Chapter 11 Concubine
Compared with the worries of Sheng Lanci and his wife, Princess Gaomi was not calm at this time.
The princess really doesn't like Sheng Weiqiao very much.
However, Rong Ruibin's birth softened her grandmother's heart a lot.
This is the eldest son of Rong Sleeping Crane's eldest son, if his own mother has no face, how can he not be involved?
The princess's boredom with Sheng Weiqiao was mainly because she felt that this unvirtuous daughter-in-law was not worthy of her son, and she felt sorry for Rong Sleeping Crane's hard work.
It's really just thinking about it, and feeling aggrieved for my outstanding son!
β¦β¦ But he didn't hate Sheng Weiqiao to the point of wanting to get rid of him quickly.
Now that I have a grandson, this boredom has naturally faded.
This time, he took the initiative to pick up the dust for Sheng Lanci's family, not only to see Rong Ruibin as soon as possible, but also to give Sheng Weiqiao face.
Recently, because of a series of changes in the Gaomi Palace, especially the princess who had no intention of combing for Qi's illness, she was deliberately dressed up at the moment, her long gray hair was tied in a fallen horse bun, and she was swaying with red gold luan phoenix beads, wearing a jade bead flower, wearing a short-sleeved mandala jacket embroidered with a rust red background, a white jade bamboo slub female belt, and an indigo sea pattern pleated skirt tied underneath.
Although it is no longer youthful, and it is difficult to hide the fatigue of not recovering after the upheaval between the eyebrows, the pretty silhouette of the young man is still there, and the temperament cultivated by the hairpins of the Zhao family for several generations is excellent.
The reason why his heart fluctuates at this moment is that he is worried about the mother-son relationship between himself and Rong Sleeping Crane: this son wants to say that he has no feelings for him, and he clearly has special treatment when he evacuated Chang'an earlier;
Princess Gaomi really couldn't guess his true intentions, so she was thinking at this moment, should she try to talk to Sheng Lanci and his wife?
After all, these two are now Rong Sleeping Crane's father-in-law and mother-in-law, but they were parents to Rong Sleeping Crane earlier, and they know him well, so they are willing to give them some guidance?
After the in-laws with their own thoughts took care of each other, after the greetings were finished, Sheng Lanci and his wife were invited by the princess to sit on the host and guest on the left-hand side, and after a few words, Sheng Lanci and his wife couldn't help but ask about King Gaomi and Qi and others.
The princess smiled and said: "I accidentally contracted the wind cold on the way back to Chang'an before, and now I am resting in the room, I am afraid that I will give my in-laws after illness, so I have not come out, please don't blame you!"
Sheng Lanci and his wife were busy talking about it, and after a few greetings, Feng Shi and Princess Gaomi began to chat.
At first, the two were just gossiping, talking about common topics such as customs, clothing and jewelry.
After this scene passed, Princess Gaomi, who had already secretly glanced at Rong Ruibin several times from the corner of her eye, proposed to hug her grandson.
When Rong Ruibin went out today, he was usually brought by his maternal grandfather and grandmother.
Now he is in Sheng Lanci's arms, and when he heard that Sheng Lanci hurriedly handed over his grandson to his wife.
Then the topic naturally transitioned to children and grandchildren, so the originally happy chatter between the in-laws soon became mutual temptation and clichΓ©s.
Sheng Lanci and his wife teamed up to deal with Princess Gaomi, Sheng Weiqiao and Rong Sleeping Crane couldn't intervene at all, seeing this situation, Sheng Weiqiao whispered to her husband: "You are here, I'll go see my sister-in-law." β
However, Rong Sleeping Crane was reluctant to part with his wife, and secondly, he didn't bother to listen to the turbulent undercurrent between the elders, so he also got up: "I'll go with you!"
The two quietly walked out of the main hall, went outside and called a maid to lead the way, and went to the Cui Huang Courtyard where Rong Qingchu and his wife lived.
Because King Gaomi has always had only one princess over the years, Rong Qingchu is only a Tonglian outside the Qi family, and at this time, he has not returned long after the death of the palace, and many of the earlier subordinates have been separated in the war, and it is too late to make up for it, and the huge mansion is inevitably a little deserted.
The main planting of bamboo cultivation in the Cui Huang Courtyard is particularly bleak in this season.
The mother-in-law who was guarding the door was very surprised when she saw Rong Sleeping Crane and his wife coming together, and she came up to say goodbye a little stammeringly, but stopped talking.
Sheng Weiqiao saw her panic, so she smiled and said: "The mother concubine wants to give my father and mother to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and now the elders are talking in the main hall, we can't interject, I heard that the sister-in-law is sick, so I came to take a look." β
The mother-in-law calmed down a little when she heard this, and said with a smile: "The prince's wife is really not good these days, so the prince and the county monarch, the kings and grandchildren are not at ease, and they take turns to stay in front of them all day long, and they fail to greet the in-laws and the old lady, and ask the county king and the county princess to be strange." β
"What are you talking about?" Sheng Weiqiao said, "It's all my own family, why bother to see outside? I heard my mother say that my sister-in-law was caught a cold on the way back from Ruzhou?
While talking to his mother-in-law, he walked in.
During this time, other subordinates saw it and rushed to tell it.
After a while, the couple arrived in front of the main house of Cuihuang Courtyard, and saw Rong Qingchu come out with Rong Lingzhan to greet them, and said, "Third brother, third brother and sister, why did you come here? Your sister-in-law is sick now, don't be sick to you!"
Sheng Weiqiao saw that Rong Sleeping Crane was silent, so he said, "Big brother, my mother is talking to my father and mother, we have nothing to do over there, so I want to come over and see how my sister-in-law is?"
She was a little embarrassed when she said this, because she knew that the Qi family had been sick for so long, all because of what happened to the Qi family. Then the fate of the Qi family is not unrelated to Rong Sleeping Crane.
Come over to say this at this time, if the Qi family thinks about it more, maybe they will think that it is a show of power.
But if you don't come...... Not to mention what the Qi family would think, in the eyes of others, Bacheng felt that Rong Sleeping Crane had the intention of killing the Qi family, and even the Rong Qingdrunk family.
When the time comes, don't come to a few self-made smart people who want to curry favor and poison Rong Qingchu's family.
Although Sheng Weiqiao is not too familiar with the Qi family, he is noncommittal about what happened to them out of position, and has always had a good impression of Qi's sister-in-law, but he doesn't want her to be treated worse.
So after thinking about it, I still took this trip.
At this time, Rong Qingchu didn't know if he could see her intentions, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yu'er is drinking medicine now...... You have only been in Chang'an for a short time, Ruibin is young, this time the lord and wife of the in-laws, and the little prince Sheng are here? Then you must be very busy, we have nothing here. β
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Just because my father and mother came together, I am very idle now." Ruibin and his younger brother have their care, and the people are all familiar with them, but there is nothing to take care of. If you have any instructions from your eldest brother and sister-in-law, don't be polite!"
After a few polite words, Rong Qingchu muttered: "Yu'er is lying on the couch now, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to get up...... If my brother and sister don't dislike it, why don't you go inside and talk?"
After saying this, he glanced at the sleeping crane.
Rong Sleeping Crane said: "Kang Zhao, go see your sister-in-law, I'll accompany my eldest brother outside." β
Although in broad daylight, Sheng Weiqiao and Rong Qingyu were on the side, and it was nothing for him to go to the inner room to visit his sister-in-law as a little uncle, but Rong Sleepy Crane only had a good impression of Qi's, but he didn't have much affection, so he didn't bother to bother with it, so he only let Yishan and Ju Li accompany Sheng Weiqiao in.
Qi's illness this time seems to be not light, since entering the Cui Huang Courtyard, incense burners have been placed in several places inside and outside to smoke incense.
However, it is still difficult to hide the smell of medicine.
Inside, the bitter taste is even stronger.
When he bypassed the screen and saw the Qi family standing under the half-rolled bead curtain, Sheng Weiqiao was very uncomfortable: "How did my sister-in-law get like this?"
"Third brother and sister?" Qi narrowed his eyes and looked out of the dim tent for a while before he recognized it, and said a little apologetically, "My eyes are not very good at this time, so I can't recognize you immediately...... Why are you here? Sit down!"
At this time, there are two little maids guarding the inner servants, as well as the two county kings of Guangchang and Yunyang.
Sheng Weiqiao remembered that the two nieces Guangchang and Yunyang were twins, and their temperaments were also lively and naughty, and at this moment, they were probably worried about their mother's condition, and their childish eyebrows were clearly revealed.
When I saw my aunt, I greeted her in a proper manner, and it was difficult to hide my estrangement in respect.
"After years of not seeing, you have grown taller again. Sheng Weiqiao didn't know if they knew what happened to the Qi family and the relationship between Rong Sleeping Crane, reached out and touched the head of Yunyang, who was closer to him, and said kindly, "I came from Nanfeng County in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring anything good, just a few horses with unique materials in the south, which are very suitable for girls of your age." Go back and ask someone to bring it, and you two will cut a few clothes!"
She clearly felt that when she touched Yun Yang's head, Yun Yang subconsciously wanted to shake it off, but before she could make a move, she stopped alive, and only lowered her eyes and said, "Aunt Xie." β
Sheng Weiqiao sighed in his heart, thinking that these two nieces had heard some rumors, otherwise, because they had lived in the palace of Mizhen County for a period of time before, they were as close as mother and daughter to themselves, and they were also very invisible, where would there be such obvious resistance?
However, such differences and conflicts in positions are inevitable and have become a reality.
She didn't know anything at this time, so she just pretended not to be aware, and turned to greet Qi's condition: "Has the imperial doctor come to see it?
The Qi family is a good instrument, if Sheng Weiqiao is changed to her position, not to mention being angry at this time, at least she will bring out a little bit of complexion, she is still nothing, as if the affairs of the Qi family have nothing to do with the Mizhen County Palace, her expression is calm, and she said in a kind tone: "The imperial doctor has been here several times, but because of the earlier war, the most outstanding imperial doctors, including the old imperial doctor who had been specially for the queen mother, are gone." Now that they have only been in the hospital for a few years, the concubine is very suspicious of their medical skills...... I think that maybe I can't stand the bumps if I don't fight. β
"This body is weak, and it will be slow to get better. β
"Fortunately, now that I have returned to Chang'an, the children are becoming more and more sensible, and they are determined to raise them!"
She was so calm, Sheng Weiqiao felt more and more distressed when she saw it, and she asked for warmth, and even greeted all the children under Qi's knees, and even euphemistically said that if Qi was really too busy, she could send Rong Lingzhan and a few younger children to the Mizhen County Palace, and she was willing to help take care of them for a few days.
After Qi pondered about this, he said that he had to discuss it with Princess Gaomi and Rong Qingdrunk before making a decision.
Sheng Weiqiao wanted to persuade again, but at this time, Xiangjitang sent someone to tell him, saying that the dinner was going to be held, and he and his wife were invited to go to the banquet.
The concubine could only say goodbye in a hurry.