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The servant quickly brought a case table for Jing Xueli. Seeing that she was going to be here, Wen Yuan and the others hurriedly drove away, leaving only Chu Xin standing there helpless.

Jing Xueli sat down on the brocade mat. Chu Xin hesitated for a moment, but walked up to her and blessed her according to the etiquette, and thanked her—no matter what the reason was, Jing Xueli did it for her just now. Solved.

Jing Xueli supported her chin with one hand, raised her head and began to carefully look at the girl in front of her, her eyes were straightforward and undisguised.Chu Xin was a little embarrassed by her look, a slight blush appeared on her face, and she turned her head slightly.

"Humble and beautiful girl, it always makes people feel happy to look at." Jing Xueli said with a half-smile, "I helped you, so should you give me something in return?"

Chu Xin was startled when she heard the words, and nodded hesitantly.

Only then did Jing Xueli smile, pointing to the brocade cushion opposite and said: "Then sit down, and I will draw a peach blossom for you."

Painting peach blossoms?

Chu Xin thought that Jing Xueli wanted her to do something, but the national teacher didn't play cards according to common sense at all. Chu Xin was confused, but she walked to the opposite side and sat down as she said.

Jing Xueli grabbed the plum blossoms from the basket, and spread half a table full. At the bottom of the basket was a stack of sprinkled gold paper, a box of rouge, and a fine brush for spotting noodles.

Chu Xin was amazed, Jing Xueli pulled her hand and squeezed it lightly. The girl in Jasper Age, her hand is as soft as a stick, smooth and delicate like creamy cream. It must be very beautiful to draw a pink peach blossom on the back of her white hand with rouge. .

Jing Xueli tapped the begonia red rouge with a fine brush, and while tracing it carefully on the back of Chu Xin's hand, she said: "The young man they mentioned just now is the one next to Su Lang. I can tell that he likes it." you."

—— When the Nanxi Mission came to Beijing, Su Lang was ordered to receive him at Honglu Temple, so Jing Xueli recognized him.

As soon as the blunt words hit her ears, Chu Xin's cheeks immediately turned red.

Jing Xueli looked up at her and said with a smile, "Do you like him?"

"I..." The slender eyelashes drooped down, covering the expression in her eyes.

The person in front of her was Nanxi's national teacher, and she had no ties to any of Dayin's aristocratic families. Maybe Chu Xin could tell the truth in front of her, but she still hesitated.

In fact, although Wen Yuan's words were harsh, I had to admit that there was some truth to them.Although she is the daughter of the Hou family, in the inner circle of the sixteenth family, her status is somewhat inferior.But Han Chengmiao is different, the eldest son of the top-ranking wealthy Yuyang Han family, the first-class close ministers around the emperor, even Princess Shang can make it.Unless Han Chengmiao persevered wholeheartedly and could convince his family, or the emperor granted the marriage directly, it would be very difficult for Chu Xin to marry him.

Her status makes it impossible to be a concubine, not to mention that even Zhong Pinghou is not willing to do so.She will marry into an honorable family that is slightly inferior to Zhong Pinghou's mansion, and the moment she enters the door, she will be the wife of the eldest son and the mistress of the high family, but the Korean mansion—that's something her eldest sister can think about.

So Chu Xin didn't speak.

The big witch's eyes read thousands of sails, nothing can hide from her, it is not difficult to guess what the daughter's family is thinking.Jing Xueli stopped asking, and carefully outlined the outline of the petals on the back of Chu Xin's hand, "It's been a long time since I drew, and it's a bit raw." Jing Xueli said.

She blinked mysteriously: "I finish drawing this peach blossom talisman for you, and my god will take care of you."

When Chu Heng stepped into the gate of the garden, he saw Chu Xin sitting in front of Jing Xue with her head lowered from a distance.

With a cold look in his eyes, he raised his foot and walked in the direction of the plum blossom tree.Ye Shuli was not with Chu Heng, he said he was looking for a wife, but he just happened to see Xiao Gaomin who was "long in the future" with him, the road between the two was narrow, and they couldn't walk immediately.

Chu Heng hurried over, but he didn't want to kill Cheng Yaojin halfway, and Dabai Tuanzi ran up to him on short legs.Chu Heng bent down and picked him up, hugged him in his arms, and continued to walk forward.

As soon as Cai Qingyan saw him, he immediately jumped out of the arms of Princess Changning and trotted over.The eldest princess was afraid that he would fall, so she hurriedly followed a few steps behind, and then turned around the wisteria flower corridor, and this was the scene that caught her eyes.After coming down this morning, it was the first time that Princess Dachang saw Qingyan take the initiative to get close to someone.

The eldest princess thought for a while, and seeing the half silver mask covering the man's face, she quickly guessed his identity—Ji Wuyue, Jun Ji Wuyue of Lishan Mountain, who was the one who shot Helan Tuo's assassination of Prince Dayin that day. Those who stopped, the emperor specially hosted a banquet to thank him, presumably Dong Jun was also invited to come today.

Chu Heng walked in a hurry, never paying attention to the people behind him.The eldest princess didn't make a sound to stop her, but seeing Qingyan obediently lying in Dongjun's arms and waving her small hand, and recalling Dongjun's skillful movements when he hugged him, the eldest princess looked at the big and small ones. The exceptionally harmonious picture suddenly felt something wrong, this feeling was vague, and I couldn't tell what it was.

When Chu Heng came over, Jing Xueli hadn't finished drawing the Peach Blossom Talisman, so she raised her eyes and saw the cold Lishan Dongjun walking towards them, Jing Xueli's pen kept moving without raising her head Authentic: "Ji Wuyue, what are you doing here, to watch us draw peach blossoms?"

Chu Heng glanced at the case table, and said coldly: "I am the elder brother of her mother clan, what do you think?"

Although she had spoken at the gate of Luyuan that day, Chu Xin was still a little cautious when she saw him, and subconsciously wanted to salute, Jing Xueli took her hand, and said with a warm smile: "Don't move, if you make a mistake, don't worry about it." It’s working.” Then he said to Chu Heng: “Then just watch and don’t disturb us.”

Ji Wuyue and Jing Xueli were obviously not on good terms. On the [-]st day of the winter moon, the two had a fight in Mingzheng Martial Arts Hall. Chu Xin had heard about it, and now she was caught in a dilemma between the two giant Buddhas.Fortunately, Ji Wuyue didn't say anything, she put Qing Yan down, and sat down beside her.

Of course, Dabai Tuanzi didn't notice the undercurrents here. He lay down in front of the table and smelled the plum blossoms on the top, and leaned over to look at the peach blossom talisman that Chu Xin was about to draw. His eyes were wide open, and his face was full of surprise.

Jing Xueli glanced at him and said with a smile, "Does it look good?"

Qing Yan nodded hastily, and said childishly, "It's pretty, just like a real flower!"

Children's compliments are the most believable. Jing Xueli's face was full of joy, and she reached out and tapped Qingyan's nose: "Although you look good, you are too young to draw a peach blossom talisman, but—"

She looked up at Chu Heng, and said with a half smile but not a smile: "If you let me see what the face under your mask looks like, I will also draw one for you."

Chu Heng ignored it.

Jing Xueli turned her head with a snort, "I don't know how to be funny." She finished the last few strokes, admired her masterpiece again, and nodded very satisfied.

Unlike Dayin's charm in the Central Plains, Nanxi's peach blossom charm is a complete peach blossom.The flowers painted with rouge are burning and blooming in the hands, which are as bright as the dawn of the sky.The crimson peach blossoms set off the white hands like jade, making them so beautiful.

Jing Xueli was hot in drawing, took the stack of sprinkled gold paper, drew another one, and then stuck it on Chu Heng's hand with a "snap", and said provocatively: "My God told me , the first person who calls you 'Dong Jun' later will spend the rest of his life with you."

She didn't worship God at all, which was obviously a result of narrow-mindedness, deliberately opening her eyes in a vengeful manner and telling lies to offend others.Chu Heng's eyes were deep, and his lips were tightly pursed, as if he was about to get angry.

Chu Xin was sandwiched between the two of them, her heart was tense, she was afraid that they would fight here, seeing this, she quickly tugged on Ji Wuyue's sleeve, and said directly in a hurry: "Brother, don't be angry. "

Ling Ye came here at this time. He knew from Princess Changning that Qingyan was at Ji Wuyue's place, and he searched for it all the way. It didn't take long, and Chu Xin's "brother" just fell into his ears.

Ling Ye raised his eyebrows lightly, but for the time being, he didn't draw any conclusions from this. After all, Chu Xin's biological mother had the same ancestry and surname as Lord Lishandong. From a patriarchal point of view, it was indeed reasonable for Chu Xin to call him "brother", but——

Qing Yan was facing Ling Ye, looked up and saw him, and yelled crisply: "Father!"

There is no need to be too particular about etiquette at the Winter Festival meeting, but when His Majesty comes over, at least he has to stand up and salute.Chu Xin was the most nervous and was about to leave the seat immediately.Ling Ye waved his sleeves without waiting for her to move. He didn't wear a dragon robe today, but only casual clothes. It is self-evident that the calculations of the various aristocratic families at the Winter Festival will be self-evident, and he has to find Qing Yan to stand in the way.

"Why did Dong Jun come here?" Ling Ye asked casually.

"..."

The first person named Ji Wuyue "Dong Jun".

The three of them were silent for a moment, Jing Xueli tidied up the sprinkled gold paper on the table, Chu Xin turned her head away, Chu Heng didn't know what she said, her mouth was vague, and what echoed in her mind was Jing Xueli's words. That sentence just now.

The atmosphere here was vaguely awkward, and Jing Xueli's evil eyes suddenly surged up, and she pulled Chu Xin up with the basket, nodded and smiled: "The peach blossom painting is finished, now the girls are going to do what we have to do together, You two... please go ahead."

She glanced at the uneasy Lishan Dongjun, as if he was afraid that he would forget what she said just now, "kindly" reminded: "When you are going to leave, don't forget to bring the peach blossom talisman." After speaking, she said meaningfully Glancing at Ling Ye who didn't know why, he took Chu Xin and left.

Ling Ye looked at Ji Wuyue's golden paper with peach blossoms on it, and asked casually, "Peach Blossom Talisman?"

Chu Heng seemed to have just recovered, hurriedly stuffed the piece of paper into his sleeve, coughed lightly, and said unnaturally: "Oh...it's nothing, it's just a painting."

Ling Ye let out a "hmm" and didn't ask any more questions.

What's important now is, brother... He looked at Chu Xin's back and raised the corners of his lips slightly.

"Han Chengmiao likes the second young lady of the Chu family." Ling Ye glanced at Ji Wuyue and said suddenly, "I think I can give them a marriage."

His Majesty's words came out suddenly, Chu Heng was obviously stunned for a moment, and it took a while to react: "Wait, Your Majesty, giving a marriage...isn't it appropriate?"

"What's the matter? I think it's quite appropriate. Han Chengmiao mentioned this to me. He really wants to marry Miss Chu Er, and he wants to ask for a marriage gift from me. It just so happens that he had a difficult errand some time ago. , I haven’t given the reward yet, if he asks me for this grace, it’s not impossible, now that the Empress Dowager is celebrating her birthday, it would be nice to have more happy events.”

The emperor's tone was serious, and he couldn't hear the slightest joke, as if he was about to ask someone to wait for the imperial decree of marriage written down in writing.

With the imperial decree, no one can change this matter.

Chu Heng immediately panicked, and hurriedly said: "Then Han Chengmiao doesn't know what his character is, how can he marry Ah Xin? And he doesn't know..." Ah Xin didn't like it.

Ling Ye pulled the corners of his lips. It was the first time that the eldest son of the Yuyang Han family, the eldest grandson of Xuesheng Master Han, and the son of the imperial historian Han Zhuo, had been questioned about his character.If Han Chengmiao had a bad character, the Emperor Manchu might not be able to find a few good characters.Besides, Han Chengmiao really wanted to marry Chu Xin. To be fair, Chu Xin's marriage to him was already a high marriage.

I am not satisfied with this, and I still have to question it. It seems that Mr. Lishan Dong really cares about Chu Xin. He is afraid that he will give the marriage directly. He is so nervous that he even forgot to consider whether the Han family will agree—even if Han Chengmiao really asks for it. It is impossible for Ling Ye to give him the grace of marriage directly, and he has to ask the opinions of the South Korean government and Zhongpinghou's house anyway.

To this extent, those who knew would say that Ji Wuyue, who is Chu Heng's elder brother, is Aiwujiwu; those who didn't know, would think that he was Chu Xin's elder brother.

Ling Ye smiled lightly, nodded and said, "That's what Dong Jun said, so I really need to think about it."

Chu Heng's hanging heart was relieved, and he was slightly relieved.

Want to marry Chu Xin?It's not that simple, he has to meet Han Chengmiao.

They sat here for a while, and seeing that all the families had arrived, Ling Ye had to sit in front, but Qingyan still wanted Chu Heng to hug him, so the two of them went over together.

The peach blossom talisman drawn by Jing Xueli just now was stuffed into his sleeve in a hurry, and the crumpled ball hurt his wrist.

Chu Heng took out the piece of paper and was about to throw it back on the table, when he caught a glimpse of Ling Ye sitting opposite him from the corner of his eye, and suddenly remembered what Jing Xueli said.

In fact, Mr. Lishan Dong knew very well that no one would take what Jing Xueli said just now to heart, not even herself, it was just a narrow-minded joke at best.

But somehow, he paused with his fingertips, retracted the hand that threw the paper, folded the peach blossom talisman carefully, and put it in his sleeve properly.

They walked along the wisteria corridor, and saw the Empress Dowager walking in from the gate of the garden, holding the hand of Princess Jing affectionately, and beside her were several talking wives from aristocratic families, followed by two rows of court ladies. servant.

When they met halfway, under the watchful eyes of everyone, there was still a lot to do on the scene, Ling Ye turned around and walked forward, calling lightly: "Mother's queen."

The queen mother nodded slightly, and said kindly: "It seems that the Ai family came late, and the Ai family thought it would take a while before the emperor came from the Jingcheng Hall."

Concubine Jing and several wives hurriedly greeted him, Ling Ye called out.The Empress Dowager glanced at Mr. Lishan Dong next to the emperor. Although he didn't need to salute, he still had to call "His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager" to show respect, but Ji Wuyue stood upright by the emperor's side as if she didn't see her. Not even a head.

Not only that, Qingyan was also held in his arms.Qing Yan was actually a little afraid of the queen mother, he knew that the imperial grandmother didn't like him, every time the imperial grandmother spoke to him, although she smiled on her face, it made him feel scared instinctively.

According to etiquette, he should kneel down to pay his respects, but Dongjun held him firmly and did not let go.

The scene froze for a moment, and the Empress Dowager's complexion suddenly became uneasy.

In the end, it was a few servants who hurried over from the west of the garden to break the stalemate. The female officer in charge beside the queen mother scolded, and seeing the emperor was there, several servants hurried over to report the matter.

The head servant was a little embarrassed, and his words were very euphemistic. After listening to a few words, Chu Heng probably understood what happened. To put it bluntly, it was——

Xiao Gaomin and Ye Shuli started arguing when they met, and finally got a truce under Gu Yanshi's mediation, but when they reached the hot spring, the two fought again.

Just now, taking advantage of Xiao Gaomin's inattention, Ye Shuli kicked the golden and precious eldest son into the hot spring.

But Shizi reacted very quickly, he dragged Ye Shuli with his backhand and got into the water.

The two of them were standing wet in the water now, extremely embarrassed and unseemly.

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The progress bar advances, and Lemon comes to the Imperial City to walk around. The suspicion of Dichun Terrace is cleaned up, but the vest is dangerous, and the remaining progress will be made up by our flowers.

Jing Xueli: The so-called great witch means that even if you open your eyes and tell nonsense, it is still true, great prophet.

Big Lemon: Her Royal Highness?impossible.Resentment.jpg (The reason is "Chapter 19 Empress Dowager". Of course, there is also the reason for unconditionally favoring His Majesty.)