Chapter 76 Maintenance
In the way of my title, although Fu Yunchong's eyes could hardly hide the smugness of relying on the old and selling the old, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to me on the surface, because I easily withdrew from the dull gathering of this group of women and took the opportunity to leave the house.
Passing along the corridor, he looked at the courtyard without a trace, which was as magnificent as the other princes' mansions, while searching for Jiang Zhuo's whereabouts.
It is inevitable to misunderstand Jiang Zhuo, because of her status as a guard, she is dissatisfied, and I can't ask her whereabouts directly, let alone work hard to find people in the house, which is not good-looking on both sides, so I can only use the stupidest way to wander around this strange house aimlessly, hoping to have an encounter with someone with a high rate of appearance in fiction and movies.
I didn't expect to go around for a while, just when I thought that the time was too long, not far from lunch, and the people of the Fu Mansion were afraid that they were going to find it, they suddenly saw the familiar tall figure slowly passing through the other side of the stone arch.
"Where did you go? It's easy to find. Hungry? After lunch, let's go home early. The moment I saw her, my empty heart suddenly became steady, and I still had a lot of numbers to talk to her in my heart, but when I really came closer, I taught her to naturally take her hand and lead her to her side to lean on it intimately, and those questions could not be said.
I bit my lip, a little annoyed by myself, but unconsciously melted under her deep and focused gaze, and heard her smile unhurriedly: "I just went to change clothes, the Fu family is in front, it is inconvenient to talk to you, and then I took a detour to find a place, which delayed a lot of time...... It's me who is bad. ”
She glanced sideways at the attendant who came with her, covered me half of my body by standing position, and then quickly reached out and skimmed my ear, and pinched it affectionately and flatteringly, and when she saw me glaring at her, she took it back as if nothing had happened, squinted at me and smiled.
Even if there is a monstrous anger, she can't be angry when she touches and laughs like this.
Back to the living room of Fu's house, hastily had lunch, and drank a cup of tea, today's task of returning to the door is completed, I couldn't help but get up and say goodbye, and took the reluctant Fu Zhenzhen into the carriage.
Sitting in the carriage, resting on the mat, my mind unconsciously recalled the scene where I met Jiang Zhuo just now, the ambiguity at that time was gone, and after calming down, my heart gradually became covered with a layer of gloom: the direction of Jiang Zhuo's return, and the place where the attendant said to change clothes, but on the contrary, even if it is a detour, it is a bit far-fetched...... But what reason did she have to lie to me?
Compared to the reason why she deceived me, I am afraid that the fact that she deceived me is more difficult for me to accept.
"Your Highness, please have refreshments." Fu Zhenzhen, who was sitting opposite me, lowered her eyebrows and pushed the cup and saucer in front of her forward, and said softly to me.
"Well, thank you." Pick up a piece of mung bean cake and put it in your mouth, soft and glutinous with a rustling sweetness, and when you taste it, it seems to taste a little astringent - how can I be honest with this titular prince?
Whoever deceived whom, who lost whom, was already destined in the dark, but it was just their own reincarnation.
When I got married, the wedding room was set up in the incense hall opposite the Lanyue Palace, and then it became the prince's bedroom, which was very close to the beauties rewarded by other servants and Kuang Xiqing, which was not only convenient for the servants to come to greet him every day, but also saved the need for people to install surveillance - Yan Ke arranged him here can be regarded as painstaking.
Every day, I would take the time to go to the Ning Xiang Hall to sit for a while, or to have a cup of tea, or to have dinner with him, which was considered to fulfill my promise not to snub him, and also taught the rest of the world to know the harmony between King Ling and Wang Fu - when it was time to go to bed at night, I would go back to my own dormitory to rest, but this was my bottom line.
Sometimes when he looked at Shang Yan Ke who wanted to speak and stopped, he just didn't know, and he had been mixed up for a while.
A few days later, the marriage leave has arrived, and it is time to take the prince to the palace to thank the emperor and the royal husband.
Early that morning, after getting dressed neatly, I thought about going to give a few words of advice to Fu Zhenzhen, who entered the palace for the first time, but as soon as I opened the door, I saw that he was ready for a long time, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing his calm and calm appearance, I guess I didn't need my reminder, so I didn't say anything more, and got into the carriage to the palace with him.
Under the guidance of the palace attendant, I followed her to Kwong Xiqing's dormitory, and Fu Zhenzhen was invited to the palace of the imperial husband.
I didn't know what attitude to use to face her after not seeing Kwong Xiqing for many days, but she smiled at me calmly, not at all rusty or embarrassed, as if the gaffe at my wedding had never appeared at that time - to meet her smile, I also bowed calmly, tacitly forgetting that incident as if it had never happened.
Sitting in the position at her hand, I took a sip of tea, and let her look at me, Shi Shiran said: "I see that you look good, it seems that you are very satisfied with this family business?" ”
I saw that although the corners of her mouth were upturned, there was no smile in her eyes, and the fingertips resting on the armrest were unconsciously tapped, revealing a trace of nervousness.
I thought about it, put down the teacup, pursed my lips and smiled: "The imperial sister's words are wrong, since it is a royal decree to marry, I can only accept it gladly, how dare I be dissatisfied?" ”
She smiled for a while, but the coldness in her eyes dispersed a lot, and when she heard this, she just shook her head helplessly, pointed her finger at me, and scolded with a smile: "...... you"
I smiled back, I lowered my head and continued to drink tea, using the tea cup to remove the sorrow in my eyes - sometimes I really sympathize with Kwong Xiqing, and I clearly don't want to do this, but I have to force myself, force myself, hurt others and hurt myself; But I sympathize more with myself, and I can't do anything and have to accept myself.
"By the way, due to this year's floods, I have exempted the taxes of several cities, and also stopped the triennial general election and the annual small election, but the Ministry of Rites still sent a batch of portraits of good families. After a moment of silence, Kuang Xiqing suddenly pointed to a pile of painting scrolls on the table and motioned for me to take a look.
I obediently walked over, pulled out a scroll at random, and halfway through unfolding it, I heard her say this, my hand shook, and with a little more effort, I accidentally tore the scroll open, and in shock, I said without thinking: "I don't want it!" ”
Seeing her frowning, I didn't care about the painting that ruined a small half, and I wasn't interested in seeing its whole picture, I just stiffened my neck and said to Kuang Xiqing: "The prince has just entered the door, and I want to accept the side husband, teach the world how to look at him, and teach the emperor where to put his face?" ”
-- The most important thing is that Jiang Zhuo's thousand-year-old vinegar jar is only afraid that it will be overturned again.
"It's okay," she raised her eyebrows absently, and explained lightly, "Even when I got married, the imperial husband and the two nobles entered the door together, which is not only for the royal family, but also for the Fu family, it is the supreme kindness, and the people of the world will only envy the man you picked, how dare you make irresponsible remarks?" ”
She was so forceful that she taught me to be speechless, so I had to resist with a negative attitude.
“…… Why, you love the son of the Fu family so much, would you rather refuse my kindness for him? Kuang Xiqing squinted her eyes and asked with a smile, but the cold light in her eyes made people shudder.
- She's angry.
"No, I just promised him that I would give him the honor that a royal husband deserves," I replied with a stiff back under her gaze, word for word, "after all, he is my nominal husband, isn't he?" ”
“…… Oh, Han'er is reasonable, but I am abrupt. Kwong Xiqing kept staring at my eyes, as if to see something from them, and just before I was about to lose the battle and take the lead in looking away, I smiled and regained my gentle appearance.
"That's it, let's go to the imperial husband with me for dinner, and by the way, teach me to see what an outstanding son the royal husband who is protected by you." She got up and walked out, and I breathed a sigh of relief and stepped along.
When I arrived at the gate of the imperial husband's palace, I saw the palace attendant hula kneeling on the ground, and the two guards I sent to follow Fu Zhenzhen were particularly conspicuous, and one of them kept giving me a look.
- Why, what happened to Fu Zhenzhen?
I followed Kuang Xiqing into the inner hall quickly, and I heard a crisp sound of "clang", and the sound of the tea cup breaking was accompanied by a sharp scolding, and the teacher couldn't help frowning fiercely.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the third time I've made a mistake, right? According to the slave maid, Ling Wangfu you have to take it easy, if you burn the slave and maid, don't worry about it, the slave and maid are just a subordinate, and the skin and flesh are not afraid of scalding, if you burn our Royal Highness, then the sin will be great, even His Royal Highness Ling Wang is down, and he can't save you...... "Turning the screen, I saw a middle-aged man wearing a manager's grade costume who was crossing his waist with one hand, pinching a handkerchief with the other hand and counting something, and his bitter and mean appearance taught people to be disgusted.
Behind him sat Lu Xiuzhu, who was drinking tea peacefully, as if he didn't care about the qiē in front of him, but there was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.
And the husband Wang, who I had just sworn to Kuang Xiqing to protect, was kneeling tremblingly in front of a piece of broken porcelain at this moment, his face was pale, and he was submissive.
"I've seen the royal husband." Holding back the anger in his heart, he smiled and greeted Lu Xiuzhu.
"Majesty? Predawn...... King Ling? The happy smile on his face suddenly changed when he saw me and Kuang Xiqing, and after saluting quite unnaturally, he let Kuang Xiqing take the upper seat, beckoning the palace attendant to serve us tea, and at the same time making someone pull the kneeling Fu Zhenzhen up.
I peeked at it, Kuang Xiqing was leisurely sipping tea, without the intention of interfering, I sank my heart, glanced at Fu Zhenzhen, who bowed her head and was silent, turned her face to Lu Xiuzhu and smiled: "I don't know what mistake this king's husband made to make you so angry?" This king, the wife, will make amends on his behalf. ”
"It's not a big deal...... Lu Xiuzhu paused, and then smiled disguisedly.
"Since it's not a big deal, for the sake of this king, I have revealed this matter, how about it?" I don't want to have a conflict with Lu Xiuzhu - although I don't want to be angry that he deliberately made a stumbling block to bully Fu Zhenzhen, but he is the master of the harem in the end, and it is not good to tear his face with him; As my husband, there will be opportunities to deal with him in the future, so at this time, be low and small, and endure the anger for a while, lest he use the topic to play at that time, but it will hurt Fu Zhenzhen.
"King Ling's words are serious, they are all his own family, where is there anything to worry about?" Lu Xiuzhu glanced at Fu Zhenzhen, who was silent, lightly, and then went down the steps I gave and ordered the palace attendants to pass the meal.
This meal was extremely depressing, and I patiently ate the dishes that Kuang Xiqing and Lu Xiuzhu kept sending people, and finally survived until the end.
After hastily drinking the tea that I rinsed, Kuang Xiqing and I confessed and were about to leave with Fu Zhenzhen, but I heard Kuang Xiqing stop me, and said quietly: "Three days later, the mission of the Lintoe Kingdom will arrive in Guanlan City, I hope you will receive you well, do your best to maintain the friendship of the landlord, and maintain the diplomatic relations between the two countries." ”
-- This diplomatic matter has to be worried about by the Ministry of Etiquette and the Honglu Temple, and I, an idle prince, are going to join in the fun?
It wasn't until three days later, when I met the envoys of the Linzhi Kingdom outside the city, that I understood Kuang Xiqing's intentions.
The little prince who led the team was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was still an innocent teenager, and he had never been married; And the purpose of his coming to Dawu is to ...... and pro.