Resourceful beauty

Chapter 35
"At noon, someone from the House of Internal Affairs said that the second day of March is the sixteenth princess's birthday. How many of you sisters are invited to the palace for a banquet? Each of you will pick two pieces of these materials and go back to make new clothes."

When I went to the Yixin Hall to say hello in the evening, Su Yuan pointed to the brocades piled on the table in front of her and said to Fang Ruyu and the others.

"Mom, are we all going?"

Fang Ruhui's eyes slid past Fang Ruxuan and Fang Rulan.

Not knowing what was going on in her mind, Su Yuan nodded, "Although I didn't say it clearly, you and the Sixteenth Princess are both first cousins. It's natural for you to congratulate her on her birthday. It's not good to miss anyone."

After all, Su Yuan asked Fang Ruxuan with concern, "Ruxuan, you have suffered a serious illness, are you feeling better? There is still half a month before Princess Sixteen's birthday, you should take good care of your health. If you don’t go to the palace, or if you don’t go to confess your crime, it’s rude.”

Fang Ruxuan lowered her head and replied, "I see."

Fang Ruxuan, who was so cautious and terrified, was exactly what she looked like in the Jiangbei Palace, and Su Yuan smiled even more gently.

Fang Ruhua sat across from Fang Ruxuan, looking at her quietly.

Back at Shu Yuxuan, let Ding Xiang and Su Ye make the brocade into new clothes, Fang Ruxuan began to calculate carefully.

The Sixteenth Princess Fang Ruqian, Fang Ruxuan doesn't know much, she just remembers that she is a woman with a quiet personality and always has a faint smile on her face.

The Sixteenth Princess was raised by the Empress of the Central Palace since she was a child, that is, at the knee of the current Empress Dowager, so among the princesses of the late emperor, the Sixteenth Princess was the most favored.

When Emperor Rui'an ascended the throne, Emperor Rui'an also cherished this younger sister who followed him since childhood and called "Brother Prince".

Last year, Lord Jian'an inquired about Princess Sixteen in front of the Empress Dowager. He just wanted to marry Princess Sixteen to her nephew. The Empress Dowager was about to nod. The man once went to drink flower wine, but Dang even refused.

In fact, in the capital, whoever has a family background, who hasn't lingered in a brothel?As long as he doesn't go out of line, it's fine, but Emperor Rui'an feels that if he can't strictly restrain his man, it means that he has no sense of responsibility and has bad conduct.

In this way, seeing that the sixteenth princess is about to reach her age, but the candidate for the son-in-law has not yet been decided, the families in the capital that have boys of the right age are suddenly chatting secretly with burning eyes.

Although it is said that if you become a princess, you can't take concubines, but you can still be regarded as royal relatives after all, not to mention, she is the most cherished princess by the Holy One.

For a while, there was an undercurrent in the capital.

In such an empty space, the palace held a birthday banquet for the Sixteenth Princess with great fanfare. The attendees of the banquet were probably not just ladies who were around the same age as the Sixteenth Princess and could chat with each other.

Thinking about it this way, Fang Ruxuan already knew it well.

In the following days, Fang Ruxuan rarely saw Fang Ruyu except when she went to the Yixin Palace to pay her respects. Su Ye learned that Fang Ruyu was in the house every day, either trying on new clothes or jewelry, or practicing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The serious attitude when I participated in the poetry and painting meeting in Jiangbei in the past.

It can be seen that Su Yuan and Fang Ruyu also understood the inner meaning of the Sixteenth Princess' birthday banquet.

Seeing Su Ye embroidering flowing cloud patterns on the skirt, Fang Ruxuan shook her head and stopped.

Flowing cloud pattern is a popular pattern in the capital these days. It is embroidered on the skirt with gold and silver thread. When walking, the skirt is like sparkling water, making the woman more graceful and charming.

"Since it's Princess Sixteen's birthday banquet, she should be the protagonist of the whole banquet. We are going to be the green leaves, how can we steal the limelight from the red flowers?"

As Fang Ruxuan spoke, she wondered what Fang Ruyu's makeup would be that day.

In a blink of an eye, it was the second day of March.

Early in the morning, I went to the Yixin Palace to invite Ann, and Su Xin told the girls a few words, and then let them go back to their rooms to make up.

At the second quarter of the hour, Su Yuan, who was dressed as a princess, took the well-dressed ladies into the palace in a carriage.

Today's Fang Ruyu is wearing a pink double-breasted skirt, with budding peach blossoms embroidered on the collar and cuffs, and flowing cloud patterns are outlined with silver thread on the plain white skirt of the lower body. , the silver thread glowed rumors under the sunlight, and Fang Ruyu's tall and slender figure looked even more graceful and graceful.

"Second sister is so beautiful today..."

After getting off the carriage at the gate of the inner palace, Fang Ruxuan praised with a smile.

Fang Ruyu's face was even more smug, when she turned her head and saw that Fang Ruxuan was only wearing a brand-new dress, she didn't stand out at all, she was satisfied and ridiculed at the same time, she couldn't help curling her lips.

After paying homage to the Empress and Empress Dowager at Fengyi Palace and Yongshou Palace, Su Yuan went to Ningkang Palace where Concubine Su Xian lived, while Fang Ruyu and the others were taken by the maids of Yongshou Palace to Yanxi Palace where Princess Sixteen lived.

"I've seen Princess Sixteen..."

After entering the main hall, led by Fang Ruyu, Fang Ruxuan and others paid a visit together, the sixteenth princess laughed and shouted, and ordered the maids to make tea and serve cakes.

Although not common, they are blood relatives after all, and after a while, the girls became familiar with each other.

Near noon, a few more ladies came, all of whom were daughters of ministers who were highly valued by Emperor Rui'an, and Qiu Shumin was among them.

It was exactly one month since the last meeting, Fang Ruyu's face was angry, but Qiu Shumin couldn't see it either.

It's been a long time since they entered the palace, and the two of them didn't even look at each other for the last time, which made Du Mingzhu and the others even more curious about what happened after the banquet in the Qiu Mansion on the day Long raised his head?
Princess Sixteen's birthday banquet was held at Yongshou Palace. The girls went to Yanxi Palace to deliver gifts. When everyone was present, Princess Sixteen got up and took everyone back to Yongshou Palace.

The voices of the girls who accompanied her were crisp and clear, the hall was lively and cheerful, and the kind smile on the Queen Mother's face never stopped.

After the luncheon, the Empress Dowager took the girls to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers.

It is already the season of spring, and the originally withered flowers and trees are showing vigorous vitality. The tiny buds make people feel refreshed, and the peach blossoms and pear blossoms that are blooming are even more pleasing to the eye.

After walking for a while, the queen mother said she was tired, and told the sixteenth princess to greet all the young ladies, then turned and went back to the palace.

As soon as the queen mother left, the girls became more unrestrained, and seeing that the sixteenth princess was not very airy, they chatted enthusiastically after a while.

I don't know who started it, the girls laughed and wanted to play hide-and-seek, then a clever court lady took out a silk handkerchief to cover her eyes, and the girls started laughing and playing in the peach grove.

The sixteenth princess grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she was always surrounded by nuns who educated her. Even at this time, she still maintained her identity and could not lose her dignity.

As for Fang Ruxuan, counting her past and present lives, she was older than everyone in front of her. She felt that games like hide-and-seek were too childish, so she naturally didn't know how to play them.

Beside the peach grove, only Fang Ruxuan and Princess Sixteen were left.

"Ruxuan, didn't the queen mother say that you often come to the palace, why don't you come to see me?"

The sixteenth princess still remembered what the queen mother said during the Chinese New Year. At this moment, there was no one around, so she jokingly questioned Fang Ruxuan.

Fang Ruxuan apologized with a smile, "What the Empress Dowager said is not what the princess means. If the princess is happy, I will come here uninvited. Wouldn't it be disliked by others?"

Fang Ruxuan's words made Princess Sixteen purse her lips and laugh, and the relationship between the two instantly drew closer.

Talking intimately, seeing the dignified and polite ladies in front of them playing like children, the sixteenth princess turned her head and smiled and said: "Then, you will come to the palace to accompany me more in the future, okay?"

Fang Ruxuan nodded with a smile.

The two were talking, and in the distance, a little eunuch trotted over, knelt down and begged An and said: "Princess, the Holy Majesty is in the same color of the water and the sky. Hearing some movement here, he asked the servant to come and have a look. Hearing that the princess is here, the Holy Majesty let the princess go. Sit down..."

"Who is there beside the emperor?"

The sixteenth princess asked.

"If you go back to the princess, it's the prince Anyuan, the prince Ningshan, young master Qiu, and young master Su."

The little eunuch replied respectfully.

Princess Sixteen nodded, her eyes were filled with uncontrollable joy and nervousness, as if she was about to meet her sweetheart.

Fang Ruxuan noticed that she seemed to understand something, a smile floated on her lips, before she had time to hold it back, she raised her eyes again, and met the sixteenth princess's searching eyes.

As if knowing what Fang Ruxuan saw from the change in her expression at that moment, Princess Sixteen turned her head away in embarrassment, and her cheeks blushed immediately.

Knowing that the Holy Majesty was nearby, they summoned the Sixteenth Princess again, and the ladies couldn't continue playing any longer. They all tidied up their appearance nervously, and followed behind the Sixteenth Princess in a proper manner.

The water and the sky are the same color, which is the lake next to the imperial garden and the pavilion in the lake.

When Princess Sixteen and her party arrived, Emperor Rui'an was playing chess with a young man. Beside the stone table, there were three other men of similar age standing quietly, obviously watching the game.

After saluting and shouting again, Emperor Rui'an was still immersed in the chess game, and the girls all lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

Fang Ruxuan stood behind the crowd, expecting that no one would notice her, so she boldly looked up.

Sure enough, among the three people standing there, she knew two of them.

One of the gentle and gentle ones is Young Master Su, her cousin Su Cheng, the eldest son of the second room of the Su residence.

Standing next to Su Cheng, the tall and handsome man was Qiu Ran, the young master of the Qiu family, Qiu Zongde's eldest son, and Qiu Ming's elder brother.

Looking at Qiu Ran, Fang Ruxuan's eyes burst out with hatred.

"Qiu Ming is a fool. If you follow him, you will be just a concubine all your life. What else can you do? Ruyi, if you fall into the eyes of the master, it is your good fortune. It is better to obey the master obediently, huh? Although I can't I give you a title, but you have the joy of having a good time between a man and a woman. In the future, when you give birth to a son and a half, everyone in the whole family will think it is Qiu Ming's seed. I will help you to speak and let you be the nine young mistresses. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone?"

The man's shameless words seemed to ring in his ears again, and Fang Ruxuan felt a nausea in her throat.

Qiu Ran is a forward leader of the Imperial Army. He is a martial arts practitioner. His innate vigilance made him subconsciously feel that a bunch of eyes were staring at him. He couldn't help but look up. Smiling face, Qiu Ran smiled, then glared at her again, signaling her to be more behaved.

Noticing Qiu Ran's search, Fang Ruxuan hurriedly lowered her head.

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