Nightwatcher

The capital, the imperial palace.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hosted a banquet for the brothers and sisters of the Tian family in the East Palace. As the younger sister, Lin'an arrived early, sitting on a chair, dangling her feet under her skirt.

She didn't wear a red dress today, but a gorgeous long dress with a purple base and a golden edge. She wore a ruby ​​coral crown with coral as the skeleton, two lifelike golden phoenixes guarding the ruby ​​in the middle, and six strings of pearls hanging tassels.

In addition, there are jewelry such as Jinbuyao and jadeite hairpins, which are gorgeous and exquisite.

Purple is a material commonly used by concubines in the palace. It sets off the elegance and nobility of mature women, and it is not suitable for girls. However, Lin'an's temperament is too delicate, giving people the feeling of a doll dressed up.

Coupled with a round face and charming and affectionate peach blossom eyes, it is both charming and coquettish, but also proud and innocent. A variety of temperaments are mixed in one place, but they are well controlled.

Half an hour before lunch, the princes and princesses came to the East Palace one after another. Everyone has long been accustomed to the gorgeous and exquisite beauty of Lin'an.

Among the four princesses, she is probably the only one who is suitable for this kind of dress. If it is any other princess, she might not be able to hold back the overly gorgeous dress.

Huaiqing's beauty is enough, but her temperament does not match.

"Hasn't Huaiqing arrived yet?" Lin'an's nimble eyes rolled, and he looked out the door with a charming look.

"I'm going to send a message to the messenger, she will come later." His Royal Highness said with a smile, and then coughed:

"Today is the day when Si Tianjian's secret chicken essence is sold, and some are also given to the palace. This is why I invited my younger brothers and sisters to come and taste it."

In fact, as early as a few days ago, Si Tianjian "tributed" a batch of chicken essence and sent it to the imperial dining room of the palace. Several princes and queens have enjoyed this irresistible seasoning.

Speaking of this hot topic, the princes and princesses chatted with interest.

"Speaking of this chicken essence, the taste is indeed unstoppable, but it makes you thirsty."

"Yesterday, my father also said that this thing should not be eaten too much, and a light diet is the way to keep in good health."

As they said that, the princes curled their lips quietly, disapproving of Emperor Yuan Jing's philosophy of keeping in good health. Only people in middle age will think about soaking goji berries in a thermos. Why do young people need to keep healthy?

Lin'an glanced left and right, his round and fair jaw raised: "Do you know who invented chicken essence?"

At this time, it becomes framed, bitch in bitch.

The princes and princesses really don't know about this issue, only three people in the palace know about it, the crown prince Zhuanxiang and Huaiqing, if the three don't tell, no one will know.

Under the questioning of the brothers and sisters, the framed chin was raised even higher, and Yan Ran said: "It's Xu Qi'an, my subordinate."

She emphasized the second half of the sentence.

"Xu Qi'an?" The fourth prince frowned, "Isn't that from Huaiqing?"

The fourth prince is Huaiqing's elder brother.

"Now he is my man, and he swears allegiance to me." Mounting framed showing off his behavior of digging Huaiqing's wall.

Because in the eyes of all the brothers and sisters, she was always bullied by Huaiqing, and now that she has managed to win a round, she can't stop it. The better Xu Qi'an is, the happier she is, because the sense of accomplishment is greater.

The princes and daughters couldn't help but laugh, the fourth prince frowned secretly, very displeased with Lin'an's behavior of prying his sister's corner.

However, although he is the eldest son of the empress, and should have the highest status, the position of crown prince was finally passed on to the eldest son of the concubine, who is now the crown prince, brother of Lin'an.

At the same time, Emperor Yuan Jing treated his other children equally, but loved Lin'an alone, and didn't like Huaiqing very much. This made the Fourth Prince even more unconfident.

The queen mother said that Huaiqing was strong and domineering, exactly the same as his father when he was young, and his talent was even more numerous. If she was a man, I am afraid that the emperor would hate her even more.

"Who is Xu Qi'an?"

At this time, Huaiqing's cold and pleasant voice came from outside the door, and the eldest daughter of the emperor, who was wearing a moon-colored palace dress, arrived.

The princes and princesses could clearly see that Lin'an's arrogant arrogance suddenly weakened. She was unconvinced at first, as if she wanted to be tough, but then she was discouraged again, puffed her cheeks, and said loudly: "One half!"

Say the most embarrassing things in the most arrogant tone.

Huaiqing let out a "huh".

She knew that Xu Qi'an's operation was both right and wrong, and she tolerated it with a blind eye, mainly because Lin'an was a stupid younger sister, and she was completely harmless. Robbing people is just to annoy her.

If it were other princes who dared to rob her like this, Huaiqing would fight back, a merciless counterattack, instead of just scaring her like he did with Lin'an.

Huaiqing walked in front of Lin'an, looked down at her from a high position, and said calmly: "Go away, I want to sit in this seat."

Zhuanzhuan raised his head, only seeing Huaiqing's eyes, but not the lower half of her face, because Huaiqing's disgusting few pounds of flesh on his chest blocked his view.

This made her very discouraged. This sister was not only more talented than her, but also in better shape. Except for her father's love, she has nothing to compare with Huaiqing.

Zhuangxiang is a delicate girl, she was so bullied by Huaiqing, she turned her head away in aggrieved way.

There is no way, I can't fight again and again, arguing is not a princess, besides, Huaiqing is a scholar, and his words are not dirty. I am not her opponent.

The prince "coughed" and came out to warm up the scene: "Huaiqing, don't be as knowledgeable as Lin'an, you are a sister."

Only then did Huaiqing let go of Mounting, not to bully his sister.

During the meal, the prince said casually: "Have you heard about what happened in the Imperial Study Room today?"

The fourth prince immediately said: "Jiebei and the water transport yamen?"

The crown prince nodded and said with a smile: "We don't need to talk about the matter of the water transportation yamen. It is up to the court princes and father to decide. But the matter of the stele is amazing."

The fourth prince nodded: "You eat and you eat, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are hard to bully!"

"Good poetry!" Huaiqing's eyes lit up, and his beautiful face glowed.

She has always been quiet about eating and sleeping, but the core of this poem makes the eldest daughter of the emperor feel excited, and she likes it more than "I don't know the sky is in the water when I am drunk, and the faint fragrance floats at the moon and dusk".

What a broken poem, there is no artistic conception at all.

Huaiqing stared at the fourth prince and asked, "Who wrote this poem?"

She never pays attention to the news in the palace.

The crown prince replied on his behalf: "It's Xu Qi'an."

"Good poem!" Mounted two small hands "slapped" the table, loudly praised.

"It's his temper." Huaiqing smiled.

"It's his temper, he said it as if you know him very well." Mounting is habitual.

Huaiqing didn't want to talk to him at first, but seeing several princes looking at him, he pondered for a moment and said:

"Xu Qi'an hates evil like a vengeful, he doesn't care about the small things, he is different from those high-sounding scholars who only talk about it."

"Is it the matter of him beheading the silver gong?" His Royal Highness the Prince laughed.

"I chatted with Duke Wei the day before yesterday and talked about this person," Huaiqing glanced at the princes, "Duke Wei said that Xu Qi'an has never been greedy for ink since he joined the job."

"Then why do you say he doesn't care about small things." Zhuanzhuan felt that Huaiqing was slandering her pet dog.

She glared at Huaiqing fiercely.

Princess Huaiqing said: "Xu Qi'an is obsessed with Jiaofang Secretary and never returns home at night. He has a lot to do with Fuxiang, the oiran of Yingmei Xiaoge."

The smile on Xiangxiang's face gradually disappeared, and he opened his amorous eyes wide, and said loudly: "You are talking nonsense."

She took a few mouthfuls of rice in a muffled voice, feeling that the food was no longer delicious, she dropped her chopsticks and lost her temper and said, "I won't eat."

He stood up, lifted the hem of the skirt, and left with his personal maid.

Lin'an left in anger, but it didn't affect everyone's meal. His Royal Highness was a little embarrassed, raised his wine glass with a smile, and let the banquet continue.

After the banquet, Huaiqing returned to his palace, drank a large bowl of tea, and then meditated in the boudoir.

She had recently been quietly promoted to the Qi Cultivation Realm, so she had a "chat" with Wei Yuan that day for this purpose.

Huaiqing's talent is very good, but she has been holding back, not showing off. But as she got older, she felt that she could properly improve her cultivation.

The main reason is that throughout this year, Emperor Yuan Jing didn't mention the marriage of the princesses.

Her father was a cultivator of immortals, and her mother was a buddhist. If Emperor Yuan Jing didn't mention it, she didn't bother to care about her mother's constant behavior. As a queen who was respected by her mother, she was not enthusiastic about her position and identity.

"Your Highness, there is a letter from the residence, sent from Qingzhou." The guard hurried in.

The mansion refers to the Huaiqing mansion in the imperial city.

Letters from princesses and princes generally cannot enter the palace, and will be sent to their respective mansions.

Qingzhou? Princess Huaiqing thought that Layman Ziyang had written her a letter, she nodded and said, "Bring it here."

The guard handed it over respectfully and took his leave.

Huaiqing unfolded the envelope and opened the first sentence: When writing this letter, I have already arrived at the border of Qingzhou

Huaiqing knew it, the letter was written by Xu Qi'an, the letter was very long, there were two full pages, she read it intently, and after seeing the corruption case in the Yuzhou Water Transport Yamen, Princess Huaiqing looked solemn.

Looking further down, it suddenly became less serious. Because the follow-up content is not the tone of a subordinate reporting affairs to a superior, but more like a man speaking his heart to a woman he likes

"Out of the mud but not stained, clean and clear but not demonic, straight in the middle and outside without vines or branches, fragrant and far away, clear and clean, pavilions and pavilions are clean and planted, which can be seen from a distance but not played with."

Princess Huaiqing murmured and repeated, immersed in the beautiful rhetoric, and the picture of a lotus flower in full bloom appeared in her mind.

"It's a pity that Xu Ningyan doesn't study, it's a pity." After finishing speaking, Princess Huaiqing dumped the envelope, and a shriveled lotus petal slipped out.

Is this kid writing this letter to express his love to me? Princess Huaiqing fell into deep thought.

If Bengong delivered the letter to the palace, ten of his heads would not be enough to chop off.

She folded the envelope and put it in a book she seldom read.

Then he called the court lady to grind with great interest, wrote down the golden sentence about lotus in the letter, and hung it in the study.

Looking at this picture, Huaiqing slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"I don't know. I've been depressed since I came back from the prince."

"Perhaps he was bullied by the eldest princess, but it's not like it. If he was bullied by the eldest princess, His Highness would have already yelled at her right now, and it would be ignored after scolding."

In the courtyard, several maids gathered together to talk, Lin An had just lost his temper, and there were only two maids in the bedroom to accompany him, the others did not dare to make trouble.

"Your Highness, why should you be angry with Princess Huaiqing?" the maid close to her advised.

"It's not her!" Zhuan Xiang said angrily, "It's that dog slave."

The two maids froze for a while before realizing who the "dog slave" was referring to, and one of them was slapped by Xu Qi'an.

The court ladies looked at each other with puzzled expressions, thinking that His Highness's servants have been away from Beijing for more than half a month.

"Why did he provoke His Highness again?"

"I don't know either." Lin'an looked gloomy, "I just feel uncomfortable."

"???"

At this time, a guard came to the yard and begged to see Princess Lin'an. Seeing that she was the guard of her own mansion, the palace lady had no choice but to knock on the door:

"Your Highness, the guards at the mansion asked to see you, and said that there is a letter from you, which is from Qingzhou."

A letter from Qingzhou? Lin'an was stunned, her social circle was very small, except for the brothers and sisters in the palace, the brothers and sisters of the clan, and the family members of some adults, who would occasionally write to her and invite her to the private tea party held in the women's boudoir.

But this does not include Qingzhou.

"Who sent the letter?" the maid asked.

"I don't know." The maid outside replied.

The personal maid glanced at Lin'an, saw her nod her head, she turned her head and shouted: "Bring it in."

PS: I ran out to do errands in the morning, which delayed the update. Have the audacity to ask for a monthly pass.