Linque

It's noon, the guests are seated, most of the female family members who can be counted by name in the imperial capital have come, they used to chat with each other when they were admiring the flowers in the village, but now they all gather together and have the same topic - female Children talk about clothes and jewelry, and elders talk about girls.

If there is a son of the right age in the family, they can be dazzled right now, whether this one is good or that one, if it is difficult for a mother, I am afraid that it is not the only one who comes here.

The eldest princess of Changning teased the Duke and Duchess of South Korea with these words. Several people were laughing, and the servants from the princess mansion outside suddenly walked over. Quick, let them come here!"

Pointing at Mrs. Han and laughing again: "I just said the rightful master, isn't the rightful master here?"

Mrs. Han Han was puzzled when someone next to her patted her. She turned around and saw several handsome gentlemen in riding suits approaching. Her son Han Chengmiao was the one leading the way.

"Zhou Li" says: "The moon of mid-spring brings together men and women." Although spring is not yet in bloom, the flowers in the villa are blooming just right, and the elders are all there, so there is no need to avoid it.As soon as a few people turned around the flower path and came in, they immediately attracted the attention of the girls at the banquet.

Princess Changning rolled her eyes with a smile, and repeatedly waved her hands to call them forward: "What news did you come to me?"

She was just joking casually, but she didn't want to hit the prince's heart in a wrong way. Several people saluted the princess and the wives present, and looked at Han Chengmiao in unison. The latter coughed lightly, and Chu Heng tilted him. Turning his face away with a glance, and this side of the head, he happened to notice that a person in the front seat on the right was staring at him.

Su Lang couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly helped his good brother out of the siege, stepped forward and told the princess about their intention of coming to eat.

Su Lang came to the imperial capital when he was seven years old. When he was learning martial arts under Mr. Gu, he and the emperor were brothers. They grew up together. Leaving aside the others, Princess Dachang knows exactly how capable Su Lang is. very.

Can't touch a rabbit with all his civil and military skills?The Eldest Princess was smiling, and slowly swept across them. When she reached Chu Heng, she paused for a moment, followed his gaze, and sure enough, she saw Mrs. Wen Xinhou, Mrs. Lin and her wife sitting there. Shen Dai, the prostitute's daughter.Lin's face couldn't hide her ugly face, and she looked at Chu Heng with complicated eyes.

The eldest princess thumped in her heart, covered her lips with a handkerchief, and quickly turned her head to Su Lang with a smile: "Okay, since you have opened up with me, you guys can save you a meal of wine. "As he spoke, he summoned the servants: "Go and bring them the Crane Nian tribute wine rewarded by His Majesty on the second day of junior high school."

The waiter is.It is inconvenient for men and women outside to sit together, so a few people went to the flower hall next door. Before leaving, Su Lang glanced at Han Chengmiao who couldn't help but glance at Miss Chu Er, and smiled lowly, stepped forward and whispered something in Eldest Princess' ear.

The eldest princess was taken aback after hearing this, and looked at Han Chengmiao in disbelief. Seeing that the latter looked away uncomfortably, the eldest princess laughed lightly, nodded, and patted Su Lang several times Signal them to go first.

After a few people walked away, the eldest princess secretly sized up Chu Xin who was sitting next to Mu Xiyun, then turned her head and continued to joke about Mrs. Han.

The atmosphere of the flower viewing banquet was particularly relaxed, chatting and laughing, and after three rounds of the banquet, the eldest princess beckoned Chu Xin to come over very naturally, and said with a smile: "The Crane Nian Tribute wine is not strong after drinking, but it has enough stamina. People can't stop your brother and the others, so we elders don't disturb their interest, so as not to be restrained, you follow the maid to have a look, don't let it be really drunk and unable to walk."

Chu Xinfu complied, facing the meaningful eyes of the Eldest Princess, her ears turned slightly red, and followed the maid.

This small splash at the flower banquet did not attract too many people's attention, men and women are not very strict nowadays, not to mention that her own brother Chu Heng and her own brother Chu Yan are both in the flower hall, so there will be no loss of etiquette.

In the morning, when Chu Heng heard Ye Shuli say that he "came on a special trip to call" Chu Yan and went hunting in Shouyun Mountain, he knew that this kid surnamed Han "had evil intentions".Sure enough, taking advantage of lunch time, taking advantage of Ah Yan's presence, it was not enough to meet Ah Xin as he wished, and said that he didn't catch anything in a hurry in the morning, so he proposed to go to Shouyun Mountain in the afternoon. After his good brother Su Lang With his help, he "followed the trend" and invited Ah Xin to go and have a look.

Chu Heng didn't even bother to roll his eyes anymore.I only feel sorry for Chu Yan, the only person in Yihuating who is still kept in the dark, even after hearing Han Chengmiao's suggestion, he still thinks it's good for his sister to take this opportunity to go out for a jog together.

That's why Mu Xiyun brought Chu Xin out. If it was the Chu family's aunt Ye Shi... Chu Heng obviously knew it too. Seeing that Chu Xin didn't object, he didn't stop her.

Before leaving, they came to bid farewell to Princess Changning. At this time, the luncheon was coming to an end, and the wives dispersed, some of them had already left to go shopping in the garden.A few of them came over, but they didn't attract any more attention. Taking advantage of Han Chengmiao, Su Lang and the others going to say hello to their respective mothers, the eldest princess called Chu Heng into the cubicle alone.

Just now at the beginning of the banquet, she saw that Chu Heng's eyes stopped on Shen Dai for a few moments, and she knew it in her heart. She was afraid that Chu Heng would get into trouble with her nephew, and it was not easy to ask directly, so she only tentatively said: "Heng'er, Your Majesty is not here. What is Yuan doing? Why are you interested in coming to Shouyun Mountain with them today for a horse race?"

Chu Heng knew what he said, and said with a smile: "I came to Luyuan to see Ah Xin and Ah Yan before the Lantern Festival, so I followed them to your place. Your Majesty said that he would draw a picture for me, and I will go back to see it at night."

He bent his eyes slightly, his tone was brisk, with a hint of narrowness, and he didn't seem to be really angry. The eldest princess heaved a sigh of relief: "Chongjiuyi Danqing was taught by his mother, although Huiyin left early later. ... He is young but smart, imitating his mother's posthumous works, and relearned this painting when the Queen Mother Zhong had the final say a few years ago in Xuanxi... Forget it, let's not mention these, anyway, taking advantage of it He's fine during the New Year's Eve, let him draw a few more pictures."

Chu Heng tilted his head: "Chongjiu?"

"Huh?" Princess Dachang wondered, "Don't you know?" Then she laughed: "It must be because he didn't have the nerve to tell you that he was born in Chongyang, so he got the nickname 'Chongjiu'. But no one Call me face to face."

Longevity Day and Double Ninth Festival were on the same day, Chu Heng knew, but it was the first time he had heard of Ling Ye's nickname, and he rubbed his chin, thinking about it.

When the eldest princess saw him laughing, the hidden worry in her heart finally dissipated.It's no wonder she was worried, Shen Dai said it was difficult, but said it was easy, but there were difficulties, it fell into Chu Heng's heart, if it became a pimple again, it would not be beautiful.Although the Pingchuan Ling family is a royal family, they are prone to love affairs. From the Taizu Emperor Ling Zhaoyuan to the later Taizu Yaozi Prince Mincheng, generation after generation, even an emperor as cruel as the first emperor, in the end, he fell in love with him. In the hands of the imperial concubine Huiyuan.

Ever since the eldest princess of the Qianqiu court banquet saw that Ling Ye liked Chu Heng, she knew she was going to be "bad", and she was afraid that she would be like the emperor's nephew. If you think about it, it is in your heart, and you can't pull it out.

The eldest princess pondered for a while, and was hesitating whether to talk about Shen Dai with Chu Heng again, when the maid suddenly knocked on the door, saying that Princess Yangjia was looking for her.

The Eldest Princess hurriedly responded when she heard the words, and took Chu Heng out of the cubicle to deal with her daughter first.Chu Heng then went to look for Mu Xiyun and said that he would take Chu Xin to a horse race on the mountain later.

It was also a coincidence that he and the Eldest Princess just parted ways, turned around the corridor, and hadn't taken a few steps when he bumped into Shen Dai, the daughter of the Marquis of Wenxin, the "quasi-noble concubine" chosen by the late emperor for His Majesty.

Shen Dai didn't speak, she and Chu Heng had a short look at each other just before the banquet.She hadn't seen Chu Heng much before, but when her family members mentioned this name, apart from disdain for his incompetence, there was also his appearance.

Without exception, everyone who has met Chu Heng will say that he is "good-looking", and so is Shen Dai. These two simple and straightforward words are the most suitable to describe him without any other complicated embellishments - the first sight when seeing Chu Heng , the first word that popped up in my mind.

In terms of appearance alone, Chu Heng was even better than the Chu Xin she had met before. His eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips were so poetic and picturesque that one couldn't help but feel ashamed.

His mother said that he was "a man's favorite and good luck", but to be honest, there was absolutely no trace of him in Chu Heng - he was handsome, but not feminine, his figure was as tall and straight as a pine and cypress, tall and slender, from the other side of the corridor. Walking over unhurriedly, Qinglingling is like a lonely mountain and a bright moon.

Shen Dai stopped in her tracks, slightly squeezed the veil in her hand, and waited for Chu Heng to speak the first sentence - just before the banquet, he responded to the sight of his mother and himself, although it was very short, but Shen Dai could tell from that glance It is certain that Chu Heng already knew about the late emperor's death.

Shen Dai pursed her lips slightly, watching him approach her from far to near, she was ready to deal with it.But no matter how hard he thought about it, Chu Heng just passed by, his eyes inevitably fell on her for a moment, and then quickly, without stopping, he continued to move forward.

Shen Dai's complexion became ugly in an instant.

She was sure that Chu Heng knew.

However, he doesn't care.

In other words, he didn't take her to heart at all, just glanced at it and turned it over.

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At the same time, in Zhenbo Bieyuan, the emperor's shadow guard who was in charge of investigating the disturbance in front of Yuelao Temple reported the matter to the emperor.

As expected, the wooden token of love between him and Chu Heng was still intact and hung on the big banyan tree, so the farce that was staged in front of Mrs. Wen Xinhou and Shen Dai on the Shunxing Festival yesterday was someone else's trick. up. ①

There are only a few people who know the relationship between him and Chu Heng, and they can know whose handwriting it is almost without thinking too much.

It is still useful for him to keep respecting the king, and now he has no time to take care of him. In the next year, he will open Enke and appoint the chief examiner. The ones who need his attention are Wenxinhou Shen Wende and the family party he represents.

Ling Ye put down the brush, pressed the center of his brow lightly, and after a while, let out a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Let Yan Xiang come to Dichun Terrace to see me in the afternoon."②

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I dare not let 00 know the nickname of Hua, but 00 will definitely know it. The process of knowing fully reflects the "so I'm done." in the copywriting.

① For the matter of Yuelao Temple, see temper (00), that is, Shen Dai saw the fake wooden sign and knew the relationship between [-]zi and Hua.

②Dichun Terrace, the forbidden area of ​​the Imperial Mausoleum, see the end of the wedge, Chapter 2, Chapter 24, etc. It doesn’t matter if you forget it, it’s just mentioned in the previous article, and I’ll write it down.

③In fact, Shen Dai is not so bad, there is nothing wrong with being a girl, and she has a family background and talent, but in this matter, she feels that it is natural and inevitable for her to marry Jiu Chongque.If you say you like 00 very much, you really don’t. I have a good impression. After all, 00 is so handsome and outstanding, or the emperor has no concubines. It’s a good match. Anyway, various factors are intertwined, and there are also family interests, inherent concepts, etc.