Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 215 The Little Princess of Pingyang

Taifei Lan took her daughter-in-law, Princess Yongqin, and her granddaughter, Princess Pingyang, to the eldest princess's residence in a carriage.

 Fu Xi was already waiting at the door with his children, eager to see what was going on.

Seeing Concubine Lan being helped out of the car by the maid, Fu Xi couldn't wait to greet her with a smile, and called her affectionately: "Concubine."

　　After Fu Xi and Emperor Ming lost their mothers when they were young, they were raised under the knees of the gentle and virtuous Concubine Lan. The kindness of raising her was greater than that of heaven, and Fu Xi always respected and cherished Mrs. Lan.

  Concubine Lan is over sixty years old. Although she is well maintained, she cannot help the passage of time. She was once a beautiful woman in the palace, but now she is showing her age.

 When mother and daughter met, they both couldn't help but shed tears.

Fu Xi looked at the gray on Tai Fei Lan’s temples and sighed, “It’s been more than ten years since I last saw her, and my concubine is getting old.”

Concubine Lan caressed her adopted daughter's hand lovingly and said with a smile: "Now that you have wrinkles even at the corners of your eyes, how can your mother-in-law not grow old?"

After the mother and daughter exchanged greetings, Concubine Lan took her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, smiled at Fu Xi and said, "You and Qinghe have known each other before, but you don't recognize me as my little granddaughter, right?"

Princess Pingyang gave Fu Xi a graceful greeting: "My niece Pingyang has met the imperial aunt."

When Fu Xi saw the handsome girl with bright eyes and white teeth in front of him, he was surprised and said: "Ah! Is this actually Pingyang? She has grown so big, I really can't recognize her."

Princess Pingyang was not afraid of life. She smiled sweetly, with two shallow pear dimples showing on her cheeks, and said to Fu Xi: "Grandma and mother said that I met the imperial aunt when I was three years old. Now I Now that she is sixteen, Aunt Huang will not recognize her."

 Fuxi looked at the handsome niece in front of him, nodded and said, "Among the girls in our Zhao family, my niece from Pingyang is really the most handsome."

Pingyang was not shy after hearing this. She replied cheerfully: "Thank you, Auntie Huang, for your compliment."

Princess Yongqin, who was standing aside, gave her daughter an angry look and said to Fu Xi: "This child is spoiled by the prince at home. He has neglected etiquette. Princess, don't be surprised."

 Fu Xi and Princess Yong had known each other since they were young. She smiled and replied, "Seventh brother is such a precious daughter, so he naturally has to be pampered. Besides, it's not a bad thing for a daughter's family to be pampered a little."

After Fu Xi said this, without waiting for Princess Yong to speak, Ping Yang smiled innocently and said to Fu Xi, "Auntie Huang is really wise."

Seeing that her daughter was getting more and more unruly, Princess Yongqin scolded her and said, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense with your elders."

Forced by her mother's power, Princess Pingyang shrugged her shoulders and stuck out her tongue playfully.

Concubine Lan saw her daughter-in-law being cruel to her granddaughter. She pulled her granddaughter away in distress and replied: "Fu Xi is right. She was grown up under the arrogance of the late emperor. You see, even now, no one has Dare to bully her. If this girl's family doesn't let her go, she will be unpopular if she marries to her husband's family in the future."

Concubine Lan is an extremely gentle and kind person. After hearing her remarks, Fu Xi couldn't help but smile and joked: "Concubine, you have changed a lot now."

Princess Yongqin is the niece of Princess Lan, so the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is naturally extremely harmonious.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was protecting her daughter, she said helplessly to Fu Xi: "My daughter is pampered by the prince and spoiled by her mother-in-law. I am really worried about what kind of family will be able to tolerate her in the future."

 “If there is no one who can tolerate me, I just won’t get married.” With the support of his grandmother, Pingyang boldly intervened.

Seeing that her daughter was so unruly, Princess Yongqin didn't scold her this time. Instead, she quietly flew towards her and struck her with a knife.

Pingyang hurriedly hid behind his grandmother, and when his mother wasn't paying attention, he made a face at her. After everyone exchanged greetings, Fu Xi enthusiastically pointed out his children to Concubine Lan and others one by one.

When Princess Lan met Li Lingjingshu and the others, her eyes couldn't help but moisten.

She sighed with emotion: "Oh, time is not forgiving. You have become a mother-in-law in a flash, and the daughter-in-law here is so beautiful. Jin Yan is so old." Concubine Lan glanced at Fu Xi and murmured: "Follow me. I looked like you when you were a kid, you were handsome."

After praising the two female relatives, Concubine Lan looked at the tall and tall Li Ling beside her: "Brother Ling, when I last saw him, he was only in his teens. Now that he is an adult, he has not changed much. He's still as cold-faced as he was when he was a kid."

　　Why is it that the previous ones are all praises, but there is no change when it comes to him?

　　After hearing what Concubine Lan said, Li Ling's already cold face became even colder.

After seeing the three juniors, Concubine Lan asked Fu Xi, "Where is your youngest son? Why haven't you seen Brother Xiang?"

Fu Xi replied: "Brother Xiang is on duty in the palace now. There are tributes in the palace now, so he has to come later."

Concubine Lan sighed again: "Oh my, even your youngest son can now work as an errand, how can I not be old?"

As he was talking, a man on horseback in the distance was running towards this side.

 The third girl said in surprise: "It's the third brother who is here."

After a while, Li Xiang ran up to him. He got off his horse, raised his eyes and glanced at everyone, and then bowed directly to Concubine Lan with a very eye-catching look: "My grandson has met the emperor's grandmother."

When Princess Lan met Li Xiang, who was personable and polite, the smile on her face reached straight to her eyes.

She quickly helped Li Xiang up, couldn't help but look him up and down, and couldn't help but praise: "Brother Xiang is so handsome, he is such a handsome boy."

Li Xiang had just arrived from the palace, and before he had time to change out of Lang Yulin's official uniform, he was wearing a red and red flying fish pattern palace uniform, making his face look like a crown jewel and his posture as upright as relaxed.

 Can fully afford Mrs. Lan’s compliment.

Li Xiangjun had a warm smile on his face and said humbly to Concubine Lan: "Grandma the Queen is so complimentary."

The more Concubine Lan looked at Li Xiang, the more she liked him. She kept saying, "This child is handsome and has a gentle temperament. He is really rare."

As she spoke, she looked at Fu Xi beside her and asked, "I remember Brother Xiang is half a year older than Pingyang, right?"

Fu Xi replied: "Exactly, they are half a year apart in age."

Concubine Lan waved to her granddaughter: "Pingyang, come here to meet your cousin from the Li family."

Pingyang no longer looked as naughty as before. She walked forward slowly and gave Li Xiang a slight blessing: "Pingyang has met my cousin."

Li Xiang returned the courtesy to Pingyang: "I've met my cousin."

 In the vast night sky, there were stars dotted with snow foam. For Pingyang, who was born and raised in the south, the winter in Beijing is really cold. But now, looking at the warm smile on the handsome young man's face, she felt a warmth going straight to the bottom of her heart.

The sun is shining brightly in the night, and although my sleeves are covered with wind and snow, I don’t feel cold anymore.

 (End of this chapter)