The regent's spoiled princess wakes up

Chapter 17

"Can you sing Jiangnan's little song?" Zhao Shuang held her hand, "Can you sing 'Misty Rain'?"

"My concubine is from the south of the Yangtze River, and can...can sing." The woman in the water blue dress said a few words before hesitating, "It's just that my concubine's singing is not good, and the prince thinks it's noisy."

"Why?" Zhao Shuang pulled her to comfort her with a smile, "I heard that you used to be the number one singer in Shangjing, and even the Duke of the State was full of praise after hearing that."

"My concubine's praise." Bing Ji was overjoyed by her praise, she lowered her head shyly, her bangs covered half of her face.

"Bing Ji, I'm here today to ask for something," Zhao Shuang said, and Chao Xiangxia winked, "Look at this hairpin, do you still like it?"

Xiang Xia took out a slender wooden box from her sleeve pocket, Zhao Shuang took it, opened it in front of the woman in the water blue dress, and the eyes of several people immediately shone with gold.

"Princess! Such a precious gold-encrusted jade hairpin..." Bing Ji's eyes lit up, but she didn't dare to be too excited, "Are you really giving it to my concubine?"

She and Xu Lianyu spent the rest of their lives on these gold and silver jewelry.

There are not many entertainments in the palace, and the prince rarely rewards her. Over the years, she has not saved any money except monthly money, and her earnings are not as good as when she was a singer.

Xu Lianyu was a little better than her. As General Xu's younger sister, she occasionally exchanged favors and gave gifts or something, but she wasn't very rich either.

Bing Ji was worried that she would leave the palace in the future and would not have the money to buy a house and servants, and now she was delighted to see the gold and silver treasures delivered to her door.

"Since I brought it, it's for you." Zhao Shuang closed the wooden box and pushed it in front of Bing Ji, with an arc of mouth, "As long as you do something for me, let alone a hairpin, you Whatever you fancy, go to Fanshuang Hall to pick it out."

Bing Ji carefully looked left and right, and seeing no one around, she took the wooden box with both hands, "What's the matter with the princess, just tell me."

"I want you to get close to someone for me." Zhao Shuang raised her eyes and glanced in the direction of Hanguang Pavilion inadvertently.

Don't let the prince find out about this.

"What... who is it?" Bing Ji swallowed nervously.

"Chen Yang, Marquis of Yongchang." Zhao Shuang closed his cloak and explained, "He likes to listen to music, and you are beautiful, so he will definitely like it."

"When you get close to him, what are you going to do?" Although Bing Ji doesn't quite understand her thoughts, she also knows that things are by no means so simple, "I dare not do such a thing as killing people and stealing goods."

"I don't want you to kill someone," Zhao Shuang patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, and said lightly, "Hou Yongchang has a fiancée named Honghu, and I heard that the two of them are preparing for their marriage. As long as you separate them, don't let them get married. Just do it."

The prince said that now she is a dignified and virtuous princess regent, and she can no longer be that reckless little Taoist nun, and she can no longer do such things as killing people in the street.

But Zhao Shuang was narrow-minded, even if she couldn't come to the door with a knife to kill people, she didn't want to see Chen Yang and Honghu have a good life, after all, their love was based on the flesh and blood of egrets.

When she thought of the days and nights in Suoxian Well, she wished she could leave this princess behind and go find revenge on that couple.

"This..." Bing Ji hesitated for a moment and made up her mind, "I don't know when to act?"

What kind of enmity does the princess have with that Marquis of Yongchang?Don't let people get married?Anyway, the deposit is collected first.

It's just that sister Xu plans to run away in a few days. I don't know if she can make the money in time, anyway, the deposit is charged first.

Thinking of this, Bing Ji put the hairpin into her sleeve pocket with peace of mind.

"Just wait for my news." Zhao Shuang stood up and said to Xiangxia, "Let's go back."

"Congratulations to the princess." The woman in the water blue dress got up and saluted.

The two walked near the water pavilion, and just about to turn into the direction of Fanshuang Hall, they saw a handsome young man coming from the other side of Jingxin Lake.

"Princess, my lord invites you to the Hanguang Pavilion." Ping Feng saluted with fists in his arms.

"Oh?" Zhao Shuang rolled his eyes nervously, "But the messenger from Marquis Yongchang is here?"

"Back to Wangfei, it's Marquis Yongchang...he came in person." Just as Ping Feng finished speaking, he felt the woman behind him suddenly slow down, "Wangfei?"

The woman in the fancy dress looked into the distance, and instantly lost focus, "Chen Yang... is he here?"

"Princess?" Ping Feng called again.

"I mean, why did Marquis Yongchang come to visit the prince?" Zhao Shuang pretended to be relaxed and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.

"The Marquis of Yongchang came to Beijing this time to pay homage to the Empress Dowager on the surface. In fact, he wanted to submit to our prince. After all, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty is now..." Ping Feng was halfway through, when he suddenly realized that the person next to him was the eldest princess, and quickly changed his name. Topic, "I heard that the Yongchang Marquis Mansion in Xunyang City has long been an empty shell. Chen Yang has neither military power nor food, and only relies on a few acres of Susukida. Naturally, he must find a way to find a backer."

Zhao Shuang fell into deep thought.

Chen Yang is ambitious, while Hong Hu is cunning. Both of them are not easy-going lamps, and they will never be willing to be inferior to others.

"I wonder if Marquis Yongchang brought his entourage?" She asked again.

"I only brought a small person with me." Ping Feng replied.

The three of them walked through a green bamboo grove and came to an empty courtyard.

The courtyard faces Jingxin Lake and faces Fanshuang Hall across the lake. The lake is covered with white sand, and in the middle of the white sand stands a three-story golden-roofed vermilion pavilion. The lake and mountains look like a fairyland.

A beautiful servant girl bowed to them, and then went upstairs to communicate.

Pingfeng led Zhao Shuang and Xiangxia in, and when they reached the entrance of the main hall on the third floor, they faintly heard voices inside.

Xiang Xia waited by the door, pushed it open against the wind, Zhao Shuang took a deep breath, pretended to be calm and walked in.

The sun shines in from the railing on one side of the main hall, and the light and shadow on the wooden floor are soft.

Zhao Shuang lowered her head, held her breath, and tried not to make any footsteps, but her heartbeat couldn't be concealed. Although she didn't look up at the man in the palace, her palms were already covered with sweat.

"Chen Yang, Chen Yang, Marquis of Yongchang in Xunyang City, see the regent princess." A familiar man's voice sounded, as if blowing from a world away.

Zhao Shuang raised her head and saw a tall man in a silver-gray brocade robe with a round collar, bowing to her with his hands folded.

The man's complexion was as pale as paper, his nose was high and his eyes were deep, his demeanor was pure and tranquil, just like the ones she had seen in the story books... those good-looking men in the world.

"Master Hou is free of courtesy." She said lightly, and then looked at the seat above.

The dignified man in the black cloak in the upper seat was hooking his hands at her with a half-smile, and Zhao Shuang walked up the steps and stood beside him.

"My lord, this concubine, just woke up a few days ago." Yang Xuan pulled her to sit beside her, then raised her eyebrows and said, "I've been arguing about eating Dihua Cake from Xunyang City lately."

Zhao Shuang and Chen Yang were shocked when they heard this.

Dihua Cake is a special product of Xunyang City. Apart from the special smell, the taste is not very good, and few people know about it.

"How does the princess know about this Dihua Cake?" Chen Yang asked, clasping his hands, with a warm smile still hanging from the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)