Gel makeup

Chapter 265 Longevity and Prosperity
Siqing is bored and often talks to Concubine Zhou, because the two have seemingly the same secret, but they are much closer than before.

After the Qianqiu Festival, Princess Xianju, who had been away from the imperial capital for more than ten years, finally returned to Beijing.

Princess Xianju is slender in stature and thin in profile.With a small vermilion mouth, a slender nose, and a pair of smiling eyes that seem to be smiling but not smiling, they are beautiful but lifeless, as if they have seen all the ups and downs in the world, and they have long since been terribly cold.She is gentle and gentle, and because of her slenderness, the wind blows her pearl gray sleeves as she moves, making her look like a fairy.Although she is only slightly older than Yan Mowei from a close look, but her complexion is slumped, but she is much older than Yan Mowei.

The Empress Dowager held a banquet in Suian Palace, and because there was the princess of the county present, Princess Xianju didn't say a word except to answer the ceremony according to the rules.After the banquet, the palace family left the table one after another, leaving only the empress dowager, Xiao Yi, Siqing and the palace people of Suian Palace. The empress dowager couldn't help holding the hand of the eldest princess Xianju and crying: "My good boy, you have suffered a lot. .” After speaking, he covered his face and wept.

Princess Xianju smiled slightly, still only politely replied, "Let the little lady worry about me."

She was so indifferent that the Empress Dowager was at a loss, so Xiao Yi said: "The Princess Mansion is still being repaired, and the fourth younger sister has come from afar to work hard, so let's live in the palace for a while."

Princess Xianju still had no expression on her face, she just said, "Thank you, Brother Huang."

Both Shen Huanhua and Yan Mowei called Xiao Yi "Third Brother" back then, and only Princess Xianju called "Emperor Brother", which was unavoidable in Siqing's ears.Xiao Yi was also a little embarrassed, so he said again: "The queen hasn't seen the fourth sister yet."

Princess Xianju looked up and down Siqing this time, and then saluted again, "His Royal Highness."

Siqing saw that she was calm, so she didn't say much, and just returned the courtesy: "Princess."

It was the empress dowager who said: "One family, such a family."

Siqing could only laugh and said: "The eldest princess is new here, and I don't know her habits. Originally, the Shouchang Palace was prepared to invite the princess to stay, why don't you ask the princess to come with me to see if you like it or not?"

Princess Xianju nodded, so Siqing and Princess Xianju also resigned from Suian Palace first.The Empress Dowager looked at the backs of the two and said to Xiao Yi: "Your fourth sister's heart is completely cold."

Xiao Yi sighed, "Han Shouchen lived in Japan and married the famous Lou family in Xinjian as his concubine. I think the fourth younger sister has been suffering since she passed through the family."

The empress dowager then said: "The old five and the sixth are all poor, you only have this one younger sister. Although it is said that there is no remarried princess in Guochao, your fourth younger sister is different after all. As long as she is willing, look at a good family and let her go. Go forward. I don't believe how many bad words can be concocted by those wastes who have read poetry and books in the previous dynasty!"

Xiao Yi said: "What the little lady said is that I need to ask the little lady to worry about this matter." Seeing a pair of small pottery bowls beside the empress dowager, he said: "This is Gui Tao, and the fourth sister also gave me a pair."

The empress dowager sighed and said, "This is all the filial piety of your fourth younger sister. She has been tossing around for so many years, so where does she have any savings around, and she still wants to present a gift for me."

Siqing and Princess Xianju went to Shouchang Palace, Princess Xianju was as cold as a fairy drinking the wind and dew, she didn't speak, she had no expression on her face, she seemed not very willing to live in Shouchang Palace.Siqing invited her to sit in the Ninghua Hall. The windows in the hall were bright and clean. Princess Xianju looked at the sea of ​​flowers at the back of the hall through the window, and finally broke the ice with a smile, "It's good here."

Siqing also smiled slightly, but Princess Xianju then asked: "When did the empress enter the palace?"

She spoke without emotion, Si Qing didn't know what she wanted to say, so she replied, "I was Xining who entered the palace in 14 years."

"You live here in the palace?"

"Yes."

Princess Xianju smiled again, innocent as a child, "Since you are a queen, why don't you move to the Zhonggong Kunyi Palace?"

Yun Chu's complexion changed, and Si Qing didn't react, and didn't explain, just said: "Tea."

When the tea was served, Princess Xianju said again: "I don't eat Tianchi tea."

Siqing then said: "Remove it, and replace it with a new one."

Princess Xianju didn't show any expression.

Yun Chu quietly said to Si Qing: "This princess Xianju is really like a fairy."

Siqing only smiled when she heard this.

Having dinner at Suian Palace in the evening, the Empress Dowager asked the Eldest Princess if the Shouchang Palace was safe, and the Eldest Princess Xianju just shook her head.The Empress Dowager then asked her where she was looking for, and Princess Xianju smiled, "I think the flowers in Duning Huadian are blooming well."

Si Qing didn't say much, the Empress Dowager said: "It's inconvenient for you to live with your sister-in-law."

Si Qing then said: "Princess Eldest Princess has come from afar and worked hard, since she thinks Ninghua Palace is satisfactory, it is fine to live in Ninghua Palace."

What did the Empress Dowager want to say, Princess Xianju wanted to cry, so the Empress Dowager said to Si Qing: "Then I will disturb you."

When Xiao Yi came to Ninghua Hall in the evening, Princess Xianju took Siqing to look at the collection of books in the west wing of Ninghua Hall, but she refused to let Siqing leave.Siqing responded with a few words, and directly asked Yunchu to call Xiao Yi in.Xiao Yi didn't know that the eldest princess of Xianju was there, so he came in and asked, "Why didn't you let me in?"

At this time, Princess Xianju appeared, Xiao Yi said: "So the fourth sister is here?"

Siqing said: "This is good, the eldest princess lives here."

Xiao Yi said "ah", "Shouchang Palace Fourth Sister doesn't like it?"

Princess Xianju didn't speak, so Siqing went to push Xiao Yi, "Where are you talking so much, where did you come from?"

Because the eldest princess of Xianju is here, Xiao Yi is inconvenient to come to Ninghua Palace.Princess Xianju was cold, Siqing didn't want to be with her all the time, so after two days, she moved back to Xiyuan to play with the Moon Pavilion.Princess Xianju lives alone in Ninghua Palace, she seems to be the master here.

Siqing moved to Yueyue Pavilion, and Xiao Yi also moved to live in Xiyuan.Siqing originally planned for Lingzhen to marry the King of Jianchang, but now that Lingzhen is married to Ye Lancheng, Siqing wants to make Yun Chushuo the second concubine of the King of Jianchang.It's just that there is a big disparity in the lintels, I don't know what the King of Jianchang thinks, and Siqing is also afraid that Yunchu will be bullied by the discussion.

Siqing asked Yunchu a few times, and Yunchu was interested.Siqing asked Mrs. Cheng Ping Bo to ask about the intention of the Jianchang County Prince's Mansion, and the other party seemed to be interested in Yunchu as well.Just when Siqing was about to think of a way to bridge the gap between the lintels and point out a good marriage to Yunchu, at the one-day palace banquet, Princess Xianju leaked the matter, and probably even talked about Yunchu's humble background, Bullying people took advantage of Gao Zhierfei's talk.The rumors became more and more outrageous, and it was even said that Yunchu had already had an affair with the King of Jianchang.Only Yunchu is left as Siqing's dowry maid, and because of this, Yunchu is determined not to marry, and Siqing has no choice but to let the marriage go.

Ever since Yunchu gave up on her marriage, Siqing has kept her distance from the eldest princess of Xianju even more.After Princess Xianju moved into Ninghua Palace and Siqing moved to Xiyuan, the servants of Ninghua Palace secretly complained to Yunchu that Princess Xianju was rummaging through Siqing's things.The second floor of the West Wing of Ninghua Palace is Siqing's small pharmacy, except for Siqing and Lingzhen before her marriage, no one else can go up, but Princess Xianju wants to go up to have a look.Once the eldest princess of Xianju talked about Siqing not staying in the middle palace again, Siqing smiled in front of the empress dowager: "It turns out that the eldest princess thought that the Ninghua Palace was occupied for me, so I could move to Kunyi Palace." went."

The Empress Dowager then said to Princess Xianju: "It doesn't matter where you live. Look at the Ninghua Palace. Didn't your sister-in-law let you live?"

Siqing thought that when Princess Xianju was not married, she was on good terms with Empress He, who died earlier, because she heard rumors outside her ears that she deliberately said strange things to herself. Turning her head, Siqing asked Princess Xianju directly: "Princess Do you know in which year the late Empress died?"

Princess Xianju said: "I don't know, and I don't want to know."

Siqing saw that the speech didn't make sense, so she didn't talk to her casually.

Gradually, Xiao Yi also realized that something was wrong, and said to Si Qing in private: "The fourth younger sister is probably stimulated, and her speech is not good, so don't take it to heart."

Siqing said, "I know."

Xiao Yi said: "She married Dingfan far away and sacrificed for the court. If I cut down the clan, Han Shouchen will definitely treat her badly. No matter how displeased she is, I should treat her well."

However, within a few days, Princess Xianju, the Crown Prince and Princess Taikang were playing with Kong Mingsuo together. Princess Taikang became angry for some reason and went to the Empress Dowager first.In the evening, Xiao Yi had dinner at the Empress Dowager's place, and seeing Princess Taikang angry, he asked, "What's wrong with your daughter?"

The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "This little girl, I don't know where I have suffered, so I didn't make a sound when I asked."

After dinner, Xiao Yi took his daughter to Xiyuan to look for Siqing. On the way, Xiao Yi asked again: "Who messed with you? Are you still angry?"

Princess Taikang put her arms around Xiao Yi's neck and asked Xiao Yi to hug her up, and whispered in Xiao Yi's ear: "My aunt asked my younger brother, saying that my younger brother was not born by my mother, are you afraid that Ah Ru Huan robbed her of the East Palace? go."

Xiao Yi's complexion changed drastically, Princess Taikang slipped out of Xiao Yi's arms in fright, Xiao Yi approached her daughter and asked, "What else did you say?"

Princess Taikang hid back, "Daddy is angry, so I won't say anything."

Xiao Yi hurriedly coaxed: "Daddy is not angry, thanks to you telling Daddy. Come on, what else did Auntie say?" "I also asked brother, do you know how the first lady He passed away..."

Xiao Yi took Princess Taikang to play in the Moon Pavilion, Siqing saw that the faces of the two were not right, so she said: "Did you make Daddy angry?"

Princess Taikang said: "No!" She picked up Siqing's civet cat and went to the next door.

Siqing asked Xiao Yi, "Third Brother? What's wrong?"

Xiao Yi took off his cloak and said, "I have something to tell you."

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After a few days, Siqing strongly invited Princess Xianju to leave the palace for a break. Princess Xianju said: "Empress, I never like to go out." The Empress Dowager was afraid of Siqing's embarrassment, so she said: "Your body, Hiding in the palace every day, I am getting weaker and weaker. Go with your sister-in-law, your sister-in-law is also kind."

Princess Xianju reluctantly agreed, and went out of the palace with Siqing.Not long after the car drove away, Siqing led Princess Xianju to the side door of a house.Princess Xianju frowned, "Where is this?"

Siqing picked her up and pulled her in, "Don't you know when the eldest princess comes in?"

Entering the side door is the back garden of the house, with pavilions, lotus ponds, and winding paths leading to seclusion.Walking forward is a small courtyard, which is elegantly and pleasantly arranged.Walking forward, there were voices, Princess Xianju was curious, she looked forward, and saw that the main hall was full of fragrant clothes and temples, Siqing also came out, and all the wives paid respects to see Siqing and Princess Xianju.

Siqing smiled and said: "Madams, you don't need to be too polite. The eldest princess moved into the princess mansion today, and I would like to thank you all for coming to warm the house for the eldest princess."

Only then did Princess Xianju understand, and she looked at Qing with angry eyes.Siqing pretended not to see, slipped into the crowd and dragged Mrs. Ying and Mrs. Chengping to talk.

The eldest princess Xianju moved out of the palace, Xiao Yi explained to the queen mother freely, "The fourth younger sister is in the palace, always thinking about the old things, and is unhappy every day. Now she moves to the princess mansion and lives outside. One is to be less restrained, and the other is to live outside. Then if you see someone you like outside, you can move forward.”

The empress dowager was speechless.

Ever since Siqing tricked Princess Xianju into going to the Princess Mansion, she was so angry that she refused to return to the palace to greet the Empress Dowager.Today she settled down, took a selfie in the mirror, called the maid to dress up, and remembered another thing.

Since Jiang Feng went to Fuzhou, Shen Jiangdong would go to the south of the city every few days if he had nothing to do. Sometimes he went to the Wu Zhai to deliver things to Uncle Lu for Jiang Feng, and sometimes he quietly went to Yinxing Lane to see Yan Mowei's mother and daughter.One day when he came back from Wu Zhai, when he walked to the gate of the mansion, he suddenly heard someone trembling: "Brother Shen..."

Shen Jiangdong was surprised, when he turned around, he saw a plain hand stretched out from the car in front of Jiaguo Mansion, and then saw a woman in a long-sleeved gown lift the curtain of the car, revealing her face.The woman got out of the car slowly, approached Shen Jiangdong, with tears in her eyes, looked at Shen Jiangdong and said: "Brother Shen, it's me."

Shen Jiangdong was stunned for a while, then hurriedly saluted and said, "Mr. Shen Jiangdong, I pay my respects to the Eldest Princess."

Those bare hands supported Shen Jiangdong tremblingly, causing Shen Jiangdong to take three steps back in fright, Princess Xianju cried, "I'm here, and you don't come to see me either."

Shen Jiangdong paid homage again: "My wife is not in Beijing, so I have never visited the eldest princess. I ask the eldest princess to forgive me. After my wife returns to Beijing, I will visit the eldest princess again."

Princess Xianju trembled all over, "You still married her, for her, to break my heart."

The two had discussed getting married back then, but Shen Jiangdong refused on the grounds that they had engaged in marriage early, and quickly married his younger sister Shen Huanhua to Ye Lancheng, which caused Princess Xianju to marry Dingfan far away.When they met again, Shen Jiangdong didn't know what to do for a while.

Shen Jiangdong took a few steps back, and Princess Xianju cried, "Why are you so heartless."

Shen Jiangdong was silent for a moment, "Fourth sister, I'm sorry."

"Only one sentence of sorry?" Princess Xianju said, "Why is there only one sentence of sorry?"

In the presence of the public, Shen Jiangdong could not advance or retreat, so he could only whisper: "Princess, I have something else to do, princess, please come back. Wait for my wife..."

Princess Xianju covered her face and wept when she heard the words, got in the car and left.

The next day when Shen Jiangdong was sitting in the mansion, Lao Xia said: "The eldest princess is here again, she has already entered the second gate!"

Shen Jiangdong was taken aback, "What??"

Lao Xia said: "The eldest princess has a noble status, the servants can't stop her..."

Shen Jiangdong rushed out to greet her, persuading her in every possible way, until Princess Xianju cried, and then persuaded her to go back.

On the third day, Shen Jiangdong had a busy day, just returned home, Princess Xianju came to the door again, this time she carried a food box and said with a smile: "You love cherry pickles the most, I made them myself, do you want to try it? "

Shen Jiangdong hurriedly said: "Eldest Princess, my wife is not here, it is really out of courtesy for the eldest princess to come, please invite the eldest princess..."

Princess Xianju cried again: "You hate me so much?"

(End of this chapter)