==Chapter 57==

In her two lives, Xiao Jiuniang has been well versed in the principle of fighting snakes and climbing the rod, and seeing that the prince is so easy to get along with, she naturally will not let go of the opportunity to brush up on her good feelings.

Living in the current Chang'an City, they are fighting just their own potential, so why does the Meng family have a transcendent status, and why does everyone look up to Meng Changxi? But it's the momentum behind them!

Jiuniang naturally didn't dare to compare with other people's cousins who were related by blood, but Jiuniang would not let Meng Changxi harm herself and not fight back, last time Jiuniang ate Meng Changxi through Zhao Wangkeng's own loss, although I don't know why the prince called him, but the origin is still that Meng Changxi, Jiuniang naturally can't relax her vigilance.

Therefore, the events of that night made Jiu Niang talk very vividly, and with the mental journey of Jiu Niang, the party, it was also very moving.

Xiao Jiuniang, who has always looked dignified and calm and has a very beautiful demeanor, showed a little bit of the coquettish appearance that a girl should have when she talked about Xingtou, "Actually, Jiuniang didn't think about anything at the time, just thinking that she was only so old, and it was not cost-effective to die like that." Thinking that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the prince, there must be guards to protect him, so he wants to save himself, but he knows that the only thing to do is the two of us, and he was forced to have no choice, so he would jump into the river. ”

Jiu Niang's dress today is solemn and does not lose the brightness that a girl should have, but in the end she is only more than thirteen points, and this kind of dress makes her lose the innocence that a girl of this age should have. As she talked more and more with the prince, she gradually revealed a little girlish innocence that did not match her appearance, giving people the feeling that a young girl had stolen the clothes of an adult, which was particularly incongruous.

But this kind of incongruity is to make people smile, and this kind of innocence is convincing, different from the coquettishness that the general daughter's family should have, the general daughter's family is a little shy and coquettish, but if it is standardized, it will make people feel a little fake and a thousand rules. The prince came into contact with a girl of Jiu Niang's age, and the most was Meng Changxi, and when he saw Jiu Niang with a completely different style this time, he suddenly found that this seemed to be the appearance that a girl of this age should have.

In fact, growing up in this palace, who is more stupid than whom, how could the prince not see that the little cousin back then, as he grew older, his attitude gradually changed, and this change was like many people around him, with a metaphorical and deliberate flattery.

And Jiu Niang, all her thoughts are to win the prince's favor, she can't know why the prince summoned her into the palace, what Meng Changxi framed herself, she can only make the prince change his opinion of himself through conversation, at least let him hesitate when he 'starts' on himself.

As for pleasing her, she didn't exist zài, because she knew too well that she was separated from the person in front of her by a big ravine, so her attitude was extremely natural, and this qiē prince naturally saw it in his eyes.

"At such a critical juncture that day, it is really rare that you did not leave your fifth brother." The prince sighed.

Jiu Niang's eyes widened in disbelief, and she said in surprise: "How is this possible? Not to mention that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the cousin of Jiu Niang, he is still the noble Royal Highness, if His Royal Highness the King of Chu has an accident on the ship of the Xiao family, I am afraid that everyone in the Xiao family will not be able to get rid of it, and Jiu Niang is also surnamed Xiao, so he naturally understands this truth. Even if Jiu Niang has an accident herself, she can't let His Royal Highness the King of Chu have an accident. ”

Hearing this, the prince glanced at Jiu Niang with a strange look, but this kind of love was fleeting.

It's an idiot, but it's also, how can the juniors below know the plans of the people above the Xiao family. It's also a mistake, although the whole thing happened a little coincidentally and absurdly, but the true meaning contained in it cannot be misinterpreted.

Because of this, it is commendable.

At this moment, the king of Chu in a wheelchair appeared.

"You're a good little cousin." The prince nodded Jiuniang and said with a smile to the king of Chu.

"The royal brother has an overreputation."

The king of Chu appeared in time, and when he came here to see that the two got along quite well, he was inexplicably relieved.

After that, there was no matter of Jiu Niang, she just sat quietly and listened to the chatter between the king of Chu and the crown prince. After chatting for a while, seeing that the prince was a little tired, the king of Chu said goodbye.

……

"Why did you think of summoning that girl from the Xiao family into the palace today?"

Not long after King Chu and Xiao Jiuniang left, Emperor Chengyuan appeared.

The prince opened his eyes, looked at Emperor Chengyuan and smiled, and said, "The child is just curious. ”

Emperor Chengyuan snorted, and then sat down on the stool where Fang Cai Jiuniang was sitting, and there was an attendant on the side who wanted to change the chair for him, and he also waved him away.

"Xi'er's girl is getting more and more disagreeable, you don't have to cover it up for her, don't say anything about using that King Zhao as a gun, and use your brains on you!"

It can be seen that Emperor Chengyuan is not ignorant of everything, and there is something in this palace that can be hidden from Emperor Chengyuan's ears and eyes. What Meng Changxi said in the East Palace that day was just a moment, and it reached the ears of Emperor Chengyuan, and then he checked it out and learned about the incident that happened in the Xiao family's garden that day.

Emperor Chengyuan didn't pay attention to some of the juniors' petty entanglements, but he didn't allow others to use their brains on the prince, even if that person was her niece.

In the final analysis, Empress Xiao Xianhui is Empress Xiao Xianhui, even if it is because Empress Xiao Xianhui has a lot of favor for the Meng family, it is because he once promised her to take care of the Meng family. is another layer worse than the crown prince, for so many years the father and son have depended on each other, Emperor Chengyuan has long regarded the prince as his own scales, and no one is allowed to move.

These princes all know it, but they never show it. Therefore, Jiu Niang's entry into the palace this time was not as simple as she thought, and what she was afraid of before was not unreasonable. For the crown prince, Meng Changxi is his cousin who has grown up since childhood, and she may have more or less faults, after all, she is different from her, and Jiuniang is just a stranger to the prince.

If it weren't for the relationship with the King of Chu, if it weren't for the fact that the prince already knew about what happened in the Xiao family's garden, if it weren't for Jiu Niang's visit to the East Palace this time, so that the prince would appreciate his temperament, maybe Jiu Niang wanted to enter the palace this time and leave the palace safely, I'm afraid it would be a little difficult. Don't look at the prince as approachable, but no matter how approachable he is, he is also the prince, and he wants to pinch Xiao Jiuniang to death, and it doesn't even take much effort.

Therefore, Meng Changxi's miscalculation, she didn't know that the prince brother who had always protected her in her eyes was not so simple, especially in the past half a year, the Meng family and even Meng Changxi's movements outside were a little bigger, how could it not attract attention.

To put it bluntly, everyone is planning for themselves now.

Seeing that the prince's body is getting worse day by day, why doesn't the Meng family have no plans of their own? After all, what the Meng family is now relying on is only Emperor Chengyuan's nostalgia and some blood relationship with the prince, but what if Emperor Chengyuan and the prince are gone in the future? Meng Changxi was left and right in front of King Zhao and a few people, if there was no connivance from the Meng family, probably no one would believe it.

And these changes all come from the cognition of the prince's physical condition, the prince has never married a concubine, others only think that the prince is benevolent and does not want to drag down his wife, but in fact, people who are particularly close to the Meng family know the specific situation.

Emperor Chengyuan couldn't wait to marry a concubine for the prince, and it was best to give birth to one or two grandchildren, otherwise where did those concubines in the East Palace come from, but unfortunately the prince could not be humane.

This problem has always existed, and Emperor Chengyuan has always ordered the imperial doctor to quietly recuperate with the prince, but unfortunately it has no effect. Otherwise, the Meng family would not have been able to sacrifice their roots and cousins, what a good pair of cousins and cousins, even if Meng Changxi is much younger than the prince.

The Meng family actually didn't know that their own behavior had already angered Emperor Chengyuan, but Emperor Chengyuan had been suppressing it for the sake of Empress Xiaoxianhui and the face of the prince.

In the early years, the prince and Meng Changxi got along so well, although Meng Changxi was younger, many people regarded Meng Changxi as the princess who was determined, and the prince's refusal to marry the concubine was also regarded as waiting for Meng Changxi to grow up.

Okay, now that Meng Changxi has grown up, he is making a fuss about King Chu, and he is involved with King Zhao Cheng, can Emperor Chengyuan be in a good mood?

That's not pointing at his nose and saying, your son is useless, so people want to find him elsewhere.

Therefore, in the past half a year, Emperor Chengyuan's temper has been uncertain, and others only regard His Majesty as this has always been, anyway, in the eyes of others, Emperor Chengyuan's temper is not good, but they don't know that Emperor Chengyuan's anger is actually the Meng family who is high in the eyes of others.

And the crown prince, who is the party concerned, does not think so much about Emperor Chengyuan, of course, there must be discomfort in his heart, but he has never thought of Meng Changxi as his sister, and he has never thought about anything else, so it is naturally easier to let go.

"Father, the child has no intention of marrying a concubine, don't be too angry, Sister Changxi is still young and ignorant after all." The prince persuaded.

Emperor Chengyuan was still angry in his heart, Meng Changxi was small, and the Meng family was also small?

It's just that he definitely won't say this, but he just snorted on his face, and he should let go of the matter. But whether he really let it go or not, probably only he knows it.

"That Jiuniang of the Xiao family is very good, she is a person with a good mind." The prince smiled and diverted the subject.

"It's not in vain that I made her a county lord back then, which is much stronger than those in the Xiao family." Emperor Chengyuan has always treated people harshly, and such a sentence can be regarded as a compliment.

The qiē that happened in the East Palace before had already been passed into the ears of Emperor Chengyuan. As a really smart superior, they don't look at what you say, but how you do it, at such a young age, that kind of crisis situation, and without knowing it, even if there is no Jiu Niang's expression, it can be called a good mind.

"Okay, the emperor, you have a good rest, my father still has government affairs to deal with."

"The child sends off his father."

Emperor Chengyuan waved his hand absently and walked away.

……

The East Palace is not far from the Zichen Palace.

Along the way, Emperor Chengyuan just kept a calm face, and all the people in the palace held their breath and followed behind him.

Don't look at Emperor Chengyuan's kindness to the prince, this is only for the prince, in the eyes of others, Emperor Chengyuan is a person with an uncertain temper and even a little violent.

Suddenly, Emperor Chengyuan's footsteps stopped, beckoned, and Ruan Ronghai approached.

Emperor Chengyuan whispered a few words, and Ruan Ronghai hurried away.

When they arrived at the Zichen Palace, they entered the inner hall, and Ruan Ronghai and Imperial Physician Hu were already waiting there. Emperor Chengyuan waved away a group of people and others, leaving only Ruan Ronghai and Imperial Physician Hu on his side.

Emperor Chengyuan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had an unpredictable face, and after a long time, he suddenly said loudly: "Imperial Doctor Hu, the prince's body is really helpless?" ”

As soon as he heard this, not only did Imperial Doctor Hu's half-bowed waist weaken, but Ruan Ronghai's head also wanted to dig into his crotch.

Imperial Physician Hu wiped a handful of cold sweat and said with difficulty: "Please also ask Your Majesty Mingjian, the old minister, the old minister is really incompetent......

After speaking, he knelt down with a thud.

The air in the entire hall seemed to freeze, and Dr. Hu's sweat flowed down his forehead, through his eyes, and on the smooth ground.

"Is that recipe you said that day really useful? Make sure you can give birth to Lin'er? ”

Imperial Physician Hu was stunned at first, and then chilled, but he had to say: "Now I can only try hard, after all, the situation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not as good as ordinary people, and the old minister does not dare to take fierce medicine, after all, that medicine is the medicine of wolves and tigers, and it is to overdraw energy." As for Lin'er, this one is, but it's ......"

Emperor Chengyuan's face was stunned, and after a long time, he waved it to let Imperial Doctor Hu retreat, "Let me think about it again." ”

Imperial Physician Hu got up from the ground, bent down and went out, and couldn't help but sigh after going out, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

*

And that's the end of it?

Until she got into the carriage out of the palace, Jiu Niang still couldn't react.

"The crown prince is not as stupid as King Zhao." The King of Chu said inexplicably.

Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, but she was at ease.

Seeing Jiu Niang's relieved appearance, King Chu inexplicably felt a little tight, remembering all the things that happened to her in the dream, his eyes flashed and said: "You are a little alert about the events of that day, after this time, Princess Changping will not act rashly for the time being, as long as you are careful, nothing will happen to the Xiao family for the time being." But this is only temporary, something may happen in the palace in the near future, and Princess Changping may be proud again, if you don't want to confront them, go to Guozijian to study. ”

Guozijian?

The defense of men and women in Daqi is not strict, and the status of women is very high, and they can also go to the academy to study and study, among which the Guozijian is the highest institution. However, unlike other schools, all the students admitted to the Guozijian were the children of the nobility or officials, and there were also children of the poor, but only the outstanding could enter.

In her previous life, Jiuniang had heard of Guozijian, but she had never set foot in it, firstly, she was too busy to take care of herself, and secondly, her identity was not enough, and no one helped to manage it, after all, Guozijian was not just a random person. Although Guozijian also accepts female students, the Xiao family did not send their daughter to study in Guozijian, after all, for the Xiao family, daughters are not used to study.

Jiu Niang was a little surprised why King Chu would mention it like this, after all, according to the trajectory of her previous life, her future life would probably be to stay in the Xiao family to fight him in the dark, and she could also help King Chu out of anger by the way. As for the future, she didn't have any ideas for the time being, but she never thought that the King of Chu would mention yì like this.

Seeing Jiu Niang's stunned appearance, King Chu took out a name card from his sleeve and put it on the table to push it to her.

"You think about it, if you have this idea, next month you will take this famous post to the Guozijian to find Zhang Sacrificial Wine, and the king over there has already explained it."

After that, the king of Chu got out of the car first, and the carriage drove Jiuniang to the Anguo Mansion.

When she arrived in the house, as soon as Jiuniang entered the door, a servant woman in the house came to spread the word, saying that she would let Jiuniang go to Anrong Courtyard.

After going to An Rong Yuan, Duchess An Guo first asked Jiu Niang with loving concern on her face, and then asked her for specific details after entering the palace. When asked if the prince asked Jiu Niang anything, Jiu Niang also said the truth, saying that the prince asked about saving the King of Chu that day, of course, there must not be details in the specific heart, and Jiu Niang is not a fool.

Duchess Anguo's face suddenly turned ugly, but this qiē had nothing to do with Jiu Niang, she was still thinking about what King Chu said before.

……

The night was dark, and everything was silent.

Duchess An Guo and An Guogong talked about this with a little worry on their faces.

An Guogong sighed and said, "I said that I acted a little impulsively that day, and the queen and King Cheng insisted on it." But you can't blame the queen and the king, that is indeed a good way to hit the opponent, but who would have thought that there would be such a mistake! ”

"The attitude of the King of Chu towards his family, now everyone in Chang'an City is looking at it, I'm afraid that many people are secretly laughing at us."

Can you not joke? The grandson of the in-law is not as good as the grandson who was not valued in the past, and now that the king of Chu is in power, he does not want to see the Xiao family, which is not a joke.

An Guogong was dumbfounded, "What's the joke?" Wasn't it forced by the situation at that time? What's more, the family didn't plan to let him do anything, just acting in a play, but he didn't know that something was ruined. Don't think about it, there is no evidence in this matter, even if he has a gap in his heart, it is just a secret guess. And even if others joke about it, he still has a blood relationship with the Xiao family, and in the eyes of outsiders, his mother family is the Xiao family! ”

An Guogong's attitude was a little angry, and it was conceivable that this incident was not without an impact on him.

He thought about it, and said: "You don't have to be idle and have nothing to think about, it's true to work the King of Chu, he is a cripple after all, no matter how powerful he is, it's not like a mirror, saying that moving him to assist him to become the king is what we should worry about now!" ”

Duchess An Guo was speechless, and An Guogong lay down on the couch, but his heart became more and more irritable.

What his wife is worried about, how can he not understand, after all, His Majesty's attitude towards the Xiao family in the past two years is obvious, coupled with the cold attitude of the King of Chu towards the Xiao family, there are also clues. But what can I do, things have already happened, and now I can only pretend to be stupid, anyway, it has happened for so long, and there is no proof of death.

An Guogong couldn't help but complain a little about King Chu, he didn't listen to the command of his family when his wings grew stiff, and even the queen was perfunctory, if he hadn't made a fuss on the surface, how could the Xiao family have these troubles.

I knew that at the beginning-

The rest of An Guogong couldn't think about it, and there was no one in this world who knew about it.

*

It's August.

The fragrance of osmanthus in August is a good time to eat wine and fat crabs, and the Xiao family has prepared fat crabs here early, and Cuiyun Pavilion has sent a basket on the day of arrival.

Jiuniang is very happy, but unfortunately the lotus branch does not let eat more, the crab is cold, and Jiuniang since that injury, there is some body cold, although it is conditioned, but in the end it is a cold thing, and the lotus branch has never let Jiuniang eat more.

No, this basket of crabs can only be kept in a water tank in Cuiyun Pavilion, and the next day the lotus branch picks up two and picks them up in the kitchen, so that the kitchen can be steamed to satisfy Jiuniang's hunger.

At the moment when Jiuniang and Lianzhi were fighting for crabs, another major incident happened in Chang'an City.

Emperor Chengyuan personally issued an edict, August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival in the Qujiang Pond on the Furong Garden to set up a moon viewing banquet, is not only the princes and nobles of the civil and military ministers to participate, the sons and daughters of each family are also invited to the list.

Of course, not everyone is qualified to participate in this kind of feast, and those who are eligible to participate have received invitations from the palace.

Xiao Jiuniang also got one.

Not only Xiao Jiuniang, but also Xiao Sanniang and Xiao Liuniang also got one each, this kind of invitation was sent by the palace, and it was a unique style sent to women at a glance. Combined with the news that Empress Xiao came out of the palace, everyone in the Xiao family learned that at this banquet, Emperor Chengyuan may have to choose a concubine for a certain prince.

As for which prince it is, it is not known for the time being, and even Empress Xiao has not received exact news.

The entire Chang'an City was a sensation.

Emperor Chengyuan has a strange temper, not to mention the crown prince, as the second prince of King Zhao, the third prince of King Cheng and the fourth prince King Qi, they are not young, and they are all adults. Left in the ordinary family, the elders in the family have already arranged to get married, and they have been replaced by the prince who is extremely noble and noble, but there is no marriage so far.

Regardless of Empress Xiao and other princes' mothers, they secretly and openly probed, anyway, Emperor Chengyuan looked like he was not in a hurry, which made everyone desperate, and there were even some people who secretly cursed Emperor Chengyuan. I don't know which tendon I drew this time, but Emperor Chengyuan actually wanted to open it.

That's a great thing!

You must know that even if King Zhao is not as good as the crown prince, he is also a serious dragon. The prince is out of sight, don't think about it, the future heir to the unification will inevitably be selected among the following princes, and being able to become the prince's concubine means that there is a chance to win the queen's throne in the future.

At the same time, the Xiao family is also extraordinarily jubilant, but this kind of jubilant is only on the surface, but in fact, there is a bit of gunsmoke inside.

Without him, there are so many daughters in the family, but only Xiao Jiuniang and the three of them got flower stickers, but the four mothers, five mothers, seven mothers, eight mothers and others did not.

At this time, everyone can understand that the flower stickers in the palace are also seen by people, and they are all daughters of the concubines. Xiao Sanniang is the daughter of the second room, the sixth mother is the fifth room, and the eldest mother of the Cui family of the big house is married, only Wu Niang and Qi Niang are left, both of which are concubines, even if Wu Niang was born to a noble concubine.

As for the three rooms and the four rooms, these two rooms are concubines, and they are not qualified.

Someone must have said that Jiu Niang is also a concubine, why does she have it, this may be because she has the identity of the county lord of Yirong.

All in all, the atmosphere in the Anguo Mansion in the past two days is particularly weird, Cui's is okay, although he is a little uncomfortable in his heart, in the end, he is the housekeeper's mother, and his scheming and surface skills are very good. Something like this is just a matter of luck, who let her give birth to a daughter of Aunt Xiao.

But the Ma family in the third room and the Liu family in the fourth room are not so good, they think that their daughters are no worse than others, why are they so □□ and naked, they are also one of the five rooms. It's a pity that the palace doesn't recognize these, and has the ability to go to the palace to complain.

Ma and Liu naturally don't have the courage, but don't forget that there is a Queen Xiao at home, so the two went to the Duchess of Anguo to work hard, wanting to get a few more flower stickers from Queen Xiao.

Duchess An Guo couldn't, so she could only send a message to the palace, in fact, she was also willing to have a few more daughters at home, and one more person would mean one more chance.

Two days later, Empress Xiao sent someone back to spread the word, saying that there was no way to get the flower sticker, and Emperor Chengyuan seemed to attach great importance to this moon viewing banquet, and he personally passed the list, and no one dared to do anything from it.

Ma and Liu were frustrated, but they could only give up.

The elders just gave up, the little ones below were not so good, knowing that they were not qualified to participate in the moon viewing banquet for the selection of concubines, Xiao Siniang was so jealous that her eyes were red.

Especially Xiao Siniang and Xiao Qi Niang, others are fine, somewhat taboo, Xiao Qi Niang has been back to Chang'an, and Xiao Siniang and Xiao Liuniang have gotten together. This time, Xiao Liuniang has a flower sticker, and she is isolated, Xiao Siniang and Xiao Qiniang are one in the front and the other is behind, and they will say a few sour words when they meet Jiuniang.

As for why they didn't target Xiao Sanniang and Xiao Liuniang, one of these two was the eldest sister in the family, and the other had a mother who was not easy to mess with, and he was not a master to be messed with, so he didn't dare to break ground on the heads of the two. Jiuniang is different, she is not a descendant, but she has a flower sticker, which is especially eye-catching and hateful.

Especially Xiao Siniang is crazy, she has always claimed that her identity is noble, not inferior to Xiao Sanniang and others, and being slapped in the face by □□ naked makes her particularly angry. Coupled with Xiao Qiniang's jealousy and hatred of Jiu Niang, she instigated a few words from it, and Xiao Jiuniang's 'good luck' was particularly magnified in her eyes.

Once sneered, twice sneered, Jiu Niangju ignored it, just when others were unhappy and couldn't control their mouths, anyway, this kind of sneering was not enough in her eyes to make her angry.

On this day, I went to An Rongyuan to ask An to come out, and on the way back, Xiao Siniang didn't control her mouth, looking at Xiao Siniang who was standing behind Xiao Siniang and looking at her with a pouting smile, Jiuniang was angry.