Chapter 157 – Refusing to be a Princess
Li Zhenbao exclaimed, “This is a tomato, how did Second Sister Jiang get this?”
Jiang Yishi laughed, “This is the red fruit seed that big brother Zheng gave me, so I planted it.”
Zheng Yu looked at the tomato seedlings and laughed, “This is my uncle’s filial piety to the old master’s flower seed, Jiang Er …… Oh, sister in law actually planted it. It says it is called red fruit, but it is not red at all.”
Li Zhenbao know how to say, “In a few days it will be red. It is not called red fruit, called tomato. It’s not a flower, it’s a vegetable to eat.”
Zheng Yu wondered, “How do you know?”
Li Zhenbao was stunned for a moment before saying, “I heard it from Master Yu He. He said that the ceiling in vegetarian food is tomato, and described to me how tomatoes look and taste, sweet and sour, extremely delicious.”
Zheng Tingting asked in confusion, “What is the ceiling?”
Li Zhenbao explained, “The ceiling is the beams of the room.”
Zhao Qiu Yue again didn’t understand, “What does a room beam mean in vegetarian food?”
Everyone laughed.
Cui Wenjun laughed, “Princess Zhenbao is talented, this analogy is so appropriate. The roof beam is the highest point of the house, representing the unsurpassable.”
Zhao Qiu Yue said more seriously, “But the tiles are higher than the roof beam.”
Zheng Tingting laughed, “Tiles can be found everywhere, the beam only stands above the house.”
Li Zhenbao added, “Sister, when the tomatoes are red, you must give them to me first, and more often, I crave that flavor.”
Jiang Yixi very painfully agreed, “Good.”
The flower in Li Qi’s arms got angry, bulging eyes meowed, “Give it to her more often, what am I going to eat if it’s gone?”
Jiang Yishi at this time is not good to explain more to it, pretended not to hear, invited the people into the house to sit.
Hua Hua was so angry that she jumped off the ground and ran away. It cried all the way to Fu An Hall, originally going to look for the Old Grand Duke, but was first carried over by the Old Lady.
“Goodness, Flower Flower is crying like this, who bullied you?”
She didn’t understand Hua Hua’s words and let Hua Hua crawl in her arms and cry, her heart aching.
Because of Li Qi, Jiang Yishi had people go and invite Third Grandma Meng and Meng Zhaoan, Meng Yue and Huang Xin again. Third Grandma Meng’s mother and son came quickly, Meng Yue didn’t come, and the maid led Huang Xin here.
The girls went to the west side house to laugh and joke, Meng Zhimo and Zheng Yu drank tea and chatted in the hall house, and several children teased Jojo in the courtyard.
The girls were interested in almost everything on Li Zhenbao’s body, including the small flower on her collar, the pendant at her waist, and the strange pattern on her hairpin. Especially the small square-mouthed embroidered shoes with laces tied on her feet, the little girls were curious and fond of them.
“Ya, shoes can still be done like this.”
“Yeah, they’re nice and cool and don’t fall off easily.”
“Embroidering this kind of flower here is different.”
“Yes na yes na.”
Aside from not caring about Meng Hua, Li Zhenbao was friendly to everyone, patiently answering their various questions.
Meng Hua was not only the top of the heap and good-natured in the Cheng Guo Gongfu, except for Meng Zhimo all her siblings gave in to her, she also belonged to the good-natured amongst the noble daughters, even the princesses would give her some face.
And today, in her home, Li Zhenbao was so neglectful of her. This was the biggest aggravation and disregard she had ever received in her long life.
Her face reddened with anger, and she cursed “ugly monster” and “sick child” countless times in her heart. She was even more angry with Jiang Yishi for not helping her and letting her sister-in-law be pushed around by outsiders.
But Meng Hua did not dare to mess with Li Zhenbao, I heard that Li Zhenbao is not even afraid of the princess, and Princess Shengping quarrel quarrel almost fight, but the emperor and the empress dowager also to her.
Meng Hua tangled for half a day, both reluctant to leave this place, but also unwilling to let people see that they are ostracized, only to endure the anger less talk.
Jiang Yishi, who was watching the play, secretly said that although Meng Hua was not as good as the cunning Fu, she was still better than Jiang Yiyan, who had no brain at all.
Fu’s weakness was Meng Hua. Letting Fu break her defense, it is easiest to find a breakthrough in Meng Hua ……
Because Zheng Yu was there, he invited the old Duke of State to dinner at noon. After the old Duke of State came, he had people go and invite Meng Ruyue, who was studying in the front yard under a gentleman, to come.
Meng Ruimo hated Meng Ruyu, but the old lord was unable to invite him.
Since Meng Ruyu knew that Cui Wenjun had also come today, he had no heart for the lessons.
When he heard that the old master had invited him to eat at the Floating Life Residence, he was too busy to go.
The girls and children ate in the main room, and the three men ate in the east wing.
The small window was wide open, and the girls’ crisp jokes and laughter traveled into the east wing.
Meng Yu Yu was inside recognizing Cui Wenjun’s voice, looking out the window from time to time.
The old man also saw some of the doorway and asked, “Is there a girl there that you like? If it’s one of Miss Zhao or Miss Xue, let your old lady ask someone to talk to her.”
Meng Zhuyu blushed. He had told his mother about his desire to marry Miss Cui, but she said that Miss Cui was better than Miss Zheng. And today, listening to his grandfather’s meaning, he was also unwilling to marry Miss Cui himself. Meng Rui Yu was infuriated in his heart, he was looking at Miss Cui for her looks and talent, not politics, okay?
Meng Zhimo had already heard Jiang Yishi say that Meng Zhiyu had a crush on Cui Wenjun. He was not willing to fulfill Meng Yu’s wish, and was still thinking about how to get the old man to do something about it, but when he heard the old man say that, he was more than just secretly happy in his heart.
He didn’t necessarily want Meng Yu to marry an unfit woman, but he definitely didn’t want him to marry the daughter of an important minister. Although Zhao Xue two family head is also the important minister in the dynasty, but than as the second minister of the Lord Cui and the hands of the heavy military and extremely valued by the emperor Zheng family is still much weaker.
After the meal, Meng Zhiyu helped the old man around the Jin Garden and sent him back to Fu An Hall. He didn’t want to leave, but was too embarrassed to continue to linger.
Li Zhenbao was exhausted and lay down alone to rest in the east side house. The little girls in the west side of the house played poker for a while, and gossiped for a while, Shen Shichu went to the east side of the house to say goodbye to Li Zhenbao, and went back to their own homes.
Li Zhenbao did not go, Zheng Yu is not likely to go, by Meng Ruimo to take to Fu An Hall to the old lady to ask for good health, after dinner there, the evening to the front yard to rest.
According to reason, the young girls should go to greet the elders as soon as they arrive. But Li Zhenbao was not well and did not go.
The Floating Life Residence was finally quiet.
After sending the subordinates away, Jiang Yishi and Li Zhenbao reclined on the bed and whispered.
Li Zhenbao sighed, “It was so lively just now. Alas, when we return to the nunnery in two days, it will be even quieter.”
Jiang Yishi advised, “When you are fully recovered, as long as you want, every day can be so lively.”
Li Zhenbao seemed to think of something, came over his face to take a closer look at Jiang Yishi, smiled playfully, “The woman who is bathed in love is the most beautiful, you are really more watery.”
Jiang Yishi blushed and poked her forehead, “You’re still a nun now, you have the nerve to say this.”
Seeing Jiang Yishi shy as she wished, Li Zhenbao smiled triumphantly. She lowered her voice and said, “My royal grandmother and royal uncle wanted to make an exception to make me a princess, and I refused.”
One shift today, double shifts will resume tomorrow.