearance of this crown princess made her feel deeply in danger.
Xin'er's momentary silence made Qu Huaiyu's faint smile disappear, and she suddenly remembered the scene of meeting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the first time.
The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy stood high on the steps, and his eyes were cold and high, as if he was just looking at some kind of ant.
Qu Huaiyu touched his cheek: "Go get that corset red dress, I like that color." ”
The carriage that came to Qufu for the banquet blocked the entire street, but the carriage of the prince's mansion drove smoothly in front of the Qufu gate.
Wen Jing was dressed in a bright yellow skirt, and a golden phoenix hairpin with jade beads in her mouth on her flying fairy bun, shining in the sun, spreading her wings and wanting to fly.
Old Madam Qu stepped forward with the support of the maidservant, with a smile on her face: "The courtiers greet the princess and the princess, the lady is phoenix, and the Qufu is shining." ”
"Old Madam Qu is polite." Wen Jing raised her hand slightly, and saw the back of Princess Ning who had just entered.
Among the ladies at the banquet, only Wen Jing and Princess Ning had the highest status, and the two sat at the head of the throne.
Princess Ning Zhao Peiling has heavy makeup, but she still can't cover the haggard between her eyebrows, her father is old, and her days in the palace are suddenly worse day by day. Although the people below didn't dare to touch Princess Ning's moldy head, the concubines in the mansion were about to climb on her head.
The prince never cared about the affairs of the backyard, and he used to be able to help her say a few words and suppress the arrogance of Concubine Liu, but now he is just a dumb person.
Wen Jing took the teacup and tasted the tea slowly, without the slightest intention of talking to Princess Ning.
Zhao Peiling began to feel embarrassed for no reason, she was ready to be sarcastically ridiculed by Wen Jing, but from the time Wen Jing sat in her position until now, she didn't say a word to her.
Old Madam Qu's gaze turned around Wen Jing and Princess Ning, and then shrewdness flashed in her eyes.
Qufu invited a famous opera team in the capital today, and Qu Huaiyu, the eldest girl of Qu, is still wearing a red dress today, walking among various female dependents.
Wen Jing slapped the clap with her hand, occasionally saying a few words to Old Madam Qu. As for the temptation in and out of Mrs. Qu's words, Wen Jing didn't seem to be able to hear it, and she was in a good mood to answer one or two irrelevant ones.
After a short period of Mu Guiying finished singing, the maidservants sent new refreshments. The maidservant tripped under her feet, staggered, and buttoned all the refreshments in her hands to the hem of Wen Jing's skirt.
The maid was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed constantly: "The crown princess forgives her sins, and the crown princess forgives her sins." ”
Seeing this, Old Madam Qu immediately stood up and asked sharply: "How does this girl do things, what is she doing?!" ”
Her voice was not small, and the eyes of the surrounding ladies all looked at her.
Wen Jing first glanced at Old Madam Qu, and her face stiffened, and she gradually became unnatural before retracting her gaze. He said to the servant girl who was still kowtowing, "It's okay, get up." “
Wen Jing didn't care about the flattery of the ladies behind him, and took Lan Yuan's hand to the back room to change into a skirt.
"Niangniang, this is a good water cloud forging, and it will not be so smooth after the water." Lan Qian was a little distressed, and the bright yellow water cloud forging was rare. This dress was just made, and the mother only wore it once.
Wen Jing also frowned slightly: "Cut it and make a new shirt." ”
Wen Jing changed into a peach-colored skirt, and changed one or two pieces of jewelry. The wing room was not far from the stage, and across a path, she was still listening to Lan Qian.
The maidservant girl who led the way in Qu Fu stopped, and Qu Huaiyu stood at the intersection of the trail with a faint smile on her face, waiting for a long time.
"The courtiers have seen the crown princess Niangniang, I don't know if the Niangniang can take a step to speak."
It is said that it is a step to speak, but it is to avoid the main way of many people. Wen Jing and Qu Huaiyu stood under the corridor, and the two stood opposite each other.
"Miss Qu has something to say, please tell me." Wen Jing's expression was calm, and she also took this opportunity to take a closer look at this big girl Qu.
Qu Huaiyu looked kind, but his exit was shocking: "I'm just one step later than Niangniang, Niangniang knows that I have known His Royal Highness since childhood." ”
Wen Jing raised his eyebrows, but didn't reply, just nodded.
Qu Huaiyu stared at the crown princess in front of him tightly, not missing any of the looks on her face. But Wen Jing's reaction really frustrated her, neither shocked nor angry.
Qu Huaiyu tugged at the corners of his mouth, feeling that Wen Jing was just pretending to be a gesture, and continued: "When the courtiers entered Beijing, I heard that His Royal Highness and Niangniang have a very strong relationship. Everyone in the world says that His Royal Highness is as gentle as jade, kind and generous, and even King Ning has been disrespectful many times, His Royal Highness takes into account brotherly feelings and forbears, is it the same for His Royal Highness in the eyes of Niangniang? ”
Wen Jing suddenly laughed: "That's true. ”
Qu Huaiyu's unilateral provocation was finally responded, and the excitement in her eyes ignited suddenly. There was also a smug tone in his tone: "The crown princess Niangniang, His Royal Highness was made the prince of Dayong at the age of three, and he studied under the famous Dayong scholar Du Taifu." Do you really know Your Highness? ”
Wen Jing was a little tasteless, she thought that Qu Huaiyu had some superb tricks, and it turned out that she was no different from Song Liangdi.
"I don't know what the meaning of Miss Qu telling me this, if there is anything I want to achieve, I'm afraid I will disappoint Miss Qu."
Wen Jing's eyes were filled with pity: "I thought Miss Qu lived on the border and had a free and easy temperament...... Miss Qu, for the sake of you and me, I don't think I've heard of today's words. ”
Qu Huaiyu looked at Wen Jing's back, obviously about the same height, but she also saw the height in Wen Jing's eyes just now.
Qu Huaiyu's heart beat wildly, clenched his palms, and forced himself to calm down: "Princess, we will meet again." ”
Wen Jing turned his head and ignored Qu Huaiyu's words, but stretched out his fingertips and tapped Qu Huaiyu's skirt.
"Oh, by the way, Miss Qu, you're not very suitable for red clothes."