"I'm just asking, but I haven't decided yet. I'll talk to you after I get the exact letter," he said.
The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief.
"You should hurry up," she said. "The sooner you settle down, the sooner you will be stable. Let's see what life is like now."
I feel like crying again when I say this.
"Your Majesty, be careful, for misfortunes and blessings depend on it. Good times are coming." Gao Lingbo advised with a smile.
After saying a few more words, he stood up and left.
At this time, in the side hall, Chen Shiba Niang was teaching calligraphy to the princess once every five days.
"...Ms. Chen, do you think I am right to write like this?" the youngest fourth princess said angrily.
Chen Shiba Niang walked over and leaned down to take a look.
"Princess wrote very well." She praised with a smile.
The fourth princess, who was about six or seven years old, smiled happily and continued to write seriously. Chen Shiba Niang knelt down and corrected her posture.
The slightly older second princess on the other side did not write seriously, but looked sideways at Chen Danniang next to her.
"Nineteenth Mother, you write so well." She said.
Chen Danniang smiled and saluted her.
"Nineteenth lady and eldest lady have a lot of time to study." The third princess who is the same age as Chen Danniang said in a low voice with a bit of dissatisfaction.
Chen Danniang shook her head.
"No." She chuckled, "My sister and I didn't learn much, but Sister Cheng and I learned a lot."
Sister Cheng?
The two princesses looked at each other curiously.
"Do you have an older sister who can write?" the second princess asked.
"No, it's Mrs. Cheng, oh no, it's the Princess of Jin'an County." Chen Danniang said with a smile, and couldn't help but beaming, "Back then, did you know that the Princess of Jin'an County held a banquet in front of the door and wrote for people to watch?"
The two princesses nodded.
The matter of Mrs. Cheng was discussed for a long time in the palace, both privately and publicly.
"So, you became a disciple of Mrs. Cheng?"
"Have you seen the scene with your own eyes? Please tell me what it was like at that time."
Although the eleven or twelve-year-old girls are somewhat separated due to differences in status and their first meeting, they can still talk together quickly, especially when they have a common topic.
Someone coughed heavily.
The three girls, who had almost met each other, quickly separated and sat upright.
Chen Shiba Niang looked at the three of them with a somewhat solemn expression.
"You must concentrate on your studies." She said, "Danniang, I asked you to come here to practice calligraphy with the princess, not to joke around."
Chen Danniang responded, lowering her head and exchanging smiling glances with the two princesses.
The two princesses also lowered their heads and smiled.
Outside the door, a palace maid came in with a smile.
"Ms. Chen, the Queen Mother has invited you," she said.
Chen Shiba Niang hurriedly responded and saluted the princesses in the palace.
"That's it for today." She said.
The three princesses stood up with half a courtesy.
"Danniang, wait here." Chen Shiba Niang warned.
Chen Danniang nodded and watched Chen Shiba Niang and the palace maid walk out.
"Nineteenth lady." The second princess said hurriedly, "You go out with us to play."
"Yes, tell us about your calligraphy practice with Mrs. Cheng." The third princess also nodded and said.
Chen Danniang shook her head.
"Sister asked me to wait here and not to wander around," she said.
"Ms. Chen is very strict." The third princess nodded with some sympathy.
Chen Danniang also nodded and lowered her voice.
"My sister got married and became more strict," she said.
After all, it was her sister who was talking behind her back, so Chen Danniang stuck out her tongue.
But the three princesses became a little closer to her because of these words.
"However, you should come with us to our palace to rest." The second princess moved slightly and said, "You can tell Madam Chen that we are going to practice writing, so that she will not blame you."
"Yes, yes, refreshments must have been delivered by now. Some fresh fruits have been brought into the palace. Please try it, Nineteenth Mother." The eldest princess also said.
Chen Danniang was a little moved by the kindness shown by her peers, but remembering her mother and sister's advice, she still shook her head and bowed to express her gratitude.
"I will come often with my sister in the future. Let's go again next time," she said.
The second princess and the third princess looked at each other and stopped talking.
"Okay then." They said.
As soon as she finished speaking, the fourth princess walked up to Chen Danniang, reached out and pulled her sleeves, raised her head and blinked her big eyes.
"Nineteenth Lady..." She lowered her childlike voice, "Don't stay here with the Queen Mother, there is a prince here, it's very scary..."
Before she finished speaking, the second and third princesses on the side simultaneously reached out and pressed her mouth, blocking out the rest of her words.
"Then, Nineteenth Lady, please wait here for a moment, we will leave first." The second princess said.
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Danniang to say anything else, she took the fourth princess and walked away quickly.
"...Shuning, what did Granny Sun teach you, don't talk nonsense..."
"...Have you forgotten why Sister Shuhui was sent to Concubine Zhu Xian to be raised?"
Accompanied by low voices, the three of them left the Queen Mother's palace, and silence returned to the side hall.
"Nineteenth lady, sit down and have tea." The two palace maids brought tea and a plate of snacks and said with a smile.
"Thank you, sister." Chen Danniang saluted and said.
The two palace maids smiled even more and knelt down to talk to her.
As he was talking, he heard a commotion behind the door, and someone banged open the door and rushed in.
This is a chubby man, holding a ball in his hand and making a "wah, wah, wah," sound.
Everyone in the hall was caught off guard and screamed in fright, and Chen Danniang even hid beside the two palace maids.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." The two palace maids said, hugging Chen Danniang.
One pointed at the people running around the pillars in the temple and shouted in a panic.
"Hurry, catch it!"
"Why did His Highness escape?"
Your Highness?
When Chen Danniang heard this, she couldn't help but poke her head out from behind the palace maid.
Now there is only one His Highness in the palace.
She looked over and saw that His Highness was being hugged by two strong chamberlains. Because His Highness the Crown Prince ran so fast, he was suddenly hugged and fell to the ground.
There was a thud, and Chen Danniang couldn't help but tremble, and couldn't bear to look directly at it.
There were cries in the hall.
"Don't cry, don't cry."
The stupid man's cry was also different from that of a normal person. It sounded very weird, and Chen Danniang couldn't help but look over again.
His Royal Highness, who was lying on the ground, was randomly pulled up by several chamberlains, but the prince refused to get up and struggled to reach forward. In an instant, the palace became a mess.
"Oh, what are you doing? Take us down quickly. Didn't you tell me to close the door and not let you out?"
The maid next to Chen Danniang was a little impatient. While comforting Chen Danniang, she took a few steps forward and said.
"Your Majesty, I need to rest."
"Stop your Highness shouting."
"...Didn't you take those medicines? Why are you running around and screaming again?"
Accompanied by the chirping of the two palace maids, the prince's cry suddenly disappeared, leaving only the whimpering sound. Chen Danniang looked over and saw that the prince on the ground had been gagged with a cloth by a chamberlain. Perhaps he was urged by the palace maid again.
Perhaps he lost his patience due to the prince's struggle, so he moved quickly and roughly to pull him up and back away.
The chubby prince whined and struggled, waving his hands, his face turned red, not sure whether he was anxious or suppressed, and he looked more and more terrifying.
While pulling, someone stepped on his hand...
Chen Danniang couldn't help but hold her hand.
Do stupid people not know pain?
The two palace maids also stepped forward to help. While they were pulling, someone handed over a ball tremblingly.
"Your Highness...is...want this..."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, looking at Chen Danniang, who had approached somewhat timidly.
At this moment, the captured prince suddenly broke away and rushed towards Chen Danniang.
Chen Danniang gave a short cry, shrank her shoulders and turned her head, but she still kept her hands stretched forward.
There was a sudden tug in his hand and the ball was taken away.
There was nothing like the expected beating. Someone ran past her, screaming.
Chen Danniang slowly stood up straight and looked at the person running past.
The chubby ball-like figure ran happily in the hall. The ball in his hand was thrown up and fell to the ground, then picked up and thrown up again...
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Hearing the commotion, the Queen Mother hurried over and was supported by Chen Shiba Niang herself.
Standing at the entrance of the palace, the Queen Mother suddenly stopped and looked at the room in surprise.
All the maids in the room were standing, but the silly prince who never seemed to be able to sit still was actually sitting. Although it was a little crooked, he was indeed sitting.
A ball rolled over from the side.
Suddenly a loud shout rang out in the hall, and Fool reached out his hand and grabbed the ball.
"Your Highness, push it over again." Chen Danniang waved to him with a smile, and stretched out her hand to make gestures at him.
The silly prince sitting opposite him suddenly pushed the ball in his hand over.
The ball was pushed crookedly, and Chen Danniang hurriedly reached out and grabbed it.
"Your Highness is so amazing!" she clapped her hands happily and shouted.
The silly prince opposite also clapped his hands and grinned, his saliva flowing even more fiercely.
"Ouch."
The Queen Mother was very surprised.
"Whose child can actually play with the prince?"
Not to mention strangers, even the common maids and maids in the palace have never played with His Highness like this.
This strange little girl of 12 or 13 years old was actually able to play with Fool. She was not afraid...
Chen Shiba Niang, who was standing behind the Queen Mother, lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the trace of sadness that flashed in her eyes.
"It's my roommate, Nineteenth Mother." She said slowly.
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The Prince of Jin'an County didn't care about impeachment or what kind of punishment there would be. After the commotion caused an uproar in the capital, the Prince's Palace of Jin'an County was very quiet.
It's just that the house is a little busy today.
"Do you really want to move?" Banqin asked Suxin.
"It's not that fast." Su Xin said, looking through the account books in the house, "Painting, partitions, new furniture, it's already the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Banqin said oh, sat aside and picked up the melon seeds from the plate to eat.
"Why are you free?" Su Xin asked.
"My wife is practicing calligraphy. Your Highness is resting in the room, so I'll have some fun," Banqin said.
Su Xin threw her an account book.
"Now that you're free, let me check this," she said.
Banqin smiled and just ate the melon seeds without moving.
"I said I was happy, but I can't do such magical things as my sister," she said.
While the two were chatting and laughing, a little girl came over hurriedly.
"Madam is urging you to find His Highness," she said.
Banqin and Suxin were so frightened that they hurried out. The little girls in the yard had already ran out in disorder.
"Your Highness only lay down for a while and then went out."
"Someone was following me. I didn't ask where I was going."
A low, chaotic voice sounded.
"What happened?" Su Xin hurriedly grabbed a maid and asked.
"My wife came out to practice calligraphy. I can't see His Highness, so I have to look for him." the maid said in a low voice.
Su Xin and Ban Qin were stunned for a moment and looked down the corridor. Cheng Jiaoniang was standing there looking out the door.
Looking forward to it…
Su Xin couldn't help but flash this word.
"What's wrong?"
After hearing the news, Prince Jin'an quickly walked out of his original room and asked urgently.
"I don't know." The maid said uneasily, "The princess only said she was looking for His Highness."
Prince Jin'an didn't dare to ask any more questions. He carefully put the pieces of wood he had just found in his arms and hurried over to this side. Before he even entered the door, he saw the woman standing on the corridor.
As if he had been waiting for a long time, the prince of Jin'an County hurriedly walked in.
"What's wrong?" he asked, his voice filled with tension that he didn't realize he had.
"Where have you been?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
"I'll go to the house over there to see how they're doing," Prince Jin'an said.
Cheng Jiaoniang said oh.
"It's okay, I just asked where you were." She said.
Prince Jin'an was stunned for a moment, and others in the courtyard were also stunned. Then they saw that Cheng Jiaoniang had turned around and entered the hall.
What!
It's like three autumns after a day's absence. Did she panic after not seeing someone for a while?
The prince of Jin'an County immediately smiled, and the nervousness just now dissipated, and he walked briskly up the steps and entered the door.
Eunuch Jing shook his head, with a bit of helplessness.
One of them is always absent-minded when discussing things with them and wants to drive them away in one breath, while the other is inseparable from his eyes at all times. They are really a perfect match for each other.
"Okay, okay, let's all disperse." He waved his hand and said.
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I just saw the book review section, thank you Muzhuan, thank you all.
Well, because this plot was difficult to write, and I was so obsessed with it (those emotions mentioned by Muzhuang), I hid myself, stopped reading book reviews, and couldn’t even ask for votes...
In short, I won’t say more, so as not to affect everyone’s mood while reading the article. In one sentence, thank you, thank you, thank you all for voting for me. (To be continued)
