Chapter 132: Apology
Outside the carriage came the exclamations one after another, as well as the shouting and neighing, the screams of the horses, the cries of pain, and the cries...... It's noisy.
In the carriage, Qin Hanzhen quickly got up with Feng'er's support, only to feel a faint pain in his left elbow, afraid that he had hit something just now. Qin Hanzhen sat down firmly, and then he caught a glimpse of the oil lamp on the small table next to the seat falling, and the lamp oil spilled half of the small table, soaking the brocade tablecloth, and slowly formed a flame, burning a corner of the two pieces of paper with the title of the poem.
Qin Hanzhen exclaimed: "It's on fire!" quickly picked up the warm pot in his hand, poured the tea in the pot, and extinguished the fire, but the handwriting on the note was also half pasted. Feng'er stretched out her hand to pick up the oil lamp again, and then turned around to pick up Cai Yuanzhen.
Cai Yuanzhen is also used to practicing riding and archery, and her movements are quite sensitive, and she didn't fall too embarrassed, in fact, she got up first. But her girl fell a little badly, and her head hit the wall of the car directly, knocking out blood. I don't know if it was because of fear or blood sickness, this girl touched her head, and when she saw the blood on her hand, she rolled her eyes and fainted. Cai Yuanzhen had to turn upside down to support her, and she was taken and fell in the car. Fortunately, with Feng'er's help, Qin Hanzhen also helped her, and she sat down again. Glancing at the tablecloth with a large hole burned on the small table, and the paper that was burned in a corner and half pasted, she could only smile bitterly.
Before she finished smiling bitterly, the mother-in-law who was following the car outside came over and asked, "Is the girl okay?" Cai Yuanzhen replied: "It's okay." She broke her forehead, saw blood, and fainted. The mother-in-law was taken aback and hurriedly called someone to find a doctor. However, Cai Yuanzhen's carriage was equipped with first-aid Jinchuang medicine, so she took it out first and put it on Qiqi. Qin Hanzhen contributed a clean handkerchief, and seeing that the light in the carriage was dim, he could only use the light of the lanterns of the entourage outside to vaguely see the situation in the carriage, so he instructed Feng'er to relight the oil lamp of Fangcai.
Another mother-in-law rushed over from the front and reported to Cai Yuanzhen: "Back to the girl's words, it was a nobleman's honor driver who came out of the alley in front of him, and the knight on the horse at the head didn't see the road clearly and collided with the guards in our house. Both of them fell off their horses and were injured, but there was no major problem, but our horse's leg was broken, and I am afraid that we will have to send someone to pick it up. A few other people bumped into some of them, all of which were skin injuries. ”
Cai Yuanzhen frowned: "Which nobleman's honor is it?"
The woman said, "It's Princess Ninghua." ”
The oil lamp in the car turned on again, Qin Hanzhen took a hairpin from his head, and was about to use the hairpin tip to pick up the wick, when he heard the action in his hand, he paused, and his eyes flashed slightly.
It's actually the princess of King Ninghua, what's the ...... Such a coincidence?
Cai Yuanzhen is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yunyang, her father holds real power, and she is also one of the most powerful people in the capital. is just a princess of a county, and she doesn't have any prominent background, and she doesn't have enough weight to make her jealous. But after all, the other party is a daughter of the clan, and there is a princess's decree, so there should still be a number of courtesies. Cai Yuanzhen instructed the mothers-in-law, no matter who is right or wrong, first make amends and then talk about it, and then let Princess Ninghua's people go first, and then go later, the most important thing is to send the seriously injured people to the hospital first, and the others can return to the Yunyang Hou Mansion and then find a government doctor for treatment. The Marquis of Yunyang was born in Jiangmen, and there have been several military doctors in the mansion for many years.
After the order, Cai Yuanzhen also turned around to apologize to Qin Hanzhen, after all, Qin Hanzhen had an accident in her carriage, although she was not injured (the elbow injury could not be seen from the appearance), but it was also caused by the Cai family's guards walking without paying attention to the emergency braking of the Cai family's coachman, she is the master's family, so she naturally has to take this responsibility.
Qin Hanzhen only felt that Princess Ninghua's people were the culprit, how could she blame Cai Yuanzhen? She didn't even mention that she bumped her elbow, smiled and handed the hairpin to Feng'er to put it away, and said to Cai Yuanzhen: "This was an accident, and the people of my sister's family didn't want to, and the maid ring next to my sister was even more injured, and my sister was obviously a sufferer, so why did she still compensate me? Am I a foolish person who can't tell right from wrong? I want to blame, and I also want to blame the person who doesn't look at the road and runs around on the streets of the inner city of the capital." ”
Her voice was not loud, but the content of her words was faintly rhythmic: "Princess Ninghua came to Beijing with King Ninghua to do business, right? His family's guards must have been brought from the self-styled land? It's too reckless." At night, when it's dark, why don't they look at the road when they go out? Even if they don't look at the road, don't go too fast and too quickly. Princess Ninghua is a nobleman, even if they are not afraid that they will run around and hurt innocent passers-by, they should be worried about whether they will turn the princess upside down, right? The guards of my sister's house have enough lanterns, and there are not no lights on the surrounding streets, so how can anyone still bump into them? Fortunately, no one was killed, otherwise the first lunar month would have been passed before the blood, wouldn't it be too unlucky?"
Cai Yuanzhen actually felt that the people in Ninghua Wangfu were too reckless. She grew up in the capital, and she had never seen anyone under the guards of the royal palace so rude. Even the prince's mansion, who is really worthy of the Holy Grace, will not act like this, this princess of Ninghua, who doesn't know where the fief is, doesn't know how to restrain her subordinates, so she lets them run into the streets of the inner city of the capital? However, Cai Yuanzhen's upbringing made her unable to say that people are wrong in front of people, so she could only smile and say: "God forbid, nothing serious happened." It's just that I'm stumbling like this, I'm afraid that it will take ten days and a half to raise before I can come back to me on an errand. She is most afraid of seeing blood, she faints when she sees it, and when she wakes up, she doesn't know how she will be afraid. ”
The two little girls comforted each other a few words, and then felt that the matter was over. The people who followed Qin Hanzhen out of the Yongjiahou Mansion were not affected because they were following behind, so they rushed over to inquire about Qin Hanzhen's situation, and when they learned that there was nothing wrong, they also retreated, and separated a person to report the accident to the Yongjiahou couple who took the first step.
Who knew that at this time, the mother-in-law who had just received Cai Yuanzhen's order to apologize to Princess Ninghua came back, but said: "Princess Ninghua said that his guards were reckless and rushed into the girl, she is really sorry, she wants to apologize to the girl in person." ”
Qin Hanzhen and Cai Yuanzhen were both a little surprised. Although the latter is not afraid of a princess of the county, but the identity of the other party is placed here, and the etiquette cannot be wrong, otherwise it will arouse the disgust of the royal family and the clan, and it will also cause trouble for the Cai family. But if Princess Ninghua really came to apologize in person, it would really confirm the Cai family's bullying statement, it would be a cross pot flying from the sky!
The carriage of the Cai family was hit by someone for no reason, and the guards were also injured, and they didn't blame the victim, and they were humble everywhere, how could the other party still have to make inches? Could it be true that the Marquis of Yunyang Mansion was a sick cat? !
Cai Yuanzhen's face sank slightly, and said to the mother-in-law: "I will give Princess Ninghua for me, and I will say that she is too polite." Today's incident is all the fault of our Yunyang Marquis Mansion, it is our guards who did not see the road clearly, and did not watch out for someone suddenly running out of the alley, so they collided with the princess's ceremonial car. If the guards had been more careful, had noticed that the princess was passing by on her way, and stopped the carriage and horses in advance, this would not have happened. Now the princess is frightened, and the princess's guards have also fallen off their horses, so I really can't help it. When I return home to the injured guards of our family, I will tell my father that I will first heal his injuries and then punish him. The horse that didn't look at the road without eyes deserved it if it broke its leg when it was knocked over, so it should be handed over to the Ninghua Mansion for disposal. It's getting late today, even if it's okay, early tomorrow morning, our Yunyang Hou Mansion will definitely prepare an apology gift, and send it to the Ninghua Palace, so as to express our family's apology!"
Qin Hanzhen was silent, knowing that Cai Yuanzhen was angry. This girl usually looks good at talking, just like a gentle big sister, but she is not without temper. The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yunyang, not all cats and dogs can bully her.
Sure enough, after the woman passed the words, the other party's queue was quiet, and after a while, a middle-aged woman dressed gorgeously and wearing some emerald jewelry got out of the carriage, and took two little girls and two men dressed as guards to Cai Yuanzhen's carriage in person.
The middle-aged woman was smiling, respectful and polite, and when she opened her mouth, she claimed to be the housekeeper next to Princess Ninghua, and came to apologize for the princess, saying that it was a mistake in the subordinate's message, and the princess had no other meaning, but she had already heard of the reputation of the eldest lady of the Yunyang Houfu and wanted to make friends. Although today's chance encounter is a little unpleasant, it is fate to be able to meet. The princess's original intention was to invite Miss Cai to meet and talk. If Miss Cai feels that it is inconvenient when it is dark, then when Princess Ninghua holds a spring banquet in the palace on another day, she also invites Miss Cai to go for a day, which is the same, and she also said that she will let someone send a post to the Yunyang Hou Mansion when she turns back.
This grandmother speaks much more pleasantly. Even Qin Hanzhen and Cai Yuanzhen knew in their hearts that it was not that someone had misspoken the wrong word, but Princess Ninghua found out that she had hit the iron plate, so she sent someone to make up for it. Cai Yuanzhen was still thinking about the injured maid ring and the guard, and she had no intention of befriending the princess of any county, so she smiled faintly: "Please thank the princess for my kindness, it's really too late today, let's have a chance to bother me in the future." She did not refuse the invitation to the spring banquet. Anyway, the Yunyang Hou Mansion can receive invitations from many families every spring, but not every family goes to the banquet.
The housekeeper smiled diligently, and repeatedly paid for it, and asked the little girl to send a plate of silver ingots, all of which were five taels of official silver, and there were at least twenty on a plate, and the Tao was for the medical expenses of the injured in the Yunyang Hou Mansion, and also said that he would send someone to the Yunyang Hou Mansion early in the morning to send an apology gift, and to suppress Miss Cai, please Miss Cai Don't dislike it, and accept it, otherwise she will not forgive them for the princess.
Where is Cai Yuanzhen impatient to entangle with her? casually ordered someone to accept the silver ingot, and politely refused tomorrow's apology, saying that the two guards are responsible, if Princess Ninghua is so polite, do you think that the Yunyang Marquis Mansion does not even have this measure? The other party smiled dryly and apologized again, and found that there was really nothing to say, so he retired in embarrassment.
The housekeeper left, and Qin Hanzhen whispered to Cai Yuanzhen: "This princess of Ninghua, why did she go out with so many officially minted silver ingots?
A hint of discoloration flashed in Cai Yuanzhen's eyes, and she pursed her lips and smiled, without saying a word.
Qin Hanzhen only needs her to be suspicious, the Yunyang Marquis Mansion is also a family with military power, and for the people of the Ninghua Palace, it is better to be far away. God knows if this is because King Ninghua has the two potential allies of Zhenxi Hou Mansion and Yun Shuai, and the idea of Yunyang Hou Mansion is not enough?
She lifted the corner of the car curtain and looked at the other party's car, curious about Princess Ninghua's purpose tonight, but accidentally found a figure that surprised her.
The young man who was dressed in a guard's clothes, who had returned to the queue of Princess Ninghua behind the housekeeper, and who had stood still next to the princess's carriage, looked a little familiar? Through the lantern lighting of the people of the Marquis of Yunyang's mansion, she clearly recognized that that face was the third prince of Qi who had a relationship with her today!