The news that the eighth mother of the Wei family hurt the second mother of the Wang family soon spread all over Shangdu. The day after the incident, the old lady of the Wei family prepared a heavy gift and personally took Wei Banniang to the Wuyi Mansion to apologize.

The two families don't know what to say, anyway, Duchess Wuyi accepted the gift from the Wei family, which should mean that they will not be pursued again. Then Wei Banniang was grounded, and until the first month, she was never seen at various banquets. Wei Liuniang was not affected, and Su Rong and Su Yan had met her several times.

What made Su Rong strange, she always thought that after the prince knew what had happened, he would find trouble with the Wei family, and at least he would clean up Wei Liuniang or Wei Banniang, but this time he didn't make any movement.

When Su Rong accidentally learned that Wei Banniang's father had become General Zuo Wuwei, he faintly realized. The Wei family has military power in hand, even the crown prince doesn't dare to offend? She laughed self-deprecatingly, why didn't she understand that there are no men in this world who are not scum, but the relationship between the light and heavy scum.

Since then, Su Rong's gaze at Su Yan has been a little sympathetic, even if the prince attaches great importance to you, when facing someone with the same strength as the fourth uncle, don't you say the same?

Su Yan was very angry by the pity that Su Rong's eyes showed from time to time, and she couldn't think of anything worthy of Su Rong's pity.

At the New Year's vigil, when Su Rong once again laid his eyes on her with pity, Su Yan asked unhappily, "Seventh Sister has something to ask me?" ”

Su Rong smiled: "No, I just think that the tenth sister seems to have grown taller." ”

Su Yan curled the corners of her lips, she is not yet fourteen years old, it is normal for her to grow taller, this still needs to be said.

"By the way, tenth sister, how is the injury of the second cousin?" Su Rong seemed to remember something and asked.

Su Yan had accompanied her grandmother to the Wuyi Mansion a few days ago, and Su Rong would have gone with her, but it happened that Liu's mother was a little unwell, and the Changfang family went to see the old lady of the Liu family, so Su Rong didn't follow, so she asked just now.

Before Su Yan could answer, the Wang family, who was sitting at the top, took over, "The second girl is fine, the wound is not deep, and she has received the beauty cream given by the emperor, so it will be good to give birth and raise for two or three months." "The so-called beauty cream is used by women in the palace to maintain and whiten the skin. Because the system is not easy to come by, only the palace concubines with the highest status or the most favored concubines by the emperor will have, Wang Shuyun used the Wei family to send, and the discerning person knows at a glance that this is given by the Wei concubine in the palace.

Hearing this, Liu Shi hurriedly said: "It's really a bodhisattva's blessing, a young lady, it's hard to leave scars." ”

Luo also said: "This Wei family's eighth mother is too arrogant, and no one in the Wei family cares about her?" She turned her head to look at the Lu family, "I heard that the Yuan match of the Wei family's Erlang Jun is still related to his younger siblings?" ”

Lu sighed lightly, "My cousin is also miserable, and within three years of marriage, she will be gone." ”

Luo said: "Wei Erlang's life is really hard, counting the daughter of the Li family, he has three dead wives, right?" "It's really marrying one and dying, and the longest one has only survived for five years, and he hasn't even left a child.

There was nothing to do at the left and right vigils, and the Wang family and the Liu family also chatted, and the Wang family said: "Ah Hui, I remember that your cousin has a son?" Why haven't you seen it all these years? "The cousin of the little daughter-in-law, she has also seen many times, a particularly gentle and virtuous girl, who died less than three years after marrying Wei Erlang, it is a pity.

Lu said: "I don't know very well, I only vaguely heard A-Niang mention it twice, and the child was taken away by my aunt." "There is an inside story about my cousin's death, and it must be the fault of the Wei family, otherwise I would not let Wei Erlang's eldest son be taken away by my in-laws. It's just more inside information, her mother didn't say it, and the Lu family really didn't know much.

Wang snorted coldly, "Wei Er is not a good thing, no wonder you raised Wei Banniang's little girl like that." ”

When the Duke of Yasukuni heard this, he had to speak, "Okay, the Wei family also came to our mansion to apologize, and this matter will pass." ”

Wang glared at her husband unhappily, and then wanted to speak, but suddenly thought about something, her lips curled up again, and she was in a good mood and gossiped with a few daughters-in-law, "At this year's New Year's Day banquet in the palace, Concubine Wei is actually sick, and she is really sick." Her tone was full of schadenfreude. In previous years, because of the relationship between Concubine Wei, the daughters of the Wei family would always receive some preferential treatment during the palace banquet. This year, Concubine Wei was ill, and she did not attend the Yuanri Palace banquet, so the preferential treatment of the Wei family was naturally gone, and the seat was placed at the back, which made the Wang family very happy.

Is Concubine Wei sick? Can't even attend the New Year's Day feast? This didn't happen in her previous life, but Concubine Wei lived to be over seventy years old in good health. Su Rong pursed his lips, the development of things was becoming more and more different from his previous life. She couldn't help but ask herself secretly, if this continues, will the sixth prince, King Wu, really be able to ascend to the throne like in his previous life?

Su Yunlan, who had just been released from the small black room, had lost a lot of weight, and when she saw Su Rong silently distracted, she asked with concern on her face: "Seventh sister, what do you think, so obsessed?" Her voice was a little high-pitched, drawing the attention of the rest of the hall.

"Ah Yue?" Liu was very concerned about his daughter, and turned his head as soon as possible. Recently, the temperature has plummeted, and there are people in every family who have suffered from wind chills. The little girl's body is delicate, so she needs to pay great attention.

Su Rong smiled sweetly at her mother, "Auntie, I'm fine, I'm just a little sleepy." ”

Liu was still a little worried, so he walked over in person, hugged his daughter in his arms, touched her palm, and carefully looked at her complexion, so he was slightly relieved. "Wait a little longer, and when it's time to go, you can go to sleep."

Wang felt sorry for his granddaughter, and beckoned Su Rong and Su Yan, "Ah Yue and Ah Shu are really uncomfortable, so they will go inside for a while." "I care about the eldest granddaughter-in-law again, the daughter-in-law of the Su family's grandson is pregnant, and it has been more than five months," Dalang's daughter-in-law also went to take a rest. The old lady looked at her granddaughter-in-law's slightly protruding belly, and smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth, the fourth generation of the Su family is very expensive.

Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law had a tired look on her face, Liu was also a little worried, "Ah Yue, help your sister-in-law to rest for a while." ”

Su Rong was also very concerned about his future little nephew, and helped his sister-in-law up with a smile when he heard the words, "Sister-in-law, you slow down, be careful of the baby." ”

Xiao Liu's marriage has been married for nearly three years, and she is pregnant for the first time, and she is more cautious under the joy. After a busy day today, her body was indeed a little unbearable, and she didn't dare to stiffen herself with her body and the child in her belly now, so she got up, sued her mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and followed her sister-in-law to the inside.

Wang stared at his granddaughter-in-law's round waist and buttocks with a smile, and said very experiencedly: "The eldest daughter-in-law's baby must be a kid." ”

Liu is both a mother-in-law and an aunt, so she naturally wants her niece's first child to be a son, so that she can be regarded as a real foothold in the Yasukuni Mansion.

"Borrow Ah Jiaji's words, let Ah Hui give birth to a grandson to her daughter-in-law." Liu smiled contentedly.

Wang is very confident, "My vision will never be wrong." "The eldest grandson is going to have a son, and there are several grandsons in the family who have not married at an old age. Wang looked at the eldest son of his youngest son and said with a smile: "Shiro, it will be Enko in a few months, how are you preparing?" "This grandson and the youngest son are simply printed in the same mold, not only in appearance, but also in that smart energy, every time the Wang family sees Su Zhengxun, he is in a good mood.

Su Zhengxun was very modest, "My grandfather and uncle just asked me to try it first and earn some experience." "How many scholars there are in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, and the talented people don't know what to do, he feels that he is still far behind, and he still needs to work hard.

Wang has a kind of mysterious confidence in his grandson, "Shiro will definitely be able to get into the jinshi, and after he gets the jinshi, he should marry a wife, right?" It's been engaged for two years, don't let the girls wait. ”

When it comes to his fiancée, Su Zhengxun is rarely a little shy, and a red cloud floats on his jade-like face. Su Zhengze, who was sitting next to him, quietly poked his brother and squeezed his eyes, which was very funny.

Su Zhengxun showed a meaningful smile to his younger brother, Su Zhengze was a little hairy, and he wanted to beg for mercy, so he heard Su Zhengxun smile and ask: "Aze is on the first night, do you have a plan?" ”

Su Zhengze was a little flustered, the fourth brother didn't know something, right? He said calmly: "I should go out with my classmates to enjoy the lanterns." ”

"Oh, yes." Su Zhengxun smiled at his younger brother, then picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly.

Su Zhoucheng's eyes looked back and forth between the two sons a few times, and he felt that the eldest son seemed to have caught some trick from the second son? But it's not easy to ask now, so the day after tomorrow will call Shiro to ask.

Su Zhoude's second son, Su Zheng, spoke quickly, "Aze, when you go to enjoy the lanterns, the light cold lady will definitely be there, and you will have to call your brother to go with you when the time comes." ”

Su Zhengze glanced at the envoy, but he didn't block the second brother's mouth, and when he finished speaking, Su Zhengze wilted, and he didn't dare to look at his father's expression at all.

Su Yan was bored playing silent chess with herself, but when she suddenly heard this, she asked curiously, "Who is the light cold lady?" Why did the second brother go out of his way to see her? ”

Su Zhoucheng didn't plan to clean up his second son on this matter, but when he heard his daughter ask, his face immediately darkened, but with the curious black eyes of his youngest daughter, he reluctantly pulled the corners of his lips to show a gentle smile, "Auntie, let's not inquire." "He is still a good father in the face of his daughter, but when he looks at his nephew and son, his eyes are much sharper. He was secretly ruthless in his heart, the two stinky boys were not good at studying, and they dared to associate with some women in the Fengyue Field, they were really looking for a beating!

At that time, if Su Zhoucheng honestly told her daughter who the so-called Qinghan lady was, she would not ask again after satisfying her curiosity. However, in order to protect his pure and delicate daughter, the father of Sanhao refused to explain it to her, which made Su Yan curious. The little girl has already made a decision in her heart, and she will go to rely on the fourth brother tomorrow and ask him to tell her who the light cold lady is.

"One night is two years old, and five watches are divided into two years." When he arrived, after lighting firecrackers, drinking Tusu wine, and eating Wuxin plates, Wang ordered people to serve his pregnant granddaughter-in-law and Su Rong and Su Yan's two granddaughters to sleep, and the reason was very sufficient, "Young little girls, it is the time to feel more, and they are not lighter than their age." The left and right hours have passed, so there is no need to accompany them to guard. ”

Several granddaughters went to sleep, and the young gentlemen still had to stay until dawn. Then go and rest for a while, and then start visiting relatives and friends and inviting each other to dinner.

In the Taiji Palace, Emperor Yongping and the crown prince sat opposite each other and were playing chess. Since the death of the empress, for so many years, the emperor and the crown prince have completed the annual New Year's celebration together, and this year is no exception. The rest of the princes and unmarried princesses will go to their respective biological mothers' palaces, anyway, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, they basically can't see the emperor.

"Daddy, where's the chess here?" The prince asked calmly, pointing to a certain part of the chessboard.

Emperor Yongping glared, "There was no one there." ”

The prince stiffened his face and stretched out his hand in front of his father, "Give it to me, you are still relying on chess as an adult, and you are not ashamed." ”

Emperor Yongping saw that he was debunked by his son, so he simply relied on it to the end, "I just don't give it to you, how about it." ”

The prince stared at his father for a long time, and then smiled, "Originally, I wanted to play with my father for a while, but since that......'s the case," his slender fingers twisted a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard at will, "General!" ”

The emperor's eyes widened for a long time, and he reached out and confiscated his son's chess, "This trick doesn't count." ”

The prince didn't care about moving another one, "General! ”

The emperor's eyes widened this time, "Where did you come from, why didn't I see it?" ”

The prince replied calmly: "It's been a long time. ”

Yongping Di Kaba snapped his eyes twice, reached out to serve the teacup, and then pretended to miss it, and even the cup with water was buckled to the chessboard, he pulled it with his hand, and the whole chessboard was a mess, "Ah, it's messy?" This plate doesn't count, let's do it again. The emperor said particularly shamelessly.

The prince watched the head of the Taiji Palace carefully clean up the mess, and diligently re-took the chessboard and chess pieces, before he raised his eyebrows and smiled at his father, "It's okay, I missed the game just now, so I don't have to play it again." ”

"Lao Tzu said to start again, do it again!" The emperor slapped the table and glared at his son. Damn, he has lost to his son for more than ten games today, and if he loses like this, he will lose his dignity as a father.

Hmph, there are no more than three people in the Manda Xia Dynasty who dare to win his chess, and one of them is his son, which is really heartbroken. The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt angry, and glared at the prince viciously, "You unfilial son, what can you do if you lose your father once!" ”

The old god of the prince was playing with the chess pieces in his hand, and leisurely negotiated the conditions with his father, "During the Shangyuan Festival, I want to go out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns." ”

"No, how can the lanterns outside be as beautiful as those in the palace." The emperor refused without thinking about it.

Prince: "Hehe, Daddy, let's continue the game just now." ”

Emperor: "Unfilial son, don't you accompany Daddy on the Shangyuan Festival!" ”

The prince said disdainfully: "Who left me to go out of the palace by myself last year." "The most annoying thing is that his father threw a group of people to deal with him, and he didn't count going out of the palace to play, and he also kidnapped back to his little mother.

Emperor: "......" bastard, remember what to do so clearly.

The prince didn't wait for his father to come over, and stabbed his father again, "The willow tops on the moon are about to be haired after dusk." The Shangyuan Festival can only come once a year, and I want to ask my sister to go out to enjoy the lanterns. ”

Emperor: "......" is kind stuffed!

"It's as if you can make an appointment with Shi Niang's little girl." The emperor glanced at his son and struck him without hesitation.

The prince said confidently: "My son will definitely make my uncle agree." "Even if Uncle Shi doesn't agree, he won't send someone to wait outside the Guogong Mansion to see where Shi Niang and the others are going, he will meet by chance! Moreover, during the Shangyuan Festival, there are lantern viewing parties in the palace, and Uncle Shi will definitely participate, and there is not much opportunity to look at Shi Niang.

The emperor didn't want to talk to his son at all, he depressedly picked up the wine glass and poured himself several glasses of wine, before nodding his head in the urging of his son, and said in a muffled voice: "Okay, okay, I'm done." But ......"

The prince said, "But what? ”

"You can almost do it where Concubine Wei is, but she has also taken care of me for a while." The emperor said lightly.

The prince was not surprised at all that his father knew about his private actions, but he said very willfully: "Anyway, they are all sick, and they will have to talk about it after March." "It's all to blame for the old woman who supported a few cheap people in the Wei family, otherwise where would they dare to touch Shi Niang. As a prince, it's not good to compete with a few little girls, but he can still do it if he gets rid of their backers.

The emperor frowned and negotiated the conditions with his son: "It's past the second day of February." ”

The crown prince was not very reconciled, and wanted to say more, but the emperor hurriedly added, "After the New Year, after the family affairs of your royal brothers are decided, it will be up to you." ”

The prince was overjoyed, but he knew that his father had a draft for several royal brothers, relatives and friends, and nothing major would happen, and he would basically not change people, just waiting for the New Year, and he would issue a decree to give marriage. Listen to his father's meaning, and after settling a few brothers, he should issue an order to canonize the crown princess. Hehe, he'll have a name soon.

"Shichiro!" The emperor found his son smirking at him, and in desperation, he reached out and knocked on the table to remind him that your father was still there.

When the prince was happy, he cared too much about how long Concubine Wei was going to be sick, so he happily agreed, "Daddy, don't worry, the imperial doctors have superb medical skills, and it won't take long for the concubine to recover." ”

Although the emperor likes Su Yan a lot, he is still a little worried about the prince attaching too much importance to a woman. For the sake of the heirs, as the prince of the country, should he also recruit concubines to extend the emperor's heirs?

Perhaps, before the crown princess enters the palace, he can choose a few more ladies from good families for his son to fill the East Palace. Men, no matter how much they like a woman, they will want to look at other beautiful girls more. The emperor had a personal experience of this. He is half and nearly half hundred, isn't it every time there is a new beauty to meet his eyes.

The crown prince got the emperor's assurance, and his mind was full of how to please Shi Niang after he became famous, brush his favorability in front of her, where to take her to play, and so on. Thinking too much in the head, the chess pieces fall slowly, basically wanting to put there and there.

Unlike the crown prince, who was full of joy, the emperor went through all the little girls in Shangdu, and silently considered which ones could be promised to his son. Hmm, the little girl of the Duan family was born well, and her daughter recommended it several times, so you can consider it. In the Du family, even if Siniang is a little worse looking, she is smarter than Siniang, and she can also be regarded as one. He thought in his heart, and the chess in his hand would be a mess.

Li An, who was standing on the side and waiting, watched the prince's horse go out straight, but the saint was also stunned on the side, and he didn't notice it at all, he held the phase in his hand, and put it down horizontally.

Li An's eyes were about to pop out, but he heard Manager Jia's face not change and his heart did not beat and praised, "Sage, good chess." ”

Ang lee:...... I rubbed it, and he was really far behind!

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is normal, and he is about to get his name, why is the saint in a daze? Li An quietly glanced at the emperor and found that the emperor was twisting his beard with his hands, and he didn't know what to think, where he was sitting and laughing.

After the New Year, it will soon be the Shangyuan Festival. The Shangyuan Festival of the Great Xia Dynasty began on the twelfth day of the first month and ended on the eighteenth day of the first month, a full seven days. During these seven days, there is no curfew in the upper capital, and you can play at will.

Every Shangyuan night, there are countless colorful lights on the streets of Shangdu, especially the east and west cities are as bright as day. Young men and women, regardless of whether they are high or low, are all going out to enjoy the lanterns in groups. If you meet someone on the street who makes your heart flutter, you can exchange tokens and travel together. Therefore, after the Shangyuan Festival every year, there will always be many young men and women engaged and married.

It is precisely because of this custom that in the famous families of Shangdu, even if the family style is strict, they will always relax on this day. Pampered daughters are allowed to go out with their brothers or fiancés to have fun, nor are daughters forbidden to be invited by other teenagers to enjoy the lanterns.

After a long time, every Shangyuan Festival, if the unmarried little lady of any family is not invited by the young son, she will be laughed at by her companions. On this day, the identity and status of the inviter have also become the content of the little girls' display.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the first day of the Shangyuan Festival, the Su sisters gathered in the Wang family's house to play with their grandmother.

Su Yunlan was a little absent-minded, she still had some extravagant hopes, the fourth prince King Qi would come to invite her out today.

"Fourth sister is your turn." Banniang Yunfu touched her sister lightly, Su Yunlan came back to her senses suddenly, and smiled reluctantly: "It's almost me again." ”

"No, hurry up." Yun Fu said.

Su Yunlan picked up the dice casually and threw them down, and was about to see the points, when she saw the head of the family walk in with a smile, greeted the Wang family, and presented the exquisite worship box in her hand, "Lady, this is the fifth lady from Qi Shilang's mansion." ”

Su Yunju's face immediately turned red, and her two small white hands rubbed the handkerchief, very shy.

Su Yunlan glared at her hatefully, and the chess pieces in her hand were placed on the chessboard hard, making a crisp sound, which provoked the Wang family to look at her, and the old lady laughed and teased her granddaughter: "Wu Niang is not ready to take it." ”

"Grandmother." Although Wu Niang Yunju was shy, she still took the box, handed it to her maid to put it away, and planned to go back to see it.

Su Rong deliberately teased her, "Fifth sister, take a look, your future brother-in-law invited you to go out that day." ”

Su Yunlan snorted coldly, lowered her head and fiddled with the chess pieces, hating Su Rong and Su Yunju more and more, feeling that these two people were deliberately angry with her.

Su Rong said with a smile: "Fourth sister, don't be afraid, I told A-Niang, if no one invites you, invite the third cousin over." ”