The sun sets and night falls. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lanterns were lit all over the palace, and the night shone like day.

In the past, there were only two lanterns hanging outside the courtyard, but now because the third and fourth wives are kneeling at the gate of the courtyard, two additional lanterns have been added, and the rest are the same as usual, no difference.

The two knelt in the night, as if forgotten.

When the hour came, the palace fell into silence.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and it is the middle of the night.

Two terrible shouts pierced the night sky, waking up and down the courtyard, and Shen Yue, who was far away in Linmoxuan, slept peacefully and was not disturbed at all.

The next morning, she had just woken up, and Banxia came up, her eyes smiling into a crescent moon, and said, "The princess, the third and fourth wives were carried out of the palace in the middle of the night last night. ”

"Carried out?" Shen Yue was surprised.

Banxia nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "It's carried out." ”

Although there will be a curfew in Kyoto at night, the mansions of the third and fourth wives are not far away, just across the street, and the carriage of the palace travels at night.

Seeing that Shen Yue was surprised, Banxia told the story.

She could wake up early in the morning and go to Linmo Xuan to inquire about the first-hand news.

Late last night, Mrs. 3 and Mrs. 4 screamed because there were ants crawling on them, ant bites are not painful, but several ants crawling, it is too disgusting.

The third and fourth wives screamed in fright, and when they saw dozens or hundreds of ants behind them, they were really disgusting.

The two of them hurriedly got up in fright, but they knelt for several hours, their legs were sore, and suddenly they came together, their bodies could not support it, and they knelt down heavily, and their knees were almost broken.

The fourth wife is better, after all, she has not kneeled as long as the third wife, but she is unlucky, when the third wife fell to the ground, she just grabbed her skirt, her body was unstable, she hit the ground heavily, her head was bruised, and she almost fainted.

The two have been kneeling, Shi's mother sent Mama to keep vigil, Mama sat on the chair and took a nap, heard the movement from outside the courtyard gate, in the middle of the night, the soul was almost frightened.

She hurriedly got up to look, the third and fourth wives looked embarrassed, she saw that it was ants who were causing trouble, and she didn't scold the two wives half to death in her heart.

It's really pampered, a few ants scared them out of color, and they thought they were hell, but the third and fourth wives were scared, and they couldn't get up when they thought about it, she was responsible for watching them, if something really happened, she couldn't afford it.

No, Mama went to tell Shi's mother, in fact, the screams of the third and fourth wives, most of the maids in the Wuyuan woke up, you push me, I push you, the maids all get up and see what happened.

Shi's mother slept in the princess's house, since the princess was pregnant, Shi's mother accompanied the night, the winter snow and autumn frost vigil, she was not at ease, the mother called her, and the princess woke up.

The princess got up, and when she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the third lady was scratching an itch, scratching it here, scratching it there, and shouting, "An ant bites me!" ”

The princess frowned, "How can there be so many ants?" ”

Shi's mother smiled, "Maybe it's going to rain, it's just a few ants, and the two wives are too fussful." ”

It's true that it's just a few ants, and it's not a big deal, but they're afraid of those little things.

The princess was also a little worried, "Do you want to continue to kneel?" ”

The third wife's mind is not on kneeling at all, she is uncomfortable now, she can't wait to take a shower and change clothes, and her knees hurt, she really can't kneel.

She was sitting on the ground now, but fortunately it was night, and only the maids of the Wuyuan saw them sitting on the steps so disheveled, invisible.

The fourth lady hit her head, and when she saw the princess, she simply fainted.

She didn't say that she wouldn't kneel to offend people like this, after all, she had been kneeling for a long time, and if she did, she would have knelt in vain before.

One fainted, the other couldn't kneel down, and the princess waved her hand and said, "Send them home." ”

Then, the maid sent them to the front yard, and the chief steward of Chu personally sent them out of the palace.

kneeling and begging the princess can be regarded as a no-brainer.

But there were a lot of ants suddenly outside the courtyard, and Shi's mother still asked the maid to check it.

When Shen Yue went to greet the princess, Shi's mother was saying, "I don't know which maid clumsily sprinkled some white sugar on the ground, and the sweetness attracted a lot of ants." ”

Listening to Shi's mother say that she was clumsy, Banxia pouted, where was she clumsy, her hands and feet were numb.

Dozens of grains of white sugar were sprinkled in the stone cracks behind the skirts of the third and fourth wives, and at most three or five grains were stained on the two of them, which could attract ants without noticing that there was a problem.

The princess glanced at Shen Yue, a smile flashed in her eyes, Shen Yue was slightly embarrassed, and was thinking about whether to confess to the princess, so she heard the princess smile and said, "That ant has saved me a lot of trouble." ”

Shi's mother also smiled, "It's not a big favor for the princess." ”

This kneel, I didn't kneel for three days, the third wife and the fourth wife should not come to kneel and beg the princess again, and the two of them looked a little miserable yesterday, and they won't go out if they don't raise them for three or five days.

Shen Yue sat next to the princess and helped the princess check her pulse.

Outside, a maid came in and said, "Princess, Concubine Gu sent a maid to say that the Heng Wangfu will send Na Cai Lilai today." ”

The princess put down her cloud sleeves and said lightly, "Do you know who the Heng Wangfu invited to send Na Caili?" ”

The maid shook her head, "I don't know." ”

"Let Concubine Gu go to the gate of the palace to greet the distinguished guests," the princess commanded.

Heng Wangfu sent Na Cai Lilai, and he would definitely ask your lady to send it, no matter who it was, the princess did not plan to get involved.

But Concubine Gu asked the maid to tell the princess that she wanted the princess to give face to Heng Wangfu, but she didn't expect the princess to let her go directly to greet people.

A quarter of an hour later, Concubine Gu Fang took Zhao Yanran to the Wuyuan Courtyard, she said, "King Heng and Yuan Rou's family affair is a marriage given by the emperor, and King Heng's Mansion sends Na Cai Lilai, does the princess think it is appropriate for me to go to the gate to greet me?" ”

She didn't plan to let the princess go to welcome guests, a huge Kyoto, except for the emperor and the queen mother, even if the queen arrived, the princess didn't have to go.

But she doesn't go to the gate, she should let the princess go, she greeted her at the second gate, not only gave enough face to the Hengwang Mansion, but also did not surrender her identity, she was reluctant to call the princess, so let her come forward.

The princess looked at Concubine Gu and said, "Since I let you go to greet you, you won't lose the dignity of the palace, although you are a side concubine, but you are also on the royal jade butterfly, you don't have to be presumptuous, the princess is pregnant, it is inconvenient to welcome guests, I think no matter who the Heng Mansion invites to send the gift, there will be no complaints." ”

Even if there were, I didn't dare to say it.

The princess's words made Concubine Gu's face red and blue, she never was presumptuous, she just wanted the palace to give Chu Yuanrou face, she married into the Heng Palace, and the Heng King would value her!