14. The Queen's Reflections
I heard that it was the person next to the eldest princess, Xu Huashang choked in her mouth, I don't know what to do, punish it, and I can't afford to offend the eldest princess, who doesn't know that although the eldest princess is just a noble concubine, but because she is the emperor's first daughter, she is the most favored by the emperor, but this is not punished, where should I put my face, will I suffer in vain. In the end, she could only look at the second prince with an expectation, she didn't believe that the second prince didn't stand up for her, how to say that she was also the queen's niece.
Li Yu clenched his hand into a fist and put it to his mouth and coughed lightly, directly ignoring the expectation in Xu Huasheng's eyes, and said, "Cousin Xu, you better go back to your mother's harem to freshen up first, as for this palace maid, I will deal with it." ”
Where was Xu Huashang willing to leave Li Yu and Ning Xi alone, but now that she looked like a wolf, she could only glare at the little palace maid and Ning Xi angrily and then turned away.
Ning Xi, who was glared at inexplicably, felt really aggrieved.
After Xu Huashang left, Li Yu glanced at the kneeling palace maid and said lightly: "Next time, be more steady, don't make today's mistakes again." After saying that, he let the palace maid go.
Seeing this, Ning Xi pursed his lips and smiled, not wanting to be caught by Li Yu, who turned his head.
"What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, it's just that you let her go so easily, Miss Xu is afraid that she will trouble you when she finds out."
Li Yu shook his head helplessly: "Cousin Xu is just too willful, her temperament is still good, don't worry about her." ”
Ning Xi smiled and didn't comment, that's your cousin, what does it have to do with me.
"The flowers in the Imperial Garden are really good this year." Li Yu lifted his steps as he spoke, and walked towards the garden.
Ning Xi didn't believe that Li Yu really came to enjoy the flowers, but he still followed him.
"What is the reason why my father summoned you to the palace today?" Li Yu asked casually.
Ning Xi lowered his eyes: "Uncle Emperor summoned me into the palace just to ask about the current situation, nothing else." ”
Li Yu chuckled, and suddenly stopped in front of a cluster of brightly blooming roses: "Although it is only a rose now, as long as it enters the eyes of my father, maybe one day it will become a peony or even a peony." ”
Ning Xi smiled slightly, regardless of what Li Yu was referring to, and said: "I think that roses are not suitable for growing in the harem, it is wild and difficult to change, and it is still suitable for opening up wantonly in the suburbs, and roses are roses, and they can never become peonies and peonies." ”
Li Yu glanced at Ning Xi deeply, with exploration in his eyes, seeing that Ning Xi was generous and let him look at it, his face was also sincere, Li Yu couldn't help but put his mind at ease, he hadn't guessed what his father meant before, but he didn't know what his cousin who didn't know much thought, and when he heard that Ning Xi was summoned into the palace by his father today, he hurried over and wanted to test it. Now it seems that he doesn't have to worry about marrying this cousin, in fact, he doesn't hate Ning Xi, on the contrary, compared to Xu Huasheng, Ning Xi is much better, just thinking of the cold words of one of his friends, yes, he should not provoke this Ning cousin.
When Xu Huashang came out after changing his clothes, he only saw Ning Xi alone and didn't see Li Yu, so his face was a little bad at the moment, and he asked Ning Xi, "Where did my cousin go?" ”
"The second prince has something to do, so he left first."
Hearing that Li Yu left, Xu Huashang immediately lowered his face and asked: "How could my cousin leave first without waiting for me to come back, did you say anything bad about me in front of my cousin." ”
Ning Xi frowned: "The second prince is busy with business, so naturally he doesn't have so much time to accompany our daughter's family to play, as for whether the county lord said bad things about Miss Xu, you can go to the second prince for verification, see that Miss Xu is in a good mood, let the palace people accompany you to continue the tour, I won't accompany you." After speaking, he turned around and left, not giving Xu Huashang a chance to talk back.
After Ning Xi went to the queen to ask for her resignation, she left the palace, and the mother and daughter of the Yu family did not stay longer when they saw Ning Xi leaving, and Ning Xi left the palace soon after leaving.
When everyone left, the queen lay on the couch a little tired, and Mama Wu beside her hurriedly stepped forward to rub the queen's shoulders.
"Mother, hard work." Mama Wu really felt sorry for her master, she went to the queen mother early in the morning to say goodbye, and then met a large group of unconscious concubines in the harem.
"This lady of the world is really, she ran to the palace twice in three days, and she was not sympathetic to her mother at all." Mama Wu has been by the queen's side for many years and is the queen's confidant, so there are some things that others dare not say, but she dares to say.
A trace of fierceness flashed in the queen's eyes: "After all, she is my sister-in-law, she wants to enter the palace, and I can't avoid it, but I will never let her get her wish with her little thoughts, just her daughter, who teaches arrogance and willfulness, and also wants to marry my Yu'er, it's just a fool's dream." ”
The queen has always looked down on her sister-in-law, and she is obviously a young lady from a four-grade official family, but she loves to be greedy and short-sighted, and her daughter is not like a good woman now. And the queen didn't plan to choose a woman from her mother's family to marry Li Yu from the beginning, Li Yu is the prince of the Middle Palace, and has the trust of the emperor, if nothing else, he will definitely become the prince, but the future, who can say clearly, after all, the emperor is not only Li Yu is a prince, she must find a capable Yue family for her son, Shun'an Hou Mansion, after all, it is weaker, and with her as the queen, Shun'an Hou Mansion does not support her son, who else can she support.
"In this case, why didn't Niangniang decide the marriage of the second prince earlier, so as to save the mind of Mrs. Shizi."
The queen closed her eyes, rubbed her forehead, and said helplessly: "Do you think I don't want to settle Yu'er earlier, Yu'er is eighteen years old, and he should have started a family at his age, but his marriage is not something I can do." ”
Speaking of which, the queen is a little aggrieved, her own son, but she can't even make the decision about marriage, and occasionally talks about it with the emperor, and the emperor always says that she is not in a hurry, so she doesn't have to worry about it, can she not worry about it, that is her only baby son.
Suddenly, an idea ran through the queen's mind, and the queen opened her eyes suddenly: "Mama, you said that the emperor would not take a fancy to Ning Xi's child." ”
"I can't."
"Why not, that is his precious sister's child, and Ning Xi's father died on the battlefield for his country, can you say that he doesn't feel a little guilty in his heart?" The more she talked about it, the more she felt that the emperor thought like this, and her face couldn't help showing a little anger, "He feels ashamed of his sister's family, but why should he ask my Yu'er to pay off his debts." ”
If Ning Xi's parents are still there, the queen will not object to this marriage, the eldest princess is favored by the queen mother, Ning Zhiyi is valued by the emperor, and there is a British mansion behind her, such a family background is no better for Li Yu, but it is based on the premise that the eldest princess and her husband have not passed away.
The current Ning Xi is not treated by the Queen Mother, and the British Mansion is a big house after all, and the big house will pay more attention to Ning Xi, the child of the second room, and the most important thing is that Ning Xi's parents died when she was a child, and her life is really not good.
"Niangniang, don't think about it, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and if you don't agree, can the emperor still ignore your years of affection and insist on going his own way?"
The queen nodded, but did not listen to Mama Wu's words, but looked ahead thoughtfully.
As soon as Ning Xi returned to the British Mansion, he met Xiao Qin's family, although he didn't like it, but after all, he was an elder, Ning Xi still stepped forward to greet him.
Seeing Ning Xi, Xiao Qin's originally stiff face instantly showed a bright smile and greeted him warmly: "Xi'er just came back from the palace?" ”
Seeing that Ning Xi nodded, Xiao Qin's smile arced a little wider: "Xi'er, you are originally a member of the royal family, how can you stay in the British Mansion all day long, or often go to the palace to see the Queen Mother and the Empress." As he spoke, he said, "Yan'er has been clamoring to enter the palace to have a look, but unfortunately I don't have my life with me, so I can't realize Yan'er's wish." ”
Ning Xi turned his head and looked at Xiao Qin's motherly appearance, waiting for her next step, seeing that Ning Xi didn't answer, Xiao Qin's smile stiffened for a moment, and he scolded Ning Xi in his heart for not going to the Tao, but thinking of his purpose, he still stubbornly said: "Although Yan'er is messing around, but after all, she is your sister, and she just wants to enter the palace to see, do you see if you can bring her with you next time you enter the palace?" ”
Ning Xi replied with some distress: "It's not that I don't want to bring my fifth sister, it's just that I can enter the palace if I want to, and if I am not summoned by the nobles in the palace, I can only enter the palace once, the nobles above didn't speak, how dare I bring people in at will, you think, if I take my fifth sister into the palace and accidentally make the queen mother or queen unhappy, we won't be able to get any benefits at that time." ”
After speaking, he didn't care about Xiao Qin's somewhat dark face, nodded and continued to walk towards his courtyard. There was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and if he wanted to use me as a springboard for his daughter, it depended on whether I was happy or not.
As a result, Ning Xi ran into Ning Yan and Ning Qiao again before she reached her yard, and before Ning Xi had time to avoid them, Ning Yan had already seen her and walked over angrily.
"I sue you, whether you are the county lord or not, I want Miss Ben to come and slap you, dream about you."
Looking at Ning Yan who left after dropping this sentence, the green tendons on Ning Xi's forehead jumped, today she and the mother and daughter in the third room are guilty, right?
"Third sister."
A glutinous voice came, and Ning Xi realized that Ning Qiao hadn't left yet, in her impression, Ning Xi had been following Ning Yan all the time, and she didn't dare to talk much in front of them, as if she was afraid of Ning Yan.
"Third sister, don't worry about the fifth sister, she was just spoiled and arrogant by her grandmother, plus she had messed around in front of the third sister once, so she was a little embarrassed in front of the third sister, in fact, she respected the third sister very much."
"Well, she's still young, I won't worry about her, you go, I haven't seen you for a while, and the fifth sister has to lose her temper again."
Ning Qiao pursed his lips, curtsied and chased in the direction of Ning Yan.
"These four young ladies have really good temperaments, and they still speak for the fifth miss in this case." Cui Luo said.
Ning Xi glanced at Ning Qiao's back and slowly spoke: "Maybe." ”