Fengchen Palace is located in the Sixth Palace. Although there are no other concubines living in its residence, its building scale is no smaller than that of the East and West Sixth Palace.
The majestic two-story house and the unsmiling palace servants standing on both sides only make people feel breathless and oppressive.
Fortunately, Qiu Wan next to her was quite gentle. When she saw them coming, she didn't say anything, but her eyes filled with a smile.
After giving the ceremony to Concubine Yuxian.
Qiu Wanying smiled and said, "The Queen is already waiting for you two, please come with me."
As soon as she finished speaking, she led the way forward. After leading them to a small pavilion wrapped in wisteria, she stopped.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Yuxian and Miss Jiang are already here." Qiu Wan said respectfully.
After a while, a female voice with a lazy tone was heard inside, "Let them come in."
At this time, apart from the palace attendants on standby, there were only two people in the pavilion, Chen Changnian and Queen Min. Chen Changnian was naturally very happy when he saw Jiang Nianjiao coming over. But she didn't dare to make a mistake in front of her aunt, so she could only wink at Jiang Nianjiao. It looked extremely funny.
Jiang Nianjiao was afraid that Chen Changnian would make her laugh out loud and lose her etiquette. He quickly lowered his eyes and stopped looking at her.
She accompanied her aunt to the ceremony.
Empress Min, who was dressed in vermilion uniform and had cold eyebrows, just said lightly, "You two don't need to be polite."
Then she said to the palace attendant, "Watch your seat."
The palace officials led them to the throne of Queen Min.
At this time, the white jade table in the pavilion was filled with melon and fruit preserves and various snacks.
There is a dancing girl dancing in the water pavilion opposite.
Apparently it was Queen Min's tea time.
However, with the arrival of Concubine Yuxian, her thoughts were no longer on the dancing dancer.
"Is Concubine Xian feeling better recently?" When Queen Min's pale amber eyes fell on Concubine Yu Xian, the first question she asked was just a few casual remarks.
Concubine Yuxian knew it well, so she naturally only responded with a few simple words.
Although she and Empress Min did not become mortal enemies, their relationship was never close because of their different stances.
Apart from coming here every day to check the morning and dusk of Queen Min, this was the first time that Queen Min took the initiative to invite her to Fengchen Palace.
You must know that except for a few of her confidants or the people she wants to take advantage of, the concubines next to her will never have this opportunity.
Therefore, Concubine Yuxian could not help but be a little more distracted by Empress Min. As a result, she seemed more and more restrained.
I didn't want Queen Min to ask her carefully how her condition was recently, but what else was she missing?
Although her eyes were cold and gave off a slight sense of distance, her intention to win over was very obvious.
Concubine Yuxian was on pins and needles at this time, and she was only thinking about how to deal with Empress Min who was trying to win her over without offending her.
The two juniors were sitting at the bottom, looking bored, especially Chen Yannian, who had a restless temper. Listening to her aunt's words and watching those slender-waisted dancers dancing, she was already yawning in a short while.
After receiving several warning looks from Qiu Wan, Chen Yannian simply stood up.
Everyone's eyes naturally fell on her at this time.
"Hannian, what are you doing standing up? Why don't you sit down for me?" Queen Min scolded her lightly.
However, Chen Yannian said loudly, "To express my gratitude to the Queen, Yannian thinks this program is really boring. I almost fell asleep when I saw Miss Jiang. How about I take Miss Jiang around to wake her up from her drowsiness?"
Jiang Nianjiao was speechless as to the fact that Chen Changnian pushed him on her even though he was dozing off.
But thinking that she often cheated on Chen Hongnian, she was speechless, and she did not directly expose Chen Hongnian's words.
On the contrary, Queen Min, who was in charge, had a bright look in her eyes: "I think it's because you can't sit still."
Then she added, "Well, Miss Jiang is our guest today, so you can take her for a walk, just a little bit, and you can't cause any trouble."
Chen Changnian got the permission, and at this moment, she naturally patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, my queen."
After saying this, she quickly motioned to Jiang Nianjiao to walk around with her.
Jiang Nianjiao received the permission and naturally followed Chen Yunian outside.
The weather outside is not good. Chen Yannian didn't know what he had in mind, so he just led himself to a remote path with various flowers and trees planted outside Fengchen Palace.
Jiang Nianjiao was walking with Chen Changnian when she felt something was wrong.
"Ah Qian, where are you taking me?" Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but ask.
Chen Changnian is not a girl who can hide her worries.
When Jiang Nianjiao asked, she answered unabashedly, "My third brother has returned to Beijing."
Looking back and seeing Jiang Nianjiao still looking confused, she added, "I heard from my aunt, will you agree to meet my third brother?"
Jiang Nianjiao didn't expect that Queen Min would even tell Chen Changnian about this matter.
She looked around to make sure there was no one around, and then nodded slightly.
Chen Yannian then asked doubtfully, "Do you not like your cousin anymore?"
Jiang Nianjiao actually experienced a lifetime of being unable to fall in love. After breaking through the southern wall, her obsession with Zhao Yanzhen was no longer so deep.
But she couldn't say these things to anyone. She nodded and said in a sour tone, "He doesn't like me. Why do I like him? I don't believe that there is no one else who has the discernment except him."
Chen Yannian has always been too lazy to analyze what others say, and she is actually happy to see Jiang Nianjiao let go of Zhao Yanzhen. After all, she also likes Zhao Yanzhen, although she has said that even if Jiang Nianjiao is really together with Zhao Yanzhen, she will never fall out with Jiang Nianjiao. , However, if this was really the case, she would still be upset.
Moreover, if Jiang Nianjiao can marry her third brother, she and Jiang Nianjiao will become even more intimate in the future. If the third brother wants to control him again in the future, he can also ask Jiang Nianjiao for help.
It's just that her third brother has been practicing at the border all year round and has never seen any women. She is really worried that her third brother will not fall into Jiang Nianjiao's eyes.
Therefore, Chen Changnian immediately affirmed Jiang Nianjiao's words and boasted about his third brother's good deeds.
"What you said makes sense. There is no grass anywhere in the world, so why should you fall in love with a flower unrequitedly?"
"To be honest, my third brother is quite good. You may think that my third brother is a little darker, but only a man who has been exposed to the weather can be masculine. Moreover, my third brother is very skilled in martial arts and can defeat the enemy on the battlefield. The head is like searching a bag for something, if you are robbed by gangsters in the future, he can single-handedly rescue you from the bandits' den."
"He is not a womanizer yet. If you marry my third brother, he will definitely only favor you in the future."
"And if you get bored, my third brother can show you how to break a big rock from your chest! That's really exciting."
As Chen Changnian talked more and more, Jiang Nianjiao had even imagined an image of a burly, bearded general in his mind.
Next to the aisle, I heard a deep magnetic male voice, "Ah Qiang?"
The voice was obviously somewhat uncertain.
When Chen Yannian heard that voice, he shrank subconsciously and seemed ready to run away.
Jiang Nianjiao quickly grabbed Chen Yannian and whispered, "Who is calling you? Why are you running?"
Only then did Chen Changnian remember that he now had an amulet.
Therefore, she changed from her usual depressed state and whispered excitedly, "It's my third brother. He came back today and came to see my aunt."
"Let's go, I'll take you to see my third brother."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Changnian wanted to pull Jiang Nianjiao out of the alley.
This is not a spring banquet at this time. We are giving and receiving in private. If someone sees you, you will inevitably be gossiped about behind your back.
What's more, after listening to Chen Changnian's introduction, Jiang Nianjiao suddenly lost confidence in her third brother.
Although the other person is indeed very suitable for her, if it is too slovenly, she cannot accept it.
Jiang Nianjiao refused to get out of the flowers, so Chen Changnian persuaded Jiang Nianjiao in a low voice while making a move to pull Jiang Nianjiao away.
The two of them were tugging and tugging, and there was a rustling sound coming from the flowers on the side road.
Chen Jinghuai, who was originally suspicious that he heard Chen Hongnian's voice, saw that Chen Hongnian didn't respond, so he thought she was playing tricks again, so he just lifted the flower branches and stepped into the flower forest.
In the woods, besides Chen Changnian, there was also a pretty young lady wearing a spring shirt the color of tender willow buds.
Here, it was clearly still a cold day in early spring, but the delicate lady, with a body like a willow branch, skin like jade, and bright eyes and white teeth, was like the hottest peach blossom on a spring branch in the south of the Yangtze River.
Chen Jinghuai was in a daze for a moment, and Chen Changnian affectionately called the young man who was striding over, "Third brother!"
Chen Jinghuai just came back to his senses at this time. With a straight face, he scolded Chen Changnian with disapproval, "What a nonsense. Aren't you accompanying your aunt? Why are you acting wild again?"
He deliberately restrained his eyes from falling on Jiang Nianjiao, but his voice when reprimanding Chen Changnian was obviously softer.
It was as if he was afraid that his voice would scare the girl in front of him.
How could Chen Yannian not know what her third brother was thinking? After all, her third brother had quite similar tastes to her.
She remembered that when she first saw Jiang Nianjiao when she returned to the capital from the barren land at the border, what she thought was that this girl was so beautiful. If she were a man, he would definitely marry this girl.
Even if she is not a man, he still needs to get to know this girl. After all, his family still has an inexperienced third brother.
It was a pity that after she got acquainted with Jiang Nianjiao, she found that he already had a sweetheart, so she gave up all her original thoughts.
But now it seems that it is only a matter of time before it is too late.
Chen Changnian was no longer afraid of her third brother at this time, and just introduced with a smile, "Third brother, this is Jiang Nianjiao, the concubine of Jiang Xiang's house who I often tell you in my letters. How do you like it? Isn't she very beautiful?"
Then she introduced to Jiang Nianjiao, "Gillian, this is my third brother Chen Jinghuai."
At this point, it was too late to avoid him, and it seemed embarrassing to act coyly.
Jiang Nianjiao just looked at Chen Jinghuai openly, not wanting this look to make Jiang Nianjiao feel ashamed.
The young man who came across from me with broken branches of flowers was as solemn as the wind under the pine trees and as bright as the moon in the forest. He has sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a nose that looks like a hanging gallbladder, and although his thin lips are pursed tightly, they are not cold. That awe-inspiring aura made people feel a little more at ease.
It's not like Jiang Nianjiao has never seen a handsome man before, but the man in front of her is clearly the handsome young farmer whom she secretly saw in Jinghu Lake today.
Thinking about the other party's impressive figure under the navy blue embroidered gold thread bamboo round collar robe.
Jiang Nianjiao felt her face getting a little hot again.
