A tyrant develops a daily life

Chapter 43
Lin Miaomiao fell asleep, and when she woke up, she found that the carriage had stopped at the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion. She blinked in confusion and said, "Sister Ning, why did we come to the Palace?"

Ning Wanqing lowered her eyes in shame: "That... you... you just... fell asleep..."

Lin Miaomiao yawned: "I see, it must be Jingxi's trick again!" This guy tried to lure her to the palace every day.

Ning Wanqing was even more ashamed, her face turned red, she glanced at the maid standing aside, not daring to say anything to Lin Miaomiao.

The maid said indifferently: "Two girls, please get out of the car."

Ning Wanqing stepped on the wooden steps and got out of the car slowly, and stretched out her hand to help Lin Miaomiao, but Lin Miaomiao jumped down by herself.Lin Miaomiao hugged Xiaobao tightly, looked at the maid with a cold reputation, and frowned suspiciously, wondering, where did this maid come from?It looks familiar.It shouldn't be the people around the little tyrant, he doesn't need maids, only eunuchs; it shouldn't be the people of the aunt, the aunt is still in Lin's house; could it be the prince's?
The maid met Lin Miaomiao's scrutiny, and said flatly, "Miss Lin, did no one tell you that it's very impolite to stare at others?"

Lin Miaomiao snorted and asked, "Aren't you a maid? Why can't I look at a maid?"

The maid frowned.

Ning Wanqing took Lin Miaomiao's hand, and said to the maid: "Children are not sensible, please take care of sister Hui."

Sister Hui?Why is Ning Guifei so polite to a maid?
The maid smiled lightly, turned around and entered the Hou Mansion.

Lin Miaomiao looked around: "Sister Ning, where is my elder brother? Why is there only a carriage? Have they already entered?"

Ning Wanqing whispered, "They didn't come."

"Why didn't they come?"

Ning Wanqing was a little overwhelmed by the child's behavior: "Later... I'll explain to you later, when you go inside, behave yourself."

Lin Miaomiao has a big head when she hears the rules. On the surface, she is jovial and talkative, but in reality she is rebellious. People who like her say she is lively and funny. People who don't like her, such as the queen mother in the previous life, always want to slap her.

Several people walked into a quiet courtyard. Lin Miaomiao had never been to the palace in her previous life, so she didn't know much about the layout here, but from the scenery of the courtyard, she could vaguely see the charm of the master, like a woman, a woman Owner.

Shouldn't it be-

Just as a name was about to emerge in my mind, an elegant and deep female voice came from within: "Hui Ren, are the guests here?"

Lin Miaomiao also felt familiar with this gentle and soft tone with a hint of loftiness and laziness.

The maid called Huiren took off her shoes on the steps, stepped onto the corridor in white footwear, knelt down and bowed: "If you go back to the princess, Miss Ning and Miss Lin are here."

Lin Miaomiao stared, did she hear correctly just now?princess?Princess Jing?The... empress dowager from the previous life?
Huiren turned sideways and looked at the two of them: "You two ladies, please."

Lin Miaomiao's feet were firmly nailed to the ground, and she couldn't move a step. No wonder she felt familiar. Isn't this the notoriously unkind female officer around the Queen Mother?The one inside...the one inside...

Ning Wanqing took her little hand and said in a low voice: "Miaomiao, what's wrong with you, Miaomiao? The princess is inviting us in."

"Sister Ning... Sister Ning, I have a stomachache, you go in first, I'll go to the toilet..."

Ning Wanqing said: "Gong Fang is inside, I will accompany you."

Concubine, concubine, I don't want to go!
"Concubine Lin, it's not that the Ai family has to punish you. You don't know how to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and you don't understand women's precepts and women's precepts. The Ai family doesn't say anything, but look at what you write? Children are better than you! You are doing nothing all day long. , are you worthy to serve the emperor?! Today, you are not allowed to eat until you finish writing a hundred copybooks for Aijia!"

Lin Miaomiao was on the verge of crying, a little tyrant was not enough, and a queen dowager from a previous life came, my God, why is she so unlucky? !
Jingxi set off for the palace. In order to hurry, he didn't even sit in the carriage. Regardless of his swollen knee, he got on his horse and ran all the way to the mansion.

Thinking of the empress dowager's prejudice against Lin Miaomiao, he felt nervous for a while. After getting off his horse, a eunuch came up to meet him: "My lord, you are back, my concubine..."

"Get out!" Jing Xi kicked the man over, using his swollen leg, as if he couldn't feel the pain anymore, rushed into the main courtyard like a hurricane, and really heard Lin Miaomiao's scream, his pupils Shrinking, pushed the door open!

I saw Lin Miaomiao sitting on the clean as new floor, holding a tiger skin, sticking her cheek to it, stomping her feet excitedly: "Wow! It's so comfortable! It's more comfortable than my fourth uncle's tiger skin!"

Beside her and opposite her, the gentle and quiet Ning Wanqing and the graceful and luxurious Princess Jing were sitting on their knees respectively. Xiaobao was lying on one side, holding a sweet cake with her two little paws, eating it with abandon.Hearing the sound of the door opening, the three people and one beast all looked this way, and found that it was Jing Xi. Concubine Jing smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is back, I was talking about you just now." His eyes fell on Jing Xi. Xi's right knee, "I heard that your knee was injured, how is it? Are you okay?"

Jing Xi glanced at Lin Miaomiao, Lin Miaomiao lowered his head uncomfortably, and he saluted Princess Jing again: "Mother Concubine."

"Yeah." Princess Jing smiled kindly, "Come and sit."

Huiren put a ball cushion beside Concubine Jing, and Jingxi walked over and sat down.

Concubine Jing gently straightened his clothes: "Look at you, where are you covered? You're covered in ashes, if my concubine doesn't stare at you for a few days, you'll be messing around again, right?"

Jing Xi lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Lin Miaomiao's eyes swept back and forth on the faces of the two, remembering that every time she saw the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was either knocking on wooden fish or twisting Buddhist beads. Princesses overlapped.

After leaving the main courtyard, Ning Wanqing held Lin Miaomiao's hand and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I brought you into the palace without telling you."

Lin Miaomiao already knew what was going on, so no wonder Concubine Ning Gui, the princess robbed someone halfway, who would dare to disobey?

"It's okay, Sister Ning, I had a great time." Although... a little exaggerated, compared to the feeling of going to death after knowing that I was going to meet the princess, I am really happy now.

Ning Wanqing smiled lightly and said, "Princess Wang likes you very much."

It seems... yes, from the moment he entered the door, he didn't make things difficult for her at all. Not only that, he also talked to her, drank tea, gave her gifts, made her happy, and took good care of Xiaobao. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she It was hard to believe that it was the queen mother who wanted to throw herself out of the palace.

Lin Miaomiao looked at Ning Wanqing again. This previous life's rival in love had turned into a handkerchief, and the previous mother-in-law...couldn't have changed her temper too, right?
Lin Miaomiao had goose bumps all over from her guess.

In Shu Ming's spacious room, Concubine Jing spread out a piece of rice paper, picked up a pen, and wrote the word Jing.

Jing Xi knelt down opposite her, his right knee was aching, but his expression remained the same: "What do you want to do?"

Concubine Jing stared at the words written in the pen, and said softly: "What do you think Concubine Mother wants to do? You have good friends, Concubine Mother is grateful for their care, please come and reward them, that's all."

There was a ripple in Jingxi's deep eyes: "My son fell down the hillside because I was not careful, and it has nothing to do with her."

Concubine Jing smiled: "Mother Concubine didn't blame anyone, or... who do you think Mother Concubine should actually blame?" Before Jing Xi could answer, she said softly, "I know you like that little girl, she is quite cute. Yes, the concubine also likes it."

"Mother..."

Concubine Jing wrote a big Xi character: "Don't worry, I won't do this kind of thing like taking what you like again."

In the afternoon, Jingxi, Lin Miaomiao, and Ning Wanqing went back to Lin's house together. Mrs. Yao had learned from Lin Huanzhi that Lin Miaomiao and Jingxi had fallen down the hillside, so she scolded Lin Huanzhi severely and let her go. If you don't follow the good road, you have to take a shortcut. This is good, and you will fall.Afterwards, the servant at the door said that the three of them were admitted to the palace. Yao guessed that the parents were worried and called the child home to have a look, but why Miao Miao and Ning Wanqing were also called together, probably... Want to know what happened?
Will Lin Huanzhi be blamed after knowing what happened?
Yao Shi, who wanted to kill Lin Huanzhi just a moment ago, became worried for Lin Huanzhi at this moment.

As soon as the three of them returned to the mansion, they were dragged and questioned by Mrs. Yao. They were relieved to know that the princess did not blame the villa. They also heard that the princess treated Lin Miaomiao very well, so they couldn't help feeling a little fond of the princess.

For dinner, Mrs. Yao cooks in person and cooks a table of good dishes. When she first married Lin Chong, Lin Chong praised her for cooking well. She ran to the kitchen almost every day. Later, she became pregnant with Lin Miaomiao. Chong did not allow her to work hard, and gradually, she did less work.

"Mom, what's the big day today? Are you going to cook yourself?" Lin Miaomiao looked at the delicious dishes on the table, almost drooling.

Yao shi nodded at the small wound on her forehead that had scabbed over: "I don't even think about who carried you back?"

"Why did you bring this up all of a sudden?" Lin Miaomiao muttered, taking a peek at Jing Xi, Jing Xi was drinking soup, and the soup was smudged on his soft red lips, for some reason, Lin Miaomiao remembered what he told her The scene of licking the wound made her cheeks feel hot.

Jingxi's eyes fell on Lin Miaomiao's red face, what was Aifei thinking, she blushed?
Ning Wan looked at Jing Xi, and followed Jing Xi's gaze to Lin Miaomiao. For a moment, she seemed to feel something.

In the next few days, the weather was calm, Lin Huanzhi was confined by his parents, thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors; Pei Lang went back and forth between the private school and Lin's family, preparing for this year's autumn; Cui's expected date of delivery was about to come, so he would not go out again; Lin Chong wrote in Fuzhou After reading the letter from home, Dao has received the shipbuilding task assigned by the imperial court, and is currently collecting plans and materials, and is expected to start construction after autumn; Yao is busy with the Lin Mansion and the store every day, so he took time to write a letter to Fu Wangshu, asking her about her stay in Qingzhou. How are you doing? Is there anything you want to buy? She will send it from the capital.

Jingxi was recuperating on the bed, Lin Miaomiao didn't understand why he didn't stay in the palace to recuperate, he had to come to such a rough place as Lin's, and obviously the scab on her forehead had fallen off, and the gauze on his leg hadn't been removed yet.

"It still hurts?" Lin Miaomiao asked when feeding him the medicine. The injury was caused by her, and the heavy responsibility of taking care of him naturally fell on her thin shoulders. Even the mother felt that it was necessary for her to repay his kindness. !

Jing Xi said without changing his expression, "It hurts."

Lin Miaomiao bulged her cheeks, was she still so brave back then because she was afraid of pain?

At the end of March, Mrs. Hou of Ningguo celebrated her birthday, and Ning Wanqing moved back home temporarily. Within a few days, Mrs. Yao received an invitation from Mrs. Hou.Mrs. Ning Guohou was Ning Wanqing's biological mother, and Xu gave them such an honor because Ning Wanqing had always lived in Fengtang Courtyard.

Yao was born in the capital and grew up in the capital. Except for Concubine Lin's birthday, she has never attended a banquet in the circle of powerful and powerful people. Even Concubine Lin's banquet was only for her natal family. Celebrities from aristocratic families, before this, Yao Shi would never have dreamed of it.

It would be a lie to say that he was not moved at all. In the past, he didn't cling to the rich and powerful, but he just knew that he was indifferent. Now that the Lin family has become an imperial merchant, and has contacts with the eldest son and Ning Wanqing, some confidence has grown in his heart.

That day happened to be the day when Lin Huanzhi lifted the foot restraint order, and several children invited them to go swimming in the lake, but Yao did not bring Lin Miaomiao, and went to the Hou Mansion alone.

Before leaving, she specially found Concubine Lin and Jingxiang, and repeatedly asked about the situation of Ningguohou's mansion. Ningguohou was a title conferred by the former emperor when he was alive. .It's a pity that Concubine Ning was killed by the late empress when she was pregnant with a dragon heir. The late emperor conferred the title of Concubine Ning as Imperial Concubine, and conferred the title of Concubine Ning's elder brother as Ning Guogong, the father of Ning Guohou.

Duke Ning hated the empress for letting his sister die twice. During the process of the prince seizing the heir, he repeatedly quarreled with the eldest prince, and even supported the sixth and eighth princes who had no chance of winning in order to overthrow them.

Later, the sixth prince won and became emperor successfully, while the eighth prince became King Jing.

Yao Shi never expected that the Ning family, who had been demoted, was actually the confidants of the Emperor and King Jing. Concubine Lin told Yao Shi that this was done to cover up people's eyes and ears, but now that the Emperor and King Jing are firmly seated, there is no need to cover up After covering up, the walks with the Ning family became frequent.

Yao Shi felt more and more that this trip was necessary. If she could get along well with Ning Guohou's mansion, it might be of great help to her husband's future and brother Huan's official career.

It's just that Yao shi didn't expect that what greeted her was a basin of merciless cold water.

Yao shi got out of the car with Danju, and Danju was holding the carefully prepared gift, and the two walked towards the concierge together, where a servant was registering the entry list.

"Ma'am, there are so many people." Danju looked at the long dragon in front of her, and couldn't believe that so many ladies were invited to the banquet of Madam Hou.

The two waited for a long time, and finally it was their turn. Just as they were about to hand out the post, the maid who registered waved behind them: "Mrs. Xu! Are you here?"

Madam Xu?Could it be the wife of the household minister?

Yao turned her head and looked at the lady surrounded by her. The lady smiled and said to the maid: "Yo yo, I haven't seen you for a few days, our little Qing'er is even more beautiful!"

The servant girl smiled shyly: "Madam used to make fun of me! Madam Hou has been waiting for you for a long time, if you don't come again, Madam Hou should send someone to urge you!"

"Handling, three missing one, isn't it?" Mrs. Xu laughed loudly. When passing by Yao Shi, Yao Shi bowed and saluted. She rolled her eyes, "Who is this? Look at the good side, now The banquet in the Hou's Mansion is really full of cats and dogs!"

The servant girl bumped into Mrs. Yao, but she didn't know if it was intentional, but she didn't apologize anyway, so she just helped Mrs. Xu and walked over.

If this is a coincidence, then the following Mrs. Minister of Rites, Mrs. Hubu Shangshu, Mrs. Yushi, Mrs. Qing of Dali Temple...all came later than Mrs. Yao, but they were all welcomed in by the maids first. There is no one left.

Mrs. Yao had already shown her face, and she couldn't pass through the door. Holding back the grievance in her heart, she handed the post to the maid, who covered her face and yawned, and said to the little maid beside her, "I have something to do in the kitchen, I'll go first." Now, take Mrs. Lin in."

"Yes." The little girl's attitude is respectful, but she is a newcomer, and she has been around the manor for seventy thousand years, and she can't find the way to the banquet. The little girl burst into tears and kept apologizing to Yao Shi, "I'm sorry. I... I just entered the mansion the day before yesterday, I... I don't remember the way..."

Handing himself over to a maid who entered the mansion only the day before yesterday, Yao Shi laughed angrily, and when he found the banquet, the banquet had already dispersed.

The lady who didn't know the situation laughed sarcastically: "Whose family is this? Is it here to celebrate the birthday? I arrived later than Mrs. Hou, and the airs... are really big!"

After getting into the carriage, Yao's face turned completely green. She has never suffered from such a useless attitude at such a big age!Still so inexplicably useless!Who did she offend, that she had to be abused like this? !

Danju cried: "The Ning family is too much... even more so than the Gu family..." The Gu family at most walked through the front door to show the prestige of the main room, but they never humiliated anyone in the Lin family, "Is the Hou family amazing? Can you bully people? That maid...that maid is really too much! What's her name? Xiao...Xiaoqing or Xiaolu? Never mind, let's tell Miss Ning to tell Hou the truth later. Madame! Let's see if that servant girl dares to be arrogant again!"

Is it the maid's fault?Without the support of the master, does the servant girl dare to slap the guest in the face like this?It's not that she begged to come to the door by herself, it was the post that the Hou Fu sent her!

Yao shi squeezed the post tightly.

She was so mad that her head hurt from anger!
Lin Miaomiao came back from swimming in the lake. After a day in the sun, her face was flushed, and when she ran into Yao's room, the tip of her nose was still sweating: "Mother! Mother! We went fishing today! I caught two! I brought them all back." Already! Would you like to eat braised fish tonight?"

Yao shi squeezed out a smile: "Okay, you go and tell Mother Xu, she will arrange it."

Lin Miaomiao heard something was wrong with her mother, she quickly blinked her eyes and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Did you have a bad time at the banquet?"

Yao shi forced a smile and said, "No, I'm very happy. I still have some books on my side that I haven't finished reading. You can go play with Shizi."

"Who wants to play with him?" Lin Miaomiao muttered, then asked again: "Did you see Sister Ning today?"

Yao's expression paused, and Lin Miaomiao understood that even Ning Wanqing's face had not been seen, and it was even more impossible for Mrs. Hou.

Lin Miaomiao found Danju who was packing the clothes for the little tyrant, and asked about the Hou's mansion. Danju refused to say anything at first, but after being tortured by Lin Miaomiao for a while, she said everything that should be said and should not be said. .

Lin Miaomiao was furious!
That night, Ning Wanqing came to Lin's house from the Hou Mansion. Lin Miaomiao blocked her at the door and said angrily: "Why do you bully my mother? Did my mother provoke you? You live in my house every day, and my mother treats you badly." Do you think that since you are the daughter of the Marquis Mansion, my mother should curry favor with you? My mother has a kind heart!"

Ning Wanqing was confused: "Miaomiao, what are you talking about? How could I bully your mother? I like your mother very much."

I really like it, there is a kind of tenderness in Yao's body that makes people feel moved, and she can't help but want to get close to her. Although she is sometimes cunning, philistine, and even dislikes the poor and loves the rich, she doesn't find it annoying.

"My mother went to celebrate your mother's birthday, but she was treated like a monkey! When I arrived at the banquet hall, the seats were all scattered, and people said that I was rude and arrogant..." Lin Miaomiao said, her eyes were red up.When she thought of her mother being excluded and ridiculed by so many people, she felt like a knife was cutting her heart.In her previous life, it was enough to look at people's faces in the palace, so why should her mother be looked down upon in this life?

Ning Wanqing squatted down, touched Lin Miaomiao's face, and said sincerely: "I didn't know your mother went to the Hou's mansion, if I knew, I would pick her up personally... I'm sorry... Miaomiao, don't cry ..."

You can't persuade people when they are crying, the more you persuade, the more you want to cry, Lin Miaomiao cried to tears, Ning Wanqing wiped her tears and nose.Lin Miaomiao sniffed: "Sister Ning, why does your mother hate my mother? Because the eldest son lives in my house and not in yours? Since you hate it, it's fine if we don't meet each other. Why do you have to call my mother over to humiliate her?" ?”

Ning Wanqing said distressedly: "I haven't heard my mother mention this matter, by the way, when did my mother post this post to your mother?"

Lin Miaomiao said: "It was the night you returned to the Hou's Mansion."

"The night when I returned to the Marquis Mansion..." Ning Wanqing frowned thoughtfully.

"Did something happen that night?" Lin Miaomiao asked.

"It's nothing wrong, it's just that Sister Hui came to visit." Could it be that this matter has something to do with Sister Hui?A guess gradually came to Ning Wanqing's mind, but she was ashamed to tell Lin Miaomiao.

But if she didn't say it, it doesn't mean that Lin Miaomiao couldn't have imagined that Huiren belonged to Princess Jing, and she must have been ordered by Princess Jing to meet Mrs. Hou. That night, Mrs. Hou sent a message to her mother, no matter how stupid she was. , should also understand what's going on.

palace, main courtyard

Princess Jing sat on her knees under the twilight, quietly trimming the potted plants on the table.

"Princess, the prince is here." Huiren reported at the door.

Princess Jing smiled softly: "Come in."

Jingxi strode into the room, looked coldly at the concubine, who was as beautiful as a cloud: "Why did you do this?"

Concubine Jing cut off a section of crabapple branch: "It's rare to go home once, is this how you talk to your mother and concubine?"

"Why do you involve innocent people?" Jing Xi asked coldly.

"Innocent?" Concubine Jing raised her eyebrows, "It's really eye-opening for me to hear these two words from the mouth of a murderous son."

Jingxi's eyes darkened: "You said that you will never take people's favors again."

"Well, that's right." Princess Jing cut another extra branch, "I said, I won't take your favors again, but I didn't say that I won't let them back down."

(End of this chapter)