Mu Huagui

Chapter 124 Three women in one play
For the concubine, it was the most serious thing for a woman who was not under her control to appear next to the prince.This is the biggest provocation to her, the mistress of the palace.Absolutely, absolutely intolerable.

Soon the address of a house outside was placed on Wang Hao's desk, pulling the note, Wang Hao showed a sneer.In a very relaxed tone, he said to the mother beside him, "Take a few people and let's pick up the bride back home."

This kind of thing was commonplace more than ten years ago.It's just that at that time, it was the mother who came forward. The princess has always been very virtuous and arranged everything for the prince in the palace.

Unexpectedly, this time, it was the concubine who came out in person. Mother Lin felt the coldness in the concubine's tone, and her heart trembled.

Sitting in an unremarkable carriage, the princess was a little bored. She and the prince have reached a tacit understanding in some aspects for so many years.As long as the prince brings the woman back to the backyard of the mansion, no number of princesses will say "no", but the prince is absolutely not allowed to hide the woman outside.

It has been many years since such a thing happened, the prince did not bring her back to the mansion, there is only one reason, this woman does not want to enter the mansion herself.She would rather live outside without a name, because she wants to escape from her control or has other unreasonable thoughts.Although her position cannot be shaken, she is very aware of the tense atmosphere between the emperor and the prince. No one knows what will happen if there is chaos.

It has to be said that Princess Xianjun does have the sense of crisis of a princess and the awareness of preventing problems before they happen.

Feeling a bit short of breath, the princess simply opened the curtain of the car, the silhouette of this person...

A woman appeared at the back door of the outer house, wearing a weft hat, and a little maid helped her into the carriage.The breeze gently swayed the veil of the weft hat, revealing a pointed chin.

This person, the princess watched her get into the carriage, and then said, "Mother Lin, follow that blue carriage."

The main entrance of the outer house is not far away, because of the location, the carriage must pass through the back entrance first, and the main entrance is only after turning a corner.No matter what kind of status the princess is, she naturally enters through the main entrance. Unexpectedly, she was only one step away from the place, but the princess suddenly changed her mind.

Mother Lin never asked much about Wang Hao's decision, and immediately told the driver to turn around after hearing it.When following Nanmen Street, the cyan carriage relied on its small size and nimbleness, got into the alley, turned left and right, and quickly disappeared.

"Wangfei, do you want to go back to the mansion or go to the outer house." Lin's mother looked at Wangfei's uncertain expression and asked worriedly.

"Go home."

"Yes." I don't know if it was an illusion, but Mother Lin felt that Wang Hao's voice seemed to tremble a little.

For several days in a row, Chen Qihong felt that the princess' mood was very unstable.He often wanders around the world alone, and he hesitates to speak to the son several times.The matter of going to the foreign house to pick up the new aunt was also settled. Of course, this matter was only controlled within a very small range, and the prince naturally didn't notice it at all.

After receiving Chen Qihong's letter, Chen Jiao'er couldn't figure out why Princess Xianjun suddenly gave up after finding Mrs. Lu's outer house.

However, her troubles did not last for a while, and Zhang's mother, who was beside the princess, came to Lu Mansion to inform Chen Jiao'er that the princess would bring her into the mansion to attend the emperor's family banquet during the New Year.

Chen Jiao'er was flattered, she hadn't passed the family yet, so how could she be qualified to attend the family banquet in the palace.But Zhang's mother kept persuading her that she had already made a marriage, that is, a family.He also alluded to the fact that the concubine is a refreshing person, and no one can object to her decision, even if it violates the etiquette, she doesn't care.

After rewarding Mama Zhang heavily, Chen Jiao'er insisted on sending her out of the house in person. Mama Zhang was satisfied and happy, but she didn't dare to push her. When she reached the second gate, she refused to let Chen Jiao'er leave.Chen Jiao'er had no choice but to ask Licorice to send her out, and when Licorice returned, she immediately used the relatives she knew to make up for it.

Licorice sat on the side and helped Chen Jiao'er draw a diagram of the relationship between the characters. The empress dowager's two sons, one is the deceased emperor, and the other is the king of Dongjun.King Xianjun was born of an ordinary maid in the harem, and he always obeyed the former emperor.

When the first emperor was just a prince, from the prince to the emperor's brothers, five died.In the end, the first emperor successfully ascended the throne, and the Xianjun king also gained tremendous power.Although King Dongjun was the late emperor's younger brother, he was not valued by the late emperor because of his indifference.

The two princesses, the eldest princess Yonglong was born of the empress, and her status is extremely noble.After the first emperor came to the throne, he suppressed her slightly, and finally left the capital with his horse, and only returned to Beijing in recent years.

Princess Anle is just an ordinary concubine, because she is good at flattering, she is very popular with the late emperor.Helplessly, Fu Ma is a dou who can't afford to support him. He has repeatedly messed up his errands, so he can only hang up a idle job in Beijing.After the death of the first emperor, Princess Anle lost power for a while, but later she used her own advantage to tell Princess Xianjun and Princess Dongjun about gossip about the parents in the capital's house every day, and she became very popular for a while.

The New Year is coming soon, and she is the only one in the Lu Mansion, and she doesn't feel the excitement of the New Year at all.Unexpectedly, Aunt Su brought Cherry's family to live in the Lu Mansion, saying that she was helping the young lady arrange the New Year's event.Qi Luoshu also excused his busy business and sent his wife and son to the Lu Mansion to be taken care of by Chen Jiaoer.

Sensing everyone's concern, Chen Jiao'er also looked forward to the New Year.Watching Xiaobao running around with the adults, he yelled to hang lanterns for a while, and yelled for window grilles for a while.The immature child's voice made the Lu family more angry, and also filled Chen Jiao'er's heart.

On the New Year's Eve dinner, Chen Jiaoer had a reunion dinner with everyone, and stayed in the dead of night, facing the bright moon in the sky alone.But in his heart, he still remembers Huo'er who doesn't know where he is, where he is now, and what he is doing.

"What are you thinking about?" A clear voice came from behind, and Chen Jiao'er knew who it was without turning around.After falling into a warm embrace, Chen Jiao'er leaned her head on his shoulder, and suddenly felt that all her troubles disappeared.As long as this person is here, it's fine.

"I miss my parents, I miss my mother, I miss Huoer..."

"I just don't... miss me." Zhou Mingyuan's voice was slightly low, and a hint of alcohol wafted to his nostrils.

"You've been drinking." Chen Jiao'er asked.

"A little bit."

"Then if you don't rest early, you will enter the palace tomorrow."

"I'm worried about you." Zhou Mingyuan sighed, although it was the best response to the princess' love and gossip for her to bring her into the palace.But in fact, as an unmarried little girl, she had to face these women alone, who knew what kind of difficulties she would face.

Chen Jiao'er was silent for a while, she knew that although tomorrow was a family banquet, men and women would not be seated at the banquet, and she had to face it by herself.Some things, what should come, can't be avoided.

"I'm not worried. If I suffer a loss, at worst, you can beat their son and husband to help me vent my anger."

Zhou Mingyuan lowered his head and met her big bright eyes. He was full of pride for a moment, and said, "Exactly, you just protect yourself tomorrow. If anyone dares to make things difficult for you, just look at Grandpa's methods."

Chen Jiao'er smiled "puchi", and lightly beat his chest with her pink fist, "Okay, I'll wait for you to avenge me." She knew it was a joke, but her heart was still very sweet.

Lingering for a while, thinking of getting up early tomorrow, Zhou Mingyuan had no choice but to let her go, and on the way back, he secretly asked how the wedding date was set to start in the spring of the next year.He should marry her back to the mansion early in the morning, so as not to suffer from the pain of lovesickness every day.

As for what he just said, he didn't take it as a joke. If she really suffered a loss, he would help her find her place anyway.

The Empress Dowager's Hall of Compassionate Heart was full of laughter, the sound of jade pendants clinking, the sound of long skirts rubbing against each other, the sound of gentle greetings, and the swaying sound of Bu Yao's jewelry intertwined, creating a scene of joy and harmony.

Princess Xian brought Huang Zhilan, her eldest son and side concubine, Princess Yonglong brought her eldest daughter-in-law Chen Qishan, Princess Anle brought her daughter-in-law Liu Xuejing, and Princess Dongjun brought Chen Jiaoer, who had never been married, to sit together with the empress dowager The Hall of Compassionate Heart chatting gossip.

"The emperor said that there will be fireworks in the palace at night. You must stay and take a good look. At the end of the year, and only during the Chinese New Year, people will gather like this." The older people are, the more they like to be lively , like a house full of children and grandchildren.

Everyone naturally made fun together, coaxing the Empress Dowager from ear to ear.After eating at noon, the Empress Dowager was getting old and couldn't bear to be helped down to take a nap by Aunt Fu.The rest of the people also found a place to rest, and the daughter-in-law waited for the mother-in-law to sleep.

It was the first time for Chen Qishan and Huang Zhilan to attend a New Year's family banquet, and they had to serve their mother-in-law, so they dared not sleep.So they asked Liu Xuejing and Chen Jiaoer to sit in a side hall, drink tea and watch the snow.

Because her husband was beaten, Liu Xuejing looked at Chen Jiao'er a few more times as soon as she entered the palace.Feeling preoccupied, after sitting down, he served Huang Zhilan tea with his own hands, and said, "I am the youngest here, let me serve the sisters-in-law to drink tea."

Naturally, everyone dared not speak, and Chen Qishan said quickly, "We are all a family, so don't be so polite, some of them are servant girls, you can just sit and rest. After a while Princess Anle wakes up, and I still need you to serve her."

Liu Xuejing nodded with a smile, and still offered her a cup of tea before sitting down.Looking back at Chen Jiao'er, she said in surprise, "Oh, I forgot to serve tea to Ms. Chen, Xue Jing really deserves to die."

Licorice next to Chen Jiao'er had quick eyes and hands, grabbed the tea and poured it, leaving her hands empty.Liu Xueyan covered her mouth and smiled, "Looking at your girl's battle, I don't know if I thought we were working together to bully you."

"Who dares to bully her? The fists of Prince Dongjun are not just for fun." Huang Zhilan interjected at the right time, turning her head to look at the snow scene with a smile.

The scene turned cold in an instant, Chen Qishan looked at both sides in embarrassment, and said with a smile, "Who doesn't know that the prince of Dongjun has a deep affection for our Jiao'er, and he is also in a hurry. Speaking of brothers, it is normal to play and fight, like me. My two elder brothers have fought countless times since they were young, but the more they fight, the stronger their relationship will become."

(End of this chapter)