Zhao Heng picked up the portrait of the beautiful woman on the table, and his gaze naturally fell on the top one. The woman on the painting had beautiful eyebrows and the corners of her lips slightly raised, looking very dignified and graceful. He saw his chin from his forehead, took a look at it as a whole, and then under the exploratory gaze of Emperor Xuande, he changed this one to the bottom and continued to look at the second one.

So Emperor Xuande looked at his third son and flipped to the end one by one. His eyes stayed on each portrait for almost the same time. His fair and elegant face did not show any stunning emotions from beginning to end. In other words, the son did not like any of the beauties selected from ten thousand.

Emperor Xuande thought his son would continue to pick and choose, but he saw the young man put the portrait back on the table with both hands and shook his head at him.

Emperor Xuande's face darkened. In fact, he could have made the decision to choose a marriage for his son, but he wanted to give him a woman his son liked. This was a favor, but the third brother was ungrateful and did not cherish this decent. Emperor Xuande was very dissatisfied, but since he had shown a kind fatherly attitude and since he had hinted first that this matter could be discussed, he could not be angry because his son refused.

"These ten are the best among the girls who show off their appearances. Do you have a look?" Emperor Xuande smiled lovingly.

Zhao Heng lowered his eyes and said bluntly: "I don't like it."

Simple and straightforward, without any tactfulness.

Emperor Xuande choked in his throat. His son was ungrateful. He didn't want to pretend to be kind anymore. He said coldly: "You don't like the queen and concubine who choose so many times, so what do you like?"

Zhao Heng said calmly: "I don't know."

Emperor Xuande understood that his son was stuttering but he was usually accused and concubines of his ministers and concubines scrambled to please him. Now his son said in two words, arrogant and rude. Emperor Xuande became more angry. He stared at his indifferent son for a moment, then stood up suddenly, walked out with a calm face and said angrily: "Then wait until you know, I will give you a marriage."

This was somewhat impulsive. Emperor Xuande slowed down after he bypassed his son, thinking that as long as his son admitted his mistake and begged him, he would not care. After all, it was a major event in life. This time he took some time to solve it. In the future, if his son had the princess to take care of him, he would not have to be distracted by the third brother. But Emperor Xuande never expected...

"Thank you, my father, and make it happen."

Yu Guangzhong, a young man wearing a sky-blue brocade robe, bowed his head and bowed to thank him.

The evil son was obsessed with it, Emperor Xuande's face turned pale and left without looking back.

In early September, Emperor Xuande's decree for marriage came down. In April, the world was told to choose a concubine for the three kings, but now he only gave the King of Chu. King Rui gave the princess, and the words in the edict did not mention King Shou. All officials were upset and knew that the emperor did not like the third prince, King Shou, and no one dared to question it. The King of Chu was impulsive and was anxious. He reluctantly endured it until he went to the court and immediately chased him to Chongzheng Hall to question: "Father, why have you forgotten your third brother?"

Emperor Xuande was unfamiliar with his third son, and he would not scold him easily if he was not favored. However, he had less concern for his favorite eldest son, King Chu, and suddenly vented all the anger he had received from the third son on his eldest son. He scolded him with anger, "Who said I forgot him? I first sent you to find out what he liked, and then summoned him to come and let him choose a beauty by himself. He was ignorant of his own, and looked down on the person I chose for him!"

The King of Chu stared at him in disbelief.

"Get out!" Emperor Xuande grabbed a memorial and threw it out.

The King of Chu wronged his father and left Chongzheng Palace to find his younger brother. He rushed into Jingping Palace and saw his younger brother ordering people to move the table to the yard. He was painting against a plum tree, which was so leisurely. Seeing his elder brother, Zhao Heng put down his brush and bowed to his elder brother from afar: "Congratulations to brother, I got what I want."

He is worthy of being a brother with a good relationship. Prince Shou, who only said two words to Emperor Xuande, said eight words in one breath.

The King of Chu did not feel honored at all, and glared at his younger brother and said, "Don't you want to get married?"

Zhao Heng said calmly: "I haven't met a beautiful woman."

The King of Chu was speechless. He probably didn't understand the four words "light" before he met Feng Zheng, but now, he seemed to understand his younger brother's mood. If the princess and princesses, a woman who has been together for the rest of her life, would rather be insignificant than be too careless than to find one casually, even to please his father.

After a while of silence, the King of Chu sighed, patted his younger brother's shoulder, and said solemnly: "When did you meet me? Tell me, I will make the decision for you."

Zhao Heng nodded.

~

At the Duke of Wei’s Mansion, it happened to be a holiday for ten days. Song Jianing slept comfortably and then went to the front yard to see his mother.

Lin is about to give birth in another month, and his stomach is bulging. Because he has a larger appetite after pregnancy, he is more plump than when he first got married into the mansion last year. His eyes are as autumn water, his cheeks are rosy, and he lacks the soft taste of my pity, and his charm and charm of a bright and beautiful woman. He is so fascinated that Guo Boyan goes home and goes home. He never goes to social engagements that he can turn off, and he wants to stay by his wife all the time.

When Song Jianing came over, Guo Boyan was squatting in front of Lin, his ears pressed against Lin's belly and listened to the movement of the children inside. The maids outside greeted the fourth girl, and he reluctantly moved to the chair opposite Lin's side. Lin looked at him and felt unprecedented stability. According to Guo Boyan's expectation for this child, as long as she and the children did not make big mistakes, they could really pass through it safely in the future.

"Mom, did you sleep well last night?" Song Jianing stepped into the main hall, greeted his stepfather first, and then smiled and cared about his mother.

Lin nodded with a gentle look.

Song Jianing came to his mother's side, touched her belly, talked to her younger brother and sister who was about to be born, and then went to Changxinyuan alone. Every holiday, the three rooms of the Duke's Mansion would gather together. After his mother became heavy, the grandmother told her not to go there first, and her stepfather would stay in Linyun Hall to have dinner with her mother.

The autumn is clear and cool. When Song Jianing recalls his stepfather's considerate to his mother, he is very pleased with his mother. Although he is a little sorry for his biological father who died early, compared with his depressed mother in his previous life, Song Jianing prefers his current mother more, like a flower that blooms just right, living a comfortable and comfortable life.

"An An!"

Someone called her in the distance. Song Jianing turned his head and saw three young men with orchids and jade trees. Guo Fu and Guo Shu were wearing brocade robes of the same color and speeded up their pace toward her. Guo Xiao continued to walk slowly behind her and looked at her expressionlessly. Song Jianing quickly looked away and smiled at the twins: "Second brother and third brother."

Guo Fu, Guo Shu surrounded her from left to right, and the brother and sister chatted while walking, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at Changxinyuan. After the whole family finished breakfast, the elders gathered together. Song Jianing and his three sisters were going for a walk in the garden. The twins didn't go out today and insisted on them. Guo Xiao followed him for some reason.

The autumn is warm and the brother and sister sit by the lake to enjoy the scenery and feed fish.

"By the way, King Chu, King Rui's princess has been settled. Do you know?" Guo Fu sat on a stone and asked proudly.

Neither Song Jianing nor Sanfang knew, and four pairs of eyes looked at him curiously. The girls didn't go out easily and liked to listen to new things the most.

Guo Shu rushed to say: "Princess Chu is the girl from Feng's family in the Imperial Hospital..."

Before he finished speaking, the four girls took a breath at the same time. Yun Fang was most shocked: "Sister Feng is actually going to be a princess!"

Song Jianing likes Feng Zheng, who also likes shepherd's purse, when he heard this news, he really didn't know whether to be happy or worried about Feng Zheng. The princess is naturally noble, but judging from Feng Zheng's expression that day, it seems that she doesn't like the King of Chu.

The four sisters whispered, and the freshness passed, and urged their brother to continue. Guo Fu said, "Princess Rui is the girl from the Li Mansion, the magistrate of Yangzhou. It is said that her beauty is the most beautiful among these girls... Of course, no matter how beautiful she is, she cannot compare to the four of you."

Tingfang, Lanfang lowered her head and smiled, and Song Jianing also smiled reservedly. Only Yun Fang looked as if she was taken for granted, and asked excitedly: "Where is Princess Shou? We are next to Prince Shou's Mansion, and we may deal with each other often in the future."

Song Jianing looked at his cousin with a pair of watery almond eyes. He was so curious. When she accidentally heard that King Shou had "successfully conquered his brother" in his previous life, she also learned from those people that the new emperor did not marry and now he has chosen a concubine. Is King Shou's two lives different?

She waited for the answer intently, and Guo Xiao glanced at her secretly, pursing his thin lips.

Guo Fu sighed: "Our poor Prince Shou, there is no princess."

Song Jianing opened his mouth in surprise. How could this happen?

Sanfang was also more shocked than the other, and asked one after another. Guo Fuxing gloated and said, "Who do you ask me? My uncle may not know. The imperial edict did not mention Prince Shou. Anyway, it is King Chu. King Rui will get married next year. Our poor Prince Shou will be moved here alone."

The beautiful figure of King Shou Zhao Heng, who was like a god, appeared in his mind. Song Jianing lowered his head and felt a little uncomfortable. After the three kings had agreed to choose a concubine, why did Emperor Xuande only give marriage to the two favored princes? The King Shou has no princess, is Emperor Xuande too partial to him, or is the beautiful girls unwilling to marry him?

Song Jianing racked his brains and couldn't figure it out.

She couldn't see through, and Guo Xiao couldn't see through. He only knew that the position of Princess Shou was vacant, so his sisters closest to Princess Shou might be in danger, especially...

His eyes turned around Song Jianing's face, and he looked at the prince who had been pleasing to his step-sister for half a year. Suddenly, he found that his step-sister seemed not as cute as the first half a year.

~

The Shou King has no princess, and this incident has been circulating for a while in the streets of the capital. Even the four or five-year-old children who were playing on the streets knew that the emperor did not like his stuttering third son. When he was playing, the child was taught a lesson by his father. The friends laughed at him: "If you are disobedient, you will not marry you when you grow up..."

Somehow, this was heard by the King of Chu. He personally led people to patrol the streets for a day, and arrested anyone who was disrespectful to King Shou and locked up the cell for a few days before releasing it. Under his might, he stopped the rumors on the streets and alleys.

Song Jianing knew nothing about the outside world. Seeing that his mother was about to give birth, Song Jianing became more and more nervous. He woke up from a nightmare several times in the middle of the night and dreamed that his mother had difficulty giving birth. She didn't dare to tell her mother that she was worried alone and had been anxious for half a month. On the eighth day of the October 19th, Song Jianing was learning from the girl's beauty with her sisters. Shuang'er ran over in a panic: "Girl, girl, lady is going to give birth!"
Chapter completed!