Chapter 51

The king of Chu naturally saw Chang Shun's thoughts, but he didn't want to say anything, without him, it was just that the time was not ripe.

As soon as Xiao Jiuniangfu returned to Chang'an, the King of Chu received the news, but he never made any moves, that is, he didn't want to involve Jiuniang for the time being.

He now looks powerful, but it is based on Emperor Chengyuan's mind of some unknown meaning, and his foundation is unstable, and everything is like a mirror. In the end, three years is too short, and if he is given two more years, he will not have to look forward and backward like he does today.

Just like today, there was nothing to do, but because he was implicated with himself, Xiao Jiuniang was in dire straits, the King of Chu did not understand the situation of the Xiao family, but in his eyes, those sharp edges in the Xiao family were just trivial things, and many external ones were the most important thing.

Thinking of the injury suffered by Jiu Niang today, King Chu couldn't help but purse his lips, and suddenly felt that the 500,000 guan seemed to be a little less.

Chang Shun sent the King of Chu back to the study, originally preparing to go down on an errand, but was suddenly stopped by the King of Chu.

"Your Highness?" Chang Shun's eyes were slightly puzzled.

King Chu's face tightened, and finally waved his hand, "Let's go down and do it." ”

Chang Shun nodded and stepped back.

In fact, this is the best, and the reason of the king of Chu is also the same to himself. It is not appropriate for King Zhao to startle the snake, it is better to keep him and fight with King Cheng. His father now seems to look at him differently and is very favored, but in fact, the king of Chu understands very well what caused this qiē.

He is just helping the prince to do it, it should be the prince who does it, but the prince can't do it, and his father has not given up on the prince's body.

If the crown prince can get better one day, the king of Chu almost doesn't have to think about it to know his fate, if he is willing to give up a qiē, he can be a free king, if not, what awaits him is a catastrophe. But is this what the King of Chu wants? Obviously not, otherwise he wouldn't have had to block that arrow for the prince a few years ago.

Therefore, he can't make a move on King Zhao at this time, otherwise it will attract the suspicion of Emperor Chengyuan, so it is the best, which can not only make King Zhao feel painful, but also not cause too much turmoil.

The king of Chu analyzed it again in his heart, and the fingers resting on the bookcase flicked twice before it ended.

He didn't find that his behavior was very abnormal, on weekdays, the king of Chu would never hesitate to make any decision or do anything, he would only choose the one that was most beneficial to him, even if this qiē would be sacrificed.

It's as if he was only fourteen years old back then, and he was able to fight with his life to give himself a chance to rise, and this time it was the same, he still chose the most advantageous situation.

It's just those uncomfortable feelings in my heart, what are they?

King Chu subconsciously ignored it.

*

The king of Chu only showed his face at the birthday banquet and left.

Although Zhao Wang and the others did not leave, they felt a little bored. Not to mention Meng Changxi, although King Zhao and King Cheng were both kind to her, and even a little courteous, they made her feel very boring, all because that person left.

Thinking of what happened before, Meng Changxi felt both proud and a little irritable, especially the departure of the King of Chu made her feel a little uncomfortable in her heart, so she didn't want to stay here any longer.

She pretended to be a little uncomfortable and told her second brother that she wanted to go back. Meng Changhao cared about this little sister in the end, so he said goodbye to Zhao Wang and Cheng Wang, and left with Meng Changxi.

As soon as the two brothers and sisters of the Meng family left, King Cheng and King Zhao didn't want to stay here anymore, so they said goodbye.

What happened in the garden had reached the ears of Duchess An Guo long ago, and this time when she saw that the princes of King Zhao had all left, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes.

Of course, as today's birthday star, Duchess An Guo naturally can't let people see the displeasure, because of the fact that she is involved in a lot of things, she is dissatisfied with Xiao Jiuniang.

Especially today's attitude of the King of Chu made the Duchess of Anguo even more dissatisfied, and she couldn't help complaining about Jiuniang in her heart: the things that are not angry, because she had high hopes for them before, did not do good things, but offended the Meng family and King Zhao.

At the same time, the county lord of Chaoxia took this qiē into her eyes, and of course she also knew what had happened in the garden before. So at this time, she smiled very brightly, and people who didn't know thought that something good had happened to the county lord of Chaoxia.

Press without mentioning.

What happened outside, Jiu Niang didn't know.

After Lianzhi helped her wipe the medicine, she lay stiffly on the couch, thinking about her own thoughts.

Of course, she knew what had happened today, and it seemed that the storm had passed, but in fact it was not.

It's really a wolf, not only was he injured, but he also lost the tiger skin he wore on his body.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.

But now it's too late to think about this, things should have happened already happened, and it's useless to think about it, what she should be thinking about now is how to face the next storm......

Thinking about various things in a chaotic mood, Jiuniang fell asleep unconsciously.

When she woke up again, it was dark outside, and a faint yellow lamp was lit in a corner of the room.

She whispered 'Lotus Branch', and Lotus Branch heard the movement in the room and pulled the curtain in.

"Lady, you're awake, it's time for dinner. Doctor Zhou said that you should not eat too greasy things in the past two days, so the slave maid ordered someone to boil some shredded chicken porridge. As she spoke, Lianzhi lit the lamp on the three-color cabinet, and the room suddenly brightened.

"Come in."

Now, if Jiu Niang wants to move, it will be a torture for her. When you don't move, it hurts faintly, but as long as you move a little, you will accidentally pull an unknown tendon, and your right arm will be painful.

Lianzhi carefully propped Jiuniang up and let her lean on the soft pillow. After that, she took the porridge bowl in Lianfang's hand and fed Jiuniang spoonful by spoon.

"Where's the wine?" Jiuniang asked distractedly.

Jiu Niang strangely found that she didn't seem to see the naughty little thing, you must know that Xiao Jiu'er has always been very sticky to her, when she sleeps, either on her couch or crawling in front of her couch. As long as she's in the house, she's always in front of her.

"The slave and maid were afraid that it would touch your wounds, so they did not let it in, and it seemed to think that it had made a mistake, and since it came back it wilted, crawling in the corner of the outhouse, and the slave and maid did not feed it."

Jiu Niang couldn't help but smile.

Because she didn't have to look at it, she knew what Xiao Jiu'er looked like with her head and head, and she definitely didn't wag her tail anymore, she drooped down and went to the corner by herself, and no one cared about it. This lasted for about an hour or two, and if someone teased it, or if she went out herself, it would be lively again.

However, Lianzhi is also telling the truth, although the dog is human, but after all, it is not sensible, Xiaojiu'er is too sticky to her, and she will definitely touch her wounds, and she can't withstand the collision now, so Jiuniang did not object to Lianzhi's detention of Xiaojiu'er not to let Xiaojiu'er enter the house.

With a bowl of porridge, Jiuniang couldn't eat it. Lianzhi and Lianfang brought a basin of water, cleaned her hands and wiped her face. Now I can't move, and it is a luxury to want to bathe and change clothes, and I can only endure it.

After that, Lianzhi let Jiu Niang continue to rest, but Jiu Niang did not object, so she lay back again. As soon as she was lying down on the couch, Lian Fang suddenly walked in and whispered something in Lianzhi's ear.

Lianzhi glanced at Jiu Niang with a hesitant face, and didn't say anything, so she rushed out.

In fact, there is no need for Lianzhi to say, Jiu Niang knows what happened, this Cuiyun Pavilion is not big, just three rooms, what is the movement in the outhouse, the sound is a little louder, and it can be heard inside.

Lian Fang listened to the movement of the outhouse with a hesitant face, and secretly looked at Jiu Niang's expression from time to time.

Jiuniang is very calm.

“…… The slave maid is here to pass the word for the old lady, and Lianzhi is also a slave and maid, so it seems that you are not qualified to stop the old woman......

The slave didn't dare to stop Aunt Wang, but Jiu Niangzi just had dinner before resting. Jiu Niangzi was injured, and the pain of the wound was unbearable, and it was not easy for her to fall asleep......"

The man who spoke to the lotus branch in the outhouse was surnamed Wang, and he was called Aunt Wang, and he was a member of Aneiwon. Like Aunt Hu, Aunt Wang is also one of the confidants of Duchess Anguo. However, this Aunt Wang is very different, she was born with a mean face, and her speech is extremely ugly and mean.

If it weren't for the fact that he was the wife of the Duchess of Anguo, he would probably not be able to stay in the Duchess of Anguo for a long time. But because of this, Duchess An Guo likes to use her, so Aunt Wang is in charge of all the maids and servants in the house.

And Jiu Niang also knows one thing, Duchess Anguo has always had a kind and kind face, even if she is a little angry and so on weekdays, she is not visible. Of course, anger can't be buried in the heart, and it hinders the health of the body, so Aunt Wang will go out at this time.

In the name of preaching for the old lady, the truth of the reprimand, because Aunt Wang is mean, in order to achieve the purpose of humiliation and admonishment. This is some of the little habits of the Duchess of Anguo, of course, it also depends on people, such as Cui's daughters-in-law and the like, so there will be this kind of treatment, and Jiuniang has seen it many times in her previous life.

Of course, it can also be explained in another way, which shows that Duchess Anguo values you, so she hates iron and steel so much.

Lianzhi knew that this Aunt Wang was not easy to deal with, so she changed color when she heard that it was Aunt Wang. When I went out to see that it was really not good, I would lie that Jiu Niang had rested.

Jiuniang knew that the other party would not give up until she achieved her goal, she glanced at Lianfang, "Let her in." ”

Lian Fang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly went out.

After that, Aunt Wang was brought in, and when she saw Jiu Niang lying on the floor, she first saluted respectfully, and then began the so-called 'lecture' in her sharp and ugly voice.

Jiu Niang looked at the other party's two thin lips, kept opening and closing up and down, just looked at it, and gradually had a funny mentality.

Without him, every time she saw this Aunt Wang's mouth, she reminded her of a bird's beak, that is, a hen, and she didn't seem to be annoyed at all.

Aunt Wang quickly finished what she wanted to say, she looked up at Jiu Niang, "Jiu Niang, the slave is finished." ”

This look made her slightly stunned, because Jiu Niang's face did not have feelings like shame and indignation, but a smile.

Jiu Niang nodded, "Thank you for your old man's teachings, Lianfang, you send Aunt Wang out." ”

Her face and words were extremely peaceful, as if there was no reprimand in her words at all. But if you want to say that there is no zài, it doesn't seem to be the case, Aunt Wang clearly saw that the two maids on the side were all ashamed and wanted to cry, everyone else was like this, how could the main owner not feel it?

Aunt Wang has done a lot of this kind of work, so she naturally understands her due reaction, even if it is the mother of the big houseowner back then, Cui's family, she can't be so indifferent when she faces such a situation for the first time. A touch of complexity flashed in Aunt Wang's eyes, and she didn't have time to think about it, so she went out with Lianfang.

After a while, when Lianfang sent Aunt Wang back, Lianzhi asked for an exit.

"Lady, why aren't you angry? That Aunt Wang is really ......"

Jiuniang chuckled, "What are you angry about?" Will she stop reprimanding me when I'm angry? It's good to reprimand, it shows that people still have high hopes for you......"

In Jiu Niang's laughter, there were many things with unknown meanings, but unfortunately Lianzhi couldn't understand them for a while.

But Jiuniang understands that she has dealt with Duchess An Guo too many times in her previous life, so she naturally understands some of the other party's thoughts. To put it bluntly, for juniors like granddaughters, there are only two kinds in the mind of Duchess Anguo, useful or useless. There is no distinction between concubines and concubines, and there is no other difference, as long as you are useful, she will hold you high. Of course, if you lose your role, ignoring is the only attitude.

In the same way, she can send someone to reprimand you, indicating that she still has hope for you, and the younger who is interested naturally has to follow her wishes, which is legitimate.

This is the reason why Jiu Niang smiled, she understood what Duchess An Guo meant.

Jiu Niang understands this qiē truth, but she is full of a tired mentality, she knows that this mentality is not right, she should continue to maintain a 'positive' mentality, it may be because there are too many things happening today, or it may be something else, she actually has a feeling of being happy. After all, in her previous life, she left because she was tired, and she couldn't get rid of this kind of feeling, so she could only let it loom in her heart occasionally.

On the other side, Aunt Wang returned to Anrong Courtyard and told Duchess Anguo about her image after coming to Cuiyun Pavilion.

After listening to Xiao Jiuniang's reaction, Duchess An Guo showed a smile instead.

"It's a shrewd junior, I hope she can understand my hard work."

"The Nine Ladies will definitely understand the old lady's hard work." Aunt Hu said on the side.

*

Lianzhi thought for a while, but couldn't understand the meaning of Jiu Niang's words.

In the end, he could only stop thinking about it, adjusted Jiuniang's posture, and served her to lie down again.

At this time, Lian Fang walked in again and said to Jiu Niang: "There is a maidservant girl who asks to see her, it is from our yard. Her expression was a little weird, and she seemed to be a little puzzled why a handyman maid would ask to see Xiao Jiuniang.

After Jiuniang returned to Chang'an City, the maidservants who used to stay in Cuiyun Pavilion to take care of the family were changed again, of course, whether they were changed or not, they would not be used for her, so she ignored them.

On weekdays, she never goes through the hands of outsiders in her daily life and diet, only using the few maids she brought back from Lanling, she knows that there are other people's people in this courtyard, Anrong Courtyard can't run away, Chongyue Pavilion naturally has it, as for whether there are other places, Jiuniang doesn't know.

At this time, a maidservant girl asked to see her, not to mention Lianfang, even Jiuniang was a little surprised.

"Call her in."

Soon, Lian Fang brought in a servant girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with slightly dark skin, but it could be seen that it was a little different from the usual maidservant.

In fact, it is normal to be different, lotus branches and they follow the master every day, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is brocade clothes and jade food, and the skin is also delicate and fair, and it is not bad to go out than a little lady from an ordinary rich family, but these handmaidens who do miscellaneous labor do not have this kind of treatment, they do rough work, and they can't do it without strength, so they are stronger and more powerful.

This is Jiu Niang's impression of the maidservant girl 369 and so on, but this maid still feels different from ordinary people, what is the difference, she can't think of it for a while.

"What's the matter with you?"

The maidservant girl named Xiaocui did not speak, but looked at Lianzhi and Lianfang.

"If there's anything you can say directly, these two don't shy away from it."

Hearing this, Xiao Cui took out a brocade box from her arms, "The master ordered someone to send this, and let the slave and maid hand it over to the lady." ”

Master's side?

A strange light flashed in Jiu Niang's eyes, according to her experience in her two lifetimes, there was only one situation where this would happen......

She gave Lotus Branch a look, and asked Lotus Branch to take the brocade box and hand it to her.

Xiao Cui also seemed to know that her sudden appearance was a little weird, she paused, and said: "This box is wound medicine, which has a miraculous effect on bruises, and there is a letter in the box, which is given to the lady by the master." ”

At the same time as Xiao Cui spoke, Jiu Niang had already opened the brocade box, and she had one arm that couldn't move, so it was handed to her after the lotus branch opened it.

In the small brocade box, there is a small porcelain jar with a round pier and a piece of paper pressed underneath. Jiuniang asked Lianzhi to take out the porcelain jar, and then took out the paper and handed it to her.

It is said that it is a letter, but in fact it is a small note, on which only a few words are written, and it will be waited for three days.

There is no head, and there is no signature, but this word is very familiar to Jiuniang.

This trace belongs to the king of Chu.

He is the only one who would do such a thing.

In fact, Jiu Niang had a guess in her heart, and it wasn't until she saw this trace that she confirmed the guess in her heart.

This situation is not unfamiliar to Jiuniang, because there were many times in her previous life, and that person always used this weird way to contact herself. I didn't expect that there are many differences between the two lives, but there are still some strange similarities.

This seemingly ordinary can of wound medicine and a note actually contains many mysteries, at least Jiuniang understands.

The wound medicine means that he knows that he is injured, and the medicine is for her, and he does not mention whether there is any concern in it. From the expression of the King of Chu before, to the sudden dispatch of someone to send a jar of wound medicine later, it is more to express a meaning, that is, the connection and relationship between the two should not be revealed in front of people for the time being.

As for the three days on the small note, Jiu Niang has not yet figured out what it means, and Jiu Niang has never seen this kind of small note that seems to be a message in a similar situation in her previous life.

Doesn't the king of Chu always like to play dumb riddles? To understand is to understand, and if you don't understand, you don't need to understand. Since it is unknown, let's wait another three days.

"Is it just you?" Jiu Niang asked suddenly.

Xiao Cui pursed her lips and replied, "There is also the slave's sister, Xiao Can." ”

Xiao Can is also a handyman maid of Cuiyun Pavilion.

Since coming back, Lianzhi's handmaidens have also secretly monitored the rest of Cuiyun Pavilion, this Xiaocui and Xiaocan, the two handymen and maidservants, have always been honest and peaceful, but they didn't expect that these two people are not only sisters, but also other people's people.

"When did you come in?"

"Before the lady returns to Chang'an."

"What will you do?"

"The slave and the sister will do kung fu."

Jiu Niang suddenly laughed, and the meaning of the smile was unknown.

After a long time, she waved her hand, "You go down, I know." ”

Xiao Cui nodded and went down.

This wit, Lianzhi and Lianfang didn't understand what it meant, it can be seen that the lady didn't mean what she wanted to say, and the two didn't ask.

In fact, why Jiu Niang laughed, she didn't understand it very well in her heart.

That person will always be like this, arbitrary, never thinking about other people's situations, only doing what he wants. It should be a chilling act, but because of some of his advance arrangements, it makes people feel very complicated.

But in the end, this 'cousin' did not disappoint Jiuniang, because King Chu was like this in his previous life.

*

In the small box that was supposed to be only a box of wound medicine, the king of Chu temporarily added a note.

Why did this happen, the king of Chu is not clear for the time being. He only knew that for a whole afternoon, the smiling face of three years ago would always appear in front of him, and the little head that would rise and fall in front of his eyes that night, as if he wanted to drown, but always popped up again......

This was an explanation, after all, he had promised to protect her, although it was never spoken.

After letting people pass the things over, the king of Chu rested.

In a daze, I dreamed again.

This dream made King Chu remember deeply and vaguely, because for a while he inexplicably hoped that this dream could continue, but it never appeared. Vaguely, it wasn't until she began to appear in the dream that he realized what kind of dream he had.

The dream is like a shadow puppet show without sound, and many scenes are played out one scene at a time.

It was only at this time that the king of Chu understood why he was so different from her in his dream, and it turned out that this qiē was actually due to a resentment......

Maybe these resentments have long been hidden deep in my heart, and it was only after seeing her in a similar situation to that person that I temporarily made up my mind. Maybe he had already planned to do this, but he was too busy to take care of it for the time being......

He was condescending and watched as she approached him......

The king of Chu had seen too many such people, and he understood what such people wanted. In this case, he did not hesitate to give it to her, and of course, she also had to show that she should have a role.

She was indeed smart enough to understand what he meant.

The two have different goals, but they have the same goal. He served as her backer, and she took the opportunity to take revenge and disturb the peace of the Xiao family. Originally, it was just a moment of boredom and a banter mentality, but the king of Chu found that it was also helpful for his great cause, and the Xiao family could not concentrate on helping King Cheng because of civil strife, and he only needed to find a very small opportunity to make it hopeless......

During this time, she has experienced many crises, after all, the cooperation between the two is not suitable for being revealed. She was only one person, and there were too many people in that family who could suppress her, both in terms of strength and name......

She suffered a lot and was wronged......

At that time, the king of Chu didn't understand this, and the path he chose, so he had to finish it on his knees, and since she decided to continue to walk down through him, all the qiē she encountered were her own choices.

He'll give her some help and a chance to turn over when the time is right, that's all.

She did not let herself down, she was obviously on the verge of despair, but she always had a ruthless energy to survive in a desperate situation, which made her repeatedly change her opinion of her, and even gave her more help......

……

The self in the dream and the self in the dream seem to be separated into two people.

The king of Chu fell into a state of some confusion, and his heart was in agreement with many of his own practices in the dream, because he was such a person himself, but he was just using each other.

But many times there is always an inexplicable love that interferes with oneself......

The smiling face that can always cover up a qiē thing appeared in front of the eyes of the king of Chu again, and the little head that rose and fell in front of his eyes that night, as if he wanted to drown, but always did not succumb to the tricks of fate, and popped up again......

The dream came to an abrupt end.

The king of Chu woke up from his dream, but he couldn't calm down for a long time.