Chapter Ninety-Three: He Rongyao's Plan
Linlang Pavilion sent the things selected by Xi Cui into the Liwang Mansion, and although Princess Li accepted the gift, she did not change her opinion of Xi Cui in her heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ infoIn her opinion, this gift was originally sent by Xi Cui in person, but now she sent so many guys to send it, which is really rude.
The man saw that Princess Li's face was not very good, and he didn't dare to stay longer, so he hurriedly came back to report the white fat man. That night, the white fat man handed the news to Xi Cui.
At that time, Xi Cui was having dinner with everyone, and Rui Niang was also there.
After the messenger left, Rui Niang put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked, "This gift should have been delivered by you in person today, how can you ask a few guys to send it?" No wonder Princess Li was unhappy. β
Xi Cui smiled, "I naturally thought of what you said, but it was a little late at that time, and it was not appropriate to come to the door." I thought about taking it and sending it in person tomorrow, but it was hard to guarantee that He Rongyao would have some kind of moth. I will send the things first, that is, she He Rongyao will send other gifts early tomorrow, and the princess will compare the two, which one should be given to Princess Chaoyang, I believe that Princess Li, her old man will naturally weigh it. Otherwise, if I take a step tomorrow night, so that He Rongyao has already said that the princess will accept her things, and if she sees me again, although she knows that I am better, she can only be embarrassed. When she said this, she knew very well in her heart that He Rongyao would definitely do this, because Xiao Yi had already told Xi Cui her thoughts. She also had no choice but to do this, the twilight moon return is not too close to the palace of the king of Li, and her identity to visit the princess must be as thoughtful as possible in terms of etiquette, and it is too hurried and inappropriate in today's state. It is even more inappropriate to rush in front of He Rongyao early tomorrow morning, and it is not good to be too impatient. Now it seems that the best way can only be to send things first, the princess may be dissatisfied with herself in terms of etiquette, but at least the things are in her eyes, although the choice is in the hands of the princess, but at least she Xi Cui can seize the opportunity. As for the lack of etiquette, I will come to the door tomorrow to explain.
Rui Niang didn't know that she had Xiao Yu to help, but she just thought about it too much. After listening to Yingxiang Lixiang's description today, although she was a little suspicious of this He Rongyao, she couldn't see what the purpose of her dignified Miss Houfu was so painstakingly trying to marry into the Nangong family and be a child. Besides, where did a young lady from Houfu, who was raised in the depths of the boudoir, come from so much thought? The young ladies she met were no more than the two sisters of the Wang family, and they didn't have that kind of city. is a delicate one, but she is not a real lady. In her opinion, a Miss Houfu who has been pampered and obedient since she was a child does not have so many eyes, that is, she herself was just a relatively smart and innocent girl before she experienced the destruction of her family.
After dinner, the two discussed some business matters and rested separately.
Besides, He Rongyao's side, after a whole night of tossing and turning, He Rongyao got up from the bed when the sky was bright, hurriedly ordered someone to dress up herself, and went out before breakfast.
Princess Li had just had breakfast with Prince Li and hadn't cleaned up yet, when she heard the housekeeper outside the door report that Miss He had visited.
Prince Li knew that this Miss He was the candidate for the princess to find a good wife for Yu Feng, so he just raised his eyes and looked at the princess and went out.
When He Rongyao came in, several girls were cleaning up the dining table, and Princess Li was sitting on a soft chair in the hall drinking tea. Seeing Princess Li, He Rongyao immediately rushed over with an aggrieved face, "Princess...... You have to reward Rong Yao well! In order to help the princess prepare a gift for Princess Chaoyang, Rong Yao ran all over the streets and alleys of the capital yesterday, and she ...... In short, princess, you must remember Rong Yao's goodness, otherwise the grievances Rong Yao suffered will really be too worthless......"
She whispered softly while pulling Princess Li's sleeve, her body shook gently, and the steps on her head jingled, which was very pleasant. Coupled with her crisp and tactful voice, coupled with a delicate little face like a flower, even if Princess Li is a woman, she will inevitably feel emotional, and she will suddenly fall in love.
"Okay, okay, don't stand like this, sit down and talk about it, who wronged you? I'll be angry for you when you get back! As she spoke, Princess Li gently took her hand and led her to sit down on the chair beside her.
He Rongyao smiled and shook her head, "As long as the princess remembers Rong Yao's goodness, as for what others say, Rong Yao doesn't care." Rong Yao still didn't bother the princess about these little things. Why don't you take a look at the gifts that Rong Yao prepared for you first, there are several, you have seen it, and I will look for it if you don't look for it. After saying that, she clapped her hands, and a few people behind her came in with a few mouthfuls of boxes, and after putting them down, they retreated.
The housekeeper turned around and left when he saw this at the door, and went to the prince's study to report what he had seen and heard, but he heard the prince laugh coldly, and said, "I didn't expect this He Rongyao to have a little thought!" β
"Lord, the old slave seems to really like this woman when he sees the princess, does the prince really sit idly by and watch this woman enter the palace?" When the housekeeper heard what the prince said, he thought that he had investigated the details of He Rongyao before, but after the prince knew about it, he didn't let him tell the princess about this, and let the princess be coaxed by such a girl with different appearances, he felt that he was about to lose his master's mind.
"I have other uses for this woman, and now I let her make trouble. On the princess's side, don't worry, she is now in a hurry to find a woman with a higher status for Yufeng, so she is a little negligent, and after a while, she calms down, and naturally she will not be led by the nose by a little girl. The reason why I didn't make a move was to see Xi Cui's methods. This girl was so amazing by Yu Feng, and the news you came back from your investigation also said that this girl is very smart, I want to see if she is really suitable for the position of the princess of the princess. Wang Ye stood up with the teacup in his hand, walked to the window, looked at the sunlight outside, and said softly, "It's almost time to step back, there are some things to give to these children......"
The butler didn't speak, and quietly withdrew.
Speaking of Princess Li's side, He Rongyao asked his maid to open the box, and there were five or six brocade boxes of all sizes inside. After opening them, they held the brocade box in front of the princess, and asked the princess to look at them one by one.
These things are indeed good things, bright red agate skewers, color and texture are all the best choices; The pink pearl eyebrow pendant is only worth a lot of money at a glance...... These things were placed in front of the princess in the same way, making the princess's eyes a little messy. Looking at He Rongyao's appearance, he really couldn't bear to refuse, so he could only patiently evaluate them one by one.
"Princess, what do you think of these?" He Rongyao looked forward to it.
The princess nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, it's all good, you should have put a lot of effort into buying so much, right?" It's really hard work! β
"As long as the princess likes it, it doesn't matter if it's hard or not." She paused and then said, "Princess, don't you know, I met Xi Cui in Linlang Pavilion yesterday. At first, I didn't know it was her, but when the shopkeeper told a girl dressed as a young lady that he wanted to take her to his rest room, he stopped her, and pulled Xi Cui into the private room I had booked with a few sisters......
"Wait, wait, wait! What did you say? Xi Cui followed the shopkeeper into the rest room? Who is the shopkeeper? Princess Li quickly interrupted He Rongyao's words, He Rongyao was overjoyed, and sure enough, Princess Li still heard the point.
But she still had a kind attitude, and said a little carelessly, "Who else can the shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion be?" Left and right are just ordinary businessmen. I think Xi Cui probably went to buy a gift from Princess Chaoyang, but the private room was gone, and then she was familiar with the shopkeeper again, so she casually found a room to look at......"
"No, of course I know he's a businessman! I wonder if it's a man or a woman in charge? How could Xi Cui be familiar with such a person? How cooked? The princess interrupted again.
He Rongyao was almost ecstatic in her heart, but there was still a look of worry on her face, and she quickly explained, "Princess, don't get me wrong!" Although the shopkeeper is a man, he is a very old middle-aged man, in my opinion, Xi Cui is not very familiar with him, princess, don't think about it......"
Princess Li quickly grasped the flaw in her words and said angrily, "What do you mean by being unfamiliar? If you are not familiar with the ability to enter the lounge with others? Still a man! I'm afraid you made up the rhetoric for her when she was very old, right? How old can a middle-aged man be? You are just too kind, too naΓ―ve, and you don't know that people's hearts are unpredictable! What does this Xi Cui want to do? The teacup in the princess's hand was almost slammed on the coffee table, making a crisp sound of the lid touching the cup, which was a little harsh.
He Rongyao didn't continue to speak, but quietly put away the teacup in the princess's hand, put it in the tray served by the maid, and then carefully wiped the tea for the princess with her own handkerchief. The princess's heart softened, her anger was forcibly suppressed, and she turned her eyes to look at He Rongyao, "You are a good girl, how good would it be if I had known you two years earlier?" It's a pity......"
"What two years earlier and two years later, it is already a great gift from God for Rong Yao to know the princess in this life, Rong Yao does not ask for anything else but to serve you well in front of the princess and accompany you...... Rong Yao has not had a mother since she was a child, and since she saw the princess, she has somehow felt like wanting to get close to you, maybe this is the so-called fate. In the future, as long as the princess does not dislike it, Rong Yao will definitely serve you like a daughter! Anything else, Rong Yao doesn't ask for anything! It's true! She said this very sincerely, almost tears came out, how could Princess Li doubt it?
"Good boy! I want to keep you by my side, but wouldn't it be too wronged for you? Princess Li decided to tell He Rongyao the truth, although she had plans to take her as Yu Fengping's wife during this time, she never mentioned it clearly. Today is a good opportunity. "I can't let you stay with me so inexplicably, it's better to do this, I have two choices, you can decide for yourself. First, you and I consider mother and daughter, and in the future, you will often go in and out of the palace of the king of Li, and you will not be afraid of other people's irresponsible opinions, and your reputation will not be good after a long time. Second, you marry Yufeng, and we are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so we don't have to worry about other people's gossip. It's just that you have to think about this second one, after all, Yu Feng and that Xi Cui are married, and I can only give you the position of a flat wife at most when you enter the door. You are the young lady of the Hou Mansion, and I really have wronged you so much......"
He Rongyao said in his heart, have you finally said it after going around in such a big circle? Then he was quiet for a moment with a thoughtful face, and then asked, "You and I think of mother and daughter, and I will marry sooner or later, right?" β
The princess smiled and patted the back of her hand, "Silly child, this is natural, you are now at the age of discussing relatives, since we recognize us as mother and daughter, I will naturally help you find a good family with the right door!" It's a pity that you're so old and no one will help you worry about it, but don't worry, I won't let you delay in the future. The princess thought that she had chosen to be a mother and daughter with herself, although she was a little disappointed, but she still liked this girl from the bottom of her heart.
"Isn't it more inconvenient for someone else to come to you when I get married? I've only known you for a few days, and you can't bear to send me somewhere else? He Rongyao's eyes turned red, and Douda's tears rolled down, "I don't want it!" I'm going to be there for you! She hugged Princess Li, and said while crying, "I have no mother since I was a child, so I feel a little bit of a mother, I don't want to be separated from you!" Equal wife, flat wife, I don't care about any status, I just need to stay in this Nangong family and be by your side! β
As soon as she said this, Princess Li suddenly shed tears of excitement, and her hands trembled excitedly, she only had a son from Nangong Yufeng, no daughter, she always heard others say that her daughter was more intimate than her son, but she didn't know how to be intimate. happily hugged He Rongyao, patted her back gently, and whispered softly, "Good boy, I'm just afraid that I have wronged you!" β
He Rongyao let go of Princess Li and knelt in front of her, but the princess wanted to help her but she flatly refused. I saw He Rongyao kneeling there with a firm face, and after kowtowing to Princess Li solemnly, she slowly got up and said word by word, "I know what it means for a woman to get married, and it is every girl's dream to marry into a good family and be a wife, and I am naturally no exception." But how can the princess guarantee that I will be able to live better if I marry someone else than if I am a child in the Nangong family? What if my character is not good? What if I don't help my parents-in-law? I have never seen my mother's life when she married my father, but my mother said something, I don't want to continue my mother's tragedy, and I don't want my children to follow the path I have walked. So, in comparison, I prefer to stay in the Nangong family, at least I have a princess to rely on, right? I hope that the princess will not dislike me! Saying that she was about to kowtow again, the princess hurriedly grabbed it.
"Good boy, I don't have what you think! Don't worry, as long as I am here, no one in this Nangong family will dare to bully you! Although I can't give you a place as a wife, I, a mother, will compensate you well from elsewhere! Princess Li said and pulled her up, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "What a girl made of water, she cried when she said she cried......
He Rongyao burst into tears and laughed, helped the princess to sit down, and the two continued to gossip.
The topic returned to the gift to Princess Chaoyang, when she looked at these things before, Princess Li's mind always thought about the opal golden head sent by Xi Cui, and felt that these were not as good as that one. But now that I look at it, these things are much more precious than the opal gold head......
But He Rongyao brought some too much, and the princess never made up her mind when she chose to choose.
After thinking about it for a while, the princess's hand finally landed on the red agate skewers.
He Rongyao saw that the princess seemed to have a crush on this, so she smiled and said, "The princess has taken a fancy to this string of red agate?" The shop said that they found it from a small country on the southwestern border, and these agate were all carefully selected...... I originally planned to give this thing to you, the princess, but I didn't think of giving this to Princess Chaoyang. β
"Know that you are filial! But now let's stick to Princess Chaoyang's side first, the days are not a few days, and then we don't have time or so much energy to choose something else. Princess Li smiled and picked up the string of agate, rubbing each bright red bead on it, "Just choose it, I think it's good." It's even better than the cat's eye stone face that Xi Cui sent yesterday! β
Hearing her mention the cat's eye stone face, He Rongyao's face moved, and her eyes began to flicker, that cat's eye stone face was a really good thing, I thought Xi Cui was just talking, but I didn't expect it to be really sent to the princess.
Hmph, what if it was delivered? Princess Li would rather choose her own agate skewers than her cat-eye stone face, and now it seems that the status of the two of them in the princess's heart is not comparable at all, and the level is self-revealed. remembered that he was filled with anger by Xi Cui in Linlang Pavilion yesterday, and only then did he feel more comfortable.
But the princess's words immediately after made her panic, and she only heard the princess say, "But that thing is really not cheap, since I don't need it, I will let Xi Cui return it to Linlang Pavilion, so that I will have to remember her favor in the future." And maybe the money to buy these things was given by Yu Feng......"
"What? Do you want to give it back to Xi Cui? As soon as she heard that the princess was going to return the things to Xi Cui, how could He Rongyao still care about listening to the princess's explanation, and in a hurry, she interrupted the princess's words. But she immediately realized her gaffe, quickly concealed the shock in her heart, and said in a low voice, "I mean, since Miss Xi Cui has this filial piety, you can accept it, I believe that Yu Feng will be very happy to know that you are willing to accept the gifts sent by Xi Cui, otherwise Yu Feng would not have to take time out of his busy schedule to go to Xi Cui's place and ask her to help you prepare these gifts...... "Of course she can't let these things return to Xi Cui's hands." As long as these treasures are in the hands of the princess, then in the future, she will marry into the Nangong family, and sooner or later she will have her share, I believe that her relationship with the princess will not be difficult to coax these things into her own hands. But once the princess returns them to Xi Cui, it will be all Xi Cui's, and it will be inconvenient for her to get her hands on it when the time comes......
When the princess heard He Rongyao say that Yu Feng instructed Xi Cui to help her choose a gift, she was suddenly overjoyed, and looked at He Rongyao's eyes more kindly, "What you said is true?" Did Yu Feng really go to Xi Cui and ask her to help me pick out things? It seems that the son still has his mother in mind, and everyone who is a mother in the world is happy when he hears that his son cares about him, and the princess is naturally no exception. (To be continued.) )