Food for the people

It wasn't until the breakfast banquet was over that the Empress Dowager ordered Suihe to take the daughters of various prefectures to the Begonia Garden to enjoy the flowers first. After waiting in Duanyang Palace for a while, Lu Jincheng came belatedly and came to Duanyang Palace to greet the Queen Mother.

"Going to your brother's place again?" the Queen Mother asked with a calm expression on her face.

Lu Jincheng hummed, looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "The Empress Dowager is not hosting a banquet in the palace today to invite the daughters of all families, why did you invite me here?"

The queen mother glanced at him, snorted, and said, "Are you pretending not to know or you really don't know, who is the Ai family hosting this banquet for?"

Lu Jincheng blinked his eyes knowingly and asked: "Oh? Who is the Queen Mother doing this for?"

The queen mother stared wide-eyed and said: "Don't play tricks in front of Ai's family. I told you that the girl from the Wen family is good for you. You said that I am arbitrary and do not listen to your ideas. Today I will give this unmarried daughter of the right age in Hanyang City The lady has been invited to the palace, let you choose, you will never be able to find fault with Aijia."

Lu Jincheng didn't express any opinion when he heard the words, and answered the wrong question: "The mother is wronged. When did the son say that the mother is overbearing, and the mother's phoenix is ​​still there. The son is afraid that it will be too late. How dare you say such outrageous things?"

No matter how old the child is in front of his mother, it seems that he is still at the age where he can be hugged in his arms and act like a baby. Lu Jincheng has been loved by the queen mother since he was a child, and he is deeply impressed by how to make the queen mother happy. The queen mother made him laugh in a few words, The worries accumulated in my heart dissipated, and I said: "Since you know that you are rebellious, you should quickly marry a princess to the Ai family and return to the mansion, and have a son, let the Ai family tease you, and the Ai family will spare you the crime of rebellion." gone."

"Miss Wen Jia and Ai Jia also invited her here today. You have nothing to do with her, and you haven't seen her a few times. It's only natural that you don't like her, but her manner of speaking, appearance, and family background are all top choices, and she won the favor of Ai Jia. I like it. If you have time, take a good look at her. Aijia doesn’t force you to marry her, and she also said that she will follow your liking. If you really don’t like her, there are so many rich ladies for you to choose from. You always want to marry her. You can’t say any more stupid things about only marrying the one you love, there are so many fat and thin daughters, and there’s not a single one you love?”

Lu Jincheng pursed his lips and remained silent, as if he didn't agree with the queen mother's approach, but he couldn't find any fault. After a long silence, he said, "But let the queen mother make the decision."

The queen mother snorted again: "What you say sounds good, if you don't like it, you will go to your imperial brother to complain to the family."

Lu Jincheng stood aside and stopped talking to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother came down from the couch, put her hand with a beaded fingertip on Lu Jincheng's arm, and said, "The Queen Mother treats you well, and you will know later. Alright, let's go, go to Haitang Garden with Ai's family, and see your future princess."

Although the Begonia Garden has a begonia in its name, it is actually an imperial garden with all kinds of flowers.

In this early spring, many flowers are not in blooming season, but the Begonia Garden is different. There are smoked wind heaters everywhere in this garden, and there are people guarding and adding carbon for twelve hours, so the temperature is very different from other places. The flowering period in the garden is also much longer than elsewhere.

In addition to many flowers that bloom in early spring, there are also many early summer flowers that bloom in advance.

However, no matter how beautiful the flowers in the Begonia Garden are blooming today, they are destined to be outmatched by all the beauties.

Wen Wanjun was accompanied by her personal maid, Qiuli, and Wen Wanjun was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, so Qiuli naturally put in a lot of effort ahead of time, and now she is standing beside Wen Wanjun and whispering to her master about the begonia garden. A group of young ladies.

These daughters of rich gold have their own beauty, but there are not many who can compare with Wen Wanjun. The only one that makes Wen Wanjun a little afraid is the third lady who was born in the family of Governor Su Master. His father is also the Minister of the Ministry of War, only one rank lower than his father, and his appearance is comparable to hers, but this Miss Su has a much more troubled personality than her. If you don't marry, if you want to marry, you must marry a good man who only pleases her alone, and you will never do the thing of serving two husbands together.

Although the folk customs in the central government are considered open, but the women in the boudoir are so clamorous, which somewhat makes the hearts of the courtiers fearful.

Wen Wanjun is a little curious, I don't know how this Miss Su wants to find Mr. Ruyi, and now she is in the mood to come to the palace to have a banquet at the Queen Mother's command. Knowing how to take concubines, if you don't have this kind of tolerance, it may not be easy to sit on the seat of this princess.

Wen Wanjun had just flashed these thoughts in her mind, when she saw Miss Su and the servant girl laughing and walking towards her.

"Ruotang has met Sister Wanjun." When the two walked to Wen Wanjun's side, the maid tugged at Su Ruotang's sleeve and whispered something in her ear, and Su Ruotang shifted her gaze to Wen Wanjun. With a smile on his face, he bowed to her.

Wen Wanjun had grown her up for a few months, and her father had a higher official position than her father, so she reluctantly accepted Su Ruotang's gift, and replied, "Your sister is polite."

Su Ruotang didn't seem to notice her indifference, and said with a smile: "I heard about my sister's name earlier, but today is the first time I see her."

Seeing her smiling sincerely, Wen Wanjun thought to herself that this is indeed a familiar temperament, and her expression became a little colder, and said: "I have heard about my sister too."

Su Ruotang wrinkled her nose, and said with a smile on her small face, "It must be that I am arrogant and domineering, I am intolerant and jealous."

Hearing this, she and the former maid helplessly tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to speak more restrained.

Wen Wanjun felt relieved, but didn't regard her as an opponent anymore, she thought that this girl was too outspoken, and it was fine to think about some things in her heart, but she actually brought it up to others, and she didn't know if she was stupid or a fool. root.

"Sister is outspoken and straightforward. She will definitely meet her own husband in the future, so she doesn't need to listen to others' words."

Su Ruotang tilted her head when she heard the words, blinked at Wen Wanjun and said, "I came to the Empress Dowager's family banquet to find my Mr. Ruyi. Prince Yan has not married yet, and he said that he will only marry the princess in this life. Isn't he exactly the wishful gentleman I'm looking for?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wen Wanjun's reaction, she glanced at another woman in light yellow dress, then waved her hand at Wen Wanjun and said, "Oh, I saw my sister Mian, sister Wanjun is destined to see you again. "

After speaking, he pulled the maid together, left Wen Wanjun and her maid Qiuli where they were, turned around and ran towards the woman.

She was gone, and Wen Wanjun came back to his senses and asked, "What does she mean by that? She really wants to be Princess Yan too?"

Seeing this, Qiuli comforted her and said, "The empress dowager has recruited so many people into the palace, don't they all want to enter the palace of Prince Yan? But there is only one Princess Yan, and not anyone can sit if they want to. Don't worry, miss. None of these rich ladies can compare to Miss, and besides, even the Empress Dowager looks favorably on Miss, Prince Yan will definitely like Miss."

Wen Wanjun was somewhat comforted by her words, but she was still a little puzzled, "She said that Prince Yan only married the concubine, and who told her."

Could it be that she still has some personal relationship with Prince Yan, or where did she fall in love with Prince Yan?

Qiuli saw her young lady stirring up the handkerchief again, and said quickly: "Prince Yan hasn't married yet, and everyone says he's waiting for someone he likes. Since he's so infatuated, isn't it natural that he only marries one person? Miss, please don't marry me." Don't worry, Miss Su is not as good as Miss Su in terms of appearance and talent, Prince Yan won't take a liking to her."

She repeated a few comforting words, Wen Wanjun finally felt relieved, and admired the flowers with peace of mind.

Not long after her mind calmed down, she heard Eunuch Fu, the eunuch next to the Queen Mother standing at the gate of the Begonia Garden singing: "The Queen Mother is here, the Fourteenth Prince is here—"

The people in the Begonia Garden knelt down instantly. Although the daughters did not need to kneel, they stood aside with their heads bowed, waiting for the Queen Mother's will.

"Let them admire their own flowers, Ai's family and Prince Yan go around."

Eunuch Fu sang again, and the ladies straightened up and moved freely.

Although everyone knew that they were choosing a concubine for Lu Jincheng, no one dared to take the initiative to join Lu Jincheng, the empress dowager.

However, although there were no big moves, small moves continued. From the moment Lu Jincheng stepped into the Begonia Garden, the laughter in the garden was quite charming.

Lu Jincheng took the Queen Mother's hand and followed her absently to the Begonia Garden. The tip of his nose passed the scent from time to time, whether it was the scent of flowers or people.

However, Lu Jincheng frowned slightly when he smelled it. On the contrary, he thought of the calming incense that he only used when he was calm and calm, and he didn't like it very much.Then he thought about Qiao Yu, who never seemed to let him smell any fragrance, but when he thought of him, there would be a little saponin scent on the tip of his nose.

He likes the taste.

Lu Jincheng unconsciously stretched his brows, and even his brows revealed a hint of a smile. In Wen Wanjun's eyes, he was simply a heavenly figure.

Her heart was beating like a drum, almost jumping out of her chest, pinching the handkerchief over and over with her fingers, and then she asked in her heart: Is he smiling at me?

After a while, she calmed down her breathing, and bowed gracefully in front of the queen mother: "Your Majesty the queen mother."

Turning to Lu Jincheng again, he didn't dare to raise his gaze, only dared to stare at Lu Jincheng's shoes, and said softly, "Greetings to Lord Yan."

The Queen Mother hummed, and said, "It's the girl from the Wen family who knows how to be polite." She looked at Lu Jincheng.

Lu Jincheng looked at Wen Wanjun, but he didn't know where his eyes fell, and he said after a while, "I've seen Miss Wen."

The voice was heard in Wen Wanjun's ears, there was another burst of lightning and thunder, her ears turned red, she didn't dare to say a word, she saluted again and walked away.

When she was gone, the queen mother asked Lu Jincheng softly, "What do you think of this girl from the Wen family?"

Lu Jincheng thought that it wasn't that good, but he said, "It's okay."

Lu Jincheng's words are still very good, and the Queen Mother was relieved when she saw that he did not seem to be disgusted, and said, "Your words are still good, and Ai's family is relieved. Seeing that Aijia's requirements are getting lower and lower."

Lu Jincheng didn't speak, and let the queen mother scold him with his head down.

Then, where the queen mother couldn't see, the corners of her lips were slightly raised, her eyes were deep, and she smiled quite maliciously, and she still had the same look of saying nothing back.