5 Chapter V

It was quiet in the room, and the twilight drum came in through the window one by one, and it was night.

Two lip flaps cover the lips of Fu Yan, which are soft and wet.

The girl closed her eyes nervously, and her thick eyelashes swept over his face, revealing her cowardice in her heart.

Her cheeks were as red as rouge.

Afraid of him, dare to kiss him.

Fu Yan was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he waved his hand away.

Cui Jiao was powerless, and the person fell at his feet, trembling and shrinking into a ball, lest he be fierce and his life would be at risk.

Fu Yan's forehead was full of green tendons, "Get out." ”

Cui Jiao got up decisively, hurriedly ran out of the house, and was in the same room with him, she couldn't pretend anymore.

Fu Yan sat stiffly for a long time, and called the family order, "There is no need to pick brocade silk from the lonely inner library to reward her." ”

Jia Ling was surprised, "Didn't His Royal Highness say that Cui Zhangshu won the polo match and wanted to reward her?" ”

Fu Yan Tie blushed, "Lonely has already been rewarded, there is no need to give it again." ”

There is no princess in the East Palace, the prince's private treasury is temporarily managed by the family order, if the prince wants to be rewarded with the servants, he must also go through the hand of the family order, and now the prince said that he has been rewarded, but he has not seen anything, the prince looks displeased, and the family order is curious and does not dare to ask more, so he has to retreat.

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Kissing the prince is a crime, Cui Jiao was worried for a day, but the prince did not treat her crime, but when she was on duty at night, a female historian came to spread the prince's words, and she didn't need to accompany her at night.

Without her to accompany her, Cui Jiaole is at ease, she rested early, and since she came to the East Palace, it is really the first time she has slept early, and her dreams are extraordinarily sweet.

Fu Yan was going to bother her for a few days.

Cui Jiao is self-aware, during the day, she took advantage of the gap between Fu Yan's court to go to the Huangzhai scriptures, add paper and pencils, as soon as Fu Yan returned to the East Palace, she honestly shrank in the corridor and never leaned in front of him.

People follow the female historians to catch crickets in the garden in the backyard of the East Palace, there are many crickets in the hot summer, catch a few and put them into the bamboo cage, put them on the side of the pillow at night, listen to the sound of crickets and have agricultural interest, listen to the female historians say, this is the palace concubines often make fun, spread to the outside of the palace, and the nobles of the house of those clothes are also competing to follow suit.

As a result, a cricket with a crisp cry can sell for a high price.

What's so fun about crickets?

These nobles do not know the suffering of the people, and they will not have a time when they will not have enough to eat and cannot afford to read.

Cui Jiao thought of her brother, after Aya left, their orphans and widows relied on that little money to survive, and there were still people in the clan who were eyeing him, Brother wanted to study, although the thin property in the family could be used for Brother A's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but he could not donate a place for Brother in the local government school, so he had to go to the village to learn to study, but Brother worked hard and never complained about the hardships at home.

Brother often comforts her, even if he does not enter the official school, he can pass the county test and the state government test step by step, and then come to Chang'an to take the provincial test, he must be in high school, so that their brothers and sisters will not be bullied, Brother said that if he becomes an official, they can break away from the Cui family, and they don't need to rely on the big clan, at that time she was the sister of the new minister in the court, and he would find her a husband who she loved, could protect her thoroughly, and was dedicated to her.

Cui Jiao recalled the anger of the prince when he was kissed by her, this is nothing, although she is a girl, she is the one who takes advantage, she does not suffer, the prince has no face to say this, she will not say, no one knows what they have done, she is only the prince's palm book to the outside world, there are three palm books in the inner square, she is not eye-catching.

She is also insignificant in the eyes of the prince, and it is worth it to please her and her brother for the rest of their lives.

When the East Palace entered the crown princess, she asked for the princess's grace to leave the palace and let it be.

In the future, it is up to her to decide whether to marry or not, even if she doesn't marry and starve, it's better than staying in the East Palace to endure the prince's moodiness.

A few days later, the emperor held a prisoner ceremony in Zhaoling, and instead of beheading Niu Gongwei, he was exiled to Shanzhou.

The day after the captive gift, the eldest princess sent an invitation to the East Palace to invite Cui Jiao to the mansion to participate in the Keju party.

The eldest princess is four years older than the prince, she has already been married, and the concubine is Zheng Xiaorao, the eldest son of the Zheng family in Xingyang, who is elegant and knowledgeable.

Cui Jiao got the invitation, can she go and get the prince to nod, the prince didn't want to see her, she had to go to the family order to deliver the word, she was usually and the family order and was friendly, the family order was very willing to pass on this word for her, and then the prince agreed.

Cui Jiao went to the banquet happily.

Zheng's mansion is in Anrenfang, Cui Jiao got off the carriage and saw that the gate of Zheng's mansion was open to the street, several carriages had been parked in front of the door, and there were servants and maids to greet each other, Cui Jiao's life has not seen the rest of the high-ranking families except Cui's, Zheng's family is noble, and the valve in front of the aconite door records Zheng's achievements.

Cui Jiao was led into it by the subordinates, did not squint, to the backyard, only to raise his eyes to look around, the pavilions and pavilions are very elegant, the flowers and trees are beautiful, the carved beams and paintings are like going to the fairy mountain Qiongge.

Although it is not as solemn and solemn as the East Palace, in Cui Jiao's opinion, it is in line with the Zheng family's reputation for elegance.

The female history led her to the courtyard where the princess lived, and many girls had gathered in the courtyard, among which there was a tall and plump young woman sitting on the black lacquer couch, looking at the face similar to the queen, she guessed that this was the eldest princess Fu Zhenwan, the eldest princess was the eldest daughter of the emperor, and the emperor loved her very much, and gave her the surplus Xiangyang County to make Tang Muyi, so the eldest princess was also called the princess of Xiangyang.

Cui Jiao saluted the eldest princess and gave her a cricket that she caught yesterday and had a very loud cry.

The cricket was held in the hand of Fu Zhenwan's maidservant, jumping up and down in the cage and screaming, and the girls sitting around were envious when they saw such a lively cricket.

Fu Zhenwan asked someone to move a circle chair for Cui Jiao to sit down, and then carefully measured the person when she got closer.

Because she was invited to kick the bow, Cui Jiao wore a small sleeved robe with a treasure pattern lapel in order to be light, with a black belt tied around her waist, and a pair of hollow soft brocade boots.

Not only Fu Zhenwan is looking at people, but the girls in the seat are also secretly observing, just a female official in the East Palace is this appearance, there must be a beauty in the East Palace, and it is rumored that the prince is not close to women, with such a beauty on the side, how can the prince look down on others.

The crown prince is now crowned, and the selection of the crown princess is about to be put on the agenda, although the prince has terrifying rumors, but his appearance is really golden and jade, and the beautiful man with outstanding appearance is quite eye-catching everywhere, not to mention, the prince Zhu Tuozi, if she ascends to the supreme in the future, the princess will be the queen.

There are also many girls who are interested in the prince, but when they saw Cui Jiao, they had other ideas in their hearts, Cui Jiao was just a female official, if there were other beautiful concubines hidden in the East Palace, it would be really worrying.

Cui Jiao has long been accustomed to being looked at, when she was in Qinghe, she was just recognized by Cui's long house, she was looked at from head to toe by the Cui family like tasting goods, and later the old man sent by Zhang Shilang to pick her up also looked at her like this, and when she entered the East Palace, the queen recruited her to look at her several times recently, and the queen's look was more of an inquiry, just like the eyes of the eldest princess in front of her, there was no malice, but it was also considering whether she was a gentle person, as long as she showed a trace of viciousness, what was waiting for her was to be kicked out of the East Palace.

Fu Zhenwan invited Cui Jiao to come to the house today, because Cui Jiao was in the limelight at the polo match a few days ago, and now wherever people gather in Chang'an City, they will talk more about her style of fighting King Xiang.

Fu Zhenwan didn't see anyone in front of her, guessing that Cui Jiao must be heroic and sassy, and her body was vigorous, but she was unexpectedly a beautiful girl, she was surprised in her heart, and she didn't feel that she despised King Xiang, a strong and strong man didn't use it to this point, and she couldn't even beat a delicate and soft little girl, and she dared to provoke the East Palace from time to time.

Fu Zhenwan said, "Cui Zhangshu's outfit is here for Keju, and his body is good?" ”

On that day in the stadium, the royal princess and the prince were mostly present, but the eldest princess did not come, but the eldest horse was there at the time, and he should have come back to tell the eldest princess that she was injured.

Cui Jiao nodded, "Lao Ah Cha (1) asked, I am in good health, and I can accompany Ah Cha to enjoy myself." ”

Fu Zhenwan laughed, "Cui Zhangshu can't help but be honest, I invite you here just to enhance mutual friendship, and it doesn't really matter whether you kick Keju or not." ”

"The eldest sister doesn't kick the juju, what kind of juju party does she have, if you want to gossip, I'll go back to the palace."

As soon as the fifth princess Fu Zhenhua arrived, Cui Jiao immediately stood up, and the fifth princess sat on her circle chair with her ass, not taking her in her eyes at all.

The fifth princess has the same mother as King Xiang, she grew up in the deep palace since she was a child, Wang Guifei is favored, and her treatment among the princesses is better than that of the eldest princess, but she is better than the rest of the princesses, only fourteen years old, and no one dares to provoke her.

Cui Jiao stood silently in the corner.

The fifth princess didn't let her go, raised her chin and said to her, "My fourth brother let you, I won't, do you dare not use conspiracies and tricks to compare a juju with me?" ”

Cui Jiao didn't respond, it's not that she didn't dare to respond, she could even compare with King Xiang, how could she be afraid of a little girl, but she didn't accept her words, what did King Xiang let her, that day everyone who was not blind could see that King Xiang was not her opponent at all, if it weren't for King Xiang's tricks, she would have guaranteed that King Xiang would not win from the beginning to the end of the polo match.

These five princesses have the same virtue as her brother, and they are really good at beating up.

"I see that Cui Zhangshu is an upright person, not like a person who makes conspiracies and tricks" The eldest princess pulled Cui Jiao over, and said with a smile, "Wu Niang is not convinced, Cui Zhangshu will compete with her, I will be a witness, if Cui Zhangshu loses, the polo game must be Xiangwang Xiang's concession to let Cui Zhangshu win, if Cui Zhangshu wins Wu Niang, Wu Niang will not have to be indignant about this matter in the future, Cui Zhangshu won by his own ability, Xiangwang's skills are not as good as others, and he has to be convinced." ”

Cui Jiao saw it, the eldest princess invited her to kick the juju, this is the prince of learning, and she also wants to show the fifth princess, this juju has to be kicked if she doesn't want to.

Cui Jiao complied with the eldest princess's promise.

The fifth princess said, "Who knows if she has any hidden weapons on her!" ”

She instructed Fu Mu, who was with her, "You go and search her." ”

Cui Jiao's fingers tightened, the fifth princess was deliberately humiliating her! Wait a minute, she wants to let the fifth princess see how powerful she is!

Cui Jiao is a female official in the East Palace, and she is not a slave, how can she search her body at will, and it is not to say that the female officials of the East Palace are not as good as ordinary slaves and maids.

"Wu Niang's nonsense is nonsense, you can't go too far," the eldest princess said lightly.

The fifth princess barely stopped her mouth, and said suddenly, "The eldest sister asked me to come and kick or not, if I don't kick, I still have something." ”

The eldest princess then went into the room to change her clothes, the maid led the person to the open grassland behind the house, the checkpoint has been set up, the eldest princess also changed into a hufu and came over, and ordered the maid to take the bow ball, the bow ball is very exquisite, Cui Jiao used to play the bow ball is mostly made of bamboo strips, this bow ball touches like brocade, the ball is engraved with peony patterns, the hollow place is wrapped with colorful silk silk, and a small bell is tied on it, and the bell is pleasant to the ear.

"Ah Cha is really willing, this is the bow ball made by the colt himself, beware of kicking it badly," one said.

As soon as she talked about the horse, the eldest princess's face was more soft as a woman, "The bow ball is kicked when it is made, and it is useless to put it in the house." ”

When others saw it, they all admired it, and the girls all wanted to marry a man who loved and valued themselves, and they could be happy with each other.

Cui Jiao also listened to the envy, the horse is willing to make a bow for the eldest princess, this little thing is not enough to worry about, but the children of the family are arrogant and proud, and it is rare for the horse to put down his body and spoil his wife, the only regret of their husband and wife is about to be married for six years and have no children, but the eldest princess and the horse are still young, and having children is a natural thing in the future.

Cui Jiao couldn't help but think of herself, she had passed the age of Ji, if there was no Cui's long house and the Zhang family to be ghosts, she would not enter the East Palace, the prince is difficult to serve, not to mention, but also to deal with demons and monsters, she has also reached the age of discussing relatives, I have thought about finding a steady and down-to-earth man before, I don't want him to be rich and noble, as long as I can support each other, now it's good, I worry about my life every day, it's a blessing to be alive!

Everyone also gathered around the eldest princess, and the maidservant put the bow ball in the middle of the grassland, and the fifth princess took the lead in walking over, and the eldest princess and the nobles came on the field one after another.

Divided into two teams, one team led by the five princesses, and the other pair was led by the eldest princess, but the eldest princess said that this juju will be the fifth princess mainly competing with Cui Jiao, and Cui Jiao will be on top, Cui Jiao is more humble than the five princesses, and let the five princesses first ball, and the five princesses run and dribble in the direction of the goal, and they are proud in their hearts, this cheap maid is nothing more than that, her fourth brother can't beat a cheap maid, but was injured by it, and she has to teach people a lesson!

But she didn't feel proud for long, suddenly like a gust of wind under her feet, before she could react, the ball had already arrived at Cui Jiao, Cui Jiao kicked the ball to the eldest princess in a hurry, looked back at her and smiled, almost turned her back on her back, but she didn't even have time to get angry, and wanted to grab the ball, but was stopped by others, and watched the eldest princess kick the ball into the merry eye.

This is the beginning, followed by the second and third balls, she can't even touch the ball, Cui Jiao firmly protects the ball, and finally sends it to the feet of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess shoots the goal herself, everyone with a discerning eye can see that Cui Jiao's ball skills are far better than the five princesses, and if the five princesses continue to kick, it will only be her who will be embarrassed.

The fifth princess couldn't see it, she didn't kick it halfway, and scolded Cui Jiao angrily, "The dead dog slave dares to tease me!" ”

Cui Jiao raised her eyebrows and was silent.

The eldest princess put away her smile, "Who did Wu Niang's etiquette learn from?" Where is the appearance of a lady? Dare to say such vulgar words, and don't quickly apologize to Cui Zhangshu. ”

Although the emperor loves his daughter, he also has to take care of the system, and the five princesses' words are pungent and ugly, and it is also embarrassing for the royal family to spread it.

The fifth princess was caught talking, so she had to apologize to Cui Jiao, "Please forgive me, I spoke out of proportion." ”

Cui Jiao accepted this sentence calmly, and smiled, "Knowing mistakes can improve a lot, I won't take it to heart." ”

The fifth princess wanted to scold her again but didn't have the guts, her eyes were red with anger, she handed her eyes to Fu Mu, and Fu Mu made an excuse that Wang Guifei was still waiting for her to return to the palace, so she left in a hurry.

Cui Jiao wiped her sweat with a handkerchief, this can be regarded as offending Wang Guifei, King Xiang, and the five princesses, and blamed the eldest princess and the prince for their sisters, who wanted to teach others not to make a move, and used her as a hindrance, and she had to be more careful when she encountered these people in the future.

After a bow, the ladies were drenched in sweat, went to the wing room to change their clothes, sat down and ate a cup of tea, and then said goodbye and left.

Cui Jiao stayed at the end, the eldest princess patted her hand and said something heart-to-heart to her, "Maybe you don't know, in the past few years, San Lang has no one to take care of her, Ah Niang was in a hurry, and sent the palace people over, San Lang is very withdrawn, and he doesn't like people close at all, and the palace people are all blown away by him." ”

Cui Jiao's face was hot and flushed, as if she was shy, and listened to her quietly.

"Actually, it's all his heart," Princess Celestia sighed.

Cui Jiao thought, this is a heart disease, it is clearly a madness, initiating madness can kill people, and those who serve him may be scared out of heart disease.

The maidservant girl brought the tea and confectionery to the tea bed, and the eldest princess asked the maidservant, "You call someone to go to the Shaofu Prison, I have guests to treat, so that the concubine does not have to come back to accompany me for lunch." ”

Cui Jiao's ass was almost unable to sit still, the eldest princess was a talker, look at what she meant and talk to her until the afternoon, she was not interested in the prince's affairs, and pulled her to say this, she didn't like to listen to it.

“…… The colt can't always be hungry on duty," Cui Jiao looked very embarrassed.

The eldest princess waved her hand, "The prison has provided Lang Li (1), and if he doesn't come back to eat, he won't be hungry." ”

Cui Jiao had to continue to listen to her talk about the prince's old things, "Aya has many children, there are always preferences, but he is very strict with San Lang, at that time San Lang was only ten years old, and he didn't have the current quirks, he always wanted to do something that could make Aya pay attention, one year in the autumn hunt, San Lang won the first place in the hunting ground, Aya had a light on his face, and gave him the white falcon Fei General he raised, San Lang would take the flying general with him every time he hunted, but soon, San Lang was stabbed with a knife by Fu Mu, who took care of himself, when A-Niang arrived, On the ground were the corpses of General Fei and Fu Mu, all covered in blood, and he fainted on the bed, and since then, he has become this rejecting appearance thousands of miles away. ”

Cui Jiao wanted to sigh, the prince has a cold personality now, he didn't expect his father to love him when he was a child, just his high-minded temperament, people hate dogs, if it weren't for the prince, who would love him?

Cui Jiao's eyes showed pity, "It turns out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used to be so miserable......"

The eldest princess sympathized with her, "Now it's okay, San Lang has you by his side, and A-Niang and I are very relieved." ”

No matter how miserable it is, it is much better than the poor people, what is there to complain about.

Cui Jiao smiled dryly.

The eldest princess consciously fell in love with her, and told her many interesting stories about the prince when he was a child. dragged on until after lunch, and then let Cui Jiao leave.

Cui Jiao got out of the Zheng Mansion and got into the carriage back to the East Palace, curious about which families lived in the Fang here, so he lifted the curtain and looked out, the people living in Anren Fang were all dignitaries, all of them felt rich and rich just by looking at the door, Zhang Shilang's house was in the west corner of the Fang, and the mansion was the most inconspicuous among them, Cui Jiao looked at it coldly, and the Zhang family, which could not be offended in Cui's eyes, was placed in Chang'an City, and it was nothing more than that.

After walking a street, just to Chunming Gate, near the West Market, there are a lot of wine shops nearby, there is no lack of enchanting and beautiful orchid soliciting customers, Cui Jiao's sharp eyes saw the eldest princess's horse coming out of one of the wine shops, it seems that she has drunk a lot of wine, hugged the thin waist of the orchid, stuffed a piece of gold cake into the half-open front of the orchid, and then staggered into the carriage to the Taiji Palace.

It should be back to the Shaofu Prison.

Cui Jiao hurriedly lowered the curtain of the car, unable to suppress the shock, didn't she say that the concubine and the eldest princess were in love? How could the pony have an affair with Orchid in this wine shop?

She didn't want to get involved in the family affairs of the eldest princess, and pretended not to know the best.

But as soon as he turned around, he stared at Mu Xiang with wide eyes, and Mu Xiang said, "Zhangshu, did you see the big horse just now?" ”

Cui Jiao wanted to say that she didn't see it.

Mu Xiang was indignant, "It is said that the eldest horse holds the eldest princess in the palm of his hand, but I didn't expect him to dare to carry the eldest princess on his back!" Celestia is still in the dark! When the servant returns to the East Palace, he will report to His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Mu Xiang was babbling, and Cui Jiao couldn't get out of it when the time came, so Cui Jiao had to say helplessly, "I'll go to Prince Ming." ”

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The carriage went around half of Suzaku Street, delaying a lot of time, Cui Jiao returned to the East Palace It was not time, the small yellow door of Chongwen Hall came to pass that the prince wanted to see her, she was a dusty servant, it was not good to see the prince, and the female historians hurriedly washed her before rushing to Chongwen Palace.

At this time, in the past, the prince was in Chongwen Hall to listen to the lectures of the three teachers and three young teachers, but now the prince is still recuperating from his injuries, and he will take a break after lunch.

Cui Jiao stepped into the hall, came to the door of the rosewood house with a familiar way, knocked on the door twice first, pricked up her ears to listen to the low voice of the man inside, and then pushed the door open and came in.

The prince sat sideways on the golden thread, facing the window, his eyes closed.

Beat Cui Jiao and kissed him recklessly, although he did not punish the crime, but he had the meaning of being snubbed, and now he closed his eyes and didn't want to look at it.

As the eldest princess said, the prince doesn't like to be close to women, he lives like an ascetic, and touching a woman is like breaking his vows.

Cui Jiao was a little uneasy, wouldn't she just want to send her now? Then she kissed him, and she really shot herself in the foot.

Cui Jiao first softened, knelt down obediently in front of the table, and said weakly, "Why did His Highness summon the concubine?" ”

The person on the table had a handsome face, and glanced at her with long eyes, "Did you kick and bow with Wu Niang?" ”

Cui Jiao's innocent jaw.

Fu Yan said, "Wu Niang and the concubine complained to you of playing tricks on her, and the concubine asked His Majesty to punish you, but was persuaded by the queen mother. ”

Cui Jiao knew that there was nothing good, she didn't want the five princesses to do it, the bow ball was mainly kicked by the five princesses, and she didn't have the ability to kick her, but the wicked people sued first!

Cui Jiao's eyes were full of grievances, and she said with tears in her eyes, "How dare the concubine tease the fifth princess, she wants to be angry for King Xiang today, and she is more than the concubine who is not convinced that the concubine is better than the king of Xiang, saying that the concubine has made a trick and wants to compete with the concubine, and the concubine has let her, she can't score a goal, and the concubine is unwilling to compete with the fifth princess, yes, it is her aggressive ......"

She hid the eldest princess from fueling the trouble, the eldest princess is the queen's daughter, the queen has suppressed this matter, and she can't say that the eldest princess is not.

Her beautiful eyes wept, her white and snowy cheeks were dyed crimson, obviously she had just come back, and the heat came out.

The fifth princess is named delicate, and she is used to bullying people, of course Fu Yan knows that Cui Jiao will not blatantly tease the fifth princess, it should be the fifth princess who bullied her, and she has no choice but to fight back.

But in the polo match, Cui Jiao dared to attack King Xiang's horse by hitting the ball, causing King Xiang to fall from his horse.

She also dared to kiss him.

seems to be a delicate and delicate little girl, but in fact she is very bold.

Fu Yan twisted his eyebrows and said, "This time, don't have any more intersections with Wu Niang." ”

He didn't need to say anything more later, he just wanted her to step down.

Cui Jiao sat still and didn't move, the handkerchief wiped away her tears first, and asked him in a soft voice, "Is Your Highness still angry with your concubine?" ”

Fu Yan's face became even darker, and she didn't speak, looking at her with pity.

Cui Jiao's body trembled slightly, afraid that he would get sick, so she decisively changed her words and said, "The concubine still has something to report to His Highness." ”

Fu Yan's hand on her lap was raised, motioning for her to say.

Cui Jiao said again about the situation she saw in the wine shop today, "I hugged the waist of the orchid and stuffed money into the orchid's clothes." ”

She gestured and pointed to herself, she changed into a peach-pink narrow-sleeved draped collar shirt, with a transparent and thin silk dress, this kind of dress is a fashionable women's dress, Cui Jiao has many pieces, after wearing it, not only can you see the beautiful and delicate collarbone, but the charming and seductive snow drum powder under it is wrapped in a thin bright clothes, and she also has a half-arm on her body, covering most of the secret fragrant skin and flesh, and it seems that she deliberately lured him to see.

The prince's eyes were fixed on her fingers, dark and condensed, and after a while, he raised his eyes, and the two looked at each other, and she saw something in his eyes, and she wanted to escape for a moment.