Foster son and husband

Chapter 292 Picking

After autumn, winter turns to spring in a blink of an eye. Under the warm sun in March, the first batch of peony flowers in the imperial garden are in full bloom. The queen is in a good mood looking at the splendid spring scenery in the garden. They come into the palace to enjoy the flowers.

Meimei was so frightened by the kindness, but she followed her daughter's wishes and accompanied her into the palace early. Meijuan accompanied her and complained in a low voice: "I have never seen a woman like you, and I am rushing to meet people, brother prince It's amazing not being intimidated by you!"

Meiyi pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm just anxious to see the prince's brother. He also wants to see me. He told the eldest brother to let me come earlier, and he will wait for me at the palace gate!"

"The gate of our house is open. He can come if he wants to see you. Who stopped him?"

"What do you know? The prince brother has reached a certain age and cannot leave the palace easily. There are many things to learn and do every day. The eldest brother has said that the prince brother is very tired!"

After entering the palace gate, the mother and daughter got out of the car one after another, and saw that there were many cars parked here, and many wives brought their own daughters, and the wives were nothing more than the wives, without exception, all of them were well-dressed. The flowers are blooming, and they are extremely gorgeous. Walking around, the colorful clothes are light, and the fragrance is floating, making people have the illusion of being in the royal garden.

Meimei smiled wryly in her heart: the royal family likes to do this kind of tricks. They say they invite people to enjoy flowers, but they actually ask them to send their daughters to their door, and let the royal children choose the princess or side concubine from among them. He flocked to her, and was proud to be selected by the royal family.She looked at the two daughters beside her and sighed inwardly. She was the one who gave birth to good intentions and instilled in her a lot of thoughts that are regarded as rebellious in this dynasty since she was a child. Why did the precocious daughter fall in love with him? Where is the prince?Can it be said that she doesn't know that the prince will become emperor in the future, there will be Sangong Sixth Court, and many women will rob her of men?She's as smart as she wants, what doesn't she understand?But she likes it, what can I do, Meimei has talked many times, but she can't be persuaded every time.

Deliberately pointing at the girls passing by, he said to his daughter with full of admiration: "Look at how beautiful the girl is, oh, how beautiful that one is, she is so beautiful, the princes should be picky!"

Meijuan understood her mother's intentions, and kept nodding and smiling in agreement—it's too late for my sister to regret it now, and she will be offended after marrying the prince.Just look at the present-day empress and you will know that she entered the palace with her parents during the Lantern Festival. No one else knew about it. Meijuan inadvertently saw that the emperor abandoned the empress in order to protect his beloved concubine. , the queen's foot slipped down and she must have sprained her hamstring, and the emperor tightly held the concubine's hand and left without turning her head. The queen stared at the charming woman beside the emperor, with a flash of hatred in her eyes It made me feel cold.

When entering the palace this time, Meimei did not make special preparations for the 12-year-old twins. They let them dress up according to their own ideas. The sisters didn't bother the mothers and maids too much. They still wore double buns, which they usually wear In order to show their identity and not embarrass the old Xu family, Meimei reminded the daughters to at least choose some expensive jewelry to wear, so she hung a string of South China Sea pearls around her neck and a few delicate emerald necklaces on her head. Simple dress, but full of peerless elegance, natural and pure beauty, Meimei gritted her teeth, this chick already knew her own advantages.Looking at the string of bright pearls on her daughter's chest, the round and huge grains were shining brightly, she couldn't help sighing, just this string of pearls made the little girl's identity very different, the only princess in the capital who owns such pearls is the princess, the emperor specially gave it to her. Xu Junying's two strings, asked to take them home to Meiyi and Meijuan, the meaning is obvious: the identities of these two girls are no different from princesses and princesses, and sooner or later they will marry into the palace and become royal daughters-in-law!Looking at Meijuan again makes her dumbfounded. Meijuan looks in the mirror on a whim, draws her eyes, thrushes her eyebrows, puts on paint, even though she is covered with pearls and emeralds, so gorgeous and vulgar like a landlady, she doesn't bother to care about it, just go in like this Palace to go.

Groups of women and ladies formed a brightly colored embroidered phalanx and slowly moved towards the inner garden. Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of them, and several soft and gentle exclamations came:

"Prince!"

"Fifth Prince—Jinling King!"

"There is also Prince Weiyuan!"

The crowd moved away, more than a dozen guards opened the way, and three tall, handsome and dignified young men were surrounded by eunuchs and came towards them. Looking at the handsome boy with a gentle and charming smile in the front, Meimei sighed secretly. Is it because of this smile?

I haven't seen him for a few months, and the prince has grown a lot taller again. The noble dragon robe of the Ming Dynasty has attracted the attention of all the ladies and noble ladies. Their eyes are fixed on the prince. The fifth prince who had just been conferred the title of King of Jinling, and Xu Jiheng, the prince of Weiyuan who was dressed in a jade-colored brocade robe, were just dispensable foils by the prince's side.

The prince greeted the Xu family's mother and daughter, fixed his eyes on Meiyi, and smiled brightly on his face, stretched out his hand to hold Meiyi's hand like no one else, and said softly:
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, but I never come. I can't help running here to pick you up!"

There were bursts of breaths and even whimpers around. Meimei thought of Mrs. Changlehou's garden, which was full of flowers. After the proud King Qi walked by, the sky seemed to have lost the sun. After a while, the broken heart in that place seems to have been transferred to this place again, the children of the royal family, they are so harmful!

In the Kunning Palace, the empress sat on the couch, looking at her niece Sun Meifu, who was standing next to her sister-in-law Pang, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a small cherry mouth. Ruyu has a charming and soft temperament, which few men don't like.

The queen nodded: "Very good, you have been carefully raised in the boudoir for 13 years, it's time to show up! Your virtuous and feminine demeanor is the most attractive. Although boys like lean beauties, they don't know what they actually want. What kind of woman! Don't worry, the crown prince may resist, but after he gets to know you, he will like you. He grew up with the daughter of the Xu family, and they are naturally close, so they may not really get along well. Ming Li's choice for the crown princess is She, but she should still be the daughter of our Sun family!"

Pangzi was a little worried: "The emperor..."

The queen said indifferently: "The emperor and Xu Hou are not so close. He really wants the prince to marry Meiyi, but he values ​​the prince the most, and if he cares about it, he will be confused. I have a way to persuade him!"

"Then, Jinling King and Meiling?"

The queen sighed, "Let's put that aside, the prince is not yet married! Besides, Xiao Wu'er is more stubborn than his brother, so he is not sure. He likes the beautiful family members of the Xu family. Shan, I said it directly in front of the emperor and all the brothers, so that the princes can no longer have any thoughts about Meijuan, but this child has won the emperor's praise for this... really!"

In the imperial garden, the wives surrounded the queen like stars and moons, flattering and flattering them, saying all kinds of good things. The queen was always noble and virtuous, with a gentle smile like a spring breeze, leading the wives to walk slowly among the flowers, Instructing everyone to enjoy the beautiful peonies in full bloom.

Meimei and Lin Runan accompanied each other, admiring the flowers and looking at the scenery leisurely, having questions and answers with the queen, the three of them occasionally exchanged glances, and smiled tacitly, not only getting along well with the wives, but also showing that they were more layered Intimate, heart-to-heart.Over the years, whenever there was a party in the palace, the three friends came here like this.

And under another flower stand, young people gathered beside the prince. The noble ladies dare not approach easily. Only relatives and the best women have this honor. Those who can stand beside the prince are those who are held by him and never let go. Kai Meiyi, and Meijuan who are inseparable from Meiyi, are several cousins ​​between the ages of ten and 15, some from the Chen family of the Empress Dowager's mother's family, and some from the Sun's family of the Queen Mother's mother's family.

The 13-year-old Sun Meifu is generous and gentle, with a sweet smile on her face all the time, she takes care of the prince and the princes to drink tea and eat snacks, and even takes care of the brothers and sisters of the Xu family. Looking at the mung bean cake, Meifu got up immediately, stretched out her chubby hand like jade snow, picked up a silver chopstick, put it on a small plate, and brought it to her, smiling: "Sister Meiyi, just taste a piece, it's the same If you eat too much of it, you will get tired of it, and there are other delicious ones, which one would my sister want to eat?"

Before Meiyi could say thanks, the prince smiled at Meifu and said, "Cousin Meifu is careful, let Meiyi eat this first, and we can talk about what she wants to eat later!"

Meijuan sat on the side, feeling very depressed, and whispered to the King of Jinling: "Your cousins ​​are named, why do you want a beautiful name?"

King Jinling took a sip of his tea and almost choked on it: "Be kind, Meifu is one year older than your sisters..."

Meijuan snorted: "What's the matter? My sister Meilian is married, isn't she older than her?"

King Jinling was speechless, and turned to look at the snacks on the table. Immediately, someone put a piece of pine nut cake on a plate, and said softly:
"Cousin, this is my cousin's favorite food, Ling'er took it right?"

King Jinling glanced at the petite and pretty little girl: "Wrong, I don't like this!"

He quickly got up to get a plate of rose cake, and turned back to Meijuan: "Here, this is the one you love!"

Meijuan looked at Meiling, then at King Jinling, and said, "Thank you Your Highness, I don't like too sweet things!"

King Jinling stared: "You obviously love rose cakes, and you and Meiyi picked roses from your yard to make cakes for us to eat!"

"That's for you guys to eat, did your Highness see me eat it?"

"you……"

Seeing that Meijuan left the flower stand and walked towards the pool, the King of Jinling hurriedly handed over the plate to the maid at the side, and followed her: "Meijuan, who will dress you up today?"

"My mother, Mrs. Marquis Weiyuan!"

"Mrs. Weiyuan Hou really has vision. You are so beautiful in this dress and these jewels!"

"Really?"

"real!"

The King of Jinling nodded, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull her: "Stop! Don't go any further, you will fall..."

As soon as the words fell, the prince over the pavilion exclaimed: "Be kind and careful!"

Then there was a splash, someone fell into the water, and it was Meifu's voice:
"Help me..."

(End of this chapter)