Chapter 13: Break-in
"No! I can't just give in! Zhao Youjun stood up suddenly, "I want to enter the palace, I want to ask the queen mother in person, why did she treat me like this!" ”
After speaking, Zhao Youjun didn't care what he looked like now, he was about to rush out.
Mama Wang hurriedly grabbed her and persuaded her bitterly: "Madam, now that you are banned at night, even if you leave the house, how can you go far?" ”
Zhao Youjun stopped suddenly.
Yes, she is no longer the eldest princess of Qingping who used to be able to do whatever she wants in the capital.
Now she is just a concubine who can't be on the stage in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, even if she walks out of the Hou Mansion, if she is caught by the patrolling soldiers, I am afraid that she can only exchange for forty lashes.
But it was she who caused this qiē......
Thinking of this, Zhao Youjun finally couldn't hold back the grievances and sadness in his heart anymore, and hid his face and cried bitterly.
Zhao Youjun in Mama Wang's eyes has always been arrogant, she has never seen Zhao Youjun crying like this, her heart is also sour, no matter what status is humble, she hugged Zhao Youjun into her arms, and then shed two lines of turbid tears.
After a long time, both of them gradually stopped crying, and Mama Wang stroked Zhao Youjun's black hair with one hand, and said: "Madam, don't be discouraged, the Queen Mother will definitely not give up on you like this, there must be something wrong with it." It's late at night now, and we can't go out, but tomorrow morning, after the morning bell rings, we will immediately go to the Anguo Mansion and let Miss Biao take you into the palace to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will not be so ruthless, and she will definitely be able to find a good solution before the matter spreads. ”
Zhao Youjun had already gradually calmed down, and at this time, after listening to Mama Wang's comfort, she felt more and more that the truth was just as Mama Wang said, it must be Zhou Yuran who conveyed something wrong, and the queen mother would not treat her like this.
Think of it this way. But it gradually calmed down.
Because they were going to get up early tomorrow morning, the two stopped talking and went to bed without talking.
On the second day, because they were pretending to be in their hearts, Zhao Youjun and Mama Wang got up early before the fifth watch, and waited for a long time after dressing up properly, until it was three o'clock in the fifth watch. I finally heard the belated morning bell.
It's almost the morning bell ringing. The two rushed out hand in hand.
At this time, it was still early, and even the subordinates of the Hou Mansion had not yet gotten up, and only Zhao Youjun and Wang Mama were walking around in the huge Hou Mansion. If it weren't for the fact that both of them were anxious at this time, I am afraid that they would have been taken aback by such silence.
knocked on the door to wake up the mother-in-law guarding the second door, coerced and lured her to open the door, and then asked the mother-in-law to find a groom to set the horse. After making a fuss, he finally got into the carriage and went to the Anguo Mansion.
It is also the residence of the founding hero. The Anguo Mansion and the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion were naturally not far apart, and the carriage walked for about a quarter of an hour before stopping at the back door of the Guogong Mansion in a small alley under the guidance of Mama Wang.
The hour was still early, and the sky was still dark. The Anguo Mansion was also silent at this time, and no sound could be heard.
Mama Wang got out of the carriage first, raised her hand and knocked on the door.
This is the time when most people are dreaming of it. Mama Wang knocked on the door for a long time, only to hear a sleepy voice from inside: "Who?" ”
I slept soundly but was woken up. The concierge of the Anguo Mansion was full of impatience in his tone.
Zhao Youjun and Mama Wang were all thinking about how to see Zhou Yuran at this time, and of course they didn't care about the tone of the concierge.
Mama Wang smiled and said to the door: "Little brother, my wife is the cousin of Duchess Anguo, this time I am looking for Duchess Anguo is in a hurry, I bother the little brother to make it convenient, go to Duchess Anguo to report." ”
There was silence in the door, and then the door was opened a slit, and one eye peered out through the slit.
"My wife's cousin?" The porter was a young man in his twenties, who was troubled by Mama Wang like this, he also sobered up a little, and sneered when he heard the words, "When did my wife have a cousin, if you want to say that there is, then there is only the eldest princess of Qingping, can your wife still be the eldest princess of Qingping?" ”
Who doesn't know that the eldest princess of Qingping died twenty years ago?
Mama Wang was choked.
Zhao Youjun was indeed the eldest princess of Qingping back then, but now that they are too late to cover this matter, can they still abuse their identities in order to win the trust of the concierge of a national mansion?
After being silent for a few breaths, Mama Wang was afraid that the porter would close the door and ignore her, so she hurriedly raised her smile again, took out a gold ingot from her sleeve and stuffed it into the crack of the door, and said, "Little brother, my wife is indeed an old acquaintance with Duchess An Guo, so you can make it convenient to report it, and please accept this little meaning." ”
Such an ingot of gold must have at least five taels, and if it is exchanged for silver, it will be twenty-five taels, just a porter, and it is also a gatehouse with few people entering and exiting the back door, I am afraid that there are not so many monthly cases in two years.
Just to report it, you can get such a large sum of silver, which is undoubtedly a beautiful difference.
But the porter was not moved at all, took the gold in his hand and checked it, and was about to return it to Mama Wang, but suddenly stopped.
Inside the door, under a big tree not far from the gatehouse, Xiao Jingbei's thin suit was soaked with sweat and had some spots, and the suit that was close to his body made his chest look extraordinarily strong.
Xu had just exercised, and in this still cold early spring morning, his whole body was bubbling with a trace of heat.
Zhou Yuran's cousin, isn't that Zhao Youjun?
Zhou Yuran entered the palace after nightfall last night, Xiao Jingbei knew it, and also knew that after she returned home, she asked someone to send a letter to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, since Zhou Yuran didn't show any nervousness at all, it must be nothing serious, but why, Zhao Youjun appeared in the Anguo Mansion so early in the morning?
Thinking of Feng Zhige's neat appearance that night, Xiao Jingbei subconsciously thought that this must be something she had done from it.
So, Xiao Jingbei nodded lightly at the gatehouse, and jumped onto the tree behind him.
The porter obviously didn't expect Xiao Jingbei to nod, and after being slightly stunned, he said to Mama Wang outside in a very impatient tone: "Okay, okay, you just wait here, for the sake of this gold, I will run for you, if you dare to deceive the master." Look at the master who didn't report to the official and arrested you! ”
After speaking, he glanced at Mama Wang threateningly, closed the door with a snap, and slowly went to the Duchess of Anguo to report.
The main courtyard of the Angong Mansion is Ningyuan Hall, because Anguo Gonggong Xiao Li is now recuperating in the main house of the main hospital, and Zhou Yuran has rested in the ear room of the main house all these years.
Thinking about the beginning, Zhou Yuran's inseparable behavior. But she gained a lot of praise and sympathy.
The young porter swayed all the way to Ning Yuan Hall. called the doorkeeper to convey Mama Wang's words to the mother-in-law guarding the door, and returned slowly the same way.
As for whether the words will reach Zhou Yuran, and whether Zhou Yuran will see Mama Wang and Zhao Youjun. What does that have to do with him, he just came to report it.
Besides, in Ningyuan Hall, the mother-in-law who guarded the door was disturbed by someone and had a good sleep, and she accumulated a stomach full of resentment. The porter has long been gone, and he can't get angry even if he wants to. If you want to be lazy, don't report it. I am afraid that if Mrs. really comes, Mrs. will not let her go at that time.
After several struggles, he put on his clothes and yawned and walked inside.
By the time the words reached Zhou Yuran's ears, it had been a long time later.
Zhou Yuran was awakened by her henchman. At this time, the person was still a little unconscious, and after listening to the rumor, he reflexively said: "Where did Mrs. Ben come from......
The word cousin didn't come out of his mouth, because Zhou Yuran suddenly remembered. She really has a cousin.
Moreover, she sent a letter last night.
The remaining sleepiness dissipated. Zhou Yuran suddenly sobered up, and while she was changing her clothes under the service of the maid, she secretly wondered.
What did Zhao Youjun do when he came to Anguo Mansion so early?
Isn't she afraid of being seen and making things worse?
Or, what is she dissatisfied with the way out that the Queen Mother has won for her?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yuran subconsciously frowned.
With Zhao Youjun's current situation, her identity was discovered, even if it was for the sake of royal decency, she only had one dead word, and the Queen Mother must have had a dispute with the emperor last night in order to win this way out for her.
If this is the case, Zhao Youjun is still dissatisfied, so what else does she want?
Although she was dissatisfied, Zhou Yuran couldn't leave Zhao Youjun out of the door after all, if she was looked at by others after it was dark, I was afraid that even she wouldn't be able to get out.
So he hurriedly sent someone to the back door and brought Zhao Youjun's servant in.
With Zhou Yuran's nod, Zhao Youjun and Mama Wang came to Ningyuan Hall all the way unimpeded.
Because of Zhou Yuran's orders, there was no one else in her room except for the confidant Mama Zhang, who knew about it.
Seeing that Zhao Youjun came over without doing anything to cover up, Zhou Yuran's eyebrows were twisted into a knot, and there was naturally some dissatisfaction in his tone: "Why did you come here like this, and you are not afraid of being seen?" ”
Zhao Youjun sneered when he heard this: "Now, in short, there is no way out, what else do I have to be afraid of?" ”
Zhou Yuran had always known that Zhao Youjun was willful and reckless, but she didn't expect that twenty years had passed, and she still didn't know what to do.
"What do you mean there is no way out?" Zhou Yuran's tone was also a little rushed, "Do you know that the Queen Mother went to see the emperor last night for your business, and when she came back, her face was not good-looking, so she won a way for you to survive, are you still not satisfied?" ”
Zhou Yuran despises Zhao Youjun the most, that is, she obviously has the most precious things in the world, but she always doesn't know how to cherish them.
Hearing Zhou Yuran say this, Zhao Youjun's fiery one came out.
"Survival? What's that called? If you really want to take this so-called life path, I'm afraid I'll be worse than dead, right? Angry, Zhao Youjun's voice became louder and louder, she glanced at Zhou Yuran with disdain, and sneered, "Zhou Yuran, don't think that I don't know that you have always been jealous of me, so you are happy to see that I am unlucky now, right?" Otherwise, you will go and walk the way of life yourself? ”
Zhou Yuran was stunned, and then he became angry.
Zhao Youjun is right, she has indeed always been jealous of Zhao Youjun, jealous of her background, jealous that she has a mother who protects her like that, but she asked herself if she did her best to help Zhao Youjun last night, looking at Zhao Youjun's appearance, but now she hates her?
Angry, Zhou Yuran's face sank, and he said coldly: "You're right, I'm really jealous of you, but what I'm jealous of is the eldest princess of Qingping back then, not an unsightly concubine in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion now!" Look at yourself, what else do you have to be jealous of me now, haven't you all thrown away those things with your own hands? ”
In a fit of rage, Zhou Yuran's words were not polite at all, and he stabbed Zhao Youjun's heart as much as he could.
Just like Zhou Yuran said. Now Zhao Youjun is not the eldest princess of Qingping in the past, she deliberately held Zhao Youjun in the past, it was because of her identity, and now the shape between the two is reversed, what else can Zhao Youjun make her polite?
Being a concubine was a hidden pain in Zhao Youjun's heart, and at this time, she was told by a person who was stammering her all the time, and she only felt a dull pain in her heart. If it weren't for being held by Mama Wang. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take a few steps back.
For a long time, Zhao Youjun suppressed the pain in his heart, and looked at Zhou Yuran with a frosty face: "Okay." You can be regarded as showing your true colors, and when I see my mother, I will see if you can still be so proud. ”
Hearing Zhao Youjun mention the Queen Mother, Zhou Yuran was shocked.
"What. You want to see your aunt? Zhou Yuran raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Are you crazy?" There are so many people coming and going in the palace. Do you think you can hide after entering the palace? ”
Zhao Youjun snorted coldly, her originally bright face was full of madness, she laughed a few weirdly, and said to Zhou Yuran word by word: "Hidden? Haven't I been exposed to people now? How can you hide it? ”
Zhou Yuran only felt a wave of anger rushing to her head, she almost wanted to break Zhao Youjun's head to see what was inside, and pulled Zhao Youjun's sleeve. Zhou Yuran tried his best to suppress his voice, "Zhao Youjun." Can a phoenix really make you go crazy to this point, you don't take the way out that the Queen Mother painstakingly arranged for you, are you still willing to die for him? ”
Zhao Youjun was full of the desperation of the Queen Mother and others at this time, and he couldn't listen to Zhou Yuran's words at all.
If she could listen to Zhou Yuran's words in her ears, she might be able to find something strange in them.
However, there are no ifs in this world.
Pulling out the sleeves from Zhou Yu and then the middle, Zhao Youjun slowly arranged the dress, and stroked the hair room to ensure that the bun was neat.
A normal move in normal times, but at this time, Zhao Youjun did it, but it made people feel that this was the calm before the storm for no reason.
After doing this, Zhao Youjun calmed down, she raised her head and chest, looked at Zhou Yuran with a condescending look, and ordered: "You don't need to say any more, take me into the palace to see the queen mother." ”
Between the demeanors, it shows the luxury of being in a high position.
Zhao Youjun's stubbornness made Zhou Yuran angry for a while, but then, Zhao Youjun's expression and tone reminded him of his memories a long time ago.
When Zhao Youjun was still the eldest princess of Qingping, when the two got along together, she always ordered Zhou Yuran like this.
At first glance, thinking of the events of that year, Zhou Yuran's face was also cold.
In any case, in this matter, she thinks that she has done her duty to Zhao Youjun, since Zhao Youjun insists on refusing to listen to persuasion, then she will bear the consequences of this matter herself.
Finally, after taking a deep look at Zhao Youjun, Zhou Yuran said coldly: "Since you insist on doing this, then I naturally have nothing to say, I just hope that you will not regret it in the future." ”
After speaking, Zhou Yuran shook his sleeves angrily and led Mama Zhang out to prepare for the car.
Behind her, Mama Wang felt a little uneasy in her heart, and always felt that there was something wrong with this matter, but if she was asked to say what was wrong, she couldn't say why.
"Madam...... Mama Wang had read the letter, so she knew Zhao Youjun's mood very well, but thinking of the uneasiness in her heart, she still said with some hesitation, "It's better for us to talk carefully with Duchess Anguo, there may be some misunderstanding in this." ”
"Misunderstanding?" Zhao Youjun sneered, "Didn't Mama hear it clearly, Zhou Yuran admitted that she was jealous of me, maybe, she wished that I didn't enter the palace." ”
Seeing that Mama Wang wanted to say something, Zhao Youjun stopped: "Mama doesn't need to say more, I must enter the palace today, and I must ask the queen mother to understand why she did this to me!" ”
Seeing this, Mama Wang could only swallow back the words that came to her mouth, and convinced herself in her heart that she was thinking too much.
However, that faint uneasiness has always been entrenched in the bottom of my heart and lingered.
It didn't take long for Zhou Yuran to return to the house with a cold face, "The carriage is ready, let's go." ”
Then he didn't look at Zhao Youjun, and went out first.
"Humph!"
Zhao Youjun raised his eyebrows disdainfully, but he didn't say anything more, and took Mama Wang to follow.
The group got into the carriage and headed for the palace.
At this time, it was already the beginning of the day, and it was the time when the officials of the previous dynasty entered the palace gate, even if Zhao Youjun was anxious, he had to avoid the courtiers who entered from the palace gate.
It wasn't until the officials entered the palace that Zhou Yuran took the queen mother's token and went all the way into the palace.
Zhou Yuran often enters the palace to be accompanied by the Queen Mother, and she is the lady of Yipinguo, so it stands to reason that she can take a chariot, but because there is also a Zhao Youjun who can't tell his identity, in order not to attract more attention, several people can only rely on their legs all the way to Cining Palace.
Cining Palace was still quiet at this time, and it was obvious that the Queen Mother had not gotten up yet.
It stands to reason that the older you get, the shallower you feel, but the Queen Mother was frightened when she first learned about Zhao Youjun last night, and then because Zhao Youjun and Zhao Tiannan had a dispute, she became angry again.
The Queen Mother has not yet gotten up, but the palace people in Cining Palace have already performed their duties.
Zhou Yuran often goes in and out of Cining Palace, and the palace people know her, although they know that the Queen Mother has always been kind to Duchess Anguo, but at this time the Queen Mother has not woken up, and one of the palace maids who is most favored by the Queen Mother groaned for a while, and still opened her mouth to stop her: "Duchess Anguo, the Queen Mother has not gotten up yet, please go to the side hall first and wait for the Queen Mother to ......."
Before the palace maid could finish speaking, she was interrupted.
Zhao Youjun endured his impatience all the way, and now he finally arrived at Cining Palace, how could he have the patience to listen to the nonsense of this palace maid again, and took a few steps forward to open the palace maid with one palm, and broke in. (To be continued.) )
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