Ajiu

Chapter 148 Princess Antai
"Grandmother, mother, eldest aunt, third aunt, sisters-in-law, I won't be with you anymore. Don't leave after the banquet is over, go to the East Palace to have a look." Ajiu wanted to go back to her seat, and before leaving, she explained politely.Mrs. Fang, Lin Youhui and others naturally agreed with a smile, nannie, grandma and mother have a lot to say to you.

Ajiu returned to her seat.She was just a cute little girl in front of her grandmother and mother, but when she returned to her seat, she was sitting upright, graceful and dignified, and she looked like a qualified concubine of the Eastern Palace. Even if you looked at her with the most critical eyes, you couldn't pick her out Not a single flaw. "Ajiu, you two-faced girl." Lin Youhui looked at the elegant baby girl in a big dress, secretly amused.You are mischievous in private, and you are also good at putting on airs in front of others. Daughter, you are not easy.

Until the end of the banquet, Empress Zhang did not propose to let the Pei family's family members visit the East Palace, but only invited a few eldest princesses, old concubines, and eldest princesses to the Kunning Palace to sit and reminisce about the old days.Ajiu was not in a hurry, drank half a glass of wine slowly, picked up the dishes he wanted, and picked up a few chopsticks, very calmly.Empress Zhang wondered, "Shouldn't Ajiu come to beg me? If she favors her, I will naturally not refute her face. I will allow the female family members of the Pei family to stay and let her express her divorce."

At the end of the banquet, Gao's servant came with a smile on his face, and passed on the emperor's oral order, "There is a custom among the people to return to the house within three days. If the princess does not return to her mother's house, Mrs. Fang will inevitably miss her. Please wait until the East Palace to sit. The gate of the palace is closed." Just leave the palace before the key."

Make Zhang Huang angry.No wonder Ajiu sat calmly and didn't even bother to speak to me. I dare say that I had already made an agreement with His Majesty.Is there a place for me to stand in this... this palace?Is my queen just a display?

The power gap between Empress Zhang and the emperor was too great. When the emperor said a word, she had no power to fight back. She had to watch helplessly after the celebration ceremony. The sedan chair went to Ciqing Palace. The emperor granted them permission to take a sedan chair in the palace today.

Besides the female family members of the Pei family, Princess Antai also went to Ciqing Palace. She went to get Chen Qingxi's poetry collection.An'er is very curious about the Ciqing Palace. It is the place where the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess live. There must be a beautiful Crown Prince and a kind and lovely Crown Princess. It must be very interesting.She wanted to go with Princess Antai, but Princess Antai calmly refused, "I'll go over and get a book, and I'll be back right away, so don't run away." An'er felt a little embarrassed, "Oh, that's it." The bright eyes were full of disappointment.

If she was a sympathetic person, seeing An'er's appearance, she might soften her heart and agree to her instead, but Princess Antai is a very principled girl, she can't do it if she says no, no matter how pitiful An'er is.She got into the palace chariot alone, and the chariot drove away briskly.

Princess Antai loves cleanliness and doesn't like excitement. Seeing that Ajiu was eager to entertain Mrs. Fang, she said, "Cousin, I'll get the books by myself. After I got the books, I'll go straight back to Kunning Palace to find my mother." I won’t come here to say goodbye to my cousin.” Ajiu smiled at Mimi, “It’s in my study, I’ll order someone to take it, you sit for a while, it won’t take much effort.” An Tai looked at Mrs. Fang, Lin Youhui and others Everyone stared eagerly at Ajiu, feeling that she was redundant, and insisted on getting it by herself, "Don't wait, I'll take it myself." Ajiu knew that she was different, so she didn't force her, "I ordered the female officer to take you go."

The female officer led Princess Antai to Ajiu's inner study.Ajiu considers herself to be a girl from a scholarly family, "Let's not talk about those who don't read, the study has to be furnished and put on a show." Therefore, Ajiu's inner study is very particular, and the bookshelves are full of books. Books of various colors, including many rare and unique books, are hung on the walls with paintings and calligraphy of famous people, and there are a variety of precious pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the book cases, which are elegant.

Ah Jiu's book collection has a catalogue, and the female officer looked it up from the catalogue, and walked to the second row of bookshelves, where she easily found the collection of poems.The paper of this collection of poems was a little yellow and old, An Tai held it in his hand and flipped through it, only to find that the poems were fresh and refined, he couldn't help but flip through the pages one by one.

There are men's voices outside.

An Tai frowned, "Who is it?" The female officer hurriedly went out to look, and came back soon after, and said with a smile: "It's the seventh cousin of the Crown Princess. He also likes Chen Qingxi's poems very much. I heard that the Crown Princess has a collection of poems here. So I wanted to borrow it to have a look. He came back with the crown prince, and came to the study as soon as he arrived in the East Palace. I didn't know you were here."

Princess Antai nodded, "That's right." There is only one book, Ten Cousin promised Young Master Pei to come and read it, and Ten Cousin gave it to himself.

The female officer laughed and said: "Young Master Pei Qi knew you were here, so he didn't dare to stay. He has already left. You can take a look in the study or go out. It doesn't hinder you." Stop reading the collection of poems, put it away carefully, "Go to Kunning Palace." The female official agreed, and while ordering the little maid to go out and order the car and sedan chair, she walked out slowly with Princess Antai.

When we arrived outside the courtyard of the study, the sedan chair hadn't come over for a while, and the female officer apologized again and again, Princess Antai casually said: "I came suddenly, and I have to leave suddenly, the sedan chair is slow, what's the matter."

In front of the study yard is a clean bluestone brick road, with pines and cypresses planted on both sides of the road, evergreen in all seasons.Princess Antai waited for a while, but before the sedan chair came, a young man in a light purple robe and a court lady came in front of him.At the end of the bluestone brick road, the boy stopped, and the palace lady walked over quickly.

The palace maid walked up to Princess Antai, greeted her with a smile, and asked a little embarrassedly: "The one in front is Mr. Pei Qi. He said, if I take the liberty to ask the Princess, can I lend him this collection of poems for two days?" ? If you are willing to borrow it, it can be done today or in a while, he wants to make a copy of this collection of poems and return the original to you later.”

Princess Antai looked forward thoughtfully, the young man seemed to know that she was watching from a distance, and made a deep bow to her, which was obviously meant to be benevolent.

Princess Antai thought for a while, "Go and tell him, I'll borrow it. Tell him to go to Princess Xiping's mansion to ask for an interview in two days. My mother will meet him in person and lend him the book. However, he has to copy two copies and return the book. When writing a book, in addition to the original, a manuscript copy is also required."

The palace lady hurried over to deliver the letter, and after a while, she came back out of breath, "Mr. Pei Qi said, 'The princess is right, so that's how it is done.' He also said, thank you very much."

Princess Antai nodded, and the boy on the other side of the road gave another deep bow, turned and left.

He was far away, and Antai couldn't see his face clearly, only knew that he was tall and straight, with a handsome demeanor.

"Read Chen Qingxi's poem." Princess Antai had a good impression of this young man.

If the young man is not in good shape or demeanor, he is the seventh cousin of the Crown Princess, and Princess Antai will not lend him the poetry collection, for fear that his foul breath will pollute the poetry collection.

Ajiu's seventh brother, Pei Jing, was led by the female officer to the inner hall. In the inner hall, all the grandparents and others were there, and only four children including Brother Xiao were present at the Pei family reunion.The four children are still young, so it is not suitable to bring them to the banquet in the palace.

The Crown Prince sat with his grandfather, father-in-law, eldest father, third father, and the seven brothers of the Pei family, courteous and pleasant.Ah Jiu was even busier. She had to answer questions from her grandmother, mother, eldest aunt, and third aunt, and she also had to take care of the pregnant Yuan Shi, making the other five sisters-in-law, especially her good friend Wen Ya, feel at home. She was too busy.Pei Jing endured it for a while, but finally couldn't help walking over, pulling Ajiu aside and complaining, "Little Ajiu, you can wait for Seventh Brother to copy that book of poems before giving it away."

Mrs. Xu was close, heard it, and was puzzled, "What collection of poems? Your brothers came early, but you couldn't see anyone. The crown prince said that you went to the study to read some collection of poems. Ah Jing, what's going on."

Ajiu first giggled, "Seventh brother, although Chen Qingxi's poems are fresh, they are born out of this world. It's not suitable for your age. You can read them after you are 40 years old." After talking about the matter, I couldn't help but look deeply at Seventh Brother, and smiled meaningfully, "Seventh Brother, you borrowed a book from a little girl."

Do the math, Seventh Brother will go to Princess Xiping's Mansion to borrow books once and return books once, maybe he will make a special trip to express his gratitude, and he may host a banquet to invite him to meet several times.

Ajiu laughed like this, and Xu couldn't help being moved, "Princess Antai? The little girl is pretty good, but she is a little serious and doesn't like to laugh." Pei Jing frowned after hearing this, "What's wrong with not smiling? Mother , I think the sisters-in-law are very good, but they laugh too much..." In the middle of speaking, Pei Jing suddenly stopped, stunned, as if running away, turned around and walked quickly to Mr. Pei's side, pulled Sit down.

Both Ajiu and Xu could not stop laughing.Lin Youhui and others couldn't help being curious, "What's the matter?" Mrs. Xu pulled Ajiu secretly, Ajiu understood, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing."

Mrs. Xu quietly told Ajiu, "Tell your seventh brother about his daughter-in-law. I'm so worried. I have also told him several good-natured girls from old relatives and relatives, but he is willing to nod to none of them." Ajiu Le Liao Le, "Aside from being more serious, Antai doesn't like to laugh. There is nothing wrong with her." Xu thought about it, lived at home, and still wanted to have a daughter-in-law who loves to talk, laugh, and has a cheerful disposition. Ah Jing lived his whole life, of course he should like it.If he likes someone who doesn't like to laugh, then he doesn't like to laugh.

After discussing with Ajiu, Xu decided to wait for Pei Jing to borrow and return the books before asking him what he thought.If he is interested, Mrs. Xu will come to the door to thank him, invite him to a banquet, and find out what Princess Xiping has said.

"Little Ajiu, tell me, when your seventh brother and eighth brother marry their daughters-in-law, will the third aunt be able to retire to the countryside?" Xu said with a look of yearning.

Ajiu was very moved.Since ancient times, foreign relatives have always been suspected more than those who can be reused by the emperor. Second Master Pei has long planned to let go of his real job, assume a false title, and spend his days leisurely.Even the third aunt, who was originally looking forward to her husband and son-in-law working hard to earn fame, now wants to retire bravely because of herself as a princess...

Ah Jiu, how lucky you are.

Everyone in the Pei family really loves you.

(End of this chapter)