Chapter 155： Go see the dragon boat

Chapter 155 Going to see the dragon boat

Su Ruojin shrugged her shoulders and said, "He insisted on giving it away, so we had to reluctantly accept it."

“You kid.” Cheng Yingzhen patted her little money-loving daughter, “I will pay back this gift later.”

“Then let’s talk about it.”

Cheng Yingzhen doesn’t want to go with the Su family, but...it seems she can’t avoid it. It’s really annoying!

In the evening, when Su Yanli came back, Su Ruojin told his father that Su Yanzu wanted to watch the dragon boat together.

Su Yanli frowned slightly: "We are already guests of Prince Zhao Xiaojun."

It is the most basic courtesy to treat guests without guests.

Su Ruojin certainly understands this truth, and she knows better than others that Princess Yuehua is very fond of Su Yanzu. No matter where Su Yanzu watches the dragon boat, Princess Yuehua will probably be with her.

"So I told him. When he heard that we were invited by Prince Zhao Xiaojun, he said he would not come with us."

“He won the championship at the Dongshan Academy Literary Conference. People from Dongshan Academy will definitely bring him with them when they come to the capital to watch the dragon boat race. He came to us, probably because he didn’t want to be in the limelight anymore. He didn’t expect us to be with the little prince.”

“It should be like this.”

The father and daughter analyzed Su Yanzu's thoughts and came up with a rough idea. That's pretty much it.

Someone delivered the news to the princess's mansion.

"Back to the princess, I heard that Mr. Su refused to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival at Dongshan Academy. He has been looking at houses recently, but he has never seen anything satisfactory."

"Looking at the house?" Yuehua asked, "Do you want to live in it yourself or for someone else to live in?" For some reason, she vaguely felt that this house might be for his sweetheart.

The mother-in-law shook her head: "The tooth man said that his mouth is very tight and he can't tell the truth. If asked, he would just say that he lives alone. But our people found out that he is the only legitimate son in the Su family, and Su Qian is very tight-lipped about him." , he has to go home every day, so it is unlikely that he lives outside.”

Yue Hua narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Then give him a house that satisfies him."

“Yes, princess.”

After the mother-in-law left, the nanny approached the princess and said softly, "Your Highness, why not take the opportunity of him looking for a house to get him."

Dayin is prosperous and has a grand gathering of literati. Not only is the folk customs relatively open, folk women can marry divorced women, and even widows of nobles in the capital or noble ladies with status can raise their reputations. Although they are criticized by others, as long as they are shameless enough, Hou, as long as you feel good, who cares?

The representative figure of raising noodle heads in the capital is Princess Yunzhu. Her father, King Wu, blocked a knife for the late emperor and died during the palace coup. He had the merit of following the dragon, so the late emperor doted on this princess more than he did. She also has many daughters, which makes Princess Yunzhu's life quite comfortable. Not only did she reconcile with the useless consort, but she also raised a handsome man after the divorce. As long as the handsome men she likes, not many can escape her grasp. .

So, if you only have beauty and no status to protect yourself, beauty is actually a disaster.

Su Yanli's appearance is also impressive in the capital, and many noble ladies have coveted him, but he is a second-ranked Jinshi and a pillar of the court. As long as he does not degenerate himself and has no obvious bad habits for others to take advantage of, those noble ladies will also You can only be greedy. If you reach out to an imperial examination scholar or a doctor from the Imperial College, this is simply a kind of blasphemy to the court. No matter how ridiculous these ladies are, they still have to weigh it.

This is also the reason why Su Yanli doesn't want to socialize and prefers to stay at home. Society is too complicated, and you may fall into other people's traps if you are not careful when you go out.

Although Su Ruojin has the heart of an adult, she really doesn't understand the upper class society of the Dayin Dynasty. It can only be said that when encountering problems, she is more alert than a real child and has more problem-solving abilities.

Su Ruojin doesn’t know whether Su Yanzu went to see the dragon boat later.

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Zhao Lan sent someone to drive a carriage over and took the Su family to a good spot on the moat to watch the dragon boats. There was a shed to provide shade, snacks to eat when hungry, and juice to drink when thirsty.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence this time or what happened, but the stands of Prince Jin’s Mansion were very close to the stands of Duke Zheng’s Mansion. Yang Siniang finally had the opportunity to play with Su Ruojin.

The two young ladies were stuck together, leaning against the railing, head to head, whispering to each other at the dozens of dragon boats placed side by side in the river, to see which boat was the most beautiful and which one would win. Even Su Sanlang couldn't interrupt if he wanted to. .

“Many people have placed bets, and my mother has also placed some bets. Have you placed bets?”

Su Ruojin thought to herself that this was her first time participating in the Dragon Boat Race of the Dayin Dynasty, and she didn’t know she could gamble openly.

In the Dayin Dynasty, her mother was either giving birth or on the way to give birth to a baby. She would be crowded with people. This year, if the little prince hadn't invited her to have a special stand, her family wouldn't have been prepared to join in the fun.

His father even said, "There is nothing interesting to see, so it is better to study at home."

Su Ruojin doesn’t know why his father doesn’t like watching dragon boats. Anyway, he hasn’t come to Dayin for seven years to join in the fun.

Su Yanli, who didn't like watching dragon boats, was supporting his wife and standing behind the stands of Prince Jin's Mansion. It was impossible for him to walk around casually and run to the fence like a child. He could only avoid the glances of the noble ladies, like glowing lights. Cheng Yingzhen also felt it on her back and squeezed her husband's hand quietly to soothe his irritable heart.

Zhao Lan followed his brother to greet a group of aristocratic families, and his peripheral vision fell on the young lady chattering beside the railing, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. Princess Jin also seemed to feel that someone was looking at Dr. Su's family, and then looked at Dr. Su's little lady, who was eight years old. Except for her younger brother and the concubine granddaughter of Zheng Guogong's mansion, she didn't squeeze in front of anyone. She seemed to be interested in The wealth and prosperity seemed to have failed to enlighten him. He looked at the dragon boats in the water that had not yet been raced, chattering like a child.

She likes innocent children who are not dazzled by wealth and prosperity. She nodded secretly and looked at the younger son. At this glance, she frowned. The younger son looked absent-minded. If his eldest son hadn't pulled him, he would have slipped away. Okay, why bother dealing with these favors?

This child…

It was estimated that the dragon boat race was about to start. Su Ruojin and Yang Siniang were both dry talking. The two little men took Su Sanlang hand in hand to find the girl from the Jin Palace, "Sister Lingchun, we are thirsty, please give us a glass of water. "

The girl sent by the palace was Ling Chun, who had taken care of Su Ruojin last time. She had interacted with her before, so she was relatively familiar with her. Ling Chun smiled and poured a glass for each of the three of them.

Su Yanli and his wife stood in an inconspicuous place behind everyone. It was hot this time and they did not take Su Silang out. Su Dalang was at Dongshan Academy again, so four people from the Su family came.

Su Ruojin asked Ling Chun to help her parents pour some water. She smiled and said, "Okay, slave, I'll go over right now."

Su Sanlang couldn't sit still, so he and Ling Chun walked through the alley to where Su Yanli and his wife were. Su Ruojin watched Su Yanli pick up Su Sanlang before she dared to look away. There were many people, and she was used to guarding against human traffickers.

Just when Su Ruojin finished drinking a glass of water, the crowded moat suddenly became quiet. She subconsciously panicked and reached out to hold Yang Siniang's hand. When she touched a big hand, she subconsciously retracted her hand.

Turn your head.

Zhao Lan stood beside her at some point. When he saw her looking over, he bent his head and said in a very soft voice, "It will start soon."

"Oh." Su Ruojin pretended to be casual and moved towards Yang Siniang, stretched out her hand to pull Yang Siniang, turned her little head and smiled at her, her voice was very low, "It will start soon."

She was naive and didn't know what it felt like to be on guard between men and women. In fact, she felt like her back was being stared at.

Zhao Lan, ah, Zhao Lan, why are you standing here with me? Don’t you know that you are a hottie? Although I am only eight years old, if you stand so close, I will become a target for others.

Yang Siniang also turned around and said with a smile, "I know." She participates every year, so she knows the process.

Su Ruojin:…

Well, she's a bumpkin.

There are many ceremonial guards on the Yudai Bridge, solemn and solemn. The wind is blocked by the crowds of people, and only the warm sky shines.

In the silence, Su Ruojin had beads of sweat on her forehead and back, but she did not dare to move. Zhao Lan told her that the officials would be out soon.

Of course, Prince Jin's Mansion is very close to the emperor. Su Ruojin looked at the guards on the Jade Belt Bridge and seemed to be able to see their faces clearly. Does that mean that when the emperor comes, she will also be able to see what the emperor looks like?

Oh my God, she was about to see the emperor!

What an emperor!

Yang Siniang was also obviously a little excited. The stands of Zheng Gong's Mansion were two or three places away in the back, and the view was not as good as here. If Su Ruojin hadn't been at Jin Prince's Mansion, Yang Siniang, a daughter of a concubine, wouldn't have been able to move around freely. She probably wouldn't be able to move around as much as Su Yanli and his wife. Similarly, behind the stands of Duke Zheng's Mansion, blocked by the crowd, it was not easy to see what the emperor looked like.

In the stillness of the world, Emperor Cheng Xi was slowly walked into the Yudai Bridge with his hands held behind his back by his sons. He stopped in the middle of the bridge, glanced at the dragon boat ready to go on the river, and smiled as if he was pleased.

The moment the emperor stepped into the Yudai Bridge, everyone knelt down and kowtowed, while shouting: "Long live my emperor."

Su Ruojin didn't even have time to see what the emperor looked like, so she was pulled by Zhao Lan and followed the others to kneel down and kowtow. No one looked up, and she didn't dare.

How do you think of the emperor?

I don’t know when the emperor called Pingshen. Anyway, by the time she stood up and looked up, the emperor was no longer on the Yudai Bridge. Zhao Lan bent down and told him gently that the people on the bridge were princes.

Their order is briefly introduced one by one starting from the older ones.

The eldest middle-aged man is the prince. The late empress’s birth name was Zhao Qian, and even Su Ruojin among the people has heard about it. The prince is mediocre, so mediocre that even if he is asked to preside over the solution to the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, which is not widespread, he cannot solve it.

Behind him is the second prince, the son of Empress Dowager De, named Zhao Long. Compared with the mediocre prince, he is said to be very capable and is now in charge of household affairs.

The Ministry of Household Affairs, that is where the country’s financial power lies!

Unusual.

The third one is Prince Luo’s aunt, the third prince Zhao Jiong, who was born to Concubine Shu. He is an errand of the Ministry of Rites and is said to be capable. I heard that he especially likes to make friends with literati. This is why Prince Luo wants to rob Su Yanzu. .

In his early twenties, the four princes, Zhao Yan, born of the concubine, and the Ministry of Industry who led the Ministry of Industry. It is said that the Liaonians' spies were also found. It seemed not very good.