Fragrance Returned

The little girl Qiu Yuhan was happy when she saw Xunxiang and ran to her table to talk.

Xunxiang smiled with Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Wangzhi who were sitting in the distance.

She always had a feeling that Qiu Wangzhi seemed to have changed, but she was not sure exactly what had changed.

Xunxiang brought two small gifts, a small ox-horn comb for Qiu Yuhan, and a small golden quill pen for Gao Ping.

The little girl held the small comb and smiled with crooked eyebrows, but Xunxiang couldn't find Xiao Gaoping.

As the sound of silk and bamboo was heard, the emperor walked in.

Sun Yumu was still following the emperor, and the emperor still called Xunxiang to his and the queen's table, and asked the sixth princess to go to Cai Shufei's table.

The emperor's smile was very weak, and he felt very uncomfortable after losing two wives, a son, two daughters, and so many grandchildren.

The most pitiable ones are the grandchildren, who were harmed by their parents at a young age.

The emperor looked around and asked, "Why don't you see Ping'er?"

Among his grandchildren, apart from Xunxiang, his favorite was Gao Ping. Fortunately, the fifth son didn't have any bad intentions, otherwise this grandson would be doomed again.

King Ji stood up and said, "Back to my father, Ping'er fell off the rockery two days ago and broke his right leg."

The emperor's face darkened and he cursed, "How can you be parents? You can't even look down on a child of several years old."

Concubine Qin and Princess Ji were so frightened that they both stood up.

Empress Ye said, "I'm sorry to see you. Take some of Ping'er's favorite dishes to Prince Ji's palace, and then give him Xiang Xiang's filial piety to me, "Li Poetry and Painting Manual". That monkey is like Xiang Xiang and likes to read books the most."

The emperor's face brightened, and he rewarded Gao Ping with some tonics for treating trauma and a set of the Four Treasures of the Study.

Xunxiang took out the gold-tube quill pen and said, "I gave this pen to my cousin Ping. Let's bring it to him together."

Concubine Qin kowtows to King Ji and Princess Ji to express gratitude, feeling ecstatic in her heart. King Ji did not receive special treatment from the emperor, but his son gained the emperor's unique love.

King Kang was envious and resentful. He couldn't control his expression and glared at King Ji first, and then at his eldest son Gao Xian.

His expression did not escape the emperor's eyes.

The emperor shook his head secretly and turned his eyes to Prince Duan again. Prince Duan looked like a goose, looking at the roof in a daze, which made the emperor's liver hurt even more.

Fortunately, there is Xiaoba. Without Xiao Ba, we would have to hand over the country to Lao Wu. Lao Wu is unsatisfactory, but his son is good.

The emperor was in a bad mood and did not let the juniors perform their talents. He only let the dancer dance a few dances.

After the meal, the emperor and the queen returned to Kunning Palace with Xun Xiang.

The bright moon is in the sky, the night is dark, and the lanterns are like fire dragons stretching into the distance.

Sun Yumu, who was standing under the court, looked at that graceful figure.

The year before last it was under the emperor's shoulders, the year before that it was on the emperor's shoulders, and this year it was between the emperor's ears. Next year it will be higher than the ears, and the year after that she will be my wife and go home with me...

His heart was filled with tenderness and he tried his best to suppress his emotions.

After waiting until all the royal relatives and nobles in the main hall had left, he went to the side hall of Taiji Hall with several other guards.

They are on night watch today.

Back at Kunning Palace, the emperor and empress talked about their children and grandchildren like an ordinary old couple.

After listening to the emperor scolding several unsatisfactory children, Queen Ye then talked about the marriage between Xun Yibo and Gao Dezhu.

"Yibo will be turning sixteen this year. I have made an agreement with Mrs. Mi to marry Honglan to Yibo after her twelfth birthday...Mingde will also be turning fifteen. King Duan and Duan The princess hasn’t said goodbye to her yet..."

The emperor ignored Duan Wang's family. After Queen Ye reminded him, he remembered that the eldest granddaughter would be fifteen in two months and would be older than the sixth princess.

The emperor glanced at his old wife with satisfaction and said, "Prince Duan is confused, his wife is honest, but Mingde is a good boy. The queen only has to worry about these things, find a decent marriage for her."

Queen Ye agreed. She would remind Princess Duan to look at people and be optimistic about her marriage.

Except for a pair of grandsons, Queen Ye will not personally help anyone get married.

If you do a good job as a matchmaker, they won't remember you, but if you don't do a good job, they will blame you. So whenever someone asks her for a marriage, she will ask both families for their opinions, and she won't care if one family doesn't want it.

Xunxiang was sleeping in the side hall, feeling excited because she could dream and see what she wanted to see again today.

She now especially wants to see Daddy and Mother Dong and see what they are doing. But she knew that she couldn't watch them this year, and she had to use the limited three times on the edge.

She wants to see King Duan.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Empress Ye asked Xun Xiang for help, and gave Xue Tian, ​​Li Qianqian, and Ding Zhen each a string of fragrant beads and two pieces of palace satin. They also each received a plate of crystal elbows, a plate of thin-skinned fragrant pig, and a plate of fragrant pig. Dish canary.

He also said a few words of oral instructions, "I heard from Xiangxiang that so-and-so is beautiful, honest, intelligent and polite, and I am very happy about it. Now I give you..."

The servants sent them to the Dingchi family, Xue family and Dingshan family respectively.

The reason why he was sent to Ding Chi's house was to give Ding Chi some face.

Not only the Ding family, but also the Xue family and the Dingshan family have this special reputation for the first time.

As soon as the reward arrived, Dingshan knelt on the ground and cried, "Glory, glory..."

What I dare not say is that Zhen Yatou has gained the Queen's attention, and the Wang family will not look down on her anymore.

He only gave Ding Zhen a piece of palace satin, and the beads and another piece of palace satin were buttoned up and sent to the ancestral tablet to be passed down as a family heirloom.

Li Qianqian finally tasted the crystal elbow from the Imperial Kitchen that she had longed for.

We ate at Ding Chi's house, and we invited Ding Zhao's family over for dinner that day.

Ding Lilai from the other table smiled and said, "Qianqian, aren't the crystal elbows in the imperial dining room beautiful and delicious?"

Li Qianqian smiled and said, "Yes, it's sparkling like real crystal, and it's more delicious than the one at Qianzhou Mountain Waishan Restaurant. Thank you for coming, brother, and thank you, sister Xiang."

Tang was so proud that she smiled and said, "Qianqian, give a piece of palace satin to Grandpa Li Lai and his uncle, so that they know that Li Lai's unmarried daughter-in-law is appreciated by the Queen."

Ding Lilai's grandma died last year, but his grandpa is still here.

Li Qianqian smiled and said, "Okay."

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xunxiang and Xun Yibo went to the Niangniang Nunnery to celebrate the New Year with Dongyang and stayed one night in the nunnery.

The sun is shining brightly today, and even the wind is warm, feeling a hint of spring.

Dongyang was wearing a dark red jacquard brocade jacket and said to Xunxiang with a serious face, "You still know how to come and see me?"

Xunxiang pretended not to notice her unhappiness and said with a smile, "I miss my mother very much. Here, these are the thin coats and scented tablets that the emperor's grandmother brought to my mother. On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor's grandfather felt sad when he talked about her. Get up and say that mother is his eldest daughter, and she has been hurting her since childhood..."

Dongyang also shed tears, "If it weren't for that bitch Gao Lihua, I wouldn't have suffered like this..."

Xun Xiang added, "The emperor's grandmother is very optimistic about Miss Mi Si, and the emperor's grandfather also agreed. He said that when Miss Mi Si reaches the age of thirteen, her brother will marry her."

Xun Yibo blushed, and Dongyang laughed through tears.

"I have long been interested in that girl Honglan. She is beautiful, polite, and not too thoughtful..."