Chapter 398: The Second Princess's Banquet
However, recently many mixed varieties of roses were sent in from outside the palace and transplanted in the Yu Garden. Every day after breakfast, the Queen Mother would take a walk to the Yu Garden to admire the flowers.
The Jiaofang Division arranged for singing and dancing girls to perform songs and dances for the Queen Mother in the Yu Garden every day.
Today was different. The old Princess of Yunyang was invited to bring her family from Yunyang County to the palace to escape the summer heat.
The Second Princess wore a lotus pink dress and turned twice in front of the full-length mirror. Two pink and white roses were pinned on her double buns. Two strings of golden bells hung under the flowers, and a crisp and pleasant tinkling sound rang out when she moved.
"Why is there a red bump on my forehead?"
It happened to be at this time!
Today...she is going to meet the grandson of the Princess of Yunyang!
How can she have a blemish on her face? What if Shi Wulang minds?
The people serving the Second Princess have been replaced by the Emperor. Now the people serving the Second Princess in Yanqing Palace are all the people that the Emperor asked Jiang Xinyue to rearrange.
Fu Liu tried to open her eyes wide to look at the unnoticeable pimple in the middle of the Princess's forehead, and almost couldn't help rolling her eyes.
She gave a standard smile: "You are a princess, and this marriage was asked for by the old Princess Yunyang herself. You are married to the Shi family from a royal branch and jade leaf. Why do you care what he likes? Just be yourself."
The second princess was stunned by what she said: "Be myself?"
"Yes!"
Fu Liu nodded: "Isn't the second princess, who can laugh and scold, dares to love and hate, bright and lively, lovable? If Shi Wulang doesn't like you, it's his loss. There are thousands of good men in Dayan, and the princess doesn't have to be with him. The Empress said that men have bad habits, and as long as you don't get used to him, he can't turn the world upside down."
"Did your mother say that?"
There was wind coming in from the window, and the golden bells in her ears were blown by the gentle breeze. The second princess's mind seemed to be suddenly enlightened.
Her eyes lit up: "You are right, this princess wants to be myself."
Yu Garden -
In order to receive Princess Yunyang and several women from the Jing and Jiang families, the emperor specially asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to go out of the palace and invite the most popular opera troupe in the capital - Rongsheng Opera Troupe.
The play on the stage was the latest script rehearsed by Rongsheng Opera Troupe, which was nothing more than a vulgar play about a rich lady in a deep courtyard falling in love with a poor boy with nothing, dreaming of being together for the rest of her life.
However, Lan Xiaolou, the pillar of Rongsheng Opera Troupe, was really a man of both beauty and talent. A grown man dressed as a woman, he had a charming demeanor, his gestures were naturally charming, and the natural style between his eyebrows and eyes was better than many women in the world.
One can already imagine how enchanting and beautiful Lan Xiaolou is after changing back to men's clothes.
The old princess of Yunyang has seen the world, but she couldn't help but exaggerate: "The feng shui of the capital is to nourish people. I have never seen such a clever actor in Yunyang. When Wulang gets married, we will invite the Rongsheng Opera Troupe to Yunyang to sing for a few days."
This is to remind Jiang Xinyue that it is time to let the two children see him. Shi
Wulang is only fifteen years old, childish, but delicate and good-looking, with a narrow waist and long legs, and his height looks more than 1.7 meters.
The child can grow a little bit more by eating, and when he gets married at the age of 18, it will not be a problem for him to be 1.8 meters tall.
Isn't the second princess "little juice" so lucky!
"Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong..."
A series of bells rang out,
and Shi Wulang looked up with a red face, and saw a little girl who looked like a flower fairy walking towards him. She looked elegant and lovely, almost the same as in the portrait, and even more lively because she was moving.
The way she greeted the Empress with smiling eyes was very much like the little rabbit he raised, well-behaved and cute, which could melt people's hearts.
Is this... is this... his... his future princess wife?
Princess Yunyang looked at her grandson who was as red as a ripe crab, and her face became sore from trying to hold back her laughter. She touched his sleeve and whispered, "I asked you to come, but you still didn't want to. Look, your grandmother didn't lie to you! The little princess is really cute."
Shi Jiarong was very resistant when he heard that his future wife might be the second princess.
Concubine De was well-known for her madness and viciousness. He was really worried that the second princess would be like her mother, and go crazy and kill his whole family.
But his grandmother said that the royal family's feelings for her, the old princess, had faded. She was afraid that after her death, the Shi family would decline, and their descendants would be bullied and looked down upon, and would have a hard life.
It happened that his grandmother learned that the Empress was looking for a husband for the second princess, so she had an idea and sent his portrait into the palace.
He was a soft-hearted person who couldn't bear to see chickens and fish killed. What if the second princess looked like Concubine De...
But the two little guys made eye contact and quickly looked away. Both of them felt their hearts pounding and panicked.
My heart was beating too fast!
"What's the point of young people following us to listen to opera?"
Jiang Xinyue intentionally created an opportunity for the two to get along, and said to the second princess: "My sister and brother, as well as the women and gentlemen of the Yunyang Princess's family are not familiar with the palace. Can you take them down to have a look? I will talk to the princess."
Her identity as the queen not only always makes others forget that she is only eighteen years old, but even she herself sometimes forgets it.
Before she traveled through time, she was already in her thirties, so after traveling to the Great Yan Dynasty, she had a kind of stability and calmness that was not in line with her age.
The second princess thought about what Fu Liu said, straightened her back, and said generously: "Your son obeys your order."
Of course, the second princess does not need to lead the way, there will be palace maids and eunuchs to lead the way for the ladies and gentlemen.
Jiang Junze is about the same age as the second princess. He has been to palace banquets with Ruan countless times. He also knows that the second princess used to be hostile to Jiang Xinyue, so he just can't like her.
The two stared at each other, almost like a fight.
Jiang Xinyan kicked Jiang Junze and shook her head when he looked at her.
Jiang Junze then reluctantly looked away.
In addition to the families of the Jiang family, the Jing family and the Princess Yunyang, there were also several official families who entered the palace this time. The young boys were always high-spirited and proud, attracting the eyes of many young girls.
The beautiful girls were naturally noticed by the boys. If this was a meeting banquet for the second princess and Shi Wulang, it would be better to say that it was an undisclosed blind date banquet.
Yan Sanlang from the family of the general of the cavalry and Jiang Erlang from the Jiang family were undoubtedly the most popular among the group. The daughters of each family were instructed to win the favor of these two.
Jiang Junze was a little younger after all, so Yan Sanlang was more popular.
It was June, and the palace was full of beautiful scenery with flowers blooming, rockery, flowing water, and lush grass.
The gorgeous boys and girls were inevitably moved in this restless summer.
Yan Sanlang avoided waves of girls who came to him and got to Jiang Xinyan's side.