"Miss Ming."
"Miss Sun."
Sun Caiyao saw innocence in Jiuzhu's smile, a carefree smile that had never been tainted by the world.
"I was very sorry that I couldn't have a detailed chat with Miss Ming at the foot of Feixia Mountain a few days ago. Fortunately, you are here today. Come in and sit down and chat slowly." Holding Jiuzhu's hand gently, Sun Caiyao smiled softly and asked, "You and I are of similar age. I am one year older than you. From now on, you can just call me sister."
After hearing this, several girls nearby covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and laughed out loud.
In the future, they will all marry into the royal family and become sisters-in-law. In detail, aren't they just sisters?
Jiuzhu turned her head to look at the girls who were laughing and blinked.
"Don't pay attention to them, they are all petty." Sun Caiyao's gaze stayed on Jiuzhu's hair, where there was a pair of ruyi-patterned tassel hairpins. This pair of tassel hairpins was once worn by Concubine Su to attend His Majesty's birthday celebration.
She lowered her eyelids slightly, not looking directly into Jiuzhu's beautiful eyes: "There is a small garden in the backyard of my house. If you don't mind, Jiuzhu, please go to the garden with us."
Jiuzhu turned around and glanced at Shen who was talking to the ladies, and Shen nodded slightly.
"Then I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Sun." Jiuzhu smiled and nodded to Sun Caiyao.
"Sister, please." Sun Caiyao let go of Jiuzhu's hand, held up her skirt slightly and led the way. The women accompanying them spoke wittily, praising Jiuzhu and Sun Caiyao from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
The Sun family's courtyard is secluded with stacked stones. Although it is not luxurious, it is full of scenery. The family style of the Sun family is just like their garden, with a deep foundation and cultivation in every word and action.
When young girls are together, they inevitably have fun and flirt with each other. Jiuzhu has memorized the names of several young ladies. Each of them is friendly and easy to get along with, and there is nothing wrong with them.
Jiuzhu remembered what her mother said to her when she left the house in the morning.
"How to get along with them is something that others have to consider. Once you go there, you will naturally find that each of them is gentle, considerate and understanding."
"Are all the girls in the capital so gentle?"
"It is not the nature that is gentle, but the heart."
Jiuzhu looked at the girls who were running in the garden in small steps and panting, and felt that if she tried to catch them, it would be considered an unfair victory.
No wonder the masters said that the climate and soil in the capital were not suitable for supporting people. These girls’ physical strength was too poor. They were so tired after running just a few steps.
"Sister Jiuzhu, are you tired?" Sun Caiyao walked over to her side, "Let's sit over there and rest for a while."
Jiuzhu: “…”
She glanced at Sun Caiyao's flushed cheeks and suspected that she was tired but was too embarrassed to say it, so she asked her to accompany her.
Okay, take care of the elderly, the weak and the disabled, and do good deeds.
The autumn breeze was blowing gently. Sun Caiyao poured a cup of fragrant tea and placed it in front of Jiuzhu: "Sister, are you used to everything after returning to Beijing?"
Jiuzhu picked up the teacup and nodded.
The atmosphere calmed down. Sun Caiyao looked at the pretty girl in front of her. She tightened her grip on the teacup, then slowly loosened it: "Sister...will you blame me?"
"What?" Jiuzhu thought there was something wrong with her ears. She looked up at Sun Caiyao. The other person's eyes were very complicated. Maybe because they were too complicated, Jiuzhu couldn't understand them. She even felt a little cold on her back.
"Nothing." Sun Caiyao smiled and said, "Sister, I'll use tea instead of wine. Please forgive me if I'm being rude."
Just as Jiu Zhu picked up the tea cup, a servant of the Sun family hurriedly walked up to Sun Caiyao: "Miss, His Highness King Qi heard that our house is hosting a tea tasting banquet today, and sent the chief attendant to send a lot of things over. Please go and take a look."
Sun Caiyao drank the tea in her cup, stood up and bowed to Jiuzhu, "Excuse me, sister."
After watching Miss Sun leave, Jiuzhu took a sip of the tea in the cup.
A bit bland.
Putting down the teacup, she stood up and walked to the lotus pond beside her. There were dead lotus leaves on the surface of the pond, and occasionally fish swam across the water, spitting out a few bubbles.
Jiuzhu sat on a rock, looking at these fat fish that weren't afraid of people, and couldn't help thinking, if people ate such stupid fish, they would become stupid too, right?
"Why doesn't Miss Zheng go play with everyone?"
"I don't want to go." A woman's unhappy voice came from behind the rockery: "Who dares to offend Princess Chen in the future?"
"Why do you say that, Miss Zheng? Miss Ming has a gentle temperament and knows..."
"If you want to flatter me, go ahead. There's no need to say these nasty things in front of me."
Jiuzhu stood up from the stone. People in the capital city like to hide in the dark and say bad things about others? She looked around and walked quietly to the rockery.
The woman who was bullied by Miss Zheng was a little angry: "Your brother offended the Prince of Chen and lost face. What does this have to do with Miss Ming? Lord Ming is an upright official, and Mrs. Shen has a gentle temperament. Since Miss Ming entered the Sun Mansion, when has she ever put on airs with us? What's your ability to talk about Miss Ming's right and wrong behind her back? If you have the guts, go and argue with the Prince of Chen!"
"You..." Zheng Zhen suddenly stopped talking, and stared at the rockery with wide eyes, as if she saw something terrible.
Yao Yinyin noticed her abnormality, then turned around and saw Miss Ming sitting on the rockery, adjusting her shawl with a leisurely posture.
"Ms. Ming, Ming?" Yao Yinyin didn't dare to guess how much Ming Jiuzhu had heard.
Zheng Zhen's face turned pale with fright. The Zheng family was the maternal family of King Qi, so she was naturally not afraid of Ming Jiuzhu. But what she was afraid of was Ming Jiuzhu's fiancé, King Chen.
Thinking of his brother who was still copying books in Class A of the Children's School, Zheng Zhen staggered and took a step back.
"You guys continue chatting, don't worry about me." Jiuzhu held up her shawl to block the sun and smiled at the two of them: "I'm just here to enjoy the scenery."
Yao Yinyin: “…”
She looked at Zheng Zhen with pity. She said bad things to the person involved, and she wanted them to continue chatting?
Just put yourself in Zheng Zhen's shoes, she would want to dig a crack in the ground and hide herself in it.
Seeing that Zheng Zhen didn't say anything, Jiuzhu suddenly realized something and asked, "Did my presence here affect Miss Zheng's mood for conversation?"
She tilted her head and jumped down from the rockery: "I'm leaving now."
"Ms. Ming." Zheng Zhen gritted her teeth and called Jiuzhu, hesitating, "What happened just now was all a misunderstanding..."
"Miss Zheng, there is no need to explain. I understand. I understand everything." Jiuzhu lifted the hem of her skirt, turned around and left without listening to Zheng Zhen's explanation.
Why does a pretty girl like to gossip behind people's backs?
Can't scare her to death!
"She must have heard it." Zheng Zhen looked at Yao Yinyin in panic: "What if she told Concubine Su about this?"
Yao Yinyin: “…”
She couldn't hold back just now, but now she's scared?
The Pingyuan Marquis Mansion is the maternal family of the Prince of Qi, and many famous officials came from their ancestors. Why is it that the younger generation are getting more stupid than the last?
Could it be that all his intelligence and talent were passed on to his grandson, the King of Qi?
"Don't think too much. Miss Ming didn't say anything." Yao Yinyin comforted: "I think she is not a narrow-minded person."
Zheng Zhen glared at Yao Yinyin. It was already such a certain time and she still didn't forget to flatter Ming Jiuzhu?
Pretending not to notice Zheng Zhen's dissatisfaction, Yao Yinyin bowed and said, "If Miss Zheng is really worried, just go and apologize to Miss Ming, and the matter will be over."
Anyway, after today, she will stay away from Miss Zheng. Sometimes people with bad brains are more dangerous than bad people.
"I, I didn't say anything." Although he said this, Zheng Zhen didn't dare to stay in the Sun Mansion any longer. He found an excuse and left in a hurry in a carriage. He didn't even attend the lunch specially prepared by the Sun family.
"What happened when you were playing with other girls?" When Shen saw Jiuzhu sitting back next to her, there was a strange smile on her face.
"Someone was gossiping about me behind my back, and I heard it."
Upon hearing this, Shen was worried that her daughter was upset because of other people's gossip, and was about to say something to comfort her.
"The girl from the Zheng family who gossips about others outside is not only not very smart, but also has problems with her upbringing." Jiuzhu smiled a little proudly: "After she finished gossiping, she found me behind the rockery, like a field mouse that was discovered stealing food."
Shen discovered one thing: her daughter seemed to have a mysterious confidence in herself and would never change her opinion because of what others said.
Other people's comments or opinions have no impact on her.
Maybe one day, when everyone’s views differ from hers, she will be able to come to the conclusion that “these people are all weird, and I am the only one who is normal.”
The two Taoist priests who raised my daughter must be extraordinary women in the world. It is impossible for ordinary people to raise a child with such a unique personality.
Just as she was thinking about it, she heard her daughter mumbling again.
"I hate people who say bad things about His Royal Highness the Prince."
Shen: “…”
In fact, sometimes, blind confidence is not a good thing.
After returning from her grandson's house, Shen's anxious and fearful mentality has changed a lot. Sometimes, she can let Jiuzhu go out without Ming Cunfu's company.
The atmosphere in Beijing was open and women were not too restricted. When Jiuzhu went out with her maid, she could see women walking alone everywhere, which was better than Lingzhou.
Every now and then, Jiuzhu was forced by her mother to go out and spend money. She held her purse in pain. Why did she have to spend the money when it was better to keep it?
"Miss." Chunfen saw Jiuzhu holding her purse, standing on the street unwilling to pick things: "Master told Madam that although our family is not rich, we still have money to buy pearl hairpins, jewelry, rouge and powder for you, young lady."
Jiuzhu sighed: "But I don't lack these. Mother has already prepared a lot for me."
"Which girl would complain about having too many pearl hairpins and jewelry?" Chunfen and several maids carried Jiuzhu to the store and said, "My dear lady, please buy a few and take them back. Otherwise, the lady will suspect that we are not doing our job well."
"Hey, the little girl from the Ming family."
Ming Jiuzhu looked around. Who was calling her?
"I'm here, where are you looking?" Something fell gently at her feet. It was a silver peanut. Jiuzhu bent down to pick up the silver peanut and looked up at the upstairs.
A young man in a brocade robe leaned against the window and smiled at her wildly.
He was the kindhearted young man who asked someone to help her fight last time.
"You want to pick out some jewelry?" He waved at Jiuzhu, "Come upstairs and take a look. The jewelry here is beautiful."
Jiuzhu opened her palm, revealing the silver peanuts on it, and looked up at him: "Your silver fell."
"Then bring it up for me." Prince Chen laughed and bowed to her: "Miss Lao Ming."
This bow was not performed in a standard way, but when he did it, it sounded free and easy.
Jiuzhu just tilted her head back, and his smile was reflected in her bright dark eyes.
His smile is very familiar.
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