After the luncheon, Princess Duan invited all the women to enjoy the flowers in the yard.
This is the time when spring begonias are in full bloom, and the garden of Prince Duan's Mansion has the most complete collection of begonias in the capital.
Flowers of various colors are clustered on the branches, layer upon layer, creating a lively scene of blooming flowers.
It is rumored that the begonia flowers in the garden were collected by King Duan when he married Princess Duan, just to make Princess Duan happy.
So when everyone arrived in the garden, they all began to admire and praise King Duan and Princess Duan.
Princess Duan had a happy smile on her face, and she was very grateful for everyone's compliments.
King Duan also entered the garden with his male guests. There were two pavilions in the garden, which were equipped with snacks and tea and wine. When everyone was tired of enjoying the garden, they could stop and drink tea and chat about the spring scenery and poetry.
The folk customs of Dayan are open, and occasions like this are also days for families to see each other for their children of school age.
Among the female relatives, Song Wanwan from the Changping Marquis Mansion and Zuo Fanghui, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, were the most sympathetic to their elders.
These two people are well-known in the capital for being gentle, well-educated, and have always been the most powerful competitors for the most talented woman in the capital.
On the men's side, the Xian Wang, who is not married to a concubine, the young prince of the Duke of Chang's Palace, and Lin Anyan, who just won the second place in the rankings released in spring this year, have all attracted a lot of attention.
Song Jiuxi and Princess Yongjia were not invited to see them, so they sat in the pavilion of their own accord, eating snacks and drinking tea, instead of going to enjoy the flowers with everyone.
Princess Yongjia has been absent-minded since she came to the garden.
Song Jiuxi glanced at her and suddenly asked: "Do you like any of these young men?"
Yongjia immediately raised his eyebrows and glanced at her: "There is no man in this world that this princess would like."
In addition to being public and domineering, Princess Yongjia also has another shortcoming that is criticized.
That is hating men.
Most of the people she beat were men, which was why no one dared to marry her despite her noble status.
Everyone is afraid that after becoming the consort, she will beat him to death.
Probably because Song Jiuxi was equally unpopular with her, Princess Yongjia was very pleased with Song Jiuxi now and even talked to her about women's boudoir talk.
She said irritably: "My mother wants to propose marriage to me. I, the princess, come to see who has the guts to come to the eldest princess's house to propose marriage!"
Song Jiuxi suddenly remembered that this happened in his previous life.
However, Song Jiuxi had already been sent to the temple by Song Wenzhi at that time, and she heard it from the person who offered incense.
On the day of her engagement to the eldest son of Duke Chang, Princess Yongjia was found sleeping with a scholar. Her clothes were messy and she could not be described.
The people in Duke Chang's palace quickly broke off the engagement, and everyone in the capital was pointing fingers at Princess Yongjia.
Princess Yongjia herself had a bad reputation, and after this incident, her reputation plummeted even further.
Later, the Beidi was defeated, and Dayan had to send a princess to marry him, so he chose Princess Yongjia, whom everyone disliked, and everyone was happy.
Song Jiuxi looked at Chang Shenhui, the eldest son of Chang, in the crowd. The Duke of Chang's mansion now only has a title but no real power, and all the people in the house are clean.
Chang Shenhui looks like a handsome scholar who has read poetry and books, is gentle and elegant, and has a graceful temperament.
There were many female relatives present who secretly looked at him, and some bold women even threw begonia flowers at him. He was also polite and never crossed the line.
Princess Yongjia didn't like Chang Shenhui at first glance, but in the last life they got engaged.
And according to Princess Yongjia's temperament of hating men, how could she lie in bed with a man and be engaged on such a day.
Although Yongjia is domineering, she never loses her sense of proportion.
Song Jiuxi wondered if there was something fishy going on here.
Song Jiuxi suddenly said: "If you believe me, Chang Shenhui, I will check it for you."
Princess Yongjia tilted her head to look at her, then withdrew her gaze after a while and said, "No, I will make him give up."
After saying that, Princess Yongjia walked towards Chang Shenhui.
It seems that she plans to use force to make Chang Shenhui give up. If the development in the previous life is followed, Chang Shenhui should not give up easily.
If the Duke of Chang's Palace, which is in decline and has no real power, marries the daughter of the most favored eldest princess, you don't have to think about what it will bring to the Duke of Chang's Palace.
If this is the case, how could those things happen during the engagement in Yongjia in the previous life?
But her relationship with Princess Yongjia hasn't reached that level yet. Since Yongjia won't let her interfere, Song Jiuxi won't care.
She sat in the pavilion for a while and asked Qiao Qiao: "Young madam, don't you go and see the crabapple flowers? I heard that the crabapple flowers in Prince Duan's Mansion are the most beautiful in the whole capital."
"Okay, let's go take a look." Song Jiuxi also had her fill of tea and was about to go out for a walk.
When she left the house, she only took Hanqiao with her. Hanqiao was only thirteen years old and at the time when she was lively and active.
I was very happy to see the garden full of crabapples.
Song Jiuxi didn't want to run into anyone else, so she walked further and further away with Qiao.
Suddenly she saw Song Wanwan walking forward in a hurry with the maid beside him. What made her even more interesting was that there was a sneaky figure following Song Wanwan.
Song Jiuxi took Hanqiao and hid. After a while, Song Wanwan walked to the lake in front and stopped.
Lin Shuo, who was following her, also quickly found a place to hide, because there was a person standing by the lake.
Seeing that person, Song Jiuxi's eyes darkened.
The hatred from the last life before her death surged in her heart like a huge wave. When she saw Zhao Hongjun and Song Wanwan standing together, Song Jiuxi's eyes turned red with hatred.
She clenched her palms tightly, trying her best to control her urge to kill.
"Young madam, are you okay?" Hanqiao asked worriedly.
"I'm fine." Song Jiuxi suppressed the killing intent in his eyes.
Zhao Hongjun and Song Wanwan have a long way to go, and she will always kill these two people.
Song Wanwan seemed to be surprised to see Zhao Hongjun. She exclaimed and hurriedly saluted, "My daughter is here to see His Highness. I don't know that His Highness is here and has disturbed His Majesty's peace."
"No problem." Zhao Hongjun looked at her.
Song Wanwan looked at Zhao Hongjun with shy eyes. She came here specially for the Crown Prince today, and she dressed up carefully before going out, just to meet the Crown Prince by chance.
"Your Highness, look at this Begonia flower..."
Before Song Wanwan could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhao Hongjun. He said calmly: "I still have something to do, so let's take the first step."
Song Wanwan looked at Zhao Hongjun's back and stamped her feet angrily.
Since the Crown Princess died of illness three years ago, she has never given up on her position as Crown Princess.
She believed that the position of Crown Princess would be hers. She was the daughter of the Crown Prince and the most talented woman in the capital. No one was more suitable for the position of Crown Princess than her.
As long as she wins the favor of the prince, she is not afraid of not being able to win the position of crown princess.
The anger on Song Wanwan's face faded, and then she put on a faint smile.
She just turned around and saw Lin Shuo walking over. Lin Shuo looked at her and said viciously: "Song Wanwan, you are seducing my brother and also trying to seduce His Highness the Crown Prince. You are so shameless."
Song Jiuxi's eyes lit up, the show was about to begin.
When Lin Anyan heard this, he was furious. He rushed to Song Jiuxi and shouted: "Song Jiuxi, it's me who doesn't like you, and it has nothing to do with Wanwan. You actually pushed Wanwan into the water because of this?!
You are so vicious!"
"I want to tell you today that I, Lin Anyan, will never like you in my life, nor will I marry a woman with a heart like yours!"
"I, Lin Anyan, only have Wanwan in my heart, and she will be the only one in my life."