"Make the princess laugh." Jiang Hexi subconsciously wanted to let go of her hand, but Huo Jingchen's grip tightened. She gave him an annoyed look, pretended to smile shyly at Princess Xiang, but gently scratched the palm of her hand with her finger.
's big palm.
Huo Jingchen raised his eyebrows slightly and raised a smile at the corner of his mouth.
When Princess Xiang saw this scene, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. She almost couldn't maintain her etiquette, and her silver teeth were almost broken.
Prince Xiang on the side should have felt something, and glanced at Princess Xiang threateningly, his eyes full of coolness.
Princess Xiang's heart trembled, and she hurriedly lowered her head and said nothing.
For a moment, only Prince Xiang's enthusiastic chatter and laughter were left, as well as Huo Jingchen's occasional responses.
A few people strolled to Master Wangchen's courtyard.
Huo Jingchen said to the young monk guarding the door: "Young Master, I have something to ask you to see Master. Prince Xiang wants to ask for a Buddha statue for the Queen Mother, so he came to Daguang Temple specially. He is very sincere. Please let me know."
Hearing this, King Xiang on the side also smiled modestly.
The young monk understood the idea and said, "Please wait a moment for the donors. The young monk will go in and make an announcement."
After a long time, the young monk came in holding a black nanmu box.
"Donor, this is the Buddha statue that my uncle had illuminated during his retreat."
"Thank you so much, little master." King Xiang was overjoyed and took it carefully, caressing the wooden box several times with nostalgia, and then handed it to the attendant beside him.
Seeing Prince Xiang's reluctant look, Jiang Hexi twitched the corner of her mouth and silently looked away.
"I'm fine, thanks to you today. If it weren't for you, how could Master Wangchen give me this Buddha statue? I'm really lucky today!" Prince Xiang patted Huo Jingchen's shoulder, and the smile on his face became brighter.
Huo Jingchen said humbly: "Your Majesty is so complimentary. It's all because of His sincerity. Master must be grateful for His filial piety, so he presented the Buddha statue to His Majesty."
"Don't be polite. I have written down today's love. I will definitely treat you to a drink when I have time in the future! Hahaha!"
"Then I would like to thank the prince first."
The young monk lowered his eyes and listened to the polite words exchanged between the two. He couldn't help but think of the disgusted look on his uncle's face just now. If King Xiang found out that his uncle only asked him to take out the Buddha statue and stuff his mouth because he found him annoying.
, will he be so angry?
Will I still be as happy as I am now?
The young monk was lost in thought. He still didn't find the answer until Huo Jingchen and others left, so he sighed in distress and turned back to ask Master Wangchen for advice.
After the group of people walked down the mountain in a grand manner, they each got into their own carriages.
Jiang Hexi smiled slightly and looked at the back of Prince Xiang and his wife as they left. When she saw Princess Xiang not forgetting to look at herself before getting into the carriage, she couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"What's wrong?" Huo Jingchen stretched out his hand to help Jiang Hexi get into the carriage, but when he saw her looking at Prince Xiang's carriage in a daze, he frowned subconsciously.
"It's okay." Jiang Hexi shook her head to get rid of the strange thoughts in her mind, then held Huo Jingchen's hand and stepped onto the carriage.
The carriage drove slowly and did not return to Duke Huo's Mansion until sunset.
The two of them first walked to Mrs. Huo Guogong's courtyard to pay their respects to the two elders, and then went to the Chunhui Hall of the old lady to pay their respects. Naturally, they picked up many good things, and then slowly returned to Canglan Courtyard.
As soon as they walked in, the two of them saw Jingyun and Liuying standing there. The sun was setting. A handsome man and a pretty woman, one tall and the other slender, cast two shadows nestled together under the orange sunset.
Jiang Hexi rolled her eyes, raised a meaningful smile on her lips, and pretended to be confused: "What's wrong with you?"
"Master, Madam, you are back!" Liuying turned around in surprise and saw Jiang Hexi looking at her with a smile and winking at her intriguingly.
Liu Ying's face felt hot, and she was a little embarrassed, but when she thought of what Jingyun said just now... Although a long time had passed, she still couldn't help but take a breath, and her heartbeat was pounding, as if it was about to rush out of her chest in the next second.
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"Master, I have been fond of Liu Ying for a long time. I came here this time to beg my master to fulfill my wish. I beg my master to marry Liu Ying to me. I swear that I will treat Liu Ying like a jewel in the future. I wish my master to grant me my blessing." Jingyun said.
He knelt down suddenly with a solemn look on his face.
Huo Jingchen raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Ying, and sure enough he saw her kneeling down too.
"Master, my subordinate and Jingyun are in love with each other, please help us!" Liu Ying looked at Jiang Hexi eagerly, and said eagerly: "Madam, you have always treated me well, please help us."
"Since you two are in love, I will not be the one who beats the couple, but has Uncle Huo agreed?" Huo Jingchen said with a smile on his face, "I promised Uncle Huo not to interfere in your marriage before, you guys?"
Of course I support them being together, but I don’t know if Uncle Huo will agree."
Hearing this, Jingyun's expression froze, and he hurriedly saluted Huo Jingchen and the others, and pulled Liu Yinghuo away in a hurry.
Jiang Hexi looked at the two people disappearing in the blink of an eye in surprise, and said with emotion: "This is the first time I have seen Jingyun acting so rude. Sure enough, love makes people blind!"
"Jingyun has always had some thoughts about Liuying, but he hid them well. Now he finally said it. If he doesn't speak out, I will be worried for him." Huo Jingchen shook his head helplessly and walked into the room.
Jiang Hexi's eyes moved slightly, and she asked tentatively: "How do you know Jingyun's thoughts? I think he hides it quite deeply. Liuying doesn't know anything about it."
"That's because I've done something like this before."
"It's okay..."
The tall man looked back and smiled, looking at the woman in front of him tenderly.
Under the sky full of sunset, the two of them only had eyes for each other, and could no longer pretend to be anyone else.
Gradually, a ray of golden sunlight shines through the green leaves and casts mottled shadows on the window sill. Occasionally, a breeze blows by, causing the window that is opened at a corner to tremble slightly.
"Xi'er, I'm going to the Yamen first. Things have been complicated recently. I have to go and take a look. I can't pick you up at the Zhennan Marquis Mansion in the afternoon." Huo Jingchen gently stroked Jiang Hexi's sleepy little face, his voice gentle and watery.
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Jiang Hexi hummed vaguely, then couldn't help feeling sleepy, turned over and continued to sleep.
Huo Jingchen smiled helplessly, told the maid not to disturb her, and walked out of the door gently.
Half an hour later, Jiang Hexi slowly climbed out of bed, yawned lazily, sat in front of the dressing table and let Xi Yue help comb her hair.
"Nanny, I have already taken out the gift you mentioned from the warehouse. The two young masters will definitely like it." Rong Yuehou said in a low voice from the side.
Jiang Hexi squinted her eyes and said, "Keep it for now and bring it to Ah Yun and Ah Xuan later."
"yes."
After Jiang Hexi cleaned up, she had breakfast slowly and walked to Mrs. Huo Guogong's yard.
I saw Huo Yunyao and Mrs. Huo were already there.
"Greetings to my mother, my regards to my second uncle."
Mrs. Huo Guogong smiled and said: "Xi'er is here, come here quickly."
With a smile on her face, Jiang Hexi strolled over and sat next to Mrs. Huo Guogong, "What are mother and second aunt talking about?"
"The flower-viewing banquet held by the in-laws this time is not small, and Brother Yan is not young anymore. I thought I would see if there are any girls from good families and find a match for Brother Yan by the way." Mrs. Huo Guogong
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this method was feasible, and the smile on my face gradually deepened.
Jiang Hexi said in surprise: "Brother Yan is still young, isn't he? Are you going to get engaged so soon?"
"You're not young anymore. Brother Yan will be eighteen next year!" Mrs. Huo Guogong waved her hands and said, "Now Brother Chen is married, Brother Rui is going to have a family, and Yao'er is going to get married next year.
Brother Yan is the only one left who has not yet been settled, so I can't help him, otherwise I don't know when he will be able to settle down with his playful temperament."
Seeing the approval looks on the faces of Huo Yunyao and Mrs. Huo, Jiang Hexi couldn't help but be speechless, thinking that Huo Jingyan, who had the temper of a child, was actually getting married? It was really unbelievable.
But when I thought about my body, which is only eighteen years old now, I suddenly became silent.
"Does the mother have a suitable candidate?"
"Not yet. I'll go over and have a look when the time comes. If there's anything I'd like to see you with, just go and ask around."
"Mom is still thoughtful."
"It's getting late, it's time for us to set off."
"good."
So, a large group of people got on the carriage and rushed towards the Zhennan Hou Mansion.
Huo Yunyao and Jiang Hexi were riding in the same carriage, while Mrs. Huo Guogong and Mrs. Huo were sitting in the front carriage.
"Sister-in-law, Baoning hasn't come to play with me in the palace for a long time. Has my eldest brother ever told me what Baoning has been busy with recently? I haven't seen her recently." Huo Yunyao played with the sachet on her waist, looking quite puzzled.
He frowned in some distress.
Jiang Hexi's eyes moved, and she couldn't help but think of Huo Jingchen's teasing Song Ziting before, and smiled meaningfully, "Princess Baoning may be busy getting along with her sweetheart now, so how can she have time to play with you."
"Sweetheart?!" Huo Yunyao's eyes trembled, and she blurted out: "It can't be Song Ziting, right? When did they hook up?"
Hearing this, Jiang Hexi twitched the corner of her mouth and said helplessly: "Why are they just hooking up? Isn't it extremely normal for two people to be in love with each other? I think Princess Baoning has been too busy recently, so she doesn't have time to look for you. You also
Don't blame her."
"How could I blame her? It's too late for me to be happy for her. Sister-in-law, you don't know that Baoning has followed Brother Song since she was a child and has always been in love with him. However, Brother Song dislikes Baoning very much. For this reason
I don’t know how many times Baoning has been sad. I even scolded Brother Song before, but in fact, I know in my heart that I can’t force emotional matters. Originally, I gave up on the result that the two of them would be together, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse.
Now it's good, Baoning can finally get her wish, I'm so happy for her!"