The brigade started, and the guards at the front of the guard of honor rang the gong with a bang, and the people on the street heard the sound of the gong, and they all flashed to both sides, giving way to the center of the road and marching for the guard of honor.

Yang Ze followed the back of the team, walked out of the way, and saw Fu Bingrong and them follow, Fu Bingrong led the horse, walked quickly to Yang Ze, and whispered: "Master, where are you going, you don't want to get on the horse, it's too tiring to walk!" ”

Yang Ze took the reins of the horse and said, "Maybe it's going to the eldest princess's house, I don't know, I haven't talked to the eldest princess yet!" He turned over and motioned for Fu Bingrong and the others to follow.

After walking for a long time, almost half an hour, Tan Zhengwen came over and said, "Master, this road is not right, how do I feel that it is a left turn, then a left turn, and then a left turn, according to this way, after a while, I will return to the gate of the palace again!" ”

Yang Ze naturally felt it, and he said: "Don't talk too much, even if you turn around in a circle, what can you do, can you still not follow!" ”

Tan Zhengwen had no choice but to stop talking and retreated to the back, he and Fu Bingrong, you look at me, I look at you, it's all inexplicable, I don't know how this eldest princess's guard of honor can be such a move.

Turning a corner again, Yang Ze couldn't bear it, he asked a guard next to him, and said, "Dare to ask this brother, where is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess going?" ”

The guard glanced at him and said, "Naturally, you are going back to the princess's mansion, you are from out of town, right, the first time you have seen the honor guard of Her Royal Highness the princess of our family?" He didn't know Yang Ze, and he didn't know that Yang Ze was Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Yang Ze nodded and said, "This is the first time this official has seen Princess Luanjia, this benevolent brother, you are right." The princess's mansion at the gate of the palace? ”

The guard smiled and said: "How can there be a house at the gate of the palace, our princess lives in the longevity square, which is the one closest to the palace, let's walk in this way so that the people can see our princess!" ”

Yang Ze suddenly realized. In the words of the era he came, this is to save the sense of zài, the more people know the eldest princess Fengyi, the more familiar they are with the eldest princess, and the more they feel that the eldest princess is closer to the people, which is very important to the prestige of the eldest princess among the people.

It seems that there are masters in the staff of the princess's mansion, and they can come up with this method to save the zài sense, this is self-promotion without spending a penny, just like advertising, and the people's impression of the eldest princess is deeper than that of other princes. At that time, if Empress Dugu wanted to set up an heir and sent someone to the people to find out, then the eldest princess would have a lot of extra points!

Yang Ze thought to himself: "It seems that the eldest princess wants to be the female prince, and she has done everything, and even this method has to be used, admire and admire!" ”

After turning the corner, this time it didn't take long to walk until it arrived at the Longevity Square, and the honor guard stopped at the door of the princess's mansion. Yang Ze looked towards the princess's mansion. My heart was shocked, this eldest princess's mansion, from the outside, turned out to be similar to the palace. Even the shape of the small square in front of the palace is exactly the same as that of the palace, and the difference is only the size of the area.

Before entering the gate, Yang Ze said secretly: "Behind the outer wall." There must also be a smaller square, and at the back of the square is a higher wall. ”

Entering the gate, as expected. There is really a small square behind the gate, and behind the square, there is really a higher palace wall, which is completely different from the layout of the palace!

Yang Ze turned his head and said to Bingrong: "This eldest princess's home, the layout is exactly the same as the palace, but it is just one size smaller. ”

Fu Bingrong and the others entered the princess's mansion for the first time, they didn't know what the layout of the palace was, they were very excited when they heard Yang Ze say this, they couldn't enter the palace, and it was also a great pleasure in life to enter the princess's mansion.

Yang Ze got off the horse and waited honestly near the side door, that is, the guard room in the palace, and didn't wait for a while, he saw Captain Ye walking briskly, and shouted at him: "Lord Yang, please go to the side hall for a while, my princess will ask you later." ”

Yang Ze agreed again and again, and followed Captain Ye away. Fu Bingrong and the others continued to stay at the door, their eyes were not enough, looking around, watching this small palace, of course, they could only look at the two walls inside and outside, but it was enough for them.

Entering the inner palace wall, Yang Ze saw the interior of the princess's mansion, and saw that there was a tall main hall in front of it, almost the same as the Taihe Hall in the Forbidden City, but the courtyard was empty, and there were almost no people.

Yang Ze asked Captain Ye, "General Ye, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess hasn't had lunch yet, is it necessary to wait for her to have lunch before she sees this official?" ”

Captain Ye glanced back at him and said, "This young general doesn't know, don't ask me." In our house, it is best to ask less questions, and it is easy to arouse suspicion. ”

"Thank you General Ye for reminding me, this is the first time this official has entered the mansion, I don't know the rules, and I hope General Ye will forgive me." Yang Ze has a very good attitude and is very smart and studious.

Captain Ye had a good impression of him, and said with a smile: "Forgive me, who is the young general, Lord Yang laughed." After a pause, he felt that he should point out Yang Ze a few words, so he said: "My princess is the most kind, but she has a taboo, that is, she doesn't like others to call her Her Royal Highness, and she doesn't like others to call her Princess Chitose, so when you meet, it's best to only call her Your Highness...... Well, think of yourself as an honest and reliable person, remember! ”

Yang Ze was very grateful, even thanked him, and flattered Captain Ye, if the other party was not an officer, but a eunuch, then he had to take out a handful of golden melon seeds and reward them to Captain Ye.

After walking for a short time, he came to the side hall, Yang Ze entered the hall and waited, there was no other person in the hall, except for him, not a single palace maid and eunuch were gone.

Yang Ze waited for a while, then heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind the hall, he immediately lowered his head and stood in the middle of the red carpet of the main hall, so that people could see him at a glance.

The person who came turned out from behind the huge screen, saw Yang Ze standing in a conspicuous position, and walked until he walked to Yang Ze, and then he spoke and asked, "You are Yang Ze?" The tone of his voice was kind, the voice in the sedan chair.

Yang Ze immediately bowed and saluted, "Back to His Highness." The next official is Yang Ze, and he has seen His Royal Highness. ”

"Raise your head and let Lone see!" Said in a kind voice.

Yang Ze raised his head, and at the same time that the eldest princess saw him, he also saw the eldest princess, and saw that this eldest princess, who was rumored to be insidious and vicious, turned out to be just a kind old lady!

In his fifties, his hair is gray, and his face is like a silver basin, due to his age. There are more wrinkles on her face, her eyes are like crescents, even if she doesn't smile, she looks like she's smiling, her lips are a little thick, her nose is a little collapsed, and from the physiognomy, no matter what her aesthetic looks like, this eldest princess can't be classified as a beauty.

The clothes on his body are not very luxurious. Although it is also satin, it is a dark pattern cloth, which is soft and comfortable to wear. It doesn't look eye-catching, it doesn't show a noble identity, and there is no jewelry on it.

All in all, if you don't know her identity as the eldest princess. Walking down the street, she had to be misunderstood, thinking that she was just an ordinary middle-rich old lady. Very kind.,The kind of kind grandmother who can take out candy for children to eat at any time.。

Yang Ze was surprised in his heart, this eldest princess is a kind person no matter how she looks at it, she doesn't look ruthless at all, looking at her appearance, she really can't be associated with her reputation.

The eldest princess looked at Yang Ze, nodded and smiled: "Sure enough, he is a handsome young man, how old is he this year, have you ever married?" ”

Yang Ze replied: "If you go back to Your Highness, the lower official is eighteen this year, and he has not yet married!" "Strictly speaking, he's not eighteen yet, and he hasn't had this year's birthday.

The eldest princess said: "Well, a manly husband, it is true to start a business first and then start a family, but you only have one son in your family, and your parents are old, so it is better to marry as soon as possible and let them hold their grandchildren, this is the fulfillment of filial piety, and with children on their knees, their lives can be more comfortable." Come, come and sit here. ”

Very kind, really like the neighbor's grandmother talking to herself, as soon as she came up, she asked her age and whether she was married. But Yang Ze knew in her heart that the eldest princess must know all these things, but she still asked, maybe she was trying not to be nervous!

The eldest princess took Yang Ze to the side of the big case, let Yang Ze sit on the small pier in the corner of the big case, she sat on the main seat herself, and said to Yang Ze: "Lonely age, ears are not very good, if you are far away, I am afraid that I will not hear clearly." ”

"Your Highness looks like a person in his thirties, and his body must be good!" Yang Ze hurriedly flattered.

The eldest princess suddenly smiled and said, "Are you in your thirties?" You can speak, how can you be so young. ”

She is just over fifty years old this year, and she is not the oldest in the royal family, although she is the eldest princess, she also has an elder brother, Queen Dugu has many children, and she is not young, Queen Dugu is almost eighty years old, how can the children born be young, even if they are great-grandchildren, they are older than Yang Ze.

The eldest princess asked again: "Are you hungry, let the kitchen prepare lunch, let's eat later, let the kitchen do it first, while they cook, let's talk." Are your parents okay? ”

Of all the officials Yang Ze met before, none of them were as easy to get along with as the eldest princess, they were all more powerful than the other, even officials like Yang Pan and Wei Yuancheng who owed favors to him didn't speak so politely to him, and they didn't ask about the physical condition of his parents, but the eldest princess just asked.

Yang Ze hurriedly got up and replied: "Your Highness cares, the parents of the lower officials are in good health, and there is nothing wrong with them at all!" ”

"Elderly people, even if there is nothing wrong with the body, they have to pay attention to maintenance. Coincidentally, recently the south has supplied some bananas, and Lone picked two baskets of good ones, both of which are still green, and Lone let people use fast horses to send them to your second elder, so that they can also taste it, this thing is very rare in the north. The eldest princess smiled and said, because she has a pair of smiling eyes, as long as her voice is kind, even if she doesn't laugh, people will think she is laughing.

Yang Ze hurriedly thanked him again, thinking: "She even knows about my riddle with people in the Goldfish Pavilion, but she can really win people over, and she will give gifts when she meets. Well, it's a pity that her pomegranate dress is too old. ”

The eldest princess said: "It's a small thing, you don't need to thank it." Northern Xinjiang is not better than Chang'an, it's too cold there, wait for a while, you settle down in Beijing, just take them to Chang'an, so that they can also meet often, talk or something, older people, just like to chat, talk about some and not, you young people are not allowed to laugh at us! ”

Yang Ze thought to himself, how dare I laugh at you, I won't take kind words seriously. It's really like the old lady in the neighbor's house, she doesn't talk about anything else when she meets, only talks about the short things in the family, Yang Ze was originally very nervous, but gradually relaxed, and began to talk about some family affairs with the eldest princess.

After talking for a while, the eldest princess never asked about the Yuwen family, just like she called Yang Zelai, just chatting and chatting about some family things, and didn't mention half of the key words.

At this time, the little eunuchs sent lunch, and the eldest princess asked Yang Ze to accompany her to eat, and asked him not to be restrained, so that the young people could eat more, so that their bodies could be strong.

But no matter what she said, Yang Ze didn't dare to shake off his cheeks and eat hard, so he stopped after eating a few chopsticks. The eldest princess has eaten a lot, and it seems that she has eaten quite deliciously.

It wasn't until after lunch was eaten and the eldest princess rinsed her mouth that she said, "It seems that you are still quite restrained, don't be like this when you see Lone in the future." Okay, you can eat it after you go back, otherwise in front of Lonely, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat well! ”

Yang Ze listened, hurriedly stood up, and wanted to say goodbye and leave, but the eldest princess did not keep him, but when Yang Ze was about to go out, he suddenly said: "The affairs of the Yuwen family, Lone already knows about it, this time I called you, in fact, I mainly want to see you, now I see it, Lone is very satisfied, you are a good son, in the future, you will work hard and serve the court, there will be a future, this Lone promises you." ”

This is to let himself stand in line, in this situation, how can Yang Ze say anything else, he can only express his gratitude, it is estimated that after leaving the princess's mansion, he will be directly labeled as the eldest princess!

The eldest princess said again: "Yuwen Wuluo has always had a good reputation, but I don't know how this kind of thing happened in the family, it seems that he is still lacking in reputation, you think of a way, don't let him make a fool of himself, in addition, his family has such a big event, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do it with peace of mind for a while, by the way, think about it, is there a suitable person to recommend to see who can take his place." Okay, you go on an errand, be careful, Lone is very optimistic about you! ”

Yang Ze had no choice but to agree again, but until he left the hall, he didn't understand the meaning of the eldest princess's words.

bowed his head and walked for a while, until he went out of the inner mansion gate, and when he was about to go out of the outer mansion gate, when he saw Fu Bingrong and them, Yang Ze suddenly slapped his forehead, he finally figured out what this meeting was, what did the eldest princess mean, this old grandmother was really ruthless, not as kind as her appearance at all! (To be continued......)