Mrs. Han took Han Ling'er into the eldest princess's mansion, and many people saw it.
Finally, when she left the house alone, many people saw her.
For a time, there were various speculations in the elite circles in Beijing. Finally, the news that Han Ling'er was left as a slave in the eldest princess's mansion spread somehow.
After receiving the news, Gu Ningshuang couldn't hold back anymore.
She immediately planned to call some of the little sisters she had made friends with to come and see the excitement.
Ye Jiuning hasn't played with Gu Ningshuang for a long time since being warned by Li Huang.
After all, if Gu Ningshuang gets into trouble, Pingyang Hou can help her clean up the mess, but she has no one to support her.
However, if Li Huang really left Miss Han in the house as a maid, she would feel somewhat inappropriate.
In this way, they roped in Zuo Qing, the daughter of a royal censor, and the three of them submitted the post in advance on the pretext of admiring the flowers, and the next day they arrived at the eldest princess's mansion with their maid.
Ling Yuan murmured softly at the side: "When did those people have such a good relationship with His Highness that they come to the mansion to enjoy flowers? It seems that they don't have any good intentions, so why would Your Highness entertain them."
As she spoke, she handed the hand stove with charcoal to Li Huang's hand.
Li Huang curled his lips: "I don't care what they come for. As long as they come, no one can leave so easily."
Lingyuan was startled and asked: "Your Highness, are you going to detain someone?"
But none of those people are easy to mess with. If they come to the house...
Although Li Huang has a noble status, he should not act too wantonly.
Li Huang raised his chin and smiled wildly: "What are you afraid of? They have already come to your door. If I don't treat you well, wouldn't it look very rude to me?"
With that said, she left her bedroom and went to the living room.
As soon as she entered the door, Gu Ningshuang gave her a perfunctory greeting: "I've met the eldest princess."
The other two followed suit and saluted.
Li Huang sat down on the main seat, and the servants immediately brought in tea and snacks.
"In this season, it seems a little premature for some of you to come to my residence to enjoy the flowers, right?"
Not to mention that there are fewer flowers blooming this season, even in the season when flowers are in full bloom, her house does not have the largest variety of flowers. Coming to her to admire flowers is not as enjoyable as going to a martial arts field to admire weapons.
Facing her question, Gu Ningshuang was well prepared: "We know that there are some fragrant wintersweet trees in the eldest princess's residence. We thought they should bloom at this time, so we came to take a look."
Such wintersweets are rare in other mansions. Even if they are found, they are just small saplings. How can they compare with the few flowers in the eldest princess's mansion that were transplanted from other places with a lot of money?
Therefore, she really chose this excuse very well.
The other two people also nodded.
Li Huang did not expose them, and immediately nodded: "I see, then let Ling Yuan lead you to the garden to have a look."
The wintersweet in her house was indeed in bloom. These people must have smelled it through the wall and found a reason to come here.
Anyway, she wanted to see what Gu Ningshuang was going to do.
"It's hard for the rest of us to come here. It doesn't seem right to let a maid lead us to visit the garden, right?"
Gu Ningshuang said with a slightly dissatisfied tone.
Ye Jiuning wanted to ease the relationship with Li Huang, so she said at the right time: "Your Highness, it's rare that the wintersweet flowers are blooming. Let's go shopping together."
Now she didn't dare to call Li Huang by his first name.
Zuo Qing didn't know Gu Ningshuang's purpose, but he thought he really invited her to come to the eldest princess's house to enjoy wintersweet, so he also said: "Yes, Your Highness, it doesn't seem to be that cold today, why don't we go under the wintersweet tree?"
Make tea."
Li Huang raised his eyebrows: "Since everyone has said so, I will accompany you to sit in the garden."
She wanted to see what this Gu Ningshuang wanted to play.
Seeing this, Lingyuan quickly ordered people to move all the tea-making utensils to the garden.
When several people arrived in the garden, the brazier and snacks were ready.
Gu Ningshuang looked around, and Li Huang asked curiously: "What is Miss Gu looking for?"
Gu Ningshuang followed Li Huang and walked all the way. She didn't see the shadow of Han Ling'er at all. She couldn't help but curiously asked: "Elder Princess, I heard that my cousin is a guest in the mansion, why is there no one here now?"
Li Huang calmly sat down in the Taishi chair that her servants brought for her, opened the tea lid and poured a few tea leaves into it.
She said in a leisurely tone: "It turns out that it is a lie that these few people came to my palace to appreciate the plum blossoms, but it is true that they came to see Miss Han."
Ye Jiuning was afraid that Gu Ningshuang would fight Li Huang recklessly again and end up making everyone unlucky, so she quickly spoke up to smooth things over.
"No, we just thought that the splash-ink painting His Highness made at the palace banquet that day was quite interesting, and we wanted to take the opportunity to ask His Highness for advice."
As she said this, she also glanced at Zuo Qing.
Zuo Qing looked confused, that's not what he said when he came.
However, seeing that the corners of Ye Jiuning's eyes were about to twitch, she couldn't argue with her, so she nodded: "Yes, His Highness's splash-ink painting is so wonderful. I wonder when did Your Highness acquire such good painting skills?
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She really wanted to know this question.
After all, it is rumored that the eldest princess knows nothing about elegant things such as playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, except for wielding swords and guns.
Now they can splash ink and paint at will. How can this make them who study hard every day feel embarrassed?
The tea was boiled very quickly. Li Huang picked it up, poured himself a cup, blew on it, and replied casually: "I just feel that painting with a pen is too troublesome, so I learned it casually when I have nothing to do."
Everyone: "..."
If they learn casually, how can they, who are serious learners, survive?
"Your Highness is really humble. The painting skills at the palace banquet were not learned casually." Zuo Qing found a chair and sat down at random, and poured himself a cup of tea. "My maid only heard that Your Highness is fond of martial arts, but she didn't know
It turns out that His Highness can also paint, but it seems that the rumors cannot be believed."
Li Huang didn't answer this, because from the corner of her eye, she saw Gu Ningshuang seeming to be wandering around, but in fact, her eyes wanted to look through her entire eldest princess' mansion.
A mocking smile appeared on her lips: "Is Miss Gu looking for Miss Han? Then I'll have someone summon her."
Gu Ningshuang heard what she wanted. After Han Ling'er came out later, she wanted to ask her whether she was a slave in this house.
If this is really the case, then when the imperial court begins, those censors will not let her go.
Li Huang saw through her thoughts at a glance and sneered in his heart. This Gu Ningshuang has suffered so many losses, but she just doesn't have a long memory.
Anyway, since Pingyang Hou and his wife couldn't teach their daughter well, she did it for them.