Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 271 Princess Mingyue’s surprise

In the following days, news came back one after another that the Hongze Lake Navy defeated the invading Japanese pirates and that the Ningbo Navy severely damaged the main force of the Japanese pirates in the coastal waters of Jiangsu.

Emperor Longqing was so happy that he announced that he would go to Jinmingchi on the fifth day of May to watch this year's Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race and enjoy it with the people.

Shou'an Palace, afternoon.

Princess Mingyue came to pay her respects to the queen. When she entered the queen's palace, she found that Emperor Longqing was also there.

She gave a blessing and said: "My daughter is for the father, the queen, please give her regards."

The queen smiled and said: "Mingyue, you came just in time.

Your father wants to tell you good news, come and sit down. "

Princess Mingyue nodded, sat next to the queen, and asked, "What good news does your father have?"

Emperor Longqing looked at her thin face and asked with concern: "Mingyue, why do you look lighter than the past few days, but are you sick?"

Mingyue shook her head and said, "No, my daughter just hasn't had much appetite recently."

Emperor Longqing glanced at the queen, who nodded and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mingyue's body is fine."

Emperor Longqing nodded and said, "It must be boring for you to stay in the palace all the time. The Dragon Boat Festival will be here in a few days.

This year I asked the Ceremony Department to make the arrangements, and it will definitely be more lively than in previous years.

How about I take you to Jinmingchi to watch the dragon boat race? I will take you alone. "

Mingyue has been somewhat uninterested in these things recently. She is about to turn 19 and her marriage is just around the corner.

But the person in her heart was destined to have no fate with her. Thinking of this, she couldn't be interested in anything.

Princess Mingyue said: "Father, I have seen dragon boat racing before. You should take Yuan Xi there. She is young and has never seen it."

Emperor Longqing and the Queen looked at each other, and the Queen said: "Mingyue, you haven't left the palace for a long time. Go and relax with your father."

Emperor Longqing said: "Yes, I will take Yuan Xi there next year.

This time I will let Jia Qiong accompany me. Don’t you like his poems the most? Maybe he can write good poems that day. "

When Princess Mingyue heard that Jia Qiong would accompany the driver, she was surprised and said: "Little Shixian will also go, so my daughter can go too."

Emperor Longqing smiled and said: "It seems that I am not as proud as a father as Jia Qiong."

Princess Mingyue heard this and said shyly: "No, father, I just like the poems he wrote."

The queen touched Mingyue's long black hair and said: "It's really a bad choice for a female.

The emperor has chosen a consort for you and will get you married this year. "

When Princess Mingyue heard the queen's words, her originally happy mood suddenly dropped.

Princess Mingyue resisted and said: "Father, my daughter doesn't want to get married yet. I still want to spend more time with my father and queen."

The queen smiled and asked: "Mingyue, do you want to hear first who the prince father has chosen for you?"

Princess Mingyue shook her head and said she didn't want to know.

The queen sighed and said: "Your Majesty, since Mingyue doesn't want to get married yet, then forget it.

Although I quite like Jia Qiong, she has a family after all, and Mingyue is a bit aggrieved to be his concurrent wife. "

"What did the queen mother say? Is the consort that my father wants to show me Jia Qiong?"

Princess Mingyue asked in surprise, her eyes full of surprise.

The queen nodded and said: "Yes, your father knew that you liked Jia Qiong, so he thought of a way to let him do both.

But since you don’t want to get married yet, then keep choosing, and you might be able to find someone you like more. "

Emperor Longqing nodded and agreed: "Yes, I am not very satisfied with letting that boy Jia Qiong marry Mingyue.

My daughter is filial and wants to stay with us for two more years, so let’s make another choice. "Princess Mingyue had already seen that Emperor Longqing and the Queen were teasing her by singing along. She couldn't help shyly hugging the Queen and cooing: "Empress~"

The queen smiled and patted her back and said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore.

Mom just wants to ask you, if you were asked to marry Jia Qiong as your concurrent wife, would you be willing? "

"My daughter is willing."

Princess Mingyue said softly while holding back her shame.

The Queen smiled and said: "That's good, your father, the Queen and your mother have known about your thoughts towards Jia Qiong for so many years.

Now that your father has tried his best to fulfill your wish, you must get along well with Jia Qiong after you get married, don't be willful, and especially be friendly to Jia Qiong's other wives.

If you and your husband are in harmony, your father's hard work will not be in vain. "

Princess Mingyue nodded and said, "My daughter understands. Please rest assured, father and mother."

This sudden surprise made Princess Mingyue feel like she was in a dream. After coming out of the queen's palace, Princess Mingyue still felt dizzy.

She didn't even know how she got back to Qilan Palace. She was in a daze when she returned to her room until a pair of hands shook her awake.

"Sister, sister, what are you doing?"

When Mingyue came back to her senses, she saw a delicate little face in front of her, looking at her with inquiring eyes.

Mingyue was startled, covering her chest and said, "Ah, Yuan Xi, why are you so close to me?"

Princess Yuanxi said: "Sister, what were you thinking about just now? You didn't answer for a long time, and you kept giggling."

"No...no, you must have read it wrong."

Princess Mingyue denied shyly, but when she thought that she was going to marry Jia Qiong, the joy in her heart unconsciously showed on her face, and her smile bloomed like a flower.

Princess Yuanxi pursed her lips and said: "Humph, sister, you are lying.

Tell me, what happy thing happened to you?

Princess Mingyue said: "It's really nothing. By the way, why are you here today?"

Princess Yuanxi said: "Didn't we agree to go to the Imperial Garden to release paper kites together?

Sister, if you have even forgotten this, you must have encountered something particularly happy.

Tell me quickly, please sister. "

Mingyue couldn't stand being pestered by Yuan Xi, so she had to say: "It's nothing, just that my father will take me to Jinmingchi to watch the dragon boat race in two days.

I haven't been out of the womb for a long time, so I feel happy. "

Yuan Xi said in surprise: "Really, that's great. I want my father to take me with him."

Princess Mingyue is going to meet her lover, so naturally she doesn’t want to carry a big light bulb with her.

She said: "Father said that I will only take myself there this time, and I will take you next time."

Princess Yuanxi asked with a sad face: "Ah, why? I just want to go with my sister this time."

Princess Mingyue comforted her: "Yuan Xi, there must be a reason why my father only took me with him this time.

You have to be obedient and don't make Father unhappy. Father will definitely take you there next year. "

Princess Yuanxi's biological mother was Xu Xianbi, whose status was far inferior to that of Princess Mingyue, the daughter of the empress.

When Princess Mingyue said this, she had no choice but to give up.

However, Yuan Xi was lively by nature, and knowing that Emperor Long Qing was unwilling to take her there, she started thinking about how she could secretly go out and take a look.

(End of this chapter)