Rebirth: The Gatekeeper

The day of the queen's banquet was exactly the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Bei Tang Jin was supposed to enter the palace with Wang Yuanxiang, but was invited by Princess Yongchang to play chess in the palace long ago.

Princess Yongchang saw that Bei Tangjin had taken off the green fox fur, and she was wearing a pomegranate-colored pink and purple gold hibiscus satin jacket and skirt, and a crested hairpin with ruby ​​and butterfly patterns inserted obliquely on her head. Walking around with pearls and jade, I saw that the earrings were also rubies, as if they were a set of rubies.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "It's true that you look better in red, lest you look unpopular."

Bei Tangjin had just sat down and hadn't taken the tea Mo Zhu handed over. She couldn't help thinking about the words "unpopular". Does this describe her?

Mo Zhu smiled from the side, "You can't look at the general when he's smiling, and you can't look at it when he's not smiling."

Hearing this, Bei Tangjin was puzzled, and asked, "Why?"

Baoqin put the dessert plate on the small table next to Bei Tangjin, and said with a smile, "If the maidservant said it, the general should not be upset!"

Bei Tangjin nodded and said, "Just tell me, I'm not annoyed."

Baoqin spoke eloquently, and said: "When the general smiles, he is so beautiful that he cannot be looked at directly. When the general is not smiling, he is frighteningly cold. Therefore, he cannot take a closer look."

Princess Yongchang looked at Bei Tangjin and frowned slightly, as if she didn't understand, she couldn't help laughing "puchi", and said, "This seems to be a fan of the authorities!"

Mo Zhu and Baoqin also covered their veils and laughed, thinking: How can this general who is usually so smart not understand this truth?

They don't know, it's not that Bei Tangjin doesn't understand, but she is thinking whether what they said is a bit too exaggerated.

"Okay, you two little hoofs are ignoring people, and you still don't go out to guard the door!" Princess Yongchang looked at Bei Tangjin who was still unresponsive, and smiled and scolded Mo Zhu and Baoqin.

Mo Zhu hugged Qin and just looked at each other with a smile, turned his head to look at Bei Tang Jin every step of the way, and whispered: "The general's dazed look is so beautiful!"

As they talked, there was another burst of silver bell-like laughter.

When the two of them went out, Bei Tangjin frowned and asked, "Am I scary when I'm not smiling?" She knew that it was true that her face was slightly cold when she was not smiling, but as for being scary, it wouldn't be so...

Princess Yongchang laughed even harder when she heard the words, and said: "You silly girl, they arranged for you! You can't tell, but you still take it seriously! In the past, you always praised you for being smart, but now you are acting stupid! "

Bei Tangjin nodded in understanding, and said, "Oh, that's how it is."

"Hey! These two little hooves made my stomach hurt from laughing again! Let's not think about it anymore, Ah Jin, let me tell you something." Princess Yongchang's expression gradually became serious.

Bei Tangjin said: "Princess, please tell me."

Princess Yongchang sighed, with a gloomy expression on her face, and said: "I know about your refusal to marry yesterday. Brother Huang came to my place yesterday, and he looked very sad. It was worse than when he was scolded by the emperor." Dun was still looking depressed, and he told me that he didn't blame you for your rejection of the marriage, it was because he was too abrupt, please forgive me."

Bei Tangjin's expression changed, a little surprised that Fengying apologized to her?Fengying didn't do anything out of the ordinary except confess her love to her?

"I should have said sorry for disappointing His Highness." Bei Tangjin said slowly.

Princess Yongchang sighed again, and said: "It's all because of my negligence. I originally thought... Hey! Let's not mention this, let's go out for a walk at today's banquet, there is also a red plum garden in Wangyou Palace. You play chess with me, enjoy the plum blossoms today. I remember you like red plums the most."

Bei Tangjin nodded and said, "Alright, let's go for a walk, so as not to get bored."

As the two said, they each put on thick fox furs and headed towards Wangyou Palace in sedan chairs.

After getting off the sedan chair, Princess Yongchang was so happy that she dragged Bei Tang Jin to the direction of the red plum garden. Both of them stepped on the thick snow, wearing deerskin boots inlaid with precious stones. A pleasant "creaking" sound sounded.

"It smells so good, Ajin!" Princess Yongchang stopped in front of a plum blossom that was in full bloom, and sniffed the fragrance, only to feel that the delicate fragrance immediately refreshed her whole body.

Bei Tangjin smiled very gently, looking at Princess Yongchang's innocent and cute look, she immediately felt much better after being depressed for a long time.

Princess Yongchang glanced at Bei Tangjin's headdress and thought it was too simple, so she took off a plum blossom and put it on Bei Tangjin's temples. She looked it over carefully and said with a smile, "Very beautiful! Very beautiful!"

Bei Tangjin was amused by Princess Yongchang's cute appearance, especially when she always had a straight face. When she saw her smile, she felt that her smile was so beautiful!

So Bei Tangjin looked around, and also found an extremely beautiful red plum hairpin on Princess Yongchang's temples. Then, the two looked at each other and smiled, and walked deep into the garden with them.

Halfway through, they heard the voice of a woman talking, so the two looked at each other and stopped.

"Miss Zheng is a daughter of the Zheng family. Why are you still afraid of Bei Tangjin? After all, even though Bei Tangjin is a third-rank general, she is just an unclean woman who came out of the border. Why should Miss Zheng be afraid? Tell me, Miss Zheng doesn't need to pay attention to Mrs. Zheng's remarks. Mrs. Zheng just doesn't want you to cause trouble. Didn't you scold that Bei Tang Jin many times and nothing happened? Therefore, Miss Zheng should rest assured .”

From a distance, it was an extremely pleasant voice, as crisp as an oriole chirping, but what he said was extremely irritating!

Princess Yongchang's complexion immediately became extremely ugly. She pulled Bei Tangjin to go forward, and she insisted on finding out the person who said the idiot, but Bei Tangjin took the other's hand, shook her head, Whisper softly in her ear.

Only after Princess Yongchang nodded, the two quietly walked forward a few steps, and through the slanting plum branches, they vaguely saw several colorful figures.

Before I saw the person clearly, I heard another voice saying: "Of course I know that there is no need to be afraid of Bei Tangjin, but if I have trouble with Bei Tangjin again, I will kneel in the ancestral hall again when I go home, and I was beaten by my father last time." Ruler! Therefore, today I will avoid this person no matter what!”

Princess Yongchang could tell that the person who spoke was Zheng Jiamin, and the two of them took a few steps forward, and they could already see the person in front of them clearly.

Zheng Jiamin was dressed in sable fur and a crane cloak with a red feather gauze, his hands were hidden in thick white fox fur gloves, his cheeks were flushed because of the cold wind or anger.

Standing opposite her was also a very luxuriously dressed young lady, from the perspective of Bei Tangjin and Princess Yongchang, she could just see the profile of that person.

Bei Tangjin saw that the other party was wearing glazed and emerald jade rings, which were extremely dazzling in the sun. Princess Yongchang shot a very cold gaze at the man, and whispered to Bei Tangjin, "Ajin, I know you. This person, she is the young lady of Duke Wei's mansion, named Qing Yu."

Bei Tangjin smiled slightly, and said, "It's my good cousin!" It turned out that the words Zheng Jiamin said were really thanks to her eloquent cousin!

Princess Yongchang was taken aback when she heard the words, she immediately opened her mouth wide, covered it with a veil, and said, "Yes, according to what she said, she should be your cousin, but she is here to gossip and say bad things about you! Really! Don't be afraid to flash your tongue!"

Bei Tangjin just shook her head with a smile and said, "Let's hear what they are going to do."

Princess Yongchang nodded, and the two of them only heard Wang Qingyu say again: "As long as Miss Zheng doesn't say anything to humiliate Bei Tangjin, it should be fine. Moreover, if you want to praise her this time, Mrs. Zheng must be very happy to hear it." happy!"

Zheng Jiamin was puzzled, and said: "Praise her? How can I say it! Walking around her is my limit!" Thinking of Bei Tangjin, Zheng Jiamin felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.If she were to praise this person, it would be more disgusting than swallowing a fly!

But Wang Qingyu shook her head and said: "If Miss Zheng is to praise this General Yurong, it will bring her bad luck. Will Miss Zheng be willing?"

Sure enough, Zheng Jiamin's eyes lit up, and she said, "What's the bad luck?" If Bei Tangjin was unlucky, she would not hesitate to say a word of praise!

Wang Qingyu just smiled mysteriously, and said: "Miss Zheng will know when the time comes, and you can say this later..." As she spoke, she had already walked to Zheng Jiamin's side and whispered something in her ear.

Zheng Jiamin smiled and said, "Success! How difficult is this!"

"Then we've made a deal!" Wang Qingyu smiled very brightly, but her eyes concealed a bit of disdain, but Zheng Jiamin didn't see it.

"Miss, where are you?" A nun's voice came from afar.

Zheng Jiamin immediately said to Wang Qingyu: "Hurry up and go, if the mother sees me with you, I will be skinned by my mother when I go back!"

Wang Qingyu nodded, and led a group of maidservants away.

"Jiamin is so stupid! Doesn't she know that she is being used by others! Besides, the Zheng family and the Wang family are not at odds with each other. Even though the Zheng family has never made a move, Jiamin can't hide her family behind her back." Get in touch with Miss Wang's family!" As she spoke, she was about to go forward again, but was held back by Bei Tangjin again.

Princess Yongchang was puzzled, and Bei Tangjin smiled and said, "Even if you tell Miss Zheng, she may not accept your favor, so the princess should let nature take its course."

Princess Yongchang recalled that Feng Yan once told her that Zheng Jiamin beat her because he humiliated Bei Tangjin, so she said that even being beaten was useless, and it was useless for her to dissuade her!

Therefore, Princess Yongchang just sighed and said: "That's all! Jiamin is so stubborn, let uncle teach her!"

While the two were talking, the old nanny led a group of maidservants and walked up to Zheng Jiamin, worried for a while, and said, "Miss, where are you going! Such a sudden disappearance will scare the old slave to death! If madam knows, you You will be punished again!"

Zheng Jiamin glanced at him and said, "Just walk around casually!"

After hearing this, Princess Yongchang sighed again, pulled Bei Tangjin to leave, turned around and was stunned, Bei Tangjin followed her gaze, and saw a young man in purple sable fur standing under a plum tree that was in full bloom , The smile is as elegant as an orchid.

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