003:Gift Exchange (1)
Lou Yueqing smiled and said slowly: "I just want to ask General Pei to be more patient, this marriage affair between men and women is actually like a battlefield, it is useless to be anxious, and you need the art of war and strategy to win, in the same way, it is not enough for you to like Xin'er, you have to find a way to make her like you too, and willingly add you as a wife, otherwise even if you marry her, in the end, you will not be happy!"
However, Lou Yueqing's advice was moved with affection and reason, but Pei Yi still refuted reasonably: "Even if what the princess said is reasonable, but the last general believes in a word, sincerity is the golden stone, as long as the last general is sincere enough to Lord Ronghua, one day she will be moved!"
Lou Yueqing: "......"
No matter how you look at this Pei Yi, he is a very smart person, it makes no sense that he is honest in his bones......
Why does she have a feeling of playing the piano to a cow!
She just wanted to advise this General Pei not to be anxious, this kind of wishful thinking marriage will not end well, but this one is ......
I really want to split his brain with one palm......
Resisting the urge to beat Pei Yi violently, Lou Yueqing calmed down the temper in her heart, and analyzed patiently: " General Pei, this is why you don't understand the girl's thoughts, now Xin'er doesn't like you very much, a big reason is not that you are bad, but because you mentioned to your grandfather that you are interested in her, the two families already have a marriage contract, and you happen to be happy with her, so your grandfather and uncle forced her to marry you, so in her heart, you are already a brutal person who forces her, she will not like you, and may even hate you, under this premise, even if you get married in the future, no matter what you do, she will not change her dislike of you, do you understand?”
Pei Yi understood what Lou Yueqing meant, so he was silent.
Lou Yueqing said this, he didn't think about it, he was a military general, he stayed in the army all the year round, and he didn't like other women, and there was no woman around him, in fact, he didn't know that the two families had such a marriage contract, but he often went in and out of King Shen's mansion when he was young, so he loved Rong Xin very much, and he always remembered it.
When I came back to visit the old prince Shen this time, I met Rong Xin in the house, and I was even more impressed, and later asked the old prince about her, and the old prince understood his thoughts, and directly made the decision to marry Rong Xin to him, and told him the marriage contract between the two families, and he knew such a thing.
He just likes Rong Xin, wants to marry her, wants to be good to her, and he is sure that he will be good to her for the rest of his life, no matter what, he will move her, and he didn't think about him.
Now after Lou Yueqing's words, he suddenly woke up, he thought, he was indeed too eager to do it, and didn't care about whether she was willing or not.
After a moment of silence, he was a little dazed, looked at Lou Yueqing and asked, "What does the princess think she should do now?"
Not bad, yes, the children can be taught!
sighed, Lou Yueqing said helplessly: "Grandpa insists on Xin'er marrying you now, you also know grandpa's temper, this matter is not negotiable, no matter how we persuade him, how Xin'er makes trouble, he will stick to the end, what to do, doesn't General Pei understand?"
As long as Pei Yi comes forward to persuade the old prince not to be in a hurry to marry the two, the old prince will definitely listen, as long as he is not in a hurry to marry Rong Xin and does not force Rong Xin to marry Pei Yi, Rong Xin at least doesn't hate Pei Yi so much, maybe he will really change his mind.
When Pei Yi heard this, he was stunned, turned his head to look at Rong Xin's courtyard and indulged for a moment, lowered his eyes and thought for a long time before he nodded: "The last general understands!"
Then he waved his hand and said respectfully: "The last general will go to see the old prince now, please ask the princess to persuade the county lord more, the last general will not force her, let her rest assured!"
After speaking, he looked at Rong Xin's courtyard with complicated eyes, said goodbye, and left.
Lou Yueqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him leaving, as long as this General Pei could understand what she meant, otherwise, she would be in no way.
When I walked into Rong Xin's yard, I saw Rong Xin standing in front of the door of the house and looking at the door, looking anxious, his face was not very good, wearing a middle coat and long hair.
Several girls around her persuaded her to go in, but she just didn't listen, and as soon as she saw Lou Yueqing coming in, she immediately rushed over.
Pulling Lou Yueqing's cuffs, he asked urgently, "Cousin, how is it?"
Lou Yueqing looked at her clothes, where was she still in the mood to tell her about Pei Yi, and immediately wrinkled her eyebrows and said: "It's freezing this day, you are still so weak to wear such thin clothes, what if you hurt the wind and cold, why don't you go in quickly?"
It is already late winter in December, even if the south of Chu is not colder than the north, but it can't be underestimated, there was a light snow yesterday, and she was wearing a thick dress, not to mention that Rong Xin was hungry for a day and a night and fell into a coma directly, and now her body is weak, how can she blow a cold wind like this.
Rong Xin didn't think so, refused to go in, took Lou Yueqing's hand and asked urgently: "I'm not cold, cousin, tell me first, what's going on with my grandfather?
Where can she care about being cold now, as long as she can cancel this marriage, she is willing to stand here for three days and three nights!
Lou Yueqing: "...... If you don't go in, then I'll go!"
Rong Xin immediately pulled Lou Yueqing, who was about to leave, with a pitiful expression: "Don't, can't I go in!"
After walking into the house and telling her the attitude of the old prince and Pei Yi's meaning, Rong Xin immediately turned happy: "So, as long as Pei Yi is willing to tell my grandfather, I don't have to be forced to marry him?"
Lou Yueqing nodded: "Well, but don't be too happy, it shouldn't be possible if you don't want to marry Pei Yi, just give you more time to prepare!"
Judging from what she observed just now, that General Pei was indeed thinking about Rong Xin, and it was only a matter of time before he married, after all, it was the old prince Chrysostom who made a marriage contract between the two families, and it was impossible to refuse, so Rong Xin must marry Pei Yi.
Rong Xin bent his eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's fine, as long as grandpa and father are not in a hurry to marry me and Pei Yi, we will talk about it later!"
Anyway, no one knows what will happen in the future!
Sure enough, after about half an hour, Princess Shen came over and told them that Pei Yi didn't know what to say to the old prince, so the old prince said that the marriage matter would be like this first, and Pei Yi would return to southern Xinjiang to garrison after the year, and he would come back to worship his ancestors in a few months, and his mother would come back with him, and the marriage would be planned at that time, but the marriage contract could not be canceled.
Hearing this news, Rong Xin was directly happy, and Lou Yueqing was also relieved, and it finally came to an end at this time.
After returning to the palace, as soon as it was dark, there was news in the palace that the Empress Dowager Yuan, who had been unconscious since yesterday, woke up not long ago, but for some reason, she had a headache, as if she was crazy, in the Zhangde Palace, she rolled around screaming and screaming, and injured a few palace people who wanted to control her, making the Zhangde Hall a mess, but the doctor did not find anything wrong, neither poisoning nor injury, and I don't know why the Empress Dowager Yuan suddenly went crazy.
The sudden abnormality of the Empress Dowager Yuan shocked everyone in the palace to put themselves in danger, and the last person the Empress Dowager Yuan saw before she fell into a coma yesterday was Lou Yueqing, and after seeing her, she was in a coma until today, so Lou Yueqing became the person who was most suspected of causing the Empress Dowager Yuan to go crazy, however, no one dared to spread the word about it, and even closed her mouth and did not dare to associate her name with this matter.
Lou Yueqing is in a much better mood, what she wants is this kind of effect, this time, it is enough for the Empress Dowager Yuan!
Anyway, don't say that the Empress Dowager Yuan can't find out the reason now, even if she can find out that she did it, who can do it?
After letting the secret guard of the report retreat, Rong Zhi looked at Lou Yueqing with a happy face and raised his eyebrows: "What did you do to her this time?"
He didn't care how the Empress Dowager Yuan was tortured, he just wanted to know what this woman had done.
Lou Yueqing slowly sorted out a bunch of folds on the table, and said leisurely: "It's just a few acupoints on her head, and it's good for two days at most, but this time she can stand it!"
In the past two days, along with her, there was endless torture, she couldn't sleep, and it is estimated that when it is over, half her life will be gone.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent raised his eyebrows, obviously even more puzzled, he didn't know how else to toss people.
After folding a few folds in her hand and putting them down, Lou Yueqing stretched her waist, Mi Hungry glanced at the messy folds on the side, raised her eyebrows and said, "Okay, don't talk about her, I'll go take a bath first, you can tidy it up yourself!"
Just wanted to leave, her hand was pulled, she looked back at her, and saw him with an ambiguous face: "Wash together!"
Lou Yueqing: "...... Get out!"
She just listened to him last night, and was pressed by the edge of the bath for a long time, but fortunately the room was warm, and the water was hot, and the two of them had internal strength to support themselves, otherwise they would die of cold!
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent looked at her and shook her hands and left the stairs, smiled happily for a moment, glanced at the many unprocessed folds left on the table, thought about it, stood up, and followed upstairs.
It's the same when you look at the excerpt tomorrow!
Sure enough, not long after he went up, Lou Yueqing's roar came.
"Dead Rongzhi, you go down to the old lady, don't touch me!"
“……”
On the second day, the news of the Empress Dowager Yuan came from the palace, it is said that after the Empress Dowager Yuan woke up yesterday afternoon, she had a headache for nearly two hours, and was directly tormented by the headache in a coma, and woke up in the middle of the night, rolling and screaming all over the place, calling Lou Yueqing's name in her mouth and cursing constantly, her head seemed to explode, her tinnitus continued to be anxious, and the dull pain in her head came for a while, tormenting her mind, the imperial doctor prescribed a lot of prescriptions to her, and she also drank a lot of medicine without any effect, she didn't care about the identity and prestige of the Queen Mother, and directly went crazy and pulled her hair and picked her scalp, like a madman, just to relieve the dull pain, and even couldn't bear it in the end, she directly kept smashing her head against the pillars in the hall, and forced her head to break the blood, and then passed out, so she is still unconscious.
When Lou Yueqing heard this, she laughed directly, those imperial doctors are useless, net check whether the Empress Dowager Yuan is injured or poisoned, she just used internal force to move her hands and feet on an acupoint in the head of the Empress Dowager Yuan, just take a needle and prick it, where is it so hard.
Empress Dowager Yuan hit her head and bled a lot, it is said that if she hit harder, she would die directly, it is estimated that because the head injury was too serious, after waking up from a coma for a day and a night, the previous headache was gone, except for a head injury that she bumped out, there was no discomfort, but the person was haggard and not looking, ten years old.
After being silent for a few days, the Empress Dowager Yuan didn't know if she had a long memory, and after being taught this time, she quietly recuperated in the Zhangde Palace, and there was no more moths, but she still made a lot of people know about it, no, there were waves of people who entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother.
So, there is such a play.
Early in the morning, before Lou Yueqing finished breakfast, Li Kui came to report: "Princess Qiyu, the queen mother in the palace has sent someone!"
Lou Yueqing had just picked up a small steamed bun and threw it to Ling'er, when she heard Li Kui's words, she looked at Li Kui with some suspicion: "Who?"
Empress Dowager Yuan?
Li Kui repeated: "The Queen Mother sent the prince to come, and now people are asking to see her outside the door!"
Turns out she heard it right!
However, what is Wang Wei doing when he came to the Regent's Mansion today? Did he want to invite her into the palace? Last time, when things were like that, the Empress Dowager Yuan was afraid that she was not in the mood to see her, and she didn't dare to see her.
After thinking about it, she couldn't figure it out, she said lightly: "Let him wait in the front hall!"
Li Kui commanded: "Yes!"
Lou Yueqing continued to eat!
Ling'er on the side saw that she didn't have the slightest intention of going to meet guests, so she asked, "Auntie, aren't you going to see guests?"
Isn't it right to receive someone who is visiting?
Lou Yueqing said: "He's not a guest, so don't worry about him, hurry up and eat!"
A Wang Wei, it's not enough for her to go to see her without breakfast, besides, half of her life tossed by Rong Zhi last night is tired, and her hungry chest is close to her back, so she will eat first and then talk about it!
"Oooh!"
Almost a stick of incense passed, and Lou Yueqing was full, so she slowly went forward.
Wang Wei is the chief eunuch beside the Empress Dowager Yuan, who is not polite to him inside and outside the palace, he has not waited so long, and after waiting for a long time at the door of the Regent's Mansion today, he waited in the front hall for nearly half an hour, and when the patience to wait was gone, Lou Yueqing was late.
Well, leading a little girl and pacing slowly.
Wang Wei's old face was a little ugly, but he still saluted respectfully: "The old slave sees the princess regent!"
As soon as Lou Yueqing walked into the hall, she saw that in addition to the people from the palace and Wang Wei and others, there were two more girls in the hall......
It's still two well-dressed and good-looking young women!
Oh, it turned out that a woman was sent to warm Rong Zhi's bed.
The two girls also saluted: "The courtiers see the princess regent!"
It's still two official women, no wonder she looks a little familiar, I guess I've seen it on some occasion, but I don't know it.
led Ling'er to the first place, let her sit on the side, and then sat down slowly.
Quietly looking at Wang Wei and the others, who were still maintaining a salute posture and looking ugly, he said lightly: "Get up!"
"Princess Xie!"
Raising her eyebrows, she slowly spoke: "Concubine Ben heard that the Queen Mother has been very sick in the past few days, and the princess is not in the palace to serve the Queen Mother and her old man, so I don't know what the regent is doing when she comes to the palace?"
Wang Wei immediately replied: "Back to the princess, the queen mother's condition has improved, because she is worried about the princess and the princess, so she sent the old slave here!"
"Oh?" Lou Yueqing looked at Wang Wei with a surprised look, and then asked with a smile on her face: "I don't know what the Queen Mother sent the princess to do?
Wang Wei immediately smiled and said: "That's the case, the queen mother, her old man is sympathetic to the princess, she has to take care of His Royal Highness the regent and take care of the palace, I'm afraid she can't be busy, so she ordered the old slave to send two innocent girls to assist the princess in taking care of the princess, so as to open up the branches and leaves for the royal family as soon as possible, these two are the youngest daughter of Lord Liu, the secretary of the criminal department, and the other is the daughter of Lord Chen, the secretary of the ministry, the two girls come over to the princess quickly!"
To put it bluntly, both of them are the daughters of the two Shangshu lords, and the Empress Dowager Yuan collected them and gave them to Rong Zhi as concubines.
When the two women heard this, they immediately walked over to Lou Yueqing, with a shy, I don't know if they were afraid of Lou Yueqing, the two of them were a little nervous, and they didn't dare to approach Lou Yueqing at all, nor did they dare to look at Lou Yueqing.
Lou Yueqing ignored these two delicate little girls, but looked at Wang Wei with a smile, and said meaninglessly: "It seems that the Queen Mother is so sick that she is panicking, and she is actually in charge of the backyard of the Regent's Mansion!"
Although the voice is calm, the eyes are faint and terrifying, and they are not angry and arrogant.
Wang Wei hurriedly smiled and explained: "Where is the princess, the queen mother also feels sorry for the princess, isn't it? What's more, the princess also knows that now the emperor has not yet had a child under his knees, the royal heirs are too thin, and the queen mother also wants to hold her grandson.
So, these two women, did they shoehorn it into her?
Liu Kang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Chen Fa, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, are from Rong Zhi's side, and they were brought up by Rong Zhi a few years ago, and they have always been trusted by Rong Zhi, and they don't know how to let the Empress Dowager Yuan pit her two daughters to toss like this, although they are concubines, but if they don't accept it, it will be troublesome, and if they are accepted, it will be even more troublesome!
hooked the corners of her mouth, Lou Yueqing's smile deepened, and said: "So that's the case, then I really want to write more about the Queen Mother's compassion!"
Wang Wei hurriedly said: "The princess is polite, the queen mother said, as long as the princess understands her old man's hard work!"
Lou Yueqing nodded, then looked at the two little girls standing in front of her with their heads down, and said lightly: "You two raise your heads!"
When the two of them heard this, they immediately raised their heads slowly, and the uneasiness and timidity on their faces were very obvious.
Both of them are born well, and their delicate appearance makes people feel a sense of pity, especially those eyes, which are seductive and soulful, and it seems that the Empress Dowager Yuan has spent a lot of thought.
Smiling, she nodded with great satisfaction, and said: "Sure enough, they are all rare beauties, the queen mother is so hearted, then the concubine will accept the two girls, Steward Li, take the two girls to settle down, don't be wronged!"
Wang Wei didn't expect Lou Yueqing to accept the two of them so happily, and was stunned for a moment, those two girls were also very unbelievable, so smooth?
Li Kui immediately received the order: "My subordinates will arrange it!"
After speaking, he stepped forward and said lightly to the two women: "Two girls, please!"
The two followed Li Kui away, their faces were incredulous and shy, they didn't expect them to become the ladies of the Regent's Mansion so soon......
Like a dream......
After they left, Lou Yueqing looked at Li Kui and said lightly: "Since the person has been delivered, the prince can go back to return to the queen mother, please also tell the queen mother, the concubine is grateful for the queen mother's kindness, and she should enter the palace another day to thank her!"
Wang Wei hurriedly said: "The old slave will convey the princess's meaning, and the old slave will go back first!"
Lou Yueqing nodded, looked at the guards on the side and said lightly: "Well, send the prince out!"
Wang Wei successfully completed the explanation of the Empress Dowager Yuan, and his face was hard to hide his joy, and the one who left was called a Lisuo.
Lou Yueqing watched Wang Wei leave, the corners of her mouth pulled slightly, and she smiled coldly, the Empress Dowager Yuan really took herself seriously.
Mo Li on the side was very puzzled: "Why did the master accept these two women? Wouldn't it be good to refuse directly? You wait for His Royal Highness the regent to come back, and I guess I will be depressed again!"
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is not like those men who wish that their wives would arrange concubines for them, if they knew the time when they entered the palace in the early morning, Lou Yueqing would have already made him two vulgar powders, and it is estimated that he would be depressed for a long time.
Lou Yueqing raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "There are very few girls cleaning in the palace, and two more girls can share the work of those maids, what is he so depressed?"
The palace used to clean all men, not a single girl, finally they got married, she married into the mansion are all male servants is not suitable, Rong Zhi asked Li Kui to arrange some girls to clean and serve in the house, but there are not many of them.
She's thinking about the Regent's Mansion!
Mo Li: "......" Okay!
Lou Yueqing touched her chin and suddenly asked, "Mo Li, you said that the old woman wanted to give Rong Zhi a woman, how should I thank her?"
It's only been a few days, and I'm here to do things, it's really not threatening to be a sick cat!
Mo Li thought for a while and said, "If the master doesn't like her and kills her directly, why should she be tossed like this?"
Not to mention one Empress Dowager Yuan, even if it is ten, Lou Yueqing doesn't have to pay attention to it, just kill her, either cut her into meat sauce openly, or secretly burn her to ashes, that's not a thing!
There's no need to play these tricks and waste time!
Lou Yueqing pouted: "You don't understand this, for a person like the Empress Dowager Yuan, who has lost her conscience, it is too cheap to kill her, and she has to be tortured as well as dead, otherwise Rong Zhi's pain for so many years will not be in vain?"
Although no matter how much she tortured the Empress Dowager Yuan, she couldn't offset the torture that Rong Zhi endured, but it was worth one point!
Don't be separated, I see.
Lou Yueqing thought for a moment, suddenly remembered something, a touch of cunning flashed in her eyes, she looked at Mo Li and said, "You go and spread a message, let Fuyun collect two ...... Two male prostitutes, preferably of good physical strength!"
Mo Li blinked: "What did ...... come to do?"
Seeing Lou Yueqing's treacherous look, she couldn't help but take the risk of being beaten and asked, "Does the master think that His Royal Highness the Regent's physical strength is not good enough?"
Lou Yueqing's face darkened, and she glared at Mo Li angrily: "...... What do you think, I want to give a gift to the Empress Dowager Yuan!"
Rong Zhi's physical strength......
Forget it, I don't want to, that sad thing full of blood and tears!
I was tossed last night and now my legs are not very comfortable, and I want to chop his place when I think about it!
Beast!
Hearing this, Mo Li nodded as if I understood: "Oh, then Mo Li will do it immediately!"
"!"
After speaking, he stood up and pulled Ling'er back to the backyard.
In the afternoon, Rong Zhi came back, and as soon as he came back, he looked depressed.
At that time, Lou Yueqing was reading a book.
As soon as he came in, he stood in front of Lou Yueqing with a stiff face, looking at her suspiciously.
Lou Yueqing raised her eyelids to look at him, then put her eyes back on the book, and asked leisurely, "Well, as soon as you come back, you will put on a face?"
His Royal Highness the Regent: "...... I heard that the old woman sent two women, and you accepted them?"
She actually accepted it, it was a ...... Lack of cleanup!
Lou Yueqing: "Uh-huh!"
And sure enough, it was!
Rong Zhi's face sank, and he immediately said, "Lonely, let people throw it out!"
With that, he turned around and went out.
Lou Yueqing immediately dropped the book and stopped him: "Wait, don't throw it away!"
Rong Zhi paused and looked at her: "What are you doing with that?" do you really want to send them to the lonely couch?"
How could she leave such a woman behind, it's simply ......
When he heard that the Empress Dowager Yuan sent two women, and she accepted them, he was a little annoyed!
The corners of Lou Yueqing's mouth twitched, and she was not happy, and said angrily: "Didn't I just leave two cleaning girls, what are you fierce, don't you want to live your life!"
Rong Zhi was stunned: "Cleaning the girl?"
Lou Yueqing saw that he was at a loss, snorted coldly, glanced at him and said angrily: "Then what do you think, do you really think that you are so lucky that you can hug left and right? There are so few girls in the palace, people sent two for nothing, why don't I?"
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was a little dark, it turned out to be like this.
I heard that when she accepted those two women, he was really angry, this kind of woman didn't throw it out, even if she stayed in the mansion to live and settle down, didn't he really think he was ...... Ahem, it's too much, so get two women to share it?
Seeing that his face was better, Lou Yueqing was unhappy, and looked at him gloomily: "Rong Zhi, you actually murdered me just now!"
His Royal Highness the Regent's heart sank, and there was nothing to love, and it was over......
So, that night, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, not to mention eating meat, didn't see the soup!
Of course, that's an afterthought.
Fuyun is very reliable, and two ...... were sent in the afternoon Small.
looked at the two good-looking ...... in front of him Childe, Lou Yueqing is very satisfied!
Look at this beautiful appearance with clear eyebrows and the style exuded by her body, she can be described as a rare beauty.
Empress Dowager Yuan's blessing is just right, which is enviable.
Rong Zhi, who was sitting on the side, had a gloomy face.
Mo Li cleared his throat, glanced at His Royal Highness the Regent, who was sitting on the side with a black face, and spoke: "Fuyun said, these two are the best and most loved little people in the Southern Courtyard, but if the master is not satisfied, he can find something else!"
Anyway, no matter what you want, you have it all there.
Lou Yueqing raised her eyebrows, looked at the two men in front of her with their heads bowed and looked nervous, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, and said leisurely: "It doesn't matter if I'm not satisfied, the Queen Mother and her old man are satisfied!"
Mo Li nodded and asked, "Then these two?"
"Well, take it with you!"
After they retreated, Lou Yueqing looked at His Royal Highness the Prince Regent with a dark face, walked up to him, looked at him with a smile, and raised his eyebrows: "Dare to ask the prince, are you still satisfied with the two little fathers that the concubine found for you?"
His Royal Highness the Regent: "......"
This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!