His Royal Highness the First Prince of Daliang

In the spring when Kang Ning was 16 years old, Bianbang Xiaoguo came to court. The envoys were amazed at the fourth prince at the palace banquet. Lingxiu is all gathered on the little highness, and the other half are ordinary people like us!"

It was originally just a drunken rave of an envoy from a frontier country, but somehow it spread, and everyone praised it.Maybe it's because the young highness Daliang has gradually recovered and started to show up on various occasions, because of his beautiful appearance and gentle and soft temperament, he has aroused unprecedented popularity in the capital.

His Highness bought wild flowers from a little girl's basket during an outing. On the second day, all the flowers that little girl was going to sell in the spring were sold out.The little girl was both happy and panicked, even saying that she was just a wicker basket made of wicker in her free time and flowers picked by the roadside, which did not prevent a group of young girls from queuing up to buy them; Before the end of the year, the Beijing Central Cloth Shop sold out Yuebai's cloth; His Royal Highness praised Washe's puppet show on the winter solstice, and the most neglected business among the hundred operas immediately became the hot spot of the year.

Daliang's ethos is originally considered open, and the people live in peace and contentment, with a lot of energy and unlimited willingness to pursue their favorite things.Emperor Hui also enjoyed similar treatment when he was a prodigal prince. He has always been proud of the frenzy he aroused among the people in his youth, and privately believes that he has achieved an achievement that has never been seen before in the royal family— —But compared with his younger son who was growing up, Emperor Hui was simply too weak back then.

The most attractive thing about Corning is not his unparalleled face, nor does it all depend on his gentle and sweet speech and demeanor.

There is a very subtle "non-refusal" in his temperament, which is a very vague and lingering feeling, as if whether it is good intentions, maliciousness, covetousness or admiration from others, they are all softened and blunted by him.He obviously looks so clear and pure, clean and innocent, but his "not rejecting" is really confusing, making people around him confused whether he is dull and honest, or whether he is tolerant—or really Treat yourself with something special and unique.

It is difficult for anyone to remain absolutely sober in his amorous eyes.Even knowing that he has such a pair of eyes, looking at a tree with bare branches is like looking at his lover for many lifetimes, but everyone still can't help but have some kind of private thought - he still looks at himself differently right?Otherwise, how could I feel indebted after being glanced at by him, wishing to repay the infinite tenderness and feel insufficient.

Even though no one was promoting the fourth prince in the court, and even if Kang Ning recovered, his body was still weaker than others, so that he would not be destined for the high position, more and more people began to gather around Kang Ning, laughing for him All kinds of things, scratching his ears and cheeks for his slight frown.Unexpectedly, the emperor and Concubine Zhao just watched this and did not interfere, as if they really let those men and women from aristocratic families who were more or less obsessed around their precious son do everything they could, but only made the chaos go away. Let the little prince take care of it himself.Of course——if someone really dared to use dirty thoughts on the prince, the emperor who seemed to turn a blind eye on the surface had already prepared thunderous means and was waiting in secret.

Under such circumstances, Kang Ning's maids, servants, brothers, sisters, relatives, and even his little Ma Yubao began to be courted by many people, but Meng Baifan, who had a close relationship with Kang Ning, became the object of jealousy and hatred of the people in Beijing.

People at the time always refused to admit that Meng Baifan was able to gain a foothold in Beijing because of her own talent, and Kang Ning's different treatment was also due to Meng Baifan's tenacity and integrity and the grace of saving her life.As the saying goes, people only see what is in their hearts, and this may not be true—the cousin of the second princess’ mother’s family, Tang Shujing, will take a slanted path. Due to his difficult situation and His Royal Highness's sympathy for the poor and the weak, he designed an ingenious route for himself to get Kang Ning's attention.

The spring breeze was breezy that day, and it was not a special afternoon. Kang Ning was walking on the road from Qinghe Palace to Wangshu Palace, when he heard the sound coming from a small pavilion covered by three crabapple trees a few steps away. A mournful cry.

"They always said that my aunt was eccentric, and took me into the palace every three or five days. But I have no conscience, and I don't recognize my own family. But how can I have a place in the family?" The girl wept bitterly, her voice Delicate and tactful, so touching.

The person who was next to him was probably a little girl who was distressed and coaxed, "Girl, don't be like this, if our aunt finds out, I don't know how much I will feel distressed!"

It's okay for the little maid not to coax, but when she said this, it seemed to arouse the sadness of the young lady: "Yes, the sisters in the family, I was born as a concubine, and the others are all young ladies from the concubine. Naturally, the clan should love the concubines even more. My girl. How can I compare with others? If my aunt did not feel sorry for Jing'er's difficulty in getting up, I am afraid that my aunt and I would not be able to survive in the mansion."

Miss Tang's words were almost all far-fetched nonsense.She is indeed a girl born to her aunt, but her father only has her as a daughter, and the second princess's mother and concubine Tang Xianfei only has Tang's father as a direct brother.Those sisters and sisters that Tang Shujing talked about were just offshoot girls, and they were all raised in Tang's mansion to make a living.She lived a life full of stars in her own mansion, and as the only niece of Concubine Tang Xian, she was often taken into the palace to be loved. His origin speaks volumes.

Kang Ning had already recognized Tang Shujing's voice.Tang Shujing often went to the palace since she was a child, and although she was not familiar with the little prince, she was not unfamiliar.It's just that when Kang Ning was young, he raised the emperor and the imperial concubine incomparably richly, and ordinary strangers are not qualified to see the golden face of the prince.A girl like Tang Shujing who was favored by the concubine Xian couldn't get in touch with him. It was only after Meng Baifan entered the palace and healed the little Highness that Tang Shujing really knew what Kang Ning looked like.

And no matter how smart and favored Tang Shujing was, she was just a girl in her teens, so she couldn't be tempted to get in close contact with the young highness who was popular in the capital all of a sudden.In particular, she was with her princess cousin, and she played pots and cards with Kang Ning a few times, which made her a unique talking point among the ladies in the capital. That kind of scenery is far from what jewelry and clothing can bring her. of. The 15-year-old girl can't see the power of the political situation. In her eyes, she only sees the face of the fourth prince who is like a fairy in the sky, and the compassion and gentleness of a Bodhisattva on earth.

And she has a good grasp of Kang Ning's temper.

Kang Ning would never turn a blind eye to seeing such a relative's girl crying pitifully.Even though Bi Tao was hesitating and trying to stop him, he pushed aside the branches of the crabapple and walked into the garden, took out his handkerchief and handed it over.

"Sister Tang, wipe away your tears. The spring breeze is dry, girls should be more careful, and don't blow their faces dry." The little prince's voice was soft and warm, more moving than the spring breeze blowing over his skin.There was a natural tenderness and considerateness in his speech, I don't know where he inherited it from, anyway, Concubine Zhao was sighing to herself, and even poked her son's forehead and said that a small disaster had happened.

Tang Shujing even forgot to show off her pity for a moment, and she couldn't shed tears at all.She took the sheer handkerchief with a faint fragrance in a daze, she didn't care about wiping her tears, she just wanted to hide the personal things of her sweetheart in her bosom.She looked at the eyes of the little prince looking down with pity and tenderness, and for a moment, she felt that a young girl's heart had turned into spring water—could it be that the little prince had also hidden affection for me?She thought: He is so loving and considerate to me, so tender, he is obviously moved - we can be regarded as being in love with each other.

But where did Kang Ning open that orifice?

He understood everything he should know, but he never thought about it on himself.Emperor Hui wanted to choose two beautiful court ladies for Qi Changfeng early in the year, but he always felt awkward when it came to his youngest son-this is very strange.I don't know why, but I always feel that no matter who is close to Kang Ning, the other party is taking advantage of it.

But Kang Ning doesn't understand, there are naturally people around him who protect him.Bitao snatched Kang Ning's handkerchief back softly but quickly, and then handed over her own handkerchief—it sounded rude, but her current actions did not seem rude: "His Royal Highness's handkerchief is forever There are plenty of them there, so it’s not easy to dismiss them casually. If Miss Tang doesn’t dislike it, she can use the handkerchief of the servant girl. It’s also new, and it’s only passed through the water once.”

Kang Ning didn't seem to understand the confrontation, and just smiled at Tang Shujing.How could Miss Tang dare to offend the grand maid of Wangshu Palace who was walking sideways in half of the palace city, so she could only wipe away her tears silently with a little embarrassment.

The little prince was a good man, so he invited Tang Shujing to Wangshu Palace, arranged for Bi Tao to wash her face with her, used some refreshments, comforted her for a long time, and then sent the girl away with a blushing face.

Bi Tao held back his words, and finally was able to spit it out: "The master is too kind to her, do you really feel sorry for her?"

Kang Ning frowned and wondered: "Cousin Tang is really suffering. Didn't you hear her talk about her situation at home? Fortunately, Empress Xianfei loves her so much that she can live in the palace more often, so her family can treat her better. I used to only think of her as Second Sister Huang's little cousin, but I didn't care much about her."

The little prince thought about it again: "Look at how plain her clothes are, even if the concubine Xian and the second imperial sister are willing to take care of her, it is difficult to do everything well. In the future, if we have any good things, we will send them to Sister Meng When it’s time, bring Cousin Tang a copy too.”

Bi Tao rolled his eyes straight at him, and didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Kang Ning was not angry, but complained: "I don't know what's going on with you, but you have become more and more fond of doing this weird thing in the past two years—like a monster."

"Okay, I'm a monster, and my master is a fairy, so it's just right for me to call Angry King Kong to cure Miss Tang!" Bi Tao murmured in a low voice.

"What did you say?" The little prince didn't hear clearly.

"Oh, I said that the master is still not thoughtful. The second princess is Miss Tang's cousin! When I let the second princess know about this joint, it's not right to tell her to be more considerate of Miss Tang!"

Corning also felt that this was really just right.So Bi Tao took a day off to chat with the second princess. Since then, under the care of the second princess, the cousin, poor cousin Tang has never been able to enter the palace.