Linglong

Chapter 76

Linglong raised his arm in front of her, opened her mouth, didn't bite him, but cried "wow", "Wang Xiaosan, why are you so bad, what kind of show girl are you trying to turn me into? Show girl is going to be selected Those who went to the palace, the emperor is over 40 years old, how old must he be..."

Wang Sanlang laughed angrily, "Little Lingdang, Your Majesty has a deep affection for the Queen, and he doesn't choose concubines, you know?"

Linglong questioned with tears in her eyes, "The emperor doesn't choose a concubine, so what does this beautiful girl do? Is it a court lady? It's worse than being a concubine, she has to serve others..." She couldn't stand still sadly, and slowly squatted down Get down, face is crying.

"What are you thinking?" Wang Sanlang also squatted down, and told her softly, "It's the kings who choose concubines. Little Lingdang, Your Majesty has more than a dozen half-brothers, and five or six nephews who have reached marriageable age, or The son of the royal family may have already been named the county king. These beautiful girls were chosen for the kings."

"These sons and princes of the right age, are they ugly or fat? Do they look like the first emperor?" Linglong tugged on his sleeve and asked crying.

"Where are you thinking?" Wang Sanlang pulled her along and made her stand up with him, "Little Lingdang, these princes and county kings have nothing to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with me, so I won't go, okay?" Linglong raised her face and pleaded softly.

She had just shed tears, and her crystal clear face was like a crabapple flower that had just been washed by the rain. It still had a delicate fragrance, and it was difficult to describe.Wang Sanlang's heart softened, and he really wanted to agree to her, "Okay, then I won't go."

She is still young, so there is no need to push her so hard.

"So afraid of going out?" He asked softly.

Linglong said with a small mouth, "It's not that I don't like traveling far, I don't like being picked and picked by others. Why should I let the people in the palace choose? It's not unusual. My grandfather, my father, and my uncle are too lazy to take the imperial examination As an official, even though I am a girl, I also learned their manners of celebrities. Wang Xiaosan, you are a businessman, do you understand what is the manners of celebrities?"

"How can you be picked and picked by others?" Wang Sanlang smiled, blushing suspiciously, "You are different from others, you are not chosen by others. Little Bell, I just want you... to meet my parents. "

Linglong laughed.See your parents?Sounds serious...

It didn't take long for Linglong to "spread away". When Mrs. Chang and Xu Chuanjie were watching from the pavilion, she came back.

"Little sister, are you lost?" Xu Chuanjie asked thoughtfully.

"Aren't you scared?" Mrs. Chang said with a gentle expression.

"I got lost, wandered around for a while, and picked up a crabapple flower." Linglong giggled, holding up the bouquet in her hand.

This crabapple is a charming light pink, which suits the exquisite complexion very well. Mrs. Chang and Xu Chuanjie both praised it for its beauty.

"Auntie, my nephew was delayed and neglected." The clear and transparent man's voice has a strong sense of penetration, and hearing it makes people feel a sense of pleasure like enlightenment.

Mrs. Chang, Xu Chuanjie and Linglong turned their heads at the same time.

Wang Sanlang took off his white clothes and changed into a blue long-sleeved long robe, with flying dragons embroidered on the chest, shoulders, and tail of the robe, showing great momentum with their teeth and claws.He walked over at a leisurely pace along the quiet path among the flowers, and the spring breeze blew up his sleeves, making him flutter like a fairy.

"Sanlang." Mrs. Chang had been separated from him for a long time, the first meeting was full of surprises, with tears in her eyes, she took two quick steps and looked at him with a smile.

"Cousin." Xu Chuanjie bowed his knees.

Mrs. Chang is an elder, so she doesn't have to bow down to King Zhou in private occasions. Xu Chuanjie is a cousin, so her status is naturally different.

Linglong smiled but did not smile, "Meet His Royal Highness King Zhou."

She spoke so politely, but she stood there firmly.Not only did she stand still, but she also widened her eyes, glaring at Wang Sanlang fiercely.

"Cousin is free, Miss Yu is free." Zhou Wang's face was full of spring breeze, and his voice was warm. The weather in front of him seemed to be warm and harmonious.

Xu Chuanjie thanked his cousin, Linglong also smiled and said, "Thank you."

Although King Zhou is a prince, he is very approachable and has no airs. He pointed to the bouquet in Linglong's hand with a smile, "Does San Miss Yu like crabapple flowers? Coincidentally, I also like this flower fairy."

Linglong hehe, "Really? What a coincidence."

King Zhou naturally approached Linglong, admiring the flower branch in her hand.Linglong smiled innocently, "His Royal Highness, I know someone who looks exactly like you, do you believe it or not?" King Zhou raised his mouth, "There are similarities between people, and there are people who look like this king. Strange." He lowered his head to sniff the crabapple flowers, with a slight smile on his face, "Little Lingdang, I am neither ugly nor fat, and I am not like the late emperor, so you can rest assured." His voice was low, like a whisper.

"Are you not ugly or fat, Wang Xiaosan, you are still very handsome." Linglong's voice was also soft.

Mrs. Chang couldn't help but feel a little strange seeing King Zhou and Linglong like this.Xu Chuanjie pulled at her, motioning her not to speak.

"Can you go to the draft with peace of mind? Don't you cry?" Zhou Wang looked teasing.

Linglong was a little surprised, "Wang Xiaosan, are you finally willing to show Lushan's true colors, just to make me stop crying?"

King Zhou blushed, and smiled lowly, "Little Bell, actually I want to hear you call me Little Zhou Zhou, and also want to see how you throw me down and eat me up."

Now it was Linglong's turn to blush.

Linglong thought of the rhetoric in the past, she laughed silly twice, her mouth suddenly became very stupid, and she couldn't speak anymore.

Mrs. Chang was watching, and the more she watched, the more curious she became.

Xu Chuanjie pulled her aside to look at the flowers, "Mother, look at how well this flower crane is blooming, like a peacock opening its tail." Mrs. Chang absent-mindedly accompanied her daughter to look at the flowers, and she wanted to turn her head from time to time, but was caught Xu Chuanjie stopped.

"Follow me to the capital with peace of mind, don't cry." King Zhou explained in a gentle voice.

Linglong smiled, "My family will not agree."

Will Mrs. Yu and Uncle Yu be willing to send Linglong to the palace?Of course not.If ordinary people had the opportunity to marry a girl to Zhou Palace, they would probably be overjoyed and flock to her, but the men of the Yu family have no intention of official career, and their temperament is indifferent, so marriage with the royal family is not attractive to them.

The king of Zhou looked worried, "Little Lingdang, your father looks gentle and elegant, but in fact he rejects people thousands of miles away."

He has also dealt with Uncle Yu several times. Uncle Yu is really polite, but if you have dealt with him, you will know that he is very difficult to get close to.

Linglong smiled gloatingly, "Isn't it? My father is very loving and caring to me, how about you, haha."

She smiled very heartily, Zhou Wang gritted his teeth and laughed again, "Damn little bell."

The king of Zhou, being a considerate host, accompanied Mrs. Chang, mother and daughter, and Linglong to play in the Hundred Flowers Garden.Linglong likes cherry blossom gardens, "Wouldn't it be interesting to spread felt cloth on the ground, eat and drink while sitting on the felt cloth, with petals dancing around, as if you were in a sea of ​​flowers?" Xu Chuanjie pursed his lips and smiled, "Little sister, you It’s really a childlike innocence.” Mrs. Chang said softly, “Isn’t this the case for children? Ajie also loved fresh things when he was young.”

From Mrs. Chang's point of view, what Linglong said was just a child's talk, and she never took it to heart.Mrs. Chang was very surprised when she heard that King Zhou really ordered people to spread felt cloth in the garden and put the luncheon here.

Even Xu Chuanjie felt a little surprised.

Linglong is the happiest.

The petals of light pink or deep red cherry blossoms fell on her bun and shoulders, making her even more lovely.

Coming out of Prince Zhou's Mansion, Mrs. Chang and Xu Chuanjie first sent Linglong back to Yu's house, and then returned to Chongshanhou's Mansion.

Mrs. Chang was a little restless, and it was inconvenient to talk too much with Xu Chuanjie, the daughter who was about to marry, so she anxiously waited for Dudu Xu to return home.Governor Xu was probably busy with official duties that day, and he didn't come back exhausted until it was already dark.

Mrs. Chang couldn't wait for him to wash his face and change his clothes, so she dismissed the maid and told him in detail what happened in Zhou Palace today, "...Do you think Sanlang is interested in the little girl of the Yu family? But she's still so young!" Dudu Xu pondered for a long time, and couldn't help smiling, "Madam, I just found out today that the imperial court is going to select girls, and this time the girls are selected for the princes, and they are all girls from ordinary families."

"A common people's home?" Mrs. Chang has a gentle temperament, she has never cared much about political affairs, she was a little slow, and she didn't understand what it meant for a while.

Dudu Xu naturally knew her, and told her in detail, "Madam, at first I thought that these imperial concubines and county concubines were chosen from girls from ordinary families in order to weaken the power of the vassal king. But hearing Madam say so As soon as I said it, I felt that maybe His Royal Highness King Zhou had ulterior motives."

"You mean, Saburo himself wants to marry a girl from a commoner family?" Mrs. Chang suddenly realized.

"If what Madam said is true, it should be." Dudu Xu said with a smile.

"Saburo is really capricious." Mrs. Chang couldn't help laughing.

Qiao Sirou and Zheng's aunt and sister-in-law came to Yu's house in person and told about the draft, "...to choose a concubine for the kings, but any girl from a good family who is between the ages of 11 and 16 can participate."

"Choose a concubine for the kings?" Mrs. Yu was a little tempted.

Guan's eyes suddenly became eager.

To choose a concubine for the kings, if any girl from this family chooses it, she will be a princess or a county princess, and fly on the branch to become a phoenix!
Qiao Shi was curious, "Is it possible to run for the election at the age of 11? It's so young."

Mrs. Zheng explained gently, "This is really going to be selected, and I will have to be educated in the palace for a while before the marriage will be issued. The 11-year-old girl just lives in the palace for a few more years."

"That's it." Only then did Joe understand.

Guan couldn't help asking, "Like my family, Jing Jia and Jing Xi, are they eligible to run for the election?"

Qiao Sirou smiled and said: "Naturally, they are qualified. Women from a good family are fine. The Yu family is from a scholarly family, and the local prosperous family. If the girls from the Yu family are not qualified, whose family's girls are qualified?"

There was a look of joy on Guan's face.

She stopped mentioning Jing Jia and Jing Xi, but smiled at Mrs. Qiao: "Sister-in-law, Linglong is just 11 years old this year, and she can also participate in the election."

Qiao frowned and said, "Long'er won't go. Long'er was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, how can she bear the constraints of the palace."

"It's as if Linglong wants to participate in the election, so she will definitely be selected." Guan Shi was a little angry when she saw that Qiao Shi was so unreal, and cursed in her heart.

When Qiao Sirou and Zheng heard Qiao's words, they looked at each other with hesitant expressions.

"Whether a girl can run for the election is a big matter. It's reasonable to discuss it with the family first." Qiao Sirou said politely.

Qiao said softly: "There is no need to discuss this matter. Long'er's father will not agree, and he himself is unwilling to take the test. How can he let his daughter suffer so much?"

Both Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Guan wanted to sigh.

I have to admit that Joe's statement is very likely to be correct.Whether it's Mrs. Yu, Uncle Yu or Erye Yu, I'm afraid no one is very interested in this so-called princess.

Qiao Sirou and Zheng Shi sat down for a while, and then left, "It's better for the old lady to think about it first, or discuss it with the old man, don't be in a hurry."

Mrs. Yu left a few words, but seeing that she couldn't keep them, she ordered Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Guan to go out to see them off.

Qiao Sirou greeted Zheng with a smile, "Come to say hello some other day." He said goodbye and came out.

Qiao Sirou pulled Qiao Shi to go with her, and told her carefully, "The king of Zhou is also going to choose a concubine. Younger sister, the king of Zhou is not only noble, but also extremely handsome, he is really a dragon among men." Qiao shook her head gently, "No more , Eldest sister. Climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, what a hard work. Your brother-in-law and I have already discussed that we will choose a well-matched family for Long'er, so that Long'er can easily live without any effort."

"Little sister, you are really noble." Qiao Sirou said with a smile when she heard her say that and knew that she couldn't persuade her.

"It's not lofty, the Yu family has always been like this." Qiao Shi defended softly.

Qiao Sirou smiled.

After sending it to the second door, watching Qiao Sirou and Zheng Shi get on the sedan chair and go far away, Guan Shi asked a little anxiously: "Sister-in-law, will elder brother really not agree to Linglong's participation in the election?"

"No." Joe was sure.

Qiao's guess was right, Master Yu did not allow Linglong to run for election.

Not only is Mr. Yu like this, but Mrs. Yu and Mr. Yu also have the same tone, "We are too lazy to go out of office, so we still need to rely on girls to make a fortune? It is not easy to be a daughter-in-law, but it is even more difficult to be a royal daughter-in-law. Yes. Xiaojia, Xiaoxi, and Linglong are all good boys, so don't suffer that."

He refused without a word, leaving no room for it.

(End of this chapter)