Laughter rang out in the imperial garden, and the laughter spread into one.
"It's so naughty."
Concubine Xian smiled at a noble girl beside her.
The girl lowered her head shyly.
The women around were all smiling, while the young women had different expressions. Some were envious, some were disdainful, and some were indifferent.
"Okay, let's sit here." Concubine Xian called to the ladies and motioned to the girls, "You young people, go play by yourselves and take a look at the scenery here. Don't be restrained. There is no one else in the garden. You can play as you like."
Although everyone didn't come here to see the scenery, Concubine Xian said something and dispersed in twos and threes.
When Concubine Xian saw that the Crown Princess was still sitting still, she smiled and said, "You go and play too."
The princess smiled and said: "I'm not young either."
"As long as the elders are around, we are still children." Concubine Xu said with a smile.
What do you mean, do you mean that the prince and her should not be proud in front of her? The princess snorted in her heart. The third prince conferred the title of king. Concubine Xu was really getting more and more proud. She stood up with a smile and responded: "Then I'll go
Play with the kids.”
After saying that, she resigned and left. It just so happened that she didn't want to sit here and wanted to thank Concubine Xu for driving her away.
The Crown Princess walked away, and the four maids standing aside hurriedly followed. One of them lowered her head and walked to the Crown Princess.
"Has everyone made arrangements?" the princess asked in a low voice.
The palace maid whispered: "Everything has been arranged."
The Crown Princess nodded with satisfaction and looked forward. Seven or eight women gathered together, laughing around a swing.
"Let's go," she said, "I'll go over and see these girls."
Seeing the Crown Princess walking up to the girls and joking, then two girls started to play on the swings. The Crown Princess stood beside her and touched her hands. Concubine Xian, who was sitting by the lake, smiled at Concubine Xu and said, "Although we are two children.
She is a mother, but she is actually still a young man, and she also likes to play.”
Concubine Xu glanced at it and pointed with her fan: "The Crown Princess is here to accompany guests, allowing the young people to play freely. Look, she didn't play by herself and went to another place."
Although Concubine Xian asked the girls to play around, in fact everyone did not go too far and scattered around the lake. After all, this way they could be seen by Concubine Xian and Concubine Xu. When the three princes came over, they also
can be seen in time.
The Crown Princess left the girls at the swing and walked to the people watching the fish by the lake. She chatted and laughed and gave some orders. Not long after, several palace maids brought fishing rods and other fishing tools. The girls
They laughed and started fishing.
After they started playing, the Crown Princess walked away and went to the other girls. She was indeed a warm and considerate host——
However, in addition to feeling warm and thoughtful, the ladies also had other feelings. It seemed that the Crown Princess was observing these girls. The ladies sitting together couldn't help but glance at each other in twos and threes, and exchanged eyes - Could it be that the Crown Princess wanted to pick Liang Di?
?
Although she is not the official wife, the prince is the heir apparent and will become the emperor when he ascends the throne in the future. Liangdi will also become the concubine. If she can become a concubine, she will be lower than the empress. The concubines must bow their heads and salute when they see her.
This is not impossible. The prince and the princess have been married for many years. Now that the country is stable, it is time to welcome new people.
The eyes of the ladies present became more lively.
The imperial garden seemed to be lively, and laughter flew from afar, crashing in through the gaps in the vines.
Chen Danzhu, who was reaching out to pull the leaves from the vine, paused and leaned forward, looking at the end of the road ahead——
"It seems like I'm playing on the swing." She turned around and whispered.
Chu Yurong sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a slender leaf in his hand. There were a bunch of long and short leaves scattered in his arms, some complete and some broken. Hearing Chen Danzhu's words, he leaned forward slightly.
Qianqian also looked over and nodded: "When I came here just now, I saw a swing over there." Then he looked at Chen Danzhu, "Swing, is it fun?"
Chen Danzhu thought for a while: "It's not bad. Your Highness can try it next time." But maybe the imperial doctors won't allow it. For the sick and weak, they are not allowed to take more than a few steps. She thought again, "
You can install a hanging chair first so that His Highness can get used to it."
Chu Yurong said hello, shook the leaves in his hand, and signaled to Chen Danzhu: "Have you made your choice?"
Although he was curious about the swing, did he still focus on the fighting grass in front of him? Chen Danzhu smiled, pulled off a leaf, sat down opposite Chu Yurong, rubbed the leaf in the palm of his hand, then held it to his mouth and blew on it.
"I must win this time." She muttered, "I will never lose this time."
Chu Yurong looked at the leaves in his hand calmly: "I still win."
Chen Danzhu chuckled, moved his arms, held Ye Zi's hands and raised them up: "Okay, let's get started."
Chu Yurong used the leaves in his hand to cover Chen Danzhu's, and the leaves on both sides were crisscrossed.
The two looked solemnly and stared at Ye Zi.
"One, two, three." Chen Danzhu said, "Start."
At the command, the intersecting leaves pulled each other, Chen Danzhu's body and arms tensed up, and Chu Yurong opposite did not move at all. There was a soft sound, and the leaf in Chen Danzhu's hand broke. She pinched the leaf and whispered...
"Are you cheating?" She pointed at Chu Yurong.
"How could I cheat?" Chu Yurong showed her the leaves in his hand, "They are all picked from a vine." He reached out and took out the broken leaves from Chen Danzhu's hand and put them in his arms.
Li - "You can't afford to lose, can you?"
Chen Danzhu looked at his empty hands and looked at him warily: "How could I not afford to lose! But I heard Jin Yao say that you look honest, but you are actually very good at cheating. When you were a child, you often bullied her when playing games.
——Are you very strong?"
A sick person shouldn't do that. Just now I was supporting him when he got off the rockery.
Chu Yurong lowered his head to count the broken leaves in his arms, and retorted without raising his head: "Just because I am strong, it does not mean that Ye Zi is strong. Don't listen to Jin Yao, she is just making excuses for losing."
After he finished counting, he raised his head and smiled, "I won fifteen times, you owe me fifteen times."
Under the vine trellis, the sunlight was dappled, making his face even more profound and handsome, and his smile was like melting ice and snow.
Chen Danzhu looked dumbfounded, then regained consciousness and muttered: "Fifteen guan is worthy of being so happy."
Chu Yurong said: "It's worth being happy to win, even if it's a penny, it's worth it."
Chen Danzhu looked at the serious look on the young man's face. He was happy to win, but not happy to lose. He seemed to be a very polite person in the first few times he met him, but why did he act so fiercely?
She couldn't help but said angrily: "It's just fighting grass."
Moreover, she is a girl, and the Sixth Prince did not let her win even once.
Seeing the girl's unhappy look, Chu Yurong was not upset at all, but said seriously: "You also have to play hard, regardless of gender. Only when you play hard can you have fun."
Okay, okay, it seems that he was having fun. Chen Danzhu was funny again and gave up: "I will give you money." At this point, he raised his eyebrows again, with a bit of pride, "Now, I have more
Money."
What did she mean by being rich? Chu Yurong knew that he had been wandering around at the beginning of the banquet. The Sixth Prince was not familiar with the palace, but General Iron Mask was very familiar with it. He was the first to enter this palace. Before the Emperor
Before moving in, he carefully inspected every place - he saw Chen Danzhu being bored at the banquet, saw Chen Danzhu being followed by Concubine Xu, saw Concubine Xu driving away the maids and blocking Chen Danzhu, he
I heard their entire conversation by the window at the back of the house——
Three million strings, to two million strings.
"That's great." He smiled slightly, "I'm happy that Miss Danzhu is rich, and I wish Miss Danzhu will be even richer in the future."
Will she get richer next? No one will throw money at her, right? Zhou Xuan’s family is not in the capital. Chen Danzhu tilted his head and thought, wondering if His Majesty is willing to pay for Zhou Xuan——
She put aside these thoughts and rubbed her hands: "This is not about money. You can't lose even if you have money. If you try again and again, I won't believe it. I'm so unlucky that the leaves I'm looking for can't beat yours even once."
Just as she was about to stand up, Chu Yurong raised his hand to shush her and looked outside. Chen Danzhu stopped moving for a moment.
"There is someone." Chu Yurong mouthed to her.
Chen Danzhu had already seen it. Two palace maids were coming from the road on the right. They were chatting and looking left and right. Finally, they came around to avoid the road and stood behind the trees, leaning against the vine flower stand——
"——Really or not?" a palace maid asked in a low voice, "Isn't it possible?"
"Really, I personally heard what the maids and sisters around the Crown Princess said." Another maid whispered, "The Crown Prince wants to choose a wife for the fifth prince as well -"
The palace maid from before seemed to believe it: "No wonder the Crown Princess keeps walking around among the ladies. Is it because she is looking at each other?"
"Actually, I've already made up my mind." The other maid's voice was even lower, as if it was close to the previous maid's ear——
Chen Danzhu almost clung to the vines, holding her breath, and heard three subtle words coming.
