Xiao Guizi was not prepared for the young master to stop. He walked with his head down and almost bumped into his master.
Just when she was about to hit the young master's back, Xiao Guizi hurriedly stopped and looked up, following the young master's line of sight.
I saw a girl in lake color standing in front of a landscape painting in the hall.
A ray of sunlight shines in through the mullioned window, and the halo reflects the girl's delicate profile, as if it were coated with a layer of golden light.
She just stood there quietly, gentle and peaceful, like a beauty walking out of a painting.
Xiao Kang had a flash of inspiration, and he suddenly had the urge to make a picture of a lady.
In the past, his paintings were mainly based on flowers, birds and landscapes, and he once copied pictures of ladies from the previous dynasty.
From his aesthetic point of view, he felt that the pictures of ladies made by his predecessors were too gorgeous and exaggerated, giving people a frivolous feeling.
The woman standing in front of the painting looked attentive. Quiet as dust, graceful and upright, gentle and elegant, it was exactly the shadow of the beauty in his dream.
"Master, why don't you go in and look at the paintings?" Xiao Guizi asked in a roundabout way.
He was not blind, and with such a quiet beauty standing in the hall, the young master was naturally attracted to the beautiful girl.
In order to protect the young master's face, which was as thin as petals, he could only talk about reading paintings.
"Talk too much."
When Xiao Kang saw the girl turn her head, he scolded Xiao Guizi lightly, and then showed an apologetic smile to the girl in the hall.
The girl smiled back at him, a blush appeared behind Xiao Kang's ears, and he continued to walk towards the flower hall.
With just one glance, the girl's appearance seemed to be burned into his mind.
Little did she know that when Su Hui turned her head, she also took in his demeanor. Just by those swaggering phoenix eyes, Su Hui guessed that he was the eldest son of the palace.
Su Hui couldn't help but secretly marvel in her heart. The prince and princess were so lucky. The young master was so handsome and the young lady was so beautiful, especially the pair of phoenix eyes. They were all carved from the same mold.
Xiao Dai went to the flower hall, and the princess saw the girls gathering in the garden to enjoy the flowers.
"Kang'er, take a good look at them later to see whose girl catches your eye. Concubine, I see that all the girls who came today are pretty, so don't be dazzled by them."
After Xiao Yun finished a plate of fruit, she picked up a handkerchief and imitated her mother-in-law, and wiped her mouth delicately.
"Brother, I like Sister Lin, just marry her!"
"Yun'er, don't talk nonsense." Xiao Kang knew that the little girl couldn't be more dignified, so he quickly reached out and covered her mouth.
Xiao Yun's small hands forcefully opened her elder brother's big hand covering his mouth.
She curled her lips aggrievedly, "Yun'er really thinks Sister Lin is very good. She is gentle and good-looking, neither fat nor thin. Dad even praised the Lin family's family tradition."
"The key is that she had dinner with you and helped you pick up the chicken legs, right?"
Xiao Yun's eyes widened in disbelief, "Brother, you are really a god. When I went to Sister Lin's house, she actually pinched chicken legs for me. How did you know?"
Xiao Kang was weak in the past, and he had never been a guest in other people's houses.
Seeing that her eldest brother seemed to have been there before, Xiao Yun admired her eldest brother so much that she fell head over heels in admiration.
Xiao Kang rubbed his little sister's little head lovingly and said with a chuckle: "A greedy little cat wants to sell your big brother for just a chicken leg. Big brother's love for you is really in vain."
"If you think Miss Lin is good, you can remind the second brother and let him think about it. After all, he and Lin Xiangzhi are close, and Miss Lin sees him often. They can be considered childhood sweethearts."
Xiao Guizi: "..."
He would never admit that the young master was a dead Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist. He was an elder brother like a father, and the eldest young master was concerned about his son's happiness.
Princess Yannan and Aunt Cai looked at each other and watched the brother and sister talking, unable to guess Xiao Kang's thoughts.
The princess also thinks that Lin Ruyin is good, but she knows that the mutual love between husband and wife is more important than anything else. She thinks in her heart but won't say it with her mouth.
"Is the second brother back now? Why haven't I seen him?"
"Brother, please talk to your mother and concubine first, while Yun'er goes to the garden to get acquainted with the elder sisters."
Ask her to advise her second brother on marriage matters. She has eaten bear meat, but she has never eaten bear heart and leopard courage.
Seeing the little girl pretending to be calm and running out quickly, Xiao Kang couldn't help laughing.
"Miss Yun'er is not afraid of anything but the Crown Prince. When the Crown Prince returns home, the princess will feel a lot less worried." Aunt Cai said, covering her lips and snickering.
The princess looked helpless, "No, a few days ago she released a parrot that Shanzhang had raised for many years in the academy. She even said confidently that the parrot called her to open the birdcage door."
"puff……"
Aunt Cai and the maids couldn't help laughing.
In order to allow the girls in Yannan to study in the academy, the mountain chief specially separated a courtyard and hired a female concubine to teach in the academy.
She also doesn’t know how she learned that Mr. Shan kept a talking parrot in the corridor of the study room in the academy.
One day, when the mountain leader was not in the study, she quietly slipped over, teased the parrot for a while, and then let it go.
"Our second young lady is a little naughty, but she is honest in nature. If it were any other child, she would never admit that she let the parrot go." Aunt Cai helped Xiao Yun smooth things over after laughing.
The princess sighed and said, "Hey! She followed her father and was too straightforward. The mountain chief only knew that it was a child from the girls' academy who did it by looking at the footprints on the chair in the corridor."
"She stood up and admitted it when the mountain chief asked her. Do you think the children here are stupid?" The princess held her forehead.
Aunt Cai: "..." It turns out that she was overthinking, and the princess didn't mean that.
The maids suppressed their laughter and secretly cursed in their hearts. It turned out that the second young lady followed the princess - she was so bold.
Xiao Kang stood up and saluted the princess, "Mother, my sister is not to blame for letting the parrot go. Who knew that parrot could imitate the parrot and open the door? The child will go back and make a painting and send it to the academy. This is an apology. .”
"What about the blind date? You can have some snacks."
Watching Qingfeng Jiyue's son leave, the princess rubbed her forehead. Judging from the situation, this banquet had no effect.
She once again sent her maid to Qinghui Courtyard to see if Xiao Jingzhao had returned home.
"Master, are you ready to take a bath? The princess has sent someone to urge you." Xiang Yang held the clothes in his hands, stretched his neck and shouted towards the bathroom.
"Put your clothes on the couch and tell my mother-in-law that I will be there right away."
He came back covered in dust, and it had just rained. He rode through the muddy path, and the hem of his clothes was splashed with mud marks. He had to take a bath before going to see his mother and concubine.
Everyone in the Qinghui Courtyard knew that there was a banquet in the palace today, and everyone seemed to be colluding. When the prince returned to the palace, no one mentioned this.
At this time, outside the palace, a man dressed as a guard got off his horse.
He took out his badge and waved it in front of the concierge, who quickly gave way.
The man went straight to Qinghui Courtyard, "Master, there is a letter from the capital."
