Xie Ning really didn't want to go, but it was impossible not to go.
She inquired about the news and found out that all the virtuous concubines were going, so she, little Jieyu, had to give face.
At that time, she would rather stay at home with her children than spend half a day dressing up and sitting there like a sculpture, and having to quarrel with a group of people who don't mean what they say.
People are always like this.
They often have to do things they don't want to do, and even the emperor is no exception.
When they were dressing up, Qinghe and Qingmei had a disagreement again.
Qingmei said that the palace dress with gold thread embroidered with lotus flowers was beautiful, while Qinghe found a purple-pink palace dress with silver silk satin.
"The gold thread one is too eye-catching."
"But the people who went there today are all well-known masters.
If they dress too simply, I'm afraid it will look down on others."
Xie Ning smiled as she listened to their argument, and finally chose the crimson-pink outfit.
Qingmei opened her round eyes, looking a little unconvinced.
"You can find faults at any time.
If you dress more luxuriously, people will say that a poor person suddenly becomes rich and has no foundation.
If you dress more plainly, they will say that you are not too shabby.
You can find faults with both sides.
I would rather wear something more comfortable."
"Do you want to use some powder and perfume?"
Xie Ning applied a thin layer of rouge and inserted a colorful beaded flower on her head.
The flowers are red, the leaves are green, and there are slender and delicate golden stamens.
It looks so beautiful against her black hair.
At least Qingmei keeps staring at it and wants to take a few more glances.
"This bead flower is the only one in our palace.
No one else can find it if they have money."
Xie Ning gently stroked his temples in front of the mirror and stood up calmly.
Qing He quickly put the shawl on her shoulders for her.
"Remember not to let the eldest prince practice playing for too long.
If Princess Yuyao wants to come to me, you should persuade her first.
If you can't persuade her, send someone to look for me.
I will come back as soon as possible."
There is really nothing you can do about Princess Yuyao.
No one else can coax this ancestor.
On the contrary, the second prince was the most worry-free.
As long as this little heartless boy had enough to eat and drink, he didn't care so much whether his mother was with him or not.
Xie Ning got on the chariot to go to Princess Mingshou's flower viewing banquet, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the garden along the way.
Of course, Changchun Garden is not as big as Jinfeng Garden, and its style is completely different, more exquisite and compact.
Princess Mingshou sat in the middle, Shi Shunyi and others sat around her like stars holding the moon.
Princess Mingshou didn't even raise her eyelids when Xie Ning came in.
She said indifferently: "Xie Jieyu is here and she said it would be the first time for us to meet each other."
Could it be that Princess Mingshou still expected Xie Ning to say that she did not come to visit early to ask for forgiveness?
Princess Mingshou's arrogance was clearly revealed from the first sentence, and the rumors she had heard before were indeed not exaggerated.
Xie Ning looked at Princess Mingshou.
She wore a high bun with a red gold and ruby-embedded peony hairpin on her bun.
She wore a bright red palace dress trimmed with gold threads and sprinkled with gold.
It could be said that she was extremely luxurious and gorgeous.
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It's a pity that her appearance is nothing like that of the emperor, and there is no resemblance to Princess Mingwei at all.
She has a square face, a square nose, and wide lips.
She has small eyes and a thick and round waist.
She looks like a middle-aged and fat lady. .
Xie Ning held the tea cup and slowly moved the tea leaves with the tea cup lid.
She remembered the anecdotes she heard from Fang Shanggong.
It is said that Princess Mingshou looks similar to the Queen Mother, and the former Queen and the Queen Mother are aunts and nephews, so there is not much difference in appearance.
Fortunately, the emperor looks nothing like his eldest sister.
I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but everyone who came to the banquet today was very indifferent to Xie Ning.
Others were talking and laughing, but Xie Ning was left alone.
Xie Ning had something on her mind.
She didn't know what Princess Mingshou's purpose was in taking in Xie Liu's mother and daughter.
At this time, Princess Mingshou didn't mention it first, so Xie Ning had to think about asking about it again when she had the opportunity.
Fortunately, Princess Mingwei came at this time.
She was wearing a light yellow shirt with an ivory shawl.
She looked elegant and refreshing.
There was a very unique green bamboo and jade butterfly button on the lapel.
The butterfly's eyes were inlaid with small pearls.
She sat down as soon as she came.
When he arrived at Xie Ning's side, he fanned himself with a round fan and asked Xie Ning in a very friendly and natural way: "I am the last one to come.
When did Xie Jieyu come?"
Xie Ning said softly: "I just came here, and I haven't drunk the tea yet."
Princess Mingwei covered her smile with a fan: "If I had known, I would have asked you to come here together.
I also thought that your place was crowded and busy, and I probably wouldn't be able to come today.
Then we will leave later.
Let’s go back together.
It’s good to have company along the way.”
Princess Mingwei's deliberate overtures and just-right rescue were both natural and not annoying.
Xie Ning also accepted her sentiments, nodded and said, "Sure, it's settled."
"I heard that Qingbi Hall invited an imperial doctor last night."
There is nothing that can be hidden from others in the harem.
Xie Ning said: "It's not that important, it's just that someone is on the road and has a heat stroke."
"There were quite a few people suffering from heat stroke yesterday, and the imperial doctors were too busy to do anything."
Princess Mingwei said empathetically: "I was afraid of this when I went out yesterday, and I asked the house to cook a large bucket of heat-relieving soup to take with me.
I drank it on the road, so it was pretty good for me, but my bones were sore after riding in the car for a day.”
The concubine Kung Fu Xian who was talking also came.
In this weather, everyone who came to enjoy the flowers wore thin and cool clothes, but Concubine Xian was different from others.
She was still wearing a thick spring silk palace dress and walked in slowly holding the hands of the two palace maids.
Xie Ning felt sad for her.
Concubine Xian really shouldn't have come here.
This is purely to embarrass herself.
My body has become like this, socializing, face, other people's comments, what else should I care about?
Concubine Xian's position was on the left side of Princess Mingwei.
Princess Mingshou did not hesitate to greet Concubine Xian, and then turned around to talk to Shi Shunyi.
The banquet was placed on the waterside pavilion, and the wind blowing from the lake carried the fragrance of lotus leaves.
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Unfortunately, the people sitting next to them were not comfortable.
Xie Ning was fortunate to be sitting next to Princess Mingwei.
It was better to have someone to talk to than just sitting there, and the time was not so difficult.
The dishes on the banquet were exquisite, and the utensils used were extremely luxurious.
Princess Mingshou also arranged songs and dances.
A flat plate was drawn from the depths of the lotus leaves.
A singer sat on the bow of the boat, with a voice as smooth as an oriole's cry, singing Xie Ning had never heard the song before, and the lyrics were well written.
Princess Mingwei also turned her head and said softly: "This word may have been written by Prince Consort Zhang."
"Yeah" "The one in our family went out for a banquet a while ago and came back and copied some new lyrics.
I remember these two sentences, which should be correct."
Princess Mingshou also heard what they said and interjected: "Yes, this word was written by the prince-in-law."
She turned to the maid next to her: "Go and see what the prince-in-law is doing.
Ask him to come over."
This tone of contempt is like treating a domestic slave, but not like a husband.
But the princess and the consort were not an ordinary couple.
In ordinary families, when a bride enters the family, she will be called Mrs.
So-and-so.
But when it comes to the royal princess, after getting married, the husband is called the consort.
The prince-in-law cannot hold power, he can only be a wealthy idler, and he will only be a vassal of the princess for the rest of his life.
Princess Mingwei lowered her head and pursed her lips, gently tossing the newly peeled lotus seed rice on the plate with a silver chopstick.
According to her, Prince Consort Zhang was arrogant and would not let Princess Mingshou come and go at her request.
The couple often quarreled over various things.
If Prince Consort Zhang does not come later, Princess Mingshou will definitely think that she has lost face and will not let him go, so there will be a lot of trouble.
Besides, although we are not outsiders, the people sitting here are all concubines from the harem.
It is really inappropriate for Prince Consort Zhang to come here, and Princess Mingshou is really too wanton and reckless.
Did she think it was still when the Queen Mother was still alive?
When the Queen Mother was still alive, she almost wanted to indulge her in the sky.
This garden was also gifted to Princess Mingshou by the Queen Mother.
But the emperor was much colder towards her, and Princess Mingshou herself hadn't seen this clearly yet.
Unexpectedly, not long after the palace maid left, she came back and reported: "The prince-in-law was in the study just now.
He said he would come right away."
Princess Mingwei was surprised.
Princess Mingwei has learned how arrogant this eldest brother-in-law is.
How could he be so willing to betray Princess Mingshou today?
"Xie Jieyu hasn't seen Prince Consort Zhang yet, right?"
Xie Ning said softly: "I've heard of it before."
Fang Shanggong praised Prince Consort Zhang for his unparalleled talents and said that his marriage to Princess Mingshou was forced by the royal family.
The two had no affection for each other for several years after they got married, and they were a well-known bitter couple.
Consort Zhang came over from the other end of the curved bridge.
He didn't seem to have changed his clothes specially to meet the guests.
He was dressed in a long dark gray ramie robe.
His hair was only tied up with a scarf and he didn't wear a crown.
The breeze on the lake blew the knots of his clothes and robes, and even Xie Ning was stunned for a moment.
When people describe a man with beautiful appearance, a common saying is "Jade tree stands in the wind."
Of course Xie Ning has heard of this sentence, but she didn't understand what it meant until today.
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Prince Consort Zhang is almost 40 years old this year, but his appearance is beautiful, his air is refined, and his wide-sleeved robe shows no trace of the years left on him.
Princess Mingwei whispered: "People in the capital used to call him Zhang Lang."
He was once the dream lover of many young girls. pity Princess Mingshou herself was obviously very surprised and stood up to greet her.
"I just ordered someone to sing the new lyrics that the consort made a few days ago."
Zhang Prince Consort just nodded and did not enter the water pavilion.
He bowed to the people sitting in the water pavilion through the gauze curtain, and everyone in the water pavilion bowed in return.
Concubine Xian was unsteady when she stood up.
Princess Mingwei and Xie Ning happened to be standing on one side, and Xie Ning stretched out his hand first to help Concubine Xian.
In the hot weather, Concubine Xian's palms were cold, and her palms were covered with cold sweat.
Seeing her pale face, Xie Ning and the palace maid quickly helped her sit down.
Princess Mingshou held the consort Zhang's arm, and looked at everyone triumphantly, as if to show off to everyone that she had such a husband, and said: "There are so many guests today, and I also want to ask the consort to paint a picture for us. , just draw these people who came to enjoy the flowers today
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