The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 1
At the beginning of the fourth year of Xuande, the imperial capital was Qingzhou.

A few days have passed since the Shangyuan Festival, and the weather is still slightly cold. Today, the sun can be seen for more than an hour. In the garden of Prince Qin’s Mansion, there are still dots of snow on the treetops and branches. Go, don't have a flavor.

The stage to the west of the garden was brightly lit, and "The Story of the Pipa" was being sung enthusiastically on the stage. Although there were not many spectators in the audience, there were only six or seven young ladies and their maidservants, but they also disappeared a lot from the night. the chill.

Rong Yue was sitting at the front with the stove in her arms, listening with great interest, when the maid next to her fiddled with the stove at her feet, she was distracted for a while, and just heard someone softly asking from behind: "I heard Sister Rongyue also invited the Second Miss of the Song family today, why hasn't she come for so long?"

It was Li Hui, the concubine of Prince Ning's mansion who was asking the question, and when Rong Yue turned her head to look, she was looking around impatiently.Rong Yue turned her eyes and smiled faintly. Before she could speak, someone beside her suddenly laughed softly: "Sister Lihui, Song Jinse hasn't officially married into Prince Ning's Mansion yet, so you won't be able to hold your breath anymore. If you arrive In the future, how can we get it?"

Lihui snorted slightly: "I don't believe how capable this Song Jinse is!"

"So what if you don't believe it? After all, it is King Ning who personally asked the emperor for the order. In the future, it will be your mistress after all."

After hearing this, Rong Yue knew that today's show was ruined, so she sighed silently in her heart.Although she posted a post to invite everyone to listen to the play, but at this moment, listening to what they said, she didn't have the slightest interest in talking to her, she just listened silently.

Seeing that she was silent, everyone chatted even more lively.

"I heard that the Second Miss of the Song family is very arrogant. Moreover, I heard vaguely that she doesn't seem to be very willing about this marriage."

"What?" Lihui blushed suddenly with anger, "She is still unwilling? It is her blessing that my prince likes her, and she has put on airs! Sister Rongyue please listen to the play today, come What's the point of not showing up now?"

"The first emperor's heirs are weak, and under the emperor, there are only two kings, King Qin and King Ning. If she is really dissatisfied with being a dignified prince and concubine, it can be seen that this arrogant temperament is not just a legend."

"I remember the last time when I saw the Queen Mother, she seemed to be not very satisfied with the Second Miss Song during her conversation. It's just that King Ning insisted on marrying her, and the Queen Mother was helpless."

This time the chatter became more and more lively. After all, Rong Yue couldn't continue to keep silent, so she could only speak up: "Okay, okay, since you know that Sister Lihui is sad, don't say these words to anger her, otherwise Sister Lihui It will only make me feel more aggrieved. Let’s just listen to the drama.”

Although Rong Yue is only the side concubine of Prince Qin, because there is no concubine in the palace of Prince Qin, she has been in charge of the affairs of the mansion for many years, so she is no different from the concubine, but she lacks a status, and she still has a bit of prestige when speaking.All the female relatives present today, except for Li Hui, are also relatives of the emperor and relatives of the state. Seeing that Rong Yue opened her mouth, they all fell silent, and listened to the play with their own thoughts.Wei Lihui's eyes were also red, and her face was also red, twisting the silk in her hand, sitting restlessly.

After singing "The Story of the Pipa", someone from the front yard finally came to send a message to Rong Yue: "Princess Side, Second Miss Song has arrived."

When everyone heard this, all of them became energetic, and Li Hui also straightened up suddenly, and turned to look at the entrance of the garden.

When someone finally appeared at the gate of the garden, Rong Yue just glanced at it lightly, and then turned her gaze back to the faces of everyone present. Sure enough, almost everyone looked at the woman who appeared at the gate in astonishment, unable to recover.

But I saw that she was wearing a Suzhou embroidered waist riding suit, her figure was slender and slim, her waist was clear, and she couldn't hold it tightly.The green color of the riding attire made her face look like a peach blossom, but upon closer inspection, her lips were untouched but vermilion, her eyebrows were unpainted but black, especially her pair of eyes, which were sparkling and crystal clear, as delicate as if imitated by a holy hand. painting.

She is indeed a first-class beauty.

However, this beautiful woman walked forward, although she was smiling like water, she turned a blind eye to the others and saluted Rong Yue alone: ​​"I have seen Qin Wang's side concubine."

"Second Miss Song, you don't have to be polite." Rong Yue stretched out her hand to support her, and said with a smile, "Long time no see."

"Yes." Jin Se replied, then sat down beside Rong Yue, and said, "It's been three years?"

The people around never expected that the legendary Second Miss Song would be so defiant, and their expressions stiffened. Among them, Lihui was the most annoyed, and said with a cold snort: "Dare to love us, in the eyes of Second Miss Song Are they all dead?"

After hearing this, Jinse frowned slightly, as if there was a flash of surprise, then hurriedly stood up, looked at Lihui, saluted respectfully, and then said with a smile: "I don't know what the name of this lady is?"

Lihui sneered, and was about to answer, when she suddenly heard a cry of surprise, and looked intently, but it was Jinse who was talking to her, turned around and put a piece of pastry into her mouth, this cry of surprise He went towards Rongyue: "Fei Wangfei, this pastry is very well made, what is it made of, and why is it so delicious?"

Lihui immediately turned pale with anger, and even trembled slightly with her hands.

Rong Yue pretended not to see her, smiled and pulled Jin Se to sit down, and said: "If Second Miss Song likes it, I will ask someone to prepare more and send it to the mansion later."

Jinse thought for a while, then tilted her head slightly and said, "Can I prepare now? I just came back from riding a horse outside the city, and my stomach is so empty!"

Among the noble ladies behind her, someone finally couldn't help laughing out loud: "Second Miss Song is really straightforward."

Li Hui immediately echoed: "It's just a fine line between bluntness and vulgarity."

Hearing her voice, Jinse seemed to remember something, looked back at her again, and said in surprise: "Madam, you haven't told Jinse who you are yet?"

Li Hui gritted her teeth, and said coldly: "My father is Xu Wentao, a cabinet scholar, and I am the side concubine of King Ning."

Jin Se was startled at first, then she stretched her brows and laughed, "So it's the concubine of Prince Ning's residence!" When the cakes prepared by someone were presented, Jinse happily enjoyed them.

Lihui felt as if she had been hit by a sap, and she was stupefied for a moment, and when she was about to explode, Princess Lijun gently stroked the back of her hand, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't worry about such a wild girl, you won't lose yourself. identity of."

Rong Yue saw Jinse slurping tea while eating snacks, she couldn't help but smiled: "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."

Jinse's mouth was full, and she smiled at her with puffed cheeks when she heard the words, her eyes were like stars and moons.

Rong Yue said again: "I haven't seen you for a few years, but your temperament has changed a lot. If it weren't for this appearance and the shadow of the past, I would hardly recognize you."

Jinse managed to swallow what was in her mouth, and she couldn't help nodding: "Yes, when my sister was still there, she was strict with me. Now that she's gone, my father doesn't care much about me. I don't know how to live. How comfortable."

Rong Yue's expression changed very inconspicuously, and she covered it up with a faint smile.

While eating, Jinse listened attentively to the opera on the stage. After a while, she stood up and said, "I'll go and make it easier."

Rong Yue nodded and said, "I'll let someone guide you."

"No need." Jinse smiled and said, "Princess Side forgot, I used to be a frequent visitor to Prince Qin's Mansion."

Sure enough, he was familiar with this mansion.Jinse walked along the long corridor all the way to Qinxin Pavilion, and felt that everywhere along the way were all familiar scenery. After three years walking here, it still feels like yesterday.

Outside the promenade, there is a clear water, which is as calm and quiet as before. Under the night, it emits a faint light.

Jinse stood there facing the pool water, lost her mind for a while, but was suddenly blown by the night wind, and just came back to her senses.Her eyes dimmed slightly, she stepped out of the corridor, lowered her body to find a few stones by the pool, and threw them towards the heart of the pool.

The original mirror-like water surface has ripples in circles.

Jinse gritted her teeth, still feeling puzzled, circled the pool, and finally found a stone the size of a vase.

There was a "plop", not a big noise, but it still broke the tranquility of the night.

Jinse watched the waves wash away from the surface of the pool for a moment, and slowly closed her eyes.

Behind him, there was a sneer.

Jinse turned her head suddenly, and on the corridor, there was a young man standing where she had been standing before, dressed in brocade and jade belt, with a handsome look, handsome eyebrows and slender eyes, eyes like cold stars, looking at her lightly.However, the moment he saw her face clearly, the man frowned, his eyes became deeper and colder, Jinse could see clearly.

She didn't know who this person was, but she could see that he was standing there calmly, so she knew that this person's identity must not be simple.Jinse was thinking about whether to pretend not to see him and strode away, but suddenly he heard him say: "This pool of water has enmity against you?"

The man was only about 20 years old, and his voice was not so calm, but the tone of his speech seemed to contain unquestionable authority, forcing people to answer his questions.

Jinse turned her head and thought for a while, then said: "For no reason, what enmity can a pool of water have against me? I just want to see how deep the pool is."

The man looked at her with deep, unfathomable eyes.

Jinse didn't feel guilty at all, and didn't ask who he was, she just saluted lightly, then turned and walked towards the direction she came from.

After Jinse left for a long time, it happened to give everyone a chance to talk.From astonishment to shock to disdain, they really have too many opinions to express.

Rong Yue knew in her heart that she couldn't stop it, so she simply stopped talking.

In the end, someone who didn't know sighed softly: "Although King Ning is young, he has always been mature and prudent. This time, for some reason, he fell in love with such a vulgar girl."

Everyone finally calmed down, Rong Yue propped her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief, when she suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind, looking back, it was the butler Li Fu who came in a hurry, and said a thousand times: "My lord, the lord is back! "

"Really?" Hearing this, Rong Yue's eyes immediately lit up, her whole face glowed instantly, she got up in a hurry, and walked towards the entrance of the garden.

From a distance, as expected, he saw the longing figure, Rong Yue was overjoyed, and went to meet him: "Greetings to the prince, why did the prince come back early?"

Su Mo was still wearing a big cloak, probably because he had been on the road for several days, and there was still a faint breath of ice and snow on his body. However, on his handsome face, there was an evil and gentle smile, and the radiance flowed in his handsome peach eyes. It is really eye-catching.

"Since I'm thinking about you, Rongyue, I naturally have to come back earlier." He stretched out his hand to embrace Rongyue without hesitation, and in his words, the casual unruly and unruly wantonness slowly washed away the hearts of everyone present.

This time, not only Rong Yue blushed, but all the young women who followed Rong Yue and greeted him also blushed.The concubine of Weili County is a little older, and when she saw this, she laughed as if trying to smooth things over: "Since the King of Qin hurried back overnight, he naturally has a lot of personal things to say to the side princess, so don't bother us." ?”

When all the ladies heard the words, they all nodded in agreement, and soon they all left, but when Lihui was leaving, she reluctantly looked in the direction Jinse had gone for a long time, Still didn't see Jinse coming out, so he left angrily.

Jinse didn't delay returning on purpose, but got lost when returning along the road.When I came here, I still felt that everything was like yesterday, but when I came back, I couldn't seem to find the way to the garden.

Memory is really not a good thing, especially the memory of this mansion, it is so bad that it made her so miserable.

While looking for a way out, Jinse thought angrily.

But somehow, she passed through to the West Garden of the Wangfu, Jinse was even more unfamiliar with this area, so she simply stopped in the Chaoshou verandah, sat down leaning on the railing, and waited for someone to find her.

The surroundings were quiet and silent, so Jinse naturally heard a burst of voices coming from far and near.After all, there was still a distance, so I couldn't hear what the two were saying, but the man's voice was indeed in Jinse's memory.

She turned her head slowly and looked towards the opposite corridor.

In the other side, that person also turned around, and met her gaze.

Fengshen is handsome, elegant and heroic.Under the heroic eyebrows that slanted into the temples, a pair of slender peach blossom eyes seem to be able to seduce people's hearts.Under the bridge of the handsome nose, the lips that seem to be smiling at any time reveal a cool breath.

Jinse knows that there are very few men in this world who can have this appearance.She remembered that when she first saw this man when she was a child, she only thought that there should be a man who is more beautiful than him in this world, but for a while she even regarded him as a god.It was only when I grew up that I realized that it is useless for a man to just look good.

The two ends of the corridor faced each other far away, and their eyes met. Su Mo's face slowly fainted with a faint and puzzled smile: "Jinse?"

After three years, she has changed from a little girl of insufficient stature to a slim girl. Although her appearance has not changed much, her temperament has changed a lot in the past few years, and her aura is also quite different from before. What's more, he Alone, Jinse didn't expect him to recognize her at a glance.

Rongyue saw her, a slight embarrassment flashed in her eyes, she let go of Su Mo's arm, walked through the courtyard in the middle, came to Jinse, and smiled slightly: "Look at my memory, I forgot that you still In the mansion. How did you come here? But lost your way?"

"Isn't it just lost?" Jinse breathed a sigh of relief, raised her eyes, but looked at Su Mo who came slowly following Rongyue, and smiled slightly, "Brother-in-law, I'm bothering you."

Su Mo raised his thin lips, and for a moment, Jin Se only felt that the cold breath on his body became thicker and thicker.He didn't answer, Rong Yue took Jinse's hand first, and said: "We will be a family soon, you still say such things?"

"Soon?" Jin Se suddenly opened her eyes wide, and looked at Su Mo innocently and ignorantly, "Why weren't my brother-in-law and I a family before? Or my sister left, so I shouldn't call you brother-in-law anymore?"

The smile on Rong Yue's face froze slightly, but the smile on the corner of Su Mo's mouth slowly deepened.

"What a sharp mouth."

Suddenly, a familiar and indifferent male voice came from behind. Jinse looked back, and sure enough, it was the man she met by the pool earlier.

Is it really him?Jinse sighed slightly in her heart, and quietly took a step to the side, letting the man out of the way.

"Second brother, little sister-in-law." Su Li saw that he was standing one step ahead of Jinse, and called Su Mo and Rongyue faintly.

Jinse wasn't surprised at all.She had expected a long time ago, who else would be able to appear in Prince Qin's mansion with such a calm and indifferent attitude?

Rong Yue looked slightly surprised at Su Li, then at Jin Se, before saying, "I don't know when King Ning came?"

"I heard that the second elder brother returned to Beijing early today, so I came here to wait for him. Seeing that my sister-in-law invited guests to the theater, I told Li Fu not to disturb my sister-in-law." Su Li said in a deep voice, and looked at Su Mo again, "Second sister-in-law Brother has worked hard all the way out this time.”

Su Mo slightly raised his eyebrows and smiled, his deep and deep eyes glanced at the expressionless Jinse, before he said: "Rongyue, you go prepare supper, I will eat and talk with my third brother. Jinse, you come too."

Hearing this, Jinse smiled and shook her head in a busy way, "It's getting late, I should go back home, don't disturb my brother-in-law and King Ning."

"Since it's already this hour, it's not too late. When King Ning is about to leave, wouldn't it be good to take you back by the way?" Rong Yue said softly.

"No need, don't bother King Ning. I came here on my own, so I can go back on my own."

Su Li's brows furrowed quickly, and then relaxed again.

Su Mo heard the words, but still smiled, his handsome peach eyes seemed to be full of stars: "In that case, Li Fu, you send someone to Anding Hou's Mansion, and ask Lord Hou to send someone to pick up the second lady. It's too late, Hou Master will not rest assured that you will go back alone."

Jinse's face changed suddenly when she heard the words, and she immediately held Rong Yue's hand, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble the princess to prepare the supper herself."

Rong Yue smiled slightly, turned around and went down, Jin Se looked at the handsome and tall figure of Su Mo Su Li in front of her, and turned her eyes lightly.

Rong Yue ordered people to prepare a hot pot, and it was quickly brought out.

It was a small round table, with four people occupying one side.Jinse sat between Su Li and Rongyue, facing Su Mo.

Both Su Mo and Su Li ate very little, and only occasionally moved their chopsticks. Most of the time during the dinner, they were discussing some North Korea-China affairs that Jin Se could not understand, while Rong Yue didn't eat anything, and only cared about giving food to the other three. People cloth dish.Only Jinse was not affected, and he was free to eat happily.

"The winter bamboo shoots are delicious, do you have any more?"

"Excuse me, bring me some more hot peppers."

"The charcoal fire seems to be small, it's time to add carbon nuclei."

When Jin Se spoke for the third time, Su Li barely spoke halfway through a sentence, but was interrupted by this, and suddenly stopped.

During the whole meal, he seemed to be concentrating on the conversation with Su Mo, and never looked at Jinse, but at this moment, he finally turned his eyes and forgot Jinse.

Jinse carefully watched the maid who added the carbon core, and when she raised her eyes, she met Su Li's expressionless starry eyes, and after a slight pause, she smiled: "Is there something wrong, King Ning?"

Su Li glanced at her, then looked away lightly, and asked the maid behind him to refill a glass of wine for him.

Rong Yue laughed suddenly: "Let's have a drink with Ning Wang and Second Miss Song, after all, we will be a family from now on, why are you so unfamiliar?"

After hearing this, Jinse poured himself a glass of wine generously and raised it towards Su Li: "My lord, Jinse respects you."

Su Li's expression was a little stiff for some reason, he neither picked up the wine glass nor looked at Jinse.

Jinse pouted indifferently, touched the glass of wine in front of Su Li with her glass, and said with a smile, "I'll do it first as a respect."

She tilted her neck and drank the glass of wine, Su Li's brows were already furrowed, and she still sat there motionless.

Su Mo looked at Jinse, with a faint smile hidden in his indifferent expression.

Meeting his gaze, Jinse smiled again without hesitation.

The woman who obviously smiles brightly like a flower, but her eyes always seem to be blank.

"Second Brother." Su Li suddenly called Su Mo again, and said, "That's all for today, I'm a little tired."

"Yeah." Su Mo responded lightly, "Since you're tired, go back to rest earlier. You have to get up early to enter the palace tomorrow. You can take Jinse back by the way, and I won't send anyone else."

Hearing this, Jinse, who had just swallowed a ball, froze immediately, looked and looked at the steaming hot pot eagerly, and finally put down her chopsticks aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)