Red makeup against the world

Chapter 196 Princess Chu

Hearing Princess Chu asking about herself, Tu Manzhen trembled in fright, she had already been frightened enough today.

Originally, he was looking forward to seeing these noble princes and grandsons of Tianhuang, but he did see them. The status of the prince of Pingguo is high enough, but he was severely scolded.Those words were extremely vicious, scolding her so badly, recalling it now, still made her shudder.

Although the king of Chu treated her politely, he looked at her with disdain.But I don't blame the King of Chu, I was really embarrassed at that time.For such a noble prince to see his bad side, Tu Manzhen could only dig a hole and get in.

Therefore, she only thought about escaping from the princess mansion far away, and never appearing in front of these nobles again.Qiu Yu made it clear that she and Xu Wanzhen were here, so why would Princess Chu specifically ask her for her name?
Seeing Tu Manzhen in a daze, Xu Wanzhen pulled her sleeve.Only then did Tu Manzhen come to her senses, and hurriedly said: "Reporting to the princess, Mr. Tu Shan is the great-grandfather of the little girl."

Princess Chu chuckled, she sounded happy, and ordered: "Qiu Yu, bring the two ladies to see me, don't neglect."

Qiu Yu led the two of them out of the Nuan Pavilion, went to the door of the next room, and reported: "Princess, Second Miss Tu and Miss Xu have arrived."

There was a fair face inside, it was Xia He, another maidservant of Princess Chu. She opened the curtain with her own hands, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, the princess just woke up, and she was talking about the two young ladies. She said she missed it." It's a pity to blame me for not waking her up."

Xia He's words made Tu Manzhen feel flattered, and Xu Wan smiled secretly when she heard them.Concubine Chu didn't want to meet the two of them on purpose, but she just happened to run into each other, and it was just a first meeting.But her demeanor really made people feel at ease.

As a cabin on a painting boat, this wing room is extremely spacious.Xu Wanzhen guessed that it was either specially reserved when the boat was being built, or it was changed later with a few rooms.

Entering the door, one turns around a gauze screen with the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. The floor is covered with ink orchid brocade carpets, the wall is hung with scarlet carved flower and bird tapestry, and the octagonal gilt auspicious animal incense burner at the corner smells the fragrance of lily of the valley flowers. Enamel colored porcelain lampstands, cloisonné plum vases, large blue and white porcelain vases with golden phoenix birds, etc., all of which present a romantic and wealthy atmosphere in a room.

Compared with the Nuan Pavilion next door, the furnishings here are more resplendent and rich in color, which is completely different from the low-key luxury style of the Princess Mansion.Xu Wan really thought to herself, this should be Princess Chu's handwriting, and she arranged it according to her own preferences. It seems that she is a person who enjoys it very much.

Going further inside, Princess Chu is sitting on a couch inlaid with mother-of-pearl and red sandalwood roses by the window. Make her complexion like jade.

Xu Wanzhen and Tu Manzhen followed the rules and walked up to Princess Chu, lowered their eyes and saluted, "Minister/Little girl has seen Princess Chu."

Princess Chu said happily: "Hurry up, get up quickly. Xia He, bring the embroidered pier."

Xia He moved to Xiudun, invited the two to sit down, and served tea.Xu Wanzhen only sat on one-third of the embroidery pier, holding hot tea in her hand, smelling the fragrance of tea, she lowered her head slightly, and didn't intend to talk much.It was just now that Princess Chu called to see Tu Manzhen, so she should be at ease as a foil.

Tu Manzhen also followed the etiquette taught by Mr. Ning, and sat down with downcast eyes. She was beating drums in her heart. I don't know why Princess Chu saw her?
But Princess Chu gave a coquettish smile, and said: "The two ladies are really good at teaching, and they are worthy of the blood of Tu Shan. You don't have to be restrained here, just raise your head."

Tu Manzhen raised her head, and what she saw was the begonia-like jade face of Princess Chu. The corners of her eyes and brows were all beautiful and charming, but her eyes were as clear as a pool of clear water. When she was looking forward, she was dignified and elegant.She was soft and charming to the bone, but also elegant and noble. Such a contradictory temperament was concentrated in one person. Tu Manzhen was fascinated by such a beauty.

Seeing her staring blankly at Princess Chu in a daze, Qiu Yu coughed lightly, and Tu Manzhen just woke up.Embarrassed on the face, he hurriedly distinguished: "Princess, you must forgive the little girl, you are so beautiful, I have never seen someone as beautiful as you."

Although these few words were not well-behaved, the tone was sincere and earnest. Princess Chu chuckled. How long has it been since she heard such sincere words?I loved Tu Manzhen a little more in my heart, and said, "It doesn't matter. I haven't seen Mr. Ning for a long time. I heard that Mr. Ning is teaching at Tu's house?"

Seeing that Princess Chu didn't blame her, Tu Manzhen breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that she wanted to ask Mr. Ning.Putting down a stone in his heart, his tone became brisk, and he nodded, "Well, Mr. Ning is teaching my sister and me right now. But this year is the last year."

"It seems that Mr. Ning's rules have not changed at all, and he will only teach for three years." Concubine Chu sighed leisurely, her eyes showed a look of reminiscence, she remembered something, her complexion was soft.

Princess Chu did not speak, and no one in this room dared to speak.After a while, Princess Chu came back to her senses, and asked Mr. Ning if he was doing well, how his family was doing, how her son was studying, and other gossip.Tu Manzhen poured out everything she knew like beans in a bamboo tube.

At the end, Princess Chu showed tiredness on her face, and she took off two identical pink crystal jade bracelets with hollow lotus patterns from her wrists, and said: "I haven't prepared anything good here. These two bracelets were given by the queen a few days ago. Yes. Such a pink color, it still looks good on a little girl like you, so I will give it to you as a meeting gift."

Let Xia He bring them in front of them, one by one.Xu Wanzhen hurriedly got up to salute, and declined: "How can a commoner girl, how can she dare to be such a precious meeting gift. What the queen bestows, only the blessing of the princess can wear it."

The pink crystal jade bracelet is extremely exquisite in workmanship, crystal clear and glowing pink, and Tu Manzhen is deeply attracted by it.Hearing what Xu Wanzhen said, she quickly stood up and declined.

Concubine Chu smiled and said, "Isn't the queen's reward mine? I can reward whoever I like. I think you two girls are pleasing to the eye, so I'll reward you. There's so much to say."

But they refused, so the two had no choice but to accept and thanked again.

Xia He glanced at it for a while, and said angrily: "Doctor Wang told you to rest more, Wangfei, you forget about it when you see the pretty girl."

Hearing the stringed song, one can know the elegant meaning, and one can know the meaning of seeing off guests as soon as one hears it.Xu Wanzhen and Tu Manzhen got up to leave, Princess Chu held them back for a while, and asked Qiu Yu to send them out.

After leaving the room, Qiu Yu asked, "Where do you two ladies want to go? I'll take you there."

Tu Manzhen was secretly happy when she got the pink crystal jade bracelet, and even forgot most of the previous scare.Hearing this, her eyes lit up, she hasn't visited the princess mansion enough, and she hasn't completed the trip to the lake that she agreed to.

Seeing her like this, Xu Wan was really helpless, hasn't she learned her lesson yet?The nobles of the whole family, with their status and status, have to salute everyone when they meet, what's the fun?It's better to go back to the Peony Garden honestly and wait to judge Kao.

(End of this chapter)