Prince Le's birthday is approaching in a blink of an eye, and early this morning, the old lady Gongsun and a large family came to the palace early to pay their respects. Prince Le was entrusted by the queen, and she did like the handsome and healthy Gongsun brothers and the energetic Gongsun Yuanniang, so she showed rare enthusiasm for the arrival of the old lady Gongsun and her party.

Mrs. Gongsun brought her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to Zezhiyuan, and they should kneel down to worship their birthdays according to their grades, but Prince Le's concubine repeatedly stopped Mrs. Gongsun and Mrs. Gongsun, and only set up a prayer mat for Gongsun Yuanniang to let her pay homage to her birthday. Gongsun Yuanniang simply knelt down and kowtowed to her birthday, free and generous between actions, her words were clear and crisp, and her little face was particularly lovely, so Prince Le and Princess Le liked her more and more, and personally came down to help Gongsun Yuanniang, took her hand and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Yuanniang has become a big girl, it's good!" Old lady, what a blessing Madame! ”

Mrs. Gongsun and Mrs. Gongsun humbly said that Gongsun Yuanniang was just a willow and the concubine was too famous, but she was very happy in her heart, especially Mrs. Gongsun, she seemed to see the hope of her daughter marrying into a noble family. Mrs. Gongsun didn't want her daughter to marry into Prince Le's mansion, after all, Princess Le had already decided to be Huangfu Yongning, and Mrs. Gongsun was a mother who loved her daughter, and she would not let her daughter be a concubine unless she had to. Just thinking about the promotion of Prince Youle and the princess, the identity of Gongsun Yuanniang can also be raised, and it will be more important when discussing relatives.

Everyone was talking, the maid Chunying came over with a red sour branch Wufu longevity tray, the tray was naturally the reward of Prince Le and the princess to Gongsun Yuanniang, there was a pair of red gold inlaid with eight treasures Ruyi collar, a pair of red gold bell shaking, Prince Le said to Gongsun Yuanniang with a smile: "This is a new pattern made by the office, Yuan Niang wears it to play." ”

Gongsun Yuanniang hurriedly knelt down to thank her, took the reward with her own hands, and gave it to her grandmother and mother to see before letting the maid put it away carefully.

Gongsun Yuanniang visited the concubine, and it was the turn of Qi Jingshu, the third girl of the palace, to say hello to the old lady and Mrs. Gongsun. Although Qi Jingshu is a lady of the palace, she has not yet been sealed, and the old lady of Gongsun and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have also received her gifts. It's just that the old lady Gongsun and Mrs. Gongsun didn't dare to hold her up, so they didn't wait for Qi Jingshu to worship and held her up, not asking her to bow down.

Since Qi Jinghuan's intervention, Qi Jingshu's life in the palace is much better now, the concubine no longer ignores her as before, and the people under the palace have also regarded Qi Jingshu as a serious master after experiencing a big blood change, so although Qi Jingshu is still weak and gentle, her spirit is no longer cowering, and she also has the bearing of the princess of the palace.

As soon as Mrs. Gongsun saw Qi Jingshu, she immediately thought of her second son, now the eldest son's family affairs have been decided, but the second son has not yet been settled, the little lord of Prince Le's mansion looks gentle and lovely, thinking that he has an excellent temperament, his background is noble enough, and his appearance is also first-class, if Yuan Zi can marry her, it is really good.

Because of a little thought in her heart, Mrs. Gongsun became more and more affectionate to Qi Jingshu, and wiped off the mutton fat jade bracelet she was wearing on her hand and put it on Qi Jingshu's hand, and said that she was going to wear it for fun.

When the old lady Gongsun saw her daughter-in-law behaving like this, she couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in her heart, but she didn't show up on her face. The bracelet on the wrist worn by the lady in charge is not something that can be taken lightly and given away. Usually only when the daughter-in-law is in love and both families are interested, can they remove the jade bracelet and put it on to other girls, in order to show their affection. Now that I don't even have a single character, how can I give away the jade bracelet that I have worn for more than ten or twenty years. What's more, this jade bracelet was put on by Mrs. Gongsun when she looked at her daughter-in-law, and she has been wearing it for nearly 20 years.

Prince and Concubine Le didn't think much about it, after all, it was not a certain rule to send a jade bracelet secretly, not to mention that in the eyes of Prince and Princess Le, she really didn't regard that good mutton fat jade bracelet as a good thing.

Qi Jingshu couldn't say goodbye, and listened to her mother-in-law's instructions to accept it, so she reluctantly accepted the jade bracelet, but she didn't just wear it, but took off the jade bracelet and handed it to the maid next to her, so that she could put it away.

At this time, Qi Jinghuan personally led Gongsun Yuanqing and Gongsun Yuanzi to come in to pay respects, and Gongsun Sheng stayed in the front yard because of the great defense of men and women, and was talking with Huangfu Jingde, who came to the palace to celebrate his birthday.

Gongsun Yuanqing and Gongsun Yuanzi came to Zezhiyuan, the two walked from the zigzag nine-curved corridor, Gongsun Yuanqing suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if someone was secretly peeping at him, but he looked around secretly, but he never noticed that there was someone in the dark. Gongsun Yuanqing frowned, and didn't say anything, but quickened his pace under his feet.

Gongsun Yuanqing's feeling is not wrong at all, there is a delicate eight-sided pavilion in the lotus pond of Zezhi Garden, in the summer, Prince Le and the princess often enjoy the lotus in the eight-sided pavilion, now it is winter, the eight-sided windows of the eight-sided pavilion are pasted with extremely thick Korean paper, so that there are people in the pavilion who can not see outside. The eldest princess Qi Jingyun was in this eight-sided pavilion, and she was accompanied by the Pingrong County Lord Huangfu Yongning and the fifth prince Qi Jingyu.

"Sister, do you see it clearly?" Qi Jingyu chewed the white jade poria cake in a big gulp, and asked his sister, the pastry foam in his mouth splashed out, causing Qi Jingyun to blush and say: "Ah Yu, look at what you look like, etiquette has been learned in vain!" "As a prince and princess, I can't wait to start learning etiquette norms from the first day I was born, and now Qi Jingyu doesn't have a little bit of food, so how can Qi Jingyun not blame him.

"Sister, isn't there no outsider, you also know that only when I leave the palace can I have the opportunity to eat boldly and happily, the things in the palace are scared to eat, and I can't even taste it." Qi Jingyu wiped his mouth with his sleeve and swallowed the pastry in his mouth before muttering.

Xu is because he has been practicing hard during this time, or because he is growing his body, Qi Jingyu is very able to eat now, but he doesn't dare to eat more at all in the palace, and he can only eat every meal

Dare to eat more, he can only eat six or seven percent full at every meal, Qi Jingyu has lost a lot of weight in the past few months. finally got out of the palace, and he could eat boldly with confidence, how could he let go of such a good opportunity.

"Ah Yu...... You...... Don't talk nonsense! Qi Jingyun blushed and sneered, but she was not willing to blame her brother too much.

Qi Jingyu said with a smile: "The master is not an outsider, sister, what are you afraid of, if you treat the master as an outsider, you will not let the master come with you." ”

Although Huangfu Yongning has not officially accepted Qi Jingyu as an apprentice, but Qi Jingyu has already called her a master in private, Huangfu Yongning has inspected Qi Jingyu's progress, so he also acquiesced to this title, this Qi Jingyu turned out to be a good seedling to learn martial arts, if he has to worship the Master, he will definitely be able to become a pillar of the country in the future.

"Don't sell your mouth!" Huangfu Yongning lightly knocked Qi Jingyu with his fingers, and said with a smile, without the slightest intention of being angry. Qi Jingyun pursed her lips and laughed at this time.

"Sister, I have prepared a set of clothes for you that are the same as the master, and you can change them when you go back, and your movement will be more free and convenient." Qi Jingyu said again, which made Huangfu Yongning and Qi Jingyun a little surprised, not to mention Huangfu Yongning, even Qi Jingyun, her own sister, didn't expect her younger brother to have such a delicate mind.

"This ...... Not okay? Qi Jingyun, who had never worn men's clothes and followed the rules in everything, muttered hesitantly.

Huangfu Yongning smiled when he heard this: "What's wrong, Ah Yun, you are not in the palace, you don't need to add so many rules and regulations to yourself, it is not easy for people to live, don't embarrass yourself." ”

Huangfu Yongning, who has seen a lot of life and death, deeply knows that there is no major event other than death and life, so in her place, as long as it has nothing to do with life and death, it is nothing, but wearing men's clothes can be nothing.

"Really?" Qi Jingyun was still a little hesitant, but Qi Jingyu and Huangfu Yongning said in unison: "Of course it's really changing!" ”

Qi Jingyun is just a young girl under double ten, once she gets out of the dull atmosphere in the palace, the lively side of the girl on her body is also a little revealed, the three of them quietly appeared in the eight-sided pavilion, quietly went ashore from the northwest direction, and was led by Qi Jinghuan's pre-arranged grandmother to Tingyuxuan to change clothes.

Just when the Gongsun brothers gave Prince Le's birthday salute, the eldest aunt and the second aunt who had already left the palace arrived at the palace at the same time, and they were led by their subordinates to Zezhiyuan to pay their respects. With their two families arrived at the palace before and after, there are also a cadre of men and women from the Yunxiang Hou Mansion, today is the birthday of the concubine, as a mother's family, the Pingxiang Hou Mansion is naturally going to come to the door.

"Li, you take the three girls to greet the guests for the palace." Prince Le's concubine listened to the report of the subordinates, and then instructed the side concubine Li who was sitting at the bottom of the head, and the Li family was very surprised in his heart, and hurriedly saluted and claimed that it was, which made the side concubines Chen and He, who were also sitting at the bottom and ranking above the side concubine Li, almost secretly bite off their silver teeth with jealousy. The two of them really couldn't understand how the concubine, who had always hated the Li family the most, valued the Li family and her dead girl who killed the prince so much.

Concubine Li Fang hurriedly took her daughter to the second gate to greet the female dependents, and the male guests had their own royal palace chief history to receive them, and not every guest was qualified to let Prince Le Qi Jinghuan personally entertain them.

When the eldest aunt and grandmother Qi Jingshan and the second aunt Qi Jinghu came to greet them, they turned out to be Concubine Li Fang and their half-sister who had almost no sense of zài, and their hearts trembled, they didn't know how their own mother offended the concubine and was slapped in the face like this.

"I've seen Concubine Li's mother." Although the two aunts and grandmothers were unhappy, they still suppressed their temperament and saluted, and the Li family was also the one who went on the jade plate, and the two of them were only daughters, and the husband's family was not very noble, so this head should be low or low.

"Jingshu meets the eldest sister and the second sister." Qi Jingshu stepped forward and saluted, Qi Jingshan and Qi Jinghu raised their eyebrows, and after pausing for a moment, they held the shelf and said, "Third sister doesn't have to be polite." ”

Qi Jingshu straightened up with a smile, not caring about the slowness of the two sisters' speech. "The two concubines have been looking forward to the eldest sister and the second sister coming sooner, the two sisters, please come with Jingshu." Qi Jingshu seemed to have something to say, and it seemed to be unintentional words, which made Qi Jingshan and Qi Jinghu have nowhere to go, and they were really depressed in their hearts.

Qi Jingshan is the eldest aunt and grandmother, she was the only child in Prince Le's mansion, and she was once very arrogant, but now although she has been restrained, her nature is difficult to change, and she will come when she is stimulated a little.

"You lead us over, what is Concubine Li Shu doing?" Qi Jingshan raised her eyebrows and asked coldly.

Concubine Li Fang smiled and said: "So that the eldest aunt and grandmother know that the concubine ordered me to greet the old lady of the Yunxiang Hou Mansion here, and now that the guests are coming soon, I can't accompany the two aunts and grandmothers in." ”

"Humph!" Qi Jingshan didn't dare to say that the concubine's order was wrong, so she could only snort coldly and walk towards Zezhiyuan with her head held high, Qi Jinghu immediately followed, but blocked Qi Jingshu, who was supposed to lead the way in front, at the back.

Qi Jingshu's small mouth pursed slightly, Concubine Li immediately smiled and shook her head, Qi Jingshu nodded, closed her pursed small mouth, put on a slight smile, and chased the two sisters away.

The three sisters had just walked less than a cup of tea, and the ladies of the Houfu of Yunxiang got off the car at the second gate, and Li hurriedly greeted him, and greeted with a smile: "The old lady has arrived, our concubine is worried about you, the eldest lady, the second uncle, the young ladies and young ladies are good." ”

The old man of Yunxiang saw that he was greeted by only a small concubine, or the one who was the least entertained, his face was a little ugly, but in the end, he thought that today was his daughter's birthday, and she still had a request for her daughter, so he suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Yes, please lead the way with Concubine Li." ”

Mrs. Yunxiang Hou and the second lady and the young ladies and young ladies and young ladies are not as good as the old lady, and everyone's face has a very obvious anger, especially Mrs. Yunxiang Hou, she was also a member of the royal family, she was awarded the title of the county lord, and she still has the order of Mrs. Hou, so naturally she looks down on the side concubine Li,

Concubine Li, the anger in her heart became stronger and stronger.

"It seems that my sister is really much shorter now, and she ...... even "Shut up!"

Mrs. Yunxiang Hou didn't finish her words, she was cut off by the old lady of Yunxiang Hou, now they are not only here to pay their respects, there are other important things to say, they really can't be angry as soon as they enter the door.

Concubine Li didn't say much, still maintained a proper smile, and led the ladies of the Yunxiang Marquis Mansion to Zezhi Garden.

The East Warm Pavilion of Zezhi Garden was very lively for a while, Prince Le's concubine, the three side concubines, the three girls Qi Jingshu, the mothers of the Gongsun Mansion, the two aunts and grandmothers who went back to their parents' homes to pay their respects, and more than ten female dependents of the Yunxiang Hou Mansion, the East Warm Pavilion was stuffed, plus the maids who shuttled back and forth, it was really lively and confused.

Everyone first worshiped their birthdays, and then met separately, but it took more than half an hour to meet and greet, and after a lot of tossing, everyone was seated separately, and then they began to chat.

"Mother, why don't you see the county lord of Pingrong come to pay your birthday greetings?" The person who spoke was the eldest aunt and grandmother Qi Jingshan, she was still a little decent in front of Prince Le, Princess Le had not been pregnant, after Qi Jingshan was born, Prince Le heard that raising a child around her could attract children, so she took Qi Jingshan to her side and raised her for a period of time, and sure enough, she was pregnant in less than three months, so Prince and Princess Le was still very good to Qi Jingshan, a concubine, and Qi Jingshan dared to be coquettish in front of her mother.

"She's here a long time ago, and the palace has something to explain to her, so she's busy." Of course, Prince Le and Princess Le knew that Huangfu Yongning was accompanying the eldest princess Qi Jingyun, and Qi Jingyun's departure from the palace was unvocal, so she said something ominous.

"Really? Don't you didn't come, did you? May I ask the old lady Gongsun, so that the eldest son of Gongsun can come to pay my mother's birthday? Qi Jingshan's words changed, and she suddenly asked about the old lady Gongsun.

Qi Jingshan's yin and yang weird tone made Prince Le, the princess and the old lady of Gongsun, Mrs. Gongsun and Gongsun Yuanniang all frown, but it was a female dependent of the Marquis of Yunxiang who showed a playful expression on their faces.

"Big girl, what do you want to say! Hugh is messing around! Prince Le's concubine Bo reprimanded angrily.

"Mother, it's not that your daughter is messing around, it's that your daughter is really angry for you and your brother! You know that your daughter has an upright temperament and can't rub sand in her eyes, and her daughter can't watch our palace being bullied! Qi Jingshan fell to her knees with a thud and said without hesitation.

"Auntie, today is a good day for the concubine, you can't be confused!" Concubine He threw herself on her knees, grabbed her daughter's hand and didn't allow her to go any further, but Qi Jingshan was not the kind of person who could cover it, so she tore her mother apart and shouted again: "Mother, you know your daughter's temperament best!" ”

Prince Le's concubine was trembling with anger, and she said angrily: "Qi Jingshan, you tell the palace, say it carefully." ”

Seeing this, the old lady of Gongsun frowned tightly, stood up and said, "The concubine has to deal with family affairs, and the old body will retire temporarily." ”

Before Prince Le and Princess could speak, Qi Jingshan shouted first: "No, you can't go, your Gongsun family can't escape this matter!" ”

Old Madam Gongsun's face sank, and she didn't pay attention to Qi Jingshan, but only looked at Prince Le's concubine to see how Prince Le's reaction was.

Prince Le and Concubine Le smiled reluctantly at the old lady Gongsun, and said slowly: "Old lady, forgive me, it is all the palace's teaching, the rebel girl is nonsense, and the old lady is rushed, and the palace will punish her heavily." "The old lady of Gongsun said in her heart that she has something to say, which is quite fair.

When Qi Jingshan heard that her mother-in-law was going to punish her, she was angry and anxious, and she only pulled her neck and shouted: "Mother, don't listen to her, you know what unseemly things her precious grandson and the county lord of Pingrong have done!" ”

As soon as Qi Jingshan said this, the entire Dongnuan Pavilion was immediately as silent as death, and even the slightest breathing sound sounded like thunder.

"Qi Jingshan, you fart!" An angry roar came from outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, shattering the dead silence of the room......