Chapter 240 Cherry

The Empress and Prince were married by Emperor Xianzong and married Fengchun, who was in the East Palace at that time. At that time, Empress Dowager Wenhua passed away four years. Emperor Xianzong did not set up a new queen, but handed over the harem to Wang Huifei, who raised Princess Yuanxiu, who was the aunt of Prince's Day.

It can be imagined that the prince's concubine was originally reasonable, but unfortunately it was not so. The following year, Emperor Xianzong hired Tao Jingnian, the niece of Du Qingtang, as his daughter-in-law for his sixth son. At that time, Du Qingtang was at the top of the sky, but he had some admpointment. Emperor Xianzong did everything. When he originally chose the concubine in the East Palace, many people He thought that Emperor Xianzong would hire Du Qingtang's second daughter, who seemed to be under Feng Chun's knees and Feng Chun's age, as his daughter, but he finally chose the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family. At that time, many people in the previous dynasty thought that Xianzong's move was influenced by Wang Huifei and did not want to make the Du's power flourish.

Therefore, after Li Yan, who was originally favored by Emperor Xianzong, officially issued the order to marry Tao Jingnian as the imperial concubine, there was an undercurrent in the palace. They all speculated whether Emperor Xianzong intended to abandon Fengchun and replace Li Yan by doing so.

As the crown princess, Prince's Day and Fengchun are both glorious and damaged. The reputation of the daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan has always been virtuous and virtuous, and she is no exception. Although Fengchun treated her lightly when she was newly married, the Prince's Day still showed the virtue that made Wang's reputation more beautiful. She was modest and low-key and did not lose her beauty. He served Emperor Xianzong and Princess Hui with all his heart and care. He was certainly respectful and courteous to the favorite concubines of Emperor Xianzong, and did not show pride and contempt for those concubines who could not often see Emperor Xianzong. As for the brothers and sisters of Emperor Xianzong, they praised her unanimously. Among the ordinary generation, the prince's Day was on behalf of the princess and the king of Qi. Although the princesses have the dignity they should have, they have left an impression of modesty and virtuous, and they are more considerate and meticulous about the princesses.

At that time, he was the person who supported Li Yan the most, and he could not say a word of slander to such a crown princess. The exquisiteness of the Prince's Day can be imagined!

Princes Changyang was three years older than Yuanxiu. When she was the crown princess, she could already remember clearly, and at the beginning of the competition between Fengchun and Li Yan, the king of Qi was not involved because of mediocrity, but Princess Yang was under the jurisdiction but had to compete with Luo Meiren... In this case, between Changyang between Prince's Day and Tao Jingnian Naturally, more attention was paid to the means and the engagement, including the reaction of Emperor Xianzong when he saw his two daughters-in-law in a high building - Prince's Day is only 21 years old now. Just as he was flourishing, he was still far from the old fool. Yuanxiu had no grievances with her. On the contrary, he has always supported her. In any way, Prince's Day is not necessary to get it. Sin Yuanxiu, what is her idea now relying on Fengchun's favor?

"Don't be angry. I always feel that the queen's behavior is not very similar to her shrewdness in the past." Princess Changyang calmed down, took the fan to splash the wind for Yuanxiu in person, and whispered, "If it were me, she would be offended. In the past, I was not very harmonious with her. The last time, my eldest sister and my mother made a scene in the Lizheng Hall. Although the eldest sister threw the queen's things, the mother and concubine were present, and the queen would be punished by mother and daughter. It's also a reasonable thing." She quietly wrote a note for the Wang family and continued, "But the fifth brother has loved you very much since you were a child. Although the Empress Dowager Zhaoxian has gone, you were raised by her. Although the Empress Dowager was crowned by the fifth brother, Empress Dowager Zhaoxian is not our mother, but also the queen's sister-in-law after all. In theory, even if you are not the same mother as the fifth brother. So, for the sake of Empress Dowager Zhaoxian, the queen should treat you differently..."

Yuan Xiu let her help herself fight the wind and said with a sneer, "She is a mother of the world. Although we are golden branches and jade leaves, we can't beat Penglai Hall after all!" In the past, because I was not close to the fifth brother, I had some scruples about doing things. Now I have got what I wanted. Of course, I'm not afraid of anything!"

"You are really angry and talking all about angry words, but I'm serious with you--" Princess Changyang ordered Xiuyi to go out to bring cherry soup and said, "Fresh cherries, you may not have them in the palace, right? You have no conscience. Fortunately, I still think about you so much. It's rare to have such a small basket. Even Dalang has only tasted a small bowl, and he is reluctant to eat it. Knowing that you like it, he has been kept until now!"

Yuanxiu likes cherry, which is known as the first branch of hundreds of fruits. It is said that the result is early. Even if the fruit period is over by the end of May, it is already mid-June, and even the royal princess can't enjoy the fresh food. Yuanxiu was surprised to hear, "Where do fresh cherries come from?"

"You eat first." Changyang was about to say, but when he saw that Xiuyi had come back, he held a lacquer plate with gold-painted magpie climbing plum branches in his hands, and put a secret-colored lotus pattern covered bowl on the plate. The secret color was clear and green, like the color of the empty mountain after the spring rain. The cherry soup was mixed with ice, and there was a layer of fine ice beads on the outer wall. Changyang personally replaced her. The lid was lifted, but saw that the eight-point soup in the bowl was filled with bright red cherry pieces floating, emitting a sweet smell. Another silver spoon was placed on the paint plate. Yuanxiu looked at it and said with great joy: "Sure enough, it is a fresh cherry, not made dry and soaked, nor frozen in the ice room. It seems that it has just been picked it... ...Seventh sister, where on earth did this come from?"

"After eating, I'll tell you." Seeing that she turned angry and happy, Changyang squeezed his lips and smiled. The silk next to him also poured a cup of plum tea for her. The two sisters slowly used the soup and asked people to withdraw it. After all, Yuanxiu was in a much better mood because of a bowl of cherry soup. When he opened his mouth again, he was no longer angry and still remembered the cherry. He asked, "Sister Seven can tell me the cherry now..."

Princess Changyang pounced on her with a fan and said angrily, "Who was so angry that you smashed all my things here? Don't be angry now, just thinking about my cherry? Are you afraid that I will deliberately pretend to be angry to take advantage of it?

"Seventh sister said it!" Yuan Xiu's intention was seen through by her, and she felt guilty for a while, but she didn't miss anything on her face. She grabbed her fan and said, "The seventh sister still remembers that I love to eat cherries - besides, didn't I have told the seventh sister about Her Royal Highness?"

"That cherry is nothing special. Do you remember the sentence of Bai Letian in this dynasty? However, someone found a tree on the height of Beipi Mountain. Most of the fruit on it was ripe. Only a small basket was collected and went to Chang'an to sell it. The man also knew that the cherry would be extinct, so the price was extremely high. He happened to be met by people in my house and bought it. It was only a little bit. I divided it with half of it. Dalang tasted it, saved everything else, and waited for you to come--" Princess Changyang wanted to take the fan to Yuanxiu, but she grabbed the top of the fan, hummed, simply let go of her forehead, gritted her teeth and said, "You have no conscience!"

Yuan Xiu's eyes turned around, reached out to touch the place she ordered, and muttered, "It turned out that I got such a little by chance. I also said that there is a way for the seventh sister to eat cherries now!" With that, she couldn't help but be slightly distracted when she thought of the peach blossom she had left behind in the water lily pool.

Changyang mistakenly thought that she was thinking of calling Cherry a long-term result. She shook her head and smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. Let's be serious - although I don't like the queen, I saw her comparison with our sixth sister-in-law at the beginning, and the means were really better than Tao Jingnian, that is, the last time the sixth sister-in-law was for the sixth sister-in-law. For this reason, I returned to Chang'an with the sixth brother and met the Queen in the Penglai Hall. The queen was also amiable and had no intention of putting on airs at all. Besides, let's not talk about her. People like us have nothing to do with competing for the favor of the six palaces. They met people who were lower than our titles, such as princesses and county magistrates, if they were not with us. We have conflicts and have never offended us, or helped us talk before. How can we plan others like this?

She said lightly, "So is the queen. There must be a reason for her blatant calculation of you this time!"

Yuan Xiu was annoyed with Wang. After hearing this, Princess Changyang not only did not help her denounce the Wang family, but also raised questions. As if there was a defense for Wang, Yuan Xiu's face calmed down and said dissatisfiedly, "Seven just said that she loved me and would not be able to live with me again. When I was in the past, I Every time you stand on the side of the queen, you don't like her. Now that I have been wronged by her, you can come to speak for her again. It really makes me sad!"

"You're talking nonsense again." When Princess Changyang saw her pouted, she reached out and pinched her face and said angrly, "We all grew up in the palace. Don't you know? In the palace, even if you are as noble as the emperor, it doesn't matter if you accidentally suffer a loss or two. The most important thing is to be calculated and don't know what's going on! That's why you have to worry! Isn't it because I feel sorry for you now to help you think about what the queen is doing, so that she doesn't have other plans to harm you?

Yuan Xiu said with a calm face, "What else can she plan for?" It's nothing more than being favored by the fifth brother now, and afraid that like Zhao and Pei, she turned her head and was thrown aside by the fifth brother, thinking that if Wang Zixia could be me, then the fifth brother would not be wronged by the Wang family for my sake, and she could also be able to finish well - so that if she can give birth to a legitimate son in the future, the throne of the East Palace, etc. So it's stable..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't hold back her anger and said, "How noble are my golden branches and jade leaves? The prince's flaw has no love for this palace, but it's okay, but he still has to come forward to pay attention - is it possible that the prince's Day and the two brothers think that no one in this palace can fall except He Yijian? Even if it goes down to Hebei, it's better than falling and this pair of obscene villains who only have glory and wealth in their eyes!"

Princes Changyang quickly grabbed the frozen jade-wrapped peony bowl presented by her hand: "If you don't feel good, you can smash the Penglai Hall. This jade bowl is one of the congratulatory gifts sent by the eighth sister last time. How can I tell her when I turn around?"