Chapter 54 Wanting Him to Be the Future Prince Consort
"Your Highness the Princess is a royal daughter, so her temperament is naturally unique." Shen Lingshu explained with a smile. Apart from Princess Lingzhao, who else could make Concubine Fang feel inferior?
Princess Ling Zhao put down her bowl of taro balls and tofu pudding, looked at her with a smile and said, "Auntie is so eloquent and charming, no wonder she was able to please Second Brother and become the first to conceive."
Concubine Fang, who was sitting aside, couldn't help but laugh. Although Princess Lingzhao's words were a bit sharp, they were not just directed at her.
As if she didn't understand Princess Lingzhao's ridicule, Shen Lingshu smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Princess."
Princess Lingzhao raised her eyebrows. Was this like punching cotton?
"Greetings to Concubine, and to Princess Lingzhao."
As if they had made an appointment, Aunt Li, Aunt Lin, and Aunt Hai appeared together in the Youlan Courtyard to pay their respects to Concubine Fang and Princess Lingzhao.
"Your Highness, these are Concubine Li, Concubine Lin, and Concubine Hai from the mansion." Concubine Fang introduced them with a smile, not even bothering to say their names, and directly mentioned their surnames.
"Well, they are all good. Second brother is so lucky." After Princess Lingzhao said this, she distributed the prepared gifts one by one, including gold and jade butterfly hairpins, four butterfly hairpins of different shapes, one for each person.
"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness."
Aunt Li and the others held the heavy butterfly hairpin and thanked her in unison. Shen Lingshu also had to sigh that Princess Lingzhao was very generous and sold it for at least ten or more taels of silver.
If Prince Lin had a few more concubines, I'm afraid the reward would be enough for an ordinary person to live for several lifetimes.
"Your Highness has such beautiful eyes, bright and sparkling, just like the stars in the sky." Aunt Hai praised with a smile. Her mother once said that there is no woman who doesn't like to be praised.
Although Princess Lingzhao's skin is a little dark, her eyes are indeed beautiful.
"You have good taste. My eyes are exactly the same as my mother's." Princess Lingzhao was very happy when she heard Aunt Hai praising her eyes.
With these eyes, every time my father looks at her, his heart softens a little.
“No wonder it looks so good.”
Aunt Hai praised Princess Lingzhao as much as she could, and Aunt Li echoed her, making Princess Lingzhao smile from ear to ear. She also gave her a lot of good things. When she was leaving, Guanyun, who was by Princess Lingzhao's side, stayed.
"Auntie Shen, I wonder how this taro ball tofu pudding is made?" Guan Yun looked at Shen Lingshu with a smile. She saw clearly the look that His Highness had just given her. Since His Highness loved it, she naturally had to learn how to make it for Him when she got home.
Shen Lingshu: "..."
This taro ball tofu pudding is not available in the country of Mu Ning. She was planning to ask someone to make it, but unexpectedly, the palace maid beside the princess asked for it directly.
"Zhu Xin, take Miss Guan Yun to the kitchen to learn, and you must teach her." Shen Lingshu said with a smile. Looking at Guan Yun's leaving back, she couldn't refuse at all.
The script says that Princess Lingzhao is domineering, which is true.
In the evening, Shen Lingshu began to count her belongings. There were many things given by the palace and the prince, but many of them could only be used and could not be pawned for money.
And she only had fifty taels of cash in her hand.
So poor!
Shen Lingshu felt that if she didn't open a shop to make money in the future, when her status became higher, she would be bankrupted by rewards from all over.
"Master, do you feel that there is something wrong with Aunt Hai today?" The more Zhu Xin thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
"Pregnant."
Shen Lingshu answered without thinking. Today, Aunt Hai was not as noisy as before. Even when she sat down, she subconsciously protected her stomach.
Even if Aunt Hai tried to hide it, it would be impossible to hide it if someone looked carefully.
"Zhu Xin, do you think something is wrong with Aunt Li?" Shen Lingshu put down her jewelry and asked. In the script, Aunt Li should be pregnant, and with her as a variable, no one knows if it will change.
"No." Zhu Xin shook her head and said, "Isn't Concubine Li the same as before? But Concubine Lin, I see she is a little dazed, as if something happened."
"Is Aunt Hai really pregnant?" Zhu Xin looked at her in shock, but then felt that it was reasonable. If her own master could get pregnant, then Aunt Hai must be able to get pregnant too.
Shen Lingshu: "..."
Lantern Festival.
"Brother, look, there's fire coming out of there!"
Princess Lingzhao was like a child who had not grown up. She found everything she saw particularly novel and interesting, such as fire-breathing and juggling performances. She clapped her hands and turned around to shout excitedly at Chu Cong.
"careful."
Chu Cong reminded.
"Brother, how does he breathe fire? There are so many people here, and there are even jugglers over there!"
After watching the fire-breathing show, Princess Ling Zhao dragged Chu Cong to watch the circus. There were so many people that they had to speak louder. She said, "I never knew that the Lantern Festival was so interesting."
"From now on, your second brother can bring you to the Lantern Festival every year." Chu Cong looked at her as she was curious about everything, with guilt and doting in his eyes.
She was clearly a noble princess of the Mu Ning Kingdom, but she grew up on Lingtai Mountain. Every year during the Lantern Festival, Qiqiao Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, there would be lantern festivals of all sizes, but she had never seen one.
"Thank you, second brother. You are so nice." Princess Lingzhao tilted her head, and the smile on her lips became even brighter. After watching all kinds of acrobatics, Princess Lingzhao took a fancy to the lanterns next to her.
"I like that rabbit lantern." Princess Lingzhao looked at the rabbit lantern and fell in love with it at first sight.
"Second brother will buy it for you."
Chu Cong bought the rabbit lantern directly, and his eyes fell on the small tiger lantern beside it. It looked very much like the tiger-head shoes that Shen Lingshu made for An An and Bei Bei in her sewing basket. For some unknown reason, Chu Cong bought the two small tiger lanterns as well.
Holding three lanterns, he turned around and found that Lingzhao Gongrang, who was originally in the same place, had actually run to the side.
What fun thing have you found?
Chu Cong followed slowly. With secret guards beside him, he had nothing to worry about even though there were many people around.
Soon, Chu Cong discovered that Princess Lingzhao was not looking for anything interesting, but seemed to be looking for someone.
"Second brother, please help me find the young man in green who was standing on the bridge just now."
Princess Lingzhao searched for a while but couldn't find him, so she set her sights on Prince Lin. She quickly said, "He was wearing a green robe, had a face as handsome as jade, and was holding a tiger lantern in his hand."
"Go." Chu Cong ordered, then asked, "Who is that person? Did he bully you?"
Princess Ling Zhao said a little embarrassedly: "Second brother, he didn't bully me. It was Ling Zhao who fell in love with him at first sight. Ling Zhao wanted him to be her future consort!"
"Just now, he was standing here, holding the tiger lantern."
Princess Lingzhao stood where he had just stood. Unlike the shy girls, she said openly, "There's a full moon behind him. It's very beautiful."
Princess Lingzhao raised her eyes and looked at the bright moonlight. The scene just now seemed to appear in her mind: under the bright moon, the young man in blue was holding a tiger lantern.
At that moment, there was only one thought in her mind: if she had to get married, she wanted to marry a man like that!
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