Chapter 31 Appropriate(1/2)
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The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment.
"Who is it?" she asked.
Gao Lingbo smiled.
"I'm just asking, but I haven't decided yet. I'll talk to you after I get the exact letter," he said.
The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief.
"You should hurry up," she said. "The sooner you settle down, the sooner you will be stable. Let's see what life is like now."
I feel like crying again when I say this.
"Your Majesty, be careful, for misfortunes and blessings depend on it. Good times are coming." Gao Lingbo advised with a smile.
After saying a few more words, he stood up and left.
At this time, in the side hall, Chen Shiba Niang was teaching calligraphy to the princess once every five days.
"...Ms. Chen, do you think I am right to write like this?" the youngest fourth princess said angrily.
Chen Shiba Niang walked over and leaned down to take a look.
"Princess wrote very well." She praised with a smile.
The fourth princess, who was about six or seven years old, smiled happily and continued to write seriously. Chen Shiba Niang knelt down and corrected her posture.
The slightly older second princess on the other side did not write seriously, but looked sideways at Chen Danniang next to her.
"Nineteenth Mother, you write so well." She said.
Chen Danniang smiled and saluted her.
"Nineteenth lady and eldest lady have a lot of time to study." The third princess who is the same age as Chen Danniang said in a low voice with a bit of dissatisfaction.
Chen Danniang shook her head.
"No." She chuckled, "My sister and I didn't learn much, but Sister Cheng and I learned a lot."
Sister Cheng?
The two princesses looked at each other curiously.
"Do you have an older sister who can write?" the second princess asked.
"No, it's Mrs. Cheng, oh no, it's the Princess of Jin'an County." Chen Danniang said with a smile, and couldn't help but beaming, "Back then, did you know that the Princess of Jin'an County held a banquet in front of the door and wrote for people to watch?"
The two princesses nodded.
The matter of Mrs. Cheng was discussed for a long time in the palace, both privately and publicly.
"So, you became a disciple of Mrs. Cheng?"
"Have you seen the scene with your own eyes? Please tell me what it was like at that time."
Although the eleven or twelve-year-old girls are somewhat separated due to differences in status and their first meeting, they can still talk together quickly, especially when they have a common topic.
Someone coughed heavily.
The three girls, who had almost met each other, quickly separated and sat upright.
Chen Shiba Niang looked at the three of them with a somewhat solemn expression.
"You must concentrate on your studies." She said, "Danniang, I asked you to come here to practice calligraphy with the princess, not to joke around."
Chen Danniang responded, lowering her head and exchanging smiling glances with the two princesses.
The two princesses also lowered their heads and smiled.
Outside the door, a palace maid came in with a smile.
"Ms. Chen, the Queen Mother has invited you," she said.
Chen Shiba Niang hurriedly responded and saluted the princesses in the palace.
"That's it for today." She said.
The three princesses stood up with half a courtesy.
"Danniang, wait here." Chen Shiba Niang warned.
Chen Danniang nodded and watched Chen Shiba Niang and the palace maid walk out.
"Nineteenth lady." The second princess said hurriedly, "You go out with us to play."
"Yes, tell us about your calligraphy practice with Mrs. Cheng." The third princess also nodded and said.
Chen Danniang shook her head.
"Sister asked me to wait here and not to wander around," she said.
"Ms. Chen is very strict." The third princess nodded with some sympathy.
Chen Danniang also nodded and lowered her voice.
"My sister got married and became more strict," she said.
After all, it was her sister who was talking behind her back, so Chen Danniang stuck out her tongue.
But the three princesses became a little closer to her because of these words.
"However, you should come with us to our palace to rest." The second princess moved slightly and said, "You can tell Madam Chen that we are going to practice writing, so that she will not blame you."
"Yes, yes, refreshments must have been delivered by now. Some fresh fruits have been brought into the palace. Please try it, Nineteenth Mother." The eldest princess also said.
Chen Danniang was a little moved by the kindness shown by her peers, but remembering her mother and sister's advice, she still shook her head and bowed to express her gratitude.
"I will come often with my sister in the future. Let's go again next time," she said.
The second princess and the third princess looked at each other and stopped talking.
"Okay then." They said.
As soon as she finished speaking, the fourth princess walked up to Chen Danniang, reached out and pulled her sleeves, raised her head and blinked her big eyes.
"Nineteenth Lady..." She lowered her childlike voice, "Don't stay here with the Queen Mother, there is a prince here, it's very scary..."
Before she finished speaking, the second and third princesses on the side simultaneously reached out and pressed her mouth, blocking out the rest of her words.
"Then, Nineteenth Lady, please wait here for a moment, we will leave first." The second princess said.
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Danniang to say anything else, she took the fourth princess and walked away quickly.
"...Shuning, what did Granny Sun teach you, don't talk nonsense..."
"...Have you forgotten why Sister Shuhui was sent to Concubine Zhu Xian to be raised?"
Accompanied by low voices, the three of them left the Queen Mother's palace, and silence returned to the side hall.
"Nineteenth lady, sit down and have tea." The two palace maids brought tea and a plate of snacks and said with a smile.
"Thank you, sister." Chen Danniang saluted and said.
The two palace maids smiled even more and knelt down to talk to her.
As he was talking, he heard a commotion behind the door, and someone banged open the door and rushed in.
This is a chubby man, holding a ball in his hand and making a "wah, wah, wah," sound.
Everyone in the hall was caught off guard and screamed in fright, and Chen Danniang even hid beside the two palace maids.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." The two palace maids said, hugging Chen Danniang.
One pointed at the people running around the pillars in the temple and shouted in a panic.
"Hurry, catch it!"
"Why did His Highness escape?"
Your Highness?
When Chen Danniang heard this, she couldn't help but poke her head out from behind the palace maid.
Now there is only one His Highness in the palace.
She looked over and saw that His Highness was being hugged by two strong chamberlains. Because His Highness the Crown Prince ran so fast, he was suddenly hugged and fell to the ground.
There was a thud, and Chen Danniang couldn't help but tremble, and couldn't bear to look directly at it.
There were cries in the hall.
"Don't cry, don't cry."
The stupid man's cry was also different from that of a normal person. It sounded very weird, and Chen Danniang couldn't help but look over again.
His Royal Highness, who was lying on the ground, was randomly pulled up by several chamberlains, but the prince refused to get up and struggled to reach forward. In an instant, the palace became a mess.
"Oh, what are you doing? Take us down quickly. Didn't you tell me to close the door and not let you out?"
The maid next to Chen Danniang was a little impatient. While comforting Chen Danniang, she took a few steps forward and said.
"Your Majesty, I need to rest."
To be continued...