Sure enough, that night, when Mother Xu saw that the maids' meals were only three meats, two vegetables and one soup, she loudly reprimanded what was going on, and when she heard that the princess ordered to reduce Concubine Xu's consumption in order to save expenses, Mother Xu jumped up directly, shouting that she wanted to go to Ning Miao for an explanation.

The subordinates in the house were all high and low, hearing this, the maid who served the meal didn't even raise her eyelids, and said coldly: "Don't dislike it, originally according to Concubine Xu's share, there are only two meat and two vegetables, this is not to see that you and the young master are there, and I deliberately added an extra dish." ”

As soon as these words came out, even Xu Huasheng's face was a little pale, how could she say that she was also the Miss Yan of the Hou Mansion of Shun'an, and she was a side concubine after marrying the palace, where could she stand these words, but she had some scruples in her heart Ning Miao, and she didn't dare to be angry, Mother Xu was different, relying on the fact that she was the aunt of the prince, and her daughter married the prince again, she thought that she was half the master of this palace, as soon as the maid's voice fell, Mother Xu picked up a teacup and smashed it at the maid, but she didn't want the maid's head to tilt and dodged, Seeing that the maid dared to hide, Mother Xu's eyes widened, staring at the maid fiercely, unable to speak for a long time, the maid had a cold face, and walked out with a perfunctory salute.

After the maid left, Xu's mother came back to her senses and shouted at Xu Huasheng: "It's the opposite, it's the opposite, these minions dare to quarrel with your mother, where do you still put you as a side concubine in your eyes!" I must inform the prince about this, and let him severely punish these minions who don't know what to do. ”

Xu Huashang rubbed her forehead and slowly exhaled a breath: "Mother, it's late now, don't bother the prince, and since the princess said that it was to save expenses in the house, I want to come to the whole mansion, anyway, these dishes are enough for us to eat, so don't make trouble." ”

Mother Xu poked Xu Huasheng's head with hatred: "When did you become such a muddy temper, you actually let that Ning Miao rub and knead the round, if you continue like this, you are not afraid that Ning Miao will continue to grind you, where did you say that your previous temper went!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Huasheng's originally gentle tone immediately cooled down: "Temper? It also depends on whether I am worthy or not, in the past, I was the concubine of the Shun'an Hou Mansion and the queen's niece, but now, I am just the daughter of a criminal minister, and even my own husband is implicated because of my mother's family, you say, I dare to have any temper. ”

Xu Huasheng's eyes looked directly at Xu's mother, with mockery, resentment and sadness in her eyes, Xu's mother was startled by her daughter's eyes, and finally said glutinously: "I didn't say anything, these dishes are enough to eat, let's make do with the three of us." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly picked up the dishes and chopsticks and started eating, and did not dare to face Xu Huasheng's eyes again, Xu Huashang saw this, so he moved his eyes back, and saw the food on the table, and his heart was also full of bitterness.

On the second day, Xu Huashang was urged by Xu's mother to go to the main courtyard to ask Ning Miao for peace, Xu Huashang was a little strange, why was her mother so active today, Xu's mother stared at Xu Huashang fiercely: "You stupid boy, have you forgotten that King Xian is also there with her?" Now you go to Ning Miao early to say goodbye, not only can you see King Xian but also leave a good impression on King Xian, now the backyard of the palace is you and Ning Miao, King Xian is in the prime of his youth, that kind of thing is indispensable, don't you want King Xian to come to you more, you take the opportunity to get a man in one fell swoop. ”

Xu Huashang was also a little moved by Xu's mother, she has no mother's family to rely on now, the biggest reliance is only on the prince, think about last night's meal, and what the maid said, if she can get the favor of the prince and give birth to a son and a half daughter, at least no one dares to bully her like this, even if it is Ning Miao, it will not make her too sad for the sake of the child's face, and she can be regarded as relying on the rest of her life, thinking like this, the corners of Xu Huasheng's mouth rose, and she subconsciously touched her belly, and she also paid a little more attention when dressing up.

Ning Miao and Li Yu got up, and the maid came in to tell her, saying that Xu Huashang had come over with Xu's mother and Xu Huayan, Ning Miao frowned, why is it so early today, but she didn't have any suspicions, and asked someone to wait in the main hall before she freshened up, Ning Miao and Li Yu went out of the inner room together, and when they arrived in the main hall, Ning Miao saw Xu Huasheng who was dressed quite brightly at a glance, and couldn't help but glance at Li Yu next to him with a teasing gaze, Li Yu only didn't notice Ning Miao's careful thoughts, and sat on the top without squinting.

Seeing this, Xu's mother pulled Xu Huashang's sleeves and made her eyes look, Xu Huashang pursed her lips, glanced at Ning Miao, and saw that she was smiling and drinking tea, and didn't pay attention to her side at all, so she put her mind at ease, walked in front of Li Yu, and knelt down. ”

Hearing this, Ning Miao's lowered eyelids moved, and the corners of her mouth in the shadow slowly drew a slightly mocking smile, Li Yu still looked gentle and smiling before, and his eyes did not fluctuate when he heard Xu Huasheng's words, but he just hummed lightly, and let people stand up first, and then said: "The matter of the Shun'an Hou Mansion is also quite painful, but the king was grounded by his father, and he really can't do anything, don't blame me for not helping the Shun'an Hou Mansion." ”

Xu Huashang buried her head, but she didn't dare to answer easily, she was a little unsure of the meaning of Li Yu's words, she didn't know if she really felt guilty or just polite words, so she had to stand aside obediently and remain silent.

Xu Huashang doesn't speak doesn't mean that no one jumped out, Xu's mother and Li Yu didn't have much time to meet, so naturally they didn't understand Li Yu's personality, seeing Li Yu smiling so gently, and hearing Li Yu's words, he thought that Li Yu was really apologizing for failing to help the Shun'an Hou Mansion, so he immediately smiled and said: "Look at what the prince said, we are all a family, where do we need to see outside, I and Shang'er also know the difficulties of the prince, how can we blame the prince?" ”

Mother Xu thought that what she said was very beautiful, but Ning Miao almost didn't squirt out the tea in her mouth when she heard it, how could she not see that Mother Xu was such a stupid person before, no wonder the emperor didn't let Xu Huashang be the concubine of the virtuous king, what kind of good daughter can Mother Xu teach like this, this Ning Miao held back her laughter and held back her uncomfortable, and Li Yu was also uncomfortable.

After Li Yu heard Xu's mother's words, the smile on his face almost cracked, so he could only cover the corners of his mouth with his hands and pretend to cough twice, but fortunately, after the maids finished eating at this time, Li Yu changed the topic and said, "Uncle came over so early, I'm afraid I haven't eaten yet, let's eat some together." ”

Xu's mother didn't shirk, and after King Xian sat down, she immediately took Xu Huayan into the seat, and pushed her daughter to the left of King Xian to sit down, Xu Huashang looked at Ning Miao with some hesitation, and saw that Ning Miao gently stirred the porridge in her hand with a spoon, and didn't even give her a look.

Xu Huashang held back for a long time, and finally said: "The concubine should stand up and serve the princess and princess, it is not in accordance with the rules for the concubine to sit here." ”

Ning Miao glanced up at Xu Huashang at this time, and said lightly: "No need, sit down and use it together." ”

Xu Huashang glanced at Li Yu cautiously again, and saw that he was holding a silver wire roll and putting it in Ning Miao's bowl, but he didn't pay attention to her side at all, his eyes darkened, and he sat down silently.

"Cousin, can I keep coming to you for dinner in the future?" Although Xu Huayan has only seen Li Yu a handful of times, under the indoctrination of Xu's mother, he has always thought that Li Yu is just his cousin, no different from other relatives, they should be close to each other, and they can speak casually.

Li Yu didn't care, but asked gently: "Why do you want to come to the princess's courtyard to eat, isn't the food on Concubine Xu's side unappetizing?" ”

When Xu Huayan heard this, he thought that Li Yu was really asking him, but before Xu Huashang could stop him, he opened his mouth: "There are too few dishes in my sister's place, and my mother said that the princess didn't want to see her sister, and deliberately deducted her sister's use, saying that the princess herself must be good, so Yan'er wanted to come to the princess to eat." ”

As soon as Xu Huayan's words fell, Xu Huasheng and Xu's mother's faces became pale, Ning Miao raised her eyebrows, and reassured the silver chopsticks: "Oh? I want to know where the concubine deducted the amount of Concubine Xu? ”

How? As soon as everyone came to the palace to fight the autumn breeze, they still think that the food and clothing are not good enough, so they can't help but think too much of themselves.

Li Yu also put down the silver chopsticks and looked at Ning Miao with interest: "I also want to know how the princess is treating Concubine Xu harshly behind my back." ”

Mother Xu was afraid that her son's words would anger Li Yu, but she didn't want Li Yu to say this, as if she wanted to make decisions for them, so she was not afraid of offending Ning Miao, and immediately told her what happened yesterday, and after finishing speaking, she quietly glanced at Li Yu's expression, and sure enough, the smile on Li Yu's face had disappeared.

Mother Xu couldn't help but be a little complacent, sure enough, Ning Miao did this behind King Xian's back, no matter how they were also from King Xian's uncle's family, wasn't Ning Miao slapping King Xian in the face by doing this?

Ning Miao listened to Xu's mother's words, and then looked at Li Yu's expression, and couldn't help scolding in her heart, except for her who dared to give this order in this palace, she didn't do it, naturally only Li Yu, but this guy is still pretending to be here with her, it seems that she wants her to carry the black pot.

Ning Miao gritted her teeth, bastard, didn't you just calculate him yesterday, he actually treated her like this!

"Princess, are the expenses of the palace really so tight? Could it be that the king's income and Zhuangzi's income can't support you and Concubine Xu? ”

Ning Miao showed a gentle smile: "The prince's words are wrong, although the account of the palace is still quite rich, but the prince is now grounded by the emperor, and I don't know when the ban will be lifted. ”

Ning Miao's words were heart-wrenching, which not only hurt King Xian's face, but also dragged Shun'anhou's Mansion into the water by the way. Sure enough, Mother Xu and Xu Huasheng's faces were a little bad, but Mother Xu was still a little excited in her heart, Ning Miao dared to say this, King Xian would not be able to spare her.

"Since the amount of consumption is to be reduced, the princess should also reduce it, but this king remembers that the princess's dinner portion yesterday not only did not decrease, but there were two more dishes." Li Yu's tone seemed to have some slight anger in it.

Hearing this, Mother Xu and Xu Huashang also felt angry in their hearts, and Mother Xu stared at Ning Miao with hatred, only feeling that Ning Miao was deliberately embarrassing the three of them.

Ning Miao still looked at Li Yu with a smile on her face, and roared wildly in her heart, "Bastard, isn't this all what you ordered, you are still here pretending to be a white lotus with me."

"The prince doesn't know, the concubine is because the prince wants to come over for dinner, and he is afraid that the prince will be wronged, so he asked the kitchen to add dishes, and those dishes are all bought by the concubine for her own private use, and there is not a penny in the princess." In the end, Ning Miao's eyes were red, White Lotus, who wouldn't pretend, anyway, the words were all said by people, who knows if what was said was true or false, but under the table, Ning Miao twisted Li Yu's thigh fiercely.

Li Yu looked a little surprised, this Ning Miao is getting more and more bold, he dares to do something to him, it's really not Ning Miao who is bold, just don't screw him, Ning Miao feels that she is really too aggrieved.

"In that case, it would be better for Concubine Xu to also give some dowry to subsidize the public middle school, and the princess will restore your use to the usual level." Li Yu didn't dare to tease Ning Miao, and said to Xu Huasheng.

Xu Huashang and Xu Mu were dumbfounded, this plot is not right! Shouldn't Li Yu question Ning Miao for abusing his power and deducting the money in the house? and then punished Ning Miao, why did they subsidize the dowry in the end!

"Lord Wang." Xu Huashang has now lost the support of her mother's family, and she is definitely unwilling to subsidize the silver taels in her hand at the end.

Li Yu squinted at Xu Huasheng: "What?" Isn't Concubine Xu willing to do this little thing for the palace? ”

Xu Huashang looked at Li Yu's smiling face, and her heart was sudden, and she didn't dare to say that she was unwilling, so she could only reluctantly nodded.

After the Xu family and his party left, Ning Miao asked with a gentle smile: "Lord Wang, why doesn't the concubine know when the concubine gave such an order?" ”

Li Yu sensed the danger with his keen intuition, and sneered: "Anyway, the final ending is happy, and the princess doesn't need to worry about this." ”

Ning Miao smiled: "Can the prince go out with his concubines?" ”

Li Yu didn't know Ning Miao's intentions, and obediently followed her to the gate of the courtyard.

Ning Miao fought against Li Yu, and said softly: "The matter of the right talent, the concubines don't feel that everyone is happy, and the concubines are uncomfortable in the hearts of the concubines who have been wronged in vain. ”

After speaking, he didn't give Li Yu time to react, and directly closed the courtyard door, and then there was the sound of the lock, and there was even a faint voice of Ning Miao in the courtyard: "Whoever dares to open the door for the prince, don't blame the concubine for beating him out." ”

Li Yu rubbed his nose, yes, this time he really lit the cannon battle, so he didn't say anything, and slowly swayed back to the study, and the subordinates who witnessed all this silently reversed the positions of the prince and the princess in their hearts. (.)