cloud temple phoenix hairpin

Chapter 40 (2)
Chapter 36 (2)
Ming Yu was taken aback, and when she looked up, she saw all the women and girls in the cabin looking at her with envy and jealousy, her heart tightened.

How could Concubine Yan, who is so good-looking, suddenly call her name and want to see her?How did she know her "talent"?Could it be that Pei Wenying, who was always by her side on the dragon boat, mentioned it in front of her?If that's the case, what I'm afraid of is that this summoning has something to do with my appearance in Yuyuan today.

Ming Yu was still in a daze, feeling being pushed lightly by someone, she looked intently, and saw that Mrs. Jiang was looking at her worriedly, knowing that she was worried, and seeing that the palace servant was still waiting, she didn't dare to neglect her, Hastily lowered her voice: "Don't worry, mother, I'm fine."

Jiang raised her hand to straighten her collar, Ming Yu smiled at her, and followed the palace servants out of the cabin door, a gust of cool wind came towards her, with a little watery smell, but it was more comfortable than in the cabin how much.

Ming Yu took a long breath, looked at a stringed ladder that was lowered from the tall dragon boat, settled down, and followed the palace man to climb up carefully. Seeing that the dragon boat was brightly lit, she took a few steps along the side of the deck. It was a guard with a halberd, and the blade and iron armor shone coldly under the light.

The cabin is large and gorgeous, and the boat moves so slowly that you can hardly feel that you are in the boat.The smoke was scattered in the hollow incense burner, and the light yellow halo of the bright lamp lingered on the noble concubine in a crimson phoenix pattern palace dress, illuminating her like a fairy concubine.Although her son is eighteen or nineteen years old, she looks like she is only in her early thirties, extremely bright.At this moment, there was a row of ladies and gentlemen standing beside her. Mrs. Xie and the wife of the governor's mansion were sitting beside her, and Pei Wenying was also there.

Ming Yu didn't dare to look too much, after being brought in by the palace servants, she knelt down and saluted Yan Guifei.The imperial concubine waited for her to see the ceremony and die, then she smiled and said: "You are the daughter of the Ruan family? What's your name? How old are you this year?"

"Returning to the imperial concubine, the civilian girl's name is Mingyu, she is 11 years old."

Ming Yu held her breath and replied.

"Come closer so that I can take a closer look." Yan Guifei waved at her and said with a smile.

The day before yesterday, Ming Yu followed the crowd to look at her from a distance, and felt awe-inspiring and noble all over her body.Seeing her so kindly at this moment, he forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and lowered his head to get closer.The imperial concubine held onto her hand, asked her to raise her head, took a closer look, then smiled at the two ladies next to her, "Sure enough, he is a man who lives up to his name, looks like a jade carving, and exudes exquisiteness. , I am delighted when I see it." As he spoke, he took off a string of gold-encrusted coral bracelets from his own wrist and put them on her wrist.

The wrist bracelet on Dai Mingyu's wrist was too big, and it hung down a little. Mingyu didn't dare to let it slip off, so she supported it with her hand, then knelt down and said, "Thank you for the reward from the imperial concubine. It's just too expensive, and a woman is ashamed to accept it."

Concubine Yan smiled without saying a word, and Mrs. Xie hurriedly said: "When the concubine rewards you, it is like rewarding your whole family. It is a great gift from heaven. Niece, thank you quickly."

Ming Yu hurriedly thanked her.Concubine Yan nodded and ordered her to get up.Only then did Ming Yu stand up, carefully waiting aside.

When the palace servant summoned her just now, he clearly said that the noble concubine had heard about her "talented name", but now she came over, but she didn't mention this at all, and asked a few other words casually, and then told her to step down.

Ming Yu seemed to be lost in the clouds, but she breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly bowed, and followed the palace man who brought her out of the cabin.Just after turning a corner, he saw the palace man in front of him stop, bowed and called out "Third Highness", he was startled, looked up, and saw that the third prince whom he had met in Yu Garden today was standing there , Zhupao jade belt, carrying the appearance of a jade tree facing the wind, his heart was already beating wildly, he hurriedly lowered his head, and begged aside, hoping that he was passing by unintentionally.However, the embroidered red robe was impartial, stopped in front of her, and heard him ask in her ear: "Is your grandfather Jiang Kui?"

Ming Yu let out a deep breath, still staring at the corner of his robe embroidered with dragon patterns, and replied respectfully, "Exactly."

"I've heard about Jiangnan Zhongxiu for a long time, and I've been there before I know what I said is true. I have been in love with Mr. Jiang for a long time, and I don't think his granddaughter is so unique. It would be unbelievable if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."

Ming Yu heard a slight sarcasm in his words, raised her eyes slightly, and saw that he was looking at her from above, with the corners of her mouth raised slightly, with a half-smile, an indescribably strange expression, she hastily lowered her head again , without saying a word.

"I heard that your family is very famous in the south of the Yangtze River. After several generations of business, the business has reached a border town. Is there such a thing?"

Staring at the girl opposite, Zhao Weijun asked slowly.Seeing her with her head down, she couldn't see her face, only a carved emerald butterfly hairpin stuck in her black temple, shining halo under the lamp.

Ming Yu's heart tightened, and he said carefully, "Returning to the third highness, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in land. Although my family has a little business name in the local area, it is really not top-notch."

Zhao Weijun hummed, and suddenly said: "It was my mother and concubine who passed it on to you just now, right? Since I happened to meet, I went back to see your father and passed on a message for me, saying that he has been bothering me these few days. Even my father The emperor has praised him for his loyalty more than once in front of me."

Ming Yu didn't expect him to speak like this all of a sudden, she was still in a daze, when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her, she turned her head and saw that Pei Wenying was being accompanied by a palace servant coming towards her, with a smile on her face, she stepped forward to sign Wei Jun greeted him and called his third brother.Her grandmother, Wang Taijun, and the Queen Mother are sisters, so they call her that in private.

Zhao Weijun smiled and said: "I heard that your brother will send you back to Beijing in a few days, and you want to say goodbye to the little sister. If you must be full, the brother will not bother you." He glanced at Mingyu again With one glance, he turned around and left.

Ming Yu watched his back leave, still puzzled by what he said to her last.If he didn't make a mistake, could he be trying to win over his father?Although my father is only a white businessman, he has shops all over the world and real money in his hands.Thinking about it further, could it be that in the previous life, because he married into the Pei family, his father was also involved in this dispute, and finally chose to bet his wealth on the prince, which really offended the third prince and caused the final disaster? The disaster of extermination?And at that time, even if his father did something, he would never notice it.

Ming Yu was startled by this thought that he had never thought about before, so cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Sister Ruan, I'll take you off the boat. I'm leaving in a few days, I'm really reluctant."

When the two of them walked along the resplendent passage to the gangway just now, Pei Wenying sighed.Ming Yu said a few words of persuasion, thought for a while, and then asked: "I don't know why the imperial concubine called me suddenly? Could it be that my sister mentioned me before the imperial concubine?"

"I never mentioned it. On the contrary, the imperial concubine asked about you, so I only said a few words."

Ming Yu already understood in her heart that the summons, the reward, and even the subsequent encounter should have been pre-arranged.I just don't know how the third prince knew his identity.Either he was told by Xie Zuiqiao after he left, or he left the Yu Garden and the carriage was followed by his people.

Ming Yu asked Pei Wenying to stop several times, but she insisted on seeing her off, and whispered, "It's boring to sit there." The two followed the palace servants out of the cabin and onto the deck.Only then did they realize that the dragon boat had stopped.Just as she was about to tell her to stop again, incense and mist sprayed all around, and drums blared loudly. A gorgeous firework suddenly rose from the bridgehead and the small flower boats scattered around the dragon boat. The golden light on the surface of the river is shining brightly, and the shouts of tourists and common people on both sides of the river are deafening.

Pei Wenying was attracted by this scene, stopped and looked up.The accompanying palace servants also looked up and sighed in admiration.Although Jiangzhou also set off fireworks on New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival, the fireworks this time were specially hired by the prefect Xie to make them, so they were naturally better than usual.

"Sister Ruan, look at that! It's so beautiful!"

After all, Pei Wenying was a child, she was fascinated by the sight, she grabbed Ming Yu's sleeve and pointed to a bunch of fireworks rising into the sky in front of her.Ming Yu followed her direction, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a ball of fire coming obliquely from a small flower boat below the dragon boat, accompanied by a sharp sound, passing through the gap between two guards on the deck, straight It bounced towards Pei Wenying who was beside her.It was only then that Pei Wenying realized that under extreme shock, she just stood still.The palace servants and nearby guards also saw it, and they all turned pale with fright. They all rushed over, but they couldn't keep up with the speed of the fireball, and they were a few feet in front of her face in a blink of an eye.

Ming Yu was the closest to her, almost without thinking, leaned over and pushed her away suddenly, the fireball bounced to her shoulder and neck, exploded with a bang, and immediately felt a burning pain.

(End of this chapter)