Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 209 Invitation

Zhou Duxin was taken by Zhou Chengxin to meet King Jin on the second day after attending the Qionglin Banquet.

With filial piety, he can't be awarded an official, even if he is the first in the second class.

The king of Jin gave him two choices, "After the filial piety period expires, one can enter the Imperial Academy and get seniority. The other can enter the palace and become a subordinate official."

"The humble job is willing to enter the palace and serve the prince."

"Have you thought about it?"

"Yes." Zhou Duxin replied firmly.

King Jin showed a smile, "Okay." He didn't promise that he would have a good future.

When the major event is completed, the Zhou brothers will naturally rise with the tide.

Qi Yongjin was not treated so well. The King of Jin didn't see him. After he passed the imperial examination, he was sent to the Ministry of Rites, and he was assigned to the Ministry of Rites from Qipinyou.

Whether to use him or not depends on his performance.

After Chunwei was busy, King Jin had time to accompany his pregnant wife.

In the early morning, Jiang Changning woke up and called his maidservant to come in to serve her.

After grooming, she enjoyed breakfast slowly. Since she was pregnant, she used the excuse of concentrating on raising the baby to avoid the morning and evening routines of Mrs. Park and Chen Yi.

For the sake of her life, it's better to stay far away.

"Ms. Cui's cooking skills are getting better and better. This shredded abalone and chicken porridge is refreshing, smooth and delicious." Jiang Changning tasted the shredded pepper lettuce again, "This dish is fresh and tender, and tastes good."

"It's good that the princess can eat it." Nanny Feng said with a smile.

Jiang Changning was also surprised that she didn't have morning sickness.

While eating, Shu Fei came in with a smile, holding a piece of golden flower note in her hand, "Princess."

"Whose post?" Jiang Changning asked.

"The one sent by Eunuch Chang is from the prince to the concubine." Shu Fei laughed.

Jiang Changning was surprised, what is King Jin doing?
I took a look at the flower note, and the king of Jin wrote on it: Qinghe Riming, crabapple blossoms, in the Shuke Pavilion, I invite you to enjoy it together.

It was late April at this time, the flowering period of Xifu Begonia, and a dozen Xifu Begonias were planted in the flower garden next to the Shuke Pavilion.

Jiang Changning smiled, "Let them prepare the sedan chair, I'm going to attend the prince's appointment."

Before leaving for the appointment, Jiang Changning changed his clothes and pulled his hair back. With the help of his maidservant, he got into a soft sedan chair and went to Shuke Pavilion.

By coincidence, Chen Yi looked through the collection of poems and came across the poem "A Spring Twilight Tour in a Small Garden", "As soon as the plum powder fades away the residual makeup, and paints the new red begonia. It's time for the flowers to bloom, and the thorns grow out of the berry wall .”

Aroused the interest of appreciating flowers, so he asked the maid, "Where are there crabapple flowers in the mansion?"

The servant girl replied: "There are more than a dozen crabapple trees in the Shuke Pavilion, which are blooming brightly and movingly."

Shuke is originally the elegant name for crabapple, and Shuke Pavilion also pointed out that there are crabapple flowers there.

Chen Yi put down the collection of poems, got up and said, "Let's go, let's go to enjoy the flowers."

As soon as he entered the garden, he was stopped, "Madam Chen, what are you doing here?"

"Eunuch Chang." Chen Yi bowed, "I heard that the crabapple flowers are blooming in the garden, and I'm here to enjoy the flowers."

"Madam, let's come back another day." Chang Youzhong narrowed his eyes slightly, when the prince came to admire the flowers, she followed closely, really restless.

"Okay." Chen Yi walked back with the maid.

After walking for a while, the maid asked in a low voice, "Is Madam going back just like that?"

"if not?"

"Madam, if Eunuch Chang is there, the prince must be in the garden."

"I know." Chen Yi said calmly.

"Then why didn't Madam go in?" the maid asked puzzled.

"Eunuch Chang won't let me in." Chen Yi walked behind a nearby tree.

"Ma'am, what's the matter?" the maid asked.

Chen Yi said indifferently: "Wait."

After a while, Jiang Changning was seen coming in a soft sedan escorted by a dozen servants.

The maid muttered: "The princess is pregnant, and she still dominates the prince."

Yes, the princess is pregnant, but she still refuses to let the prince rest in another courtyard.

Originally thought that the concubine was pregnant, so she would have the opportunity to sit in bed, but she didn't want to see the prince as an extravagant hope.

There was deep resentment in Chen Yi's eyes, and she whispered: "If you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous."

"Ma'am, what did you say?" The maid didn't hear clearly.

"I didn't say anything, let's go back." Chen Yi turned around and flicked her long sleeves back vigorously.

Jiang Changning didn't know that she would be seen by Chen Yi when she came to Jin Wang's appointment, which aroused her resentment and had bad thoughts.

"Get off the sedan chair." Jiang Changning got off the sedan chair and climbed up the steps to the corridor.

Slowly pass through the Crescent Gate and walk along the Qingshi Road.

The path is formed according to the situation, unconventional, bypassing a rockery, and saw a beautiful pavilion.

There are three big characters "Shu Ke Pavilion" written on the plaque of the pavilion. On three sides of the pavilion, curtains hang down, leaving only one side facing the garden full of crabapple flowers.

Begonia flowers are gorgeous and colorful, but the fly in the ointment is that there is no strong floral fragrance, only a very light fragrance, which is close to nothing.

Even so, it still does not hinder the literati's love for crabapple flowers, and they spare no effort to write about it. There are close-ups in big books and popular poems.

"The east wind is curling up in the Chongguang, and the fragrant mist is empty and the moon is turning around the corridor. I am afraid that the flowers will fall asleep late at night, so I burn high candles to illuminate the red makeup." Jiang Changning entered the pavilion while reciting poems.

In the pavilion, King Jin sat with a smile at a stone table, on which was a white porcelain tea set.

Hearing her reciting poems, I also replied her a poem, "The branches are full of fresh green, and the little buds hide a few spots of red. Cherish your heart and don't spit it out lightly, and teach peaches and plums to make spring breeze."

"The sky is high and the clouds are calm, and the wind is warm. It's a good time to enjoy flowers. Your lord is really in a good mood." Jiang Changning said with a coquettish smile.

King Jin got up and helped her to sit down, "The flowers are beautiful and the scenery is beautiful. If there is no beauty, half of the elegance will be lost."

"I have a big belly now, and I'm not beautiful at all. Did you send the letter to the wrong person?" Jiang Changning asked playfully with his eyes rolling.

"In Xiao Wang's eyes and heart, Ning Ning is always the most beautiful." King Jin said softly.

"My lord's mouth is so coaxing that my body and mind are in full bloom." Jiang Changning smiled sweetly.

Jiang Changning is pregnant, so it is not suitable to drink strong tea. The teapot is filled with red dates and wolfberry tea.

After drinking half a cup of tea, Jin Wang saw that Jiang Changning had rested enough, and helped her to enjoy the flowers.

There are four kinds of crabapple flowers in Fuzhong, the four-season crabapple with clusters of flowers, the red and beautiful hanging silk crabapple, the Xifu crabapple with huge flowers and the sticky crabapple.

The Xifu Begonia, which was so red as fire, was extraordinarily bright among the green leaves. King Jin reached out and picked a fully bloomed flower.

Jiang Changning smiled and said, "Mr. Lang picks the fragrant branches with his own hands."

"Put the flowers on with my wife." King Jin laughed.

Jiang Changning was taken aback, looked at the huge flower, and frowned slightly, "I thought you picked it for a bottle."

"Put it in the head of the hairpin and let the wind tremble." King Jin insisted.

Jiang Changning could only tilt his head and asked him to put flowers on his left temple.

The Begonia flower has the reputation of the imperial concubine among the flowers. Wearing it on the head of Jiang Changning, who has become plump after pregnancy, adds a bit of grace to her.

King Jin looked at it for a moment, then smiled and praised with satisfaction: "The beauty is unparalleled."

(End of this chapter)