My little white flower is not right

What Jiang Peifeng took Ruan Jiyun to was an ordinary shop located in a remote neighborhood. The shop was not big, but it was kept very clean.On the wooden tabletop is a rough clay vase containing a bouquet of delicately colored winter jasmine flowers.

The cake shop is managed by an old couple. Jiang Peifeng greeted them with familiarity. The old woman squinted her eyes and smiled: "I think His Highness should come too, and I specially left spring banquet cakes and polenta for you."

Jiang Peifeng asked Ruan Jiyun to sit down first, while he himself ran to the front of the stove to cook. The old woman was so anxious that she could just let her sit down. Seeing her smiling and not taking it seriously, she embarrassedly added some more food to her plate.

There is a stack of freshly steamed barley cakes on the tray, exuding a sweet and fragrant grain smell, looking crisp and soft.Spring banquet cake is a festive snack, wrapped in wheat cakes with fresh spring vegetables: pepper sprouts, Chinese toon sprouts, shepherd’s purse sprouts, etc., and eaten with fried egg sauce, the bite is full of aroma, like a bite Eat it in your mouth in spring.

Jiang Peifeng scooped another bowl of corn porridge for Ruan Jiyun: "Their family's porridge is ground and boiled corn, and it tastes very delicious."

The yellow porridge looks fine and smooth, and the corn is all melted into pulp. It tastes sweet and smooth. Ruan Jiyun ate it with eyebrows and eyes curved: "It's delicious."

She puffed her cheeks and ate the spring pancakes, and remembered Pei Feng's words before: "Do you have any good news for me?"

Jiang Peifeng said: "Your Highness, guess?"

Ruan Jiyun looked at her blankly, Jiang Peifeng saw how cute she looked, couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiji plans to open a meeting with Dajing, and now the Dajing Mission is on the way, and it will arrive in the capital in about ten days. You must attend the banquet at that time, so you can write a letter to your mother and concubine in advance to take it back."

Hearing this, Ruan Jiyun's eyes lit up: "So fast!" She became excited, "It's been almost a year since I left the palace, I wonder if my concubine is doing better in the palace now? She always has a cough every winter." I don't know what to do now..."

Jiang Peifeng comforted her gently: "Don't worry, you can ask about the situation when the missionary arrives, but now you should think about it first, is there anything you can bring to her? It will also save you from being too late to prepare."

Ruan Jiyun was comforted by her, temporarily calmed down her worry-filled heart, and then discussed with Jiang Peifeng what gifts to prepare.

The Dajing Mission arrived in Qingcheng, the royal capital, at the end of spring. This time, because the time and business scope of the opening of the market were agreed upon by the two sides, most of the missions were officials from the Transit Department, and the leader of the mission was the current court official. The emperor's seventh younger brother is also Ruan Jiyun's uncle—Kangping County King.

Xiji Wolf King hosted a banquet in the royal city to entertain the mission. Jiang Peifeng brought Ruan Jiyun to the banquet together. Ruan Jiyun had been waiting for several days for the mission to come to the capital. She couldn't hide her excitement and got dressed early.

In order to express the friendship between the two countries, the banquet was very grand, but even so, King Kangping still felt that the people of Xiji were a little neglected.

There are only 68 dishes in the banquet in the capital?The maid who served the dishes was far less graceful than the palace maid of Dajing. He took a sip of wine sullenly, and cast his eyes on the venue—the singing and dancing were still lively.

He was looking around boredly, when he suddenly saw two young girls coming in at the door, the one at the head was slender, but was wearing a manly robe, half of his body was not visible, but the one at the back looked more delicate.

It's just... King Kangping rubbed his eyes, the two girls had already walked in front of him, one of them gave him a grand Wanfu salute, and said, "Uncle Seventh Emperor."

"Are you... Jiyun?" It took a long time for King Kangping to recognize that the girl in the Xiji dress in front of him was the Princess Heqin sent by Dajing last year, and he was a little surprised.

In his impression, his niece was not favored, and she seldom appeared at palace banquets on weekdays. The few times she met occasionally, she always looked downcast and pitiful, but now she looks older. Not the same anymore.

Ruan Jiyun in front of him was not only dressed luxuriously and beautifully, but her complexion was also becoming more and more beautiful. Just now, he almost failed to recognize her at first glance.

"It seems that you are here...you have been favored by King Xiji?" His eyes fell on Ruan Jiyun's girl's braids, and he was a little hesitant. Not quite like that?

The officials at the side heard what the county king said, and immediately came over to remind them in a low voice: "My lord, the princess did not enter the palace as a concubine! Their Xiji's marriage is not the same as ours..."

After listening to the official's explanation, King Kangping frowned: "So, their so-called marriage is actually just to get some dowry? Is it just for nothing? This Xiji King... is too wasteful." some."

The official slandered in his heart that he was only focused on developing national power, how could he be obsessed with the beauty of the harem?But on the surface, he could only continue to say respectfully: "It is said that the sky is different in ten miles, so the customs of Xiji are naturally different from ours."

King Kangping continued to put on airs and asked his niece: "What are you doing in Xiji now?"

Ruan Jiyun replied: "Returning to the emperor's uncle, I will be taken care of by Princess Siji. I am now living in her residence and helping with some affairs in the witch hospital."

"Uncle Wang really wants to say a few words about you..." Kangping County Wang Da denied, "You are a girl, the most important thing you should think about is how to get married and serve your husband, what will you do in a place like the witch hospital?"

He looked at Ruan Jiyun like iron and steel, and then lowered his voice: "Brother Huang sent you here for marriage, for the sake of good relations between the two countries. What's the use of following a princess every day? Although they Xiji people say to marry each other Don't marry, but how can people not be beautiful? You should put more thought into this, if you can enter the palace as a concubine and give birth to a son and a half daughter, it is the duty of a woman!"

Not to mention Ruan Jiyun, even Jiang Peifeng next to him was dumbfounded.

Not to mention that he knew that his father would never really marry and marry the princess, this straightforward and contemptuous attitude of treating women as objects is enough to make people disgusted.She sneered in her heart, and stretched out her hand to pull Ruan Jiyun to her side.

"Your Majesty, our Xiji's wine is well brewed, and you should drink more later." She smiled and stopped the two from continuing their conversation, and turned to signal the maidservant to bring the wine.

The king of Kangping County didn't care much about her, but the other officials around him had long admired Jiang Peifeng's name, and they were afraid that their prince would say anything more. If they angered the Xueqi general, their errands would be in vain!

"My lord, the general is right! Let's drink first, let's drink, we all say that we will teach our children behind closed doors... There will still be opportunities to meet the princess in the future, come on, let's not talk about this today." A young official from the transshipment department Take the lead and raise the glass first.

The maidservant had already brought up the prepared sweet spring wine upon Jiang Peifeng's order.This wine is extremely strong, and it is a bit sweet at the beginning, so it is called "Oasis", but once you drink a few more glasses lightly, you will be so drunk that you don't know if you keep it.

The banquet became lively again, Jiang Peifeng dragged Ruan Jiyun to the seat, and personally picked up a piece of meat for her with chopsticks.

"Don't take others' words to heart. Just do what you want, and I will do everything else." She found Xiao Baihua's hand under the table, and gently held it in her palm.

Ruan Jiyun shook his head lightly: "Actually, what Uncle Huang said...I don't care."

She was just a little helpless, and no one cared about her well-being in the mission that she had finally hoped for, but accused her of failing to fulfill her responsibilities...even disregarding her face, telling her what to do in front of Jiang Peifeng. How to seduce her father and king?

She was deeply ashamed of her uncle's words, and felt a little ashamed to face Jiang Peifeng.

Jiang Peifeng comforted her: "He pissed you off, so I will deal with him naturally."

Hearing this sentence, Ruan Jiyun immediately tugged at her sleeve anxiously: "The emperor is an envoy after all, you can't mess around!" She was about to say something more, when a young official of the embassy came over and smiled. Then salute them.

"Little princess, our family knows Xing Yude from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do you still remember, Your Highness?" The man spoke in a soft voice, obviously an eunuch. grace."

Ruan Jiyun looked at this man's appearance, and slowly recalled: "Xing Du knows... Are you the little eunuch who was sick and left in the firewood room of the imperial hospital? So you are also in the mission now!"

Xing Yude's attitude is modest: "Your Majesty remembers that our family has now been promoted to the former province. Thanks to His Majesty's grace, we were able to join the mission. When I was a young eunuch, I would like to thank Your Majesty for finding wind and cold medicine for me regardless of my status. There is no fate to meet today."

Seeing his sincerity, Ruan Jiyun said repeatedly: "It's just a small matter, I know you don't need to take it to heart. Seeing that you are doing well now, I am also very happy."

Xing Yude said again: "Our family has nothing to repay His Highness, thinking that you are far away in a foreign country, so before leaving, I went to see the concubine Hefei, and the empress asked me to bring some things for the princess, and I hope I can go to see the princess."

Ruan Jiyun didn't expect that he could bring news about his mother and concubine, and he was a little excited: "You know, if you want to come to see me, you can naturally."

After all, this is not a good time for a detailed discussion. Xing Yude left his contact information at the post house for the time being, and then politely resigned. Jiang Peifeng watched him return to the banquet and said with a smile: "It seems that someone still misses you of."

She kept her eyes on the Dajing Mission, seeing that King Kangping had already been persuaded by everyone to drink several rounds of sweet spring wine, she curled her lips and continued to pick up vegetables for Xiaobaihua.

......

Because he was concerned about the recent situation of his mother and concubine, Ruan Jiyun invited Xing Yude to the General's Mansion on the second day after the welcome banquet. Xing Yude soon readily went to the appointment, and there was another young official with him.

"My lord was happy yesterday. I accidentally drank too much. Now I'm still in bed and can't get up." The official saluted Ruan Jiyun, "Your Majesty is Cheng Zhibi, deputy envoy of the Transit Department."

Ruan Jiyun returned the gift. She used to be a female family member of the harem, and she rarely had the opportunity to contact the court officials, but since she arrived in Xiji, she first dealt with people in the witch hospital, and the wife of the great witch doctor and other royal family members often invited her to visit , I am much more confident in receiving people and things.

Cheng Zhibi is also a knowledgeable and generous person, Ruan Jiyun asked about the recent situation of his mother and concubine, so he took the initiative to ask: "Why is Fu Envoy Cheng looking for me?"

Hearing this, Cheng Zhibi couldn't help sighing, Ruan Jiyun is really smart, he cupped his hands again and said: "Don't dare to lie to the princess, I really have something to ask for during this trip."

He explained the situation to Ruan Jiyun. It turns out that there are currently two schools of thought regarding the opening of the debate.The clan headed by King Kangping advocated setting up more pleasures such as gold, silver, jewelry, and precious playthings, while the younger generation of officials wanted to be more pragmatic and wanted more discounts on agricultural products such as grain and livestock.

"This matter has been discussed with the prince many times, but the prince doesn't take these matters seriously." Cheng Zhibi said helplessly, "We can't bypass the prince and add categories to the booklet alone, we can only watch Missed opportunity..."

He wasn't sure how much the well-clothed princess knew about the people's sentiments, and he felt a little depressed after saying these words.For the high-ranking clan nobles, it is probably incomprehensible to beg for the price of a cow and a load of grain, right?

Just as Cheng Zhibi was about to open his mouth to add a few words on the scene, he heard Ruan Jiyun speak.

"I'll help you." She said seriously.

The author has something to say: Additional notes:

Overhead ancient times,

For the convenience of reading here, the Dajing official position system is set up with reference to the Song Dynasty, and the plot is still completely empty.