The Empire and the Kingdom

In short, both of them are like this, because they love each other, so they always thought too much about each other before, but fortunately, both of them are straightforward people, and after they quickly made their minds clear, there was no hesitation.

"Does Sister Su despise you?" Xue Ai pouted.

"How come? Such a good thing." Feng Jingsu opened the veil, and inside was a string of red beans threaded.The red beans are as red as blood, and the color is more vivid on the white veil. "May you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick." She raised her head to look at Xue Ai, Xue Ai's face almost caught up with the color of red beans.

Feng Jingsu pinched Xue Ai's chin, "Let me pick it?"

Xue Ai bit her lip, but her big eyes were full of anticipation.

Lips touched together, the sweet feeling makes people addicted to it and unwilling to extricate themselves.Xue Ai's small hands grabbed Feng Jingsu's skirt, and retracted her body into Feng Jingsu's arms.This embrace is the harbor where I want to dock for the rest of my life.

"On my birthday in two days, the queen will hold a family banquet. I can't come out. You don't have to worry about me. Pay attention to your own body and don't make me worry."

Xue Ai nodded, "I'll listen to you."

Feng Jingsu left, and Xue Ai leaned against the gate of the courtyard to watch her disappear, feeling a sense of loss in her heart.She smiled wryly, she had waited all these years, wouldn't it be okay to be separated for a few days now?

"Third sister, the princess is here to deliver something again?" Xue Ruo walked over from a distance.

Feng Jingsu really didn't give away anything this time, she gave things casually, she would give them away if she had them, and would not buy them if she didn't have them.

"No, the princess just came to sit and sit." Xue Ai saw Xue Ruo coming over dressed carefully.

Xue Ai never asked whether Xue Ruo's last illness had something to do with Feng Jingsu. She felt that this question no longer needed an answer.

Xue Ruo also looked at the direction Feng Jingsu was leaving, "The princess is so kind to the third sister, the third sister is very lucky."

Xue Ai saw that she was wearing a lilac-colored skirt, which was newly made, so she boasted: "Simei's dress is so beautiful, is it newly made?"

Xue Ruo had a smug look in his eyes, "Since I recovered from my illness last time, my father always gave me things. This dress was made for me by my father. If you want dozens of taels of silver, my father is really willing to do so."

This is the main purpose of Xue Ruo coming to talk.When you were injured, your father never gave you more things. When I was sick, my father felt distressed.

In fact, Xue Xiang often gave Xue Ai some things these days, but it was not clothes, dresses and jewelry, but books and ink.

Xue Ai didn't dispute these things, "Father still loves Fourth Sister." A gust of wind blew, and she felt a little cold.

The servant girl Meng An said: "Miss, it's windy, you should go back to your room."

Xue Ai nodded, "Fourth sister, do you want to sit in my yard?"

Xue Ruo shook his head, "Father told me to go, don't delay."

It's not good to delay, but Baba came over and said for so long, so it can be seen that he is not in a hurry.Xue Ai turned around and went back to the room, "Recently, father often sends things to Simei?"

Meng An nodded, "Miss, actually..." She didn't know how to continue.

"Actually, all the sisters gave it away, right? It's the time when the season changes. There must be a batch of new goods in the shops in the capital. My father must have received a lot of them, and they will use them to make clothes for our sisters." She looked embarrassed. Meng An, "Did my share be withheld?"

Meng An nodded, "Miss, it was Chen's mother who secretly told me that your share was withheld by the eldest lady, saying that the eldest lady likes it, so she won't give it to you."

Xue Ai was not angry, as always.As long as Xue Ying likes it, anything she owns can be taken away.It's just that Pan used to do some face-saving things anyway, at most he took away the good ones and gave himself the bad ones, but now the good ones take away the good ones, and don't even bother to send the bad ones.

"Elder Sister, it's because of what happened in the paddock last time." Xue Ai's hand was close to the brazier, so as to be warmer. "Let her continue to toss."

On the ninth day of October, Feng Jingsu's birthday.It was a sunny day, and the empress specially arranged for someone to hold a banquet in Shenhe Palace. Although it was a family banquet, in fact, only a few princesses participated.Everyone ate and chatted in the apse of Shenhe Palace, talking and laughing happily.

"Fifth Sister's first birthday after returning to the palace was so lively. This is a treat that none of us have." Princess Wen Chun was boasting in the open, but provocative in secret.

"That's right, among us sisters, except for the third sister, we don't dare to expect such treatment." Princess Mingxin agreed.

When Princess Hejia heard that she was mentioned, she raised her glass and took a sip of green plum wine, "Sixth sister, is this envious? It's a pity that I can't envy you. I am a princess born in the first place, so it is naturally different." This kind of natural superiority, and Princess Jia never hides it.

The other princesses twitched their lips secretly, saying the word "秦出" on their lips every day, as if they were afraid that others would not know that she was the queen's daughter.

De'an was the youngest, she asked curiously: "The Fifth Sister is not a descendant, why would the Empress hold a birthday banquet for the Fifth Sister?"

Princess Hejia looked at Feng Jingsu, "Yun Yi doesn't have a biological mother, so of course the queen mother should be more considerate and sympathetic." This look, this tone, told Feng Jingsu clearly that my mother's queen just pities you, you have to know your identity .

These words were a pain in the ass, and the scene was a bit embarrassing.

Feng Jingsu watched the sisters talking non-stop in front of her, hiding her thoughts in every sentence, she suddenly smiled and toasted, "Third sister is right, the empress is just sorry that I don't have a biological mother, so sisters don't have to envy, today We must cherish being able to get together happily, in the future when the sisters marry everywhere, it may be difficult to see each other again."

As soon as these words came out, the princesses present also lost their intrigue.So what if you have the upper hand in words at this time?Always get married.They are princesses, golden branches and jade leaves, but they are just political tools of the royal family. Even if they don't marry relatives and distant relatives, they still have to marry into powerful officials to win power. After all, marriage cannot be decided by oneself.And everyone also knows what it means for a princess to marry into the family, so most people worship the princess as a bodhisattva, and they don't really treat it as their own family.This is why most princesses are not happy after marriage.

At this moment, another court lady put the food boxes brought from the imperial dining room on the table one by one.

"Ah!" Princess Mingxin didn't know what she saw, she screamed in fright, she got up and took several steps back.

The others quickly looked at her, only to see her with a pale face, pointing at a food box that had just been opened with trembling fingers, "Rat!"

The maid holding the food box was so frightened that she couldn't speak, she just knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.The faces of the other princesses changed after watching it, and the youngest Princess De'an was so frightened that she burst into tears. The scene was very chaotic.

Feng Jingsu personally came over and took the food box aside, and asked Cuidie to send someone to invite the imperial physician.

"Surprised the sisters. It seems that today's meal can't be eaten anymore. Let's break up." She didn't like this kind of banquet at first, but now it happened that she had finished her business early.

The princesses all left, and the imperial physician also arrived, and found out that the dish in the food box had been eaten by someone.Fortunately, that mouse is greedy, otherwise these golden branches and jade leaves would be in danger.

Naturally, this matter should be reported to the queen, but Feng Jingsu didn't care about the final result.This is obviously someone who wants to give her a blow, not really wanting her life, but just disgusting her on her birthday.

Sitting in the room, Feng Jingsu played with the red bean bracelet that Xue Ai gave her.

"Princess, the gifts from the palace and other princesses have all been put into the account. This one was sent by Empress Defei just now." Cuidie came in with a tray.

Feng Jingsu opened the cloth covering the tray, and inside was a pair of double phoenix jade rings.She picked up one of them and looked at it, and it was indeed a rare boutique.It's just that she doesn't understand what other meanings Defei sent this?

"This..." Cuidie looked at it with some emotion.

"You know?" Cuidie was someone cultivated by Concubine De, so it's not surprising that she knows something.

"Princess, I remember this pair of slaves and maidservants clearly. They are the relics of Empress Jieyu."

Feng Jingsu's eyes widened, "My mother?"

"The concubine de concubine once told the maidservant that Empress Jieyu was the new favorite shortly after she entered the palace. Once, His Majesty got this pair of jade rings. Because they were twin phoenixes, she gave them to Empress Jieyu. Empress Jieyu was very happy. On the same day, I gave one to Empress Defei, saying that each of the two sisters had one. Later, when Empress Jieyu was seriously ill, Empress Defei went to visit, and Empress Jieyu gave the remaining jade ring to Empress Defei " When Cuidie was still in the Antai Hall, Concubine De often took out this pair of jade rings to look at, thinking about others when seeing things, and Concubine De never forgot Li Jieyu in these years.

"Shuangniang has a heart." Feng Jingsu touched the warm jade ring, thinking of her dead mother.She has almost no impression of Li Jieyu, she only remembers that she is a gentle woman.My character is not like Li Jieyu, nor like the emperor, probably because I experienced too much in my childhood, I went to Feiyejin again, and followed an unreliable master, so I have become like this now.

Xue Mansion, Pingle Pavilion.

After lighting the lamp, Xue Ai sat on the bed and kept watch.Although Feng Jingsu said that she would not come tonight, she was still willing to stay by.After all, today is Feng Jingsu's birthday, Feng Jingsu's first birthday after returning to the palace, and she very much hopes to spend it with Feng Jingsu.

What if not?

It was already fixed, Xue Ai sighed, just got out of bed and blew out the candle, when he turned around, he felt a cold wind coming in.Before she could react, a dark shadow had already entered.

With the dim light of the charcoal fire in the brazier, she saw the black shadow walking towards her.Instead of panicking, she rushed over, "Sister Su, didn't you say you couldn't come?"

Feng Jingsu's whole body was covered with cold air. She wanted to wait for the cold air to dissipate before approaching Xue Ai. When she saw Xue Ai rushing towards him, she reached out and grabbed Xue Ai's neck, trying to grab Xue Ai's collar to prevent Xue Ai from approaching.As a result, Xue Ai was only wearing an inner jacket, and her neck was slippery, and Feng Jingsu caught nothing.As soon as his arms warmed up, Xue Ai had already slipped in.

"Look at you, you are so reckless, you are not afraid of freezing." Feng Jingsu quickly carried Xue Ai onto the bed and stuffed her under the quilt.

Xue Ai was indeed quite cold, but she was happy in her heart. "Sister Su, I won't be afraid of the cold with you here."

"Nonsense!" Feng Jingsu didn't buy it, and insisted on waiting for the cold air on her body to dissipate before coming over.