Chapter 342 Meeting
When Xia Zihan arrived at Juxiang Tower, Xia Ziqing and Xia Zilan were standing by the gate of Juxiang Tower, stretching their necks and looking left and right.
Seeing Xia Zihan, Xia Zilan raised a bright smile and waved to her, "Second sister, here, we are here."
Xia Zihan walked over and asked, "Why don't you go in and wait?"
"Sister said the tea inside is expensive." Xia Zilan pouted her lips resentfully.
Xia Ziqing's pretty face turned red in an instant. She glared angrily at Xia Zilan, who was speaking without restraint, and said to Xia Zihan, "I'm afraid that if we go in, the second sister will not be able to find anyone."
Knowing that Xia Ziqing was short of money, Xia Zihan didn't take it seriously, "Where do you want to go?"
"I heard there is a riddle game. Second sister, please take us to see it."
When it came to playing, Xia Ziqing forgot about her embarrassment and hurriedly wanted to hold Xia Zihan's arm.
Then he thought that Xia Zihan didn't like to be too close to others, so he took a step back, took Xia Zilan's hand, and told Xia Zilan, "There are many people tonight, so don't run around. If you get lost, No one will save you even if you cry to death.”
"I know, my second uncle has already told me." Xia Zilan waved his hand nonchalantly.
A group of people walked towards the busiest place in the capital.
"So many people?"
Seeing that there were three circles outside and three circles full of people, Xia Ziqing said awkwardly, "How are we going to squeeze in?"
"This time is when there are many people. Look over there..." Xia Zihan pointed to a wide place ten meters away, "All the ladies who want to guess riddles will not crowd with men. They all I sent the maid next to me to get the riddle, and then went aside to guess it.”
Xia Ziqing looked over, and sure enough, there were a lot of people standing there, and they were all very gorgeously dressed. At first glance, they were the daughters of wealthy families.
Some people even wear veils on their faces.
"Then let's go over and wait."
Xia Ziqing looked back at the place where she was guessing riddles. Most of the people crowded there were talented young people. She didn't see any ladies, but there were quite a few maids. She made a decision immediately.
Xia Zihan hummed and walked towards the place where she had stood on the Lantern Festival the year before last.
It was empty.
On the Lantern Festival that year, it was Chu Jingqi who stood there with her, but this year... it was Xia Ziqing and Xia Zilan who accompanied her.
Xia Ziqing asked the maid to get the puzzle, and then pulled Xia Zilan, who was excited and wanted to get into the crowd, "Fourth sister, leave quickly. After a while, we won't even have a place to stand."
"No, I don't want to guess riddles."
Xia Zilan struggled and refused to move, "Sister, I'm going to buy something to eat. There are candied haws for sale in front of me, as well as rice candy bars, meat noodles, and roasted sweet potatoes... Ouch, don't hold me, it will hurt you. I’m holding on, sister, let go, wuwu, I’m going to buy rice candy bars. My second aunt didn’t buy any candy during the Chinese New Year.”
Xia Zilan cried and fussed, and even squatted on the ground and began to act silly.
Everyone around looked at this side curiously, causing Xia Ziqing's face to turn red with embarrassment. She said angrily, "Fourth sister, you promised me that you would obey me in everything. Why did you go back on your word? If you don't obey again." , Okay, then I won’t care about you. When the time comes, you will be lost and taken away, so don’t cry.”
When Xia Zilan heard this, she was so frightened that she grabbed the hem of Xia Ziqing's skirt. She was so strong that she almost pulled her skirt off, "Uuuu, I'm obedient, please don't ignore me."
Fortunately, this naughty kid still knows how to be afraid.
Xia Ziqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, opened her hand, and saved the hem of her skirt, "Why don't you get up and follow me."
Xia Zihan saw her dragging Xia Zilan over with an embarrassed look on her face, so she looked away and looked away.
"Chu Yu...Chu Yu..."
Suddenly, the excited voice of Princess Qinghui came. Xia Zihan followed the sound and saw Princess Qinghui, Princess Ao Tianchen, Princess Mingzhu, and Li Tong walking towards this direction.
"Chu Yu, you came to play, why didn't you send someone to tell me in advance?" Princess Qinghui jumped up to Xia Zihan, pouting her lips with an unhappy look on her face, "It's so cold, I thought you wouldn't come out. ”
"My eldest sister went to make an appointment with me." Xia Zihan said, and then looked at Ao Tianchen, Princess Mingzhu, blessed body, "Little Prince, Little Princess, Miss Li."
"Hello, Lord Chuyu." Li Tong quickly returned the gift.
Princess Mingzhu blessed her slightly and returned the favor.
She has a higher title than Xia Zihan, and she is the granddaughter-in-law of the royal family. She doesn't have to return the gift, but she did. This is what it means to look up to Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan glanced at her in surprise and saw her smiling at her, "County Master Chu Yu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I am planning to invite you to the mansion to appreciate the plum blossoms after the Lantern Festival. When the time comes, I hope Chu The Lord of Jade County appreciates his face.”
"If the little princess invites you, Chu Yu will definitely go."
If someone throws a stick at her, of course she will pick it up.
Princess Qinghui pursed her lips and snorted, pulling Xia Zihan aside to whisper, "Huh, these two women are so annoying to me and my brother Wang all day long."
Xia Zihan really wanted to cover her mouth and scolded her angrily, "You, Princess Mingzhu is now your sister-in-law, so don't talk nonsense." "What about sister-in-law? You have to come to please me." Qinghui The princess disapproved, curled her lips, and said angrily, "These two people have been fighting to please my mother and concubine all day long. My mother and concubine have been so tired and sick in the past few days."
"Why didn't you send someone to tell me?" Xia Zihan asked worriedly, "Are you okay now?"
Then he lectured, "It's not like you don't know. I have good medicine at my place at any time. Some minor illnesses and pains can be cured by just taking them."
The medicine prepared by her master is better than the prescriptions prescribed by the imperial doctor at the imperial hospital, and there is no need to boil the medicine, just take the pills directly.
Convenient and pretty fast.
"Shh..." Princess Qinghui glanced at Princess Mingzhu and Li Tong nervously, and then said in a voice that Xia Zihan could hear alone, "My mother-in-law is pretending to be sick. They are making trouble.”
Li Tong hadn't married yet, but she was worried that Princess Mingzhu, who had married first and was the concubine, would win Ao Tianchen's heart first, so she made excuses from time to time to visit the Second Prince's Mansion.
The euphemistic name is to accompany the second princess, or to send hand-made cakes, fruit juice, fruit wine and other snacks, but in fact, she is here to see Ao Tianchen.
Of course, there is also the matter of fawning over Princess Qinghui.
No matter how cold Princess Qinghui was to her, she never got angry and always responded with a gentle smile.
After eating cold melon seeds from Princess Qinghui for a year, Li Tong suddenly gave Princess Qinghui a set of very expensive pink pearl head and face jewelry before the year before.
Princess Qinghui liked her very much, and now she had a good attitude toward her.
Li Tong was also a scheming person. When he saw Princess Qinghui's attitude changed, he hurriedly beat the snake and followed the stick, taking Princess Qinghui around for sightseeing.
Of course, Ao Tianchen will always be their flower protector.
Princess Mingzhu saw that the situation was not good and participated several times. However, as Princess Ao Tianchen's concubine and the future mistress of the Second Prince's Palace, in addition to serving Ao Ao Tianchen, she also had to serve her mother-in-law and follow her husband. I learned to be a steward of the family by my mother-in-law's side.
Therefore, the time she could spend with Ao Tianchen was limited, and she could only watch helplessly as Li Tong used Princess Qinghui to get closer and closer to Ao Tianchen, and she had nothing to do.
Today, on the Lantern Festival, Princess Mingzhu planned to go out alone with Ao Tianchen and his wife, but after dinner, Princess Ao Tianchen was pestered by Princess Qinghui.
As soon as a group of people got off the carriage on the street, they saw Li Tong.
Only then did I know that Li Tong had already made an appointment with Princess Qinghui to wait here.
Princess Mingzhu was gnashing her teeth, but she didn't dare to get jealous in front of Ao Tianchen.
Moreover, she did not dare to get angry at Princess Qinghui.
Not to mention that Princess Qinghui was a treasure in the hands of the second prince and the second princess. No one dared to offend her. Even Ao Tianchen almost doted on her.
Not only did Princess Mingzhu dare not offend such a sister-in-law, she also had to go to great lengths to please her.
What Princess Mingzhu didn't know was that Princess Qinghui was tired of being pestered by Li Tong for a while.
However, for the sake of the set of jewelry, Princess Qinghui kindly helped Li Tong one last time, and after that, Princess Qinghui planned to ignore Li Tong.
Li Tong didn't know that in Princess Qinghui's heart, she was about to be buried in cold weather. At this moment, she was chatting quietly with Ao Tianchen with a bright smile.
Princess Mingzhu glared at her vaguely before being pulled into conversation by Xia Ziqing and Xia Zilan who came over.
Princess Mingzhu didn't want to pay attention to them, but her good teachings didn't allow her to do anything embarrassing in public, so she suppressed her irritability and dealt with Xia Ziqing.
Xia Zihan glanced at Ao Tianchen and Li Tong and said, "Let me tell you, you haven't come to Chu's house to play for a while. It turns out that you have been going sightseeing all day."
Princess Qinghui blushed and said, "I originally wanted to ask you to go with me, but Li Tong said that you are a girl who has not yet been engaged. You will feel uncomfortable with my brother Wang here."
What she was thinking was that her brother Wang liked Chu Yu, and if Chu Yu died, her brother Wang would definitely be sad.
You should be sad if you can't marry the woman you like, right?
It was like she saw something she liked to eat, but it was clearly on the table, but she couldn't eat it. It felt very greedy and uncomfortable.
Seeing Xia Zihan's expression stiffen, Princess Qinghui suddenly felt that this was not a good topic, so she changed the topic and said, "A storyteller came to the Wenhui Tea House in the capital, and he talked about the war in the Northwest. I originally wanted to listen, but Li Tong said that Princess Mingzhu is the most talented woman in the capital. It would be a waste of resources to listen to books instead of guessing riddles. "
"Hmph, she is so petty, no one can see it. She is still having a banquet in front of me and my brother Wang. It really embarrasses her Li family's face."
After Princess Qinghui vented her anger, the anger that had accumulated in her heart for a month finally subsided.
Xia Zihan was surprised and said, "The storyteller talked about the war in the Northwest, but is it true?"
"Look at me, I have forgotten that you and Chu Jingqi are engaged." Princess Qinghui laughed a few times, "The storyteller was talking about the heroic battles of their father and son. Chu Yu, you can go and listen to it some other time. , my brother Wang said it sounded great.”
(End of chapter)