Chapter 34: An Invitation from the Palace
Sheng Weiqiao didn't know what her husband had imagined since he was a lion cat, although he felt lost that "he could help himself beat the sleeping crane and the beast on the fifth day of the first year" turned into a soft and delicate little lion cat, but after all, it was his grandfather who pulled the old marquis Xu to run out for lunch and didn't have to run out to pick it up, or her father sold it miserably and let her accept it;
So after returning to the county king's mansion, she asked the two little maids from the bottom to come up to serve the little master: "It's best to have a cat, and you will have to take care of it." ”
Jin Li agreed, and was about to go down to do it, Sheng Weiqiao asked again, "Last time, you picked two helpers to make up for the big girl...... Can you see who you want?"
"I've already seen it, but the slave maid can't tell what you want, so I have roughly selected more than a dozen ......," Jinli asked cautiously when he heard this, "I haven't finalized the specific candidate yet." ”
Sheng Weiqiao glanced at the copper leak in the corner of the house and asked, "Is Ju Li awake now?"
Jin Liang said: "She just took the medicine, but I'm afraid she is already asleep by this time." ”
"Then you call everyone up and take a look!" Sheng Weiqiao said this, remembering that the family was not very confident in their eyesight and ability...... His face darkened, but considering that the character of the attendant was very important, he still turned his head and asked Rong Sleeping Crane, "Do you want to take a look with me?"
Rong Sleeping Crane saw that she wanted to let her help palm the eyes, and she was satisfied, and nodded reservedly: "I have nothing to do here and right, so I will accompany you." ”
Gongsun Yingdun, who was about to tell Rong Sleeping Crane that there was an urgent matter in the study: "......"
Fortunately, the candidates for the hibiscus are all selected from the Sheng family's dowry to Sheng Weiqiao, with the Sheng family's attention to Sheng Weiqiao, of course, these people will be included in the marriage candidates under the review of the size of the family, and they will be included in the candidates for marriage.
Sheng Weiqiao felt that this was pleasing to the ear, left the two maids, sent the rest of the people away, asked about the situation, changed the name, according to the month at this time, one is called "Silkworm Moon", the other is called "Tongyue", a few words of encouragement, each rewarded a pair of silver bracelets, and ordered everyone to retreat.
Seeing that there were only two husbands and wives left in the house, he put the little lion cat next to him, took the initiative to lean towards Rong Sleeping Crane, kissed him on the cheek, and said with a smile: "You can talk!"
This kind of thing should be said more in the future, understand?
Rong Sleeping Crane comprehended, put his backhand around her waist, pressed her into his arms, lowered his head and kissed the corner of his forehead, and said with a smile: "Just look at the princess of the county from the many suitors who take a fancy to your sleeping brother, you know how unique and sharp the princess of the county is!"
Sheng Weiqiao slapped him with some dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Are you praising me or yourself?"
"Husband and wife, who doesn't praise the two of us?" Rong Sleeping Crane reached out and pinched her cheek, and smiled, "Of course, your sleeping brother's eyesight is also first-class, otherwise why don't you marry a good girl?"
Sheng Weiqiao turned his head over, bit lightly on his earlobe, and said, "You marry me with good eyesight, I married you to see you rush to Nanfeng County, it's really pitiful!"
Rong Sleeping Crane is in the age of vigorous blood, and among the newlywed Yan'er, the most forbidden to tease, from the wife bites the earlobe, the breathing is stagnant, and even what she said didn't hear too clearly, directly leaned over and picked her up, while walking quickly towards the inner room, while saying in a dumb voice: "Well, the princess of the county sees that your sleeping brother is still pitiful at this time, so she is pitiful?"
The two of them went into the room to "pity" each other, and forgot all about the little lioncat.
The poor little lion cat stepped on the soft couch here, sniffed there, and ran a few laps after the tail, but never waited for the person who came to serve, wanted to run out, went to the couch to look at the distance from the ground, was afraid, screamed for a long time, and finally fell asleep directly tired......
And Sheng Weiqiao in the inner room also fell asleep directly after the storm, and woke up the next day when he was on three poles, and saw that the side was empty, so he only allowed the sleeping crane to go to the study, and when he got up lazily to freshen up, he finally remembered the new pet: "What about the cat?"
"In the wing, the little maid took it and fed some steamed eggs and goat's milk. While combing her hair in a bun, she said softly, "What will Niangniang use later?"
Sheng Weiqiao casually ordered a few side dishes, and asked for bijiao porridge, and a clever little maid heard it outside, and tiptoed to the kitchen to spread the word.
After breakfast, Sheng Weiqiao went to see the chrysanthemum fence in person, and talked with him, but saw that the chrysanthemum fence was not in good spirits, so he left.
After returning to the back hall, the little maid brought the lion cat who had eaten the steamed eggs and goat's milk, Sheng Weiqiao played with it, and saw that the hibiscus brought the cake and the jade bean cake to make tea for herself, and finally remembered her husband: "Did he go to the study?
"The king is not in the study. But Jinli said, "Early this morning, the prince sent someone to invite the king of the county to come over to discuss the matter, and he hasn't come back yet!"
Sheng Weiqiao was slightly stunned when he heard this: "Father asked him to go to the meeting?"
She thought to herself that this was strange, wasn't King Gaomi very jealous of Rong Sleeping Crane, lest this little son threaten his beloved son?
How could he take the initiative to let Rong Sleeping Crane participate in the deliberations?
Eighty percent encountered some hot potato, and wanted to stuff it into Rong Sleeping Crane, right?
The princess of Xinjin County became suspicious, so she asked, "Do you know what my father wants to discuss with Mizhen?"
"The slave doesn't know. Jin Li shook his head and said, "At that time, the king of the county was already in the study, and the slave maid also heard the words from Sister Yishan, who was waiting there, and Sister Yiliu, only to know that the king of the county was summoned by the prince. ”
"Mi Zhen is not easy to bully, even if there is any conspiracy trap on his father's side, it is not easy to trap him. Sheng Weiqiao was a little worried when he heard this, but thinking about Rong Sleeping Crane's means, he didn't think he needed to worry too much, "What's more, grandfather and father are still in Chang'an, if the father does too much and oppresses people as the father of birth, grandfather and father can also go to the door to talk to Mizhen!"
Thinking so, she put aside the fact that Rong Sleeping Crane was called by King Gaomi, but remembered Queen Meng, on the way back from the palace that day, Rong Sleeping Crane promised to help her inquire about the queen's condition through the door of the Shu family.
However, after coming back, he was making trouble, and Rong Sleeping Crane was eating the marrow at this time, and he even went to the study three times after a few clouds and rains, and he didn't talk to her for a few days, and he forgot it.
"I'm the daughter-in-law of King Gaomi at this time, so it's not good to go directly to the Meng family to investigate. Sheng Weiqiao originally planned to go to her heart, but after careful consideration, she found that she had no way, "Inquire directly with the palace, the convenience of my previous entry and exit from the palace was mainly because of Qinglang, and now Qinglang is sick, and the Queen Mother clearly doesn't want me to be close to her...... I'm afraid that it will be in vain to go to the palace gate. ”
After returning home that day, in the evening of the same day, she asked people to pack up a nourishing herb and some ornaments that imply health and longevity and sent them to Queen Meng in front of the palace gate...... It can be seen that the special treatment of entering the palace if you wanted to enter the palace in the past should not be there now.
Of course, it may also be that Empress Meng considered that she was newly married and did not want to bother.
Sheng Weiqiao was pondering these things, and the little maid outside walked in and whispered: "Niangniang, the princess sent someone over and said that there is also something to ask you to come over to talk about!"
"The wife of the world?" Sheng Weiqiao was slightly stunned, and said in his heart: "Could it be that my father got up early and called Mizhen over, talking about family affairs?
She arrived at the Gaomi Mansion suspiciously, and the Qi family personally greeted her under the Hanging Flower Gate, and accompanied her to the inside with a smile, but the direction was the "Cui Huang Courtyard" where the prince and his wife lived.
Sheng Weiqiao was puzzled: "Don't you go to Xiangji Hall to say hello to your mother?"
"The mother concubine just took the medicine and fell asleep at this time. Qi explained, "So let's not bother, let's go directly to where we live!"
Because when Princess Gaomi asked Old Lady Sheng to allow Rong Sleeping Crane to return to the palace, she said that her time was short, so Sheng Weiqiao also knew that her mother-in-law was not very good, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a medicine jar, and she didn't think much about it when she heard the words, and she was also concerned: "Is the concubine okay?"
In fact, although Princess Gaomi does have to drink medicine every day, she is awake at this time, and the reason why she uses the excuse of sleeping and not Sheng Weiqiao to go over to ask for peace is nothing more than that she is annoyed by this little daughter-in-law, and she feels angry when she sees her, but because her son can't show it, she simply doesn't show it.
At this moment, Qi Shi prevaricated a few words, and quickly changed the topic, lest Sheng Weiqiao see the flaw: "Speaking of which, within a few days of the younger brother and sister getting married to the third brother, I really shouldn't bother you with things! But I have no one else to ask for this matter, so I can only entrust my younger siblings." ”
Sheng Weiqiao didn't know what she was talking about, so she naturally didn't dare to pack the ticket, but said: "Sister-in-law, please say, I will do my best!"
Fortunately, this matter is not difficult: "Huang Ziyue is the leader of the same subject as the third brother, do the third brothers and sisters know? Can you tell the third brother and help me carefully inquire about this person's character and the situation of the people around him?"
"I've met this man once, but it's not familiar. Hearing Huang Wugui, Sheng Weiqiao remembered the news that Huan Yehe had given before, that is, at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the reason why Luo Wanyu and Fang Xinniang would go to her for trouble was because they were provoked by Huang Wugui.
Now that Qi asked to check the details of this person, her mind raced, and she said, "Why did my sister-in-law suddenly pay attention to him......?
Qi looked left and right, and saw that they were the entourage of the two, so he said in a low voice: "Yesterday, your eldest brother told me that my father intended to give Jian'an to Huang Ziyue. ”
Speaking of which, Qi's heart is a little mixed at this time, on the night of Sheng Weiqiao's entry, the county lord of Qingfang asked about the marriage of Jian'an Junjun, and at that time Qi thought that it would be great if her daughter could find a husband who was happy with each other like Sheng Weiqiao, but it was only a few days before she met her father-in-law who wanted to use his granddaughter to win the eyes of the new department!
Even if he knew that this move was deliberately done by King Gaomi in order to strengthen the power of the Shizi faction, the Qi family still felt very uncomfortable.
Although Sheng Weiqiao didn't know what this sister-in-law was thinking, if Huang Wuyi had calculated herself, she thought that from a fair point of view, this person was still qualified to be worthy of Jian'an Junjun: the son of an official eunuch, the fame of the list, young and unmarried, and his appearance was not bad.
It is said that this Huang Wuyi father and son are both from the faction of King Gaomi, and this family affair is still the intention of King Gaomi, but the Qi family still has to entrust the newly married brother and daughter-in-law to help investigate...... Sheng Weiqiao was curious: "Does sister-in-law think he ......?"
Could it be that there is something unknown about this Huang Wuyi, the Qi family had heard about it earlier, so he was not at ease?