The crown prince's favorite girl, she found another good match

Chapter 7
The best way is to persuade Sister Jiaying to return to Suzhou to raise her baby as soon as possible. After all, the current situation cannot be changed in a short while.Li Baojia thought silently in his heart.

Thinking about Zhang Jian and the Ping family again, Li Baojia felt extremely disgusted.

Sister Jiaying has always had such a gentle and gentle temperament since she was a child, but now she is bullied to this extent and does not resist.

Ugh.

Seeing her getting up, Chun Xing stood up again and said a little uneasily: "Miss Bao, what I told you today..."

Li Baojia said: "I understand. I know Sister Jiaying doesn't want us to know because she has her own considerations. I won't reveal anything about today."

Chun Xing felt relieved.

A figure appeared on the right side of the pavilion, wearing a maid's double bun and a red rope tied on both sides. It looked quite festive.

It was Xiao Tao who came over. She was quite surprised to see Li Baojia.

She pouted and said, "Miss, why are you here? We have finally found her. Miss Ying has woken up and is now looking for you everywhere."

Li Baojia smiled and said, "Who was napping at the door just now? You don't even know when I'm out."

Xiao Tao stuck out her tongue, and Li Baojia didn't waste any time, and they returned along the original route.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Li Jiaying felt a little embarrassed when she saw her coming: "Look, I really didn't pay attention. I fell asleep at this time... Are you bored waiting? Where did you go just now?"

Li Baojia jumped up to her side and held her hand, with no expression on his face: "I just went outside and let Chun Xing take me for a walk. The garden of the Minister's Mansion is quite nice."

After that, he touched his belly again: "I didn't expect it would be this hour in a blink of an eye. I'm a little hungry, but I made up my mind to finish dinner here before going back."

Li Jiaying laughed heartily when she saw this: "You are still the same as before, a greedy little cat."

She turned to Chun Xing and said with a bit of joking: "The little greedy cat is hungry, please pass on the dinner."

The two of them laughed again, and the small kitchen moved very quickly. In a short time, a table was filled.

The cook in Li Jiaying's small kitchen was brought from her own family and knew their tastes very well. The dishes on the table were rich, mostly specialties from Suzhou and Beijing.

Especially the duck feet with sweet-scented osmanthus, which are bright red in color, soft and glutinous and delicious. I was afraid that the duck feet would look inappropriate to the ladies, so I carefully removed the bones.

Li Baojia ate happily, and Li Jiaying thought of the Lantern Festival two days later and said, "It's the Flower Festival again in two days, and you have to go to the street to watch the lanterns again."

She was actually a little envious when she said this.

Since she got married, she has not experienced a lively and energetic festival like the Lantern Festival for a long time.

The Lantern Festival is a festival for men and unmarried girls. The customs of this dynasty are considered open. Before this time, many boys and girls will go to the streets to put lanterns and give beads, flowers or handkerchiefs.

When a man or woman accepts the other's handkerchief or beads, it means accepting the other's intention.

At this time, you only need to mention the matter with your parents. If all conditions are acceptable, you can agree on a good time and auspicious date.

But most people don't directly give handkerchiefs or beads to each other, because being rejected is a very embarrassing thing.

Let’s not talk about men for now. For noble ladies, it can be said to be a great shame and humiliation. During the Lantern Festival the year before last, the eldest daughter of the Yangzhou governor’s family handed a handkerchief to the Prince of Jinan, but the prince did not accept it. This year, this matter is still laughed at among the noble ladies. .

The girl I got was so ashamed that she hurriedly arranged a marriage. She got married a few months later and swore never to come to this Laozi Lantern Festival again.

Therefore, generally men and women will give each other a beaded flower veil when they are already in love or are sure that they are interested in each other, which is equivalent to confirming their feelings.

Li Baojia was a little less interested: "I don't really want to go. I feel like there's nothing to see."

The main reason is that the Lantern Festival is the most important festival in this dynasty, except for New Year's Eve.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would visit the palace gate and scatter pomegranates and golden husks at the city gate to express public opinion and pray to God to grant the people of Jokhang Kingdom many children, good fortune and prosperity.

Since marrying into the East Palace, she and the prince have held this blessing activity together.Every year when I see the huge crowds of people outside the city gate, no matter how surprised I am, I still get tired of it.

Li Jiaying asked curiously: "Didn't you look forward to this festival the most in previous years? Why are you suddenly not interested in it now?"

Then he added: "Could it be that we really had trouble with His Highness the Crown Prince last time?"

Li Baojia was already full at this time and was poking at the bowls and chopsticks boredly. He was stunned when he heard these words: "We didn't get into trouble last time... Where did sister hear this?"

Li Jiaying said: "I heard from Mrs. Zhizhou that she has a nose and eyes, and His Highness scolded you so much that you cried. I don't believe this. Your Highness is such a jade-like fairy, how could you scold a little girl like you?" , to show your face?"

The ladies in the capital don't have much to do on weekdays. They just go to banquets, appraise flowers, and drink tea. In their spare time, they are no different from the ladies in the countryside.

Gossip has always spread very fast, and the truth is that three people can make a tiger, and there are no noses and eyes to spread the rumors at all.

I just don't know if her petty second wife, Mrs. Qin, is adding fuel to the fire.

But that’s fine too.

She didn't want to have anything to do with the prince in her life. The worse their relationship was in the eyes of outsiders, the better it would be for her.

So she said: "It's a little unpleasant. I also listened to some instigations in the past and felt that I was the crown prince. But now I also want to understand. The prince has no intention of me, and I don't need to be obsessed with it. Dalu Just look up to the sky."

Li Jiaying was shocked for a while before coming back to her senses: "This...the prince doesn't care about you? How could it be...besides, this is not a matter for you two alone. Does uncle know about this? He is determined to make you the prince's concubine." of."

Li Baojia said: "This matter can still be false. The prince likes Su Ruhui from the Su Mansion. If someone asks my sister at the next banquet, just say it. The prince will definitely be her in the end."

In fact, she also has a little bit of bad taste and revenge. In her previous life, she was hiding behind secretly and blamed her for taking her position. So in this life, let her be an upright princess, and the two of them can love each other. Bar.

Li Jiaying frowned: "Did the Crown Prince say this himself? But...but this Su Mansion...her father is just a third-rank minister. If she really wants to be a Crown Princess, she has insufficient status..."

Li Baojia interrupted her: "As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes it, what is impossible? Besides, the third-rank Shangshu Ling also has real power. Although my father is a first-rank Taifu, he has some prestige among the students, but it all depends on divine grace. My family background is no better than hers."

Li Jiaying still frowned, obviously not digesting what she just said.

Li Baojia said: "Stop talking about me, talk about you, sister Jiaying."

Li Jiaying was visibly stiff: "Me? What's wrong with me?"

(End of this chapter)