The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 12
Xu Wentao picked up an apple on the table, took a bite, and said casually: "It's said that mother and child are connected, so there's no reason why you can't see the girl your son likes. Besides, my son is here to share your worries. It's rare to invite so many people. You can choose a son-in-law for your younger sister with peace of mind."

While the mother and son were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the west gate, and seeing the arrival of the eldest princess' carriage, all the families wanted to come forward to salute the eldest princess.

Xu Wentao got out of the car through the curtain, stood on the carriage and shouted loudly: "Please wait for a long time, today we don't care about etiquette, let's go."

As Xu Wentao said, he jumped out of the carriage, and then the chief led a tall horse over.

Xu Wentao got on his horse, cupped his hands casually, and said loudly, "The weather is fine today, and the scenery of Biyun Mountain must be just right. How about we go to the Huangzhuang in the west of the city to rest for a while, and then go to Biyun Mountain for an outing?"

Amid the applause of the crowd, Xu Wentao left a few servants to guard the gate of the city, and he took the lead and walked in the front, followed by three carriages and dozens of guards from the Princess' Palace.

The chariots and horses from each mansion followed one by one, and the group of people traveled for about an hour before arriving at Huangzhuang, the palace of Princess Yong'an, located at the foot of Biyun Mountain.

This Huangzhuang was awarded by the first emperor to Princess Yong'an. Naturally, it is the best piece of land in the west of the city. A large grassland is the best place for outing.

Lin Zisu got out of the carriage and secretly looked at the crowd who came for an outing today. There were about a dozen people invited for an outing today, and they were all unfamiliar faces.

What surprised her even more was that apart from Xu Wentao's family, there were no royal family members, nor Xu Wentao's cronies among the crowd.

What kind of medicine is sold in Xu Wentao's gourd?Lin Zisu was a little curious.

Lin Zisu and Lin Wenjing followed the crowd into Zhuangzi's front hall, and followed the boys and girls to greet the Princess Yong'an who was sitting on the throne.

Xu Wentao stood beside Princess Yong'an, and kept glancing at Lin Zisu.

He was used to going his own way on weekdays, and when Lin Zisu and Lin Wenjing finished their salutes, he said in front of Princess Yong'an, "Miss Lin, I haven't seen you for a few days, you have lost a lot of weight."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, what Xu Wentao said was very impolite. As soon as he finished speaking, the men and women around him began to discuss in low voices.

Princess Yong'an glanced at her son, smiled at Lin Zisu, and said, "I heard that the eldest girl from Uncle Kang Ning's family made her mark at the flower viewing party in Shanglinyuan, but unfortunately she was not there that day. When I saw you today, it was indeed Hui." Quality orchid heart."

"Your Highness loves me, but my courtiers really don't dare to be hers"

Lin Zisu gave another salute with a slight smile, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank Your Highness for your kindness. If it wasn't for His Highness' invitation, my daughter would not have had the chance to go outing today."

Princess Yong'an looked closely at Lin Zisu and saw that she was smiling all the time on her pretty face, but she couldn't see any emotional fluctuations. She was secretly amazed, and when she saw her dressed in riding clothes, she asked casually: "Lin Zisu Is the eldest girl going to ride a horse for an outing today?"

Lin Zisu raised a smile and said, "Returning to Your Highness, the ancients said that the spring breeze was proud of the horseshoe disease and saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. Although the maid has just learned how to ride a horse, I think if I can gallop a horse in this spring, I will live up to this great honor." Spring."

After the two chatted for a while, Lin Zisu and Lin Wenjing withdrew.

Princess Yong'an turned her head, saw Xu Wentao was staring at Lin Zisu, shook her head slightly, and then looked at her daughter on the other side, only to see her daughter Xu Fangruo was unhappy, and couldn't help but feel sorry for herself. The two children became worried.

Different from Xu Wentao's flying and jumping, Xu Fangruo has been a lady's habit since she was a child, and the number of times she goes out of the house in a year can be counted on one's fingers.

Seeing that it is over 14 years old, other people's daughters have already seen each other at this age, but if Xu Fang is not bored in the room reading and writing, or the female teachers in the same house are playing piano and chess, even this outing is exhausting Only after talking, are they willing to go out together.

Children are debts!His youngest son is a demon king, but his youngest daughter is a nerd. Thinking of this, Princess Yong'an's head is getting bigger.

Princess Yong'an was absent-mindedly thinking about her own affairs, so she dealt with the next ceremony perfunctorily.

Xu Wentao coughed lightly when he saw that everyone had saluted.

Princess Yong'an heard her son's urgency, she put her mind aside for the time being, and said with a smile: "Today's Shangsi Festival, it's rare to call everyone together. My palace has prepared some light banquets in the garden behind. Let me go and have lunch."

A group of people followed Princess Yong'an into the back garden, and the eyes of the boys and girls were brightened. A small stream passed through the garden, and there was a nine-curved bridge under the water flow. On both sides of the stream, there was a pavilion surrounded by water on three sides. On the stone platform facing the water in the pavilion, there are various food tables scattered.

A purple-clothed girl saw the layout of the garden at a glance, and exclaimed with joy, "Shangsi Festival is full of music and water, Your Highness the Princess really has a heart." Everyone nodded in agreement.

In ancient times, after people held sacrifices on Shangsi Day in March, people sat on both sides of the canal, placed wine glasses and dishes on the upper stream, and drank in front of whomever the wine glasses stopped, and enjoyed each other, so it was called Qushui Liushang.

After the war more than 300 years ago, the ceremony of Shangsi has long been abandoned, and the custom of this water cup is rarely mentioned. I didn't expect to experience it in this Zhuangzi, and everyone was excited.

Then there are maids who lead people to sit, and they sit in the gazebos on both sides of the stream according to men and women.

Princess Yong'an sat in the pavilion, looking at the girls sitting by the stream one by one, and said with a smile: "This Zhuangzi has not been so lively for a long time, and the peach blossom wine in my palace can be considered useful."

As soon as the words fell, a nun hurriedly walked up to Princess Yong'an and saluted: "His Royal Highness, the Second Prince and His Highness King Dun came to the villa and said they came to greet Her Royal Highness, servant girl When we came over, we were already in the outer courtyard."

Princess Yong'an frowned, she was entertaining guests, but the two princes came with someone uninvited, she secretly felt that her two nephews were a bit abrupt.

However, he had already arrived at the village, so he had no choice but to send a maid beside him to invite him over.

Not long after, Xie Yao and Xie Xi led a dozen people into the garden to salute Princess Yong'an.

Lin Zisu took a sneak peek, and saw that there were men and women in this group, besides the two princes, there were several familiar faces, brother and sister Liang Mingtai from the Duke's Mansion of Changguo, Zhao Shixun, the third son of the Duke's Mansion of Changping... A few boys and girls who couldn't name them.

Xie Yao said with a smile on his face: "My nephew took my fourth brother to Lingtan Temple on Biyun Mountain. Hearing that my aunt is in Huangzhuang, I came here to say hello to my aunt."

Xie Xi went on to say: "My nephew came to ask for a drink by the way, won't my aunt be offended?"

Princess Yong'an looked coldly at the group of more than a dozen people, and said: "Since the two imperial nephews are here, let's take a seat."

Several maids responded and ushered the group into the table.

Lin Zisu originally chose a seat that no one was paying attention to, but Liang Wanyi followed the maid to the table, and she didn't know whether it was intentional or not, she chose the seat next to Lin Zisu.

After Liang Wanyi sat down, she smiled and said to Lin Zisu, "Miss Lin, long time no see!"

Lin Zisu was a little uncomfortable with being so close to Liang Wanyi, so she smiled lightly and said, "Hello, Miss Liang."

Liang Wanyi's eyebrows and eyes were all smiling, as if Lin Zisu was a close friend in her boudoir.

"At the Hundred Flowers Banquet, I saw Miss Lin Danqing's wonderful pen. I think we both have similar hobbies. I am a year older than you. How about calling you sister?"

At the Hundred Flowers Banquet that day, Liang Wanyi asked herself to paint in front of the emperor, what would she like to do today?

Lin Zisu felt vigilant in her heart, and nodded absent-mindedly.

Liang Wanyi didn't care about Lin Zisu's indifference, "Your sister is dressed in riding clothes, but she came here on horseback? I have long wanted to learn how to ride a horse, but unfortunately the house is tightly guarded and I have never had a chance to learn. If I have time, can I ask my sister to give me some advice?" two?"

"I also just learned how to ride a horse, so I dare not miss my sister"

Lin Zisu realized that she had lost her composure, and smiled with Liang Wanyi: "My sister is very skilled in painting, and I have to ask you for advice in the future."

Liang Wanyi was waiting for this sentence, she clapped her hands and laughed and said: "I also said that we hit it off with my sister, and we can taste poems and discuss paintings together someday. It turns out that my sister also has the same intention. This is really great. I will invite you when I return home today." post."

Lin Zisu didn't expect Liang Wanyi to take her polite words seriously. She couldn't take back her words, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful. This time she dug a big hole for herself.

Liang Wanyi caught the momentary sluggishness on Lin Zisu's face, and secretly felt it was funny, but since the goal has been achieved, there is no need to entangle in this topic, so she changed the subject immediately, and chatted with Lin Zisu about various boudoirs. fun.

Liang Wanyi has a bright personality, and Lin Zisu is not a person who cares about every detail. After some chatting, from cooking tea and seasoning to planting flowers and plants, and from playing piano and chess to reading and painting, one has a chest, and the other reads thousands of volumes. The two chatted very speculatively.

While talking, Liang Wanyi saw a peach blossom wine floating in front of her, she picked it up, took a sip, and smiled at Lin Zisu: "This peach blossom wine is sweet and delicious, sister, do you want to taste it?"

Hearing what Liang Wanyi said, Lin Zisu immediately set her eyes on the stream. Amber, who was standing not far away, was also clever, and brought a cup of peach blossom wine to Lin Zisu.

Lin Zisu picked it up and took a sip, remembering the wine making method she had seen in the book, and said with a smile: "The "Qu Bi Jing" said that the peach blossom wine is sweet and sweet, and the taste is slightly steep. The stomach feels warm, which is in line with the current season."

Xu Fangruo, the daughter of Princess Yong'an, was originally seated next to Liang Wanyi, she didn't like such a scene, she sat in a corner of the pavilion with her knees in a daze, thinking about the unfinished chess game yesterday.

Hearing Lin Zisu mention the "Qu Tier Jing", she suddenly looked up, seeing Lin Zisu talking to Liang Wanyi with a smile, and timidly stepped forward and asked: "What is the "Qu Tier Jing" that this sister mentioned? Written by Lu Xing?"

Lu Xing was a famous calligrapher in the previous dynasty, and left countless calligraphy treasures to pass on to later generations. Although Liang Wanyi has seen his works, she knows little about Lu Xing's life. Seeing Xu Fangruo looking eagerly at Lin Zisu, she asked : "The Lu Xing mentioned by the princess, could it be Lu Jingzhuang who went to the dragon and snake in the painting?"

Lin Zisu nodded and said: "Exactly, I heard that Lu Jingzhuang made good wine all his life, and he recorded every time he learned how to make wine. Over time, he wrote it into "Qu Bi Jing". , Turned it over a few times when I was bored in my spare time."

Xu Fangruo was full of envy, and sighed: "My sister is so lucky. I heard that "Qu Bi Jing" is the work of Lu Jingzhuang's painstaking efforts. The six thousand words in the book are all written by Lu Jingzhuang himself. Unfortunately, I have never had the chance to see it."

Then Xu Fangruo looked at Lin Zisu expectantly, "Sister, if it's convenient, can I have a look?"

Seeing Xu Fangruo's itching, Liang Wanyi smiled and said: "Princess, don't be impatient. Today we are going out for an outing, and we have to have fun. After a few days, we will go to Zisu's house as guests. By the way, let's read What do you think of her collection of books?"

Xu Fangruo also knew that her words were a bit abrupt, so she said with a sneer: "This sister is very true, I will visit the two sisters' houses some other day."

Then Xu Fangruo asked again, "I don't know how to call the two sisters, where is Xianju?"

Lin Zisu and Liang Wanyi were startled when they heard the words, and then smiled at each other.

Just now when the two were saluting in front of the eldest princess, Xu Fangruo was standing beside the eldest princess. At this time, they couldn't call out their names, obviously they just ignored them.

Seeing that Xu Fangruo was not ashamed, the two felt that the princess was straightforward and cute, so they introduced each other immediately.

In terms of age, among the three, Liang Wanyi is the longest, Xu Fangruo is the second, and Lin Zisu is the youngest.

Liang Wanyi smiled and said: "Sister Zisu took advantage of it today, but she will be the youngest next year, but the princess called her sister several times."

Xu Fangruo looked calm, but Lin Zisu felt a little embarrassed, and replied: "The princess just made an unintentional mistake, sister Yi, don't make fun of the two of us."

On the other side of the stream, Dun Wang Xie Xi was drinking and playing with a few teenagers, occasionally gesticulating towards the other side, and wantonly criticizing the girls from various families.

Xu Wentao has always liked to be lively, just now he pestered Lin Wenjing for a few glasses of wine, and made a few friends, he didn't pay attention to what his friends were talking about.

Clusters of peach blossoms were in full bloom in the garden, Xu Wentao kept his eyes on Lin Zisu, and naturally he also noticed Liang Wanyi and Xu Fangruo beside Lin Zisu.

If Lin Zisu is like a delicate and elegant apricot blossom, Liang Wanyi is like a bright peach blossom, and Xu Fangruo is like a pure and light pear blossom.

Seeing his always dull younger sister laughing at Yan Yan with Lin Zisu, Xu Wentao was both surprised and jealous.

He was depressed, and looked down to see the second prince Xie Yao sitting alone, holding a glass of wine in his hand but hadn't drank it for a long time, so he walked up to Xie Yao and sat down, forced a smile: "It's rare for everyone to gather together today. Why are you drinking alone here?"

Xie Yao glanced at Xu Wentao, smiled faintly, and said: "Yesterday, the master in the palace assigned some homework. Brother Yu thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't find the right way. Cousin Tao taught me how to laugh."

Xu Wentao has never had a flirtatious conversation with this second cousin since he was a child. Seeing that Xie Yao didn't even bother to make up a perfunctory reason, he stopped talking and turned around to drink a few glasses of wine among the young masters.

Seeing the girls on the other side of the stream leave the table in twos and threes, and even Lin Zisu and Liang Wanyi began to salute and bid farewell to their mother, Xu Wentao couldn't help being a little dumbfounded.

It took less than half an hour, and it was different from what was expected!
He looked at his mother in the pavilion on the other side with probing eyes, and found that his mother was also looking at him with a look of hesitation, and he was puzzled. Seeing that the girls had almost dispersed, he quietly walked towards his mother.

　Encountered a once-in-a-century rainstorm, I am currently trapped, no water, no electricity, no signal, this chapter is published on a regular basis, I don’t know if it can be continued the day after tomorrow

　　
　
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