Yanmenchun

Chapter 13

After the hunting was over, the family members of the officials and their families began to follow the emperor back to Beijing.

Shen Tuchan hasn't seen Shen Tuyu since that day, she wondered if she was reprimanded by Fang and put into confinement.

The team returning to Beijing is mighty and mighty, with elegant banners and endless stretches.

Shen Tuchan still returned in a carriage with Shen Tuyu. In the carriage, Shentu Qi was fidgeting, looking like he wanted to speak but dared not speak. Shen Tuchan put the scroll in his hand with some amusement and said, "Sister, you have something to say!" It's okay, I won't tell third aunt."

Shentu Qi just put down the snacks in Ai Ai's hand: "Eldest sister, mother punished second sister for confinement, saying that she will go back to discuss with father and send her to live in the countryside for a while."

Almost as expected by Shen Tuchan, she looked up at her little cousin: "Isn't this very good, it's good for her, and it's good for us."

"But why did mother send her to the countryside? Wouldn't it be okay to make a marriage contract for her?" Shen Tuqi couldn't help asking curiously.

Fang's love for this daughter is like a treasure, and all she teaches is piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, tea making and embroidery, and she doesn't have any privacy in the back house.

Shen Tuchan felt that this was not a good thing, she said lightly: "She is only thirteen years old on the surface, although engagement is possible, but it makes no sense to let a thirteen-year-old concubine rush to get engaged before the concubine, and let people know that it will only I wonder if she has a hidden disease, or has done something bad."

Shen Tuqi nodded, not knowing if he understood, he explained after a while: "Eldest sister, it's not that I don't understand, it's just that I grew up with my second sister, and she treats me well, so I feel a little pitiful for her."

"What she did by herself, she has to bear the consequences. It's not her fault that she was born as a concubine, but her efforts went in the wrong direction." Shen Tuchan looked at the scenery outside through the gap in the curtain.

The team in front had already reached the gate of the city, and Shentu Chan could see the guards standing on the gate from a distance.

There are two layers of curtains on the carriages of noble ladies, a layer of silk and satin, and a layer of fine gauze outside. Shen Tuchan couldn't help raising it slightly, and looked out through the layer of gauze.

Countless courtiers knelt in front to welcome the emperor. Upon closer inspection, not only the courtiers, but also the prince.

Standing at the front was a tall and straight young man in a dark blue robe embroidered with python patterns.

Shen Tuchan couldn't see his appearance clearly, thinking of the prince accompanying him this time, the emperor and empress were all there, so she knew who this person was.

The queen has two sons and one daughter, and the prince is the eldest son. This person must be the queen's second son, Yan Wang Jiang Lan.

Shen Tuqi also looked out, obviously she also saw the leader, and couldn't help muttering: "Who is that person? The prince?"

Shen Tuchan shook her head, her gaze was still outside: "King Yan, Jiang Lan."

"It's him!" Shentu Qi shrank back in shock.

Shen Tuchan slowly closed the curtain: "What? Do you know him?"

Shen Tuqi swallowed dryly and said: "Big sister, you were not in the capital before, and you rarely go out after you come back. There are many rumors that you don't know."

Shen Tuchan acted as if she wanted to hear more about it, and then Shen Tuqi explained as if she was recalling: "King Yan should be seventeen or eighteen years old, she is the second son of the empress, she was crowned king at the age of fourteen, and has a prominent status. Well, just two or three years ago, the princesses invited a few princes to a banquet, and he was there. A lady pretended to be drunk and almost fell on him, but he pushed her back on the table with one hand, and there was a loud bang. The noble lady cried on the spot, and he said to the noble lady in public, "Miss, if you don't like your own head, I will screw it off for you." Since then, the noble lady in the capital city Everyone shunned him."

Shen Tuchan felt a little funny when she heard it, and Shen Tuqi said again: "The noble lady can only marry far away from Beijing, not only this one, but it is rumored that the queen empress gave him maids, and he refused all of them. I had the guts to serve him without authorization, but he stripped off my clothes and threw them in the yard for the servants to see, and I was so frightened that no woman dared to approach him again."

Shen Tuchan laughed so hard that she fell on the table, and Shen Tuyu didn't understand what she was laughing at: "Big sister, don't you think he's scary? He doesn't know how to be compassionate and sympathetic."

Shen Tuchan finally stopped laughing: "I just think his style of handling things is quite funny, even in the frontier, I have never seen such a down-to-earth person."

Shen Tuqi whispered again: "Some noble ladies privately said that he might have a hidden disease."

Shen Tuchan glanced at her, raised her eyebrows and said, "Third Sister."

This yell sounded a bit like a reminder, Shen Tuqi sat up straight and quickly explained: "I just heard it by accident, just tell the eldest sister, I won't talk about it outside."

Shen Tuchan nodded and touched her little bun.

After returning to the capital for seven or eight days, Feng Yingru's marriage contract was finalized, and the empress also rewarded him with many things.

Perhaps it was the instruction of Princess Chang'an, Jun Xianrong set up a bureau here, and invited the acquainted noble son and lady to the banquet, so that they could congratulate his brother and Feng Yingru together.

Feng Yingru also specially asked Yu Rong'er to send a message to Shen Tuchan: The eighth princess is here, be careful with her.

The banquet was still held in the Langyuan Court. Lily of the Valley tables were set up next to the lotus pavilion, and screen partitions were arranged around it. Outside the partition, desks and pens and ink were also prepared. From a distance, there was a stage on the opposite side of the waterside pavilion. It was carefully prepared.

When Shen Tuchan arrived, the royal family only came to Princess Baoqing. Princess Baoqing was watching a play excerpt, and when she saw her coming, she waved.

As soon as Shen Tuchan walked over, she heard the eunuch outside singing: "His Royal Highness is here! His Royal Highness King Yan is here!"

All the noble ladies in the yard got up and saluted, only Princess Baoqing was still watching the play excerpt.

The prince was wearing black casual clothes today, with a golden crown with dragon pearls on his head, and he had a smile on his face when he came in.

His Royal Highness King Yan next to him is a younger brother, but he is taller than the crown prince. He still wears a dark blue python-pattern robe today, with bushy eyebrows raised rebelliously, and long and slightly curled eyelashes, making it hard to see clearly when he hangs down. The facial expression and the corners of the lips are straight, giving people a feeling of being difficult to get along with.

Lord Xianrong stood in front, the crown prince and King Yan were her cousins, she saluted and said with a smile: "The two royal brothers came early today, the sixth and eighth sisters haven't arrived yet."

The prince smiled: "Gu and King Yan passed by, so we came here earlier."

County Lord Xianrong led the two of them to the table, and Shen Tuchan had already walked to the side of Princess Baoqing.

The crown prince and King Yan were ushered to the seats diagonally opposite to Princess Baoqing.

Princess Baoqing smiled and saluted the crown prince and King Yan: "Hello, two brothers, today's play is not bad." After speaking, he raised the playbook in his hand and ordered the maid to bring them a copy.

All the women here are royal family members, only Shen Tuchan has a face, the prince smiled and said: "Who is this young lady?"

King Yan stared at her unfriendlyly, Shen Tuchan smiled slightly and saluted: "I have seen your highness, Shen Tuchan of Zhenbeihou's residence, the former Zhenbeihou is my father."

Before the prince answered, the eunuch over there sang that Princess Tai'an and Princess Eight had arrived.

(End of this chapter)