Da Suining

Chapter 78 Strawberry
Xiang Suining and Xiang Daying went back in a carriage.

The small silver ingot and the gold hairpin were packed in an exquisite wooden box and placed beside Xiang Suining. Xiang Daying picked up the silver ingot and bit it, then compared the gold hairpin to Xiang Suining's temple: "The rewards from the emperor are indeed all It's a good thing, but it's a pity that your sister is not here, otherwise such a golden hairpin would be perfect for her."

Thinking about Xiangyan everything.

This eccentric father.

For convenience, Xiang Suining also put the 2000 taels of bank notes in. Of course, Xiang Daying didn't know about all this.

The carriage drove to Qingcheng East Street, and saw the guard of honor of Lord Fu Yin parked at the teahouse from a distance, Xiang Daying asked the servant to stop the carriage, went down to talk to Lord Fu Yin, and told Xiang Suining to sit in the carriage and wait.

Xiang Suining lifted the curtain of the car to look, there were sugar vendors outside, and children flying kites with strings.An old lady was carrying a bamboo basket filled with bright red radishes. There was a hole under the bamboo basket. After the old lady walked a few steps, one of the small radishes was about to fall out. A little beggar was chasing after the old lady’s bamboo basket. While walking, picking and biting, the radish was crispy and raw, Xiang Suining could hear the white teeth and the crisp taste when the little beggar bit.

"Hey, beauty, you're so excited." Suddenly a person came out and approached Xiang Suining's face through the curtain of the car.

It was Guo Cheng.

This lingering Guo Cheng.

No one expected that he would chase after him on horseback.

Xiang Suining put down the car curtain and ignored him.

Guo Cheng sat on the frame of the Xiangfu, and several of his followers surrounded the carriage.

"What do you want to do?" Xiang Suining asked.

Guo Kai opened the wooden box bestowed by the emperor, picked up the silver ingots and rubbed them together, and then picked up the gold hairpin and rubbed them together: "You will get a lot of things once you enter the palace. If you enter the palace a few more times, your dowry will be enough." .”

"If the second prince has nothing else to do, I will go back."

"The matter of Jiguang Temple, you'd better keep it in your stomach. If there is any news, I will..." Guo Kai took out a short knife from his boot and put it on Xiang Suining's neck, assuming a murderous posture.

"If the second prince wants to kill me, please hurry up, my father will be back soon." Xiang Suining urged him.

"Do you really think I dare not kill you? You little girl dare to provoke me?"

"There are a lot of people here. If the Second Prince kills me, he must be famous far and wide. Even the storyteller at Tianqiao can tell the story of the Second Prince killing me for two days and two nights. The Second Prince can do it now."

Guo Cheng was discouraged.

His father rewarded Lan Tui and then Xiang Suining, just admitting that it was Guo Kai's fault in a disguised form. Although he didn't say it clearly, it was a way of saving face for him as the second prince, but if he still wanted to make trouble out of nothing, he would be ignorant uplift.

He didn't want Xiang Suining's life at all.Just to scare her: "If I insist on killing you, are you afraid?"

"I will fight to the death."

"Sure enough, she is a stupid girl who likes to tell the truth." Guo Kai laughed: "But you are so stubborn that you really deserve a beating. When the prince is not busy, I will settle the score with you."

Guo Kai led his entourage and left.

Going all the way to a bank called "Rihengchang", Guo Kai took out the bank notes from his sleeve and asked his attendants to exchange them. As expected, he exchanged 2000 taels. Guo Kai took the silver and followed his followers to a restaurant to eat and drink After a while, I went to Tianqiao and called two dancers to dance for them. I also called a storyteller. After listening to him tell two stories, I vomited out the wine and muttered: "Miss Xianger, that Fool, look closely at those two little silver ingots. She didn't even know I took the bank note from the wooden box. temper."

Xiang Suining silently opened the wooden box and counted, the silver ingot was there, the gold hairpin was there, and the silver ticket was gone.

It's not that she didn't see Guo Kai taking the banknote, and he took the hot banknote, but the origin is unknown anyway, so when Guo Kai stuffed the banknote into the sleeve, she just acted blind.

Xiang Daying met Mr. Fu Yin, and when he came back, he saw Xiang Suining counting the things that the emperor rewarded, and said: "Whether that little thing can fly or not, I have counted it several times."

Because entering the palace is a big matter, Mrs. Xiang stood at the gate to meet her.

Xiang Daying got out of the car first, arched his hands and prepared to salute Mrs. Xiang: "I made mother worry—"

Madam Xiang pulled him aside for him: "I'm not worried about you, I miss Second Miss."

Xiang Suining got out of the carriage with the wooden box in his arms, and Mrs. Xiang took her by the hand affectionately and went back to the mansion.

Tang Xiaoniang followed behind, her eyes never leaving the exquisite box, and she fanned her round fan to go to the inner hall, while asking Prime Minister Daying: "What is the purpose of the master entering the palace? It seems that the master doesn't seem to be in trouble, where is the emperor?" What can I say? That wooden box is very unfamiliar, it was obtained from the palace?"

Tang Xiaoniang is very long-winded.Mrs. Xiang felt that she talked more than the parrot under the window sill, so she interrupted her: "Going back and forth, I must be tired on the way, let the second girl rest first."

After drinking a cup of tea and eating half a plate of snacks, Xiang Suining felt much fuller.

Xiang Daying had already outlined the affairs of the palace, opened the wooden box again, and took out the silver ingots and hairpins for everyone to see.

Things are not very expensive, what the emperor rewards is his heart, which is rare.

After sitting for a while, Baxi, the young eunuch in the palace, sent the two brocades from Changzhou again.

The brocade is embroidered with broken flowers, intertwined with silver threads and intertwined with gold threads. One is pink and the other is azure. This thickness is the best for making clothes in this season.Nowadays, there is no such new cloth pattern in Qingcheng. After all, it is from the palace, and the pattern is also fresh. The brocade in Changzhou is the first-class one in Xuanguo. It is rare for the noble ladies of Qingcheng to squeeze their heads like this A piece of material, let alone two horses.

It has been a long time since the Prime Minister's mansion has received the emperor's reward.

Still such a meticulous reward.

Even though Xiang Daying didn't like to see Xiang Suining, at this moment, he also felt that the second girl was not born in vain.

Tang Xiaoniang said "The Emperor Long En, the blessing of the second girl".There was no smile on his face.

Xiangyan is different, Xiangyan's performance is more obvious, she sits on the brocade stool, sobbing tearfully, sobbing, her chest lifts, sobbing, twisting her nose, until the handkerchief is wet, she turns her head Qu Zhiqi said: "Father brought the second girl into the palace, but he didn't bring me. It must be because the father said something good about the second girl in front of the emperor. The emperor doesn't know the second girl. Why should he reward her with such things? In terms of appearance, the second girl is the same as you." The girl is far below me."

Mrs. Xiang was very disgusted by this remark: "Third Miss, how can you talk about appearance in everything in this world? Even in terms of appearance, Second Miss has grown up too, and she is not much inferior to you."

"Father, you are biased. I have nothing." Xiang Yan cried, "It must be because I am a concubine that Father favors the second girl."

When Xiangyan mentioned the "concubine's birth", it brought back Tang Xiaoniang's sadness. She also sat and wiped her tears.

Xiang Daying had no choice but to be entangled: "Isn't it just silver ingots? Yan'er, don't you have a lot on hand? If you like gold hairpins, you can ask the jewelry shop to make some for you tomorrow. They are all of the best style. Just pick and choose, why are you crying?"

Mrs. Xiang is still well-informed, she pondered for a while and said leisurely: "Since we called our second girl over for the matter of the second prince and Lord Xiaolan, and the emperor didn't ask carefully, he gave rewards to each of us. Our second girl, speaking of which, there are quite a few princes in the palace, even four or five who are about the same age as our girls. The princes haven’t left the mansion yet, do you think the emperor has moved... ?”

Xiang Daying nodded.

"Your majesty is thinking about marrying the prince? Do you want to marry a girl from our family?" Tang Xiaoniang stood up.

Mrs. Xiang glanced at her, it wasn't a big deal, she couldn't be so excited, even if she didn't stand up, everyone knew that she was beautiful and beautiful.

Xiang Yan's heart was in her throat, a handkerchief was about to be crushed by her, her heart was turning a thousand times, her mouth was hard to say, thinking of the emperor's favorite Xiang Suining, and Guo Kai was there, her heart was about to break .

In vain let Xiang Suining pick up a bargain, she Xiangyan can't get angry yet.

Really aggrieved.

When Tang Xiaoniang returned to her room, Xiangyan was still sobbing behind her.

The maid Chunyu brought the copper basin, gently put it on the wooden stand, and twisted the towel to wipe her face.Xiangyan rubbed the towel twice and threw it back into the copper basin. The water splashed by the towel fell on Tang Xiaoniang's face, and Tang Xiaoniang's complexion was not very good.

Xiangyan wiped away her tears with her wide orange sleeve embroidered with white flowers, silently took a sip of pear water, drank the pear water, then leaned on the soft bed and let out long and short sobs, the pear blossoms were rainy, delicate and delicate.

"Go down." Tang Xiaoniang pushed back the slaves.

When there was no one else around, she closed the two doors and sat opposite Xiang Yan to eat the fruit: "Cry slowly, don't worry."

"Mother—" Xiangyan wiped her tears again: "It's broad daylight, what are you doing behind closed doors?"

"Tell me first, why are you crying?"

"I……"

"Is it just for the emperor to reward the second girl with something? We don't have any shortages in our house. I heard that Qingcheng has opened a new Treasure Pavilion. There are all the latest styles there. Let's just pick it out. It's not worth crying."

"But……"

"You're not playing tricks on the princes, are you?" Tang Xiaoniang stared closely at Xiang Yan.

Xiangyan blushed, but her mouth was still stiff: "I don't have it."

"However, your idea of ​​beating the prince is very good. You have such a mind. Mother is very pleased. The happiness of the second half of the mother's life depends on you. Your younger brother was not born by the mother, and he is probably not familiar with it. Besides, there is no certainty every day, and the book may not be easy to read, and it is not known whether you will have a future in the future, Yan'er, you must strive for it."

"But mother... the emperor seems to like the second girl."

"What does it matter if the emperor likes her? It's not that the emperor chooses a concubine. The most important thing is being able to win over the prince. In this regard, your mother's true biography is much better than that stupid gourd of the second girl. You didn't see that little silver ingot It made her very happy."

Xiang Yan talked to Tang Xiaoniang in the middle of the night, and gradually calmed down, and the next day, she changed into a bright red wide-sleeved shirt and a chest-length skirt, and went to the small garden to pick strawberries, and it happened that Xiang Suining was also there.

The strawberries are bright red, they were planted by the woman in the mansion, and the fruit is just ripe now, it's time to pick it.

Seeing Xiang Suining, Xiang Yan felt that picking strawberries was no longer fun.

After picking the strawberries in a hurry, I left with a bamboo basket.

Xiang Suining picked a basket full of strawberries. The strawberries are of a good variety, sweet, and the flesh is delicate. Since he is idle in the house, he might as well pick some strawberries to pass the time.

Give some to Mrs. Xiang in a while, and let her taste it too.

Walking to the corner gate of the garden, a leg protruding from the flat stone road, wearing a pink skirt, is Xiangyan.

Xiang Suining lightly jumped and jumped over.

Xiangyan has hurt her like this more than once, and she is used to it.

From the corner door of the garden, there is a long corridor. Brocade curtains with different patterns are hung under the corridor, which can block the wind and snow in winter and block the sun in summer. Small bells are hung on the brocade curtains. When the breeze blows, the small bells will ring.

I usually feel comfortable passing through this corridor.

Today is a little less comfortable because of Xiangyan.

Xiang Yan was sitting on a wooden bench at the end of the corridor, obviously waiting for Xiang Suining.

Xiang Suining told Mingzhu to take the strawberries to Mrs. Xiang first, and then sat down next to Xiangyan.

When two people who are not so harmonious sit together, there is no need to be hypocritical, and the needlepoint will start fighting immediately.

Xiangyan was playing with a round strawberry in her hand, crushing the strawberry with her fingers hard, and the bright red juice spilled all over her hands. Obviously, she purposely showed it to Xiang Suining: "Whoever offends me, like This strawberry."

Xiang Suining silently threw the strawberry in his hand on the ground, and stepped on it, the strawberry fell apart and the juice splashed.

silent.

Xiang Yan rolled her eyes: "Could it be that you've taken a fancy to the second prince? I think you're very happy when you come back from the palace."

"I haven't reported you for letting the second prince murder me, yet you framed me for having a crush on the second prince?"

"You're talking nonsense." Xiang Yan stood up, "When did I let the second prince murder you?"

"You don't have to be afraid." Xiang Suining looked at the brocade curtain in the corridor: "Whether you murdered me, God knows, Earth knows, you know, I know. If I want to report you, I will report you in the palace."

"Then why didn't you report?"

"Look, you still said you didn't murder me." Xiang Suining chuckled: "Next time you murder me, please find someone who is smarter, Second Prince, no way, look, Second Prince was kicked in the ground... Chest, some people don’t know how worried they are.”

"Are you worried about the second prince? Why are you worried about the second prince?" Xiang Yan's chest rose and fell.

This Xiangyan, this comprehension ability, is worrying.

As soon as Guo Cheng was mentioned, she became very nervous.

Xiang Suining intentionally frightened her: "Although I don't have a good impression of Guo Wei, but if the emperor really likes me, if he wants to marry me in the future, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

Xiangyan's face was pale: "You...you...don't dream, the second prince will take a fancy to you?"

"Why not, anyway, I'm also a woman." Xiang Suining narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Everything in this world is unpredictable, and the second prince's thoughts, who knows, what if Guo Kai wants to pursue me desperately?" , I might also consider it."

"You—" Xiang Yan ran away while crying.

(End of this chapter)