Shenjing, Princess Jinyang's Mansion, above the attic
It's freezing cold outside, the heating inside is like a dragon, and there are layers of white frost on the glass windows.
Under the slender eyebrows, Princess Xianning looked at the upright young man in a python suit and Chen Xiao, who was dressed in a flying fish suit and looked delicate and graceful, and asked: "Sir, why do you have time to come here today?"
Jia Hengxing came closer, took the girl's delicate hand, smiled and said: "Come and see you, the imperial edict from the palace has been delivered to Ningguo Mansion today, urging me to go south to Jinling."
In fact, it was not that Xianning was deliberately neglected before, but that he just couldn't get away, not literally.
Princess Xianning was surprised and said: "Sir, why are you in such a hurry? You just came back not long ago."
Jia Heng looked at the Qingjun face and said warmly: "I'll try to figure this out before the New Year. I'll have to go north after the New Year."
Under the curved willow leaves of Princess Xianning's slender eyebrows, her crystal clear eyes looked at the young man intently and said in a clear voice: "Sir, then I will go south with you."
Jia Heng smiled and said: "You just came back from Jiangnan not long ago, so you should take a good rest in Beijing for a few days to save yourself from being exhausted from running back and forth."
Xian Ning still can't get any clues about his affairs with Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue. Of course, given Xian Ning's love for him, he probably won't say anything.
Princess Xianning looked at Chen Xiao standing aside, her eyes flashed, and asked: "Sir, are you bringing Sister Xiao with you again?"
"I won't go there this time. I just came back from Jiangnan. I haven't rested in the past few days." Chen Xiao sat down and his voice was as clear and sweet as ice and snow melting. Then he stared at Li Chanyue, his eyes a little gentler, and called: " Where is Chanyue playing the piano?"
"Cousin Xiao, I have nothing to do, so I just want to play a piece of music." Li Chanyue looked at the girl with beautiful features, smiled softly, and replied softly.
Princess Xianning was pestering Jia Heng, saying, "Sir, I'm not afraid of the hard work. Let's just follow him."
When she went south to Jinling, the woman was pregnant and couldn't do anything else. She happened to be able to spend more time with her husband.
Jia Heng asked: "What will Chan Yue do at home?"
Li Chanyue was listening quietly to the conversation between Jia Heng and Princess Xianning. When she saw the mention of herself, she couldn't help but pay attention.
"Let her follow cousin Xiao." Princess Xianning said confidently.
Li Chanyue:
We promised to be sisters for life, now we don't want her anymore?
Chen Xiao put down the music score, stared at the young man, and said, "I think it's better to let Xianning go with you."
Even if she lets Xian Ning follow her, at least it will make him more scrupulous when looking for the enchanting concubine of the Zhen family. The sister-in-law is keeping an eye on her sister-in-law the most.
Jia Heng thought for a while, looked at Princess Xianning, met the shining expectant eyes, took the girl's jade hand, held her in his arms, and said: "I'm riding a fast horse. I can't rush hundreds of miles and sleep in the open air." , This journey has been bumpy and hard, I really don’t want you to be too tired, and we won’t be together for a few days, so you might as well wait for me to come back in the capital.”
Seeing Jia Heng say this, Princess Xianning felt a little regretful in her heart, but she also felt the young man's pity and said in a clear voice,
: "Okay then, when will the gentleman come back?"
"I'll go to Jinling as soon as possible. I'll try to come back before the new year, but it may be after the new year. I can't say yet." Jia Heng looked at the crooked face and said: "But I shouldn't delay coming back to celebrate the Lantern Festival. You If you and Chanyue feel bored at home, you can go to the house to talk to your sister Lin and the others. The garden is more lively and you have become familiar with it before."
These girls should not just be born to please him, they also have their own joys, sorrows and joys, and their own preferences. After all, love is not everything in life.
Princess Xianning looked gloomy, with a hint of disappointment on her face, and responded softly: "Okay then."
Li Chanyue also nodded, met the warm gaze, and said softly: "Mr. Xiao Jia, be careful along the way and keep warm and windproof. I wrote a letter to my mother and asked Mr. Jia to deliver it to me. .”
Jia Heng smiled and said, "Then I will help Chan Yue deliver it."
Well, Chanyue has always been so polite, even when the two of them were pleasing each other on the embroidered couch.
Jia Heng said: "I don't have anything to do this afternoon. I'll just talk to you."
Xianning had just become a bride and was already a little clingy, but Chanyue was fine, she was simple-minded and didn't have too many thoughts.
When Princess Xianning heard this, her beautiful cheeks flushed, and her heart was filled with joy. She asked, "Sir, you are not busy this afternoon."
Jia Heng said warmly: "I'm leaving tomorrow. I was busy training in the capital camp the past few days and didn't come over to see you. I'll be with you and Chan Yue later. I'll go home to clean up briefly in the evening. I plan to leave early tomorrow morning. "
Except for saying goodbye to Ke Qing, the others will not say goodbye for the time being, otherwise there will be another burst of artillery fire.
Princess Xianning said softly: "That's fine."
Seeing that the two of them had agreed, Chen Xiao picked up the tea cup on the small table and took a sip. The girl with a cold expression seemed to be sulking in her heart.
After all, the man didn't listen to her suggestion.
She came here all at once from Jiangnan, isn't she tired? Xianning deserves more pity, right?
I clearly know that these jealous thoughts are childish and ridiculous like a little girl's, but I still can't help it in my heart.
Jia Heng gently held the girl's slender catkins, piled a snowman, and said in a warm voice, "Xianning, I've been really busy these days."
Princess Xianning blushed with embarrassment and said angrily: "Sir, cousin Xiao is still here."
Although he said this, he did not stop Jia Heng from having a snowball fight.
Jia Heng said warmly: "Don't worry about her."
Xiaoxiao has never seen anything, so where is she? After a while, Xianning must learn how to speak like Xiaoxiao.
Chen Xiao glanced coldly at the boy in the python suit, put down the tea cup with a "click", got up, and came to Nan
He stood in front of a bookcase under the window, simply out of sight.
Xianning's bright and crystal clear eyes blinked, and he chuckled: "Sir, Sister Xiao is jealous."
They are worthy of being good sisters who grew up together. They both liked to dance with swords and guns since they were young. In the end, they even liked the same people.
Jia Heng said softly: "She was like this when she was in Jinling. It's not like you didn't know."
Speaking of which, he brought it to the girl's cheek, pursed his lips, and felt the cool mint moisten his heart.
The two of them were tired for a while, and Jia Heng said warmly: "Xianning, why don't you dance for me."
Princess Xianning left Jia Heng's arms, stood up, and said softly: "Chanyue and I just prepared a dance, sir, you can watch it."
After saying that, he stood up, took the hand of the little princess who was standing there with red cheeks, and walked towards the side room, obviously to change clothes.
Jia Heng picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and thought about things in Jiangnan.
Once Anhui becomes an independent province, it means that the powers of Shen Fang, the governor of Liangjiang, will be greatly reduced. Of course, this was originally a weakening and check and balance of the central government on the local areas.
When he went there this time, the order he received included "deposing officials from prefectures and counties in Zhi Province", which mainly involved selecting a group of officials. Then as time passed, the Ministry of Personnel would gradually replace officials from Anhui Province, and the land south of the Yangtze River was divided. got up.
But at this moment, a cold fragrance floated under Jia Heng's nose. He raised his eyes and saw the graceful girl coming over at some point. Her eyebrows and eyes were as clear as ice and snow lotus on the top of Kunlun Mountain.
Chen Xiao snorted coldly and said: "She didn't study hard at the martial arts I taught her in the early years, but she focused on these strange and obscene skills to please men."
Jia Heng said: "Xiaoxiao, that's not how strange skills and tricks are used."
Chen Xiao picked up the tea cup and sat down next to him without paying attention to Jia Heng.
Jia Heng looked at the arrogant girl with burning eyes and asked curiously: "Xiaoxiao, can you also dance?"
Chen Xiaoyu looked faint, glanced at Jia Heng, and said coldly: "I don't know how to do this."
Jia Heng smiled and looked at the bright blush on the girl's cheeks, but it didn't break through.
Xiaoxiao obviously knows what this means. Well, it's a pity...it's a pity that I couldn't take a look.
"I'm quite good at sword dancing." Chen Xiao said coldly, seeming to catch a hint of regret in the young man's distant brows.
Jia Heng picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said, "How about Xiaoxiao perform a sword dance later?"
Chen Xiao snorted coldly and neither responded nor refused, which made Jia Heng start to look forward to it.
Chen Xiao glanced at the expression on the young man's face and snorted in his heart. Do you really want to see that?
She actually learned those dances when she was young, but she couldn't encourage him to indulge in pleasure. Since returning to Beijing to become a marquis, she has become more and more vegetarian.
And at this moment, with the sound of jingling bells, Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue came out of the flower hall in the inner room. One of the two girls was slim and the other was petite and exquisite. They were both wearing pink skirts and thin clothes. The clothes are beautiful and fragrant.
Fortunately, Li Chanyue usually wore pink dresses, showing off the delicacy and tenderness of a girl with hair-length hair, but Xianning rarely dressed like this. This moment undoubtedly gave Jia Heng a refreshing feeling, but the pink color did not suit Xianning's taste. Absolute temperament.
Chen Xiao raised her slender eyebrows, and cast her cold eyes on the dancing girl in a water-sleeved dress, lingering on her snow-white and soft lotus-root arms.
Xianning's dance is too ungrateful. Who taught her? Could it be Concubine Rong?
The little princess came to the Yao Qin and sat down quietly. She first stroked the music and followed the tinkling sound of the strings, which immediately brought Jia Heng into an indescribable meaning.
Fortunately, the fire was burning brightly in the attic and it was warm. Although the two of them were wearing light clothes, they did not feel cold.
Jia Heng praised: "Xianning's dance is getting better and better, and her figure and eyebrows are somewhat similar to yours."
Chen Xiao:
However, it's okay at this time. Watching Xian Ning dance and saying that he looks like her, it seems that compared to when he first looked at her and saying that he looks like Xian Ning, she has a conscience, but not much.
Jia Heng stared at Xianning dancing, and as time passed, Li Chanyue also put down a Yaoqin in her hand and danced with Princess Xianning.
Therefore, it suddenly changed from a solo dance to a two-person dance.
Not long after, Li Chanyuetong, with a red face, was pulled by Princess Xianning's hand and came to Jia Heng.
"Are you okay, sir?"
"Well, it's good." Jia Heng first pulled Xianning over, his eyes hovering over the mole under the beautiful eyebrows, and then he reached out and stroked the girl's smooth and delicate face, feeling the delicate and tender skin, touching her lips. superior.
Chen Xiao looked at someone hugging him from left to right and was speechless for a moment.
Is this the sign of a wise king? This is simply a fool, but when I think of the wise and wise knowledge of the past, I feel in a trance, and there is another feeling of separation.
Just as she was feeling upset, a familiar voice suddenly came to her ears: "Xiaoxiao, please wait here while Chanyue and Xianning, I and I go to the inner room to talk."
With that said, he opened the bead curtain and entered the side room on one side.
But Chen Xiao sat there in a daze, her jade face suddenly as white as frost. She felt an irritation welling up from the bottom of her heart, and her slender hands had been clenched into fists.
What about the sword dance? I said it would be nice to watch her sword dance!
Damn it, damn it...
And not long after, there was obviously a rustling movement next door.
Chen Xiaozheng was upset and wanted to get up and leave, but he still couldn't help but move his steps, walked to the screen, and stood watching with a cold expression.
Princess Xianning was held by Jia Heng, her voice trembled slightly, her face was red, and she whispered: "Sir, let me take off my clothes..."
"No need to take it off, it looks better in clothes." Jia Heng caressed Princess Xianning's round and jade-like shoulders and whispered.
Chen Xiao:
The "sinister" intention was understood almost instantly.
No wonder he had to watch her sword dance. If she was allowed to dance on the pole, she would have to strike him with a sword so that he would never do bad things again.
The girl was thinking wildly, and looked at the "honest child" Li Chanyue on the other side, who was also buried in front of the young man. Her long and beautiful hair covered her head, and she could only see her rose-red face, almost like haze, and her originally shy face. Her eyebrows are closed, her eyelashes are hanging down, trembling constantly, and in her sandalwood mouth, lilac is curling up.
This, Chan Yue, such a good girl, was harmed by him like this?
I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly heard another voice in the wing. It was clearly Xianning's voice. No, the tone was somewhat familiar.
"What are you going to do? I am Princess Xiao. If you are rude to me, I will tell Xianning."
Chen Xiao:
The girl was stunned and couldn't believe it. How could Xian Ning learn to speak like her?
However, what made Chen Xiao blush even more was the familiar voice, saying: "Xiaoxiao, you have fallen into my hands. Let's see where you go this time."
Chen Xiao: "???"
This is too... too abstract.
At this time, I saw that the young man was busy, sometimes in the forest, sea and snowfield, sometimes exploring the clear water river.
Chen Xiao didn't know why, but the trace of irritability in his heart dissipated. Apart from a strange feeling in his heart, his clear eyes were full of shame and annoyance.
Does this mean Xianning is her? No, this was deliberately shown to her, it was clearly "humiliating" her.
After a long time......
Jia Heng put his arms around Princess Xianning's slender waist, turned to look at the girl with sweaty hair sticking to her beautiful face, and whispered: "Xianning, you have suffered a lot during this time."
Princess Xianning's cold voice was a little delicate, and she said: "Sir, I'm fine."
Li Chanyue on the other side was pulled into his arms by Jia Heng and said: "Chanyue."
Li Chanyue's bright eyes were tightly closed, her cheeks were as red as apples, and she said softly: "Mr. Xiao Jia, Cousin Xianning misses you very much. You guys... just give it a try."
Jia Heng gently caressed Li Chanyue's thin shoulders, lowered his head and kissed the girl's tender cheek, and said warmly: "Let's talk about it after we come back from Jiangnan."
He was actually not in a hurry, and since Chanyue was scared, maybe one day Jinyang would be there to hold her hand and comfort her?
Li Chanyue pressed her rouge-red cheek against Jia Heng's chest, feeling a mixture of joy and shyness in her heart, and said softly "Hmm" without saying much.
Princess Xianning turned her pretty face to look at Jia Heng, and whispered: "Sir, please come back as soon as possible before the Lantern Festival, so that we can watch the lanterns in Qujiang Pool."
Jia Heng said: "Try your best. There is no war in the south this time. They are all government affairs and personnel affairs. In fact, it won't take much time."
Princess Xianning responded, leaned her head in Jia Heng's arms, and said softly: "Sir, it's still early."
Jia Heng thought for a while, then whispered in Princess Xianning's ear: "Xianning, do it yourself."
Princess Xianning's pretty face flushed slightly, but she didn't say much. After all, she had been fond of martial arts since she was a child, often went hunting in the mountains, and had excellent riding skills.
In the evening, twilight is closing in, and lights are already lighting up in all directions of the Princess Mansion, as bright as day.
Jia Heng looked at a bronze mirror and arranged his clothes. He felt something. He turned to look at the silent girl with a cold face and asked, "Why are you so depressed?"
Chen Xiao glanced at Jia Heng coldly and whispered, "What do you think?"
Jia Heng smiled and said softly: "I called you just now, but you didn't answer."
Chen Xiao snorted coldly, his eyes dark, and he clenched the Xiuchundao in his hand.
If you want to be with her... at least not like just now, she doesn't like to serve her with others.
She is unique.
Jia Heng looked at the girl and seemed to be able to detect something from the beautiful eyebrows. He came forward gently, held her cold bare hands, and said warmly: "Okay, let's go back to Ning Mansion first. I have to leave tomorrow."
Time flies, and more than ten days have passed before you know it. However, Jia Heng kept going all the way, speeding up. He did not stop wherever he passed, but the official roads in some places had just melted snow and were a little muddy. After all, affected the itinerary.
Jinling, the backyard of the princess's mansion
As the Chinese New Year approaches, this mansion in the southern land begins to be decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the courtyard begins to be decorated with the help of Yuan Chun and Fu Qiufang.
The eldest princess of Jinyang was dressed in a red dress, gorgeous and bright. She stood in front of the window, stretched out her hand to gently caress her lower abdomen, and looked at a winter plum tree in the courtyard. The plum blossoms stood proudly in the shroud of snowflakes, with bright pink stamens.
The beauty's soft eyes lingered on the red plums in the courtyard. She gently caressed her belly, as if she felt that one of the lives was being nurtured, and she felt an uncontrollable surge of joy deep in her heart.
In fact, it has only been two months since I showed my pregnancy, and my lower abdomen has not bulged too much. It is more of a psychological fullness and satisfaction.
But after listening to the words of the female medical officer Zan Shan who was in charge of medical affairs in the mansion, the beauty did not dare to go to Beijing, lest the boat would be bumpy and something might happen to her child again.
In fact, there is some confusion in caring, and people are not too fragile. But if you show your pregnancy after returning to Beijing, Empress Dowager Feng will always notice it when she goes to the palace to pay her respects during the New Year.
Lianxue stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, it's cold here, so it's hard to stand for a long time."
As he spoke, he put a colorful peacock on the beauty's shoulders. Well, because the beauty was slim and tall like the Chen family, she even had to put her feet up a little.
The eldest princess of Jinyang, with her beautiful green silk bun in a bun, turned around. There was a trace of thought on her beautiful face, her bead-like face, and her beautiful face. She asked softly: "When is it?"
Before Jia Heng went south, he had already delivered the news through flying pigeons in Jinyi Mansion.
Lianxue asked: "I said I was leaving Henan a few days ago, maybe I have arrived in Xuzhou now."
Even though the eldest princess of Jinyang's beautiful and graceful jade face was not painted with powder, she still looked gorgeous, and the maturity and motherly aura from the corners of her eyebrows and eyes silently flowed out. As she walked towards the inner room, she said softly: " It’s almost time to arrive, by the way, pick up a good batch of Jiangnan’s seasonal new year’s goods and send them to the capital to deliver to the Queen Mother, along with the letter written by me.”
As the only daughter of Empress Dowager Feng, the caring little cotton-padded jacket did not return to Beijing this year in Jinling. It is said that Empress Dowager Feng was a little reluctant, but the eldest princess of Jinyang found a lot of reasons, and recently she frequently sent letters to Beijing. 33
"Don't worry, Your Highness, everything is ready." Lianxue said softly.
While the master and servant were talking, a nun entered the hall from outside and said respectfully: "Your Highness, Marquis Yongning is here."
When the beauty heard this, her delicate body trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes looked at the nanny in surprise, and asked: "What?"
"Marquis Yongning is waiting outside the hall." Mammy had to repeat it again.
Jia Heng's journey can be said to be a fast one, even if it is faster than the six hundred miles, it is not much more concessions. To a certain extent, he must not neglect the imperial edict.
Some people died, but not completely...
