Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 148 Xiuhe Princess
Even mentioning the noble concubine, Lin Qingran really had a headache, "It's still early." She couldn't say that the North Palace was not good.

"That's right." The Concubine Noble nodded without saying anything.

Lin Qingran stayed in the Palace of Harmony for a while, and Xiao Yuanxun came to say hello. She is fourteen or five years old, and she has reached the age to say goodbye, and her status is not low. It is a serious crime for someone to assassinate the current emperor's father, and she was raised under the name of the noble concubine. There is also a Zhang family behind the noble concubine. If you marry her, you can have the support of the Zhang family.

If she is married low, her status will be wronged, and it will be difficult to marry high. Xiao Yuanxun's marriage just hangs there like this.

When the two children were raised, the Concubine Gui didn't care much about them. After a long time, she naturally developed some affection, and she didn't want to marry the child down.

After Xiao Yuanxun left, the Concubine Gui and Lin Qingran mentioned a few families, and they were all to the point. The Concubine touched Ning'er's head, "The Ai family also asked the child. Others are in a hurry, but she is not at all anxious." No matter how good the aristocratic family is, if there are too many things in it, it will be chaotic, gossip, it is better to be simple."

"It's really better to be simpler." Lin Qingran agreed very much. There are not many people who are rich and jaded, and they have not seen enough. It is easy to find a house, and there are not so many troubles. What's the point of getting married and living a stable life? not good.

Just as she was talking, the palace maid came in to report that Xiu and the eldest princess had come to pay their respects, and the imperial concubine smiled, "The Yihe Palace in Aijia is very lively today, please invite her in."

Xiuhe walked in, glanced at Lin Qingran quickly, and then politely greeted the Concubine Gui, and saw that Sister Ning, who was sitting next to the Concubine, approached Sister Ning affectionately , "This is Shao Jinghan's younger sister."

The Concubine Gui patted her forehead, "Are you here to say hello to Ai's family, or to see someone?"

"Of course I came to greet you with you." Xiuhe smiled and took the arm of the imperial concubine, "Then I just happened to see Mrs. Shao here."

What she says is what she says, and now she is the one with the sharpest mouth in the palace.

Xiuhe also asked Sister Ning to call her elder sister. Hearing Sister Ning's call softly, Xiuhe hugged her and kissed her on the cheek, without any airs of a princess.

"Next time my sister will go to play with you, okay?" Xiuhe looked at Sister Ning with a smile. The little girl also likes to get along with her beautiful sister. She looked back at her mother, turned her head and nodded with a sweet smile, "Yeah."

"Then let's pull the hook." Xiuhe stretched out her little finger, and Ning sister also stretched out her hand, and it was really a date.

Lin Qingran thought that what Xiuhe said to Eldest Princess and Sister Ning was that she liked children and coaxed them, but she didn't expect that Xiuhe really came to Shao's mansion on the holiday three days later.

When Si Hua came to report, Lin Qingran still couldn't believe it. She hadn't received any news that the princess was coming, but suddenly she arrived, without any preparations, and immediately ordered, "Go prepare some melons and fruits and take them to the garden. Go here and make a pot of scented tea, Mama Li, go and inform the people in the kitchen that the lunch will be prepared separately."

After finishing speaking, Lin Qingran went to the front hall to meet people.

Xiuhe waited in the front hall, but the guards did not follow in. Behind him were four maids, all of whom were dressed as maids of ordinary people in order not to attract attention.

Seeing Lin Qingran approaching, Xiuhe looked at her with a smile, "Madam Shao, I'm nagging."

"I haven't received a message from the palace, so don't be surprised if you neglect the princess." Lin Qingran invited her to the garden, and Xiuhe shook her head indifferently, "I didn't inform Mrs. Shao in the first place, it was just a temporary idea, why? Let's talk about it."

When they arrived in the garden, Xiuhe looked at Lin Qingran, "If you leave the palace lightly, don't be too busy, Mrs. Shao, just treat me as a guest." Lin Qingran nodded and asked someone to bring Sister Ning. Melons and fruits have been prepared in the pavilion.

After a while, Erlang brought Ning over. Xiuhe has a straightforward personality and likes Ning. This time he brought her a lot of presents, and he picked them carefully. They were all things that children like. After a while Sister Ning was coaxed to make out with her.

Lin Qingran saw that the princess was getting along casually, so she did all the courtesy she should have, left them in the garden, and went to the kitchen in person

It was almost noon, and Xiuhe didn't say anything, so Lin Qingran asked the kitchen to prepare a small banquet. Shao Jinghan, who followed Shao Ziyu out, also came back. When he went to the garden, he was a little surprised to see the eldest princess.

After saluting respectfully, Xiuhe's eyes fell on Shao Jinghan, and she smiled brightly. Sister Ning in her arms also greeted her brother, "Brother, come and sit here."

At ten years old, Shangxiu and the princess are 12 years old. It is time to avoid suspicion. Shao Jinghan did not sit down, but said gently to Xiuhe, "Princess, sit down slowly." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, Xiuhe was not angry, and walked slowly shouted, "Stop."

She picked up a toothpick on the table and picked a piece of fruit for Sister Ning, "My princess is here today, that is a guest, if you don't sit down and accompany the guest, you have to leave instead, this is how your family treats guests? "

Xiuhe looked up at Shao Jinghan, his eyebrows raised, and his tone was undeniably affirmative.

Father hasn't come back yet, mother is busy, he should entertain guests, Shao Jinghan thought for a moment and nodded, "I'm sorry."

A flash of success flashed in Xiuhe's eyes. If Lin Qingran was present at this time, he could guess who Xiuhe and the eldest princess suddenly came to Shao's mansion to see.

Shao Jinghan sat down, and the maid who served beside him poured tea. Xiuhe was always talkative and had nothing to talk about, so let's talk about Shao Jinghan's affairs in the academy.

There are various competitions in the academy every spring and autumn, such as riding and archery, Cuju, and a hunting competition happens to be held at the end of May, and Shao Jinghan will also participate.

Every year, the academy and the academy in the palace are combined for such competitions. Xiuhe no longer goes to the academy, but it does not affect her participation in the hunting competition.

"I heard from Jing He that you have made an appointment with him this year." Xiuhe looked at Shao Jinghan with a smile on his face, very pretty.

Shao Jinghan nodded, and the smile on Xiuhe's face was even bigger, "That's really a coincidence, I'm going this year too, and I happen to be with you."

Near noon, Lin Qingran came over and took Xiuhe to the small banquet hall. Seeing that Shao Jinghan and Shao Jingbo were going out, Xiuhe picked up Ning and sat next to her, smiling at Lin Qingran, "Madam Shao, I have said that there is no need to be cautious, just take it as a routine, I also like Ning'er to come and take a look, it seems that I am not easy to get along with you."

In Xiuhe's eyes, the Shao family's children are too young to eat at separate tables. There are only a few of them. Lin Qingran glanced at her son, "Princess, Ning'er and I can just stay with the princess. Dalang Erlang is out of order here."

"What's inappropriate." Xiuhe looked up at Lin Qingran, "It's just a common meal. Mrs. Shao doesn't need to be so formal. Besides, we don't have many people. Now the government advocates frugality, and it's wasteful to divide the tables."

Rules are rules, but no matter how much Lin Qingran emphasizes it, it will make her feel disappointed when she meets such an informal eldest princess.

So Lin Qingran asked Dalang and Erlang to sit across from each other, and sat down next to Xiuhe. Xiuhe smiled and nodded.

"Mrs. Shao, I heard that you have been to Sang Lake in Sangjiang." Putting down the chopsticks, taking the handkerchief handed to her by the maid behind him and wiping the corners of her mouth, Xiuhe asked Lin Qingran with a smile.

"Yeah, it's been four or five years."

"Your house burned down, didn't you rebuild it?" Xiuhe knew quite a lot, and her tone was slightly envious, "It's hard for me to go out of the palace once, let alone go there." There is no more freedom.

"It's not difficult for the princess to go." Xiuhe picked up her words, "It's just that the battle is a bit bigger."

Lin Qingran smiled without saying a word, Xiuhe touched Sister Ning's little hand, "It's boring to go after such a big battle." She would rather follow with a few people and be more at ease, otherwise she would be greeted by officials as soon as she arrived. Where there is play, it is inspection.

After the meal, Brother Bo and Brother Han basically didn't talk, and the only ones who were casual were Xiuhe and Ning.

After lunch, Shao Jinghan sent Xiuhe to the door. After Shao Jinghan went to the main house to greet Lin Qingran, he went back to his yard to rest. There were gifts from Xiuhe on Lin Qingran's table, including Dalang Erlang's.

"This princess Xiu and the eldest princess seem to be savage, but they are actually very careful." When the village of Sangjiang was burned down, Xiuhe and the princess were only seven or eight years old. Today's sudden visit is quite unexpected for them, and they may be Princess Xiu and the Eldest Princess had already thought about it when they were in the palace three days ago. There were only a few people in the Shao family. As a princess, she actually didn’t give Lin Qingran anything and had to give her a gift in return, but From Shao Ziyu to sister Ning, she prepared everything, and she smiled when she spoke, making it hard to refuse.

Lin Qingran asked Si Hua to send the things to Dalang Erlang's yard. She just didn't understand that the princess would be notified in advance when she came out of the palace to visit Shao's house. She shouldn't just keep silent like this , Could it be that the princess sneaked out of the palace?

Lin Qingran was puzzled. Naturally, the palace would not be ignorant of the meeting, but the announcement was not delivered to the Shao family, but to Chengwang's mansion. Chengwang received a letter from Xiu and Princess Dachang two days ago. Wait, wait until the afternoon to wait for people.

In the name of going to Chengwang's Mansion, Xiuhe went to Shao's Mansion first when he left the palace in the morning. Seeing King Cheng coming out, he preemptively grinned and complained to him, "Fifth brother, your mansion is so hard to find, I don't even know the way."

"Why don't you find a better excuse to come to my place for the first time. Tell me, where did you go?" Cheng Wang looked at her dumbfounded.

"I just wandered around the city." Xiuhe Gu said about him, saw Cheng Wangfei approaching from a distance, quickly walked over to hold her arm and said coquettishly, "Fifth sister-in-law, I'm hungry."

"It's not that you're wandering around the city. Are you willing to not eat?" Princess Cheng teased her, Xiuhe nodded, and saw King Cheng walking over, "I'll wait for Fifth Sister-in-law to cook something delicious for me."

"Well, let the kitchen cook for you what you want to eat. Your fifth sister-in-law is pregnant, so don't bother." Cheng Wang patted her on the forehead, "You didn't tell the truth where you went, when your mother and concubine ask Well, I won't hide it for you."

"Fifth brother!" Xiuhe stomped his feet, stared at him, was discouraged for a while, and waved at him. King Cheng lowered his head, and Xiuhe whispered into his ear
(End of this chapter)