"I just want to go away for a while. Yingxue, what poem did you write? Please take it out and show it to everyone!"
After Princess Qingyang's order, the maid immediately held up Li Yingxue's poem in front of everyone.
"Princess Nianyun, what do you think?"
Li Yingxue has always been famous for her talent in Beijing, so her words are full of confidence in her masterpiece.
Su Nianyun pretended to read from beginning to end, then from end to end, and then raised his head to look at Li Yingxue, who was quite arrogant.
"Miss Li's poems are very good..." She thought for a long time and then said solemnly.
After waiting for a while, seeing everyone still looking at her, Su Nianyun asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Is it that simple?" Qingyang asked, "You always have to point out where Yingxue's poems are good..."
"Anywhere is fine!" Su Nianyun nodded decisively again, and after saying that, she did not forget to look at Li Yingxue with admiration.
At this time, everyone present, whether they knew Su Nianyun or not, felt some ridicule in their hearts.
Qingyang said scornfully, "Just say you don't understand if you don't understand. Why bother pretending to understand if you don't understand?"
"Yes, I can understand," Su Nianyun defended herself, "I know every word Miss Li wrote."
"Not only that, Miss Li can write every word better than me, so her poems are naturally very good."
"Princess Daqing Nianyun said it very well. Anyone who writes better than you can be called very good!"
In the crowd, a mocking voice sounded, "Ms. Li, how about you find an outsider to praise you!"
The speaker was Tao Fanglin, the second daughter of Tao Sanchun, the head of the Hanlin Academy.
Influenced by her father, she is also a famous talented woman in Beijing. People always compare her with Li Yingxue.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. This saying applies not only to the court, but also to the people and backyards after leaving the court.
Tao Fanglin, who has a high self-esteem, never despises being compared with Li Yingxue, and never misses an opportunity to add insult to injury.
As expected, Li Yingxue's face turned red when Tao Fanglin made fun of her.
In fact, she didn't think much about it at all, she just wanted to teach Su Nianyun a lesson for Princess Qingyang and embarrass her.
Unexpectedly, before Su Nianyun was fine, she was ridiculed by Tao Fanglin first.
"I don't know Princess Nianyun..."
Li Yingxue wanted to find a way out for herself, but Princess Qingyang was impatient at first.
"Okay, okay, there's no point in arguing about this. I'm hungry, let's eat first!"
Su Nianyun glanced at Qingyang.
Qingyang is not a person who tries to smooth things over for others, unless... today's flower viewing party has a more important purpose.
Su Nianyun's eyes flashed, and he noticed the corner of his robe embedded with gold thread that appeared among the flowers not far away.
Princess Qingyang said she was hungry, but there was no reason why the others were not hungry, so the palace officials removed the pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other items on the long table and started to prepare a grand banquet.
Qingyang asked everyone to sit down and directly ignored Su Nianyun.
Su Nianyun didn't feel left out, and instead found a corner to sit down by herself.
From where she sat, she could just see the hem of clothes among the flowers.
Looking around again, I found that Qingyang's arrangements this time were very mysterious.
The engaged women from aristocratic families have their backs to the flowers, while those who are not yet married are facing the flowers.
Su Nianyun was not as restrained as the other women, but started eating and drinking.
Occasionally, I would turn around and ask the little palace maid what kind of dish this was, what kind of snack it was, and so on.
Li Yingxue, who was staring at her secretly, frowned at Su Nianyun's unseen expression.
It was said that the Queen Mother doted on her very much, but looking at her knowledge, conversation, etc., it didn't look like she had been carefully cultivated by the Queen Mother.
It seems that the elders in the clan were not right.
The Queen Mother only adopted Su Nianyun for the sake of the Emperor and to give an explanation to the Su family. She did not treat her as her biological daughter at all.
Before, I was worried that the Chen family would take advantage of Su Nianyun and the Queen Mother to surpass other aristocratic families, but now it seems there is no need to worry.
If Su Nianyun knew what Li Yingxue was thinking at this moment, he would definitely step forward and hold her hand and call her sister.
Their purpose is the same, they don't want the Chen family to stand up.
Even if the Li family and the Sun family need help, she can do her best!
"Brother Prince, why are you here?"
Su Nianyun was enjoying the food when she suddenly heard Qingyang's high-pitched voice, and she reluctantly looked up from the food.
This guy has been looking at the flowers for a long time. If he doesn't come out, his feet will probably go numb.
Seeing the sudden arrival of the prince, all the women at the table stood up and saluted.
"Excuse me. I just passed by and heard the hustle and bustle here in Qingyang, so I just came in to take a look."
"Qingyang, you are holding a flower viewing banquet here, why didn't you inform the prince's brother earlier? If he knew, he would not come in!"
Zhao Chengzhi's words were all because he was afraid of offending the ladies from aristocratic families.
"Brother Prince, it's all my fault," Princess Qingyang said, "I also made this flower viewing party impromptu..."
Prince Zhao Chengzhi waved his hand and motioned to the people behind him to bring up the two food boxes.
"It just so happens that the imperial dining room has just made fresh flowers and snacks for this prince. It's the right time to go with your flower-viewing banquet."
"That's great, thank you so much, Brother Prince..."
Listening to their brother and sister singing together, Su Nianyun lowered his head and laughed silently.
Whatever is just right is obviously deliberate.
The prince worked very hard to marry a happy princess.
But, if he was so reckless, if the queen found out, I wonder what her expression would be?
When the Queen Mother insisted on appointing Queen Jiang, the Emperor was unable to refute, and Queen Zheng hated the Queen Mother from that time on.
Empress Zheng probably couldn't have imagined that things had changed, and now something like this had happened to her.
She fell in love with Nangong Yue, the eldest daughter of Nangong Ren, Minister of the Ministry of War, as the crown prince, but the prince fell in love with Nangong Xing, the concubine of Nangong Ren.
For Empress Zheng, they are all sisters, and whoever becomes the crown prince can solidify the relationship between the crown prince and the Nangong family.
For the Nangong family, marrying one daughter or marrying two daughters is both a marriage, but for Nangong Yue, it is a great shame and humiliation.
Nangong Yue began to hate Empress Zheng who obviously fell in love with her, but still obeyed the crown prince's wishes and made Nangong Xing the crown prince's concubine.
The old events in the palace repeat themselves year after year.
However, the time for Empress Zheng, her prince son, and concubines to repeat their old affairs was relatively short.
Concubine Li's miscarriage affected Empress Zheng, and the prince and others were also affected.
The last to ascend the throne...
Su Nianyun looked at Zhao Chengji, the eighteenth prince who was following behind Zhao Chengzhi and whose status was lower than that of a eunuch.
In just a few years, he went from being unknown to making a comeback. The Eighteenth Prince is not as simple as he seems.
Just as Su Nianyun was looking at Zhao Chengji intently, he also looked at himself.
The moment he raised his eyes, Zhao Chengji suppressed the sharpness in his eyes, and then smiled friendly at Su Nianyun.
"Princess Nianyun..." He greeted her in a low voice.
Probably because both of them were poor people in the palace, Zhao Chengji had always been very respectful to Su Nianyun.
"Oh, it turns out that the eldest princess is here too!" The prince also realized it later.
Unlike other people in the palace who were disdainful of Su Nianyun, the prince had always done his best to show off to Su Nianyun.
But Su Nianyun also knew that the person who looked down on him the most was also the prince.
Hypocrisy, hypocrisy and kindness.
But then again, no one in the world is hypocritical.
Having seen through this, she politely saluted Zhao Chengzhi again, "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
"No, you are the eldest princess. I, the prince, should call you royal aunt. How can you expect me to salute you!"
Su Nianyun thought to herself, no wonder you are brother and sister, your tone of voice is exactly the same.
Since they are the same person, they naturally use the same tricks.
"Your Highness, why did you say this?"
"You are an authentic bloodline of the royal family, and you are the majestic Crown Prince. I am just a little orphan girl who was lucky enough to be adopted by the Queen Mother. Naturally, I cannot bear to be called an aunt by the Crown Prince."
Su Nianyun's words were both modest and complimentary, which is what Zhao Chengzhi always likes.
Hearing this, Zhao Chengzhi was elated, and Zhao Chengji's eyes widened in surprise.
Is this still the obedient Princess Nianyun from before?