Song Jianing, who had just finished eating persimmons, had a moist mouth, which was even redder than cherries.

Zhao Heng's eyes paused on her face for a moment, then looked at her hand, but she didn't see the persimmon skin. Zhao Heng was slightly shocked. Could she be so hungry that she even ate the persimmon skin?

"Prince, you called me over. Is there anything wrong?" Song Jianing asked softly, very worried that his purse would be soaked with persimmon skin and stain his clothes, and wanted to return to the Duke's mansion as soon as possible.

Zhao Heng asked her to come to the study just to comfort her so that she would not be scared by Princess Duanhui. But the fat girl had recovered her calmness at this time, and her almond eyes were bright. I don’t know if it was him or the persimmon’s credit. After thinking for a while, Zhao Heng stood up, walked to the Duobao Pavilion placed in the southeast corner, raised his hand and took a flat white porcelain box, and then signaled to Song Jianing to come.

"Reward you." Zhao Heng handed her the white porcelain box, his eyes clear: "I am not well received, I apologize."

Song Jianing reached out to take it, but immediately retracted his hand and said happily: "Your Majesty is so polite. You are right today, and you just gave me a persimmon, so there is really no need." Realizing that the prince is actually very approachable, Song Jianing was not so nervous and restrained when he spoke.

Zhao Heng still held the box and briefly reminded her: "They will ask."

Song Jianing was not Fu's father-in-law, and he stayed for a while before he realized it. Yes, King Shou took her to the study. When he turned around, his cousin would definitely ask. She couldn't say that she had eaten a persimmon here, so they wouldn't have been laughed at for a while. After thinking it through, Song Jianing smiled shyly, and looked at the white porcelain box in confusion while going to answer: "Prince, what is this?"

"Pearl, open it and take a look." Zhao Heng put down his hand, Song Jianing looked at the box, and he looked at her.

Song Jianing had never touched such an elegant object in his two lives. He turned on the lid and took it away. He saw a dazzling red cherry red, fresh and transparent, just like the ripe red cherries in early summer, very beautiful. Song Jianing let out a slight surprise and looked up at Zhao Heng's calm eyes. She immediately covered the lid and bowed her knees and saluted: "Thank you for the reward of the prince."

She liked it so much, Zhao Heng felt aroused in his heart, and he asked her while walking out: "I like painting?"

Song Jianing shook his head honestly: "No, I don't think I've painted it well."

Zhao Heng frowned. This box of paint must be given to her as a cover, but this thing is rare. It is really a waste of resources to fall into the hands of a person who is not good at painting.

"What should you do if you want to do it?" Zhao Heng asked casually.

If Master Fu was by his side, he would probably be jealous when he heard his master's conversation with Song Jianing. After all, Zhao Heng would not speak easily when he saw outsiders. He used to live in the Shou Palace in Jingping Palace, but he could not speak at all. He spent almost a day in silence, which made the servants of the royal palace less and less talk. There was no quieter place in the entire capital than the Shou Palace.

Song Jianing carefully held the paints given by the future emperor and said without thinking: "I will place them in the study and pay attention to them every day." No, she must put them away and keep them as a family heirloom in the future.

Daily greetings...

Zhao Heng looked away calmly, and a light helplessness flashed through his eyes. This girl, obviously a child, knew that she had missed people when she saw things and said it in front of him. However, her face was as usual when she spoke. I think she was still childish words, and she didn't understand the true love between men and women.

Two quarters of an hour later, Song Jianing returned to Linyun Hall with the paint box "Imperial Gift", first went back to his small yard to unpack his purse, and then took the paint box to see his mother. Yun Fang couldn't control her words, and she would yell at the entire Duke's Mansion. Instead of worrying her mother, Song Jianing obediently explained the unhappiness of Prince Shou's Mansion, and only omitted the persimmons she ate in the study.

The Lin family naturally didn't like Princess Duanhui, but fortunately, Prince Shou was fair and did not let his daughter suffer even more.

After seeing the paint, Lin said in surprise: "The prince's gift is too expensive."

Song Jianing didn't understand, so he looked at the beautiful cherry red in the box and said strangely: "How much does it cost?"

Lin covered the lid and said to his daughter with emotion: "This is a precious gold used by high-ranking officials and nobles. Ordinary merchants cannot buy it even if they have money. An An kept it carefully and remember this lesson. In the future, if Princess Duanhui is there, you will never provoke her if you are hungry for a while."

Song Jianing pouted and leaned into his mother's arms to complain: "I don't want to eat after eating a bowl of rice. It's the third brother and third sister who said she missed it." As for the sneeze, she could hold back her farts and couldn't hold back her sneeze. She came and said it, without any preparation.

"Well, mom knows, we An An is becoming more and more sensible." Lin hugged her daughter, lowered her head and kissed the little girl's head.

And just as the mother and daughter were talking softly, when the palace came back, Princess Duanhui rushed to Emperor Xuande to complain. She didn't care about Emperor Xuande's review of the memorials and squeezed into his arms and cried: "Father, you take care of the third brother, I kindly go to celebrate his housewarming. He actually scolded me in front of so many people. Even if the eldest brother and second brother are forgot, my cousin also heard it, and my dignified princess' face was completely lost!"

Emperor Xuande frowned, held his daughter's shoulder and told her to look up. Seeing that his daughter's eyes were crying red, Emperor Xuande said in a deep voice: "Don't cry, what's going on."

Princess Duanhui learned it with jealousy: "...Cousin Jianing sneezes, we all heard it, the second and third cousins ​​laughed, I just joked, and the third brother scolded me for being too much... Father, the third brother stared at me so fiercely, he didn't have my sister in his heart..."

Emperor Xuande listened carefully and didn't take it seriously. The children made small fuss, which was not worth his worries. He sent his daughter away after a while and he continued to deal with political affairs.

~

Guo Xiao, when the Grandmaster returned from Anguo Temple, Song Jianing was still sleeping. Guo Xiao sent the Grandmaster to Changxinyuan. After coming out, he said to Guo Fu: "Let the third brother go to Yihexuan to find me."

Guo Fu nodded.

Guo Xiao strode back to the Summer Palace, changed his clothes and came out. Guo Shu had arrived and was having tea in the hall.

Guo Xiao sat opposite him and asked about the banquet at Prince Shou's Mansion today.

Guo Shu knew what his brother was most worried about and smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, brother, I have been staring at the fourth prince today, so he used the seat to talk to the third sister and the fourth sister."

Guo Xiao glanced at him.

Guo Shu was cold all over, as if he had done something wrong. He misunderstood that his elder brother knew what Princess Duanhui did. Guo Shu said helplessly: "It's not unclear to my cousin's temper. She dared to offend Prince Shou, so I can't care about her."

Guo Xiao's face darkened: "Say it all in all."

Guo Shu leaned against the back of the chair and said whatever he thought.

"What did the Third Highness take Jianing to the study to do?" Guo Xiao asked coldly, "How long have you been there?"

Guo Shu raised his head and thought about it, and said uncertainly: "A quarter of an hour? The third prince is quite polite. His cousin bullied the fourth sister. He claimed that he was not well received and gave the fourth sister a box of paint."

For a quarter of an hour? Guo Xiao's eyes became even colder. He simply gave paint and ordered the people around him to go for a trip. Why should he bring people there in person? King Shou has been sick since he was a child and was withdrawn. No one except King Chu really understood King Shou's temperament. Seeing how many times he looked at his step-sister differently, could he have done something to his step-sister in the study?

Guo Xiao is so old and not close to women, but he has heard of some things. Some men have different hobbies than ordinary people, and they like to raise little girls who have not grown up in shape, or even half-aged teenagers.

"Brother, you are not worried that the Third Highness has such thoughts about the Fourth Sister, right?" Guo Shu finally made a mistake and then smiled confidently: "Then you really think too much. He doesn't allow the Fourth Sister to pick his big persimmon. How could he like the Fourth Sister?"

Guo Xiao raised his eyebrows. My cousin didn't mention anything about persimmon just now, so he immediately asked.

The next day, Song Jianing led Shuang'er to the Taima's wife for class. On the way, he saw a young man in a dark robe standing on the pebble path in front of him, with a tall figure and a cold face. It was Guo Xiao. Song Jianing was frightened every time he met him alone, but he had no reason to hide. He pretended to walk over naturally. When he got closer, he called respectfully: "Brother."

When the two of them met, she echoed "Yes" with her elder brother Guo Xiao. Even if she had been greeted, she would be polite and alienate. Song Jianing would stop at first, but later she found that Guo Xiao was passing by directly. Song Jianing gradually stopped, just like now, after being polite, she continued to move forward.

"Wait, I have something to ask you." Guo Xiao stopped her.

Song Jianing was stunned, looked at him in surprise, and stopped.

Guo Xiao's eyes passed over her and fell on Shuang'er who accompanied Song Jianing to study. Shuang'er understood and took the initiative to walk a distance and waited sideways. However, the two were brothers and sisters, and the one who stopped the fourth girl was still the most stable prince. Shuang'er didn't suspect anything.

"What did the third prince take you to the study yesterday?" Looking at Song Jianing, Guo Xiao asked straight to the point, his eyes sharp, as if he was interrogated.

Song Jianing originally looked at his chest, but when he heard this, he raised his head strangely and met Guo Xiao's gloomy face. A chill suddenly climbed up his spine along Song Jianing's feet, and his body felt cold. What does this person mean? Not only did he specifically inquire about her in the Shou Palace, but now he is actually trying her out?

I was afraid that she would take the opportunity to seduce King Shou, just like in my previous life, he obviously stole her, but he turned his head and blamed her for being seduced? Maybe in Guo Xiao's heart, she really seduced him. He was like the aunt of the second wife of the Song family. Because she was charming, she was sure that she was not upright in her mind, so he wronged her in her previous life, and in this life she wronged her to seduce King Shou.

For a woman, there is no more insulting crime than being a fox.

Song Jianing was very angry, but she did not get angry, and lowered her eyes and said, "Your Highness gave me a box of paint."

"That's all?" Guo Xiao asked meaningfully, with a bit of sarcasm.

Song Jianing smiled angrily and looked at him and said, "Why did your brother ask that?"

She raised her head and looked at this person without dodging for the first time. In her previous life, she lost nothing, her mother and her reputation were gone, just like a canary caught by Guo Xiao, who could not escape, and she had to rely on him to provide food and clothing. Now it is different. She has a mother, and the Duke of Wei, who gave him the status of a prince, is also her stepfather. Although she is not as noble as him, the two are nominal brothers and sisters and are equal, and Guo Xiao is not qualified to treat her like that.

Finally glaring at him, Song Jianing turned around and left.

Guo Xiao was stunned, watching his step-sister walking away in a complicated mood. Her black and white apricot eyes were in her mind. She had always been afraid of him, and Guo Xiao was not unfamiliar with him, but just now, he clearly saw a hint of hatred in her eyes...
Chapter completed!