Bai Zinian said with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Ah? What?" Yun Yige pretended to be dumbfounded, with a confused look on her face. She knew that Bai Zinian was testing her. If she heard the conversation between him and his grandfather that day, she thought that they were going to assassinate Pluto. Ordinary boudoir The woman would definitely turn pale with fright.

"Brother Bai, my sister is good at painting, but she has never seen any fighting or killing scenes. She just painted some birds, beasts, insects and fish. The battle in Northern Xinjiang against Wusun will definitely be a scene of bloodshed. Don't It scared my sister." Yun Jingsong smoothed things over and patted Bai Zinian on the shoulder.

"Sorry, I was rude." Bai Zinian immediately showed an apologetic smile and cupped his hands towards Yun Yige.

"By the way, I recently got a Huishan Langhao pen by chance. I will bring it over next time to apologize to my fourth sister." Bai Zinian looked at Yun Yige and said in a flattering way.

"No, thank you." Yun Yige replied very coldly.

After they talked for a while, Yun Jingsong sent Bai Zinian out and took Yun Yige back to the courtyard.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I dried some dried hawthorns and fruits. They are all sweet and sour. Sister-in-law has a bad appetite recently, so you can eat some." Yun Yige opened the box and took out the red dried hawthorns on the white jade plate inside. .

"Fourth sister is interested." Su felt sleepy after using some dried hawthorn, and the maid helped her to sleep on the bed.

Yun Yige and Yun Jingsong went to the yard to play chess. Yun Jingsong looked at his sister and casually asked her doubts.

"Fourth sister, did you know that you rarely care about someone so much?"

Care about someone?

"Ok?"

Yunyige was stunned. Did her elder brother know that she liked Xuan Ming?But she didn't show it much. In her last life, her reputation was ruined. In this life, she was very cautious in matters between men and women and did not give others the opportunity to spread rumors.

"Bai Zinian came to the house several times, but you always ran away. Moreover, every time your parents mentioned the Bai family, your reaction was a bit loud. This time when you saw Bai Zinian, you also spoke a bit strangely. You ..." Yun Jingsong hesitated to speak. His sister was so smart, she must have understood the meaning of his words. A girl of this age is at the beginning of her love life.

It was him, the older brother, who didn't give her timely guidance on the positive side. If she really liked him, what to do was pushing him away.

Yunyige opened her mouth in surprise. Could it be that her elder brother misunderstood that she liked Bai Zinian? !

Oh my God!How to say this?

Yun Yige pursed her lips: "Brother, to be honest, I don't like people from the Bai family. They are too fake and they have a purpose in approaching us."

"Bai Zinian's chess skills are far superior to yours, but he always loses to you. Do you know why?"

Yun Jingsong had to stay with Su at home and rarely went to gatherings in the capital. Bai Zinian often came to play chess with him, which relieved him a lot. He had a good impression of Bai Zinian.

Yun Jingsong felt a little unnatural when he heard this at first, but then he regained his composure: "Brother Bai is an upright man, how can he be as bad as you said? What can he want from me?"

He thought that the two of them were attracted to each other because of each other's talents, not just to use and please him, nor did they deliberately approach him because he was the legitimate son of the Hou family.

"He doesn't want anything, he just wants to make the people he interacts with happy." Yun Yige said. This is due to Bai Zinian's character and the result of Bai Yifeng's teachings.

"If eldest brother doesn't believe it, you can let him play a game of chess with his father. If you watch from the side, you will understand. In the future, don't let him come to our house all the time. His family members are very thoughtful. We'd better not play with them. I don’t even know if I’ll be used as a gun one day.”

Yun Jingsong fell into deep thought after hearing this. If the Bai family wanted to use the Hou family, the Song family, or even his wife's natal Su family, he would be a good breakthrough point.

Two days later, Bai Zinian came to play chess with Yun Jingsong. Yun Jingsong said that he had not seen him because of the recent continuous rain and cold.

……

After a few more spring rains, the flowers in the capital bloomed more beautifully, and the leaves on the branches of the trees became increasingly lush and thick.

On this day, news came from the palace that a palace banquet was going to be held, and the wealthy families were invited to attend.

In the Hou Mansion, Yun Yige opened the window and looked out the window at the yard with a smile. The peach blossoms in the yard had already bloomed. She invited Yun Yishu and Song Qinglan to pick peach blossoms, and the three sisters were preparing to make peach blossom stuffing.

Yun Yige didn't know Qinggong, so she couldn't fly to the peach tree to pick flowers, so she had to stand under the tree and shake the tree vigorously with Zhu'er.

But the stump of the peach tree was very thick. She swayed for a long time and was so tired that she was sweating profusely. Some of the peach blossoms reluctantly fell down.

"Cousin, let me do it." Song Qinglan rolled up her sleeves, held up the hem of her skirt, sat down on the small rockery nearby, and kicked the peach tree. Suddenly, the peach blossoms fell to the ground.

"Cousin, be gentler!" Yun Yige exclaimed, this is a tree in her yard, don't break it by kicking it.

"Okay, okay, I'll come down." Song Qinglan clapped her hands and landed steadily.

"Zhu'er, Juan'er, call a few people to wash the peach blossoms clean." Yun Yishu ordered.

"Yes, miss." Zhu'er and Juan'er were very happy and called for people to pick up peach blossoms. They could drink some of the peach blossom stuffing they made every year. The peach blossom stuffing made by the masters was rich in fruity aroma and not intoxicating.

"Have you heard about the palace banquet?" The three of them returned to the room and sat down, while Zhu'er and Juan'er were washing their peach blossoms.

"There is another banquet held in the palace. Is the court short of money again? How can a court as big as ours in Beichu look like an autumn wind?!" Song Qinglan joked.

"Cousin, you must be careful what you say. If someone listens to it, you will be disrespectful!" Yun Yishu looked around and said worriedly.

"I heard that this palace banquet was prepared by Concubine Wan Gui. Could it be that she wanted to show Prince Li the concubine?" Song Qinglan guessed.

If King Li has a capable father-in-law to help him, he will be one step closer to becoming the crown prince.

"Third sister, cousin, have you forgotten that this palace banquet is a court meeting!" Yun Yige arranged the peach blossoms and put them on a shelf to dry.

In previous years, the imperial meeting was usually held around the New Year, but due to the heavy snowfall this year, the emperor postponed the date. It happened to be that the weather was warmer in spring and the roads were easier to walk.

This court meeting is the largest and most solemn court meeting in a year when Emperor Xuan Zheng meets with hundreds of officials.On every court meeting day, the emperor visited the Hanyuan Hall in person. The crown prince, civil and military officials, and local court envoys congratulated the emperor respectively. Officials from various ministries reported to the emperor the political achievements of the past year, showing the achievements of Northern Chu.

"Ah, I remembered that last year my mother was ill and we didn't go. It seems we went the year before last. There were a lot of people that day. All the officials, both civil and military, lined up on the endless winding ramp, slowly going up... "

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