The banquet continued, with civil and military officials, princes and nobles taking turns coming to Zhu Minglie and Qiluo to congratulate them.
Zhu Minglie held Qiluo in his arms with such affection that he almost made the other little princesses jealous to death.
"My father never hugs me." The third prince's daughter, eight-year-old Zhuyue'er, frowned and looked at the little sister she had just recognized, and said with disappointment.
"I never dare to ask my father to act coquettishly when I cry." The second prince's daughter, ten-year-old Zhu Xiyu, looked at Qiluo with envious eyes, "Look, the fourth uncle is so kind to her, I really want to be the fourth uncle.
's daughter."
"Hmph! What's so great, even if the fourth uncle is nice to her, she is still a member of the public. Her mother has no status at all. She is not as noble as us." The twelve-year-old Zhu Lanqi, the fifth prince's daughter, said disdainfully.
Three little princesses in gorgeous clothes gathered together, looking at Qiluo, with mixed feelings in their hearts.
"That's right! Sister Lan Qi is right, maybe the fourth uncle won't want them anymore in a few days." Zhu Yue'er thought of this and felt a little more balanced.
"Look at her, she's not as beautiful as us." Zhu Lanqi snorted coldly from her little nostrils.
The children's words accidentally fell into the ears of Hitomi Zhuye who was sitting nearby. He kicked the table away, stood up with a bang, walked to the three little princesses, bent down and asked - "
Who are you talking bad about?!"
"Uncle Thirteen..."
"Uncle Thirteen..."
When the three little princesses saw Hitomi Zhuye, they quickly took a step back and bowed to say hello.
A ferocious expression appeared on Zhuye Hitomi's face,
"You little talkers! Next time I hear you say bad things about Qiluo, I will hang you up and lock you in a dark room." Zhuye Hitomi threatened, scaring the three little princesses into hugging each other, all terrified.
looked at him with eyes.
They all know that Uncle Thirteen is not easy to mess with, he really knows how to beat people up.
Once, Zhu Ning, the son of the Third Prince, naughtily broke the Taifu's Yantai. Uncle Thirteen tied him to the horse, and then whipped the horse's butt so hard that the horse ran around the paddock like crazy for twenty years.
After going back and forth, Zhu Ning was so frightened that his eyes turned white and he screamed for mercy, before his thirteenth uncle let him go.
Later, Zhu Ning personally found an identical Yantai to accompany Taifu Wei. After kowtowing three times in front of Taifu Wei, Uncle Thirteenth finally let her go.
Therefore, the children in the palace are most afraid of their thirteenth uncle. The thirteenth uncle has no scruples about anything he does, and the emperor will not punish him.
"Uncle Thirteen, you are so cruel to us, why are you also nice to Qiluo? She is not your daughter." Among the three little princesses hugging each other, Zhu Xiyu mustered up the courage to ask. After asking, he quickly
Holding her head, she was afraid that Zhuye Hitomi would hit her.
"Who says she is not my daughter? She is also my daughter." Zhu Yetong really hit Zhu Xiyu on the head with chopsticks. There was no force, but it was still very painful.
"What about her mother? Is her mother your princess?" Zhu Lanqi asked unconvinced.
Zhuye Hitomi was startled, and then said, "Who says it's not the case, one day it will be! The two of them are also the thirteenth uncle. If you dare to bully me, I will also tie you on horseback and run back and forth twenty times!"
"I don't dare anymore. I don't dare anymore." Upon hearing this, the three people quickly begged for mercy.
"Why don't you go back to your mother quickly!"
"knew."
The three people immediately dispersed.
Is her mother your princess too? Zhulanqi's words rang in Zhuyetong's ears again, over and over again. Zhuyetong looked towards where Liusu was sitting. She was lowering her head and dipping her chopsticks in water.
What is written on the desktop.
Zhu Yetong suddenly felt a feeling of infinite sadness and indignation in his heart. He wanted to drink! He wanted to get drunk before he could stop!
So he picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured all the wine into his mouth boldly. Little did he know that a pair of eyes were looking at him with fascination.
*
"Lisu..." Liusu was writing while soaking in water. Suddenly, the back of her clothes was gently pulled by a hand, and a soft and weak voice came to her ears.
She turned around and looked, "Duo Hai? Are you here too?" She saw a little red lip on Duo Hai's pink face, and his expression was as shy as he wanted to speak. His beauty was like pink peach petals, and his behavior was like an orchid.
"I heard from my father that the emperor was having a banquet in the palace today to celebrate the little princess's return to the family. I thought I would definitely see you in the palace, so I begged my father to bring me here, and I did. Liusu, I'm so happy.
I can see you again." Duohai's cheeks flushed with excitement.
"I'm very happy to see you too." Liusu also said happily, since that day..." As he said that, his mind suddenly remembered that he met Duo Hai outside the Buddhist temple that day. It was she and Zhu Minglie...
day, she stopped talking
Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Duohai knew what she was thinking, and her face turned even redder. In Liusu's opinion, it was a happy and shy red.
"Lisu, these are the shoes you lent me last time. I cleaned them and embroidered a small flower on the damaged area. I hope you don't blame me for being nosy." Duohai took out a pair of washed shoes from his sleeves.
The clean embroidered shoes were handed to Liusu.
"Wow, your hands are so skillful. The flowers you embroidered are so beautiful." Liusu looked down at the shoes Duohai returned to her and said. "I once embroidered a handkerchief for Qiluo, but the flowers on it were all messy.
"." She suddenly remembered that the veil was still in Zhu Minglie's hand.
"Lisu, can...can I ask you a favor?" Duohai lowered his head shyly, holding something tightly in his hand and said.
"What's the matter?" Liusu raised his head and asked.
"Please...please give this to Fourth Master. There is a letter in it. Please give it to him as well." Duohai blushed and handed a sachet to Liusu. Liusu lowered his head and looked at it.
I saw a sachet embroidered with two mandarin ducks playing in the water, and a line of words, "I wish to be a winged bird in the sky, and a twig on the ground."