==Chapter 84==

After three days of exams, followed by a two-day break.

After Laba, seeing that the New Year is approaching, the King of Chu seems to have been busy recently, and the beginning of the Guozi Prison New Year's Examination, Jiuniang has never seen the King of Chu since the farewell of that day, especially these days are very busy, and he has not even gone to the private house.

After the rest, it is the annual examination list.

This time, Jiuniang did not do well in the previous exam, only took a second middle school, Cheng Wenjing improved a little compared to before, and took the C exam, while Ruan Linger took the B exam, which seems to be one step closer to the first class.

The reason why Jiuniang's grades declined was that she was dragged down by the two courses of riding and archery, and the reason why Cheng Wenjing's grades rose was due to the fact that she was first-class in both riding and archery courses, which raised the comprehensive score. As for Ruan Ling'er, like ordinary girls, she is not very good at riding and archery, but in the end she is better than Jiu Niang, and she has been enrolled for a long time, and her grades in several courses are good, coupled with the hard work during this time, it is natural that she will get B.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, the Guozijian was officially closed, and the school would not start until the twentieth day of the first month of the following year. During the whole month of recess, I was very happy with my school.

Jiuniang stayed in the house for two days, and she was a little annoyed.

Without him, since she came back from Tangquan Zhuangzi that day, although the surface is still the same as before, the attitude of the whole house towards her has changed. The people below are more respectful, Xiao Qiniang and the others are all kinds of envy and jealousy, needless to say, Duchess An Guo and Cui's Zheng family also treat her more and more kindly.

The treatment is much better, and the trouble has increased a lot.

Before, because Jiu Niang was busy with the annual exam, it was still stopped, since the rest of the country, Jiu Niang stayed in the house all day long, and every morning and dusk to set the province is indispensable, before you need to deal with the Duchess of An Guo and Cui's Zheng 'point', and then you have to deal with Xiao Si Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi and a few people jealous eyes and occasional sour words, which makes Jiu Niang annoyed.

After returning from Tangquan Zhuangzi that day, Duchess An Guo called Jiuniang over for questioning, naturally asking her about getting along with the King of Chu.

Jiu Niang only told a small half of the truth, saying that the king of Chu knew that she had been afraid of cold since she fell into the water, and this time he took her to Tangquan Zhuangzi, also thinking that Tangquan could recuperate her body, so he took her by the way. As for how to treat her, Jiu Niang said that after she arrived at Zhuangzi, she had only met the King of Chu once, and she had never met again.

Duchess An Guo was a little disappointed, but finally cheered up and comforted Jiuniang a few words. No, seeing that there was no movement after King Chu that day, and seeing that Jiu Niang was idle, he urged Jiu Niang to take the initiative to come to the door.

However, Duchess Anguo is an elder in the end, so naturally she can't tell her granddaughter to let her go to the Chu Palace, after all, the man is unmarried and the woman is not married, although Jiuniang is not young, she is not young. Therefore, the two daughters-in-law of the Cui family and the Zheng family took turns to fight, and the meaning of the words was to let Jiuniang not always stay in the house, which noble girl did not have many friends, and it was time to go out and socialize more.

As for who to socialize, there is no need to say.

Jiuniang was annoyed, so she simply did what they wanted, didn't she say that she should go out and socialize more, she couldn't go.

As for where to go?

Naturally, it is the Cheng family and the Ruan family, and she has never been to Cheng Wenjing and Ruan Ling'er's house. On the first day, I went to Cheng's Mansion to visit, and the next day I went to Ruan's Mansion with Cheng Wenjing to find Ruan Ling'er. During this period, I naturally saw the Xu family, the main mother of the Ruan Mansion, Xu was dressed up, but it was difficult to hide his haggard face, in the end, he still entertained the two of them with the style of everyone's noble ladies, and then ordered someone to wait for Jiuniang and Cheng Wenjing to find Ruan Ling'er, the three of them sat together and talked and smiled secretly, so there is no need to mention it.

After being mixed up like this for a few days, what Duchess An Guo and Cui's Zheng and others thought in their hearts, Jiuniang didn't pay attention. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, there were many affairs in the Anguo Mansion, but they also stopped.

The New Year's Festival of a wealthy family is not ordinary.

In the month of Layue, preparations began to be made, and the house was sprinkled everywhere to sweep the dust, and the lanterns were replaced with peach charms, and the whole house from the master to the subordinates prepared new clothes. It stands to reason that Anguo Gong should take his descendants back to his ancestral hometown of Lanling to burn incense and worship his ancestors, but because of the long distance, he gave up and only worshiped in Anguo Gongfu.

Chinese New Year's Eve On this day, the Chinese New Year's Eve meal was served in Anrong Temple, and as long as there were famous masters in the house, the men in the few rooms that were rarely seen in the past had arrived, and even the county lord of Chaoxia, who rarely showed up, also arrived with a stiff face.

After the meal, the whole family celebrated the New Year together, and finally survived the time, and the younger generations all got up to worship the elders and said auspicious words, and then dispersed.

The next few days are the relatives walking around each other in the New Year, but Jiuniang is a junior, and there are very few times when she needs to come forward, most of them are very close to the door, so that the juniors will show up.

During this period, King Cheng also came to the Anguo Mansion to pay New Year's greetings to his maternal grandmother and several uncles and aunts, but the King of Chu did not come.

Jiuniang hadn't seen the King of Chu for a long time, and when she saw King Cheng coming to the door at this time, she couldn't help but think of the King of Chu.

She didn't know that in these days near the end of the year, there has been no stop in the palace, since the prince's wedding, there have been many things in the East Palace, although they are all trivial things, but in the eyes of Emperor Chengyuan, it is undoubtedly a flirtatious tiger's beard. As a result, Emperor Chengyuan was also solemn at the court meeting on the first day of the New Year, not to mention that he was moody and angry on weekdays.

Emperor Chengyuan's temper became worse and worse.

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East Palace

The festive atmosphere of the New Year has not been driven away, and the princess Wang Yan'er has a sad look, and I don't know what she thought, she sat in the room again and sobbed again.

The palace people who served her didn't dare to speak out to comfort when they saw it, so they could only quietly go to the prince.

After the prince got the letter, he ordered someone to push him forward, and looking at his wife, who was worried but could not hide her miserable face, he sighed slightly and said, "Why are you crying again?" ”

In fact, in the past, Wang Yan'er was not this kind of character who loved to wash her face with tears, although her temperament was not lively and cheerful, but she was not a person who loved sadness and sadness. It's just that since marrying the crown prince and becoming the crown princess, others have seen her as honorable and tall, and no one knows that she has also borne huge pressure.

The expectations of her family, the vague hopes of Emperor Chengyuan, and the reason why she was chosen as the crown princess were all burdens for a teenage girl.

When she was newly married, Wang Yaner also spent a few days sweetly. Although the prince is not in good health, he is handsome and gentle, but she knows that there are rumors in her ears. It turned out that the reason why she was selected as the crown princess was not because she was favored by the prince, but because Emperor Chengyuan saw that she had a suitable appearance, so he decided to make her the crown princess.

Even if she knew what she was shouldering as early as when she got married, the girl Huaichun was always a poet, how could she face such □□ naked words.

secretly cried, and was learned by the prince, who told her that there was a villain to make trouble, so don't pay attention to it.

The days in the palace are difficult, especially in the East Palace, which is in this whirlpool.

Countless people looked at this place that attracted everyone's attention, and naturally there were countless ghosts and ghosts who came here one after another with all kinds of scheming methods. Wang Yan'er has been petted since she was a child, and where has she seen this kind of formation, the longer she stays in the East Palace, the more she can understand the wit.

Especially the saint has high hopes for her, and the Wang family is even more so, all kinds of secret recipes for recuperating the body and giving birth to children are poured in turns, soaked in bitter decoction every day, and there are occasional moths from time to time, she can't bear it personally, Wang Yan'er gradually has a collapse color.

Like this day, the reason why she secretly cried was because of an incident that happened in Guining on the second day of junior high school.

Emperor Chengyuan values the prince, so he treats this daughter-in-law well, and it is the royal rule that ordinary people marry into the royal family, and where is there any custom of returning to Ning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Emperor Chengyuan treats him very favorably, and he ordered someone to arrange it early.

The prince was not in good health, so he naturally couldn't accompany him, Wang Yan'er went back to her parents' house by herself, she was happy to go, but she returned in disappointment.

Without him, it was all because the whole family cared about her belly.

Knowing that the crown princess is returning today, all the relatives of the Wang family came, including the grandmother of Princess Changping and the aunt of the county lord of Chaoxia. When the relatives were there, they inevitably talked about her stomach, and then Mrs. Wang pulled her daughter to talk privately, Princess Changping and the county lord of Chaoxia were also there, and several people were also very concerned about Wang Yan'er in their hearts, but they were more concerned about her belly that had not moved.

Especially Mrs. Wang, she has a lot of hopes, and the more she cares, she sighed during the period, it has been two months, why haven't there been any movement.

It was originally a sigh, but Wang Yan'er was overwhelmed by the pressure she had been under for several days.

Yes, she has been married to the prince for two months, and although there are not many things about the bed between her husband's family, there are also a lot. And it's still the imperial doctor who pinched the pulse and had sex with him, why didn't he get pregnant.

When she returned to the palace, she returned with Wang Yan'er and a few packets of decoction, which naturally gave her all kinds of secret recipes for childbirth.

The prince did not allow her to take medicine indiscriminately, and once she was found out by him and became angry when she took medicine, but Wang Yan'er was still secretly taking it. After coming back, she ordered the people of the personal palace to boil the medicine and take it, drinking the bitter and sour water decoction, thinking about what happened at home before, Wang Yan'er felt that her heart was as bitter as Huang Lian.

Hearing the prince ask, Wang Yan'er wiped her tears in a hurry and whispered: "Your Highness, the concubine is fine, nothing." ”

The prince sighed again almost inaudibly, and no longer pressed to ask, but said softly: "Don't think about it, the time to come will naturally come, the days are still short, we are only married for two months, and we are not in a hurry." ”

But can you not be in a hurry?

Not to mention the Wang family, the Tai Hospital regards coming to the East Palace every day as a necessary homework, and there are several Tai Doctors who are responsible for diagnosing Wang Yan'er's pulse, and the daily pulse case needs to be taken to Emperor Chengyuan for inspection. Wang Yan'er only thinks that the saint is anxious to hold her grandson, and she doesn't know that compared with her, the prince is not much better, she needs to check the pulse and take decoction, why not the prince.

Wang Yan'er reluctantly showed a smile and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Well, the concubine listens to His Highness." ”

The husband and wife spoke a few more words, and the prince left.

When I arrived at another palace room, there was a person sitting in the room, who was the king of Chu. It turned out that the king of Chu came to visit the prince in the East Palace before, and the two were sitting together talking, when suddenly the chamberlain came to pay tribute, and the prince went to appease the princess for the time being.

Seeing that the crown prince was pushed in, a trace of concern flashed in King Chu's eyes.

"Brother Huang, is the sister-in-law okay?"

The crown prince saw the concern in King Chu's eyes, forced a smile, and said, "It's okay." ”

After a pause, he said again: "Your imperial sister-in-law is weak and too easily influenced by others, and you also know that since Gu's wedding, this East Palace has been unstoppable. ”

Before leaving, the prince knew why the princess was crying secretly.

Zuo is just that she went out for a walk, and she heard two palace people talking in private. In normal times, Emperor Chengyuan also issued an edict to kill him, but this New Year's celebration is not suitable for blood.

And the prince is also a little tired, killing one, there will still be many, like maggots attached to the bones that can't be expelled. There have always been a lot of selfish methods in this palace, and if you don't stand up, no matter how much precautions others make, it will be useless. But why his wife is like this, he can also know, knowing that his comfort is useless, he still can't bear her to be sad alone.

It's just that after too many times, he will inevitably feel very tired, and he even feels that he is wrong about this wedding.

King Chu's eyes flashed, but it was not good to intervene in this kind of thing, after all, he and the crown prince both knew very well why the East Palace would be full of moths.

To put it bluntly, it was just that he couldn't stop the prince's wedding, so he changed his means, and the ultimate goal was just to not let the prince have an heir. Wang Yan'er has a weak heart and soft ears, and everyone in this palace is full of human spirits, so she naturally sees the stitches. She and the prince have only been married for two months, and they have become like this, and after a long time, I really don't know what will become.

But this kind of thing King Chu can't come up with, although he has the effect of 'automatically avoiding suspicion' because of his leg disease, but this situation is naturally one thing less.

"Regardless of the imperial sister-in-law, the imperial brother's face has been getting worse and worse recently, don't think too much about it, put your own body first."

The prince involuntarily reached out and touched his increasingly thin face, and smiled: "It's lonely, it's just that I don't have much appetite in winter, and there are a lot of things to worry about recently, you don't know my body, it's not good, it's not so easy to be bad, Zuo is just dragging time." ”

King Chu's eyes flashed, "Brother Huang still has to pay attention to his body." ”

"Don't just say lonely, your leg can be sick again, what is the effect of the soup spring? I can't get out of the palace alone, I just hope it can be of some use to you. It turned out that this Tangquan Zhuangzi was originally the prince's thing, and the prince felt that he couldn't use it, so he gave it to the king of Chu.

"It's not very useful, and the royal brother doesn't know that it's been an old problem for many years." As he spoke, King Chu patted his leg.

Prince Lang laughed a few times, "It seems that our two brothers are suffering from the same disease." ”

King Chu shook his head with a wry smile.

After laughing, the prince sighed and said, "I knew that today, when I first chose a concubine, I should have chosen it myself." The tone was very emotional.

Where is it so easy to be the hostess of the East Palace, her identity, family background and appearance are all outstanding, but the most important thing is her heart. If the mind is not successful, everything will not be successful.

The prince couldn't help but think of the girl he had seen before, generous and solemn without losing the brightness that a girl should have, she was not very old next year, but she had her own opinions based on her words and deeds. And at a young age, he was able to drag the king of Chu out of the surging river with unyielding strength, and did not give up escaping alone. It may be extremely absurd for a discerning person to see that the whole thing happened, but in the eyes of a caring person, he can see the brilliance of his body.

If she came to be the crown princess, she probably wouldn't have such a headache at this time.