Wujia Lane.

When Miss Wu Jiu returned to the mansion, she found that her aunt, Mrs. Su and the eldest daughter-in-law of the second wife, Mrs. Song, were all at her house. Her mother and aunt were chatting with Mrs. Su and Mrs. Song about family matters, while several sisters-in-law were waiting.

Seeing her come in, the aunt smiled and said, "Oh, Miss Nine is back."

Miss Wu Jiu smiled and bowed to the elders one by one. Mrs. Su pulled her to her side, looked up and down, and said, "Well, she looks good."

A good look means that he is in a good mood, at least he has not been wronged.

Miss Wu Jiu smiled. She came from a family and knew since she was sensible that her marriage was never her own business.

Miss Wu Jiu was generous and generous: "Yes, Princess Duan and Princess are here today, and the princes are here too."

Princes?

The princes in the capital are only three legitimate sons of the Empress, King Zhuang, King Duan and King Rui.

The ladies exchanged their eyes, and they were indeed not wrong. The flower-watching banquet at Prince Rui's mansion was held for King Zhuang.

"Did you see King Zhuang?" Wu Mu asked.

"See." Miss Wu Jiu suddenly remembered the handkerchief thrown in front of her, and the smile on her lips became stronger.

She had been to the palace and had met King Zhuang, but there were two other princes at that time. When King Zhuang was with his brothers, he was the one with the least sense of existence. He looked at his eyes and nose and the heart, and she didn't even hear King Zhuang speak.

Today in the small yard, she was the closest time to King Zhuang.

The ladies didn't say anything, and looked at Miss Wu Jiu together. The girl's face was not shy, nor did she feel unwilling or grievance. She had a bright look and a real smile, so she didn't seem to deal with it.

Miss Wu Jiu took a deep breath, she knew that the elders wanted to listen to her statement.

The marriage of the Wu family’s daughter has never been his own business, but the Wu family never uses her daughter to exchange for benefits.

"The prince is noble, kind and honest, not deeply involved in the world, but has the same tolerance as others. Although he is less sleek, he is not without kindness. It is not difficult to get along with each other, let alone..."

Miss Wu Jiu swallowed back the "not to mention the talented person who was born with a handsome man". She smiled and said extravagantly: "...It's gone."

Mrs. Su and Wu's mother looked at each other again, and both smiled.

For the Wu family, this marriage is not good. The Wu family hopes to marry a family of equal status. Now the royal family is interested in their own daughter. It is impossible to refuse. Fortunately, this King Zhuang is also good. King Zhuang's personality is destined not to be involved in the dispute over the throne. Although he will not do anything, being a wealthy prince is not a bad thing.

The Wu family is still satisfied with this marriage.

But from then on, the men of the Wu family had to be more low-key in the court and put in more effort than before. If the descendants of the Wu family wanted to go higher and farther, everyone must ignore the fact that the Wu family was a royal relative.

The next day, Yan Xuehuai entered the palace, and the princess happened to be there, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law said everything about yesterday's banquet.

The queen was amused and laughed: "I feel sorry for my baby Muer. I am holding someone who doesn't like a child. I must be wronged."

The princess smiled and said, "I was just thinking about it and didn't dare to speak. It was my third brother and sister who took the initiative to hand Mu'er over to me. She also said Mu'er was pretty and it was absolutely fine. But when I heard Mu'er crying inside, I was shocked. Just as I was about to rush in, Mu'er stopped crying. When she was carried out by Miss Wu Jiu, the boy was smiling and very happy."

The queen angrily said, "You... come here, I will send the monkey in my study with a peach ornament to Mu'er, and give the lotus leaf bonsai inlaid with night pearls to Enzi. Thank you for your hard work, and this is a reward for them."

The princess acted coquettishly: "There are only theirs, mine, the third and seventh brothers and sisters, mother, you are partial to you."

The queen was amused and cried, and said to Ouyang Shanggong: "Listen, these one by one have caused my problem. She went to bring the things sent by the Silver Bureau and gave them three of them, so as not to say that I was biased."

The queen was really happy. Someone finally took over the troubles of the family.

The queen forced herself to wait for two days before she called King Zhuang into the palace, took out three portraits that had been prepared long ago, and said to King Zhuang: "Look at which one is suitable for Princess Zhuang."

King Zhuang didn't even look at it and said, "My son doesn't want to get married yet."

The queen said, "I'll talk about it after seeing the portrait. If there is no one that suits you, it's not too late for you to say it."

Six palace maids unfolded three portraits. King Zhuang had no choice but to hide it at him. The picture was the closest to him. The girl in the painting looked like a picture and familiar.

King Zhuang was stunned, and a smiling face appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but lean closer and then frowned. The level of this painter was too average, and the glory in the girl's eyes was not drawn at all.

"This is the ninth girl from the Wu family. She is good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and is especially good at playing chess." said the queen.

"Play chess?" King Zhuang wanted to say, "Where is she good at it, she is obviously good at chess."

When the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them again, and the queen introduced him to the girls in the other two portraits. He was not here, so he did not pay attention to which of the two were from.

When the queen saw him in a silence of Taixu, she sighed: "Since you don't like all these three people, I'll send the portrait back so that they should discuss their marriage and engage in marriage. Don't delay the great years."

"Ah?" King Zhuang was stunned for a moment, watching the palace maid roll up the portrait closest to him and put it in the brocade box.

"What? You have something to do?" asked the queen.

King Zhuang's Adam's apple moved and pointed to the brocade box held by the palace maid in his hand: "This painting is not good, I can draw it better."

The queen held back her laughter and scolded, "Whose lady from a family can make you draw as much as you want? If you want to draw, then you can marry her back to the royal palace."

King Zhuang was stunned, but his eyes continued to follow the brocade box containing the portrait. Until the palace maid holding the brocade box disappeared outside the door, he woke up as if he was dreaming and asked, "Is this over?"

"Yes, what else do you want?" The queen looked serious. "The three of them are from famous families and will marry into wealthy families in the future as clan wives. You have seen their portraits. If you see them in the future, you must not be rude."

King Zhuang didn't speak, wouldn't the little girl who was smiling and fresh in the future?

Perhaps, next time I meet, she is already the wife or daughter-in-law of a certain minister.

She would not regret chess in front of him, nor would she laugh out loud just because of one or two words.

King Zhuang suddenly felt that there was something in his heart, and he was empty.

"My mother, can you... please take back the portrait..." King Zhuang was a little anxious. A little later, the portrait would be sent out of the palace and returned to the Wu family.

I don’t know if I can return the portrait and come back, this will work.

"Which picture?" the queen said slowly.

"That's it, it's the one from the Wu family." King Zhuang's voice became smaller and smaller. He felt his throat was dry and his face was hot. Could it be that he had a fever?

"Oh, if you want to chase, go by yourself. There are no fast legs here in this palace, I am afraid I can't catch up for a while." The queen said lightly.

As soon as he finished speaking, King Zhuang had already run out...

That night, Chai Yan came back from the palace and talked about King Zhuang chasing the portrait.

"Wife, I've been holding on all the way. You make me laugh for a while, hahaha!"

If this was someone else's business, it would have been a joke, but this was King Zhuang, so everyone could only endure it and find a place to laugh secretly, and not let outsiders know that the royal family needs the most.

"Is that portrait recovered? My mother really wants to send the portrait back to the Wu family?" Yan Xuehuai asked curiously.

"Of course I really have to send it back. My second brother recovered the portrait at the palace gate, and then ran to the Zhuang Prince's Mansion with the portrait. He even forgot to sit in the carriage and ran all the way back."

Chai Yan remembered something and stood up: "Why don't we go to Zhuang's Mansion to see him?"

Yan Xuehuai asked, "He hasn't come out after he entered the mansion?"

"No, he didn't come back when he went back. The queen of the mother was worried and asked someone to go and see it. The people from the Zhuang Prince's Mansion said that he would go into the study after he went back." Chai Yan said.

"Oh, then we can't see him in the past, so let's wait. He can't stay in the study all the time, he always wants to come out." Yan Xuehuai said with a smile.

Yan Xuehuai was right. King Zhuang stayed in the study room all night. Early the next morning, he went to the Wu family with two dark circles, which scared the Wu family.

King Zhuang put a slender brocade box into the door: "Give it to your ninth girl."

Then he turned around and left, leaving only the door in the wind.

When Wu's mother heard that King Zhuang was bringing something to Miss Wu Jiu, she was also shocked. She looked at the brocade box in front of her and was stunned. Looking at the size of the brocade box, it should be a painting inside.

painting?

portrait?

The portrait the queen is looking for the Wu family to go to?

Wu's heart sank. King Zhuang disagreed with the marriage, so he returned the portrait?

I sent it back in person, and I would not give you any face.

Wu's mother's heart was irritated. She did not ask Miss Wu Jiu to notify Miss Wu Jiu, but Miss Wu Jiu came over after hearing the news.

She didn't say anything and opened the brocade box with her own hands.

Seeing the scroll in the brocade box, Miss Wu Jiu slowly let out a sigh: "Mom, this is not the one we sent."

The color of the shaft head is different.

Wu's mother said "ah" and hurriedly went to see it. Miss Wu Jiu personally unfolded the scroll. This was a new painting with the fragrance of ink.

In the painting, there is a girl wearing a light green shirt, holding a chess piece in one hand, and a snow-white veil in the other hand.

The girl smiled and her eyebrows were shining.

There was a small seal in one corner of the portrait. Wu Mu was surprised to find that she couldn't speak. This small seal was actually the private seal of King Zhuang.

This portrait was painted by King Zhuang.

......

The day before Chai Yan and Yan Xuehuai left Beijing, the imperial edict from the ninth girl of the Wu family gave the marriage to King Zhuang. Miss Lu Si shouted at home, "Old cows eat tender grass", and was chased and beaten twice by Fu.

Miss Lu Si didn't feel it hurt, but Fu's arm was so painful that it couldn't lift it up, so she had to ask the imperial physician to come over and give it acupuncture.

This time, Prince Rui left the capital, in addition to Lu Jinxing, the second young master Wu was also accompanied by the service.

The second young master Wu is named Wu Ting, and he is the second son of the Wu family.

Wu Ting only arrived in the capital last year and his reputation was not obvious. The reason why Chai Yan noticed him was because of the resignation of Wu and Yang families.
To be continued...