In a courtyard of the Imperial Garden, between the exquisite pavilions and pavilions are placed a vat of water lilies of different shapes and colors. The vats are also different from ordinary vats. They are flatter, have a larger opening, and are clear.
On the water, water lilies lie gracefully on the water, beautiful and elegant.
Facing the fence of a vat of lavender water lilies, the seventh princess Feng Ningshuang sat diagonally. The only daughter of the queen and the only legitimate daughter of the emperor was born with an extraordinary status and aloofness.
She reached out with her hand and picked a water lily in the tank against the fence. She put it between her nose and smelled it gently. She closed her eyes slightly, as if she was sleeping but not sleeping.
There were many maids and servants around, but no one dared to make a sound to disturb Feng Ningshuang.
Zhang Wanyin brought only one maid and came slowly. A palace maid noticed her presence and hurriedly came over to report.
"Let her come over." Feng Ningshuang curled her lips and slowly opened her eyes.
The palace maid stepped back and soon brought Zhang Wanyin over.
Zhang Wanyin saluted Feng Ningshuang.
"There's no need to be polite between you and me, just sit down." Feng Ningshuang smiled and reached out to pat the side.
Zhang Wanyin sat down next to her, her eyebrows furrowed tightly, her expression restless.
The palace maid served the tea and stepped back. Feng Ningshuang picked up the tea cup in front of her and took a sip. She asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Is Xu Anjiao's matter wrong?"
"Seventh Princess, County Xu is about to enter... Prince Duan's Mansion." Zhang Wanyin said with difficulty, holding the handkerchief tightly with a bitter smile.
Feng Ningshuang was also stunned: "Didn't you say that Xu Anjiao is attracted to Feng Yu?"
"County Master Xu is the Prince of Qi's son. He also said before that as long as Miss Yu agrees to County Master Xu's entry, Prince Qi will definitely agree, but..." Zhang Wanyin lowered his head and pinched at a loss.
The handkerchief in hand.
"Is it possible... that the eldest brother didn't take Feng Yu with him and went by himself?" Feng Ningshuang rolled her eyes and asked.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui went with Prince Qi, but..." Zhang Wanyin let out a long sigh and told what happened. Finally, her eyes turned red and she lowered her head again.
After Feng Ningshuang calmed down, she smiled: "The eldest princess Minghe is really an old fox. She can actually bite her eldest brother like this. She really thinks highly of Xu Anjiao!"
The words were clearly mocking and disdainful of Ming and the eldest princess.
"But why didn't eldest brother say anything?"
"Things... have come to this point, it's either Prince Duan or Prince Qi. Prince Qi's temperament even makes the Queen Mother give way to him sometimes, so it's only Prince Duan." Zhang Wanyin bit her lip lightly.
"How can things still be like this?" Feng Ningshuang sounded like she was talking to herself, and then she suddenly laughed, "I can't believe it, I can't believe it."
After saying that, he seemed to have remembered something and comforted Zhang Wanyin: "Don't be afraid. No matter who enters Prince Rui's Mansion, you will still be Prince Duan's true concubine. Besides, you also have the Imperial Grandmother, the Queen Mother and me. No one dares to bully you."
, otherwise you will not give me face."
Zhang Wanyin smiled bitterly: "Miss Yu is the cousin of the seventh princess."
Yu Lizhu is also going to enter Prince Rui's Mansion.
Hearing what she said, Feng Ningshuang felt more and more happy: "The palace is really lively now. First there is Yu Yuxi, the eldest brother's most beloved woman. It is said that she immediately proposed to the queen mother after falling in love at first sight, but Princess An and the eldest princess did not
I was willing, so I delayed it, but I didn’t expect that it would cause trouble, so I had to settle for the concubine.”
"My second cousin's temperament is not a good one. Waves can rise three feet even without wind, not to mention the wind. There will be many jealousies. As for Xu Anjiao now, she has entered the country in the name of the county lord.
I am afraid that when I became a concubine in my eldest brother's house, I wanted to climb up the ladder. With Ming and the eldest princess behind me, it must not be a worry-free thing."
At this point, Feng Ningshuang looked at Zhang Wanyin with pity: "This time... you really miscalculated... This situation, Wanyin, is not good for you."
It is said that the Queen will support Zhang Wanyin, but Yu Lizhu is still the Queen's niece, so she may not have any advantage over the two. As for the Queen Mother, she must be older, and who knows how many more years she will last.
After seeing that Prince Rui agreed to the marriage without any hesitation, even though Xu Anjiao had been chasing and shouting that the person she wanted to marry was the Crown Prince of Qi, Zhang Wanyin knew that her advantages were even less.
She can't catch the queen, but the queen mother can, and she can fight for the seventh princess in front of her. The relationship between the seventh princess and the arrogant Yu Lizhu is not very good.
Feng Ningshuang picked up the water lily she had just picked, shook it in front of Zhang Wanyin, and then pointed to the nearby water tank: "This is the most outstanding one here. I picked it, but now I look at the rest.
That’s right, except for the one I like, any of the other ones will do.”
Feng Ningshuang said slowly.
"Seventh Princess..." Zhang Wanyin was shocked.
"The eldest brother is a gentle person. He is gentle to everyone and gets along with everyone. There are many women around him who are like flowers and talk to each other. Many women like the eldest brother who is good-looking, noble, and also careful and gentle.
, the queen mother has rewarded eldest brother before, and now they are all in eldest brother’s house, and the things she has heard are all good.”
Feng Ningshuang turned the water lily in her hand and smiled.
Fortunately, she has no such scruples. The person she likes can only marry her, and she is the only one, and she cannot tolerate a second woman...
There are so many beauties around him, and he would be nice to any one of them. As a royal concubine, she may not be favored when she enters the palace, let alone Yu Yuxi. Zhang Wanyin's face is slightly pale and uneasy.
"Okay, don't be nervous. Don't worry, you still have me." Seeing her like this, Feng Ningshuang suddenly smiled, put down the water lily, and reached out to hold Zhang Wanyin's hand, "I said before, no matter what, I will
We will all stand by your side. The two of us grew up together, and it was me who exerted my strength to get you back this time."
"I know that the Seventh Princess has shown me great kindness." Zhang Wanyin wanted to stand up and salute, but was held tightly by Feng Ningshuang.
"Wanyin, I said, we don't have to be so polite. How can others understand the friendship we had when we were children? You were young and I was young too, and the two of us fought with Jingrong. Do you still remember?
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Feng Jingrong, the sixth princess born to Concubine Zhen, and the seventh princess are about the same age and have the worst relationship. Now it seems that it doesn't matter. After all, everyone has grown up. On the surface, they still have to maintain a good relationship with their elder sisters. However,
I was still young at the time and didn't know how to control my emotions, so the two parties often fought each other when they met in private.
The seventh princess did not bully the sixth princess because she was the queen's legitimate daughter. Both parties relied on their own strength.
Zhang Wanyin was from the Seventh Princess's side at that time.
Thinking of what happened when she was a child, Zhang Wanyin couldn't help but smile: "I'm afraid the Sixth Princess will still hold a grudge about what happened back then."
"I'm afraid of what she will do. Now that she is older and better at acting, even if she really confronts you, she will have to talk a lot of nonsense first to show that she is extremely gentle and dignified." Speaking of Feng Jingrong, Feng Jingrong,
Ningshuang snorted coldly and looked unhappy.
Zhang Wanyin is the best at observing words and emotions, and immediately smiled: "What the Seventh Princess said is that when you were young... you will naturally be more powerful when you grow up than when you were young."
"At such an old age, she still hasn't made an engagement. She still wants to be the prince of Yangshan, without even checking whether she is worthy enough." Feng Ningshuang thought of something again and said angrily.
Zhang Wanyin didn't dare to answer this, so she covered up the embarrassment in her eyes by picking up a water cup and drinking tea.
"Wanyin, please help me think of a way to treat Feng Jingrong well. I will teach you a good way so that Xu Anjiao will not be able to get good treatment even if she enters Prince Duan's palace."
Feng Ningshuang leaned over and joked in a low voice.
Her marriage decree has not been finalized. Don't think she doesn't know that it has something to do with Feng Jingrong. Since she was a child, Feng Jingrong has wanted to grab any good things she has. She and Prince Yangshan are in love.
It's not like she can take it apart if she wants to.
"Seventh Princess..." Zhang Wanyin was startled, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold Feng Ningshuang's sleeves: "Seventh Princess, we are all grown up now, and we can no longer be as ignorant as we were when we were little."
"It wasn't very good when we were young. What are we going to do when we grow up!" Feng Ningshuang leaned her head back and leaned directly on Zhang Wanyin's shoulder. She looked at the sky diagonally above and said with blurred eyes, "Then
How good we were at that time, we just simply studied and played around, and even if we had conflicts, we would just fight them back, why would there be so many worries."
"When I was young... it was really good." Zhang Wanyin's gaze also followed the slanting sky, and the last voice was almost inaudible, "It's a pity... I can't go back now!"
The two of them were silent together, and then they both closed their eyes, feeling the coolness brought by the seemingly absent wind. There was also the slightest fragrance of flowers in the silence, which was very pleasant.
Suddenly Zhang Wanyin heard Feng Ningshuang's voice next to her. It was very soft, so soft that she could hardly hear it. But because Feng Ningshuang was leaning on her shoulder, the words sounded real: "Wanyin, you
Don't be afraid, get married as soon as possible, and when you marry Prince Duan and give birth to a young prince, you will have everything in the future."
The last sound disappeared in the final note, but Zhang Wanyin was extremely excited. Her heart skipped a beat, her eyes suddenly opened, and she was so excited. What she wanted was an accurate word, not a specious comfort.
"Seventh Princess, I think Miss Yu San's reaction today is very strange. She... seems to be very interested in my jade pendant. When she first saw my jade pendant, she was stunned. Although she reacted very quickly later,
But she was still lost at that time." Zhang Wanyin said after regaining her composure.
The main reason she came here today was to talk about this matter. The Seventh Princess disliked Yu Xijiao very much, and the Seventh Princess cared about Yu Xijiao very much. Whenever Zhang Wanyin met Yu Xijiao, the Seventh Princess would call Zhang Wanyin over to ask. The key point is that Yu Xijiao
Xijiao, if it weren't for the seventh princess's push, Zhang Wanyin wouldn't have really taken action in this matter.
What's more, King Duan must agree to this.
However, she didn't understand why the Seventh Princess paid attention to Yu Xijiao, and because of Prince Yangshan? The Prince Li whom the Seventh Princess liked seemed to have no contact with the Xuanping House, and it was impossible for him to be with Yu Xijiao.
If there is contact, that would be very strange...