Continuing the Fate of the Red Mansion and Jade Water

4 Linglong Princess

The day when King Hante will enter Beijing is getting closer, and Daiyu is also making preparations. After careful consideration, she decides to pack up Ningchun Palace, which is located west of Cishou Palace, and give it to Princess Hante. Ningchun Palace is far from Cishou Palace. Recently, the decoration is also gorgeous, which should be most in line with the status of the princess.Aiqigege also ordered people to sort out some high-quality silk and satin cloth, and prepare them first.

The queen mother called Daiyu, and explained to her in detail the character traits and eating habits of Wang Taifei, Daiyu kept them all in her heart, and then the queen mother gave special instructions about Princess Linglong.

"That girl is too arrogant and unreasonable. For Aunt Hong'er's sake, if she does anything excessive, don't be as knowledgeable as her. When she came here three years ago, she made a mess of the harem. The concubines also have nothing to do with her, because she is a foreigner, they dare not speak out, she is spoiled by your aunt."

Daiyu comforted her with a smile: "The queen mother is worrying too much. My cousin was born as a princess, and she is also a girl of heaven. It is normal to be coquettish at all. With the queen mother pampering her, isn't Yu'er often coquettish and talk back?"

"She's not the same as you." The queen mother pampered Daiyu's little nose, "King Hante passed away early, Yu Kun is busy every day, and your aunt is only accompanied by Linglong, so I love her very much." Over the years, nothing has been done according to her ideas, even Yu Kun has to give her three points."

"Yu Kun?" Daiyu asked strangely, it was the first time she heard this name.

"Oh, it's the name of the current king of Shante. Hong'er doesn't like his cousin and has never called him affectionately. Yu Kun is two years younger than Hong'er. This year he will be twenty-five. Look at his age. Not too old, there are four or five sons, but there is no princess yet, Hante rules, only when the heir to the throne is chosen, can mother be honored by sons, and become the princess of Hante."

It turns out that there is still such a rule in Hante's selection of princesses. Unknowingly, Daiyu is a little sentimental. Hante Wang is two years younger than Hong, and he has several sons, and she and Shuihong don't know how long they will wait. Yue, the eldest son must be left to the Shui family, and the second son can only be adopted by the Lin family. I don’t know how many twists and turns I have to go through. Although the queen mother loves her, but when it comes to children, I don’t know if she will easily agree to it. On this point, Daiyu was not sure at all.

"Yu'er, Yu'er." The queen mother could see clearly, Daiyu was obviously in a daze.

"Oh, mother, Yu'er is thinking about how many court ladies should be suitable for the emperor's aunt. If there are too few, she is afraid that the reception will not be good, and the aunt will be wronged. If there are too many, she will be suspected of being monitored. Yu'er is not easy to handle. What does the queen mean? Woolen cloth?"

"What you said is that your imperial aunt is fine. Let's treat each other with courtesy. She came out of the palace. She can explain it. It's just that Linglong has a lot of things. How about it, Yu'er, everything Following the example of the Aijia Cishou Palace, respecting their mother and daughter as honored guests, even if she wants to find fault, she won't go too far."

Daiyu nodded in agreement, and the queen mother said again: "This aunt is the late emperor's own sister. At that time, the country was not so rich, and there were powerful enemies all around. Hante was one of them. Although it is a small tribe, it cannot be tolerated." Xiao Wang, their cavalry are very strong, your aunt took the initiative to ask for marriage with Hante in order to relieve the country's crisis, and only in exchange for more than ten years of peace, if you just fight over now, why worry about it."

"Don't worry, queen mother. No matter how arrogant Princess Linglong is, we only treat her with courtesy. What can she do? She won't make trouble for no reason."

"Don't take it to heart. When you see her, you'll know that that girl is not an ordinary nuisance." The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed for a while before Daiyu returned to Guanju Palace, entered the Nuan Pavilion and changed into a homely routine. Clothes, called Yinhuan and asked: "The queen mother just mentioned Princess Linglong of Hante, saying that she is very arrogant. You are an old man in the palace. If you want to come to know something, tell me."

Yinhuan gave a salute first and said: "When the imperial concubine did not enter the palace, the slaves and servants were always by the emperor's side. I have seen this Linglong princess a few times. In terms of appearance, she is very similar to the eldest princess, but very barbaric. First, Concubine Qing and the others She often suffers from her, after all, she is a guest who actually lets her go, and no one really cares about her. She is protected by the queen mother, and seeing that the concubines are easy to bully, she becomes more and more arrogant. Don't get used to it, empress. If you let her bully you once, there will be a second time."

Even though Yinhuan said that, Daiyu was thinking about something else. I remember who told me that this Princess Linglong seemed to have a strange feeling for Hong. In fact, what she wanted to ask was this, but whether it was in front of the Queen Mother Whether it's the girl's face or the girl's face, I can't ask.

Daiyu was a little unhappy, looking at the girls standing beside her, she wanted to open her mouth to ask a few times, but she endured it, it was really difficult.She didn't know whether to say it was curiosity or worry, but in her heart she was very repulsed by Princess Linglong. For some reason, Daiyu very much hoped that she would——not come.

In a blink of an eye, Princess Hante arrived in the capital with a pair of children. Shui Hong led Shui Rong and others to greet her in person. The group first went to Cishou Palace to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. Because there was a male guest, Dai Yu stayed behind the curtain and listened to Shui Hong and others. People were talking about the war that had just ended, and Daiyu carefully looked at Hante Wang Yukun, who was much rougher than Shuihong, with such a dark face and a big beard, he didn't look like a 25-year-old youth in comparison , or Shui Hong looks more handsome.

They provoked a war for no reason, but now they are sitting together and chatting freely. Daiyu is very puzzled. The two lords of the country who have just experienced war can not only shake hands, but also have a pleasant conversation. What about soldiers?

Looking at the eldest princess sitting next to the queen mother, her face is quite benevolent, but it is a little dark, presumably it was caused by the strong wind outside the Great Wall, and here Daiyu is most concerned about Princess Linglong. Looking through the curtain, Linglong looks like A lady of every family is next to the eldest princess, talking to the queen mother from time to time. If this is her true face, except for her slightly darker complexion, she is somewhat similar to Sister Bao.

After a short effort, Shuihong took the lead and walked out. Daiyu looked at his back with a nostalgic smile, feeling satisfied and fulfilled in her heart. The maids lifted the curtain and sang: "The imperial concubine pays her respects to the queen mother."

Daiyu lightly moved her lotus steps forward to pay her respects, but she didn't know that all the men who came to the door stopped, Shuihong felt something strange, and looked back, Shui Rong was looking at Daiyu with bewildered eyes, Shuihong tried his best to Suppressing the displeasure in his heart, he coughed, Shui Rong came back to his senses, lowered his head slightly, not daring to meet Shui Hong's gaze, and then looked at Yu Kun, also standing there blankly.

"Cousin?"

"Oh, oh." Yu Kun said with a somewhat natural smile: "Cousin has a magnificent imperial concubine. Yu Kun has heard about it for a long time. When I saw it today, it really lives up to its reputation. She is indeed a stunning beauty."

nonsense!Shui Hong cursed secretly, can he recognize his own appearance just by looking at his back?Seeing that something was wrong, Shui Rong hurriedly stretched out his hand to give way, and Yu Kun walked out with Shui Hong.

The Queen Mother affectionately pulled Daiyu to her side, and introduced her background and benefits to the Eldest Princess, and the Eldest Princess also said yes, and said: "This time, the Emperor's Sister-in-law has obtained a satisfactory wife."

"No, the appearance is still the same, and the heart is kinder than anyone else."

Although Daiyu was facing the eldest princess, she caught Linglong's unkind gaze from the corner of her eyes, and the eldest princess pointed to her daughter and said, "This is Yu Kun's sister, Linglong, Linglong, stand up and meet your cousin?"

The visitor is a guest, Daiyu first saluted, and then saw that Linglong had turned her head to the side, not even looking at herself, the eldest princess felt sorry, and hurriedly said: "Linglong is shy, the imperial concubine, please don't mind, just wait for two days to get acquainted Aunt, all these years, relying on Linglong's company to relieve her boredom, spoiling her so much."

Linglong shook her mother's arm lightly, and said in a low voice: "She is not a queen, why do you want me to call her cousin, she is just a concubine, and she is worthy to climb on top of me."

Although the voice was not loud, the empress dowager, Daiyu and the maids around her could hear clearly. The empress dowager was afraid that Daiyu would not be able to hold back, so she hurriedly said: "Linglong is a straightforward child. As a royal concubine, Yu'er is more important than a queen. Now He is in charge of the affairs of the harem, and even Shui Yi calls her sister-in-law, so you have suffered a lot by calling her?"

Linglong lowered her head and fiddled with the streamer on her dress, and said with a smile: "It's not a disadvantage, but the one who deserves to be called my cousin must be a queen, aunt, my brother's side concubines, side concubines, and side concubines , When you see me, you always have to salute, why the etiquette in the Central Plains is different from Hante, I am a majestic Princess Hante, but I want to salute a concubine to say hello."

Linglong called a concubine from the left, and then another concubine, which woke up Daiyu. All along, she had always thought that as long as she could stay with Shuihong, her identity was not at all in her mind. Now it seems that identity is very important. The noble imperial concubine in the eyes of others is nothing more than a concubine.

The Empress Dowager was afraid of Daiyu's embarrassment, so she was just about to make a rescue when Daiyu looked at Linglong with a smile and said: "The ancients said that seniors and young are orderly, and now it is very wrong to talk about it from the emperor's side. How dare Daiyu accept the gift of the princess? It was Daiyu who saluted first."

Although she didn't say much, Linglong understood it all at once, and immediately glared angrily. Daiyu looked back, not to be outdone, Linglong stood up, pointed at Daiyu, and said to the Queen Mother: "Auntie, this is the nobleman in the palace. The proper rules, according to Linglong, should be rectified, and my aunt is merciful and can't bear to do anything to concubines, so Linglong will set up the rules for you."

Linglong took two steps forward, swung her arms round, and was about to hit Daiyu in the face, the queen mother was startled, and quickly stood up to stop her, only to see Jinglu standing next to Daiyu, grabbed Linglong and swung her towards her. hands.

Linglong and Jinglu groaned at the same time