Glory all the way

Chapter 70
Returning to the Yunrou Palace, the Sixth Princess was fine wearing buckskin soft boots, but Bai Yingluo and Lin Zhimei had already wet their shoes and socks, and when they sat by the stove, they felt a chill rising up their feet, and their bodies became cold .

The sixth princess stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, and hurriedly called Lihua and Taohua to find the shoes and brand-new cotton socks that she had worn once or twice before. When walking, I can only procrastinate slowly, otherwise, I will lose my shoes if I am not careful.

Thinking of the embarrassment of being seen with her shoes off, Bai Yingluo became more and more unwilling to go out of the palace with Lin Zhiyu and her brother and sister. The palace chariot sent Bai Yingluo back to Jing'an Hou Mansion.

After saying hello, Lin Zhiyu and Lin Zhimei left first, while Bai Yingluo sat by the stove and warmed herself, waiting for the carriage to pick her up.

Seeing Bai Yingluo staring at the red charcoal fire in silence, recalling the shy look on Bai Yingluo's face that refused to raise her head when she was joking in the Meiyuan pavilion just now, the sixth princess leaned over to her side and asked in a low voice: "Yingluo, are you angry? "

Bai Yingluo shook her head, "I know you're joking, and you're both familiar, so it's okay."

Bai Yingluo answered naturally, but the sixth princess didn't believe it in her heart, but when she looked up again, she couldn't see anything unusual on Bai Yingluo's face, so the sixth princess didn't think about it any more.

Back in Jing'an Hou Mansion, in the concierge, Liu Ying was waiting quietly, seeing that Bai Yingluo got out of the carriage carefully, but her feet were not the pair of thick-soled soft boots she wore when she got up early, Liu Ying was shocked.

"Miss, why did you change your shoes?"

Helping Bai Yingluo to walk towards Chenghuanju, Liu Ying looked around vigilantly and asked in a low voice.

"The princess wanted to have a snowball fight, so we went to play together for a while, and got wet in the snow, so I changed the princess's shoes and socks. They don't fit well, so go back to the house quickly."

After briefly telling the whole story, Bai Yingluo hurried back to the Lanxin Pavilion.

It wasn't until after changing clothes and washing up that she lay back on the heating bed that Bai Yingluo relaxed comfortably, and a string that had been tense all the time also immediately relaxed.

In the gazebo, the words spoken by Princess Six and Lin Zhimei echoed back and forth in Bai Yingluo's ears, but Bai Yingluo didn't feel a little proud or proud, instead she was full of anxiety.

Bai Yingluo understood Bai Yingyun's thoughts very well, so when she thought about it again, Bai Yingluo became more and more confused. Why was there such a big difference between the son of Beining uncle that Bai Yingyun said and the Lin Zhiyu she knew.

After thinking about some trivial matters in a mess, Bai Yingluo narrowed her eyes lazily, half asleep and half awake, Chen Xiang's soft words sounded in her ears, it was the Qing'an Tang's dinner.

Ever since Bai Shizhong took over the title of Marquis of Jing'an, the old master Bai and the old lady Bai had spoken, and from then on, each house would eat lunch and dinner in its own courtyard, and the whole family would gather for dinner on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. Meal is.

If so, Bai Yingluo was alone, so she had dinner with her grandparents, and the chance to meet the second room became less and less.

Even so, Bai Yingluo did not slacken in the slightest. Every day when she came back from the palace, she would go to Mingyaxuan to greet Bai Shizhong and Mrs. Xue after she came back from the palace. For this, Bai Yingluo got some compliments.

Although there is no real benefit, but Bai Shizhong and Xue Shi are the parents of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion after all. Bai Yingluo believes that the water will flow forever, and being cautious now, even if it can't get back the benefits in the future, there is absolutely no harm.

He ordered the little maid to wash and dry the pair of shoes and socks before entering the palace the next day, and Bai Yingluo brought them back to the sixth princess.

For several days, Bai Yingluo always met Lin Zhiyu, not knowing if it was intentional, but it was such a coincidence.

Sometimes, Bai Yingluo followed the sixth princess from Xinlan Pavilion back to Yunrou Hall, and met Lin Zhiyu and the crown prince on the way. The sixth princess was the most lively, coming and going, and ended up talking and joking with the four of them.

Sometimes, when Bai Yingluo left the palace, she met Lin Zhiyu's back at the gate of the palace, riding away on horseback.

The etiquette class ended early that day, and the maidservant of Ninghua Palace came to announce that the Empress had called the Sixth Princess over. The Sixth Princess greeted Bai Yingluo and hurried away, and Bai Yingluo went back to Yunrou Palace alone. .

As soon as she left Xinlan Pavilion and walked a few steps, she met Lin Zhiyu head-on, Bai Yingluo suddenly understood in her heart that the encounter these days might not be that simple.

"Meet Lin Shizi..."

She bent down and performed the blessing ceremony, but there was no wave in Bai Yingluo's voice.

"Yingluo, get up."

Since we had a snowball fight together that day, and when we meet again these few times, Lin Zhiyu is as familiar as the Sixth Princess and Lin Zhimei. When he calls Bai Yingluo, he omits his surname. He didn't insist, so he went with him.

Seeing Bai Yingluo with her head down, unable to see the expression on her face, Lin Zhiyu didn't know how to speak what she wanted to say to her, and said hello awkwardly, only saying that he was here to pick up his sister out of the palace Yes, Lin Zhiyu left in a hurry, leaving Bai Yingluo with an inexplicable expression on his face.

Looking back, there was no one around, so Bai Yingluo let out a sigh of relief, and the oppressive feeling just now disappeared little by little.

After returning to Yunrou Hall, until it was lunch time, the sixth princess hadn't come back yet, so Bai Yingluo went straight back to the room to take a nap.

After leaving the palace gate in the afternoon, the two headed towards Xinlan Pavilion side by side. The sixth princess looked at Bai Yingluo with a sly smile and asked, "Brother Yu went to see you at noon?"

Bai Yingluo shook her head resolutely, "I happened to meet him, he was in the palace to pick up Miss Lin out of the palace."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yingluo looked suspiciously, waiting for her next words.

Sure enough, the sixth princess replied a little discouraged, and muttered in confusion: "Sister Mei clearly said that Brother Yu deliberately went around from Xinlan Pavilion."

Her heart sank, but Bai Yingluo just pretended not to hear, and followed the sixth princess into the gate of Xinlan Pavilion in silence.

After the piano art class, Bai Yingluo greeted the sixth princess, and hurriedly followed behind Dou Xiuqiao and Sun Yantong towards the gate of the inner palace. Behind her, the sixth princess had a thoughtful expression on her face, but seemed to understand what.

When the snowflakes began to fall again, it was already late November, and the weather was getting colder and colder. When I got up early and went out, it was pitch black outside, and the cold wind that swept across my cheeks was as sharp as a knife. When I entered the palace, the girls They all blushed.

Before the sixth princess ran to Ninghua Palace to act like a spoiled child, the queen had already issued an order, and the noon etiquette class started an hour later.

In this way, Bai Yingluo, who was supposed to get up and go out at the right time, can sleep in the warm blanket for another hour. When she kowtowed to thank her, Bai Yingluo was full of joy, and the corners of the lips of the other five girls also slightly Bending up, his eyes were full of joy shining like stars.

November 26th was Lin Zhimei's Jiji Ceremony. After the etiquette class was over, the sixth princess went out of the palace with her aunt in charge to watch the ceremony at Beining Bofu. The talent class in the afternoon was naturally cancelled.

Although the Sixth Princess softly begged many times, Bai Yingluo still resolutely refused, and went back to the Jing'an Hou Mansion by herself, and served the old master Bai and the old lady with her all afternoon.

Entering the palace again the next day, the Sixth Princess looked excited with anticipation. Although Bai Yingluo was curious, she didn't ask any more questions, but when she returned to Yunrou Hall, she looked at the strip-shaped slender hair in the Sixth Princess's hand. As for the brocade box, Bai Yingluo was a little worried.

"Yingluo, what's the matter, don't you like it?"

Opening the lid of the box, the mutton jade hairpin inside was exposed. The Sixth Princess asked Bai Yingluo while shaking her head.

During the Jiji Ceremony, there is a procedure called hairpin, and those who praise it will comb their hair into a bun. After that day, girls' hair accessories will be changed from the previous bun to a bun to show adulthood.

Lin Zhimei's Jiji hairpin was not prepared by Madam Beining, but a set of twelve agate jade hairpins of different designs and colors purchased by Lin Zhiyu with a lot of money.

But after the ceremony, when the sixth princess was going back to the palace, Lin Zhiyu took out two other brocade boxes and gave them to the sixth princess, saying that they looked elegant and chic, and gave them to the sixth princess and Bai Yingluo to enjoy and wear.

The two jade hairpins are of the same quality and shape, except for the color of the flowers on them. The hairpin for the sixth princess is carved with mandarin ducks flying together, implying that she and her husband will have the same eyebrows in the future, while the one for Bai Yingluo is a budding plant. plum branch.

The drunkard's intention was not to drink, and the sixth princess naturally knew that what Lin Zhiyu really wanted to give away was Bai Yingluo, and she was just a foil, but she was not angry, and instead accepted the job with great joy.

But at this moment, seeing Bai Yingluo seemed a little unhappy, the sixth princess suddenly felt that she might have acted recklessly.

Turn around and spread the word, even if she is in the middle, Bai Yingluo still can't escape the accusation of giving and receiving secretly. After all, men and women are unmarried, men and women still have to guard against each other.

"Princess, you will not be rewarded for nothing. Yingluo is not blessed to accept this mutton jade hairpin. I also ask the princess to return it to Lin Shizi after seeing him. Yingluo is very grateful."

While speaking, Bai Yingluo bent down and saluted the sixth princess.

"Yingluo, what are you doing?"

Hastily pulled Bai Yingluo up, and waved to Lihua and others to leave the inner hall. The sixth princess took Bai Yingluo to the side of the couch and sat down, and said with some regret: "Yingluo, I will give you my brother's heart Even a fool can see that now, it's just a hairpin, so what if you accept it? If Brother Yu finds out that you rejected it, even if you don't say anything, you will feel sad in your heart."

Biting her lips tightly, Bai Yingluo raised her eyes to look at the sixth princess and said, "Then, why did Shizi Lin give Yingluo a hairpin? Yesterday was not a good day for Yingluo. Yingluo and Shizi Lin were neither close nor familiar. To the point where you can give gifts at will, isn't it?"

"It's not because... because..."

Humming, the sixth princess's eyes were fixed on Bai Yingluo, as if she didn't believe that with Bai Yingluo's intelligence and Lin Zhiyu's performance these days, she couldn't see Lin Zhiyu's affection for her.

"Because Lin Shizi likes Yingluo a little bit, right?"

Bai Yingluo asked without concealing it.

Princess Six nodded.

　Tomorrow is Qixi Festival, may lovers in the world finally get married!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)