A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

Every time she got along with Sun Caiyao, Jiuzhu felt that the other party looked at her strangely.

"When you first met your younger brother and sister, you just returned to the capital, and in a blink of an eye we became a family." Sun Caiyao smiled softly, and handed the prepared gift to Jiuzhu: "May your younger brother and sister and fifth brother love more than Jin Jian,? ?Love lasts forever."

"Thank you Fourth Sister-in-law." Jiuzhu took the gift box and handed it over to the Spring Equinox. She pulled King Lachen's sleeve: "His Royal Highness, ?? My sister-in-law and sister-in-law will sit next to me, ?? You and a few His Royal Highnesses chat slowly."

"Okay." King Chen nodded slightly, and did not forget to instruct: "It's cold in the morning, don't eat cold food."

"Hmm." Jiuzhu nodded, walking to another table with the princes and concubines to sit down.

"I didn't expect that the fifth brother was so careful with the people around him." After Princess An sat down, she quickly said: "He has a hurting temper."

"Your Highness has always treated people like this." Jiuzhu wanted to reach out and take some fruit to eat, but remembering that this fruit is cold, she turned her hand and took a piece of dessert.

"Ah?" Princess An laughed dryly, holding up the teacup to cover up her gaffe: "Yes, yes, even the emperor likes the fifth brother's temperament."

Others, ?? She can't boast.

Princess Huai picked up the tea and looked at Princess An with a smile. This second younger brother and sister seemed to have a straightforward temperament, but when she saw what someone said, her heart was clear.

What's even more powerful is that she and Wang An have been married for three years, and there has never been another woman by Wang An.

"My brother and sister's flowers are so beautiful." Princess An looked at the flowers between Jiuzhu's forehead: "It doesn't look like it was posted. Could it be that my brother and sister drew it?"

As expected of the descendants of the Ming family, even Hua Dian showed his aura.

"This was drawn by His Highness." Jiuzhu was surprised when she saw the light makeup of several sisters-in-law. His Highness did not say that it is easy for sisters-in-law to compete with each other, why are all the sisters-in-law so simple in makeup.

"I got up in a hurry today, and I didn't wash myself well, which made my younger siblings laugh." Princess Huai thought, if King Chen hadn't come over early in the morning, they wouldn't have to get up in a hurry.

Jiu Zhu didn't answer, and even felt a little guilty.

It was she who woke up too early to wake His Highness.

Sun Caiyao looked at the flower tin between Jiuzhu's eyebrows, was this really painted by Yun Duqing?

She turned her head to look at the table where the princes were sitting, and Yun Duqing was dressed gorgeously. In any case, it is unimaginable that such a man would bear his temper and paint flowers for women.

"The fifth siblings didn't live in the capital when they were young, so they may not be familiar with us." Princess Huai gently introduced their identities to Jiuzhu: "My maiden name is Wu, and my father is the servant of the Ministry of Industry. , but her father served in other states and could not return to Beijing before the end of his term. The third younger brother and sister were surnamed Du, and their ancestors were also from a noble family.

Speaking of this, Princess Huai smiled: "Our fathers were all colleagues in the court. Now we have become a family again. We should get along well in the future. Don't cause conflicts and let others see royal jokes."

She gave Sun Caiyao a special look: "After careful calculation, is the fourth younger sibling only one year older than the fifth younger sibling?"

"Sister-in-law is right." Sun Caiyao knew that she was talking to herself. At the New Year's banquet, because of Ming Jingzhou, His Highness lost his mother and concubine, lost his relatives, and even lost the king.

Maybe in a dream, she saw Ming Jiuzhu smiling and dying with His Highness with her own eyes, and then looking at Ming Jiuzhu in reality, she would only think that she was gentle and kind.

"We don't have anything to do in the palace on weekdays, we just play chess and cards together, and the days are comfortable." As the elder sister-in-law, Princess Huai has always been considerate and steady in front of several younger siblings.

"Sometimes the brothers like to cook and eat together in a hot pot, and we can't feel wronged." Princess An replied, "I listen to the music at the three-cha and five-view flower barbecue, how can I come here at ease."

"Why don't we get on the table at noon today and cook the hot pot?" Princess An excitedly said, "The five younger siblings have just married into the royal family, and the five of us are all together. Reunion, prosperous and happy, what do the five brothers and sisters think?"

Jiuzhu was also interested and nodded, "Okay."

"Okay, I'll let the kitchen open." Princess Huai said to the palace maid beside her, "Go and ask a few princes, would they like to eat warm pot with us?"

Among the princes, except Yun Yanze, I am afraid that no one would hate hot pot, but unfortunately no one cared about Yun Yanze's opinion. I heard that several princesses wanted to eat hot pot, and they all agreed.

After they agreed, it seemed that he just remembered to ask Yun Yanze's opinion. King Huai turned to look at him: "The fourth brother's injury has healed, is it alright to eat hot pot?"

"Thank you eldest brother for your concern, my injury has healed." Yun Yanze smiled slightly: "Eating hot pot is fine, there are so many people."

The palace staff of Zhangliu Palace set up a large round table, and everyone sat around, each two sharing a small pot.

Lingzhou people are not very fond of spicy food, but Jiuzhu likes a little spicy taste in the bottom of the pot. King Chen was afraid of spicing her, so he still didn't let the two of them put too much chili oil in the pot.

"Fifth younger siblings eat beef?" Sun Caiyao watched Jiuzhu put a piece of beef into the bowl, and said in surprise, "I thought you should avoid this."

"Fourth younger brother and sister, Jiuzhu was only fostered in a Taoist temple when she was a child, and she didn't enter the Taoist sect, so why do you need to taboo this?" In just one morning, Princess An's name for Jiuzhu changed from fifth younger brother and sister directly to her name: "Doctor It is said that women eat more beef to nourish qi and maintain health."

Jiuzhu nodded: "Second sister-in-law is right, since I was a child, I didn't avoid food when I was a child."

Teachers usually

I don't give her beef often, not because she is taboo, but because beef is too expensive and they are too poor to buy it.

"So it is." Sun Caiyao smiled reluctantly: "I blamed my ignorance and made my brother and sister laugh."

"What's this?" Jiu Zhu looked at her puzzled: "You care so much, why should I laugh? The whole family is joking, what's the big deal?"

"Try this piece of fish belly." King Chen put the boiled fish in the bowl of nine beads, raised his head and said to Sun Caiyao, "Sister-in-law four, my princess has a straight personality and never cares about these little things."

Sun Caiyao shook her head. After she saw Ming Jiuzhu eating the fish, King Chen wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief very naturally, lowered her eyelids and smiled: "The fifth brother and sister have such a good temperament."

"The dish is ready." Yun Yanze reminded her in a low voice, "It won't be delicious if you cook it any more."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Sun Caiyao picked up the dish and put it in her bowl. The moment she entered the dish, the tip of her tongue was burning with pain.

"Why, it's not delicious?" Yun Yanze looked at her tenderly.

"No." She shook her head and swallowed the hot stuff into her throat, a sudden burst of sadness that even she didn't understand.

"Come." Yun Yanze picked up a chopstick of the dish just now and put it in her bowl.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Sun Caiyao looked at his gentle eyes and smiled.

"This is not delicious."

Jiuzhu frowned: "It's bitter."

"You don't like to endure hardship at a young age?" Chen Wang chuckled, took away the rest of the dishes in her bowl, and picked two pieces of ham for her: "Forget it, this king will help you eat."

Wang Huai looked at the tiredness of the two, and turned his head in disgust, and saw that the second younger brother and sister pointed to which second younger brother to pick, which was more useful than the servant who served.

One by one, what's wrong?

Is it because the palace servants are not enough, or the dishes they serve are more fragrant than others?

"Your Highness." Princess Huai looked at him: "Eat well, what do you see others doing?"

After looking at it for so long, I haven't seen any improvement. The husbands of other families know how to serve their daughter-in-law with vegetables. What does he know?

Just know to eat!

Nasty shit!

"Alas." King Huai shook his head and said with a laugh in her ear, "Man, how can you be like the second and fifth younger brothers, without any manliness."

At this moment, Princess Huai wanted to press his head directly into the tumbling pot: "Ha."

Hearing the laughter of his own princess, King Huai said confidently, "It seems that you agree with me too."

Princess Huai took a deep breath.

Forget it, murdering the prince in public would implicate the nine clans, so she endured it.

"Princess." The Spring Equinox walked to Jiuzhu's side and whispered to her: "The old concubines from the West Palace just sent someone to send congratulations, saying that it was to congratulate you and the prince on your wedding. The people who came also said that the concubines and You are old acquaintances, and if you are not here, I will take the initiative and accept the gift."

"Which concubines did they expressly follow?" King Chen sat with Jiu Zhu, and he could hear clearly what the Spring Equinox said.

"Concubine Zhao, Concubine Zhou and other nobles." The Spring Equinox said the two concubines with the highest status.

"This king understands, just accept what they sent." King Chen nodded slightly, worried that Jiuzhu didn't know who the old lady was, he pressed her ear and said, "Concubine Zhao is the lady who gave you the tiger cloth. Concubine, these concubines have received the grace of their mother, if we do not accept the gift, they will be uneasy."

"I don't know if that kitten's leg is healed." When mentioning those old concubines, Jiuzhu thought of the cat with a leg injury.

"After you go back, I'll accompany you to the Imperial Concubine's Palace."

"Go back to the door?" Jiu Zhu looked at him with burning eyes: "The grandma sent by the Ministry of Rites said that there are no rules for returning to the door in the palace. Your Highness, do you want to accompany me back?"

"The rules in the palace are the rules, but it's up to me to abide by them." King Chen took another chopstick of fish and put it in the bowl of nine beads, eating more fish is good for the brain: "Don't worry, I'll take you the day after tomorrow. Go back to my mother's house."

"What way?" Jiu Zhu was very curious.

"Secret." King Chen smiled incomprehensibly: "You go back to the Qilin Palace in the afternoon, and leave the rest to me."

"Your Highness is amazing." Jiuzhu looked at him with bright eyes.

"It's all trivial matters." He put several pieces of fish in the bowl of Jiuzhu: "Come on, eat more fish."

Standing behind the two of them at the Spring Equinox, he couldn't help but feel happy for the young lady when he heard that the prince was going to take the young lady back to her parents' house. No wonder the young lady kept insisting that King Chen was a good person, but he was really a good person.

Rumors are misleading.

After eating the hot pot and drinking the tea, King Chen was finally willing to leave with his daughter-in-law. The princes breathed a sigh of relief, yawned and hurriedly returned to their yard and started to make up for sleep.

If Yun Duqing doesn't leave, they will go crazy.

"Your Majesty." Liu Zhongbao whispered to Emperor Longfeng: "His Royal Highness Chen asks to see you."

Emperor Longfeng glanced at the several ministers in the room: "All Aiqings should go back first, and other matters will be discussed in the court tomorrow."

He put down the memorial, and felt a little doubt in his heart, the newly married Yaner, and the spring in the Royal Garden was just right. Du Qing didn't accompany his daughter-in-law well, why did he come here?

"Father, Wang'an." King Chen walked into the hall, threw the futon in his hand to the ground, and knelt on the futon with his knees: "Father, I have a small request for you. Please ask your father to be accommodating."

Emperor Longfeng looked at him, looked at the futon under his knees, and raised his eyebrows.

They all knelt down with their own futons. Could it be a trivial matter?