71.Chapter 71
After Su Rong's words were finished, Su Yunlan was extremely embarrassed, and glared at Su Rong fiercely with red eyes. Su Yunfu was afraid that her sister would be too excited and say something, and if she annoyed her grandmother again, her situation at home would be even more difficult.
Since the last incident, my father has been cold to their mother and daughter, and if it weren't for my brother, I am afraid that he would not even bother to take a look. In the past, the other aunts who were pressed by A-Niang actually dared to show A-Niang's face. As for the mother-in-law, she felt that Sister A had swept her face and ignored it, which boosted the arrogance of those women.
Now because the New Year is approaching, Sister Ah has easily won the pity of her grandmother and has been released, but she can't ruin her efforts during this period of time because of Su Rong's few words.
Su Yunlan lowered her head, tried her best to suppress her anger, and complained to the Wang family with red eyes, "Grandmother, you look at the seventh sister, what did she say?" β
Wang's eccentric eyes are recognized in the whole house, she spoils her youngest son the most on weekdays, loves Wu and Wu, and even the youngest son's family is put first. Among the grandchildren, needless to say, the eldest grandson is naturally the first, followed by the two grandsons of the younger son's family, and the rest are in the back row in turn. Girls, in the past, Su Rong was the exclusive favor, and when Su Yan returned home, they were ranked in front of Su Rong in Wang's heart within a few days.
Although Su Yan is more important in Wang's heart than Su Rong, it doesn't mean that Wang doesn't like Su Rong. Su Yunlan's granddaughters are all combined, and they are not as important as Su Rong's hair in the Wang family. Su Rong just knew that he dared to ridicule Su Yunlan so much in front of the Wang family.
Wang's eyelids didn't lift, "Your seventh sister is also for your good, the post of Shaolangjun of the Marquis of Yongning, does it insult your identity?" "The old lady's eccentric eyes are always so open-minded.
Su Yunlan bit her lip, she almost didn't cry, she didn't dare to let her go away, in that case, her mother-in-law would have an excuse to lock her up.
"Lady, this is a gift from Wu Wangfu to the Seventh Lady." The chief manager, Lin Qi, held a rectangular box with rosewood landscape pattern in both hands and respectfully sent it to Su Rong. At this moment, the head manager Lin Qi's eyes narrowed into a slit with happiness. Although I knew before, the seven ladies in the house were very fond of the lady concubine, and it was likely to be Princess Chengwu. However, if the saint did not make an order for a day, this matter could not be done. No, this year's Shangyuan Festival, King Wu came to invite the Seventh Lady out, which is really good news.
Su Rong smiled lightly, "It's troublesome Mr. Lin." β
Manager Lin hurriedly said, "No trouble, no trouble." β
Su Rong's personal maid Qingzhu took the box and stood obediently behind Su Rong. Wang was obviously in a better mood, and teased Su Rong with a smile, "Ah Yue, why don't you open it and take a look." β
Su Rong's face was slightly red, he twisted his body, and said, "Grandmother." β
"Haha." Wang laughed. The couple thought that if the youngest granddaughter married the prince, Qi Niang would not marry into the royal family, but they didn't expect that there would be an unexpected joy.
As the wife in charge of the Yasukuni Mansion, Wang will think more than the general manager. On the Shangyuan Festival, King Wu was able to invite Qi Niang out in an open post, which must have been allowed by Concubine Shu and the emperor. Just like when the second prince King An and the third prince King Zhou got married, they also traveled with their respective princesses. It can be said that when her own Qi Niang got this invitation post, Princess Wu's seat was more than half, how could this not make her happy.
Wang and Liu are satisfied, although Luo's eyes are red, but she has no daughter, and she is just envious for a while. If the girls in the family marry well, it will also be good for her son, right?
After a while, there were more posts sent to the Yasukuni Mansion, and even Yunfu was invited, but none of the invitations belonged to Su Yunlan, and she stared at the figures of the maids coming and going, almost unable to sit still.
However, Su Yunlan looked at the maid standing behind Su Rong holding a square box, and suddenly thought of something, she looked sideways at Su Yan, with shallow malice hidden in her eyes, and asked with a smile: "There are so many Lang Jun who invite the tenth sister, I don't know who the tenth sister wants to go out with." "Su Rong has six princes there, but what about Su Yan, didn't she say that the saint and the prince both chose her, why didn't the prince move at all today.
Su Yan was playing chess with Su Rong, and she could still be distracted from playing Shuanglu with her mother, and when she heard Su Yunlan's question, she replied without thinking: "I'll go out with the fourth brother." "Hmph, she just wants to rely on the fourth brother and the future sister-in-law.
Su Rong put down the chess pieces in his hand, raised his head and said with a smile: "You are not afraid that the future fourth sister-in-law will annoy you." β
"Seventh sister, are you sure you want to put it here?" Su Yan raised her eyebrows and asked, thinking about it for a quarter of an hour, but she chose the worst step, and asked her to say whatever it was good, she was embarrassed to win again.
Su Rong's attention immediately fell on the chessboard, and at the same time took back the sunspot that had just fallen, "I'll think about it again." β
Lu really couldn't see it, pointed to one place and said, "Ah Yue, put it here." β
Su Rong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put the chess pieces on it, and said happily: "Thank you, Fourth Aunt, I didn't expect it just now." She was tired of being coquettish by Lu's side, and stretched out a white and tender little hand pitifully, "Good fourth aunt, help others, the ten sisters have won five games against me." β
Su Yan stared, "My aunt hasn't won since I was seven years old, are you sure you want my aunt to help you, seventh sister?" β
Lu was angry, reached out and twisted his daughter's little face, gritted his teeth and said, "Bad girl, you know how to expose your mother's shortcomings." I still don't believe it, I can't clean up your girl with Qi Niang. After speaking, she stretched out her hand and pulled Su Rong, "Ah Yue, the fourth aunt will help you." β
Su Yan pursed his lips, "I'm telling the truth. The seventh sister or the fourth brother is looking for help, and there is still a few chances of winning, my aunt...... Alas......" she sighed, "don't say I'm bullying you then. β
Several of them invariably ignored Su Yunlan's words, Su Rong felt a little relieved, it seems that after the sage weighed it, he still felt that the second mother of the Zhu family was more suitable for the position of the crown princess. Anyway, the farther away Su Yan can be from the crown prince, the better.
Obviously, Su Rong was relieved too early, and after a while, he saw Lin Qi, the chief manager of the mansion, who came in at a trot with a sweaty face in the winter, and stammered a little when he spoke: "Mother, mother, lady......"
Wang looked up and asked, "What's wrong?" β
"Manager Li of the East Palace is here in person." Lin Qi stabilized his mood, "Accompanied by the second young Langjun, he is coming to the mansion." β
Wang's face suddenly burst into laughter, "Don't hurry up yet, please." β
Li An was accompanied by Su Zhengsong, he was wearing a new set of clothes, and he was carefully holding a black lacquered and gold-painted dragon and phoenix cover box in his hand.
"Hello old lady."
"Hello ladies."
"Hello little lady." Li An didn't dare to put it on the shelf, and saluted with a smile, and several members of the Wang family quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, please take a seat." β
"Don't sit down, don't sit, Your Highness sent the old slave to send a post to the ten ladies, please be sure to accept the ten ladies." Li An had already seen Su Yan, and at this time, he personally held the black lacquer gold dragon and phoenix box and sent it to Su Yan, with a flattering smile on his face, which was very conspicuous. Compared with this dragon and phoenix box, the Sixth Prince Wu Wangfu sent it over to pay respects, and it was immediately less eye-catching.
Su Yan sat upright and didn't move, but frowned slightly, "My fourth brother said okay, when I go to the Yuan, let him take me out to play." "Compared to her own brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really not so treated by her.
What the? Li An thought that he had heard it wrong, did this aunt really refuse His Royal Highness? That's the prince, the prince of the country, whose little lady is not ecstatic when she receives the prince's invitation? Li An raised his eyes and looked at it carefully, and only then did he dare to be sure that the girl of the Su family, who was very liked by the prince, really wanted to refuse.
Li An felt distressed when he thought of his highness who had rewritten a letter of invitation twelve times. No, he has to invite the ten ladies, and for the New Year, he doesn't want to see His Royal Highness's cold face at all.
"Ten Niangzi, the old slave heard that Shiro-kun is already engaged? On the night of the last yuan, Shiro-kun wants to accompany his fiancΓ©e. Li An came out with 10,000 patience, ready to coax, "His Royal Highness spent the Shangyuan Festival in the palace in previous years, and it is rare that this year's saint is gracious and allows His Highness to leave the palace." The first thing His Highness did was to write a post and invite the ten ladies to travel with him. You see...... "Our Highness is really sincere, you must agree."
If it weren't for the fact that there were many people in this room, Li An would have wanted to kneel down and hug Shi Niangzi's legs and cry and beg.
Su Yan looked sideways at the Wang family and the Lu family, with a question in his eyes: "Grandmother, A-Niang?" β
Wang smiled and waved his hand, "Shangyuan Festival, you little girls have the final say, you can go if you want, you don't have to ask your grandmother." She got a lot of clues from Li An's words, the prince came to invite his granddaughter to go out, but the sage agreed, what this represents, everyone knows.
Lu Shi pressed the complicated feelings in his heart, closed his eyes slightly, and then opened a gentle smile and stroked his daughter's little face, "Hearing your grandmother's words, Shangyuan Festival, you have the final say, A-Niang doesn't care." She gave her daughter the right to choose, believing that with her daughter's intelligence, she knew how to choose.
Su Yan bit his red lip and hesitated for a moment before he smiled, stretched out his wrist, and took the black lacquer gold dragon and phoenix box, "Please tell Your Highness that Shi Niang will go to the appointment on time." β
Li An was so happy that he was about to cry, "No, no, no, His Royal Highness will personally come to pick up the ten ladies." After speaking, he solemnly said to the Wang family and the Lu family: "Your Highness said that you will definitely ensure the safety of the ten ladies." β
When Su Zhoucheng came back in the evening, it was already a foregone conclusion, and his daughter agreed happily, and his mother and daughter-in-law didn't stop it for a while. Damn, it's really unwilling to let that bastard kidnap his baby daughter so easily. When my father's heart was like drinking several catties of old vinegar, he spoke with a sour breath.
Compared with Su Zhoucheng's reluctance, Yasukuni Gong and Su Zhoude were extremely excited, and they deliberately asked people to open a few jars of good wine in the evening, pulled their grandson, and drank happily.
The matter has come to this point, and Su Rong can only comfort himself, but before the fall of the prince, the Su family can still get a lot of benefits. Really wait until the day when the crown prince is deposed, there is still her, and when the sixth prince becomes the emperor, the Su family will rise again.
The next day, when the sisters gathered in Wang's room, Su Yunlan saw it at a glance, she smirked and cared: "Looking at the appearance of the seventh sister, it seems that she hasn't rested well at night?" β
Su Rong covered his lips and yawned, "I got up earlier in the morning, and now I'm a little sleepy." β
Liu frowned and came over to see his daughter, "If you are sleepy, go sleep for a while." He asked Cuiliu again, "What did Ah Yue do in the morning?" β
Cuiliu bent her knees at Liu, and said softly: "It snowed last night, and Qi Niang got up early to collect the snow water on the plum blossoms, saying that it would be used to make tea and drink it in the future." β
Liu Shi was very distressed when he saw his daughter, who was a little haggard, "What are those girls in your yard for, I want you to go in person." β
"I collected it myself so that I can use it with confidence." Su Rong coquettishly tugged at the corner of Liu's clothes. Her affair with King Wu is almost a certainty, for King Wu, from the understanding of the past life and the contact in this life, it can be determined that he is a merry and talented man, likes all the things that literati like, and has his own attention to some details in life. If she wants to live well in King Wu's mansion and gain King Wu's love and respect, she must cultivate the same hobbies as him from now on.
In her previous life, when she and King Zhou went to King Wu's mansion as guests, Su Yan, who was still Princess Wu, made tea with her own hands. When a few people were tasting tea, she happened to talk about the water used to make tea, and the exquisiteness made her a little dumbfounded. But the kind of appreciative and admiring look that King Wu looked at Su Yan at that time still makes her remember it vividly.
What kind of woman King Wu likes, you can draw some conclusions from Su Yan. In his previous life, King Wu was not outstanding in the court at first, and he was more widely known for his poems and paintings and his deep affection for Princess Wu Su Yan. No one thought that after the crown prince was abolished, it was not the eldest King An, nor the King of Zhou, who almost responded to the court, but the most careless and elegant King Wu who was known for his elegance and affection, ascended the throne.
King Wu became the emperor, and he still doted on Su Yan, abandoned the harem for her, sat and slept with her, and accompanied her to enjoy the flowers and dance. At that time, Su Yan was really envious of the women in the world. She doesn't want to be like Su Yan in her previous life, she just wants to be able to respect King Wu like a guest. At least, before her son grows up, she wants to get the love and trust of King Wu, which is what she needs to work hard the most at present.
No matter how entangled Su Rong was in his heart, soon the sky darkened. Wang asked a few granddaughters to go back to the room to do their makeup, and someone should come to pick them up in a while.
No one expected that the first person to rush to the Yasukuni Mansion would be the crown prince. The Duke of Yasukuni led the family to pick up the car, invited the prince to sit in the main hall, and instructed the maid at home, "Go and invite Shi Niang." β
The prince waved his hand again and again, "No, it's good for the Yasukuni Gong to find someone to take me to find my junior sister." "He wants to guard outside Shi Niang's courtyard and be the first person to see Shi Niang tonight.
How could Su Zhoucheng let the prince wait outside his daughter's courtyard, he smiled and said, "Please come and sit in the hall for a while." β
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not happy, he wants to guard Shi Niang, but his future father-in-law should also please ...... After weighing it, he stepped into the main hall, sat down at the top, and chatted with the men of the Su family.
After waiting for almost a long winter, I finally saw Su Yan, who was dressed in a red fox, being helped over by the maid.
The prince kept staring at the door, and the moment his sweetheart appeared, he jumped over and said with concern: "Senior sister, it's cold outside, you wear more." β
Su Zhoucheng followed with a dark face and told his daughter, "It's cold outside, don't play too long, come back early." β
Su Yan nodded obediently, "Daddy, I know." β
My daughter is about to be abducted by a bastard, and my heart hurts. Su Zhoucheng stood at the door of the mansion, watching his daughter leave with reluctance, until he was pinched by his wife on the waist, and then came back to his senses.
Lu raised her eyebrows at her husband and smiled very gently: "Husband, what are the arrangements for today?" β
Su Zhoucheng almost rushed out: I want to wait at home for my family to come back obediently! Fortunately, when he saw his wife's spirit, he stopped it in time, "Hehe, of course I went out to enjoy the lanterns with my wife." β
"That's not going yet!" Lu pulled her husband and boarded the carriage.
Over there, Su Yan sat in the spacious and warm car, curiously lifted the curtain and looked out.
The prince's smiling face appeared outside the car, "Senior sister, when you see something you like, ask the maid to tell me, and I will send someone to buy it." "He has brought enough money today, and he must buy all the things that his junior sister likes, and he must not leave them behind.
"So, thank you, Your Highness." Su Yan was not polite, and directly pointed to a rabbit lamp hanging on the shelf of the roadside merchant and said, "I want that." β
Prince: "Ang Li, don't go yet!" β
Manager Li's task today is to ensure that His Royal Highness and the Ten Ladies have a satisfying and enjoyable time. "Yes." Hearing the prince's order, he didn't use the little eunuch, he went over in person, threw over a small ingot of silver, and didn't care about the surprised expression of the merchant, just picked the most exquisite one left and right, and took it back happily, "Ten ladies, take a look, is it this." β
There can be anything good on the roadside shelf, but it is only a few copper plates. It is said to be a rabbit lamp, and it only has a shape, which is to coax children to play. The prince has seen countless good things since he was a child, how can such a simple and rough thing get into his eyes. But his sweetheart likes it, he looked left and right, and reluctantly praised, "It's quite wild." β
His duplicitous awkward expression unexpectedly pleased Su Yan, and the little girl took the rabbit lamp, dropped the curtains, and hid in the car and laughed loudly.
What does this mean, do you like it or not? The crown prince's sword eyebrows tightened, and he turned his head to look at Li An, and Manager Li hurriedly comforted, "Your Highness, listen, the tenth lady is laughing, she must like it very much." "Damn, he's just talking nonsense with his eyes open, but His Royal Highness really believes it, and his face is satisfied.
"Senior sister, is it just one lamp? Do you want to buy them all? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince followed the carriage and asked softly.
The curtain on the carriage was lifted, revealing the little face that haunted him, and she smiled, and her crisp voice was as pleasant as a spring splashing stone.
"Your Highness, just now that merchant came out to sell goods and carried a child on his back, his clothes are shabby and difficult to protect from the cold, presumably the family is really difficult, so I asked His Highness to buy a lamp, which is enough to replace his income in the past few days. If you have money, or buy some warm clothes, or buy some good goods, life will be much better. Su Yan said softly.
She saw the father and son just now, and it was not advisable to go directly to reward money or something. It's better to buy something and give more money. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has probably never spent money himself, and he will probably not come out with copper coins. In order to please her, the eunuchs around him did not care about letting the family exchange the money.
How smart the prince is, he understands when he hears it. He looked back at the father and son just now, and asked puzzledly: "There are many poor people on the street, why did the junior sister only choose the father and son." β
Su Yan bent his eyebrows and threw down a sentence: "You think about it yourself." And he shrank back.
The prince grabbed his hair, a little entangled, Li An came up as soon as he saw it, "Your Highness, the old slave thinks it's ......" Before the sentence was finished, he was kicked aside by the prince, "Shi Niang asked Gu, what is the matter with you, a slave!" β
Poor Li An's enthusiasm was wiped out by the prince with a basin of ice water, and he sat back in the car with his head bowed, waiting for the next order of the ten ladies in the car.
"Seventh brother." King Wu took Su Rongcai to get out of the car in Dongshi, and saw that on the other side of the road, his seventh brother, who had always been noble and arrogant, was waiting for the side of the car with a tender face, carefully helped a girl get out of the car, and diligently put on the hood for her, and the affectionate smile simply blinded his eyes.
The prince just occupied the powerful terrain for the first time, robbed the maid's work, and helped Su Yan down, the soft little hand in his palm made him intoxicated, and he made up his mind not to wash this hand today and tomorrow.
"Seventh brother." King Wu called again.
The crown prince saw King Wu at that time, but he didn't want to pay attention to him, he just thought he couldn't see it. I didn't think that his sixth brother was so uninteresting, so he had to come over, and he brought the seventh mother of the Su family, so he couldn't ignore it if he wanted to.
Su Rong smiled softly and bent his knees shallowly, "Your Highness." He said to Su Yan again: "I didn't expect to meet the tenth sister here by such a coincidence." β
King Wu also said: "It's not a coincidence. Seventh brother, we have a fate today, how about we travel together? β
The prince refused particularly unceremoniously, "No." "He wants to be alone with Shi Niang.
King Wu was a little embarrassed, Su Rong didn't know why King Wu had to follow the prince, but it didn't prevent her from building a step for King Wu, she raised a coquettish smile: "Tenth sister, it is the first time that you and Your Highness have visited the East Market on the night of Shangyuan, right?" It's the first time for Rokuro, so why don't I come to be a guide for you? β
Su Yan looked up at the prince, and sure enough, His Royal Highness had a dark face and was very unhappy. She quietly reached out and pulled the prince's sleeve, the prince noticed it, immediately softened his eyes, lowered his eyes, and asked gently, "Senior sister, do you want to be with Qi Niang?" β
"Hmm." Su Yan nodded, it was the first time for her to go out to play with a teenager alone, and she was still a little uncomfortable, but it would be much better if there were more Wu Wang and Su Rong.
The prince would never refuse Su Yan's request, so he also nodded, and said unfamiliarly and politely: "There is Lao Qiniang." β
Su Rong owed a debt, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. This sister of hers can really turn any hundred steels into finger twisting softness. The prince is unruly, but in front of her, he speaks softly and does not show any cruelty, he simply obeys his words.