Before Xue Hengzhao entered the palace, he had no contact with the female relatives of various families in the capital. After entering the palace, he only met some at banquets in the palace.
Because Jin Lingyi was Lan Ning's cousin, she had accompanied Mrs. Lan to Fu Fei's palace to pay her respects several times, so Xue Hengzhao was quite familiar with her.
This time Lan Ning brought her to the palace again, saying that she was entering the palace to pay her respects to Concubine Fu, but in fact, she wanted to ask Concubine Fu in front of her what she thought of her marriage.
Jin Lingyi was born small and exquisite, with an oval-shaped face and watery eyes, a pear-shaped smile, and decent manners.
She has been close to Lan Ning since she was a child. She is the only daughter in Lan Ning's family, so she treats her cousin as her own sister.
So Jin Lingyi's marriage was naturally left in the hands of her and Concubine Fu. Of course, Lan Ning never thought of declining.
"Greetings to Concubine Fu, I haven't seen you for a long time, but now I see you are more and more radiant." Jin Lingyi said hello and bowed gracefully.
Concubine Fu smiled and responded: "Good child, stop being so polite and come and sit here. I haven't seen you for a while, but I see you have grown taller. You are as beautiful as a flower."
"Your Majesty, you can praise people to the point of your heart." Jin Lingyi pursed her lips and smiled and said, "The noblest and most beautiful flower among our sisters is my cousin. I ask you to choose it. Lingyi can get it Your compliment makes my face light up."
"Good boy, your cousin is naturally good, and you are not bad either." Concubine Fu said with a smile, "You two have always been the best, like sisters, so it is said that birds of a feather flock together. If you are not good , how can it be like this." Concubine Fu said, "Don't say that your cousin loves you, even if I look at you, I really like you."
"My cousin and I fell in love, and my cousin fell in love with the empress, and I also won the favor of the empress. This is really fate and blessing. No wonder some people always praise me for my good fortune." Jin Lingyi has a more lively temper than Lan Ning. The small mouth is very sweet.
"I originally wanted to ask your mother to come into the palace to sit and talk. But Lan Ning said she was sick, so I stopped working on her. How is she feeling now? Why don't you ask an imperial physician to come over and take a look? Right?" Concubine Fu asked with concern.
"I'm worried about you. My mother is actually fine. It's just that she often gets dizzy when the weather gets hot. I also asked Magistrate Wu to have a look at her in the early years. She said it was a disease of yang hyperactivity, and she always had to focus on resting and recuperating." Ling Yi replied, "When the weather gets hotter, she will no longer be able to stay in the capital and will have to go to the mountains to escape the heat."
"Some people are like this. When the weather is hot, they feel dizzy and tired. When the weather is cool, they will be cured without taking medicine. It doesn't seem to be a serious illness, but it is actually very torturous." Concubine Fu said, "I will call your cousin and the others to accompany you later. You go to the garden for a walk, it's a rare visit. Come back here to eat lunch. My place is always too deserted. If there are more people eating and being lively, I can have an extra bowl of rice."
"I love the food in the empress's palace the most," Jin Lingyi said. "If the empress doesn't find it annoying, I will often come to the palace with my cousin."
"Okay, you really have to come here often!" Concubine Fu said with a smile, "I just like that you love to talk and laugh."
Then Jin Lingyi and Lan Ning and Xue Hengzhao went out to relax, saying they were relaxing, but in fact they wanted to find out what she was saying.
Jin Lingyi has also been paying attention to Xue Hengzhao for a long time, but there are not many opportunities to talk to her.
She could tell that both Concubine Fu and Lan Ning looked at Xue Hengzhao in a different light, knowing that she was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Miss Xue, I see that you are a little fatter than the last time I came to the palace." Jin Lingyi looked at Xue Hengzhao and said, "But you are still too thin after all. You need to eat more."
"Thank you Miss Jin for your concern. I'm much better than before." Xue Hengzhao told the truth, because Yu Guming always asked Granny Luo for medicine and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat her according to the prescription. Now Xue Hengzhao's body is indeed fatter and stronger than before.
However, her foundation is so bad that it is still difficult for her to be like a normal person.
"You are just too smart and talented. My grandmother often said that everyone is born equally fair. If you give this, you will probably not give to that. People like me who don't like to get sick, talk about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and order tea. Arranging flowers doesn't work.
During the Chinese New Year, Concubine Fu gave me an exquisite purse, which I liked very much. I thought, what kind of skill does it take to do such a job? Later I found out it was you who did it, so I didn't feel weird anymore. Jin Lingyi said, "With your slender hands, your thumbs are not as thick as my little fingers!" "
"Ms. Jin is so self-effacing. We have all seen your needlework, and it is very good." Xue Hengzhao said.
"The lotus flowers haven't bloomed yet. Let's walk over there." Lan Ning said, "I haven't seen anyone coming here today."
As they spoke, the three of them walked some distance to the northwest and found a pavilion to sit down.
The little maid accompanying him brought tea and then withdrew.
"After walking for so long, I think I'm a little thirsty." Lan Ning said, "Let's have a sip of tea."
Jin Lingyi looked very relaxed while drinking tea and admiring flowers.
Lan Ning looked at the time and then said, "Ling Yi, I wonder if you heard anything outside?"
"I wonder what my cousin is talking about?" Jin Lingyi turned around and asked.
"Let me tell you the truth, the news that you and the second prince are getting married has been spread inside and outside the palace for some reason," Lan Ning said.
Jin Lingyi was surprised at first, then laughed and said, "This is nonsense. Who made up this nonsense?"
"I also thought that you might not know, so I told you." Lan Ning looked at Jin Lingyi's face and said, "We two are like sisters. If there is nothing wrong with us, you don't have to be shy.
Your marriage has been entrusted to Concubine Fu and I. The two of us have been discussing how to choose a suitable one for you these days.
Who would have thought that before this end was decided, such words came out.
My empress and I discussed that it would not be good to pass it on like this. If you have someone you like, you might as well tell me and we can settle it early and the rumors will stop.
Or, just make the fake one real, but I don’t know what you think? "
No matter what, Jin Lingyi is still a girl who has not left the court. When her cousin said this, she couldn't help but blush.
But she also knew that this matter was important, and it was useless to be shy.
So I thought about it and said, "I am a harem girl who never leaves the house and never sees a foreign man, so I don't have anyone I like.
What I thought carefully was the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker. It’s just that my cousin knows the situation in my family best, so I asked you and Concubine Fu to make the decision for me.
I don't have much knowledge, so I just listen to my cousin for everything. Whatever my cousin says is good, I will do it. "
