In the mansion of the Duke of Huguo, Dangui lit the incense in his wife's room and withdrew, and Xue Siniang on the opposite side lightly took the tea cup handed over by Luzao, moved her feet from the left to the right in a hurry, and said in a low voice: "Miss Xia was surprised when she heard that Madame had sent someone to propose marriage, and it seemed that she had never heard of it. She said that it may be that Mrs. Xia thinks that our family is the Guogong Mansion, and their family is just a nominal petty official of the fourth grade. The door is too bad and not suitable. ”

She paused for a moment and glanced at her mother quickly, and saw that her eyelids were heavy, and she was lazily leaning on the beauty couch, as if she didn't seem to care, so she continued: "She said so, but people are actually quite squeamish. The princess, the lady, the lady, she left the table abruptly and went to rest inside, and I saw that she was not very capable of suffering. ”

Xue Siniang swallowed her saliva with difficulty, and was hesitating whether to continue, when Mrs. Xu opened her eyes suddenly, and her gaze swept sharply over her face. Xue Siniang seemed to have been pricked by a needle suddenly, shrank back, and quickly continued: "Miss Xia seems to have a good relationship with Shizi, she said that Shizi went to her house to give a gift a few days ago, and she didn't talk about it at all. ”

Xue Siniang grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly, and the more she talked, the more she stammered: "The third brother said, she said, Miss Xia said that the third brother told her, the third brother" Xue Siniang's tears rolled in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and plucked up the courage to say loudly: "The stepmother is bad, and she instigates the protector to beat him, scold him, and punish him for kneeling every day." She finished her words in one breath, as if she had exhausted her strength for a lifetime, slumped in her chair, and looked at Mrs. Xu intently, for fear that Mrs. Xu would let her be dragged out and beaten with a wave of her hand.

Don't want to. Mrs. Xu lay there motionless, not angry, nor sneering. As if he was asleep, he said for a long time, "I know, you go down." ”

Xue Siniang was blessed as if she had been amnestied, retreated outside, and walked to the door, only then did she suddenly whisper: "Her maid who served her personally also asked Liu Ya about many things in Beijing. People like Zhou Wangye's family were burned down back then, will they let the concubine Zhou Chongcheng inherit the title. There is no one in the family of King Xiang, will he find a clan to inherit the incense? ”

Let's talk about it. Xue Siniang didn't dare to stay for a moment, she ran out of the inner room like a fly, and the big girl next to her, Liu Ya, was waiting in the courtyard, and she was also startled when she saw her like this. hurriedly followed.

Mrs. Xu waited for the footsteps to be far away. Only then did he sit up suddenly, gritting his teeth and thinking: "What is not suitable, it turns out that I have such an idea in my heart, if I marry Zhou Chong without my in-laws to take care of it, I can still become a princess all of a sudden, no wonder I dare to show my face once or twice." ”

Siniang ran out of the main courtyard, and then slowly paced back to her aunt's courtyard, and was almost at the courtyard gate. Suddenly, I saw Dong'an standing at the door with a smile, and his legs immediately weakened. hurriedly defended: "I didn't say anything, it was all said by Miss Xia." ”

Before the words fell, a cough suddenly came from behind the big tree beside him, Xue Yu turned out from behind the tree, and the fourth lady was so frightened that her feet were soft, if she didn't support Liu Ya, she would have fallen to the ground.

"You went out with Madame today?"

The fourth lady nodded tremblingly, and didn't want Xue Yu to ask about the banquet, the bamboo tube was like pouring beans, and everything was detailed from going out early in the morning until he had just been to the main courtyard. When he was finished, he looked down at his feet.

Xue Yu smiled: "That's all?"

The fourth lady was excited, thought about it again and again, nodded and said, "That's all." ”

Xue Yu sneered: "Miss Xia said that Mrs. beat me, scolded me, and punished me for kneeling, how did you reply?"

The fourth lady cried silently, and she didn't dare to look at him, so she shed tears and said, "I'll tell you the truth." Seeing that Xue Yu didn't move, he had to say: "I said that the third brother didn't actually eat the fight, but my mother ate a lot of rows." ”

Xue Yu bowed his head and said, "That's right, Dong'an, you go to her house and find out the little green snake." ”

Dong'an replied and asked, "What about the toad?"

The fourth lady looked at Xue Yu with teary eyes in fright, and stammered: "Shiziye, you, you ......"

Xue Yu said very kindly: "Find out that too, don't frighten the girl." As he spoke, he walked to his yard.

Dong'an entered the small courtyard, looked back at the fourth lady and said, "You don't come in?"

The fourth lady wiped her tears, shook her head forcefully and said, "It's a little hot at this time, I'll cool off here first, you're busy." ”

After a while, Dong'an pinched a little snake with a bulging belly and said with a smile: "It's saved me." ”

The fourth lady was so frightened that she hurriedly twisted her head to the side. Dong'an pinched the snake's head and said, "I heard that your aunt has taken a fancy to Xu Xiucai, why haven't you seen their family come over to propose marriage?" After that, without waiting for the fourth lady to answer, she carried the snake and walked away.

The fourth lady came into the courtyard tremblingly, beckoned a few rough girls to come into the house to check around, and then slowly entered her own room, looked around several times, and then sat down carefully. Liu Yacai said: "Girl." ”

The fourth lady jumped up in fright: "What, what, is there something there?"

In the Dingguo Mansion, Princess Xing's mother, Mrs. Sun, sighed and said, "I heard that Miss Xia's hometown is in your Fengxiang, haven't you seen it before?"

Princess Xing was originally tired and heavy-headed, but when she heard this, she hurriedly raised her spirit and said: "Why don't you know, at that time, Li'er saw that the sky was pestering me and wanted to marry her as a wife." ”

Mrs. Sun leaned behind her, frowned and said, "Then why didn't you marry them? ”

Princess Xing blushed and said, "At that time, I didn't recognize Mrs. Xia as the Luo family, and at that time, the people in the village called her Mrs. Xia. Although there is still a bearing, it is ...... Mother, you also know that our noble circle has always had little contact with Wenchen. Miss Xia was still combing Shuangya at that time, and she was a lively and clever little girl. How could I be happy with her family's background. ”

Old Mrs. Sun sighed heavily: "It's a pity. ”

Princess Xing's face was hot when she heard this, and said: "Actually, the prince likes her very much, when she was running a horse in the horse farm in the mansion, she injured the prince's favorite wolf tooth, and the prince not only was not angry but also praised her for scolding Fang Xuan." ”

Mrs. Sun bowed her head and said: "Prince Xing was taught by the first prince, and his vision is naturally very different. You, you're still too stubborn, I heard that not long after the Xia family arrived in Yanbei, the prince got into contact with their family. Look at this big circle, the background of the people is not much worse. Later, her family got better and better, why didn't you mention it again?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Princess Xing and thought secretly: "If my daughter listens to the words of the prince and lets Li'er marry that girl, it may be King Xing who will raise the army." I heard that Mrs. Luo's mother had a strange soldier in her hands. Later, the Luo family's capital was gone, and the matter of private soldiers was gone. ”

Princess Xing looked at her mother, a little strange, thought about it and said: "I'm afraid that Li'er is childish, that girl is much more clever than Li'er, if Li'er changes her mind in the future, that girl is not a good person." So I thought about waiting for two years, at that time Li'er decided to sex, if she still thought about Miss Xia, we would find a suitable person to propose. As a result, I don't know what happened, the saint went back to Yanbei that year to celebrate Niangniang's birthday, and suddenly set a family affair for Li'er. Later, the sage also wrote a letter to the prince, saying that he was about to hit the capital and wanted to have more contacts on Qingliu. Some of the saint's behaviors were quite hated by Qingliu, and the Yun family refused to marry his daughter into his family. Our prince has always had a good reputation for loving the people and cherishing talents, and it happened that Li'er was about the same age as the girl of the Yun family, so he decided on this family business. ”

Mrs. Sun frowned and thought, "My daughter's mind is pure after all." If the king rises up in the army, it is certainly possible for her daughter to be the queen, but unfortunately she is not open-minded and visionary, and she is afraid that she will not be stable for a long time. Besides, our family is in the capital, but I'm afraid that this old bone won't survive today's birthday. Alas, sure enough, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and no one can help at all. ”

Seeing that her mother was silent, Princess Xing couldn't help but ask, "Mother, is there anything wrong with this family affair of the Yun family?"

Old Mrs. Sun had already thought about it, and said with a smile: "Li'er's daughter-in-law married just right." It's just that I heard that the saint went back to Yanbei that year to celebrate the queen's birthday, and he saw Miss Xia on the way. When he arrived in Yanbei, he told Li'er about a family matter, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart. ”

Princess Xing looked at her mother blankly, unable to connect the two things her mother said, and hesitated for a while and said, "You mean, the Holy Lord doesn't want to marry Li'er, he doesn't want Li'er to marry Miss Xia?

Mrs. Sun was stunned, pounded her waist and said, "No matter how much, I, the woman in the house, don't know it." This is just what I have heard from others, maybe these things are not related. ”

Princess Xing returned to Xingwang's mansion in a daze, because it was to celebrate her mother-in-law's birthday, Xingwang drank quite happily, the two of them finished washing, Princess Xing wore her hair and sat in front of the mirror with her eyebrows and cheeks in thought, Xingwang couldn't help but smile when she saw it: "What's the matter?

Princess Xing simply drove out all the people who were waiting, pulled King Xing to sit side by side on the couch, whispered the words of Mrs. Sun, and asked puzzledly: "Why did my mother seem to blame me for not setting a Xia girl for Li'er before, and later said that it was a good thing for Li'er to marry Yun Niangzi." ”

King Xing was slightly stunned, hugged Princess Xing's shoulder and smiled and let go, thinking: "My daughter-in-law is very decent in her daily affairs and is also kind, but unfortunately if you talk about foresight, she is not a little worse than her mother-in-law." The mother-in-law didn't know what Miss Xia had done, and she could see that Miss Xia was brave and strategic. ”

"That day, Miss Xia fought with my hound in the house, and I saw that although she was young, she was fearless, and she was offensive and defensive, and she also had the idea of chasing the Central Plains in her heart. It's a pity that Chen'er always dislikes Miss Xia's background, and then I realized that Chen'er is afraid that she doesn't have the foresight that a queen should have. Later, I also heard that not long after the Xia family arrived in Yanbei, the imperial sister-in-law once sneaked to the prince's mansion when she was still the prince, just to take a look at Miss Xia. ”

When I thought about it like this, I was glad that if I had insisted on going my own way, I was afraid that I would not have today's brothers, friends and brothers. (To be continued......)