Part 9
"Hello Miss Minh."
"Hello Miss Ton."
Ton Thai Dao saw the innocent and naive look through Cuu Chau's smile - a carefree smile that had never been stained by the dust of the world.
"The other day at the foot of Phi Ha mountain, I didn't have time to chat with Miss Minh, my heart is filled with regret.
Luckily, today you've come, quickly come inside, we can chat slowly." Gently holding Cuu Chau's hand, Ton Thai Dao smiled gently, "You and I are about the same age, only one year older than you, from now on just call me elder sister."
The ladies beside her heard this, and each of them covered their mouths with their handkerchiefs and burst out laughing.
Later, they all married into the royal family, and became sisters-in-law to each other, if we were to talk more deeply, wouldn't they be sisters?
Cuu Chau turned his head to look at the girls who were giggling, blinking his eyelashes at them.
"Sister, don't mind them, they're all just pranksters." Ton Thai Dao's eyes stopped on Cuu Chau's hair, on which was pinned a hairpin with a Ruyi patterned tassel. This hairpin was once worn by Consort To when she attended His Majesty's longevity ceremony.
She lowered her eyes, stopping to look at Jiu Zhou's beautiful eyes, "There is a small garden in the backyard of my mansion*, if Jiu Zhou sister doesn't mind, let's take a walk around the garden."
(*A word used to refer to one's residence with a humble meaning when speaking to others.)
Jiu Zhou turned her head to look at Shen shi who was talking to the group of ladies over there, Shen shi nodded slightly at her.
"Please, sister." Sun Taiyao let go of Jiu Zhou's hand, lifted her skirt and walked ahead to lead the way.
The girls who came along kept saying nice words, occasionally praising Jiu Zhou and Sun Taiyao a few sentences, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.
The Sun family's small garden had a rockery, although it wasn't luxurious, it was surrounded by beautiful scenery.
The Sun family's discipline was exactly like their garden: the foundation was profound, every word and every gesture was extremely proper.
The young girls would definitely play around when they gathered together. After a while, she chased me away. Jiu Zhou had already remembered all the names of the young ladies here.
Everyone was friendly and easy to approach, not a single bad point could be found.
Jiu Zhou recalled what her mother had said to her when she left the house this morning.
"How to get along with them is something that others have to consider.
When you get there, you will naturally discover that everyone is gentle and caring, and understands people's hearts."
"Are all the young ladies in the capital this gentle?"
"Gentleness is not innate, but understanding people's hearts."
Jiu Zhou looked at the girls running with small steps, panting tiredly in the garden, feeling that if she ran after them, the victory would not be glorious.
No wonder the masters all said that the soil in the capital was not suitable for health, these girls were really too weak, they had only run a few steps and were already this tired.
"Jiu Zhou sister, are you tired?" Sun Taiyao walked to her side, "Let's go sit over there and rest for a while."
Jiu Zhou, "..."
She looked at Sun Taiyao's red face, suspecting that she was tired but was too embarrassed to say so she asked her to come along.
Alright, take care of the elderly and the weak, accumulate virtue and do good deeds.
The autumn breeze slowly caressed, Sun Taiyao poured a cup of fragrant tea and brought it in front of Jiu Zhou, "After returning to the capital, have you gotten used to it, little sister?"
Jiu Zhou raised her teacup and nodded.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, Sun Taiyao looked at the beautiful moon face of the young lady in front of her, the hand holding the teacup tightened slightly, then relaxed, "Little sister...! Still blaming me?"
"What?" Jiu Zhou thought her ears had a problem.
She raised her head to look at Sun Taiyao.
The other party's gaze was extremely complicated, perhaps because it was too complicated, Jiu Zhou didn't understand anything, and even felt a chill down her spine.
"Nothing." Sun Taiyao smiled, "Elder sister took tea instead of wine, toasting you a cup, if there was any disrespect, please forgive me."
Jiu Zhou just raised her teacup, the Sun family servant hurriedly walked in front of Sun Taiyao, "Reporting to young lady, His Highness the King of Qi heard that our mansion is holding a tea party today, so he sent someone to bring a lot of things, you quickly go and see."
Sun Taiyao drained the teacup in her hand, stood up and bowed slightly to Jiuzhou, "Sister, I'm sorry I can't continue with you."
Watching Miss Sun leave, Jiuzhou took a sip of tea.
It was a bit bland.
Putting down the teacup, she stood up and walked towards the lotus pond.
On the surface of the pond were a few dry, torn lotus leaves, and suddenly a few fish emerged from the water and spat bubbles.
Jiuzhou sat on a rock, looking at those fat fish that were not afraid of strangers, and suddenly thought, if they ate these stupid fish, would humans become stupid too?
"Why doesn't Miss Zheng play with everyone?"
"I don't want to go." Behind the rockery, a not-so-happy female voice rang out, "The future Divine Princess is there, who would dare to offend her."
"Why did Miss Zheng say that, Miss Ming is kind and gentle, and knows..."
"If you want to flatter, then go yourself, don't say these disgusting words in front of me."
Kiu Zhou stood up from the cliff, do the people of the capital like to hide in the bushes and gossip about others? She looked around, and tiptoed to the side of the rockery.
The girl who was looked down upon by Miss Zheng was angry, "Your elder brother offended the Divine King, and losing face has nothing to do with Miss Ming? Lord Ming is an upright official, Madam Shen is gentle, ever since Miss Ming entered the Sun Palace, has she acted arrogant towards us? What's so good about you gossiping behind Miss Ming's back, if you're good, go find the Divine King and talk!"
"You..." Before Zheng Zhen could finish her sentence, she suddenly stopped, she glared at the rockery, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
Yao Renren discovered her unusual appearance and turned her head to look, catching sight of Miss Ming sitting on the rockery, wearing a silk robe, looking extremely leisurely.
"Minh...! Miss Ming?" Yao Renren didn't dare to guess how much Ming Jiuzhou had heard.
Zheng Zhen was so frightened that her face turned pale, the Zheng family was the maternal home of the King of Qi, of course she wasn't afraid of Ming Jiuzhou, but she was afraid of Ming Jiuzhou's fiance, the God King.
Remembering her elder brother who was still sitting in the kindergarten class, Zheng Zhen's soles trembled slightly, and she suddenly took a step back.
"You two continue talking, don't mind me." Jiuzhou pulled the silk robe to block the sun, smiling at the two people, "I'll just sit here and enjoy the scenery."
Yao Ren Ren, "..."
She looked at Zheng Zhen with pity, she was gossiping but was heard by the main character, and even told the two of them to continue talking?
If she were Zheng Zhen, she would just dig a hole and jump in to hide.
Seeing that Zheng Zhen didn't say anything, Jiu Zhou's expression suddenly became clear, "Am I here affecting Miss Zheng's interest in talking?"
She tilted her head, jumped down from the rockery, "Then I'll go."
"Miss Ming." Zheng Zhen gritted her teeth and called Jiu Zhou back, stammering, "What just happened was just a misunderstanding..."
"Miss Zheng doesn't need to explain, I understand, I understand." Jiu Zhou didn't listen to Zheng Zhen's explanation, lifted her skirt and turned to leave.
A girl who is clearly pretty, why does she like to talk behind other people's backs?
Can't scare her to death!
"She must have heard it." Zheng Zhen looked at Yao Renren in confusion, "What if she tells Consort Su?"
Yao Renren, "..."
She wanted to stop her just now but couldn't, is she afraid now?
Pingyuan Marquis's mansion is the Qi King's maternal home, their ancestors had quite a few famous ministers, but why is it that in this generation everyone is so stupid?
Could it be that all of her intelligence and talent have been passed down to her grandson, the Qi King?
"Don't think too much, Miss Ming won't say anything." Yao Renren comforted, "Perhaps she's not a narrow-minded person." Zheng Zhen glared at Yao Renren, how long has it been since she still hasn't forgotten to follow and flatter Ming Jiuzhou?
Pretending not to see Zheng Zhen's dissatisfied expression, Yao Renren knelt, "If Miss Zheng is not at ease, then go apologize to Miss Ming and that's it."
After today, she must stay far away from this Miss Zheng.
Sometimes, a fool is more dangerous than a bad person.
"I...! I didn't say anything." Although she said that, Zheng Zhen didn't dare to linger in the Sun Mansion, she found a random reason and hurriedly got on the carriage and left, not even staying to eat the lunch prepared by the Sun Mansion.
"What's the matter with playing with those girls, child?" Shen Shi realized that after Jiuzhou returned to sit next to her, her smile seemed strange.
"Someone was gossiping behind your back and you heard it."
Hearing this, Madam Tham was afraid that her daughter would be upset by other people's words, so she wanted to comfort her, but she heard her daughter say,
"Gossip outside, that young lady from the Zheng family is not only stupid, but her family education is also problematic." Jiu Zhou laughed smugly, "She talked bad about you to her heart's content, when she found out that you were behind that rockery, she looked exactly like a field mouse that had been caught stealing rice."
Madam Tham discovered something, it seemed that her daughter had an inexplicable confidence, and would not change her own views because of other people's words.
Whatever other people say, whatever their attitude is, it doesn't affect her at all.
Perhaps one day, when everyone's views are different from hers, she will surely come to the conclusion that "these people are strange, only I am normal."
Thinking back, the two Taoist priests who raised her daughter are also worldly women, normal people wouldn't be able to raise a child with a personality so different from normal people.
While she was thinking, she heard her daughter mumble in her mouth.
"I hate people who speak ill of His Highness the Divine King the most."
Shen shi, "..."
Actually, sometimes being blindly confident is not very good.
After returning from the Sun family, Shen shi's anxious mood had completely changed, sometimes she didn't need Ming Ton Phu to follow her, she was still at ease letting Cuu Chau go out.
The customs in the capital are quite open, and do not restrict women.
Every time Jiuzhou leads a maid out, you can see girls going out alone, which is much better than Lingzhou.
Often being chased out by her mother to spend money, Jiuzhou painfully covers her purse, isn't saving money good, why do you have to spend it all?
"Miss." Chunfen sees Jiuzhou covering her purse, not wanting to go choose something, so she says, "Master and Madam said, although our mansion is not rich, we still need money for Miss to buy jewelry, hairpins, and powder."
Jiuzhou sighs, "But I don't lack these things, mother has prepared a lot for me."
"How many girls would dislike too much jewelry?" Chunfen and the maids pull Jiuzhou into the shop, "Good Miss, please buy some things to bring back, otherwise Madam will suspect that we don't know how to do things."
"Hey, little girl of the Ming family."
Ming Jiu Zhou looked around, who was calling her?
"I'm here, where are you looking?" Something fell at her feet, a silver ingot the size of a bean.
Jiu Zhou turned around to pick up the silver ingot, raised her head to look upstairs.
The young master in a brocade robe was leaning by the window, smiling brightly at her.
It was the kind young master who had helped her fight before.
"You want to choose jewelry?" He waved at Jiu Zhou, "Go upstairs and take a look, the jewelry up here is very beautiful."
Jiu Zhou opened her palm, looked at the bean-sized silver ingot, then looked up at him, "You dropped this silver."
"Then help me bring it up." The Divine King laughed out loud, clasped his hands at her, "Miss Ming, thank you."
This clasped his hands was also not standard, but when he did it, it gave off a feeling of freedom and openness.
Jiu Zhou just raised her head, in her jet-black eyes was his smiling figure.
His smile looked so familiar.
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