area51novel Chapter 2048: Incomplete
Chapter 2048: Incomplete
Chapter 2048: Incomplete
The fourth princess sat next to Niguzhu and couldn't help laughing when she saw her taking care of Tana and Hailan like an adult.
Seeing that her sister was behaving improperly, the third princess secretly glared at her.
She is twelve years old, not a child anymore. She should learn to manage the household affairs, but she is not steady at all and does not act like an older sister.
The Fourth Princess immediately became obedient and went to talk to the Second Princess from the Fourth Prince's family and the Third Princess from the Crown Prince's family.
But there was an age gap between her and her two cousins, and even if they tried to talk, the two of them couldn't quite keep up.
The fourth princess found it boring and thought that these two cousins were not as interesting as the younger cousins.
Seeing this, the Third Princess took over the conversation and said to the Second Princess of the Fourth Prince's family, "I heard that Fourth Uncle has found a teacher for your sister?"
The second princess nodded and said, "My mother told my father, and my father asked someone to invite the master."
Although the Second Princess is the second child, she is actually the eldest daughter because the Fourth Prince's eldest daughter died young.
The Fourth Prince loved children, and the Fourth Lady was also kind-hearted, so the Second Princess did not have the humble status of a concubine's daughter.
It's just her appearance. At first glance, she looks quiet and shy, but when you get to know her, she is cheerful and generous.
The third princess took one look at her cousin and knew that she was a smart child.
As a princess raised by her stepmother, acting in this way would achieve the best of two worlds, as it would bring honor to her stepmother and enhance her own status.
On the contrary, the eldest princess of the Fifth Prince's Mansion, like a quail, became the "evidence" of the Fifth Lady's immorality, and she herself would be looked down upon.
Seeing Hailan looking at the honey on the table again and again and swallowing her saliva, Niguzhu said, "I just ate this. You can't eat it anymore. It's too sweet. Your teeth will hurt."
"toothache……"
Hailan covered her mouth with her hand and her face wrinkled.
Seeing this, the Third Princess asked hurriedly, "Does it hurt? Does it hurt a lot?"
She was already thirteen years old, so she had a lot to think about. She wanted to make friends with several of her cousins, so naturally she hoped that her small banquet today would go smoothly.
Hai Lan has her shortcomings, but she is the eldest daughter of the Seventh Prince's Mansion, the apple of the Seventh Lady's eye, and the first among her peers to have private property.
Last year, officials from the Eight Banners Department of the Ministry of Revenue sold some non-official properties and auctioned off four palaces of the Seventh Prince, all of which were registered under Hai Lan's name.
Hailan felt a little embarrassed when she saw the Third Princess asking, so she put down her hand and said honestly, "It doesn't hurt this time...it hurt a while ago..."
Seeing this, the third princess breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Hai Lan couldn't help looking at Mi San Dao, she signaled the maid to take it down and put a plate of hawthorn pot cakes on the table in front of San Gege, saying, "Sister, have this, it's not that sweet."
Hailan didn't move.
I prefer sweet food.
Niguzhu said, "Third sister... um... Third sister doesn't like to eat cakes that are not sweet..."
After explaining, she realized something was wrong, blinked, looked at the Third Princess and said, "You are the Third Sister, and the Third Sister is also the Third Sister..."
Then, she looked at the third princess of the prince's family and said, "The elder sister of the prince's family is also a third sister... There are so many third sisters..."
The third princess said: "Because you are the youngest in the family, you not only have three third sisters, but also many older brothers..."
"Haha, Fourth Sister is the easiest to remember. I am the Fourth Sister. My younger sister only has one Fourth Sister now..."
The fourth princess hugged Niguzhu and said with a smile.
Niguzhu nodded and said, "Then I understand. Just like the fourth uncle's family also has an elder brother, the fifth uncle's family also has an elder brother!"
This was the cousin she had met before, and he had also called people by their seniority.
The third princess nodded and said, "Sister is really smart."
She is younger than Hailan and Tana, but she knows how to take care of others and can understand things.
No wonder Uncle Jiu and Aunt Jiu arranged for someone to educate her early on, and she caught the eye of Wuku's mother.
At this time, a maid came in and whispered to the Third Princess, "Princess, the concubine is here. The Ninth Princess sent someone over."
The third princess and her sister looked at each other, both a little puzzled.
Fu Jin was a very easy-going person and she did not boss them around just because she was an elder.
Maybe it’s because Niguzhu is young and Aunt Jiu is worried about him?
The two sisters, one of them was sitting on the kang hugging Niguzhu, and the other was sitting on a chair looking at several cousins, and now they all stood up.
As footsteps were heard at the door, the maid lifted the curtain and the eldest wife brought Baiguo in.
Several young princesses also learned the rules, and when they saw this, they all stood up. The two older princesses wanted to get off the kang.
The eldest wife hurriedly stopped him and said, "Good boy, stop making trouble and just sit still."
Having said that, everyone didn't get off the kang, but they all stood there obediently.
Seeing this, the first wife did not delay and said to the third princess, "Your uncle knows that you are having a party, so he ordered roast duck and roast lamb chops. Your aunt sent someone to deliver them..."
The third princess knows Baiguo.
Niguzhu came over in the morning. It was Baiguo who brought him here.
She said to Bai Guo, "Please keep Uncle Jiu and Aunt Jiu in mind. When Uncle Jiu and Aunt Jiu are free, I will go over to pay my respects to you two."
Bai Guo said respectfully, "Our Fu Jin said that the princesses must have a full range of delicacies here, but our master is a worrier, so he sent them here eagerly. However, it's hot, and the princesses have a weak appetite, so these two greasy dishes are just a taste."
The third princess smiled and said, "Aunt Jiu is afraid that we will be greedy. Uncle Jiu thinks it is good, so he sent it to us. The taste must be right..."
After saying that, she signaled the maid beside her to prepare tea bags.
Baiguo took it with both hands and thanked for the grace.
The first wife brought people here to inform the third lady. This was a favor to the third lady and she didn't want to interfere.
Seeing that Baiguo had no intention of talking to Niguzhu, the eldest lady took her people away.
When they reached the front, Baiguo said goodbye, and the eldest lady gave him another tea bag as a reward and told the nanny beside her to see him off.
In the back room, several little princesses also understood that this was food being sent by the North Fifth Institute.
Seeing the two younger cousins looking at him, Niguzhu said happily, "I love lamb chops, but my father forbids me to eat too much, saying that eating too much lamb is hard to digest."
When I arrived at Wuku's mother's house, I could eat mutton every day.
But the dumplings and steamed buns are no longer filled with meat, but are now filled with vegetables and meat, which are not as delicious as those filled with pure meat.
Hailan said: "Ducks...eat insects..."
It is said that these ducks are kept in the ditch behind the fifth institute and they specialize in eating frog eggs.
They went to the idle princess' room in the back row to study every morning, and had met each other several times.
Niguzhu nodded and said, "Yes, that is duck. The duck skin is delicious..."
Seeing her two sisters talking, Tana whispered, "So are we eating the little duck or the big duck?"
There are ducks in the ditch, some big and some small.
What they like to watch most is the big duck and a group of ducklings swimming on the water.
Niguzhu: “…”
She didn't know either, so she looked at the oldest third princess.
The Third Princess listened to the childish talk and smiled, saying patiently, "We eat big ducks. Big ducks are fat and taste good whether they are roasted or stewed. No one eats small ducks."
Niguzhu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and said, "That's good. If it was a duckling, I wouldn't be able to eat it. I was playing with the duckling yesterday..."
At this moment, the kitchen started delivering food boxes.
The food is served.
The two older sisters, the Third Princess and the Fourth Princess, brought their maids and threw towels, and wiped the hands of their cousins from childhood to adulthood.
It’s okay for the little ones, they are used to being taken care of and just wait for help.
The two older princesses felt a little embarrassed.
They are no longer children, but they are treated like children.
The second princess blushed and said, "I don't want to trouble you two sisters, let's do it ourselves!"
The third princess smiled and said, "Sisters are from our family, not outsiders, so there is no need to be so outspoken."
The Second Princess didn't know what to say, so she let the Third Princess help her wipe her hands.
She is the eldest sister in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, and the three younger sisters are younger than her. Now that she is in front of her two cousins and is taken care of like a little baby, it feels very new.
The third lady of Yuqing Palace was the same. Her expression did not change, but her eyes were always on her cousins.
The only child she interacted with on a daily basis was the Third Prince, who was raised by the Crown Princess. However, as the Third Prince continued to study, she saw him less and less often.
It was Niguzhu's first time to attend the banquet, and it was also her first time.
Before leaving the house, the Crown Princess told her daughter that they were all uncles and aunts, not outsiders, and if there were people with similar personalities, they could make friends with them, and they could keep each other company when they were in Haidian in the future.
In fact, the eldest princess of the Fifth Prince's Mansion is the closest to the Third Princess of Yuqing Palace in age.
One of them is seven years old and the other is six years old.
But the eldest princess was thin and timid, and looked younger than her actual age.
The Third Lady of Yuqing Palace can actually get along well with the Second Lady of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
She was old enough and the Crown Princess would not allow anyone to whisper useless things in her ears, so she didn't know what the "Prince's Party" and the "Thousand-Year-Old Party" were. She was very respectful to her two cousins from the Prince of Zhi's Mansion and there was nothing strange about it.
The meal that the Third Princess had prepared was indeed light, with chicken, duck, fish and mutton all included, but all were soft and tender.
The focus is on the various kinds of steamed buns, including one with red dates and walnuts and one with candied yam, both of which are sweet.
As a result, the taste becomes lighter.
In contrast, the sliced roast duck and the grilled lamb chops are extremely fragrant.
The sisters, the third and fourth princesses, personally rolled the roast duck pancakes and gave them to their cousins.
There is also roast duck in the palace’s regular dishes, but the skin is not as thick as this duck.
This smells so good.
Even Tana, who doesn't like meat, quickened her pace and ate with a smile on her face...
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The third building in the south is the main house.
The Fourth Lady looked at the Third Lady and was speechless.
The Third Lady was still complaining, "She is the most considerate person, why is she not considerate today? She is stepping on us to be good people. If this gets to the Empress Dowager, what will she think of us? All of us are inconsiderate. We didn't think of sending food, but just set her up!"
"Third sister-in-law, you're overthinking it. If it was really prepared by Shushu, she would have delivered it yesterday, not just before dinner time..."
The fourth lady said.
The Third Lady was not convinced and said, "If she didn't prepare it, then who prepared it? You can't say it was prepared by the Ninth Lady, right? How can a man care about his niece's dinner party?"
The fourth lady has a headache.
How do we determine the degree of closeness and distance?
The Third Lady complained to me about Shushu. Did she expect me to agree with her?
Year after year, as long as you were in Haidian, everyone would take advantage of it. How much food had you eaten at the Ninth Prince's Mansion?
As a result, the Third Lady is still bringing up this twisted reason today, which really makes people speechless.
The Third Lady continued, "He's so cunning. Even if he had the urge, he couldn't even say hello to us. He delayed it until dinner time. If he says he didn't do it on purpose, who would believe him..."
The Fourth Lady couldn't listen any longer, her face darkened, she held up the teacup and said, "Third sister-in-law, you can't talk to me about this. If you have any dissatisfaction, go directly to Beiwusuo..."