Resourceful beauty

Chapter 36
"Ruqian, today is your birthday, what request do you have? Tell me, and the emperor will definitely agree."

After playing a game of chess, Emperor Rui'an threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box with a smile, got up and said to Princess Sixteen.

The Sixteenth Princess hesitated for a moment, smiled and shook her head, "I have already received the reward from the emperor at noon, and Ruqian likes it very much, thank you, the emperor."

Emperor Rui'an glanced at Ning Shanbo Shizi without showing any trace, smiled, but finally said nothing, but his eyes passed over the girls behind Sixteenth Princess.

At this moment, the man who was playing chess with Emperor Rui'an finished the game, covered the chess box and stood up. Turning around, he saw Fang Ruxuan who was behind the crowd.

A light flashed in his eyes, and a smile couldn't help showing on the man's lips.

Naturally, his small actions did not escape Emperor Rui'an.

"What, you know each other?"

Emperor Rui'an waved his hand to signal the sixteenth princess to bring all the young ladies into the gazebo, and turned around to ask.

The man who played chess with Emperor Rui'an was Song Qian, son of the Marquis of Anyuan, grandson of Song Zhongzheng, a cabinet scholar, and the empress' nephew.

When Song Qian noticed Fang Ruxuan, Fang Ruxuan naturally also saw Song Qian.

He was the man who made fun of Fang Ruxuan at the Lantern Festival, and later guessed the same lantern riddle with Fang Ruxuan.

Her cheeks were hot, and Fang Ruxuan could even feel that there were a few scorching eyes staring at her. She lowered her head and followed the crowd to the other end of the gazebo pretending to be at a loss.

After hearing Song Qian's words, Emperor Rui'an laughed again, with malicious intentions.

The queen is Song Qian's aunt, and Emperor Rui'an is his uncle, but Song Qian is an old man, and he doesn't speak or act like a teenager at all. Brothers are like brothers, so Emperor Rui'an is very happy to watch Song Qian's jokes.

"His Majesty's government affairs are heavy..."

As soon as Song Qian's words came out of his mouth, Emperor Rui'an knew what he was planning, so he gave him an annoyed look, and stopped teasing him.

Looking back at Ning Shanbo Shizi who had not spoken all this time, Emperor Rui'an smiled and said: "Zixuan, when we were young, didn't you and Ruqian love to play together? Why did you go to the border for a few years, and the births were divided? Today She is a birthday star, you just don't have a gift, don't you even say a word of congratulations?"

Ning Shanbo is the only one among the nobles in the capital who has nothing to do with the imperial palace. His title is obtained by guarding the border for so many years and fighting bloody battles through life and death.

Ning Shanbo's son Bai Zixuan is this year, but he has been with his father, Marquis Anyuan since he was ten years old, and now he is a lieutenant general of the third rank. At the border, the soldiers only care about military merits and don't care about titles, and they all call him "Young General" .

Bai Zixuan hadn't spoken since Fang Ruqian entered the gazebo. Now that Emperor Rui'an pointed it out, the two of them immediately felt a little unnatural.

And Fang Ruxuan also knew who the sixteenth princess had in mind.

"Wei Chen..."

Scratching his head embarrassingly, Bai Zixuan took a step forward, cupped his fists and said in congratulations: "My minister congratulates the princess on her birthday. I wish the princess all wishes come true and everything goes smoothly."

Princess Sixteen's shy and joyful expression gradually cooled down after hearing Bai Zixuan's "Weichen".

"Young Master Bai is being polite."

After answering softly, Princess Sixteen sat down with a blank expression.

Bai Zixuan turned around and returned to the side of Emperor Rui'an.

The two are like strange princesses and cousins, polite and alienated, childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts, as if they have never been there before.

Emperor Rui'an seemed to sense that something was wrong, so he changed the subject and asked Princess Sixteen, "You guys just came from the Imperial Garden, and the peach blossoms are just in bloom?"

The sixteenth princess looked sideways at the melted water, and the rest of the girls did not dare to open their mouths. There was a moment of silence in the gazebo. It was a little eunuch next to Emperor Rui'an who reacted quickly and replied with a smile: "Long live, When the servant went to invite the princess just now, the ladies were playing hide-and-seek in the peach forest. There were pink peach blossoms and snow-white pear blossoms, and the ladies were chasing and frolicking in the forest. The scene was so beautiful..."

Emperor Rui'an glanced at the little eunuch and laughed loudly: "Little bastard, you are getting smarter and smarter, well said, reward..."

Accompanied by the joyful sound of thanks from the little eunuch, Emperor Rui'an looked at Princess Sixteen and the people around him and said, "Let's go, let's enjoy the peach blossoms..."

A group of people headed towards the imperial garden, and the ladies who fell far behind Emperor Rui'an and the others began chattering about those young people, and most of the topics revolved around Ning Shanbo's son Bai Zixuan , and Song Qian, the son of the Marquis of Anyuan.

For a moment, Qiu Ran, the son of Xiangfu, and Su Cheng, the son of Sufu, seemed a little overshadowed.

At the edge of the peach forest, Emperor Rui'an waved his hand, signaling to everyone to do as they please, then got up and walked forward, behind him, Bai Zixuan and the others followed step by step.

It's not good for the girls to be too unruly, so they gathered together in small groups and talked, and followed the footsteps of Emperor Rui'an and others from a distance.

After a while, Princess Sixteen fell behind.

Accompanying her is still Fang Ruxuan.

"Sister Qian doesn't need to worry about it, but Ruxuan thinks that Shizi Bai is more stable and courteous."

Fang Ruxuan said softly.

She glared at Fang Ruxuan angrily, and Princess Sixteen said angrily, "Why should I care? What relationship do I have with him, should I care about this? Besides, what does it matter to me whether he is stable or not? "

The words of resentment blurted out, Princess Sixteen paused with a look of regret, and pulled Fang Ruxuan's sleeve with some anxiety, "Ruxuan, I, I'm not against you, don't be angry."

Such a sixteenth princess doesn't have a trace of arrogance, but looks like a well-behaved younger sister. Fang Ruxuan scratched her nose with a smile, "My sister, what do you care about? I feel very happy."

"Happy?"

Princess Sixteen looked puzzled.

"Sister Qian didn't get angry with other people, so it means that she treats me as one of her own?"

Fang Ruxuan blinked and said.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case. Fang Ruqian nodded her head in agreement, and affectionately took Fang Ruxuan's hand and walked in another direction. While walking, she was talking to her about her childhood.

Sure enough, as Fang Ruxuan guessed, the Sixteenth Princess used to play behind Bai Zixuan when she was a child. After Bai Zixuan was ten years old, he went to the border with his father. A little rusty.

The expression on the face changed from joy to shyness, and then slowly cooled down. Princess Sixteen looked back at the dark figures in the depths of the peach forest, and the expression on the face was a little sad.

A girl's mind is most pure and flawless, Fang Ruxuan knows this truth, so she naturally persuades her carefully.

After a while, it was still the little eunuch who had just been invited, came over with a smile and said: "Princess, the emperor is looking for you, if you turn around, you will be gone."

Princess Sixteen sighed, and led Fang Ruxuan towards the crowd.

Although there are differences between men and women, with Emperor Rui'an present and under the watchful eyes of everyone, everyone has no taboos. When Fang Ruxuan and Princess Sixteen arrived, they saw a crowd of men and women mixed together, laughing and talking, not like they were just now. Then the difference is clear.

The Sixteenth Princess turned a blind eye, walked up to Emperor Rui'an with a smile, and said playfully, "Can you still count what the emperor said just now?"

Dazed for a moment, Emperor Rui'an remembered that he had just made a wish for the Sixteenth Princess.

His eyes flashed past Bai Zixuan, and Emperor Rui'an laughed loudly, "You are the birthday old man today, besides, the emperor brother is the son of heaven, you are not joking, so naturally it counts."

"Brother Huang, how about giving me a palace card? I want to give it to Ruxuan, allowing her to enter the palace at any time."

The sixteenth princess glanced at Fang Ruxuan, and looked at Emperor Rui'an with a begging face.

Unexpectedly, her birthday request was so simple, and it was completely different from what he thought in his heart. Emperor Rui'an was a little disappointed, and turned to call the little eunuch, "Xiao Luzi..."

"Yes, the slave obeys the order and will do it immediately."

Xiao Luzi nodded in agreement.

The peach blossoms are scorching, the pear blossoms are pure, and the girls in front of them are bright and charming. The beautiful scenery on a good day cannot be let down. After walking around in the peach forest, Emperor Rui'an became a little interested, and his poetry flourished.

Xiao Luzi called someone to take out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Bai Zixuan and the others wrote a poem according to the request, and the young lady who seized the opportunity to perform also boldly prepared.

Looking at the young ladies surrounding Bai Zixuan watching him write poems, and seeing Bai Zixuan's gentle expression, Princess Sixteen took a deep breath, looked back at Fang Ruxuan and said, "Ruxuan, these days , I may not be in a good mood, you often come to the palace to accompany me, okay?"

Fang Ruxuan liked such a frank sixteenth princess very much, how could she not be happy?

Fang Ruxuan nodded hurriedly.

"Song Shizi's characters are imitated by Wu Zhen, a layman from the previous dynasty? They are free and easy, bold and imposing, so beautiful..."

Behind Song Qian, Fang Ruyu said softly.

Frowning slightly, Song Qian nodded, "Second Miss Fang has good eyesight."

After being praised, and seeing that he knew his ranking in Prince Qi's Mansion, Fang Ruyu felt a little secretly happy.

"Wu Zhen's handwriting is very similar to that of Master Liu. If you are not familiar with it, you may not be able to see it clearly. Since Miss Fang can see it, it can be seen that she has copied it."

After Song Qian finished writing his poem, he handed over the wolf hair in his hand.

"That's like showing ugliness like jade."

Taking the brush, feeling the slight residual warmth on the pen holder, Fang Ruyu's heart suddenly bumped like a deer.

Qiang calmed down and finished writing a set of words, thinking that the half month of hard work was not in vain, Fang Ruyu heaved a sigh of relief, then raised her eyes, only to see that Song Qian was no longer around her, and that person was walking. Steadily went towards Fang Ruxuan and Princess Sixteen.

"Hey, you're so rude, we're already acquaintances, but you didn't even say hello when we met today?"

Song Qian looked at Fang Ruxuan critically and said.

Fang Ruxuan rolled her eyes in her heart, and when she raised her eyes, she was looking at Princess Sixteen curiously. Before she could answer, Fang Ruyu's soft voice came from behind Song Qian: "Song Shizi and my sixth sister know each other. ?”

　When writing to be steady and mature, the corner of the author's mouth twitched...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)