==Chapter 130==

In An Rong Courtyard, Duchess An Guo, who should be taking a nap at this time, actually did not go to take a nap as she said, and the Cui Zheng family, who left under the pretext of something in the courtyard, was also here.

"You said that the King of Chu didn't come today, is it because of a leg disease, or because of other things?"

When people are old, they can't help but think a lot, and Duchess An Guo was unsettled for a morning, and finally found an excuse to leave, and then she pulled her two daughters-in-law to give her ideas. After all, this matter was given to her by Anguo Bus, and she cares about the queen and King Cheng, so she is naturally concerned about their affairs.

"Could it be that the King of Chu didn't attach as much importance to Jiuniang as he appeared? Or does he still have a deep prejudice against his family? Duchess An Guo said to herself.

Cui and Zheng glanced at each other, Cui Shi considered his words, and said: "Ah Jia, don't worry too much about this matter, Jiu Niang is a smart person, and the King of Chu and her are in love with each other." In the previous dowry, the king of Chu personally came forward to give Jiuniang a long face. Who in the world can do that? So don't think too much about it, the king of Chu has a leg disease, and it's not a year or two, and every year when the weather is cold, he has to go to the hot spring Zhuangzi outside the city to recuperate for a period of time, which doesn't seem to be an excuse. ”

Duchess An Guo sighed: "It's not that I think too much, but you don't know how difficult it is for the queen and the king to become ...... now."

She didn't say the rest of the words, and Cui and Zheng didn't want to ask again. Although Duchess An Guo relies on the two very much on weekdays, in the end the two are just daughters-in-law, and as mothers-in-law, many times they will not completely trust them.

Cui's is okay, Dalangjun Xiao Yan knows that she is from a wealthy family, she is stable, and she is well-informed, and she will not hide many things from her in the court and at home. And the Zheng family is not so good, even if she knows some things, but she only knows some fur, and some behaviors and things on weekdays are told by the Duchess of Anguo how to do it, and she does it.

"It's also strange that I didn't make it clear to her, and I always wanted to wait until she got married. Now it seems that I can't wait, and in a moment I will have her called and talk to her about these things. ”

On the other side, in a flower hall in the southwest corner of An Rong Yuan, Xiao Ru came to Jiu Niang and sat down, and whispered to her: "Sister, don't pay attention to her, now Xiao Qi Niang is a mad dog, see who bites whom." ”

Xiao Ru has always been cautious in dealing with things in the Anguo Mansion, and he will never intervene in things that can not be interjected. Sometimes in the face of some ridicule, I also have an attitude of avoidance, as if I am afraid of offending anyone. Just like at this moment, she has been keeping a silent attitude, obviously wanting to slap Jiuniang in her heart, but when Xiao Qiniang made a provocative speech, she watched from the wall, and it was not until Xiao Sanniang came forward to pull Xiao Qiniang away that she came to show favor to Jiuniang.

Even if she wants to sell well, she doesn't want to offend people, but she can match some of her behaviors in her previous life.

In her previous life, Jiu Niang didn't notice this, but when she was shy and weak by nature, whenever she encountered anything, she always seemed to be like a hen guarding the chickens. Looking at it from another perspective in this life, in fact, how Xiao is not a smart move to stay out of the matter, if she had such a bad reputation in her previous life, Xiao Ru would have made a polite and docile comment, which just makes people feel chilled when they think about it.

Fortunately, she had long planned that she would no longer have anything to do with her in this life.

Jiuniang pulled out a smile, "Everyone is sisters, I won't worry about her." ”

"Sister is generous."

Xiao Ru hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Brother-in-law is good to you, seeing that Sister Ah looks so good, presumably my brother-in-law must be very good to Sister Ah." Also, Sister and brother-in-law are small lovers, and they are childhood sweethearts, if your brother-in-law is not good to you, who is good to you? It's enviable. ”

Her voice fell, and a broken choked voice overflowed from her throat, "Unlike my sister, I don't have anyone to rely on, and now that my sister is married, my sister doesn't even have a whereabouts." It's not that I hate to get married, I'm afraid that 'she' will think of me one day and find someone to marry me at random, and I will be ruined for the rest of my life. ”

That she, naturally, refers to the county lord of Chaoxia.

This is the first time that Xiao Ru has pointed out the idea of Chaoxia County in front of Jiuniang.

"Aren't you on good terms with Wang Shilang?" After talking for a long time, I guess I want to hear her say this.

Xiao Ru's eyes flashed with joy, and she lowered her head and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Sister, you also know that my sister is not as good as you, and she doesn't even give her a legitimate identity in the family, so what kind of face do I have to stay with Brother Shiro." ”

It's really beautiful, I'm afraid it's too low to enter the gate of the Wang family at all.

Xiao Ru also seems to realize that her statement is a little too beautified, others don't know the specifics of her and Wang Shilang, Xiao Jiuniang, who is Cheng Wenjing's friend, must know. She pretended to be extremely sad and choked up: "Brother Shiro doesn't change his mind about me, but his mother's side ...... Wang's ......"

Here Xiao Ru pulled Jiuniang to cry like this, over there Xiao Banniang and Xiao Shi Niang and Xiao Shi Niang were a little uneasy, but they didn't have any friendship with these two people on weekdays, and they just nodded when they met in the past, but they didn't know what to say at this time. I can only hang my head a little embarrassed, I can't go, I can't go.

Xiao Ru didn't seem to care about it, and she didn't care about her face, pulling Jiu Niang's sleeve with one hand, and wiping her tears with the other hand to cry.

In fact, Xiao Ru was also forced to be anxious, the Cheng family had officially made it clear to the Wang family that they would not marry Cheng Wenjing to Wang Shilang, and Mrs. Wang thought that it was all Xiao Ru's bad things, so she was angry with her, detained Wang Shilang at home and did not say anything, and strictly ordered him not to meet Xiao Ru again.

It's not the first time that Mrs. Wang has done this kind of thing, but she is more determined than ever before. In order to completely cut off the two, Mrs. Wang has repeatedly haunted various banquets in the past few days, and there have been rumors that Mrs. Wang is picking a daughter-in-law for herself. Xiao Ru couldn't see Wang Shilang, and when he heard this kind of movement, he was afraid that it would be too late to cook the raw rice and regret it, so he could only come to Jiuniang for help.

She thought about it, Xiao Jiuniang is now the princess of Chu, as long as she comes forward to agree, Mrs. Wang will definitely agree to this marriage.

"How do you want me to help you?"

Xiao Rumeiyu showed a little joy, squeezed the handkerchief in his hand tightly, and said with anticipation: "Please also ask my sister to go to Wang's house to help me say ......."

Jiu Niang withdrew her sleeve impatiently, "Xiao Ru, your head is not broken, you don't know what the relationship between Mrs. Wang and that side is?" Do you think they will see you marry Wang Shilang? Not to mention anything else, there has already been a tacit understanding between the Wang family and the Cheng family, if you didn't intervene in it, I'm afraid the two families would have already become Qin and Jin. Mrs. Cheng is the daughter of the old lady of the Wang family, for this matter, the two families almost fell out, how much face do you think others will ignore these and marry you? ”

Xiao Ru's face was purple with embarrassment, but she gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, feeling that Xiao Jiuniang was all prevaricating.

In her previous life, Xiao Jiuniang was in her own position, why can't she, she can't?!

She doesn't understand that people are different from each other, not to mention that Jiuniang has never tried her best to seduce Wang Shilang in her previous life, but Wang Shilang has a deep love for Jiuniang and wants to marry her. For the sake of Jiuniang, Wang Shilang didn't care about it at all, and even forced him to die.

And although Wang Shilang is somewhat affectionate towards Xiao Ru, even Wang Shilang himself is confused about this love. Especially with Jiu Niang Zhuan Mei in front, the reason why Wang Shilang will forcibly suppress his affection for Jiu Niang is just because there are too many things that have happened that make him have no face to face Jiu Niang, and the King of Chu's actions are too fast, and when he is not ready, he will set Jiu Niang, so that his feelings can only be in vain.

For Xiao Ru, he may be out of pity or empathy, how can he be as unswerving as Jiuniang in his previous life. Maybe Xiao Ru understands this qiē in her heart, but she can't care about this qiē, this is the man she has loved for two lifetimes, and it is also her only life-saving straw rope now.

"That's why I ask my sister to have mercy, please help me......"

Jiu Niang sneered: "Why should I help you?" ”

Xiao Ru was stunned for a moment, gritted her teeth and said: "After all, we are compatriots of the same mother, even if you don't look at me as a sister, look at A-Niang......"

"Don't mention A-Niang to me, if A-Niang knows that you have done such an ugly thing, I guess I want to strangle you. Wenjing is my friend, you know what you did, don't let me say it and slap you in the face. Also, the Wang family did such a thing to me, and now you actually asked me not to match you and Wang Shilang, Xiao Ru, who do you think you are? ”

"Xiao Jiuniang, are you so ruthless? After all, I am your own sister, if I am not good, can you have light on your face? Xiao Ru said sadly.

"Say whatever you want, it doesn't matter to you whether I have a light on my face or not." Jiuniang stood up, smoothed her sleeves, and nodded to Xiao Banniang and the others on the side: "Your Royal Highness is sick in bed now, but I should not stay for a long time, you can help me talk to my grandmother, and say that Jiuniang will go back to the house first, and come to visit her after a while." ”

After speaking, Jiu Niang led Lianzhi and Xiaocui to go out, and the people waiting outside did not stop them.

In fact, the reason why Jiu Niang had such an attack was nothing more than wanting to make it clear to Xiao Ru, so as not to make any thoughts from her in the future, and she also understood that the King of Chu had not arrived today, I am afraid that the Xiao family would have ideas, and they would definitely ask her to speak later.

Jiuniang was too lazy to make a false deal with the Xiao family, so she simply took advantage of this to leave, as for whether the Xiao family would be angry with Xiao Ru because of this, it was none of her business.

*

The princess returned to the door, but came back so early.

Although the people of the Chu Wangfu didn't say anything, they all measured it in their eyes, and they knew that something must have happened.

King Chu was not in the main courtyard, but not long after Jiuniang came back, he appeared.

"But Shun lì?"

Jiu Niang nodded, and told some of the things that happened after she went back, including Xiao Ru's begging for her and her taking the opportunity to leave in anger.

When the king of Chu heard this, he was silent and did not say anything else.

For such a woman as Xiao, although he has never seen it, he knows it. knew that she used to be her favorite sister, but for some reason the situation changed drastically. He ordered someone to check it, but no matter what he said, it was not enough to make her attitude change so much, unless......

The king of Chu has now believed in the truth of that dream, although many of the things that happened in it did not happen, but many things are traceable. Especially through the words in that dream, he has done a lot of things recently, which makes him more convinced.

Recently, this dream has gradually slipped in a bad direction, which has added a lot of obscure thoughts to the King of Chu, if it weren't for the fact that the person in front of him is already his wife, he has already married her, and the King of Chu doesn't know what he will do. Now that this Xiao Ru and that Wang Shilang are together, the King of Chu is happy to see it happen, and he can't wait to help them.

Thinking of this, King Chu said, "What do you think?" But do you want this king to help her? ”

Jiu Niang's face froze, and she said, "No, I don't want to have anything to do with her." ”

After the words came out, Jiu Niang realized the stiffness of her tone. Thinking of Xiao Ru is her own sister, will she treat her like this will make the King of Chu suspicious, after all, Xiao Ru has not done anything to hurt her in this life, even if there are some small actions, it is not enough to make the two sisters who depend on each other turn against each other like this.

Jiu Niang was still thinking about how to explain to the King of Chu in order to dispel his doubts, but the King of Chu took out a key from his sleeve and handed it to her.

"This is the key to the inner library, and it will be kept by you in the future. This is on the surface, and this king also has another private treasury. ”

The king of Chu stopped at the point, and Jiu Niang didn't ask much, and the matter of the private treasury was not something she could interfere in, she just had to take care of the things on the surface.

King Chu actually appreciates Jiu Niang's interest very much, it doesn't take much effort to talk to smart people, the tacit understanding between the two is so good that it makes people feel weird, it seems that he just looks at him and says a word, she can understand what he means, and she won't question it too much. With Jiu Niang's cooperation, he must be more smooth in the future, after all, he is not easy to interfere in some back house affairs, such as those sent by the palace.

"Tomorrow you will gather them together, and you will see them. Do what you have to do and don't think too much about it. ”

Is this a carriage and a horse that is going to support her?

is so good, she just married into the palace of the king of Chu, and on the face it is the princess of Chu, if there is no support from the king of Chu, I am afraid that many people will not put her in their eyes.

I don't know how many demons and monsters I will see tomorrow, Jiu Niang feels a headache just thinking about it, but what should be faced always has to be faced.

*

There is a council hall near the front yard of the main courtyard, which is also the place where the housekeeper takes care of housekeeping.

After Jiuniang got married, she packed it up for backup, and it was just used today.

The chamber was very large, and on the north side was built a large pedestal, with a sandalwood table and a small table, and several brocade upholstery. Jiu Niang was wearing a peach-colored shirt and long skirt, sitting on it, and beside her was the King of Chu, who was holding a scroll in his hand and looking at it, as if he didn't care about external objects. Although this is the case, the appearance of the King of Chu has already explained a lot of problems, and these people standing below are very well-behaved and honest.

Jiu Niang looked at the people below, and at this time, the huge hall was packed, and these people were divided into several groups. You won't notice it when you're in it, but if you look at it from a high vantage point, you can see these clues.

There are four stewards in the palace of the king of Chu, namely Sun I, Sun II, Sun III, and Sun IV. When Jiuniang saw that his appearance was different, he knew that it was probably not a brother or something, and it was estimated that he had changed his name for memory.

Jiu Niang didn't think wrong, Chang Shun had to serve with the King of Chu every day, and he had to take care of the affairs of the palace, and there were hundreds of people in the entire Chu Palace, and he could remember it clearly. These stewards are said to be stewards, but they are different from other places in the Chu Palace, they all sign a death contract, and they can be regarded as the personal servants of the King of Chu, so it is natural to change their names.

Among them, Sun Yi is in charge of the front yard and some guests, Sun Er is in charge of the kitchen and carriage and horse travel, Sun San is in charge of purchasing, etc., and Sun Si is in charge of the account room, which can be regarded as a clear division of labor. As for the servants in the palace, the palace people are managed by a person named Mama He, and the inner attendant is managed by a eunuch named Wang Delai.

Jiu Niang took the roster, named by the lotus branch, and faced each other one by one.

She didn't plan to do anything today, but she came to get acquainted with the people below and prepare for the future. After all, she has only been here for a short time, and she can't see whether she is loyal or not.

"Well, this princess has just arrived, and she is not very clear about some things in the palace. In the future, it will naturally be Xiao who follows Cao Gui, so let's do it first. Of course, if you don't do a good job, or do something to deceive your superiors and subordinates, then don't blame this princess for turning her face and being ruthless. ”

Jiu Niang put down the roster in her hand, raised her eyes and said, "You are all scattered." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone walked out, and this person was Liu Nushi. There were still a few groups of people in the crowd, all of them in groups of three or five, although they didn't even come out, but their eyes were all staring at Liu Nushi's movements.

Jiu Niang thought to herself, this is probably the person sent from everywhere that the King of Chu said before, in fact, just sitting on it, Jiu Niang saw the clue, but she didn't plan to pay attention to these people.

"Princess Da'an."

Liu Nushi made a salute, from the perspective of etiquette, it is still good, but the premise is that she ignored Jiuniang before she was asked to get up, she couldn't help but raise her head and look directly at Jiuniang's movements.

This is disrespectful. However, in Liu Nushi's mind, relying on the fact that she was rewarded by Emperor Chengyuan, she did not feel that she was disrespectful in this behavior.

Chang Shun frowned slightly, King Chu still looked at the book in his hand, and he didn't raise his eyebrows, but Jiu Niang smiled. She smiled very brightly, and went to look at Liu Nushi, it seemed that this Liu Nushi looked very strange to her.

didn't scream, Liu Nushi didn't dare to get up, she could only pout her buttocks and maintain a weird posture of half-tilting her head. But at this time, she also realized that there was something wrong with her move, but she lowered her head, and she was a little unwilling, and when she was embarrassed, Jiu Niang spoke up.

Jiu Niang touched her face, moved up and down, and asked abruptly, "How does this princess look?" ”

Liu Nushi was stunned for a moment, and said dryly: "The princess is a flower and a moon, not comparable to ordinary people." ”

Jiu Niang stretched out her finger and tapped her a few times, and smiled coquettishly: "Hehe, you are a visionary." ”

Before the words could be silenced in the air, the lotus branch standing on the side stood up and reprimanded: "You are so bold, the princess did not call up, you dare to look up without authorization." Where are you, who taught you the rules, and the rules are all learned from dogs? ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

There are countless people standing below, all of whom look at the lotus branch with very unbelievable eyes, as if the lotus branch is some kind of anomaly. Doesn't the maid next to the princess know that this person is a female official in the palace, who is now given to help His Highness take care of the internal affairs of the palace?

But it's no wonder that she doesn't know, after all, this new princess has only been in the house for three days, and today is the first time she has summoned the people below. It's just that after the general housewife enters the door, shouldn't she first inquire about the situation in the house, and then treat it as appropriate, so as not to stumble in front of the horse, why is it that the new princess has completely changed her appearance here?

This is the voice of many people, but there are also people who don't see it that way.

In the crowd, Sun Yi and the few stewards looked at each other and remained silent.

In fact, not everyone in the Chu Wangfu does not know Jiu Niang, after all, Jiu Niang has not been in and out of the Chu Wangfu once or twice. Although some people have not seen it, many people know that His Royal Highness is a 'little cousin', and His Royal Highness looks at him differently, and he does not need to say anything. So before coming today, some smart people have beaten their subordinates, made their skin tighter, and respected the new princess, if they don't provoke His Royal Highness's ruthlessness, it will not be something that can be solved by playing two boards.

Some of the veteran subordinates in the palace of the king of Chu all understand the temperament of the king of Chu, that is, if he does not make a move, he will either die or be injured.

It's just that these people who were sent from all over the place didn't know about it, and no one mentioned them. These people are relying on the people behind them, but they have been showing off their power in front of these subordinates in the Chu Palace, and now they see that the princess has signs of cleaning them up, and everyone is happy to watch the show.

Jiuniang gave Lianzhi an appreciative look, and turned her head to look at Liu Nushi again.

At this time, Liu Nushi was embarrassed and angry, her face turned red, and her eyes flashed. But she also knew that she had broken the rules, and it was her fault wherever she made trouble, so she could only give in first.

Liu Nushi knocked her head, fell to the ground, and hissed: "The princess forgives her sins, the princess forgives her sins, they are all slaves and maids." When the slave maid sees the flower and moon appearance of the mother, she looks like an immortal, and she will lose her temper for a while. ”

Jiuniang chuckled, this is a clever talker, seeing that she praised her for her vision, she pushed the boat and said that she would be innocent for a while. If she reprimanded her, she would naturally say that she was not good-looking, and Fang Cai's 'vision' was undoubtedly a slap in the face. But if she doesn't reprimand, then isn't this Xia Wei that she worked so hard to make end up without a problem?

Jiuniang was not in a hurry, and the smiling Ren Liu Nushi kowtowed her head one after another below.

She is above, Liu Nushi is below, even if this Liu Nushi was rewarded by Emperor Chengyuan, she is just a slave to her. How clear the hierarchy of Daqi is, everyone knows that a slave and maid will be killed if they say they are killed, and they will not even complain about injustice.

What's more, this is in the palace of the king of Chu, her man is the prince of today, she is the princess of Chu who is the saint of Qinfeng, I don't believe that if a slave is killed, what will Emperor Chengyuan do with her as a daughter-in-law, after all, her daughter-in-law was selected by Emperor Chengyuan to the king of Chu.

Especially Jiuniang listened to the words of the King of Chu yesterday, and also understood some of the behaviors of Emperor Chengyuan. I'm afraid that none of the people on this bright face were originally given by Emperor Chengyuan, probably because the queen and others blew the wind from the head, and Emperor Chengyuan pushed the boat down the river and rewarded it. As long as you don't move the one in the dark, presumably Emperor Chengyuan won't care.

This qiē Jiuniang has already been measured, so yesterday I discussed it with Lianzhi, these people don't come out, if someone jumps out uninterestingly, she will use it to kill chickens and monkeys.

Sure enough, a palace lady beside Liu Nushi couldn't help it, and jumped out and said: "Please also ask the princess to forgive her sins, Liu Nushi has recently managed His Royal Highness's wedding, and she hasn't slept well for many days, and she is also in a trance, so she will commit the next offense." However, Liu Nushi was rewarded by His Majesty, so the princess didn't save some face for His Majesty? ”

This is also a clever talker, that is, he pointed out the identity of Liu Nushi, and told his credit, but he was a little too stupid, and he was really arrogant to use Emperor Chengyuan to suppress Jiuniang.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be afraid of Emperor Chengyuan and give in. But is Jiuniang an ordinary person? Obviously not, so she seemed to be a little stunned to look at this servant girl, and when she saw that the other party couldn't help but hang her head, she cried out and pounced on the King of Chu: "Cousin, they joined forces to bully me!" ”

Only then did the king of Chu put down the scroll in his hand, stretched out his hand to hold the infinitely wronged person who was leaning on his arms, swept his head with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Punishment one." ”

"The subordinates are here."

In the crowd, a thin man with a cold face came out, about thirty years old. It looks really inconspicuous, but no one dares not to put him in his eyes, because in the palace of the King of Chu, the first punishment is the responsibility of the criminal.

From the royal court's subordinate guards to a miscellaneous slave and maid, once a mistake is committed, the punishment is carried out by him and his men. It stands to reason that he shouldn't have been here today, but for some reason he was already hidden in the crowd.

"Drag it down, and you will be flogged twenty times."

"Yes."

Soon several servants ran out of the crowd and dragged the palace lady down.

For a moment, the entire council hall was silent.

I don't know when, Liu Nushi also stopped kowtowing, and lay there trembling all over, I'm afraid she also knows that according to the current situation, no matter what she does, it is useless.

There is no doubt that she was rewarded by Emperor Chengyuan, but would Emperor Chengyuan reprimand his son because of a slave? Obviously not, there is no one, and another one is.

Jiuniang was so aggrieved that her eyes turned red, and she pointed at Liu Nushi and said, "I don't like her, let her go." Cousin, you have her sent back. ”

As soon as King Chu's eyes moved, someone walked out and pulled Liu Nushi from the ground and dragged him away. Liu Nushi was disheveled, her face was full of ashes, and she didn't dare to struggle.

At this time, Chang Shun stood up, cleared his throat, and waved his hand: "It's all gone, what are you doing here." ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone shrunk their necks and retreated.

Seeing that everyone had dispersed, Jiu Niang sat up from King Chu's arms and smiled at him. Look at his face again, there are no tears, they are all pretended.

Jiu Niang's eyes were a little embarrassed, she hadn't discussed this move with King Chu in advance, but she didn't expect King Chu to give her face like this and let her sing this play.

After this incident, the impression of her outside is probably that she is arrogant and willful, relying on the king of Chu to favor her, so she is willful. And the king of Chu will also be named greedy for beauty, conniving at his wife, and ignorant of things.

But it doesn't matter, she's a woman, she's young, and she shouldn't be sensible. There are many women who are not sensible, and it is nothing if there is one more woman, who makes her ignorant.

King Chu's eyes showed a strange light, glanced at Jiu Niang, and said in a low voice: "In the future, the outside will probably attribute this king to King Zhou You's generation." ”

Jiuniang coughed embarrassedly, and suddenly remembered what she had done last night to let him come with her today, and her face suddenly turned red.