MTL - Little Cardamom-Chapter 39

The moment the door opened, Ming Tan bumped into Jiang Xu's chest, and he didn't see anyone outside the house. Jiang Xu and Shu Jingran, who was standing at the door, looked at each other for a moment, then looked away, and closed the door abruptly.

Shu Jingran was stunned for a long while. When he met Jiang Qizhi a few days ago, Jiang Qizhi seemed to have commented that the rumor of "loving his wife eagerly" was extremely boring, but tonight...he turned around wisely and left, thinking of something, and suddenly chuckled. , The pace is also a little brisk.

In the study.

Jiang Xu let go and took the food box: "This king misunderstood."

Ming Tan ignored it, and walked to the ancient bookshelf in anger, picked up an incomprehensible military book, and pretended to read it, and while she was flipping through it, she peeked out of the corner of her eye——

Even though he was sensible, although he didn't apologize sincerely, he still silently used up all the bird's nest porridge and jade belt cake she had made so hard.

Seeing that the dishes were clean, Ming Tan remembered the purpose of this trip, put down the military book again, walked back to the table, and tidily packed up the food box.

She was preparing a speech in her heart, when Jiang Xu suddenly asked, "Aren't you hot?"

In the April day, we could already see a slight heat, usually she was seen wearing a light and thin shirt, but today she was wrapped tightly in layers, covering most of her white neck that was usually exposed outside.

Ming Tan: "..."

It's fine if you don't mention it, but when she mentions it, she really feels a little flustered, and a thin layer of sweat seems to form on her back. But she still bit the bullet and said nonsense: "It's colder than usual when I was young."

"Have you had a good time yet?"

Ming Tan was vigilant, subconsciously covered his neckline, changed the topic and said: "The ink is dry, A Tan will grind ink for your husband."

Jiang Xuben just asked casually along the lines, without thinking much, but Ming Tan was inexplicably nervous, which made him glance twice.

Grinding ink looks easy, but it is really labor-intensive. After a while, Ming Tan felt numbness in his palms and sweat on his forehead. Her little face was blushing, and while Jiang Xu was not paying attention, she freed up a hand to fan herself.

After grinding away half of the ink ingot, she picked up the topic and asked after some consideration: "Husband, are you and Lu Dianshuai very familiar?"

Jiang Xu paused for a moment: "What's the matter?"

"I don't know if my husband has heard about Lu Dianshuai's proposal to the Hanlin scholar Zhou's family?"

"heard."

"Does that husband know why Lu Dianshuai proposed to the Zhou family?"

"What do you have to do with this king?"

Ming Tan was choked up: "Then...that Jing Wan was my handkerchief, and Lu Dianshuai's proposal made others dare not go to Zhou's house again. Jing Wan has been very sad these days." She paused, forced Added a sentence, "A Tan cared about his friends, and it was very sad."

Only then did Jiang Xu raise his eyes: "What does it have to do with Lu Ting if other people don't come to the door? I'm cowardly and courageous, so blame others?"

Ming Tan language condensed. Although it feels like something is wrong, my husband also seems to be very reasonable.

She hesitated for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "But Shuai Lu has a fierce reputation, and I don't know if he really wants to marry... In two days, it will be the Buddha Bathing Festival, and many people will go to Daxiangguo Temple to watch the ceremony. Husband, how about arranging one or two, let Jing Would it be good for Wan to meet Shuai Lu in person?"

Jiang Xu: "..."

Does he look so chatty?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Ming Tan tugged at his sleeve, and added in a very low voice: "A Tan's little life is over, won't your husband go back to the house to rest today?"

The study was quiet for a moment, and Jiang Xu put down his pen: "This king will inform Lu Ting."

That night, the Qi'an Hall, which had been quiet for several days, was noisy again for half the night. The red candles flickered, the incense curtains were half-closed, and when Ming Tan sat on Jiang Xu's body, crying and moaning, he did not forget that her body was torn and randomly The new clothes thrown on the floor feel distressed.

If I had known this before, I would not have worn this suit. This is a newly made Yaohua satin in Suzhou, and there are only a few pieces in the entire capital.

The Empress gave her the two horses, and she only wore them once when she made new clothes, but they were a bit tight and difficult to untie, as for tearing them up? Reckless!

Seeing that she was not paying attention, Jiang Xu suddenly bumped her hard.

Ming Tan whimpered, and hurriedly wrapped his arms around his neck to beg for mercy, but he was still thinking in his heart: no, this piece of satin must belong to Jing Wan!

On the eighth day of April, the Buddha Bathing Festival, all Zen temples in central Beijing open their temple doors early, and hold Buddha bathing and fasting meetings. Among them, Daxiangguo Temple is the most lively, and most of the people who welcome and send off are dignitaries.

This is the first time Ming Tan has officially appeared in front of everyone since he married into Dingbei Palace. Usually staying in the mansion doesn't feel it, but as soon as you go out, you can really feel the difference between the Fourth Miss of the Ming family and Princess Dingbei.

After getting off the sedan chair at Daxiangguo Temple, the abbot greeted him personally, and all the wives and ladies saluted with blessings, saying in unison: "Give Bei Wangfei my best regards."

There is no crown prince in this dynasty, and the princes are all young, which means that for many years, there will be no crown prince and concubine.

Among the princes, only His Royal Highness Prince Dingbei holds great power and a detached position. It can be said that apart from the queen mother and empress who cannot leave the palace at will, Ming Tan is already a most distinguished woman.

Ming Tan obviously knew this too, otherwise the Princess Fengzhao and the County Lord Yongle who had not seen anyone for a long time in the crowd would not have saluted so unwillingly.

In the past, Ming Tan was extremely popular among the ladies in Beijing, but now that he has become a princess, there are countless people who cling to him to please him.

Feng Zhao looked at the people saying flattering words and putting on the same smiling faces, and felt that the flattery was dazzling, and his heart became more and more unhappy.

It has been nearly a year since the Late Spring Poetry Meeting in the Pingguo Mansion. Feng Zhao became a well-known laughing stock in Beijing, and was shut up in the mansion by Yiwang and his wife to think about his mistakes. People, after thinking about it, they still don't want to let her go out to embarrass themselves.

Speaking of the family Yiwang and his wife met, Feng Zhao was even more upset. Her parents wanted to marry her to the Jiangyang Hou Mansion in the middle of Sichuan.

The marquis of Jiangyang is over thirty years old and already has a son. She is a majestic princess, and she wants to commit herself to a mere marquis as his successor. What a humiliation is this? Moreover, the Marquis of Jiangyang came to Beijing to report on his duties this time, but in just ten days he had taken in two beautiful maidservants, one can imagine how licentious he was in the mansion in central Shu!

The most chilling thing is that this person's character is so bad, her parents don't care about it at all, they just want to marry her to pave the way for her brother!

Fengzhao was so uncomfortable that his heart was tangled up. Seeing that Ming Tan, who used to be pleasing to the eye in front of her, now had a radiant face, wearing a brocade dress embroidered with peony patterns and bordered with black and silver silk threads, and a peony in his hair. Liusu Fengchai felt that it was the first time in a year that Ming Tan was still deliberately hitting her in the face.

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"I have long heard that His Royal Highness Prince Dingbei loves the concubine a lot. Seeing the concubine's good looks today, this statement is indeed true."

"Of course, His Majesty's words of 'beloved wife is eager', how could it be false?"

Speaking of this, everyone giggled tacitly.

Feng Zhao was so annoyed, he turned around and walked out. As soon as she left, she happened to meet Zhai Nianci outside the door who also left angrily before her.

"Stop, who are you? You don't even salute when you see this princess."

Feng Zhao desperately wanted to find a punching bag to teach him a lesson, but he didn't want to be unlucky and bump into a hard stubble.

Zhai Nianci turned around, looked at her critically from top to bottom for a long time, and rolled his eyes with disdain: "It turns out that she is the Princess Fengzhao of Prince Yi's Mansion, what kind of noble person should I be, and I am worthy of the County Lord to salute her?" .”

The rank of the county lord is indeed lower than that of the princess, but no matter how noble Fengzhao's rank is, it can't compare to her having a big Buddha like the Queen Mother. She just doesn't behave politely, so what can Fengzhao do to her?

Hearing this, Zhao was furious: "You!"

The maid next to her hurriedly reminded: "Master, this is the daughter of Princess Wen Hui, the owner of Yongle County, and 'Yongle' is a title bestowed by the Empress Dowager herself."

Mayor of Yongle County?

Feng Zhao knew that there was such a person, but he had never seen him before, and he didn't have any perception of the queen mother's doting, so what if he only thought about doting, could it be greater than respect and inferiority? And now that she hasn't married in Shuzhong, why would a cat or a dog dare to step on her in front of her, what will happen in the future?

Thinking of this, the fire she was holding back turned into a sharp slap—

"Snapped!"

"You are a county magistrate with a foreign surname. The queen mother gave you the title of empress dowager benevolence. Even if the clan is not considered arrogant, you dare to be arrogant in front of this princess. Come, hold her down for me, and let her kneel down for this princess! "

Zhai Nianci was stunned by the beating, covered her face, and asked in disbelief: "How dare you hit me?" She was still in shock, her mind was buzzing, "Are you crazy? I must report to the Queen Mother !"

"I don't have any respect for you, but you still dare to use the name of the Queen Mother to flaunt yourself. This princess thinks you are crazy, kneel down!"

Zhai Nianci is the same as Mingchu, to put it nicely, he is heroic, but to put it more practically, he just knows a few tricks, but not good at it. In fact, two people who know martial arts came up, and they were detained by her within a few strokes. .

She was kicked from the back of her leg and knelt in front of Fengzhao. She suddenly woke up and her brain exploded: "Let me go! Are you all dead!"

Zhai Nianci also brought people, but the accident just now was too sudden, and all the people she brought were blindsided, which allowed Feng Zhao to seize the opportunity. At this moment, when he came back to his senses, the followers brought by both sides scuffled together, and soon there was a commotion outside.

Everyone was alarmed, Ming Tan led a group of people out, seeing that it was the Lord Fengzhao and the Lord Yongle County, he was so shocked that he didn't know what to say, he was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly shouted: "Stop! What are you doing?"

"The master of Yongle County has no dignity. Seeing that the princess is not polite and even speaks out against her, so what if the princess teaches her?" Feng Zhao was not as embarrassed as Zhai Nianci, and said with certainty after straightening his bun.

Zhai Nianci was so angry that he had never been humiliated like this since he was a child: "What kind of respect are you, you are worthy of making the head of this county kneel down, and you dare to take action against this county!"

Feng Zhao wanted to talk back again, Ming Tan saw this, and hurriedly motioned to hold the two of them.

She figured it out, when these two mindless people met together, they both treated themselves like onions, thinking that they were the most noble in the world, and then started fighting at the slightest disagreement, even arguing in front of everyone Such a big joke that has never been seen before.

How many surprises do these two people have that she doesn't know? She was about to laugh out loud.

Of course, you can't laugh, hold back.

Ming Tan settled down, and said calmly with the demeanor of a princess: "Daxiangguo Temple is a pure place of Buddhism, and today is the day of bathing in Buddha, where are you going to put the face of the royal family here?

"To sum it up, you two can also call me aunt or aunt. In this case, I have to discipline you two for King Yi and Princess Chang. Come, Princess Fengzhao and County Lord Yongle are arguing regardless of the occasion. It's not royally dignified, first take it to the Small Buddha Hall and kneel for two hours, meditating on your own past."

Princess Fengzhao: "...?"

Mayor of Yongle County: "...?"