Bao Qin was already embarrassed, but now after hearing Zhu Jinghong's teasing words, he immediately lowered his head in shame.
Seeing that Zhu Jinghong's attention was all on Baoqin, Zhen Qin walked to Baoqin, took her hand and asked: "Sister Qin, are you here for something?"
The reason why Zhen Qin asked this was actually to squeeze Bao Qin, and to remind the other party that they can leave if nothing happens.
"I..." Baoqin didn't know how to answer for a moment. He couldn't say that he was here for Zhu Jinghong.
Nuo Min had always been at odds with Zhen Qin. At this time, she also leaned towards Bao Qin and pulled him to her side. What's the matter? You need to ask for a reason?"
Zhen Qin looked angry and asked: "I'm talking to her... why are you in a hurry!"
"I am. You can say whatever you want, it doesn't matter to you, Prince... You still want to care about me?" Nuo Min didn't give in.
Although the quarrel between the few girls was interesting, Zhu Jinghong did not want to watch the fun. He was still wary of the unrest in the family.
"Okay... I came back today and you guys started arguing in front of me. Is this in line with etiquette?" Zhu Jinghong looked dissatisfied.
Zhen Qin and Nuo Min had served him for the past two years, and they basically knew whether they were really angry with him or feigned anger.
At this time, they felt Zhu Jinghong's dissatisfaction, so they wisely shut up.
Zhen Qin was more courageous, and she was also thick-skinned. She leaned back to Zhu Jinghong, held his arm and said: "Your Majesty...it's late now. I think you are hungry too. Kitchen The meal has been prepared and is in the courtyard... Let's go have a meal!"
"The prince is killing everyone in Korea, but I can't accompany him. It's a pity every time I think about it!"
"The prince is back today, just in time to tell us... interesting things about North Korea!"
Zhen Qin has many shortcomings, but she also has many advantages, such as her ability to liven up the atmosphere. , it’s not something that ordinary people can’t do.
"What kind of fun can there be on the battlefield? I'm actually hungry... It's time to eat something!"
"That's just right. Today I ordered the kitchen to carefully prepare dishes, all of them are Your Majesty, what you like to eat!"
As she spoke, Zhen Qin pulled Zhu Jinghong inside, hoping to have Zhu Jinghong all to herself.
Of course Nuo Min was angry, but it was not easy to argue with Zhen Qin now, so he took Bao Qin and said, "Sister Bao Qin, let's go together!"
"Me?"
"We are all sisters, are you still seeing someone outside?"
"This..."
"Let's go!"
Before Baoqin could hesitate too much, Nuomin took her and walked forward.
The lunch meal was indeed very sumptuous. In order to welcome Zhu Jinghong to move in, Xue Qi spent more than 5,000 taels of silver just on preparing the ingredients.
Although Zhu Jinghong’s food supply was better than that of the generals after arriving in North Korea, it was still worse than at home.It's quite a big difference.
So when he saw dozens of exquisite dishes, his taste buds were immediately touched, and his stomach growled.
But just as he sat down, he heard Zhen Qin say as if offering a treasure: "Your Majesty, today I have specially prepared for you...Kimchi that is unique to North Korea!"
< p>Zhu Jinghong was originally in a good mood, but when he heard this, he lost a lot of interest. After all, he ate a lot of this food in North Korea."Girl Qin, if you like...you can eat more!"
"The prince doesn't like it?"
"You'll know after you eat it! !" Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.
After saying that, Zhu Jinghong looked at the door and said, "Baoqin... why don't you sit down? Come and sit here!"
"Yeah!" Baoqin was honest. I actually sat here.
When the two of them were alone, she could chat and laugh with Zhu Jinghong, but she felt particularly restrained when outsiders were around.
"Last time we played chess, we couldn't win or lose. I have free time in the afternoon, so let's decide the outcome again!"
"Ah..."
Baoqin was somewhat surprised. She didn't expect Zhu Jinghong to remember such a small thing.
Bao Qin still has lingering fears when talking about the situation when Zhu Jinghong was angry that day.
But no matter how scary his anger is, he is still my brother-in-law, and he will never be detrimental to me... Bao Qin thought this way.
"Yes, okay!" She agreed.
"Let's eat..." Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.
As soon as he spoke, the maid serving in the room came forward and started to add dishes to Zhu Jinghong and others.
After dinner, Zhen Qin and Nuo Min got busy, focusing on ogling Zhu Jinghong, obviously they had been looking forward to today for a long time.
Zhu Jinghong had no shortage of women all the way back. Li Hui gave him ten beauties. Now he has doted on four of them, so he is not hungry at all at this time.
Even so, he did not disappoint Zhen Qin and Nuo Min. After dinner, he took a walk with them to eat, and soon the three of them rolled together.
"Aren't you taking a walk? You didn't let me follow you just now, and now there's no one around!"
An hour later, in the garden of Xue's house, Baoqin looked around. Is surprised.
"Aren't you talking about playing chess... What time has it been? If you don't come, it's time for dinner!"
Hearing Baoqin complain, the two people following behind her Little Sun looked at each other with a playful smile.
One of the girls said: "I'm afraid that something happened to the prince and he can't come!"
"Who said I can't come?"
Suddenly there was news The sound made the two girls kneel down as a reflex, and even put their heads into the snow.
Bao Qin turned around and saw Zhu Jinghong, dressed in casual clothes, standing under the corridor on the east side of the garden.
The cold wind blew by, and Zhu Jinghong's belt fluttered. In Baoqin's eyes, he felt like a jade tree in the wind.
In fact, Zhu Jinghong is good-looking, but his personality charm is too strong, covering up his outstanding appearance.
"Girl...what are you looking at?"
When Zhu Jinghong approached and the voice reached his ears, Baoqin suddenly woke up.
Unconsciously taking two steps back, Bao Qin felt embarrassed when she remembered how she had acted like a nympho just now.
Zhu Jinghong’s question made her confused, but she was not an ordinary woman after all. She changed the subject in a panic and asked: "Brother-in-law... what did you do just now?"
"I'm going to do...what I love to do!" Zhu Jinghong replied with a smile.
Bao Qin had a big question mark in his mind, and his hand immediately asked: "What do you love to do? What do you love to do? Don't ask me to come with you!"
Feeling sorry for the girl's innocence, Zhu Jinghong replied: "It's not time yet, let's talk about it later!"
"Oh...by the way, brother-in-law, didn't you say you want to play chess? I'll let you in." People are ready!"
"Now that we are ready, let's get started!"
Seeing Zhu Jinghong's excitement, Bao Qin said with a troubled expression: "It's just me. A little worried!"
"What are you worried about?"
"If I win, my brother-in-law won't be angry!"
Bao Qin looked scared. Looking at it, Zhu Jinghong only thought it was cute.
"Of course I will be angry..."
"Huh?"
"You actually think that I don't even have the tolerance to tolerate others, Shouldn't I be angry?" Zhu Jinghong said with a straight face.
"Oh...brother-in-law has taught me that I am a villain!" Baoqin honestly admitted her mistake.
Unexpectedly, she also pretended to admit her mistake, and the next moment she smiled and said: "Brother-in-law... Since you said so, I can let it go!"
"Is it possible? ...Do you think I'm afraid?"
Bao Qin didn't say much and pointed directly: "Brother-in-law, please, it's over there!"
" Let’s go!”
About ten minutes later, Zhu Jinghong in the attic no longer knew what to do.
"Brother-in-law...it's your turn!" Baoqin couldn't help but remind him.
Bao Qin could have ended a chess game of this level a few minutes ago, but he still delayed it to take care of Zhu Jinghong.
"I know it's my turn!" Zhu Jinghong replied angrily.
Both players on the left and right were losers. He simply dropped a word casually, and Baoqin followed up with a piece. She could end the game in ten moves at most.
"Baoqin...what are your plans next?"
Faced with this sudden question, Baoqin was suddenly confused. Could this have something to do with the chess game?
"Plan...what plan can I have!"
Don't look at what Bao Qin said, in fact, she really had a plan, that is, she wanted to find a way to stay with Zhu Jinghong. I found out that I really like my brother-in-law.
"Follow meLet’s go to the capital together! "
"Huh? "
Bao Qin suddenly found that she said "ah" a lot today.
"Your sister Baochai, I have been thinking about you. She said that after you two sisters separated, even I miss you..."
"You come with me to the capital, just in time to meet your sister Baochai. Wouldn't it be beautiful to reminisce about our childhood friendship? ”
This is called Doze. Someone brought a pillow. Baoqin was worried about how to go to the capital with Zhu Jinghong, but he didn’t expect that his brother-in-law gave an invitation.
Although he was thinking in his heart She agreed immediately, but as a girl she had to be reserved, so Bao Qin hesitated and said: "I'm naturally willing to go see Sister Bao, but I'm afraid that my parents..."
"If I take you away, will they?" Still can’t believe it? You don’t have to worry too much about this! "
"Oh..." Baoqin responded.
"Are you willing to go? "Zhu Jinghong asked.
"But...but it depends on what my brother-in-law does! " At this sentence, Baoqin was so shy that he lowered his head.
"Hahaha... Then listen to me and go to the capital to see it! ”
“Well! ”
Bao Qin acted very shy, but was unceremonious on the chessboard, and soon asked Zhu Jinghong to surrender.
This is a friendly match, and the focus is on the process rather than the playing process. As a result, the purpose was to deepen their relationship, and Zhu Jinghong's purpose was obviously achieved.
After the chess game, the two of them did not separate, but chatted while drinking tea and enjoying the snow.
The day passed quickly, and Zhu Jinghong only rested for two days in Jinzhou, so he sent someone to find Xue Qi the next day and invited Bao Qin to go to Beijing with him in the name of the princess.
Xue Qi understood that his daughter always stayed with Prince Xiang.
He did not want his daughter to enter the royal family. After all, there were many rules and stakes, and he wanted Bao to live a good life. It has to be simpler.
But now, a eunuch took the initiative to invite Bao Qin into the palace. Regardless of whether it was the intention of King Xiang or the princess, Xue Qi could not refuse.
So that day. In the afternoon, Xue Qi called his daughter and gave some special instructions.
Xue Qi and his wife were naturally very worried about their daughter traveling far away, so they couldn't help but explain some things. >Fortunately, in the current palace, the person in charge of affairs is the princess, who is Baoqin's cousin who has been playing together since childhood, which makes Xue Qi and his wife feel more at ease.
On November 14th, Zhu Jinghong set foot again. On the journey back to the south, Baoqin was also in the team. On November 22, Zhu Jinghong arrived in Peiping; on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Jinghong arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River. In Prince Xiang's Mansion.
In the small study on the east side of Tongxin Palace, Baochai opened a letter from afar.
"My wife, Cui Xiuqing, pays my respects to the princess..."
This is the first sentence of the letter, and Baochai showed a smile.
This is the third letter she has received from Cui Xiuqing recently, and the first one mainly talks about it.Every detail of the draft that year really brought Baochai's thoughts back to the past.
The content of the second copy is somewhat similar, but it is slightly sublimated, emphasizing that the couple is very loyal to Prince Xiang's Mansion.
So the content of this third letter made Baochai very interested and wanted to know what tricks it would tell.
During the short time she spent with Cui Xiuqing, Baochai knew that this girl was very smart, and the time she chose to send the letter confirmed this.
As for what was said in this third letter, it was not beyond Baochai's expectations.
"The princess is a virtuous person, known both at home and abroad..."
"The princess has given her a helping hand as she wished and enabled my family to inherit our success. I and my wife must be extremely grateful..."
"I would like to take into account the material resources of North Korea to express my gratitude to His Highness!"
The letter expresses his heart directly, and his words are sincere and very persuasive.
Putting down the letter, Baochai glanced at Lin Hongyu and asked: "I heard that they sent a lot of gifts this time? What are they?"
Two days ago There were also gifts accompanying the letter, some of which were North Korean specialties, such as silks, utensils, ornaments, etc., while the rest were jewelry, gold and silver.
Every gift given is valued at one to twenty thousand taels of silver, which is already considered a very generous courtesy.
Normally, Lin Hongyu should report directly, but at this time she took a few steps closer, and then replied in a low voice: "Madam, it's the same as last time, there are twenty big boxes, but... ..."
"But what?" Baochai asked curiously.
"It's just that...it's all gold!" Lin Hongyu said more cautiously.
She has never seen so much gold in her life, and the golden gold bars are dazzling to her now.
"Approximately how much is it?"
"My slave made a rough estimate, it should be about ten thousand taels of gold!"
Ten thousand taels of gold, even if Based on the current basic exchange ratio, it is worth nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Prince Xiang's Mansion.
"How many people know about this?" Baochai asked with a cold look in his eyes.
"According to your Majesty's instructions, every time I check the gifts from North Korea, my servant takes the other two girls there. Now only the three of us know about it!"
and Baochai has always been very cautious in his dealings with Koreans, so he made such an arrangement.
"Tell them that if they dare to spread rumors, they will be beaten to death immediately!"
"Don't worry, the empress, the people I choose will understand the stakes!" Lin Hongyu said more and more cautiously.
Baochai liked Lin Hongyu very much and thought she was really reliable and capable.
For such a person, you can't just use it without winning over it, so today Baochai decided to give her a favor.
"How old are you this year?"
"Report to the Queen, you are almost twenty!"
Twenty is indeed an old girl.It's relatively rare in this day and age.
"The family hasn't considered your life-long events yet?"
Before Lin Hongyu could reply, Baochai continued: "They don't think about it, but I, the master...can't let it be. You are wasting your time, so I plan to help you get a good marriage!"
Although this is a good thing, Lin Hongyu already has someone in mind, and she is afraid that Baochai will mess up the relationship, so she replied: "Princess...servant! I just want to live a happy life and serve you, and have no intention of getting married."
If she hadn't married Jia Yun, she would have preferred to live alone.
"Listen to me first...it's not too late to speak!" Baochai said with a smile.
Seeing that Lin Hongyu was silent, Baochai said to herself: "Jia Yun, a disciple of the royal family, is about the same age as you. He does things well and treats people well..."
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