Chapter 1
After Chen Jinxiu finished her last stitch, she carefully cut off the embroidery thread and carefully checked it before a smile appeared on her face.
The maid who had been guarding the side smiled and said, "The girl embroidered it so well, the princess will definitely like it."
Chen Jin pursed her lips and smiled, but didn't take the maid's words seriously. If she did this, what would be the embroidered woman in the royal palace be?
However, Concubine Chen heard the maid's voice and lifted the curtain and came in, saying, "But the embroidery is done, let me see it."
"Mother." Chen Jin took aside his position and asked uneasyly, "I don't know if my mother will like it."
"Silly girl." Concubine Chen glanced at the house and asked everyone who served him to go down, so she kept Li's close mother, then held her daughter's hand and said, "The princess came from the Zhao family and married Prince Rui again. What kind of good thing hasn't seen before? What can you do if you embroider it exquisitely?"
Chen Jin bit her lower lip, and she suddenly understood what her mother meant. Giving the princess was just a gift. Concubine Chen sighed, "It's all my fault for not being good at it. If it were... you don't have to learn these things at a young age."
"Mother." Chen Jin snuggled into Concubine Chen's arms and said in a sweet voice, "My daughter is not young anymore."
Concubine Chen smiled and nodded Chen Jin's head, "Okay, go outside to see the flowers and plants. The princess gave her two pots of peony today, which was very beautiful."
"Okay." Chen Jin is young and loves to play. When he heard this, he smiled and got up from Concubine Chen's arms and said, "Then can I go to the garden later?"
"Go." Concubine Chen doesn't like to leave the yard, but she doesn't care about her daughter.
Chen Jin then asked the maid to go outside to see the flowers. When Chen Jin left, the smile on Concubine Chen's face disappeared. She looked at the handkerchief embroidered by her daughter and sighed slowly. Then she finished what she hadn't finished just now, "It's all my fault that I'm not good at being so good that the prince likes it, so that Jin Niang has to find a way to please others at a young age. Xu... forget it."
As the only brother of the emperor today, King Rui was not only built in large but also beautiful. Chen Jin liked the small pavilion in the middle of the lake, especially in June, the lotus in the pond was just blooming, which was particularly cute.
However, today is a bit unfortunate. There is already someone in the pavilion. It is Chen Qi, the eldest sister of the princess. Chen Jin hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should come forward to disturb him. Instead, the eldest maid next to Chen Qi came over and invited Chen Jin in.
"Why don't you come?" Chen Qi waved when he saw Chen Jin, and asked her to sit beside her, took a piece of yam red bean cake and put it in Chen Jin's hand before asking.
Chen Jin peeled off the layer of glutinous rice paper outside and said with a smile, "Because I don't know what my elder sister is doing, I'm afraid I will disturb my elder sister's interest."
Chen Qi smiled when he heard this. She was the eldest in the family. There were four sisters under him. The third sister had the most gentle and careful temper, just like the little white rabbit she had raised. Not only was she soft and courageous, but she was not blamed. Who made Concubine Chen in the mansion look like a transparent person and didn't leave the yard easily.
The pastries made in the princess' kitchen tasted great, and the yam red bean cake had a little milky aroma but was not greasy at all. Chen Jin was happy to eat, and his eyes turned curved. Chen Qi felt that all the troubles were gone when he saw them. After Chen Jin finished eating, he brought her another piece.
In exchange for Chen Jin smiled sweetly, "Thank you sister."
Chen Qi pinched Chen Jin's face and it was indeed soft, "Eat."
"It turns out that the eldest sister and the third sister are hiding and whispering here." Chen Zi saw Chen Qi and Shen Jin from afar, and immediately brought her sister to the scene. Chen Zi was wearing a red long scattered flower dress and a pure gold phoenix hairpin. The hairpin was inlaid with dazzling rubies. It was obviously gorgeous but it did not look vulgar. Instead, it made Chen Zi look a little more dazzling and beautiful. It was not difficult to imagine how beautiful it would be when Chen Zi was older.
The quiet, walking on the right back of Shen Zi, was wearing a green long dress and wearing a pearl-shaped shaking on his head. Although it was not as dazzling as Chen Zi, it was a little more charming.
Seeing the two, Chen Jin quickly put down the half-eat pastry and stood up, shouting first, "Second sister, fourth sister."
Compared with Shen Zi and Shen Jing, Chen Jin's beautiful appearance is not enough. However, she followed her biological mother. Her skin was white, tender and smooth, and she had a pair of round almond eyes. It was particularly rare in the Shen family, where all of them were peach blossom eyes. Especially her eyes were moist and clear, as if she wanted to soften people's hearts. At first glance, she looked less than other sisters, but she was very painful. After looking at it for a long time, she became more and more beautiful.
Several people said hello before sitting down. Chen Qi ordered the maid to serve the two of them before saying, "I have made some new snacks in the kitchen, and you can try them too." After saying this, he did not take them in person like Chen Jin.
"Thank you, sister." Chen Jing first took a piece of flower-shaped pastry and smiled, "It's still the skillful handicraft of my mother. This pastry is so beautiful that it makes people reluctant to leave."
Chen Jin just pretended that he had never heard of the meaning of Chen Jing's words. He took the pastry that he had just eaten halfway and continued to sit on the side and ate it slowly. Occasionally, he even pinched some scraps to feed the fish in the lake. It was very interesting to watch a group of beautifully colored fish scrambled, just like these sisters at home.
Chen Zi took a sip of tea and suddenly saw the coral string worn on Shen Qi's wrist. He looked up at Chen Qi's ears. It was indeed a matching coral earring. When she heard that she had received a set of red coral jewelry in the palace, she acted coquettishly and wanted King Guan Rui to pass it. However, King Rui did not agree with her, but he didn't expect that he would actually see it on Shen Qi today and was still wearing it so casually.
Chen Zi's eyes were too exposed. Not to mention that he had been paying attention to Chen Jin around him carefully. Even Chen Qi, who was not very concerned about these two concubines, noticed it. He glanced at his wrist and realized it. He couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He put down the round fan in his hand, took off the string, pulled Chen Jin's soft hand, and wrapped it around her circles, "I see that the color on your body is a little plainer, I'll give this string to you to play with."
Chen Jin couldn't help but complain in her heart. She hid aside to feed the fish, so how could she still involve her? But she didn't say much at this time. She just raised her wrist and shook it. The red coral beads were so beautiful on her hand. She said happily, "Thank you, sister. I liked it very much as soon as I saw it." Anyway, this string belonged to her, and she had offended Chen Zi, so it was hard to offend Chen Qi again.
"The third sister is really aware of the goods. This thing is a rare treasure in the palace." Chen Zi held the handkerchief tightly. He was obviously angry, but there was a smile on his face. "You have to keep it carefully. Don't throw it away. I'm afraid that the concubine has never seen such a good look."
This was so sour that Chen Jin felt a toothache, but his second sister really liked red things, so she almost dressed up herself as a lantern.
Chen Qi smiled and said, "If someone like us doesn't want anything, the thing is just pretty good. If you lose it, I'll find something better for my third sister." The implication is that Chen Zi was sarcastic about his shallow eyelids.
Chen Zi's face changed and he suddenly smiled, "What my elder sister taught me is that, but I heard that my mother is talking about marriage to her sister. Could it be that my mother is specially preparing to let her..."
Chen Jin widened her eyes. Why didn't she know about this? It turned out that the eldest sister was going to talk about the marriage, and it was not right. This was not something their girl could say. If the princess knew about it, she would have to be severely punished.
Sure enough, Chen Qi frowned, Chen Jing also found that something was wrong, so he quickly pulled Chen Zi's sleeve. Chen Zi didn't care at all and continued, "Let my sister bring joy?"
"Come here." Chen Qi was not angry at all, and said calmly, "Tie all the mother-in-law and maids around the second sister." After that, he stood up. Chen Jin felt that he was in trouble today. He was so lucky that he would do this trip. I was afraid that he would cause trouble for his mother again. Chen Qi was naturally not afraid of Chen Zi and the others, but Chen Jin was afraid, and the princess would not miss this opportunity. Not only the mother-in-law and maids around her, but even the concubine Xu would be punished.
"Sister, what are you going to do?" Chen Zi stood up angrily and said anxiously. If Chen Qi tied up the people around him today, she would probably become a joke in the mansion tomorrow.
Chen Jing quickly said, "Sister, second sister is just joking. Let me ask second sister to match you with something, let's forget about this."
Chen Zi didn't even look at them, and walked out with the maid's hand. "Second sister would rather go to my mother's place with me." Then he looked at Chen Jin and saw Chen Jin's eyes round, like a frightened little animal. He couldn't help but feel soft. He softened his voice and said, "Second sister and fourth sister, let's go back first."
Chen Jin immediately said, "Yes." He turned around and was about to go out. Maybe he felt it was not good, so he stopped quickly and said, "The eldest sister, second sister, fourth sister, I will leave first." After that, Chen Qi nodded before leaving with his maid.
Chen Jing thought for a while and decided to go back to find his mother to save the situation. After secretly giving Chen Zi a wink before leaving.
Chen Jin was actually very regretful, so he went directly to the main house to find Concubine Chen. He didn't care about the maid in the house, so he got into his mother's arms, hugged his mother's waist tightly, and his little nose moved to smell the faint fragrance on his mother's body, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He still had to remind his mother first of this matter. Concubine Chen crawled into her arms as soon as she came back, so he reached out and gently stroked her back, and ordered, "Mama Li, come and drink a cup of honey water."
"Mother, I'm just here..." Chen Jin whispered and said the matter, then took down the skewers on his hand and put them in Concubine Chen's hand, and asked, "What should I do?"
Concubine Chen also secretly hated her. The eldest girl and the second girl fought with each other and wanted to involve her daughter no matter what she did. I am afraid that when she went to the study tomorrow, her daughter would be wronged again. The second girl is also a person who doesn’t have a good memory. Concubine Xu is favored, and the princess is the one who is in charge of the backyard.
But it is hard to say this at this time, so as not to scare my daughter. Just say, "Don't be afraid, today's things have nothing to do with you. Since this bead string was given by a big girl, you can wear it. I have never seen such a beautiful coral string, which is just right for the goose yellow skirt you made."
Chen Jin came out of his mother's arms and drank half a cup of honey water. "I think it's very beautiful, by the way, that yam red bean cake is delicious."
"Silly girl, if you like it, let me make some in the kitchen today." Concubine Chen pinched her daughter's earlobe and said with a smile.
Chen Jin was about to say a few more words when he saw Li Mom coming in from outside, with a little concern in his eyes, "Madam, the princess sent someone to invite the third girl over and said she wanted to ask a few questions."
"Mother?" Chen Jin bit his pink lips.
Concubine Chen patted her hand, "Don't panic, what the princess asks, you'll just say it's true." After thinking for a while, she was still worried, so she got up and held her daughter's hand, "I'll go with you."
Chapter completed!