Chapter 274: The Princess Makes Trouble
In the winter season, farmers have begun to spend the winter at home, and the diligent ones will use this time to find some work to earn a little money to supplement the family. So, it's a great season for gossip.
King Xuan wants to accept the girl of the Zhong family as a side concubine, not to mention that it is within a radius of thousands of miles from the capital, anyway, it is almost known to everyone.
For the rumored girl of the Zhong family and Princess Ouyang, for the people, they are just the two protagonists in the gossip. After all, I don't know anyone, I haven't touched it, so I don't feel anything.
Some people envy King Xuan and are blessed, but some people think that King Xuan's two princesses will never get along. Not to mention, let's just talk about Princess Ouyang, the wedding day has been chosen, on the eighth day of March after the beginning of spring, at that time it is the blooming season of the king of flowers, the peony.
It's only been a few months, and she is not preparing to be a bride in Xili Kingdom, why is she here again? If anything, I can arrange for someone to come over. Needless to say, it must have been because he heard the news that King Xuan was sticky to the girl of the Zhong family, so he rushed here in person desperately.
If you come now, it will be too late to go back to Xili Kingdom for the New Year, which shows how much Princess Xili Guo cares about King Xuan's concubine.
The news that the girl of the Zhong family was the most favored maid by King Xuan's side before spread not long after the Zhong family found their daughter. Therefore, many people think that it is normal for King Xuan to accept the girl of the Zhong family as a side concubine.
For the girl of the Zhong family to be the side princess, no one thinks she is wronged, after all, the other one is a princess, and it is unreasonable to let the dignified princess be a small one.
Xiaomi already knew about Princess Ouyang's coming to the capital, earlier than others knew, who made her current father. It's a courtier. Originally, Zhong Jiantang would not talk about it with his family when he came back.
This time, as soon as he arrived home, he ordered someone to call Millet to the study. At that time, Xiaomi still wondered, what was it that made his face so ugly?
After Zhong Jiantang spoke, he understood why the princess came. It's because King Xuan wants to accept her as a side concubine. Zhong Jiantang asked Xiaomi clearly. What are you going to do, King Xuan's side concubine, do it or not.
Zhong Jiantang made his position clear. If Xiaomi wants to be this side concubine, Princess Ouyang's side, he has a way to stand it. But if Xiaomi really doesn't want to be this side concubine, then he simply told the princess. Just take care of King Xuan's people, don't come to find your daughter's bad luck.
Xiaomi replied without hesitation. She will never be the side princess of King Xuan.
Three days have passed, and in these three days, Xiaomi is very quiet, because Yin Zixuan has not come. It's obvious. It has something to do with the arrival of Princess Ouyang. Zhong Jiantang never told Xiaomi again, and Xiaomi was not interested in asking him about what happened after Princess Ouyang arrived.
It's just that. Xiaomi can clearly feel the servant girl waiting around her. I'm more cautious. And the Huang family, the number of times she came to accompany her became more frequent, and after dinner, she had to come over and sit with Xiaomi for a while before leaving.
Hey, I don't know what this family is nervous about?
On the side of Yihai Commercial Bank, the matter of Zizhu was said to have had a result, and the bead was found, and the thief knew that there was no good end and committed suicide by taking poison. For this reason, the big boss of Yihai Commercial Bank also specially invited millet to a banquet in Yuxianglou.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I didn't see Yin Zixuan's figure, and Xiaomi was not surprised at all. Zizhu's matter implicated the prince, and he had secretly helped investigate a lot of things, so he couldn't walk too close to Yihaishang openly, otherwise, he would be used by someone with a heart, and it would be really inexplicable.
However, at the wine table, facing several leaders of Yihai Commercial Bank, Xiaomi felt that things were not as simple as they said. They seemed to be deliberately not mentioning the purple beads, which didn't seem to be the recovery of the beads at all.
Then, there is only one possibility, the matter of the beads has been clarified, but it cannot be investigated, that is to say, it will not be resolved.
Hey, it's not easy to do business! Xiaomi sympathized in her heart and sighed silently. I began to reflect on myself, was my decision to stay in this capital to develop really right? Yihai Commercial Bank has a deep foundation in the capital, and when it encounters this situation, it will suffer a dumb loss, and what about itself?
When you encounter such a thing, can you withstand it?
Geng Er and the others saw Xiaomi's preoccupied appearance, thinking that she was worrying about the affairs of Princess Ouyang and King Xuan, and they had no way to persuade each other about this kind of thing, so they had to pretend to be confused and greet Xiaomi, eat and drink well.
A few of them think that Xiaomi is pretty good now, at least, Zhongfu is also very spoiled by her, which can be seen in Zhongfu's lack of objection to Xiaomi's dealings with them.
The wine and food on the table were all of the best quality, and those who had no choice but to eat had their own concerns, so they dispersed early. Xiaomi politely declined Geng Er's kindness, and walked in the direction of the teahouse when he left the restaurant, following behind like a ghostly face.
was originally a subordinate of the fifth son, Zhong Weijun, but now he was arranged by this girl's side and served as her bodyguard. Speaking from the heart, Ghost Face is really not very happy, but he can't refuse. It is difficult for girls from other families to leave the house, they all embroider and embroider at home, caress the piano, practice calligraphy and look at the female ring, this one is good, and he is more restless than the seventh son of the Zhong family.
Since she entered the Zhong Mansion, she has suppressed the limelight of the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince hasn't been grounded again because of her recently, but his temperament seems to have changed a little, and he rarely goes to gambling houses and restaurants, obviously because he has been stimulated by some kind of stimulation.
Of course, the transformation of the Seventh Prince has nothing to do with Master Zhong's teachings. The hero is the one in front, the person who is slipping around! Ghost Face looked at the back in front of him and sighed helplessly.
slipped to the teahouse, and after entering, the shopkeeper saw it and hurriedly greeted him, but his expression was a little abnormal, so that Xiaomi could see that something was wrong at a glance.
"Huh? Is there something wrong? Xiaomi asked very casually, and at the same time saw a few people standing at the staircase, there were wind whispers, fierce sons, and people she didn't know.
"I don't know if the girl will come today, the private room has arranged guests, how is this good." The shopkeeper said in embarrassment, and his expression made people feel like he was about to cry.
Something is wrong, even if the guest in the private room is Yin Zixuan, the shopkeeper shouldn't have reacted so nervously? And the expressions of Fengyu and Mengzi also looked very nervous, could it be?
"Is Princess Xili in that private room?" As soon as the idea of speculation came to mind, Xiaomi opened his mouth to ask.
"Yes. The princess and the prince are there. The shopkeeper saw that Xiaomi seemed to be very calm, but he still replied nervously in his heart. The prince, the princess, and the one in front of him, they were all distinguished guests, but these three appeared in their own teahouse. That's not necessarily a good thing.
This time. The shopkeeper is willing not to do this business, it doesn't matter if he makes less money, safety is the most important thing.
"Since there are distinguished guests in the private room. This girl will change to a teahouse. Xiaomi's decision was very simple, she didn't plan to go up to greet the two of them, and she didn't plan to go to the private room next to her. For those two people, she thinks it's better to stay away.
It's a little hard to tell. Why do you have to wade into the muddy waters? It's just that she's a little curious. What does Yin Zixuan think, it's okay to entertain the princess, why do you have to use that private room? It's really uncomfortable!
"That. Then I'm sorry, the next time the girl comes, I will definitely invite the girl to taste a good pot of tea. The shopkeeper listened to him. I didn't plan to go upstairs, and I was immediately relieved. Full of gratitude to Xiaomi.
Xiaomi smiled and nodded, turned around and walked out, that private room, he would never enter again. She didn't even notice why she thought that.
"Miss Xiaomi, please stay, my princess is invited." Millet stepped out of the threshold with one foot, and a woman's voice sounded behind her.
It's impossible to avoid it, Xiaomi has no choice but to turn around.
A maid walked over, and without waiting for Xiaomi to respond, she made a gesture of invitation.
Hehe, so domineering! Millet sneered, standing in place without squeaking.
"Girl, don't be afraid, my princess just wants to invite you in for a cup of tea, besides, King Xuan is also here, the girl and the prince are not strangers, why not go in and meet?" The maid also had a smile on her face, but what she said made Xiaomi feel very annoying.
Xiaomi feels that the other party is using the agitation method on himself. If you have the heart to ignore it, don't be fooled. However, the other party obviously wants to find fault, so go up and meet the princess. It just made that Yin Zixuan understand one thing, if you want to be that colt, don't waste time on yourself.
"Since the princess invited, the maiden will obey." Millet answered, followed the maid to the stairs.
Seeing Xiaomi walking upstairs with the queen, the ghost face didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly followed. A few people at the top of the stairs tried to stop him, but Matsuko and Fengyu let him in. Wait a minute, if the princess is in trouble, the prince is inconvenient to make a move, this guy will not watch his girl suffer!
When he arrived at the door of the private room, Xiaomi signaled that the ghost face did not need to follow up, just wait at the door.
Entering the private room, Xiaomi glanced at it, and there was a beautiful woman crooked on the soft couch, wasn't it Princess Ouyang. looked at Yin Zixuan again, but he didn't sit, but stood by the window. Seeing Xiaomi come in, he gave her a reassuring look, but Xiaomi pretended not to see it.
"The folk girl gives the princess, and the prince asks for peace." The number of etiquette can't be lost, and the appearance still has to be done. Xiaomi stepped forward and greeted him with a decent salute. Fortunately, you don't have to kneel, otherwise Xiaomi really can't accept it.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and the millet girl has changed from a maid who serves the prince to the daughter of the Shangshu family, and the palace has to congratulate me first." Ouyang Yu took the handkerchief, wiped the armor on his fingers, and said with a smile.
She also deliberately said the words of the servant girl who served the prince very slowly, as if she was afraid that the listener would not understand.
The tea ladies who served in the private room were all the ones who served Xiaomi before, and they were worried about Xiaomi in their hearts one by one, but they didn't dare to show it too obviously.
"Yes, life is impermanent, and no one can predict what will happen in the future. At present, the luck of the folk girl seems to be more preferred. "Millet is still squatting on her knees, no way, people haven't said it's not polite.
"Xiaomi, no need to be polite." Hearing Ouyang Yu say such things to Xiaomi, Yin Zixuan was unhappy in his heart, and when he saw that the princess deliberately did not say anything about the courtesy, the unhappiness in his heart escalated. Strode forward and helped the man up.
"Oh, the palace forgot, the millet girl is not strange, look, the prince is distressed, I must blame the palace in my heart, I don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade." Ouyang Yu said to Xiaomi with a knife hidden in his words.
"The princess laughed, but the people's daughter served the prince, and he has always been kind and kind to his subordinates." Xiaomi said as she kept a little distance from Yin Zixuan without leaving a trace.
Xiaomi patronized the princess, and she didn't notice that Yin Zixuan's face at this moment was not as good as before.
Ouyang Yu discovered Yin Zixuan's abnormality, and he was even more annoyed in his heart, but he endured it. I don't believe it, as a princess, she can't solve the trouble in front of her? She has no objection to the group of men's wives and concubines, after marrying into King Xuan's mansion, King Xuan wants to carry a few more women into the door, as long as she has discussed it with her in advance, she will not stop it.
What the queen mother taught them, no matter how many women there were, they were just the prince's playthings, and it was okay not to let them have the opportunity to conceive the prince's heir.
However, she just couldn't accept it and let this girl be the side princess of King Xuan. Therefore, when I received a secret report from Yuguo, I immediately rushed to it in person. Anyone can be this side concubine, but this girl can't.
The last time Ouyang Yu came to the capital, he felt that King Xuan was not ordinary to this girl. If she really made her a side princess, then her princess would become an ornament, right? She would never allow that to happen.
I thought that when I arrived in the capital, King Xuan would be a little panicked when he saw him. Which Cheng thought, not only did he not panic at all, but also did not hide it, and told her very clearly that he wanted to marry this girl as a side princess.
Ouyang Yu opened his mouth and ordered everyone in the house to go out, and the tea ladies left quickly, and looked at Xiaomi again and again before leaving. This scene made Ouyang Yu even more annoyed, but Xiaomi felt a little relieved, at least there was such a group of people who were worried about themselves.
"Miss Xiaomi, this palace and you almost became concubines. If you become the princess of Qin, the palace will respect you as a sixth sister-in-law. Ouyang Yu deliberately reminded Xiaomi. The heart said, if you marry King Qin, this palace will call you a sister-in-law.
If you insist on marrying King Xuan, then you can only be a small one, and you have to ask the palace every day, and try to be restrained by the palace, why bother!
Yin Zixuan's face darkened even more, and he looked at the people on the soft couch, hoping that the princess would realize the mistake she had made. Helplessly, the princess just didn't look at him.
He looked at Xiaomi worriedly, this one still treated him as air, and there was still a smile on her face, her smile was very dazzling at this time, which made Yin Zixuan feel distressed...... (To be continued)