The splendid countryside of the princess

Chapter 254 Preparing for a Mysterious Birthday Gift
Tang Dai coaxed the two old people to be happy, and accompanied her mother to have lunch at the Grand Scholars' Mansion before returning to the General's Mansion, preparing to treat her mother's poison at night.

"Eldest Miss, Second Miss came to our yard today, but was stopped by the gatekeeper." Shi Cheng didn't follow Tang Dai to the University Scholars' Mansion today, but when she saw Tang Dai came back, she reported to her.

"En? What did she come for? What did she say?" Tang Dai stopped silent poetry in her hand, raised her eyes and asked Shi Qiang.

"I didn't say what I was doing. I just wanted to enter the yard. After being stopped, I said a few ugly words and left."

"Oh, I see. Let her come in if she wants to come in the future. I want to see what she wants to do. You just keep an eye on it." Tang Dai nodded to show that she understood, and then continued to write poems for her grandfather. .

"Miss, don't you want to know what she said?" Shi Qiang asked hesitantly.

"Heh... since what you said was ugly, it's fine if you don't listen to it." Without raising her head, Tang Dai continued to silently write a poem, saying something disapprovingly, she didn't want to hear those words to make herself angry.

"..." Shi Amaranth.

in the palace.

"Princess, the second prince is here again."

The maid in Xuanyuan Zhili Palace came to report to her.

"Let him in. When the second prince comes, just let him in. You don't need to report to me."

After the last conversation with Feng Rongye, Xuanyuan Zhili's attitude towards Feng Rongye changed obviously.

"Yes, princess." The maid stepped back, turned around and invited Feng Rongye outside.

In the evening, Tang Dai administered needles to her mother, Mrs. Wang, took a bath with the prepared medicinal materials, and saw that Mrs. Wang fell asleep peacefully, before leaving her mother's yard and dragging her tired body back to her own yard.

"Miss, you should take a good bath and rest." Xiao Qing looked at Tang Dai's tired face, feeling a little heartbroken.

"Well, Shi Xian, you ask them to bring some hot water, I want to take a bath." Tang Dai nodded and ordered Shi Xian.

When the hot water arrived, when she was ready, Tang Dai took off her clothes, sank into the tub, closed her eyes comfortably, and let out a sigh.

"You all go down and have a rest, Xiaoqing can just stay outside." Tang Dai opened her eyes and told Shi Xian and Shi Cheng who were waiting beside her.

"Yes, ma'am."

Although Tang Dai has only been here for two days, Shi Xian and Shi Cheng have already felt some of Tang Dai's character, knowing that the young lady is a woman with a strong personality, they listened to Tang Dai's order, did not say anything, and left in response. Xiaoqing also went to the courtyard to guard.

"Who?...Meet the prince!"

In the night, Xiaoqing in the courtyard suddenly found someone jumping into the courtyard, and yelled softly, looked up and saw that it was Feng Rongruo, and stopped the soft whip in his hand.

"Where's your miss? She's asleep?" Feng Rongruo asked Xiaoqing softly.

"No, I just came back from treating my wife's poison, and I'm taking a bath in it now." Xiaoqing was used to Feng Rongruo always barging into Miss's boudoir at night, so she returned to him calmly.

"Oh, I'll go in and take a look." Feng Rongruo nodded, and walked into the room.

"My son,..." Xiaoqing.Said that the lady is taking a bath, why don't you go and see? !

"En? What's the matter?" Feng Rongruo paused and looked back at Xiaoqing.

"Wait, wait until Miss finishes bathing, son, go in again." Xiaoqing swallowed her saliva, and finally stammered a whole sentence.

"Talking too much!" Feng Rongruo glanced at Xiao Qing lightly, and threw two words between her teeth, did she think he would peek? !

"..." Xiaoqing.

I could only watch helplessly as Feng Rongruo walked in with her long legs, as if she entered her own room with a sense of peace and reason, it was a matter of course, leisurely and comfortable.

"Xiaoqing, who is it? Who are you talking to?"

Tang Dai squinted her eyes in the bathtub, and hearing the voices outside, she thought it was Xiaoqing who had come in, and asked without opening her eyes.

"Little girl, it's me." Feng Kongruo sat down on the couch in the room and went back to Tang Dai.

"En? Feng Rongruo! Don't come in, I haven't got my clothes on yet, wait until I get dressed and come out."

Upon hearing Feng Rongruo's voice, Tang Dai immediately got up from the tub, took a towel and dried herself, put on her pajamas, took off her shoes, and went out.

"Come here and let me dry your hair."

Feng Rongruo put down the poem Tang Daimo wrote in her hand, and said to Tang Dai who had black hair down to her waist.

"Oh."

Tang Dai responded, walked up to Feng Rongruo, dragged a small soft stool and sat down, handed the dry towel in her hand to Feng Rongruo, Feng Rongruo took the towel with her slender hands and wiped Tang Dai's hair. A little clumsy, after a long while, Feng Rongruo disliked drying it too slowly, so she simply used her skills to dry it for Tang Dai.

"Wouldn't it be cold if you're dressed like this?" Feng Rongruo gently pulled her black hair back casually, looked at the pajamas Tang Dai was wearing and asked her.

Tang Dai is wearing a long cotton nightdress designed and made by herself today. The sleeves are short-sleeved, and the skirt below just covers her knees. She has half jade arms, half jade slender legs, and small ankles. Being naked in Feng Rongruo's eyes, Feng Rongruo was a little distracted, so he asked her to add more clothes.

"Fortunately, the weather is warm, not cold."

Tang Dai didn't know that her lazy appearance was a fatal temptation in Feng Rongruo's eyes, so she shook her head at him.Seeing that Feng Rongruo's eyes darkened, something was surging inside... wanting to get out of his eyes.

"Are you here for something to do with me?"

"Well, it's a small matter. In a few days it will be my mother's concubine's 50th birthday. You know she likes you very much. I guess I have to ask me to invite you. So, I don't wait for her to say it first, so I'll ask you. Do you have the time to go?" Feng Rongruo suppressed the heat in her heart and went back to Tang Dai.

"Go, why not? It's just, what does your concubine like? I have to prepare a gift for her."

"You don't need to prepare a special gift. It's a gift when you go. The concubine mother will be happy."

"That's not okay, I can't go empty-handed. Let me think about it... Gold, silver and jewelry are too tacky, and your Prince An's Mansion doesn't lack these things. I don't know anything else?! Could it be reciting poems and playing the piano? Will there be many people going that day?"

"There should be a lot of people, all the respectable ladies and ladies in the capital will go. Why, are you afraid of crowds?" Feng Rongruo said with a smile.

"It's not that I'm afraid. There are so many people and so many gifts. I have to think of a novelty. How many days until my birthday?"

"Five days."

"I don't have much time to prepare for the fifth day, so what should I give you?... You don't have movies or TV in ancient times... except for singing, there is nothing else."

"..." Feng Rongruo.What do they call ancient times?Although you are a thousand years later, you are also an ancient person now!

"Will you please sing the opera that day?" Tang Dai asked Feng Rongruo what she thought of.

"Naturally please!"

"Okay, there are opera singers, so naturally there is a stage, and that stage is just for me. I'm thinking of a gift, and I'm going to prepare it tomorrow." Tang Dai looked at Feng Rongruo with shining eyes.

"What is it?"

"Secret it now! You will know it when the time comes, but I guess you will have to help me out. When I am ready, come to me and I will teach you."

"Okay! You are ready to let the shadow inform me." Feng Rongruo saw the little girl's eyes shining brightly and said to keep it secret, her doting eyes flickered, and she stretched out her big hand to touch Tang Dai's head.

"Oh, don't touch my head. This action always reminds me of me touching my two fur balls." Tang Dai didn't like others touching her head since she was a child. She felt like a pet dog being touched by her owner. Same.

"what……"

When Feng Rongruo heard this, she laughed, put down her hands and stopped touching, but stretched out her arms, hugged Tang Dai into her arms, and hurriedly searched for her lips, absorbing her fragrance and beauty.The big hand accidentally touched the delicate and moist skin on her slender legs, and the feeling made his heart tremble, and he was crazy... Kissing Tang Dai even more domineeringly, wanting to occupy all her beauty!
Feng Rongruo lingered in Tang Dai's room for most of the night until dawn, when she opened her handsome eyes and looked at the little girl sleeping soundly in her arms, then reluctantly let her sleep on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and left General's Mansion.

In the following days, apart from detoxifying her mother, Tang Dai put all her thoughts on the gift for Princess An's birthday. Mrs. Wang watched her daughter come in and out mysteriously, wondering what she was busy with, so she asked Tang Dai Tang Dai just mysteriously said that you will know when the time comes, so she has no choice but to leave it to her.

Feng Rongruo was also called by Tang Dai to help her practice in her yard. During the practice, everyone except Xiaoqing was kicked out of the yard, only the laughter and the beautiful sound of the piano and flute came from inside, They were all curious about what the lady was busy with, but they didn't dare to ask.

In the palace, Feng Rongye went to Xuanyuan Zhili's palace again, this time he didn't meet any palace guards blocking him, and walked into the palace, only to see Xuanyuan Zhili was practicing dancing with Ruan Liu Fufeng, with long black hair flying After being surprised, Feng Rongye's heart moved for a moment, but remembering his purpose, Feng Rongye immediately cleared up his mind, only stood far away and watched, and did not come closer. To get that position, he couldn't be sincere to anyone.

"The princess really deserves to be called the dancing queen of Fengbei Kingdom, she is so beautiful that my heart can't stop!"

Xuanyuan Zhili stopped, Feng Rongye stepped forward and praised her.

"Thank you, Second Prince, for your compliments. I wonder what the Second Prince is doing today?" Xuanyuan Zhili took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped the sweat from her brow, raised her face and asked Feng Rongye.

"I want to tell you something so that you can prepare."

Xuanyuan Zhili was wearing a strapless dance dress because she was practicing dancing. Her exposed skin was radiant and fair, making people pitiful. After sweating due to the heat, her rosy face seemed to be covered with rouge. The black was as bright as obsidian, and he stared at Feng Rongye with a serious and cute expression, Feng Rongye's heart skipped half a beat when he saw it, so he quickly turned his eyes away and told him the purpose of coming.

"What is it? What preparations are you making?"

"In a few days, it will be Concubine An's fiftieth birthday. There must be many people going to celebrate her birthday. You can tell the emperor to also celebrate Concubine An's birthday, so that you can see my cousin, Prince Feng. As for For birthday gifts, you can use what you are best at, such as arranging a birthday celebration dance, maybe it will make Princess An look at you differently, so you will have more chances to get close to Prince Feng."

"Thank you, Second Prince, for telling me and reminding me. But, I can't figure it out, why do you keep helping me like this? I'm just a princess from a foreign country."

"Princess, you don't need to ask, as long as you know that I am helping you from the bottom of my heart. Besides, as long as you are happy, I will be happy!" Feng Rongye's face showed a sense of loss at the right time, with a hint of sadness on his face, and stood up without saying a word. , turned around and slowly walked out of Xuanyuan Zhili's gaze, and disappeared at the end of the palace.

"I'm happy, so are you! You mean you..." Like me!

Xuanyuan Zhili repeated Feng Rongye's words in a murmur, suddenly a light flashed in her mind, she thought of the meaning of his words, she covered her mouth with her hand in surprise, unable to react for a long time, seeing Feng Rongye's lonely and lost back, her heart Can't help but feel a little guilty.

She couldn't figure out why he approached her and helped him to meet Feng Shizi. It turned out that it was because he didn't want to see himself unhappy!
In a blink of an eye, the fifth day came, and Princess An's birthday also arrived.The palace of Prince An was decorated with lanterns and festoons, Feng Rongruo didn't go to court that day, and was busy in the mansion for the birthday of his mother and concubine, he and Dai Dai had prepared the presents, and they were waiting to present them to the concubine at the birthday banquet.

After Tang Dai also made some preparations in the mansion, she took the gifts she had prepared, Xiaoqing, Shixian and Mrs. Wang took the carriage and set off together.Mrs. Wang also prepared a gift on behalf of Prince An's Mansion, but she was always curious about what gift her daughter prepared for Princess An alone.

"Yue'er, what birthday gift did you prepare for Concubine An? Your mother can't even know."

Mrs. Wang looked at Tang Dai tenderly and asked.

"Oh... mother... it's not mother who can't know, but my daughter must maintain a sense of mystery. I want to give everyone a big surprise. You will know soon. Don't ask, I won't tell you if you ask me Yes." Tang Dai pouted at Mrs. Wang coquettishly, and shook her mother's arm three times.

"You! You are naughty, but you still have to maintain a sense of mystery. Then let's see what you can come up with?!" Mrs. Wang smiled and gave Tang Dai a look, helpless and doting.

When the carriage arrived at the Prince An's Mansion, there was already a stream of people in front of the Prince An's Mansion, with horse-drawn carriages gathering and going to the mansion in an endless stream. As soon as Tang Dai's carriage stopped, a servant came up to lead the carriage for them, and took the carriage Move things down.

"Mrs. Wang, Miss Zheng, please follow me. The prince has already ordered me to wait here to take you to the place he arranged so that no one would disturb you." The housekeeper of Prince An's Mansion came up, To Madam Wang and Tang Dai.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Housekeeper."

Tang Dai politely returned the salute, followed the butler, and walked towards Prince An's mansion. The butler really avoided crowded places and led Tang Dai and her party to a quiet courtyard.

"Mrs. Wang, Miss Zheng, please rest here for a while. I will report to the crown prince to reassure him."

"Okay, Uncle Housekeeper, go do your own work."

On the way, Feng Rongye and Xuanyuan Zhili were sitting in the same carriage. Xuanyuan Zhili was not used to riding in the same carriage with a man who was not very close to her, but in order to see Feng Rongruo, Princess An could have a good relationship with her. She looked at it with admiration, but endured it.

"Second Prince, how far is it to Prince An's Mansion? I see that there are more and more people on this road, don't they all go to celebrate Princess An's birthday?" Xuanyuan Zhili set off the carriage in order to break the silent and ambiguous atmosphere in the carriage. Looking out from the corner of the curtain, I can see the street is full of traffic and bustling.

"You guessed it right, this time is Princess An's fiftieth birthday. Both Lord An and Prince Feng attach great importance to it. I heard that some of the most famous opera troupes in the capital have been invited to sing in turn to celebrate her birthday, and maybe the emperor will also Come to celebrate your birthday in person!"

"Ah! The emperor wants to come in person?! Isn't that very grand, even more grand than the state banquet when we came last time." Xuanyuan Zhili asked in surprise.

"Heh... it's not more grand, it will only be more grand! Concubine An gave birth to a good son, and she is also the elder sister of the deceased queen. The emperor will look at the Buddha's face if he doesn't look at the monk's face." Feng Rongye sarcastically He sneered, is it his good cousin who is most favored in the court now, can the emperor not give face? !
"En? Judging from your tone, why don't you seem happy?..." Xuanyuan Zhili looked at Feng Rongye's sneer after hearing Feng Rongye's sneer.

"How dare I?! I'm just laughing at myself. I'm not as good as the prince or this cousin. Even if the woman I like likes him, I have to pretend to be generous and tolerant, and take her to see him." A gloomy look flashed across Feng Rongye's eyes, and his tone was angry and helpless.

"Second Prince, I..."

Xuanyuan Zhili really heard clearly this time, what Feng Rongye meant was that he liked her, but he helped her meet Feng Rongruo, his cousin, and felt guilty again, did he also seem to like her? She is like this, always feeling lost in her heart, knowing that the person she likes already loves someone else, but she still can't control her heart, she wants to miss him, miss him, and want to see him!
　Little fairies, guess what gift did Tang Dai prepare for Princess An?Guess who leaves a message tonight, there will be rewards!

　　The answer will be revealed in tomorrow's chapter, group...

　　
　
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