==Chapter 129==

Last night, I didn't stop until midnight, and I entered the palace early this morning, and after Jiuniang got into the carriage out of the palace, a feeling of exhaustion arose.

Back to the palace of the king of Chu, there was something to do in the front yard, Jiu Niang and the king of Chu parted ways, one went to the study in the front yard, and the other went back to the backyard.

The layout of this Chu Wangfu is similar to that of most rich and noble families, but the area is more extensive.

If the entire Chu Wangfu is serious, it is actually divided into six parts. They are the front and rear courtyards located in the middle road, and the four courtyards in the southeast, northwest and northwest that are surrounded. It is said to be a hospital, but it is just a general term for dividing regions.

Among them, the front yard is where the king of Chu entertains guests and handles official business on weekdays, and the back yard is the place where the ladies in the house live. The area located in the southeast corner is the area where the people of the Chu Wangfu lived, and some utility rooms such as the stables, carriages, and kitchens are also located here. A large area in the southwest corner is the place where the officials and staff members under the palace of the king of Chu handle official business and live.

In addition, the guard tent in the palace is located in the northwest, except for a few leaders who have already started a family and have their own residences in Chang'an City, and some other bachelors are all staying in the palace. As for the northeast direction is where the garden in the palace is located, the garden of the palace of the king of Chu is very large, and many pavilions and pavilions for amusement have been built during it.

The backyard is the smallest place in the entire Chu Palace, except for the main courtyard where Jiuniang lives, only a few scattered courtyards are built in the rear of it. Because there were no female dependents in the Chu Palace, most of the backyards were idle except for the main courtyard.

The main courtyard is called the main courtyard, there is no other name, before the wedding of the king of Chu, it was extensively repaired to be used as a new house, and it is also the place where the king of Chu and Jiuniang live in the future.

The whole main courtyard sits in the north and faces south, covers an area quite vast, in addition to the new house, the study, the pavilion, the garden, the kitchen, the meeting hall, there are a lot, the construction is very magnificent.

Jiuniang went back to the main courtyard, and it was useless to even have lunch, so she went back to her room to rest. After Meimei's sleep, it was time to wake up.

Lianzhi went to bring some food to serve Jiu Niang to enjoy, while Yu Da Niang told Jiu Niang about some general situations in the entire Chu Palace. After all, Jiu Niang has already married into the door, and it is a matter of time before she takes over the internal affairs of the palace, and it is good to do some understanding in advance.

Aunt Yu emphasized the mention of Liu Nushi, in addition to Liu Nushi, in fact, there are many people sent from all over the palace in the palace of Chu, as well as several other people sent from the palace, the name of the king of Chu is that the wedding of the king of Chu is understaffed, and he is sent to solve problems for the king of Chu, in fact, what he wants to do, everyone can guess.

It's just that Aunt Yu doesn't know the inside of the Chu Palace, and these are just what she inquired about in the past two days, and the rest needs to be considered by Jiu Niang herself.

After Jiuniang listened, she clicked and let Aunt Yu go down.

Instead of asking yourself, it is better to ask the King of Chu or Chang Shun, after all, people are allowed to come in by them, and they should have their own charters. Now that she is married to the King of Chu, she is unanimous with the outside world.

Jiuniang ate something, then went for a walk in the courtyard to eat, and by the way, she walked around the entire courtyard to understand the situation. When he came back, he found that the king of Chu was already sitting in the house.

"Why did Your Highness come back and didn't order someone to call the concubine?"

The king of Chu was holding a book in his hand, and was sitting on the soft couch by the window reading a book, glanced up at her, and said, "This king has just come back." ”

Jiu Niang smiled dryly and went to sit down beside him.

Somehow, it may be because of the sudden change of identity, or it may be last night's experience, Jiu Niang always felt a little embarrassed when facing the King of Chu alone, and there was a sense of crampedness that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

"Gone for a walk?"

"Took a walk around the yard."

King Chu nodded, "It's good to understand, some of the general affairs in the palace were always taken care of in the past, and they will be handed over to you in the future." ”

Jiuniang was not surprised that King Chu would say this, nodded, and said, "Your Highness, can you tell me about the situation in the palace, and the history of Liu Nushi, it is said that she was sent from the palace to take care of internal affairs, and I don't know who she was sent from, and what is her identity?" ”

Seeing that Jiu Niang asked clearly, the king of Chu put down the scroll in his hand and said: "There were no female dependents in the mansion in the past, so there was actually no internal affairs in the mansion, just some general affairs, at most, it was to deal with the daily needs of some waiters and staff members in the mansion and the supply of monthly money, as well as the income in the mansion and the exchange of favors during the New Year and the filial piety of the subordinates. Chang Shun has several stewards under him, who are in charge of these. As for Liu Nushi, this person-"

King Chu paused, "From the bright side, she was rewarded by her father, but she is actually Empress Xiao's person." There are still some people in the palace who were sent from all over the palace when they got married before, but this king has already explained to Chang Shun, and ordered someone to keep an eye on them secretly, and if you find a reason to send them in the future, you don't have to pay attention to these. Only Liu Nushi, because under the guise of her father, is not easy to deal with for a while, and among the palace people brought by Liu Nushi, there are people from the father, you have to pay attention to this. ”

It seems that the king of Chu has not relaxed on these people sent from everywhere, and he has also checked and checked.

Jiu Niang's head was big when she heard it, and she didn't mention those internal affairs, although the King of Chu said it implicitly, but Jiu Niang also heard it, and this took advantage of the wedding of the King of Chu, and there were many people everywhere. That's it, there is even a bright reward from Emperor Chengyuan, who is actually Queen Xiao's spies, and Emperor Chengyuan actually secretly planted nails.

What does he want to do? He even ordered someone to spy on the King of Chu!

Well, as an emperor, this kind of behavior is not uncommon, presumably there must be people from Emperor Chengyuan in the palace of the King of Chu. But I heard that the king of Chu just said that it was one of the palace people brought by Liu Nushi, so needless to say, it must have just been stuffed. can be above board, but he chose to take a detour in secret, and he looked at her when she first entered the door, so what was it for, it goes without saying.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but have a shuddering feeling, she remembered the reason why Emperor Chengyuan gave herself to the King of Chu as a concubine before.

Emperor Chengyuan so hoped that the king of Chu would have no queen? Obviously, I already have a doctor's diagnosis, but I still don't feel at ease, the nightmare that has plagued me for most of my life in my previous life, and this life has become my own dependence, I really don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but feel a little pity in her eyes when she looked at King Chu, but she quickly disappeared.

The organ is too smart, but unfortunately no matter how much it is calculated, it can't withstand the mandate of heaven, and it can be said that it is Emperor Chengyuan. He probably didn't think that the one who would get the throne in the end was this son he had always regarded as a tool. While Emperor Chengyuan was calculating the king of Chu, the king of Chu was also calculating him. There is no father and son in the heavenly family, I am afraid that the so-called father-son relationship has long been abandoned by the king of Chu, and he has nothing to pity himself.

Even so, Jiu Niang's heart softened, which was a kind of affection she had never had when facing the King of Chu.

"This king's food in the house has always been in charge of the small kitchen in the inner study, this king has already explained to Chang Shun, and in the future, all the things in the kitchen of the main courtyard will be responsible there, and you also tell the people around you to be careful and vigilant. Even if the emperor's people don't do it, I'm afraid the other people will inevitably make a move. ”

The implication was that King Chu didn't say it, but Jiu Niang already understood what he meant.

The heir has always been the most important thing for the royal family, and if there is an additional concubine in the palace of King Cheng of Zhao, I am afraid that Emperor Chengyuan will not want to, nor can he wait to ignore it, and the minister of Chinese Wu will also have his own discretion.

But she-

Jiu Niang glanced at King Chu complicatedly.

"This king has a different path from theirs, so you don't have to worry about this issue." King Chu seemed to see the complexity in Jiu Niang's eyes, and said, "Now this king should not have children, and he can't have them." And Doctor Liu also said that your body can be recuperated for a year or two. ”

Is this comfort?

Well, she actually likes this comfort!

Don't worry about heirs, there are no other women in the backyard, although this is only temporary. As for the future, let's talk about it later, she didn't want to think about it at this time.

*

After having dinner and washing up again, Jiuniang and King Chu each took a book to read to pass this rare free time.

After reading for a while, King Chu put down the book in his hand, and Jiu Niang, who had been secretly paying attention to King Chu's movements, couldn't help but tremble her hands, but she still pretended not to know.

"You all go down."

Lianzhi and the others who served on the side answered yes, and then retreated.

Jiuniang still pretended to read the book and read it with relish.

King Chu glanced at her and got up from his wheelchair.

"Rest in peace, serve the king and change his clothes."

You're welcome!

Jiuniang glanced at him sadly, put down the book in her hand, and went to the side of King Chu to help him undress.

They had already washed up, so King Chu and Jiu Niang were dressed extremely lightly, but they wore a robe over their bedclothes. Even if Jiu Niang wanted to take her time, it would be too obvious if she continued to rub it off, and she put the clothes that King Chu had taken off on the hanger on the side.

The king of Chu had already gone to the front of the couch and stood there squinting at her.

Jiu Niang hurriedly took off her robe and went to the bed with only a bed coat.

She climbed into bed first, and after getting on the couch, she went to the innermost part and lay down, far away from the outside, the king of Chu didn't say anything, and after sitting down on the bed, he put down the bed tent.

The bedroom was extremely quiet, and the yellow light illuminated the room very warmly.

After Jiu Niang lay down, she closed her eyes tightly, looking like she was about to fall asleep.

The king of Chu was still silent.

Jiu Niang felt that he was lying down beside her, and there was still some distance in the middle.

A hand climbed up his waist, and this was bearable.

The hand is a little dishonest and slides around, this can be tolerated.

Gradually, something was wrong with the sliding place, and Jiu Niang couldn't help but tense her body.

Suddenly, King Chu withdrew his hand and pulled her over, "Asleep?" ”

"Well, the concubine is already asleep."

King Chu seemed to sneer, and did not speak to Jiu Niang again, but propped one hand on the side of his head, and touched her face with the other. Fingers moved gently, along the tall nose, over the pink and trembling lips, and down to the slender jade neck......

The slender fingers seemed to be very fond of this neck, lingering on it for a long time, and just when Jiu Niang couldn't help but want to tremble, her fingertips went down inch by inch, provoking the obstructive silk quilt, revealing two touches of roundness wrapped under the small clothes, and he grabbed it almost without hesitation......

Jiuniang couldn't bear it anymore, opened her eyes, and endured the discomfort in her chest, "Your Highness, go to sleep." ”

"You just sleep."

The King of Chu looked leisurely, caressing and twisting slowly in his hands.

So, how can she sleep!

Before Jiuniang could react, the king of Chu pulled the belt on his bedclothes, threw the silk robe aside, lifted the quilt, and covered it.

"It hurts ......"

Jiu Niang leaned on the shoulder socket of the King of Chu and pressed her hands against his chest.

In fact, Jiuniang is really not a hypocritical person, nor is she the kind of person who can't endure hardship, it was so difficult to test drugs at the beginning, she survived, how could she not survive this kind of thing.

It's just that she has a shadow in her heart, when Jiuniang and Wang Shilang got married in their previous life, everything was perfect, but it was not so smooth between the sheets.

Without him, it's too hard.

In the previous life, Jiuniang and Wang Shilang were both chicks, and naturally it was not easy for the chicks to feel good with each other, the first few times she hurt him, he hurt him, and finally he didn't hurt anymore, Jiuniang still hurt. After many times, Jiuniang is very reluctant to this kind of thing, and she can avoid it.

This time again, Jiuniang made countless psychological preparations, and decided to take out the tenacity when she tested the poison to survive, but if it was said that it was very painful to be with Wang Shilang in the previous life, then it was very painful to be with the King of Chu, Wang Shilang was always hasty in the previous life, and the longest time was only a quarter of an hour, but the King of Chu seemed to have endless energy. The two times last night really scared Jiu Niang, each time longer than the other, and now she is still a little uncomfortable.

"Not this time, this king is lighter."

Jiuniang shook her head again and again, pushing King Chu hard, shouting in her mouth: "It will definitely hurt, I still hurt now, or, or tomorrow......"

The king of Chu breathed tightly, patiently, and coaxed in a low voice: "The first time it hurts, it's good to do two more times, this king asked Imperial Doctor Liu today." ”

Jiu Niang's face turned red, and she almost wanted to die.

He, he actually went to ask Imperial Doctor Liu about this......

Without waiting for Jiu Niang to speak again, the King of Chu continued to move, probed twice, and then sank down.

Jiuniang bared her teeth in pain, and before she had time to catch her breath, she was hit again, and suddenly knocked out all her tears. Especially in such a posture, and there is such a scene below, Jiuniang was so ashamed that her eyes were red, and she pushed King Chu with her hands.

"I... It really hurts, you come out ......"

King Chu lowered his eyes, pulled away her jade hand against him, lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, and said darkly: "You and I are already husband and wife, and everything else can indulge you, but this is not the only one." ”

I wanted to ignore her protest anymore, but looking at her pitiful appearance, King Chu sighed, turned it over, propped himself up, and took out a small white porcelain jar from the dark cabinet at the bedside.

"Don't move, this king will rub some medicine for you."

Jiuniang thought that the king of Chu wanted to let her go, so she hurriedly nodded and went to take the small jar in the hand of the king of Chu, wanting to avoid rubbing the medicine herself. Who would have thought that the King of Chu would not let her go at all, and insisted on doing it himself. She thought that she would be able to escape the catastrophe today if she rubbed the medicine, so she endured the shame of letting the king of Chu do it, and finally the medicine was wiped, but she still didn't hide if she wanted to hide.

Only then did Jiu Niang realize that this medicine could not only be rubbed, but also had other uses.

*

Jiu Niang was in a strange mood, so much so that after waking up in the morning, her face was also stiff.

Lianzhi saw that the princess's face was not good, and remembered the movement last night, so they didn't dare to say much, and they all served lightly.

However, the King of Chu seems to be in a good mood today, and his usual condensed face is much more relaxed today.

Today is the day when Jiuniang returns to the door, because there is still plenty of time, but there is no hurry. After breakfast, Jiuniang didn't pay attention to King Chu, went back to sleep on the couch for half an hour, and then got up to wash and change clothes and prepare to go back to Anguo Mansion.

Today, Jiuniang is going to go back to the Anguo Mansion alone, and she discussed it with the King of Chu yesterday. Accompanied by the King of Chu to return to the door, Jiu Niang can indeed grow a lot of faces, but what the group of people in the Xiao family have to do, no one knows better than King Chu and Jiu Niang, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, this face is not long.

The floor of the bedroom is paved with a light brown wooden floor, a huge Persian carpet with a red background with a gold silk peony pattern is paved in the center, a six-leaf landscape screen divides the whole bedroom into two, on the inside is a spacious vertical tent box type sandalwood bed, on one side of the bed is a wardrobe, a standing cabinet and two four-legged carved three-color cabinets with animal heads, a sandalwood hanger is placed in the east corner, and there is a gilded lotus incense burner on top of the curved foot table.

There is a Hunan concubine soft couch under the window, there are a few short and high on the side, there are a few dendrobes on it, and there are very delicate flowers in it, which are only cut this morning. Under the south window is a low-footed dressing table with a bronze mirror, which is half a human height.

At this time, Jiu Niang sat on the lapless chair in front of the dressing table, letting Lianzhi and her make up, while the King of Chu was half-leaning on the soft couch and reading a book idly.

Jiu Niang is wearing a carmine cloud gauze skirt today, with a silver mud shawl on her shoulders, a flying fairy bun on her head, a peach tortoiseshell flower string on her head and a red gold silk inlaid red treasure step shake, a few sideburns and a red gold sideburns are inserted next to the temples, and the thin gold tassels on the sideburns hang down next to the corners of Jiu Niang's eyes, lining her with extraordinarily beautiful eyebrows.

Especially when she is a first-time wife, there is a lazy atmosphere all over her body, which makes people almost unable to take their eyes off it.

Lianzhi finally helped Jiuniang wipe the peach-colored lipstick, and the whole grooming process was finished.

Jiuniang stood up and took a picture in front of the mirror before nodding with satisfaction. She peeked at the King of Chu, cleared her throat, and said, "Your Highness, the concubine has returned to the Anguo Mansion." ”

King Chu put down the book in his hand, glanced up at her, and nodded.

Jiu Niang suddenly felt a sense of shame in her heart, and she didn't dare to look at him, so she hurried out of the bedroom.

The return ceremony has been prepared a long time ago, someone in the house has arranged these, and the frame has been prepared, Jiu Niang took the lotus branch and Xiaocui and the two got into the carriage and went all the way to the Anguo Mansion.

The main gate of the Anguo Mansion was wide open today, the courtyard and the street in front of the door were extremely clean, and there were already small servants waiting at the door.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate, and the royal guards who were accompanying them dismounted and scattered around to make a gesture of protection.

At this time, a group of people had already gathered in front of the Anguo Mansion, including Xiao Langjun, Xiao Dong, Erlangjun, Xiao Dong, Cui and Zheng, leading a group of servants and maids to wait in front of the gate.

Seeing this posture, it is probably because the Xiao family thinks that the King of Chu will also come today, Xiao Nan and Xiao Dong are here to welcome the King of Chu, and the Cui family and the Zheng family are naturally to welcome Jiuniang.

But he never thought that only Jiu Niang got down from the carriage, Xiao Yu Xiao Dong waited eagerly, and looked at the door of the carriage again and again, until the carriage had driven to the side door where the carriage was parked, and then he withdrew his eyes in disappointment.

Several people looked at Jiuniang in a complicated manner.

"Princess Chu Da'an."

Jiuniang didn't seem to check the complicated faces of several people, her face was full of smiles, and her hands made a false gesture: "Uncle and second uncle, please don't be polite." ”

Cui Shi glanced at his husband, stepped forward to take Jiu Niang's hand, and asked kindly, "Why didn't His Royal Highness the King of Chu come today?" ”

Could it be that the king of Chu did not love Jiuniang as much as he imagined, or did Jiuniang make a mistake in the two days of the wedding, which angered the king of Chu, so that he did not accompany her on the day he returned to the door?

In fact, no one stipulates that the princess must be accompanied by her husband, and the royal family with an arrogant attitude is not nothing, but there is an example of Xiao Sanniang returning to the door before, and the king of Chu has expressed such love for Jiuniang, and the Anguo Mansion has inevitably entered a kind of ideological misunderstanding.

That is, on the day Jiuniang returns to the door, the King of Chu will definitely appear in the Anguo Mansion.

As early as yesterday, the whole Anguo Mansion began to prepare to welcome the princess of Chu back to the door, and all the masters in the mansion also discussed together how to entrap the king of Chu today, as well as make friends with him, who would have thought that today would be in vain.

Jiu Niang's face showed a hint of gloom, and she said softly: "Your Highness has a leg disease, so I didn't accompany Jiu Niang back today." ”

Several people's faces were abrupt, the leg disease of the king of Chu is the root of the old disease, and it will always occur frequently every year when it is cold, and this matter is known to everyone in the court, so it can only be said that the opportunity is not a coincidence. Everyone put away their disappointed expressions, and Cui Shi asked with concern: "It's not strict, right?" Did you summon the imperial doctor to come over and see it? ”

"Imperial Physician Liu has helped His Royal Highness to see it, this is the root of the old disease, and it will be cured after a few days."

In the end, it was in front of the gate, not a place for gossip, and a group of people hugged Jiuniang and went inside. After that, Xiao Yu and Xiao Dong went to do their own errands, while Cui's and Zheng's hugged Jiuniang to the backyard.

When I arrived at Anrong Courtyard, all the female relatives of the Anguo Mansion were waiting here, and Jiu Niang explained to the Duchess of Anguo again, although everyone had different thoughts, it was not revealed in the end.

In the absence of the county lord of Chaoxia, who was the mother-in-law, the Cui family, the Zheng family, Xiao Siniang and others accompanied Jiuniang to talk. It was noon, and he set up a banquet to entertain him. After the meal, Duchess Anguo had the habit of taking a nap and went to take a nap, and the Cui family and the Zheng family also had their own affairs, so they ordered Xiao Siniang and other sisters to accompany Jiuniang.

"Ninth sister, why didn't the brother-in-law of King Chu come back with you today?"

Xiao Qi Niang had wanted to have a seizure for a long time, but because the elders were here, since there were only her own sisters left, she spared no effort to mock Jiu Niang.

Jiuniang's eyebrows were light: "Didn't you say the reason a long time ago, didn't the seventh sister hear it?" ”

Xiao Qiniang muttered something in a low voice, raised her eyebrows and laughed sarcastically: "It's not that the brother-in-law of King Chu doesn't value you as much as he imagined, you see that when the third sister returned to the door, Chengwang's brother-in-law has been with him, making me and other sisters envious." ”

This Xiao Qi Niang spoke really directly, and she didn't even want to do some superficial work, which shows that she really planned to break the jar.

Xiao Qiniang is really not in a good mood these days.

Without him, she was stimulated by the big wedding of Xiao Sanniang, Xiao Liuniang, Xiao Jiuniang, and the three of them had so many dowries, but at the end of the day, there was only a pitiful sixty dowry, Cui's there was no subsidy for her at all, and her mother was a concubine, where was there anything to subsidize her, so she didn't like anyone in recent times, and she wanted to stab anyone to vent her hatred.

Xiao Sanniang was also here today, seeing this, she interjected: "Seventh sister is laughing at my sister, isn't it a reason why His Royal Highness the King of Chu didn't come, why do you sneer like this." ”

Xiao Qiniang raised her lips to refute, Xiao Sanniang hurriedly glanced at Xiao Wuniang, and the two stood up and pulled Xiao Qiniang out, "Seventh sister, my sister hasn't seen your wedding dress yet, you take my sister to see ......"

Xiao Liuniang saw that Xiao Sanniang and the others were leaving, stood up and snorted, and then turned around and left.