Chapter 20

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date="2021-02-15"

title="Chapter 20 "

weight="125855"

series = ["The Times Spent in Pretense"]

mode = "manual"

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"Erchen hasn't said anything yet." The King of England was afraid that others would hear him, so his voice was extremely low.

"If you don't tell me, I also know what you are thinking." Concubine Xian took a deep breath, in full view, even if she was scolding her son, she had to keep her perfect smile.

The King of England was stunned. He looked at Concubine Xian's face with a smile that couldn't pick up the slightest error. After a moment of silence, he stood up straight: "Erchen understands, Erchen retires."

"Sister, Minghao is really filial to you. The first thing you do when you come in is to salute you." Concubine Rong glanced at King Ning, who was sitting on the chair and bowed his head to eat, and sighed.

The blame is that she wanted to rush to give birth to the eldest son with Concubine Xian. Before the delivery date, she drank the drug to induce labor. The child born can neither compare martial arts with the British prince Ji Minghao, nor with the talent of the fifth prince Ji Yanqiu, let alone compare with the prince who is both civil and military.

Concubine Xian laughed dryly when she heard Concubine Rong's words. In heart, thought, filial piety.

She turned her head to look at Hua Liuli, who was brought by the prince to the queen mother. She was weak and beautiful, and she was spoiled by her family. If this is her own daughter, she might prefer her very much.

But she is not, such a woman, even if she put aside her troublesome background, she is not suitable to be a princess.

"Grandma, the grandson brought the little girl you like here." The prince stuffed Hua Liuli to the queen mother and talked with her for a while, until the Emperor Changlong came, he got up and went to salute the Emperor Changlong.

On occasions like this, in order to show filial piety, the princes would prepare gifts for the queen mother and the emperor. Fortunately, there is no queen in the palace, otherwise they would have to prepare an extra gift.

For this, the princes are very grateful to Emperor Dad.

Of course, if the emperor father is willing to let his mother and concubine be the queen, they will be more grateful.

The eldest King Ying is still like the Golden Guanyin and the Jade Buddha, and he has been deeply in love with the gifts made of gold and jade these years.

What kind of coral tree Ning Wang gave away, anyway, was a costly thing.

Hua Liuli was very suspicious of what the four princes gave to the four princes, which means abundant grains and auspicious things. The prince wanted to save money because she heard that the grandparents of the four princes were not very rich.

The fifth prince gave a hand-made painting. Hua Liuli glanced at the faces of the ministers. Their expressions were calm, as if they were already used to the gift-giving style of the princes.

"Princess." Iris whispered to Hua Liuli by squatting next to her and peeling fruit to Hua Liuli. "The slave servant heard that the fifth prince has a hobby."

Hua Liuli raised her eyebrows and motioned to Iris to continue.

"The fifth princes are particularly fond of painting and are very confident in their painting skills. It is said that last year someone said that the paintings of the fifth princes were not very good. A rare painting wizard, the fifth prince spared him."

Hua Liuli looked at the personable fifth prince in the crowd, but she didn't expect that the other party would have this quirk. She suddenly became a little curious about the paintings made by the Five Princes.

The Queen Mother noticed Hua Liuli staring at the pile of gift boxes in front of her, thinking she was curious about these things, and beckoned to her.

After Hua Liuli approached, the queen mother said in a low voice, "There is nothing to look at. These things are changed every year without changing the soup or the medicine." Is there any way to give gifts to her grandson. Even if she doesn't like it, she is afraid To hurt their hearts, not only have to praise, but also put these things out in the palace.

Fortunately, she has five grandchildren and three granddaughters in total. If there are more, she is afraid that there will be no place for Shoukang Palace.

"Prince presents a congratulatory gift."

As the eunuch sang the news, the queen mother turned her gaze to her grandson standing in front of the emperor.

The crown prince gave the emperor several crops that could increase yields. The emperor drank a glass of wine more happily. When he wanted to drink a second cup, he was persuaded by the prince.

The Queen Mother received a variety of fabrics. Although it was only a gift list, the various introductions about the fabrics made the Queen Mother smile.

Looking at the items on the gift list, Hua Liuli seemed to understand why the queen mother was more close to the prince. For the queen mother, gold, silver and jade are easy to get, but really rare.

Regardless of how the prince would treat him when he saw that all he sent was cloth, he knew what the queen mother liked. The other princes wanted to let outsiders see his filial piety and sincerity.

If she had become an old grandmother, she would probably like to sincerely take care of her favorite grandchildren.

When other concubines learned that the prince gave the queen dowager all kinds of fabrics, they felt that the prince was a little overwhelmed by the praise of the prince. Obviously, didn't prepare carefully, and found a pile of fabric to deal with perfunctory.

Can the queen mother lack that little fabric?

But those kinds of seeds that have been selected and cultivated are interesting. There are many capable people in the Prince's House, and the other princes can't be like the prince. There are a large number of ministers who are open and honest to advise him, but let the prince take advantage of it.

After giving the New Year’s gift, the courtiers boasted that the prince was actually a process of elevating the emperor. In this regard, the officials present here are all professional, and even talented ones. They wrote a poem on the spot. The main idea of ​​the poem is your Majesty. The purple star descends, your light shines on all the subjects. The princes are more wonderful with you, and the princes are more outstanding with you. The world only exists because of you.

Hua Liuli, who had never seen such a scene, was stunned by them. He listened with gusto from beginning to end, and even couldn't bear to blink his eyes.

After the flattering process is over, the singing and dancing banquet begins. When Hua Liuli saw that the Queen Mother was about to let the female officer take away the pile of gift boxes on the table, she hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother, the courtier heard that the five princes are especially good at painting and the paintings are lifelike. I wonder if the courtiers can observe it?"

As soon as she said this, Hua Liuli felt that the empress dowager's expression was a little stiff, and she couldn't help but wonder, did she say something wrong?

"Yanqiu, the kid, really likes painting since he was a child." The queen mother's expression was a little complicated, "but this is just his personal hobby, don't take it seriously."

Hua Liuli thought, the queen mother was rather humble when she mentioned her family.

"Fine, you can watch it if you want." The queen mother put the gift box with the picture scroll in Hua Liuli's hand, with a very...indifferent expression.

Hua Liuli opened the scroll carefully, and the four words "Purple Qi from the East" were written in the blank space. The words were very beautiful and matched the temperament of the fifth prince.

The words are so beautiful, the painting must be amazing.

After unfolding the painting completely, Hua Liuli was silent for a long time, shaking her hands and scrolling back the painting.

It is said that being an elder is not easy, and it turns out that royal elders are the same. No wonder the empress dowager would say such things. She thought it was humble, but she was sincere.

"This painting...The font on the blank is as cool as the wind, and it is very elegant." Hua Liuli returned the gift box to the queen mother's female officer. "The implied meaning of the painting is also very auspicious. It shows that the five are very filial to you. ."

The queen mother glanced at Hua Liuli silently, as if she had nothing to say.

"The Fifth Royal Highness is very filial, and often paints for the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and has never stopped for many years." The female officer put away the gift box and smiled and said a good thing for the Five Princes.

Hua Liuli suddenly felt a little sympathy for the queen mother and the emperor. If he received such a level of paintings if he had something to do, he still had to rack his brains to find some praise words to encourage him. What a touching love between grandparents and grandchildren, father and son?

"This year's Variety Show seems a bit interesting, take a look." The Queen Mother did not want to talk about the paintings of the Five Princes.

"It's quite interesting." Hua Liuli nodded and turned to watch the performance.

She has stayed at the border since she was a child, and by the end of the year, although everyone would gather together to lively, but they were all grass stage groups, which was far from the performances in the palace.

At the end of the palace banquet, some nobles danced to the music, which was very lively. Regardless of whether it is a nobleman or a poor family who relied on the imperial examination to enter the imperial court, they had to learn the six arts of gentlemen, and it was normal to jump a few times when they rose.

The queen mother was getting older, and seeing everyone having fun, she left the table ahead of time. Before leaving, she did not forget to leave the female officer next to her to take care of Hua Liuli.

Her elderly worried that Hua Liuli would not dance the popular aristocratic dance in Beijing, and would be squeezed out by other noble women.

"Princess Fushou, are you not going to dance?" Seeing Hua Liuli sitting still, the second princess stepped forward and asked her, "Why not come with me?"

"Thank you for your kindness, the princess, but the minister is weak. If she accidentally falls, it will spoil everyone's interest." Hua Liuli shook her head, "That's fine."

The second princess knew that she was not in good health, and did not force her to join her, so she turned around and jumped up with several princess princesses.

These ladies have received the best education since they were young, and they danced gracefully, just like fairy wandering. Hua Liuli put her cheek in one hand, looking at these beautiful and elegant women, she couldn't help smiling.

"Princess." The fifth prince, who was as warm as the moon, saw Hua Liuli sitting alone at the table, and walked over and said, "The tea is cold, let the palace man give you a replacement?"

"No, courtiers don't like tea." Hua Liuli didn't expect that the fifth prince would come to talk to her, put down the hand that dragged his chin, and got up to salute the fifth prince.

The fifth prince replied with an offer: "The king just saw that the princess seems to be looking at his paintings. I wonder if the princess has any suggestions for painting?"

Hua Liuli: "..."

Ok? !

She was just curious and the fifth prince suddenly asked, she was very embarrassed.

Seeing Hua Liuli's silence, the smile on the face of the fifth prince was a little light: "It's because my paintings are not good enough..."

"Lord, you are too modest." Hua Liuli said with difficulty, "The prince's painting has a heart of innocence, which is not in many paintings."

Without the heart of innocence, can't stick to the hobby for so many years.

"In today's painting titled "The Purple Qi from the East", auspicious clouds are vivid and immortal air lingers. Although the immortal does not appear in the painting, the traces of the immortal are revealed everywhere. The landscape below is magnificent and full of momentum It's kind of graceful." Hua Liuli looked at the five princes whose smiles became more and more gentle, "The courtiers are not talented in painting. If there are any mistakes, please forgive your Highness."

"No." The fifth prince shook his head slightly. He was good-looking, and even the movement of shaking his head had a somewhat different elegance from others. "This king feels that the princess is also a person who loves to paint and understands painting."

"What do you know?" The prince came over and glanced at the smiling fifth prince.

The fifth prince said what Hua Liuli had said to him.

The prince raised an eyebrow and looked at Hua Liuli.

It seems that the Feng Shui in the capital is really bad. How can a good little girl learn to open her eyes and tell lies?

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